Meng E sat quietly in the room, and she was very good at waiting with a mysterious whereabouts.

Zhang Youcai ran into the room and lit the candle. He suddenly saw another person. He almost screamed, vaguely recognized the other person, and said in surprise: "You are...you are..."

Meng E was wearing a coarse cloth dress of a female prisoner, and her face was covered in frost. She looked dozens of years older. If she met outside, Zhang Youcai would not recognize the former palace maid.

"Well, I'm. Find me a soldier's armor."

"Ah? OK." Zhang Youcai turned around and wanted to find armor, but he felt something was wrong, so he turned around, "Why are you here?"

"Jianhou invited me to come."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head and suddenly realized, "Oh, the master asked me to write the word "Chan" on the wall, just to find you?"

"Um."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head again. He didn't understand the relationship between Juenhou and Meng E, so he was very puzzled. "How could you be sent to the Shattered Iron City?"

"Someone paid me to serve his wife's sentence." Meng E tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhang Youcai, "How many questions do you have?"

"No more." Zhang Youcai hurriedly left the house, quickly brought back a lighter set of armor, put it on the table, then hurriedly slap a bag, exited the room, and waited outside.

Not long after, Meng E came out. Although she was thinner than an ordinary man, after putting on the armor, she could not see any feminine spirit on her body. Her face was as vicissitudes of life as if she was a man in her thirties.

Zhang Youcai smiled and said, "If you had done this outfit earlier, I would definitely not recognize you."

"Call me Chen Tong in the future."

"Okay, call you Chen Tong. Why do you use the surname Chen? Is the master who found you or did you find the master? Do you still have any contact with the palace? Why didn't you join the 'miscuous person'? Brother Cai is here too. Do you want to see him? The master refuses to take me on the way. I was not very relieved at first. I feel much more relieved with you to take care of the master."

Zhang Youcai asked a series of questions, but Meng E didn't answer any of them.

Han Ruzi recognized Meng E at a glance. It was not because she had good eyesight, but because she had long anticipation, so she immediately guessed who it would be when she saw a strange face.

A group of more than twenty people set out and walked all day. While camping and resting at night, Han Ruzi and Meng E had their first conversation after meeting, which was brief and direct.

"Protect my safety and don't let me be killed by assassins. If I can regain the throne, I will lend you an army within five years after I ascend the throne, but you must ensure that the country that was attacked deserves the crime."

"Okay." Meng E answered very simply, without any bargaining, so she stayed in the tent. She used to be a palace maid, but now she is a soldier. The only thing she has in common is that both identities are pretending to be.

No one knew this "new recruit". They thought it was a confidant transferred by General Zhenbei and didn't care.

When everyone arrived at Shenxiong Pass, a layer of thin snow was covered on the ground, and the guards at the pass were obviously much stricter. After asking about the identity of the visitor in detail and checking the documents, they were allowed to enter the city. Someone guided them directly to Shenxiong Pass.

The city was in chaos, and a large number of civilians wanted to enter the pass. Countless vehicles were blocking the streets and clashing with the soldiers coming and going. Han Ruzi and others could only dismount and walk in the end to bypass the numerous obstacles.

The yamen was even more chaotic, with a large number of slaves and soldiers coming in and out, and more than ten cars parked in front of the door, filled with things.

"Is this...Is this going to escape?" Cui Tengde stamped the Guanwen before he could leave the city, so he came to the yamen. When he heard that the Hun army was coming, his first reaction was to escape. Now he saw that others wanted to escape, but he was very despised.

Lin Kunshan did not follow him. Among the people, only Han Ruzi knew that Wu Xiu, the general guarding the city, was no longer in the city, so he was a little puzzled whose things were all on the car.

The guide was a small school. General Zhenbei and others asked him to wait at the door. He wanted to go in and inform him. Before leaving, he asked: "Is the Hun army really coming? And there are hundreds of thousands of people?"

"There is indeed an army, and it is still unclear how many people are. I guess there will be definite news tomorrow or the next day."

The principal sighed, shook his head, and went into the yamen.

There were too many people coming and going at the door, and Han Ruzi and others could only stand aside. In addition to them, there were also a large number of people waiting outside the yamen to meet him. Du Chuanyun's eyes were sharp-eyed and the first to see the familiar faces in the crowd, "Hey, that's not... Fang Daye! Old House!"

Fang Daye shook his huge body and squeezed through the crowd to pay homage to General Zhenbei.

When he walked from Shattered Iron City, there was no news about the Huns. He was old and he walked slowly on the road. The messenger sent by Han Ruzi ran in front of him. When Fang Daye arrived at Shenxiong Pass, the whole city was shocked. The yamen was paralyzed. Fang Daye could enter the city, but could not leave the city. He had to guard the yamen like others, hoping that someone could stamp his documents.

Cui Teng agreed, "Don't be anxious, I'll go into the yamen with us later. I'm going to leave the city, and it's just a stamp."

He was not wearing armor and had no swords, bows and crossbows in his hands. Fang Daye looked no different from an ordinary old man, but his attitude was still neither humble nor arrogant. He nodded to everyone and bent down slightly to General Zhenbei.

No one in the yamen came out to greet him for a long time, and Cui Teng was angry, "What's wrong? Even if he doesn't know my identity, General Zhenbei came in person, they should come out to greet him. No, I want to go in and take a look."

Cui Teng stepped into the yamen, but Han Ruzi did not dissuade him, but instead led people to follow him.

Two soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward to stop him. Cui Teng raised his kick and kicked one soldier down. The other soldier hurriedly put his gun on alert. Du Chuanyun stepped forward, snatched the spear and threw it on the ground, pushing the soldiers out more than a dozen steps.

The slaves and soldiers who were moving in and out looked at each other, but did not come to interfere, and the people waiting on the street cheered.

Cui Teng swayed into the yamen and shouted, "Where are people? Where are the people? Why don't you come out quickly to welcome your second son Cui?"

There were also some guards at the yamen who looked at each other and did not stop these aggressive soldiers.

There was no one in the lobby. Cui Teng went straight to the backyard and ran into the small school leading the way. He grabbed the other party's collar and said angrily: "I know who I am? I am the son of Grand Tutor Cui, the Grand Marshal of the Southern Army. The emperor would be polite when he saw me. Wu Xiu happened to be the uncle, so why didn't he see us?"

The school couldn't figure out who this person was, but was frightened by the momentum and said with a bitter face: "Please please, General Zhenbei please, General Wu is waiting."

Cui Teng then let go, let him go aside, and smiled and said, "Please, brother-in-law."

Tea was set up in the back hall, but no one was there. Han Ruzi left the guards outside and only brought Cui Teng, Du Chuanyun, Meng E and Fang Daye in.

The school left in a hurry and quickly brought back a military officer and retreated by himself.

"I am the chief clerk under General Wu. I don't know that General Zhenbei has arrived and is in a position to welcome him..."

Cui Teng was still ahead and came to the chief clerk in two steps, "Stop this, the entire Shenxiong Pass knows that General Zhenbei is coming. Don't you know? Where is Wu Xiu? Let him come out."

The chief clerk was worried, "This... General Wu... has something to do..."

Han Ruzi stepped forward and said, "General Wu has returned to Beijing. Who is in charge now?"

Cui Teng was surprised, "Good boy, he ran so fast!"

The chief clerk was even more shocked, his face changed, "You, you..."

"This is General Zhenbei." Cui Teng reminded coldly.

The chief clerk hurriedly changed his words: "How do you know the General Zhenbei..."

"General Wu returns to Beijing, have you handed the official seal?" Han Ruzi asked.

The chief clerk nodded.

The main general is not here, and usually a deputy general will be appointed to take charge of the army, but Wu Xiu left the official seal to a chief clerk, obviously for fear of missing information.

"Super it." Han Ruzi ordered.

It was not until then that the others realized that General Zhenbei was going to seize the seal again. Cui Teng was overjoyed and said, "Yes, hand it over quickly, don't wait for me to kill and search."

The chief clerk had no blood on his face. Shenxiongguan usually had few military affairs, so he could hide it. Once the chaos was in chaos, he did not dare to make decisions. "That... is not printed here with me."

"You dare to play with us! I just said that I am here, don't admit it now?" Cui Teng raised his fist.

The chief clerk just nodded at first, and before he could explain, he was even more unscrupulous in his mouth. He covered his face with his hands, "The official seal was taken away by General Han."

Cui Teng put down his fist, "General Han? Which General Han?"

"The Left General of the Northern Army, Han Tong."

"Han Tong?" Cui Teng knew the most nobles, and then he remembered who this person was, "The son of the Seventeenth Prince of Emperor Wu, hey, brother-in-law, is your cousin."

Han Ruzi heard that Han Tong, the champion Hou Han Shi, took office as the Grand Sima of the Northern Army, recruited a large number of descendants of the royal family. Han Tong was one of them, and he was the left general and was deeply trusted.

It became difficult to seize the seal all of a sudden.

"When did General Tong come?" Han Ruzi asked, according to the customs of the royal family, he called his name instead of his surname.

"This morning, two hours earlier than General Zhenbei."

Han Ruzi sighed in his heart. It turned out that he was only one step late. If it weren't for appeaseing the Chu army in the broken iron city, he would have arrived earlier.

Now that things have come to this point, it is useless to regret, let alone appease the Chu army is a necessary task. Even if Han Ruzi knew it would be late in advance, he had no choice but to stay.

"Where is General Tong?"

The chief clerk was already in a mess and immediately replied: "I went to Dongcheng to check the warehouse."

"Take me to find him."

The chief clerk shook his head, "No, I have to prepare General Wu's things. I will send them out of the city before dark. One item is missing, and I can't take responsibility."

Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun stepped forward together, and they could only do something, but they didn't know anything else. The chief clerk raised his hand to protect his head, but refused to let go. He was Wu Xiu's confidant and only worked for his uncle. He could hand over the official seal, but his personal belongings could not be thrown away.

Fang Daye stopped the two of them and asked, "Is General Wu's things going to be sent back to the capital?"

The chief clerk nodded blankly, not understanding how this old man dressed in a civilian came in.

“The clearance documents are ready?”

The chief clerk nodded again.

"Take it out and take a look."

The chief clerk shook his head and pressed his lower abdomen with both hands. Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun knew what to do this time. Each of them grabbed an arm. Cui Teng reached out and took out a wooden letter. After opening it, he took out the document from it. "It's so difficult for me to pass the test. Wu Xiu was not even there, so he prepared the document for his private money. He really should have a copy of it."

Fang Daye took the document and glanced at it. It was written on it. It seemed that he wanted to leave the pass and flee. Fang Daye did not ask, tore off the document and said to the dumb chief clerk: "You need a new document, take us to see General Zuo."

Han Ruzi didn't expect Fang Daye to help. She brought him in at that time just to give him a copy of the clearance document as soon as possible.

Fang Daye gasped as heavily as an old lion and said coldly: "I want to leave the city too." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!