Shen Li concealed the bad premonition in his heart, and looked at Cong Hui patiently: "You just said... what happened to the people on the city gate?"

Cong Hui didn't dare to say anything, but turned his gaze to Pei Jianing.

"Speak up!" Shen Li asked gradually in a higher tone.

Cong Hui's shoulders trembled slightly, and he said bravely, "The scouts came to report half a day ago, saying...General Cui is likely to be ambushed, and a person is hanging...on the gate of the Qi Xia City Tower. I don't know...dead or alive."

Shen Li slowly clenched his palm in his sleeve, "Very likely? Are you sure it's him?"

Cong Hui continued: "We...have never seen it before, only heard that...he has a sword hanging around his waist, and that sword...is the one that General Cui often uses."

Hearing this, Shen Li suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and turned to look at Pei Jianing: "General Pei, what countermeasures do you have?"

Pei Jianing said in a calm tone: "This matter...It is very likely that the enemy army wants to disturb the morale of the army, so it needs...a long-term plan."

"A long-term plan? How long will it take?" Shen Li asked in a firm tone.

"The current situation is uncertain. If you attack rashly, you may fall into the enemy's trap. Just now... we were discussing countermeasures." Pei Jianing said.

"Have you discussed anything?"

As these questions were thrown out one after another, everyone present felt his urgency and impatience, but they were still stubbornly persevering.

Gui Yun and Ting Yu rushed over after hearing the news.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Gui Yun hurriedly stepped forward, forcibly grabbed Shen Li's wrist, pulled him out, and stopped until he walked to a place where there was no one else.

Shen Li was already suppressing his anger, and shook Gui Yun's hand away, "What do you want to do?"

Gui Yun frowned, looked at him seriously and said, "Your Highness, are you still the master we know?"

Ting Yu stood aside and didn't dare to go forward, because... for the first time, he saw Gui Yun, who was always good-tempered, unable to suppress his anger at this moment, and the object of his anger was their master they had served for many years.

Shen Li stood there without saying a word, just looked at Gui Yun quietly.

"You didn't have to worry about the battle between Great Liang and Qi Xia, but you insisted on rushing to Ping Liang non-stop, for whom, I don't need to say more, I just want to ask you, don't lose your mind like this again, PeiThe general naturally has his own way of dealing with it, you... shouldn't be so impatient."

"You have always acted maturely, prudently, and resourcefully in the past, but when you encounter his incident, you become not like you. This... will only make us more worried."

Ting Yu was shocked as he listened to it, this... is he able to hear it?

What is even more unbelievable is that the master he has never dared to provoke has never refuted a word. The "he" in Gui Yun's mouth knows who it is without thinking too much.It's stupid and can't be any more stupid.

"Your Highness, I know that saying these words... I have violated the rules, but... I have to say, to be honest, whether General Cui is dead or alive has nothing to do with us. The only one we want to protect is you."

After a long time, Shen Li said slowly: "I know your intentions, and I have made things difficult for you for a while now, but... saving him...is my business alone, you don't have to worry about it anymore."

"You... what do you mean by that?" Gui Yun frowned and asked.

"Right now, you just follow General Pei to fight the battle, and you don't have to interfere with other things." After speaking, he turned and returned to the tent.

Gui Yun and Ting Yu froze in place for a long time.

After a long time, Gui Yun heard Ting Yu's question, "Just now... shouldn't you say that?"

Gui Yun looked at him and motioned for him to continue talking.

"Didn't that mean...that we don't have to follow him anymore? How can this be? Is he... angry?"

It was the first time that Ting Yu looked so anxious. Whatever happened in the past, this person always looked like he was fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth. This matter... seemed to baffle him.

"Gui Yun, you just... were impulsive, and you know that my master has a good relationship with that Cui Jinzhao, so it's not appropriate to say that. Have you forgotten how miserable Xun Feng was scolded last time?"

"Those words...sooner or later, I don't have to say what my master did before, but...on the premise of doing those things, he has to take care of himself, instead of blindly risking his life for that person. If he reallyWhat happened, how should we explain to the concubine and Your Majesty who know Quanxia?"

Ting Yu did not expect that Gui Yun had always been more mature and rational than him, and it was Gui Yun who persuaded him before, but now...

"No, I think so... No matter how you say it, we should stay by his side. If you say that, it will be difficult for us to do later."

"Recently, you have been guarding him tightly. I am afraid that he will...act alone. The master will not even care about his life for that person. I am worried that something will happen to him." Gui Yun said with a heavy heart.

"What about you?" Ting Yu asked.

"I...go and see for myself who the person hanging from the tower is."

"You bring a few more people, if it's really a trap, it's easy to deal with."

Gui Yun pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Actually...you are more worried about me than anyone else, you said those things just now...it must not be your original intention."

"I just want to do our job and not put him at risk."

A day later, Gui Yun brought only a few people to Qi Xia.

The distance between Qi Xia and Ping Liang is not very far, and Gui Yun rushed to Qi Xia territory very quickly.

Gui Yun was afraid that there would be troubles outside the festival, so he asked the few people accompanying him to wait several miles away, while he went to the direction of the tower by himself.

From a distance, he saw a figure in familiar clothes hanging on the city gate. His figure was almost the same as Jin Zhao's. He was wearing a silver-gray battle armor. His hair was messed up in front of him, and his face could not be seen clearly.

But he knew the sword, it was indeed the sword that Jin Zhao used to hold, everything was consistent, but the face...was not so clear.

Gui Yun always felt a little flustered in his heart, but he still resolutely jumped up from the horseback.

He reached out and grabbed the rope that was hanging the man, ready to support his body, and then raised his hand to try to part the hair on his face.

Just as he opened half of his face, he felt a stabbing pain in his back, the sound of a sharp arrow piercing his flesh.

His body was unable to support himself, so he let go of his hand and fell to the ground.

He was followed by... a group of foreign soldiers in armor surrounded him.

He knew... that this encounter might be fatal, and it was also... expected.

When his subordinates heard the movement, they hurried over. Gui Yun walked along the gap between the crowd and gave them a look not to go forward. Not long after that, Qi Xia soldiers escorted him into the city gate.

When Shen Li heard that his men came to report, he clenched his fists bitterly.

Ting Yu stood beside him without saying a word, but the complaints and grief in his eyes were beyond words.

Pei Jianing also stood aside, thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, this matter... is already very clear, the Qixia people are treacherous, trying to use this method to lure us to go, the person hanging from the city gate must not be Jin Zhao, butNow Gui Yun has been captured by them again...they will definitely use this as a threat, and with the few soldiers in the previous battalion, they will intensify their efforts."

"The general's opinion?"

"It is absolutely impossible to rush forward again rashly, and the details are still to be discussed."