military camp.

Thatched shed.

"who?!"

Hu Fei, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly felt someone touching him. He couldn't help but shrink his feet and looked up.

The piece of braised pork that reached his mouth was taken away in shock, and he felt a little unhappy.

When the man heard Hu Fei's words, he hurriedly made a gesture of silence, then waved to Hu Fei and slowly walked out of the hut.

Hu Fei frowned, hesitated for a moment, slowly got up from the straw mat that had just gained some warmth, and followed out in confusion.

After a while, Hu Fei followed the man to the corner behind the hay shed.

"Who the hell are you?! Why did you call me out?!"

Hu Fei looked at the young officers and soldiers in front of him and asked coldly, with a hint of impatience in his voice.

"Subordinate, please see Mr. Hu!"

The young man glanced around, then suddenly knelt down on one knee and bowed respectfully to Hu Fei.

Seeing this scene, Hu Fei was startled and took a step back hastily, his face even more confused.

"Hu Weiyong sent you here?"

Hu Fei looked at the young man and asked tentatively.

"Master Hu misunderstood. It was Commander Qi who sent the news to his subordinates, saying that he had joined the city guard army as a hard laborer. However, there are many hard laborers here. It took my subordinates three days to finally find out that you were responsible for transporting stones.

In hard labor.”

"I came here late. I hope Mr. Hu will forgive me."

The young man knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

"Commander Qi? Qi Yun?!"

Hu Fei frowned and became even more confused after being told this. Then he muttered the words "Qi Commander" to himself and couldn't help but blurt out a question.

"Exactly!"

The young man nodded and said respectfully.

Hearing the young man's affirmative answer, Hu Fei finally understood. Then he couldn't help but feel satisfied with Qi Yun's ability. He didn't expect that now he even had his own people in the city guard army.

Since the last meeting at the Yinque Restaurant, Hu Fei has completely trusted Qi Yun. Not only did he give him a large amount of silver that he could deploy at will, but he also allowed Qi Yun to win over those who were willing to surrender among the armies. Unexpectedly, he had already infiltrated

Entered the city guard.

"Get up and talk."

Hu Fei nodded, glanced around, and reminded in a low voice.

If someone else saw such a scene, it would be hard to explain.

The young man agreed, stood up hurriedly, and looked at Hu Fei with eyes filled with admiration.

"What rank are you in the city guard army?"

Hu Fei looked at the young man and asked calmly.

"General flag."

The young man answered directly.

The general's position in the army is very low, basically the same as Hu Fei's position in the Governor's Mansion, only slightly higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

"How many of our men are left in the city guard?"

Hu Fei thought for a while and continued to ask.

"There are five or six."

The young man replied slowly.

Hu Fei nodded and stopped talking.

There are only five or six people, which is a bit small, but being able to grow to five or six people in such a short period of time has proven Qi Yun's ability.

"Okay, please leave quickly. Don't come to see me if you have nothing to do. It would be bad if someone discovers you."

Hu Fei looked at the young man, waved his hand and said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Hu, my subordinates have already found a way to adjust the night shift. No one will be suspicious. From now on, I will be here every night."

"By the way, I also brought you something to eat."

As the young man spoke, he took out something wrapped in several layers of lotus leaves from his arms.

As soon as he took it out, Hu Fei smelled a fragrant aroma and couldn't wait to take it. He opened the lotus leaf three times and five times five times two, and a roast chicken came into view.

Seeing this roasted chicken, Hu Fei's eyes almost fell out of his eyes. The greedy man who had been controlling him for three days was finally released, and he sat on the ground and started gobbling it up.

It didn't take long for him to eat the roasted chicken until all that was left was a bare chicken frame. Then he sent the young man away and returned to the hut. As soon as he lay down, he fell asleep.

This was the first good sleep he had since arriving at the military camp.

From that day on, Hu Fei was still exhausted during the day, but when he thought about having delicious food waiting for him at night, he immediately became more motivated and his life became a little easier.

A few days later, just when Hu Fei was full and ready to take a good nap, he was woken up again.

But this time, the person who woke him up was not the young man who had left and returned, but Xiao An, who had never shown up!

Immediately afterwards, Hu Fei was led by Xiao An to evade the guards, leave the military camp, and enter the mountains.

"Where are you going to take me, young master?!"

After a long time, Hu Fei finally couldn't bear it anymore, stopped, looked at Xiao An's back, and said dissatisfiedly.

Hearing Hu Fei's words, Xiao An finally stopped, turned around and looked up and down, with an intriguing smile of satisfaction on his lips.

"Not bad, young master. I feel tired after walking for so long. It seems that I have been exercising a lot in the military camp these days."

Xiao An looked at Hu Fei and said with a smile.

After hearing Xiao An's words, Hu Fei was stunned for a moment, turned around and glanced back, only to realize that he was already far away from the military camp. It seemed that he had walked farther than when transporting stones every day.

Only then did he suddenly realize this problem. If it were normal times, he would have been unable to walk long ago. In the capital city before, he would ride a carriage everywhere and rarely move around.

It seems that his physique has indeed been greatly strengthened during this period.

"Well, that's good. My body looks a lot stronger than before. It seems that Hu Xiang's decision is right."

Xiao An looked at Hu Fei, nodded and said.

"What on earth do you want to do?! What decision has the old man made? Do you want you to take me and escape back to the capital?"

Hu Fei looked at Xiao An and asked with a frown.

But then he felt that it was impossible to escape under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose. Wouldn't that be seeking death?

"The reason why Prime Minister Hu has no objection to His Majesty's punishment of you is that he is worried that His Majesty will punish you more severely after interceding for you, and he also hopes to use this opportunity to temper your character and will. Now it seems that Mr. Hu

He is indeed far-sighted, and he will definitely be satisfied if he sees the young master like this."

Xiao An looked at Hu Fei and said seriously.

"So the old guy is waiting for me here? Does he know how hard it has been for me in the city defense army these days? I almost got whipped before. If His Highness hadn't sent someone to help secretly, my skin would have been torn to pieces! Look!

How will I deal with him when I get back!"

Hu Fei gritted his teeth and said dissatisfied.

"So my subordinate came here tonight to teach the young master a way to protect himself."

Xiao An said with a smile.

"What method?"

Hu Fei suddenly became interested and couldn't help but ask.

"Practice martial arts!"

Xiao An said with a smile.

"Not interested in!"

When Hu Fei heard this, he immediately waved his hands and turned around and left. He had no intention of doing all those fancy things all day long. He was surrounded by guards and dead soldiers. He didn't need to take action at all, let alone go into battle to kill the enemy.

What is the use?

But just as he was about to turn around and leave, Xiao An had already stepped in front of him and blocked his way.

"Step aside!"

Hu Fei frowned, stared at Xiao An, and said coldly.

"Master, Pei Jie and the others are not with you now. I can't show up unless absolutely necessary. You have to face all dangers alone. If you don't have martial arts by your side, what should you do if you encounter danger?"

"And there may be more dangerous situations than this in the future. You cannot rely on others to protect you all the time. Otherwise, once you encounter danger, it will be too late to regret."

"This is also Hu Xiang's intention. I hope the young master understands Hu Xiang's painstaking efforts."
To be continued...