In the evening, north of Guangling City.

In a small forest fifteen miles away from the city, three people dressed as peasants, dressed in short clothes, walked in a hurry, although they were dressed ordinarily, but the burly figure, at a glance, it was very human, could it be Liu Yu, Wei Yongzhi and Tan Yizhi?

Liu Yu, who was walking in the front, stopped, the sun had sunk in the west, and the last bright color on the horizon had disappeared, Liu Yu looked at the last bit of remnant sun that jumped off the horizon, and sighed: "It's not the right time to come out, it seems that there is only sleeping in the wilderness tonight." ”

Tan Pingzhi took out two fire folds from his arms, handed them to Liu Yu and Wei Yongzhi, and said with a smile: "Jinnu, what kind of skills did you use to get General Sun to agree to let us go to Zhaibu?" He doesn't seem to be such a good talker. ”

Wei Yongzhi shook his head: "No, I'm afraid this won't be what General Sun meant, send slaves, you called you away today, who did you see?" ”

Liu Yu did not tell the two brothers about the meeting with Xie Xuan, after all, this is a military secret, and the task of this trip also needs to be kept strictly confidential, if it weren't for the fact that these two people had been to Zhai Bu, and they knew something about the terrain and connections there, he wouldn't even take the two brothers with him this time, after all, this time's joint, auspicious and unpredictable, is not above the realm of the Great Jin, everything is possible.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Okay, this time it's a military secret, a secret operation, I can't say anything more to you, let's sleep first, and continue to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

As he spoke, he walked to a clearing in the forest, sat cross-legged, and more than a mile in the distance was the river embankment, the water of the ditch, which was flowing quietly from south to north, towards the north, and there were no two boats in sight on the canal where the boats sailed back and forth in the past, and even the trumpets of the usually lively slender men could not be heard.

Tan Pingzhi picked up a bunch of dead branches and threw them in the middle of the clearing, Wei Yongzhi took out the flint in his arms, just rubbed, the fire ignited a raging fire, the three of them finished the glyph, sat around the fire, each took out the dry food in the package, and drank the water in the bamboo tube while gnawing on the white bread.

Liu Yu shook his head, looked at the half-eaten bun in his hand, and sighed: "I still can't get used to eating this northern pasta, if I go to the north in the future, I don't know how to adapt to it." ”

Wei Yongzhi said with a smile: "After staying for a long time, you will naturally get used to it, just like us, when we first came to Jingkou, we were not used to eating rice and dried fish from the south of the Yangtze River, but now we are not used to it?" On the contrary, after joining the army, it took several days to get used to the original northern noodle food. ”

Tan Pingzhi looked at Liu Yu and said: "Jinu, this time you just defeated Liu Jingxuan, and General Sun also announced that you will be the captain, why do we want to go to Ding Lingzhai at this time?" Is it related to the Qin army's southward movement? You say it's a military secret, but it's okay to show a little wind. Are we going to win over Ding Lingzhai and think it is a helper? ”

Liu Yu looked at Tan Pingzhi's eyes, which were full of expectation, Wei Yongzhi also looked at himself with the same eyes, he sighed, and said: "Okay, we are all friends who have passed our lives, and now that we are out of the barracks, I won't hide it from you, this time I go back to Zhaibu, we are going to connect with people, and it is not General Sun who gave us this order, but Xuan Shuai!" ”

Wei Yongzhi nodded thoughtfully: "Sure enough, it's the same as I guessed, but Xuan Shuai is really elusive, and I haven't seen anyone else today." ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "He disguised himself today, mixed in Huan Xuan's guards, he just didn't want us to see it, the Qin Yu in the north has begun to attack Xiangyang, and Jingzhou assassinated Shi Huan Chong, and also led an army of 100,000 to the north to meet it, I am afraid that we are here, and we will soon go to war, Qin State, Xuan Shuai seems to have something to do with it, this time what we have to do is to go to Zhai Department and connect with Xuan Shuai's friends." ”

Tan Pingzhi gritted his teeth: "Zhai Bu never welcomes other people to their territory, unless this person has some special relationship with Zhai Ministry. At that time, we were chasing and killing, and the Zhai Department only arrived after the escape, they defeated the pursuers, and wanted to leave us as clansmen, but then we insisted on leaving, Zhai Zhen, the big leader of the Zhai Department, lost the arrow with me, so he let us go. ”

Liu Yu nodded thoughtfully: "In this way, Zhai Bu left you because he also took a fancy to your high martial arts, which is useful to them?" ”

Wei Yongzhi sighed: "Yes, if there are people who have no ability, they will be plundered as slaves." Although these Ding Ling people have been in the Central Plains for decades, they are still the way of the jungle on the grassland. Moreover, they did not produce much, and every month they had to go out in groups to rob, and when they returned, they would distribute the spoils according to their exploits. It was a den of bandits of an alien race, so to speak, and we didn't like it, so we had to leave. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Those who dare to come to this robber's den will not be good stubble, probably because of the particularity of Zhai Bu, that person dares to trade in this place." However, this time, Xuan Shuai specially instructed not to startle the snake, if it is really dangerous, go to the head of the Zhai Department for help, and then it will depend on you. ”

Tan Pingzhi said with a smile: "It's just that this time we came empty-handed, I'm afraid that Zhai Zhen is not happy, last time in order to leave, we almost left all our belongings, these Ding Ling people are very greedy for money, and they will never do anything that is not beneficial." Slave, did you bring the money to buy the road this time? ”

Liu Yu was slightly stunned: "Buy road money?" Xuan Shuai didn't give it to me. ”

Tan Pingzhi's smile froze on his face: "What, I didn't have the money to buy the road, then this time it will be miserable." Zhai Bu is a guy who only recognizes money and doesn't recognize people, empty-handed, and wants to get out of the way, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "That, in Zhaibu, is there a casino?" ”

Wei Yongzhi reacted suddenly: "What, you still want to bet, you don't have a long memory of the last beating?" Didn't you say that if you gamble again, you will chop your hands? ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "It's a matter of urgency, I can't manage so much, it's a big deal to chop my hand with a knife at that time, and it won't violate my oath." ”

Tan took a sip of water angrily: "Jinu, you are not good at this, you always like to make thousands, and you swear to do the same, beware that there will be retribution in the future." ”

Liu Yu smiled "hehe": "Retribution is a matter of the future, let's get over the trouble in front of me first, by the way, how is Ah Shou now, there will be nothing abnormal after he loses to me." ”

Wei Yongzhi smiled slightly: "This guy, after losing, he is like no one, and he took the group of people under him to train again, it seems that he will still fight with you in the future, and he will not be convinced this time." ”

A familiar voice came from the path in the forest: "Liu Yu, where are you going?" ”