In the tent.
Qi Xu was sitting behind his desk, looking down at the secret letter sent from Dingzhou. The letter was written by Yu Kuo, the commander of Dingzhou.
The letter clearly stated that Yu Kuo was willing to lead 2,000 soldiers from his garrison to submit to King You. In fact, this number could have been quadrupled, but unfortunately natural disasters and man-made disasters came one after another. If it weren't for King You's full support, the remaining manpower of their Dingzhou Garrison would probably not even be these 2,000.
The letter was written in a very eloquent manner and took up three full pages.
Almost all words of gratitude.
Qi Xu couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he thought about the fact that he had led his troops north and passed through Dingzhou not long ago, and the attitude of Commander Yu who avoided him.
This Commander Yu was an official from Dingzhou. He was appreciated by his superiors for his extraordinary skills and meritorious service. He rose from a small soldier in the garrison to his current position. He was slightly older than Wei Maolin and was considered one of the few good officials in the local area who was willing to do practical things for the people.
Otherwise, he would not have chosen to stay and continue disaster relief with his few subordinates when the governor and provincial judge of Dingzhou were all looking for ways to leave.
Before deciding to go to Jezhou and Dingzhou, Qi Xu had some understanding of the officials of these two states.
He knew that this Lord Yu came from a humble background and was originally an orphan who grew up eating at many people's homes. After he became successful, he still cared about the old times and was very caring towards the town where he was born and the people in the town.
This time Dingzhou was hit by the disaster. Lord Yu’s hometown, "Shihe Town", located at the junction of Dingzhou and Jeju, was the area most severely affected by the disaster. Not only were the houses in the town destroyed and the casualties were heavy, but the worst thing was that it was also affected by the epidemic.
If it weren’t for the people Qi Xu brought to Jeju who had developed methods to control the epidemic.
The people of Shihe Town who had managed to escape the natural disaster were destined to be burned to death by the fire in order to control the spread of the epidemic.
Yu Kuo, who originally thought that King You had other intentions and had been avoiding King You's troops and unwilling to meet them, finally softened his attitude after King You's troops passed through Dingzhou and resolved crises in Shihe Town and other places.
It is not difficult to see the current attitude in the letter.
He only wanted the people of Dingzhou to be free from suffering and did not want to get involved in the disputes between the court and the princes. This was the reason why he had previously avoided King You.
But now, after knowing clearly what King You really did in Jeju and Dingzhou, his attitude has changed.
As long as King You can really do practical things for the people, what does it matter if he has other intentions?
He was willing to become another knife in King You's hand for the sake of the people of Dingzhou!
When Feng Ping rushed in, Qi Xu had just finished reading the secret letter.
I'm thinking about how to reply.
The words "Miss Wei was abducted" shocked him so much that he instantly threw away all the thoughts in his mind and stood up suddenly.
“Where were the people taken captive?”
Without bothering to ask the reason, Qi Xu walked out of the tent and ordered, "Shadow One, Shadow Two, gather the people from Tianshu Pavilion."
"Feng Ping, dispatch troops to blockade the area around the North Gate."
The most urgent task is to find the person first. Every extra delay will put the kidnapped person in greater danger!
"Suihe, where was your master kidnapped?" Qi Xu's gaze fell on Suihe who was brought into the tent by Feng Ping.
The situation was urgent, so Feng Pingfang didn't care about the separation of men and women. After he got off his horse outside the camp, he grabbed the man's arm and brought him in with his light skills.
Fortunately, the maid Suihe is very strong but not very big, and is much thinner than an ordinary woman.
Suihe didn't care about those conventional rituals.
Seeing Qi Xu asking, he hurriedly said, "My young lady was just abducted by a group of people disguised as civilians at the city gate. The group's skills and Qinggong are very impressive, and each one is not inferior to the Yu guards of Tianshu Pavilion."
The "Guardian Yu" she mentioned was naturally Yu Qi who had previously protected the Wei family all the way north.
Even though she is only ranked seventh in the Feather Department, when it comes to lightness skills and body movements, she is among the best in the entire Tianshu Pavilion.
The person who kidnapped Wei Yunlan is actually as skilled and skilled as Yu Qi?
Things are getting tricky.
Qi Xu's breathing became heavy.
Being good at martial arts is another matter, but being good at martial arts and being able to disguise as a commoner means that you are not a barbarian...
When did such a group of people appear in Beiguan?
Is their target Miss Wei, or is it... themselves, who are now in Beiguan and have a close relationship with Miss Wei?
Qi Xu's eyes darkened, and he instantly felt as if his heart was being grabbed by a huge hand.
He grabbed the coat and sword from the shelf and strode out of the tent.
Sui He quickly followed him out and found an opportunity to speak.
"Your Highness, my lady left a clue."
"There is a handkerchief that is stained with the scent of the young lady and the man who kidnapped her. Hei Yun will definitely be able to find it by following the scent after smelling the handkerchief."
"And the young lady must have left marks for us along the way."
Suihe was nervous all the way. The young lady winked at her at that time. She saw clearly that the young lady was looking towards the south, and she wanted her to go find King You.
And the handkerchief that was deliberately dropped at her feet was an important clue left by the young lady.
But before seeing King You's reaction, she was still a little worried whether King You would take the abduction of his young lady to heart.
Now that she had seen King You's reaction with her own eyes, and heard with her own ears that King You had mobilized men to blockade the area around the North Gate and search for the whereabouts of the young lady, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, my young lady did not entrust her to the wrong person.
Your Highness King You is a reliable person!
Knowing that Wei Yunlan was not completely unprepared to be captured, Qi Xu's anxious mood eased a little.
But I dare not relax at all.
At present, the identity and purpose of the group that kidnapped Miss Wei are still unclear, and it is not known what they will do to Miss Wei.
Even if there is no danger to one's life, physical pain is inevitable.
Although Miss Wei was a strong person, he did not want to see her suffer.
"Go to the South City Gate first and meet up with the Wei family."
Qi Xu jumped onto his horse.
Several followers beside him followed, and someone else helped Suihe bring a horse to keep up with the team.
The snow was falling heavier.
The sky, which was bright before, became completely dark.
A snowy night like this undoubtedly increases the difficulty of finding someone.
I wonder if the black dog that Miss Wei and her maid have high hopes for can still have such a sensitive nose in the snow.
Qi Xu didn't dare to pin all his hopes on a dog.
That group of people must have some ulterior motive in kidnapping Miss Wei.
The picture is nothing more than two things, one is Miss Wei herself.
The worst possibility is that Miss Wei's magical power is exposed, and the other party forces Miss Wei to hand it over, or tortures her to interrogate her. This is what he least wants to see.
The second is to use Miss Wei as a threat, but the intention is not Miss Wei, but him.
At this moment, Qi Xu hoped it would be the latter.
Because of this, the other party will definitely contact him.
Only in this way would he have a chance to protect Miss Wei from any harm before he arrived.
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