In the north of Huaizhou, from west to east are Baoying Mansion, Lai'an Mansion and Donghai Mansion, and the three mansions are about the shape of a pinzig.

To the northwest of Baoying Province is Panlong Pass, which controls the way to the Gyeonggi region of Northern Yan.

Located in the middle, Lai'an Mansion protrudes to the north and faces Beiyan, so the Huaizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is located here, which is convenient to command the northern defense line nearby.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is not the magnificent appearance that some people imagine, but the layout is quite compact, especially the duty rooms of the subordinate officials in the front yard are crowded together, and there is often a noisy and noisy grand scene.

Li Chengen walked through the hall under the guidance of a director, and a few words related to military intelligence came from time to time in his ears, and he became more and more nervous and worried, so that his face turned slightly pale.

To his great surprise, he was summoned by the Grand Governor very smoothly.

All the way in a trance, when he walked into the slightly narrow atrium and saw the man sitting at the stone table, Li Chengen suddenly felt a stirring and instantly sobered up.

This person is Xiao Wangzhi, the governor of Huaizhou, who is forty-seven years old this year, and is in charge of 100,000 male soldiers sitting in Jiangbei, and is as famous as Li Tianrun, the governor of Jingzhou stationed in Jiangnan, and is a famous general who has caused a headache for Beiyan and even Jing Dynasty.

At this moment, the Metropolitan Governor was dressed in regular clothes, and even though he was sitting, he was like a dragon and a tiger, especially the eyebrows above a pair of tiger eyes were like steel knives, which was daunting.

There was also a young man standing next to him, about twenty-four or five years old, with a tall and tall figure, and at a glance he knew that he was the elite of the ranks, but standing next to Xiao Wangzhi was covered up with all his brilliance.

Li Chengen swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and even forgot that he should come forward to salute.

Xiao Wangzhi raised his head slightly, and asked bluntly: "Do you have an urgent information related to the safety of the border army?" ”

Li Chengen was taken aback by his loud voice, and finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly saluted: "Li Chengen, the grass people, is the Lu family business in Guangling Mansion, see the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Xiao Wangzhi waved his hand and said, "Let's get down to business." ”

Li Chengen didn't dare to hesitate, and replied: "The grass people were entrusted by Lu Shen, the young master of the Lu family, to come and report the matter of Ning Li, the commander of the Panlong Army, to the Metropolitan Governor on suspicion of colluding with the puppet Yan. ”

The young man standing next to him frowned.

Xiao Wangzhi was noncommittal and asked, "Is there any evidence?" ”

Li Chengen briefly recounted what happened when the Lu family caravan entered Panlong Pass and arrived at the outskirts of Guangling City, mixed with Lu Tong's analysis of this matter before departure.

As soon as he said that, he only felt his mouth dry.

Xiao Wangzhi turned his head to look at the reporter who brought Li Chengen in, and said, "Did the Warp Weaving Division send a secret report some time ago?" ”

The recorder said respectfully: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, there is indeed such a thing." Huaizhou inspection school Su Buqing in mid-February in Taixing Mansion captured the puppet Yan Xizuo, and found out that Zhang Xi, the commander of the Taixing Army, collaborated with the enemy and treason, and before his death, he confided that there was a traitor with a high status in Huaizhou, and the Warp Weaving Department was tracking. ”

He glanced at Li Chengen, and said: "Su Jianxiao also said that Zhang Xi confessed that the Guangling Lu family was responsible for helping the pseudo-Yan Xizuo deliver the news. ”

A peculiar look flashed in Xiao Wangzhi's eyes, and he said to the anxious Li Chengen: "That young master of your family thinks that Zhang Xi's confession is framing the Lu family, in order to protect the other traitor Ning Li?" Does he have any other arguments? ”

Li Chengen had never experienced such a strong sense of oppression, so he couldn't help biting the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to calm down, and replied with his head down: "Back to the Grand Governor, Lu Shen mentioned that Zhang Xi was laid out with the technique of death, trying to attract the attention of you and the Warp Weaver to the Lu family in Guangling. The pseudo-Yan's move is intended to be at the border pass, and the Panlong Pass may be dangerous, and there may be the eyes and ears of the pseudo-Yan in the warp weaving department. ”

Xiao Wangzhi was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "Xiao Hong." ”

The young man standing next to him immediately bowed down and said, "The last general." ”

Xiao Wangzhi said: "You lead a hundred horsemen to follow this person south to Guangling Mansion and supervise Su Buqing to investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

Li Chengen was stunned, this seemed to be very different from Lu Shen's expectations, shouldn't this Governor Xiao immediately let people go to Panlong Pass to find out the situation?

Xiao Wangzhi's eyes flashed in his eyes, and he said without a smile: "Go back and tell your little master that his kindness is appreciated by the old man." ”

Li Chengen's heart was awe-inspiring and he didn't dare to say more.

Xiao Wangzhi noticed that the young man next to him fell silent, turned his head to look at this person and said, "You don't want to go to Guangling?" ”

Xiao Hong lowered his head and said: "The last general will not dare." ”

Xiao Wangzhi did not reprimand, and said calmly: "Go, after arriving in Guangling, see more and talk less." ”

Xiao Hong said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

When he went down with Li Chengen, who still couldn't calm down, Xiao Wangzhi stared at the ancient tree in the corner and said slowly: "When did Pei Di start to suspect that Ning Li?" ”

The thirty-year-old Lu Shi was obviously a confidant of the Grand Governor, and when he heard this, he replied softly: "Forty-seven days ago, that is, nine days before Zhang Xi's identity was revealed. ”

Xiao Wangzhi said with a smile: "If Pei Di knows that a milky little guy can penetrate those miscellaneous conspiracies in the north at a glance, it is not much worse than him, a battle-hardened veteran, do you think he will wake up in the middle of the night and slap himself a few times?" ”

Recording smiled: "Very likely. ”

Xiao Wangzhi said: "This little guy is not shallow-minded, he can't believe Su Buqing, but he can actually think of selling it to the old man." Although his father was only a well-known businessman, he was quite capable of teaching his son. ”

The recorder said: "Governor of the capital, let the officials be presumptuous, in terms of the attitude towards the warp weaving department, this little prince of the Lu family coincides with you." There is no problem with Su Jianxiao's loyalty, but he is too trusting of his subordinates, should you remind him? ”

Xiao Wangzhi groaned: "There is no need to interfere in the internal affairs of the Warp Weaving Department, the old man doesn't want to see Qin Zheng's stinky face." As for the arrangement of Panlong Guan, it is still confidential to the Warp Weaving Division for the time being, so as not to leak the news. ”

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Xiao Wangzhi put away the faint smile on his face, and said unhurriedly: "You personally go to Panlong Pass, let Pei Di cheer up, since the north wants to play fraud, he has to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." If he can't even invite the gentleman into the urn, the old man will let him go to Donghai Mansion to brush horses for half a year. ”

The record is correct: "The subordinate receives the order." ”

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In the northwest of Panlong Pass, there is a no-man's land more than 30 miles long and more than 70 miles wide at the border of Qiyan, which can be regarded as a buffer zone between the two countries.

This was once the main battlefield of the two countries' wars, and after seven or eight years, it is difficult to find traces of iron and blood in those years, only the green mountains are lush and green, and the spring breeze passes through the forest.

In a secluded mountain valley, two groups of men and horses came from the north and south, cautiously approaching each other.

There were more than 30 cavalry in the south, and the leader was Ning Li, the commander of the Panlong Army, and the commander of the capital ordered Pei Di to go north to contact.

"But Ning Duwei in person?" One of the twenty or so horsemen in the north spoke.

Ning Li arched his hand and said, "Exactly." ”

The man also saluted on his horse and said, "In Xia Li Gu, I have come to meet you on the order of the head of the family." ”

The two left their respective subordinates and rode their horses slowly eastward, while the remaining dozens of horsemen looked at each other curiously and warily.

They already knew that the task of this trip was mainly to prepare for Nantou, the head of the family in Li Gu's mouth, but everyone couldn't think of what the two leaders were talking about at the moment.

Li Guruo inadvertently glanced at the crowd behind him, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang has considered it again and again, and finally decided to let more than 300 people follow the head of the family to Nantou. ”

Ning Li frowned and said: "There are no more than fifty people around me who can be trusted, and it is too difficult to win the level with this manpower alone." ”

Li Gu sighed: "It can't be any more. This matter is very important, Lord Wang has to coordinate the military and the Jing Dynasty iron cavalry, and also guard against the eyes and ears of the warp weaving department in the south. You also know Qin Zheng's wrist in the south, and the warp weaving division is growing stronger and stronger under his control, and I don't know how many nails have been sprinkled to the north. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Lord Wang singled out these hundreds of people after half a year of screening. ”

Ning Li was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "There must be a top master, and you can't kill Pei Di and all Huti." ”

Li Gu's jaw should be lowered.

While the two of them were secretly discussing the details and dozens of horses were waiting quietly in place, on a mountain hundreds of feet to the east, more than a dozen people in the forest were patiently and calmly staring at the movement on the valley like a crouching tiger.

This group of people exuded a fierce and reckless aura, all of them had big waists and round bodies, and their eyes inadvertently revealed their profound martial arts.

What is strange is that the core of such a group of Angzang men is a slightly thin figure.

From the posture, it can be judged that this is a woman, and a mask with blue fangs covers her face, revealing a pair of cold eyes.

A middle-aged man next to him whispered: "Miss, it seems that what the helper said is right, Li Xuan'an defected to the Southern Dynasty and probably didn't have a good heart. Now that there doesn't seem to be anything unusual to the south, should I warn them? ”

The woman's tone was indifferent, and she didn't see the waves: "The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty are intoxicated with power struggles in a corner of peace, and they can't see the people of the north living in dire straits, what do you remind them to do?" If you really do this, you will be suspicious and suspicious by them, and there will be incidents in the future, delaying your father's plan in vain. ”

The middle-aged man hesitated: "What does the eldest lady mean, will I sit idly by?" ”

The woman stared and said: "Li Xuan'an killed good people and risked his merits, and his hands were stained with the blood of countless innocent people. If he hadn't been hiding in the military city in the past few years, I don't know how many people would have wanted to take his head. Now, whether he sincerely defects to the Southern Dynasty or has other plans, as long as he approaches this wild land, there is only one choice for us-"

She paused and said coldly: "Kill it and then be fast." ”