The scorching sun was in the sky, and there was not a trace of wind blowing. The third prince, Zhang Zong, stood in the shade outside the east gate of Guzhou, and an entourage behind him kept fanning his fan, and sweat still soaked Zhang Zong's clothes. Annoyedly, he grabbed the collar and shook his head back and forth.

"Where's the fourth?" Zhang Zong tiptoed to look at the official road and asked the officials around him.

Feng Qianshan took a step forward, bowed down and said, "The scouts have come to report, it's less than five miles." ”

Zhang Zong nodded and looked into the distance.

After waiting for a while, the army finally appeared in front of him, and a smile appeared on Zhang Zong's face. The mighty army was coming towards Guzhou, with several carriages at the front, and a troop of iron horsemen was closely escorted around the carriage.

The carriage did not stop until it reached the city gate, the guards put down the carriage stool, the fourth prince Zhang Yi lifted the curtain and walked down, and Zhang Zong greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Sanhuang, how are you doing lately?" Zhang Yi walked over and gave a deep salute, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Fourth brother, you're here." Zhang Zong stretched out his hand and patted his right arm a few times, took his hand, and said, "Let's go, it's hot outside, go into the city with my brother." ”

"Brother Huang, don't worry, Yashi is also here with me." After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he looked back, Fu Yashi was stepping down from the second carriage, hurriedly came over to salute Zhang Zong, and said, "Fu Yashi see the third prince." ”

"Haha, Yashi is here, Guzhou is worry-free." Zhang Zong let go of one hand to pick up Fu Yashi, and the other hand to hold Zhang Yi, laughing and walking towards the city of Guzhou.

"Didn't the fifth brother come to Guzhou?" Sitting in Zhang Zong's mansion, Zhang Yi took a sip of herbal tea, put the cup down gently, and turned to Zhang Zong.

Zhang Zong's originally smiling face sank, put down the cup, and said: "The fifth brother sent a letter, saying that he was not good at leading troops, and he wanted to send 20,000 soldiers and horses to help, so he stayed in Xingzhou. ”

Fu Yashi sat down, his face changed when he heard this, and he raised his eyes to look at Zhang Yi.

"Brother Huang, have you ever thought that there should be no less than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Xingzhou, and the fifth brother can not come, but why only 20,000 horses came." Zhang Yi and Fu Yashi glanced at each other and asked Zhang Zong according to the prior agreement.

"Yes, I'm also angry with the fifth child, can Guzhou still hold Xingzhou if he loses it?" Zhang Zong sighed and gently patted the table.

"Brother Huang, when we set up our own Xiaoliang that day, the fifth brother hesitated. Now that I don't come to Guzhou, with all due respect, if there is a change in our rear, you and I will have no place to live. After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he peeked at Fu Yashi, who nodded secretly while raising his glass to drink tea.

Zhang Zong was surprised, looked at Zhang Yi in surprise, and said, "You mean the fifth ...... Will it change? ”

Zhang Yi shook his head and said: "I don't dare to say this, it's just that the fifth brother has always been good friends with the second brother, and now there must be no negligence in the battle against the water, unless...... The fifth brother can come to Guzhou. ”

"However, the fifth brother has already sent troops to come, how can he come again?" Zhang Zong frowned and asked.

"Third prince, I have a plan to get the fifth prince to come." Fu Yashi stood up and bowed to him at the bottom and said.

Zhang Zong's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "Yashi, please speak." ”

Fu Yashi walked up a few steps and said slowly: "As long as the third prince sends a letter to Xingzhou, he will say that there is a letter sent from the back hall, and several princes need to discuss returning to Daliang." In this way, whether the five princes believe it or not, they will come to Guzhou. After coming, you only need to explore its meaning, and you will know a thing or two. If it agrees, it will be temporarily trapped here, and if it is not, it will fight with us and will stay in Guzhou. ”

"Good! Brilliant plan. Yashi really deserves to be the first strategist. After hearing this, Zhang Zong applauded again and again, clapped his palms and praised.

Fu Yashi smiled lightly and retreated.

Zhang Zong asked again: "Yashi, how to solve the crisis in Guzhou now?" ”

Fu Yashi glanced at Zhang Yi and said respectfully: "Third prince, let's discuss everything after the fifth prince comes." ”

Zhang Zong nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll write to him immediately." You go to rest first, and then wash the dust for the Kaizhou soldiers. ”

Returning to the resting room, Zhang Yi closed the door and asked Fu Yashi, "Why didn't Fang Cai tell the imperial brother the plan we discussed?" ”

"Lord, if the five princes don't come, Kaizhou will be in danger, and we can only go back to Kaizhou to hold on. If so, it's not too late to discuss how to resist the enemy. Fu Yashi bowed and replied.

"Well, it seems that your concerns are still right. If, as you expect, we will not be able to return to Kaizhou if we are attacked on our backs during the battle. Zhang Yi said after pondering.

Fu Yashi and Zhang Yi looked at each other and nodded lightly.

Dao Zi's solo return speed was much faster, and he had already arrived at the foot of Guyu City before it was dark. Now the east gate of Guyu has long been closed, but fortunately, the general guarding the city knows the sword purple and urgently orders the soldiers to open the door and release them. Dao Zi saw that there were few pedestrians on the streets of the city, so he urged the horse to rush to the garrison.

A horse-drawn carriage was parked in front of a shop on the side of the road, and several men were carrying items from the cart to the store, while three children were squatting on the ground and playing. Dao Zi urged the horse all the way over, a child suddenly stood up from the back of the car and turned around and ran out, Dao Zi was startled and hurriedly pulled the reins, * the mount neighed and stood up, the child was so frightened that he stood stupidly in the middle of the road and didn't know how to dodge, looking up at the horse's front hooves falling on his head.

Seeing that Dao Zi couldn't avoid it, he suddenly lifted his strength, hugged the horse's head and twisted it to the side. At this moment, a figure on the side of the road flashed out, stepped in front of the horse, stretched out his hand to stop the child, pulled the child up and flashed to the side of the road. In a flash of lightning, Dao Zi had already broken the horse's neck, and the horse's body fell to the right with a bang. After landing on the ground, Dao Zi looked ahead and saw the child being carried by a strong man standing on the side of the road, struggling with his hands and feet. The man put the child down, turned and was about to leave.

"This good man, thank you below." Dao Zi stood in place, clasped his hands into fists and said.

The man stopped, turned around and returned the salute with his fists but did not make a sound, smiled indifferently and turned around and walked out. Dao Zi saw that he had a green cloth wrapped in his hands, and his steps were brisk. It can be seen from the body just now that this person is a first-class master, and he couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect that there would be such a master in the land of Guyu. Looking back at the mount that had fallen to the ground in anger, Dao Zi walked towards the garrison mansion.

After a few days of rest, the Daliang army and horses have recovered their strength, the grain and grass have been replenished in Guyu, and the wounded soldiers have also returned. Yuanhang discussed with Situ Hao for an afternoon, and was scheduled to send troops to Guzhou three days later.

When he came out, he stretched and sailed to his room. Du Wen's physique is really good, she can already get up and move when she changes the dressing this morning, although it is still a little twisted, but at least Yuanhang is allowed to bandage her wounds.

Pushing open the door, he walked in with a grin, and looked at the bed, the smile of Yuanhang froze on his face, and the bed was empty. Yuanhang was stunned for a moment, hurriedly turned around and went out of the courtyard, and asked the soldiers outside the door to know that Du Wen had left in the afternoon. Yuanhang couldn't help but worry, although Du Wen could walk, but her right arm couldn't move, what should she do if she was injured when she left the garrison?

"My lord, I'm back." Yuanhang stood outside the mansion and was still pondering, Dao Zi strode over and said to Yuanhang.

"Oh." When Yuanhang saw Dao Zi, he answered, and hurriedly asked, "I rushed back so soon, there was nothing wrong all the way, right?" ”

"It's okay, send her to Guzhou City, and Li Heyuan went out of the city to pick her up." Dao Zi replied.

"Okay, go back to the house and rest, I'm tired." Yuanhang patted him on the shoulder and walked towards the house together.

"But Lord Ye?" Only then did he turn around, and a loud voice came from behind him, and Yuanhang and Dao Zi looked back at the same time.

It was getting dark, and I didn't see who was coming for a while. The man shouted again.

"Sure enough, it's Lord Ye, I'm Du Heizi." The visitor walked forward as he spoke.

The soldiers guarding outside the door stood in front of Yuanhang and stared at the comers, and when they got closer, Yuanhang saw that it was really Du Heizi, and they couldn't help but get nervous. Turning around to give Dao Zi a look, Dao Zi nodded knowingly.

"Oh, Du Dangjia, haha, please come in." Yuanhang waved his hand to let the soldier retreat, and he stood next to Dao Zi inside the door.

Du Heizi walked in front of Yuanhang, clasped his hands into fists and knelt down on one knee. said, "My lord, I have made amends for you." ”

Yuanhang was stunned for a moment, hurriedly helped him up, and said, "Hurry up, why is this?" ”

Du Heizi got up, sighed and said: "Du Shan is confused, he deserves it, even if the adults forgive him, I will not allow him." ”

When Yuanhang saw him mention Du Shan, he also said regretfully: "It's no wonder that Du is in charge, he wants to force a girl from a good family, and he has murderous intentions against me, so I have to kill him as a last resort, and I will make amends to you here." After speaking, he bowed deeply to Du Heizi.

Du Heizi hurriedly stopped and said, "Adults can't, it's no wonder that adults are doing this." After a pause, he asked again, "I don't know if you can see my niece Du Wen." ”

Yuanhang nodded, thought for a while, and said, "This matter is a long story, let's talk about it when we enter the mansion." ”

Entering the house, Yuanhang told Du Heizi what had happened. When Du Heizi heard that Du Wen had really come here and was seriously injured, he couldn't help but worry.

"My lord, I don't have to worry about Wen'er, it's inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I'll leave." After sitting for a while, Du Heizi was anxious, so Du Wen was about to leave and go to look for it.

Yuanhang didn't stay with him for long, got up and said: "Don't worry, I will order you to go down and let the soldiers defending the city strictly check, if you think she will not go out of the city, she will send someone to search the whole city tomorrow." ”

Du Heizi thanked him again, got up and left. Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had also come to take revenge. I can't help but feel ashamed, and I spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"My lord, did you just say that there was another person in the mansion that night?" Dao Zi asked after Du Heizi left.

"Well, Ah Jin said that the person's martial arts are very high, but I'm afraid that he is above Ah Jin." Yuanhang looked at Dao Zi and nodded in reply.

Dao Zi didn't speak, and the person he met in the city came to his mind, could it be him?

"My lord, when I returned to the city, I met a man who saved a child in front of my horse, and that man was extraordinary." Dao Zi wasn't sure if it was him, but he knew one thing, that person's martial arts were not under him.

"Whoever it is, he'll still come." Yuanhang looked at Dao Zi with a solemn expression. Suddenly, his face changed, and he looked crying, and said, "Dao Zi, you are resting here tonight, don't leave me......"