Li Chengtang's hands were staggered, his true qi turned into a soft force, and the void caught Ran Jingjing and Cen Shen. After the two of them were put away, the people of Xiaogushan had already gone far away.

Someone from the Prosecutor's Office quickly appeared nearby, and they followed like ghosts.

That person's name is Leng Yan, and he is a nine-stage master of the "Herringbone Gate", one of the major sects of the "Procuratorate", and he is very good at light skills. This time, Li Chengtang dispatched manpower, and Xu Shengcheng, a major sect, specially sent this person to cooperate with Shangguan Chi in Li Chengtang's action.

It is said that this person's martial arts came from Shaolin, and his "dry Zen magic skills" have reached the realm of transformation, and he is especially good at tracking, and he can hide for a few days and nights without moving.

Li Chengtang shouted to Leng Yan, "Catch up, arrange for people from the procuratorate to take over the tracking along the way, leave traces, don't cut off contact with me!" ”

Three more figures appeared in the dark, one after the other, and chased after Hou Zipeng one after another.

Seeing that the people from the "Procuratorate" were walking away, Li Chengtang went to untie Ran Jingjing and Cen Shen, and untied the acupoints where they were blocked.

Cen Shen moved his hands and feet, with a look of indignation, looking at Ran Jingjing, whose temples were unkempt and full of tears, and said in a daze: "When was Miss Jing caught by them?" ”

He didn't know that a lot of things had happened on Li Chengtang's side in one day, and in his heart, Ran Jingjing was a very powerful master and should not be arrested.

Ran Jingjing always thought that she would definitely die this time, and the rest of her life after the catastrophe was undecided. Li Chengtang saved her from danger several times, and regarded Li Chengtang as his only support in his heart, and leaned on Li Chengtang like a frightened rabbit and refused to leave.

At this time, Captain Guo Yidu, who had been following them, came over with a few government soldiers. Li Chengtang gently pushed Ran Jingjing away and said, "Let's go, let's go back and talk." ”

When everyone saw Li Chengtang suddenly bring Ran Jingjing back, they were pleasantly surprised. When he heard that he had exchanged his "Dragon Sword" for Ran Jingjing's life, Ran Fei immediately knelt down for Li Chengtang and swore and said: "Little Brother Li saved the life of the little woman, and from then on, the Henan Ran clan respected the young man, and the whole clan and the door guest will only obey the life of the young man in the future!" ”

Everyone knows the preciousness of the "Dragon Sword", and the people in the rivers and lakes regard it as more important than their lives, Li Chengtang can exchange it for Ran Jingjing, and they all think that Ran Fei's move is not an exaggeration.

Qin Haotian sighed for a while, it was a pity that there was such an ancient artifact, but he was helpless to save people.

Li Chengtang comforted: "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, losing the 'Dragon Sword' is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe it will be found back in the future, you must not bother for such a trivial matter." ”

Everyone had to comfort themselves when they thought about it, but where did they put such a treasure in the hearts of the people of the rivers and lakes, thinking that they must take it back in the future.

When we arrived at the "Wild Camel Garden" and were already close to the unitary, in this windy and sandy city, I suddenly saw the scenery like the south of the Yangtze River, and everyone's mood suddenly improved.

"Wild Camel Garden" Zhu Yi first took everyone to the place where they lived, it was a very quiet small courtyard, and it was difficult to find it if you didn't look carefully in the whole "Wild Camel Garden". Eight more guards were hidden around it, and two more lookouts were arranged in the attic at the top. There is also an underground secret room dedicated to the detention of An Shunzhi.

Everyone doesn't know why the "Wild Camel Garden" is so familiar with Li Chengtang, and they obey their words, and of course they can't guess why the "Wild Camel Garden" will set up this special courtyard. It's just that I feel more and more that Li Chengtang is mysterious and unattainable.

There is a special bathhouse in the small courtyard, and Wu Tingting from the "Wild Camel Garden" led Ran Jingjing to the place where she changed her makeup, washed and dressed up, and changed her makeup. Ran Jingjing once had an intersection with Wu Tingting, and after a while, they became acquainted, and their frightened heart gradually settled down.

To tell the truth, Ran Jingjing lacks the ruthlessness of the Jianghu people, and in some ways she is not as good as Ayiyi, she is a big lady mentality, and she doesn't like to practice martial arts and fight and kill, but she was born in a martial arts family, how could she escape.

At this time, she was like a frightened deer and finally calmed down, and only then did she remember that she had something important to say to Li Chengtang.

In the living room, after listening to Ran Jingjing's words, everyone fell silent, and finally understood the reason why Nangong Qingwu didn't let her come back.

Regarding An Lushan's army wanting to occupy Huaiyuan, they heard Li Chengtang talk about it, thinking that his conspiracy had been crushed by the "Xuanjia Army", but they didn't expect Nangong Qingwu to set up such a big game, and there were so many soldiers and horses behind him, so they couldn't help but feel a chill behind their backs.

I didn't expect that the Jiu'er girl was actually the princess of the Yan Yabu Department, and she also brought 2,000 soldiers and horses to Huaiyuan, everyone saw her performance and hoped that she was a friend rather than an enemy, and hoped that the Turkic 20,000 light cavalry would never come.

The gentleman's collection originally wanted to be made in the rivers and lakes, but unexpectedly it became the cause of national chaos.

Li Chengtang's thoughts were a little heavy, he thought that An Lushan's threat had been lifted, but in fact it was still full of dangers. At this moment, the "Xuanjia Army" went to Tibet, and the 2,000 "Hengdao Battalion" fought outside the city without knowing how many soldiers and horses were left, and the "Procuratorate" could not organize much combat strength for a while, let alone how many garrisons Wang Zhongsi could mobilize at present, and he was a little worried at the moment.

"Hasn't Lord Wang Zhongji arrived at the 'Wild Camel Garden' yet?" Li Chengtang wanted to see the Jiedu envoy as soon as possible, and asked Wu Tingting.

Wu Tingting lowered her eyebrows, and replied respectfully: "Yu Gongzi, just now there was a word outside, Lord Wang and his party have arrived, and they are waiting at 'Qing Yaxuan'. ”

Li Chengtang looked around at everyone, "Then let's go and visit this Lord Wang Zhonghe!" He seemed to have become the leader of this group, Qin Haotian, Ran Fei and the others walked out of the small courtyard with him and went straight to "Qing Yaxuan".

Wang Zhongsi is a veteran of officialdom and a confidant of the crown prince Li Heng, he can go to Lingzhou to serve as a festival envoy is not an ordinary person, and his resourcefulness and scheming are not comparable to ordinary people. Just through the investigation, he guessed the current situation changes, and was able to urgently mobilize troops and horses to defend Huaiyuan, which showed his wit and speed of response.

This banquet for Li Chengtang and others has the meaning of the imperial court and his own selfishness. So in this time of crisis, he was extra careful. Before leaving, he arranged for Captain Huang Wenlong and Captain Jian Zhong to guard the city gate, and strictly ordered that no one should enter or leave Huaiyuan when he was not there.

This time, he was accompanied to the banquet by Liu Gou, the assassin of Shi Liu, and Tian Chong, the general of Zhenwei, as well as two Zhichong lieutenants and a thousand soldiers. Although "Wild Camel Garden" is the most high-end banquet restaurant in Huaiyuan, there is no shortage of dignitaries and dignitaries from all over the world, but it was still temporarily cleared.

The people of the rivers and lakes originally did not have so many etiquette, but after all, they were visiting the second-grade feudal officials of the imperial court, and they harassed Wang Zhongsi for many days. Wang Zhongsi heard about these people every day, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant, and said something that he had heard of the famous name for a long time and had not met in time, and everyone sat down.

Li Chengtang had something in his heart, and as soon as the officialdom was over, he first said: "Lord Wang is an important minister of the imperial court, coordinating the military and political affairs of several states, and he has every opportunity, and he suddenly invited us to a banquet, he must have some advice!" ”

Wang Zhongsi had long heard how Li Chengtang was heroic, and now he saw that this young man was dressed in a bright and bright manner, with all the supporters, and his majesty was like this, and his heart was also very strange, not only a little impressed.

"Li Shaoxia is the handsome man of the country, this time one person killed two thousand, defeated the Turks, the Son of Heaven rejoiced, issued an edict to reward Li Shaoxia for loyalty, this envoy on behalf of the imperial court to show grace, hereby banquet everyone, I hope you will not be polite with this official!"

Wang Zhonghei said, took out the edict of reward and read it to Li Chengtang and the others, and then continued: "Li Shaoxia's merits and prestige have reached the heavens, Your Majesty has granted you permission to join the military and serve the imperial court, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Thank you Lord Wang for your kindness, we are all people from the rivers and lakes, and we are used to being idle, I'm afraid I can't stand the rules of the army." Li Chengtang replied.

Qin Haotian and Ran Fei also politely rejected the will of the imperial court.

Wang Zhongsi frowned, and said: "The officials of all the chivalrous men also know something, and now you have become the target of the people of the rivers and lakes, it is good to live in the pavilion post with the protection of the official, if you don't join the army, the pavilion post can not live for a long time, when the rivers and lakes are in dispute, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to protect yourself, now there is the court as the backstage, you also just take this opportunity to withdraw from the rivers and lakes, why not, the official advises everyone to think carefully!" ”

After Wang Zhongsi finished speaking, he instructed the lieutenant next to him to prepare a meal, and did not allow everyone to speak, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk while eating. ”

Liu Gou, the assassin on the side, and Li Chengtang and others have already had several faces, and they think they are more familiar with everyone, and said: "Lord Wang loves talents, and reported your affairs to the court, if you can serve under Lord Wang, you will be able to glorify your ancestors in the future, and support your descendants, I hope that you righteous people will not live up to the expectations of adults, otherwise it will be difficult for adults to let you live in the pavilion and continue to protect everyone." ”

This Liu Gou is good at pondering Wang Zhonghe's thoughts, and these words not only express his love and kindness, but also further clarify his thoughts.

Wang Zhongsi looked at Li Chengtang.

Li Chengtang had already guessed his thoughts about this banquet and prepared to deal with it. It's just that they didn't expect the imperial court to want them to join the military and serve the imperial court.

Hearing this, he said respectfully: "Li Chengtang and others thank Lord Wang for his love and protection, and he will be rewarded in the future, these days in Huaiyuan have brought a lot of trouble to the adults, look at the Lord Haihan, take advantage of this opportunity to meet the adults, Chengtang originally wanted to resign to the adults and move out of the pavilion. ”

Wang Zhongsi laughed, hiding his embarrassment, "You are all heroes, and Lord Ben is not forcing you to move out of the pavilion. ”

Li Chengtang said solemnly: "Lord Wang loves the people and cherishes talents, Cheng Tang has already heard of it, how can he have other ideas, although Cheng Tang is unwilling to join the military, he can recommend a talent for adults." After speaking, he recommended Cen Shen, who had not spoken beside him, to Wang Zhonghe.

Although Cen Shen is young, but the name of the talented poem is famous, Wang Zhongsi has also heard a lot in the court, and now the prince is the time to employ people, and he is very happy to hear it.

"I heard Lord Wang Changling say that the aggrieved son joined the army under the command of the official first? The official will recommend it to the imperial court in the future. ”

Cen Shen has not landed in Huaiyuan, suffering from drifting, and when he heard this, he once again paid a visit to Wang Zhonghei, and thanked Li Chengtang for his recommendation.

Li Chengtang saw that Wang Zhonghei was appointing Cen Shen at the moment, and said: "Lord Wang is a virtuous person for the country, which is really the blessing of the imperial court, and it is the luck of the Tang Dynasty to have Lord Wang sitting in the border Guanzhou Town, and the Lord will definitely be reused by the court in the future!" ”

His words made Wang Zhongsi very useful, and he smiled: "Actually, this official also wants the young man and you to stay in Huaiyuan for a while, but there are some changes in Huaiyuan now, not only the people in the rivers and lakes gather to make trouble, but also some unknown troops have secretly appeared. ”

Wang Zhonghe's words were true, and Li Chengtang no longer kept it, and said immediately: "Can Lord Wang find out the details of those armies? ”

Wang Zhongsi was stunned and asked, "Li Shaoxia also knows about the army outside the city?" ”

Li Chengtang stood up, confessed to Wang Zhonghe, and said: "Lord Assassin Shi once asked me about this matter in the pavilion, but Chengtang did not reply at that time, and just wanted to explain it when he met the adult. ”

At that moment, he explained in detail that An Lushan was plotting against Huaiyuan, and the "Fan Yang Army" was intercepted and killed by the "Hengdao Battalion". He also told Ran Jingjing that she was rescued and learned that An Lushan had colluded with the Turkic cavalry and was preparing to raid Huaiyuan.

Li Chengtang asked: "I don't know if Lord Wang is prepared, how many soldiers and horses are available in Huaiyuan?" ”

Although Wang Zhongsi guessed that there was a major military situation, he did not expect An Lushan to play such a big game of chess, not only secretly thanked the "Xuanjia Army" for their support, but also glad that he arranged for General Tian to transfer troops.

Wen Yan said: "Thank you Shaoxia for informing this officer of such a major military situation, in fact, since the official noticed the battle outside the city, he has strictly forbidden people inside and outside the city to enter and exit, and mobilized 10,000 soldiers and horses from each of the two nearby military towns to gallop to help Gongwei Huaiyuan, plus Huaiyuan's 10,000 soldiers and horses, it is estimated that there are 30,000 soldiers and horses available." ”

At this time, Tian Chong, the general of Zhenwei, said: "The 20,000 soldiers and horses who galloped to help will arrive tomorrow, and now there are only 10,000 garrisons and 2,000 soldiers available in the city." ”

When Li Chengtang heard Wang Zhonghe's arrangement, he had a deeper understanding of his talents. This person is thoughtful, well-planned, and really a usable talent, and he can't be prepared for a lot of useful use in the future, so he has a heart of acceptance.

While everyone was talking, the lights were on, the wine and food were ready, and the guests of honor were seated one after another. After eating two bites, I suddenly heard a report from the fast horse outside: Hurry up and report the festival to make your lord, there is a cavalry attack in Huaiyuan City, and the north gate is missing!