Lu Yun took Peng Hai and dozens of right guards through the narrow corner with torches, and came to Li Hao, only to see everyone standing there to greet them, Li Hao stood at the front, and Li Hao, who had lived for the rest of his life, stood there in a trance, maybe even he didn't expect that he would really be able to get out of trouble this time.

When Peng Hai saw Li Hao, he was very excited in his heart, and stepped forward to bow down: "The rescue of the lowly duty is late, and the adults are frightened, and the lowly duty is guilty." ”

Li Hao stepped forward to help him up, and said angrily: "General Peng, I was able to get out of danger this time, and it was all thanks to you for coming to the rescue in time, thank you." ”

Peng Hai said excitedly: "This is where the duty lies, and I dare not say thank you." ”

Li Hao patted him on the shoulder vigorously, his heart was so excited that he was a little speechless for a while, the feeling for the rest of his life after the catastrophe was really good, as if he had been reborn again, between men and men, there was no need for too much hypocrisy, everything was in plain sight.

At this moment, a shout came from above: "General Peng, Lord Assassin Shi, the twenty-seven archers above have all been ambushed, and none of them have escaped." ”

Immediately afterwards, the rear side quickly reported: "General Peng, Lord Assassin Shi, all the fleeing horse thieves have been killed, and none of them have escaped." ”

"Horse thief?" Li Hao sneered when he heard this, "What kind of horse thief dares to spread wild in such a close place to Xizhou, specializing in robbing and killing the imperial court officials, it is clearly Gaochang's army." ”

Lu Yun also nodded and said, "What the young master said is very true, if it weren't for the fact that this place is adjacent to Xizhou, I'm afraid they will send more people." ”

Li Hao looked back at the injuries of the injured people, frowned and said: "Everyone's injuries are not light, Peng Hai, call the military doctor to come over to treat them first, and then go back." ”

"Yes." Peng Hai ordered to call three accompanying military doctors, and then set up a medical tent to treat the wounded, and Li Hao also helped, although it was in the field, but the medicine brought was very sufficient, enough for these five or six people.

In order to treat the wounded properly, Li Hao ordered to return to the city, to the camp outside the city, the three girls were already in a hurry in the camp, as soon as they saw Li Hao come back, they all threw themselves into Li Hao's arms and cried, Qin Su cried the worst, the whole person cried and sobbed, Li Hao finally calmed her down.

After a lot of noise, the camp finally quieted down, and those who should rest went back to rest, Li Hao stood outside the tent and looked at the bright moon in a daze, Lu Yun walked to him silently, and also raised his head to look at the moon, neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Li Hao suddenly said leisurely: "Lu Yun, thank you really this time." ”

Lu Yun said lightly: "I am the one who caused you to be in danger, I will fight for my life, and I will protect you." ”

Li Hao was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed loudly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, in fact, I'm afraid of death." ”

"I know." Lu Yun said leisurely, "I have been by your side for so many years, I still know very well what kind of character you are. ”

Li Hao laughed at himself, and secretly wondered in his heart: "The protagonists in the book are all fearless of death, brave champions of the three armies, and have a heroic and righteous spirit, why come to me, I am so afraid of death, although I also dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword, but I am still afraid of death...... Alas, in fact, the people who have crossed over from the era of peace have lived a comfortable life, and who is not afraid of death, and those protagonists who are not afraid of death can only appear in the novel......"

At this moment, Lu Yun suddenly said leisurely: "On the way back, I thought about it for a long time, why don't you go back to Chang'an." ”

Li Hao was suddenly stunned when he heard this, turned his head to look at him, his expression changed several times, and then he smiled bitterly: "It's almost time to arrive in Tingzhou, you let me go back now, can I go back?" ”

Lu Yun said indifferently: "You only need to pretend to be sick in Xizhou, a very serious illness, the kind that can't be cured if you don't return to Chang'an, the emperor shouldn't embarrass you." ”

Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, thinking about it carefully, this trick may really work, he was suddenly shocked by Lu Yun's IQ, he didn't expect this product to be so smart, why didn't he think of such a good plan, but he was still a little puzzled, and asked: "Your senior sister's hatred...... Don't report it? ”

"Of course." Lu Yun looked into the distance and said coldly, "However, I will personally take off Cao Tian's head and take it to Youlan's grave to worship, if I miss, then I will go below to accompany her, which is also very good." ”

"Ahh When Li Hao heard this, he took a big sip directly, glared and shouted, "Want to die?" You are so naïve, tell you, you have sold me more than 100 catties of meat, you are my person, you know me, my nickname is Li Papi, you can scrape off two taels of meat on the legs of flies, if you don't squeeze your surplus value dry, you want to get free? If you want to be beautiful, I tell you, you have to work hard for me in this life, as long as I don't die, you are not allowed to die, even if you are old and your teeth are gone, you still have to die for me! Revenge...... I'll take care of it for you. After he finished speaking, he turned around and got into the tooth tent, and the moment he opened the curtain, he muttered, "Did Lao Tzu fall into evil just now......

Lu Yun kept looking at him silently, watching him enter the account, and it was not until this moment that he realized that Li Hao was actually a ...... It is worth following for your own life.

Early the next morning, Li Hao dressed neatly, and took Lu Yun, Li Yuanzhong and more than 20 parts to the Thorn Mansion to ask to see Cao Qing, the Thorn History of Xizhou, Cao Qing personally went out to greet him after receiving the post, and the etiquette was very weekly, and when he arrived in the living room, the two sides sat down, and Li Yuanzhong and Lu Yun stood behind Li Hao.

As soon as he took his seat, Cao Qing asked: "Lord Li, yesterday I set up a meager banquet in the Xizhou Restaurant, and I plan to pick up the wind and wash the dust with the officials of Xizhou. ”

Although he said it very tactfully and politely, Li Hao heard it, he was blaming himself for breaking the appointment, Li Hao smiled indifferently, and said: "Lord Cao doesn't know, yesterday afternoon, I took a group of troops to the Red Mountain to worship the old man, I didn't want to be ambushed by more than 200 horse thieves, and almost died in the Red Mountain." ”

"There are horse thieves near Xizhou?" Cao Qing suddenly changed color when he heard this, frowned and thought about it, then shook his head and snorted angrily, "Hmph, what kind of horse thief is that, it must be Gao Changguo who is doing the trick." ”

Li Hao pretended to be surprised when he heard this, and asked, "What does Lord Cao mean by this?" ”

Cao Qing saw that he looked like a teenager, so he felt that he was simple-minded, and explained: "Master Li doesn't know, Gao Chang has always been obedient to my Datang, and on the surface he regards our Datang as the suzerain, but behind his back, he has repeatedly robbed and killed the Silk Road caravans, especially the Datang caravans. ”

Hearing this, Li Hao continued to pretend, glaring and exclaiming: "There is such a thing, then Lord Cao has not yet played the imperial court, please send troops to conscript." ”

Cao Qing glanced at Li Hao when he heard this, his face was full of disappointment, he was disappointed in Li Hao, thinking that Li Hao was too tender, out of the compassion of his predecessors, he kindly explained: "Lord Li, you may not know much about places like Xizhou and Tingzhou, Xizhou and Tingzhou are both borderlands of the Tang Dynasty, it is really a place of chicken ribs, the imperial court wants to abandon and is reluctant to give up, wants to govern but is unable to govern, although I know that Gaochang robbed and killed the caravan, but there is no real evidence, if it is rashly played, or it may be placed on a charge of sowing the gap between the two countries." ”

Li Hao nodded when he heard this, Cao Qing was still very reasonable, this kind of major event must have real evidence before it can be reported, otherwise it can only be himself who is unlucky.

At this time, Cao Qing said again: "Besides, even if I report to Chang'an, so what, although Gaochang is weak, but how to say that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, can the imperial court still be able to start a war with it, do you know, Gaochang is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, if the labor expedition is difficult, it is difficult to come, if there are fewer troops, the problem cannot be solved, if there are more troops, the treasury is overwhelmed." ”

Li Hao nodded again and said: "There is still a vast desert between Gaochang and my Datang, not to mention anything else, just crossing this boundless desert will make me a Tang sergeant sleepy, and if Gaochang waits for work and takes the lead in attacking, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Exactly." Cao Qing showed a look of approval when he heard this, and said slowly, "Four years ago, Gao Chang often intercepted caravans near Xizhou, and I repeatedly sent troops to spoil its good deeds, Gao Chang had no choice but to transfer the crime to the desert west of Tingzhou, where it was the border of the Western Turks, but the Western Turks never turned a blind eye and acquiesced in Gao Chang's despicable behavior. Tingzhou over there for four years in a row to change three assassins, each assassin died without a problem, the first died of water and soil adaptation, the second died of a fire at home, the recent Tingzhou assassin was killed when he was in the conquest of horse thieves, in fact, where is the horse thief, it is clearly the Gaochang army, Lord Li, you and I are both border state pastors, I have eaten a few years more than you, so I will serve you here with a senior shelf, tell you a few words, you don't get annoyed. ”

Li Hao hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Lord Cao, please speak, the juniors will listen." ”

Cao Qing said earnestly: "I don't know why Your Majesty sent you a young man who has not yet reached the weak crown to serve as the assassin of Tingzhou, Lao Yu has also heard of some of your deeds, you have indeed made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and you are a rare young hero, even if the old man is far away in the border, he has heard of it a little, however, Tingzhou is not as good as Chang'an, you must not come nonsense, you must not be rash, you should be careful in everything, and you must beware of Gaochang, this time the horse thief who robbed and killed you in the Red Mountain, nine times out of ten it was pretended by the Gaochang army. ”

Li Hao was moved in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't expect this Cao Qing to be a warm-hearted person, so he kindly reminded himself, hurriedly got up, and said, "Thank you Lord Cao for mentioning it, the kid must remember it." ”

Cao Qing waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be polite, since you and I have been sent to such a border land, we will be close neighbors in the future, and we should take care of each other, if you still have any doubts or need help, just ask, but if you are old and decrepit, you will never refuse." ”

Li Hao hurriedly said: "Lord Cao, there is really something I need your help with, when I passed through Shazhou before, I borrowed five hundred and forty camels and five hundred and forty fast horses from Li Zhongxiao, the assassin of Shazhou, because I was in a hurry, I have not had time to return them, and now I plan to buy so many camels and fast horses with you, please help send people to Shazhou, I don't know if it will work." ”

Cao Qing thought about it when he heard this, nodded and said, "This matter is not difficult, but with so many camels and fast horses, it takes a few days for the old man to prepare." ”

Li Hao said with a smile: "This doesn't matter, I will send someone to send a thousand taels of gold when I turn around, which should be the money for buying horses and camels." ”

Cao Qing hurriedly waved his hand: "Why do you need so much gold for a thousand taels ......?"

Li Hao raised his hand to stop him, and said, "Sending people to the sandbank, the journey is tiring, this also requires a lot of money, and the extra lunch is the hard money I paid to the laborers." ”

"That's ......" Cao Qing is not a pedantic person, nodded and arched his hand, "Then thank Master Li for his generosity." ”

Li Hao smiled and returned the salute: "I should thank Lord Cao." ”