In the middle of the night, a procession of fifteen fast horses came to the post station located in the southern suburbs of the Qu Hui army, the post station looked much simpler, and the officials in charge of the reception here heard the sound of horses' hooves, hurriedly looked over, and by the light, they recognized at a glance that these people were wearing the black uniforms of the city servants, and hurried up to meet them.

"This is Zhao Zongqi, right? I am the postmaster here, and during the day I said that you were coming, and the room was prepared for you, and the food was still hot in the pot, so I was waiting for you. ”

Zhao Hailong hummed sullenly, turned his head and said to everyone: "Run all the way, find a guest room for each person, rest quickly after dinner, and at the end of the day, everyone will gather and set off, and arrive at the Hejiang ferry before noon." ”

"Yes!" Everyone clasped their fists in unison.

This way from Qingzhou, the horses are tired and overwhelmed, they only have three days, Zhao Hailong in order to hurry, the rules of thirty miles and a rest have been left behind, it can be seen that the general banner who has always been tepid is also deeply stressed, Wang Ling was about to lead the horses to the stable with Shi Geng, but heard the voice of Zhao Zongqi behind him.

"You two give your horses to someone else, and come with me into the city."

Hit the road again before you have a break? Wang Ling was surprised: "Enter the city at this time? There's already a curfew in the city. ”

"Just let me go." Zhao Hailong said.

Seeing Zhao Hailong's insistence, Wang Ling and Shi Geng glanced at each other, and followed behind him, and the post chief ordered someone to bring three fast horses again, and the three of them galloped on the road in a triangle, Zhao Hailong was in front, and Wang Lingshi was behind.

Wang Ling pulled the horse's head and leaned his horse towards Shi Geng, and he muttered in a low voice: "This Zhao Zongqi, what are you going to do when you take us into the city at night?" ”

"Who knows, although he is usually a one-eyed person, he never does superfluous things, thinking that there is something important, otherwise he would not be in such a hurry." When Shi Geng spoke, the expression on his face was no longer the bohemian and uninhibited in the past, and the Chuanzi lines on his brows could not be dissolved, indicating his current state of mind, Wang Ling nodded silently, he and Shi Geng are now the only two remaining in the second room, although they have not been together for a long time, but Wang Ling does not want to see each other again, but it is yin and yang, especially Tang Xiaoyu, he promised the old grandson to take care of her, and now Tang Xiaoyu is missing, life and death are unknown, and his mood is extremely heavy.

After that, none of the three said a word, and the dull atmosphere between the three of them was maintained until the city of Qu Hui.

"What people!"

In the distance, every torch on the head of the city was reflected in a soldier with a longbow, and when he saw three fast horses galloping towards him, a centurion stood on the head of the city and shouted, "Who broke into the county town of Quhua at night?" ”

Zhao Hailong shouted angrily: "Zhao Hailong, the chief banner of the fifth room of the Qingzhou Street Division, this official, asks to see Lord Wang of the county guard, Lord Lu of the county." ”

"Do you have a certificate?"

Zhao Hailong took out the waist card of the general flag, shook his arm violently, and shot the waist card into the pillar on the city tower, and the soldier took out the waist card embedded in the pillar and handed it to the centurion.

"If it's really the general banner of the Street Division, go and inform the two adults of the situation here, there must be no mistake."

After a while, there were two figures wearing official robes, hurriedly climbed up to the city tower, one of them was lying on the female wall, and by the dim light, he looked at the three figures below, and shouted: "Benguan County Cheng Lu Yan, outside the city is Zhao Hailong Zhao Zongqi?" ”

"Exactly! Can Lord Guncheng open the city and let the three of me go in and talk? It is related to the case of the loss of food and grass for the army, and there are some details that I want to ask the two adults face to face! ”

There was silence on the city wall for a moment, and then the voice of the county man named Lu Yan came: "I will order someone to lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, Zhao Zongqi will come to the city tower quickly, and Lord Wang and I will wait here." ”

Wang Ling looked at the figure on the city tower, too far away to see the face, watching the drawbridge slowly landing, but no one went out to greet him, for some reason, Wang Ling always felt that something was wrong, obviously Zhao Hailong had already revealed his identity, but the soldiers on the head of the city still pointed the arrow firmly at them.

Am I too sensitive? They may be out of caution, worried that someone may be using their identities to deceive the city, and yes, in the midst of war, Qingzhou is a key place that cannot be lost, and it is reasonable for these county officials to be careful······ Wang Ling thought secretly.

At the same time, clamping the horse's belly, the three of them rode along the drawbridge into the city gate, parked the horse under the city gate, Zhao Hailong led the two to the city wall with a familiar car, as soon as they stepped on the city wall, a young general wearing armor came to them.

"The three of you, please untie the blade first, and let me keep it for the time being, and return it after the three of you leave."

Hearing this, the three of them frowned, listening to the voice, Wang Ling recognized that he should be the one who shouted at the beginning, Zhao Hailong looked at the centurion silently, but his hand was already on the hilt of the knife, Shi Geng said with a displeased face: "The street division handles the case, unless you meet Your Majesty, even if the prime minister comes, there is no rule that the city servant will remove the blade." ”

"Don't misunderstand, Qu Hua is located in an important place behind the Wuxia garrison, and the two adults of my family are related to the safety of the people of a city, so there is really no room for loss, please also invite the three Haihan."

Shi Geng was about to scold a few words, but was stopped by Zhao Hailong, Zhao Hailong took his long knife from behind his waist, and then removed the long whip and put it in the centurion's hand, he said calmly: "Keep it." ”

"Don't worry, sir, you will keep it safe."

Seeing that Zhao Zongqi set an example, Wang Ling and the two had to untie the blade, Shi was even more unconvinced, while removing the blade, while scolding in his mouth, he scolded dirty and ugly, listening to the ears of the surrounding soldiers, they all showed indignation, Wang Ling hurriedly grabbed him, whispered to him, after all, it was on someone else's territory, or to be more restrained, Shi Geng saw that although the soldiers around him were facing the outside of the city, their eyes were looking at themselves, and they didn't seem to be very friendly, Shi Geng spat on the ground, and then said no more, together with Wang Ling, Follow in Zhao Hailong's footsteps and move forward.

Came to the city tower, two officials wearing red-bottomed official robes with large placket slanted collars, and four-legged unicorns embroidered with cloud patterns on their chests greeted them, one of them said: "Presumably this is Zhao Zongqi, this official is Juncheng Lu Yan, I thought you would rest at the post station tonight, I also specially ordered someone to notify the post station, prepare the guest rooms and food hospitality in advance, I didn't expect Zhao Zongqi to come to Quhua City late at night, I was not prepared, there was a long welcome, it was really a sin, I don't know what Zhao Zongqi is here for?" ”

Hearing Wang Ling's official tone, Zhao Hailong was a real person, and he directly explained his intentions: "The grain team is missing in Quhua, I don't know if the two adults have any clues?" ”

As soon as Zhao Hailong's words came out, Wang Ling found that the reactions shown by the two county officials were not quite the same, Lu Yan's face was obviously stunned, and then returned to normal, this is a manifestation of wanting to cover up the true emotions in his heart, as for the one next to him, it should be the county guard Wang Wensheng that Cao Yong mentioned to him, Wang Ling is very strange, it is said that although the county is the chief administrator, but it is half a level lower than the county guard, and the most powerful voice in a county should be this Wang Wensheng, but it has always been Lu Yan who has spoken, And Wang Wensheng heard Zhao Hailong mention the disappearance of the grain team at this time, but what he showed was worry and jealousy, unlike Lu Yan's fleeting expression change, the sorrow on Wang Wensheng's face seemed to be difficult to dissolve, so it hung on his face so brightly, until he found that Wang Ling was staring at him, he was in a trance for a moment, and restrained his expression.

Seeing this situation, Wang Ling couldn't help but feel a burst of doubt, he instinctively realized that there might be something wrong with this Wang Wensheng, but he didn't think of it for a while.

At this time, Lu Yan sighed heavily and said, "Alas! Don't hide it from Mr. Zhao, I'm also worried about this matter now