Anbei Hou Mansion, also known as Zhao Hou Mansion, is Baoding Mansion, the provincial capital of Zhaozhou.

Zhaozhou Dao Jie Dao Envoy Anbei Hou, referred to as Zhao Hou, is a chubby businessman, only forty years old, but has been in the position of the festival for more than 20 years, in Zhaozhou can be said to be a word.

At this time, he was silently listening to Youyong report what he had seen and heard in the Beida Camp one by one, and there was a broken shield under his feet.

Next to Zhao Hou, there was a Taoist sitting person, this Taoist person looked listless, not like a Taoist person at all, but Zhao Hou couldn't help but be a Taoist priest who was more than ten years younger than him, but he was very respectful, and the two exchanged glances frequently, like a "I expected this" look.

After You Yong finished speaking, he bowed down and waited, and Zhao Hou hurriedly sat down.

The Taoist priest's voice was both sharp and high: "It turns out that Sima Dan is the one who hides deeply, and we have worked hard to find it."

Zhao Hou asked: "But now he is like a fish in water, what if he becomes a winged ......?" Sanqing Dao Long ......"

The slender Taoist Sanqing Daoist waved his hand: "It will take a while, the first thing we need to figure out is his past qiē, but the right father-in-law didn't seem to bring any useful information when they picked him up." ”

You Yong couldn't sit still: "The emperor's order that day was to return to Beijing immediately, and no one should be alarmed, and the time was too tight." Born in the Emperor's Family, everyone will have something different from ordinary people, so we didn't delve into it at that time. ”

Sanqing muttered: "Now it seems that that Mu Sheng must have something strange, and the words between them, we must go to Ban Wu to collect a person and put it between them in order to find out the content of their words, I don't believe that the emperor has not put others by their side for so many years!" But why did the emperor make him crown prince? If the Emperor really felt that he was a threat? He thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Only like Zuo Yong said, Mu Sheng is the breakthrough point, fortunately, there are not many people who are familiar with the situation in the Western Regions and proficient in foreign Chinese, and they are all civil and military, hum, it should not be difficult to find out the details of Mu Sheng, it seems that I will personally return to Beijing once." ”

Zhao Hou was anxious: "You go back to Chang'an, what should I do if I have something here?" ”

Sanqing smiled: "King Hou doesn't need to worry, I have a bag, if there is anything urgent, King Hou can open the bag to take a look, but King Hou will not have an accident before I come back." ”

******

Sima Dan and Mu Sheng knelt on opposite sides of a table, staring at each other like bullfights.

Sima Dan felt that if it weren't for a table in the middle, he would definitely rush over and scuffle Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng also gritted his teeth, and his anger was abnormal.

Sima Dan: "Who the hell are you?" ”

"I don't understand what you mean, you bastard who deceived teachers and destroyed ancestors!"

"The so-called deception of the teacher and the destruction of the ancestors, at least we must know who our master is?"

"Bastard! Didn't I teach you to be successful since I was a child? ”

"Finished material? I'm afraid I'll be a dead body! Hum! You unknown origin... Target... people! ”

"I'm Mu Sheng! Are you crazy today? Where is my wine, give it back to me! ”

"I won't pay it back, if you don't explain it clearly, I'll drink it all, and I won't leave you half a drop when I'm drunk! You better trust me, you didn't drink in almost a year last time, didn't you? ”

"You heinous traitor! What's the matter with my wine? Good! …… I'm afraid of you! But I'm really Mu Sheng! ”

"Don't come with me for this nonsense! Let's talk about it when you grow up! So I can't make sense now, but then let me spy on this and that, no! If you don't talk about it today, I'll elope with Xiaomin and ignore you old man again. ”

Mu Sheng was really taken aback: "Did Xiao Min agree?" This daughter is really..."

Sima Dan was triumphant, as if he had really gotten Xiao Min's consent: "I learned a lot in Chinatown that night in Jingshi, if you don't say... I'm going to use them on your daughter one by one.... ”

Mu Sheng's face flushed, and he suddenly laughed, "You really don't know how to write the word "death"? Okay, you can take her away! ”

Sima Dan laughed: "Okay! All right! I'm begging you, I'm grown up, tell me anything you don't know...... Is it good to be a fool without knowing anything? It will also disgrace your face! ”

Mu Sheng snorted coldly: "Tell me first, why do you suddenly want to know so much today?" Why didn't you ask yesterday? ”

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, but since I started teaching these soldiers, after the "Breaking and Killing", I found that what you said before was all nonsense, how can I succeed in teaching them like this? ”

"What's wrong with my nonsense?"

"You said that it was just a very ordinary soldier to learn the trick, then the soldiers who know here have never heard of the key decisions I taught them, this is not a bad thing, however, you once said that you yourself are just an ordinary deserter, now it seems that you are not at all, and the things you taught me are unheard of even by Cao Lie and these generals, so I want you to explain your own identity, what kind of deserter is it? Where did you flee from? ”

"Nonsense, when did I say I was an ordinary deserter? Deserter! It doesn't have to be ordinary! Besides, haven't I also analyzed your current situation with you? Can an ordinary deserter know your identity? ”

“…… That's all ...... But I don't think you're going to be a runaway general, are you? It's not like it! Chubby. ”

"Killing and slashing is the sword technique of Guan Yu, a famous general in the Three Kingdoms, I don't know how many famous generals have been killed, and it is normal for you to feel stronger than others."

"Off... Guan yu? Is it Grandpa Guan who passed five levels and killed six generals and flooded the Seventh Army? ”

"I can understand your frustration, and you're just starting to associate with a lot of people, for sure, I don't blame you, okay! Get the wine out! ”

Sima Dan still obediently took out the wine: "Don't treat me as a child anymore, usually you respect Xiaomin's girl more than me, don't you want to think about it, if you don't talk about it now, then when something happens to me, is it too late to regret it?" ”

"Boy! This sentence must have been taught to you by Xiao Min...... Okay, okay, in fact, Xiao Min is not surnamed Mu, her original name is Zhuge Min, this daughter of mine is born like a fairy in the world, she only needs to learn anything once, and I often scare her..."

"That's it! All right! I'm not talking about matchmaking, why do you feel like you're obsessed with your daughter every time you talk about it? Feed! Your surname is Zhuge ? ”

"Hmmm! The ancestors had helped the Han family, but unfortunately the destiny of heaven was difficult to violate, the Han family was exhausted, the ancestors resolutely did not follow the thief, but arranged for the clansmen to go to the Western Regions before dying, saying that there must be a saint in the West, let us wait for the saint to come to the world again, and then we still stayed in the Central Plains of the vein was really wiped out, only the survivors walked through thousands of mountains and rivers, only to find us, this is my family. ”

"Then why did you come back again, and how did you find me?"

"I'll come back and get married, otherwise Xiao Min will become an orchid!"

"Nonsense! I'm asking why you became my master? Is there some ulterior conspiracy? ”

"your grandmother! What is my conspiracy? The Ban family found me! We have always been in contact, otherwise the ancestors would not have been able to go so far, and they persuaded the emperor to make me your guardian. ”

"Ahh Emperor...... The emperor also knows? ”

"Nonsense! You are one of his relatives, of course he knows! He doesn't know who I am, but he knows I can protect you...... Until he changes his mind! ”

"What? What do you mean? ”

"Your emperor retains you as a mobile pawn, on the one hand, he can suppress the voices of others who force him to become a prince, and at the same time, he can also maintain the support of the die-hards in the Sima family, of course, he doesn't want to see you grow!"

"Phew! Then you're still telling me to show my edge? Do you want your daughter to become a **? ”

"If you dive too deep, it will attract the emperor's suspicion, and the emperor will let you go to this place of death, which is to force you to show your true skills, if you don't want to die, you can only do it with all your might...... Poor kid! In short, what the emperor is afraid of is not your bravery, but the mandate of heaven! ”

"Destiny! What do you mean? ”

"That's it for today, who told you to come out with the wine now, I'm in a hurry, so ...... Somewhat drunk. ”

"Dead old ghost! Drunk to death! ”

******

The winter of the grassland came so quickly, it was only the beginning of autumn and there was already heavy snow, and now the snow is deep, and the grass and trees are withering.

The grassland has turned into a pure white snowfield, with only piles of small forests scattered around, but they all look listless and lonely.

Sima Dan led fifty horsemen and slowly advanced on the snow, the hot breath exhaled by the horses turned into snow mist in a blink of an eye, but fortunately, he did not encounter a snowstorm along the way, so he was able to walk on the way back in a few days.

Sima Dan looked back at the north behind him from time to time, and seemed worried: "It's cold like this here, there will definitely be a snow disaster in the north this year, if the old man guesses correctly, there will definitely be Huns plundering south now, why can't I find it after looking around!" ”

When Sima Dan was in his trance, the scout horse sent out chased from the rear from the north, and the war horse let go of its four hooves and rolled up a layer of white hazy snow dust on the snow, and only one gray spot could be faintly seen.

The gray spot quickly enlarged, and when he saw it, it was Gao Chun, the scout he had dispatched.

This little white face who is not tall is one of the few literate people among his subordinates, and Sima Dan suddenly felt that he should find a good time to ask why he wanted to join the army in this extreme north.

Now Sima Dan has established a certain amount of authority in the army, and for a young man like him, it is rare for a young man like him to be able to do this in an army that only emphasizes strength in a few months.

Gao Chun turned over and dismounted, his handsome face was full of blood, and he shouted: "Report! A Hun corpse was found in the north ahead. ”

Sima Dan saw that the faces of the soldiers around him changed, and he knew in his heart that even the bravest soldiers would inevitably be nervous before the battle, so he looked up to the sky and snorted, "Lao Tzu just said that he would go home, and the scout who was sent out at the end said that he had found the enemy's situation, and it seems that this great achievement forced me to come, hehe!"

Everyone felt that their spirits were lifted, and they all asked for battle, "The prince takes us, seals his wife and son, and we swear to serve the prince to the death!" ”

"Seal the wife and the shadow! Seal your wife and shadow child! Seal your wife and shadow child! ”

Seeing that the military heart was available, Sima Dan couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction: "What**?" I haven't had a wife yet, so I'm thinking about Yinzi? I said to try to have a good time, as long as there is wine and meat! ”

These soldiers are straightforward men, for them a meal of wine and meat is the most direct incentive, since Sima Dan began to "hunt the army", he also asked the officers and soldiers to start making wine, not long ago the first batch of wine has been available, Beida Battalion has been waiting for the moment of opening the cellar.

So the brigade immediately turned their horses' heads, and rushed to the north again, and they lined up in a row to ride westward, and the fast horses followed Gao Chun, and quickly approached the small jungle in the north.

From a distance, the small jungle is dark and gloomy.