It's dawn!

The sun climbed out from the top of the mountain in the distance, first with a hazy red light, but then, as if in the blink of an eye, the haze brightened up and shone brightly, sweeping away the fog between heaven and earth, and suddenly brightened up in front of him. Both sides of the road are green crops, are rising and falling with the morning wind, like blue waves, the dew on the leaves tremble, with the ups and downs of the leaves rolling, and finally fall from the leaves, the crystal dew drops before falling into the dust, reflecting the rising sun, blooming the last colorful brilliance of their lives.

The scenery is extremely beautiful, but Murong Hai doesn't have the slightest mind to enjoy the beautiful scenery of this paradise-like prosperous world now, but he is only in a heavy mood.

The son is very smart, the daughter is very beautiful, and the wife is fine. How nice it would be if you didn't come back! Murong Hai suddenly regretted it, if he didn't come back, he wouldn't be able to save face to deal with this orphan and widow, right?

But he came back when he was born. This time back, it completely dragged them into the water, and Na Tian really wanted to move their mother and son to Yuejing, although the mother and son could live a worry-free life from now on, but from another point of view, it was not a day of fear.

They thought they were dead, and they had accepted the fact that their lives were peaceful, but now, everything has changed.

He sighed heavily. If I had known that this was going to happen, would I have come back to see them?

After thinking about this question carefully, Murong Hai found that he didn't know how to make a choice at all? It seems that the right one is right, but it seems that the one is not right!

There was a group of people standing at the intersection in front of him, Murong Hai paused in his footsteps, and saw the two leaders who were his own guards, and their appearance, naturally, was the same as himself, and they were also depressed. I was all blocked to death, how could the two of them be spared?

Seeing Murong Hai coming over, the group of black-clothed people didn't say anything, just bowed slightly to Murong Hai, and then turned around in unison, got on the horse, and the war horse galloped, and in an instant, they disappeared without a trace.

"General!" The two guards walked over with their heads down, the look of horror on their faces not yet completely dissipated.

"Beaten? It's not badly hurt, is it? Seeing that the two guards had scars on their faces, Murong Hai asked.

"We were suddenly ambushed and instinctively resisted, but the other party is really powerful, and there are many people, we, we are really not opponents." The guards lowered their heads and said authentically.

"I see, it's not your fault." Murong Hai sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go back, come back this time, hehe, it's really self-defeating." Did you say anything? ”

The two guards bowed their heads and were silent.

"It doesn't matter if you say it, didn't I, too? These guys, they're not fucking human at all! Thinking of Tian Zhen's insidiousness, Murong Hai scolded bitterly in his heart. Let me tell you the truth, they took out your sister-in-law and nephews and nieces to threaten me, and I have surrendered to the Ming Kingdom. ”

When Mu Konghai said this, his hand unconsciously held on the hilt of the knife, as long as they had the slightest mistake, he would have the intention of killing people.

The two guards raised their heads, but they both let out a long breath, and they seemed to have let go of a big stone in their hearts, and their faces were relaxed.

"General, in fact, we also surrendered."

"Huh?" Murong Hai looked at them in a daze.

"General, both of us want to take two days off, please ask the general for approval."

"What for?" As soon as Murong Hai asked this sentence, he suddenly remembered that the thick stack of files was now in his arms, as if his two family members were in a neighboring county not far from here. The guards asked for leave, naturally they wanted to go home.

"Will you ever come back?" He asked. Unlike himself, the status of his two personal guards in Hengduan Mountain is not important, it is possible that they will never look back, haven't they also had this idea? was just categorically rejected by Tian Zhen.

"How dare you not come back? They also gave us a task, if we don't complete the task, how can they let us go! A guard smiled bitterly: "It's just me, but I still have my father and mother, so I can't let them be affected by me, and I can't even be a flat-headed ordinary person!" ”

"It's fucking ruthless!" Murong Hai gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, these people are all fighting on the battlefield, and when it comes to conspiracies and tricks, they really don't deserve to give Tian Zhen these shoes. "Go, I'll wait for you in the county for two days, and then we'll go to the Tiger Prison Pass, and after meeting up with the brothers there, then go back to Hengduan Mountain."

"Thank you, General." The two guards were overjoyed, and brought one of the three horses left by the black-clothed men behind them to Murong Hai, and then the two turned over on their horses, saluted Murong Hai, and galloped away.

Three days later, the three of them met in Zhengyang County, and then galloped all the way in the direction of Tiger Prison Pass.

At this time, the Tiger Prison Pass is full of lights, filled with a festive atmosphere. The young marshal is about to get married, and the daughter-in-law is the granddaughter of the king of Kaiping County, and the team escorted Deng Shu by the imperial court has arrived outside the city and set up camp outside the city. Just wait for the auspicious day to come, and will enter the city to hold a grand wedding with the young marshal.

The people of Tiger Prison Pass are still very supportive of the handsome Xiao Qiang. Xiao Qiang has been operating the Tiger Prison for many years, for the surrounding states and counties, Xiao Qiang is not so polite, but for the people under his nose, he is still quite loving, in the past two years, with the construction of the business road with Yongping County, a large number of Ming merchants have flocked to the Tiger Prison, which has also brought countless employment opportunities, and the pockets of the people of the Tiger Prison have become solid, and more importantly, because Xiao Qiang has earned a lot of gold and silver through these business activities, the exploitation of the people is naturally smaller, which in the eyes of the people, it is naturally also a virtue of the handsome.

Tiger Prison Pass is located in the key area, and behind it is the middle of the Qin State, which was originally the richest place in the Qin State, but in the eyes of the current Tiger Prison Pass, those states and counties that they used to envy can now only be regarded as some flowers.

If there is no comparison, there is no harm, except that this time it hurts people from other places. Now there are countless people from surrounding states and counties who come to Tiger Prison to beg for a living.

Countless businessmen poured into the Tiger Prison Pass, and countless Qin people who wanted to pursue a better life also poured into the Tiger Prison Pass, making the floating population here far exceed the local population.

Business is thriving, there is money in the pocket, in the past two years, it has obtained countless grains from the Ming State, and the grain and grass stored in the Tiger Prison Pass are enough for Xiao Qiang to support for more than a year, and the weapons have also received great support from the Ming State, although they can't get the latest weapons of the Ming Kingdom, but the goods that the Ming Army eliminated are also much better than the equipment of the Qin Army before.

The border army is not the thunder army of the royal family, the commander has the ability, the soldiers eat meat and drink wine, and they have no ability, and the soldiers can only endure the northwest wind.

It is precisely because of the strong support of the Ming Kingdom that Xiao Qiang's ambition grows day by day, because now he really doesn't care about the imperial court's neck.

Food, weapons, I can buy them myself, I can also make a part of the Tiger Prison Pass myself, military salaries, through transactions with the Ming people, I can also raise them, and the area under the control of the Tiger Prison army can also levy taxes, there is no shortage of anything, your court still wants to show me a face, don't think about it!

Xiao Qiang felt that he was completely able to take Deng Hong's place. Let his son marry Deng Shu, but also to use this to get together those old Deng clans, the only one who can say goodbye to himself, Lu Ding, I heard that there was a conflict with the Ming people in Qingzhou, and the two sides almost fought, which made Xiao Qiang almost laugh out loud, but unfortunately, they didn't really fight, otherwise let the Ming people teach Lu a good lesson, and it is best to let Lu must be greatly injured, so that he can only hang his head to himself.

Xiao Qiang was full of ambition.

I have to say that the geographical location of Tiger Prison Pass is really good. Tiger Prison Pass is located in the Hengduan Mountains, the main purpose of existence is to prevent the attack of the Qi people, the so-called one man blocking the pass, ten thousand people do not open, Qi people want to break the Tiger Prison Pass is basically impossible, as long as there are enough troops and grain and grass reserves, want to take it hard, the possibility is not large. And on the other side of the tiger prison and the junction of the Ming people, it is also a lofty mountain, many dangers, in order to trade in the past two years, although the two counties of Feng Laiyi to Kaiping County have been repaired, but in addition to that road, there is no way to work, they are not defenseless against the Ming people, this year, in order to protect the smooth flow of trade as a reason, they sent a force stationed at the border of Feng County, if the Ming people really have any action, want to get in, it is also difficult. What you have to guard against is an attack from within the country. Because externally, the tiger prison can be said to be impregnable, but internally, the tiger prison can be regarded as an eggshell.

You're in control! This is what Xiao Qiang thinks now. Speaking of which, Xiao Qiang doesn't have much ambition, at least in Qin Feng's opinion, Xiao Qiang's ambition is not worth mentioning at all, and all he wants is to replace Deng Hong's position and become the leader of the Qin State. But he doesn't have Deng Hong's ambition to expand outward, as long as he guards the little thing in his job.

But can he really hold on?

Whether it is a Ming person or a Qi person, which one is not eyeing the Tiger Prison Pass, as long as the Tiger Prison Pass is taken, the Qin State can be cut in two and cut into two parts, and the back of the Tiger Prison Pass is the richest place for the Qin people, and if this place is lost, the Qin State will lose the most important wealth and land, and it will directly fall into an embarrassing situation.