Xu Zizhen sighed in his heart, and pulled out the knife easily, but before he could speak, he saw the general with the axe on the opposite side walking up to the front and throwing the axe, trembling and whispering: "Brother Xu, is it really you?" ”

Hey? Know me? Xu Zizhen looked up carefully, and found that the person in front of him he knew, it was Xin Chou, the Jincheng guard who had fought side by side, and the dozens of soldiers surrounding them were also familiar, all of them were the defenders under Meng Du, and they were looking at him with admiration on their faces at this time.

Xu Zizhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief and scolded with a smile: "Damn! Lao Xin? I was shocked, I thought I had just come back and was caught. ”

Xin Chou's expression was a little excited, and his eyes were a little wet: "When you leave, our brothers are all worried about you, and I don't know if you are alive or dead, but I know that you will never be fine, brother...... By the way, what are you going to do? Is it passing by or ......"

Xu Zizhen saw that he was a little hesitant when he said it, and immediately understood that he was still a prisoner, and it was very difficult for this upright man to be arrested or not, and from Xin Chou's attitude, he couldn't help but make him a little moved, he patted Xin Chou's shoulder and said with a smile: "Of course I'll be fine, it's not that you don't know how capable I am, but I'm going to go into the customs to do something, Lao Xin, do you see if it can be convenient?" ”

Xin Chou nodded, and suddenly waved his hand and said, "Escort back to the gate." ”

Xu Zizhen was startled, and almost raised the knife again: "Lao Xin, you ......"

Xin Chou smiled: "Don't worry too much, now that the prefect of Lanzhou has changed his position, there are many new arrivals at the pass, brother, you will be wronged for a while, let's take you back as a spy and find a chance to release you, won't you pass the customs." ”

Xu Zizhen was not at ease: "Then no one will come to check on me on the way back by you?" ”

Xin Chou snorted proudly: "Who dares? ”

Xu Zizhen Yile: "Huh, so awesome? ”

Song Xia has signed an armistice agreement, but the new Lanzhou prefect is not at ease, for fear that the Xixia people will rebel, so they send people to wander around outside the pass every day, and today is on duty with Xin Chou, and happened to meet Xu Zizhen's return, so he personally took him back into the pass, of course, he still did kung fu on the face, Xu Zizhen and they were unloaded with their weapons, and they tied their arms with ropes, looking like prisoners.

When he arrived at the pass, Xu Zizhen believed that Xin Chou was really not bragging, and a guard he had never seen saw that Xin Chou had arrested someone, and just came over with a smile to ask a few words, but was glared back by Xin Chou: "I want to catch the spy and arrest myself." ”

The guard's face changed and he quickly got out of the way, and Xin Chou swaggered into the pass.

The customs are still the same, that is, the defenders seem to have lost the momentum they used to have, and they are listless and can't lift their spirits, Xin Chou sighed in a low voice: "Brother Xu, you see, since you were forced out of the pass by that dog's Qincha, the brothers have no hope, even heroes like you have such an ending, how can others live?" ”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became: "Lord Wen was such a good official and was belittled for no reason, the prince of the small race was fined for a year for sending troops to help Lanzhou without permission, and hundreds of good men in your Shenji battalion have all become prisoners of the imperial court, and even your war horse was killed because of disobedience to the new master, what kind of fucking bullshit do you say?" ”

Xu Zizhen didn't know that these things happened after he left, Wen Chengyan was demoted He knew, but he didn't hear about the punishment of the little race, and the death of the old horse made him feel a pain in his heart, he was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The current court is indeed rotten, but we can't break the jar, sooner or later there will be a day when Jitai comes." ”

Xin Chou sighed again, didn't speak again, took Xu Zizhen to a secluded place, personally untied the rope on his arm, and took out a few ingots of silver from his arms: "Brother, if you have something to do, go first, my brother won't keep you, and he'll see you later." ”

Xu Zizhen didn't want to take it, but when he saw Zhuoya next to him at a glance, he still took it, thought about it and suddenly said: "Lao Xin, if you have a chance, go up and move up, and strive to change places, you are a general, it's a waste to stay here." ”

Xin Chou didn't understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "It's not a waste, my old Xin has fought with Xia Gou countless times here, and it's enjoyable." ”

Xu Zizhen smiled: "I won't have to fight in the future, and Xixia won't come to provoke us for the time being." ”

Xin Chou's thinking is simple and straightforward, perhaps because Xu Zizhen once rode into the Xia army to rescue him, this rough man has become another person who can trust Xu Zizhen unconditionally after Wen Chengyan.

He didn't ask why, but just asked bluntly: "Then where should I go again?" ”

Xu Zizhen pointed with his hand: "As long as it's north, it's fine." ”

Xin Chou nodded, and suddenly hugged Xu Zizhen: "Brother, take care!" ”

Xu Zizhen also slapped him on the shoulder: "Lao Xin, take care!" ”

Bidding farewell to Xin Chou, Xu Zizhen took Daye and Zhuoya to Lanzhou City, the guards here are also Xinding that Xu Zizhen doesn't know, and they are loosely guarded, Xu Zizhen easily mixed in, he carefully detoured the road to a courtyard outside, and knocked on the door to see if there was no one around.

The door soon opened, and Du Jin stood inside the door with a smile on his face: "You are finally here, come in and talk." ”

Xu Zizhen smiled awkwardly, and still went to the door, he was actually a little embarrassed to come, Du Jin also followed back to Lanzhou after the first battle of Apricot Fort, and he only cared about Daye's injury and the next development, and forgot Du Jin, if it wasn't for Yun Shanglan to explain him when he left, I'm afraid he still didn't remember.

Du Jin didn't care, and he didn't ask Xu Zizhen about the specific details of this rebellion, he and several subordinates have been living here in a simple place, but none of those things in Western Xia have missed his ears, and the Yun family's big system naturally has their intelligence transmission system.

After the two chatted for a few words, Xu Zizhen went straight to the point, and said Yun Shanglan's entrustment in a twisted manner, Du Jin was very happy and responded directly, but he didn't go with Xu Zizhen, there were more people, the goal was big, and when he arrived in Bianliang, he had his own way to find Xu Zizhen.

After the matter was agreed, Xu Zizhen got up and left here, the time was already very tight, he had to get to Bianliang as soon as possible to have more chances to complete his plan, he also set the route, not directly to the east, but to detour the road through the southeast of Fengxiang Mansion, and then go east across the river in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and finally arrive at Kaifeng Bianliang.

Jin Guo has torn up the agreement and brazenly raised troops, at this time, the northern end of the Great Song Dynasty, such as Taiyuan Mansion Zhending Mansion and other front-line has fallen into the hands of Jin Guo, this is the news I heard from Du Jin just now, and it also made Xu Zizhen temporarily change the direction of the road, he is not afraid of Jin Bing, but he doesn't want to delay any longer.

The day and night rush continued, Xu Zizhen now has no distractions, only hurry and hurry, it is still the same, take a break for two hours, then eat, and then continue to hurry, after a few days, the horses are a little wilted, Xu Zizhen wanted to hold on for a few more days, but when he arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, he had to stop.

Zoya finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell ill from exhaustion.