Xuanfu is a land of nine sides, there are often Tartars to invade the territory, the people are used to this, Xuanfu has sufficient troops, it is a major defensive place, and it is relatively safer than other places around, if the people see the soldiers and horses and drag their children out of the city to hide, Xuanfu may have become an empty city long ago, not the prosperous place it is today.

Seeing those figures who fled in a panic, Huo Qingzhou frowned, why did these people flee, what happened to Xuanfu?

"The Tartars are coming, the Tartars are coming into the city!" A shout came from nowhere, and then it got louder and louder, and the noise around it became louder and louder.

"Lord Xiao Huo, Lord Xiao Huo!"

There was a shout from under the wall, Huo Qingzhou turned to look, and saw that under the wind lamp, Huang Ling and another guard were looking up at him.

"Lord Xiaohuo, I finally found you, Jiu Niangzi has an order, let us protect your safety, you come down quickly." Huang Ling said.

Huo Qingzhou did not hesitate, he jumped off the wall with a loud jump, and he asked Huang Ling in a deep voice: "How did the Nine Ladies know that the Tartars would enter the city?" ”

Huang Ling touched his head, grinned, and said, "Master Xiaohuo, what kind of temper is Jiu Niangzi, can you not know?" Don't be us. ”

Zhang Shengping and Huang Ling are both Huo Roufeng's guard leaders, one is the same as the other, Zhang Shengping is old and serious, and Huang Ling can speak well, but all the things that inquire about the news are taken by Huang Ling to do it, and this kind of person has a very strict mouth.

Huo Qingzhou sighed, he wanted to ask the truth from Huang Ling's mouth, it was a fool's dream.

He didn't hesitate, followed Huang Ling and walked into a room in the back.

The room is not big, surrounded by cabinets containing medicinal herbs, each cabinet has a small drawer, and the fragrance of medicine comes to the face.

I saw that the shopkeeper of the Four Seasons Hall was waiting there with a lantern for a long time, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly said, "My lord, please come with me." ”

As he spoke, he asked Huang Ling to help open a cabinet of medicinal herbs, and a secret door appeared on the wall behind the cabinet.

"My lord, you should go inside and take shelter first." The shopkeeper said.

Huo Qingzhou asked: "I see that the officers and soldiers have already been dispatched, do the Tartars still have to loot from house to house?" ”

Huang Ling said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Lord Xiao Huo, this is also what Jiu Niangzi ordered, please go in. ”

Huo Qingzhou did not hesitate, he was not afraid of death, let alone Tartar, but he couldn't live up to his sister's wishes.

That stinky girl is angry with him all day long, but she cares about him more than anyone else.

After entering the secret door, Huo Qingzhou found that it was actually very spacious inside, although it was a wall, it was not stuffy, and there were two windows on each side. The window design is very clever, hidden in the large window of this room, from the outside, you can only see that the large window of this room is complex and ancient, but I don't know that there is actually a window in that seemingly useless place.

There was also water and dry food in the wall, as well as a bed and two large wooden boxes.

Seeing the two big wooden boxes, Huo Qingzhou was a little curious, could it be that he was even ready to change his clothes?

He looked at the two large wooden boxes, which were unlocked, and he put his ear to them and listened, his brow moved slightly, and then he lifted the lid and smiled.

He didn't guess wrong, there was an old man with gray hair in the box, Uncle Wang.

And the other box, needless to say, is a woman named Ah Yan.

It turned out that Xiaofeng had hidden these two people here.

Uncle Wang was not tied up, but a rag was stuffed in his mouth.

Huo Qingzhou saw that he was lying motionless in the box, and the box was not locked, so he immediately understood.

This is the Four Seasons Hall, there are doctors and medicinal materials, and I don't know what medicine was used for Uncle Wang, so that his limbs are weak and he can't leave this box.

Ah Yan in the other box thought the same thing.

Huo Qingzhou laughed, no wonder the four Taiping Society people captured on the road have not been seen since they entered the city, it turned out that two of them were hidden here.

I just don't know where the other two went.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, Huo Qingzhou was slightly startled, held his breath, blew out the candle, leaned under the window, and listened.

"Uncle, uncle, the trumpet is a medicine seller, and all the silver money every day is deposited in the silver number, and now there are only these thirty taels of silver on the books." Huo Qingzhou heard it, this was the shopkeeper who brought him over just now.

"As for the medicinal herbs, take out all your medicinal herbs!" This is Tatar language, the speaker is rough and atmospheric, and there are people next to him to help him.

Most of the people who do business in Xuanfu can understand a few words of Tatar dialect, and the shopkeeper can obviously understand it, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "This shop is not the villain's own, if the owner knows, the villain can't afford it......"

Before he could finish his words, there was an ouch, presumably pushed to the ground by the Tartars.

Huo Qingzhou was very strange, he obviously saw the horse team of officers and soldiers, why could the Tartars still plunder in the city?

Suddenly, a thought came to me, turn the tiger away from the mountain!

At the beginning, the reason why Zhanhuai sent troops to Xuanfu without authorization was because Xuanfu had insufficient troops after King Rong withdrew his troops, although the imperial court later sent a total army over, but Xuanfu was like a plate of scattered sand, and it was unable to resist the Tartars.

And Xuanfu is not under the jurisdiction of Zhanhuai, after Zhanhuai returned to Shaanxi with his troops, Xuanfu is still an empty shell.

Before leaving Beijing, the imperial court only let the investigation show his feelings, but did not transfer troops to Xuanfu again.

Huo Qingzhou learned from Huo Roufeng's mouth that in Xuanfu, whether it was an official market or a private market, it was a chaotic management, and the horse dealers were exploited by the imperial court and local officials in many ways, and the horse dealers in the Tartars could successfully pass the checkpoint and reach the Xuanfu as long as they carried more than three horses.

Although there are still troops stationed in Xuanfu now, they are all outside the city, and there are probably only more than 100 people in the city.

The army that Fang just saw was most likely the garrison left in Xuanfu City.

Huo Qingzhou didn't continue to think about it, because there was a wailing outside the window, and the Tartar was grabbing the medicinal herbs.

The Tartars have been nomadic for a living for generations, coupled with years of war, lack of medical treatment, this time I am afraid that it is urgent, so I took a risk and went to Xuanfu City to grab medicinal materials.

Huo Qingzhou closed his eyes and sat on the box, the movement outside was getting bigger and bigger, Huo Qingzhou closed his eyes and waited silently.

I don't know how long it took, but it finally quieted down outside, and the Tartars were finally gone.

Huo Qingzhou didn't think about coming out immediately, since the Tartar was gone, there were too many things to figure out.

At this time, the door of the mezzanine was opened, and the probe came in from the shopkeeper of the Four Seasons Hall. I saw that he was in good spirits, and the only fly in the ointment was that there was a big bag of blood oozing on his forehead.

"My lord, the Tartar is gone, you can come out."

Huo Qingzhou was still sitting on the box, motionless.

"What kind of herbs did the Tartars steal?" Huo Qingzhou asked in a deep voice.