Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

Qiao Huaijin spoke sincerely, guessing that Xu Huaiyi might refuse, but he still went to ask for help with the attitude of giving it a try. He really had no other choice.

Prince Qi is the only support of the Qiao family. There cannot be any problem with him, otherwise more than one hundred people in the Qiao family will be finished.

Xu Huaiyi could understand his helpless dying struggle, and expressed sympathy. However, no matter how sympathetic he was, he would not be so saintly as to get himself involved.

However, he still gave a few subtle hints, asking Qiao Huaijin to persuade Prince Qi to stay in Beijing and not take any risks. Wouldn't it be better to just be an idle prince and enjoy eating, drinking and having fun?

Why do we have to fight so hard to achieve something or establish something?

If you are not careful, you will lose your life.

He tried to persuade him sincerely, but Qiao Huaijin had a bitter smile on his face and despair in his eyes. If he could persuade him, wouldn't he have done it long ago? In fact, he even knelt down and begged, but he still couldn't move the King Qi's suicidal heart.

What else could he do?

I can only seek some comfort from Xu Huaiyi. Xu Huaiyi is a well-known lucky man. If I follow him, I can at least save my life, right?

But obviously, Xu Huaiyi didn't want to care.

He also understood. If his last name wasn't Qiao, he wouldn't want to get involved. Isn't living a peaceful life better than anything else? If you have the ability, climb up. If you don't have the ability, just be a rich man. The worst thing is to have no ability but still think about things that you shouldn't think about.

When Qiao Huaijin left, his back looked desolate and sad. He should have been in the prime of his life, but he exuded the aura of old age.

Xu Huaiyi felt sympathetic and said to Gu Huanxi, "What a pity for this person..."

Qiao Huaijin was a very talented person. In Jingwu Academy, he was considered to be a man of both civil and military talents. He also had a good family background and good looks. He should have had a bright future and lived a glorious life, but he was unlucky and ended up marrying the restless and weak Prince Qi.

It's still a relationship that can't be separated no matter how hard you try.

This is so sad.

Gu Huanxi raised his eyebrows and asked, "You don't want to help him, do you?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head. "I can't help. He is the eldest son of the Qiao family. This status means that he is destined to live and die with Prince Qi. If Prince Qi doesn't rebel, it's fine. But if he really has any rebellious intentions, then the entire Qiao family will be buried with him. He can't escape."

"What about Xu Honglian? Will she also be in trouble?"

"That depends on how big of a deal Prince Qi can make."

If he dares to lead his troops into the palace to kill his father and brother, everyone in the Qiao family will die.

"I hope he can clear his mind."

"Oh, that's tough."

Xu Huaiyi didn't hold out much hope. This time when he went to quell the rebellion, he just wanted to stay as far away from Prince Qi as possible. It would be best if they didn't even meet, so as to avoid being implicated.

However, the more you fear something, the more it will come.

Along the way, Prince Qi would find various excuses to get close to Xu Huaiyi from time to time, asking this and that, and even had to set up camp together with him. It seemed like he really wanted to stick to him and never leave him.

Xu Huaiyi was in great pain, but because of his status as King Qi, he couldn't turn against him.

And he couldn't avoid this dog-skin plaster. It was because King Qi treated him as a life-saving talisman.

No one knew which expert had given him advice in private, but no matter how cold Xu Huaiyi was, he acted as if he was unaware and continued to do as he pleased.

In the eyes of some uninformed people, they thought King Qi was very respectful to wise men and humble to scholars.

It seemed that Xu Huaiyi was very tactless, as if he was shameless.

Xu Huaiyi was disgusted enough, and took the opportunity to enter the RV at night to complain to Gu Huanxi, "I'm really fed up with Prince Qi, he's so shameless, I've been in such a state, but he still keeps getting closer to me, where is the dignity and pride of a prince? Is he so disgusting?"

Gu Huanxi was also speechless after hearing this, "Maybe saving your life is more important."

Xu Huaiyi cursed angrily, "If you are so afraid of death, why don't you stay in the palace? Why are you messing around here? Damn it, you are using me as a life-saving shield. If you are in danger, I will take care of it!"

"You dare not care?"

"I……"

He was just threatening. If someone really tried to assassinate Prince Qi in front of him, he would definitely try to rescue him, otherwise he would be held accountable.

Prince Qi was certain of this, which was why he kept clinging to him like a dog-skin plaster.

This is using him as a free bodyguard.

The more Xu Huaiyi thought about it, the angrier he became. "When the time comes, I will just do nothing but work. I might as well just let those assassins succeed. They are not good people anyway."

Gu Huanxi reminded, "The court will also hold you accountable for that."

In short, as long as the two of them are together, Xu Huaiyi will have to take responsibility if anything happens to Prince Qi.

Xu Huaiyi cursed a few times, and said with a gloomy face, "I don't know who instigated Prince Qi to keep pestering me. He wanted me to know that I had to go to his house and set it on fire. How can you be so deceiving?"

Gu Huanxi guessed, "Could it be Qiao Huaijin?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head and thought, "It doesn't look like his work."

"Could it be the King of Chu?"

"The King of Chu might even want to kill him in order to sow discord and cause strife within the royal family. It's unlikely that he would do such a thing."

"Who could that be?"

"Maybe he is one of his staff members? Never mind, I will bear with it for a while. When we get to the battlefront, I will let Master entertain him. If that doesn't work, I will give him some knockout drugs to make him sleep."

Xu Huaiyi's casual remarks were the truth. The truth was so simple and crude. There was no conspiracy or calculation. It was simply the staff hired by Prince Qi's mansion who helped to come up with such a bad idea.

Bad idea, but it works.

The journey was very smooth. We didn't encounter any assassinations or even poisonings.

When they arrived at the destination, Prince Qi praised his staff highly.

The aide did not dare to take credit for it, but he was secretly relieved. He also did not want his master to be shameless and dislike others, but who could blame Xu Huaiyi for being a lucky general? Those who were close to him would surely be able to share in his luck, so wouldn't they be safe along the way?

Isn't this more effective than any strict defense?

Yes, in his eyes, Xu Huaiyi had the ability to protect the safety of others. Before, Xu Huaiyi returned to Beijing victoriously from fighting against Japanese pirates in the south. He encountered more than a dozen assassination attempts along the way, but he escaped them all safely. This was not good luck, but a miracle.

He was able to remain safe and sound even when he encountered trouble in the palace. Who would dare to look at him normally?

Anyway, the staff won’t do that.

Therefore, he instigated King Qi to stick to Xu Huaiyi and borrow his luck to ensure his safety.

It turned out that he was right.

However, after arriving at the army base, this trick was no longer effective.

The reason was simple. Xu Huaiyi simply did not stay in the tent honestly. He went out early and came back late every day to investigate the enemy situation. He fell asleep as soon as he came back, and there was no chance to get close.

We can't ask Prince Qi to follow Xu Huaiyi and suffer in the wind and snow, right?

Prince Qi could not bear the hardship. Besides, he did not dare to leave the military camp. After all, the camp was full of imperial troops. It was easy to guard against individual spies, but once he went out, the situation would become complicated.

This area is full of rebels and traitors, and even the common people have been brainwashed and turned into so-called righteous soldiers who want to break into the palace, purge the emperor and uphold justice.

Others don't understand, how can King Qi not understand? The rebels want to kill all the royal family members so that they can take the throne. When they see him, they will definitely show no mercy.

Besides, Prince Qi’s purpose in coming here was not to fight the rebels.

What he wanted from the beginning to the end was the command of this army to suppress the rebellion. Even though a lot of men were lost in the war, when added up, they could still gather about 80,000 men, and most of them were elite soldiers.

If one can use such power for one's own benefit, one will have a greater chance of getting promoted.

Everyone thought he was stupid, and it was unnecessary for him to risk his life to leave the capital and come to the battlefield to grab credit. But he had already made a plan. In the capital, there were the Crown Prince, the King of Jin, and the King of Chu who were eyeing them covetously. With his skills, he was no match for them at all. It would be better for him to jump out of the game and wait until they were both defeated. Then he would lead his troops to defend the king. In this way, he could achieve his goal without any effort.

He now suspected that the King of Qi had thought the same at the beginning, which was why he left Beijing early and went to the Northwest. He was really pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.

Xu Huaiyi had no idea about Prince Qi's psychological activities, nor did he care. As long as he stopped bothering him, it would be fine.

These days, he deliberately went out early and came back late, and was very busy. Finally, he got rid of the dog-skin plaster of Prince Qi, made inquiries everywhere, and after he had made up his mind, he had a deep talk with Sun Yu in private.

Sun Yu's injury had healed after such a long time, but he was in a rather depressed mood, with a cold face all day long, and looked as if he wanted to keep strangers away.

It was not until his disciple Xu Huaiyi came that a smile appeared in his eyes.

The master and disciple exchanged their understandings of the battle situation, and both of them were not optimistic.

Xu Huaiyi reminded in a heavy tone, "Master, if we don't find out the traitor in our team, it will not be easy to defeat the rebels. No one wants to charge into battle and be on guard against someone shooting arrows from behind, right?

Moreover, the strategic deployment that we painstakingly formulated was easily known to the enemy. They just set up a trap and we are trapped. How can we fight this war?

Or, the traitor could just put some poison in the food, and then we wouldn't have to fight, our entire army would be wiped out. So, if we want to fight against foreign enemies, we must first stabilize the country!"

Xu Huaiyi had guessed before he came, otherwise, Sun Yu would not have suffered such a big loss, but after investigating for the past few days, he found that the harm caused by the traitor was more serious than he thought.

There are tens of thousands of troops in the military camp, and it is impossible to guarantee its purity. There will be more or less spies and ears from other people, but usually these people are in inconspicuous positions and their destructiveness is very limited. But now this traitor is probably in a high position and has real power in his hands, which is too dangerous.

How could Sun Yu not know this? He frowned and said, "Master has been investigating, but I don't want to cause panic among the people, and I'm also afraid of alerting the enemy, so I'm investigating secretly. This will inevitably restrict my hands and feet and delay the progress..."

"So is there any result?"

"I have a suspect, but no solid evidence yet. However, I have someone keeping an eye on him."

"who is it?"

Sun Yu whispered a name.

Xu Huaiyi took a deep breath. He knew this name. He definitely belonged to the upper class in the military camp and had the right to participate in all military affairs. If it were him, it would be no wonder that Sun Yu lost the battle.

This is equivalent to the rebels using cheats.

"How could it be him? You can't judge a person by his appearance. I didn't see it at all..." Xu Huaiyi felt incredible, "Is it really him?"

Sun Yu smiled bitterly, "I am not sure either, I can only say that he is the most suspicious."

Xu Huaiyi thought of Sun Yu's secret identity and no longer had any doubts. He pondered and said, "If it's not easy to arrest him now, then we can use their tricks against us."

Sun Yu's eyes lit up, "How can we turn the tables?"

Xu Huaiyi smiled and said, "He can be the eyes and ears of the rebels, but he can also be used by us. If used well, he can have miraculous effects."

Sun Yu reacted and raised the corner of his mouth, "That's right, Xiao He is the reason for both success and failure."

After getting Sun Yu's approval, Xu Huaiyi said, "Master, I want to make arrangements as soon as possible."

Sun Yu was slightly startled. "Why are you in such a hurry? Now is not a good time to attack..."

Xu Huaiyi explained with a wry smile, "Master, we can't afford to delay any longer. If we delay any further, we will have to go and suppress the bandits and raise food and grass. You also know what the situation is like in the court now. Those who have the will are powerless, and those who have the will are busy fighting each other. Who cares about our lives?

To be honest, before coming here, Su Zhe went to find his disciples and expressed his willingness to privately support the battle with a batch of food and fodder. The disciples also asked Huanxi to prepare some cotton-padded clothes for the winter as an emergency, for fear that the supply from the rear would not be timely, and our soldiers would not only have to fight hard, but also have to worry about running out of ammunition and food.

But Su Zhe and his disciples didn't have enough money to support the 80,000 troops all the time? They could only hold out for a month or two, and that was all because they gritted their teeth and persevered.

Besides, this is not a big deal. If it gets out, my disciples may not be able to get anything out of it.”

After listening to this, Sun Yu sighed with a gloomy face. He knew more about the situation in the court, but there was nothing he could do. It was not something he could control. He couldn't even get involved because of his status.

"Your consideration makes sense, but others may not agree."

Especially for the lower-level soldiers, fighting in the snow to attack the city was too costly.

Xu Huaiyi said, "Then convince them that besides the shortage of food and grass, I have other concerns. In short, this battle must be fought and resolved quickly."

"Any other concerns?"

"Prince Qi."

Speaking of Prince Qi, Sun Yu frowned in annoyance, "Master, I heard that he is pestering you?"

Xu Huaiyi said helplessly, "He was pestering me on the way here, but now he's fine. He's just superstitious and uses me as a talisman..."

Sun Yu heard this and said meaningfully, "It really works. It's more effective than praying to Buddha in a temple."

"Please stop teasing me." Xu Huaiyi sighed with a wry smile, "It was so hard to get rid of him..."

Sun Yu smiled, and after a moment, he whispered, "It's right to keep your distance from him. He is too reckless and impulsive, and he doesn't care about the consequences. It's easy to harm the people around him. Just look at the Qiao family and you will know."

Xu Huaiyi nodded, "Disciple understands, but this time King Qi insisted on coming with us. We can't hide away, and we can't just ignore him. We can only finish the fight as soon as possible and send him back to the capital, otherwise..."

He paused and said meaningfully, "The stakes are too high, and there are too many unpredictable risks."

Sun Yu's expression changed. "You mean, after entering the military camp, someone will try to kill him?"

"Not only that..." Xu Huaiyi whispered, "Why did he come here in the wind and snow? Is it just for that little bit of military merit? The outcome is still unknown..."

Sun Yu's expression became solemn.