According to the plan, the group arrived in the countryside on the afternoon of the third day.

Xiangcheng is a relatively large city in the west of Xizhou, and one point that is relatively similar to Xizhou City is that the patriarch of the Xiangcheng branch of the Yang family also serves as the acting lord of the Xiangcheng at the same time.

The reason why it is called "acting city lord" is not a temporary official position in the city, but out of respect for the city lord of Xizhou City, it is crowned with the word "generation", which is the same level as the city lord elsewhere in terms of rank, and what is to highlight is only the relationship between Xiàn Township City and Xizhou City.

The original acting city lord of the township city was Yang Min, since the clan meeting in Xizhou City not long ago, his eldest son Yang Ruixin was elected as the seventh elder of the Yang family's elder group, and the handover was completed after just a few days, which can be said to be the fastest handover among several elders.

When there were still nearly 100 miles away from the township, She Qing began to prepare to contact the people in the city, and when he walked more than 30 miles away from the city, the greeting team sent by Yang Rui had been waiting for a long time.

"Sister Yang, I don't know how long we will stay in the countryside this time?"

After a few days of getting along, Princess Yuqing has become very familiar with Yang Jian and Hua Hate Liu, and even disregarded her identity as a princess, deigned to call Yang Jian "Sister Yang", and called Hua Yuchi "Sister Hua", and followed the name of the lantern "aunt", the lantern and the sky are not afraid of the two as their little juniors.

Even to She Qing, he shouted "Brother She" very politely, but he only hated the flowers, and he was just a "sir" who couldn't say hot and cold - maybe he could still tell whether he was cold or affectionate, and when he called "Mr. " directly, he should be a show of goodwill, and when he was called "Mr. Hua" with his surname in the front, it should be a show of evil.

In this way, since the word "Sichun" was explained clearly by the talkative Yang Jian that day, Princess Yuqing didn't seem to spit out the word "sir" again - if Tian is not afraid and does not remember correctly, I am afraid that even the title of "Mr. Hua" is only said once or twice.

This makes Hua Hate Willow especially feel that there is no sense of zài.

"This ......" Yang Jian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard it: The itinerary is not set by me, my father said it first when I went out, this trip to Xiyue is completely based on flowers and hatred of Liu Ma, unless there is an emergency, I can't interfere in the formation of arrangements at all.

Princess Yuqing is not unaware of this arrangement, from the first time she asked Yang Jian, she had already guessed a few points when she saw Yang Jian ask Hua Hate Liu again, and then when she was still like this for the second time, she was sure that she really wanted to listen to the person's arrangement.

"That person" is the name she pronouns for the flower hatred willow in her heart.

However, Hua Hate Liu was reluctant to play this kind of game between girls at this time, and sent the question back with a sentence of "This is confidential", which made Yang Jian, who was the questioner, and Princess Yuqing, who was waiting for a reply, extremely dissatisfied.

"Childe ......" Hua Yu Chi didn't know how to do it well at this time, if she kept her mouth shut, the two good sisters she had finally made up would definitely complain that she didn't help talk, and if she said it, I am afraid it would also make Hua Hate Liu dissatisfied.

hesitated for a long time, and was about to speak, but unexpectedly, Hua Hate Liu got up and didn't say anything, and jumped out of the car directly, but didn't have a chance to say the following words. At first, she was still a little annoyed, but when she continued to think about it, she was grateful to Hua Hate Liu: Isn't this just the right place to save herself from being embarrassed?

Hua Hate Liu got out of the car, and the biting cold wind made him shrink and almost stiffened.

At this time, they had already walked to the edge of Xizhou, and the warm valley sheltered by the surrounding mountains was far behind this group of people. However, this biting cooling is only the beginning, after leaving Xizhou, more than 100 miles to the northwest, there is a plateau, not only dry and thin air, but also strong radiation, strong winds and unpredictable weather.

"Sir!" After She Qing finished communicating with the people from the countryside who came to greet him, he was about to hide back in the carriage that had been prepared for him in the vacancy, but when he saw Hua Hatliu staying outside, he immediately beckoned the nearest person to bring him a set of military uniforms and put them on.

"How?" Putting on the military uniform, Hua Hate Liu immediately felt a lot more comfortable, calmed down, and asked She Qinglai.

"The road from here to the countryside has been explored, and there is no problem." Speaking of this, She Qing paused slightly, saw that Hua Hate Liu nodded with satisfaction, and said worriedly: "The most difficult thing to do is the road after leaving the countryside, not only are the various strongholds scattered a lot, but I am afraid that there are not many ...... of forces that can be effectively relied on."

"You don't have to expose those powers early." Hua Hate Liu thought for a while and said: "Those people say that it is more appropriate to say that they are non-combat personnel, so not only can they not be called, but they should also be given priority to protecting them when they encounter danger, after all, this line has made a lot of contributions from the construction to the present, and the price paid is not small, and it must not be lightly exposed or abandoned." ”

"Yes." She Qing nodded, and saw that although Hua Hate Liu had a coat and was a little better, after all, he was a literati, and his body was notoriously delicate, so he immediately mentioned: "Mr. may as well go and sit in the car, She Qingzheng has a few things that need to be reported one by one." ”

This is half-true and half-false, She Qing does have something to say, but whether he says it simply or in detail is in his grasp: if he wants to end it as soon as possible, he can just say a few words; If he wants to find someone to chat with, then a candlelight conversation is not a big deal.

At this time, he happened to feel bored—can it not be boring, his husband and lady can still have someone to talk to while sitting in the car, what about himself? In addition to the large number of rosters, there is information delivered by various methods along the road, either you need to memorize it with your brain, or you also need to analyze even if there is a trace of important information from the intelligence, and he has done things that She Qing has done, but it is still a little unbearable to take on such a heavy responsibility.

"It's good!" Hua hated Liu but couldn't wait to talk to She Qing, he was only a cup of tea when he jumped out of the car at this time, and he didn't have a score to face the small team that was almost isolated on his own when he went back, so he naturally wanted to delay and wouldn't go.

Although She Qing's carriage was not as spacious as Princess Yuqing's, it was precisely because of its small size that a copper basin filled with red charcoal baked this small space into a hot wave.

After a few strokes of charcoal, She Qing helped Hua Hateliu put aside the coat that had just been put on and was not yet warm, the two sat down cross-legged, and said: "Yang Min went to Yancheng and did not rush back to the countryside." ”

"Oh?" This Hua Hate Liu was really surprised, after all, in such a critical period of intense preparations, if Yang Min was not there, all the dispatches in the township and city would be full of rhythm than before. "When will you be back?"

"After the second day of February, the people in Yancheng reported like this, and I heard that they were going to accompany Yang Jun to Beidi to complete the last caravan. It stands to reason that Yang Jun has not personally taken care of the caravan for many years, and you see that they are going to ...... this time."

"No, it won't." Hua Hate Liu knew what She Qing suspected, after all, Yang Jun was much worse than others, and Yang Xian, who he was optimistic about during the clan discussion, turned his face on the spot, not only did not make any real gains, but also lost his position as an elder.

There is another thing that other people in the clan don't know, after the clan meeting, the great elder Yang Duan had talked to Yang Jun alone, and the old man specially promised not to ask, investigate, or investigate the assassination in order to appease him, but Yang Jun must also retreat from now on and not interfere in the affairs of the clan.

"Yang Jun, since he knew him, even if he is not in a thousand ways, there is one thing that is definitely worthy of admiration, that is, if he personally responds to it, he will definitely not regret it! Therefore, if he has any suspicious behavior in the future, do not touch him unless the evidence is conclusive. ”

Before leaving, the old man made a special trip to instruct two things, one of which was this matter. "Could it be that the old man already knew that Yang Min would accompany Yang Jun to go?" Thinking of this, Hua Hate Liu felt that people were really living and becoming more and more shrewd.

Seeing that Mr. said "no", She Qing didn't say anything more, and continued: "Another matter, the matter you asked me to investigate, I don't have a clue yet. ”

"Well, this is not in a hurry, after all, the person who dares to make a move is by no means an ordinary person, and I am afraid that we met him by accident that day." Although according to Yang Wu's analysis, it is possible for people in Xiyue and Junzhou, but Hua Hate Liu still figured out other ways to determine - especially when he accidentally thought that maybe the assassination was related to the lantern, and he tried his best to find out.

"At the very least, we should find out where the lanterns came from." If it is for the lantern, then the identity of the lantern is by no means as simple as a lost child, and the person who can attract a master to assassinate him, how can he be an ordinary person!

"How's going at home?" "Home" naturally refers to Xizhou City, these days, according to Yang Jian's instructions, it is necessary to report the situation in Xizhou City in a timely manner every day, and Hua Hate Liu also depends on her, after all, it is also extremely advantageous to know Yang Wu's movements in time.

"There is nothing big about the city lord's side, it's just that I heard that Lao Huang who I saw that day went back to Sifang City, and Yang Jiuye has been more diligent when he went to the mansion recently." She Qing sorted out the clues, picked up the more important or interesting ones among the hundreds of items of information, and said.

"That's right...... Hua Hatliu smiled after hearing this, and then stared at She Qing with interest and asked, "How is it?" Is it good to monitor your previous leader? ”

She Qing still looked solemn, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and took out a slip from his sleeve with his backhand and handed it to Hua Hateliu.

As a result, I couldn't help but laugh dumbly when I unfolded it, and I saw that the two-finger-wide strip above was densely written with hundreds of words, all of which indicated when, where, and who followed what to do, and even most of them simply indicated what they were wearing and occupation at the time.

"This is ......" Although Hua Hate Liu had doubts in his heart, he still couldn't believe it, and when he saw She Qing's face that was more ugly than crying, he was sure that this note was written by Yang Jiuguan.

"Nothing is missing, it's all here." She Qing said with annoyance. It was no wonder that he was annoyed, this was the eyes and ears of the person he had personally adjusted the arrangements the day before he left, and he was sure that no one else knew all the arrangements except She Qing himself—but now the fact was that Yang Jiuguan knew.

"No wonder even Lao Huang has to call him a Ninth Master ......," Hua Hate Liu sighed in his heart.

She Qing put aside the matter of tracking and exposure, and singled out another incident and said, "By the way, Song Changgong has news there." ”