The performance of the father and daughter of the Xia family was all under his nose, and the wind and frost and exhaustion on Xia Mi's body were not fakes, and the words he said were also the best of each other. Most of the doubts in Gonggong Liu's heart have been dispelled, and when he heard this, he immediately waved his hand and smiled: "The general has tormented the slaves." ”

Xia Mi has already cultivated a copper skin and iron bones in the harem, and naturally knows the truth of talking about people when he sees people, and talking about ghosts when he sees ghosts. After a ** soup poured Liu's father-in-law into a daze, she asked the question in her heart: "Father-in-law specially waited for me, but what other explanations do the ladies have?" ”

In addition to this reason, Xia Mi could hardly think of the reason why Gonggong Liu stayed in the dry and impoverished place of the border city for a few days. Not to mention, the palace has regulations for the eunuchs sent out, and they are not allowed to stay in place if they have nothing to do.

Even if he had doubts about Xia Mi's dynamics in his heart, he would not be so openly in the City Lord's Mansion and not leave, but should investigate secretly. Facts have proved that what Xia Mi thought was extremely correct. Gonggong Liu smiled at first, and after signaling everyone to retreat, he came closer and said in a low voice: "General Mingrui, there is another matter in our family, but it is not explained by the mothers. ”

Didn't the harem people confess? Who's that? Chu Li? Or, the old emperor?

The doubts in his heart became more and more serious, and Xia Mi's face also showed a trace of doubt just right. Gonggong Liu sold enough guanzi, so he chuckled and said, "Our family has come here to get His Majesty's advice." ”

With a chill in his heart, all the speculations about Chu Li in Xia Mi's heart were overturned, and there was a storm for a while. However, she has been honing in the harem for a long time, even if her emotions are turbulent in her heart, she has never shown the slightest trace on her face. Gonggong Liu looked at her still calm, sighed in his heart, and sighed with emotion, no wonder His Majesty would be so favored by Xia Mi, but he had already respectfully said the old emperor's arrangements one by one: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to get married soon, and His Majesty said that it is indispensable to start a family and a business, so he ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come to the border city to supervise the army for a month." Since there was no war, His Majesty's idea was to keep a low profile, and to bother General Xia to take more care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

After finishing speaking, Gonggong Liu bowed three times in the direction of the capital. Xia Mi followed him with a respectful demeanor, and only then did he stand up straight, and then asked again: "Dare to ask father-in-law, do you know when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will arrive in the border city?" ”

Duke Liu straightened his sleeves, looked around vigilantly, and lowered his voice than before: "In order to ensure the safety of His Highness, the servants don't know the specific time of His Highness's arrival." However, His Majesty arranged a departure time similar to that of the minions, and it has been a few days. ”

Picking up the useful information, Xia Mi already knew the purpose of Gonggong Liu in his heart. Although he is ostensibly a member of the palace of the concubine, his real identity is the emperor's person. Thinking about it, he also knew about the previous relationship between Xia Mi and Chu Li, and he wanted to sell Xia Mi a good one, so he deliberately waited for two more days.

The left and right border cities are high and the emperor is far away, if their Xia family does not report, the emperor does not know the selfishness of this eunuch, and naturally no one will pursue it.

In his heart, Xia Mi took out a few small and delicate gold leaves from his sleeve and stuffed them covertly, "This trip is far away, and there is Lao Liu's father-in-law." ”

Gonggong Liu did not refuse, and accepted the benefit calmly, so he led a group of little eunuchs out of the city before the twilight Sihe. After all, after delaying for too long, he was somewhat apprehensive in his heart.

Xia Mi didn't care about him anymore, confirmed that he had left, and Xia Mi, who had taken a bath and rested, went to the study. Sure enough, the light in the study was still on in the low-hanging night. When Xia Mi pushed the door in, Xia Rin and Xia Xun, who were standing in front of the map, immediately turned their heads.

The time was in a hurry before, and there was no time to take a closer look, and there was that Liu Gonggong disturbing the situation later, Xia Rin and Xia Xun naturally couldn't confirm whether Xia Mi was injured again. At this moment, Tsai carefully took a closer look, and seeing Xia Mi's radiant appearance, the father and son were obviously relieved.

Xia Xun sat on the chair, poured a cup of tea, and beckoned Xia Mi to come over, only then sighed and said, "Then what did Eunuch Liu say to you?" ”

knew that Xia Xun had never had a good impression of the people in the palace, and Xia Mi did not correct his title, and simply explained the words of Gonggong Liu, and Xia Mi saw that his father and brother were silent for a while.

Drinking all the tea in the cup, relieving the dryness and pain of running around for days, she asked out loud about the previous Hun spies.

"This so-called matter of supervising the army can be put aside for a while, I want to know about the Hun spies."

mentioned the matter related to the safety of the border defense, Xia Xun's attitude immediately became very positive. The direct and clear fingers on the map, he said in a deep voice: "The reason why I found these spies was to go to the grange outside the city, when some children were playing in the field, one child pushed the other to it, and the one who was pushed down pulled out a knife in annoyance, and I found out that it was the child of the Huns." After further investigation, it was found that there were Xiongnu spies everywhere. ”

The two worlds overlapped, Xia Mi's memory was already a little unclear, and after listening to Xia Xun's words at this moment, a bright light suddenly crossed her heart, and the vague memory suddenly became clear.

She remembered!

The reason for this Xiongnu invasion was that for some reason it had fallen heavily in their base camp in advance. The grassland was already scarce in grain, and it was frozen by the severe cold after the snow, and the things that could be eaten were greatly reduced, and in desperation, the Xiongnu could only try to snatch some food from the border pass.

As for the spies, it is probably because they want to test how much food, grass, and soldiers they have, so as to assess the possibility of victory in the war.

He already had a judgment in his heart, but Xia Mi couldn't say it directly, and when he was struggling with how to tell his father and brother the news, the door of the study was knocked on by the little servant: "General, there is a person claiming to be an Overseer outside the gate asking to open the door." ”

Xia Mi was slightly stunned, but Xia Rin and Xia Xun both looked cold. As soon as they learned the news that Chu Li was coming, they barely made mental preparations, and Chu Li came to the gate on the back foot, if no one reported the news...... It's simply impossible!

At a glance at each other, the three of them all saw the same idea from each other's expressions - there were spies from the royal family in the mansion or in the army!

Xia Rin and Xia Xun were extremely content in their hearts for a while, but Xia Mi had already been mentally prepared, but he didn't react much. Seeing that neither father nor brother responded, she raised her voice slightly and replied, "Invite someone to the front hall." ”

"Yes—"