Shi Nan came out of the tent, and Xiqing and Sang Zhi followed closely behind and also came out of the tent.

"You go back to duty, I'll go with Mulberry Branch."

Shi Nan walked out of the tent, stood for a moment, and turned his head to Xiqing Mulberry Branch.

"Okay." Xiqing agreed, lowered his eyes, took a step back, and turned to the handsome tent.

Sang Zhi followed behind Shi Nan, bypassed several tents, and arrived outside An Xiaoming and An Xiaozhi's tents.

Shi Nan shouted loudly, heard An Xiaozhi's words to please come in, and entered the tent with Sang Zhi one after another.

Only An Xiaozhi was there in the tent, sitting on the carpet in the middle of the tent, putting on a formation, seeing that Shi Nan and Sang Zhi's faces were not very good, he got up and moved to the side, "Handsome? ”

"Not a handsome."

Shi Nan bowed his hand, and sang zhi, one left and one right, sat down opposite An Xiaozhi, looked at An Xiaozhi and said:

"There is one thing, I want to hear what the fourth master means.

Sangzhi has a small servant Xiaoyuan, and the Zheng family, a big merchant in his hometown of Jin County, is a bit of a bend and a little close.

Half of the Zheng family's business is in Licheng, so Sang Zhi asked Xiaoyuan to go to the Zheng family, invited the Zheng family's uncle, went to Licheng, and just got a reply. ”

Shi Nan's words paused.

An Xiaozhi leaned forward when he listened, and looked at Shi Nan with a slight bated breath, there was news from the princess, and there was also news from Xiao Wu, these days, he had nightmares.

Coincidentally, Uncle Zheng met the eldest girl next to the princess, Ziji, and found an opportunity to say a few words.

Ziqi said that she and Qing Qi, as well as Sang Mama and them, not far out of Jinxian, separated from the princess, after separation, they went out for twenty or thirty miles, they were surrounded by the Shu army, and all of them were caught in Licheng, and when they were just caught in Licheng, the two men, who sounded like Jian Dagongzi and Qi Dashuai, had interrogated them.

Ziqi said that since six days ago, they were first released from prison and locked up in a small courtyard, and then from time to time people came to ask them what the princess liked to eat, and the princess did not speak, whether it was okay or not, and so on.

Since four days ago, she and Mama Sang have been taken out in turn, and asked them to pick out clothes and jewelry for the princess to eat snacks.

And ......"

Shi Nan's words suddenly stopped, and after a moment, he continued: "Zi Ji said, she picked out clothes and jewelry, and the mother-in-law who took them there would pick them again, and said that the eldest prince didn't like this color and so on."

Ziqi also said that once Qingqi heard the gossip of the two mothers-in-law who guarded them, saying that the eldest prince was really patient with the princess, and that the raw rice had been cooked into rice. ”

"Is there any other letter besides the words of the purple eggplant?" Ahn Hyo-chi asked with a twisted eyebrow.

"Yes, when he entered the city, he saw a head hanging on the city, with loose hair, saying that it was a female general on our side."

Shi Nan said that the female general was slightly choked in his throat.

"Anything else?" An Xiaozhi asked again.

Shi Nan shook his head.

"First, Uncle Zheng touched the purple eggplant, it was too coincidental."

An Xiaozhi sat upright and thought about Shi Nan's words again before he spoke:

"Second, not only did I happen to bump into it, but I was able to say so many words, which was simply brought to my mouth, which was too thoughtful. It's a trap.

Third, the princess has few words, she can not say a word for ten days and half a month, and there are other strange ...... Unlike the unusual, there are a lot of people in the capital who know it.

There are few words about this, Xiao Wu once asked about Zi Ke, and I was next to me at the time, and I heard it clearly.

Zi Qi said, the princess did have very few words, Xiao Wu asked Zi Qi again, is it not easy for her to wait for the princess, Zi Qi said, the princess has never been difficult to be a subordinate, what should it be, whether it is good or not, never let people guess, it is all clearly said.

In that sentence, the princess didn't speak, whether it was okay or not, it was a flaw. ”

Shi Nan listened intently, and his face gradually softened.

"The head of the female general, General Zhou's reputation for bravery, but General Zhou ......"

An Xiaozhi's words paused, and after thinking about it, he continued: "It's not disrespectful, as the prince said, General Zhou is a veteran oilman, the princess is alive, she will not die bravely." If Qi Yi had captured General Zhou alive, I don't think he would have killed General Zhou.

Also, Xiao Wu looks very much like an ancestor, and Grand Prince Jian has seen an ancestor more than once.

The princess is not in their hands. ”

Shi Nan let out a long breath, Sang Zhi subconsciously raised his hand to wipe his forehead, looked at An Xiaozhi and said with a smile: "Listening to what the fourth master said, it's not that there are flaws everywhere. ”

"Look, do you want to report this to the marshal?"

Shi Nan looked at An Xiaozhi and subconsciously lowered his voice.

"You are looking for the Zheng family to go to Licheng, do you know?" An Xiaozhi looked at Shi Nan and asked.

Shi Nan shook his head.

"Then I mean, I don't need to tell the marshal about this for the time being.

Qi Yi let people release such news, but there can only be one purpose, to disturb the mind of the handsome. ”

Ahn Hyo-ji sighed.

"If you care, you will be confused, and the authorities will be confused. When Dashuai heard such news, he must have thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more confused his mind became.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if this is true, at this time, he shouldn't tell the marshal, do he know it at this time, there is no benefit to the princess, and there are only disadvantages with the army.

Let's talk ...... again."

"Well, that's what a few of us mean.

Thank you Fourth Master for solving your doubts, the Fourth Master should not know about this, in case ...... We have discussed, the punishment of the handsome, Sang Zhi and I will bear it, Xiqing and them, but they should not know. ”

Shi Nanchong An Xiaozhi bowed in gratitude, and stood up as he spoke.

"In the past two days, you and I have been cautious, don't let these letters disturb the handsome more through other means."

An Xiaozhi stood up, took a step forward, approached Shi Nan, and lowered his ears.

"Well, the fourth master can rest assured."

Shi Nan responded, and came out one after the other with Sang Zhi, and went to work separately.

An Xiaozhi watched the two walk away, put down the tent curtain, turned back to the felt mat, and sat down, stunned.

The princess is really going to fall into the hands of Qi Yi, then Zhou E and them, I am afraid that their fate will not exist, Xiao Wu......

Ahn Hyo-zhi gasped sharply and slowly spit it out.

What he said to Shi Nan Sangzhi just now is reasonable, the matter involves Xiao Wu, he is a little messy, don't think about it, the An family has always been proud of the horse leather shroud......

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After Li Ran and his entourage broke up with Hong Min, Zhou E led everyone to avoid the towns and villages, and rushed to the northwest.

The march was rapid, and they only stopped to feed the horses twice until it was getting dark and the horses were tired, and the group found a campsite with a steep slope against their backs, and stopped to rest.

The journey was smooth and smooth, and everyone was in a good mood.

Zhou E arranged a guard post, An Xiaorui looked around, and Tao Nong was busy taking out a copper kettle and iron pot, salted meat and dried cakes, and fetching water to burn the fire.

Li Ran sat on a stone, watched the bonfire flourish, took a bowl of hot water from Tao Nong's hand, held it in front of him, and let the heat smoke on his face.

"Where is this?" Watching Zhou E sit down, Li Ran asked.

"I don't know." Zhou E didn't know how to answer, "I've never been here, and I don't like to look at the ground and pictures."

Anyway, it's just going to the northwest, the direction is good, tomorrow go to the northwest for a while, start early, at noon, turn around to the east, keep going east, you can return to our place. ”

Zhou E took the bowl of hot water and blew the bowl of hot water while talking.

"I've been here before." Wang Cui steamed rice with Tao Nong, and said with a smile: "I also came out of Minzhou City, went straight to the northwest, ran for two days, and arrived at the king's tent of the Rilian Department."

That time we brought three or four horses with us, and the road did not stop for a while, and the footsteps were faster than today, according to our footsteps today, and then we ran northwest for a day and a half, which was where the king's tent of the company was located the day before.

Half a day later, the aquatic plants are becoming more and more abundant.

It was early autumn, and there was still half a day's journey from the king's tent, and the water and grass on both sides were abundant, and there were wild flowers everywhere, which was very beautiful, but there were few cattle and sheep, and there were few people. ”

"Then you can't go further northwest tomorrow, go due north, don't meet any royal tents." Zhou E hurriedly said.

An Xiaorui came back from an inspection, and everyone rested after eating.

Today I was nervous and rushed for a whole day, and tomorrow I will still be in the same hurry, even Mounong, who is considered an old soldier, and naturally knows that it is a big deal to seize the time to rest.

Just in the second half of the night, Li Ran was woken up by Zhou E.

"Something's wrong?" Li Ran opened her eyes and asked.

"There haven't been any major incidents yet."

Zhou E squatted in front of Li Ran, looking like she had just woken up, and pointed at An Xiaorui.

"Let him speak."

An Xiaorui moved over a little and suppressed his voice.

"Half an hour ago, our sentinel caught a sentry, it was a hard stone, and before anything could be tried, he was killed and buried.

Look at the dress, it is a hard detective in the army, at the beginning he asked our sentry agent, his tone was blunt, he brought a long knife, two short knives, both have a monogram, it seems that he came from the north. ”

An Xiaorui's words paused, and he seemed to hesitate before continuing:

"It's nothing at this time, Shu has long been exchanging money with several major tribes in the north, a while ago I heard that an alliance was formed, and the north and south of Shu were going to fight, my eldest brother and second brother went to Huo Dashuai's account around the Spring Festival, just to deal with this matter, it seems that several major tribes have really come south.

The day before yesterday, the shopkeeper said that the Japanese company retreated north, but he was afraid that it was not to retreat north, but to respond to the call and join forces to go south. ”

Li Ran looked at Zhou E.

"I can't go further northwest, I have to turn around and go southeast, not east, damn! Back again! ”

Zhou E scolded, this is too coincidental!

"It's best to leave now." An Xiaorui answered in a low voice.

"Hmm." Li Ran let out a low hum and stood up with one hand.

An Xiaorui and Zhou E also stood up, the two discussed a few words in a low voice, Zhou E straightened out the people, and An Xiaorui took a few veterans to deal with the bonfire and other traces.

In a short time, everyone got on their horses, turned around, went south-east, spread out in formation, and galloped away.

On this day, there were frequent dangers, and everyone was tense in their heartstrings, from the brightness of the previous day to the depression of this day, it was a world of difference.