When Xue Cunxiao's troops on the eastern front line conquered Yulou City, when Shen Guo of Donghai City visited Cui's mansion, outside the northern Jibei Pass, Murong Xianbei's troops, who had been blocked by the imperial army, began to move.

In response to the surveillance of Murong Xianbei's troops, the defenders of Jibei Pass, the Xingyue Divine Sect and the spies of Louwailou have all been dispatched.

However, Murong Xianbei's department has been staying outside the customs for more than half a month, and he still does not retreat. Gradually, the defenders of Jibei Pass felt that Murong Xianbei was more like showing the two families, firstly, there was a reason why they could not go south, and secondly, they could get the best of both worlds.

After all, in the eyes of the defenders of Jibei Pass, Murong Xianbei's trip was more like a show, so they also relaxed their vigilance back and forth.

The Murong Xianbei tribe is a relatively small tribe in the northern grasslands, and the entire north has been in turmoil before. In the chaotic era, Murong Xianbei, who mediated among them, not only did not expand, but even suffered setbacks because of this, so in the following years, they basically surrendered to the surrounding powers and did not compete with the outside world.

The Northern Wei Dynasty and Murong Xianbei actually have a certain relationship, so the Northern Wei Dynasty has always been at peace with this origin.

If Murong Xianbei's troops were attacked by other nomads, the Great Wei defenders at the northern border would even help to resist one or two.

However, due to the geographical location of Murong Xianbei's department, they inevitably had more contact with the Gao clan of Qizhou and the Cui clan of Qinghe.

When the old emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was in power, because he had been fighting for many years when he was young, he had no plans to send troops to Murong Xianbei in his later years, and felt that as long as they were safe and divided, the old emperor would turn a blind eye and pass.

However, this approach of the Northern Wei Dynasty did not win the gratitude of Murong Xianbei's department, especially after the new king ascended the throne, Murong Xianbei saw the situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty being attacked by the north and south, and decisively reached a consensus with the two families.

In this way, on the one hand, there is no need to pay tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty every year, and on the other hand, it can also use the power of the two major families to deter other tribes around them. Rouran and Goguryeo, which is further north, will throw rat bogeys and have converged.

Murong Xianbei had a good calculation, but they not only overestimated the ability of the two major families, but also underestimated the true strength of the Northern Wei court.

At this point, although they still have room to maneuver, the new king is delusional and unwilling to turn back.

Outside Jibei Pass, Murong Xianbei's troops, who had been standing still, secretly moved tonight.

Jibei Pass is three hundred miles away from Cangnan City controlled by Qinghe Cui's family, although the road is far away, but as long as it passes Jibei Pass, there is no large-scale army garrison of the imperial court until Cangnan in the future.

Therefore, as long as the Jibei Pass is bypassed, the army will definitely be able to make peace with the defenders of Cangnan City all the way south.

The current leading general of Murong Xianbei's department is named Murong Chu, and according to the orthodoxy of the current royal family, he can be regarded as a member of the marginal branch.

However, because of Murong Chu's outstanding military ability, he was quite valued by the new king.

Murong Xianbei had not fought against the Northern Wei Dynasty for decades, and Murong Chu himself had only learned about the military strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty in one news after another.

Some time ago, Murong Chu naturally knew the news that Jiuquan City was conquered by Rouran, and this also made him re-estimate the real strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The number of defenders of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Jibei Pass was comparable to that of the soldiers led by Murong Chu this time, because he did not want to have a head-on conflict here, so Murong Chu took a weak posture to show the enemy, and he never really made a move.

But the agreement with the two major families needs to be implemented, and it is only a matter of time before they go south.

The two major families and their guarantee was that they did not need to make any effort to die, but more to use them to delay and intimidate the imperial army.

Tonight, the defenders of Jibei Pass looked at the camp of Murong Xianbei in the distance above the city head as usual, and the lights in the wall were still there, and everything was as usual, so the defenders of Jibei Pass did not care much as usual.

It is true that this group of people neither advances nor retreats, and after a long time, the defenders of the city think that they will be consumed here.

However, Murong Chu decided to take advantage of the night tonight to go west to bypass Jibei Pass, and then go south and go straight to Cangnan City.

This approach is naturally risky, but as long as you bypass Jibei Pass

Fifty miles of travel will be a complete escape from danger.

If it's an adventure, then it's not urgent.

Murong Chu waited until the middle of the moon, the midnight temperature outside the pass was extremely low, and there were few soldiers in the city of Jibei Pass who were willing to stay for a long time, so he quickly ignored the Murong Xianbei department in the distance.

And Murong Chu also realized that the opportunity had come.

The army was opened, with a small group of vanguard troops in front, and Murong Chu led the large army of the Chinese army in the middle, and the logistics troops such as heavy grain and grass that could be carried were behind.

There wasn't much time left for them, so Murong Chu understood that they needed to be fast.

The camp was left untouched, and some of the baggage that could not be taken away was destroyed on the spot.

Half an hour later, the clouds gradually rose to cover the moonlight, and Murong Chu couldn't help but sigh that even the heavens were helping them.

The army marched westward, and it was not discovered by the defenders of Jibei Pass.

In this way, Murong Chu led the troops to successfully bypass Jibei Pass and go south after a night of rapid marching, and it was a few days later when the defenders of Jibei Pass found out, and Murong Chu had already arrived in Cangnan City.

At that time, the news of the fall of Yulou City also spread, and Dugu Chong ordered Xue Cunxiao to continue to lead his troops eastward, and the army approached Chentai.

All this is still a matter of later story, and when Shen Jing and Cui Minglang met, the situation was still the current situation.

Cui Minglang and Shen Jing are actually not the first time they have met, but it is the first time that there are only two of them like this.

Both sides were like mirrors in their hearts, but Cui Minglang still showed a warm smile when he saw Shen Jing.

"Brother Shen, don't come unharmed. We haven't seen each other for a few months, so today we will prepare a banquet for a while, and we can chat while eating."

Cui Minglang walked towards Shen Jing while wearing almost a set, and he raised his hand to signal that he wanted to take Shen Guo to the backyard.

In the end, he has traveled a lot of rivers and lakes, so Shen Guo is also comfortable dealing with these now.

Shen Guo did not have a showdown with Cui Minglang immediately, and he followed the other party and left with Cui Minglang.

The prepared banquet was in an elegantly decorated chamber, and by the time the two of them were seated, the maids had already served the food one after another.

The dishes are also simple, and they are a table of home-cooked food.

When the food was served, only one maid stayed behind to serve Shen Jing and Cui Minglang to drink.

After taking a seat, Cui Minglang still didn't rush to talk to Shen Guo about business, but first introduced the maid who stayed.

Cui Minglang said: "I know that Brother Shen has a lot of confidants, and all of them are not ordinary people. Brother Shen, let's see how my newly acquired maid is, and if you like it, you will give it to Brother Shen."

Because Shen Jing has been paying attention to Cui Minglang, he has never paid attention to the maid Shen Jing who served beside him.

Hearing the words at this moment, Shen Jing also glanced at it.

The maid was dressed in black, not like an ordinary maid, obviously dressed as a Jianghu person.

The girl's cheeks were thin but a lot of perseverance, and it seemed that she had become a maid for some unspeakable reason.

When Shen Jing looked over, the woman was lowering her head, although she couldn't see her eyebrows, but Shen Jing suddenly had a strange sense of familiarity.

Because of curiosity, Shen Kuang's gaze paused, and in Cui Minglang's eyes, he felt that Shen Kuang had taken a fancy to this woman.

There are also rumors in the streets and alleys that Shen is lascivious, and Cui Minglang actually thinks so, so this maid is actually arranged by him with ulterior motives.

Ordinary girls naturally can't get into the eyes of Shen Zheng, and this maid is also Cui Minglang's choice.

After Shen Guo looked at the maid for a moment, Cui Minglang smiled and said, "Don't raise your head yet to let Shen Gongzi take a look."

The maid slowly raised her head when she heard this, but her eyes were dodging at the moment.

And when Shen Kuang saw the face of the maid, the memories of the past quickly emerged, and he also remembered where that familiarity came from.

After the incident in Kang Zhucheng, Shen Kuang had accidentally broken into a small world on the way back, and in the small world, he met Mu Yunfu, who also broke in by chance, in fact, he wanted to go north to Luoyang.

Originally separated

, Shen Jing also gave her a wordless seal.

The meeting between the two was extremely short, but in my impression, Shen Jing remembered that she was a girl with a cold look, and there seemed to be a story hidden in her body.

Shen Kuang didn't expect to meet Mu Yunfu again at such a time and place, and he didn't know what happened to her that made her fall to this point.

And Mu Yunfu obviously recognized him when he saw Shen Qian, although they had changed over time, Mu Yunfu could vaguely recognize him.

When he said goodbye, Shen was no longer as sad as he was at the beginning, he was a little older, but he was reduced to a prisoner.

Both of them were horrified, but they didn't recognize each other.

Tonight, Cui Minglang made the purpose of his coming here clear to Mu Yunfu, and she didn't expect that the person who came would be Shen Jing.

The two of them resolved the accident on their faces in just a moment, Shen Jing retracted his gaze, and resumed his smile, as if nothing had happened.

The fleeting look on Shen Jing and Mu Yunfu's faces Cui Minglang didn't notice it, but Shen Jing's reaction made Cui Minglang sure that Shen Guo had taken a fancy to Mu Yunfu.

However, despite this, Cui Minglang did not say anything further.

Cui Minglang raised his hand and motioned for Mu Yunfu to come over and pour wine for the two.

When Mu Yunfu poured wine for the two, Cui Minglang introduced with a smile, "Brother Shen, my maid's name is Mu Yunfu. I won't go into the reasons why she came to my Cui clan, but she has some martial arts and good swordsmanship, so I think it's good and I will take it under my command."

Shen Kuang is a martial arts master, Cui Minglang knows, and before that, Cui Minglang was also reminded by his parents and elders, so that he should be more wary of Shen Kuang. Therefore, Cui Minglang deliberately didn't say much about Mu Yunfu's realm, he hoped that Shen Qian's eyes would be on Mu Yunfu.

Mu Yunfu poured a glass of wine for Shen Jing and Cui Minglang, and Cui Minglang immediately raised the wine glass and said, "Shen Gongzi, I will toast you first."

Shen Guo also picked up the wine glass when he heard this, and Cui Minglang drank it all step by step before Shen Guo, as if he was afraid that Shen Guo would think that the wine was poisonous.

Shen Jing immediately drank the cup as well.

Seeing this, Mu Yunfu, who was on the side of the clothes, stepped forward to fill it for the two of them.

After a glass of wine, the courtesy that should be there is also this, so Shen Jing said straightforwardly: "Cui Gongzi, since you invite me to come, we will get straight to the point, you don't like such a vulgar courtesy, I am also disgusted, don't be so disgusting yourself."

Cui Minglang smiled faintly when he heard this, Shen Guo was right, there was really no need to disgust himself.

Cui Minglang smiled, "Since Shen Gongzi said so, I won't beat around the bush. The safety of those two girls in Cui's Mansion now, Shen Gongzi doesn't have to worry. The current situation of our two families, Shen Gongzi, you also understand, if the mud bodhisattva crosses the river, there is the imperial court in front, and there is the outer building and the Xingyue Divine Sect in the back, it is not easy for us to survive in the cracks. Of course, since we rebel, this is what we should bear, and no one else is to blame."

After saying this, Cui Minglang seemed to be depressed in his heart, and he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Shen Guo heard this and said, "Cui Gongzi also knows that he is only a person from the rivers and lakes, and he has no ability to save you from fire and water."

After Shen finished speaking, Cui Minglang smiled and said, "The reason is clear, and I won't mention such an rude request. I only hope that Shen Gongzi can agree to the next request."

Cui Minglang said this, Shen Jing and Han Zhongjing expected it, in the final analysis, their purpose is only the word profit.

After Cui Minglang finished speaking, Shen Guo didn't give an answer, but asked rhetorically, "My uncle's favorite ones are Shi Yu and Xiang'er, does Cui Gongzi know the consequences of doing this?" z.br>

Shen Jing's words were flat, but there was a rare hint of threat in them.

Cui Minglang naturally understood the meaning, but he just smiled and didn't care at all.

"Brother Shen, it's not my own decision to make such a decision. Although I am nominally the eldest son of the Cui family, how much power do I really have? Brother Shen, let's drink first."

However, he prevaricated the question of the past situation, and of course the answer Cui Minglang also gave.

Shen Guan smiled indifferently when he heard this, since he knew the consequences and dared to do this, he had no fear.

"What do you ask Cui Gongzi to say." Shen said.

When Cui Minglang heard this, he first motioned to Mu Yunfu to continue pouring wine for Shen Jing.

After a while, he said unhurriedly: "Let's put things aside for a while, since Shen Gongzi has come to the door, we might as well eat and drink well, otherwise outsiders will say that my Cui family is not considerate."

While speaking, Cui Minglang motioned for Mu Yunfu to come closer.