The soup and rice pushed in at the door were already cold and hard, and in the dark room, there was a dying old man with gray hair lying on his feet in front of the couch.

The body of Gao Jian in the past is now rickety, so thin that only a handful of bones remain, the hair on the top of his forehead has fallen out, and the locks of dirty gray are scattered, and a large area of vomited brown medicine stains mixed with dark red dried on the placket, which is shocking.

Xie Ci's heart was shocked, "Uncle, uncle!" ”

He knelt down and lifted the motionless old man on the ground.

The tentacles were cold, as cold as the big bluestone of the water mill in late autumn, the hands were soft and hung their heads crookedly, there was no reaction, the breath was like a gossamer, and the pulse was so weak that it was almost gone.

"Quick! Carry him to the bed. ”

Gu Wan lowered his voice, quickly patrolled, and glanced back at Xun Rongbi on the ground without a trace.

The doors and windows of the huge room were nailed to death, only a little glimmer of light leaked in a few tiny cracks, the five fingers could not be seen in the room, a smell of long-term air circulation mixed with the smell of spilled soup and food at the door, and the dying old man lying on the ground, this cold scene was even more shocking.

At the moment when he saw Xun Rongbi, Gu Wan finally understood why Xie Ci reacted so much, and his feelings were so good since he was a child.

The dying old man in front of him leaning on the crook of Xie Ci's arm, his eyebrows and eyes were strikingly similar to Xie Ci's father Xie Xinxin - Gu Wan then remembered that Mrs. Xun and the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion were married for the second time, and two generations up, a pair of twin sisters surnamed Hua married into the Xie family and the Xun family at the same time.

Xie Ci couldn't help but tremble when he saw the old man's face clearly.

Gu Wan pulled him, he gritted his teeth, and immediately lifted the person and put him on the bed.

Gu Wan stood behind Xie Ci, she looked at the person in front of her with a scrutinizing gaze, but she had already checked this person repeatedly before, Xun Rongbi's empty sleeves were turned up, revealing a pair of hands that were as thin as firewood, and there was a shocking scar on each of his wrists.

In this regard, Gu Wan is an expert, this is the shackles on both wrists after a long time of repeated vigorous struggle and grinding through the flesh, deep visible bone scars, she looked at the traces, assessed as an old injury more than a year ago.

Xun Rongbi still has many scars on his body.

The medicine bowl on the ground at the scene was shattered, and the decoction was splashed on the ground on the bed and there were traces of violent struggle, this decoction should be problematic, Xun Rongbi was forced to be poured and then struggled to buckle his throat and vomit, and fell to the ground when he struggled.

The top two items cannot be artificially disguised.

Gu Wan repeatedly investigated and evaluated, and finally turned around to find a thank you.

She coveted Xun Rongbi coldly, her hands didn't stop, and she checked the scars on this person's body again, and there was indeed no problem, and finally she asked Xie Ci to pick up the quilt on the ground at the foot of the bed. The most important thing for this person is hypothermia, and if he continues to lie down, he should be cold in the second half of the night.

Xie Ci also saw Gu Guan's movements, he collected his mind and immediately checked Xun Rongbi's wrist and body, the shocking scar could not be disguised, and he didn't find any problems, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He hurriedly got up and went to the end of the bed to pick up the quilt, which was wet for a long time, but fortunately the other side was not soaked, and the two of them didn't care about anything else, so they immediately turned over and wrapped the person, rubbing their warm hands to warm his neck, armpits, groin and other core areas.

During this period, Xun Rongbi almost died, his heart stopped beating for a while, he covered his hands with thanks, and when he was shocked, his voice changed: "Uncle, uncle-"

it!

Startling Gu Guan, she hurriedly said, "You go away!" ”

She regretted a little that she didn't drag Xun Rongbi to bed first, oh my god, she quickly brushed aside the thanks, ran up and knelt on Xun Rongbi, and hurriedly did cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

After about twenty chest compressions, when Xie Ci's hot palm touched the skin of his neck again, Xun Rongbi finally moved.

He lived!

Gu Wan's spine was sweating, she turned it over and hurriedly looked at his pupils, breathing, carotid arteries and other vital signs.

Scared her to death.

Gu Wan sat down suddenly, "Okay." ”

Xun Rongbi's old face was iron-blue, his lips slowly turned pale from the bruise just now, he struggled, his eyelids moved for a long time, and he barely opened them.

"Uncle, how are you, uncle?"

He recognized the voice of thanks, and in the dark, shivering and choking, he struggled to his feet, groping with his thin fingers for the gap in the edge of the couch.

“…… Go, go and put this piece of paper, go, go to Feishan Pass, and give it to Long Shouren. ”

Xun Rong's teeth gurgled, "Give, kill me, Xun Xun, this rebel!" ”

Gu Wan hurriedly took it and opened it, the palm-wide half of the scrap of paper was quite powerful, obviously written by Xun Rongbi before this room was emptied, and it had been hidden for a long time, and the paper was already a little wilted.

"Quick, go—"

Xun Rongbi was angry like a gossamer, old tears were horizontal, he fell down with strength, and he hated intermittently.

Xie Ci and Gu Wan glanced at each other.

Xie Ci took the note and glanced at it quickly, he handed it to Gu Wan to put it away, he thought for a moment, then came out of the air window again and took the hot water for the jacket.

After hurriedly getting this, Xie Ci pursed his lips and looked back for a moment, then turned around and went to the gas window with Gu Wan.

The two immediately left with a note.

……

The darkness of the night has not faded, and the sound of horses' hooves is both rapid and urgent.

Thanks, Gu Wan left the city before dawn, bought two horses and went straight to Feishan Pass in the west.

Xie Ci was preoccupied, and Gu Wan said: "If the follow-up medicine is in place, he should be able to live for a few more years." ”

Feishan Pass is the most important pass of Suzhou City facing Beirong, located at the forefront of the national border, and is the first line of defense for Suzhou to resist the southward Beirong soldiers, and is garrisoned by Long Shouren, the first henchman under the command of Xun Rongbi.

They didn't take the official road, and the important military hub connection line was too conspicuous.

But fortunately, Xie Ci had been in Suzhou for three years, during which he practiced many safaris, and he knew that the mountain trail led to the area around Feishan Pass.

Galloping along the narrow and winding mountain road, reaching the end of the mountain road at noon, the two men led their horses through for about an hour, then turned over again, and reached the gate a quarter of an hour later.

At present, when a small group of Beirong cavalry is harassing, the door is closed, and far away, there are lookouts blowing trumpets to transmit messages.

But thanks to Gu Wan in the armor of the governor's mansion, far away, Xie Ci lifted the reins: "Your Excellency the Governor has an order to pass on to General Long, order General Long to come quickly!" ”

He held the scroll-like paperwork, and waved the token in his hand, and after the guards had checked the order, they sent one of them to report it, and let go of the rejection horse to bring them in.

Before he reached the gate, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a middle-aged man's voice sounded like a bell: "What's the matter?" Where is the warrant, give it to me quickly! ”

Rumbling horseshoe, a red-armored general in his fifties and fifties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his beard is slightly frost-white, but his eyes are blazing, and he is extremely powerful.

Xie Ci threw the scroll over directly, Long Shouren frowned, and was about to scold, when he opened the document and looked at it, but at first glance, he saw the half of the scrap of paper first!

He was taken aback, looked at it, and was completely stunned.

Long Shouren read the note several times, then covered it and glanced left and right, "Two little brothers, please come with me." ”

No one made a noise, Long Shouren excused himself for not understanding the meaning of this military order, and took Gu Wan to the city tower with his thanks, and hurriedly closed the door: "What's the matter?" Who are you two?! ”

Xie said: "I am the son of Governor Xun Shiyou, Li Tongzhen. ”

He went to the beginning and pinched the tail, and at the beginning he only said doubts, and recounted in detail what he had seen and heard.

Long Shouren listened carefully, he recalled carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more shocked he became: "How can this be true, how can this be true!" ”

"You two wait here, I'll investigate first, if so...... Let's leave tonight! ”

Long Shouren gritted his teeth and finished speaking, and immediately asked the two of them to take off the armor of the palace guards, and let the two "Xuanling Mansion Guards" complete the task and return.

He quickly sent people to listen to the speculation in his heart, and urgently adjusted the defense of the pass, and contacted his relatives in Suzhou and the rest of Xun Rongbi's henchmen.

Throughout the afternoon, people kept coming in and out of Long Shouren's camp headquarters' big study, and at the end, he took a big case and said hatefully: "What a dog who hides the sky and crosses the sea and is unkind and unfilial!" ”

Long Shouren immediately rushed to the small meeting room next door that was used as a temporary guest room, and the fifty-year-old general's eyes widened with hatred: "Two, we will leave tonight, and we should work together to win this rebellion and rescue the Governor!" ”

Gu Wan hurriedly asked: "General Long, how sure can we be on this trip?" ”

Long Shouren sneered when he heard this: "He wants to replace his father in a while, it's just a pipe dream!" ”

At this time, it was already dark, and Long Shouren didn't even eat, so he immediately took his henchmen and horses, opened the gate, detoured around the path when Gu Wan came, and went straight to the Suzhou camp.

Brush and wade through the mountains and grass, turn onto the mountain road and re-mount the horse, tonight the moon is faint, the elite cavalry and infantry are wrapped in the grass, and march to Suzhou City at the fastest speed.

At this point, Gu Wan's heart that had been tense was slightly relaxed.

The two of them have been paying close attention to the movement in the big study, they haven't even eaten lunch, for fear that the other party will cut the material, and they have been on tight guard throughout the whole process.

- Because they went deep into the heart of the pass where Long Shouren was located, and were surrounded by the Suzhou legions.

Stayed all day and nothing happened.

And Long Shouren has already communicated inside and outside to confirm the matter, and once it is confirmed, he can't wait for a moment before leaving, and he is slaughtering to the Suzhou camp.

The other party wants to do it, and there are many opportunities during the day, but there are none.

The night wind like a blade in early winter, on horseback, thanking the head of the head, a round of the moon hung on the mountain between the two mountains, and he finally revealed two points of joy: "Yuan Niang, it should be true." ”

Gu Wan thought for a while: "It should be." ”

Such conditions are too much inclined to seize power and position.

It should be a big increase in the likelihood that it will be true.

It's just that Gu Wan whispered: "Let's be careful." ”

"I know." ”

The two glanced at each other, and they really believed it when they killed Xun Xun.

Until then, they still don't believe it.