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After walking up the city walls, Jiang Quan dismissed the others, and led Jiang Hu into the city gate tower alone. The city gate was very simple and crude. It had a circumference of six to seven steps. There was only a narrow bed and a short bed. There were a few straw mats on the ground and nothing else.

Right after entering, Jiang Quan closed the door and stared coldly at Jiang Hu, as if he wanted to say something.

"Gongsun Xu? Which Gongsun … "Jiang Hu said without thinking, and then came back to his senses. He coldly sucked in a breath of air and asked," Gao Yuan is Marquis of Ji's Mansion's Young Marquis, and Academy Officer's Protector Wu Huan, Gongsun Xu? "

"That's right!" Jiang Quan rubbed his hands together, his eyes blazing with fire: "This is Heaven's blessing to my uncle and nephew! Nephew, are you willing to help me? "

"What does uncle mean?" Jiang Hu's heartbeat suddenly sped up, he had already guessed Jiang Quan's intentions.

Jiang Quan quietly held onto the handle of the blade with his right hand, and said softly: "To be honest, this one is from the Envoy Liu! Nephew must have already guessed my intentions, right? "

"This …" Jiang Hu glanced at Jiang Quan's right hand, and did not dare to act dumb at all. He hurriedly nodded, and spoke with a nervous expression: "Does Uncle need this nephew's help in capturing Gongsun Xu?"

"Yes, no!" Jiang Quan said in a deep voice, "That Lv Bu guy secretly colluded with Gongsun Xu, it can be said to be an extremely heinous crime! Now that Lv Bu has already led his army away, and there is a serious shortage of troops in the city, the Envoy Liu's army is just outside the city, as long as we can open the city gates in time to allow them in, Gongsun Xu, Gao Shun and the rest of the people will be like a turtle in a jar! "

Jiang Hu heaved a sigh of relief. He had originally thought that Jiang Quan would allow him to take action against Gongsun Xu and Gao Shun, and was just thinking about how to shirk from the situation, but he didn't expect that he would only be assisting to open the gates to such a small matter. He immediately said with all his heart, "Please be at ease uncle, this nephew will definitely do his best to help uncle.

"It's nothing!" Jiang Quan released the blade's hilt, and said solemnly: "After this is done, this position will be yours! Are you satisfied? "

"Uncle, thank you for your guidance!" Jiang Hu was overjoyed, and quickly bowed to express his thanks.

"Forget it!" Jiang Quan waved his hand, and laughed: "You and I are family, why must you be so formal?"

"Yes sir!" Jiang Hu straightened his body and respectfully asked: "Uncle, what should this nephew do?"

Jiang Quan looked outside the city, but he still did not see the signal he had agreed upon, he anxiously shook his head and instructed in a deep voice, "I will give you a group of men, bring them to the place where Gongsun Xu resides, and set the fire. This will attract the attention of Gongsun Xu, Gao Shun and the others, and when the time comes, I will smoothly open the city gates, and welcome the Envoy Liu's army into the city!"

Jiang Hu frowned: Uncle, this nephew is not afraid of death, it is just that when I passed by the house that Gongsun Xu was staying in, I realised that there were Gongsun Xu's men on duty, it would be difficult for me to set up a fire!

"This matter is very simple!" Jiang Quan laughed, his expression full of confidence: "Behind that house, there is a two story tea house, inside there are already things to ignite the fire, you just need to ignite those things and throw them down into the house! Remember, after setting the fire, you must hurry and leave. If Gongsun Xu's men catch you red-handed, I'm afraid your lives will be in danger! "

"So that's how it is!" Jiang Hu suddenly came to a realization, and praised: "Uncle, you are very smart, this nephew is extremely impressed! Uncle, just wait and see. This nephew will definitely take care of this matter properly! "

"Someone, come!" Jiang Quan nodded his head with satisfaction and shouted towards the outside of the city gate tower.

A lean man wearing leather armor answered and entered the room. He cupped his fists and greeted Jiang Quan: "What orders do you have for First Young Master?"

Jiang Quan said in a deep voice, "Jiang San, bring fifty people with you to do something with Jiang Hu. After doing it, come back quickly! If you encounter any accident, just listen to Jiang Hu's orders! " Saying so, he quietly winked at the lean man named Jiang San.

"Here!" Jiang San tactfully agreed with a cupped fist and said with a muffled voice, "I will definitely listen to military lord Jiang's orders. After I'm done, I will guarantee that I can escort him back to this place safely!"

Jiang Quan waved his hand and instructed: "It's getting late, you guys can leave now!"

"Here!" The two of them replied in unison before walking out.

Jiang Quan walked in front of the narrow window, opened his eyes wide and looked out of the city for a good while, then muttered anxiously: "Strange, why haven't I seen the signal sent by the Envoy Liu's army? Could something have gone wrong? Hopefully Gongsun Xu, Gao Shun and the rest will not sense anything amiss! "

As Jiang Quan was muttering to himself, the latter and his fifty cavalrymen had just turned at the corner of the street in front of their residence, when they heard someone call out from behind.

"General, please wait!"

Gongsun Xu turned his head to look, only to see Cao Xing riding his horse over, he raised the reins and turned the horse to wait for Cao Xing.

Cao Xing quickly came over and immediately cupped his fists and said: "General, General Gao Shun went to your residence just now. When he heard that you left with the people, he told this general to come and chase you back. He said that he has something to discuss with you!"

Gongsun Xu frowned, he had originally wanted to ask Cao Xing to go with him to the south of the city, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind. After all, he was only guessing that Liu Bei's men would join forces to attack the city from the inside, and he could not confirm that the time would be tonight.

"Go back!" When Gongsun Xu thought of this, he no longer hesitated. He brought his people and Cao Xing to rush back to their dwelling.

"General!" Gao Shun was waiting at the door. Upon seeing Gongsun Xu, he quickly cupped his fists and bowed.

"General Gao, no need to be so courteous!" Gongsun Xu hopped off the horse, and after supporting Gao Shun up, he asked: "General Gao, what do you want to discuss with me?"

"This …" Gao Shun looked around at his surroundings with a slightly embarrassed expression. He extended a hand and invited the general, "General, please come in to speak."

Gongsun Xu raised his head and looked at the moon. It was probably not even the end of the tenth lunar month yet, and he couldn't help but feel that he had been a little impatient just now. Even if Liu Bei's people were to make a move tonight, they would probably choose to do so in the latter half of the night instead of at this time. So he nodded his head, and casually threw the reins to a guard, and walked in together with Gao Shun.

After the three of them entered the study and sat down, Gongsun Xu looked at Gao Shun with an inquiring gaze.

Gao Shun's expression became angry: General, there's a traitor within the city! And his position is not low either! "

"Oh?" Gongsun Xu was not surprised, he nodded and said: "The reason I sent someone to invite General Gao was to talk about this too!"

"The general already knows?" Gao Shun asked in shock, "May I know where did the general learn of this from?"

Gongsun Xu leaned forward slightly and said softly, "That bastard spied on the army camp and was captured by my men.

"The General arrested him?" Gao Shun looked surprised, and asked anxiously: "When did it happen?"

Gongsun Xu thought for a while, then replied: "Almost an hour ago!"

Gao Shun was flabbergasted upon hearing this, and blurted out, "That's impossible! More than an hour ago, General Cao Xing had personally witnessed him bringing Liu Xuande's men into the clan. How could he have been captured by the general's men? "

"Wait a minute," Gongsun Xu waved his hand, suddenly realizing that he seemed to be talking about different people. He hastily asked: "Who is General Gao talking about?"

"Song Xian!" Gao Shun answered in shock, but then he understood, and quickly asked: "And who is the general talking about?"

"I'm talking about that gatekeeper Liu Qing at the backyard of the county magistrate court." Gongsun Xu rubbed his forehead, and spoke about the important news he got from interrogating Liu Qing.

After listening, Gao Shun was shocked and angry. He scolded, "Master and Madam have treated Liu Qing and Qian'er with great kindness and have even entrusted a heavy responsibility to Jiang Quan. I never expected that they would actually choose to betray us. They truly deserve to die a thousand deaths!"

Cao Xing also cupped his fists, and said with killing intent: "General, please give Liu Qing to this lowly general, this lowly general will make him regret coming to this world!"

Gongsun Xu laughed and shook his head, "No need! That fellow is begging for death now! "

"That damned fellow was actually taken advantage of!" Cao Xing said angrily, and suddenly shouted: "Not good!"

"What's bad?" Gongsun Xu and Gao Shun asked at the same time.

Cao Xing looked worried. "Liu Qing has already been captured, but that Qian'er is still by the side of Madam and Young Miss.

When Gongsun Xu heard this, he was shocked, and could not help but secretly blame himself, just now he only thought of the safety of the city gate and neglected the matter, if it was as Cao Xing said, Qian'er would have taken the risk, then Yan Shi and Diao Chan would have been fine, but Lv Linger would have been in Qian Er's hands!

Gao Shun shook his head and sneered: "Don't worry about that bitch Qian'er! If she were to make a move, she would probably die miserably! "

Gongsun Xu looked at Gao Shun in shock, thinking, could it be that Lv Bu had already secretly arranged people to protect his wife and daughter?

However, Gao Shun took the initiative to explain, "Second Madam (Diao Chan) is extremely outstanding in terms of martial arts and intelligence.

When Gongsun Xu heard this, he was even more shocked, he could be considered an expert, but he did not expect Diao Chan to actually know martial arts! And since Diao Chan's martial arts could be praised by the xianzhen camp's general, Gao Shun, it was obvious that he was not of an ordinary standard.

Cao Xing was shocked when he heard that Diao Chan knew martial arts, but he quickly regained his senses. He cupped his fists and asked: "Generals, are you going to go and capture Song Xian?"

Gao Shun stroked his beard, and asked solemnly: "General Cao, this general will ask again, are you sure that the person Song Xian brought into the residence is Liu Bei's man?"

"This lowly general has confirmed it!" Cao Xing nodded his head with certainty, and said with a heavy voice: "That fellow is Mi Zhu's butler.

"Mi Zhu's butler?" Gongsun Xu could not help but be startled, even if Liu Bei sent people to contact the insiders in the city, he could not possibly send Mi Zhu's butler here! Could it be that there was another story behind this?