In the next five days, the Imperial Historian Wu Chan worked with the eunuchs, and sent several teams of men and horses to gallop forward in the three directions of south, east, and west to report the news. In addition, the imperial court also dispatched the red-winged letter eagles, which would only be sent in the event of an extremely urgent battle, and sent four of them. They flew in four directions, southeast, northwest, and north. The Red-Winged Messenger Eagle is huge, and one can be stacked with several volumes of Divine Decrees. And the transmission speed is extremely fast. Father-in-law Qu Dui, no, it was General Qu Dui who deliberately left a mark on each letter eagle before leaving, so that no one of the letter eagles would get lost.

And the thousand-strong brigade led by Qu Duan, not long after leaving Wan'an City, happened to encounter an army of more than 1,000 people sent from Dongzhou City, a town in the eastern part of the central region, to support Blackwater City. Qu Duan and other generals immediately persuaded the other party, and the two armies converged, and a brigade of nearly 3,000 people headed towards Xingyang City on the east side of the northern border. Due to the location of the capital city was originally northern, so in the case of fast horses, it only took them three days to come to the south gate of Xingyang City.

From the third day onwards, a huge eagle with red wings and a large body was constantly hovering over Blackwater City. For some reason, it took half a day to find the City Lord's Mansion, cast the holy decree, and walked away.

In fact, for the northern cities, the prince's experience has long been spread, and even if there is no holy decree, all military cities are in full swing to send people to support and discuss how to rescue the prince.

And when the entire northern border was fully informed of the arrangements of Wan'an City, twelve days had passed since the prince was trapped.

Blackwater City, Dutch House.

Last night, He Zhe summoned his dwindling staff to his office and told everyone about the situation in the holy decree. It can be said that the three requirements on this holy decree are enough to be described as harsh.

The holy decree requires that each northern military city must send no less than 300 troops to Xingyang City again. Although this force is definitely not much in peacetime, it is basically impossible for Blackwater City, which is already very tight on troops. After discussing with his staff for a while, He Zhe could only finally decide to transfer a hundred guards from the Chaoshan Mountain Range to make up for something.

However, the second condition, the front line needs a large number of arrows. However, the Chaoshan soldiers relied on the formation of the forest road, and wanted to warn the lurking soldiers who had reached five or six thousand people on the yellow grassland, relying on giant crossbows and rockets. He Zhe had no choice, he knew that he could not weaken Chaoshan's defense anymore. He could only search around from the three towers in the south, east, and west, and the next day he personally led the Hefu escort to each family to ask for help. Barely half of the requirements of the Holy Decree, and the quality is even more uneven.

The third condition made He Zhe feel that his scalp was numb and difficult to deal with. The holy decree requires that all cities in the north must send city lords or deputy city lords to personally go to the front line to supervise the army?

When He Zhe saw this, he was still full of hope that the imperial court should understand the situation in Blackwater City. The deputy city lord is actually found in every city in the north except for the current Blackwater City. Because He Zhe had just taken office more than three months ago, and so many things had happened during this period, he simply had no time to select the deputy city lord as his assistant. Although the family of Blackwater City is very cooperative, and there are many capable people among them, none of them have been promoted by him to become the deputy city lord after all.

However, He Zhe clearly knew that because of the condition of the Chaoshan Mountain Range, as the city lord, he could not leave. However, the imperial court seemed to be completely unaware of the current situation in Blackwater City, and did not give them any leniency in the slightest.

However, if you do not do it after you have received the decree, it is a rebellion. This rule, which has been handed down for thousands of years, is understood by everyone in office. He Zhe felt extremely big. He knew that he couldn't help but do it, but he was really afraid that the dragons of Blackwater City would be leaderless, and if the soldiers of the Underworld on the other side of Chaoshan took advantage of his absence, Blackwater City's military strength was unprecedentedly scarce, and launched a large-scale attack... Alas, the consequences are unimaginable!

He Zhe even complained about the old emperor in his heart. It's really... He values his son more than anything else, and he doesn't know anything about the situation in the north or their difficulties. What is this going to do with Blackwater City!

In desperation, He Zhe personally visited the two major families in Blackwater City, the Gao Mansion and the Royal Mansion, the next day. He hoped that among the two families, there would be a capable person who could temporarily take over his position as the lord of the city. To be honest, He Zhe has always felt that Qiao Liangyan of Qiao's Mansion is very capable, but this kid is too young after all, and he doesn't know how much time it will take to leave, so it's really not good to let this kid replace him. So, he went to the two great families to find talents.

Both families value this opportunity very much. However, Gao Yasheng, the head of the Gao family who was about to be old, was actually willing to take over He Zhe's responsibilities and govern Blackwater City in his absence. The head of the royal house was relatively young, and he himself did not particularly want to do this work. He Zhe chose to hand over this important responsibility to the experienced and steady Master of the Holy Family of Gaoya.

Finally, with great difficulty, the three requirements of the holy decree were barely completed. The time for the march was tomorrow night, and He Zhe placed a hundred soldiers brought from Chaoshan to the east city gate, and after giving a mobilization speech on the city tower that he considered weak, he returned to the He Mansion exhausted.

He came back too late to make it to dinner. Anyway, the stomach is already stuffed with all kinds of emotions. And just as he was returning to his office, he suddenly thought of something that worried him even more.

That's right, about Heyue. He really couldn't speak.

He Zhe remembered the old man who appeared outside his office three days ago. To be honest, as early as when He Yue hadn't gone to Qiao's Mansion yet, He Zhe had seen this person. Appearing outside his office like this has been three times, not even three days ago. The first time he saw him, he only glanced at himself and left around a trail, and Ho Zhe couldn't catch up at all. This kind of posture made He Zhe think that the old man might be some kind of powerful martial artist. He didn't know what the old man wanted to do, so he sent a few more guards to guard the door, until three days later, when he worked late into the night, put down his pen and stretched, but saw the old man sitting directly across from his desk.

After all, He Zhe is a person who has seen the world, although he is flustered, but he is not enough to shout. And he knew very well that if the old man wanted to kill him, he would have died a long time ago. And some are sure that this old man should be more powerful than an ordinary martial artist, and he is likely to be a monk. So, with patience, he talked to the old man patiently.

This happened almost two months ago. It was the first time that Sen Qian had frankly told He Zhe that his daughter was very talented, and it was better to follow him Sen Qian to learn martial arts than to be bored in this world.

He Zhe really felt that he had run into a madman at that time. The daughter of his family gave it to this old man inexplicably, but he was afraid that the other party was unfathomable, and resolutely refused after answering two sentences with a smile. Sen Qian didn't insist, he smiled and walked away.

When Sen Qian appeared for the second time, he had secretly accepted He Yue as a registered disciple. The same plot appeared once in Hezhe's office. This time he couldn't help but ask the old man what he wanted to do. Sen Qian repeated what he had said last time, but added that he would see his daughter more often in the future. He Zhe was very angry at that time, can this kind of person be any master, stalking and annoying. But Sen Qian said something next, which made He Zhe have to think carefully about who the other party was.

Sen Qian confessed the matter of the Red Mansion in the back garden in front of He Zhe. It stands to reason that this matter is almost only known to the people in the Dutch house. He Zhe's face turned ugly. The old man even knows this, so he is definitely not an ordinary monk, but belongs... The kind of one with eyes and hands that reach the sky.

But even so, he can't take his daughter away just because he likes Heyue's talent. He Zhe asked him to leave with a straight face, Sen Qian laughed, and left him a box of white pills before leaving, telling He Zhe that he would be able to use it in a short time, and it would be used to help him sleep.

It wasn't long before Hekang's troubles arose. In the first few days, He Zhe was really coldly treated by all the families in Blackwater City, and was pushed to the forefront. I couldn't sleep, even leaning on Shen Danhe's soft arms. He began to take Sen Qian's elixir, but he achieved excellent results. This made He Zhe even more frightened, what is the origin of this old man.

At the same time, it also made him feel deeply uneasy, and he must not be allowed to take Yue'er away from him like this!

When Sen Qian appeared for the third time, He Zhe was mentally prepared than the previous two times, and he was not frightened by him in the office. However, at this time, He Zhe was much more tired physically and mentally than the previous two times. Not long after the turmoil in Hekang, the nobles of the Underworld who tried to infiltrate Blackwater City were captured. He Zhe personally went to the prison with his officials for interrogation, but did not get any news under the torture.

This led to all sorts of uneasy speculations. This time, when Sen Qian appeared behind his desk, he didn't say anything, but handed him a box of pills again, telling He Zhe that when the city lord needed this thing in the future, there would be more.

He Zhe watched Sen Qian's figure dim and faint weakly, and he was about to leave the office. He stopped Sen Qian and asked him strangely what he wanted. His baby daughter can't be, other forest dives can be mentioned, why bother lurking like a ghost like this. Moreover, He Zhe felt that this old man spoke very steadily. Looking at the box of pills on the table, he was even more uncertain about the situation in Blackwater City in the future.

Mori left only one sentence before sneaking away, and soon you'll have to do what I say.

On the path of Hefu, He Zhe, who was exhausted, walked towards Heyue's bedroom in the back garden. But the footsteps seemed unusually heavy. I have to say that everything that happened before Sen Qian appeared for the last time told him how to write the word "burnt out". Plus yesterday's decree...... He Zhe also had to leave Blackwater City for the front line, and he didn't know when he would return. Sure enough, what the old man said was too accurate. If it weren't for that box of pills these days, He Zhe wouldn't have been able to sleep at all.

He also specifically mentioned his name to He Zhe, telling He Zhe that the Sen Qian he had seen a few times earlier was actually a fake body, but he didn't tell He Zhe anything about the Dream Palace. However, before that, what made him feel strange was actually Zheng Ergou who came to help during the battle of Chaoshan that night, this child felt very strange when he saw it in the mansion on the first day, and now... He Zhe understood that he might be the person that the old man had planted in the Lotus Mansion.

And now He Zhe's heart has also been violently shaken for the first time. This vacillation comes from the cruel reality, the brutal war situation. He sighed, walked over to Heyue's bedroom door, and knocked on the door.

After walking in, He Zhe told her what He Yue had already been mentally prepared for.

He Zhe can only say that a master from a foreign country is about the same level as Master Sen Dao. He traveled around Blackwater during this time. I noticed her a few months ago and thought she had a strange skeleton and a lot of talent. Before He Yue entered the mansion, he negotiated with He Zhe and wanted to take her as an apprentice.

"The father never said yes at first... But now, Yue'er, you have to understand something. ”

Today, the situation of the war between the two countries has completely deteriorated to unimaginable proportions. The front-line prince has been heavily surrounded, and it has been more than ten days. The imperial court sent countless troops and summoned heroes from all walks of life to support the front line. Naturally, he didn't look at the battle reports from the front line, and he could guess that more and more soldiers rushed to the front line of Xingyang City, continuing to expand the encirclement of these two thousand light cavalry.

Moreover, until now, no one has responded to the generals of Qinshan State, what exactly is the purpose of surrounding the prince like this.

But Ho Zhe saw a possibility. The country of Styx has the crown prince in his hands, and they are sure that the old emperor will be desperate to save his son. They... It is to use this encirclement to delay time, so that the armies of both sides will converge here. When the number of people on both sides increases, because the crown prince is trapped and the initiative is completely in the hands of the other party, the entire army of Qinshan Kingdom will appear extremely passive!

He Zhe didn't know how to explain it, but He Yue, who was still a little girl in his eyes, could understand it. Based on this ruthless fact, he had to grit his teeth and tell her that the execution of Yang Cheng was an unknown return date, and it was a collision of almost all the strengths of the two countries. Ho Zhe must admit that it is possible for all of us to never come back and stay there forever.

He Zhe wanted to agree to the old man named Sen Qian, his request.

He Yue looked at his father with a flushed face, and He Zhe's face was full of various emotions. Helpless, worried, tired. Not long ago, when she returned to the Lotus Mansion, the words that He Zhe said seriously were now like jokes, making it difficult for him to face his daughter. And she's only a sixteen-year-old girl, and she's only been adopted for three months, so I'm going to ruthlessly kill her... Alas.