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King Qi couldn't help being in pain for a moment, and seemed to realize that something was wrong with him, so he gradually quieted down, with tears still on his face, but Chu Huan helped King Qi get up, looked up at Ling Shuang, and saw Ling Shuang compared to him. In the past, she lost a lot of weight, and her face was a little pale, so she couldn't help asking: "Ling Shuang, are you feeling unwell?"

Ling Shuang and Chu Huan have been separated for a long time, and they reunited after a long absence. Listening to him talking to him is not a polite word, and his tone is full of concern, and his heart feels warm. Just as he was about to speak, Qiu Ruxue said: " Chu Du, Miss Lingshuang has a little discomfort in her body, but it’s not a serious problem. It’s been a hard journey, and I’m afraid she’s also tired.”

Chu Huan smiled and said: "Ling Shuang, you are a girl from Jiangnan. The climate in the northwest is very harsh. At the beginning, many people were not used to it, but after a while, they will be able to adapt."

Ling Shuang let out a "hmm", and seeing Chu Huan smiling at her, she was embarrassed to meet Chu Huan's gaze, and lowered her head.

Chu Huan saw that Qiu Ruxue was also looking like a servant, and stepped forward, and lightly punched Qiu Ruxue on the chest. This action is very intimate between men. The generals behind him saw it, and thought to themselves Chu Du attached great importance to this one-armed man, and Chu Huan laughed when he heard it: "Hero Qiu will go out and succeed, and this Du is still worried about you all the time."

Qiu Ruxue laughed, and then said: "Chu Du, to tell you the truth, this time is really dangerous, I will report to you slowly later." Turning around and pointing to Lu Haosheng, he introduced: "This is the head of Qi Wangfu. Shi, Lu Hao gave birth to Lu Changshi!"

Chu Huan saw that the man was over 40 years old. Although he was wearing coarse clothes, he couldn't conceal the temperament of a scholar. He straightened his clothes, stepped forward solemnly, and said, "Chu Huan has met Lu Changshi!"

Lu Haosheng has heard the name of Chu Huan for a long time, but this is the first time to meet him. Seeing Chu Huan's extraordinary appearance, he secretly praised him, and he had already straightened his clothes. Daming Du, when I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation, a young talent, a pillar of the empire!"

Chu Huan smiled slightly, and said to King Qi: "Fuguo, go into the house to rest. I will send people to prepare meals immediately." He had already told Xuanyuan Sheng, "Xuanyuan, make arrangements quickly, and temporarily serve the Fuguo to meet the wind. Go back to Shuoquan, and hold a formal reception banquet." He also ordered: "Fu Guo is here, you just know it in your heart, let's not leak it to the outside world, if there is any leak, the military law will deal with it!"

All the generals took orders in unison.

King Qi was full of emotions at this time, and naturally everything was arranged according to Chu Huan, but Qiu Ruxue had already smiled and said: "Chu Du, we came from Beijing, and we haven't had a good rest on the way, can we get some heat?" water, let us wash off the wind and dust on our bodies."

Chu Huan laughed, and ordered: "Xuanyuan, send someone to prepare hot water and bring in clean clothes. After Fuguo and the others finish their bath, the food must be served!"

Xuanyuan Shengcai naturally took the order.

When King Qi arrived, the military meeting had to be postponed, and all the generals withdrew. Xuanyuan Sheng then ordered someone to boil hot water and bring clean and warm clothes. Ling Shuang is a woman, and Chu Huan ordered to prepare a room for Ling Shuang alone room.

In the middle of the night, hot food was served on the table. Although the grain and grass in Xiguan were scarce, the prince arrived, so he was special. He prepared a table of good wine and food. King Qi took a hot bath and changed into a clean, comfortable and warm suit. Drinking clothes, when they came to the hall, Chu Huan and Xuanyuan Shengcai were already waiting, invited King Qi to sit down, Qiu Ruxue and Lu Haosheng also rushed over, and it was a long time since Ling Shuang came over, Chu Huan asked Xuanyuan to send a The woman went to invite her, and the lady came back to report that Ling Shuang was of low status and could not go to the table. Chu Huan ordered the woman to go again, saying that it was the intention of King Qi and himself, and today it was only about friendship, regardless of status.

A while later, Ling Shuang came over, wearing the brocade jacket that Xuanyuan Sheng sent someone to look for. Obviously, she had also been dressed up a lot, and she looked like a lotus flower, but her face was a little paler, showing the frail beauty of Jiangnan women even more.

Chu Huan smiled and asked Ling Shuang to sit down. Qiu Ruxue hadn't had a good meal for many days, and when he got on the table, he was not polite at the moment. It was also a big appetite, and after drinking for three rounds, Lu Haosheng finally asked: "Chu Du, we passed Beishan Road on the way here, and I heard many people talking about it. What's the reason for the heavy troops?"

Chu Huan sighed: "Chang Shi, in fact, until now, I don't know why Xiao Huanzhang is so aggressive. Not long ago, Xiao Huanzhang's son was assassinated, and I don't know who did it until now, but Xiao Huanzhang seems to have taken the account It is written on my head, saying that you want to avenge your son, this is the border of Chen Bing."

"Oh?" Lu Haosheng frowned, "Xiao Huanzhang knows that it is a serious crime to easily deploy troops without the order of the court!"

Chu Huan smiled wryly, "Exactly."

Xuanyuan Shengcai sneered beside him and said: "My lord, Chang Shi, this is what you saw with your own eyes. Many officials in the northwest no longer pay attention to the imperial court. Without the imperial court's consent, they dared to transfer troops in private Xiao Huanzhang is not the only one who treats the horse as his own personal soldier, Zhu Lingyue of the Tianshan Road is even more arrogant than Xiao Huanzhang."

"Oh?"

"Back when the Xiliang people invaded and the Northwest was in turmoil, the Northwest Army fought against the enemy in the front, but the Tianshan Army was behind to plunder the people's fat and anointment, and looted all the horse farms in the Northwest." Xuanyuan Sheng clenched his fists and said in a hateful voice: "Now Today, nine out of ten war horses in the northwest are in the hands of Zhu Lingyue, and Tianshan has secretly formed a powerful cavalry army, Wang Ye, Chang Shi, what do you think Zhu Lingyue and Xiao Huanzhang are going to do?"

King Qi's face changed slightly at this time. In fact, when he was in the capital, Lu Haosheng had analyzed the situation in the Northwest to him, but King Qi was only skeptical. Only then did Xuanyuan Sheng say this, and King Qi was convinced that the situation in the Northwest really does not need the capital. Relaxed, but also full of wind and clouds, very nervous.

"These gangsters and thieves." King Qi couldn't help clenching his fists, "Chu Huan, Xiao Huanzhang has sent troops here, where is Zhu Lingyue? Will he take the opportunity to fight here too?"

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Zhu Lingyue is just a wolf waiting for the opportunity. Once he has the opportunity, he will naturally not let it go. But I haven't sent troops yet, and I have already deployed a defense line on the western front."

"In this way, the situation on your side is not good." Qi Wang sighed: "These gangsters and thieves don't want to serve the court, but... they are so ungrateful...!" Thinking that the entire Northwest is no longer in Qin State Under the control range, Qi Wang felt sad for a while.

He is already 20 years old, and he has experienced the prosperous period of the empire. Seeing the decline of Qin State, he naturally has some feelings in his heart.

"Fuguo, let's not talk about this for now. You are exhausted from the journey. After eating, you should take a good rest." Chu Huan said with a smile: "I will stay here for two more days to deal with some military affairs. After two days, Hurry back to Shuoquan, you also rest here for two days first, then go back to Shuoquan together." Then he ordered Xuanyuan Shengcai: "You send people to rush back to Shuoquan, find Qi Hong, and let Qi Hong take the city to the east. The mansion is cleaned up."

Xuanyuan Sheng said it was.

It was getting late, after dinner, Lu Haosheng and others went down to rest, only Chu Huan and King Qi were left, they went to the warm room in the side hall, Chu Huan poured tea for King Qi himself, King Qi breathed a sigh of relief , wryly smiled and said, "Chu Huan, what do you think when I'm in this situation today?"

"My lord, the prince is inherently sinister. I am here, and I worry about your situation day and night." Chu Huan sat down beside King Qi, and sighed: "Fortunately, auspicious people have their own appearance, and the lord can retreat completely. It's better than anything else." After a pause, he asked, "My lord, are the others okay?"

Chu Huan sent Chou Ruxue and Bai Xiazi, and told him that if he really wanted to rescue King Qi, he could contact Shen Wansi in the capital. Now he only saw Qiu Ruxue, but Bai Xiazi and Shen Wansi, so he was naturally a little worried.

King Qi briefly told Chu Huan what had happened since the capital. Chu Huan was relieved when he heard that Bai Xiazi and Shen Wansi had just split up to divert the pursuers. The king was almost killed by Ma Zhongheng, but he was taken aback. He had already guessed that once the crown prince let the king of Qi out of the capital, there would be a killer move later, but he was really expected. Fortunately, the king of Qi was not in danger. It was a Taoist priest who suddenly appeared to save King Qi and the others. Chu Huan was quite different and asked, "My lord, do you mean that Taoist priest mentioned my name? He knows me?"

Instead, King Qi asked: "You really didn't send that Taoist priest to meet him? Qiu Ruxue also said that if you sent him, there would be no news."

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I sent Qiu Ruxue and Bai Xiazi at the beginning, but then I realized that it was too late. I did send people to meet them this time, but they haven't come back yet, so they probably didn't meet the prince." After thinking for a while, he murmured to himself: "Taoist... yes, then Ma Zhongheng also knows him?"

King Qi nodded and said: "Ma Zhongheng said that the Taoist priest seems to be a fortune teller in the capital, but Ma Zhongheng doesn't seem to know the true identity of the Taoist priest... The Taoist priest's martial arts are extremely powerful, and Ma Zhongheng can't go a round at all under his command."

Chu Huan frowned, pondered for a while, and after a while, his brows tightened, and he lost his voice: "Could it be him...!"

"Who?" Hearing Chu Huan's tone, King Qi seemed to think of who it was, and was curious, "Do you remember who it is?"

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment before saying: "I did know a Taoist priest who was a fortune-teller in the capital, but I didn't see how high his martial arts were, and my friendship with him was just a casual acquaintance... That Taoist priest's Taoist name seems to be Hongyu, Could it be that Daoist Hongyu was the one who saved the prince?"

"Hong Yu?" King Qi was startled, "Do you know who he is?"

Chu Huan shook his head, "I don't have a deep friendship with him. I only know that he is a fortune-telling in the capital, and I don't know his life experience... If it is really him, this matter will be weird." At this moment, I really felt incredible , thinking to himself that Taoist Hongyu's apparent identity is just an ordinary Taoist who makes a fortune by fortune-telling in the capital. Could it be that he really has another identity?He had competed with Ma Zhongheng in the Iron Blood Garden back then. Although it was just a horse race, he still remembered that Ma Zhongheng's skill was not bad. He was considered a brave man, but he couldn't walk a round under the hands of a Taoist, so the martial arts of that Taoist were naturally extraordinary. , Could it be that Daoist Hongyu is a master who hides deep.

He was puzzled, and thought that the friendship between Taoist priest Hongyu and Pei Ji seemed to be not shallow, but he didn't know whether Pei Ji knew the identity of Taoist priest Hongyu, and he thought about the next time he saw Pei Ji. Ask Pei Ji.