Holding power is to grasp one's own destiny, whether it is to shoulder the great responsibilities of the world, it is because ambition and greed are right, and it is meaningless to distinguish between right and wrong, and can only try to win, and if you win, the situation will not develop in a worse direction.

Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian looked at each other speechlessly, the night was late, but they didn't have the time to fall asleep in each other's arms.

Early the next morning, Kaohai's family was slightly better, and Hu Xianxian invited them into the black sedan chair that Cheng Hao had turned into, and Tang Caier and Tang Caier took them into the air in a similar way to carrying the sedan chair.

The aura is balanced at both ends, reducing the turbulence of the air flow in the air, but the speed is really much slower. Moreover, he had to stop after flying for two hours, so that the Kahao Hai family could do the things of eating, drinking, and Lazar.

In the middle of the night on February 24, they finally arrived outside the border city of Ningcui Garden, and after landing, Hu Xianxian had just let people pass at the door, and Gao Youde had warmly greeted him.

"Miss Hu, please come in. How did you get to Ning Cui Yuan? The young master is in the city, I will send a fast horse to invite the young master here, or will you go to the city to meet him? Gao Youde asked with a smile.

"I brought a few friends here to heal, there are still a lot of things to do, settle them down and leave, don't tell your young master that I have been here." Hu Xianxian pointed to the test and confessed.

Gao Youde noticed that there were a few people in Fanbang costumes standing behind her, it turned out that Hu Xianxian was not here to see the young master, which made Gao Youde unhappy, and he was very cold after inviting them in.

Arriving in a strange place in the middle of the night, he had to trouble strangers to take care of his family, which made Kao Hai feel uncomfortable, and then noticed that Gao Youde did not welcome them, so he whispered to Hu Xianxian to enter the city to stay at the inn.

Hu Xianxian originally planned to send them to Qiongzhou after settling down, but seeing this situation, he had to stay and wait.

Although Gao Youde had a cold attitude, he still had to arrange the things that should be arranged, tidying up the guest rooms, letting people boil hot water, and serving tea and snacks, because he held his breath, he inevitably shouted and drank when he ordered people, and woke up Mai Jibu noisily.

"Dezi, what are you doing? I don't sleep in the middle of the night. I was disgusted by the commotion in the city, so I came here to hide and be quiet, and I didn't let people sleep peacefully here. Mai Jibu put on his robe and slowly walked out with his shoes pulled.

After coming out, he saw a foreigner, and hurriedly said that they should sit first, and he went back to the house to change clothes.

Hu Xianxian smiled, asked Mai Huanbu not to be so polite, and explained his intentions, and kept staring at Mai Huanbu while talking.

Just as he was about to introduce the two sides to each other, Kao Hai asked Mai Huanbu tentatively: "Master Mai, do you remember the incident when you encountered wolves on the grassland more than 20 years ago?" ”

"Remember...... You are ......" Mai Huanbu paid attention to Kaohai, "You are the Fanbang boy who likes girls in the Central Plains!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, it turned out that they were old acquaintances. More than 20 years ago, Mai Huanbu's caravan encountered wolves in a grassland at the junction of Fanbang and France and Korea.

Kao Hai couldn't save them alone, so he hurriedly went to Guan Shang for help, and Hu Garrison sent troops to help, so that Mai Huanbu and them were out of danger.

Speaking of the past, and then talking about the current situation, the two sighed.

Mai Huanbu has been in poor health since he was injured by the scourge of sand bandits, and he went to Fuke City when the border city was in war last year, and only came back this year when the border city was stable and prosperous, but he felt that the city was noisy, and the family's business was taken care of by Mai Taha, so he went to Ningcui Garden to recuperate.

After hearing about the current situation between Fanbang and the French Dynasty, Mai Huanbu asked Gao Youde to quickly invite Metaha to discuss the matter, saying that these merchants might be able to do something useful for the stability of the frontier.

Gao Youde happily agreed that he could let the young master come to meet Hu Xianxian, this Kaohai's family was still an old acquaintance of the old man, which made him very happy for Mataha, and his attitude towards the guests was also much warmer.

While waiting for Metaha, Hu Xianxian asked Mai Huanbu and the Kao Hai family to rest first.

It was getting dark, and Mai Taha came from the city, and even Fan Dingyao came with him, said some miscellaneous things, and discussed the current situation, and waited until the end of the day before they got up.

In the hall, Hu Xianxian, Mai Taha, Fan Dingyao, Mai Huanbu, Kao Hai and Kao Hai's eldest son Erta discussed the matter.

Mai Hubu said that he had some friendship with Sartre, the king of Fanbang, and knew that Sartre was not a belligerent person, and he might be able to persuade him to take the initiative to submit to the French dynasty to avoid the spread of war.

Kao Hai also said that the king of Fanbang did not want to provoke a war, and it was all the bewitchment of the prince Sa Re who was divided into river cities, and Sartre would let Zacuo and them attack the border city and Qiongzhou, which eventually led to the French Dynasty.

If Sartre, the king of Fanbang, can negotiate a truce with the French dynasty, even if Zacuo wants to make trouble, it will be difficult to make a big fuss, Hu Xianxian agreed to find someone to persuade Sartre.

It's just that McKhenpo is old and frail, and it is difficult for him to stand the fatigue of running around, and he wants Makhaha to go on his behalf.

Mataha immediately agreed, and was ready to write a petition with the bosses of the various large caravans traveling to and from the Western Regions, so that Sartre and Han Zexi would understand that the merchants did not want to have a war.

Regarding the agreement on the matter of making peace between the two sides of the lobbyist, Fan Dingyao also said that the border city had been decided, and it would be good for Zheng Tianba and Lu Laizun to guard it, and he would go to the Ministry of War to request that he be transferred to the army, although he did not want the two countries to fight, but he would definitely capture Amujia alive.

On the afternoon of February 25, Hu Xianxian and Tang Cai'er rushed back to the military camp outside the city of Wuluo as fast as possible, wanting to agree with Hu Yonggang on the matter of cooperating with Maitaha and them in negotiations, and not to attack too quickly.

As a result, when he mentioned that he wanted to negotiate peace with Sartre, the king of Fanbang, Hu Yong sighed straightly.

It turned out that this Sartre was old and faint, and the government was all governed by Dorjee. Kharle and Mao Riwu secretly controlled it, and Zacuo and Sare occupied real power in the army, and negotiating with Sartre did not play a big role.

Of course, it can be of some use if it doesn't play much role, at least on the surface, it can justifiably suppress Zacuo and them, but Zacuo they don't take the king of Fanbang in their eyes at all, and they don't care for the people of Fanbang, and they also get the common people to defend the city.

"What do you mean by letting the common people defend the city?" Hu Xianxian was stunned when he heard this.

"It is to let the defenseless old and weak women and children stand by the city gates, and the soldiers hide behind them, and use the common people as meat shields. We haven't attacked the city again in the past two days, so we can't do it. Hu Yonggang said indignantly and pityingly.

Hu Xianxian felt unbelievable, and flew into the air to see with his own eyes that the gate and tower of Vortex Luo City were full of old and weak women and children.

Those ordinary people were all tied to their left hands, and they were strung together by a long rope like a bell, and no one could escape.

Back in the camp, Hu Xianxian sent a spirit talisman to ask how the matter in Qiongzhou was resolved, and Cheng Haofeng replied: It has not been found out, but there is no danger, rest assured

Because he said that there was no major crisis on the Qiongzhou side, Hu Xianxian decided to capture Vortex Luocheng and then go to Qiongzhou.

The Hu brothers and sisters thought that no matter whether the peace talks were successful or not, they would definitely capture Vorluo City and teach Zacuo these guys who provoked the war a hard lesson, but after a few days, there was no progress.

If you want to attack hard, you will inevitably kill those innocent people first; If you say that Hu Xianxian saves those people first, not to mention the large number of them, the most important thing is that the people in the city are all related to their relatives, and whoever runs away will be severely punished, and it is impossible to rescue the entire city at the same time.

After thinking about it carefully, they all rejected it, and the brother and sister were at a loss.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, Fan Dingyao rushed to the outside of Wuluo City after getting the order, and he was transferred from the general guarding the border to the vanguard of the expeditionary army, in addition to bringing more than a dozen personal guards, he also brought the iron guard of the broken army, and the eldest son of Kao Hai Erta also followed.

After Hu Yonggang said a few polite words to welcome their arrival, he looked at the map sullenly, and noticed that he was in a strange mood, and Fan Dingyao asked for details.

Hu Xianxian talked about Zhatso letting the people guard the city, because it was not a confidential matter, he said it casually in front of the soldiers at the gate of the camp.

The others were all angry and scolded, but Erta frowned and wept, and suddenly ran out of the camp again.

Hu Xianxian immediately followed, grabbed Erta, who was rushing down the city, and he struggled to shout into the city: "Quabu, Qu Zhen...... Quabu, Qu Zhen...... Can you hear me? Are you alright? Woohoo......"

When he was tired of crying, Hu Xianxian asked him if his friend was in the city.

Erta says that Quab is her sister Erma's sweetheart, and Quzhen is his fiancée.

Quab was a silversmith in the city of Vorlo, born and raised here, and Qu Zhen was the daughter of a minor official in Luodu.

After Erta was captured and brought to Vortex City, Qu Zhen came with several strong house slaves to take the opportunity to rescue her fiancé, but because she didn't want her to have an accident, Erta asked Qu Bu to stop Qu Zhen.

But Quabu didn't stop it, and in order to save Erma, he also joined forces with Qu Zhen, but the rescue failed, and they hid and hid in order to escape the pursuit. Now that something like this has happened in the city, they may be more than lucky.

"They'll be fine." Hu Xianxian comforted him, and then asked: "Do you hate Zacuo for asking to return to Vortex City together after he recovered from his injury, and want to take revenge?" ”

Erta nodded heavily, and Hu Xianxian said again: "Then, most of the people in the city will hate Zhatso for tying them up to defend the city, right?" ”

This is a question, but in an affirmative tone, Erta looked at Hu Xianxian suspiciously.

Hu Xianxian asked him to go back to the camp together, and discussed with Hu Yonggang and Fan Dingyao to save people, they had to rescue Quabu and Qu Zhen first, and then try to let the residents in the city save themselves.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, it was just dark, and Hu Xianxian sneaked into the city with Erta, looking for a place where Quab and Qu Zhen might hide.

The people in the city were either tied up to defend the city, or stayed in the barracks to do hard labor, and only a very few people hid in the corners, which made it convenient for Hu Xianxian and them to find people.

If you don't see anyone around the castle tower and in the barracks, you search for them in secluded corners and finally find them in the early hours of the morning.

The reason why Quabu and Qu Zhen and a few house slaves led by Qu Zhen hid in a cave in the innermost part of the mountain on the back of the chair, and the reason why they were not discovered by Zacuo was because Quabu found a passage there that could lead to the back of the mountain, and if it were not for the cold at night and the barren mountain could not sleep, they would not have returned to the city.

After hearing that there was a passage to the mountain, Hu Xianxian was overjoyed, and immediately asked Quabu to lead the way to the passage.

Ke Kuabu looked at Hu Xianxian hesitantly, is this Central Plains woman reliable? Thinking about not letting them run away from Zacuo, if they are worse than Zhatso, then the location of the passage will be exposed, but there will be no final way out.

Seeing Quab's thoughts, Hu Xianxian asked Erta to explain, and after Erta said something, Qu Zhen, who admired him, first expressed his belief in Hu Xianxian, and Quab gradually let down his guard.