Huo Shan has been in a bad mood recently. In fact, he has been in a bad mood since years ago.
Years ago, the eldest son of the former family was killed for no reason in Shangyong Imperial City, and he had a vague feeling in his heart.
Because of this incident, the head of the family has not been in a good mood for the past six months, and the people around him are easily blamed. A few days ago, news came back that the person sent to investigate the death of the eldest son died in Shangyong. The Fang family was in Dasheng.
Many hidden stakes in strongholds were pulled out, adding fuel to the fire.
He was scolded severely just yesterday.
Huo Shan felt very aggrieved, but when Fang Changyun sent someone to ask him to come over, he still did not dare to delay for a moment and went over respectfully.
"Master." Huo Shan walked into the study and said respectfully.
Fang Changyun waved his hands impatiently and said, "What's the latest news from Shang Yongke?"
Huo Shan knew what he wanted to ask and replied: "Master, everything is normal."
Hearing this, Fang Changyun frowned and said, "Are you sure?"
Huo Shan was stunned, "What does the head of the family mean?"
Fang Changyun said: "The imperial court suddenly ordered all coastal areas to destroy pirates!"
"How is that possible?" Huo Shan was a little surprised. We are still in mourning period for the Empress Dowager. According to the rules, the court will not use weapons rashly unless it is a last resort. However, if it is just to suppress bandits, it does not count as the court raising troops. Maybe it doesn't matter much?
Fang Changyun glanced at him coldly and said, "Why not? How many things have happened in Shangyong in the past six months? Are you sure that the Zhenguo Army and the Regent's Palace didn't find anything?"
Huo Shan was also shocked, and said hesitantly: "Should... no? Those things that happened in Shang Yong before have nothing to do with us." In Huo Shan's view, Fang Shuo was simply seeking death on his own, and the big shot who died in Shang Yong years ago was
There are so many, and the eldest son of the Fang family really doesn’t rank among them.
But this obviously cannot be said in front of Fang Changyun. Although Fang Changyun has many children, this eldest son who is neither a civil servant nor a martial artist is his most favored son.
As for why, it's because he is lucky enough to have a good mother.
As for a son-in-law like Huo Shan, it is even less worth mentioning.
Huo Shan knew his status very well in his heart and never dared to really treat himself as a member of the Fang family.
Compared with his sobriety, his other companion seemed somewhat dazed.
Because his surname happened to be Fang, and he recognized Fang Changyun as his adoptive father, he really thought that he was the young master of the Fang family, and he had been really passionate and conscientious in these years.
However, Fang Changyun's words still made Huo Shan a lot more alert. After all, they had betrayed the Zhenguo Army to get their current status. Once they were discovered, the outcome would probably not be good.
"I heard that the eldest son of the Cao family is in Shangyong now. I wonder if there is any news?" Huo Shan asked.
Fang Changyun glanced at him and said, "There is indeed some news. People from the Cao family said that the person who killed Shuoer and attacked our Fang family these days is a teenage boy named Dongfang. He claims to be a descendant of the previous dynasty."
Huo Shan was a little surprised and said: "Luan Yisi?"
Fang Changyun snorted softly and said, "When did Luan Yisi have a descendant of the previous dynasty as its master?"
That's right, Luan Yisi has always acted in the name of Yu Ji, but now most of them have been wiped out by the imperial court, and the remaining forces can only huddle in southern Xinjiang.
As long as it wasn't the Zhenguo Army and the Regent's Palace, Huo Shan was relieved in his heart, and at the same time he began to think about what he should write next time he sent a letter to the Zhenguo Army so that no one would find any flaws.
"Since it has nothing to do with the court, we just need to find and kill this boy named Dongfang to avenge the eldest son!" Huo Shan quickly expressed his loyalty: "After the birthday of the family master, I am willing to personally take people out of the island, and I will definitely bring him
Bring this man's head back to pay homage to the eldest son."
Fang Changyun's expression softened a little, and he sneered: "That boy's ambition is not small. That's all. Cao Mian will come over in two days. He will know more in detail. I will decide how to act after I talk to him."
"Yes." Huo Shan responded respectfully.
Fang Changyun said warmly: "Okay, you go back. Ah Kuang is very sick now, so you should go back to accompany her earlier."
"Yes, my son-in-law is retiring." Huo Shan bowed respectfully and exited the study.
After coming out of the study, he slowly straightened his waist, looked back at the study behind him, and turned towards the outside of the house.
After getting married, Huo Shan lived in a courtyard next to the Fang family. As the uncle and confidant of the Fang family, the place where he lived was naturally not bad.
Except for the first year or two when he joined the Fang family, he was often anxious and uneasy. In the following years, he has been very proud and satisfied with his life.
If he hadn't taken refuge with the Fang family, he would have been just an ordinary secret agent under the Secret Code Camp. Being sent to a place like Yingzhou to stay there for perhaps decades, what would be the benefit?
But it's different now. He only needs to deal with the Zhenguo Army every once in a while, and he can live a life in Yingzhou that he could never imagine before.
With rich clothes and food squandering freely, and no one caring about his beloved wife, who would be willing to wait in the dark to gather information?
This is also his good luck. In recent years, neither the imperial court nor the Zhenguo Army paid much attention to Yingzhou, otherwise it would not have been so easy for him to fool him.
But the recent changes in Shangyong still make Huo Shan a little worried.
The Northwest War is over. After the Regent returns to the throne, many things that he had no time to take care of before will definitely gradually become more important in the future. I don’t know when it will be Yingzhou’s turn.
But...if the big deal between the family head and Marquis Wen Ding can come true, maybe...
Huo Shan opened the study door with deep thoughts and went in. He sat behind the desk and was in a daze for a while.
Suddenly, the expression on his face changed drastically, and his pupils quickly shrank.
On the table in front of him, there was an envelope neatly placed.
There was no writing on the envelope, and there was no seal. It looked like an ordinary envelope. But Huo Shan clearly remembered that there was no such thing on the table when he left the study, and there was no such thing at home without his order.
No one dares to enter or leave the study at will.
Frowning, Huo Shan finally suppressed his frantic heartbeat and reached out to pick up the envelope.
I pulled out a folded piece of paper from inside. When I opened it, there was only a huge blood-red handwriting on the page - Kill!
As if his fingertips were burned by fire, Huo Shan shook his hand and the letter fell onto the table.
This is……
Huo Shan's face suddenly turned pale, and he stared blankly at the bloody words for a long time.
This is the blood-written order of the Zhenguo Army, which is specifically used to eliminate the marks of traitors in the Zhenguo Army. Perhaps no one in the entire Zhenguo Army is more familiar with this word than the people in their Secret Code Camp.
Because most of the time, the people responsible for cleaning up the traitors are the spies from the Secret Code Camp.
It is said that this word was written by His Highness the King of Chu at the request of the late Emperor after Yu Shen's rebellion.
Huo Shan immediately remembered what Fang Changyun said just now and stood up suddenly.
Someone from the Zhenguo Army has come to Yingzhou!
This is what he fears the most, because it means that the Zhenguo Army no longer believes in the intelligence he sent back, and it means that the fact of their betrayal has been known.
And the fact that this blood-letter order can be delivered to his home means that the other party has locked onto him.
Run away! Run away now!
This was Huo Shan's first idea.
He wanted to leave immediately, but looking at the quiet but elegantly decorated study, his feet were nailed to the spot as if they were glued.
Wasn't that why he betrayed the Zhenguo Army in the first place?
If you just give up and you can only remain anonymous and be hunted by the whole world from now on, even if the court really sends people, how many people will there be?
After all, this is Yingzhou, the territory of the Fang family.
Gritting his teeth, Huo Shan grabbed the bloody order on the table and hurried outside.
As soon as he opened the study door, Huoshan's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly took a step back and wanted to close the door.
"Wow, are people so ugly?" A girl in green was sitting on the edge of the flower bed in the yard. The girl looked at him curiously with her big eyes open, and her eyes that kept turning gave people a kind of carefree look.
A weird and evil feeling.
Huo Shan's hand froze when he closed the door. He stared at the girl in green and forced a smile: "Who is the girl? Do we know each other?"
The girl smiled and said, "I don't know you, but you can recognize me now. My surname is Qin and my name is Qin Yao'er."
Huo Shan lowered his eyes and said, "Miss Qin, do you have any advice?"
Qin Yaoer said: "Someone asked me to ask you, where is Shen Sui?"
"I don't know what the girl is talking about," Huo Shan said.
Qin Yao'er frowned dissatisfied and said: "You are so stupid, why would Fang Changyun marry your daughter to you? Are you trying to delay time and let someone catch me?"
Huo Shan said nothing, but the look on his face showed that this was what he meant.
Qin Yao'er sighed and said, "But if I get caught, what will you do?"
"What's the meaning?"
Qin Yao'er pointed to his hand holding the blood-written order and said, "Look."
Huo Shan suddenly realized that maybe he was too panicked just now, and he didn't realize that his fingers had turned black at some point.
Qin Yao'er sighed and said, "Let me just say you are stupid. Children know not to touch things of unknown origin."
"You poisoned me?!"
"I told you, my name is Qin Yao'er."
Huo Shan was a little stunned and finally remembered.
He glared at Qin Yao'er and said, "Little Poison Fairy!"
"Tell me, where is Shen Sui?" Qin Yao'er asked.
Huo Shan had already thrown away the blood-written order in his hand, but the blackness in his hand did not stop spreading, but it reached his palm in a moment.
Huo Shan held his wrist in fear, even considering whether to cut off the hand immediately.
However, he soon gave up.
He didn't want to die, nor did he want to become disabled.
"I don't know! I haven't seen Shen Sui for many years." Shen Sui was the one who betrayed the Regent's Palace with them.
Qin Yao'er curled her lips in disgust and said: "Then the second question, besides Fang Changyun, who is most likely to control all the military power in Yingzhou?"
Huo Shan was stunned, and Qin Yao'er said: "I advise you to hurry up, otherwise..."
Huo Shan gritted his teeth and said: "The fact that you want to ask this means that you are not sure that you can successfully capture Yingzhou now. I can help you, but you must promise to forgive my sins."
Qin Yao'er blinked, "Ah? But... I'm only responsible for asking questions, why do I have to negotiate terms?" She doesn't understand this, can she agree to this?
Suddenly a chuckle came from the side, Qin Yao'er turned around and saw Gu Jue floating quietly in the corner.
"How did you come?"
Gu Jue walked up to Qin Yao'er, patted her shoulder and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it, so I've been following you, so I'll do it."
Qin Yao'er was a little unhappy, but she still nodded and said, "Then come on."
"Who are you?" Huo Shan stared at Gu Jue who suddenly appeared.
Gu Jue smiled and said: "The Zhenguo Army actually has such geniuses, three of them came out at one time. This is an eye-opener for me. I'm Gu Jue."
Huo Shan's eyes twitched and he stared intently at the handsome young man in front of him.
Of course he knew who Gu Jue was. He was only in his twenties but was already the commander-in-chief of an army with great achievements. Together with Wei Changting, the prince of the Marquis of Lingchuan, they were considered the two youngest and most outstanding generals of the Zhenguo Army.
It's just that unlike Wei Changting, who was born in a Hou family, Gu Jue, like Luo Yun back then, came from a purely grassroots background.
They were both very lucky. Luo Yun followed Gaozu, while Gu Jue followed the regent.
There is no doubt that Gu Jue is the one who makes him jealous.
Even though he has lived well in these years, being the Fang family's son-in-law is not that easy.
If Fang Changyun hadn't just taken office and cleared out a large number of people in the Fang family who opposed him and were in urgent need of hiring people, he probably wouldn't be where he is now.
If given a choice, between a general who is praised by the world for his majesty and a son-in-law who lives incognito and can only hide under the shelter of others on the island, no one will choose the former.
If he had the opportunity like Gu Jue, why would he betray the Zhenguo Army in the first place?
When he was jealous, Gu Jue's appearance undoubtedly brought great pressure to Huo Shan.
You must know that a person with Gu Jue's status will never appear casually in Yingzhou.
His appearance meant that the Regent's Palace not only knew about their betrayal, but he even knew that the three people who betrayed them were. Therefore, the imperial court may have been aware of the Fang family's plot and had made preparations to pacify Yingzhou if necessary.
Gu Jue looked at Huo Shan's changing expression and said, "Huo Shan, delaying time will not do you any good. Make your choice."
"What to choose?" Huo Shan said in a dry voice.
Gu Jue said: "Tell us the news we want to know, and you can choose a way to die yourself. Otherwise, we have to let our little Qin girl choose for you."
Qin Yaoer raised his head when he heard this and made a face at Huo Shan.
Huo Shan didn't understand her. He stared at Gu Jue and said, "I have just stated my conditions."
Gu Jue chuckled lightly and said, "There should be many people who know these things, right?"
A bright smile appeared on Qin Yao'er's face, "Okay, I'll poison him now!"
Gu Jue smiled and said, "Don't let anyone see it."
Qin Yao'er said dissatisfiedly: "How could I expose the flaw if I did it? I went to the sea last night to fish something out and make some medicine to make sure no one would see that he was killed."
Gu Jue raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay then."
Huo Shan looked at the girl who stood up and walked towards him, and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Looking at the black color that has spread to the wrist, and the whole hand seems to have completely lost consciousness, Huo Shan swallowed and said: "Wait! I can tell you what you want to know! As long as I can save my life!"
Gu Jue was noncommittal, and Huo Shan continued: "The troops under your command are definitely not enough to capture Yingzhou, I can help you! I also have some troops under my command, and they can definitely help you!"
Gu Jue said: "How do I know if you are delaying this?"
Huo Shan closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "I just want to live. I can tell you something you want to know first. No one knows about this except me and Fang Yuan."
"What?"
Huo Shandao: "Shen Sui, Shen Sui's whereabouts! He, he went to Qingzhou, he changed his name, and now he is Cao Mian's right-hand man in the Central Plains. It was he who incited us to betray the Zhenguo Army in the first place!"
Gu Jue frowned slightly and asked, "Why?"
Huo Shandao: "He is originally from the Cao family, he is Cao Mian's illegitimate son!"
