When the eight of them returned to the county inn after eating the fish feast, it was almost midnight.

Although there were torches to guide the way, the group walked very slowly, and the forty-mile road drove for more than an hour. The cold wind blew all the way, and although the martial arts of the eight people were high, they also felt a little frozen. Fortunately, the guards at the beginning prepared a fire tray in the room in advance and baked the room warm.

Although the night was late, no one was sleepy.

Seeing Duanmu Jing and Mu Yu standing in the room in a daze, without the slightest intention of asking for a late return, Duanmu Yu smiled and said to the guard: "Go and ask the store for some dry goods, fruit fruits, and a few jars of wine." ”

Seeing that Duanmu Yu was going to drink at night with everyone, Mu Yu hurriedly ran down, and it didn't take long for him to come back with a stack of puff mats, set them around the fire plate, and then walked to his side, pointing to the seat in the north and said, "Young master, sit down!"

He has followed Duanmu Yu for many years, and in addition to guarding, he also bears the responsibility of daily care. Everyone knows that Mu Lu looks very aggressive, but his mind is not simple at all, and he takes care of people more thoughtfully than the eunuchs in the palace.

"Sit down, I see everyone has eaten a lot tonight, but I'm afraid I won't be sleepy for a while. It's been a long time since I've sat down to talk, so we'll be talking all night long. Duanmuyu sat down on the futon and opened his hand to signal the seven to take their seats.

Among these seven people, Duanmu Jing, Mu Huan, and Mu Lunyan are all relatives of the royal family, and they have known Duanmu Yu since childhood, so the relationship goes without saying, and Yu Lingyi, Xie Tianying, and Zhu Xiaochen are all royal martial arts guests, and they are the most senior guards in the Yinyang Imperial City. To be able to become the personal martial arts seat of the royal family, not only must be strong in martial arts, but also loyal to the royal family, Duanmuyu has always trusted them.

Although he had already ascended the throne as the emperor, he did not humbly himself because of his dignity, and treated them with courtesy in front of them and respect them in the future.

This is very similar to his father Duanmulan.

"Mu Huan, if the great cause of my country's northern expedition is successful, the three counties by the lake will be rewarded to you. Duanmu Yu looked at Mu Yu with a smile and said softly.

He could see that Mu Wei liked it very much.

Even, he could see that at some point, Mu Yan had the idea of staying here.

The two are not only master and servants, but also close friends, and since the age of twelve, he has been by Duanmuyu's side.

Duanmu Yu knew that it was a person who could not even take his life for his own sake. Whatever he wants, even if he doesn't open his mouth, he should do it.

Mu Yu just sat down, and when he heard this, his whole body was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, his eyes were moist, and he slowly kowtowed to thank him.

The Turkic country has always been cautious in rewarding and punishing, from the royal family to the court, civil and military, life is simple, and the young are arrogant and luxurious

, to seal the land for many years.

"Mu Huan, when the time comes, you can eat as many fish as you want, and as many as you want. A tall, thin, short-bearded man chuckled softly.

His name is Mu Lunyan, and he is Mu Yan's brother, and he is also the person with the highest martial arts skills among the younger generation of the Mu family. Knowing that Duanmu Yu was determined to go to Ruozhou to make an appointment with the descendants of the two kings, he asked for his life to go with him.

Duanmu Lan lost his life under their protection, although Duanmu Yu did not surrender his guilt, but the nine great guests all felt guilty, and only hoped to be able to redeem their merits.

Mu Yu didn't seem to want to dwell on this issue, and instead said Zhu Xiaochen: "Last time we came to Dahua, there was only one Mei Siyuan left who didn't succeed, but I didn't expect him to die." ”

At that time, Zhu Xiaochen was hidden in the crowd of the Yanzheng Mansion, and he was about to draw his sword and rush in, but it was Mu Wei who stopped him in time. At that time, Mei Yuanchen had already arrived in the mansion, and Duanmu Yu expected that Zhu Xiaochen had no chance of victory, so he withdrew him from the battle, turned back to the carbine, and turned back to the capital to kill Rui Rumin.

"Less than half a year after Mei Siyuan died, Dahua's salt politics was in chaos. As soon as the official salt came out of the salt farm, it was sold to the salt gang cheaply, and the salt gang hoarded Juqi and kept pushing up the price of salt, and the people of Dahua were already complaining. Duanmu said with a smile.

The more chaotic Dahua's internal affairs are, the more favorable it will be to the Turkic country, which is an obvious truth.

Duanmu Yu shook his head slowly, and asked Duanmu Jing with a smile: "What do you think of the little emperor Dahua?"

"Xia Chengxuan?" Duanmu snorted, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Hmm... According to the situation at the time, Xia Muyanden was basically a sure thing, Xia Chengxuan could turn things around in such an unfavorable situation, he should... He should be a very scheming city-to-city man. However, the salt government is so important, but I don't know why he would let the salt gang mess with the government. It's really intriguing!"

Duanmu Yu took the wine jar from Mu Yu's hand, put it in the fire plate, and asked, "Then what do you think of Zhang Suiguang?"

"It's a poisonous snake. Duanmu Jing half-squinted his eyes and replied coldly.

Duanmu Yu laughed and said, "You have a brilliant summary." ”

He put some charcoal from the basket on the side into the fire plate, and asked, "If you were Xia Chengxuan, how would you deal with Zhang Suiguang's poisonous snake?"

Duanmu Jing lowered his head and pondered for a few breaths, but replied: "What does the young master mean is that Xia Chengxuan is showing weakness to Zhang Suiguang by allowing the Salt Gang to interfere in the salt administration?"

"Don't underestimate Xia Chengxuan. In that situation, he can ascend to the throne, and he is definitely a very smart person. He let Zhang Suiguang go alone, he has his own considerations, maybe...

said, "Zhang Suiguang may not be willing to be a poisonous snake, this person's ambition is not small." It may be the poisonous snake around Xia Chengxuan, or it may be the poisonous snake around us. The biggest threat to our trip is not the Dahua court, but Zhang Suiguang. ”

Yu Lingyi's expression froze, he stood up, and said with a straight face: "The subordinates are dead, and they must not let Zhang Suiguang hurt half of the emperor's hair!"

Xie Tianying, Zhu Xiaochen, Tong Gaoge, and Mu Lunyan also stood up one after another, and said in unison: "The subordinates are dead, and they must not let Zhang Suiguang hurt half of the emperor's hair!"

"Sit down!" Duanmu Yu said with a smile, "Don't look like you're facing a great enemy." ”

Several people sat down as they were told, but their faces were still a little tense.

"Brother Yu, we don't know much about Zhang Suiguang, can you tell me about it?" asked Tong Gaoge Zhengse.

Before leaving Yinyang, Xu Qianmeng compiled the intelligence of the Jianghu sect collected by the "clairvoyant" into a book for everyone to see. However, some powerful people on the rivers and lakes, "clairvoyance" don't know the details, after all, many of them don't often shoot.

Yu Lingyi had seen An Wuyu, and in the eyes of everyone, he knew more than that.

After all, the well-informed Star Picking Pavilion is well known to the world, and as the pavilion master, An Wuyu knows far more than ordinary people.

"I've fought against An Wuyu, no matter how big or low. Yu Lingyi said with a serious face, "He said that there are at least four people in the Dahua Martial Arts who are higher than him in martial arts, and one of them is Zhang Suiguang. ”

An Wuyu is not on the list of masters of the Star Picking Pavilion, but everyone in the martial arts knows that he is a first-class master in the world, and even many people think that the old monk of the Hanging Moon is not as good as him.

"There are so many masters in Dahua?" Xie Tianyu exclaimed, "With Brother Yu's martial arts, can he only tie with An Wuyu? So, isn't Zhang Suiguang's martial arts still above Brother Yu? Isn't he only ranked sixth on the list of masters?"

"I don't know how many masters there are in the Nine Palaces?" Zhu Xiaochen said with a wry smile.

He knew that the reason why Zhang Suiguang was famous all over the world was because of the Nine Palaces and the Salt Gang. On the contrary, his martial arts are not so intimidating.

Duanmu Yu smiled, didn't talk, and asked Yu Lingyi instead: "Mr. Yu, has the Xu family sent someone to contact you?"

"Yes. Yu Lingyi replied, "I received a secret report from the Xu family the day before yesterday, Xu Qigong, the grandson of the Xu family, and Xu Xiaoshi's youngest son, Xu Yanyan, are already on the way from Zhuzhou to Leizhou, and before we rush to Leizhou, they will arrange everything properly." ”

"Okay, let's go back and rest after drinking this bowl of wine, let's hurry tomorrow and go to Leizhou as soon as possible." Duanmuyu picked up the wine bowl on the small table and smiled at the seven humane.

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