Chang'an Fu

Hearing this, the man replied without any concealment.

"To be honest, we have professional equipment for surveillance. In order to prevent exposure, we can't get close to the destination."

As he spoke, he took out a palm-length metal cylinder from his bosom, and handed it to Gu Huai.

"This is it"

Taking the metal copper, Gu Huai looked it up and down, and the piece of glass on the outside caught his attention.

"Diorama?"

"It's almost the same, but it is more powerful, and things within tens of miles can be seen clearly through it."

"So amazing? Show me too!"

As he said that, Guo also took the metal copper in Gu Huai's hand, and began to study it on his own.

"How does this thing work?"

Seeing that Guo didn't understand, the man didn't feel impatient at all. Instead, he took what was in his hand and patiently taught him what to do.

It turns out that the metal tube can be stretched inside. After stretching, put it on the eye, and close one eye for a while, and you can see the blurry things in the distance clearly.

"It's amazing!"

Guo also looked at the world in this small piece of glass so clearly, and couldn't help sighing.

Seeing Guo Ye's reaction, the man just twitched the corner of his mouth inadvertently, like an extremely imperceptible smile, which disappeared quickly before it could be noticed by others.

"General Gu, our master has ordered us to assist you in this mission with all our strength, so if there is anything that needs us, just ask us."

"Thank you!"

Gu Huai thought for a while and said, "I really need your help. Now our people are likely to face a very serious problem if they want to sneak in, that is, we don't know their situation after they go in, so I need you to use your help." The usual monitoring ability will help us to identify whether our people are progressing smoothly and whether they need rescue!"

"But according to the general's order, tell me the specific time and I will arrange people to deploy"

"General, this subordinate is willing to go to the enemy's position alone to destroy the gunpowder!"

Guo also made this plan a long time ago, and he also knew that this operation is really not suitable for a large number of people, the more people, the easier it is to be exposed

"Tomorrow night is the annual full moon festival of the Xiongnu, presumably the military strength will be relatively relaxed, and it will be better to act while they are admiring the moon and drinking."

Gu Huai who was at the side nodded silently when he heard the conversation.

"I'll make plans for specific matters tomorrow, it's getting late, let's go!"

"Guo Ye and this strong man, stay here!"

The man called the strong man silently put the metal mirror in his hand on his chest, and said

"My junior, the general doesn't have to be so polite"

"Originally, your people should be the most familiar with the situation inside, but now the interior of the border town is too dangerous. You should not take risks other than our people, so I hope that Xiao Si can do it as soon as possible before Guo also enters the border town tomorrow." Hurry up to make a detailed internal guard map, which requires your people to work hard."

"No problem, then I'll go back now!"

After Xiao Si left, before Gu Huai could speak, Guo Ye spoke first.

"Besides you, I am the most suitable candidate. Even at the risk of being recognized, I can only choose one between you and me."

Guo is also right, and Gu Huai does not intend to deny it

"I feel that you have changed since you were with the second prince." Guo Ye said slowly, "You have become more human."

"I know why you asked me to stay. You have a lot of worries in your heart. I don't know whether such a change is good or bad for General Gu Huai, but I know it is good for Gu Yanping."

Gu Huai sighed, there is only one person left who understands himself in this world

"In the past, I just wanted to win, and I could even die, but now besides winning, I also cherish my life, because I know that there are people waiting for me at home, and I have to go back to see him, Guo Ye, and you too."

Xiao Si was very punctual, and his blueprints were delivered before Guo Ye’s departure time. This time, the content was clearer than last time. There were even detailed notes on when the guards would patrol and when they would change shifts.

"With your blueprint, I feel much more at ease." Guo Ye patted Xiao Si's shoulder familiarly

But Xiao Si just smiled slightly, "As long as I can help you!" He said to Gu Huai

"Our people have already prepared around. The people inside have been preparing for the Full Moon Festival today. There is a singing and dancing team going in to perform at the moment. It is most suitable for Vice-General Guo to mix in."

"I don't look like a kabuki, do I?" Guo also took a look at his own figure, he was really unattractive, but he was quite tall as a man

After hearing Guo Ye's question, Xiaosi was silent for a while, as if he was shocked by his amazing thinking, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Gu Huai answered

"You mean to have him disguised as a musician?"

Xiaosi seemed to be a little immersed in Guo Ye's question just now, and suddenly said with a slow response, "Not bad!"

"Your Excellency must have made arrangements long ago?"

But Xiaosi waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not an arrangement, but the general may not know it. The bands here are all formed temporarily, and not all come from the same Yuefu, so it's easy to insert someone."

"Hmm..." Gu Huai mused, "This method is indeed more casual and safer than our previous arrangement."

Their previous plan was to sneak in pretending to be Mongolian soldiers, but there is a certain risk of being recognized by pretending to be soldiers, so the method proposed by Xiaosi is even better.

"Then do it!"

Since Gu Huai agreed, Guo couldn't wait to make a decision.

When Guo also appeared in Mongolian costume and held Xiao, he felt dissatisfied

"Why do I have to blow a job? Does a band play a job really have status!"

Xiao Si, who came up with this idea, probably felt the dissatisfaction from Guo Ye, so he scratched his head in embarrassment

"Vice General Guo, don't worry, this band has Central Plains music and folk music, so don't worry about it"

Before Guo could speak, Gu Huai interrupted him

"Satisfy you! Excuse me, it's okay to dance swords like you usually, but you don't know how to play music. Other instruments are inconvenient for you to cover yourself. Do you know that Mr. Nan Guo is just pretending to be a fool! Learn from it!"

When he came to the gate of the border city, Guo Ye was immediately stopped by a soldier dressed as a Hun

"You are also a musician who is going to the city, aren't you? A flute player?"

Originally, Guo was also a little apprehensive, but after hearing this, he pretended to raise Xiao in his hand, and quickly agreed:

"Yeah, I'm a bit late"

"Go there and stand!" the soldier said to Guo Ye with a blunt tone, pointing to the place behind him.

Guo Ye looked around and saw a group of people looking around standing in the open space pointed by the soldier. There were men and women among the people, some of them were wearing the same clothes, they should be dancers, and some of them were indeed Huns. Clothes, like Guo Ye, there are also a few wearing Mongolian costumes. If they didn’t have their own musical instruments in their hands, Guo Ye really wouldn’t think they were playing together.

Now Guo also finally believed what Xiaosi said, it was really a patchwork

Because they don't seem to mind the addition of Guo Ye, a complete stranger. They think that apart from those dancers with the same costumes, there are more strangers like Guo Ye.

"Everyone is almost there, follow me in!"

After counting the number of people, the soldier led a group of people into the border town

Although the border city is called a city, it cannot be called a city in the true sense, because its practical purpose is to defend against foreign enemies. There are no ordinary people in it, and it is a place where people in the army take root

technically a camp

It's just that when Gu Huai was there, he took in some homeless people, most of them were people from the Central Plains who married the Huns, and they were not accepted there.

so nowhere to go

Gu Huai took him into the border city

Do some small business at leisure, sell some daily food and clothing, for the simple food and clothing of the people in the army

Back then it was still lively

But now...

The doors of those shops that were originally brightly lit have long been closed, and there is no trace of light in sight.

Guo also steps into this former street, the street where his second home is located

He didn't know where those people had gone before

He only saw bright lights in the camp not far away, other than that, there was no one around.

The street is very short, and it took a while to arrive at the military camp where they used to take root, which is also the territory occupied by the Huns and Mongolia.

Then I saw the soldier who brought them in bowed his head and muttered something to the people outside the barracks, and then the soldier walked towards them knowingly.

"Today's celebration requires only one dance team, two Xiao performers, one guzheng, one pipa, and three huqins..."

Hearing the man read out, Guo was also shocked. Didn't they come together? There was another selection. If they played at this time, they would be exposed.

Guo Ye looked around secretly, and he suddenly found that there were actually only two people including himself, who took Xiao, which made him break into a cold sweat

Sure enough, I heard the soldier say

"Dancers, Xiao Zhe, Guzheng, Pipa, let's go in, and the rest can only go in and play after selection."

Hearing this, Guo also felt puzzled, and couldn't help muttering

"Can it be done in batches?"

Although the voice was small, it was heard by the person beside him who was also Master Xiao

"Your Excellency, it seems that this is the first performance. This national musical instrument and the Central Plains musical instrument can be played separately or together. King Khan likes to listen to this kind of music. Each has its own characteristics. The ensemble is magnificent and unique, so wait for us After the performance, those people have also been selected. But continue to play, and then we will have free time for a piece of music to prepare for the next ensemble."

And this kind of operation?

Guo also secretly thought, it seems that the time of that song is the best time to act

"So it's like this, I don't understand it very well, I just want to go in and ask for a meal"

The man seemed not surprised, then lowered his voice and said

"In this era of wars and wars, we are all just begging for food. It is not easy. If you are not very good at ensembles, you can suppress Xiao Sheng. You must not make mistakes, which will spoil the interest of the king inside."

"Thank you"