He Lao said: "Zhongce, push the boat down the river, if the court wants to get this letter, we will give it to them directly, but whether we believe it or not is not something we can decide." ”

General Zhenbei asked, "What do you mean?"

He Lao twisted his beard and said: "Our people and the people of the imperial court snatched the secret letter when the casualties on both sides were not small, since the letter was robbed by us and then sent back, I am afraid that it will be redundant, and now the key is that the imperial court will not care about the content of the letter, they only know that there are some secrets in the north that they don't want them to know." ”

General Zhenbei thought about it and shook his head: "What about the best policy?"

He Lao said: "The best policy, subject to others, we still send the secret letter to the imperial court as it is, but at the same time, we have to send other things." ”

"Something else?" General Zhenbei asked urgently, "What is it?"

He Lao put away his smile and said solemnly: "The general still has to send the proton, and if there is a proton in the royal capital, he will not care about what is written in the letter, they will feel that with the proton in hand, the northern land is under control." “

When it came to his son, General Zhenbei, who was also hesitant, frowned and asked, "Isn't there any other way for He Lao?"

After hearing this, He Lao got up and went to close the window again, and by the way, he opened the guards in the corridor, turned around and said to General Zhenbei with a cold gaze: "There is also the ultimate strategy, change the world and the world." “

General Zhenbei frowned: "What do you mean?" He vaguely guessed what he said, but he still wanted to ask.

He Lao said: "The purpose of the Northern Han Dynasty to send this letter is to sow discord, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs, since the second prince succeeded to the throne, he has done everything possible to make things difficult for us in the north, not because we did not support him at the beginning, but the Quartet General's Mansion does not interfere with the prince's seizure of the heir, that is the rule, why are we being troubled by them? Now even the Northern Han knows about the contradictions between us and the imperial court, so they want to add fuel to the fire and sow discord. ”

He Lao paused, looked at General Zhenbei's face, and continued: "Since the imperial court is unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust, with our military strength, even if the north rejects the Northern Han, the southern court can also do it." ”

General Zhenbei paced back and forth, and finally he sighed and said: "I understand what you say, but ......" He Lao has been with him for fifteen years, he is wise and not pedantic but still loyal to the country, and now he can say such things It is also chilling, Xu Xiongbei understands him but can't support him: "Don't mention it again at this time." ”

"General!" the words have come out, and He Lao is like trying again.

"I said, Hugh Ti at this time!" Xu Xiongbei was resolute: "Let's talk about your upper, middle and lower three strategies." ”

"Yes!" He Lao put on the same charity face as he had started, as if he really hadn't said anything just now.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man in a gray coat and a small hat who walked out of the arch of the Guogong Mansion through a path in the direction of the secret tower, this person was Xu Ping'an, the third housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion. One of General Zhenbei's favorite concubines recently gave birth to a young lady, and Xu Xiongbei liked it very much, so he asked Xu Ping'an to take care of the favorite concubine and the young lady, and allowed him to find himself at any time.

As soon as Xu Ping'an walked to the door of the small courtyard of the secret tower, a guard pulled out his waist knife and scolded: "The opportunity is heavy, and the trespasser is dead!"

Xu Ping'an was taken aback, and hurriedly smiled and said, "That...... Be...... Miss has a fever...... I'm looking for Guogong. "Guogong is the name of the inner house, and outsiders are called generals.

What else did the guard want to say A person who looked like a leader walked over, he first looked at Xu Ping'an, who was cowering, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Ping'an hurriedly said what he had just said, and in the face of this more evil leader, his words naturally stammered even more. The leader also remembered that General Zhenbei had explained to him, and Xu Ping'an from the Guogong Mansion came to find him and brought it directly. So the leader asked, "Are you Xu Ping'an?"

"It's me. Xu Ping'an hurriedly nodded and smiled.

The fierce face of the leader immediately had a bright smile: "Mr. Xu came with me, the general has already explained." "The leader can't help it if he's so flattering, who called the Guogong Mansion and the Zhenbei General's Mansion a master, now that Xu Ping'an can be allowed to enter the secret tower, he is a celebrity, so he can't be offended no matter what.

"Thank you, General!" Xu Ping'an followed the leader directly, all the way he looked down at his toes, put on a posture that a subordinate should have, and turned a few times along the corridor before coming to the door of the secret tower.

The leader reported from the door: "General, Xu Ping'an asks to see you!"

In the secret building, Xu Xiongbei discussed with He Lao several times but still couldn't decide what to do, and when he heard the report outside, Xu Xiongbei said: "He Lao, go back first, let me think about it again." ”

He Lao got up immediately, he knew that General Zhenbei had to deal with family affairs: "Then the old man will go back first." ”

After He Lao left, he heard Xu Xiongbei say, "Come in." ”

Xu Ping'an hurriedly went in and bowed his head and bowed: "Guogong, Miss has a fever, Madame asked you to go and see." ”

Xu Xiongbei immediately walked out of the desk: "Have you ever seen a doctor?"

Xu Ping'an replied: "I have seen it, but Mrs. said that it has no effect." ”

"Let's go!" Xu Xiongbei simply turned around and left.

Returning to the courtyard of the concubine in the inner house, Xu Xiong'an entered the house in the north, Xu Ping'an returned to the vicinity of the small courtyard of the secret mansion according to the same way, this time he did not go to the courtyard gate, but first found an unguarded courtyard wall, and jumped in with a slight jump.

After landing, he rolled on the spot and hid behind the rockery and began to observe the surrounding environment, his movements were smooth, and the hiding and observation looked very professional, which was like the only butler of the Guogong Mansion just now.

Xu Ping'an's original name was Luo Yong, he was a spy who entered the Beidi Mansion when the imperial court dragon beard secret guard was still the second prince, he has been hiding well over the years, and he is also one of the few subordinates that Xu Xiongbei trusts. This time, it was the news that Lan Yi's maid orange petal came through the Wang family's jewelry shop, and Xu Ping'an, a deeply hidden spy, was used.

He jumped into the corridor in three or two steps, although he had kept his head down just now, he had a good sense of direction, and now he could walk to the secret tower with his eyes closed. Entering the corridor, he began to jump up and down, sometimes like a civet, sometimes like an ape.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from the corner in front of him, he quickly jumped up and grabbed the beam of the corridor, and crawled on the beam silently with a twist of his waist, and then four guards walked out of the corner, and they were observing up and down, left and right, but they were unaware of Xu Ping'an, who was close at hand.

After they left, Xu Ping'an turned the corner, took a few steps to the door of the secret tower, used a filament to penetrate the copper lock on the door, and then pushed the door directly, he was very relieved, because he was walking with Xu Xiongbei just now, and Xu Xiongbei didn't make any marks at all.