"Young master!"

Xue Rengui hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

"Why are you here?" Qin Huaidao was a little surprised.

"When I went home, He'er said that the young master was back, so I came to report something."

"Let's talk as we go." Qin Huaidao nodded.

The two walked side by side, and Xue Rengui said in a low voice: "Let's find another printing point of the Fan Yang Lu clan, about ten miles east of the city, ready to act tonight, but you take a look at this first." As he spoke, he handed over a letter and added, "I don't know who lost the house." ”

Qin Huaidao took it and took a look, there was only one line of words on it: Fengyulou asked Tianguan at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, this was obviously a whistleblower letter, and his heart moved: "Brother Xue, what do you think?" ”

"The other party does not disclose his name, obviously he does not dare or does not want to receive the reward, and the purpose is nothing more than two, to use our knife to kill people for revenge, or other killer organizations to exclude dissidents, no matter what, at least it is a clue, it is worth digging into." Xue Rengui said in a low voice.

"Aren't you afraid it's a trap?"

Xue Rengui smiled nonchalantly: "What if it's the Longtan Tiger's Den?" Can't stop us, or when we destroy another stronghold tonight, I'll lead someone to kill us directly? ”

Qin Huaidao didn't answer immediately, but stopped, and after pondering for a while, he said: "This matter is strange, it may be that someone is really high-minded and borrowed a knife to kill someone, or it may be a trap to attract us to the past, but the clues are rare, we can't give up, you pretend not to know about this matter, I'll deal with it." ”

"It's too dangerous, let's follow, the combat effectiveness of the Zhuang Guardian team has improved a lot, and there is a fighting power." Xue Rengui anxiously asked Zhan Dao.

"The village guard team can't be exposed yet, by the way, what happened to the saltpeter and other things purchased?"

"There are a lot of purchases, all of which are stored in the Qinjiazhuang training base, and we are still purchasing."

"That's good, buy more, don't leak secrets, you don't have anything else to do, go back if you don't have anything else, be careful at night, don't worry about the affairs of the wind and rain building, I'll deal with it." Qin Huaidao explained in a low voice.

"It's okay, the young master is careful himself, and there is a batch of new models that can come out of the paper within three days, and I will look for you when the time comes, I have been in Chang'an recently, right?" Xue Rengui asked, and went back after receiving an affirmative answer.

Qin Huaidao returned the same way, came to the palace again, entered after some inspection, was taken to the Manna Hall by the inner attendant, and entered after getting permission, Li Er, who was reviewing the recital, looked at it with some surprise, thinking that it would not be a matter of the court meeting, right? asked quietly: "Huaidao is here, is there something?" ”

"Holy Lord, the government received this." Qin Huaidao took out the letter.

An attendant stepped forward to take it and respectfully gave it to Li Er.

Li Er was shocked after reading it, his eyes gradually sharpened, and his fingers tapped lightly, thinking about something.

After a while, Li Er suddenly said: "I know this place, I heard that there is a group of cultivators living in the Tao who are seeking immortality, there are only a dozen people, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"I'd rather believe it!"

Qin Huaidao said loudly: "Saint, the minister has two views, one is that those who seek immortality seem to have no desire and no desire and no quarrel with the world, but it may not be a disguise, and second, those who seek immortality pay attention to tranquility, return to nature, return to tranquility, pursue the unity of heaven and man, and don't like to live in groups, why are there more than a dozen people together?" ”

"It makes sense, come on." The Holy Lord suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

Wang De hurriedly came in: "Holy Lord, the old slave is here!" ”

"Spread the message Xu Shiji."

"Yes!"

After Wang De left, Li Er smiled and said, "Do you have any ideas about today's court meeting?" ”

Qin Huaidao couldn't help but want to spit out the fragrance in his mouth, treating himself as a swordman, and asked his thoughts again, what is this? Thinking of compensating for the single business of repairing the border city, he held back and said: "Back to the saint, the minister thinks that Lord Xiao should be given a chance to atone for his sins." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Li Er didn't believe that Qin Huaidao was a loser, he definitely wanted to dig a pit again, so he was interested, and looked at each other with a smile.

Qin Huaidao smiled indifferently: "Shengshang, since Lord Xiao wants to build a road, it is better to draw a section for him, such as out of Chang'an Road Blue Sky, take Wuguan Road to Nanyang, this road is opened up, you can transfer grain from the Central Plains into Chang'an, Chang'an has two more granaries, if there is something in the Central Plains, the army can also arrive early, you can also choose the line from Chang'an to Luoyang, of course, there are more." ”

"Oh, tell me what you think." Li Er didn't believe that Qin Huaidao was simply kind enough to build a road for Xiao Yu.

Qin Huaidao did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Once Lord Xiao presides over the construction of the road, the treasures in the house will be confiscated again, and there is no silver to find someone, as for who to find, then I don't know." ”

Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up, if the person behind Xiao Yu is the hidden prince, once Xiao Yu presides over the construction of the road, the hidden prince must take out the silver to support him, and he must not give up, otherwise Xiao Yu will be cold, and even other people around the hidden prince will be cold, and they will be able to hollow out the hidden prince's heritage.

If Xiao Yu is behind the five surnames and seven hopes, he also has to take out the silver, and use Xiao Yu to hollow out the hidden dangers behind him, which is beneficial to the court and even more beneficial to himself, and he can also repair the road to benefit the people, it is like killing three birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Li Er became a little excited, and asked with a smile: "Stinky boy, there are a lot of flowers, are you also calculating?" ”

"Do you have to say this in good conscience? In addition to being greedy for some silver, the minister didn't do anything, and the greedy silver was also within the court law, and it was normal to earn, and the minister earned silver for the princess. Qin Huaidao shouted and hit Tianqu, this kind of thing must be explained, otherwise it will be very troublesome, as for Xiao Yu, who let the other party strike first?

Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao with some surprise, others must have been sincerely frightened when they heard the questioning, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do, this guy was good, with a look of grievance and quibble, it can be seen that he has no shame in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, Fu Luo Road is suitable to be built?" Give me time. ”

"It is expected that it will take about a month, and the minister implores the saint to let the household department already calculate the charging standard, and the road is together, the minister will arrange the fee, and the minister will die if he has no money, and it is not enough to lose all his belongings, so he can only borrow money from the princess to eat." Qin Huaidao continued to cry poor.

"Okay, I really think I don't know how profitable your shop at the east gate is? Wine, poor, quilts, boots, and recently there is another soap, all of which are priceless and not cheap, and the price is not cheap, hundreds of dollars a day, no one in the entire Chang'an shop is more profitable than yours, can't you do more? Li Er asked curiously.

"The production cost is too high, the profit is actually not much, and the production is very difficult, and the output is limited." Qin Huaidao hurriedly explained, but he didn't dare to let the other party know that the profits were huge, and if the tax exemption was canceled, wouldn't he lose money.

"I heard you got another restaurant?" Li Er asked.

"Back to the saint, to be precise, it is not a restaurant, but a special means of operation, there is no in the whole Chang'an, what is the minister for the time being, it is expected to open in ten days, and then please visit the saint to guide, then you will know at a glance." Qin Huaidao took advantage of the situation to pull people, if he really invited Li Er over, he wouldn't be famous?

Li Er thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I can go over, what's the benefit?" ”

"Holy Lord, it is not appropriate for you to do this, it is your duty to care about the courtiers, help the courtiers, and take care of the courtiers, the ministers just invited you over for a meal, but did not ask for anything else." Qin Huaidao hurriedly said, only complaining in his heart, this guy actually learned, he knew that he wanted benefits, this opening could not be opened, otherwise, Jinshan would not squander it for the other party.

Li Er saw if he wanted benefits, and said with a smile: "I don't lack you this meal, and I won't go because I am busy with government affairs." ”

This is not to see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle, but Qin Huaidao will not be used to it, and said with a smile: "It's the minister's thoughtfulness, the saint has all the opportunities, and time is precious, so forget it, state affairs are important." ”

Li Er was so angry that he almost smashed the notebook, this kid - dead!

At this time, Xu Shiji hurriedly came in: "See the saint!" ”

"Xu Aiqing is here, and a hundred horsemen will be secretly dispatched to go with Lord Qin, and the specific matters will be arranged by Lord Qin." Li Er said and looked at Qin Huai and said, "Lord Qin, the soldiers can't run in vain, and you will pay the expenses along the way." ”

Qin Huaidao didn't know what to say, the dignified emperor, he was actually a child, and suppressing the wind and rain building was not only a private matter, but also a public matter, why? But he didn't refuse, and said loudly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Coming out of the Manna Palace, Xu Shiji was confused and asked in a low voice, "Lord Qin, what is the matter?" ”

"Shibo, just call me Huaidao, listen kindly." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, looked around, and said in a low voice: "Get a clue, ask Tianguan at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, it is suspected that the stronghold of Fengyulou, the number of people is unknown, the equipment is unknown, Shibo needs to transfer some men and horses, equipped with crossbows, shields and swords." ”

"Ask Tianguan, isn't there a group of cultivators living in that place?" Xu Shiji was a little curious.

"Shibo knows?"

"I know, I went to see it with the saint back then, and it wasn't far to go in by Yugu Road, and it only took half a day for the fast horse to arrive." Xu Shiji had an affirmative expression on his face.

Qin Huaidao pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It is easy to expose the whereabouts of the troops during the day, Shi Bo first settled the troops in a place outside the city to assemble and standby, set off after dark, defend the Tianguan overnight, and then start at dawn, how about it?" ”

"How many people do you want to transfer?"

"At least a thousand, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to surround it."

"Okay, the old man will find a reason to arrange it, it won't be exposed, how can I contact it?" Xu Shiji asked rhetorically.

"Youshi is right, ten miles south of the city!"

"Good!" Xu Shiji agreed.

Qin Huaidao left in a hurry after saying goodbye, the time was still early, he came to the courtyard of Dongshi to take a look at the decoration, and saw a carriage parked at the door, and some guards, his heart moved, slowed down, and saw the curtain of the carriage opened, and a young man in brocade clothes walked down, it was the prince Li Chengqian.

"I've seen the prince." Qin Huaidao stepped forward and saluted, although he didn't like the other party, but he couldn't be caught by others, faux pass was a crime in this era.

"I've seen Lord Qin." Li Chengqian returned the salute and waved his hand, the guards scattered one after another, and walked away, Li Chengqian lowered his voice and said: "The king has heard about the fourth child, and Lord Xie Qin has fulfilled it." ”

These words are not only thanks, but also temptation, throwing an olive branch, if you accept the thanks, the other party will take advantage of the situation to say the words of wooing, Qin Huaidao of course will not let the other party speak, pretending to be blank and asked: "What does the prince mean, the minister doesn't understand?" ”

Li Chengqian saw that Qin Huaidao did not play cards according to common sense, and he didn't like it in his eyes, but he quickly covered up the past and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if Lord Qin understands it or not, just understand it in your heart, this prince is grateful in his heart, beyond words, Qin Daren is talented and martial, and he is the first person in the army in the heart of this prince." ”

That's a lot of promise.

But Qin Huaidao didn't care at all, what could the first person in the army do? After all, he is still a firefighting captain, where there is war, he has to go, purely miscellaneous, seemingly majestic, it is really meaningless, and Li Chengqian's personality has begun to split, if he really becomes an emperor in the future, God knows what will happen?

A man who dares to create even his own father's rebellion cannot be trusted.

What's more, Qin Huai Daozhi was not here, and bluntly refused: "The prince is falsely praised, the minister is just lucky, and he is tired of the battlefield, and he is thinking about how to resign and go home." ”

Li Chengqian's eyes were cold, and he was about to get angry, but he still held back and said with a smile: "Lord Qin is joking, with the talent of Lord Qin, if you resign, it will be a loss for the Tang Dynasty, and this prince will not agree, by the way, Fan Yang Lu and this prince have some friendship, can you ask Lord Qin to raise your noble hand and let them go, and the conditions are casual." ”

"The prince laughed, it's too late for the ministers to hide in them, where do they dare to attack them, how can they say that they will let them go?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically, his tone a little more cold.

If you come up, you will be wooed, and if you don't succeed in intercession, it's a good means.

So what?

Qin Huaidao will not be used to it, since Fan Yang Lu's family has made a move, human life is the bottom line, since it is broken, he should be ready to bear the anger, and it is not easy for anyone to intercede.

Li Chengqian's anger in his heart was a little uncontrollable, the dignified prince, the prince, begged for good words, but was actually rejected, where is the face, where is the majesty? He said in a deep voice: "Lord Qin, the coming day is long, why bother? ”

The words are full of threats.

When others heard these words, they would definitely be jealous, reserved, and even compromised, but Qin Huaidao smiled, the saying that the coming day is true, but it has to be a coming day, do you really think that you will be able to ascend to the great treasure in the future?

The words have already been said on this, it is meaningless to continue, Qin Huaidao was too lazy to take care of it, and directly bypassed the other party and entered the courtyard, leaving Li Chengqian alone, his eyes were cold and angry, and it took a long time to suppress the fire in his heart, beckoned one person to come over, and said coldly: "Tell them, act according to the plan!" ”

"Whoa!" The other party agreed and hurried away.

Li Chengqian also got into the carriage and left with a retinue.

Qin Huaidao didn't know about this scene, went in to find Jia Youcai, first checked the speaker, the sound amplification effect was good, the stage was completely completed, let people release water, point out the decoration, decoration and table and chair placement, etc., until dusk returned to the house.

After the meal, Qin Huaidao was one person and one horse, two knives wrapped in cloth, and slowly went out of the city, and the soldiers guarding the gate greeted him enthusiastically and asked where to go? Qin Huaidao casually pushed the plug on the pretext of going to Qinjiazhuang, and indeed ran a distance to Qinjiazhuang, and then turned back to the south, avoiding the possible eyeliner, while thinking about Li Chengqian's actions today.

With the relationship between the two, it is said that Li Chengqian will not take the initiative to come to the door to win over, is it to intercede for Fan Yang Lu's family, try to win over by the way, or is there another purpose?

No, it's a temptation, if you admit to letting Fan Yang Lu's family go, wouldn't it be a disguised admission that Fan Yang Lu's printing base was destroyed by yourself?

Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao secretly rejoiced, fortunately he didn't agree before, but Li Chengqian definitely won't stop if he doesn't get what he wants, what conspiracy will there be behind it?

Thinking all the way, I didn't know the essentials, and unconsciously came to the south of the city for ten miles, and met Xu Shiji in a forest, and a thousand troops ready to go, all carrying crossbows, carrying shields, straight knives at the waist and hips, wearing infantry armor, tall horses, majestic, and shocked, this is - Yu Linwei?

"Isn't it a surprise?" Xu Shiji asked with a smile.

"How is it Yu Linwei?"

Xu Shiji said with a smile: "The saint is worried that Nanya Qianniuwei will be watched by others, so he specially dispatched a thousand Lin Wei to accompany him, and it is also Lord Qin who has a big face, and if he changes someone else, he will give face by dispatching a flying horse." ”

After the cancellation of the Hundred Cavalry Division, the Flying Cavalry was re-established, replacing the duties of the Hundred Cavalry Division, guarding the safety of the palace, directly under the jurisdiction of the Holy Lord, also known as the internal guard of the forbidden army, which was Li Er's means of strengthening his own security, and everyone was carefully selected, but if it was a polemic array to kill, it was still inferior to Yu Linwei.

Qin Huaidao was a little moved, this Li Er said that he was still really good to himself, and said with a smile: "It's not early, let's go." ”

Xu Shiji nodded and said to the captain beside him: "Hurry up as planned." ”

"Obey!" Everyone gave up their orders and left quickly.

Soon, the large army came out of the woods and rode away.

Qin Huaidao and Xu Shiji walked side by side, walking in the middle of the team to facilitate command, running wildly all the way, unconsciously the moon came out, illuminating the road ahead, the team picked a small road to walk, trying to avoid the main road and crowded places, the roar of the war horse spread far away, so shocked that passers-by avoided and stopped to look sideways, but no one dared to ask more than half a word.

After more than two hours, the team came to the entrance of Yugu Road, and the two teams became one team, the formation was elongated, and they continued to rush forward along the narrow ancient road.

After another hour, the team gradually slowed down and changed to slow, Xu Shiji looked at the surrounding mountains, and said, "It will be half an hour at most." ”

Qin Huaidao nodded, slowing down the speed can not only restore the horse's strength, but also reduce the sound of the horse's hooves to alarm the enemy, and the soldiers can also kick their breath, and they can march in a hurry for a few hours, ordinary people can't bear it at all, Rao is Yu Linwei is used to riding a horse, and he is also out of breath, and his heart is uncomfortable.

After slowing down for a distance, Xu Shiji asked, "Huaidao, what do you think?" ”

"Shi Bo laughed, on the march and fighting, Shi Bo is this, how dare the younger generation make a tiger?" Qin Huaidao gave a thumbs up and said modestly.

"Come less, you can't do it, how did Goguryeo fight, this is doing things for you, don't make it clear, don't blame the old man for not caring if you turn around and run away from the enemy." Xu Shiji scolded with a smile.

"No, no, Shibo, it's all up to you."

"You kid, slippery!" Xu Shiji scolded with a smile.

The team unconsciously came to a valley mouth and stopped, several captains came over, Xu Shiji looked at the direction of a mountain range, gray, not real, pointed to a direction and said: "It takes three teams of people to touch it, surround the back road and the two wings, one person is responsible for one side, find the target and shoot directly, injure people, catch alive as much as possible, the saint is still waiting for a confession, who goes?" ”

"Willing to do it!" The three of them hurriedly said.

"It's okay, leave the horses to go up in a roundabout way, pay attention to whether there is a secret post along the way, if there is, catch it if you can, kill it if you can't catch it, you can't expose your whereabouts before closing the siege, wait for it 100 meters away after arriving at the destination, and when the flag is raised, lead the team to kill in." Xu Shiji admonished.

"Obey!" The three of them said yes and hurried away.

War horses can't climb mountains, they can only stay.

The three lieutenants left quickly, and Xu Shiji pointed to the remaining two lieutenants and advised: "You lead the rear of the palace to prevent someone from sneaking up on behind, and the two wings can't be careless, the others will be killed, dismount, go!" ”

"Obey!" The two answered

The soldiers dismounted, took their weapons and walked up the hill.

A small dirt road winds up, looming under the moonlight, the team can't be used, the formation is very long, Qin Huaidao walked in the crowd with two knives on his back, vigilantly looking around.

The surroundings were quiet, many unknown insects were chirping, adding a bit of silence to this night, the team rushed all the way, and unconsciously came to a mountain col, the col is not big, surrounded by mountains, a mountain stream from top to bottom, the sound of water rattling, in this silent night sky is particularly clear.

In the col there is a temple with flying eaves and walls, surrounded by a courtyard wall, and it is dark inside, only the bells hanging down from the eaves are swaying in the wind, the sound is crisp, the courtyard door is closed, and no one can be seen.

The soldiers rushed over and quickly dispersed their guards.

Xu Shiji beckoned to the lieutenant in charge of the palace to come over, and whispered: "You lead your troops to stay at this intersection, just in case, no matter what happens for a while, you are not allowed to enter." ”

The intersection is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, once occupied, everyone will be trapped in the col, such a defense is very reasonable, worthy of being a famous general in history, Qin Huaidao nodded secretly, his sharp eyes locked on Tianguan, faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't see where there was a problem, and he was secretly careful.

"Let's go, take a look?" Xu Shiji looked at it.

"Let's go!"

Qin Huai Daoyi was bold, nodded and agreed, and followed, whether it was a trap or not, you will know that you are here, there is no reason to go back without doing anything.

The two of them rushed forward quickly, and the captain of the advance team stepped forward and arched his hand: "General Xu, Lord Qin, it's a little abnormal inside, and there is no abnormality found around, do you want to break down the door and kill it?" ”

"Don't worry." Xu Shiji looked at the Heavenly View and thought to himself.

A gust of wind blew, and the bells hanging on the cornices "jingled", revealing a bit of weirdness.

Qin Huaidao turned his head to look at the bell, and then looked at the gray mountains around him, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, and he said in a low voice: "Shibo, come steadily, let a few people explore the way first." ”

"It's fine." Xu Shiji looked at the captain.

The lieutenant nodded, drew his straight knife, blocked the shield in front of him, and shouted at a counterpart: "You lead people to follow me, pay attention to cover, go!" ”

After speaking, the captain walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, and when the covering man followed, he pushed the door, and the door creaked open, and the sound was particularly clear in the silent night.

Qin Huaidao looked at the open courtyard door, his heart jumped, and shouted, "Stop, don't go in." ”

But it was too late, the captain rushed into the courtyard, and countless arrows came with a whistle, fortunately there was a shield to cover the front, otherwise he would definitely die, and hurriedly retreated, but was still shot in the leg by an arrow.

"Ahh

There was a scream, and the lieutenant collapsed to the ground.

The team in charge of covering was rushing up, covering with shields, dragging the captain back quickly, and the two soldiers also used their shields to cover forward, and quickly closed the door, but the arrows were fierce and dense like rain, and the small shields could not cover the whole body, and the two soldiers were also shot in the thighs and fell.

"Spread out, hide!" Qin Huaidao shouted, rushed to the gate of the courtyard in a few steps, rolled with a fallen soldier in his arms, avoided the arrow at the gate of the courtyard, picked up the opponent's shield and asked, "Does it matter?" ”

"Thank you for saving your life, you can endure it."

"Protect yourself." Qin Huaidao rushed to the gate of the courtyard with his shield, and heard a huge shout of killing from a distance, and when he looked up, he saw countless torches lit up on the mountains around the mountain pass, and countless people rushed down the mountain frantically, at least more than five thousand, and he was shocked - how could there be so many people?

"It's not good, it's a trap!"

Xu Shiji shouted: "Brothers, retreat!" ”

"I can't retreat, it's too late!" Qin Huaidao hurriedly shouted, pointing to the entrance of the mountain pass.

Xu Shiji hurriedly turned his head to look, and a team of nearly 1,000 people was also killed in front of the entrance of the mountain pass, and the arrows rained down, completely blocking the entrance, and they couldn't get out at all.

"Bastard, is there a way to break the enemy?" Xu Shiji shouted.

Qin Huaidao looked at the roaring enemy, fighting from top to bottom, occupying the advantage, the three own people who were ambushed nearby could not be stopped, and the arrows in the Tianguan were like rain, obviously there were many people hidden, this is called surrounded on all sides, the center is blooming, there is nowhere to hide, and the situation of death.

What a cruel trap, such a poisonous calculation!

A wave of unwillingness surged into his heart, Qin Huaidao roared angrily: "Shibo, order the peripheral soldiers to attack from three sides, climb over the wall and kill in, the narrow terrain is not conducive to the deployment of large forces, it is beneficial to our side, it is a big deal to break the net." ”

"Go and give the order." Xu Shiji deserves to be a famous general, he can see through it at one point, shouted at a few people behind him, and asked after waiting for someone to leave: "The enemy is dense with arrows, the courtyard gate is narrow, rushing in is death, is there a way?" ”

"Take a ladder, work in pairs, one squat, the other sits on his neck, stand up straight enough, shoot with a repeater, suppress, and then rush in." Qin Huaidao hurriedly shouted.

"Good idea, quick, take a ladder." Xu Shiji yelled.

The soldiers didn't know what a ladder was, and they didn't have training in this area, but they understood Qin Huaidao's instructions, and quickly took action, and when they stood up, they found that the height was just right, and they picked up their crossbows and shot quickly at the targets in the courtyard.