He did not rush back to the stronghold immediately. In order to prevent others from following him, Cao Yong deliberately took a few detours before grabbing Qinggong, stepping on the eaves, and quickly returned to the civilian courtyard where he was hiding.
"The leader is back."
"Leader Cao!"
Cao Yong frowned, and after a few responses, he entered the cellar anxiously.
"Chief Cao, how is the situation? Are the Huo family willing to surrender to Shu?"
"He said he was willing and gave him a sword as a gift." Cao Yong put the long sword on the table, but there was a faint look of doubt in his eyes.
"Perhaps I am paranoid. I always feel that something is wrong. We are like rats in the culvert and are never welcome. When Huo Fu and I met, he seemed very polite and agreed too quickly.
"
"What Leader Cao means is that this person is using deception."
Cao Yong shook his head, "It's hard to say. I checked near Huo's house and found that there were indeed a lot of people following him. Time is urgent. The King of Yuzhou must have sent people to win over him. If Huo Fu really defected to Shu
It means that if we misjudge the situation, it will definitely be detrimental to Xi Shu."
"I thought about it and divided them into two groups. I will take the other three people to meet with Huo Fu tomorrow. You will continue to stay in Tongcheng. If I... fall into the trap by mistake and poison Huo Fu's
I will leave the matter to you. If Huo Fu sincerely surrenders to Shu, you will find a way to catch up after leaving Tongcheng and escort the Huo family away with me."
"Xia'er, I have already made an arrangement with Shangguan Yan. We will contact you via the Night Owl signal and come to respond."
Cao Yong stopped speaking, exhaled, and looked around at the faces of more than ten brothers in the cellar.
"I still say what I said, starting with Mr. Chen, Night Owl should be the Lord's eyes and ears."
"I would like to be the Lord's eyes and ears."
The wind and snow were howling outside the cellar. Under the flickering candlelight, more than ten people, including Cao Yong, clasped their fists and expressed their respect to each other.
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In just one day, under the wind and snow, the entire Tongcheng City had turned into a white makeup.
Wrapped in a large cloak, Huo Fu raised his head while holding a stove, looking into the dusk ahead. In front of him, the following guards were ready to go.
"Dad, I can't understand!"
Huo Fu turned around, his expression extremely deserted. Even when his legitimate son called him, he didn't respond.
"Dad, why did you decide to join Xishu? The king of Yuzhou clearly sent people over to make dad the deputy commander of the navy."
"I said earlier that my brother died on the Xiangjiang River. Dad, you should hate the southerners."
"Shut up." Huo Fu was annoyed.
"You think you voted for Beiyu, and because Beiyu doesn't have a navy general, you can be reused? You don't know anything about imperial power, and new people who join Beiyu will be jealous! If Beiyu really wants to use my Huo family,
He is the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy who is in charge of the power and troops, not the Deputy Commander-in-Chief!"
"Dad, then we can't join Western Shu! I heard that all the flower girls in the south are ugly."
"Say it again, silence me!"
Huo Fu put down the stove, closed his eyes slightly in the wind and snow, and opened them again after a long time.
"Go kill the Beiyu spies who are watching outside."
"Master, after killing, the body——"
"Mo Li, the people from Xishu are coming soon."
"Dad, I, I want to separate the family!"
Huo Fu was instantly angry, turned around and slapped his son to the ground.
When I waved my hands, I realized that at some point, several figures had appeared on the eaves of the Huo family courtyard.
Yesterday's Western Shu spy carried the sword he gave him and used Qinggong to reach him.
"Sir, I'm waiting."
"Okay!" Huo Fu smiled, "The Huo family is also ready. I have killed all the Beiyu spies outside the hospital. If there is no problem, you and I will leave now."
"I saw it, it all depends on sir's wishes." Cao Yong nodded.
"Dad, I won't surrender to Shu!" Huo Fu, the unlucky little boy, got up from the ground and yelled angrily again.
Cao Yong looked at it silently and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Good man Mo Li, I'll leave the city quickly while the Beiyu people are unguarded. I've already taken care of the west gate side last night."
"Very good."
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As Huo Fu said, when they left Tongcheng at night, there was not much obstruction. In addition to the father and son, the Huo family also had several other female relatives riding on the carriage.
"According to the route you and I have set, we should first go around Dingzhou and then make plans to enter Shu." Huo Fu wrapped himself in a big cloak and spoke seriously.
"But I know that on the western border of Huzhou, the Beiyu people's army has already formed troops. If there is no other way, we can only take a detour and bypass the camp of Chen troops, and then find a way to enter Dingzhou."
"The road is too long." Cao Yong hesitated.
"Brother Cao, is there anything you can do?"
Cao Yong silently raised his head, looked at Huo Fu, and then at the accompanying female family members. The faces of the female family members all had a look of fear.
"There are people from Xishu on the border of Huzhou. When the time comes, I can take my husband safely to Dingzhou."
"Great kindness. In this way, we can arrive in Dingzhou quickly."
Cao Yong nodded. His face remained calm, but in fact, he was already deep in thought.
During this period, with the establishment of the iron torture platform, the people of Beiyu continued to suppress the spies of Xishu and exterminated many of them.
But the Huo Fu in front of him, although there was something wrong, still managed to drag his family out of Tongcheng.
"Brother Cao, we are not far from the border here. Which way should we go? By the way, which direction are those secret halls you mentioned?"
"Sir, don't be anxious, I'll go over to investigate later."
"Brother Cao, if you go first and then come back, I'm afraid you'll miss something. While I'm waiting, there are still soldiers from Beiyu who are pursuing me. If they know that my Huo family has surrendered to Shu, they will definitely kill people. It's not as good as
Go and then find a way to enter Dingzhou."
"The pursuers are indeed here!"
Cao Yong turned around and looked at the cavalry coming from behind, looking at the anxious Huo Fu. He gritted his teeth and quickly calmed down.
"Brother Cao, if not, please tell me the location of those secret halls first, and I will rush there together."
"Brother Cao——"
Cao Yong turned around and was silent for a while. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened suddenly.
"I only said that there was someone to help me, but I didn't say that there was a secret gang. Why do you keep asking me, sir?"
Huo Fu laughed and sighed again. He stood up, pushed off the cloak he was wearing, picked up a sword from the carriage, and held it in his hand helplessly.
The originally frightened expressions on the accompanying female family members also became extremely cold, and they all stood up and took weapons in their hands.
Only the son of the Huo family thought about it for a long time before he understood it, and he also became happy and shouted to fight and kill.
"You, Cao Yong, are just a little spy leader. I can't deceive you with such a trick. Thinking about it carefully, I seem to be a little anxious."
"After all, if I, Huo Fu, want to enter Beiyu, I have to do something so that the King of Yuzhou and Military Advisor Chang can trust me more. Deputy Commander? No, what I, Huo Fu, want to do is to take charge of the Northern Chongqing Navy and be the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
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"And you, and the location of those secret halls, are my gift for entering Beiyu!"
Huo Fu raised his sword and pointed forward.
The other three Night Owl warriors who were traveling with Cao Yong were instantly stabbed, and two of them were dismounted. The Huo family guards roared up and slashed wildly, and they were all chopped into pieces.
"Tell me the location of the secret hall in the inner city, and you can stay in my Huo family, be my Huo Fu's general, and be as rich and powerful as me! If not, you can leave your life here."