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The person who came was Hou Yong. He hurriedly walked to the entrance and suddenly saw a woman whose back was seemingly facing the door. He quickly stopped and bowed: "General, this subordinate has something that he wishes to see you about!"

Diao Chan smiled and said, "Since General has matters to attend to, I shall take my leave with Ling'er. Ling'er, let's go. "

After Diao Chan and Lv Linger left, Hou Yong quickly entered the house and said in a low voice: "General, your subordinate has caught a spy!"

Gongsun Xu frowned and asked: "Are you Liu Bei's men?"

"General is extremely wise!" Hou Yong's face was filled with admiration as he said, "After the general left, this subordinate realized that the person who was spying on the army camp had arrived again. However, that fellow kept his mouth shut. Under this subordinate's torture, he only admitted that he was Liu Bei's spy, and his name was Liu Qing.

"Keeping your mouth shut?" Gongsun Xu laughed coldly, and asked: "Have you brought the person?"

"Outside."

"Bring him in immediately!"

"Here!" Hou Yong replied, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.

When Diao Chan and Lv Linger walked to the entrance, they saw a few soldiers holding onto a thin and long man who was standing guard at the foot of the stairs. Diao Chan anxiously carried Lv Linger and pressed her head into his embrace, then quickly he walked down the stairs.

These soldiers were Gongsun Xu's bodyguards, they knew of Diao Chan's identity and quickly bowed to him.

"Madam!" Just as Diao Chan was about to go down the stairs, a maid walked over quickly and called out to him. It was the woman who was playing the zither and dancing at the feast and had a private conversation with the gatekeeper at night.

When the man heard the servant's voice, his body trembled, and he quickly raised his head to look, impressively, to see the person who called himself Liu Qing's gatekeeper.

"Qian Er, why are you here?" Diao Chan asked in surprise.

Qian Er lowered her head and whispered, "The Madam told me to bring you to rest. After asking the others, I found out that the Madam was here, so I rushed over."

"How about this, let's go. We should head back immediately, so that Madam won't have to wait for too long." Diao Chan did not mind, and slowly walked down the stairs.

Qian'er strode forward and said with a smile, "This servant will bring Miss Ling'er back."

Coincidentally, Diao Chan felt that his arm was a little sore, so he nodded his head with a smile and passed Lv Linger over.

When Qian'er extended her hand out to receive it, Liu Qing quickly raised her head as well. The two looked at each other, and the latter gently shook her head, then quickly lowered her head. Qian'er obviously heaved a sigh of relief, carried Lv Linger and followed behind Diao Chan towards the county magistrate.

At this time, Hou Yong also came to the main entrance, he glanced at the back of Diao Chan and the other two without caring, and personally escorted Liu Qing inside.

Gongsun Xu was already sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard. When he saw Hou Yong bringing the people in, he did not even raise his eyes.

"Kneel!" Hou Yong bellowed and fiercely kicked the side of Liu Qing's back leg.

Liu Qing dropped to his knees with a thump as he struggled to get up. Blood flowed from his nose and lips as he glared fiercely at Hou Yong, and what he received in return was a few kicks that were even more vicious.

"Enough!" Gongsun Xu stopped Hou Yong and asked indifferently: "Are you from Xuzhou?"

Liu Qing spat a mouthful of blood at Gongsun Xu's feet and turned his head to ignore him.

"You reckless fool!" Hou Yong was furious, he grabbed Liu Qing's hair and started to beat him up.

Gongsun Xu did not stop him this time and only watched coldly. When Hou Yong pressed his head against the ground and kowtowed, he stopped Hou Yong once again and used his toes to lift Liu Qing's chin.

Although Liu Qing was beaten to death, in her eyes, other than hatred and anger, there was no sign of yielding.

Gongsun Xu shook his head, this man was so determined, it was beyond his expectations. However, when he was a mercenary in his previous life, it was normal to ask for a confession, so when torture did not work, he had to use other, more cruel methods. However, his current identity was not the same as his previous life, so there were some methods that he could not use himself.

The more Hou Yong heard, the more he trembled in fear, he never thought that there would be such a cruel method to torture people in the world. Just a moment ago, he was extremely furious at Liu Qing, but now, he was looking at him with a hint of pity.

"Bring it to me when he speaks!" After Gongsun Xu finished speaking, he stood up, and after giving some instructions, he went straight back to his room.

Hou Yong laughed, and dragged Liu Qing into a small hut. Moments later, a low, mournful scream could be heard from inside.

An hour later, when Liu Qing was brought before Gongsun Xu once again, he was already speaking of everything he knew.

After asking, Gongsun Xu asked Hou Yong to drag Liu Qing out, and frowned in thought. As expected, Liu Bei already knew his true identity! And the person who had revealed his identity was precisely that maid who had played the zither and danced with him at the banquet that night.

"Lv Fengxian was too careless, he actually kept Liu Bei's spy by his side. If not for my sudden visit, I'm afraid he would have died a terrible death!"

"Since Liu Bei has already made up his mind, I'm afraid that Lv Fengxian will not have much luck this time! Sigh, at that time, my attitude should have been even more resolute, and I tried my best to persuade Lv Fengxian to follow me back to Qinghe County! Now, I only hope that Liu Bei can act a little later so that I can relay the news to Lv Fengxian in time. "

'That's not right! Liu Bei and his father had been classmates for many years, so it was impossible for him to not know his father's temperament and status, as well as my position of importance in his heart. Logically speaking, he would not care about everything else and capture me, so as to force his father to retreat! Why did you target Lv Fengxian? '

Gongsun Xu suddenly stood up when he thought of this, and began to pace back and forth as he thought hard about it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he muttered: "Liu Bei wants to lure the tiger out of the mountain? Lv Fengxian is not in the Xiao Pei, and there is a serious shortage of troops in the city, if it was me, I would do the same! It's just that Lv Fengxian, Chen Gongtai and the rest were not idiots. If the number of troops Liu Bei had brought to the Suqian was too little this time, they would definitely suspect that there would not be too many soldiers left there! If Liu Bei's target was really me, under the situation with insufficient manpower, what kind of confidence does he have to take down the Xiao Pei? Someone come! "

"What is the general's command?" Hou Yong had been waiting outside the door, and quickly walked in and bowed to ask.

"Go ask Liu Qing again, confirm that he was the one who sent the message out of the city from the south side, then quickly send someone to ask General Gao Shun to come over to discuss an important matter!"

Hou Yong turned around and quickly returned to report, "General, Liu Qing said that he indeed sent a message from the south side of the city, and the Academy Officer guarding the south gate is also Liu Bei's man!"

Gongsun Xu's expression immediately changed, at this moment he finally understood the reason behind his puzzlement from before. Liu Bei had never thought of forcefully attacking the Xiao Pei, but wanted to secretly open the city gates with the help of his spies! Currently, in the Xiao Pei City, there were only around two thousand soldiers. If the city gates were to be opened secretly, and if there was an internal force to cause chaos in the city, Liu Bei only needed to send a large general to lead four to five thousand men. That meant that they had a huge chance of winning, and this large general was very likely to be Guan Yu.

"Bring your men and follow me to the southern city gate. Get General Gao Shun to come quickly!" Thinking about it, Gongsun Xu did not dare to delay any longer, and passed on his armor and walked out.

After a moment, Gongsun Xu brought Hou Yong and the fifty guards and galloped towards the south of the city.

When Gongsun Xu hadn't come to the Xiao Pei, the night patrols in the city weren't strict. Most of them were controlled by either Gao Shun or Gao Shun. The current situation was different, so after discussing with Gongsun Xu, Gao Shun decided to let Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing and Song Xian split into two teams to patrol the city together with him, in case something unexpected happened.

The one patrolling south and west of the city tonight was Wei Xu. He didn't really care much about the night patrols, and after taking his people to wander around the west of the city, he lost his patience. He remembered that his concubine was waiting for him, and couldn't help but feel excited and shout: "Jiang Hu! Jiang Hu! "

"Sigh!" What is the general's command? " A brawny man in leather armor ran over from the back and asked with a flattering smile.

"This general will return first. Please continue patrolling for this general!" Wei Xu thought for a moment and continued, "If General Gao Shun meets him, tell him that this general suddenly feels unwell and just returned to rest. After that, he quickly went to report to this general.

"Understood!" "Understood!" Jiang Hu nodded his head again and again, and laughed: "General does not worry, this little one will not misunderstand!"

"Do your job well, don't slack off!" Wei Xu said coldly as he rode off with a few guards.

After Wei Xu left, Jiang Hu's expression quickly turned cold. He fiercely spat at the ground, and scolded softly: "F * ck, you only know how to order your grandpa to work!"

After Jiang Hu finished cursing, he led the hundred soldiers who were carrying torches to the south side of the city.

On the city wall south of the city, a robust young man wearing black armor frowned as he saw the long line of torches coming from the distant street. Seeing that the long torch was getting closer and closer, the black-armored man's expression became more and more serious. He turned his head to look outside the city and listened attentively for a while. Then, he shook his head in disappointment and strode down the wall.

"Jiang Hu! Jiang Hu! "

The moment Jiang Hu led his group onto the streets to the south of the city, they heard someone calling his name in front of them. The moment he raised his head, he saw the muscular man in black armor twenty or thirty steps away, and his face immediately filled with smiles. May I know what uncle has instructed me to do? "

The black armored man was Academy Officer Jiang Quan, the guard of the south gate. He and Wei Xu's subordinate, military lord, were both Xuzhou's people, and so the two of them could be considered distant relatives.

Jiang Quan looked ahead and asked in surprise, "Where is General Wei Xu? Why did you bring people here to patrol? "

"Hehe." Jiang Hu laughed meaningfully, and said in a low voice, "Uncle knows, General Wei is worried about the beauty at home, we have already returned!"

"Is that so?" Jiang Quan was startled, but a look of happiness quickly flashed past his eyes. On the shoulder of the pat, he said cordially: "Nephew, I got a jar of good wine a few days ago and placed it inside the city gate tower. How about we go and drink a few cups?"

"About this …" Jiang Hu's throat moved quickly, his expression was full of anticipation, but he refused, "Uncle, this isn't good right? General Wei has handed over the patrol to this nephew. This nephew does not dare to leave his post! "

Jiang Quan stared at him and asked: "What do you mean? How could you and your nephew, when discussing the matter of patrolling, be called out of duty? Furthermore, General Wei has already gone back, why are you still being so serious? Go! [I will have to drink to my heart's content with you!] You brought these brothers of yours over for a drink of water and a good rest! " After he finished speaking, he grabbed Jiang Hu and strode forward.