In the forest, Guiyuan Shu sat on the grass and rested. There was a field in the distance, and the scenery looked very good.

However, this beautiful place is full of dangers, because it is the hinterland of the enemy and they may be discovered at any time.

There is an official road at the farthest distance that can be seen in Qianliyan, and there is a court guard lurking beside the official road.

If this place is exposed, the first person to discover the enemy is the Tingwei there. If they warn the people in the forest, they will probably die.

But this is what the court guards insist on. They will not give up their comrades, and will die for their comrades.

This is the first education that everyone who joins the Tingwei Army receives.

Guiyuan Shu has always been thinking that if King Ning can have such a subordinate, why worry about the big thing not being able to accomplish?

He was once an official of the old Chu, and his official position was not low, so he was a minister of Dali Temple.

But he could not see Ning Jun's feelings in the old Chu court. At that time, he didn't even believe that there were soldiers who could have such feelings.

Sitting next to him was the Baiban who survived the last time he investigated. His name was An Xiaozhuang.

Most of the time he doesn't speak. When someone asks him what he will answer in detail, but when others don't look for him, he seems to be used to sitting quietly alone.

He said he should have died, but the simple hand-drawn map he had earned after sacrificing more than 200 talents needed to be brought back, so he lived.

“I should have gone.”

An Xiaozhuang has mentioned this sentence several times to Mr. Ye. Every time he mentioned it, everyone can feel the sadness in An Xiaozhuang's heart.

When Mr. Ye and his friends found An Xiaozhuang outside the Kuangshan Pass, he sat alone in the hiding place of the Tingwei Mansion in a daze.

When Mr. Ye saw him, he was even a little dull.

Guiyuan Shu recalled that when they asked An Xiaozhuang for information that day, when An Xiaozhuang answered the question, something flashed in his eyes. Perhaps every question was the thing he was most reluctant to recall, and it was the scar in his heart.

At that time, when Mr. Ye saw that the only person in hiding place was An Xiaozhuang, he knew that something was wrong.

"My name is An Xiaozhuang, and I am the hundred office of the Tingwei Mansion. The deputy Tingwei has never seen me, nor has I met an adult."

An Xiaozhuang took off his iron plate and handed it to Mr. Ye. After reading it, Mr. Ye asked him: "Where is your person?"

An Xiaozhuang looked back and saw that there was a wooden rack, and there was only a pie sign hanging on the wooden rack.

Before the Tingwei Mansion goes out to do business, he must send cards. Having cards means that it is a business and a task.

After returning, we have to hand over the cards. The heads of the branch offices in various places are Baishang, and these cards are all under the control of Baishang.

There was only one plaque on the wooden stand, which was An Xiaozhuang himself.

At this moment, Mr. Ye understood what An Xiaozhuang meant and why An Xiaozhuang looked a little stupid.

No matter who it is, it may not be normal to withstand such a cruel blow.

Especially when he is in this hiding place every day, his only son faces this empty place and the empty wooden frame every day.

"I should have gone."

An Xiaozhuang said.

"For the last task, the Qianban Master mobilized two people from the branch office to do it, one was my brothers and me, and the other was Guo Qing and his brothers."

"According to the plan, we walked through the mountains and entered the enemy's hinterland to check the information in Qingmian County."

"It went smoothly at the beginning, and we drew a map outside the mountain, including several villages."

"But when we approached Xiaoguo Village, we realized something was wrong. When we were about to evacuate, enemies appeared from all directions."

An Xiaozhuang sat there, and when he was narrating these, his voice sounded calm, but every word seemed to tremble.

"Guo Qing and I took our brothers to break through. There were thousands of people in the Shuzhou army. Guo Qing handed over the map to me and let me break the rear. I didn't take it. I said anyone can take the map out, you and me are the same."

"In that battle, our brothers died more than a hundred people, and more than a dozen were arrested and returned."

"Guo Qing and I came out with more than thirty brothers, hiding in the woods, and I was injured."

An Xiaozhuang slowly untied his clothes, and there was a scar on his chest, which was very long, almost from his chest to his neck.

Mr. Ye pulled his clothes back and shook his head: "I'm not asking you to explain."

An Xiaozhuang looked at Mr. Ye with gratitude and slowly put on his clothes.

"Guo Qing said, we can't leave our brothers behind, so we started to prepare for a rescue plan. After they dealt with my injuries, they stuffed this hand-painted map into my arms."

"Guo Qing said, I'm sorry, brother, I can't take you to save our comrades. If we come back, take you home with you. If we don't come back, please bring the map back."

When An Xiaozhuang said this, he pointed to a booklet on the table.

"Guo Qing said that in addition to the map, there are also the list of all the brothers in these two branches. If you can go back alive, you must let Lord Du Tingwei know our names and why we died."

"After Guo Qing finished speaking, he took more than thirty brothers to Qingmian County. I lay in the woods for three days, but they didn't come back."

When he said these words, he still wanted to keep his tone calm, but he didn't do it.

His lips were trembling.

At this moment, in this forest, when Guiyuan Shu looked at An Xiaozhuang, he felt the loneliness of An Xiaozhuang again.

He probably regarded himself as a dead person.

"Mr. Ye and the others will be fine."

Guiyuan Shu suddenly said something.

An Xiaozhuang nodded and repeated to himself: "Mr. Ye and the others should be fine."

Guiyuan Shu moved to An Xiaozhuang and sat down, but said nothing, just sat quietly.

Time seems to pass by quickly. The sun rises from the east and sets from the west, and night falls again.

An Xiaozhuang suddenly said, "What if... Mr. Ye and the others don't come back?"

Guiyuan Shu said: "What did you do last time? What will we do this time?"

An Xiaozhuang lowered his head: "The people in Tingwei's Mansion are indeed fools."

Guiyuan Shu said: "I am not from Tingwei Mansion, but I am also a fool... so are my brothers."

Zheng Shunshun and the others sat not far away and nodded at the same time.

The people from the Military Command were selected from the Ning Army's soldiers, and a large part of them were scouts.

They learned the same from the beginning, not abandoning their comrades.

Guiyuan Shu patted An Xiaozhuang's shoulder: "Eat something, and then take turns to rest on duty."

An Xiaozhuang was silent for a moment and asked, "Can I be on duty in the middle of the night?"

Guiyuan Shu asked: "Why?"

An Xiaozhuang shook his head and did not answer directly. After a while, he said in a very soft voice: "The responsibility is greater after the night of duty, and you can also see the sun tomorrow morning."

Guiyuan Tech nodded: "Okay."

At the same time, outside Qingmian County, a team of Muba was already waiting for military orders in the dark.

They left the city early in the morning, but they were always on standby. They didn't know what to do, but they only knew that this time the Lord General Banner led the team himself.

Their general flag is not a lazy person, at least they all feel this way.

Most people don’t even like Fang Biehen. Anyone with some relationships and abilities has been transferred from Fang Biehen’s team.

Because they feel that following Fang Biehen's men will never have a future.

In other people's teams, you will often take tasks and you will gain something. Whether it is open or secret, there are more or less benefits that fall into your own pocket.

Fang Biehen is too ignorant of pursuing and doesn't seem to have any ambitions. He may think it's good to be a general flag.

But who in Muying doesn’t want to make a name for himself?

They are people from Muying, and they are above all the troops in Shuzhou.

If they follow other general flags, even if they follow a flag officer, they will go around any Shuzhou army team, and their pockets will be filled when they come back.

But Fang Bie hated such a thing. In his opinion, if the people in the Mu Battalion do this, then what is the difference between Mu Battalion and other teams?

Some people also say that Fang Biehen lives for his ideals, and he is too lazy to do anything because he can't stand other people.

Just as no one else could stand him.

This time, there was an action, and it seemed like a big action. A general flag summoned all his subordinates to leave the city, which meant that great contributions might be made.

At this moment, several more people came out of Qingmian County and rode their horses into the forest where the team was hiding.

The one in the lead is Yanxi, another Muying General Banner in Qingmian County.

He jumped off the horse's back and strode to Fang Biehen: "Master Fang, what are you doing?"

Fang Biehen glanced at him: "Is it related to you?"

Yan Xilai said, "You and I are both the general banner of the Muying Camp, and we are all ordered to garrison here. We should discuss anything you and I have. This is the order of the Zhongyuan official."

Fang Biehen said, "You said, I'm not allowed to interfere in your affairs, you'd better not interfere in my affairs."

Yan Xilai was furious and was about to get angry when he saw a man wearing a linen gown coming from not far away.

When he walked closer, he saw the man's appearance clearly and quickly leaned over: "Secretary of the Lord of the Imperial Palace."
To be continued...