Outside the door is the scorching sun, and the light inside the house is dark, forming a strong contrast with the bright light outside the house, adding to the sleepiness. Xiao Qi sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the stone wall, groggy, and his eyelids seemed to be fighting.

He suddenly felt a breeze blowing, like a sweet spring in the hot season, accompanied by a faint fragrance, but not fragrant, just like the unique body fragrance of a girl, like an orchid and musk, if there is nothing. Xiao Qi was in a daze, his eyes opened a slit and looked to his side, but he saw Xiaoxi beside him, and he found a pu fan out of nowhere and gently fanned the fan. Gu Wanyi was lying alone in the corner, and as her breathing fluctuated, Bai Yi trembled slightly from time to time, obviously asleep.

Xiaoxi noticed that Xiao Qi opened his eyes, hurriedly lowered his head, the movement of the fan in his hand gradually slowed down, and his whole body shrank back.

"You...... Where did you find the fan?" Xiao Qi looked at the pu fan in Xiaoxi's hand and asked seriously.

Xiaoxi's voice was very small, and Xiao Qi had to get very close to hear it: "Last time Brother Mu went to the city, the slave asked him to buy it for me...... The slave maid thought that the weather was hot, and Young Master Xiao Qi would inevitably be bored, and Xiaoxi couldn't help, so she thought...... I want to use this to share the young master's worries......"

Xiao Qi nodded, stood up with his hands on his knees, and said, "You are no one's maid here, and you don't need to call me young master." Xiaoxi replied softly.

Xiao Qi continued: "After all, the weather here is hot, and you have to sleep in the wild. You grew up in Cheongju, there must be a lot of discomfort here, let you suffer with us, I don't want to go, after a few days, I want to send you back to Ying'er. ”

Xiaoxi hurriedly said: "No...... No need to ......"

"It's not that I drove you away, it's just that I just need to bring a letter to my father, and I can rest assured that you will bring the letter. You don't need to worry, I will repair the book to help you explain the specific situation, and you are also forced to do so, Madame, they should not be difficult for you. ”

"It's not ......" Xiaoxi's face was red to the root of his ears, like a red cloud reflected on his face. She timidly continued, "Slave...... Xiaoxi is willing to be with Young Master Xiao Qi, there must be someone around the young master to serve......"

Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, saying that he was born in a military camp and never needed to be served, and he wanted to persuade her, looking at the red but very resolute little face, he suddenly felt a little unbearable. He only nodded lightly and said no more.

Just then, a long shadow came in through the doorway, stretching into a long section. Mu Changsheng walked into the stone house, wiped the sweat from his head, and exhaled comfortably. Even with his skills, it is very unbearable to go out for a lap in such a hot weather. He pulled the water bag from his waist and gulped it down.

"What did Brother Mu discover?" These days, as Suo Pingzhang said, the soldiers at the gate of the city have become more and more strict in questioning people entering and leaving, and the two did not dare to enter and exit frequently, so they had to take turns to enter the city to investigate, and even their hiding places were searched several times, but fortunately, Mu Changsheng found out in time and took everyone to avoid immediately. Di Yuan didn't seem to think that the opponent was hiding outside the city, and the manpower sent outside the city was limited, and Xiao Qi and the others were not exposed.

"The ruined temple that day has really been surrounded by Di Yuan's people, and no one is allowed to approach, so I only glanced at the periphery, but I think Dark Feather should no longer be in that place.

"Di Yuan sent people to surround it?" Xiao Qi noticed a hint of strangeness, "If he is worried that people will detect the existence of Dark Feather, shouldn't he quietly transfer Dark Feather?"

"Maybe he did it for us, so that we think Darkfeather is still here to lure us over?"

Xiao Qi frowned and thought about it, and shook his head: "It still doesn't make sense, if that ruined temple is really the place where he cultivated Dark Feather, after the last time he met with the people of Yunzhou outside the ruined temple, there was such a big movement, no one would believe that he would hide Dark Feather there, and he sent people to surround it and not allow anyone to approach it is really a waste move, full of flaws." Unless ......"

Mu Changsheng asked, "Unless what?"

"Unless he didn't mean to do it for others to see, but was really investigating the ruined temple. In this way, he didn't know about the abandonment of the temple?Could it be that we were wrong from the beginning, it wasn't Di Yuan who secretly cultivated the dark feather?" Xiao Qi pondered step by step, but he shuddered when he thought of it.

"Who else could it be?In Shajiang City, the status and power that can threaten Suo Pingzhang make him so jealous, what else can there be?" Mu Changsheng was incredulous at Xiao Qi's guess.

Xiao Qi's expression was solemn, and the light flashed in his eyes: "Unless, it's Suo Pingzhang himself." ”

Mu Changsheng was stunned for a moment, and he began to secretly think about what happened after he met Suo Pingzhang.

"It was Suo Pingzhang who sounded the 'Wind Conch' that day, he said that it was stolen from Di Yuan, if he was lying, what about the Wind Conch, it was his?"

Mu Changsheng seemed to feel that what Xiao Qi said was very reasonable, and nodded thoughtfully. Then he remembered something, and said, "If this is the case, then it seems unnecessary for him to lead us to the ruined temple." Didn't this deliberately put his secret in front of Di Yuan? Not to mention that in the end, there was no one left behind between us and Yunzhou. ”

Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and then nodded slowly. What exactly is Suo Pingzhang trying to do? This question is like a dark cloud, which has always lingered in Xiao Qi's heart.

"By the way, in the streets and alleys of Shajiang City today, there is some gossip about Suo Pingzhang. Mu Changsheng suddenly spoke, "It is said that the commander who led the Eastern Expedition of the Desert Wolf Camp this time should have been Di Yuan's second son, Di Hui. In the end, for some reason, Di Yuan chose Di Yunhao, who had never had military experience, to lead the troops. Now it is rumored that Di Yuan intends to let this eldest son accumulate prestige so that he can inherit the family business. ”

"I heard this in the city that day. What does this have to do with Suo Pingzhang?"

"It is said that Suo Pingzhang is very close to this Di Yunhao on weekdays, and even this expedition, Di Yunhao also plans to take Suo Pingzhang with him. It's just that the temple was abandoned that day, just a few days before the expedition. The next day after that, Di Yuan ordered Di Yunhao for some reason, saying that this battle was focused on tempering him, and that he should be in charge of all major and small things, and he should not bring the generals of the military camp to deal with it for him. Therefore, in the army that day, except for the senior generals who were already subordinate to the Desert Wolf Battalion and the three princes of Yunzhou who accompanied them, the generals of Shajiang City did not go out with the army. ”

Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, and the glint in his eyes flashed: "I didn't expect that he would win the bet that day." So, Di Yunhao is almost like fighting alone?"

"Wu Qingwei of the Western Wilderness Clan has always been at odds with Di Yunhao's biological mother, and her son's handsome position was taken away by Di Yunhao. ”

Xiao Qi nodded, and when these things were combined, it seemed to be gradually becoming clearer. He looked out of the door and sneered: "In this way, the relationship between this Di Yunhao and Suo Pingzhang is not ordinary. ”

Gu Wanyi, who was originally sleeping in the corner, had already woken up, listened silently for a moment, and suddenly said, "I've listened to you talk over and over for a long time, it's really boring. Since this Suo Pingzhang is so troublesome, and you don't trust him, why don't you start with someone else?" she said as she stretched, her wings stretching along her slender waist.

Xiao Qi turned around and said: "I have this intention, but Di Yunhao is already on the way to the east, and he has the desert wolf camp as his companion, I'm afraid it's not good to start with him." ”

Gu Wanyi pursed her lips and said, "I didn't say this guy." Outside the ruined temple that day, weren't there three groups of people?"

Xiao Qi and Mu Changsheng glanced at each other, and their eyes lit up. Mu Changsheng praised: "That's right! Now in Shajiang City, except for us, Yunzhou's power can be said to be the weakest. It is said that a few people from Yunzhou are only Wei Zhuoxi's two sons, with four or five followers, and the third son named Wei Shuxun also went to the east with the army. Xiao Qi nodded in agreement on the side.

"I'll just say, in the end, it's up to me. ”

Looking at the smug look on Gu Wanyi's face, the corners of Xiao Qi's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. When they talked before, Xiaoxi had been standing aside and silent. At this time, she cautiously watched Xiao Qi's expression. She looked at Xiao Qi, then at Gu Wanyi, and bowed her head silently. When she lifted it again, there was a sad but determined glint in her eyes.

......

Suo Pingzhang hummed a little song in his mouth, handed the wine glass on the table to his mouth quite comfortably, and drank the wine in the cup as soon as he raised his head.

He sat alone at a table dressed as an ordinary person, and there was only a plate of peanuts and a plate of beef in sauce, but in addition, there were empty or full wine jugs, and I don't know how many glasses he drank, but there was still no drunkenness on his face. He tilted his head with interest and listened to the conversation of a few people at the next table.

"It is said that in order to let the eldest prince inherit the title, our marquis deliberately handed over such a great opportunity for meritorious service to him. Thinking that in the future, you don't have to suffer from the anger of the bastards of the Western Desolate Clan, you have a very good appetite today, Lao Wang, you have to prepare your waist bag today, but don't be taken away by our clothes!"

The five or six people at the table all laughed, only to hear one person shake his head with a smile, it should be the old king, and asked: "Hou Ye doesn't even let the eldest prince take a high-ranking general, and the eldest prince has no experience in marching and fighting, how can this merit be so good! Maybe Hou Ye wants to beat the eldest prince." ”

Everyone at the table showed an expression of "I don't understand this", and one of them patted Lao Wang's shoulder and said with a smile: "With the power of the desert wolf camp, we have all seen it, the eldest prince only needs to sit in the camp, and the victory will be captured." Ordinary generals can command the immovable Desert Wolf Battalion, like the Suo Pingzhang before, if they go together, it will be redundant, and they have to compete with the eldest prince, wouldn't it be cost-effective. ”

"Lao Wang, you also have to learn to be smart, like a steward in the eldest prince's mansion last time, but you had an overlord meal in your restaurant, and you actually beat people up. If in the past, the woman in the Western Wilderness was proud, but now the eldest prince is running for the title, and if she does such a thing again, it will be easy to cause trouble. The crowd was gossiping in approval.