The moon is on the willow tops, and the night is quietly falling, and as the night gradually thickens, the city that is still noisy at dusk falls into a deathly silence.

Sparse stars dotted the inky night sky, and among the stars, a thin crescent moon was like a boat floating in the vast sea, casting its pale yellow halo on the earth.

Under the crooked moon, the scenery in the city is hazy, and the trees in the back garden of the official mansion are also dark and dark, much more gloomy than during the day.

In the pavilion in the back garden, Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, looking at a dark figure not far away, and after a long time, he sighed softly: "Wang Wei has not appeared for three days......"

Qin Zhen, who had been following Liu Wei during the day, was not behind him at this time, and only Guan Qing came to the pavilion with him.

The injury was already healed, Guan Qing's body was already fine, at this time she had a towering crown of hair, wearing a shiny scale armor, and under the dim moonlight, she looked more and more heroic.

"Your Highness!" Liu Wei mentioned Wang Chen, Guan Qing said softly: "There have been many assassins who have committed suicide in defeat, a few days ago Wang Wei infiltrated the official mansion with the man in black, and the man in black was also killed, I think he will not have the courage to come again." ”

Looking at the shadow of the tree not far away, Liu Wei didn't speak, he knew that Wang Wei would definitely not give up so easily.

To be able to make a swordsman like Wang Chen, who has a persistent pursuit of utilitarianism, not hesitate to take the risk of breaking into the heavily guarded Dangcheng official mansion, thinking that the power behind him must be extremely strong, at least strong enough to attract Wang Cheng to defend them and Liu Wei!

The situation in the city is getting more and more complicated, and at this time, in Puyang City, which is thousands of miles away, Jia Xu lives.

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu knelt opposite each other, and there was a low table full of preserved meat and fruits in front of them.

The two of them had been sitting facing each other like this for some time, but the preserved meat and fruit on the low table in front of them did not move a bit. Even the small wooden barrel full of liquor was full, and not even a dime of wine was scooped out.

On the candlestick in the house, seven or eight white candles jumped on the flames, and the light of the white candles was projected in every corner of the room, and the belongings in the room were reflected in the dark shadows under the illumination of the white candles. The shadow dragged out the elder, and as the flames jumped, they also stretched and swayed.

"Shou Zhang Ling, when can Cao Gong say to send troops?" Slightly bowing, Jia Xu's eyes stared at Cheng Yu without blinking, and asked him: "It has been some time since a certain person came to Puyang, and he has been waiting for a certain time, and His Royal Highness has been waiting for it, but His Majesty in Chang'an City is in the hands of thieves, and he is like sitting on pins and needles every day, and he can't wait!" ”

"Zhonglang, don't worry!" Cheng Yu waved his hand at Jia Xu, with a smile on his cheeks, and said to Jia Xu in a very flat tone: "That Ma Chao left Puyang not long ago, and now Xiliang Ma has not withdrawn his troops from outside Chang'an City, the reason why Ming Gong has not sent troops for a long time is not to be disloyal to His Majesty, but to worry that once Li Dao and Guo Yan are defeated, Ma will take the opportunity to become bigger and return to Xiliang with His Majesty in hijacking. ”

"Ming Gong is worried, but it makes a lot of sense!" Staring at Cheng Yu's face with an indifferent smile, unable to see his true thoughts at all, Jia Xu smiled slightly after a while, and said to Cheng Yu: "That's it, that's it, the Luoyang army has now advanced to the hinterland of Youzhou, and the attack on Gongsun Chan is just around the corner, from Puyang to Chang'an, although it is not very far, the army will march in half a month and January, if Cao Gong does not send troops again, I am afraid that this credit will be passed by Cao Gong!" ”

Looking up at Jia Xu, Cheng Yu always maintained an unfazed smile on his face, and did not answer Jia Xu's words, but just stared at each other with him.

At the same time, under the city of Zhuo County in Youzhou.

Countless tents are connected together, and every dozen or so steps in the barracks, a brazier is lit with a jumping flame.

The firelight illuminated the barracks, causing the curtains of many tents to refract a pale orange sheen. Even the battle flag erected straight in the barracks, the jet-black flag, was projected with a faint halo.

The night wind was very urgent, and the battle flag was hunting and flying in the wind, making a "hulala" sound, adding a bit of turbulent majesty to the military camp that was silent in the night.

Far away from the military camp, the walls of Zhuojun were like a huge black curtain in the night, and its huge black figure was like a fierce beast lurking in the night, ready to devour those who were too close to him.

In the Luoyang army camp, Pang Tong put his hands behind his back, stood straight, and looked at the black city wall in the distance.

Behind Pang Tong, there was a group of generals of the Luoyang Army.

"Strategist!" Looking at the city wall in the distance, Lu Bu, who was standing behind Pang Tong, said to Pang Tong with an unconcealable anxiety on his face: "Our army has been here for two days, but the siege is not fighting, what is the reason?" ”

"General Lu, be safe!" With his hands in his hands, Pang Tong looked at the city wall in the distance, and said to Lu Bu without any expression on his face: "Our army is stationed outside the city, although it consumes a lot of grain and grass every day, but Gongsun Zan was too panicked when he retreated to Zhuo County, and the grain and grass reserves in the city must be scarce!" Our army's grain and grass still have an endless supply from Jizhou, but Gongsun Zhan's grain and grass is one less after eating. In such a siege, by the time His Royal Highness came down, the morale of the defenders in the city had fallen to the extreme, and the siege of the city would be broken in one fell swoop! ”

Pang Tong spoke and said that Lu Bu was silent for a long time. However, the expression on his face was not very convincing, looking at the city wall in the distance, his expression showed a little unwillingness.

Gongsun Zhan had been cornered, but Liu Wei was still dealing with the assassins sent by all sides in the city.

Liu Wei and Guan Qing were still in the pavilion, and a black shadow walked unhurriedly along the corridor towards the wing where Liu Er lived.

In Liu'er's room, there was still a dim candlelight, and the sound of Liu'er and the maidservant talking came from time to time in the room.

The black shadow walked to the door of Liu'er's room, raised his hand, and knocked lightly on the door.

"Who?" As soon as the shadow knocked on the door twice, the conversation in the room came to an abrupt end, followed by the voice of a maidservant.

"Qin Zhen!" Standing outside the house, the black shadow answered softly, and said to the maid in the house: "I met Miss Liu'er during the day, and when I saw that the girl was seriously injured, I was very worried, so I came to visit!" ”

Qin Zhen's voice came into the room, and Liu Er, who was lying on the bunk and had regained some strength, turned her head to look at the maid who was kneeling beside the bunk.

The maidservant who was still talking to Liu Er first glanced at the door of the outer room, and then turned her head and whispered to Liu Er: "Girl, don't wait, the maid will go and open the door." ”

"Hmm!" Due to the lack of strength in her body, Liu Er did not nod, but responded gently.

The maid stood up, walked to the door of the outer room, pulled the latch, first glanced at Qin Zhen who was standing outside the door, and then blessed Qin Zhen, and said in a soft voice: "The girl is already going to sleep, can Miss Qin come back tomorrow?" ”

"There's a lot to attend to during the day." Standing at the door, smiling at the maidservant, Qin Zhen said to her: "Only at night, this girl can find some leisure!" ”

"That being the case, girl, please come in!" The maidservant who opened the door lowered her head, groaned slightly, and then stood sideways to the side and made way for Qin Zhen.

Raising his feet and entering the house, Qin Zhen first nodded to the maidservant who was standing sideways by the door, and then walked quickly towards Liu Er's bed.

By the candlelight, Liu Er saw that it was Qin Zhen who entered the house, frowned slightly, and said to the maid who was still standing by the door outside: "You should go out!" ”

Hearing that Liu'er wanted her to go out, the maid was stunned, but she didn't dare to disobey, and blessed Liu'er and Qin Zhen, answered, exited the room, and closed the door from the outside.

"Don't worry too much, girl!" When Liu Er approached, Qin Zhen sat down next to the bed, a sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Liu Er: "I just came to see the girl, and I didn't mean anything else!" ”

"If so, then good!" Lying on the bed, turning her head to look at Qin Zhen, the corners of Liu Er's mouth also pulled up a playful smile, and she said to Qin Zhen very weakly: "The girl has a murderous aura, and she is definitely not so weak as she looks. Maybe the girl is also a swordsman with excellent martial arts, maybe she can! ”

"Miss Wang Liu is really discerning!" Kneeling beside Liu Er's bed, Qin Zhen maintained a quiet smile on his face and said to her: "I am indeed a swordsman, but I am not as good as Miss Wang Liu's swordsmanship!" If the girl had been in good health, I would have died on the spot if I had been struck a blow! ”

"Can the girl tell me her real name?" Wang Liu didn't answer Qin Zhen's words, but stared at Qin Zhen with unblinking eyes, and asked her very indifferently.

"Knowing my real name, isn't the girl afraid that I will kill people?" Looking at Wang Liu, Qin Zhen's expression gradually cooled, and when he spoke, there was a little strangeness in his tone.

"The girl is here, presumably not no one knows!" Lying on the bed, he gave Qin Zhen a smile with a little ridicule, Wang Liu said very indifferently: "I'm afraid that at this time, even if the girl wants to find the maidservant, it will be difficult to find it!" ”

Listening to Wang Liu's words, Qin Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and a touch of murderous intent flashed in the corner of his eyes in an instant. After a while, the smile returned to her face, and said to Wang Liu: "The girl is really thoughtful, the girl wants the maid to leave, I thought that the girl didn't want others to bother, but I didn't want to stay here!" ”

"Born in troubled times, you have to be more careful!" Smiling at Qin Zhen, Wang Liu asked her again: "Dare to ask the girl's real name?" ”

"Wang Zhen!" Meimu stared at Wang Liu, and when she said her real name, a touch of coldness flashed in Qin Zhen's eyes instantly, but this coldness only flashed and quickly disappeared from her eyes.

"Huh?" Hearing Wang Zhen's real name, Wang Liu exclaimed softly, her body owed, as if she wanted to sit up, but she couldn't lift it up with a trace of strength all over her body, although she tried very hard to hold it up, but in the end she still lay back on the cover softly, and it didn't succeed.

"Sister!" Looking at Wang Liu lying on the bed, Wang Zhen stretched out a jade hand like an onion, gently stroked Wang Liu's cheek, and his tone became extremely soft, and said to Wang Liu: "It's been more than ten years, do you still remember your childhood playmate?" ”

Wang Zhen's hand roamed on Wang Liu's cheeks, her hand was cold and cold, and Wang Liu, who was cold, couldn't help but shiver, and when she looked at Wang Zhen, her eyes were also full of panic.