Chapter 95 Strange Things

A group of fast horses rode lightly on the road from Weijun to the capital. The leader was Zhou Yanting. He urged the whip and shouted at the generals behind him, "Pay attention to the surroundings. King Wei ordered that you must find a carriage and two men, an old and a young man, and pay attention to the rut and whether there are traces of fighting."

"Yes!" The soldiers behind them answered in unison, but in order to slightly reduce the speed of their strategy.

Zhou Yanting is a little anxious. They have already left the border of Weijun, and it is less than two days away from the capital, but why haven't they found the shadow of Zhuo Yuancan and Qi Kang? Did something happen to them along the way?

After walking for more than an hour, Zhou Yanting suddenly heard a general behind him shout, "Look, what is that?" At this time, Zhou Yanting had run out ten feet away. He quickly grabbed the horse's head. The horse raised his hoof and hissed, and was forcibly reversed by Zhou Yanting. Zhou Yanting drove the horse and trotted back, following what the soldiers expected. Now in late autumn, there are desolate hills on both sides of the official road, which are exposed because of the erosion of wind and water. Gully. On the edge of a ditch about 100 meters away from Guandao, there seems to be a dark shadow squirming. Because the clothes on the body are similar to the color of the soil, it is easy to ignore the past if you don't look carefully.

"Disperse both sides, go and have a look!" Zhou Yanting ordered in a low voice.

The soldiers fanned and surrounded the shadow. As they approached, it was indeed a man covered with blood lying on the edge of the ditch. It seemed that he was seriously injured. Zhou Yanting jumped off his horse and walked straight to the man, because the other party was lying face down, and Zhou Yanting wanted to see the other party's appearance clearly.

"General Zhou, be careful!" One of the soldiers told him, and the rest of the people were on alert.

Zhou Yanting walked to the man and gently touched the man's waist and eyes with the tip of his boots. The man seemed to twitch. Zhou Yanting suddenly reached out and turned him over. At the same time, he also withdrew to prevent change. However, his worries were superfluous. The man's face was also bloody and dying. Zhou Yanting was in his mind. After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't tell who this person was.

He approached the man again, squatted down and tried under the man's nose with his hand. "Which of you come and do me a favor?" Zhou Yanting Road.

Two soldiers got off the horse and came to the man's side to help Zhou Yanting help the man. Another person handed over the water bag. Zhou Yanting opened the plug of the water bag, opened the man's mouth, and poured him a mouthful of water. The man coughed, spit out a mouthful of blood foam, and opened his eyes slightly.

"Who are you? Who hurt you?" Zhou Yanting stared at the other party's reaction carefully.

"The veteran is Lan Yu!" The man coughed and gasped. From Zhou Yanting's costume, he seemed to recognize the other party's self-defense county military brigade.

"Blue Jade?" Zhou Yanting's eyebrows stirred. He was still young. For most of the veterans of the previous dynasty, he had only heard of his name. "Why did you appear here? Who wants to hurt you?"

"Are you from King Wei?" Lan Yu spit out blood foam and sneered, "Are you also looking for a lost emperor?"

Zhou Yanting was even more shocked, "Is there anyone else looking for the emperor? Where's the emperor?"

"Ha ha", Lan Yu still sneered. Obviously, he did not trust Zhou Yanting, or it could be said that he was watching the play in his arms. "Your Majesty, he left and flew away. Haha, you don't want to hurt the emperor!"

Zhou Yanting knew Lan Yu's misunderstanding and explained embarrassment, "No, King Wei sent us to welcome the emperor to Wei County. General Lan, tell me what happened. Where did the emperor go?"

"King Wei..." Lan Yu gasped and said, "Will he be so kind? Yes, the emperor originally wanted to go to Wei County, but the killer you sent has made him no longer believe in King Wei. Go away. The old man will not tell you that the emperor is going up. It's useless for you to say anything!"

"Killer? Where did the killer come from? Zhou Yanting was even more surprised. They set out from Wei County under the order of King Wei and Nie Kong. They had never stopped all the way. How could they kill another killer of King Wei?

"Old General Lan, did you misunderstand? The king of Wei didn't send anyone else except us. You, please tell us where the emperor is going quickly. Now the situation is so chaotic that it is difficult for the emperor to stand alone. Even if he is still with Qi Kang, the old gentleman has nothing to say about obscure, but when he meets a strong enemy is also If you don't have a tied chicken, you can be slaughtered!" Zhou Yanting found that Lan Yu's breathing became more and more rapid, and his heart became more and more anxious.

Lan Yu shook her head, "Don't need to say, the emperor is very safe. Don't think about it... Don't think about it..." Lan Yu said, and suddenly opened her eyes. She slowly raised one arm and raised it to the sky. "The world is chaotic and fragmented. God, you, open your eyes!"

Lan Yu's sudden hissing and exhausted crying throat made Zhou Yanting and the others stunned. Before they realized what was going on, Lan Yu's head was tilted, her arm fell, and there was no more breath.

"General Zhou, this..." The soldiers holding Lan Yu shouted at a loss.

Zhou Yanting stretched out his hand again and took a look. Lan Yu had no breath, so he had no choice but to say, "Put down him and find a place nearby to bury him well. It's a pity that he worked for the court all his life. He was born and died many times, but he died in this wilderness. If we hadn't bump into it, the corpse would have been exposed in the wilderness. . "

Everyone nodded one after another, and two more soldiers got off the horse to help lift Lan Yu's body. Another person took the horse to find a suitable burial place nearby. After tossing for a long time, the blue jade was buried, and a simple tomb mound was piled up. In addition, a simple tombstone was erected, and the big words "Blue Jade Tomb" was engraved with a sword.

facing the tombstone, Director Zhou Yanting sighed, "Old general, you can do it first. Sleep here for a while, wait for me to go back to the Queen of Mingwei, and then choose another feng shui treasure to put you into the coffin and fall into the ground!"

"General Zhou, Lan Yu refused to tell the whereor of the emperor. What should we do now?" A general asked sadly.

Zhou Yanting did not answer, and the cold wind blew through the wilderness. No wonder Lan Yu did not trust them. People's hearts are unpredictable, especially in troubled times. Who can be so sure of a person's true or false good and evil?

"Stay ten people, change into civilian clothes, and look for visits from here to other directions except Beijing and Wei County, and the rest of the people will return to my life."

"Why don't you continue to look in the direction of the capital?" A general asked, "What if Lou Xun's people robbed the emperor?"

"Lou Xun's people don't need to be robbed, and it's more convenient to kill them on the spot. What's more, they don't need to fake the name of King Wei. Lan Yu said that the emperor is safe, so the emperor must not have fallen into the hands of the thieves. Maybe he has temporarily found somewhere to hide. When you pass through villages and small towns, you should pay more attention to the investigation. In addition, the emperor Now it may be like a frightening bird and distrusting anyone, so before you find the emperor, try not to expose your identity or arouse other people's suspicion." Zhou Yanting looked at the blue jade tomb again and thought.

"This is difficult to do. If it is a visit, it is inevitable not to ask people. Isn't it suspicious?" The soldier frowned.

"Just make up a reason. Let's say it's a separated brother. The emperor has to hide his identity. How dare he reveal his identity?"

Zhuo Ruitong sat in his study. In any case, he couldn't guess what happened to Yuan Can and Mr. Qi Kang. Zhou Yanting was right. If Lou Xun wanted to kill Yuan Can, he didn't have to pretend his own name at all. Since he had already claimed the throne, it was reasonable to look for the emperor who disappeared in the previous dynasty, so he pretended to be himself. There is only one reason for the name, that is, he deliberately wants to break away from the friendship between himself and Yuan Can, which makes Yuan Can doubt himself and hesitates about the plan to come to Wei County. It is even possible that the person who seriously injured Lan Yu died also wants to kill Yuan Can to avoid the future, and put the crime of killing the master and killing his brother on his head. His heart is sinister. Duan's fierceness is comparable to Lou Xun.

"The lost area is so large, how can ten people visit?" Zhuo Ruitong glanced at Zhou Yanting faintly and said lightly:

"Send more people to visit on all sides!"

"However, the last general is afraid that if there are too many strange faces, he will also be shocked!" Zhou Yanting saw that Zhuo Ruitong hadn't spoken for a long time, and he was a little embarrassed. Now he suddenly heard Zhuo Ruitong say that he wanted to send more people and hurriedly discussed, "The misunderstanding has fallen. I'm afraid that the emperor will not easily believe us again for a while, so the last general feels that it's better to investigate and secretly than to search. At least, don't let the emperor again. Deepen the misunderstanding and hide from us further.

"But if we can't find the emperor's brother, his situation will be in danger!" Zhuo Ruitong also knew that Zhou Yanting's opinion was reasonable. However, out of concern about Yuan Can, he was afraid that they would slowly search like this. When they found Yuan Can, everything was too late.

If you want to eat silence, both of them have their own concerns and persistence. Finally, Zhuo Ruitong turned his eyes to other places, "Well, it's up to you, but ten people are still too few, at least ten more!" Zhou Yanting bowed his hand and signaled that he also agreed.

"In addition," Zhou Yanting paused and said, "The patrol in the capital is too strict. Although our people sneaked in, they have not been able to find a chance to do it, and he has also found some strange places."

"What is it?" Zhuo Ruitong asked.

"The Yaohua Hall where Ningtanger lives in the palace should still have an impression of the environment near the Yaohua Hall. As soon as our people approached the Yaohua Hall, they were found by the guards. He had no choice but to hide on the beams of the apse of the Yaohua Hall. Just as he was looking for a hiding place, the guards had The Yaohua Hall was surrounded, and the maids of honor were so scared that they ran out of their beds and listened to the noise. Ning Tanger also ran out of the hall and was picked up. Then the bodyguards entered the front hall to search. Our people thought that they could not escape that night, so they were ready to fight to the death, but he did not expect the guards to search the front hall. After that, he just pretended to shout a few threatening words, and then a few people hurried around the apse and went out. After a long time, our people secretly jumped on the eaves to observe the movement and found that a lot of bodyguards on the periphery had been removed, so he also calmly escaped from the gap in the inspection of the palace. According to his description, the last general and he felt that this assassination was as if the palace guards deliberately let him go.

"Oh? Is there such a strange thing?" Zhuo Ruitong thought deeply, "Is it our people among the bodyguards? Or do you hate the person who admons Lou and deliberately let our assassins go?"

Zhou Yanting shook his head, "Where are the people under the last general hiding in the capital? What do they usually do? The last generals all know everything. We have no eyeliner in the palace. As for deliberately against Lou Xun because of our dislike, the last general feels that this doesn't make sense. After experiencing the change of the palace, the original garrison camp in the imperial city has basically Destroyed by Lou Xun, the newly formed garriley camp is naturally Lou Xun's cronies and people. How can they disobey?

"What you mean, did Lou Xun deliberately let our assassin go? But how is this possible?" Zhuo Ruitong frowned and stared at Zhou Yanting, stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought, "Unless, unless Ning Tanger herself is a trap?"

Zhou Yanting did not answer. Wei Wang's thinking was really agile, and he saw something strange so quickly.

Zhuo Ruitong stood up and walked back and forth in the room. After walking back and forth a few times, "The reason why Lou Xun did not immediately surround and capture us is that he expected that the assassin would not be willing to be arrested. Maybe he could only fall to the corpse, and even if he could catch a live mouth, he may not be able to get useful information. Lou Xun It is determined that the assassin has more friends in the capital. He hopes to continue to use Ning Tanger as bait to attract more fish, especially when he is keen to smell where these fish come from..."

"Does the Lord mean that Lou Xun has guessed the identity of the assassin?"

"Ning Tang'er didn't have much contact with her. First, she was the dancer girl of the Li Jin family, and then she was given to me by Li Jin. In addition, her Beirong's identity is also a three-way force. Li Jin and Ning Tang'er have had no contact for a long time, and the Li family is now dilapidated. Li Ren is exiled among the beglings. He is too busy, and there is no spirit. A dancer who takes care of his father? Bei Rong is even more impossible, because Lou Xun originally wanted to collude with Bei Rong to remove Wei Jun's threat to him. Bei Rong was also in a good match. How could he send someone to assassinate his own work and even Lou Xun's new concubine? If the three sides exclude the two, I will be the only one left? Zhuo Ruitong smiled bitterly, "I'm really impruly impulsive!"

Zhou Yanting was shocked, "Will the people we placed in the capital be in danger?"

"It must be!" Zhuo Ruitong sighed, "The assassination failed, beating the grass scares the snake!"

Zhou Yanting took a deep breath, "Before coming down, he gave them an order to stay dormant and look for another good opportunity to act again. What can we do?"

"Then why don't you make up a letter quickly and let them stay still for the time being and find their own hiding place?" Zhuo Ruitong said in a low voice, "It's all my own way. Go, go and send a letter!"

Zhou Yanting agreed and retreated in a panic. Zhuo Ruitong waved his sleeves and knocked the tea cup on the table to the ground. He said angrily, "What a cunning Lou Xun, you thief, how safe is the world!"

"Why is the prince losing his temper?" A voice remembered outside the door that it was Nie Kong who came back.

Originally, after Nie Kong returned, Zhuo Ruitong wanted Nie Kong to take responsibility for Zhou Yanting's actions again, but on the one hand, considering that Zhou Yanting can basically stand alone now, it is the young generation of generals who can be promoted. It is better to take this opportunity to let him get more exercise. Second, Zhuo Ruitong sneaked into Weijun with the details of the King of Wu. After the famous guard told Nie Kong about the coercion and inducement, Nie Kong immediately concluded that the King of Wu must have other means to deal with the King of Wei. Now it is time to send an arrow on the string. They have to send troops to Qianshan Pass immediately to show the world their determination to suppress the rebel Lou Xun, so that the King of Wu could not openly fight against the guard, and in private Small actions must also be prevented, so Nie Kong still has a lot of things to do. Before he came back, he went to check the situation of the generals in each military camp.

When Zhuo Ruitong heard Nie Kong's question, his anger suddenly subsided a lot, "Nie Kong? You're back. Come on, come in and sit down!" Zhuo Ruitong shouted hurriedly, "Ming Zheng, Mei Zheng, go and make hot tea for General Manager Nie!"

Mei Zheng hurried in from the outside and answered, and then hurried to make tea.

Nie Kong smiled and said, "Lord, what's the matter again?"

Zhuo Ruitong pulled Nie Kong and sat down. He could not find Yuan Can. He only found the seriously injured Lan Yu, Lan Yu's death, and the unsuccessful assassination of Ning Tang'er in the capital. Nie Kong has always described it in detail.

After listening to Zhuo Ruitong's words, Nie Kong half cried and half laughed and said, "Why, my subordinate and Mrs. Ying are not by the Lord's side, and the Lord actually made such a confused decision?"

Zhuo Ruitong said awkwardly and regrettedly, "I will..."

"Okay, okay," Nie Kong straightened his face and interrupted Zhuo Ruitong's explanation, "The matter has happened, and the Lord doesn't have to blame himself anymore. Fortunately, we are aware in time that there is no big trouble. We should be more careful in our future."

After a pause, Nie Kong said again, "My subordinate went to the aircraft camp this time and secretly checked the background information of the generals in the camp. Except for Tan Hong and Zhang Yi, I didn't find anything unusual for the time being, but when I took a rest on the way back, I heard a strange thing."

"Is it another strange thing?" Zhuo Ruitong lamented, "It's really strange that there are so many strange things every year."

"Uh-huh!" Nie Kong said with a serious look, "The Lord once mentioned that Ye Ning Tanger may have left the Wei Palace with Wei'er. No one saw this matter in person, so it can only be regarded as a guess. However, today, I met an old man selling persimmon cakes on the roadside and was ready to return home. During the chat, the old man mentioned that his home was not far away, and it was also very close to the official road. One day, in the middle of the night, he got up and found that there was a carriage parked on the roadside. In the middle of the night, there were few carriages on the roadside, so the old man felt a little strange at that time, so he did not sleep immediately after returning to the house, but peeped through the window for a long time, because the night was clear and the old man's eyes were always good. When he was young, he could also use stones to extinguish the candle head ten feet away in the dark, so he saw everything in the official way clearly. About a quarter of an hour later, a young posthumer came from the direction of Acropolis. When the later generation passed the carriage, a little girl suddenly jumped down from the carriage that had never moved. Somehow, the later life was dragged into the carriage, and then the little girl drove the carriage away.

"What do you mean? How can I listen to the clouds?" Zhuo Ruitong looked at Nie Kong ignorantly.

"The night the old man witnessed this strange thing happened was exactly what the Lord said, the night Ning Tanger left the Wei Palace." Nie Kong said with deep meaning.