Feng Yu Heng came without a sound, and when she left, she was like a ghost. The first time she entered her space in front of Xuan Tianhua, the first time he saw that she was different from the rest. At that moment, even Xuan Tianhua felt that he must have seen wrongly. He even wondered if he had been bewitched by the sound of his zither. That girl had never come.
But when he lowered his head again, the pistol and bullets on the table clearly proved everything that had just happened.
Outside the tent, He Gan's voice sounded, asking: "Is Your Highness talking to someone?"
He was slightly startled, and after a while, he said: "No, you heard wrong." After saying this, he put away the pistol and continued to play the zither. It was just that the sound of the zither no longer had the sense of tranquility from before. Instead, it made people's hearts gradually become restless.
Did he hear wrong? He Gan put down the warm tea in his hand, and looked in the direction of the military camp with a bitter smile. He seemed to see a slender figure faintly discernible, and after a few moments, it disappeared without a trace.
He had clearly heard his master's words from inside the room! That girl who was both master and teacher, as long as she made a sound, he would be able to recognize her! But his Highness the seventh prince said that he heard wrong, then he heard wrong! His master had come, but he did not see them. There must be his master's difficulties. Just like in this battle, between his Highness the seventh prince and His Ninth Highness, he did not hesitate to hurt himself, but it was to protect each other with his life.
The next day, at dawn, Duanmu Anguo arrived at the city. The city's prefect, Zuo Da, led the city's officials to the city gate to welcome him. Under Zuo Da's arrangement, the citizens of the city lined the streets to welcome him. Among them, there were quite a few children. Because they had woken up too early, they were waiting while dozing off.
Zuo Da was a person who knew how to create an atmosphere. In the middle of winter, there were no fresh flowers, so he made a lot of red paper lanterns for people to carry. The adults carried round lanterns, the children carried flower lanterns, and there were also many people who held large flowers folded from colorful cloth and waved them from time to time. It looked very lively.
Xuan Tianming and Bai Ze were mixed in with such a group. The big winter hat successfully covered the purple lotus between his eyebrows, and also covered his most unique identity.
The two of them were also holding lanterns in their hands. Bai Ze whispered, "This doesn't look like a welcoming of people, but more like a welcoming of ghosts. Isn't there a saying among the people that a red light leads the way? This lord prefect wants to lead Duan Mu An Guo to the underworld! "
Xuan Tianming snorted. "That's good. We'll save ourselves a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, good people don't live long, but scourges live for a thousand years. This old fox won't die so easily. "
"That's right." Bai Ze also gritted his teeth and said, "He's like a rat, robbing holes everywhere. When we look for him, we can't find him, but when we turn around, we don't know which hole he'll crawl out from."
Just as they were speaking, the city gates opened, and Duan Mu An Guo's group slowly entered the city. Immediately, someone from the Prefectural Magistrate's Office waved his hand and said, "Quick! Raise the lanterns in your hands, and raise them higher. That's right! Raise your heads, raise them above your heads. Those who are holding colored cloth also wave. Be like me. Come and learn from me, left and right! Left and right! " For a moment, everyone followed and waved their hands. Even the children who were complaining about being sleepy and cold were infected by this atmosphere. One by one, they waved with a smile, and their mouths kept shouting, "Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome! "
Xuan Tianming and Bai Ze also waved. The two's faces were as black as charcoal. They had never done such a shameful thing in their lives. They didn't expect that after sneaking into a city, they would meet a ridiculous prefect. If not for the confidence in his concealment, Xuan Tianming would have suspected that Zuo Da was deliberately messing with him.
Very clearly, Duan Mu An Guo also didn't expect that there would be such a welcoming scene. They had rushed over from the capital. They originally wanted to go to Bin City, but they didn't expect that Bin City would suddenly be taken. With no other choice, they could only decide to build a city at the last minute. In order to prevent Dashun from catching them off guard again, he especially sped up his pace. His feet almost didn't touch the ground as he rushed over. One by one, they entered the city covered in dust. Suddenly being welcomed by so many people lined the streets, Duan Mu An Guo almost thought that he had come to the wrong place.
Bin City was lost. Shouldn't the atmosphere in the city be tense and ready for battle? Why were everyone smiling so happily, their faces full of joy, as if they were happy to marry a wife?
He frowned and looked at Zuo Da who had already come forward to welcome him. He said coldly: "You said that you are the prefect of the city? Then tell this general, the two countries are at war. Why didn't you deploy the city's defenses? Why did you gather everyone here? "
Zuo Da already thought that Duan Mu An Guo would say this. Hearing it now, he was not surprised at all and did not panic. He said to Duan Mu An Guo: "Replying to Lord, this lowly one is here to welcome Lord! You are now a favoured person in front of the Emperor, and you are also shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting the country for our Zong Sui. This lowly one was thinking, no matter who it is, it cannot be Lord Duan Mu. The city's defenses need to be deployed, but Lord Duan Mu has come to build the city, we cannot not express anything. So this lowly one arranged a small welcoming ceremony to welcome Lord Duan Mu. Lord, don't worry, the people attending this ceremony today are all normal citizens. There is not a single soldier guarding the city. The citizens also came of their own accord, just to see Lord Duan Mu's glory. What do you all say, isn't that right? "
The last sentence was asked to all the citizens. These people had been trained long ago. Once Zuo Da asked, they immediately replied loudly: "Yes!" The words were spoken in unison, their voices loud and clear, sounding very imposing.
"Nonsense!" Duan Mu An Guo's expression darkened in anger, but it was not convenient for him to get angry at the citizens. After all, this was Zong Sui, not the northern border of Dashun. He could be called a king in the northern border, but when he came to Zong Sui, he had to be careful and endure everything. If there was even the slightest deviation, it was very likely that he would be criticized by others. Therefore, he suppressed his anger, looking at the citizens around him, he said in a heavy voice: "I will trouble everyone, This General will do all I can to protect the city and ensure the safety of my Zong Sui."
Once he said this, Zuo Da immediately waved his arms again, shouting loudly at the citizens: "Did everyone hear that? Quickly thank General Duan Mu! "
Therefore, under Zuo Da's lead, the citizens started a new round of thanks.
Duan Mu An Guo's head hurt from hearing this, quickly instructing his subordinates to bring him to the Prefect's manor to rest. That Zuo Da was like a lapdog leading the way at the front, Duan Mu An Guo did not even get off his horse. He even helped Duan Mu An Guo brush off the dirt on his boots from time to time.
Xuan Tianming blended in with the crowd, looking over coldly, this old man was much older, the white hair on his head had already clearly covered the black hair, but he was still full of energy. Bai Ze said: "This old man who does not die is still getting more energetic as he lives!"
He smirked, "Since you do not want to see him alive, you have to think of a way to keep him here to build the city."
"Kill him directly?"
Xuan Tianming shook his head, "Look at his side, everyone is an expert, other than those on the surface, there are definitely many hidden guards hiding in the dark. Even if I have a gun in my hands and can kill him on the spot, with just the two of us, it would be very difficult to escape from this city. Unless … … "Gentleness appeared in his eyes," Unless your Princess is here. "
Bai Ze nodded, that's right, the Princess was a fairy, as long as a fairy was here, Duan Mu An Guo this old man who does not die would definitely not be able to walk out of this city alive. At that time, even if he could only see a corpse, he would poke a few more holes in the corpse.
Xuan Tianming was easy to hide from, but Feng Yu Heng was hard to guard against, Duan Mu An Guo was also well aware of this logic. Thinking back to when he was still in the North, he had heard the soldiers say that Dashun's Princess Ji An appeared and disappeared mysteriously. He did not know how fast her qinggong was, to be able to appear and disappear in front of the army, as unpredictable as a ghost.
Therefore, he guarded against Feng Yu Heng to the extreme, even when temporarily settling down in Jiancheng, he asked Zuo Da if there was a secret room before entering the manor. In reality, there was a secret room in Jiancheng's prefect's manor, this was something he knew about long ago, and he had sent people to sneak in ahead of time, digging out another secret room in the secret room, and setting up traps, anyone who wanted to find it would have to go through a lot of trouble. Asking like this now was just to prevent Zuo Da from becoming suspicious.
When Zuo Da heard Duan Mu An Guo ask about the secret room, he quickly replied: "There is! There is! Does Lord want to use the secret room? This lowly one will bring you over, do you want to store gold and silver or antiques? This lowly one's secret room, other than this lowly one, not even rats can find it, it is definitely your best choice. "
Duan Mu An Guo felt that this Zuo Da was too annoying, so he did not say much, just waving his hand and saying: "It is this general who wants to live in it, do not tell anyone about it."
"Lord wants to live in it?" Zuo Da was stunned, immediately saying: "That's good, that's good, Lord, do not worry, that secret room can live in it, this lowly one will personally deliver three meals a day to Lord, I guarantee that no third person will know where Lord lives." After saying this, he glanced at the guards at Duan Mu An Guo's side and quietly said: "My lord, then these … should we silence them?" As he said this, he made a motion of slitting his throat.
Duan Mu An Guo's subordinates were nearly angered to death by him, they just could not understand, the dignified Zong Sui, how could they let this kind of person become the prefect? Was he here to be funny?
Seeing that Duan Mu An Guo only snorted coldly and ignored him, Zuo Da scratched his head, laughing foolishly for a while, saying to himself: "If Lord cannot bear to, then forget it, forget it, either way, this lowly one will definitely keep his mouth shut, I hope that they will also be like this. But if Lord's hiding place is found out by others, Lord must not ask this lowly one alone! "
Duan Mu An Guo glared at him fiercely: "What do you mean by this general's hiding place? Why does this general need to hide? I just want to go inside … … to … … "He went for a long time, but did not know how to explain, say to go to sleep? In order to prevent Feng Yu Heng from launching a sneak attack? What was the difference between that and hiding? Thinking about it, he did not know what words to use to describe it, so he just said angrily: "Meeting! This general is going to discuss matters, tidy up that secret room, prepare the bedding, then come and inform me! "
"Yes, Lord! Yes, Lord! This lowly one will do it now! "Zuo Da ran off like a wisp of smoke. Fuck, he still needed to bring bedding to discuss matters? Wasn't he still going to sleep! When two armies fought, they should be cautious, but being cautious to this extent was cowardly. Not even daring to sleep on a proper bed, how much had Duan Mu An Guo been frightened by the Dashun soldiers? He really could not understand why the Emperor would allow this kind of person to lead an army. The scoundrel that had been chased out by the Dashun people had not even faced the Dashun soldiers, yet he was already scared to this extent. He really did not know if he would just run away when the battle began.
Zuo Da silently cursed while preparing things for Duan Mu An Guo. The secret room had a lot of gold, silver and jewels that he had collected. If he had known earlier, he would have moved them earlier. It would be too late to move them now. Forget it, forget it, thinking about it, old man Duan Mu was scared out of his wits and did not have the mind to think about his belongings. He still needed to think carefully, once Duan Mu An Guo was defeated, how should he escape, and after escaping, how should he completely shirk responsibility in front of the Emperor!
Just as he was thinking, Zuo Da, who was carrying the bedding and heading in the direction of the secret room, suddenly stopped and looked towards a corner, asking: "Who's there?"
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