The city of Jiazhou extends in all directions, it is the traffic point of Xiguan Road, there is a Ningshan barrier in the north, and the Liangzi River is the boundary in the south, and a river lies between Xiguan Road and Beishan Road.

When the Xiliang people invaded the south, they occupied a large area of land in Xiguan, only one Jiazhou city was controlled by the Qin army, and Jiazhou City once became a place where refugees gathered, and now the Xiliang people have already retreated, but Jiazhou City is still a large population, in Xiguan Road, its prosperity is second only to Xiguanfu City Shuoquan.

For most people, the news of the blockade of Xiguguan has not yet reached the point where everyone knows about it, and even if they do, most people do not think that this is a catastrophe.

The city of Koshu is also full of traffic and bustling.

When Chu Huan entered the city, it was the beginning of the lanterns, and the two most prosperous streets in Jiazhou City were still very lively.

After entering the city, Chu Huan did not let Qi Hong drive the carriage directly to Xuanyuan Shengcai's residence, but found an inn and temporarily settled the queen and Mei Niang.

Chu Huan instructed Qi Hong to buy a few sets of clean clothes first, in the inn, there must be warm hot water, and when the clothes were bought, a few people had to take a hot shower, put on clean clothes, and then ordered a table of wine and food, and placed it in Chu Huan's room, since leaving from Hexi, several people have never eaten a meal of Ansheng, especially in the past few days in Beiling, difficult and dangerous, living on animal meat and fruits, at this moment in the face of a table of wine and food, but the appetite is greatly boosted, even the queen is no longer reserved, although it is not as devouring as Chu Huan and Qi Hong, it has also eaten a lot.

"Brother Huan, has your eldest brother passed the test?" Mei Niang didn't care about her image at this time, holding a chicken leg in her hand, but her sexy red lips were stained with oil at this time, "Won't they also turn over Beiling?" ”

Chu Huan showed a worried look, although Luo Duo is strong in martial arts, but after all, with two people, he prayed in his heart that Luo Duo was safe and sound, and said: "Big brother knows Shuoquan, if he really passes the test, he should go to Shuoquan to wait for us." ”

"Then when are you going to see Xuanyuan Shengcai?"

"After eating, take a break and then leave."

Mei Niang frowned and said: "Brother Huan, if you really want to see Xuanyuan Shengcai, you should go back to Shuoquan first and send someone over to pass him over, if he really has no second heart, he will definitely be ordered to go to Shuoquan." Leaning closer, he said, "Xigu Pass is blocked, and I am not in a hurry for the next few days, it is still safe for the first place." ”

Chu Huan smiled and said: "I know your worries, I am the governor of Xiguan, he is just my subordinate, if I am even afraid of him, afraid that he will not be good for me and dare not go to see him, how can I rule the northwest?" ”

Mei Niang sighed: "If you really want to go, I will go with you!" ”

"You just stay here and rest." Chu Huan said: "I don't think Xuanyuan will really do anything to me, and even if he really has other intentions, it will not be easy to keep me." Seeing that Mei Niang was about to say more, Chu Huan raised his hand and said: "Needless to say, this is still Xiguan, and Xuanyuan Shengcai doesn't dare to act rashly no matter what he thinks." ”

The queen finally said: "Miss Mei Niang is right, if Xuanyuan Shengcai really has different ambitions, as long as he can hold you, then no one will dare to act rashly, if you are held hostage and withdraw from the customs, I am afraid no one can stop you." ”

Mei Niang glanced at the queen, and felt strange in her heart, secretly wondering how the queen could suddenly think about Chu Huan?

Qi Hong suddenly spoke: "My lord, I have a way, you don't think it can be done." You stay here, I will go to Xuanyuan Shengcai, and say that you have returned to Shuoquan, and send him to Shuoquan to meet him, if he really leaves immediately, it will prove that he should not have two hearts for the adults, so that the adults can meet him outside the city and discuss important matters. ”

Mei Niang clapped her hands and said, "This is very good, Brother Huan, Qi Hong's method is good." ”

Chu Huan smiled: "It's really good, but you forgot about it, Qi Hong has been following me since he came to the northwest, everyone knows that Qi Hong is my personal guard, if I really want to summon Xuanyuan Shengcai, I can send anyone at will, why do you want to send Qi Hong?" Xuanyuan Sheng is a smart person, it is easy to guess that I am likely to be near Jiazhou, if you really want others to advance and retreat with you, you must treat each other with sincerity, if I send Qi Hong now, Xuanyuan Sheng will definitely think that I am suspicious of him, so that I am estranged. ”

Mei Niang said angrily: "If you want to go, you can go, I won't persuade you, people's hearts are unpredictable, I'm afraid that your mentor will regret it too late." ”

Chu Huan got up and said, "You guys are so resting, it won't take much time for me to come back." Without further ado, he went straight out.

At this time, it was already midnight, and the pedestrians on the street were already quite scarce, but Chu Huan knew that Xuanyuan Shengcai's residence was in a house near the prefect of Jiazhou.

After taking a bath and eating a full meal, Chu Huan was refreshed at this time.

Approaching Xuanyuan Shengcai's residence under the pretext, he suddenly heard the sound of a carriage behind him, Chu Huan glanced back, only to see an inconspicuous carriage coming up from behind, the groom who was driving the carriage was burly, when he approached Chu Huan, the carriage was a little slower, but the groom shouted at Chu Huan: "Brother stay!" ”

Chu Huan saw that the person was very strange, a little strange, but said with a smile: "Something?" ”

"Excuse me, General Xuanyuan's mansion is around here?" The coachman smiled and asked, "It's General Xuanyuan Shengcai, who guards Jiazhou, do you know him?" ”

Chu Huan's face did not change, he pointed not far away, crossed a street forward, and then turned right, the Zhizhou Mansion was on that street, well, it seemed to be called Changqing Street, not far to the right of the Zhizhou Mansion, there was a mansion, which was the residence of General Xuanyuan. “

The coachman smiled and said, "Thank you." Without saying much, he whipped away, Chu Huan looked at the back of the carriage that was going quickly, raised his hand and touched his chin, and muttered to himself: "When I arrived in the northwest, I didn't learn the northwest dialect, and I was full of Beijing accent, just when people didn't know that they had lived in the capital!" He looked around, and there were few people, so he quickened his pace and followed.

Changqing Street is not the widest street in Koshu, but it is the most important street, and many yamen are located on this street.

Chu Huan entered Changqing Street, but the street was very deserted, he didn't go far, but he saw the sound of a carriage in front of him, and vaguely saw a carriage coming, Chu Huan flashed into an alley on the side, staring at the long street, a carriage quickly passed guò, but it was the previous carriage that went and returned.

Chu Huan frowned, but did not hesitate, his figure was like a ghost, sticking to the house on the side of the street, and quickly followed the carriage, and when the carriage reached the corner of the street, it stopped, Chu Huan hid in the shadow of the house, staring at it from a distance, and soon, he saw that the carriage folded into another street.

The speed of the carriage was a little slower than before, and after traveling on the street for a while, it randomly turned into another street, but Chu Huan could see clearly, that street was parallel to Changqing Street, Changqing Street was the main street, and the street that the carriage entered at this time was the back street.

Chu Huan's eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately understood something, and a light smile crossed his lips, following closely.

In the middle of the night, when the streets were dead silent and unattended, the carriage slowed down for a while, until it came to a halt at the back door of a mansion.

The sturdy coachman jumped out of the carriage, looked around, and didn't find Chu Huan hiding in the shadows behind him, he just thought that there was no one around, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, he heard a voice from inside: "Who is it?" ”

The coachman said, "Is this General Xuanyuan's mansion?" ”

"Who are you?"

The coachman's voice was very respectful: "Driver, we are here to meet General Xuanyuan, please open the door!" ”

"Why don't you come in through the front door?" The voice inside muttered, "Three watches in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?" ”

The coachman was in a good temper and explained: "We are not very familiar with this place, we have taken the wrong road, this has to turn to the front door, and it will take time, we have urgent matters to see General Xuanyuan, thank you for driving!" ”

With a "crunch", the back door opened, but a soldier wearing armor and a big sword opened the door, looked at the coachman, looked at the carriage parked in the back street, and frowned: "Who are you?" ”

The coachman did not hesitate, he had already taken out a thing from his arms, but it was an extremely delicate knife, although it was the shape of a knife, but it was extremely delicate and small, like a knife-like ornament, but the soldier had already pressed the handle of the knife, not far behind the soldier, but there were two soldiers looking coldly, but the coachman was holding the knife in his palm and handed it to the soldier, "Excuse me, present this to General Xuanyuan, General Xuanyuan has his own decision!" ”

The soldier looked at the coachman a few more times, then finally took the knife and said, "You wait." "Close the back door.

The coachman stood quietly outside the door and waited, but there was silence in the carriage, and after a while, the back door "creaked" open, but the soldier arched his hand and said, "The general is invited!" ”

The coachman then walked to the side of the carriage, raised his hand and lifted the curtain, and out of the carriage came a middle-aged man over forty years old, dressed in a very ordinary wide robe, his appearance was not good, wearing a crown and hat, and looked left and right, and then he jumped out of the carriage, and his steps were very fast, and he quickly entered the courtyard, but the coachman did not follow, jumped into the carriage, and drove the carriage away.

Chu Huan, who was secretly monitoring, saw the middle-aged man enter the courtyard, and the coachman drove the carriage away, groaned slightly, stepped forward slowly, looked up at the high wall, took a deep breath, and then jumped up, like a spirit ape, one hand clasped the protruding place of the wall, and with a little bit of strength, the whole person went up to the wall lightly.

Under the dark night, naturally no one noticed, Chu Huan looked over from afar, only to see that not far from the back door, two soldiers were whispering there, knowing that the duty of these soldiers was to guard the back door of the mansion, and one soldier was carrying a lantern in his hand, leading the middle-aged man to the depths of the mansion.