Twenty old horsemen, each armed with a light crossbow, with a curved bow on their backs, and long knives hanging from their waists, surrounded the riders to the death, and beat the horses in circles, as if they were going to kill them all if they disagreed.

The first person, with leather armor on his body and his face wrapped in a black cloth, turned over and dismounted, saying: "Since you are a messenger, hand over all the blades on your body, and then present the beggar book with both hands, and wait here for the summons. The twenty old horsemen smiled and leaned back together.

"Old horsemen under the city, who are these five, and how did they bring people back?" The sentry at the head of the city asked loudly on the battlements.

"Hurry up and go to Tongbing, this is the envoy of the four countries, if the general is not willing to see it, we will have to cut it with some effort." The old horse pawn at the head shouted in response, for fear that his own people and outsiders in and out of the city would not be able to hear clearly.

"There is no letter of begging, but there is a letter of persuasion, and the Ming soldiers are so rude, but they are really uncivilized barbarians." Among the envoys of the four countries, one who had obviously lived in the court for a long time spoke. Full of luxury, his beard and hair are white, and he speaks with a lot of energy.

The middle-aged man who was obviously the leader of the envoys of the four countries said: "The whole Xia Zhou knows that the old horse is brave, but we are just messengers, if you have the ability, please kill people on the battlefield"!

"His mother deserves to be a person who has read a book for two days, these two sentences of crepe nonsense are obviously compliments, but Lao Tzu thinks in his heart that it is not like that. A belly twists and turns, in fact, is the most not." Some people in the old horse stroke heard that they didn't have a taste in their hearts, and they scolded when they opened their mouths.

The middle-aged man didn't mind too much, this old pawn, as a scout, was counted as the most elite soldier. Among the countries, the reputation is not small, and they are not afraid of death, and each has some cultivation. As for the road to take, it is generally difficult for outsiders to judge the level of the realm. When I saw the old pawn, I either died, or I killed someone casually, and I couldn't remember what realm it was. It's just that most of the twenty or so people in front of me are in the realm of inspiration, and the leader is a strange realm. Judging from my own experience, it is probably a second realm.

He knew very well that in ordinary times, spies from several countries rarely took advantage of the old horse pawns, and most of them watched from afar, and rarely clashed. Only in recent times, the guards of the female marshal of Pu State have been hunted and killed many times, and they have made a lot of gains, but they have no way to live.

"Pawn leader, these few don't know whether they are dead or alive, they will chop it with a knife, save their strength and tongue to kill more thieves when the time comes, and also pay tribute to the brothers who have not come back in the past few days. A young old horseman, with no hiding killing intent in his eyes, the light crossbow in his hand has never left the hearts of these people.

"Yanzi, the rules that the old horse pawn should abide by, if you don't want to abide by it, lead the army law yourself." The leader of the pawns spoke. The pawn leader is the name of each team of old horse pawns to the leader.

The man who was called Yingzi, whose name was Zhang Ying, was the eldest son in the family. Back then, the pillar of the old Zhang family left an arm on the battlefield of the Daye Dynasty and received a lot of rewards, but he always felt that he couldn't live with the imperial court. didn't kill the enemy, lost his arm, and asked the court to contribute money and efforts. In his son's life, he was out of the woods, and the two sons of the family were all in the most respected old pawn. Every time I drink with the old brother who survived back then, anyone has to give a thumbs up.

It's just that the old man didn't know that two days ago, the head of his youngest son Zhang Yan was hung in front of the military tent of the Four-Nation Alliance. The second son has not dared to reply to the family so far, and his daughter-in-law, who has just passed the door, the short-lived younger brother, is still reluctant to speak to other girls. If the family knows the news, how can this big family deal with themselves. He, who was an elder brother, was still alive and well, but the wild goose could never come back, and even the corpse was exposed in the enemy camp.

"Old horseman, let people in." The shouts on the walls sounded again, and the sentry who had just returned to report lay on the battlements.

The head of the pawn waved his hand, and the old horse pawns who had surrounded the five envoys slowly dispersed, and the eagle's eyes were red, but he couldn't bear to make any outrageous moves.

Being able to enter the city smoothly, this is expected by Hu Jie, not to mention sending a letter of persuasion, even if it is a letter of scolding, he can enter and exit this black dragon pass unharmed.

It's just that this time, the Cangwu court used a young man like himself as an envoy, and it is unknown what the purpose is. And his father has rarely had any trouble since he entered Yancheng, and there is no news in the court.

can only rely on speculation that his father is very likely to fall out of favor, and even the scolding in the entire court has disappeared, obviously gradually eliminating any influence. When everyone completely forgets Hu Zhi, the number one person, then many people above the Cangwu court will get what they want.

Now that Hu Jie, as a messenger, he did not know whether someone wanted to die in this enemy city by himself, or whether His Majesty was deliberately tempting. If the old man was grounded, he could still figure it out, but now he can't do it. After all, I don't even know who is secretly doing it, whether it is his father, or a small miscellaneous general like himself, or the entire Hu family is in danger of annihilation.

"Five messengers, this journey is dusty and tired, and I am really embarrassed to be indiscriminately moved by my subordinates who don't know the danger, they all blame me for having no way to do it, it's all on my head, don't blame it." In a not too big room, Shi Xiao, who was white and fat, with a beard and eyebrows squeezed together, went out to greet him, and couldn't stop apologizing when he saw him. A few of the guards here were simply faceless, but they couldn't embarrass themselves too much in front of outsiders, so they had to hold back their shame and treat their general as an outsider. The face is not red or panting, no matter what you hear, you just don't give a hint of reaction, this is polished after many years, and outsiders don't understand the hard work at all.

Hu Jie didn't speak, but the old man who was full of energy from before spoke first: "General Shi said that he laughed, this is really normal, you and I are at war, and we still have to have a belly."

Shi Xiao still greeted people with a smile, his palm full of fat, and patted the old man on the shoulder one by one: "Thank you Elder Liang for your understanding, how is it lately, the body is still strong, when will you continue to have a few more concubine rooms, and also invite me, a junior, to drink two glasses of wine? I also have to learn from you, I have been busy here in the east for the past two years, and after this time, it is estimated that our Majesty of the Ming Dynasty should be relieved of my post as the general of the expedition to the east." When the time comes, go to your Shu Kingdom to play, but don't out!"

Hu Jie's heart is clear, this Liang Guanghua, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Shu, is sixty years old, but he still marries a concubine every now and then, and is a groom every night, this person is not treated anywhere. Relying on a friend who is an immortal, although his qualifications are not good, he is messing around in the court step by step, and tossing such a position can be regarded as some ability. Now that I have met a fellow practitioner, it is also another fate.

This time, without waiting for others to speak, it was not enough for Shi Yu to say a few words to a Liang Guanghua, twisting his neck that was not very flexible, and grabbed someone's palm: "I said Jiang Wangye, why did you come in person, I just saw that it was you, it really flattered me."