Chapter 19: The General's Mansion

Before leaving, Xiao Zichen told him a lot of side knocking questions. As soon as I got out of the inn, I was blown by the cold wind, and I only felt that my head was blank, and I forgot it all.

It's better to forget, so as not to get it full of flaws. The communication between people is sincere, as long as you treat people with sincerity and a clear conscience. Chen Yichen continued to comfort himself all the way, until he stood in front of the door of the General's Mansion and repented, the so-called comfort was nothing more than self-deception.

He had never seen such a tall gate except the city gate. Standing in front of the General's Mansion, looking at the stone steps stacked high, I felt a little more nervous and apprehensive in my heart.

"Who?" At the top of the steps, an armored sergeant with a spear in hand said loudly, "Idlers are not allowed to linger." ”

Chen Yichen hesitated, but finally didn't shout, and even forgot to ask the name of the general, how to find it now, he could only mutter: "I'm looking for someone." ”

"Who are you looking for?"

A loud voice suddenly sounded from behind him, making Chen Yichen tremble. Hurriedly turned around, saw the person in front of him with both eyes, and was ecstatic for a while. Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. The person standing in front of him was not the general he had come to find.

"Is that you? Who are you looking for in the General's Mansion?" When the general saw Chen Yichen, he quickly recognized that this person was the young man who entered the city a few days ago and killed the secret agent in the inn.

It's not that Chen Yichen looks so obvious, but the first person who entered the city to give up accepting subsidies, the general naturally had an impression of him, and he killed the secret agent that night, such a person is rare in the world, how can a general forget.

"Looking for you. ”

"Looking for me?" the general's brows tightened slightly, and he said, "Didn't the soldier send you the bounty?"

"It's sent, a hundred taels of silver, not bad at all. ”

"Then what are you looking for me?" Hearing his answer, the general's slightly frowning brow relaxed.

Chen Yichen didn't speak, and looked at the four soldiers standing behind him. The general noticed the strange thing, and without looking back, he said, "Go back first." ”

"The army of the Yan Kingdom has been stationed a hundred miles away. Seeing that there was no one else next to him, Chen Yichen was extremely cautious.

"I've known that for a long time. ”

The general was not surprised at all, but made Chen Yichen's pupils dilated for a while, you know, this is the news that he only overheard last night. He got the news so quickly, and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"A message from the scouts. "To the soldiers of the city, this is no secret or something to come out of.

"Scout?" Chen Yichen heard this term for the first time, and thought that it was very important news, but he didn't expect that people already knew about it, and said slowly: "You should also know about the sneak attack of the Yan Kingdom army tonight." ”

"What did you say?" The general's pupils dilated, and he looked at the young man in front of him in extreme surprise, and said word by word: "You said that the army of Yan Kingdom is going to attack Mocheng tonight?"

"It's... Oh, yes. The sudden change made Chen Yichen's heart tighten, and he looked at him blankly, saying, "Don't you know?"

"Where did you get the news? The general didn't know what to think of, and quickly calmed down.

"Last night at the inn, overheard. ”

"What do you hear?"

Chen Yichen truthfully told the general what he heard outside the window last night, and then saw that the general's brows were tightly locked, and he muttered for a moment, and said, "You come in with me first." ”

"Where are you going?" Seeing the general step by step up the stone steps, Chen Yichen didn't dare to slack off at all, and strode after the meteor.

Passing through the gate of the General's Palace, the general went straight to the second courtyard and walked east along the corridor. Chen Yichen didn't dare to ask more questions after him, looking at the huge mansion, he secretly sighed in his heart: The place where the general lives is much more magnificent.

Follow him around and around until he finally stops in front of a small courtyard. At the gate of the small courtyard, two soldiers with spears stood in front of them, and when they saw them coming, they swung their spears at the same time to block the way.

"Subordinates participate in the Commandery. The two soldiers saw the token he pulled from his waist and fell to their knees at the same time.

"Get up. The commander put the token away, turned his head to look at Chen Yichen, and said, "You come in with me." ”

"What kind of place is this?" Chen Yichen was surprised in his heart, hadn't he already entered the General's Mansion, why was the guard still so tight.

The two of them passed through the archway, turned a corner, and two iron doors appeared in front of them, and there were still two guard handles in front of them. After seeing the commander, he didn't say a word, and pulled the iron door at the same time.

"Squeak. ”

With the screeching sound of metal, the heavy iron door gradually opened, and when you stood outside and looked inside, it was black.

The commander stood in the iron gate, looked back at Chen Yichen, who was standing outside, and said, "Come in." ”

"Oh. Chen Yichen looked at the two soldiers vigilantly, stepped up the stone steps cautiously, and walked in.

I couldn't see anything when I stood outside, and when I came in, I realized that it was actually a dungeon. In the dungeon, Chen Yichen is here for the first time. The dimly lit dungeon, despite the small windows that allowed for ventilation, still had an indescribable smell pouring into the nostrils.

It's like a forgotten corner, just a wall, the sun is shining outside, and the prison is dark and dark. The cold wind blew in through the window, making a whining and mournful sound, more like the wail of a prisoner who had died unjustly.

"What are you bringing me here for?" Chen Yichen kept muttering, should he really think of himself as a secret agent and should be imprisoned.

"Nothing, show you around. The commander's words without any tone made Chen Yichen a little more afraid.

The two of them slowly walked through the dungeon one after the other, and the prisoners were not prisoners, only a dozen people. Everyone was scarred, with their hair covered in disarray, and their clothes were stained with blood. Seeing the two of them, the prisoners stood or crawled to the edge of the prison, and all kinds of noisy and wailing mingled together, but the word "wronged" was heard the most.

"What's there to visit here, let's go. Looking at the miserable situation in the prison, Chen Yichen didn't want to stay for a moment, for fear that he would become one of them.

"Do you know who these are?" the commander stopped, turned around slowly, and swept his eyes around the prisoners in the prison, and finally his gaze fell on Chen Yichen's face.

"No... I don't know. Chen Yichen didn't lie, he who lives in Lingxi Mountain all the year round, where has he seen such a picture.

"There are a few of them who are really Yan State secret agents. The commander said word by word: "The rest are all the people of the city who lied about the military situation. ”

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Chen Yi and Chen Mune's expression, a smile flashed at the corner of the commander's mouth, and he said, "If you provide military information, you will naturally be rewarded." Just like you, kill a spy and get a reward of 100 taels of silver. However, lying about the military situation, hehe, it's a blessing to get out of here alive. ”

"I see. After listening to the words of the commander, it suddenly dawned on him that he had been deceived to obtain a reward. Chen Yichen finally understood why the most heard word here was wronged.

"I'm not here to cheat the money. "What Chen Yichen said is categorical. "I did hear their secret conversation at the inn last night, don't you believe me!"

"It doesn't matter believe it or not. The commander looked at Chen Yichen with a resolute face and said, "I just want to remind you that it's too late to regret it now, once it is confirmed that your information is wrong, you will be like them." ”

"There can be no mistake, I can hear it clearly. "Chen Yichen is in a hurry, his eyebrows are burned, who has the kung fu to joke with you. "You want to die, I don't want to die yet. If you don't believe, can you open the gates of the city and let us out of the land of right and wrong? ”

"Do you know who Xiao Mingxu is?" the commander led Chen Yichen out of the dungeon and into a living room.

"Not the Third Prince?"

"Yes, but it will be canonized in the East Palace in the near future. ”

Seeing that he looked serious, Chen Yichen looked dazed and asked, "What is the East Palace?"

"The crown prince, the next king of Da Chen. ”

"Yes, yes, someone did call him Your Majesty, and I almost forgot if you didn't say it. Chen Yichen suddenly remembered what those people called the Three Princes last night.

"So sure?" the young man in front of him had a natural expression, not like he was lying.

"Of course, they knelt on the ground and called Your Majesty. Xiao Mingxu also said that they should be called His Highness temporarily. Chen Yichen carefully recalled the situation at that time.

"These things are not to be mentioned to anyone. Otherwise, you will be killed. The Commander gave him a meaningful look, turned away, and as he stood at the door, he said, "You wait for me here, and you must not leave without permission." ”

"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing his disappearing back, Chen Yichen strode out. The two sharp blades that suddenly appeared in front of him stopped abruptly. "When are you there?"

"What. Chen Yichen glanced at the guards at the door and shook his head helplessly.

"What did you say?" said an exclamation from the study, as if sensing that the voice was too high, and with a little restraint, "how is this possible?" ”

The person who spoke was none other than the general who defended the city, Fuji Tetsu. At this time, Fuji Zhe had already thrown the books in his hand on the table, and looked at the leader in front of him in a hurry.

The last general also questioned it, but looking at him, it didn't look like a lie. "The reaction of General Fuji Zhe has long been expected by him, and if it were someone else, I am afraid that he would be even more shocked.

"A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy. General Fujitsu stepped out of the table, paced the room, and said, "Can you tell him about it?"

The matter was so important that at first he thought he was here to get a bounty, so he took him to the dungeon. The commander answered truthfully about the experience of the dungeon, and continued: "Seeing that he swore an oath, I am afraid that this is really the case, so I came to report to General Fuji." ”

"It's a tricky thing. Fuji Zhe stopped, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "If it is really as this young man said, I am afraid that there will be another bloody storm in the court." ”

"General, do you send someone to secretly investigate the traces of the three princes in the city? ”

Fuji Zhe shook his head and said, "In the huge ink city, how can it be so easy to find a single person. You can't throw the whole city into it. ”

Fuji Tetsu is right. Now the vacant houses in Mocheng have occupied two-thirds. If the other party really has a hidden intention, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find people out of the city in a day or two.

"Are we going to keep this down. ”

"The truth has not yet been determined, and if it is just a rumor, it is meaningless. If it weren't for rumors......" General Teng didn't continue, turned his head to look at the commander in front of him, and finally made up his mind and said: "You and I are loyal to Da Chen, and it is Da Chen's people who defend. It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. ”

"How the general wants to arrange. "General Fuji's words, the commander naturally understands, and as a sergeant under the general, he doesn't need to ask for reasons, just obey the general's orders.

"Immediately send scouts to secretly search for traces of the Yan army around Mocheng. At the same time, the whole city began to search secretly, and the east of the city should pay close attention to it, and do not let go of any abnormalities. ”

"Wow. "I got the general's order, and the commander was going to carry it out without saying a word.

"Wait a minute. General Fuji Tetsu continued: "That young man stays in the General's Mansion for the time being, to ensure his safety, you should know what to do. ”