Xiao Yao felt that his body was shaken, and the entire Xizhou City seemed to shake as well, but Xiao Yao checked it carefully, but he didn't see anything abnormal.

The sky was slightly bright, but for the soldiers and civilians in Xizhou City, this meant that the calm of the night would also stop at the same time.

The sound of the army gathering in the Tusi Mansion began to appear, Xiao Yao was not interested in this, but Yi Feng was very curious, changed his clothes early, and watched the army in the school field in front of the Tusi Mansion parade on the side.

Prince Peng did this to show the soldiers and civilians in the city to enhance their confidence, in this state of pressure from the soldiers, what he was most afraid of was the fluctuation of the hearts of the people in the city.

Peng Shan went out of the city with two thousand cavalry early in the morning, Xiao Yao didn't see Yi Ming, and it was not easy for him to investigate, so he had to take Yi Feng, who was curious about everything, to wander around in the Tusi Mansion.

In the early morning, the Tusi Mansion was already busy, people and various materials came and went, as well as various civil and military officials kept coming in and out, in fact, Peng's Tusi was already much better than many local regimes, if it was changed to other places, most of the people in the city would have fled out of the city long ago.

Xiao Yao took Yi Feng out of the Tusi Mansion, came to the inn where he had stayed, and inquired about the shopkeeper inside, and learned that the divine doctor and the ghost face had left five days ago, but they did not leave any letters to Xiao Yao.

came to the post station and took a turn, but I didn't see anything Dewey left for himself, it seems that he has cut off contact with everyone during the period of time he went to Phoenix Mountain.

Xiao Yao didn't want to stay in this Xizhou City all the time, at least after the Nine Palace Spirit Gu Array started, he would have to leave, because the few enemies he left behind had not been resolved, and it was not a way to stay in Xizhou City all the time, and there was already Yi Ming here to sit in the town, so he didn't need anything.

The most important thing is that he has to find a way to find Dewey to confirm whether the eldest lady has returned to the Central Plains safely.

Xiao Yao took Yi Feng to walk along the streets of the city, obviously much more deserted than before, but many shops are still open as usual, and there is no very chaotic phenomenon, and the prices in the city have not fluctuated significantly, it seems that Peng Wangye and they have secretly taken over the trading of the main materials in the city, so the price will be so stable.

There were occasional pedestrians passing by on the street, but they all looked like they were in a hurry, and Xiao Yao found that he and Yi Feng had become rare idlers in the city now.

It seems that many merchants have left Xizhou, and now the city is mainly Xizhou locals, many people do not want to stay away from their homeland, and some of the local ** are Miao people, so they are generally very dissatisfied with the pressure of the imperial court soldiers, but there is an atmosphere of common hatred and hatred.

Xiao Yao and Yi Feng hastily ate breakfast at a small stall, and then went back to Tusi Mansion, Yi Feng went to find Yi Ming, and Xiao Yao went back to his small courtyard. took out two very hidden notes from his hand, one was in the pre-booked place of the inn, and the ghost face and the divine doctor found by Xiao Yao were left for him, and the other was found by Xiao Yao in a very hidden corner of the inn, and Dewey left it for himself.

Ghost Face and the Divine Doctor have moved to a secret stronghold of the original Witch Clothes Sect nearby, and Ghost Face told Xiao Yao the exact location. And Dewey's note said that the eldest lady had returned to the capital safely, and Dewey was actually sent to the front line as the head of the prince's guards, so he asked Xiao Yao to find him immediately after seeing the note.

Xiao Yao simply weighed it, if he went out of the city now, it would be too eye-catching, now the gates of Xizhou on three sides have been closed, only the west gate against the mountain is still open normally, allowing people who pass the guò inspection to enter and exit Xizhou City.

Xiao Yao admired Peng's Tusi very much, allowing everyone to come and go freely, but it stabilized the hearts of the people, and there was no phenomenon of fleeing in the ** area of the city.

Therefore, if Xiao Yao goes out of the city now, he can only go to the west gate, but out of the west gate is a big mountain, which is also the reason why Peng's Tusi dares to open here, according to the topographical characteristics of Miaojiang, there must be a cave prepared by Peng's Tusi secretly under the mountain for emergency times to escape, Xiao Yao doesn't care about these, but he needs to bypass this mountain, at least a few hours away, in order to reach the camp of the Xizhou garrison.

This is not a good choice. Xiao Yao therefore chose to secretly go out of the city at night, so that he didn't have to go around in a big circle.

Tusi Mansion continued to be busy, but Xiao Yao basically had nothing to do, so he had to cultivate in the small courtyard by himself, and it was not until the evening that Yi Feng and Peng Shan came back one after another. Yi Feng was full of excitement, while Peng Shan was tired.

Xiao Yao explained his intention to the two, although he was a little reluctant, but neither of them stopped him, because Xiao Yao was not a Miao after all, and it would be inconvenient for him to stay here when the war continued.

Peng Shan originally wanted to arrange for someone to send Xiao Yao away from the West Gate, but Xiao Yao refused, and told Peng Shan that he had his own way out of the city.

Bidding farewell to Peng Shan and Yi Feng, Xiao Yao quietly walked out of the Tusi Mansion, his figure hidden in the darkness, and soon came to a city wall with relatively few guards.

As soon as Xiao Yao jumped upward, he jumped to the two-zhang high city wall, and before the soldiers guarding could find out, he had already jumped outside the city.

As soon as he arrived outside the city, Xiao Yao's figure quickly melted into the night, and when he reappeared, he had already come to the camp of the garrison army, Xiao Yao did not use his shadow guard identity card to ask to enter, but continued to sneak into the camp, and according to the information left by Dewey, he came to a small courtyard close to the general's mansion.

Xiao Yao came to a room and saw that the lights were still on inside, so he looked forward and saw that Dewey was looking at some Wen Jiàn alone.

Xiao Yao pushed the door in, but Dewey did not look up, but continued to look at the dozens of documents on the table in front of him, and said to Xiao Yao while watching, "Brother Xiao, you are finally here." ”

Xiao Yao sat directly opposite Dewey, and casually picked up a copy of the text on the table, which turned out to be some recent newspapers and military newspapers of the imperial court. The level of confidentiality is not high, and Xiao Yao already knows a lot of the information inside.

"Congratulations to Brother Du for being promoted to the crown prince and serving in the East Palace." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"What's there to congratulate on this, it's not a false position, it's still the same job." Dewey finally raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept well.

"This time I was not punished, and I jumped to the third grade, isn't this worth congratulating?" Xiao Yao continued.

"Brother Xiao, don't make fun of me, I've delivered that friend of yours safely, now you have to do your duty as a shadow guard." As soon as Dewey opened his mouth, he locked Xiao Yao and did not give Xiao Yao a reason to shirk.

"What is our duty this time?" Xiao Yao has no objection, the shadow guard he joined, then he has to do something practical.

"Of course, it's to protect the prince's safety, and other things have nothing to do with us." Dewey said.

"It's not going to be that simple, your letter said that I would come as soon as I saw the letter, and it was definitely not a simple defense of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was guarded by tens of thousands of troops." Xiao Yao immediately asked rhetorically.

"Brother Xiao, who do you think will pose a threat to the prince's safety?" Dewey didn't return, but asked Xiao Yao a question.

Xiao Yao looked at Dewey and immediately understood the meaning, the various departments of Miaojiang obviously will not pose a threat to the prince, as long as the brains of the various tribes in Miaojiang are not rusty, they will never come to fight the prince's idea, kill the prince, then it is really endless, then the threat to the prince is naturally some forces in the court that do not support the prince's ascension to the throne, the prince was killed in front of the Xizhou army, what a reasonable plot.

Xiao Yao didn't answer, but just looked at Dewey.

"Brother Xiao, it's good that you understand, just because we are under the protection of layers of armies, the sources of the various armies here are different, and the original rates are also different, we can't know the root cause at all, how can we rest assured, even the forbidden army that comes with us is the same. It's just that there are some things we can't say, we can only do. Dewey said.

"What does that require me to do?" Xiao Yao asked.

"You don't need to do anything specific, Ouchi has already sent eight masters to protect the prince at any time, but we still can't be careless, so your task is to incarnate as my entourage and protect the prince secretly, and now the people around the prince are very strict in their censorship, so you can only have such an identity." Dewey began to introduce Xiao Yao's specific work.

"This is a thousand taels of silver tickets, your salary for half a year, your rank is now a third-class guard, this salary is not low, you don't need to get too close to the prince so as not to attract the attention of those Ouchi guards, although our shadow guards also belong to the sequence of Ouchi guards, but we, like the blood guards, are all private Ouchi guards, and we are not visible, so your clear identity is also an officer of the forbidden army." Dewey didn't give Xiao Yao a chance to bargain on his salary at all, quickly skipped it, and then began to arrange specific work.

"Now my main duty is to participate in various military meetings with the prince, so at this time, it is the time for you to ensure the safety of the prince, Brother Xiao, your martial arts have not been said, so my brother can only put his life on you." Dewey began to sensationalize.

Watching Dewey's various performances, Xiao Yao almost laughed, but Dewey didn't care about continuing to say sensationally.

"Brother Xiao, it has nothing to do with us whether we win the war this time or not, we just need to ensure that the prince can return to the capital safely, so the imperial court sent four blood guards and four shadow guards to protect the prince, and you and I are among them."

Dewey's only one sentence caught Xiao Yao's attention, and he didn't expect that the number of shadow guards and blood guards was so small.