The meeting room of the Marquis of Dingguo.

"Master Hou, what did the emperor say?" Zi Mo looked at Xia Liangyu who was sitting on the chair and asked anxiously.

"What can Lan Zhenqing do? If you want money, the treasury is empty, everyone knows it, you want supplies, who will provide supplies for free if you don't have money, heh!" Xia Liangyu sneered as he spoke.

"This emperor is too useless, we are desperately guarding the frontier, but he can't even handle the basic logistics support, I really don't know how he does the emperor."

Zi Mo hammered down the table hard, venting the resentment in his heart.

Jiuyu stepped forward and said: "Master, according to the information sent back by the third brother, the Beining Kingdom is ready to go, and has secretly reached a preliminary agreement with the other three countries, once they launch an attack on our army, the other three countries will send troops at the same time, dragging down the other three armies of our army, leaving our Northern Frontier Army isolated and helpless." Judging from the current weather conditions, this winter, the weather in the northern frontier will be very cold, heavy snowfall is inevitable, and the temperature may reach about minus 20 degrees. ”

"Last year, the temperature in the northern frontier was relatively warm, and the combat effectiveness of our army was okay. We know, and the enemy also knows, that the biggest weakness of our army is that it cannot adapt to low-temperature combat, firstly, the physique is not as good as those barbarians in the north who have adapted to the cold temperature for many years, and secondly, our materials are not good, as soon as those cotton clothes and cotton clothes are in the north, they are wet, they can not keep out the cold, and they are bulky, and the soldiers cannot fight at all, and there are more people who freeze to death and frostbite than they die in battle! Have those people in the court forgotten the great battle of the previous winter?"

Zi Mo jumped like thunder, if it weren't for the injuries on his body that hadn't been neatly resolved, it was estimated that he would have rushed directly into the palace to find Lan Zhenqing desperately.

"That is, the year before last, if the master hadn't arranged for someone to intercept in the back line in advance, he would have been driven straight into the country by the governor of Beining a long time ago, and Zhongzhu would have been carved up by others a long time ago!"

"That's it!"

Jiuyu and Lu Li couldn't help but complain.

"Master Hou, you say, what should we do now?"

Zi Mo stood up holding the injury on his waist with one hand and leaned in front of Xia Liangyu.

"Don't worry, there will be a way!" Xia Liangyu said unhurriedly, and in just one sentence, Zi Mo's somewhat restless heart was calmed at once.

Xia Liangyu looked up at him, and then at the wound on his waist.

"Who saved you?"

"Huh?" Zi Mo was a little inexplicable by Xia Liangyu's clueless words, and then saw his gaze staring at his waist, and immediately understood.

"You say this?" Zi Mo pointed to his waist.

Xia Liangyu nodded.

"Speaking of which, I'm not angry, that dead girl, rude in her movements, hurtful in her speech, and ruined my favorite armor, and I'm about to arrange for someone to find her?"

"Little girl?" The corners of Xia Liangyu's mouth rose slightly, and his eyes narrowed, hiding the smile in his eyes.

Jiu Yu and Lu Li also guessed a little bit, and involuntarily tilted their heads next to the statue.

"That's right, a dead girl who is not black and autumn, hiding in the grass, dragged me in like a dead fish, you said, if you want to give me medicine, you can take it well, actually take a knife, rub it a few times to cut my purple cloud armor to pieces, I was angry and dizzy for a while, if it wasn't too badly injured, I would have knocked her down with a punch! I'm so angry, these days, I've fainted at the sight of my broken armor!"

Jiuyu and Lu Li almost didn't hold back their laughter.

The corners of Xia Liangyu's mouth trembled, he thought of the scene when Lu Qiqi carefully took off his armor for him, and carefully asked himself to take medicine, and compared with the treatment Zi Mo received, his mood was instantly beautiful and bright.

Zi Mo's eyes were sharp, and he looked at Xia Liangyu incredulously.

"Master Hou, ...... you, you just laughed?"

Xia Liangyu raised his head and looked at him.

"Wrong!"

"Impossible, I obviously saw a smile in your eyes, don't think that you have a mask, you won't admit it!"

Xia Liangyu's eyes swept over him, "Illusion!" ”

Zi Mo is also a person who understands current affairs, and immediately reacted.

"Oh, I'll just say, I've been with the general for a few years, I have won battles, and I haven't seen the general laugh, this will, how can it be ......, hehe, I'm sorry, I saw it wrong!"

Zi Mo touched his head while secretly looking at Xia Liangyu, he always felt that something was strange in his heart, he turned his head to look at the two of the Nine Domains again, and saw that the two of them were lowering their heads and didn't know what to say.

"However, Master Hou, when it comes to wounds, I just want to ask, do you know who is going to assassinate us?"

"Nine Domains!" Xia Liangyu shouted.

"Hey, master." Nine Domains walked over with a smile.

Zi Mo looked at the Nine Domains that was smiling abnormally, and his heart was a little abrupt.

"This assassination, although it has not been fully ascertained, it can be determined that it is related to the Dongsang Kingdom, and the Dongsang Xiangguo Lin Xuru united with the hidden traitors in Zhongzhu to obtain the route and time of the master's return, and ambushed in Heiqu Mountain in advance, wanting to take the master's life in one fell swoop, as long as the master is dead, it will be much simpler to annex the Zhongzhu Kingdom!"

"Mole? There's a mole in our escort?" Zi Mo's tone changed, he grabbed the clothes of the Nine Domains, a little excited, "Who?"

"Left Dragon!"

"No way, he's my lieutenant, and I've always used him heavily! No, I'm going to ask him myself! Where is he?"

"After the assassination failed, he left a suicide note for you and committed suicide!" Jiu Yu said as he took out a letter and handed it to Zi Mo.

Zi Mo took the letter, his hands trembled a little, and the envelope read "General Zi personally opened".

The letter was not long, and Zi Mo quickly read it.

"I didn't expect Zuo Long to be a native of Dongsang Country, it seems that he was ordered to lurk in our army, and his wife and children were controlled by Lin Xuru's people, he didn't want to harm me, but he had to do it. No wonder, before we set off, he always looked preoccupied, every time he saw me, he always wanted to talk and stopped, I also said that he rarely returned to Beijing, too excited to cause uneasy thoughts! Damn, why didn't I notice his anomaly! No, what did Lin Xuru want to assassinate you at this time?"

Xia Liangyu knocked on the table.

"General Zimo, in the past two days, we have also analyzed the information we have obtained so far, firstly, if the assassination is successful, the army of Zhongzhu Kingdom will lose its backbone, and the people's hearts will be disheartened, and secondly, with the attack of Beining after the winter, even if they can't kill the master, they can make the master seriously injured and unable to come to the battlefield in person, their goal has been achieved."

"In these small countries, when the tiger takes a nap, he wants to eat the tiger, and he doesn't want to see if he has such a big stomach!" Zi Mo was so angry that he couldn't wait to immediately send troops to pacify Dongsang.

"Zi Mo!" Xia Liangyu tapped his hand lightly on the table and looked at Zi Mo, "How are you injured, can you move?"

"It's not a big deal, you can act. That dead girl is rude to rude, the powder is still good, much better than our knife wound medicine, if you can match it a little more, many people can die on the battlefield! I don't know where she got the medicine powder, I asked the doctor in the house to take a look, he was very surprised, said that he has been a doctor for decades, unheard of, these days from time to time to pester me, said that he wants to meet the person who dispenses the medicine, hey, annoyed! This person from the hospital is so persistent. Oh, by the way, Master Hou, is there anything you want me to do?"

"You go back to the barracks tomorrow, go back secretly, arrange a stand-in in the house, cover people's eyes and ears, after you go back, you arrange it as soon as possible according to our previous layout, and I will find a way to spend the winter!"

"Okay, then I'll leave tonight, the sooner the better!"

"When you go back, take these people down quietly!" Xia Liangyu handed Zi Mo a list.

"This?" Zi Mo looked at the list and was stupid again.

"The spies of various countries have long been identified, and I deliberately put them in order to let them pass on some misinformation from time to time, but now, in order to avoid bad things, it is better to clear them! Then arrange for our people to replace. ”

"Okay, I got it!"

"Yes, go ahead!"

………

Lu Qiqi stayed at home for a few days, and first arranged Xie Youcai's schedule properly, and let Guo Rui be responsible for full supervision, the plan was simple, and the key was in the execution part.

Second, two days ago, she heard Xie Youcai talk about something, and she had some calculations in her heart.

She put off her original plan and solved the problem at hand first.

She picked up her materials, grabbed another thick pie, and quickly walked towards Xie Mansion.

"Thank you, Master!" As soon as Lu Qiqi saw Xie Youcai, who was taking a walk after dinner, he rushed over.

"Qiqi, ...... are you?" Xie Youcai watched Lu Qiqi hurriedly come over with a big bag, a little strange.

"Master Xie, didn't you say two days ago that our Zhongzhu Kingdom will be bullied by Beining Country in winter, the main reason is that the weather is cold, our warm cotton clothes are not as good as others, and our physique is not as good as others, so we have lost a lot of resistance when we start a war?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

Xie Youcai remembered what he said casually, and he didn't know what Lu Qiqi was doing in such a hurry.

"Master Xie, come, you put on this dress." Lu Qiqi couldn't wait to take out his clothes from the bag and wanted to put them on for Xie Youcai.

"Alas, wait, wait, it's not cold yet, what are you doing wearing so thick, and ......, what's this? How come I've never seen a dress of this style?" Xie Youcai first refused, and then as if he had seen something rare, he kept looking at the clothes that Lu Qiqi took out.

"Don't worry, you put on first, and these boots, I'll tell you in detail when I get back, be sharp, quick, put on Master Xie, we don't have much time, we have to hurry."

"Great!" Guo Rui quickly took the clothes, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, directly put on Xie Youcai's clothes, put on his boots, and then put on his own set as well.

"Iron Pillar, lead us to your ice cellar!" After Lu Qiqi got dressed, he asked Tie Zhu to lead them to the ice cellar.

Xie Youcai also understood a little bit.

The Xie family is really arrogant, and even the ice cellar is luxurious.

As soon as the three of them entered the ice cellar, they shivered from the cold.

"Put your hats on!"

"Oh!"

"Qiqi, this is a natural ice cave, at the beginning, my ancestors found that there are not only hot springs in this mountain, but also natural ice caves, so the site was selected and settled here, and the mountain was bought, the temperature of this ice cellar is very low, usually people come in and out quickly, no one dares to stay too long, we are like this, will it freeze!"

Xie Youcai still cherished his body very much, he shrugged his shoulders, approached Lu Qiqi, and asked cautiously.

"Gee, you've been in for so long, do you feel cold?" Lu Qiqi glanced at him.

Xie Youcai felt it, it didn't seem to be very cold, not much different from the previous normal winter!

"It's not cold, is it?"

Xie Youcai nodded, "Isn't it cold, is it the function of this clothes?" So amazing? The feet are not cold, but warm. He stomped his feet and said in amazement, "This dress is amazing, and this shoe, oops, if we have this dress and shoes in Zhongzhu Kingdom, how can we be afraid of the small Bac Ninh Kingdom!"

Xie Youcai's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he suddenly saw a business opportunity.

"Yes, yes, Master Xie, this dress was designed by Qiqi himself, if we promote it to the army, and then to the whole country, then it will definitely be another deal!" Guo Rui hurriedly followed.

"Yes, yes, you're right! Seventy-seven ......, you see ....... Xie Youcai approached Lu Qiqi with a businessman's characteristic smile.

Lu Qiqi's experience is almost the same, Xie Youcai has already taken the bait, and it is time for the next step.

"Okay, let's go back, let's go back and discuss this matter again!"

"Okay, let's go!"

Xie Youcai walked in front excitedly, looking impatient.

Lu Qiqi and Guo Rui looked at each other and smiled, and also followed out of the ice cave.