Adviser should be self-improvement

On a seemingly ordinary day, Chu Huaiqing normally handled Xuzhou's official duties. During the 20-odd days since arriving in Xuzhou, most of the difficult problems such as appeasing the victims and organizing reconstruction have been solved. After today, Chu Huaiqing can prepare For the handover of official duties, Xuzhou was entrusted with Liu Yi's full authority.

Even though he was going back to Pingzhou in the near future, out of prudence, Chu Huaiqing didn't ask someone to send a letter to Qin Ce in advance, so as not to be caught by something again at that time and make the lord happy.

The lord likes him too...

The corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably again, Chu Huaiqing covered his mouth with his hands, and forced his attention back to the business, but unfortunately, all actions in the absence will become powerless, just like Chu Huaiqing at this time, when that When the loud report suddenly pierced into Chu Huaiqing's ears through the door, Chu Huaiqing almost knocked the official document in his hand to the ground.

The servant never had time to look at Chu Huaiqing's face: "Mr. Chu, it's not good, something serious happened!"

Quickly calming down, Chu Huaiqing said, "Don't worry, what happened?"

The attendant gasped and looked at him incoherently: "They, they didn't come back... No, they came back, blood, blood!"

"They?" Chu Huaiqing, who was confused but could tell the urgency of the situation and couldn't continue sitting down, got up and said, "Lead me to the scene first."

"Yes!"

The scene was at the gate of the city, three or four blood-stained people fell on the ground, looking grim, and the common people formed a circle not far away, panicked and trembling due to the appalling situation, not daring to come forward, The doctor who hurried over was sweating profusely, busy back and forth, and also couldn't care less about talking to Chu Huaiqing.

As a doctor, Chu Huaiqing naturally understood that rashly intervening in a dangerous situation would only add to the chaos. Seeing that the injuries of those people were treated effectively, she waited patiently and asked the people for useful information.

The common people thought they were frightened, and it would be better if they saw Chu Huaiqing, but they couldn't explain clearly when everyone said something, and Chu Huaiqing comforted him many times, and finally they could only get something from these words. Pieces of information.

For example, these people are the team he asked Liu Yi to send out to find people a few days ago. For example, there were originally more than [-] people in this team, but now only four have returned, and they are still in danger.

Liu Yi arrived after Chu Huaiqing, and was shocked when he saw those bloody people: "What's going on!?"

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Liu, someone is awake!"

Chu Huaiqing hurried over, along with Liu Yi who also didn't understand the situation.

The soldier's eyes were half-opened, his eyes were clouded, fine blood froth kept spilling from his mouth, and he shouted with difficulty: "Liu...Master Liu..."

"Take your time, don't rush to speak."

Chu Huaiqing patted Liu Yi on the shoulder, and shook his head: "From his expression, what he wants to say must be something urgent, let him talk first."

The soldier choked out his breath and refused to let go. He saw Chu Huaiqing who was half-bending beside him, and grabbed the opponent's hand with all his strength, as if he had grabbed a savior: "There is a... ...No, not from Xuzhou, soldiers and horses...We were, were, discovered, and they just, killed..."

Chu Huaiqing didn't speak, but shook the soldier's smudged hand back.

The soldier opened his eyes very wide, and a vague mist filled the ground: "Brothers, cover, we, come back, come back and report...Mr. Chu, they...them!" At the end of the sentence, Has become a weak choked sob.

"There are soldiers and horses appearing outside the city, and they may invade Xuzhou, I know." Chu Huaiqing pressed his hand on the soldier's chest, helping him to breathe evenly, "I will take care of it, trust me, they won't So die in vain."

The soldier grinned at the corner of his mouth, half smiling, half crying, and finally lowered his head slowly in front of everyone.

Liu Yi waited impatiently, and couldn't help asking Chu Huaiqing who was giving the soldier his pulse, "How is he?"

Chu Huaiqing put down the soldier's hand, heaved a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just that he lost too much blood and passed out."

Never caring about the blood stains on her body, Chu Huaiqing got up and looked around at the people who were obviously at a loss: "It's all right now, please leave first."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they were still convinced by Chu Huaiqing, and dispersed without much hesitation, but Chu Huaiqing and Liu Yi could clearly hear those anxious and whispered discussions.

"There are soldiers and horses appearing...are there going to be a war again?"

"It's only been a few days since the good days, why are we going to fight again, alas!"

"When will this miserable day end!"

"Someone is going to attack Xuzhou, can we hold it?"

"You can keep it, after all, Mr. Chu is here..."

The soldier was carried away, leaving a large amount of blood on the ground. Liu Yi looked at Chu Huaiqing who was silent, and hesitated to speak. Chu Huaiqing waved his hand and said, "Help me find ten quick-witted people. Follow me out of town at once."

Never thinking that Chu Huaiqing made this decision, Liu Yi widened his eyes: "Mr. Chu can't! The soldier just said that there are soldiers and horses who want to invade Xuzhou. Why did Mr. Chu choose to leave the city at this time?"

Chu Huaiqing said calmly: "That's why I'm going out to find out."

Liu Yi said anxiously: "Then why not do it for someone else? If something happens to you, what will the whole of Xuzhou do?"

Hearing this, Chu Huaiqing changed his usual gentleness and looked directly at the other party with a solemn expression: "Without me, there will be no one in charge of Xuzhou? Is it possible that what I have taught you these days is all for nothing? "

Knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, Liu Yi immediately stopped talking, bit his lower lip, and insisted: "But why do you have to fight in person?"

"There are soldiers patrolling outside the city every day, but no one has ever discovered that soldiers and horses have entered the boundary of Xuzhou, which shows that the other party is not a reckless person."

Chu Huaiqing's face was sullen, and he was obviously annoyed. He only focused on Xuzhou's rest, thinking that Xuzhou was already a barren land, and would no longer attract people's attention. He never considered that it would be a barren land again. Words are also a big meal, and the danger of being taken for granted cannot be ruled out.

"I don't feel relieved until I see what's going on with my own eyes."

Having been with Chu Huaiqing for a long time, knowing that even under the gentleness there is a stubborn bone, Liu Yi couldn't persuade him, and became even more anxious, and blurted out the words he didn't care about: "If Mr. Chu insists on this, I will go with you! "

"Liu Yi." Chu Huaiqing immediately lowered his face, on the verge of anger, "You said you want to go with me?"

On weekdays, Liu Yi still treats Chu Huaiqing like a teacher in private, and he treats Chu Huaiqing as a teacher in private. Shocked: "Mr. Chu, I'm just worried..."

Chu Huaiqing's face softened: "They are cunning, why should I go on a rampage? After all, I will come back after seeing the situation clearly. The risk will not be too great."

"But you only bring ten people in total, and the other party doesn't know how many soldiers and horses they have. If they encounter any danger, how can they protect you?" Liu Yi said, "Why don't you bring dozens more, no, two or three hundred people ?”

Chu Huaiqing said: "I'm just going to investigate, not to fight. If there are too many people, it will get in the way. Just be careful, are you afraid that I may encounter any danger?"

This can't be persuaded, and that can't be persuaded, Liu Yi was so anxious: "But what if something happens to you?" Liu Yi insisted on this point and looked straight at the other party, "You can guarantee that there will be no trace of it. Is it dangerous?"

Chu Huaiqing looked at him for a while, and sighed helplessly: "Of course I can't guarantee it. If I don't come back within three days, you need to find Shao Jing for rescue nearby. You can't delay even a moment. Then write another letter to Pingzhou, The prince will explain the whole story and ask for instructions on the next steps."

"Mr. Chu!"

No longer arguing, Chu Huaiqing patted him on the shoulder as usual, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the determination in his eyes could not be questioned: "Hurry up and get ready, you need better martial arts."

Liu Yi, who wanted to persevere, was finally stunned by Chu Huaiqing's smile, was discouraged for a while, and replied dejectedly: "...Yes."

Since Chu Huaiqing can't be persuaded, at least safety must be considered.With this in mind, Liu Yi carefully selected ten people, all of whom were heroes who could stand against ten in a war.

Seeing a person who was not a stranger among them, Chu Huaiqing took another look at him.

"What's the matter, Mr. Chu?" Liu Yi asked.

That person was the guard who was arranged by Liu Yi to escort him back to the mansion a few days ago, perhaps recalling that the palpitations of being probed by that gaze were still there, Chu Huaiqing couldn't help but feel a little suspicious: "Who is he?"

"His name is Shen Che. He is a native of Xuzhou. He was originally a soldier. I saw that he is good at martial arts, so I recruited him as a guard." Liu Yi said, "But there is something wrong with this man. Do you want to replace him?"

Chu Huaiqing frowned and thought carefully, but couldn't think of any problems, so he said, "No need."

After giving some instructions on what needs to be paid attention to, Chu Huaiqing got on his horse and led the ten people out of the city gate. At the moment of leaving the city, Shen Che, who had been staring at him, suddenly squinted and glanced sideways inadvertently. There seemed to be a black shadow stirring, but it returned to calm in an instant, too fast for people to notice.

Following Shen Che's line of sight, but couldn't see anything, Chu Huaiqing's doubts intensified, and she asked, "What were you looking at just now?"

Shen Che was surprised at the right time, and replied: "I didn't read anything just now."

Chu Huaiqing glanced at him again, without asking any more questions, and simply looked away.

But at the same time, a word sounded in my heart.

——The second misfortune lies with the traitor, remember to be careful.

The author has something to say: Chu Huaiqing may be able to turn around and go back, but in the end it doesn’t make sense

The most important thing is, how to follow the plot without accidents ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Suddenly found that it seems impossible to express my feelings in the ten chapters _(:з)∠)_