In the evening, a group of people rode horses into Xunzhou City.

The originally prosperous Xunzhou City now seems to be very bleak, the streets and alleys are empty, there is a strong smell of medicine wafting around, and the houses on both sides of the street have weak coughing sounds from time to time, faintly revealing abnormal weirdness.

The person at the forefront of the gallop pulled the reins of his horse slightly, and the soft female voice whispered: "Woo ......"

The group slowly stopped, and everyone was looking around, but the horse at the head raised his front hooves as if he was suddenly frightened, and his cloak and hat slipped off, revealing half of his beautiful and soft side face, which was dazzling against the background of the orange sunset.

Su Li strained the reins of the horse with her right hand to prevent her from falling off the horse, and at the same time patted the horse's neck with her left hand to calm the horse's emotions.

"Rush! The court is here again! Kill them! ”

At the same time, there were sounds of fighting and killing in all directions, and the streets that were originally empty were instantly filled with people, and they covered their faces with white cloths, and rushed out from the courtyard gate facing the street, holding weapons such as hammers and wooden sticks in their hands, apparently without formal training, but only improvised people.

Swish!

The people who followed Su Li immediately drew their knives and dismounted, surrounding Su Li in the middle and not letting anyone approach.

Chu Lingzhao gave Su Li a hundred secret guards, Su Li only brought fifty people to accompany Zhengda Guangming, and there were fifty people left, ten of whom were in front to explore the way, and ten of them were in the back to observe and be responsible for transmitting messages to the capital, and the remaining thirty people were disguised and hidden in case of emergency.

"Warn first, don't hurt people's lives for the time being!"

Su Li reminded in a low voice, but the people below did not answer, and rushed up with a shout.

All of these fifty people were good at one by one, and their hands were up and down, and the people in the front circle were basically stabbed, and they fell to the ground and wailed, but none of them were killed.

Seeing the blood, everyone finally calmed down and retreated, but they still surrounded Su Li and them.

"We are just passing by, not from the court, please get out of the way to avoid unnecessary casualties!"

Su Li raised his voice and said, those people looked left and right, and hesitation flashed in their eyes, after all, they are ordinary people who live honestly on weekdays, where have they ever seen a real fight?

Someone wanted to retreat, but someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "The court is afraid that we will be infected with the plague, and if you want us to die, we can't let them live!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd that was still hesitant re-inflamed, Su Li pursed her lips, and before she could speak, one of the secret guards had already pushed away the crowd very quickly and accurately dragged out the person who spoke.

It was a very ordinary-looking man, and when he was caught, his face was terrified, and he kept crying: "Let go of me!" Kill! The court ordered the officials to kill! ”

These people immediately rushed up, even if they were stabbed in the shoulder and leg, they insisted on getting up.

This is the ruthlessness of people who have been cornered, Su Li is keenly aware that something is wrong, isn't Chu Huai'an ordered to quell the chaos? Why are there no officers and soldiers in the city to maintain order, but these people are allowed to be agitated?

The secret guard drew a knife against the neck of the wailing man: "Shut up! The knife smeared a trail of blood on his neck, and the man finally stopped.

"Stop!" Su Li ordered loudly, her body was not as strong as before, and her voice was not as strong as before, but she could barely shock people: "When did the court say that it wanted you to die?" Have any of you seen the notice from the government? ”

The plague is fake, and these people are just instigated to be knives in the hands of others without knowing the inside story.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then someone in the crowd shouted: "Don't listen to this stinky girl's nonsense, the dog officials and dog emperors in the imperial city are very afraid of death, and even the imperial doctors can't develop a way to control the epidemic, they will only arrest us and kill us and burn the corpses!" ”

When the words fell, the man was also pulled out by another secret guard, and the knife was put on his neck, and the man immediately lost the confidence to shout.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally found that these people brought by Su Li were not easy to mess with, even if they were hiding in the crowd and talking, they would be accurately found out.

"Our trip is for business, we just came from the imperial city, I have never heard that Your Majesty has issued such an order, if you really want to kill people and exterminate your mouth, Your Majesty should have announced to the world a long time ago, blockaded Xuncheng, and put it into traffic after the plague is dealt with, isn't it?"

Su Li questioned coldly, no one dared to fan the flames casually, and everyone was quiet.

One of the middle-aged men with a stick looked loose, obviously still sensible, and had been moved by Su Li's words, and after a while, he looked up at Su Li: "The girl is surrounded by a master, and she must have a good identity, and I don't want to stop the girl's way out of my own way, but the relatives in the family were arrested, and now the life and death are unknown, and there is no way out to make this decision, if the girl can take the righteous action to rescue the relatives, we will definitely send the girl out of the city!" ”

"Loved ones arrested?" Su Li grasped the key doubts and spoke up, but did not respond to the rescue of them.

There are still 30,000 soldiers waiting for grain and grass at the border pass, and her time is very tight, and she can't delay for a moment.

"Yes, five days ago, the government sent troops to arrest all the people in the city who were suspected of being infected with the plague, and now their lives are uncertain." The man's face sank as he spoke, and he added, "My daughter is only five years old and has been taken away. ”

"My mother is 60 years old, and they have also arrested her, so I don't know what happened now."

"My wife just found out that there is joy, if there are three long and two short, I will fight with them!"

Others chimed in.

Su Li twisted his eyebrows, the plague was rampant in Xunzhou City, and the news of the people's uprising and rebellion only came to Beijing five days ago, and Chu Huai'an was also ordered to set off from the capital to Xunzhou at that time.

"Your Majesty is aware of the Xunzhou plague, and the special order of the Marquis of Xiaoyao personally came to the city to deal with this matter, haven't you seen the Hou Ye yet?"

Su Li asked loudly, everyone was at a loss, the plague was already rampant here, and the Marquis of Xiaoyao had to come in person, it seemed that His Majesty would indeed not rush to kill them all.

But where is the Marquis?

Everyone thought about it carefully, and they really hadn't seen anyone in the past two days, and they couldn't help but wonder if what Su Li said was true.

"Xiaoyaohou has never made it at all, you are deceiving us!"

Someone questioned, Su Li pursed her lips, only to feel that something was not quite right, Chu Huai'an did not enter the city, so where did he go? Could it be that something went wrong along the way?

Just as he was thinking, the sound of the gong came from the city, and I could faintly hear someone shouting something.

Everyone was startled by the sound of the gong, and following the prestige, a group of soldiers and horses walked slowly, and in front of them were about 20 officials tied together by ropes, these officials were wearing official uniforms, but they were all beaten to the point that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen.

Behind the official errand, there is a handsome man, he is wearing a blue court dress, riding a high-headed horse leisurely, his back is straight, his expression is refreshed, and his eyebrows are flying in the morning light, and he is handsome.

Walking closer, Su Li saw that there was a person tied behind the horse he was riding, and the person was also beaten to a blue nose and swollen face, and his clothes were tattered and embarrassed.

At this time, Su Li finally heard what the chanting was saying along the way.

"The Xunzhou Prefecture government colluded with the wicked people to make unauthorized claims in an attempt to harm the innocent, and the crime was serious, and the !! was beheaded after three days."

Everyone was a little dazed by this incident, after all, they were still afraid of the government, and gradually retreated to make way for them.

Chu Huai'an had already recognized Su Li, and when everyone got out of the way, he cut the rope and rode his horse to Su Li.

"Are you alright?"

He asked, looking around to see if Su Li was injured, Su Li shook his head: "It's okay." Then he looked at the Xunzhou state capital.

Chu Huaian took the reins of the horse, and swept his eyes sharply over the surrounding troublemakers, who were numb in their scalps and couldn't help but take two steps back.

"The people who were arrested before have all been rescued, and no one has been injured or injured!"

Chu Huai'an said loudly, everyone's eyes lit up, they were all excited, and they were just about to ask their relatives how they were, but they heard Chu Huai'an say coldly: "This plague is not a natural disaster, but someone poisoned and deliberately plotted chaos, Benhou will investigate this matter thoroughly, and those who poison people, those who make trouble, those who take advantage of the chaos to do wrongdoing, and those who do not report and shield the criminals will all be decided!" ”

Chu Huai'an's voice was very cold, full of confidence, and the voice was enough for everyone present to hear clearly, these people had different faces, some were terrifying, some were afraid, and some were afraid of showing their feet.

As soon as the words fell, thirty or forty state capitals with spears and armor ran in order, and the sound of running was still very intimidating, and everyone consciously retreated to make way of the originally wide street.

"The prescription for curing the disease and saving lives has been developed, all the doctors in Xunzhou City are boiling medicine in the state government, everyone regardless of whether they are infected or not, all consciously line up to go to the government office to drink medicine, if anyone has a different whereabouts, they will be thrown into prison immediately!"

Chu Huai'an ordered, all matters have been arranged, everyone was silent, after a while, someone lost the wooden stick in his hand, the first person took the lead, and the others also laid down their weapons to resist.

They just want to live, not to go against the government.

After losing the weapon, everyone lined up and walked towards the government under the supervision of the housekeeper, and the situation finally stabilized, Chu Huai'an hooked the corner of his lips, supported himself on the horse's back, jumped straight onto Su Li's horse, stuck his back on it, wrapped his hand around Su Li's waist, and held her whole person in his arms.

This gesture is very intimate, and with so many people watching, Su Li is not very comfortable.

"Lord Hou......"

"Let me hold for a while, I haven't slept in two days, I'm going to be tired."

Chu Huai'an leaned on Su Li's shoulder and whispered, his tone was thick with tiredness.

The rebellion in the Xunzhou Prefecture capital, it only took him a few days to take down these rebels, and he also thought of such a countermeasure, how many difficulties and thrills were covered up by this simple sentence.

Su Li hesitated, but didn't say anything after all.

However, Chu Huai'an really just hugged for a while, Xunzhou City was still in chaos, and there were still many things waiting for him to do.

Cheering up again, Chu Huai'an lightly clamped the horse's belly and walked forward slowly with Su Li in his arms: "Your Majesty asked you to help me?" Chu Lingzhao asked, turned his head and saw that Su Li's face was still a little pale, and couldn't help pinching her cheeks: "Why is your face so ugly?" Is the poison detoxified? ”

When he left Beijing, Su Li was still in a coma, and his condition was unknown, and God knows how excited he was when he just saw Su Li appear safe and sound.

"It's solved, it's just that I haven't had much rest in the past two days, so my face is not very good."

Su Li replied in a low voice, Chu Huai'an was still not very relieved, pinched her waist and muttered: "People are getting thinner and thinner, is there no one in the huge Yuanzhao?" I have to send you? ”

“……”

Master Hou, where did you get the confidence that Your Majesty asked me to help you?

Su Li was a little speechless, seeing that Chu Huai'an was going to take her to the state capital, she had to tell the truth: "Master Hou, I just passed by here, not to help you." ”

After Su Li finished speaking, Chu Huai'an didn't move for a long time, but the hand on Su Li's waist became tighter and tighter: "You want to go back to the border pass?" ”

He used the word 'Hui', believing that in Su Li's heart, the border pass was already her home and home.

Inevitably causing unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles, Su Li turned her head and whispered in Chu Huai'an's ear: "Today, Ku Keduo will gather 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight and attack the border pass, and His Majesty will send me to escort grain and grass." ”

"I'll go!"

Chu Huaian said without hesitation.

Su Li's current physical condition is clear to him, no one can predict how much danger there is along the way to escort grain and grass, if he is ambushed, Su Li has no ability to protect himself at all, how can he rest assured that Su Li will go like this?

"Master Hou, you can't ......"

"I owe you a life, why can't I die for him on your behalf?!" Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and asked, his words were already full of anger, and his tired heart was repeatedly burned by anger.

Su Li lowered her eyes: "I don't want to die for him, it's forced by the situation." ”

"At the moment of great calamity, the husband is responsible, public and private, the master is more suitable than you!" Chu Huai'an was confused, and a lot of thought came to mind in an instant, and without waiting for Su Li to answer, he said: "I am young and ignorant and love the wrong person, but the sage also said that knowing mistakes can improve Mo Dayan, why don't you give me a chance to correct my mistakes?" ”

"Master Hou, I don't have ......"

"You have!" Chu Huai'an rudely interrupted Su Li's words, his emotions were out of control, and he raised his voice to complain: "Did you tell me when you liked me back then?" Later, did you empathize with me and tell me again? Ye Hao is also a serious Marquis of Xiaoyao, is he the person who you say you like if you like it, and don't like it if you say you don't like it? ”

The people who eat melons waiting in line on both sides of the street for medical treatment: "......"!!

it! What was Hou Ye talking about just now? He, he, he...... Was it kicked?

The secret guard who was ordered to protect the county lord to the death to escort the grain and grass: "......"

We're ready to pin our heads to the waistband of our trousers, what are you doing?

Party Su Li: "......"

Chu Huai'an was so excited that he couldn't notice the reactions of others at all, and only glared at Su Li: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Su Li raised his forehead: "Master Hou, let's find a quiet place to say okay?" ”

The news that Ku Keduo was going to lead his troops to attack the city had not yet been publicized, and it would not be good if it caused even greater panic.

"Look at whatever you see, turn around, whoever dares to eavesdrop and peek will be punished for treason!"

Melon-eating masses: "......"

Master Hou, you are abusing your private power.

Everyone slandered, but they still bowed their heads obediently.

Chu Huai'an's anger did not subside, he snatched the horsewhip from Su Li's hand and waved it vigorously, and the two of them swept past the mansion and continued to move forward.

The secret guard who had originally followed Su Li hesitated, kept a distance from them, and didn't follow too closely.

Galloping all the way to a secluded alley, Chu Huaian pulled the reins of the horse, took Su Li off the horse together, pulled her into the alley, supported Su Li's head with both hands, and encircled her between the alley wall and himself.

"There are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in the border pass, and Lu Ji only brought 300 elites with him from Beijing, if the Hu people really have an army of 100,000, how can they resist? Even if you send grain and grass, you can only send it to death! ”

He calmly analyzed and had a clear understanding of the situation at the border gates.

"Thirty thousand people died, why can't I?"

"I won't!"

Chu Huai'an said coldly, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows that were still flying just now were dyed with ruthlessness, he didn't know what to do with the woman in front of him!

"Without them, I would have died five years ago." Su Li replied calmly.

For others, 30,000 soldiers may be just a number, but for Su Li, it is 30,000 living lives.

Even if Lu Ji was killed, for the sake of these 30,000 people, Su Li would have to go through this experience.

"You owe them, I'll pay it for you!" Chu Huai'an hugged Su Li: "Your Majesty, I'll go and say, on the battlefield, if there is danger, I will block Lu Ji, so are you relieved?" ”

Are you relieved?

He said it with a hint of humility, and in front of her, there was no unscrupulousness of the Marquis.

Su Li's heart trembled, and pushed Chu Huai'an away: "Master Hou, your identity is different from mine, feelings aside, the general is carrying the lives of thousands of soldiers from far away, if there is danger, not only me, but others will also protect the general with their lives!" ”

"Why put your feelings aside?"

Chu Huai'an grabbed this sentence and blocked Su Li's reasoning about preparing those tirades, as if he had brought her here in order to listen to Su Li talk about her feelings!

Taking two deep breaths, Su Li no longer avoided this aspect: "In terms of feelings, I have a five-year comradeship with the general, and I also watched Ah Zhan grow up, and I even thought about the general. ”

“……”

Chu Huai'an's heart hurt when he was poked by Su Li's words, the involvement between her and others was so deep that he couldn't intervene anymore.

It's like another kind of revenge, back then, he just wanted to please Su Bangyue, and he didn't care about Su Li's feelings at all, but now that the situation is reversed, he has also tasted such a heart-scratching taste.

But wait, what does it mean to have too many thoughts?

Chu Huai's pain was not only keenly aware of the slightest mistake, he frowned and looked at Su Li: "Did you mean that there is no now?" ”

"Huh?"

Su Li looked dazed, a little unaware of Chu Huai'an's out-of-the-box thinking.

She looked at him with her eyes wide open, as ignorant as she was young, Chu Huai'an's heart beat faster when she saw it, her throat tightened, and she swallowed her saliva and asked, "Now, you don't think about Lu Ji anymore?" ”

"I ...... Not! ”

Before he could finish speaking, he was blocked back, and then there was a rush to capture and plunder, and his breath was snatched away, and some wild and uncontrollable breath invaded his lungs.

Su Li's body was weak, after her breath was plundered, her legs were a little weak, and her body fell uncontrollably, Chu Huai'an reached out to grab her waist and pressed it into his arms, through the winter clothes, his body fit tightly, Su Li could vaguely feel that he seemed to have changed a little.

Her brain was dizzy because of lack of oxygen, and she was afraid that she would suffocate to death, Su Li pushed Chu Huai'an with all her strength, Chu Huai'an finally let go of her, Su Li took a big breath, her head turned white for a while, and Chu Huai'an came up again.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Bastard! Bastard! Rogue!

Su Li scolded in her heart, but she did not escape the end of being bullied.

When she left again, Su Li's lips were hot, silently accusing this man of being rude just now.

Su Li wiped the wetness on her face with her sleeve and was caught by Chu Huai'an: "Don't work so hard, it's going to break the skin for a while." ”

The voice was hoarse, with emotional desire.

“……”

Su Li was speechless, this person started to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf after playing hooligans!

Su Li glared at Chu Huai'an viciously, and the shortcomings of her powerlessness were undoubtedly revealed at this time.

In the past, when An Jue was a hooligan, Su Li could solve it by herself, but now she can't even scratch him if she struggles, let alone do it with Chu Huai'an!

"Master Hou, I'm telling you something very important!"

"It's not as important as what I just did!" Chu Huai'an replied seriously, Su Li rolled her eyes angrily, and then returned to seriousness: "The key to the success or failure of this war is not in the general, but in the Hou Ye." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"As Hou Ye just said, there are only 30,000 soldiers at the border pass, and they can't resist the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Hu people, and the follow-up needs to wait for Hou Ye to solve the Xunzhou Rebellion as soon as possible and bring reinforcements!"

Su Li told Chu Huai'an all the arrangements of Chu Lingzhao, Chu Huai'an smiled, wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered, and said for a long time: "You go back to Beijing and stay well, and I will recommend someone to escort the grain and grass." ”

"Chu Huai'an!" Su Li called his name: "On the battlefield, General Lu will not be as indecisive as you!" ”

Su Li deliberately used the agitation method to compare him and Lu Ji together.

However, Chu Huai'an was not fooled, hooked her neck and pressed her into his arms: "The killing fruit is definitely not achieved with your life, you are powerless now, you should hide behind me and be well protected!" ”

He said it so naturally, as if she should be like a delicate flower, cared for wholeheartedly.

For a moment, Su Li was almost persuaded by him.

"Your Majesty gave me a hundred secret guards, if these hundred people can't protect me, can Lord Hou protect me with his own strength?" Su Li asked against Chu Huai'an's chest, through the winter coat, she could vaguely hear his unusually fast heartbeat, which was so muffled that it made her uncontrollable face warm up.

"I just can't say no!"

couldn't talk about Su Li, Chu Huai'an began to be unreasonable.

Of course, he is unreasonable, and Su Li also has unreasonable countermeasures.

"Hou Ye, Your Majesty gave me this hundred dark guards are the elite of the elite, if Hou Ye insists on stopping it, then I can only let them and Hou Ye be rude!"

Time is very urgent, Su Li has not and cannot wait for Chu Huai'an to figure it out by himself.

This hundred dark guards are irresistible blades, even if they are iron walls, they can cut out gaps, not to mention Xunzhou, which is still in chaos.

"I'll go with you!"

Chu Huai'an grabbed Su Li's hand and turned over and was about to get on the horse, a secret guard quietly came to the roof of the street corner on the other side, and compared a knife posture to Su Li, Su Li hugged Chu Huai'an, and nodded from the secret guard.

"Hou Ye, Yuanzhao Kingdom has now reached the critical point of life and death, and please take care of the overall situation, only Hou Ye can bring troops to reinforcements to save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers at the border pass!" As he spoke, the secret guard had jumped down from the roof and approached this side, Chu Huai'an was defenseless against Su Li, Su Li hugged him tighter, leaned his head to his ear and promised: "I will protect myself and wait for Hou Ye to come with troops at the border pass!" ”

"You ......"

As soon as Chu Huai'an said a word, he was stunned by a knife from the secret guard behind him.

Chu Huai'an fell backwards, and the secret guard and Su Li supported him together: "Don't worry, your subordinates are measured, and when the county lord leaves the city, the Hou Ye will almost wake up." ”

"I think the situation in Xunzhou is still relatively complicated, you take nine people to stay and protect Lord Hou!"

"But Your Majesty's order is ......" The man wanted to refute, but Su Li interrupted directly: "Your Majesty's order is to leave Beijing, and you must obey my orders along the way, and you must not disobey it!" ”

Su Li's attitude was tough, and the man hesitated for a moment and lowered his head: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Su Li turned over and got on the horse, raised the horsewhip and paused, then looked at the man again and said: "The safety of the Hou Ye is related to the safety of Yuan Zhao, if you are in danger, please spare no effort to protect the Hou Ye!" ”

"My subordinates understand!"

When the words fell, Su Liyang spurred the horse to gallop away, and the secret guard who was holding Chu Huai'an raised his hand and whistled, and the fifty people who were waiting not far away all rode their horses to catch up, raising dust all the way.

As the sun sets over the horizon and night falls, a very bright moon has risen at the border, and the soft moonlight is pouring down with the winter snow, and the ground and the eaves of the roof soon accumulate a layer of white snow.

The soldiers defending the city stood on the city wall with their backs straight, standing against the wind, like a tree that was loose and did not move at all.

The heavy armor made a clattering sound when he stepped on the snow, and Lu Xiao walked on the wind and snow, I don't know how long he had been in the city, and the golden helmet was covered with snow.

"General!" The soldiers defending the city wanted to salute, but Lu Xiao raised his hand to stop: "You don't have to do this!" ”

The weather is getting colder and colder, his old ailments have been committed, his shoulders and waist ache day and night, since the Hu envoys entered Beijing, he has always been restless, and he always has to personally patrol until late to barely sleep.

"The general is in pain again?" The man asked with concern, Lu Xiao is now old enough to be the father of most people in the army, and his prestige in his early years has not faded and been forgotten, and everyone respects him very much.

"It's old and sick, and it's out of the way."

Lu Xiao whispered, about to leave, the man put down the halberd, and said excitedly: "The father of the last general is a barefoot doctor in the township, if the general does not dislike it, the last general will help the general press twice." ”

The man was very earnest, with anticipation in his eyes, Lu Xiao glanced at it, and couldn't bear to refuse, so he bowed slightly: "Okay." ”

"General, please sit here!"

The man walked up to Lu Xiao as he spoke, and Lu Xiao was just about to sit down with his waist on his back, when there was a sudden sound of breaking the sky in his ears.

"General......

Burst!

A sharp arrow glittering with cold light pierced the night sky and drove straight into the soldier's head, red blood gushing from his brow, his face still smiling, his eyes slightly wide, completely unaware of what had happened, and he lost his life forever.

At that moment, the air inhaled into his lungs condensed into ice edges, piercing his lungs with pain.

Lu Xiao threw the soldier to the ground, and shouted at the same time: "Lie down!" Light the wolf smoke, there is an enemy situation! ”