The mountains are continuous and the terrain is complex. Although the imperial court opened up the official road of Wangzhishan, the conditions of the official road were not very good.

In a small mountain pass, King Zhao and Yipin Shangyi, who were on their way back to Beijing, suddenly stopped and did not leave. The guards thought they were just resting, but they didn't expect that it didn't take long for the leaders of the guards on both sides to directly ask to camp on the spot.

Some of the guards were uneasy: Didn't you say that there were mountain demons on the Netweave Mountain? Why stay on Mount Mesh Weaving?

It didn't take long for Wei Zhicheng to announce the reason for camping on the spot: "Master Shang Yi said that I don't know what happened in the valley ahead, and there seems to be a miasma rising. You need to camp on the spot and stay here for a day or two. The first is to pick some herbs for everyone to take, so as not to pass by the valley ahead, miasma enters the body and causes symptoms. The second is to investigate the cause of the sudden appearance of the miasma and deal with it easily. ”

All the guards can accept this explanation, but they are inevitably still suspicious of the rumors of the "mountain demon" that have been rumored.

Then a guard asked, half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Lord Wei, what if the mountain demon comes at night?" ”

Wei Zhicheng snorted coldly disdainfully, and said domineeringly: "There are so many of us, and Master Shangyi, a person who meets immortals, are you afraid of one or two little monsters?" If a mountain demon attacks, everyone will take it and slaughter the wine! What, you kid is scared? ”

The guard, of course, did not admit that he was afraid, and followed with a few bold words.

Cui Gui laughed a few times, and then saw Zhong Ji walking to his side without a trace, and whispered to himself: "We want to camp here, I have to deliver a letter." And...... I'm afraid that I don't know where there is a miasma in the valley, and if I stay in the valley for a long time, I don't know what will happen. ”

Cui Gui grinned, pretending to be joking with Zhong Ji in a low voice, and said, "Then what am I going to do?" ”

Zhong Ji patted him on the shoulder, with a smile on his face, but said very serious words: "You don't have to do anything." Just keep an eye out for the camp. Two hours later, if you hear three cuckoo calls outside, find a way to come out and spread the news. ”

Cui Gui nodded. also patted Zhong Ji's shoulder, a good frame for the two brothers.

After camping, Wei Zhicheng said: For fear that a miasma would permeate, the guards were not allowed to leave the camp at will, and only sent a few guards out to fetch water, collect firewood, and collect herbs.

Zhong Ji begged for an errand to collect firewood, walked farther and farther, and then rushed to the valley ahead. As you walk, keep an eye out for the markings on both sides of the road. After entering the valley, when he finally saw the agreed mark on a tree, he shouted: "Brother Wei! ”

In the mountains and forests, there was a sound of Suosuo. A middle-aged man in ragged clothes, full of spirit, and very tall and brave came out of the woods and asked strangely, "Is there any news for you to run over at this time?" ”

"Yes! King Zhao and the Jia clan camped in the small col on the slope over there. It is said that somehow, there is a miasma rising in the valley here, and it is necessary to collect some herbs to prevent the miasma, and to investigate the cause of the sudden rise of the miasma, and to deal with it easily. ”

That Brother Wei couldn't help frowning: "Is there a miasma rising in the valley here?" ”

"That's what the camp says over there. I don't know if it's true or not. ”

That Brother Wei thought about it and said, "You come with me." ”

He took Zhong Ji from a very inconspicuous forest path to a small cave, and respectfully saluted the cave: "Lord, Zhong Ji has come to report the news...... repeating Zhong Ji's words.

A middle-aged man who was also ragged and more like a homeless person than Brother Nawei walked out of the cave, it was Shui Huo, the prince of Zhijun.

Shui Huo, who was dressed as a homeless person, frowned and looked at Zhong Ji: "In the past two days, in the camp over there...... But what's out of the ordinary? ”

Zhong Ji thought for a long time and slowly shook his head: "It's really not!" ”

Shui Huo thought for a long time, and then asked, "That Cui Gui, is it really reliable?" ”

Zhong Ji bowed down and said, "Cui Gui should be fine." He is just a muddy person, who never pays attention to those high-sounding truths, and only protects himself. Since the death of his good brother, Cui Gui has been dissatisfied with that Jia family, and has repeatedly scolded Jia family in private for being a female liar and a swagger, and he can't even solve the snake venom. Later, in Hexian, the little one tried to throw the things pulled out of the cholera patients into the food and drink of the escorts, but he was bumped into by someone, and thanks to his cover, he successfully passed the test. Although the operation was ultimately unsuccessful, fortunately Xiao's identity was not revealed. Later, he also killed one of the guards with his own hands and gave me a vote. These things, the little one has already reported to Brother Wei. ”

That Brother Wei hurriedly testified to him to prove that what he said was true.

Shui Huo didn't ask Cui Gui any more questions, and he paced in place twice.

"Did you poison you all the poison I asked you to do?"

Zhong Ji said: "It's already down this morning." ”

Shui Huo no longer hesitated: "Pass my order and prepare to attack!" Let's go to that little col and meet King Zhao and that! ”

That Brother Wei hesitated slightly: "Lord Wang, could this be a trap?" Could it be that King Zhao and the Jia family are deliberately leading us over? ”

Shui Huo sneered: "If it's a trap, then fight to the death of a fish, you live and die!" The poison has already been laid, and according to the medical book recorded by that, the poison is about to attack at this time. That slut's medical skills are still worthy of the name! If we go a little later and let her find out, the camp will be on guard. If that still has time to detoxify, then we will have to fight hard. Their guards add up to more than 600 people, and with my manpower, I don't have much certainty of winning! In addition, they also said that they would send someone to find out what kind of miasma, and we were more likely to be exposed. Now, it's impossible to wait any longer. ”

He sighed in his heart: It's a pity!

He originally planned it well, but he didn't expect his father to attach so much importance to that slut, and actually increased the number of her guards to four hundred!

In the past few months, he has been asking Zhong Ji to try to weaken the slut's protective forces. It's a pity that Wei Zhicheng is very well guarded, Zhong Ji is not effective, and his luck is not good, and he has repeatedly attacked but has not really succeeded once.

When these news spread to the capital little by little, he also had to start wondering: Does this cheap person really have a destiny in his body and a god to protect his body? Otherwise, why can't she be harmed? She ran around in the disaster area for several months, and her own people repeatedly attacked, but even her guards failed to kill a few, which really made him a little frustrated!

But there is no turning back from the bow! His activities in the disaster area have been too frequent in the past few months, leaving too many handles. Most of these handles have already been seized by King Zhao! As long as he returns to Beijing, he will be finished. At least it will be confined and degraded, and at worst it will be given death, and it will be difficult to have a chance of revenge. So he could only make a desperate bet, mobilize all his men, and come directly here to intercept and kill them.

Because he was not sure of winning this battle, he used the excuse of going to his dead mother to do things and sneaked here to direct the operation himself.

If the interception is successful, of course, it will be good! If you succeed, many things will change because of this, and even if you are disappointed for a while, there is still a chance to turn over.

If you don't succeed, you will fight for your life, and you will die with King Zhao. And that, of course, will not let go, she is another focus of this interception!

It was precisely because he was not sure of winning that he instructed Zhong Ji to poison the guards' diet, hoping to weaken the combat power of those guards during the battle. But the right poison is really hard to find! Fortunately, although the medical book offered by the slut has not yet been officially published by the imperial court, he has his own connections and has obtained a set of hand-copied hand-drawn books of this medical book. His men rummaged through the medical books and searched everywhere to find a poison that barely fits.

He wanted to use this poison to poison King Zhao and the cheap people of the Jia family, but he was afraid that the cheap people would be able to identify the poison, so he saw through the mechanism instead.

Therefore, he could only instruct Zhong Ji to throw these poisons into the guards' diet at the right time! No matter how capable the '' person is, he won't care about what the guards are eating every day, so naturally he can't find the clues. And away from the crisis-ridden disaster area, their vigilance will presumably be much lowered, and the possibility of successful poisoning will be greatly increased!

As long as you put down those guards, you can slowly greet King Zhao and that cheap man with your own swords, guns and arrows!

After Shui Huo had put his men and horses in order, he set off towards the small mountain pass where King Zhao and Yuan Chun were stationed. He only has more than 400 people, of which only about 200 are elite.

Zhong Ji rode a horse back to the camp quickly according to Shui Huo's request, and wanted to do internal response in the camp.

When he arrived near the camp, Zhong Ji hid his horse in the mountains and forests, and then rubbed it vigorously on the mud and bushes several times, rubbing and hanging his clothes in tatters, and making a few blood marks on his face and hands. Then he picked up a broken branch, and with it on his back, limped back to the camp.

"Zhong Ji, why did you come back now? Where's the firewood you picked up? A small leader asked him, "By the way, why do you look like this?" ”

Zhong Ji pursed his lips and sighed with a gloomy face: "Don't mention it!" I accidentally fell into the ditch and managed to climb out. All the firewood is piled up in that ditch! ”

The little leader glanced at him: "Seeing that you can still walk, it shouldn't be a serious fall." Let's get some medicine for yourself! If the pain is severe, it is best to ask the medical officer on the side of His Royal Highness King Zhao to take a look. By the way, the little pill sent by Master Shang Yi to avoid miasma, you remember to take it! "If you have a little injury or pain, don't bother Master Shang so carelessly!

Zhong Ji casually agreed. I saw Cui Gui walking forward head-on.

"Brother Zhong, what's wrong with you?" Cui Gui asked, "Do you want me to help you?" ”

"Thank you so much! Help me go back and get some medicine. Zhong Ji stretched out his hand to him and asked Cui Gui to support him.

"Why did Brother Zhong come back? Is there any indication over there? Cui Gui helped Zhong Ji and asked in a low voice as he walked towards the tent.

Zhong Ji nodded slightly, and asked again, "How is it in the camp?" Has anyone had poisoned hair? ”

Cui Gui also nodded slightly: "I roughly calculated, there are already seven or eight people who said they were tired and went back to sleep." Everyone only thought that they were really tired and didn't take it seriously. But if there are more and more people who feel tired and want to sleep, and they are so tired that they don't even want to eat, and they can't wake up when they scream, the people above will definitely be suspicious, and they will not be able to hide it. ”

Zhong Ji said: "You don't have to hide it for long. The king's men and horses will soon be near the camp. When the time comes, as long as we light a fire in the camp and open the gate while there is chaos, they will rush in. Now, let's bear with it a little longer, and when the time is almost up, we will go and light the fire and open the door, and the big thing will be done. ”

Cui Gui nodded again and again, admiring: "Good strategy!" ”

When they returned to their tents, they found that two guards were asleep in them.

Zhong Ji went over and patted the cheek of one of the guards, who was sleeping deeply but not restlessly, and only made a few dreamy sounds.

Zhong Ji couldn't help but smile: This poison is wonderful! The attack is so hidden, it is really a good helper for conspiracy and calculation, seeking money and killing people. Unfortunately, the shortcomings are also obvious: it is said that this poison is very easy to detoxify, as long as you don't make a mistake, several commonly used medicinal materials can detoxify.

Cui Gui took out a small pill and handed it to Zhong Ji: "Brother Zhong, this is a pill to avoid miasma, I'll keep it for you!" Let's eat it! ”

Zhong Ji took the pill, sniffed it, and just wanted to eat it, he wrapped the pill in a handkerchief and stuffed it into his arms. said: "I don't know if the miasma matters." I'd better keep it for now, and see if anyone needs it over there! ”

Cui Gui nodded, and said, "Brother Zhong, do our people have any marks or codes?" If the people over there rush in and kill us indiscriminately, wouldn't it be wronged?! ”

"It's just the two of us! I have told Brother Wei about your appearance, they will not touch you, and there is no agreement on any marking. Zhong Ji sighed, now that there is no need to hide some things from Cui Gui, "Originally, we still have two people." But they were really unlucky, and when they crossed the eagle's beak cliff, they fell and died! "Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken advantage of you, the person who came halfway, as a help.

"The two people who fell and died over the eagle's beak cliff turned out to be our people?" Cui Gui couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes widened.

"Exactly!" Zhong Ji's face was a little heavy, "I only learned about this after I arrived in Xianzhou." ”

Originally, the two of them followed the path to find an opportunity to do something. Unexpectedly, it didn't work out, but he gave his own life, and he died so inexplicably and aggrieved. He stayed in Xianxian County at that time, and went to Xianzhou with the brigade, and after hearing the news of the death of those two people, he had a feeling of isolation and helplessness at that time, so he had to take this Cui Gui as help. Fortunately, Cui Gui passed his test and did not let himself down. If Brother Wei refuses to let him go after the matter is completed, he will also intercede for him. If the plea is ineffective, he will also take care of his family.

As he was talking, it was already time to eat outside. And there were comrades at the door of the tent and called for dinner.

Zhong Ji whispered to Cui Gui: "Go eat first!" When you have eaten your fill, you will do what you planned. ”

The two of them came out of the tent and looked around, and found that most of the guards were a little lazy and couldn't lift their spirits, and some of them kept yawning, looking like they were about to fall asleep.

Zhong Ji noticed that there was white smoke in several places in the direction of the valley in the camp, so he asked a guard, "What is that smoke for?" ”

The guard turned his head to look at it, and said, "Oh, I said it was driving away miasma!" He stretched and yawned, "Don't tell me, that miasma is pretty bad!" After all this distance, I feel that today seems to be very unenergetic. ”

Zhong Ji secretly laughed: You guys are poisoned!

The guards were eating, and they saw King Zhao with a few guards, smiling all the way. He looked at the food in the guard's bowl, and said a few words of condolence to the guard, looking kind.

When they arrived at Zhong Ji and them, King Zhao sat next to Zhong Ji and asked Zhong Ji with a smile: What's wrong with your face? Where did it scratch? Where are the people at home? Who are some of the people in the family? It turned out to be from Kyokei, right? Under which adult's command......

After Zhong Ji answered several questions, he found that His Royal Highness King Zhao was actually a talker, and he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead when he asked endless questions. I thought: If you continue to ask like this, when will it be a head?

In a hurry, he wanted to use the trick of urinating: "Please forgive your highness!" Humble ...... Some urgency! Gotta go and make it easier. ”

Shui Xiao smiled and said: "If you are really anxious, this king will let you go!" But don't be too anxious about setting fire to open the door! ”

Don't be in a hurry when it comes to setting fire to open the door!

As soon as Shui Xiao's words came out, Zhong Ji was shocked. He instinctively wanted to jump up and throw himself at King Zhao, wanting to take him hostage, but his arms were suddenly twisted from behind and pressed to the ground, unable to move again.

His heart suddenly became cold: It's over!

Behind him, Cui Gui snorted coldly: "It's really a group of young masters and you!" Stupid like this, dare to learn from others to come out and be meticulous? ”

Zhong Ji was a little incredulous for a while: he actually fell for the counterplot? Cui Gui turned out to be someone over there? He looked around again, and the guards, who had pretended to be weak, all stood up very energetically and looked at him with a smile.

Fooled! Zhong Ji closed his eyes with an extremely heavy heart: he fell for Cui Gui!

But how is this possible?

He asked Cui Gui unacceptably: "How is it possible, you obviously killed a guard?" Do you want to go back? Don't forget, your little Cao Kite's good brother died because of that female liar's incompetence! ”

Cui Gui grinned: "Fart guard! Lao Tzu killed just a spy! It's just that he's not your person, so you don't know who he really is. As for Brother Cao......"

His eyes were a little red: "There is a wrong, there is a debtor, although Lao Tzu is a little muddy, he can distinguish between black and white!" If it weren't for the purpose of tracking down you guys who only knew intrigue and never cared about the lives of the people, how could Brother Cao be bitten by a snake? How can you die?! Lao Tzu has long sworn that he will take your lives to pay tribute to Brother Cao's spirit in the sky! ”

"Then ......" Zhong Ji still felt incredible, "Then why are you covering me?" You...... How did you deliver the message? I've been staring at you! You didn't have any suspicious contact with anyone! ”

Cui Gui sneered: "If you don't cover you, how can you catch a big fish?" As for the way to deliver the message, we have already agreed on a set of code words. "For example, what does it mean to scratch your head, what does it mean to pick your ears, and what does it mean to pick your nose," just now when I came out of the camp tent, Lao Tzu delivered the news in front of you, and you didn't even notice it. If you are stupid like this, you won't be wronged if you lose! ”

He and Cao Yuan were originally King Zhao's people. This time, he was ordered to infiltrate the guard team of Lord Shang Yi in order to catch the spies who had infiltrated from elsewhere and protect the safety of Lord Shang Yi. At first, even Wei Zhicheng didn't know their true identity.

That day, when he and Brother Cao were patrolling, they found two suspicious people. While tracking, Brother Cao was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and was not rescued. He was really sad at the time! I really hate that "Yipin Shang Yiyi" who they desperately protected couldn't cure snake venom and couldn't save his good brother!

Later, he was sent back to Chuxian County because of a leg injury, and King Zhao sent a message telling him to change his strategy, so he deliberately amplified his dissatisfaction with "Yipin Shangyi". Unexpectedly, after arriving in Xianzhou, there were really fish hooked. Since then, he has been mixed with Zhong Ji.

Shui Xiao waited for Cui Gui to finish speaking, and asked Zhong Ji with a smile: "How many people did King Zhijun bring this time?" ”

Zhong Ji glared at Shui Xiao fiercely and shut up and didn't answer.

Shui Xiao said: "It doesn't matter if you don't answer. Since he came up with the trick of poisoning Jia Shangyi under his nose, he must not be strong enough, and he can't fight hard. Even his strength will not be too bad, otherwise it will not be an interception, but a death. So I guess he has about 300 to 400 people. And it doesn't matter how many of them he ......"

Shui Xiao smiled slightly: "We have put so much smoke outside the camp, and the King of Zhijun has been waiting outside the camp for so long, the combat effectiveness of his men and horses will definitely be greatly weakened, reducing the casualties of our guards." Do you think there is a miasma in that valley? The small pill that was handed down was actually to understand the medicinal properties of the smoke. ”

He waved at one of the guards. The guard bowed, picked up his torch, and lit a large pile of dry wood and hay.

The fire was blazing, and under the heavy twilight sky, it seemed to reflect half of the sky.

Waiting not far from the camp, Zhijun Wang and the others were feeling a little dizzy.

That Brother Wei endured his dizziness and said to the King of Zhijun: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid the situation is not good. Did we get caught in that miasma? Or was it plotted? He sniffed hard, and felt that there seemed to be a strange smell here.

The king of Zhijun was about to answer, when he saw the light of the fire rising in the camp in front of him.

He endured his dizziness, gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, it's ready to be sent at this moment." Advance! "If this is really a trap, then let me be a ghost after I die, and go to pay for this blood debt!

Yuan Chun sat in his tent, in a gloomy mood. Ah Wu, Qiu Ningshuang, Xu Feiying and others gathered around her, quietly waiting for the results outside. Qin Zhen and Ah Zhen ran around inside and outside the tent, constantly bringing them new news.

"That spy has been caught!"

"His Royal Highness King Zhao lit the pile of firewood and grass!"

"There's a fight at the camp gate!"

"The bandit leader has been caught! He said that he was the king of Zhijun and was brought to King Zhao. ”

"The bandit leader also wanted to assassinate King Zhao, but was knocked unconscious by King Zhao's guards."

Yuan Chun sighed and threw down the scroll in his hand that he didn't read a word: "Sleep!" ”