Liangzhou, Ji County, east of the city.

This is the location of the market, on both sides of the avenue that runs through the east and west gates of the city, there are wine shops, inns, blacksmith shops, leather shops, etc., not to mention in the market, during the day here is the most lively and prosperous place in Ji County, although now affected by Ma Teng and Han Sui's mutual attack, most of the Hu merchants from the Western Regions stop in Yulin, but it is still very lively here.

At night, however, it is the most deserted part of the city, and few people in Guy build a house in this area, except for the men who keep vigil in the shops, and when it is night, there are few pedestrians in the streets and alleys.

Even the soldiers patrolling this area are much smaller than in other urban areas.

It was late at night, and the north wind was howling and swept overhead, and a figure seemed to melt into the darkness, and at the intersection where the lantern of the dead wind was hung, he chose to pass through the shadows that could not be found in the orange light as much as possible.

In this way, he came to an alley, which was dark and there was no light, but this did not affect him in the slightest to grope his way forward, and when he reached a doorway, he stretched out his hand and knocked lightly, and the sound of tuk tuk was particularly loud in the quiet night.

However, this was only his illusion, the knock on the door was actually very slight, and after three or five steps away, it was difficult to distinguish the dull tuk tuk sound from the whistling of the north wind.

After a long creak, creak, the door opened a crack inside enough for him to slip in, and then creaked again, and the door closed again.

Soon, the visitor was taken to a side room, and from the outside, there was no light in the room, but when the door was opened and closed, there was a light and candle shining through.

"Report to General Yang, the lord has a secret order!"

The visitor landed on one knee and took out a thumb-thick bamboo tube from his bosom, both ends covered with fire paint. Respectfully submitted.

There were four people in the room, and the general Yang in the center was wearing civilian clothes, his eyes were attentive, staring at the bamboo tube in the visitor's hands, and he muttered for a moment, and then waved his hand, and someone next to him immediately stepped forward to fetch it and offered it.

General Yang did not rush to disassemble it, but took it in his hand and carefully checked it repeatedly, confirming that the bamboo tube fire paint was not different. Only then did he nod, his fingers were strong, and with a slight click, the bamboo tube cracked into broken bamboo strips, revealing a thin silk silk inside.

The silk silk was rolled very carefully. General Yang took it out and threw down the bamboo tube casually. Read it carefully without words. Then he put it on the lamp and candle, watched the light silk silk burn into ashes, and then patted his hands lightly, raised his head, and said softly: "The lord secretly ordered us to launch in advance and intercept and kill the envoys from Guanzhong." ”

The messenger who delivered the letter has withdrawn. Only General Yang and the three people who were stunned when they heard the words were left in the room.

"General, now that the lord is still fighting fiercely in the Dao, I will launch it in advance. Wouldn't it ruin the lord's plan to seize Ji County? ”

After a long silence, someone finally couldn't help but ask, and the other two nodded their heads there again and again, and their eyes also looked at General Yang.

General Yang was also groaning, and only after half a sound did he reluctantly reply: "That's what the lord's secret order says, perhaps, intercepting and killing the envoy from Guanzhong is more important than capturing Ji County, and it is also known." Well, okay, what is the meaning of the Lord's Decree, I won't speculate here, let's discuss it carefully, how to complete the Lord's Decree. ”

The three of you, look at me, I look at you, obviously there is still some unacceptability in their hearts, and they have also heard about the envoy from Guanzhong during this time, but they have not paid attention to it, so they know very little about it, and they don't even know where the envoy from Guanzhong lives.

General Yang was also a little worried, the lord's secret order was coming, but how to complete it was a big problem.

In desperation, General Yang could only sigh and said: "Starting tomorrow, I will go all out to find out the situation of the envoy from Guanzhong, and at sunset tomorrow, I need to know who the envoy from Guanzhong is, where he lives, and how many guards he has!" ”

Speaking of which, General Yang was already full of seriousness and expression.

The three of them agreed in unison, and after sitting down again, someone hesitated and asked: "General, the lord's secret order is only to intercept and kill the envoy from Guanzhong, and it is not mentioned that we must do it ourselves, why not, why not find someone to take action?" ”

"Exactly!" Someone stroked his palm and echoed, "In this way, we can not only complete the order of the lord, but also avoid exposing our strength, so that when the lord soldiers are under the city of Ji County, they can still ......."

The man who spoke opened his hands, held them weakly, and made a movement that should be closed inside and out, his palms struck, making a muffled sound, and his face also showed a fierce look at the same time, as if what he was holding in his hands was the city of Ji County.

General Yang was already quite moved, raised his head and muttered for a long time, before pointing to the person who proposed it, nodded and replied: "Well, okay, this discussion is very good, this matter will be handed over to you to handle, and the two of you will handle the situation in Guanzhong, this matter is personally explained by the lord, and there must be no mistakes, the key in the meantime, there is no need for me to say more, you should also be careful to understand!" ”

Speaking of a few words, General Yang's words already had a gloomy killing intent, and the meaning couldn't be clearer, if this thing is messed up, I'm afraid that someone will lose his head.

Inside the house, the four of them ignored the darkness of the night, you said, I said, the discussion kept going, outside the house, the north wind howled.

A few days later, the heavy lead clouds blown by the north wind brought the first heavy snow after the winter, and when the snowflakes fell, many people, including Pang Rou, secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

The heavy snow fell, which meant that the battle in Xiliang that lasted for more than half a year had to be temporarily calmed down due to the cold and freezing, even if Han Sui and Ma Chao's army were mostly wind-resistant Xiliang warriors, if they were to fight in the ice and snow, no commander would do such a stupid thing.

At night, there is nothing else between heaven and earth except the sound of snowflakes falling, Jia Xu accompanied the divine doctor Hua Tuo from Ma Teng's residence after returning, just chatting for a while, that is, they went to rest, tomorrow Ma Chao will rush back to Ji County, Jia Xu has been here for so long, and has an idea on how to persuade Ma Chao, as well as Ma Teng in recuperation.

The residence of everyone is a mansion specially arranged by Pang Rou, adjacent to Ma Teng's mansion, so that it is convenient for the divine doctor Hua Tuo to enter the mansion three times a day for diagnosis and treatment.

Outside the mansion, there are Ma family sergeants arranged by Pang Rou to guard the entrances and exits, and the burden of defense in the mansion is the guard brought by Jia Xu, and the commander of the guard is Dian Wei, who has a big waist and a round waist.

Lu Bu sent Dian Wei to lead the guards, on the one hand, it was the importance of this trip, on the other hand, it was Jia Xu and the divine doctor Hua Tuo, for him, they were extremely important, there have been so many assassination incidents in the past, Lu Bu was very thoughtful in guarding the powerless Jia Xu and the divine doctor Hua Tuo, but he thought very thoroughly, even the guards, not only the number of guards was more than double the usual, but also carefully selected, so as to be foolproof.

How to do a good job of guarding, Dian Wei before leaving, under the auspices of Lu Bu, gathered Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, Li Su, Song Xian and others, and discussed many times, in the calm mansion, it seems that the defense is lax, but in fact, it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it is very tight.

After Dian Wei led the crowd to inspect all parts of the mansion, he did not find anything missing, that is, he went to rest, but he knew that he had a great responsibility, and even if he rested, he was puzzled by the leather armor and lay down with the armor.

Through the dense snowflakes, there was a sound every now and then, and just as Dian Wei was snoring loudly, a sudden clicking sound came, which woke him up immediately.

He lay motionless on the bed, but in fact listened attentively, and after a long time, just when he thought he had misheard, the click sounded again, and it was from the roof.

Pawn Wei immediately got up silently, grasped a pair of iron halberds placed beside him, slowly moved to the door, put his ears against the wall, closed his eyes, and the sound of feet on the roof was heard more clearly.

Listening to the sound and distinguishing the line, Dian Wei was sure that there were at least four or five people hiding their whereabouts on the roof, and two or three of them were very light on their feet, and they were obviously more cautious and cautious.

Needless to say, the target of this group of people must be Jia Xu and the divine doctor Hua Tuo who live here, and although this mansion is adjacent to Ma Teng's mansion, it is adjacent to other mansions, and they chose to sneak in from the roof, indicating that these people are familiar with the terrain.

After listening quietly for a while, Dian Wei didn't bother to think about it, but directly pushed open the door, carried the double halberd on his back, walked out of the door with a big grin, and shouted: "Come on, go and inspect everywhere." ”

Arrange the inspection of the guards on duty, Dian Wei came to the door of Jia Xu's room, and pushed it bluntly, how could the door that had been latched up withstand his full strength, and immediately opened in the sound of clicking.

When Dian Wei stepped into the house, Jia Xu had also woken up and sat up, but he had not had time to light the lamp and candle.

"Sir, the divine doctor is invited!"

Dian Wei is a straightforward and rough man, and when he tells lies, his face is not red. What kind of person is Jia Xu, from Dian Wei's rude breaking into the door, he immediately realized that something was happening, and immediately replied without moving: "Okay, wait! ”

There was a sound of rustling, Jia Xu put on his winter clothes, touched the bed, followed Dian Wei, walked out of the door, walked through the door of Dian Wei's house, and came to the door of Hua Tuo's room.

The light was still on in Hua Tuo's room, obviously he hadn't gone to bed yet, Dian Wei directly stretched out his hand and pushed, and the door opened in response, so that Hua Tuo looked up in astonishment, and didn't know what was going on.

"The night is long, I have no intention of sleeping, and the doctor is so interested!"

Jia Xu Haha smiled and walked straight forward, but when he passed by Dian Wei, he asked in a low voice: "But someone?" ”

Dian Wei nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, signaling the assassin to be on the roof, and then turned his head and shouted outward, "Someone! Bring the tea! ”

Hua Tuo was very puzzled, and Jia Xu couldn't help but wonder, he didn't expect that Dian Wei would behave so calmly, it was not surprising, it was strange that Dian Wei was so scheming.

The snow is falling, the weather is cold, there is a charcoal fire in the house to keep warm, on the roof, but it is cold and unbearable, Dian Wei woke him up, and then brought him to Hua Tuo's room, on the one hand, it can be gathered together, convenient for protection, on the other hand, it is possible to wait for the rabbit, and the assassin on the roof is more patient!

Such a good strategy is completely based on one's own strength, the shortest the attack on the enemy, and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be to one's own side.

In the blink of an eye, Jia Xu wanted to understand all this, and couldn't help but look at Dian Wei twice. (To be continued......)