After the song "General's Order" was sung, Xiahou Xuanba and Xu Laojiu looked at each other, and both saw the fire in each other's eyes. At this moment, they seemed to have returned to the prosperous days of blood and fire.

"Xu Laojiu, I want you to do a few things for me personally." Xiahou Xuanba suddenly said.

"General, as long as I have my life, Xu Laojiu will never give up." Xu Laojiu knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute. This time, he did not call himself Lao Nu again, but used the title he used when he was in the military camp.

"You come with me." Xiahou Xuanba smiled and helped him up.

After the two came to the study, Xiahou Xuanba took out four identical letters from the desk and handed them to Xu Laojiu.

Xiahou Xuanba looked at Xu Laojiu and said seriously: "You must personally deliver these letters to Cheng Xiazi, Li Xiaodao, Zhang Yehu, Wang Laoqiang and the others."

"General..."

Xu Laojiu listened to Xiahou Xuanba's explanation, and couldn't help but feel a little hot in his heart. As he said when he recalled the past, each of these people now holds heavy troops. In addition, they all followed Xiahou Xuanba on the battlefield together, so they can block each other.

The people with the sword belong to Xiahou Xuanba's closest confidants. Like him, they are all people who "only recognize the general's orders but not the emperor's decree" and are willing to die for Xiahou Xuanba... Xiahou Xuanba's separation this time is secret.

If you believe them, their intentions are self-evident.

Xu Laojiu's lips trembled and he said with excitement: "General, don't worry, I will personally deliver these letters to them one by one."

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

After the letter is delivered, they are not allowed to open it immediately."

"Ah?" Xu Laojiu couldn't help scratching his head.

Xiahou Xuanba smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! As for what they can see? They will know when the time comes.

"Remember, you are not allowed to open it immediately. This is my military order." Xiahou Xuanba warned again.

Although Xu Laojiu felt a little strange when he heard this, he didn't think much about it. Over the years, he only knew that the general used his troops like a god, had military orders like mountains, and had some arrangements. Although they couldn't understand them at the time, they could always understand them afterwards.

It proves that every word and deed of the general has a deep meaning... As time goes by, these people have become accustomed to obeying it.

"Yes, don't worry, General. I will pass them on word for word." Xu Laojiu promised.

"Um."

Xiahou Xuanba nodded, then took out a token and a letter from under the table and handed them to Xu Laojiu, saying: "After you leave the city, go to Jiazi Camp first and deliver the token and letter to Gu Ze

He, let him act according to the words in the letter. Likewise, he is not allowed to open this letter immediately. He can only open it three days after you leave."

"Yes." Xu Laojiu agreed again.

"After all these letters are delivered, you don't have to come back to Kyoto immediately. You can go find Thirteen and stay with him then..." Xiahou Xuanba gave his final instructions.

When Xu Laojiu listened to Xiahou Xuanba's last order, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. Because Xiahou Xuanba said that there was no need to come back to Kyoto and that he should go to the Thirteenth Young Master Xiahou Wenyuan.

, could it be said that Xiahou Wenyuan will not be in Kyoto at that time? However, he also knows that the plan for this matter is very big. The hundreds of thousands of troops outside Kyoto must have a real backbone to take charge of the matter. There is no doubt that besides the general Xiahou Xuan

Overlord, the Thirteenth Young Master Xiahou Wenyuan is undoubtedly the best candidate... At this time, Xu Jiujiu also firmly believed in his suspicion. No wonder the Thirteenth Young Master was heavily armed this time, and the general had never visited him? It turns out that the Thirteenth Young Master was heavily armed this time.

, all this is to deceive others... The eyes he cast on Xiahou Xuanba felt even more admiration. He thought to himself that the general's use of troops was indeed beyond what Qiu Ba, like himself, could have guessed.

"yes."

Xu Laojiu responded, and then said with concern: "I am not with the general during this time. General, please take care of yourself."

"Um."

Xiahou Xuanba nodded and said, "You can set off overnight later!"

Xu Laojiu also knew the importance of this matter, nodded towards Xiahou Xuanba, and said: "General, don't worry, the general will definitely sneak out of the city without anyone noticing."

"Well, let's go! Be careful along the way." Xiahou Xuanba ordered.

"General, take care." Xu Laojiu gave him a fist and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Just when Xu Laojiu reached the door, Xiahou Xuanba called out to him again.

"What other orders does the general have?" Xu Laojiu turned around.

Xiahou Xuanba took out a jar of wine from the shelf behind him and filled Xu Laojiu's wine flask, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go!"

"Thank you, General." Xu Laojiu touched the wine bottle in his arms with a look of gratitude on his face.

After Xu Laojiu left, Xiahou Xuanba picked up the remaining wine in the wine jar and drank it all. Looking at the direction Xu Laojiu left, he said to himself: "I hope you all live well..."

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In fact, how did Xu Laojiu know that everything he guessed was wrong.

How could Xiahou Xuanba, who was entrusted by the late emperor with a heavy responsibility and wanted to leave a name in history just like the old master Situ Changqing, really have the intention to rebel? Just as he said to his brother Xiahou Wenyuan before,

He did not want to fail the late emperor, and was determined to die loyally to the emperor and serve the country... Although he still had illusions about the little emperor in his heart, and was very unwilling to believe that one day he would be attacked by an ax in the future.

But from a rational point of view and judging from the little emperor's attitude towards him in the past two years, he had a premonition that it was very likely that he would not die well in the future.

This is exactly why he just asked Xu Laojiu to send those letters. As mentioned before, Xiahou Xuanba has his own selfishness and his loyalty.

As far as he is concerned, he has dedicated all his body, mind, flesh and blood to this empire that is about to collapse. If he cannot help the building to collapse, he will use his body in front of the collapse of the building... If it really happens in the future

Then one day, if the little emperor really wants to attack him with a knife or an axe? He will never rise up to resist as he told Xiahou Wenyuan at the beginning, and the possibility of even being killed is even greater. "The king wants his ministers.

If you die, your minister will not be loyal until you die." This is an ancient saying, and it is also what Xiahou Wenyuan calls foolish loyalty. But a person with a spirit of dedication like Xiahou Xuanba really has this stubbornness of foolish loyalty.

At the beginning, for the sake of the continuous inheritance of the family, he handed over the position of patriarch to

Xiahou Wenyuan split his entire family... Today, he also asked Xu Laojiu to deliver a letter.

He can throw his life and blood for his "foolish loyalty", but he doesn't want these old brothers who have followed him for many years to have the same fate as him in the future.

The letters he wrote to Cheng Xiazi, Li Xiaodao, Zhang Yehu, and Wang Laoqiang were not about "gathering the old troops together to plot a rebellion..." as Xu Changjiu thought. In fact, what each letter wrote was

The content is the same, with only sixteen simple words: "This is what I mean, and I have no complaints; except for treason, please do as you please."

Through the death of Yan Kun, the official minister, in the palace late at night, and the fact that his brother Xiahou Wenyuan pretended to be ill and ignored the government affairs, he had a vague premonition in his heart, so he let Xu, who had been with him for many years,

I left Kyoto for a long time to deliver a message.

The reason why they were not allowed to open the letter was, as Xu Jiujiu said, that they were all people who were willing to die for Xiahou Xuanba. They all had heavy troops, and if they knew that Xiahou

If Xuanba's life is in danger, they will definitely raise an army regardless of the cost and vow to protect Xiahou Xuanba's safety. This will inevitably make the empire that is about to collapse once again become riddled with holes... This is really not true.

Xiahou Xuanba's wish. And when they actually open the letter one day in the future, it must be a done deal. And if they really end up in such a state? It can only mean that the empire has long been decayed, and this majesty is not worthy of their allegiance...

Therefore, he will not ask these people to be as foolish and loyal as him. The last requirement for them is not to rebel and avenge him. The rest is to leave all the choices to themselves, which means that regardless of their

Where will the future go? He will not blame them.

And the order he gave Xu Changjiu to take to Jiazi Camp was also to have Jiazi Camp completely withdraw from Kyoto. His intention in doing this was not only to preserve Jiazi Camp, but also to reveal his own feelings to the little emperor again. Let me ask.

, if he really had the intention to rebel, how could he transfer all the power around him to outside?

He knew that when the princes' sons came to the capital, he asked Jiaziying to forcibly take over the defense of Kyoto, which put great psychological pressure on the little emperor and made the little emperor who was already extremely afraid of him even more afraid.

It also touched the little emperor's inverse scale as a creature like a "dragon". But the circumstances at the time did not allow him not to do that. To put it bluntly, that incident was actually a conspiracy, and it was a test of him by the princes.

, a test of the Great You court. What if he was timid at that time and did not respond with a tough attitude? He can guarantee that the princes will never be as "docile" as they are now, and maybe a second one has appeared now.

"Dongchehou", the third "Dongchehou"... Compared with this, whether the relationship between him and the little emperor will be "dirty" seems not worth mentioning at all. He thinks that the little emperor has no respect for him.

His fear comes from the A-shaped camp outside Kyoto, so now he has pulled out his own "fangs". Without the existence of the A-shaped camp, he is like a tiger that has lost its fangs.

He hopes to eliminate the gap between him and the little emperor...

It has to be said that Xiahou Xuanba's original intention was good. But he was wrong. He overestimated the little emperor's wisdom and underestimated the little emperor's resentment towards him...

Of course, this is something.

At least until now, whether it is for this empire, for the young emperor, for his family, or for his old brothers who have entrusted their lives...at least one thing is that he, Xiahou Xuanba, thinks to himself that in the end,
Chapter completed!