Wife is an enemy general

001.

Seeing Li Mu sitting in the room with a cup of tea in his hands, Zhong Xiuyuan's eyes felt hot, and there was a familiar bitterness in his throat.

After a while, he recovered and took a deep breath.

He didn't speak, just closed the door, then entered the room, and sat quietly beside Li Mu.

He originally thought that this farewell would be a farewell. He never expected to see Li Mu again here, a day away from the town.

Looking at Li Mu who was sitting in the room calmly drinking tea, Zhong Xiuyuan opened his mouth to say something, but at the moment he couldn't say anything.

He knew that he should say something, no matter how much he should say thank you, but looking at Li Mu, he couldn't open his mouth, because he felt that once he broke the silence, everything would be different.

Li Mu drank the tea in his hand indifferently, put down the cup, and was about to refill the tea, when Zhong Xiuyuan stood up and filled the tea for him.

It was also at this time that Li Mu raised his eyes to look at Zhong Xiuyuan.

This General Zhong had a cold and tough attitude in front of outsiders, but now his eyes were red, like a rabbit running from some vegetable garden.

"Rest early, we have to go on the road tomorrow." Li Mu finished his cup of tea that had been brewed so weakly by the store that it was almost tasteless, and then took off his clothes to prepare for a rest.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiuyuan quickly followed Li Mu after he stood up, and folded the clothes he had taken off for Li Mu and put them aside.

The journey here is difficult and dangerous, and the time is at least a month or two. In fact, Zhong Xiuyuan is not willing to let Li Mu go with him to commit this crime, just like what Li Mu said to Master Qin before, come out from that kind of place No matter what, they will never want to go back.

While lying on the bed, after the excitement and joy of seeing Li Mu in his heart faded, Zhong Xiuyuan opened his mouth before Li Mu fell asleep, "Go back!"

He was unwilling to put Li Mu in danger because of him.

He was unwilling to let Li Mu go back to such a place, not to mention that this trip was more difficult and dangerous than Li Mu's previous stay in the barracks, and even he himself was not sure.

"Just take care of your own affairs." Li Mu tilted his head slightly listening to the words of the people beside him.

It is true that Zhong Xiuyuan was partly the reason why he went here, but not all of it was because of him.

When he went to Yuan country this time, the condition he proposed with Master Qin was Baoshan.

There are two mountains near their village, both of which are under the name of Master Qin. The mountains are quite big and high.Li Mu's condition is that after this journey, the two mountains will be contracted to him free of charge, with a five-year limitation period.

Five years, two mountains, Li Mu is not at a loss.

Master Qin agreed even more readily.

The five-year aging period for the two barren mountains, at a large scale, is only a hundred taels of cost. with.

For Master Qin, Li Mu's conditions are relatively loose, but these two mountains have a very important effect on Li Mu.

You need a place to raise ducks. Dozens of ducks are fine. Once there are more ducks, one pond will not be enough.

After all, although his trip was difficult and dangerous, it was not meaningless.

Zhong Xiuyuan wanted to persuade him when he heard the words, but seeing that Li Mu had closed his eyes to sleep, he opened his mouth, but he still didn't speak again.

Zhong Xiuyuan couldn't help but think of Li Mu's bright smile when he saw him for the first time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling up.

Seeing Li Mu, Zhong Xiuyuan's gloomy heart gradually cleared up. The next day, he was in a particularly good mood. After getting up early in the morning and washing up, he brought breakfast back to Li Mu.

All the expenses of their trip were covered by Master Qin, so they were free, and they were no longer as tight as before. They ate in restaurants and stayed in inns along the way.

After eating, Li Mu made everyone get ready early, brought some dry food and set off.

There were a total of seventy or eighty people in Li Mu's group, all of them were middle-aged and strong men with some skills, and it is said that they were invited back from the escort agency.

And those ducks, chickens, sheep and other domestic animals used as fronts were packed in cages and pulled by horse-drawn carts. At first glance, they really looked like merchants.

The person leading the team was Li Mu. Besides Li Mu, there was also a leader of the escort agency in the team. That man had cooperated with Master Qin more than once, and he was very polite along the way.

Everything on the road has been arranged by Mr. Qin, they only need to bring these livestock to the predetermined place, and then meet with the agreed person to cross the border and move on as Yuan people.

After discussing the next route with the escort, Li Mu returned to the carriage behind.

In the car, besides Zhong Xiuyuan, there were several other people sitting in it.

In their line of work, some people can't ride horses, and they also need a place to put some dry food and other things.

Li Mu got into the carriage, Zhong Xiuyuan quickly gave up his seat, let Li Mu sit down, and then handed over the water.

Li Mu took a sip, then carefully put it away.

The journey takes a long time, and water and food are extremely important to them, and nothing should be wasted.

"If you're tired, just sleep for a while." Zhong Xiuyuan looked at the bruises under Li Mu's eyes, and there was a flash of distress in his eyes.

They had already set off for fifteen or six days, and at first they could stay in an inn, but now they had arrived in a deserted place, where there was no inn, let alone a restaurant, so everyone slept on the ground at night.

Although he knew that Li Mu was used to this kind of life, even if he knew it, it would not ease the reluctance and pain in his heart much.

"It's okay." Li Mu patted his clothes that were stained with some grass clippings, took out two books from his pocket, put them on his knees, and opened them with the mark he made earlier.

Seeing Li Mu's action, a young man sitting across from the carriage propped his chin and grinned, "How long do you have to read such a book?"

Li Mu raised his eyes and glanced at the young man sitting opposite him, and ignored him.

Li Mu knew that young man, he could even be said to be familiar with him, because he was the young doctor in their town.

After making an appointment with Master Qin, he was surprised when he saw this large army for the first time when he saw this young doctor, and then he calmed down after thinking about it.

Master Qin wanted to bring back a batch of medicinal materials this time. If there were no knowledgeable people among them, if someone tricked him, there was a national border between them, so even if he wanted to find someone to settle the score, it might not be that easy.

Li Mu didn't know how Master Qin got in touch with this doctor, but this doctor looked not simple, and he was quite courageous, but he was a person who made things easy for Li Mu.

Zhong Xiuyuan who was sitting beside him heard what the doctor said to Li Mu, he raised his eyes and gave the doctor a cold look, then moved to sit next to Li Mu.

"The car is shaking, don't look at it, your eyes are tired." Zhong Xiuyuan's voice was lowered, with a bit of magnetism and hoarseness unique to men.

"Hmm..." Under the afternoon sun, Li Mu snorted softly, counting it as a response to Zhong Xiuyuan.

It's just that he didn't put away the book on his lap, but continued to read it.

Seeing it with his own eyes, Zhongxiu was a little pampered and a little indulgent, but more of a reluctance to Li Mu.

"I said you've been reading it for a few days, and I haven't seen you turn a few pages." The doctor looked at Zhong Xiuyuan, who was obviously on guard against him, and Li Mu, who obviously didn't take him seriously. However, these two people made him feel that this journey was no longer so boring.

Zhong Xiuyuan looked up at the doctor again, so what if Li Mu looked slowly?

Hearing the doctor's obviously critical words, Zhong Xiuyuan felt a little uncomfortable protecting his calf.His person, why should he let this person talk? !

In his opinion, even if Li Mu learns slowly and reads slowly, it is because he reads seriously.

When Zhong Xiuyuan saw the doctor talking to Li Mu in the carriage, he knew that this person knew Li Mu.At the same time, Zhong Xiuyuan also became somewhat wary of the doctor, because when he talked with Li Mu, he always looked like they were very familiar with each other.

Li Mu didn't pay attention to the doctor, but kept looking at the book on his lap, the carriage drove forward slowly, and the words on the page in his hand became somewhat blurred under the sunlight from the window.

Although Li Mu had been concentrating on trying to write down all the content in the book, he felt sleepy just looking at it.

This book was given to him by Zhong Xiuyuan before. It is a medicine book, and some common medicinal herbs are recorded in words and patterns.Li Mu didn't know where Zhong Xiuyuan got it, the book was quite new.

Li Mu was a little surprised by Zhong Xiuyuan's sudden gift, but because he was interested in the content of the book, Li Mu accepted it.

He has memorized all the parts about livestock in the medical book that the doctor gave him before, but that is just knowing how to write the words, and he is still confused about what it really refers to.

Now there are nearly a month or two on this journey, and Zhong Xiuyuan gave him books at this time, which has become a good thing to pass the time.

Li Mu strengthened his energy, stared wide-eyed, and looked at the patterns and square characters on the book, but his eyelids drooped as he watched.

The weather in June is already very good. In the sunny afternoon, in the rickety carriage, in the silent journey with only insects and birds chirping, everything becomes so comfortable, sleepy and sleepy...

Zhong Xiuyuan's shoulders suddenly sank, he looked back at the doctor, and then looked at the furry head on his shoulder.

Li Mu read a book and fell asleep while showing himself.

Realizing this, Zhong Xiuyuan's cold and alienated eyes suddenly burst into a smile.

this person...

Tell him not to look at it, not to look at it, he must look at it, okay, now I fell asleep after watching myself!

Seeing Li Mu's head swaying gently following the carriage, Zhong Xiuyuan smiled even more.

He supported the people around him, stretched out his hand, put away the two pages of the book on his lap that he hadn't read, and put it in his arms.

In the end, he carefully supported Li Mu again, allowing him to continue sleeping on his shoulder in a more comfortable position.

The afternoon sun is slightly intoxicating, which is a good time to sleep.

Zhong Xiuyuan was also a little tipsy, he looked down at Li Mu's hair and side face slightly, his eyes were full of flowing tenderness.His slightly drunk mood was not caused by the sunshine and the afternoon weather, but by watching Li Mu.

After that night, the two of them didn't mention what happened at that time again, but Zhong Xiuyuan clearly noticed the difference.

After that, Li Mu's attitude towards him changed slightly.

Although Li Mu always liked to tease him in the past, he did so with restraint, and he could clearly feel the gap between the two, but now that gap has disappeared.

It was an indescribable feeling. If he had to say it, he could only say that if he was kind to Li Mu now, Li Mu would never refuse again.Although they will not respond enthusiastically, the communication between the two has increased a lot.

Just like today.

In the past, with Li Mu's cautious character, in such an environment, with so many strangers around, even if he was really sleepy, he would never be able to relax and fall asleep.

The habit of cautiously waking up in the military camp made him never let his guard down easily.

In the past, even if he was sleeping in his own home, sometimes when he turned over at night, he could clearly notice Li Mu's wakefulness after hearing the movement.

But now Zhong Xiuyuan knew that this man was really asleep.

Zhong Xiuyuan raised the corners of his mouth silently, unabashedly showing rare tenderness towards Li Mu.

Although he was tired all the way, he was not so tired that he would fall asleep easily, so could he think arrogantly that this person fell asleep at ease because he knew he was by his side?

Zhong Xiuyuan couldn't know what Li Mu was thinking, so he just quietly looked at Li Mu's side face covered by the sun.

At that moment time seemed to slow down and fast again, Zhong Xiuyuan even forgot where he was at this moment, only the side face remained in his eyes.

002.

The young doctor sitting opposite looked at the sleeping Li Mu, looked at Zhong Xiuyuan who was full of gentleness, and looked at the two men who were tightly attached to each other. He shivered, shook his head, and then raised his hand to cover his face. , looking like a sore tooth.

There were not only three people in the carriage, and the rest of them couldn't help but turn their heads sideways when they saw the appearance of the two, not wanting to look any further.

Living in troubled times, survival is a problem. Although such a situation is rare for the two of them, this group of men who travel to the north and south to make a living don't mind much.

For a while, the carriage was very quiet.

Li Mu slept very comfortably this time, and slept until the middle of the afternoon, and only woke up when the sun was setting.

Lifting his head and sitting up straight, Li Mu shook his head, trying to drive away the drowsiness.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiuyuan, who was sitting beside him, raised his other hand to straighten Li Mu's messy hair.

Li Mu slept like this for half an afternoon, and he sat in the same position for half an afternoon. Now the arm near Li Mu was already numb.

"What time is it?" Li Mu asked after looking at the few books he couldn't find on his lap, knowing that Zhong Xiuyuan must have helped them put them away.

"The sun is about to set, and the head of the security guard has already come over, saying that they are spending the night in the bamboo forest in front." Zhong Xiuyuan raised the curtains to let Li Mu see the bamboo forest that was already faintly visible in front of him.

They marched towards the border of the two countries, and they could still see small villages a while ago, but now this area is within the scope of entering the battlefield, no one lives here, and it has been deserted for a long time.

Li Mu nodded, and patted his face again, trying to dispel sleepiness.

Zhong Xiuyuan moved his numb arm imperceptibly, but his eyes fell on the half of Li Mu's face with red marks because he slept on his shoulder.

Li Mu looked calm on the surface, but sometimes he felt childish.

For example, now, he didn't realize that there was a red mark on his face, and he was pulling his hair for a while, shaking his head for a while, and patting his cheek for a while. hand.

Li Mu sensed a touch on his face, and turned his head to look at Zhong Xiuyuan who stretched out his hand to him.

"There are marks on the face." Zhong Xiuyuan took this opportunity to touch Li Mu's face.

The latter stood obediently without moving, and let him help.

This is a trivial matter, but in the eyes of the people in this carriage, it is so sour and flustered.

Fortunately, the carriage stopped quickly, and a group of people got out of the carriage quickly upon seeing this.

After Li Mu got out of the carriage, he moved his arms and legs beside the carriage, found a place with water, got some water and washed his face.

The head of the escort came up at this time, and he said: "From here on, it will be regarded as entering the front line, and we will arrange people to watch the night later."

The two had talked about this matter before, Li Mu nodded and let him arrange it.

Although the leader of the team this time was Li Mu, most of these people were from the bodyguard bureau, and they listened more to the head of the bodyguard when it came to small matters. Li Mu knew about it, so he didn't want to fight for the limelight.

Everyone skillfully divided the work, those who gathered firewood picked up firewood, and those who prepared to cook cooked. Before the sky was completely dark, everyone simply made some food to fill their stomachs.

After eating, Li Mu took the initiative to apply for the night watch, not because he wanted to set an example, but because he slept so much during the day that he really didn't feel sleepy at night.

Li Mu didn't sleep, Zhong Xiuyuan naturally stayed behind.

As night fell and everyone fell asleep, Zhong Xiuyuan sat next to Li Mu.

Li Mu sat not far from the fire, staring at the book in his hand in a daze, not sure whether he was reading or thinking about something. The fed ducks behind him had already gone to sleep, only making a sound once or twice.

Zhong Xiuyuan rarely looked at Li Mu, but looked ahead.

After a long time, in the middle of the night, when Li Mu was tired of reading and put away the book, Zhong Xiuyuan opened his mouth.

He pointed to the direction he had been looking at for a long time and whispered to Li Mu: "There are hundreds of miles ahead in that direction, and it is a deserted city."

It used to be an extremely important city in Yuan State, but it was captured and occupied by Daning. After becoming a general, Zhong Xiuyuan led the army to take it back and destroy it. Now it has been abandoned by the two countries, and only the wreckage of the city remains.

"It used to be extremely prosperous there." Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know what he wanted to say, maybe it was because of the timidity of being close to the hometown, or there was too much hatred in his heart that he couldn't vent.

He was born in Yuan Guo. When he was a child, his father and grandfather taught him to grow up and practice martial arts diligently, so that he can serve the country and protect Yuan Guo when he grows up.

Later, Yuan Guoji and his family made great achievements and made things difficult for them.His father and grandfather taught him to restrain his sharpness and not to show his sharpness.

Later, both his father and grandfather were killed in battle, and he joined the army for his father at the age of 13. Since then, he has hated Yuan Guo and attempted to counterattack.

Now that he returns to this land, he is already a dead person, completely naked.

For this country, he once loved and hated it, but now there is nothing left, only a heart that wants to escape.

Li Mu followed his gaze, but he didn't speak.He has been to this battlefield before. In five or six years, he has almost traveled the entire battlefield.

After that, the two of them didn't talk anymore. After changing shifts, they found a place to sleep.

In the next few days, as they got closer to the battlefield, everyone became more careful, and the speed of advancement accelerated a lot.

The route arranged by Li Mu went smoothly, until he got near the border and was stopped by someone.

The one who stopped them was a brigade guarding this area. The army was not here recently, and they were kept mainly to prevent Yuan Guo from attacking.

Li Mu had been prepared for a long time. He took out the token given to him by Master Qin and handed it to the brigade captain. After the brigade captain read it, he let them sneak across the border at midnight that night.

That night, they crossed the border at the fastest speed and headed for the junction on Yuan Guo's side.

At dawn, they arrived at the predetermined place. After passing through the guards with the same token, they changed their clothes and Wendie, and became a Yuan Guo caravan with the name of a regular token.

On the chaotic border, there are people who make money from dead people, not to mention this kind of big business of living people, there are not a few people who are willing to take risks for it.

After crossing the border, they still need to walk for more than [-] days before they can meet with Master Qin's people at the predetermined place.

Zhong Xiuyuan's purpose was not to stay in Yuan Country, but to go to the border of Yuan Country's army, so after crossing the border, he was not going to follow Li Mu and the others.

Taking advantage of the reputation of being unaccustomed to the environment, Zhong Xiuyuan separated from the large team in the small town less than an hour away from the border crossing and stayed.

Li Mu went to complete the task assigned to him by Master Qin, while Zhong Xiuyuan tried to solve his own affairs after they left. When Li Mu came back, Zhong Xiuyuan had to go back to the town so that they could return to Daning together.

In a small town, Zhong Xiuyuan changed his outfit and watched Li Mu lead the team away, then left the town quietly.

He didn't have much time, and it took a total of 25 days. During this period, he had to contact Huo Shuang, then meet his brother, and find a way to bring him out.

If he missed Li Mu's return team, it would be difficult for him to cross the border with his own ability.

There is only one chance, never a second time.

After entering Yuan country and the team moved forward for about ten days, the difference between the two countries became clear.

Daning has been dragged down a lot in the past ten years. Most places are impoverished, and many small mountain villages are even visibly poor.

This is not the case for Yuan Guo. Although Yuan Guo is now being beaten and retreating steadily, people are still in panic, but the small towns, villages and cities are still a prosperous scene from the outside.

After Li Mu left, Zhong Xiuyuan immediately found several contact points he had set up to avoid everyone, and it took Zhong Xiuyuan two days to use the code to find his people.

During the period of contacting Huo Shuang through the contact point, Zhong Xiuyuan inquired about the current situation in the camp.

His younger brother was already in the battalion, and had already fought in a small battle.

His first battle was not smooth, but it was not too ugly to lose. It was probably because the people above had specifically explained, so he was not directly pushed to the front line, but was brought to the back of the army to make suggestions.

Fortunately, his brother is not too far away from this place now, so his time is much more relaxed.

After the contact signal was sent out, the rest of the time was waiting.

When the news came from Huo Shuang, it was already four or five days later.

Knowing that Zhong Xiuyuan had arrived at the border, Huo Shuang and the others were very surprised, but also very excited.

After Zhong Xiuyuan left, Yuan Guo lost in a row. Now the defense line has retreated hundreds of miles, and several cities have been lost.Zhong Xiuyuan's return immediately gave everyone a shot in the arm, and everyone who was depressed before cheered up.

When they met secretly at the agreed place, after learning that Zhong Xiuyuan was not planning to go back, everyone's faces paled instantly.

"...If anyone wants to do something, stand up now." Zhong Xiuyuan drew his saber, and with a sword flower in his hand, the cold killing intent overflowed.

After listening to Zhong Xiuyuan's words, everyone stood there silently, and the atmosphere was a little stiff for a moment.

Those who can stand here all have some understanding of Zhong Xiuyuan's affairs, and they were originally facing Zhong Xiuyuan, and even most of them were brought up by Zhong Xiuyuan from the army.

Zhong Xiuyuan was ambitious, and these people followed Zhong Xiuyuan, and they had already understood this.So some of them are ambitious and want to follow Zhong Xiuyuan to do a big business.

After hearing Zhong Xiuyuan's words now, many people can't accept it.

Zhong Xiuyuan glanced at the crowd coldly, seeing that almost everyone was here, he stopped holding Jianhua's hand, and the next moment, he threw the knife in his hand in front of everyone.

Under everyone's puzzled and shocked gaze, Zhong Xiuyuan said: "If anyone feels that I owe you, you can also stand up."

Seeing this, everyone who was holding their breath became more and more silent, but their thoughts became more and more complicated.

There is no lack of ambition among them, but there are not many warlike ones.

This battle has been fought for ten years, and the ten years have worn away the ambitions of most of the people here, and now all that remains is the same exhaustion and numbness as Zhong Xiuyuan.

The only reason they didn't back down was because there were family members behind them who needed their protection.

Now that Zhong Xiuyuan chooses such a path, they don't need to help, but they also understand, it's just that they can't accept it for a while.

003.

"I will help." Huo Shuang stood up and broke the silence.

When the rest of the people looked up at him one after another, Huo Shuang said: "Don't you understand, there is only one ever-victorious general in this world."

Zhong Xiuyuan's younger brother, Zhong Manlu, is not Zhong Xiuyuan. Although he is also 13 years old and he is also a descendant of the Zhong family, he is not as talented as Zhong Xiuyuan in leading troops in battle.

It can be seen from the fact that he lost and was injured in the first battle before, that he cannot become the next Zhong Xiuyuan.In fact, this is also expected. After all, it is not bad that a victorious general like Zhong Xiuyuan can produce one in hundreds of years!

If not, their Yuan Guo has already dominated, so why bother to be oppressed by Daning again?

Among them, many people originally had hope for Zhong Manlu, but everyone knew it the first time they saw him, knowing that Zhong Manlu could not become the next victorious general or the next God of War.

How could such a young man with timid eyes when he saw strangers like them lead an army of tens of millions?

Zhong Xiuyuan has lost his heart to Yuan Guo, and he will never help Yuan Guo again, not to mention whether he is willing to go back, even if a person who has already lost his heart goes back, he cannot be the same as before.

But Zhongman's road is hard to become a master, and there is actually no difference between staying or not staying.

Huo Shuang's statement turned the originally tense atmosphere into sadness, and the sudden news made everyone a little confused. No one expressed their position for the next few days, but no one stopped it.

When they finally assembled again, apart from Huo Shuang, only two or three people who had stayed by his side long ago appeared in front of Zhong Xiuyuan.

Regarding such a result, Zhong Xiuyuan didn't say anything.

When he abandoned Yuan Guo, he also abandoned the family members guarded by those people. It was reasonable for those people not to follow him. He even felt that it was the greatest favor for those people not to obstruct him.

It's just that now, he doesn't have much energy to think about it.

After meeting Huo Shuang and the others again, Zhong Xiuyuan immediately started to think of a way to get his brother Zhong Manlu out.

Without further ado, he didn't have much time to lose.

In the unoccupied conference room, Zhong Xiuyuan, who was wearing a soldier's armor, stood at the top, frowning slightly and looking at the map in front of him.

Standing on his right side, Huo Shuang looked at the map with quite a headache, "He is being monitored by people from two teams. It is extremely difficult for our people to get close to him on weekdays. It is almost impossible to bring him out directly. The only chance is when the dressing is changed."

People from those two teams came out from the palace, and their only task was to follow Zhong Manlu wherever he went, monitoring him, and their only breakthrough was when changing the dressing.

Because there were no people with medical skills in those two teams, the doctors who changed Zhong Xiuyuan's dressing were all from the barracks.

After discussing almost all night without sleep, they finally came to a conclusion that they could only start with changing the medicine.

They needed to let Zhong Manlu leave the camp surrounded by the army first, and then Zhong Manlu suddenly fainted and fell ill on the way, and then their people would pretend to be doctors to take him away for diagnosis and treatment, and take advantage of this chaotic moment to transfer him.

Although the plan has been drawn up, the problem now is how they can contact Zhong Manlu and get him to cooperate.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhong Xiuyuan decided to sneak into the camp by himself and meet him.

After finalizing the plan, Huo Shuang started to arrange manpower, and Zhong Xiuyuan was also busy looking for opportunities to make preparations.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, seeing that Li Mu had already started his return journey, and he would return to the town in four or five days, Zhong Xiuyuan had no choice but to speed up his progress.

After Huo Shuang arranged the manpower to respond, one night, Zhong Xiuyuan pretended to be a soldier and sneaked into the camp with other people who cooperated with him.

After lurking in the camp for several hours, when he caught the opportunity to sneak into the tent, Zhong Xiuyuan directly covered Zhong Manlu's mouth, pulled him to blow out the lamp, and the two of them only leaned on each other's hand to write in the tent comminicate.

When he left, it was already crowing time the next day.

After setting a time with Zhong Manlu, Zhong Xiuyuan checked the plan again with Huo Shuang and the others.

Soon, the day of action will come.

Early in the morning, Zhong Xiuyuan changed into the uniform of a soldier and went to the camp with Huo Shuang.

A few days ago, Huo Shuang had already suggested that Zhong Manlu move with them to the rear camp to recuperate.

Zhong Man Lu was still young, and it was his first time on the battlefield. He was defeated and injured as soon as he arrived. Huo Shuang's advice was still useful. The people from the two brigades who came with Zhong Man Lu soon became agreed.

Although they hoped that Zhongman Road could be like Zhong Xiuyuan, defeating Daning's army steadily, they could also see that Zhongman Road was not Zhong Xiuyuan, so they agreed after a little hesitation and decided to let Zhong Man Man Lu regained his strength.

On Zhong Xiuyuan's side, he was nervously planning, but on the other side, everything went smoothly with Li Mu.

It was probably because the people in Yuan Guo's military camp were too busy to take care of themselves, so no one paid attention to their group of merchants. They arrived at their destination smoothly, and then took over more than a dozen carts of medicinal herbs.

After disposing of all the chickens and sheep, they started walking back with their stuff.

They didn't deal with the ducks, but piled a lot of grass blades on top of the herbs, using duck feed as a cover.

It was nightfall when the brigade arrived in the town.

After returning to the inn where they stayed before, Li Mu asked everyone to rest early and set off again the next day after booking the inn.

After settling everyone down, Li Mu went to the room where Zhong Xiuyuan was, but he didn't see anyone when he entered the door.

Looking at the empty room, Li Mu frowned, with a bad feeling welling up in his heart.

According to the original agreement, Zhong Xiuyuan should have been waiting here when he came back. Now that he is not here, something must have happened.

Li Mu closed the door to hide the uneasiness in his heart, went downstairs to eat with the others, and went back to his room early to rest.

It's just that he couldn't sleep at night, and tomorrow their team had to leave early in the morning according to the agreement. If Zhong Xiuyuan didn't come back before dawn, then he couldn't wait any longer.

In the middle of the night, the originally quiet town suddenly became noisy, and Li Mu, who was sitting quietly drinking tea and waiting, went downstairs immediately.

The direction of the noisy sound was not in the town, but in the military camp not far from the town. Something seemed to have happened there, and the voices were boiling and very lively.

Li Mucai went downstairs, and those who came with him in their team also got up and went downstairs one after another. They were doing such a thing, and they were guilty, but now when there was a commotion, the other side also became nervous.

"What should I do?" the head of the escort asked Li Mu.

He had never encountered such a situation before, and there was cold sweat on his forehead at the moment.

"Look again." Li Mu silently looked in the noisy direction.

He had guessed in his heart that the commotion might have something to do with Zhong Xiuyuan, but he couldn't be sure.

After about half a stick of incense, the commotion in the darkness gradually expanded, and it seemed that many soldiers on horseback were coming towards them.

The head of the bodyguard and the others were already tense, cold sweat dripped from their foreheads. If there was a disturbance in the town and the town was searched, they would definitely be investigated, but the things they brought could not stand the investigation.

Li Mu just looked in the direction of the commotion with a blank expression.

After another half a cup of tea, the figure over there gradually became clear, and two teams of people, one in front and one behind, ran towards this side quickly.

The people in front were wearing black clothes to conceal their identities, those people were protecting the two people on one of the horses, and the group of people behind them were the chasing cavalry.

Seeing the group of people coming this way, Li Mu immediately moved, "Let's go."

The escort and the others were already sweating profusely from nervousness, although now it seemed that those people didn't come for them, but they didn't want to stay in this place anymore.

After a while, the group of people entered the town, and the whole town was in a commotion.

In the inn, Li Mu looked at the horses and the goods on them, frowned, and said cruelly, "Let all the ducks go, and only take the herbs!"

This time they had about twenty vehicles, of which ducks accounted for nearly half. Now that there are so many vehicles, it is difficult to take them away, so they can only choose important herbs.

When everyone heard the words, they immediately untied the carriages, and exchanged all the extra horses for the carts loaded with medicine.

The crowd moved very quickly, and it didn't take long before they drove the carriage from the other side of the town to the border.Li Mu became cruel, and after their team left, he set fire to the inn where he had stayed before and the restaurant next to it.

After the fire spread, people in the small town panicked, and almost everyone rushed out to help put out the fire to prevent the fire from spreading.

All of a sudden, in the dark night illuminated by the fire, the fleeing people, the army people, and the people who put out the fire were all confused and confused.

Seeing the timing, Li Mu drove his horse to Zhong Xiuyuan's side, and led the people to the team.

Seeing this, the men in black who escorted Zhong Xiuyuan all the way here immediately turned around and entangled the soldiers who were trying to catch up, but they were weak and couldn't hold on for too long.

In the darkness, seeing that group of cavalry was about to catch up again, the sabers in their hands were already slashing at Li Mu, the cavalry squad suddenly lost their formation.

The horses under them seemed to be frightened, they all neighed and hid in a panic.

In the chaos, Zhong Xiuyuan and Li Mu