Late at night, Gao Shangzhi sat by the window and did not sleep. A black shadow suddenly landed in the courtyard a few steps away, and the person who came was none other than the fifth child who had been ordered to spy on Qin Huaishan.

"Your Excellency."

"How? Is there anything wrong with Qin Huaishan? Gao Shangzhi asked.

"There's nothing suspicious!" Lao Wu said.

"Got it, step down!"

"Yes......"

Gao Shangzhi's suspicion of Qin Huaishan has no real evidence, just an intuition, so in Shi Jian's opinion, this is purely his overthinking. But for the sake of the great cause of Ning Wangfu, Gao Shangzhi will definitely not let go of any suspicious opportunity.

The people in King Ning's Mansion couldn't sleep, and the same was true of Xihuahou Mansion, the dead silence before the storm made everyone feel depressed, Shi Min tossed and turned, and simply sat up.

"Childe, did you sleep?" Xu San suddenly knocked on the door outside.

"Third Uncle Xu, what's going on?" Shi Min asked.

Xu San said outside: "There is a situation! Brother Hong sent someone to send a secret letter, you must take a look! ”

Shi Min hurriedly got up, and while lighting the fire, he ordered: "Come in!" ”

Xu San gently pushed the door in, Shi Min had just lit the candle and asked, "Uncle Xu San, what is so urgent?" ”

"You can take a look at this first!" Xu San handed a paper ball to Shi Min.

Shi Min looked at the crumpled paper ball, a little puzzled, so he carefully opened it, there were a lot of words densely written on it, Xu San on the side said: "Things are very strange, an hour ago, Qin Huaishan suddenly appeared on the streets of Yecheng, and what is even more strange is that he actually knows how to connect with Brother Hong's people, and then sent this secret letter to the Xihua Hou Mansion through Brother Hong's hand." ”

"Have you ever read the contents of this letter?" Shi Min asked with a frown.

"No, Brother Hong took a general look, and when he sent someone to deliver the letter, he sent a message to me, saying that it was very important, and you must read it immediately, so I will give you a gift!"

"Where is Qin Huaishan now?" Shi Min asked.

"By the way, Brother Hong commanded, Qin Huaishan has already settled in Yecheng, but according to their observations, it seems that there is a person secretly staring at him along the way, but I don't know the identity of that person."

"Ning Wangfu!" Shi Min slowly put down the letter in his hand.

As soon as the words fell, the sound of "fluttering and fluttering" suddenly came from the window, Xu San hurriedly went out to take a look, and a pigeon fell under the window edge for some reason.

"Childe, it's a carrier pigeon in the barracks!" Xu San recognized it, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the pigeon in his arms and sent it to Shi Min.

"It must be a letter from the second uncle and the third uncle!" Shi Min said, checked the lap of the carrier pigeon, and sure enough, there was a letter.

When he opened it, Xu San asked next to him, "Childe, what does the letter say?" ”

"Qin Huaishan is actually a person from my grandfather's Iron Guard Battalion back then?" Shi Min was a little surprised, and said to Xu San: "He went back to Yecheng to help the Xihua Marquis Mansion deal with King Ning Shijian!" ”

"Really?" Xu San obviously didn't expect it either.

"Just look at it!" Shi Min said and handed the note to Xu San.

Xu San looked at it, and then picked up the secret letter sent by Hong Ze, and his eyes were straight when he was stunned.

"I really didn't expect that Qin Huaishan had just been determined to be a fine work, so he came to such a show." Shi Min's thoughts suddenly became confused.

"On this secret letter, it is all what Qin Huaishan said to you, and it seems to make sense." Xu San frowned, leaning on the candle and looking at it word by word.

"That's right!" Shi Min sat down and said to Xu San: "Qin Huaishan explained to me his original intention of entering the Xihua Hou Mansion, as well as the reason why he encouraged the Xihua Hou Mansion to raise troops and even stand on his own two occasions. If the identity of his beggar army iron guard battalion is confirmed, then this reason will make sense! I'll assume he's doing it for my grandfather's unfinished business. But if he is lying, then all this is a lie. ”

"What Childe said is very true!" Xu San slowly put down the letter, picked up the note sent by Wang Shicheng and looked at it, and said, "But General Wang Shicheng has already sent a letter, so he shouldn't be dead, right?" Otherwise, how would he have left Handan alive? ”

"You're right! But I'm afraid that Qin Huaishan has deceived the two uncles! ”

"Didn't you say that there is an entourage of General Ran in the camp, he should know Qin Huaishan, and the two generals must have asked the old man to confirm it!"

Shi Min nodded slightly, and Xu San said beside him: "There is another question, you may have overlooked, but I think that this Qin Huaishan may indeed be reliable." ”

"What's the problem?"

"The secret line of Xihuahou Mansion hidden in Yecheng, all the people combined, there are thousands of people, an important reason why we can hide for so many years without being discovered, is that our people have all kinds of code words, he Qin Huaishan can recognize our people, and he knows the secret words, which shows that our dark line, he is afraid that he has already figured out the way!"

"That's right! If you don't say it, I really didn't notice the problem! Shi Min suddenly realized.

"Ning Wangfu tried his best to secretly destroy our dark line, but he never found a way. This Qin Huaishan is obviously Ning Wang Shijian's person, and he knows where our lifeblood is, but he didn't provide this information to Shijian, is it really to help us? ”

Shi Min frowned, and said slowly: "Maybe only by understanding it in this way can it make sense!" ”

"Qin Huaishan is being watched by Ning Wangfu, which shows that the people of Ning Wangfu don't trust him very much!" Xu San said, looked at Shi Min, and said, "Childe, I think you should see this Qin Huaishan!" ”

"That's right! That's what I mean! ”

Xu San asked, "When to go?" ”

"Since he just arrived in Yecheng and sent me a message, he is waiting for me to find him, it is better to hit the day than to hit the day, go now!"

"Now?" Xu San was stunned.

"That's right!" Shi Min said firmly to Xu San: "Let Uncle Hong keep an eye on him!" I'll leave right away. ”

"I'll go and call the six sons and them up and go with you!"

"Not necessarily!" Shi Jian waved his hand and said, "Go and call Zhang Mufeng, I'll take him out alone!" ”

"Childe, it's an extraordinary time, it's too unsafe for you to go out like this!"

"Too many people are not good! It's okay! ”

Xu San thought for a while and said, "No! I can't let you take that risk! Since you want to go out now, you might as well go through the tunnels of Xihuahou Mansion! I know where Qin Huaishan is! He was now completely under the surveillance of the Xihua Hou Mansion! You will have no worries about meeting him. ”

"Authentically?" Shi Min was a little surprised and asked, "When did the Xihua Marquis Mansion have an authenticity?" ”

Xu San smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll tell you slowly!" ”

Shi Min hurriedly changed his clothes and asked again, "Third Uncle Xu, I have lived in the mansion for more than ten years, how many things have you not told me?" ”

"That's all I left to tell you! Take you on a trip today! Xu San said, took off a cloak and draped it over Shi Min.

Zhang Mufeng was dragged up by Xu San in his sleep, he reacted instinctively, and almost put the knife on Xu Sandao's neck, which really scared Xu San.

"Third Uncle Xu, why are you, why don't you wake me up at night when you don't sleep?" Zhang Mufeng rubbed his eyes and asked while putting the knife back into its sheath.

Xu San looked at the knife in Zhang Mufeng's hand, a little shocked, and said, "There is a situation, go out with the son." ”

When Zhang Mufeng heard Shi Min's order, he asked while dressing, "Now?" What is the general going out to do now? ”

As soon as the words fell, Shi Min stood at the door and said, "It's now!" Very important thing! ”

"Yes!"

The two followed Xu San through the courtyard and came to the back kitchen, Zhang Mufeng couldn't help but ask, "Third uncle, aren't you going out?" What are you bringing us here for? Chopping wood? ”

Xu San turned around, looked at Zhang Mufeng with a blank face, and admonished: "Stinky boy, take you to the secret passage of Xihuahou Mansion!" Remember, don't make a noise! Don't tell anyone! ”

Zhang Mufeng was stunned, nodded again and again, and said, "I understand!" ”