The book continued, Dugu Shuo hid behind the screen, eavesdropping on the secrets of many Yingzhou rebellions, and was quite curious about the Spring and Autumn Road, and then went out of the hall, and wanted to escape from the Assassin's Mansion by means of the rockery, but when he reached the backyard, he was suddenly attacked by an arrow from behind, and he hid under the rockery in a panic and did not dare to fight back.

The man fired another arrow, Dugu Shuo suddenly felt that the man's archery was very familiar, and he was horrified, but he didn't dare to go out. was secretly thinking of a way, when suddenly a team of Khitan soldiers came in from the backyard and exposed him. Dugu Shuo had no way, he had to bite the bullet and go forward, as soon as he showed his body, an arrow came from the opposite side, he didn't have time to think about it, he reclined and dodged, kneeling forward, that is, the Khitan people behind him had bypassed the rockery to see him, shouted when he landed, raised his knife to stab, he flashed to the corridor in a panic, the Khitan soldiers were already close, the strange thing is that the Khitan soldiers did not care about him, and rushed straight to the person behind him, the person was agile, the knife fell, and only killed a team of Khitan soldiers without the power to parry.

Dugu Shuo looked carefully, it was the unique knife technique of the great commander Yan Qingfang. Then he shouted "Master", and rushed into the Khitan soldiers to fight, but the Khitan soldiers were unprepared and were killed by both of them. When he looked at it again, Dugu Shuo realized that he was wearing Khitan clothes, and the sky was not bright, and he was regarded as his own by the Khitan soldiers in the haze.

Dugu Shuo tore off his helmet and revealed his true face. Yan Qingfang looked at it and said closely: "How did you wear the armor of the Khitans?" Dugu Shuo glanced left and right, and said hurriedly: "This matter is a long story, Master leave here quickly!" After that, he pulled Yan Qingfang to climb up the rockery, crossed the eaves and went straight out of the Thorn History Mansion, along the way, there were Khitan tribe cavalry passing by, the two dodged for a long time, and chose a dilapidated empty courtyard before settling.

"Why are you alone? Who else is here for the inner guard? Yan Qingfang looked around and looked at Dugu Shuo with two questions. Dugu Shuo didn't reply, and pointed to Yan Qingfang's clothes, Yan Qingfang also looked at the folk Han girl clothes he was wearing, and said with a smile: "Aren't you wearing Khitan clothes?" The two looked at each other and smiled, and the worry in Dugushuo's heart was slightly emptied. After a long time, Dugu Shuo said: "There are also Pei Ce, Xu Gao and Li Zeng!" Dugu Shuo said, his expression suddenly became a little compassionate, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, Yan Qingfang listened while patting the filthy firewood on his clothes, stared at Dugu Shuo, and then asked, "Where are the few of them?" ”

Yan Qingfang asked but didn't see Dugu Shuo reply, so he glanced around again, and when he looked at Dugu Shuo again, he saw that his face was sad, his eyes were filled with tears, he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, so Yan Qingfang asked again.

Dugu Shuo squeezed out a few words from the corners of his mouth and said: "Back to Master's words, Li Zeng is dead!" ”

"What? Li Zeng died? Yan Qingfang thought that she didn't really hear it, and asked repeatedly.

Dugu Shuo looked at Yan Qingfang and nodded, Yan Qingfang was stunned, chose a step and sat down, paused, and said, "How did you die?" ”

Dugu Shuo also sat down, swallowed a throat of tears and said, "Master, we were intercepted and killed when we were in the Youzhou Post House, and we almost lost our lives!" Poor Li Zhang's envoy failed to escape and was ······! ”

"Youzhou!" Yan Qingfang interrupted Dugu Shuo's words and said, "Is it an internal guard from the Shendu?" ”

"Exactly!" Dugu Shuo's heart tightened, stood up, and asked in surprise, "Master, you also met?" ”

"Yes, I also met them in Yingzhou, they are dressed in Shendu guard official clothes, and they have internal guard jade plates hanging around their waists, and the people who want to kill me and intercept and kill you should be the same group. It's really strange that the hateful Yingzhou City was broken by the Khitan tribe, and I searched the entire Yingzhou City and never saw the secret guards and pigeon houses of the internal guards in Yingzhou, which is really strange. It stands to reason that even if the pigeon house is destroyed, the internal guard will leave some clue marks, and now there is no one alive or dead, so as not to worry people! Yan Qingfang wiped her face as she spoke, looking tired.

"So Master also thought of going to the Assassin Mansion to find clues?"

"Yes, but the construction of this Yingzhou Thorn Mansion is complicated, the courtyard wall is high, and you can't get in from the outside, so you have to mix in the middle of the Han people who were captured, and finally came in, and I searched everywhere but there were no clues!" Dugu Shuo listened, worried that Yan Qingfang also heard the conversation between Liu Lingwei and the others, so he asked tentatively: "Master has been in for a long time, but what else has he discovered?" ”

Yan Qingfang shook her head and said: "I pretended to be a Han woman, mixed in with the captured Han women, and was locked in the firewood room in the backyard for two days, but fortunately, many ordinary people mixed in tonight to disturb the Assassin's Mansion, and took advantage of the chaos of the right talent to kill the Khitan soldiers guarding it, and then took the crossbow arrows and blades and escaped. ”

Dugu Shuo listened to Yan Qingfang's words, his heart was slightly relieved, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Those ordinary people came in with us, and the turmoil in the city just now was also deliberately rushed by the captured soldiers, in order to disturb the sight of the Khitans, so that we can take the opportunity to escape from the city!" Dugu Shuo said, thinking of General Wen in his heart, he became sad for a while, and said in a choked voice: "However, even if we escape, it will not help, poor General Wen They died in vain!" Yan Qingfang looked at Dugu Shuo, who was suddenly lost, and became more and more puzzled, so he asked, "Why are you saying this?" I was chased and killed by those fake internal guards, hiding in Tibet, and I still don't have a clue, but has the army of the imperial court in front been defeated? ”

Dugu Shuo nodded weakly, and said dejectedly: "Cao Renshi was proud of the enemy, fell into Li Quanzhong's ambush, almost the whole army was wiped out, several generals were also captured alive, and even the big seal of the transfer of troops was robbed, I heard them say that they had used the transfer of troops to seal the letter, luring Zong Huaichang's infantry to the Huangzhang Valley, where Li and Sun set up ambushes, just wait for the army to arrive, the Huangzhang Valley is the cemetery of the army. Dugu Shuo saw that Yan Qingfang didn't know the inside story, so he hid Liu Lingwei and the two black-cloaked people from saying anything.

When Yan Qingfang heard this, he suddenly stood up and said hurriedly: "Then let's find a way to go out of the city and report to the army!" ”

"It's too late, Master, it's too late, Pei Ce and Xu Gao went, but even when they arrived at the barracks, they couldn't see the army, they could only see an empty camp, the army had already been tricked into coming to Yingzhou, and it was Huangzhang Valley that left!" Dugu Shuo said, his heart couldn't help but hurt, he couldn't restrain it for a while, he cried like a child, Yan Qingfang saw it, and couldn't help but be sad, in just one day, hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, and their poor families were looking forward to their early triumph.

Yan Qingfang's body was paralyzed, sat on the stone steps, and said slowly: "I thought that Li Quanzhong was only brave, and had no resourcefulness, I didn't expect that Yingzhou would become the burial place of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Great Zhou, poor Your Majesty is still waiting for the good news of the army in the gods, what a big joke, a joke!" Dugu Shuo saw it, and really wanted to say that the ministers of the court colluded with the Khitan tribe to rebel, but when the words came to his lips, he endured it, and only comforted Yan Qingfang and said: "Master, the current affairs of Yingzhou are no longer able to return to the sky, Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong have colluded with many anti-military forces around them, and want to unite to attack Pingzhou and Danzhou, we need to return to Shendu as soon as possible, inform Your Majesty and the cabinet of all this, let them plan early, and then send capable generals to come and suppress, The current war will not be fruitful for a while. ”

Yan Qingfang listened, looked into the distance, and said with a hollow look: "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of the city during the day, so I can only wait until the evening, let's find a way to get out!" I'm tired, take a break, you can rest too, maybe when those fake guards will come after again! Yan Qingfang said and was about to get up.

"Those fake internal guards are the people of the Spring and Autumn Dao!" Dugu Shuo said a word, Yan Qingfang suddenly stumbled, almost fell down, and hurriedly grabbed Dugu Shuo's shoulder and said, "What did you say?" Spring and Autumn Dao, how could it be Spring and Autumn Dao, weren't they all wiped out by the internal guards ten years ago! ”

"Master, right now there are not only Spring and Autumn Dao in Yingzhou, but also other forces, and those fake internal guards who are chasing and killing us are holding the internal guard waist card issued from the Internal Security Division!" Listening to the word waist card, Yan Qingfang's face twitched unconsciously, and he tried his best to hide it, but he was really seen by Dugu Shuo, and when Yan Qingfang saw it, Dugu Shuo hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to be sad and afraid.

"You mean there's a traitor in the inner guard?"

"Yes, so since you stepped into the territory of Yingzhou, even as early as Youzhou, they have followed you all the way, they just want to choose a suitable way to kill you, in order to make your death reasonable, so, they didn't do it until you arrived in Yingzhou, and the secret guard and pigeon house in Yingzhou are gone!"

"You, how do you know this?" Yan Qingfang listened to Dugu Shuo's words, stepped back from the steps, pulled out his knife and pointed at Dugu Shuo and asked.

"Master, what are you doing here?" Dugu Shuo looked at Yan Qingfang, who was suddenly murderous in front of him, and asked.

"Only you and Your Majesty know about my coming to Yingzhou, if it's not you, how can others know my whereabouts." Yan Qingfang asked.

"But Master, have you forgotten? The cabinet also knows that you came to Yingzhou, and I can't fake the internal guard waist card, I didn't see you until today, and we were intercepted and killed at the post station, and almost lost our lives in Youzhou, and our arms were almost cut off, we searched for the waist card of the internal guard from the dead killer, and after the screening, it was indeed in the internal security division! Dugu Shuo said, ripped off his clothes and showed the knife wound to Yan Qingfang, Yan Qingfang let down his guard, put away the knife, and said thoughtfully: "According to your words, are there people in the court who are also involved in the affairs of Yingzhou, and their people are all over the internal guards and various ministries, not to mention that the change in Yingzhou is led by them, right?" ”

"Yes, Master, they are deeply entrenched, far beyond what we know, they can not only influence the war in Yingzhou, but also the situation in the court!"

"Who are they? Why? Yan Qingfang secretly held the saber and looked at Dugu Shuo's eyes and asked.

Dugu Shuo only thought that she was unintentional, and didn't take it to heart, and said lightly: "Master, you know it in your heart, don't make any more guesses, these are just my conjectures, and I don't know who they are!" ”

Yan Qingfang's eyes suddenly lit up, nodded again and again, and said, "I know, you have to keep this matter secret, even Pei Ce and they can't say it, you know!" ”

Dugu Shuo looked at Yan Qingfang, and then said: "I know Master, but this matter is very involved, since they can let the Spring and Autumn Dao survive, they have already made all preparations, then even if they are defeated in this battle, there will be the next plan, now that the King of Luling has returned to the divine capital, the competition between all parties will only intensify, we do things but to be worthy of the people of the world, and we are worthy of our hearts!" ”

"I'm afraid that if we want to stand on the shore, the people in the river won't let us wear dry clothes, and once there is a dispute, the internal guard will bear the brunt and become the pawn who dies first!" Yan Qingfang said, his thoughts changed suddenly, and even his breathing became heavier, seeing that Dugu Shuo didn't answer, he paused and said, "According to your meaning, what should we do?" ”

"Truthfully reported that the secret guard was killed by Zhao Wenhui, and the pigeon house was destroyed in the war! The rebellion in Yingzhou was only caused by the grievances between Zhao Wenhui and Li Quanzhong, but Li Quanzhong wanted to win over the old clan forces to oppose the Great Zhou court, so he played the banner of 'why not return to my Luling King', and don't say anything else! ”

"With Your Majesty's temperament, will she believe it?"

"It doesn't matter if she believes it or not, even if she doesn't believe it, right now, Cao Renshi's army is defeated, and hundreds of thousands of troops are killed here, even if His Majesty has the heart to be angry, he will not let go of the affairs of Yingzhou, and he will definitely send a large army to exterminate Li Quanzhong, once Li Duzhong is destroyed, everything here will go with the wind, disappear into smoke and dust, and no one will mention it again!"

"Shuo'er is right, this kind of thing can't be allowed for us to guess, and we can't be allowed to guess, let alone let us know Your Majesty, at the moment, the best choice is only like this!" Yan Qingfang said, put the knife back, and went to the broken house by himself.

Dugu Shuo faintly felt uneasy, and he also felt strange in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally had no clue, so he had to give up!

At that moment, the two of them each chose a broken mat and rested.

There was nothing to say for a day, but fortunately, there were abandoned courtyards everywhere in Yingzhou City, and the Khitan tribe army waved to Pingzhou, leaving only a small part of the town guards, and there was no time to take care of all parts of the city.

For two nights, the two spied on all parts of the four gates, all of which were heavily guarded, and they could not leave the city.

It wasn't until the third day that the Khitan tribes in the city rose up and the garrison was empty, and the two changed into the clothes of the Khitan tribe and went out.

Dugu Shuo looked at the Khitan cavalry heading south, and couldn't help but sigh: "With these grains that Zhao Wenhui, the assassin of Yingzhou, asked for from the imperial court, the Khitan Eight Department already has the strength, and maybe it will be able to hit Youzhou soon!" ”

Yan Qingfang looked at Dugu Shuo and didn't speak.

The two of them touched the hazy sky and went in the direction of Danzhou.