Xie Tong said, "What's wrong, at least Lao Tzu is doing a good thing, unlike him and Lao Lai, under the banner of you and me, causing trouble everywhere, either robbing the prison or beating the court officials, and unashamedly letting Ke Xu Cheng chase and kill him." Hey, in comparison, the judgment is high. ”

Yi Wudauntless said, "But then again, this trick is also extremely effective, the enemy's two sides of the horse were actually split into two parts, Ke Xu Cheng is chasing him, Gu Heng is chasing us, and they have their own ghosts, ha, we picked a big bargain." If he can escape this time, I'm afraid Sima Xuan's old face will be angry."

Xie Tong said, "Let's talk about Tongguan first! Hey, Lao Lai is taking revenge on Ke Xu Cheng, he has been trapped by Ke Xu Cheng for so many years, and he finally found an opportunity to play with him, but the two of them played so excessively, I am worried that they will not be able to escape from the pursuit of Ke Xu Cheng."

Yi Wuxing comforted, "Lao Tzu doesn't see it that way, Lao Lai has been with Ke Xu Cheng for so many years, and he knows his every word and deed very well, since he dares to fight wits and courage with him, there must be a way to protect himself, ha, thinking that Ke Xu Cheng was being played, I don't know that Lao Lai is playing tricks on him, it is really interesting." I always had a hunch that I would meet the two brothers in Tongguan. ”

Lao Lai and Huo Zixin drove all the way east, bypassing Huayin City, and arrived at Tongguan in a few days.

The two brothers took off their disguises and entered the city as their true identities.

At the gate of the city, a wanted notice was posted for Xie Tong and Yi Wuxing, and the portraits of both of them were drawn, and the wanted information of the two was written below.

Lao Lai just glanced at the wanted warrant lightly, and then took Huo Zixin into the city. After a brief interrogation and search, he swaggered into the city.

Huo Zixin asked, "Is your brother reliable?"

Lao Lai smiled and said, "As long as you enter Tongguan, even if you come to Xu Cheng in person, there is nothing you can do about us!"

During the inquiry, the two came to the city lord's mansion in Tongguan.

Lao Lai strode forward, but was directly stopped by the guard, who said angrily, "Who is the person who trespassed into the City Lord's Mansion?"

Lao Lai said, "Please pass Lord Yuwen, and say that I, Lai Kezhong, am here!"

The guards obviously hadn't heard Lai Kezhong's name, and he said disdainfully, "Who are you as the city lord, can you see each other? Hurry up, don't ramble here!"

Huo Zixin saw that Lao Lai had touched a nail, and secretly laughed.

The guard saw Huo Zixin snickering, and said angrily, "What are you laughing at, don't get out of here, you will anger the uncle and put you all in a cell." ”

Huo Zixin was even more happy, and he glanced at Lao Lai meaningfully.

Lao Lai was unmoved, and continued, "This soldier, this is a little heart, please inform General Yuwen, I am his best friend, as long as my name is mentioned, he will naturally meet me!"

The guard took the money, put it in his hand, and said, "Wait here! As for whether the general sees it or not, I can't be the master?"

After waiting for about a stick of incense, a general walked out of the mansion quickly, he was tall, with sword eyes and eyebrows, and he walked with a tiger, and before he could get closer, he shouted, "Sure enough, it's Brother Lai, I haven't seen you for a long time, I thought they lied to me!"

Lao Lai smiled and said, "Brother Yuwen has been a Tongguan guard since he became a general, his identity has skyrocketed, and it is not the same as back then, it is extremely difficult for my brother to see you!"

Yuwen stared at the guard, and said to the guard, "Remember, this person is my brother, he will come to the house in the future, and he will not need to be hindered", after speaking, he took Lai Kezhong's hand and said with a smile, "Brother Lai, please come in quickly, I haven't seen him for a long time since I said goodbye back then."

The two of them entered the mansion with Yuwen Yishuo, and after the guests and hosts were seated, someone had already served tea.

Yuwen Yishuo smiled and said, "Big brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to die brother, my eldest brother has been wandering in Yanjing all these years, and I didn't hear about going to Jiangnan to exterminate the thieves until the beginning of the year, why don't you visit my little brother locally!"

Lao Lai said without scruples, "Hey, my brother's vision is not good, so I followed the wrong person, I have been doing nothing in Yanjing, and I have been excluded, even if I have the heart to visit my brother, but I can't do it, although I pass through Tongguan, I have no face to see my brother."

Yuwen Yishuo frowned and said, "What did the eldest brother say, without the life-saving grace of the eldest brother in the past, there would be no Yuwen Yishuo today, and this will not be mentioned in the future, as long as the eldest brother says a word, the younger brother will not hesitate to go to the soup", he paused, and said, "Kexu City, this person, the city is very deep, and it is wise to abandon him with the eldest brother! Hey, how to call this brother!"

Huo Zixin smiled and said, "I'm Huo Zixin."

Yuwen Yishuo said, "It turned out to be Brother Huo, disrespectful and disrespectful, brothers in the southern expedition, made great contributions, I admire it very much! Brother Huo can come to Tongguan, which makes me very pleased." Although he spoke to the point, he had an official tone, a sense of judgment on character.

Huo Zixin didn't like the tone of his speech very much, and replied, "General Yuwen is polite," and stopped making a sound.

Yuwen Yishuo continued, "I think back then, you and my brother killed the enemy side by side, it can be described as infinite scenery, after many years, my brother is still full of spring breeze, I don't know what reward the saint gave this great victory in the southern expedition."

At this moment, the next person came to report that the wine and food were ready!

Yuwen Yishuo smiled and said, "The two of you came from afar, we have a big drink today, and we will rest when we get drunk."

Yuwen Yishuo entertained the two in his city lord's mansion, accompanied by the deputy general of Tongguan, this person's name is Fan Li, in his fifties, he is bloated, he has been blessed, but his eyes are like torches, giving people a sense of old scheming.

Yuwen Yishuo introduced Lao Lai and the two to Fan Li, and his performance was extremely ordinary, neither surprised nor bland, but blindly persuaded the two to drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Fan Li squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Forgive the old man for saying a lot, now it is an eventful autumn, and something has happened in Chang'an, the two of them suddenly visited, I don't know what happened!"

Lao Lai looked at Yuwen Yishuo vigilantly, and put on a look of wanting to say something.

Yuwen Yishuo smiled and said, "Big brother, but it doesn't matter, General Fan is his own person."

Lao Lai drank all the wine in the cup, and said, "After the southern expedition, I will wait to return to Beijing to be sealed, if it is decided today, there is nothing to do, so I decided to return to Luoyang, pass through Tongguan, and come to meet with the virtuous brother."

Huo Zixin was shocked, Lao Lai told a lie, obviously he couldn't believe this seemingly cunning Fan Li, so he didn't expose it.

Fan Li put away his smile and said lightly, "The two of you are from Chang'an, I don't know if you heard the news, now there is a big incident in Chang'an, and everyone knows about the ups and downs."

Lao Lai smiled and said, "Oh, I don't know what General Fan is talking about!"

Fan Li continued: "I heard that General Zuo Xie Tong killed the doctor Hong Ru in full view of everyone, I don't know if this matter is true or not!"

Yuwen Yishuo also interjected, "Xie Tong's matter, Xie Tong's matter, I have also heard a little, three days ago, Lord Taiwei flew a pigeon to pass the book, and ordered me to strictly investigate the people who come and go, hey, this Xie Tong is too bold!"

Lao Lai suddenly laughed and said, "There is no falsehood in this matter, Xie Tong has already issued a wanted warrant for the killing of Dr. Hong, and I and Brother Huo have also heard a lot of rumors on the way east."

Fan Li continued, "The wanted warrant has been delivered yesterday and has been posted."

The topic was so sensitive that several people chose to remain silent.

Yuwen hurriedly changed the topic, and said with a smile, "Big brother hasn't been here for a long time, you might as well stay in Tongguan for a while, you and I have a good chat." Come on, come on, let's drink!"

Lao Lai smiled and said, "This is natural, now that the brothers are prosperous, although the eldest brother can't borrow the light, how can he enjoy it." "Anyway, drink it all.

Several people laughed at the same time.

Fan Lidao, "Lord Ke has been passing on the book in the past few days, and it seems that there is no progress in the pursuit, I don't know what the two of you think!"

Lao Lai said with a smile, "I have worked with Master Ke for many years, and I recognize his ability very much, and I want to come and arrest Xie Tong is a matter of being caught, come, let's drink!"

Yuwen Yishuo suddenly became vigilant, Lao Lai Fangcai also scolded Ke Xu Cheng for being unkind, why did he make a big turn and praise Ke Xu Cheng, could it be that he couldn't believe Fan Li? But at this moment, he was not easy to expose, so he had to accompany Ke Xu Cheng for a drink.

This meal of wine was not finished until late at night, and the two were arranged to live in the city lord's mansion.

Lao Lai didn't know whether he was happy or not, he drank seven meat and eight vegetables, and when he arrived in the room, he was unconscious.

Huo Zixin looked at him sleeping like a dead pig, and muttered in his heart, Fan Li's appearance made him alert, this person asked about Xie Tong again and again, but he didn't say anything, and Yuwen Yishuo also seemed to be silent about this matter, which made him very uncertain, and he somewhat distrusted the two.

Thinking of this, he packed his bags and prepared to go out to investigate, he gently closed the door and scurried back and forth in the city lord's mansion.

The mansion was dark, everyone fell asleep, including Yuwen Yishuo, Huo Zixin returned to his residence without any gain, he just opened the door, and suddenly found that someone was secretly peeping at him.

Huo Zixin didn't know who sent it, so he didn't dare to startle the snake, so he pretended to be relieved and returned to the room.

When Lao Lai woke up, it was already dawn. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Huo Zixin had already gotten up and was sitting in the room drinking tea.

He sneered, "Huo boy, who has always been drunk and unhappy, why did he change to tea, why did he drink so little last night!"

Huo Zixin said angrily, "The kid drinks and makes mistakes, I'm afraid that after drinking too much, I will talk nonsense, don't make a big deal!" He paused and asked, "Lai, tell me, do you have some distrust of this Fan Li, so you are full of nonsense!"

Lao Lai said, "Almost!"

Xie Tong continued, "Then how long do you plan to stay here, I suspect that Fan Li is very likely to be the eyeliner of Sima Xuan or Ke Xu Cheng, after resting last night, someone has already started to spy on us."

Lao Lai said, "There is such a thing!" He got up suddenly, sat down slowly, and said, "I believe in Yuwen Yishuo, he will never betray us!"

Huo Zixin sneered, "How to explain the surveillance, in my opinion, it is not easy to stay here for a long time, it is better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to dream too much at night."

Lao Lai was obviously extremely reluctant, and he said helplessly, "Yesterday, I promised Yuwen Yishuo that I would stay in Tongguan for a while longer, how could I go back on my word." Besides, I also plan to ask him to help, find out the news of Xie Tong, and rescue Xie Xiaozi."

Huo Zixin said meaningfully, "I'm afraid this matter is just your wishful thinking, I'm afraid that even you and I will get in at that time."

Lao Lai frowned, and said with a wry smile: "No, I'll go to him and make this matter clear, if he is willing to help, everything is negotiable, if not, how about we leave Tongguan immediately!"

Huo Zixin said, "Okay, talk happily, I'll go with you!"

The two went straight to the study of the city lord's mansion, Yuwen Yishuo was drinking tea in the study, and when he saw the two going, he smiled and said, "The eldest brother still drinks the same amount of alcohol, but the younger brother admires it."

Lao Lai's face sank, and he said, "Yuwen Yishuo, I treat you as a brother, why would you do such a villainous act." ”

Yuwen said confusedly, "What happened to make the eldest brother so angry!"

Huo Zixin interjected, "Lord Yuwen, why did you send someone to spy on us last night, don't say that you don't know about this matter."

Yuwen Yishuo frowned and explained, "The junior brother really doesn't know about this, in this Tongguan City, if I give an order, it is a fantasy for the two of you to want to go out of the city, and you can't make such a trivial means." ”

Lao Lai felt that his words were reasonable, as the guard of Tongguan City, this Tongguan was his home, he was the supreme commander here, and no one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do.

Yuwen said, "Big brother seems to have some distrust of General Fan?"

Lao Lai saw Huo Zixin glaring at him vigorously, and said, "Yuwen Yishuo, the eldest brother will not hide it from you, Xie Tong is my brother who has died, he was framed this time, and his whereabouts are unknown, the eldest brother and Brother Huo left Chang'an this time to help him get out of danger, but he has made no achievements along the way."

Yuwen was taken aback, obviously shocked by the news, he had already guessed this last night, but it was inconvenient to ask on which occasion.

Lao Lai continued, "I really don't trust General Fan, after all, the stakes are very high, if you still remember the friendship of the year, you will help, if you don't want to cause trouble, let the two of us leave, no matter what choice you make, the eldest brother will not blame you!"

Yuwen Yishuo showed a wry smile on his face, and said, "Why didn't the eldest brother say it earlier, the younger brother didn't know the relationship between you and Xie Tong, and thought that you just had some festivals with Ke Xu Cheng, so I wouldn't have arranged for you to meet General Fan", he paused, and said, "General Fan is the deputy city guard of Tongguan, he has been stationed in Tongguan for many years, and he is the confidant of Lord Taiwei, and the younger brother has some things that are not easy to hide from him, and he can't hide from him. However, the eldest brother can rest assured, this matter is wrapped up in the younger brother's body, and the younger brother will do his best to help the eldest brother, and as soon as there is news of General Xie, he will definitely secretly send someone to rescue. ”

Lao Lai suddenly said, "It's not good, since General Fan is the confidant of the Tai Lieutenant, when he knows that the Tai Wei and I are incompatible, he must have leaked the news." ”

Yuwen Yishuo said, "So what, is it possible that Xu Cheng dares to arrest you?" (To be continued.) )