Khufu muttered to himself, and the next moment, he turned around to collect his identity documents and the emperor's personal seal. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the waist knife gifted by Ouyang Lianghan hanging on the shelf. He took it off and pinned it to his waist.

He was about to go out to find his accompanying subordinates.

"Where are you going, Mr. Hu?"

There was a group of people in the shadows not far outside the door.

"General Cai?" Khufu stuttered a little: "You, why are you here? You don't want to drink... What are you doing here?"

As soon as he walked out of the tent, he bumped into Cai Qin and his group of generals.

"You can drink wine at any time. We all just had a small discussion. I have something to ask Mr. Hu. I hope it won't disturb Mr. Hu's sleep."

Cai Qin paused for a moment, as if he had discovered something, and asked:

"Where are you going, Mr. Hu, in the middle of the night?"

Khufu felt a little relieved when he realized that they were also walking towards his tent and happened to meet them instead of waiting for him at the door like ghosts for a long time.

He concealed his panic and guilt, and said still with full force: "The Za family also has something they want to discuss with General Cai."

"What's the point of wearing a sword?"

Colonel Du asked again in a dull voice.

"This... I'm used to it, haha."

Khufu took off his sword and said with a smile.

Cai Qin moved his eyes away from the waist knife, looked at him, and stretched out his hand:

"Master Hu will speak first."

Khufu answered without squinting:

"I just have some suggestions for the route back to the north. Don't worry. If General Cai has something important, you can talk about it first."

"good."

Cai Qin was not polite and nodded.

There were no lights in the tent behind Khufu, and most of Cai Qin and his generals were standing in the darkness where the halos of the nearest torches could not shine.

As a result, Khufu could not clearly see the faces of Cai Qin and others for a while, and could only hear the calm voice of the leader elected by the Guizhou mutiny garrison:

"The general has put together an application, Mr. Hu, please take a look."

"What...what petition?"

"It's like this. We are almost arriving in Hongzhou. I am timid about entering the country. There are some rumors circulating among the brothers below."

Cai Qin said without stopping:

"The generals are worried that something will happen if this continues. We discussed it tonight and compiled some small requests. We hope that Mr. Hu can report it to the court on our behalf."

"this……"

Khufu nervously took the paper handed over by Cai Qin silently.

In front of all the generals, he quickly walked to the torch not far away, lowered his head and got closer.

If you look carefully, there are roughly two statements written on the paper:

First, the three Zhechong prefectures in Jiangzhou and Hongzhou were required to be dismissed from their posts, namely the Zhechong Commander, the Coach Commander, and Zhechong Changshi. These three generals, who directly caused the delay in border garrison, were hated by the garrison soldiers.

Second, the soldiers who returned to the north were required to build a separate Zhechong mansion and form one general in total to maintain their independence.

After reading it, Khufu was trembling with fear.

He raised his head to speak, but he met the cold eyes of a group of warriors in the darkness ahead.

"……good."

He swallowed back his words, forced a smile and nodded, agreeing to this impossible thing.

"The Zajia family will send a letter to the generals tomorrow to convey it to them."

"Then there is Lord Laohu."

Cai Qin seemed to be nodding.

Behind him, a captain said harshly:

"Please write it immediately. I will help you send it to the city now. The official post will send it out tomorrow."

Khufu stiffened slightly and nodded obediently, "Okay."

Under the supervision of Cai Qin and others, he wrote out a document according to the application form, sealed it, and submitted it bravely.

The school captain took the documents and left, entering the city overnight.

Hu Fu, who was vaguely surrounded by Cai Qin and others and pretended to be calm, at a certain moment, glanced at the dimly lit state city in the distance.

It's so close, yet so difficult to get past...

Khufu's petition was submitted, but he could not leave.

After a short rest, the garrison soldiers returning from the north left this small state and continued on the road, heading towards Hong and Jiangzhou, the gateway to the southeast.

However, the marching route of the garrison soldiers returning to the north became slightly different.

Khufu discovered that one day, the large army turned into the deep mountains and old forests, away from the Yanbing Pass, as if they were taking a long detour.

He didn't know exactly where he was going.

Khufu had asked Cai Qin and others, but after submitting the petition and turning into a strange road, the attitude of the generals towards him became visibly cold.

When I asked, I returned home as usual and couldn't find out anything specific.

Khufu couldn't help but recall that it was smooth sailing when he led the garrison troops from Tanzhou Prefecture.

He began to reflect on, or review, when did Cai Qin and others change their attitudes.

It seems to be the night when "Captain Du" returned to the team and Cai Qin asked weird questions while chatting.

Khufu fell silent.

Right now, he was being held hostage, and could only accompany him.

On this day, it was late at night.

The military camp in the valley suddenly became noisy.

Khufu, who was sleeping in his clothes, suddenly opened his eyes.

This time, he was no longer frightened. He listened carefully and saw that the soldiers outside were gathering quickly.

"This, what is this going to do!"

Hu Fu stared and looked around, wanting to get out of bed and run away.

But at this moment, a group of garrison soldiers ran toward his tent from outside, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer.

"It's over." Khufu, who had just lifted off the quilt, cried out sadly in his heart.

But he didn't expect that the next moment, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and the group of garrison soldiers seemed to stop at the door, leaving only the heavy breathing of the soldiers.

While sweating profusely, Khufu saw the curtain opened and a man walked in.

"you……"

Taking a closer look, it was Captain Su who he had never spoken to before.

He walked in alone, without any garrison behind him.

Su Qian raised his right hand without drawing the sword.

Khufu was stunned for only a moment, then shut up immediately.

Su Qian tilted his head, Khufu's eyes widened, and he nodded quickly, as if to give a clear hint, he quickly got out of bed, stuck out his butt and got under the bed.

Hidden.

Su Qian went out again.

Khufu, who was lying under the bed, vaguely saw Su Qian re-entering the house, followed by a group of garrison soldiers, who conducted a rough search of the tent.

Only he did not check the position of the bed where Su Qian was standing.

"The person has run away, chase him."

It sounded like Su Qian's voice.

The soldiers of the third regiment kept their eyes straight, nodded obediently, and went out to chase the people.

Su Qian watched him off.

Khufu came out timidly and said tremblingly: "General Su, tonight this is..."

Su Qian glanced at Khufu, who was only wearing thin pajamas, but without answering, took him out and bypassed the guards.

The two came to a river, and Su Qian finally spoke.

"Don't look back."
To be continued...