Qi An held the long sword in his hand tightly, silently calculating the time in his heart.

"It's been two days, no matter how dull King Liao and He Fangping are, they should be aware of it. But more than ten miles further to Xuanhua, we will be safe. ”

Fifteen miles ahead, is Huai'an's very important Bingtun, Xuanhua Town. 180,000 local troops have already gathered here, and they are waiting for the arrival of Qi'an.

"This Huai'an, in the future, will be surnamed Qi. But for some reason, I didn't feel a moment of relief in my heart. Qi An raised his eyes and looked at the sky, but there was some worry in his words.

Yao Ke knew that Qi An was under a lot of pressure at the moment, so he comforted him and said: "Why should the son worry, with the head of the family, it is naturally foolproof." ”

"Hmm. Father should have escaped from Fangling, right? ”

"Don't worry, Childe, you're on your way west."

"Be careful."

"That's nature."

Looking down the mountain, Xuanhua Town has already faintly appeared in Qi An's sight, and there are thousands of troops on the flat ground outside the town, all of which are troops rushing from all over Huai'an. Seeing such a battle, Qi An was a little displeased: "With such a big troop move, are they afraid that others will not know that we are rebelling?" ”

"Childe, this is what the head of the family meant."

Qi An groaned slightly: "You go and order them now, let them go to Dusong City first, and camp outside the city and wait for me." ”

Yao Ke couldn't see through Qi An's thoughts, so he asked: "Everything is in order over there in Dusong City, Chen Zhanyi has already arranged it, just wait for us to arrive, and open the city gate immediately." Moreover, the officials who are loyal to Da Zhao, the family head and personal guards have also begun to eliminate them. You can rest assured that there will be no deviations. ”

Qi An still didn't dare to relax, and only said: "This is a major matter, and it is related to the survival of the Qi family, so I can't help but be very cautious." And the insightful are still wrong, let alone others. This Chen Zhanyi has only been used for us for five years, although his family is in our hands, it is inevitable that he will not save his heart. ”

Yao Ke knew that Qi An's thoughts were good, but he still hesitated and said, "I want to come...... He didn't dare. The head of the family has trusted him over the years, so he promoted him to be the history of Huai'an Thorn, and he has also taken a lot of benefits openly and secretly. Although this time it can be regarded as a desperate move, he should be able to see that Da Zhao is already at the end of his strong crossbow, and only by following us can he protect himself. ”

Yao Ke said this, Qi An naturally could figure it out, "It's also true, most of Huai'an's local army was formed by the division of my Qi family's family army, and Emperor Gao was too ugly to eat back then, but I didn't expect that the Situ family would turn against each other and take the lead in handing over the military power in the hands of the family." Although the family is no longer in charge of the army in recent years, the ninety percent of the captains of Huai'an were once my father's henchmen, and with them, even if this Chen Zhanyi turns against the water when the time comes, we can take Dusong City effortlessly. ”

"Well, yes. Moreover, all the main roads in and out of Huai'an Mansion have been blocked after the departure of King Liao and others. The current Huai'an is like an iron bucket, and you can't get in by taking the main road. If you want to counterattack Huai'an, unless the King of Liao and He Fangping can descend from the sky. ”

Qi An was very calm, "I'm not worried about this." I'm only worried that it's easy to occupy Huai'an, but it's hard to keep Huai'an. Huai'an is not like Lingjiang surrounded by mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack. This Huai'an east is quite flat, and if they regroup, I'm afraid it will be a fierce battle. ”

Yao Ke pondered for a moment, as an existence like a shadow guard beside Qi An, he was always unsmiling, and even looked a little wooden, but only those who had comprehended his blade understood how deep and terrifying this person was.

Yao Ke shook his head slowly: "No." The head of the family said that if Da Zhao wants to recover, how can it take three or five years, and now that Da Zhao has lost Lingjiang, he has lost the best salt production; Now that Huai'an has been lost, the best iron ore has been lost. This is tantamount to adding insult to injury to Da Zhao, who was already in turmoil, and it is not so easy to recover. ”

Thinking about it like this, Qi Anxin naturally became much lighter. After driving the horse to Dusong City, Qi An found that he was indeed overly worried. Chen Zhanyi, the assassin of history, led people to wait at the gate of the city early, and as soon as Qi An arrived, everyone knelt down to greet him.

Qi An turned over and dismounted, and strode into Dusong City.

"Unexpectedly, it didn't take much effort to put this Huai'an in my bag."

Qi An Xuanxuan squinted at the scenery of Dusong City very much, the so-called spring breeze is proud, but that's it.

Chen Zhanyi bowed his head and followed Qi An's side, and said respectfully: "At the beginning of last year, Gongzi invested a large sum of silver taels, and according to your instructions, all of them were used in places that are conducive to business. In the past year, the merchants of Huai'an have basically made a lot of profits. They also knew that it was because of Childe, and they also expressed their willingness to serve Childe. ”

Qi An smiled slightly, noncommittal: "They can know that it's because of me, and it's also because of you, Lord Chen." It's just that businessmen are profit-seeking, how sincere can their service be? ”

Chen Zhanyi is also a sophisticated and sleek person, and immediately said: "It doesn't matter how sincere we are now, as long as we have real money, they will have ten percent sincerity." ”

"Lord Chen sees things very thoroughly."

"The world is bustling, and it is all for profit. has been an official for several years, and it is difficult to say anything else, but only this point could not be more thorough. ”

Qi An smiled lightly, which made Chen Zhanyi a little misty.

For no reason, Qi Anxin suddenly became a little irritable, and an inexplicable uneasiness suddenly enveloped his heart, "According to the time, it has been seven or eight days since my father and them set off from Fangling, why haven't they been yet?" ”

Yao Ke was a little irritated when he heard Qi An's tone, so he comforted him and said, "It should be in the past two days, maybe the head of the family has taken a detour." After all, it's a juncture like this, and it's always a good idea to be cautious about detours. ”

"Hmm. Then wait two more days. ”

Although he said this, Qi An was always upset, no matter how much Yao Ke persuaded him, this sense of annoyance could not disappear.

Two days later, what Qi An was waiting for was the news of his father's death.

On the same day, after Qi Zejun flew the pigeon to pass the book to Qi An, he began to prepare to leave Fangling. Everything went smoothly at first, Qi Zejun divided his guards into zero, and only after leaving Fangling did he gather in one place.

It happened on the sixth day after leaving Fangling.

The weather was good that day, and the scenery on the road was also very good.

Qi Zejun also rode a horse happily when he was young, but now that he has escaped, riding a horse in person has naturally become the best choice.

Qi Zejun and his entourage of more than 100 people galloped on the official road to the west, and before the Great Zhao Imperial Court found out, it was the most convenient choice to take the official road.

The horse's hooves are sick, and Qi Zejun is always alert to the surroundings.

But fortunately, it's been six days since we set off, and the journey has been smooth.

Maybe it's because he's old, and he can't do a lot of things, and he didn't even notice it when someone pulled out a crossbow arrow and shot at him among the guards behind him.

By the time Qi Zejun found out, the three-shot repeater had already penetrated his throat and chest.

By the time he turned around with difficulty, the guard had been subdued, and Qi Zejun himself had fallen to the ground and died.