After the four of Qin Wen rested in the field for a night, the sky was slightly bright, so they got up and continued to search to the north, and at noon they came to the border mountains of Daqi and the Hu people, probably Guan Fu focused the search on the south, so the four Qin Wen did not encounter any monks.

After resting for half a pillar of incense, they just wanted to get up, and suddenly met the Great Elder and the Third Elder of the Qin Family who were divided into their northeast, which were also headed by a Xuanshi upper-rank Ao clan, in addition to the Great Elder and the Third Elder, there was also a Xuanshi upper-level monk in the Guan Shuo Army.

The route they walked was on the outskirts of the northeast direction of Dingwu Pass, which was smoother than that of Qin Wen, and they met two groups of four scouts along the way, and after they caught the scouts, they came to the border of the Great Qi and the Hu people, and according to the Jihua formulated by Guan Shuo, they moved closer to the road to the west into the mountains.

Two hours ago, they happened to meet the team led by Gao Zhang, so they put the captured scouts into the team, and then patrolled the vicinity, first, to continue to search for the scouts in Luming City, and secondly, to take over the patrol detachments sent from other directions.

After the four elders of the Qin family discussed, they decided to put the two teams together, and then make a mark on the way into the mountain, and then start patrolling according to the radius of fifty miles, back and forth, and check the sign every half a day, each detachment entering the mountain will make a mark in the sign, and the great elder is ready to make a team behind the palace after all the detachments have entered the mountain.

After patrolling the border line for three days, there were basically detachments entering the mountain every day, if you speculate according to the time, this Zuihou team should enter the mountain at noon on the fourth day, and then the Great Elder was ready to enter the mountain with them, but in the past three days, they encountered more and more scouts, and it seemed that Guan Fu had put the focus of the search farther and farther away.

And the scouts have improved a lot in terms of both number and realm, which should also be a response to the scouts who have lost too much in the past few days, but Qin Wen is also a lot more cautious, generally speaking, when encountering a relatively high realm, or a large number of scouts, they also make avoidance, as long as the scouts are not close to the road into the mountain, most of them hide their bodies and do not expose themselves.

Finally arrived at Zuihou One day, when a total of eight people from Qin Wen's group came to the sign, six people suddenly hurriedly came from the side of the mountain, Qin Wen looked at it, and it was Guan Shuo who was the leader, and the great elder hurriedly greeted him and said, "City Lord, why did you come back from Zuihou?"

Guan Shuo nodded and said: "The detachment I led had already entered the mountain the day before yesterday, when I saw the sign you erected, in fact, a detachment of zuihou entered the mountain last night, and they went around from the westernmost side, and I am here to pick you up now, and I have been waiting here for nearly an hour." ”

The monk standing beside Guan Shuo looked around cautiously at this time and said, "City Lord, this place is relatively open, let's go to the mountain first." ”

Everyone flew towards the mountains in the north, although Qin Wen had not been here, but he also followed Guan Shuo to sneak into the Hu tribe's station, and he was still familiar with the terrain here, and he also observed the situation in the mountains when he flew long, and the hills at the Muzha Pass were different, the mountains on this side were indeed not conducive to the entry of a large number of military horses, even if Guan Fu got the news that Guan Shuo had avoided the mountains, and wanted to attack in a big way, it was impossible to prepare for a few months.

After walking in the mountains for more than ten days, Qin Wen and his entourage came to the camp where the team was stationed, which was deep between the mountains and mountains, and the road to the west was leaning on the Crescent Moon Ridge, and on the road from south to north, Guan Shuo had placed many sentinels and formations in the steep places, even if Guan Fuzhen led the army to come, in the case of not being able to fight, he could calmly evacuate to the north.

After all the people were settled, Qin Wen was explaining some of the experience of refining pills to Qin Xiao in the clan, when he suddenly heard someone outside report: "Qin Danshi, the city lord of Guan asked you to go to the big tent to discuss things." ”

Qin Wen nodded and agreed, letting Qin Xiao comprehend it himself, and then he got up and went to the tent where Guan Shuo was, after entering the tent, Qin Wen saw that Gao Zhang and all the elders of the family had already arrived, so he stepped forward to meet Guan Shuo, and then sat down on the next vacant seat.

Guan Shuo said above at this time: "Since everyone is here, I have something to discuss with you today, we have been here for a few days, and today the scouts I sent out came back to report a news from Luming City, and Lord Hu, who was about to take over as the Taishou of Luming City, suddenly fell ill and died a few days ago. ”

As soon as his words fell, the elders below began to discuss, Qin Wen knew that this time Lumingcheng was transferred back to Beijing, and he was preparing to let Lord Hu serve as the Taishou, and then the army of Lumingcheng and Dingwuguan was still under the management of Guan Shuo, and Guan Shuo was under the control of Lord Hu, so that compared with the previous situation in Luming City, Guan Shuo's power to control the northwest border has increased a lot.

But now Lord Hu, who is about to become the city lord, died suddenly, which means that Guan Fu will stay in Luming City until the new Taishou takes over, which is not good news for Guan Shuo and everyone here.

The Great Elder of the Qin Family opened his mouth and asked at this time: "City Lord, who is the imperial court appointing as the Taishou this time, is there any news from Luming City?"

Guan Shuo shook his head and said: "It's not been a few days since Lord Hu died, how can there be news so quickly, even if the official document is sent to the capital on the same day, it will take nearly more than a month to come and go, and it seems that Guan Fu will stay in Luming City for two more months." ”

At this time, Gao Zhang next to him said: "A few days ago, I went to verify the spirit stones and items we brought back from Dingwu Pass, and now there is no problem for thousands of us to live here for more than half a year, and then there will be stewards who will often go out and bring some reliable caravans here, so you don't have to worry too much about cultivation." ”

Guan Shuo nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then I will rest assured, I came to gather everyone this time, I want everyone to go back, to stabilize the mood of the children of each family, not to let the military heart fluctuate, I will contact the capital as soon as possible, and strive to be able to transfer Guan Fu out of Luming City as soon as possible." ”

After listening to what Gao Zhang said just now, all the elders also settled down in their hearts, since they have come here with Guan Shuo now, there is no point in regretting it, and then Guan Shuo chatted a few more words, listened to the opinions and suggestions put forward by the elders, and said: "Okay, let's talk about it for the time being today, if there is news in the future, I will convene everyone to discuss it again, you all go back first, Qin Wen, you wait a minute, I still have something to talk to you." ”

After all the elders went out, Qin Wen got up and asked Guan Shuo, "City Lord, what are you looking for me?"

Guan Shuo looked at Qin Wen with a smile and said: "Qin Wen, this time I have something to ask for, I am going to let you go back to the capital now, tell the pickaxe about the death of Lord Hu, and let him dredge up the relationship as soon as possible and send another Taishou to Luming City, I can't get out of here now, I can only ask you to go back." ”

Qin Wen thought for a moment in his heart, what Guan Shuo said was indeed the most important thing now, and it didn't make much difference for him to stay here now, so he nodded and said: "City Lord, what you said is too polite, I will go to the capital today, as for the family affairs, please leave it to you." ”

Guan Shuo saw that Qin Wen had agreed so happily, and the sorrow between his eyebrows had dissipated a lot, so he nodded and said, "Okay, how about you go back by yourself?" Do you want me to send Gao Zhang with you?"

Qin Wen shook his head and said: "No need, I'll go back with Ao Yu, the city lord can rest assured, after I go back, I will definitely ask Xiang Gongzi to dredge the ministers of the court and transfer Guan Fu out of Luming City as soon as possible." ”

After Guan Shuo sent Qin Wen out of the big tent, Qin Wen returned to the hillside where the family lived, explained a little to the five elders what Guan Shuo asked him to do, and then hurriedly left the camp with Ao Yu, following the road he had taken when he came, all the way to the south.

After leaving the border of the Hu tribe, Qin Wen calculated the distance, and did not go to Luming City, but directly continued to the south with Ao Yufei, and after arriving at the market, he bought two horses and rode straight to the capital.

After more than half a month, Qin Wen and Ao Yu finally returned to the Duanwang Mansion in the capital, as soon as they entered the mansion gate, Qin Wen went straight to the courtyard where Xiang Hao practiced, and after the maid outside the door informed Xiang Hao, Qin Wen entered Xiang Hao's meditation room.

Xiang Hao was still comprehending the magic circle refined by the purple chalcedony, and when he saw the dust on Qin Wen's face, he opened his mouth and asked, "Qin Feng, why did you come back so quickly when you went to Luming City this time?"

Qin Wen told him a little about what happened in Dingwu Pass, and then told Xiang Hao about Lord Hu's violent illness and death in Luming City, and Zuihou said: "This time, the Guan City Lord asked me to come back, just to ask Gongzi for help and transfer Guan Fu out of Luming City as soon as possible." ”

Xiang Hao thought that it was not a way for Guan Shuo to stay in the Hu region all the time, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I know about this matter, Qin worships you all the way, go back to Longyun Pavilion to rest first, I will change my clothes and discuss this matter with Lord Zeng, and urge the military department to issue another order as soon as possible." ”

Qin Wen nodded and left Xiang Hao's courtyard, and then walked towards Longyun Pavilion, and after returning to his room, he freshened up a little, he suddenly thought of the remnant talisman he was carrying, and said to the maid outside the door: "You go and invite Master Zheng Fu, just say that I have something to do with him." ”

The two maids bowed down and agreed, one poured out the dirty water that Qin Wen had combed, and the other walked towards Zheng Pu's room.