In the camp in the western part of the Southern Regions, Xiao Ming was still purging the new army, and his deputy was also replaced, but this person did things, which always made Xiao Ming feel that it was not in line with his heart, but after the last incident in the army, it was time to employ people, so he also endured it.

"My lord, the big tent of the Chinese army has sent a message to you to go, it seems that Lord Zhenwei is looking for you in a hurry. ”

After Xiao Ming heard the words of the deputy general, he did not reply, but left straight away and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army, and the deputy general did not say much, just silently followed behind.

Xiao Ming suddenly stopped: "You stay here and continue to supervise the training." ”

"Yes. ”

The entire new army barracks can continue to drill regularly one by one, as if to express their dissatisfaction, Adjutant General Xiao Ming's training of these recruits is more harsh, and the sound of drills gradually becomes louder, and the entire recruit camp seems to be shaking.

At the back of the camp, in that room, a group of people were busy, but the atmosphere was particularly depressing, not as before, and the inspectors in many places outside looked very strange.

When Xiao Ming came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Lord Xiao was sitting on the main seat thinking about something.

"Father, you're looking for me. ”

"Your uncle sent a letter, you can read it first. ”

Xiao Ming took a letter from his father's hand, opened it and looked at it quietly, but it could be seen from the green tendons in his hand that his heart was very turbulent at the moment.

There was a crisp sound of "bang", and the table under Xiao Ming's hand directly shattered, and the soldiers outside the tent also rushed in.

"It's okay, you stand down. Lord Xiao waved his hand at the guards who came in, and the guards saluted Lord Xiao and then retreated outside the big tent.

Lord Xiao frowned and said, "Why are you still so impulsive, if slapping the table can solve the problem, do I still need you to come?"

"Father, aren't the Fang family and us allies?" Xiao Ming's face did not ease at all, and he hurriedly asked.

"The so-called allies are nothing, and it is also expected that the Fang family will see that my Xiao family may be removed from the blood dome, and they will fall into the ground. ”

As if remembering something, Xiao Ming said anxiously: "Lingling can't marry Fang Hua, Fang Hua is not a good thing. ”

"Don't worry, even if the Fang family doesn't mention postponing the marriage, I won't really let Lingling marry in the end, I still need a reason to withdraw from the family, but now it seems that there is no need. Lord Xiao sneered.

Xiao Ming's expression softened slightly, and then asked, "Then why did my father agree in the first place?"

"If it weren't for the Liu family's face, you thought I would agree, and I thought that no one knew about the Fang family's affairs, it was just self-deception. However, the Fang family is indeed not something we can afford to provoke now, but unfortunately the Fang family has already made a move, so we have no choice. ”

Lord Xiao looked at Xiao Ming, and the look of worry on his face was full of worry.

"Father, will the Fang family interfere with the assassination of Li Yu'er. Xiao Ming frowned.

"No, the Fang family doesn't dare to do anything in this matter, in case it affects the affairs of the three families, I'm afraid the Fang family will be wiped out in an instant. Lord Xiao shook his head.

"You can let go of the affairs of the new army, there is no need anymore, the top priority now is to plan how to kill people. ”

Xiao Ming's face was very ugly, he had been planning for this new army for many years, and now although he was forced to expand by the situation and used a lot of resources and connections, now he let go of his efforts in vain.

Lord Xiao sensed Xiao Ming's thoughts, and said: "Xiao Ming, you have to distinguish between priorities and priorities, as long as my Xiao family can tide over the difficulties, it is only a matter of time before there are many new troops, but if you can't get through, then your current new army is useless at all." Even if we expand the new army, we can't compete with Zhang Xuanzong, and it turns out that with the support of the three families, we can mediate from it. The new army is just an increased chip, but now that the three have set up a gambling game, then the game will be based on this gambling game, and Zhang Xuanzong and I can't ignore it. ”

After saying this long paragraph, Lord Xiao seemed to feel a little thirsty, and as soon as he shouted "Xiao San" and remembered that Xiao San was no longer there, then Lord Xiao got up and poured a cup of tea.

"I know, and I'm going to start preparing for the killing. Xiao Ming wanted to say something, but he was not stupid, but he was a little unacceptable after years of hard work.

"Well, you prepare first, just do our best, this game is actually a secret contest between the three families and His Majesty, and on the surface, we and the Supervision Office should not be the decisive factor. ”

"Okay, I'll go and prepare first, and I'll discuss it with you after I have some results. ”

"Go, by the way, you can pick some people in the new army to bring with them, they have not yet been officially registered in the army, they can be regarded as my Xiao family's private army, but the number of people is not too much, and we can't go too far." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming's eyes lit up, although the training of the new army was not long and did not have much lethality, but adding this force would always help.

Xiao Ming nodded, and then left the big tent to prepare for related matters.

Han Xiao, who came to the Hongfeng Fortress, looked at the towering walls of the fortress, and suddenly found that it seemed that it was useless to rush over, it was difficult for him to enter the city now, no matter how easy he was, the Hongfeng Fortress, which had experienced the last incident, now had the most stringent investigation of personnel in the past ten years.

No matter how superb Han Xiao's disguise technique is, he still needs an impeccable new identity, and he obviously can't fabricate it out of thin air when he is alone.

The soldiers outside the city gate had already paid attention to Han Xiao when he came alone on horseback, because it was rare for people to come here alone, either a caravan, a group or a young lady of the family came to travel, but no matter which one should not be what Han Xiao is now.

Han Xiao, who was thinking about how to get in, saw several soldiers glancing at him incessantly, and then looked at the crowd around him, he suddenly realized something, and secretly said "not good" in his heart, turned the horse's head and prepared to leave.

The soldiers outside the city gate were obviously not fledgling recruits, and when they saw Han Xiao tightening the reins, an officer's order on the city gate was down, and immediately the archers on the city gate took aim with their bows, and instantly locked on Han Xiao's place.

Han Xiao, who was about to turn around and leave, stopped his movements stiffly, and cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

Han Xiao has traveled with his teacher for a long time, and he is outstanding in martial arts, but he has a shortcoming that cannot be avoided, that is, he is too young, even if he is calm and careful, he cannot fully make up for this shortcoming.

The investigation under the city gate has stopped, and several soldiers have moved closer to Han Xiao's side together, faintly showing a situation of encirclement and killing, fortunately, they have not determined anything, and the heavy crossbow on the city gate has not been used, otherwise Han Xiao may have to flee in panic like the last time he left.

Secretly accumulating strength, Han Xiao was ready to find an opportunity to get out.

There are a lot of people outside the city gate at the moment, which is a good advantage for Han Xiao who needs to get out, as long as it causes chaos in the crowd, it should be easier to leave.

Among the surrounding crowd, there are many people who have not come to Hongfeng Fortress once or twice, for this change at the city gate, many people have realized something, under the gaze of many eyes, and the distance that most people have kept intentionally or unintentionally, Han Xiao's situation has been known to everyone.

Just as Han Xiao was about to escape into the crowd, a vendor-like servant hurried over from the city, walked up to the soldier who led the team, talked in a low voice, and then took out something to show the other party.

The officer kept looking back and forth between Han Xiao and Xiao Xiao, and finally saw what the other party had shown, he no longer had any doubts, and with a wave of his hand, the city gate resumed the tense and busy review work.

Han Xiao didn't let go of his heart, although from the current situation, the crisis at the city gate was temporarily lifted, but he didn't know the little guy who came over slowly, this may not be some kind of trap.

Xiao Xiao is dressed as a subordinate, his appearance is mediocre, and he is very immature, but Han Xiao can still feel from the scene just now that this person is left and right, and it is not like the performance of a very young boy, this person has either received this kind of training in dealing with people since he was a child, or everyone is acting with him.

After the visitor arrived in front of Han Xiao, he bowed to Han Xiao, and the words he said really made Han Xiao confused.

"The adults have come from the imperial capital, and they have worked hard all the way, and the little ones will lead the adults into the city, and please follow the adults. The little servant smiled and said to Han Xiaoyou: "By the way, the horses don't want to be too eye-catching, let's go in." ”

Han Xiaowei squinted his eyes and asked, "We know each other?"

Xiao Xiao didn't feel strange to Han Xiao's question, and he answered very quickly, obviously thinking of his words before he came.

"I know, when Lord Zhang left the fortress alone some time ago, outside this city gate, we helped the adults persuade the friends who saw them off to go back. ”

Hearing this, Han Xiao understood that the other party already knew that he was the one who made trouble in Xidaying, and the other party should be the last force to help him.

Seeing that Han Xiao hadn't made a move yet, the man then threw out another sentence, and this sentence made Han Xiao have to follow the other party, no matter whether the other party was friend or foe.

"Does Lord Han still have any doubts?" the little guy looked at Han Xiao with a smile.

When Han Xiao heard this sentence, which was different from the previous title of Lord Zhang, he knew that the other party obviously knew much more about himself, and it might even be related to Hongzhai.

At that moment, Han Xiao no longer hesitated, and directly dismounted and followed this little guy over.

As he passed by the officer, Han Xiao saw the little servant arch his hand to the officer, and then nodded. The soldiers did not interrogate them, and the officer went to take Han Xiao's horse away alone, looking at the joy on his face that could not be concealed, how could Han Xiao not know that this horse was already the officer's.