Let's not talk about what Xuanliu said to Daxi in the prison, but only that Taihao took Jiaoyu and other entourages early in the morning to prepare to go out of the city in the name of hunting. When he arrived at the city gate, he was unexpectedly stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the gate.

Taihao rode on his horse and did not dismount, the officer and soldier stepped forward and asked, "Lord Taihao, are you going out of the city?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Isn't this about to reach the end of the year, this official took a few entourages out of the city today to hunt and eat some game." ”

Hearing this, the officer and soldier nodded and said, "My lord, please wait a moment." He hurriedly lowered his voice and whispered to another officer and soldier beside him: "Hurry up and go to the city lord's mansion, report to the city lord that Lord Taihao is going out of the city to hunt, and ask the city lord if he will let him go?" ”

Taihao rode on his horse and asked loudly, "What?" What are you waiting for when you leave the city, do you want to stop the official and prevent him from going out of the city to hunt? ”

The officer and soldier hurriedly replied: "Don't you dare, my lord, the little one is also under orders?" ”

Tai Hao glared at the officer and soldier, and said angrily: "Whose order did you dare not let this official out of the city?" ”

The officer and soldier said: "Lord Taihao cured the plague in Pinghe City, and the people of Pinghe City will be grateful to you. However, the small ones didn't deliberately stop the adults from leaving the city. It was an order personally issued by the lord of the city of Yaofuji, saying that Lord Taihao and all the retinue of the deputy general's mansion were not to leave the city. So ......"

Without waiting for Taihao to speak, Ju Yu, who was riding on a horse on the side, hurriedly asked, "What does the city lord mean, why did he stop us from leaving the city gate?" ”

The officer and soldier said with a face full of grievances: "I don't know about this little one, if the adults don't want to see the little ones being dealt with by military law, please get off the horse and go to the tea stall next to them to drink a cup of tea, wait for a while, and wait for the order of the city lord." ”

There was a simple tea stall next to the city gate, with only two tables, and on each table there was a pot of tea and four tea bowls. Taihao didn't want to embarrass the officer and soldier guarding the door, so he dismounted with his entourage, went to the table of the tea stall and sat down, waiting for Yao Fuji's order.

At the same time, the officer and soldier who had gone to report to the city lord had just arrived at the city lord's mansion. He made his intention known to the gatekeeper, who heard that he had an official report and let him in. Yao Fuji was also about to go out, and as soon as he walked out of the door, the officer and soldier saw him, knelt down and saluted her, "See the city lord, the little one has something to report to the city lord." ”

Yao Fuji looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?" Get up and talk about it. ”

The officer and soldier said: "Back to the city lord, Lord Taihao is going out of the city with a group of entourages to hunt, and now he is waiting at the city gate, dare to ask the city lord if he wants to let them out of the city?" ”

Yao Fuji frowned, thinking in his heart: "Lord Taihao is going out hunting early in the morning?" With a group of entourage, there must be something strange about this matter. If he was not allowed out of the city, there was no reasonable reason to stop him. Let him out of the city, what will he have to say? ”

After thinking for a while, he said to the officer and soldier, "Go and tell Lord Taihao that it's okay to go out of the city to hunt, but you can only bring one entourage." ”

The officer and soldier took the order and left. After a short time, he returned to the city gate and said to Tai Hao: "The city lord has an order, Lord Tai Hao can go out of the city to hunt, but he can only bring one attendant. ”

When Tai Hao heard this, his face changed, and he asked, "Why?" What else did the city lord say? ”

The officer and soldier said: "I didn't say anything, this is all the order of the city lord, and I ask Lord Taihao not to be embarrassed." ”

"Okay then." Taihao nodded. He knew that Yao Fuji no longer had any trust in him, and he and even the entire deputy general's mansion were supervised by Yao Fuji. So even if you want to leave now, I'm afraid it's not that easy. Thinking of this, Tai Hao asked the officer and soldier again, "Okay, this officer obeys the order of the city lord." At that moment, he only left Yu Yu and let the rest of his entourage return to the deputy general's mansion.

When the officers and soldiers saw this, they let Taihao out of the city.

After Taihao and Juyu left the city, they saw a forest when they reached the two-mile road, and there were often hares in the woods. Seeing that he was not being followed, Taihao instructed Xuanyu: "You just wait for me here, and when I come back from Luyang City, we will go back to the city together." After speaking, he turned the horse's head and ran towards Luyang City.

Halfway there, Tai Hao saw a carriage passing by. Look at the carriage, the two horses are driving side by side. Two swarthy horses led the carriage, and the decoration of the carriage was black and purple for the lord of a city. There was a pair of carved ornaments in front of the carriage door, which looked elegant in the sunlight, and the carriage rushed straight in the direction of Pinghe City.

Tai Hao muttered to himself: "Which city lord is this, and he actually went to Pinghe City...... Could it be a traitor who consulted with Fudge to rebel together? ”

Without thinking too much, Taihao continued to gallop towards Luyang City. It was noon when I arrived in Luyang City, and in the winter in the north, the climate was extremely cold, but at noon, I could feel a trace of warmth.

Taihao saw the people coming and going inside and outside the city gate, and Taihao followed the people who entered the city and led the horse into Luyang City. Unlike Pinghe City, Luyang City is full of large and small shops and shops. There are also many tall buildings in the city, which stand in the middle of the city like a huge palace, and it seems that this city has a more sense of age than Pinghe City.

Taihao quickly inquired about the direction to the General's Mansion in the city, and rode in that direction. After walking for about half an hour, he finally came to the gate of the General's Mansion, only to see a tall and thin figure appear in front of him. This burly man was Daji, one of the four helpers that Canggu took from the capital, and when he left the capital to serve in the local area, the emperor asked Taihao and Canggu to choose four helpers each and follow them as retinues. Taihao brought four helpers to Gusheng, Jiayu, Shaoling and Daxi, while Canggu brought four brothers, Daji, Erxiang, Sanru, and Siyi. Taihao knew Daji, and when he saw Daji, he stopped his horse.

Daji hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Taihao, why are you here in person?" ”

When Taihao heard this, he was very curious, and quickly dismounted and asked, "Are you Daji?" ”

Daji motioned for an officer and soldier to take the reins from Tai Hao's hand, and arched his hand: "It's down!" ”

Tai Hao continued to ask, "How do you know that I am back, Brother Canggu is in the house?" ”

Daji smiled: "I didn't know that Lord Taihao would come, but I knew that there would be distinguished guests, and General Canggu also guessed that Lord Taihao would send his subordinates to come, but I didn't expect Lord Taihao to come in person." ”

Taihao asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

Daji said: "Lord Taihao, please follow me into the mansion and talk about it when I see Lord Canggu." ”

Tai Hao followed him into the mansion, the general's mansion in Luyang City and the general's mansion in Pinghe City, there is a clear difference, as soon as you enter the door, you will see a huge wall of the door, on the wall is a picture of a "tiger going up the mountain", there are four side halls on both sides behind the wall of the door, continue to move forward, through a circular stone arch, enter another courtyard, the front of the courtyard is empty and bright, and then there is a row of houses. Daji took Tai Hao to the front hall, and when he entered the front hall, Tai Hao saw the gold-topped stone wall, painted with various bird patterns, colorful. The floor was covered with a carpet embroidered with brocade satin, with the occasional bright red flame burning.

Daxi said to Taihao: "My lord, please wait here for a while, and invite General Canggu to come down here." ”

After a while, I heard an exclamation, only to see a man in a white robe come out of it, followed by an old man behind him, Taihao saw that it was Canggu coming, he quickly got up to meet him, and arched his hand and said: "Brother Canggu, don't come to harm!" ”

Cang Gu smiled: "Brother Taihao, I really didn't expect you to come in person." ”

Tai Hao hurriedly asked, "Brother Canggu, how can you say this?" ”

Cang Gu pointed to the old man beside him and introduced: "This is Mr. Yan Fang, a strategist of this official, Mr. Yan Fang knows astronomy and geography, and has the strange ability to calculate and call the wind and rain. Yesterday, Mr. Yan Fang calculated that a distinguished guest would come from Pinghe City, and the official thought that for the official, the only person who could be called a distinguished guest in Pinghe City was the Taihao brothers. I thought that the Taihao brothers would send their subordinates here, but I didn't expect the Taihao brothers to come in person. ”

Tai Hao bowed to the old man and said, "I didn't expect that there are really 'living immortals' in the world who know how to calculate." In just a few months, Brother Canggu sat in the position of the general who defended the city, which also made me admire. ”

Cang Gu said modestly: "To be able to sit in the position of the general defending the city, it all depends on Mr. Yan Fang, let's not talk about this matter for now." I don't know why the Taihao brothers are here today? ”

Tai Hao sighed and said: "Brother Canggu doesn't know, now that Pinghe City is in danger, Yao Fuji has already doubted me. I think Brother Canggu should have already known about the 'Four Great Demons' of Yao Fuji, Na Zugan and Kunwu Mountain, as well as the joint plan of Kozha Demba from Tubo to rebel. I originally wrote a letter for Gu Sheng to send to the imperial court, but the matter was revealed, and Gu Sheng's eldest brother was caught by the officers and soldiers who were ambushed by Yao Fuji when he left the city gate, and now he is secretly imprisoned in the Pinghe City prison. For now, it seems likely that their plans are ahead of schedule. ”

Canggu heard this: "I have already known about this matter, and I have already sent Erxiang and Sanru to the capital, I think the emperor should have received it now." ”

Tai Hao asked: "Will they advance the date of the army now, and if the imperial court does not receive reinforcements, what should you and I do?" ”

Cang Gu smiled and asked, "Brother Taihao, who said that the imperial court would send reinforcements over?" ”

Tai Hao frowned and said, "If the imperial court doesn't send reinforcements, then how can the rebellion be quelled?" ”

Canggu explained: "Judging from the current situation in the empire, the imperial court should not send troops to the north to quell the rebellion. ”

Tai Hao asked: "Why do you say that, isn't the matter of quelling the rebellion the most important thing in the imperial court?" What is the current situation in the Empire? ”

Cang Gu replied, "It's up to Mr. Yan Fang to explain this for you." ”