Fake concubine, real queen

Since his rebirth in this life, He Gu has never been so anxious as he is now. Although what the escaped man at the door of the inn just now said may not be 2% true, but as long as there is a chance, He Gu dare not take it. The lives of more than [-] soldiers on the front line of the Chenghe Camp who went to the Northwest Grassland to gamble.

Even so, He Gu was still full of doubts as he galloped all the way——

Yangxi County is close to the Central Plains, although it is still some distance away from the capital, it is already considered the hinterland, how could there be "bandits" of unknown origin here?Moreover, these people had artillery and drilled into the mountains. Depending on the timing, they might as well go for the batch of grain and grass that She Pian will escort.

If it's really a bandit, where did the bandit come from that is so powerful that he can get artillery, and he is so bold that he dares to attack the army rations?

But if it wasn't for bandits, could it be possible that those barbarians on the Budan Grassland are so capable?

If you can bypass the Chenghe camp and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains without making a sound, will the new camp master be able to eat nothing?

The more anxious he was, the faster the horse under his crotch was urged, almost stepping on the wind.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or really lucky, the grain transporters led by General She Pian, maybe because there were too many grain trucks this time, and the footsteps were too fast, so He Gu actually caught up.

She Pianjiang brought a group of escorted chariots and horses, and was about to enter the first gorge, when the front legs of the horse under his crotch were about to step into the valley, He Gu cut him off and stopped him immediately.

He Gu saw that their people and horses were intact, and the food and grass were safely carried on the carts and horses, he felt relieved in his heart, and said: "The general will stay behind, the mountain in front of us can't get in!"

She Pianjiang turned his head to see him, and was immediately stunned. He Gu was alone, clean and without any luggage, only a long-handled machete slung around his waist, his face was ruddy and panting, obviously I was in a hurry all the way.

Why did the young master come after them?

He opened his mouth to ask a question, and He Gu told She Pianjiang exactly what the escaped man said at the gate of Yangxi Station, and She Pianjiang's complexion changed after hearing it, and he lowered his voice and said in surprise : "What, there is such a thing, what the young master means is that in this mountain..."

He Gudao: "I'm not sure, it's just that this matter came about strangely, all the way from Yangxi to the north, there are all ridges like the one in front, and the further north, the higher the mountains and dense forests, it's really easy to hide people Very well, if there is really something wrong on the mountain, once you are ambushed, let alone these thousands of people, even ten thousand people will have to go and never return. The food and grass escort is related to the front line, and it is extremely urgent. This risk, this is..."

She Pianjiang looked about fifty years old, his face was already wrinkled, and the mustache on his chin was disheveled and unruly. His figure was not stooped, but he was still very strong and straight. He stroked his beard Said: "This matter... is indeed of great importance. Fortunately, Lord Hou came to remind me, otherwise, if the food and grass are lost, the old man will not be able to bear it."

After finishing speaking, I called the soldiers around me, counted a small group of elite troops, and told them to go around the mountain from both sides of the canyon to find out the truth, while the main escorting chariots and horses stopped in place for the time being, and did not move.

He Gu also waited beside General She Pian. He rode on horseback and grasped the handle of the long knife slung around his waist. He thought to himself that if there is something tricky on this mountain, General Zhou doesn't want to send him to the front for some reason. Well, this time is his best chance to stand out, and it was handed to him by God, so he has to grasp it well.

He Gu has already made all the mental preparations, and he will be able to fight on the mountain in the next second. He never expected that after exchanging greetings with She Pianjiang for a while, the group of scouts came back from the mountain rustling. .

When the leader replied, She Pianjiang was stunned for a moment, first turned to look at He Gu, then turned to look at the soldier and asked, "Is it really clear? Really nothing?"

The leading soldier scratched his head and said: "To be honest, General He Liang, there is indeed no one on the mountain...the mountain is clean, let alone a living person, even a living thing. We didn't see it either."

After such a big oolong, She Pian will turn his head to see that He Xiaohou didn't say a word, and his eyes were a little erratic, thinking that he was thin-skinned and embarrassed at the moment, so he couldn't help but sneer to himself, although he thought it was true. Old General Yan's grandson, but he is still a young man, young and energetic, eager to do meritorious service, and will bluff at the slightest sign of trouble.

Fortunately, General She was not annoyed by the short delay. He wanted to comfort the young master, saying: "It would be best if you don't have one. Be careful when sailing for thousands of years. The young master doesn't have to..."

But He Gu suddenly said: "...There is no living thing, how is this possible, are you blindfolded? Or is it true that you didn't see a living thing, even rabbits, foxes... and so on, really None at all?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then paused and said: "...Really not, we also felt a little strange when He Liangguan said that just now, this ridge is so lush, but we didn't see any birds or beasts, indeed...

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He Gu reined in the reins, turned to She and said: "General, can these people lend me a hand? This mountain is weird, I want to go up the mountain to see it myself."

Although She Pianjiang was a little puzzled, but when he saw He Gu's expression, he suddenly had an inexplicable intuition in his heart. This young young master, it seemed... It didn't seem like he was messing around unreasonably, but rather... What did you really find out——

She Pianjiang was silent for a while, and said: "Okay. You guys pay attention, and follow Officer He Liang up the mountain to have a look."

So He Gu led a team of people around the entrance of the canyon, and climbed up the ridge from the rugged and winding mountain roads on both sides. It's just that the team didn't find anything last time. This time He Gu came in person, but immediately I saw something was wrong.

The leading soldier who had just answered, saw He Gu turn over from his horse without saying a word, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this He Liang official, so he asked cautiously beside him: "He Liang officer , you are..."

He Gu squatted down on the ground and twisted it, and then creased his nose in front of his nose and sniffed. As soon as he smelled the soil on his fingertips, his face changed.

He Gu ignored the soldier who was questioning, just wiped off the dirt on his fingertips, stood up and looked around the dense but deserted hills and not a single living thing.

"Go down the mountain."

So this group of people followed Master He Xiaohou up the mountain in a daze, and followed him down the mountain again in a daze.

Seeing him coming back, She Pian said, "Master Hou, can you see anything strange?"

He Gu said: "The two groups on the mountain just fought within two days."

She Pianjiang originally thought that he couldn't see anything, but he didn't expect He Gu to find something. He was slightly taken aback, and said, "This... how did Lord Hou know?"

He Gu said: "Although it rained yesterday, there is a bloody smell in the mud. I have a good nose and can smell it."

She Pianjiang: "..."

This is strange, since it has already rained heavily and the smell of earth on the mountain is strong, dogs may not be able to smell the smell the next day, but the young master is so confident that he dares to say that it was two days ago. Isn't it a big deal?

She Pianjiang only thought that he had made an oolong and felt sad, so he insisted on fabricating the non-existent rhetoric of "two groups of people fighting on the mountain" to save some face. He felt that he was already an old bone, and there was no need to fight Young people are usually fussy and don't want to tear down He Gu's position, so they don't expose it, they just said: "Since it was two days ago, there is no one on the mountain now, so we can go through the valley, shouldn't it be a problem?"

He Gu paused, hesitated, thought for a while before saying: "This ridge is fine, but all the way from here to Chenghe, the ridges are getting denser and denser. I haven't seen the one before, and I dare not say anything ..."

After all, depositing food is a military matter, so there is no room for delay. He paused and said, "Be careful all the way, and if you want to enter Lingzi, you must remember to ask someone to check it first. Don't..."

She Pianjiang stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "I have introspected myself, I must be careful all the way, this time escorting the young master was not dispatched by General Zhou, so let's go back first."

He Gu nodded, and She Pianjiang bid farewell to the escort and watched them leave, then reined in and prepared to go back to Yangxi County.

Just now, he didn't say the whole thing to She Pianjiang. He Gu could sense that although She Pianjiang was polite on the face because of his identity and the recommendation letter from General Yan, in fact, he was somewhat a little bit fond of him in his heart. He doesn't take it seriously, and he may not be willing to listen to it if he talks too much——

But He Gu is sure that there must have been people fighting and fighting on this gorge two days ago, and there were a lot of people, otherwise the beasts all over the mountains and plains would not be frightened and would not come out after two days. This is Yangxi City In addition, to the north is the Chenghe camp. Whose troops are clashing here?

The more He Gu thinks about it, the more he can't figure it out. This matter is full of weirdness and abnormality. He has to go back and tell His Highness the matter. His brain is much better than his own. Maybe the Third Highness knows what he will figure out There may be no clues.

He Gu held the reins of the horse and thought while heading back to Yangxi.

Unexpectedly, just as he was thinking, he saw a few figures on horses approaching in the distance. He Gu took a closer look and found that it was none other than the Third Highness with Cheng Wei, Zheng Ye, Zhou Yufei and a group of entourages. .

He Gu was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to react, what the Third Highness was riding on was Zhuyue, which was much faster than the bay red horse he had caught. It took only one breath to stop in front of He Gu.

When Pei Zhaoheng reined in the horse, He Gu was about to ask him why he was chasing after him, but when he raised his eyes, he happened to meet those pair of uncommon peach blossom eyes with a hint of displeasure and a bit of coldness for some reason.

He Gu was slightly taken aback.

Ever since the two of them got mixed up, he hadn't seen the look in the eyes of His Highness the Third Highness for a long time.

Although Pei Zhaoheng was usually taciturn and indifferent towards others, it was very different when he was with him. Although he didn't talk much, he always looked at He Gu with a smile on his face. Just like the dream Master He Xiaohou had a long time ago——

Heck, I didn't know his real body back then, and in my dream I thought of him as the "Eldest Princess". The two stood in front of the Songzi Niangniang Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, holding oil-paper umbrellas. His Highness looked at him with a smile on his face. He Gu always remembered his appearance.

Although this dream is destined not to come true, after all, His Highness is not a woman, and it is impossible for the two of them to go to the Songzi Niangniang Temple together, but the way His Highness looked at him afterwards was in line with He Xiaohouye's wishes, and that The dream is exactly the same, full of spring water, sparkling.

Unexpectedly, now he has returned to the time before he had never met before.

I don't know if it was He Gu's illusion, but Pei Zhaoheng reined in his horse, looked at him for a while, and then breathed a sigh of relief in an imperceptible way.

Before Master He Xiaohou had time to think about why he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw that His Highness suddenly turned cold, and then turned cold again. He looked at him without saying a word, and when he looked directly at him, his whole body began to hair. .

The second monk He Guzhang couldn't figure it out, and after a while he said in a daze: "My lord, why did you chase me out, I..."

He hadn't finished speaking yet, but the Third Highness interrupted him coldly and ruthlessly, "Don't call me Wang Ye anymore."

He Gu's intuition told him that His Highness the Third Highness seemed to be a little unhappy, no... not a little bit, it seemed that he was a little bit unhappy.

Master He Xiaohou hurriedly turned his little head, which was not very bright, thinking whether he had done something wrong?It was only then that the third highness, who had always been good-tempered, suddenly made a face at him——

Think, think.

...I really didn't think of it.

But the way His Highness the Third Highness looks at him right now is really scary. It reminds He Gu of his aloof appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away when he was not familiar with him. Thinking about the matter of Cai She's partial general just now, he planned to change the subject and said, "Since the prince...well, you are here, I just have something to tell you..."

His Highness the Third Highness interrupted him again, saying: "I also have something to ask Zihuan."

He Gu was startled, and said: "Ah, what's the matter?"

As soon as He Gu's words fell, I don't know if it was his illusion, the eyes of the Third Highness who fell on him suddenly moved down, as if looking at...

...his belly?

He Guzheng was at a loss, but he heard Pei Zhaoheng ask: "Are... are you in good health?"

Master He Xiaohou was even more at a loss.

"Well, I've been fine."

Pei Zhaoheng frowned slightly, this time He Gu dared to be sure that he was looking at his stomach.

He hadn't spoken yet, but He Gu's heart skipped a beat when His Highness the Third Highness's eyes fell on his stomach, and suddenly remembered a terrible thing——

Looking at the appearance of the Third Highness, could it be... that he knew... that he had a "happy pulse" and drank Luozi's medicine again, right? ? ?

He Gu thumped in his heart, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw Zheng Ye following behind Pei Zhaoheng, his face full of anxiety, and at this moment, he happened to meet He Gu's eyes that suddenly moved to him, he was slightly startled at first, and then immediately felt a little guilty Move your face away.

...Seeing Zhengye's appearance, how could He Gu not understand?

Most likely this guy sold him out.

Didn't he just go away for a while?Zhengye, this little bastard, isn't he ignorant of his mouth? Isn't this selling too fast?

He Gu glared fiercely at Zhengye, who was obviously guilty of shrinking his head, but no matter how much he stared at Zhengye, his secrets had already been revealed, and it was a done deal. It was useless to argue with Zhengye at the moment, the key is that His Royal Highness is not good here manage……

This is great, he was caught off guard by Zhengye's backstage, unprepared, and now His Highness suddenly learned that he left the child without a word...

Looking at the reaction and eyes of the Third Highness, it is probably not easy to explain...

In just a short moment of effort, He Gu's heart was already turning a thousand times.

At the critical moment, Lord He Xiaohou's little head immediately became alert again, his eyeballs rolled, and he lowered his face immediately, and said, "Your Highness...are you angry? That...that, what, I...I didn't mean it either." Keeping it from you, at this...at this juncture, I have an errand, really... really..."

A pitiful and heartbroken look.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness really liked this. He has always been soft-hearted towards He Gu, and this time was no exception. He looked at him in silence for a while, then sighed softly for a long while and said, "Why should I be angry? I'm just worried about you." Your body can't bear it, Zihuan, you..."

When He Gu heard him let go, the huge stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground. Seeing this, the Third Highness was a little unhappy, but he didn't annoy him. That's fine, everything is fine, he has plenty of ways to coax the Third Highness.

Touching his nose and giggling, he said, "I'm in good shape, and I'm not as delicate as a girl. How can I be so delicate?"

Pei Zhaoheng was slightly startled when he heard the words, and raised his head to look at him. He Gu didn't know what he was thinking, but his face twitched slightly when he saw the Third Highness who was always indifferent.

I don't know if it's He Gu's illusion, but the face of His Highness...seems a little red?

Pei Zhaoheng whispered: "Zihuan, you... are you really willing?"

He Gu scratched his head blankly.

ha?

What would you like?

Willing to leave the child behind?

What is there to be unwilling to do? He also has to fall... Otherwise, what else can he do?

Why do you think His Highness the Third Highness looks very moved?

...Could it be that he was moved to take care of the overall situation and feel sorry for him for leaving a child?

Also... His Highness the Third Highness has always been such a considerate and understanding person, there is no one better than him in the world.

He Gu sighed: "To be honest, I didn't expect such outrageous things to happen in the world, and it fell on me... However, His Highness is not angry with me, and it is good not to blame me for making my own decisions. , I don't have much to say..."

Hearing this, Pei Zhaoheng raised his eyes to look deeply at He Gu for a while, then said suddenly: "...Don't worry, Zihuan, I will definitely think of a way."

That's all I can say.

After all, there are many people in this place, although Pei Zhaoheng has thousands of words in his heart that he wants to tell He Gu, and wants to tell him that he will never wrong Zihuan, but he is also annoyed that he still wants to keep it from him, if Zhengye didn't hold back for a while , in case something happens to Zihuan...

...and this man was running as fast as a horse.

Hearing what Zhengye said just now, the feeling of first being pleasantly surprised, and then frightened from the scalp to the sky, is still lingering to this day...

He Gu was a little confused by what he said just now, and was about to ask His Highness what to do, but he heard him say: "You horse... you are tired from running, Zihuan is not as good as you should change the horse and chariot .”

After finishing speaking, a servant led a carriage out from behind.

He Gu: "..."

He first looked blankly at the very delicate carriage with tasseled curtains, and then looked down at the bay red horse under his crotch, shaking its head and tail.

"But...but it's not tired, is it?"

Master He Xiaohou scratched his head, saying so.

Pei Zhaoheng: "..."

...that's all.

Pei Zhaoheng reined in his horse, turned his eyes and glanced at Cheng Wei and Zhou Yufei, the two of them immediately understood, turned their heads and retreated far away with a group of entourages, and on the way pulled up the unintelligible man who was still stuck in place. levy.

Seeing that they all backed away, Pei Zhaoheng turned to look at He Gu, and said in a low voice, "I know that Zihuan is not used to riding horses and chariots, but..."

"If there is a mistake between you and the child, how will I deal with it in the future?"

He Gu: "..."

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