Understanding Li Hu's intentions, Zhu Huichan was ashamed and annoyed, threw the big pu fan on the bed, and said, "You are talking nonsense, it turns out that you are bullying me!"

Li Hu said with a straight face: "I'm serious, if Princess Chitose really doesn't like this fan, I have to give it to someone else!"

As he spoke, he was about to reach out to take the big pu fan, but Zhu Huichan suddenly snatched the fan, hugged it in his arms, and said, "You bull demon king, big monster! You honestly explain what the relationship between the woman downstairs just now is with you!"

Li Hu didn't answer, and suddenly wrapped his arms around Zhu Huichan's whole body in his arms.

Her ears were warm, and she only heard Li Hu's voice: "Ah Chan, you don't care how many women I have had in the past, anyway, I will never go to them again in the future." Since this fan has been given to you, from today onwards, I only like you in my heart, and I will definitely make you happy every day!"

Zhu Huichan was hugged tightly by Li Hu, and she only felt dizzy, as if she had fallen into a dream, and this chest was so warm and thick that she couldn't help but want to snuggle up. She muttered, "Are you serious, but you are not allowed to lie!"

Li Hu grinned and said, "Of course I won't lie, if you don't believe it, I can prove it to you now." ”

Zhu Huichan's ears were hot and hot, extremely shy, and said angrily: "You Bull Demon King is dead, I don't want it!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Santunying is a small village located on a hillside, 200 miles away from the capital and 60 miles away from Humanzhai.

In a large open space at the head of the village, a camp had been fenced off with a wooden fence, and there were twenty or thirty cowhide tents in the camp, and many men with knives and axes were scattered around to patrol and guard.

The camp was neat and orderly, and these big men were all fierce, all of them were fully armed, but they were not wearing official uniforms, but the outfits of warriors on the rivers and lakes.

This group of big men is the Xiong family's big camp, and this is where the temporary camp of the "Evil Dog Gate" is located.

In a large cowhide tent in the middle of the camp, four people sat around a table, it was Hua Bushi, Sima Rulan, Chu Yiyi and Xiong Bailing.

There was a tea set on the table, and there was a map spread out, which depicted the terrain of this area of Humanzhai. And Meng Huan stood at the table.

"Is there a letter to Lu Jing Dividing the Helm?" Chu Yiyi asked.

"The message to Madame has been sent. Meng Huan replied.

Chu Yiyi said "um" and said to Hua Bushi: "This place is not too far from the Lu realm, and within two days, they will definitely be able to send a reply." ”

Hua Bushi nodded, and said: "Originally, I thought that this time I came to the capital, as long as I dealt with the 'Heavenly Punishment', but I didn't expect that this matter was widely involved, and now not only the official offices of Gyeonggi and Beizhili have moved, but the officers and soldiers of the Jin Realm have also gathered, and the Jurchen people of the 'Black Wind Banner' may also be involved, the Liliang in our hands is too weak, and this time it is really helpless to transfer reinforcements from the Lu Realm." ”

Chu Yiyi said: "Childe, rest assured, the situation on the side of the Lu Realm Rudder is already clear, the White Dao Alliance that attacked us has collapsed more than half, and the remaining few sects are not to be afraid, there should be no problem with Senior Guo in charge." ”

Hua Bushi said: "I hope so." ”

He suddenly turned to Xiong Bailing and said, "Uncle Xiong is well-informed, I don't know what to think of the current situation in Hu Man City. ”

Xiong Bailing said: "Hua Gongzi has arranged this time, but do you want to use the strategy of guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit to lure the leader of the 'Heavenly Punishment' out of the army? We are now stationed in Santun Camp, which is more than 60 miles away from Hu Manzhai, and it is too far away, if something happens in the city, we are afraid that it will be difficult to respond in time." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Although sixty miles is far away, but at the moment, I am afraid that we can only stay here." Madame Yiyi, can the scouts we send find out the movements of the officers and soldiers from all walks of life?"

Chu Yiyi said: "Cao Duyun brought a total of 6,000 Jinyi guards and the Imperial Forest Army from the capital, camped in Xindianji, about 50 miles away from Humanzhai, about 4,000 people from the state capitals of Beizhili gathered in the Liuhe area, and the 3,000 cavalry from the Jin realm arrived in Zunhua, which is also 50 miles away from Humanzhai. ”

Xiong Bailing looked at the map on the table, compared with the location Chu Yiyi said, his expression moved slightly, and said: "In this way, these officers and troops are divided into three ways and forced into Hu Man City, and the men and horses of the state capitals of the North Zhili and the cavalry from Shanxi have sandwiched the Cao family's Jinyi Guard Imperial Forest Army in the middle?"

Chu Yiyi said: "That's right, the people and horses of the state capitals of the Northern Zhili are dispatched by Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the cavalry from the Jin realm is personally led by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, these two people are all members of the Donglin Party, and they are holding Cao Gongzi's men and horses, what their intentions are, it is really difficult to predict." ”

Xiong Bailing frowned and said: "Could it be that these two lines of officers and troops want to attack the Cao family's men and horses? Cao Duyun has 6,000 men and horses, and they are elite soldiers brought from Gyeonggi, so if they really want to fight, they will not be afraid of the miscellaneous troops in these places!"

Chu Yiyi said: "The equipment of the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army led by Cao Gongzi is far superior to that of ordinary officers and soldiers, but if you talk about combat strength, it is inferior to the people of the Donglin Party. The people and horses of the northern Zhili states are not enough, and the 'Tianxiong Army' of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, is the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty today, even if there are only 3,000 people, it is enough to fight against Cao Gongzi's 6,000 men. ”

Xiong Bailing said: "But that Lu Xiangsheng is just the governor of Xuanda who is in charge of the military affairs of a province, and he dares to attack the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army, isn't he afraid of being killed?"

"If you don't dare in normal times, but now that the prince has been robbed, the situation is so special, maybe it won't be. The one who answered was Hua Bushi.

Xiong Bailing's scheming is not bad, but he is not familiar with the party struggle in the Ming court, and when he was about to ask again, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and a disciple of the "Evil Dog Gate" ran into the tent and saluted and reported: "Tell the young master, I found a horse team in the south, a total of about fifty horsemen, and it was driving towards the location of the camp." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Oh, what kind of banner are they flying?"

The disciple said, "The horse team has no banner, and it looks a bit like a business trip from afar. ”

Chu Yiyi frowned and said: "Even if you are a businessman, you should also play the banner of a business house or a dart game, this is a little strange, isn't it the enemy who came to attack the camp in disguise?"

Hua Bushi thought for a while and said, "Whether it's an enemy or not, let's go out and take a look." ”

They got up and went out of their tents and came to the camp gate.

The camp of the Great Rebellion was set up on the hillside, condescending, and I saw a team coming from afar, with a total of fifty or sixty horsemen in front and behind, but in the middle of the procession there were more than ten large carts, the roofs of which were covered with tarpaulins, and it looked like a caravan on the road.

These camps are remote villages, not major transportation routes, and caravans passing through here are rare. But I saw that the team was slowly advancing, and it was actually heading straight for the camp of the Great Rebellion.

Coming to the bottom of the hillside, a white horse galloped out of the team, but on the horse was a forty-year-old green-shirted scribe, with a thin face and three long beards, and said to Hua Bushi on the hillside: "Young Master Hua has always been good, but do you remember the old man in Yujing back then?"

Hua Bushi smiled, hugged his fists and saluted: "How dare Hua Bushi forget each other! I haven't seen each other for several years, Brother Sichang's demeanor is still better than in the past, and the younger brother is very happy." ”

This green-shirted scribe is Yang Sichang, a small official of Yang that Hua Bushi met in Kaifeng City.

At the beginning, Yang Sichang followed the men and horses of the "Evil Dog Gate" to Wangwu Mountain to crusade against the "Rich Alliance", and once offered a plan to break Zuo Liangyu's cavalry and horse team, and then Hua Bushi left Yujing, and the two never met again, but they did not expect that they would meet here again many years later.

Yang Sichang rode his horse to the slope, turned over and jumped off the horse, came to Hua Bushi's side, and said: "Now that the 'Evil Dog Gate' is prestigious and famous, Sichang should congratulate Young Master Xihua is!"

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Yang has won the award, but I don't know how my aunt's health is, is she still in Kaifeng City now?"

Hua Bushi had diagnosed Yang Sichang's mother that day, but when he mentioned it at this time, Yang Sichang's expression was a little gloomy, and said: "My mother passed away before the year, thanks to the prescription prescribed by Young Master Hua that day, she can live a few more years, and she was sane before she died, and she did not suffer from illness." ”

Yang Sichang's gloomy expression only lasted for a moment, and then disappeared, and said: "This time, Sichang came to visit Young Master Hua, first, to catch up with the past, but there is still one important thing to ask for, I don't know if Young Master Hua can help." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Chang helped the younger brother in Yujing back then, and if there is a request, Hua Bushi should do his best." It's not convenient to talk about it at length here, so how about we go to the tent and talk about it?"

Yang Sichang nodded yes, turned around and told the horse team under the hillside to stop, and instructed the coachman to drive the big carts uphill, and said: "These thirteen caravans are loaded with a little mountain goods and local products brought by Sichang from his hometown, and the right is a gift for Young Master Hua." ”

Hua Bushi waved his hand and said: "It's rare for Brother Yang to come from afar to visit the little brother, but he still sent so many gifts, the little brother didn't dare to accept them!"

Yang Sichang said: "This is just a little caution on the part of Sichang, please don't excuse Young Master Hua!"

Hearing Yang Sichang's earnest tone, Hua Bushi smiled slightly, and no longer insisted, and ordered the disciples on guard to dodge the path and let those big cars drive into the camp gate.

Not long after, thirteen carts had stopped outside the tent in the center of the camp, and Yang Sichang, Hua Bushi and others were seated as guests of honor in the tent.

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Sichang needs the younger brother to be effective, now you can always say it clearly, right?"

Yang Sichang's gaze swept over the map spread out on the table, took a deep breath, and said, "The Lion King Conference Palace in the capital city of Duanyang Festival was attacked, and the prince and princess were kidnapped, Young Master Hua should know something, right?"