Outside Jianghua City, above the official road.

The autumn breeze is gradually rising, with a bit of depression.

More than ten horsemen in front of him walked slowly, and Xi Jun, who was in the first year, looked at the scenery in the distance, and the burly Ji Shan next to him came over and said: "Brother Xi, that Lu Gongzi is really powerful, he can command an army of more than 100,000 to attack the city and pull out the village at such a young age, if only he could return to the mountains with the eldest lady." ”

Xi Jun couldn't help but laugh and said, "Nonsense. ”

Ji Shan's eyes widened and said, "How can I talk nonsense? Many people say that the strategy of this Qi army's operation was planned by Lu Gongzi. ”

Xi Jun shook his head and said, "I mean the latter sentence." Lu Gongzi is now the new general of the Qi army, and he is destined to have a great future in the future, how can he run to the mountains to be with us? Okay, you keep these words in your stomach, and you must not mention them in the future, lest the eldest lady be angry. ”

Ji Shan let out an "oh", and couldn't help but look back, only to see the pair of young men and women riding side by side, looking extremely right.

"Senior sister, pay attention to safety on the way back, you have been fighting with the army during this time, and someone in the Pseudo-Yan and Jing Dynasty will definitely notice your existence."

Lu Shen naturally didn't notice the movement in front of him, and at this moment his mind was on the woman next to him.

The corners of Lin Xi's lips were slightly hooked, and he said softly: "If I accidentally expose my tracks and accidentally miss and am captured, will my junior brother go to rescue me?" ”

Since holding hands that night, Lu Shen vaguely felt that there had been some subtle changes in Lin Xi, such as the current sentence, she would definitely not make such a joke before.

It was as if it was letting go of some kind of long-standing defense, and it was like a hard shell that had loosened a little.

Lu Shen immediately said without hesitation: "Yes." ”

After his statement, he added: "But I hope that this will never happen." ”

Lin Xi bowed his head and said, "You too." ”

Sending you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end.

Lin Xi turned her head to look at the south, Jiang Huacheng could no longer see the outline of the city, so she gently grabbed the reins and said softly: "Senior brother, just send it here, I'm afraid it will be Xunyang City any further." ”

There was obvious reluctance in Lu Shen's eyes, but he also knew that he couldn't show too much, which would definitely make Lin Xi feel sad, so he smiled and said, "Senior sister, the rivers and lakes are far away, I hope you cherish it." ”

Lin Xi was silent for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "I remember what you said. ”

That night, in the cold and misty moonlight, Lu Shen made a solemn promise to her.

Lu Shen stared into her eyes and repeated word for word: "No matter how far apart, I will go to you." ”

"Okay, I remember."

Lin Xi slowly urged his mount forward step by step.

Lu Shen looked at her gradually disappearing figure, and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

After walking a few feet, Lin Xi suddenly turned his head and waved his hand at Lu Shen, a warm and reluctant smile appeared on his face.

Lu Shen stared at her smiling face, firmly engraved in his mind.

It wasn't until the figures of Lin Xi and the others completely disappeared from sight that Lu Shen turned his horse's head, joined up with dozens of horsemen waiting behind, and then quickly rushed back to Jianghua City.

The Jingzhou Governor's Office had confirmed that the Yan army on the northern front had retreated to Dacheng and had no intention of going south to regain the lost territory, so the return of the Huaizhou army was also on the agenda.

After Li Tianrun and Xiao Wangzhi discussed and decided, the Huaizhou Guangling Army and the Lai'an Army temporarily stayed in Jiangbei to help the Jingzhou Governor's Office stabilize various places, and when Li Tianrun sent some additional troops to Jiangbei, they returned to Huaizhou.

Duan Zuozhang and He Gui already knew each other, and both of them were tiger generals that Xiao Wangzhi trusted extremely much, so they naturally had no objections to this arrangement.

The Zhenbei Army, the Taixing Army, the Panlong Army, and the Dadu Governor's Guard Battalion returned to Huaizhou first, on the one hand, to replenish the troops for rest, and on the other hand, to reorganize the defense of Huaizhou, and take over the three armies of the southern ya, the capital to garrison various places.

On the day the army set off, Jianghua City was empty of thousands of people and sent to more than ten miles outside the city.

Li Tianrun, the governor of Jingzhou, led a group of generals under his command to send him off in person.

Lu Shen stayed in the queue of the guard camp and did not deliberately express himself.

Suddenly looking back, he saw Li Bingxue riding his horse and waving at him.

Lu Shen smiled slightly and waved his hand.

That's the difference.

……

Guangling City, Lu Zhai.

At the beginning, Lu Tong said to Lu Shen that the building regulations of the Lu family had not been exceeded at all, but the area was slightly larger.

That time Lu Shen did not debunk it in person, because the "some" in Lu Tong's mouth was really excessive, although this house was three entrances on the surface, in fact, the area was three or four times larger than the three entrances in the ordinary sense, otherwise there would be no room to make a Zhiyuan in the back house.

The pavilions here are complete, the living water is murmuring, and the scenery is quiet and elegant.

In the Water Pavilion Wind Pavilion, two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, with a chessboard on the stone table, and black and white chess pieces were scattered.

Lu Tong clasped his hands in his sleeves, looked at the sad face of Old Doctor Xue on the other side, and said proudly: "Can't think of it, right?" To tell you the truth, I have twenty years of experience in attacking the west, how can I be easily cracked by you. ”

"Smug fart."

Xue Huaiyi scolded and scolded, without any image of a gentle elder in front of Lu Shen.

scolded and scolded, but the crisis on the chessboard could not be solved, he thought for a long time and didn't find a way, so he had to pick up the tea cup next to him and take a sip, and said angrily: "You have the ability to be so arrogant in front of Zhan Hui." ”

The smile on Lu Tong's face instantly condensed, and he said helplessly: "I can't get down to him?" I'm trying to get him to win a little bit of naturalness. ”

Xue Huaiyi was all troubled, and couldn't help but say: "Actually, why do you have to bow down in front of him, even if you don't use my relationship, you have many ways to make this Lord Fuzun bow down and obey his orders." ”

"Don't pour me ecstasy soup, that's a dignified prefect, you should be a little official in the county government?"

Lu Tong glared at him, and said: "More things are better than less, I just want to run my business honestly, and I didn't want to show off my might in front of others." Besides, Fuzun is okay, at least in terms of character, it is stronger than Zuo Xiang and Liubu Shangshu. ”

Xue Huaiyi smiled and said, "Thank you for not counting my nephew." ”

Lu Tong was not encircled by him, pointed to the chessboard and said: "Don't try to cheat, if you can't solve it, you will admit defeat." ”

"You're a ...... bastard"

Xue Huaiyi shook his head with a smile, nodded and said, "Okay, I admit defeat." ”

Lu Tong smiled: "It's okay to admit defeat, what about Caitou?" ”

"I'll have someone bring that ginseng when I get back." Xue Huaiyi was also free and easy, and said with emotion: "In the future, this chess can't be played, and you have to send something once." If you pay it back like this, all the medicinal materials I treasure will belong to your Lu family. Actually, I don't understand, with your financial resources, what else can't you buy? As for staring at my pharmacy every day? ”

Lu Tong said leisurely: "Where can you treasure the things you buy outside?" Shen'er is determined to join the army, and it is inevitable that he will be killed on the battlefield in the future, injuries are commonplace, and you will not follow him, so you have to search for some precious medicinal materials in advance, and you can save his life when you can't save it. ”

Of course, Xue Huaiyi didn't really mind, and after smiling, he said: "When it comes to Lu Shen, there is one thing you can pay attention to. ”

Lu Tong unhurriedly packed up the chess pieces and said, "You say." ”

"The matter of Soul Lock Incense, you asked people to go to Pseudo Yan Tieshan City to investigate, did you find valuable clues?"

"Nope. The restaurant, Qing Shen Drunk, was burned to ashes by a fire, and the shopkeeper and his companion died. ”

Xue Huaiyi's eyes condensed slightly, and then he said, "I have a clue here." ”

The movement of Lu Tong's hand stopped, the smile faded in an instant, and a fierce color appeared in his eyes.

Xue Huaiyi said with a solemn expression: "There is a imperial doctor in Yongjia City named Wang Jinquan, he is the great apprentice of the first master, and he is trustworthy among the upright people. I often have correspondence with him, and some time ago when he mentioned the strange poison of Soul Locking Incense, he replied to me that he knew that there was an extremely special medicinal herb in Soul Locking Incense called Entwined Cloud Grass. ”

Lu Tong asked in a deep voice, "Does he know the origin of the Soul Lock Incense?" ”

Xue Huaiyi shook his head and said, "He doesn't know very well, but he also talked about this thing when he was chatting with the ancestor master. This cloud-entangled grass is hard to find in the world, and it has only appeared on the top of some high mountains in Dajinchuan at present. ”

"Okingawa?" Lu Tong was slightly stunned.

Xue Huaiyi explained: "The Jinchuan Division, one of the seven divisions of Shazhou, has lived for generations in Dajinchuan, which is located in the vast mountains, and outsiders cannot identify the road to set foot in it. ”

Lu Tong suddenly understood: "In other words, if you want to make soul locking incense, you must pick the cloud grass through the people of the Jinchuan Department?" ”

Xue Huaiyi nodded.

Shazhou Qibu is located in the upper reaches of the Hengjiang River, bordering Chengzhou, the westernmost part of the Southern Qi Dynasty.

Because of the unjust case outside Heluo City that year, the Shazhou Seventh Division, which was originally loyal to Daqi, changed its attitude, and often attacked the border over the years, which indirectly contributed to the establishment of the Chengzhou Governor's Office.

Lu Tong groaned: "If you start with the Jinchuan Department, you may be able to find out who is secretly dealing with the Lu family." ”

"It's a good way, but I heard that the seven departments of Shazhou are now extremely repulsive to the Qi people, and the Jinchuan department is the head of the seven departments, if you start from this direction, you must be careful."

Xue Huaiyi reminded earnestly.

Lu Tong responded.

At this moment, the housekeeper Lu Wu hurriedly appeared outside the Wind Pavilion, his face full of surprise and excitement.

This situation is very rare, because Lu Wu has always been calm and heavy, and he keeps the Lu house in good order.

Seeing this, Lu Tong asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Wu first saluted Xue Huaiyi, and then said hurriedly: "My lord, the government has come to spread the word that the main force of the Huaizhou Army and the main force of the Jingzhou Army have tacitly cooperated, and have successively recovered the seven big cities on the pseudo-Yanmoyang Road, and defeated countless enemy troops!" The Jingzhou Governor's Mansion has written a letter to all parts of the country, and the person who made the plan in this battle is our young master! ”

After Lu Tong heard this, the corners of his mouth involuntarily grinned.

Lu Wu continued: "The main force of the Huaizhou Army has returned from the Shuangfeng Ancient Road, and it will arrive outside Guangling City the day after tomorrow. The Mansion has clearly ordered the gentry and people in the city to go out of the city for ten miles to greet each other and celebrate the brilliant victory of our army! ”

Xue Huaiyi looked at Lu Tong's relieved appearance, and couldn't help but quip: "If you want to laugh, laugh." ”

Lu Tong hummed a small tune in his mouth, unhurriedly packed up the chess pieces, and said without saying anything: "Another game!" ”

"For the sake of Lu Shen, this kid is so promising, now the old man will give up his life to accompany the gentleman, and if you have the ability, you will empty my family's medicine store!"

Xue Huaiyi said with great grandeur.

The white clouds above the canopy are long, and the laughter and laughter in the wind pavilion are far away with the breeze.

(End of chapter)