Wang Yuan scolded the two of them angrily, but he also knew that it was useless to scold them, and now he didn't know the news of Gongsun Lan's life and death, which was the most troublesome thing. is still those two speculations, one is that Gongsun Lan was captured at night to visit the forbidden place, if this is the case, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu are silent along the way, and the drama is too good. The second is that Gongsun Lan was not captured, but something else delayed her return. With Gongsun Lan's skills, if she can't retreat from the forbidden place guarded by the soldiers in Xiongwu City, it would be too underestimating her.

There are both possibilities, Wang Yuan is not blindly optimistic, but he prefers the second possibility. If Gongsun Lan is really captured, it doesn't make much sense for Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu to act with him, and he can turn his face and take himself directly in Xiongwu City. And if it is the second case, what happened to Gongsun Lan, she didn't even have time to come back and say a word, and disappeared without a trace, which is obviously extremely unusual.

"You two get up, it's useless to scold you, and I don't have the heart to deal with you now. If Cousin Gongsun has three longs and two shorts, the two of you are the culprits, and you won't let me quit. Wang Yuan sighed and sat down.

Liu Dehai kowtowed and said, "Envoy Qin, please allow the lowly to lead people to find Miss Gongsun." ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "Find? Where to find it? Go back to Xiongwu City to find it? Or are you looking around in this Yellow Mountain wilderness? Besides, we are accompanied by Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu, so you are not afraid that they will know about it? Don't let me out yet. ”

Liu Dehai got up with shame on his face and withdrew from the tent. Liu Jun still knelt in front of Wang Yuan and did not move, and Wang Yuan said coldly: "You also go out." ”

"Teacher, the student knows that he is wrong, the student didn't expect to cause such a big disaster, please punish me." Liu Jun said quietly.

Wang Yuan sighed and said, "Get up, go back and think about it yourself, I want to think about it quietly, I don't have time to think about punishing you now." I've always told you to think twice about what happens, and consider the pros and cons, rather than acting on impulse. Ay...... You've fallen on deaf ears. You're young, so I can't blame you much for this, so go back. ”

Liu Jun got up with tears in his eyes, glanced at Wang Yuan, and saw Wang Yuan sitting there with a sad face, his eyes watching the candle flame jumping, and he didn't look at himself at all, knowing that Wang Yuan was extremely disappointed in himself, and his heart was like a knife. He bowed down and slowly withdrew from the tent.

Wang Yuan sat quietly in the tent thinking about what to do, his heart was like a mess, and he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him for a while. Qing Yun'er stood aside and looked at Wang Yuan with concern, and she didn't dare to comfort her.

I don't know how long it took, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, and someone said 'huh', and then Liu Xunzhi's voice sounded: "Is Erlang resting?" ”

Qing Yun'er hurriedly said, "Mr. Liu?" Childe didn't sleep. ”

Wang Yuan recovered from his staple and shouted to the tent, "Mr. Liu, please come in." ”

Liu Xun opened the curtain of the tent door and came in, and bowed. Wang Yuan got up and returned the salute, and said with concern: "Didn't Mr. take medicine and go to bed early when he was infected with wind and cold?" How did you get up again? The body is important, and the back is even more difficult, so take care of your body. ”

Liu Xun smiled and said: "Thank you Erlang for caring about the old decay body, the old decay can't die." I fell asleep as soon as it was dark, and woke up in the middle of the night, never able to sleep again. Seeing that the lights were still on in Erlang's tent, the old man came to take a look. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Qingyun'er said: "The third watch has passed. ”

Wang Yuan was surprised: "It's so late!" ”

Liu Xun smiled and said: "Erlang must have something extremely concerned about in his heart, so he can't sleep at night, the old man understands, and he is really worried." ”

Wang Yuan sighed and said, "Why not, I'm helpless now." ”

Liu Xun nodded straightly, and suddenly said: "What mistake did General Liu Dehai and Liu Xiaogongzi make outside the tent?" Both of them knelt outside the tent, and Erlang punished them to kneel? ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "What? Are they all kneeling outside the tent? ”

Liu Xun said straightly: "Yes, when the old man came in just now, both of them knelt on the ground, and they didn't speak when I asked them, on such a cold day, I couldn't stand the iron beating body kneeling outside." If there is nothing wrong, Erlang will spare them. ”

Wang Yuan stood up and strode out of the tent to the outside, but saw that in the mud more than a dozen steps away, Liu Dehai and Liu Jun were kneeling on the ground side by side, hanging their heads and swaying. There were several guards around, and a fire was being lit to keep them warm.

Wang Yuan walked over quickly and squatted down, stretched out his hand to support Liu Jun's body, Liu Jun waved his hand weakly, and said with a bald grunt: "You guys...... Leave me alone, for I have made my own mistakes and deserve to be punished. Don't let anyone try to persuade me, or I'll ...... I ......"

"What else would you do?" Wang Yuandao.

Liu Jun looked up in amazement, but saw that his small face was blue from the cold, his lips were black, and his upper and lower teeth were trembling.

"Old ...... Teacher! ”

Wang Yuan stretched out his hand to stroke his face, his tentacles were cold and piercing, so he took off the big coat on his body and wrapped Liu Jun and ordered: "Send Liu Jun back to the tent, boil some hot ginger soup for him to drink, and raise two more braziers in the tent." ”

"Teacher......" Liu Jun burst into tears.

"Crying for what? The man has tears and doesn't flick, he would rather shed blood than tears, I understand your remorse, don't be so bad about yourself, if you are sick, I really want to send you back to Chang'an. ”

Liu Jun nodded again and again, and the two guards supported him left and right to go back to the tent. Liu Dehai's condition was better, but he was also so cold that he was crying and cold, Wang Yuan comforted him a few words, and also ordered someone to send him back to his residence to rest.

Back in the tent, Wang Yuan told Liu Xunzhi what had happened, and Liu Xunzhi understood why the two knelt outside the tent to punish themselves.

"I see, General Liu and Liu Xiaogongzi are really troublesome, hey, Miss Gongsun has always been very thorough in protecting Erlang, and when she heard something strange, she naturally wanted to investigate. But...... From this point of view, the old man thinks that the Gongsun girl will not worry about her life. Liu Xun said straight.

Wang Yuan said: "How can you see it? ”

Liu Xun said straightly: "If Miss Gongsun is captured in Xiongwu City, it is impossible for there to be no movement in Xiongwu City. When I entered Xiongwu City, I asked Zhao Wulang and them to pay attention to the movements in the city, with the kung fu of the Gongsun girl, even if the deeds were revealed, it was impossible to be arrested, at least to kill a person who made a fuss in the dark, in fact, we have no news at all, no news is good news. ”

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, this is also a piece of evidence, with Gongsun Lan's martial arts, it is impossible to kill her in seconds, and it will cost a considerable amount to capture her alive, and it will indeed make people turn their backs. In fact, until he left Xiongwu City, the city was calm as usual, and there was no news at all. There was no sign of panic when passing through the North City Exclusion Zone, and it was clear that nothing had happened that night.

As for why Miss Gongsun didn't even have time to come back to say a word, the old man felt that it just proved that Miss Gongsun was fine. Maybe I found some secret and was in a hurry to follow it, so I didn't have time to come back and explain. Either they are afraid of losing the clues, or the secret is extremely important, in short, the old man feels that the matter will soon come to light. Miss Gongsun may soon be back, and then everything will be clear. Liu Xun continued.

Wang Yuan listened to Liu Xunzhi's analysis, and his heart was a little calm. Whether it is Liu Xunzhi's purpose to comfort himself, but I have to say that his analysis still has some truth. Wang Yuan also prefers to believe that his analysis is correct, and perhaps the mystery will soon be revealed.

The next morning, the brigade sped up, because everyone was complaining that the march was too slow, and the daily camping suffered a lot, and Wang Yuan could only barely keep up with the brigade. Before dark, they finally arrived at the Qingyi Army, where the Yanzhou County Administration was located.

The Qingyi Army is a military town set up by the empress Zetian, named after the Qingyi water that flows through the territory of Yanzhou, and as the name suggests, Qingyi Qingyi, clearing the barbarians, is also very suitable. As the seat of Yanzhou County, it was more than ten years ago, and the former seat of Yanzhou County was in Zhulu County, which was too far away from the border to be conducive to the deployment of soldiers and horses, and the Qingyi Military Town was only more than 100 miles away from the border with the Xi people.

That night, Qian Wenkui, the Taishou of Yanzhou, set up a banquet to entertain Wang Yuan and his party, eating and drinking until the second watch, Wang Yuan returned to the pavilion drunk to rest, and just lay down not long ago, he heard the sound of the window opening without wind. Qing Yun'er was very alert, got up and held the blade next to the bed to look, but saw a black shadow floating in through the window.

"Who?" Qingyun'er drank lowly.

"Silence, it's me." The visitor spoke softly, turned around and closed the window.

"Sister Gongsun?" Qing Yun'er asked in surprise.

Someone came to light the candle on the table, and a slightly tired pretty face slowly emerged in the dark, who was it not Gongsun Lan?