Meng E sat quietly in the room, her whereabouts were secretive, and she was good at waiting.

Zhang Youcai ran into the house, lit the candle, and suddenly saw one more person, almost screamed, vaguely recognized the other party, and said in surprise: "You are ...... You are ......"

Meng E was wearing the coarse cloth dress of a female prisoner, her face was full of weather, and she looked dozens of years old, if she met outside, Zhang Youcai would not recognize this former palace maid at all.

"Well, I am. Find me a soldier's armor. ”

"Huh? Good. Zhang Youcai turned around to look for the armor, but he felt that something was wrong, and turned around, "Why are you here?" ”

"Tired Hou invited me."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head and suddenly realized, "Oh, the master asked me to write the word 'Chen' on the wall, just to find you, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head again, he didn't understand the relationship between the Tired Hou and Meng E, so he was very puzzled, "How did you get sent to Broken Iron City?" ”

"Somebody paid me to serve his wife's sentence." Meng E tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhang Youcai, "How many questions do you have?" ”

"Nope." Zhang Youcai hurriedly went out of the house, quickly picked up a set of relatively light armor, put it on the table, and then hurriedly packed a baggage, exited the room, and waited outside.

Not long after, Meng E came out, although she was thinner than an ordinary man, but after putting on the armor, she couldn't see any femininity on her body, and her face looked like a man in his thirties.

Zhang Youcai said with a smile: "If you had dressed up like this, I would definitely not have recognized it." ”

"Call me Chen Tong in the future."

"Okay, call you Chen Tong. Why do you use the surname Chen? Did the master find you, or did you find the master? Do you still have contact with the palace? Why didn't you join the 'Bitter Man' in the first place? Brother Cai is also there, do you want to see him? The master refused to take me on the road, I was not very relieved, but with you to take care of the master, I was much more relieved. ”

Zhang Youcai asked a series of questions, but Meng E did not answer any of them.

Han Ruzi recognized Meng E at a glance, not because of good eyesight, but because he had long been looking forward to it, so he immediately guessed who it would be when he saw the unfamiliar face.

A group of more than 20 people set off, walked all day, and when they camped and rested at night, Han Ruzi and Meng E had their first conversation after meeting, which was brief and direct.

"Keep me safe, don't let me be killed by the Assassins, and if I can reclaim the throne, I will lend you an army for five years after I ascend the throne - but you must be assured that the attacked nation deserves it."

"Okay." Meng E replied very simply, without the slightest bargaining, and stayed in the tent, she used to be a palace maid, now a soldier, the only thing in common is that both identities are disguised.

No one knew this "recruit", and they all thought it was a cronie transferred by General Zhenbei, so they didn't care.

When everyone arrived at Shenxiong Pass, the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the guards at the pass were obviously much stricter, and after asking them in detail about their identities and checking the documents, they were let into the city, and someone guided them directly to the Yamen of Shenxiong Pass.

The city was in chaos, a large number of civilians wanted to enter the pass, countless vehicles were blocked in the streets, and there were constant clashes with the soldiers.

The yamen was even more chaotic, with a large number of slaves and soldiers coming in and out, and more than a dozen cars parked in front of the door, piled with things.

"It's ...... Is this to escape? Cui Teng had to stamp the seal on the Guan Wen to get out of the city, so he came to the Yamen, he heard that the Hun army was coming, and his first reaction was to flee, and now he saw that others wanted to escape, but he was very disdainful.

Lin Kunshan didn't follow, and only Han Ruzi knew that Wu Xiu, the general guarding the city, was no longer in the city, so he was a little puzzled by who these things belonged to in the car.

The guide was a small colonel, and he asked General Zhenbei and others to wait at the door for a while, he was going to go in to make a report, and when he left, he asked, "Is the Hun army really coming?" And hundreds of thousands of people? ”

"There is indeed an army, how many people are not clear, it is estimated that there will be definite news tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

The little principal sighed, shook his head, and went into the yamen.

There were too many people coming and going at the door, Han Ruzi and the others could only stand aside, in addition to them, there were a large number of people waiting outside the yamen to be received, Du Chuanyun's eyes were sharp, and he was the first to see the familiar faces in the crowd, "Hey, that's not ...... Fang Daye! Old house! ”

Fang Daye shook his huge body and squeezed through the crowd to meet General Zhenbei.

When he walked from the broken iron city, there was no news of the Huns, and he was old, so he walked relatively slowly on the road, and the messenger sent by Han Ruzi at the beginning ran in front instead, and when Fang Daye arrived at Shenxiong Pass, the whole city was already terrified, and the yamen was in a state of paralysis, Fang Daye could enter the city, but he couldn't get out of the city, so he had to stay at the yamen like everyone else, hoping that someone would stamp his documents.

Cui Teng agreed, "Don't worry, I'll enter the yamen with us later, and I'll also go out of the city, just a seal." ”

Without armor on his body and without a sword or bow in his hand, Fang Daye looked no different from an ordinary old man, but his attitude was still neither humble nor arrogant, nodding to everyone, and only bending slightly to General Zhenbei.

No one in the yamen came out to greet him for a long time, and Cui Teng got angry, "What's the matter?" Even if they don't know my identity, General Zhenbei is here, and they should come out to greet me. No, I'm going to go in and have a look. ”

Cui Teng stepped into the yamen, but Han Ruzi did not dissuade him, but led people to follow.

The two soldiers guarding the door stepped forward to stop them, Cui Teng raised a kick and kicked one soldier down, and the other soldier hurriedly raised his gun to guard against it, Du Chuanyun stepped forward, grabbed the spear and threw it on the ground, pushing the soldier out of a dozen steps.

The slaves and soldiers who came in and out to carry things looked sideways, but did not come to interfere, and the people waiting in the street applauded.

Cui Teng swaggered into the yamen, shouting, "What about people? Where are the people? Why don't you hurry up and come out to greet your second son? ”

There were also some guards at the entrance of the yamen, looking at each other, and did not stop this group of menacing soldiers.

The lobby was empty, Cui Teng went straight to the backyard, bumped into the little colonel who led the way, grabbed the other party's collar, and said angrily: "Know who I am?" I am the son of the Southern Army Grand Sima Cui Taifu, the emperor has to be polite when he sees me, Wu Xiu just happened to be the uncle of the country, why don't you see us? ”

The little colonel couldn't figure out who this person was, but he was frightened by the momentum, and said with a bitter face: "Gongzi, please, General Zhenbei, General Wu is waiting." ”

Cui Teng let go of his hand, stepped aside, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, please." ”

Tea was placed in the back hall, but there was no one, Han Ruzi left the guards outside, and only took Cui Teng, Du Chuanyun, Meng E and Fang Daye in.

The colonel left in a hurry, and soon brought back a military officer, and retired himself.

"The following is the main book under General Wu, I don't know that General Zhenbei is coming, and I miss the ...... from afar"

Cui Teng was still in the lead, and came to the main book in two steps, "Don't come to this set, the entire Shenxiong Pass knows that General Zhenbei is coming, don't you know?" What about Wu Xiu? Let him out. ”

The main bookkeeper had a sad face, "This ...... General Wu...... Something......"

Han Ruzi stepped forward and said, "General Wu has returned to Beijing, who is in charge now?" ”

Cui Teng was taken aback, "Good boy, you run so fast!" ”

The master book was even more surprised, and his face changed, "You, you ......"

"This is General Zhenbei." Cui Teng reminded coldly.

The main book hurriedly changed his words: "How does General Zhenbei know......"

"General Wu returned to Beijing, and the official seal was handed over to you?" Han Ruzi asked.

The master nodded.

In the absence of the main general, a deputy general is usually appointed to be in charge of the army, but Wu Xiu left the official seal with a master bookkeeper, obviously afraid of leaking the news.

"Hand it over." Han Ruzi ordered.

It was only at this time that the others understood that General Zhenbei was going to seize the seal again, Cui Teng was overjoyed, and then said: "Yes, hand it over quickly, don't wait for me to kill people and search my body." ”

The main book is bloodless, Shenxiongguan usually does not have much military affairs, he can hide it, but once there is chaos, he does not dare to call the shots, "That...... The seal is not with me. ”

"How dare you tease us! I said it was just now, but now I don't recognize it? Cui Teng raised his fist.

The master book just nodded at first, and before he could explain, this urgency, his mouth was even more unfavorable, and his hands covered his face, "The official seal was taken away by General Han." ”

Cui Teng lowered his fist, "General Han? Which Han General? ”

"The left general of the Northern Army, Han Tong."

"Han Tong?" Cui Teng knew the most nobles, and in a blink of an eye he remembered who this person was, "The son of the seventeenth prince of Emperor Wu, hey, brother-in-law, is your cousin." ”

Han Ruzi had heard of Han Tong, after the champion Hou Han Shi took office as the Grand Sima of the Northern Army, he recruited a large number of descendants of the clan, and Han Tong was one of them, who was the general of Zuo and was deeply trusted.

It suddenly became difficult to capture the seal.

"When did General Kiri come?" Han Ruzi asked, according to the custom of the clan, calling names instead of surnames.

"This morning, two hours earlier than General Zhenbei."

Han Ruzi sighed in his heart, it turned out that he was only one step late, if it weren't for the purpose of appeasing the Chu army in the Broken Iron City, he should have arrived earlier.

At this point, it is useless to regret it, not to mention that appeasing the Chu army is a necessary task, even if he knew in advance that it would be late, Han Ruzi could only choose to stay at that time.

"What about General Kiritoro?"

The master book was already out of order, and immediately replied: "I'm going to Dongcheng to check the warehouse." ”

"Take me to him."

The chief bookkeeper shook his head, "No, I have to take care of General Wu's things and send them out of the city before dark, and I can't afford to take responsibility for one less." ”

Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun stepped forward together, the two of them would only do anything, nothing else, the master book raised his hand to protect his head, but he refused to let go, he was Wu Xiu's confidant, he only did things for his uncle, the official seal could be handed over, but personal belongings could not be lost.

Fang Daye stopped the two and asked, "General Wu's things are going to be sent back to the capital, right?" ”

The bookkeeper nodded blankly, not understanding how the old man dressed as a civilian had come in.

"Ready?"

The master book nodded again.

"Take it out and have a look."

The main book shook his head, holding his lower abdomen with both hands, Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun knew what to do this time, one grabbed an arm, Cui Teng reached into his arms, took out a wooden letter, opened it, and took out the documents from it, "Lao Tzu is so difficult to pass the customs, Wu Xiu is not even there, but he has prepared documents for his private wealth, and he should really refer to him." ”

Fang Daye took the paperwork and glanced at it, there was the name of the master book written on it, and it seemed that he was going to abandon the customs and escape. Fang Daye didn't ask, tore off the paperwork, and said to the dumbfounded master: "You need a new document, take us to General Zuo." ”

Han Ruzi didn't expect Fang Daye to help at all, and brought him in just to give him a customs clearance document as soon as possible.

Fang Daye gasped heavily, like an old lion, and said coldly, "I'm going out of the city too." (To be continued.) )