[Sword Three] [Huayang] Continues

Just after the New Year's Eve, the Haoqi League seized the vacancy in Bailongkou's defense, occupied the half-empty Wolongpo with lightning speed, and then marched straight up to attack the Sun Moon Cliff.

When Xiao Fan arrived late, Sun Moon Cliff was on fire. He withdrew many people earlier, activated the arrow tower defenses he had secretly laid out, and then sent orders to move rescuers to various points in the southwest. After dragging Cao Yu for another month, he simply stood coldly With a snort, he diverted to Mawei Station.

And Yun Jin, the master of Sun Moon Cliff, was not only involved in the right and wrong of the Demon Lord who backed the valley to protect the mighty swordsman, but was also run over by Cao Yu to the door of the house, and he resolutely did not appear again.

When Yun Jin sent people back to the valley, Xiao Fan also sent people to follow him. The cunning Master Xiu disguised himself and took the medicine king's pavilion that no one dared to enter.It is not difficult for Qixiu, who is used to being a spy, to escape from the villain and run away, or to change her identity and make a comeback after a few years.

It's just that Yun Jin was seriously injured at that time, and she refused Wanhua Valley's medical treatment. Whether she can survive is another matter.

It was also expected that Xiao Fan would not wait for the reinforcements who would not be able to defend the city. He not only took in the troops of the two cities, but also merged the meritorious service he had with Jiang Yan at the order of the valley owner, and was newly promoted as the Demon Lord, so he gave up on Sun Moon Cliff. The possibility of returning to defense, simply send all the two cities to preserve their strength, and kill prisoners of war and deserters along the way.Han Yufang returned to Wuwang City to return to his mission, and Cao Yu had the opportunity to use his surprise attack skills to take advantage of the rich resources of Qutang Gorge. He regrouped his troops and took the city in one fell swoop.

It's hard to say who is more powerful or cunning. Leaving aside those sneak attacks and informants' hard work and mutual trade-offs, the Bailongkou stronghold has been completely occupied by Haoqi and the dust has settled. It is the time when the flowers bloom in March.

As soon as the fighting stopped, Ye Rong picked a tavern and plunged into it.

Originally, this tavern deviated from the main road and opened on the edge of a small mountain village. Not to mention strangers, even the villagers from the village rarely came. Unexpectedly, Ye Rong stayed there for less than two days, and someone stepped in with military boots and stomped the tavern that happened to be leaked through the door. The setting sun covered it.

Young Master Ye changed into a light outfit early on. He took off his golden crown and tied it into a ponytail hastily with yellow rope. His outer clothes did not change the luxurious style of dark embroidery with gold thread. After he was a little drunk, he was ripped and wrinkled, revealing his close-fitting white silk inner shirt .

He raised his blushing face and squinted his eyes when he heard the sound of footsteps. He didn't react until the person saw him clearly. What are you doing here?"

Cao Yu changed into the simple military uniform with slightly shaved battle armor, and slightly draped it on the back. After entering the door, he leaned the undiminished gun against the wall, and then walked up to Ye Rong's obviously guilty gaze, He untied the wristband on his hand and said, "Is this tavern an asset of yours, Ye Rong?"

"No." Ye Rong shook his head towards Tiance, who looked stern and stern, like a heavenly soldier.

"Then it's only natural for me to come to drink?" Cao Yu said.

"Ah?" Seeing him grinning, Ye Rong once suspected that he heard it wrong. After all, Cao Yu didn't drink alcohol when the military discipline was strict.

Cao Yu sat down beside him in disbelief, threw some money on the table, and called out to the bartender who was hiding and dared not come out: "Two jars."

Ye Rong was speechless, holding his face to watch him take the wine jug and fill it up for himself, and then watching his throat twitch to drink, finally couldn't sit still: "Cao Yu, don't you have something urgent to do? ?”

"It's over." Cao Yu squinted at him, and pushed the filled wine cup to him, "I'll burn the things that Mr. Han told me, along the way, for the little Taoist priest."

Ye Rong glanced at the wine glass but didn't take it. There is no good wine in this mountain village. He is not greedy. He likes to go here but wants to be quiet. After Cao Yu finished the last sentence, he snorted coldly: "What's wrong with Han Yufang? Thinking of burning something for that little Taoist priest? Could it be that the miscellaneous soldiers were recruited by the subordinates under her administration, and she feels sorry?"

Cao Yu glanced at him, knocked on the table and said: "Burn a piano score, it is said that it is a strange score obtained from the demon king, so as not to fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives. Yang Yiran has studied art with the Taoist Xiao Song before." , it is appropriate to burn this spectrum to him."

"It's Mr. Han who is quick and quick to shake things that are hot." Ye Rong snorted again, although he was a little more relaxed, but his tense and disdainful pretty face was still dark.

Cao Yu nodded, not knowing which point he was agreeing with, he took the wine bowl and drank it down, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve before saying, "Han Yufang asks me to be transferred to Jinshui."

"It's not good for her to stay in Wuwang City. She insists on going down to suffer, are you stimulated?" Ye Rong snorted, raised the wine cup and glanced sideways at Cao Yu, who nodded, "Come on, Jinshui's group of sitters are willing to move their seats?"

"Well, they came to Qutang." Cao Yu nodded.

"What?!" Ye Rongfang relaxed, spewed out a sip of wine before swallowing it, and then coughed violently.

Somewhat helplessly, Cao Yu raised his hand and hammered him on the back a few times, explaining: "The villain has already gained power in the southwest, and now Xiao Fan shrinks the defense line and consolidates resources, which can be regarded as another opportunity to reshuffle the cards and give Haoqi an opportunity. They can come whenever they want, and the wicked should change their opponents."

Ye Rong coughed and listened, his fair and tender face flushed red, he swung his ponytail and said angrily, "Wuwang City's city lord is deluded by lard? Can we win by changing the coach?!"

But Cao Yu didn't complain at all as Ye Rong imagined. Instead of being angry, he smiled, his eyes sparkling. He patted him on the shoulder vigorously and pushed him back, saying, "They also have difficulties."

"Them? Difficulties?! Let alone me, Ye Rong, any Haoqi coach knows that you have fought in the southwest for many years, and you are the most familiar with the battle situation. Bailong was in a hurry to change generals after winning the battle. He disliked Jinshui for being too comfortable and wanted to come Just say it when you grab resources and get meritorious service." Ye Rong raised his eyebrows in anger, thanks to his tender and pretty appearance, he didn't look so vicious.

"So, you don't plan to support them anymore?" Cao Yu asked with a smile.

"Nonsense, no matter how much money I have in the villa, I won't spend it on that kind of pig's head." Ye Rong was still angry, poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip.

"Ye Rong..." Cao Yu smiled heartily. Seeing Ye Rong's angry appearance, he suddenly changed his tone, "Rongrong...Little Rongrong?"

This time, Ye Rong glared and swallowed the wine quickly, but his eyes turned red from the spicy aftertaste, and he raised his hand and punched him hard on the chest: "Cao Yu, are you crazy?!"

"I'm drunk." Cao Yu clenched his fist and narrowed his eyes to look at him.

Ye Rong was stunned for a moment, and seeing that his face was as usual, and he was not drunk from top to bottom, he became even angrier, and immediately reprimanded: "Stop pretending to be crazy by drinking here!"

"I'm really drunk." Cao Yu insisted that he was drunk, raised his hand to cover his fair chin, and kissed Ye Rong's reddish lips.

It's not so much a kiss as a gnawing. Cao Yu fiercely grabbed Ye Rong's lips, which were about to speak. The unshaven beard left some red marks on his fair and tender face. Cocoon's fingers pinned his chin, stained with fingerprints.

Ye Rong was stunned by the slight pain and the scorching breath, and when he realized that he was being kissed on the table by Cao Yu, who was suddenly ferocious and fierce like a wolf, he pushed him away vigorously angrily, and then thought about it If he didn't want to, he kicked his calf with the embroidered gold boots: "Cao Yu, you are going to die! You are not only pretending to be drunk, you are also pretending to be crazy! What did you say to avoid suspicion?! What about you and my colleagues?! You are not happy with you Take it out on me?!"

Cao Yu kicked him on the ground and scolded him without answering. After Ye Rong kicked the stool again in a fit of anger, he sat up resentfully, looked at his suave figure even if he lost his temper, and said, "I'll take it." Order to return to Tiance Mansion to serve."

Ye Rong was stunned, staring at Cao Yu who was smiling frankly on the ground, he didn't know how to answer, he just reached out and wiped the red mark on his mouth in a dumb way.

"In the middle of the month, Tubo sent envoys to ask for peace, and Marshal Guo scolded him back. It seems that there will be another war in half a year. Hezhong soldiers need to go to defend Fengtian. Tubo, Dangxiang and Huihe are all ready to move. The military situation is urgent, the leader I have been approved to go back to the government to work, and I will leave next month." Cao Yu explained the reasons briefly, and finally stretched out his hand to the dazed Ye Rong, "Master, we have to say goodbye here."

Ye Rong obviously calmed down, but her eyes widened in disbelief, she slowly pulled him up, and said, "I'll go too."

"You?" Cao Yu straightened his clothes after standing firm, and shook his head at him, "Tang Ting is going to fight, and Hao Qi and the wicked will probably cease fighting again. Why don't you stay in Qutang Gorge?"

"Of course not." This time it was Ye Rong's turn to be anxious, and he swung his fist close to his tall nose, threatening, "Cao Yu, I've known you for 20 years, half of your aura is due to your presence. Why, do you want to run?"

"Before I became Haoqi, I was first a strategist and a Tang soldier. How can I ignore my family's difficulties?" Cao Yu said righteously, and he did not let go of his white and tender fists that could not see the power.

In the next moment, Ye Rong's fist hit him in the face, not too light or too heavy, and he didn't bleed, but it made Cao Yu groan in pain.

"In the past, it was you who said to avoid suspicion, and it was best to go about your business, but now you are the one who runs away. You, Cao Yu, are usually upright and upright, so why are you just a mess when you are with me?" Ye Rong grabbed Pulling him back by his collar, he reasoned with him angrily.

Cao Yu frowned, and when he was about to refute, he saw his still red lips, and suddenly swallowed back what he was going to say.

"You want to run, okay, I give you so many soldiers, horses, food, arrow towers and chariots every year, you pay me back?" Ye Rong raised his eyebrows, and got up like a rogue, "Repay the money to the head office? Don't you want to pay me back?" Accepting bribes, the papers are all kept with me."

"You..." Cao Yu stared at him, not knowing how to argue for a while.

"Can't afford it? How about paying half of it? Otherwise, you will give me back the money that was filled in the shortfall in the salary the year before last?" Ye Rong saw him in a dilemma, and immediately threatened him, "General Cao, people have to be trustworthy. You shouldn't Do you want me to ask Xie Yuan for money? Repaying the debt is justified, and it is only right for me to make trouble in the imperial city."

Cao Yu's face darkened, he slapped his hand away, glared at him and said, "Ye Rong! Don't make fun of me!"

Ye Rong immediately turned serious: "No kidding, I still have the family letter you wrote to me eight years ago, probably in the IOU, and you want me to throw it to the leader? General Cao was so affectionate and devoted his heart and soul back then, but now it is Don't admit it?"

"That's because I went to war and was afraid I wouldn't be able to come back!" Cao Yu almost gritted his canine teeth when he recalled the farewell with a pen in the desperate situation.

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"IOU." Ye Rong raised his chin and approached him.

"..."

"Book from home."

Cao Yu looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing Ye Rong holding his arms and refusing to budge, he immediately sat back angrily and amusedly, wiped his face and said, "It's up to you."

Ye Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled brilliantly. In fact, he looked the same as the teenager, sat down happily with a flick of his ponytail, and even stabilized the wine cup that had been abandoned several times before giving it to him. I poured myself a glass of wine: "Even if you are drunk, you have to count. I will go to Luoyan City by myself, so you don't have to worry about it."

"I'd rather be drunk." Cao Yu rubbed his brows as a tacit consent, seeing that Ye Rong smelled the aroma of the wine but refused to drink it, and suddenly said, "So you know the whole story about the city lord's embezzlement case the year before last?"

"I only know where the money is going." Ye Rong turned the clarified wine and winked at him, "When the Haoqi League was established, it was so brilliant. There is no difference of sect, there will be no power struggle, contact the heroes of various sects, Seek collective wisdom and efforts. But after so many years, even the Valley of the Wicked has gathered a lot of capable people, how can the Haoqi League be clean forever? If you take that person away, won’t you force them to the Valley of the Wicked? Bing, that little Taoist priest is a living example."

The old-fashioned words were somewhat dissonant from Ye Rong's pretty and tender appearance, Cao Yu smiled and didn't continue, and changed the subject: "Before I leave, I need your help."

"Say."

"Send your people to send a letter to the Valley of Thousand Flowers."

"Where are your own people?" Ye Rong knew the answer as soon as he asked, put down the wine cup, and said angrily, "Jin Shui's group is really boring."

"It doesn't matter whether it's boring or not, it's hard to meet again in the future." Cao Yu patted Ye Rong's shoulder consolingly, but was opened by the latter, so he could only sigh, "Wuwangcheng's arrest order has been issued, and Mu Chenfeng is hiding from you." but."

"I probably guessed it. He has military exploits since he joined the alliance, and he has contributed a lot to Qutang's one win and three defenses." Ye Rong showed regret after hearing this, "Although we know, even if you use a sword to force him, he will be defeated." And he won't betray any noble information. As for that Wanhua, it's impossible for such an arrogant person to pry the mouth of his sweetheart. But Mu Chenfeng knows too much, and he is your partner. Even if he has no intention of betraying him, anyone will I think he is a traitor, and I will definitely not let him go."

"For the sake of the Demon Lord, we can't make it through." Cao Yu took a drink and said, "It's just a coincidence that Xiao Fan's secret letter from Bailong was signed by him. I hurried to the staff in Chang'an in a hundred miles and told me to give it to me."

"How can I scold you if I don't give it to you?" Ye Rong sneered beside him.

Hearing his sarcastic remarks, Cao Yu couldn't laugh or cry again: "How do you know he scolded me?"

"Mu Chenfeng has fought with you for so many years. You don't hold him to be the martial arts arrogance, but you let him be a casual person, and you don't give him an official position in Qutang according to his head, and you don't scold him. Who are you scolding?" Ye Rong almost gave him a blank look, then drew a few points on the table with his fingertips and analyzed,

"He is your partner. He can help you in leading small troops and fighting raids. Every time you get supplies and meritorious service, it will be yours. It is very useful to you. But this man has military exploits and a famous name, and he even rejected the alliance leader in person. Promotion, what Wuwangcheng is most afraid of is this kind of people who can't be controlled and are out of sight. What if they rebel one day?"

As Ye Rong said, he bent his fingers and made a muffled sound.

Since ancient times, good generals have often degraded themselves in order to protect themselves, or were greedy for money or fame to avoid envy. Mu Chenfeng has worked with Cao Yu for several years. Meng has fallen into trouble, and it is not known what will happen to Cao Yu after he returns to the mansion.

Cao Yu's face changed a little when he heard that, and he nodded unconsciously: "Yes, now I have the opportunity to sit down and relieve Wuwangcheng's worries."

"Don't talk about Wuwang City, it's not impossible for other city masters and supervisors to make plans from him. If they succeed, they can trip you up by the way." Ye Rong wiped away the traces just now and concluded, "In the final analysis, Mu Chenfeng is so careless. Right and wrong, unintentional fame and fortune, no hobbies, even if I invite him to drink, he shouldn't mix in the camp. That Wanhua is weaker than us, and he will definitely scold you when he takes this opportunity. Don't worry about how many crimes you put in, just accept them all, could it be that he can go to Tiance to trouble you?"

Cao Yu looked at the setting sun outside the door curtain, as if he saw the young man in white clasping his fist at him, and sighed: "When I was editing, I asked Chen Feng why he came here, and he thought for a long time before he said that he wanted to read what Master said. What does 'Perfect Good and Righteous Way' look like? But you and I punish rape and eradicate evil and do evil at the same time, use all means and kill people, in addition to defending the family, defending the country, and seeking benefits for the people, how many real good deeds can you show?"

At that time, he was high-spirited and wanted to make a difference, but the young man was always on the sidelines of the camp.Go or stay as you like, they eventually parted ways.

"But it's okay, Wanhua's signature is him. Wu Wangcheng thinks he can get information from Mozun, and he issued a hunting order instead of an assassination order. This is still a joke. If you go to the sect to arrest people, you have to submit a post. If he takes the opportunity to run, he may not be able to escape." Ye Rong stretched his muscles and stood up, and suddenly said strangely, "Mozun is now backing the valley with a hero, why is there no movement in the valley of the wicked? I don't believe that those vicious dogs that usually bite each other can hold their breath .”

"I met Xiao Fan in Bailongkou and asked about it." Cao Yu intertwined his fingertips and said coldly, "Don't worry about those who force their existence against the sky."

The author has something to say: The young master’s heart is like a mirror, Cao Yu is very good, congratulations to Ce Zanghe