Second minister and thief

"and many more!"

Seeing that Chu Linqiu's figure was about to disappear behind the cloud-patterned door, Xiao Cen hurriedly called out to him.But when the person turned around and their eyes met, they didn't know what to say.A thousand words are not enough to say "thank you".

"Master Hou, it was you who said that there is no need to treat each other like this between husband and wife." After finishing his sentence, Chu Linqiu waved back the servants who came to help him, and left without looking back, leaving only Xiao Cen to stay. The next one has a slender and straight back.

He was the only one left in the execution room.

After a while, the "monk" who was tied to the pole really moved slightly, and he woke up after struggling his eyelids.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Cen standing close to him with a stern face, his eyebrows twitched, his pupils shrank slightly, thinking that he was still in a dream, "Master, Major General?"

"It's me." Xiao Cen sneered and found a chair to sit in front of him.

"How could you... No, no, it's impossible..." The fake monk's voice was very weak, it was obvious that he had been tortured before.But it didn't make any waves in Xiao Cen's ears.

The time for a stick of incense is limited, he needs to act quickly to avoid long nights and dreams.

"Let me ask you, what is your intention to sneak into the capital in disguise?"

"Come to find you, Major General."

"Bastard!" Xiao Cen grasped a soft whip from nowhere, and hit him hard at this moment.

"If you want to find me, you can contact Liu Xing and the others. If you want to find me, you can send the signal to me as soon as possible, and I will meet you in the city! Why do you have to be sneaky at night?! If It’s not a mistake today, this Marquis doesn’t even know when Tao has acquired someone like you! Mr. Yun, you are so capable.”

"...The one who caught Yun was the major general?"

"So what? Are you disappointed?"

"No...not..." The "monk" obviously relaxed, he deliberately lowered his voice and said to Xiao Cen, "Major General, we are here to save you."

"What's the meaning of this?" Xiao Cen folded his hands on his lap, unconsciously leaned forward with his upper body, his suspicious eyes kept turning around his face.

"Let's go to peace today, but the superiors want to kill the donkey. The Mobei Army is in danger. Major General, the soldiers know that you have committed yourself to the Chu thief for righteousness, and they are all very angry. They wish they could rush into the capital immediately to save you from the fire. Zhong! Right now, there is this golden opportunity that can not only cause chaos in Taodu, avenge the old general, but also cause the Chu thief to die! Yun asked the young general, dare we let us do it?"

"..." The more Xiao Cen listened, the more startled he became. He looked at the face that was so familiar in the past again, and found that it was so strange at the moment.

He couldn't believe that those people used to belong to the Mobei Army, the Mobei Army whose mission was to calm the turmoil in the world.

"It's you who are causing the turmoil now. If grandpa has a spirit in heaven..."

"Major General, what did you say?"

"..." The words surnamed Yun pulled him back from his sanity. He bowed his head in silence for a moment, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were like torches, "Who told you to say these words?" Said? In other words, who are you taking orders from?"

"Yes..." The man stopped in time when he was on the verge of speaking, his eyes rolled uneasily in his sockets, and a guilty look flashed across his face.

Xiao Cen saw all this in his eyes, and he knew it in his heart, "You keep saying that you are for the Xiao family, but you still don't trust me. Do you really think I am a fool? Say it!" The whip of internal force went down against the wind again, and hit the man's flesh, making a shocking sound.

"General you!"

"You must think in your heart that I shouldn't beat you and treat my loyal family like this, but if I am indecisive today, tomorrow the head of my Xiao Cen will hang on the Kaiyang Gate. The Xiao family is full of loyalty... Grandfather and tens of thousands of soldiers earned their reputation with their lives, how can you allow you to be so corrupt?"

"General!!!"

"You are only waiting for your own selfish desires." Xiao Cen and his calm tone cruelly tore off the last fig leaf on Yun's body.

"Major General, you really don't want to... don't you want to know the truth about the old general's death? Major General, think carefully, who can successfully sneak attack in the midst of thousands of troops and retreat unscathed? "

"The closest person to my grandfather."

"That's right! That bastard was bought by the imperial court a few years ago, and he hibernated in the army to wait for an opportunity! And the person who had direct contact with him back then was the traitor named Chu! This is the first mission that Zheng Zhongxin takes on."

"You, lie." Xiao Cen looked straight into the eyes of the person opposite, and said every word, a layer of frost formed on his face, and even the corners of his mouth, which were used to rising, drooped slightly at this moment .

"Yun didn't lie, it's just that the major general didn't want to believe it."

"..." Xiao Cen was stunned. At this moment, Chu Linqiu's pale face appeared in his mind. Between them, why bother to see outsiders like this.”

"Xiao Cen... Xiao Cen..."

who?Who is calling me?

Xiao Cen suddenly bit the tip of his tongue fiercely until he tasted a trace of blood in his mouth, and his sanity barely recovered, he kicked the chair and stepped back several steps, "You... how can you still drug me?! "

"Hehehe..." The surname Yun looked down at Xiao Cen's blue satin brocade boots, and suddenly burst out laughing.The laughter spread to the front hall through the secret passage, making Chu Linqiu who was drinking tea frowned.

"What's going on inside? Go and see."

"Yes...Master, your complexion is not good, do you want to go and rest for a while?"

"I have my own measure." Chu Linqiu bent his finger, and tapped twice on the solid wood armrest from time to time, his expression was serious, his brows were tightly frowned, for some reason, he always had some bad premonition in his heart.

"Come back! I'll go and see myself!"

"Grandpa!!!"

Due to the quick movements, Chu Linqiu inevitably shook twice when he got up, and was supported by his subordinates standing beside him in time.It doesn't matter if you don't help, once you help...the two of them were shocked.

"You're on fire again!"

"It's okay...get my medicine."

"This...my lord! You can ignore what Imperial Physician Yu said! Think about it for yourself, how many times you have eaten it during this period of time. The bottle should have bottomed out, right? "

"How could it be so exaggerated?" When Chu Linqiu was being helped into the tunnel, he was still thinking hard whether his plan was really foolproof?If Xiao Cen stayed inside alone, would he be in danger?If he is really in danger, he can easily resolve it with his skill.