At the foot of the mountain is a dense forest. The white morning mist of early autumn floats in the mountains, covering the green forests as if it had rained, soaking wet everywhere. The birds chirp, making them more peaceful.

At first glance, nothing special.

"It's this?" Feng Xiao asked the guard beside him.

The guard nodded, "The guards in the forest are so tight that our people cannot get close to each other, which means we have found the right place. Although the people who listened to the ground did not hear the sound of horse hooves, they heard the sound of earth and rocks digging the stove pit."

Yuan Zheng stretched out his hand, "Give me a thousand-mile mirror. The horse's hooves wrapped with straw and covered with soft cloth is the killer weapon of the Yelu family's secret marching."

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Yuan Zheng raised it in front of him and looked carefully into the dense forest.

"Didn't you find the trace three days ago? Why did you find it at this time?" Feng Xiao asked.

The guards were a little embarrassed, "I think it was the Northern Barbarians who used the trick of striking east and west. The group of people we found were clearly heading south of Damang Mountain, but disappeared after leaving the Nanping Wetland. I don't know when I came around here."

Yuan Zheng secretly recited the four words "Nanping Wetland" and felt something was wrong. He suddenly paused on the mirror of a thousand miles and said confidently: "It's the Northern Barbarian."

Feng Xiao didn't know why, so he asked him to say it in person, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "How did the Fourth Master know?"

Although this Fourth Master Yuan is young, he is above him in every way, regardless of his knowledge or strategy.

He is worthy of being the person entrusted by General Lin on his deathbed!

Yuan Zheng explained: "The protection in the forest is indeed tight, and I'm afraid even the camp tent is covered with branches and leaves. However, I saw sheep skulls with horns dug in the forest. Only the Northern Barbarians like to collect sheep horns and will take them off when killing sheep."

Feng Xiao's eyes flashed with glare, "Let's catch him off guard tonight!"

Yuan Zheng shook his head and made a gesture of silence, "No hurry."

After saying that, he signaled Feng Xiao and others to retreat to the mountain first.

Returning to the forest of Lailu, Yuan Zheng said: "They marched so secretly and camped in such mountains. They will definitely set up sentinels on the surrounding ridges, so we cannot stay for a long time."

Feng Xiao grabbed his beard, "The news of the Northern Barbarian thieves is very informative. The Fourth Master predicts that the enemy is like a god. As expected, they will draw troops from the front with Dongliao to deal with Daliang!"

Yuan Zheng's eyes were cold, "I'm just guessing, but this proves that some people in the court secretly communicate with the Northern Barbarians."

Feng Xiao frowned and said in surprise: "Daliang Dynasty?"

Yuan Zheng nodded.

He always believed that the capture of the official family was not accidental. The Northern Man happened to attack Youzhou when the official family first arrived, and he happened to know where the official family was...

He used to think that the prince betrayed his emperor for the sake of the position of Dabao, but now he thinks that there are many loopholes.

First, the official family has only two sons, the prince is the eldest son and a young brother. It is logical that there is no threat. As long as the official family arrives a hundred years later, they will naturally be on the dragon throne.

Is it necessary for him to collude with the Northern Barbarians to put the official family into a trap?

Secondly, when Yuan Zheng returned to Kaifeng, he realized that the prince was not unhappy in saving the official family, but he just disagreed with changing the official family with Youzhou, but his rescue attitude was quite positive.

Of course, Youzhou is considered more important than the official family, so after the official family comes back, they naturally cannot tolerate the prince having such unfilial intentions.

Third, this time, from receiving the order to leaving, the Northern Barbarians had already received the news and set up camp outside Hengshui City in just seven days!

Including the news, the time when the Northern Barbarians arrived from Youzhou, the news will be delivered from Kaifeng two days in advance.

Yuan Zheng had long expected that the Northern Barbarians would come, and there must be Northern Barbarian spies in Kaifeng City, but he did not expect that the Northern Barbarians would come so quickly, which is enough to show that the spy was in the court.

Now that the prince is under house arrest, can he still have such great ability to interact with the Northern Barbarians?

Yuan Zheng silently rejected the possibility of the prince in his heart.

There must be someone else who communicates with the Northern Barbarians!

And this person is the one who made the official family fall into the hands of the enemy!

Feng Xiao did not expect so many joints. He was a typical general. He was very knowledgeable about the offensive and defensive positions and was confused about conspiracy and plot.

When he heard Yuan Zheng say that there were spies in the court, he immediately turned black, "Is it the castrator Liu Wei?"

Except for the Liu Wei faction, the generals in Daliang were more or less hated this person, so Feng Xiao was not polite when talking about Liu Wei.

He knew that Yuan Zheng was sent by Liu Wei this time, and he also knew that Liu Wei was going to let Yuan Zheng go without a return, so he thought of him first.

Yuan Zheng shook his head slowly, "It's hard to say."

He also thought it was Liu Wei, but Liu Wei and Jin Huan from Dongliao were fighting fiercely, and now the Northern Barbarians and Dongliao are mortal enemies. If either side knows that he is swaying from both ends, he will not be able to fall for it.

So it is not possible to draw a conclusion yet.

Feng Xiao grinned his eyebrows, "When will we attack the Northern Barbarians?"

Yuan Zheng was also considering this issue, "How did the people from Kaifeng City investigate?"

In addition to the Northern Barbarians, his biggest threat came from Liu Wei. Those who thought on the road were just Liu Wei to test his depth.

And he could not rely too much on Feng Xiao's power, otherwise it would be seen that he and Feng Xiao were too close, and it would be difficult to deal with the matter of hiding Yu Yi over there.

Everyone left the mountains and forests and rode their horses slowly while talking.

Feng Xiao was very confident about monitoring the people in Hengshui City and said confidently: "Fourth Master, don't worry, Hengshui City has used the government military system you suggested. Now there are 200,000 people, 50,000 are soldiers who work in their spare time and take bows in wartime. Of course, they also include the Mu Dangjia and others.

"Every household, Feng, is clear in the capital. Although many people come and go in and out of the city, outsiders have issued certificates of entry to the city that are different from those living in Hengshui for a long time. You can find out where you live and what you do.

"Nineteen groups of people have come these days, and no one has ever seen any weapons or strange whereabouts."

"Yeah." Yuan Zheng frowned, "It is also possible that he will not send people from Kaifeng."

Feng Xiao snorted coldly: "Fourth Master, don't worry, Liu Wei thought Hengshui was his world? Even if these are his people, there are only one or two hundred people. I, a camp in Hengshui City, can destroy him!

"If they were not afraid of death and assassinating the city, they would set up defense alarms in all the garrisons in the city as you meant. If there was a problem in one place, the garrisons in the four sides could arrive quickly, so that they would be beaten to find their teeth all over the ground."

Yuan Zheng looked ahead without saying a word.

How would Liu Wei deal with him?

Everyone returned to the gate of Hengshui City, and it was almost noon.

The city gate guards saw Feng Xiao and others and hurriedly came up to us.

A guard of Luoquan'er's legs came to lead Yuan Zheng's horse. When Yuan Zheng saw him, he smiled and said, "Do you know me this time?"

It was the cross-eyed guard he met when he was unveiling the city gate.

The guard tried hard to focus, leaned his two eyeballs into the middle of his eyes, and grinned, "You are Master Yuan Si!"

Yuan Zheng patted his shoulder and followed Feng Xiao into the garrison downstairs of the city gate.

A young leader immediately reported: "Sir, seven groups of travelers from the south came to the south. Some of them claimed that they were from Youzhou who went to the southwest to do fur business. The procedures were complete, but later the young man went to the information room to check it, but there was no record of their going."

Yuan Zheng immediately stood up.
Chapter completed!