In the early morning, at the Gongzhou Post Station, Kutar and Lu Ji were facing each other tensely.

In front of him, the two Hu warriors held a shiny full moon scimitar in their hands, the blade was sharp, reflecting the cold light.

Lu Ji stood with his hands in his hands, like a pine tree rooted in the ground, even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he would definitely not move a bit.

"We've been here for three whole days, and we haven't entered Beijing yet, what do we want?"

Suddenly he questioned in a deep voice, his voice was rough and angry, and it shook people's eardrums and buzzed.

It stands to reason that the envoys should not have been here for so long.

"All the actions on this trip are up to the Hou Ye, and the Hou Ye has not returned, so he must not move forward." Lu Ji's hard answer, he has repeated this set of rhetoric I don't know how many times.

Suddenly Tartar glared angrily, obviously exhausted by this rhetoric, he raised his chin slightly, and the two Hu warriors immediately rushed towards Lu Ji with their swords.

Lu Ji stomped on the ground and soared into the air, avoiding the blades swung by the two.

This is a post station, and the purpose of the envoy group entering Beijing is to sue for peace and not to declare war, so Lu Ji did not fight back, but just dodged.

The Hu warriors brought by Hu Tartar were all elites, and Lu Ji was quickly forced out of the post station by them and came to the street outside, and the people they brought were holding knives in a circle, blocking passers-by in the future, so as not to injure anyone by mistake.

Lu Ji's body is very flexible, out of the post station, the space is wider, it is more convenient for him to hide, and his two hands are even kept behind his back, calmly, not at all like being attacked by two people, more like teasing two people to play.

The two Hu warriors immediately realized that they were being humiliated, and they became angry and angry, and their attacks became more fierce, gradually surfacing their killing intent.

"General!"

Someone shouted, Lu Ji fell to the ground, the clothes on his right shoulder were cut by a scimitar, he hid quickly, only the clothes were torn, but the person was not injured.

The two Hu warriors showed smugness in their eyes, and attacked again, but Lu Ji still did not fight back, but was forced to free his hands and copied a rolling pin from a roadside stall to resist.

However, the rolling pin was not as good as the sword, and it was quickly cut off, and the broken wood flew sideways, Lu Ji's eyes were slightly cold, and he saw that a person was about to swing his knife into the air, and a black shadow suddenly appeared out of thin air next to him, and the next moment, the Hu warrior was kicked out of a few meters away.

The other person subconsciously wanted to fight back, but Chu Huai'an pointed a sword at his throat: "Don't move!" Chu Huai'an drank vigorously, his face was a little haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, bursting out with a violent murderous aura, and the Hu warrior subconsciously stopped and looked at Kutar.

Hu Tatar's face was not very good: "Master Hou, what are you doing here?" This king doesn't want his men to be pointed to the throat by their allies! ”

"Really? It just so happens that Ben Hou is also the most disgusted with people bullying more and less, so the king might as well explain what your people are doing to my people first! Chu Huai'an's attitude was tough, not only confiscating the sword, but also taking a step closer, and the tip of the sword lightly touched the man's throat.

His tone was even more arrogant and evil than a few days ago, revealing a very inappropriate arrogance, and his eyes narrowed: "Lord Hou, this king personally brought the princess into Beijing this time, in order to make peace with his relatives, Lord Hou is deliberately staying here now, what does it mean to make people perfunctory to this king?" ”

"What do you mean?" Chu Huai'an recounted, and suddenly laughed: "Naturally, it's for your good!" ”

When the words fell, Chu Huai'an put away his sword and snapped his fingers, and the official of the state capital immediately carried more than a dozen bloody corpses to the door of the post station.

These corpses had all been tortured before their deaths, and without exception, all of them had their right arms cut off alive, leaving only Bai Sensen's bones.

The corpses were neatly laid face down, and the official had torn off the back collar of the corpse, exposing the tattooed totem on the back of the neck to the sun.

Suddenly, he pursed his lips, his whole face was tense, and he couldn't take his eyes off the corpse on the ground, Chu Huai Nunu mouthed: "Is the king familiar with these patterns?" ”

Naturally, it is very familiar, when a Hu man becomes an adult, he will tattoo a pattern on the back of his neck, which marks his identity, force value and ethnic group.

The patterns on these corpses are the dead totems of the Hu royal family.

There are slight differences from ordinary totems, and it is difficult for others to distinguish, but the Tartar can be recognized at a glance.

"This is the unique totem of my people, they are all my people." Suddenly Tartar replied, and if you listened closely, you could hear that there was a bit of gnashing of teeth in his tone.

Isn't it a slap in the face for his own people to be killed and their bodies thrown in front of him after being so humiliated?

Chu Huai'an nodded: "That's right, three days ago, Ben Hou went to the gambling house here on a whim to play, but these people were mixed in, sneak attack Ben Hou, fortunately Ben Hou has a big life, so he was not killed by them, borrowed troops from the state capital to arrest them, I want to ask the reason, these people bit their tongues and committed suicide, the king knows why they appeared in my Yuanzhao country?" ”

The person has died thoroughly, whether he bites his tongue and commits suicide or is tortured to death, it all depends on Chu Huai'an's mouth.

Suddenly, a fierce light like a beast flashed under his eyes, and he swept over Chu Huai'an's face inch by inch, if his gaze could be concretized, Chu Huai'an might have been dismembered by the thin blades that these gazes had turned into.

"This king knows that you Yuanzhao has always confronted him face-to-face, and now the Hou Ye has thrown more than a dozen corpses in front of this king, what is the reason?"

Hu Tar still wanted to reason with Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an smiled coldly and pointed to the corpses: "Your Majesty, you can still see these corpses, Ben Hou has already given you a lot of face, if someone in the capital dares to be disrespectful to Ben Hou, Ben Hou will directly slaughter people and feed them to the dogs!" ”

He is such a stingy person, when he wants to be reasonable, he is reasonable, and when he is unreasonable, any reason is bullshit!

After getting along for a few days, Kutar also understood his temperament, and pulled off that layer of kind disguise, revealing the ferocious wildness of Hu Ren's nature: "What does Master Hou want to do when he throws these corpses over today?" ”

He asked, and all the Hu warriors in the post station poured out, holding knives in front of Kutar.

Killing, on the verge of triggering.

Chu Huai'an's face did not change, he swept over these people at will, and his eyes finally fell lightly on Ku Tatar: "These people are dead, Ben Hou just wants the king to see if he knows them, what if after the king leaves the territory, there is a civil strife in the clan, and people who want to do wrong send people to murder Ben Hou in order to provoke the friendly relationship between Yuan Zhao and the king?" ”

Chu Huai'an guessed that there was something to do, and in just a few words, he actually provoked the relationship between Kutar and his own people.

"Hou Ye, rest assured, my clan is the most loyal, and their souls are sacrificed to the royal family from birth, and they will not be as cunning and greedy as the Central Plains people!"

Hu Tatar said firmly, with a gun and a stick, he damaged the people of Yuanzhao again.

Chu Huai'an was noncommittal, looked at the dozen corpses and said: "Since this is the case, then these people will be handed over to the king to deal with, and I hope that the king will order someone to find out their motives and intentions as soon as possible, and after returning to Beijing, I can explain the reason to the Son of Heaven face to face!" ”

Chu Huai'an bit to death the dozen or so people who sneaked up on him, if it wasn't someone with ulterior motives who sent someone to sneak attack the royal family of the allied countries, then who ordered it for what kind of intention?

Kutar knew what these people were doing, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he could only swallow this breath alive and explain in nonsense: "Come on, transport these corpses back to the territory, and order someone to investigate this matter thoroughly!" ”

After dealing with this matter, Hu Tartar looked at Chu Huai'an: "This matter is over, when does Master Hou plan to continue his journey?" ”

"Ben Hou was frightened by the attack, and he needs to raise him for a few more days before he can set off, if the king is in a hurry, he can go first." Chu Huai'an said lazily, as if he didn't care at all about what would happen to the Kutar and the envoys in Yuanzhao.

Ku Tatar's face sank, although he was the leader of the Hu people, but without Chu Huai'an and customs clearance documents, even if he left first, he would not be able to reach the imperial city at all.

Feeling depressed, Kutar turned around and went back to the post room, and those Hu warriors also collected their knives and returned to the house to protect Kutar.

Chu Huai'an turned his head and glanced at Lu Ji, Lu Ji straightened his clothes, and was about to go back to continue staring at Hu Tartar, but Chu Huai'an stretched out his hand to block it: "You're not hurt, right?" ”

As he asked, his eyes fell on the opening of the clothes on Lu Ji's shoulder, and Lu Ji shook his head: "It's okay." ”

There are only two short words, revealing indifference and alienation from his bones, which is his usual attitude when facing serious things.

Chu Huai'an frowned, a little embarrassed, and the whole person directly blocked in front of Lu Ji: "You don't have anything to ask me?" ”

Lu Ji looked at him, his dark eyes were calm and calm: "If something happened to Ah Li, Master Hou shouldn't have talked so much nonsense to Ku Tatar just now." ”

Lu Ji strategized on the battlefield and could make the most accurate judgment on everything at the first time, and from Chu Huai'an's performance just now, he could be sure that Su Li was still alive.

Chu Huai'an also heard the meaning of his words, and for some reason, his heart hurt sharply.

As long as people live, don't you have to worry?

Don't ask if she was hurt, if she was seriously injured, and what happened to her?

Isn't it important that she was seriously injured, lying unconscious in the infirmary, that the graves of her loved ones had been dug up, that the bodies were dismembered and sent to her, and that so many things were on her shoulders alone?

His heart hurt more and more, and Chu Huaian grabbed Lu Ji's hand and walked forward.

"Master Hou, where are you going?" Lu Ji asked in a low voice, he didn't mean to follow Chu Huai'an obediently, Kutar was still in the post house, and he couldn't leave too far.

"Follow me to see her!" Chu Huai'an ordered, Lu Ji stopped and broke free of his hand, Chu Huai'an was so excited by his action that he gritted his teeth and roared: "She has been in a coma for two days, her condition is critical, and she ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Ji: "I'm not a doctor, even if I stay by her side, it's useless, the intention of this trip is unknown, and you can't be negligent." ”

He has seen too many lives and deaths on the battlefield, and he has long put aside his feelings and always analyzed the priorities of things with the most rational mind.

Chu Huai'an heard the sudden jump of his temples.

What kind of person did he think? How can such a thing be said at such a time? Can he deceive others into giving him a dead heart? What if I went one step too late and the woman named Su Li died? Is he just like that, just standing motionless and guarding the Tartar?

"You and I are anti-ministers, what else can't be careless?" Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and asked, his chest was burned with anger, and Lu Ji still looked like an immovable mountain: "Is it an anti-minister, I know in my heart, as long as I am worthy of heaven and earth, I am worthy of the king......"

Before he finished speaking, Chu Huaian punched Lu Ji in the face, Lu Ji was defenseless, or defensive, but he didn't make a move with him, and the punch that spared no effort fell on his face.

There was a sharp pain in his cheekbones, and he staggered back two steps to stabilize his body, Chu Huai'an rushed over and grabbed him by the collar and asked, "What if she dies?" Are you worthy of her? ”

She traveled thousands of miles from the border to Kyoto, where she was most unwilling to face, for you, she disrupted the entire court alone, she paid so much for you, you are worthy of the monarchs of heaven and earth, can you be worthy of her?

Chu Huai'an didn't ask the latter words, but Lu Ji knew very well what he was going to say.

Lu Ji lowered his eyes, and his thick eyebrows trembled slightly: "I never asked her to do anything for me." ”

I never asked her to do anything for me, everything she did was willingly on her own, so I didn't have to feel guilty.

Boom!

Chu Huai'an punched Lu Ji again, this punch was heavier than just now, Lu Ji turned his head, blood overflowed from the corners of his lips, and large areas of purple swelling and bruises appeared on his cheeks.

Lu Ji raised his hand to wipe the blood stains from the corners of his lips, his expression was not shocked, as if he didn't feel pain at all, Chu Huai'an was still angry, his fist was raised high again, and he suddenly heard Lu Ji say in a low voice: "Ah Li has suffered a lot with me over the years, if Hou Ye is really good for her, after she is injured this time, Hou Ye might as well persuade her and let her stop ...... with me"

"Shut the fuck up for me!" Chu Huai'an roared angrily and pushed Lu Ji away: "What do I want to do to her is my business, I don't have a good relationship with you, if you have anything to say, you'd better tell her in person!" ”

After yelling, Chu Huaian turned around and strode away.

Lu Ji was crumpled by his collar, and walked into the post house with a calm face, as if the dispute just now had not happened at all.

In the post house, the two Hu warriors who had just fought with Lu Ji saw Lu Ji's face with color, and a malicious smile appeared on his face, like a mockery, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Ji didn't see it, went upstairs to the room where Kutar lived, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The door rang twice, suddenly opened the door, there was still anger on his face, seeing Lu Ji, his eyes flashed with gloom, and before he could speak, he heard Lu Ji say quietly: "The humble duty is just to see if the king is still safe in the house, and Gongzhou seems to be not very peaceful recently." ”

He made a high-sounding excuse, apparently to make sure that Kutar had secretly left the room and gone somewhere else.

The expression on Suddenly Tartar's face distorted, and the scar that stretched half of his face became hideous, he knew that Lu Ji was a wolf cub, and once he locked on his prey, he would not let go of his mouth even if he was killed.

Five years ago he shouldn't have provoked him at all!

was choked by Chu Huai'an, and suddenly couldn't help but speak: "General Lu, you have killed so many warriors of our clan, suffered so many injuries, but you have been dismissed, and now you are still living under the hands of a gentleman prince, is the so-called Son of Heaven in your mouth really worthy of your life for him like this?" ”

“……”

Lu Ji didn't speak, just stood at the door and looked into the room, like a ball of cotton, easily absorbing and dissipating the hostility of the Tartars.

Such a reaction is really easy to arouse the anger in the hearts of others, but this is not a battlefield, and Kutar can't casually show his weapons and fight with Lu Ji.

The hook-like eyes collided with Lu Ji's deep and firm eyes, bursting out of the most primitive and wild fighting of males, obviously the size of the Tartar was much taller and stronger than Lu Ji, but the two stood together, and their momentum was comparable.

After a long time, he suddenly restrained his breath, raised his hand and touched the scar trajectory on his face twice, revealing a weird smile: "Speaking of which, your father seems to be much older than he was back then." ”

He suddenly mentioned Lu Xiao, without warning, so abrupt that it made people feel uncomfortable in the cracks of their bones.

Lu Ji's eyes rolled, and he saw that the ornament that had been cut by Chu Huai'an that day had been repaired and returned to his neck.

The ornaments that should have been thrown on the city wall on the day the envoys entered Beijing were intercepted by him, and Kutar's provocation means that Kutar's provocation was also due to him, and had nothing to do with others.

Noticing Lu Ji's gaze, the smile on Su Tatar's face was slightly reduced, but soon he thought of something, and his smile expanded, revealing two rows of dazzling white teeth: "You say, if this king makes a request to your son of heaven, will he agree to marry you and this king's princess?" ”

Hu Tartar asked, feeling extremely happy because of this assumption, as if he had seen the scene of Lu Ji wearing a red wedding robe to marry Hu Wanyan.

How interesting it must be that the famous general of the town, a loyal and virtuous man for generations, married a Hu woman to be the general's wife!

Lu Ji still didn't have any change in his expression, he was a piece of wood, there were no more emotional changes, and he was happy before closing the door.

Lu Ji stood outside the house with his back straight, no one knew that his hand hanging in his sleeve was clenched into a fist, and the green tendons rose inch by inch, and he used all his restraint to not punch Kutar in the face!

At the same time, Chu Huai'an rushed into the medical hall angrily, and when the medical hall guy saw that he was murderous, he had already avoided it far away, and watched him walk into the room where An Jue was, and after a while, there was an extremely painful whimper from the room.

When he came out again, there was less violence on his body, but his body was stained with a little blood, and even a few drops of blood were splashed on the hem of his clothes, and in the room behind him, only Bai Sensen's bones were dripping blood below the calf of An Jue's right foot.

When she arrived at Su Li's room, the doctor was helping her with needles again, Chu Huai'an watched the whole process with his hands on his chest, and Su Li spit out a few mouthfuls of blood in the middle, and continued to fall asleep.

After administering the needle, the doctor left, and the little maid in the medical hall brought a basin of hot water to help Su Li wipe her sweat, and Chu Huaian took the basin and drove the little girl out.

As soon as she twisted the handkerchief to help Su Li wipe her sweat, Su Li opened her eyes faintly.

She regained a little consciousness, but the whole person was very weak, her face was pale and her eyes were very sloppy, Chu Huai'an only thought that she was not awake, and raised her hand to cover her eyes: "It's okay, sleep." ”

Su Li didn't fall asleep like she had done two days ago, she tried to push his hand away, but she pulled the wound and gasped.

Chu Huai'an hurriedly pressed her arm: "Don't move!" ”

This time she was seriously injured, her right wrist bone was misaligned, and her left shoulder was pierced by an arrow and her tendons were also injured, and her future actions may be affected.

The pain was so painful, Su Li was even more sober, blinked her eyes, and said in a confirmed manner: "Master Hou? ”

"It's me." Chu Huai'an nodded, folded the handkerchief into small pieces and put it on her forehead: "Are you thirsty?" I'll pour you a glass of water to drink. ”

After Chu Huai'an finished speaking, he turned around and poured her a glass of water, and drank it in small sips, the thirst in her throat was much soothed, and Su Li also thought of the wording: "How does Master Hou know that I am in the dungeon?" Have you seen the people of the Quartet? ”

"Hmm."

"Then did Master Hou see the letter I wrote?" Su Li asked, Chu Huai settled down for a moment, and put the teacup aside: "Look." ”

His expression was secretive, Su Li didn't know what he felt for a while, and hesitated for a moment and said: "This will came out suddenly, I'm afraid that someone behind it has bad intentions, and wants to use this to provoke the relationship between Hou Ye and His Majesty, Hou Ye don't fall for the tricks of others!" ”

There was a hint of anxiety in Su Li's tone, she knew that Chu Huai'an was not interested in the throne, but she didn't know if anything else had happened along the way, what if he changed his mind?

"Do you think I'm fit to be emperor?"

Chu Huai'an asked, Su Li's eyelids jumped and looked at him, and he saw a bit of seriousness from the bottom of his eyes.

He was seriously considering whether he was suitable to be an emperor!

Shocked in her heart, Su Li didn't dare to answer rashly, after thinking for a long time, Su Li said as calmly as possible: "Not to mention that Hou Ye is not suitable for being the emperor, if Hou Ye wants to comply with the support of others to succeed to the throne, there will definitely be a battle with His Majesty, and now Hu Ren is ready to move, at this time, internal and external troubles will break out together, what will be the final result, I am afraid it is difficult to predict, the only thing that can be determined is that with the smoke of gunpowder, Li Min will be displaced and in dire straits." ”

"What if Your Majesty wants to put me to death because of this will?"

"Your Majesty won't!"

Su Li said with certainty that her clear eyes were unquestionably convinced.

The shining eyes shook Chu Huai'an's eyes, and he raised his hand and wiped it at the corner of Su Li's eyes with his fingertips: "How can you be sure that it won't?" A few days ago, 80 people received an order from the Queen Mother to bring up the heads of the rebels to return to Beijing to restore their lives. ”

Those eighty people were so killed that his wrists were sore, and the whole person seemed to be trampling in a pool of blood.

Su Li was surprised, Chu Huai'an remembered something, raised his head, and pointed out the still fresh scar on his chin to Su Li: "Oh, if it weren't for the fact that the master dodged quickly, this arrow should have penetrated the Heavenly Spirit Cover directly from here." ”

Chu Huaian said and poked his jaw.

"Could there be any misunderstanding?"

Su Line asked sneeringly, Chu Huai'an picked up the handkerchief on her forehead and twisted it all over the water and put it back on: "They have the token of the Queen Mother on them, so many people are watching, is there any fake?" ”

Chu Huai'an asked rhetorically, Su Li frowned and thought, Chu Huai'an couldn't see her frowning appearance more and more, raised his hand and rubbed it in the center of her eyebrows: "It's me who they want to kill, what are you frowning about?" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Su Li to answer, he said to himself: "You said that the Queen Mother's decree is going to be spread out of the palace, and so many people will be sent out of Beijing, can Your Majesty really not know?" ”

It shouldn't be unaware, after all, he can even call up the visit records of the Tai Hospital for comparison, how can he not keep an eye on all the news in the palace when the situation in the capital is so tense?

Su Li thought about it for a while following Chu Huai'an's thoughts, and soon realized that something was wrong: "Master Hou, according to what you said, those killers should have almost followed the team to greet the envoys all the way to the border pass, if Your Majesty and the Queen Mother had known about the will, they should have confined you in Beijing, instead of sending you out of Beijing to meet the envoys, right?" ”

As long as Chu Huai'an is in Beijing, even if the will is exposed, Chu Lingzhao can quickly control him, and he will not have to send killers to assassinate him, which is too circuitous and laborious.

Chu Huaian pursed his lips and did not speak.

The impact of the Queen Mother's token found from those killers that night was too great, even if he had thousands of reasons to excuse the Queen Mother, but the token was a stinger piercing his heart, which he couldn't ignore.

After saying it for so long, Su Li was tired again, and her breath was panting: "Master Hou, there must be something wrong with the assassination, when I get better, I can go back to Beijing to tell Your Majesty ......"

"You're going back to Beijing?" Chu Huai'an raised his voice to interrupt Su Li's words, and his brows raised to vent his anger: "I'm not dead yet!" Even if I want to question, I should go back to Beijing in person, and it will be your turn to take the risk for me? What do I have to do with you? A bunch of bad debts haven't been counted, if you don't stab me in the body, it's considered benevolent and righteous, and if you rush to care if I live or die, are you sick in the brain? ”

"Master Hou?"

Su Li was stunned by Chu Huai'an's roar, and unconsciously said two words, and Chu Huai'an pinched her upper and lower lips: "Shut up!" Don't speak! Even if the Yuanzhao Kingdom dies, it has nothing to do with you! There are many people in the world who are barely living, you give me a good life! ”

Chu Huai'an ordered, Su Li couldn't open his mouth, he could only stare at him with his eyes, and he didn't know what kind of madness he smoked, and said with a look of resentment: "Some people are born wolf-hearted, you have done too much for him, and in the end he doesn't appreciate it at all!" ”

...... "Master Hou, are you really good at saying that?"

The envoy group stayed in Gongzhou for half a month before starting to set off again.

On the day of departure, a dart team with the name of the Quartet Dart Bureau and the envoy group accompanied him.

It is said that the dart team escorted a seriously injured woman, and I don't know where the woman came from, so the Gongzhou Prefecture sent a six-horse carriage to escort the woman.

The carriage is quite luxurious, it is the line that the Gongzhou Prefecture has accumulated over the years, and the carriage follows behind the envoys, which is even bigger than the princess Huren.

Concerned about the woman's injury, the envoy group stopped all the way, and it took three months to come to Xunzhou.

The Xunzhou Prefecture had already received an order from the imperial city, and on the day the envoys entered the city, they deliberately opened the city gates, and also asked the officers and soldiers to send a notice for the people to welcome the envoys into the city.

The envoy group entered the city and stationed in the post house on the night, and sent the imperial list from the imperial city to the states and counties.

Mrs. Zhaoling Chu Liu, because of the illness of the son, the illness is serious and difficult to treat, especially for the people to recruit people with superb medical skills into the palace to treat Mrs. Zhaoling, as long as Mrs. Zhaoling is cured, the diagnosis is ten thousand taels!

When the imperial list was sent to Xunzhou City, it was just night, and Chu Huaian sneered with the imperial list.

This road has dragged on for too long, this is His Majesty urging him in disguise to return to Beijing to resume his life earlier!