Chapter 325
The officials in the palace were as anxious as ants on a hot pot by the errands assigned by them, pacing back and forth in the house, so anxious that they didn't have time to care.
If you want to say that it is not a difficult matter, it is so simple that it cannot be talked about, this matter is emptied and kept secret, especially not to reach the ears of the second prince of the garrison commander, there is really no good way, I can't come up with a solution after a few circles in the house, and suddenly I think that it is difficult to do it alone, so it may be possible to unite with other officials, maybe they will also receive such strange orders.
Just do what he said, instructed the people below to prepare a sedan chair, and hurriedly went out to find familiar colleagues one by one.
As soon as the people on the street saw the sedan chair of the official master, they immediately retreated to both sides, trying to reduce their body size for fear of touching the sedan chair body and causing the official to beat and even lose their lives, such incidents have happened, the people are like frightened birds to hide when they see the official master, the officials of the Yan country can be happy or not, let you give birth to you, let you die is difficult, there is no way to ask for help, who let them be the slaves of the Yan country, if you want to live, you have to pick up the tail and live.
Compared to the Acropolis across the river, it is really incomparable, many brave people have found places that Yan Jun can't notice and sneak into the city, just to live better, some people succeeded, and some people were killed under the butcher's knife of the official messenger due to bad luck.
Although the days are barely fed, the people of Weidi still have no smiles on their faces, lifeless like living corpses, the atmosphere in the city is very low and depressing, and it will be a little better later, but the habits have been deeply imprinted in the bottom of their hearts, and they can't change anything.
Up to now, there are still some people who are not afraid of life and death to run to the Acropolis, and a river is separated by the hope that people yearn for a peaceful life. The same patriots, the same invaders, why the gap is so big, and the prosperity of the Acropolis is conveyed from the gossip. All of them led people to survive, and some people didn't pay attention to what they said for a while, why they weren't occupied by Mu Guo at the beginning, and it is impossible to live so hard now.
When the officials of the Yan State came, they were afraid of the foolish people and made radical acts, and they carried out the act of killing chickens and monkeys indiscriminately, so as to deter the people who defended the country by killing no less than ten people, anyway, there were high-sounding excuses to do the bottom. Anyway, the people on Wei Di are slaves of the Yan Kingdom, so such an act is nothing.
Earlier, the officials found their colleagues to ask for a tentative inquiry. After learning that the situation was the same as his own, half of his heart fell, and he said with a sad face that he had no way to complete his expectations.
They are both difficult brothers and brothers, and the things that originally defended the land were enough for them to be upset for a long time, and it was easy to get a little better. This is another difficult thing to do, and whoever can stand it in their hearts will inevitably have a few words of slander.
"What did you say I was asked to wait for?" There has never been an incident of its kind. Suddenly receiving an order, the officials could not help but be suspicious.
"I can't guess, it has to be a young and handsome son." How do you look at this errand is weird, "Why don't you look for it in China, but you want to wait for a place where birds don't pull eggs." "If the command that has no beginning and no end is not clearly confirmed that the above seal is true, it is really a joke made by someone.
"Who's to say it's not." The official's brow was not stretched when he came, "Where do you start?" ”
"There are no qualified people in Weidi, even if they move out with their families during the war. At the moment, all that is left are fools, and they can't pick out the characters who look like Peugeot. "The more the officials think about it, the more bottomless they become. can't help but bring out a little resentment.
"Alas, it's hard for everyone." There is a kind of sadness that is also the end of the world, the order is not issued on a piece of paper, and the people below run and break their legs from time to time, and it is difficult to be an official!
"If you don't look among outsiders, you can always find one or two." The official pondered, "Fortunately, the order did not specify how many people were wanted." "If the number of people is not even, you must not think about securing your official position, you should think about how to live after being demoted to your hometown.
"An alien caravan?" It was an opportunity, and the officials couldn't help but worry when they thought of this, "There are few caravans, most of them are strong men with strong martial arts, and there are few beautiful sons." "No one is bored enough to come here to see the remains of the war, and it's too late to cry if something happens.
"Join up with other colleagues, everyone sits down and brainstorms, there will always be a way." The three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, and the twenty officials were afraid that they would not be able to complete the task.
"Be careful when acting, don't let the second prince notice that something is wrong." When the time comes, don't think about being arrested and tortured.
"Well, everybody knows what's important." The official stopped talking and found an excuse to ask other colleagues to get together to discuss the matter.
Walking on the street where he went to the shop, surrounded by people with stiff faces and cowering, Xu Chenlin's heart tightened for no reason, compared with the people in the Acropolis, it was really unimaginable that Weidi would be like this.
Sympathy, Xu Chenlin has but will not use it indiscriminately, and if he wants to save these people with his own strength, one difficult word is not enough to cover all, and his mind is a little chaotic, and he secretly thinks that the people of the Acropolis have met the lord of a fief like the Wing King, which is a blessing from the previous life, and the living environment of the same patriot is very different, and it makes people sad for a while.
Coming out of a shop, Xu Chenlin found that the Wing King was glancing behind the side, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Then he turned his head to look at where the Winged King cared.
"It's nothing, an official took a look here." Xi Chao's heart felt strange and couldn't say what was strange, he believed in his instinct and signaled Xu Chenlin to be cautious with his eyes, after all, there were no accidents here compared to the stability of the Acropolis.
The official who was noticed by the Xi Dynasty was on the way back to the mansion, his heart was beating wildly, and his face was red, and he didn't know if it was a normal reason for running fast, or a feeling that arose from excitement.
"Your Excellency, your Excellency." The official ran to the yamen, panting with his hands on his waist, remembering that the lord had ordered this matter to be low-key, so he changed his breath and entered the inner hall.
"What's the shouting?" The official scolded the yacha's rude behavior with an unhappy face, and he was thinking about something when he was suddenly frightened by a voice.
"My lord, that's a good thing." Yacha said excitedly, "The matter that the Lord has confessed has an eyebrow. ”
"What!" When the official heard this, he immediately burst into shock, widened his eyes and asked, "Is this true?" ”
"How dare the little one deceive the adult." I didn't dare to borrow my ten dares, and the yacha flattered. "It's true, it's not wrong to see it with your own eyes."
"Be quiet." The official remembered this loudly, and stepped forward to close the doors and windows before asking the yacha to explain the specific situation.
Yacha said this, this, this, and that, a little oil and vinegar. At the end, he smiled with a big pie face and waited for the official to praise him, it would be better if he could get one or two halves of silver, but he had made a great contribution, so he habitually rubbed his fingers and laughed very obscenely.
"Alright." The officials saw the death of the Yacha Na philistine. He took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and threw it over, "You go and keep an eye on people, and there will be a reward afterwards." "Don't let people disappear under their noses.
"Yes, at your command." Picking up the silver, Yacha showed a more dog-legged face, "The little one will do it." I can't run. ”
"Go." The official raised his hand and waved it to send people to hurry, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was not very righteous to eat alone, what if someone dragged him back. Emptying is the first thing to dare to solve this matter tightly.
In this way, the official high-fived and decided, summoned the subordinate to prepare a sedan chair to go out for a trip, and informed the rest of his colleagues to discuss what to do next. Make sure people can get their hands on it without getting too busy.
The officials did not expect to have a goal so quickly. Listening to the official's narration and falling into contemplation, everyone agreed that people should not be forcibly captured, in case they have a background and a bad one will suffer a big loss, and if the matter is a big trouble, it will be an abandoned son who has been thrown out to calm the situation, and finally has a bright day, and it is not worth it to lose a small life in this matter.
The important thing is to observe first and find out the way before starting. invited people to come up with eighteen means to coax and deceive, as long as they safely left the Wei Land and entered the territory of Yan Kingdom, it would be much easier to say. At that time, there will be someone above you to answer, and if you go on a business trip, you can't blame yourself.
The officials nodded frequently in agreement, considering what kind of excuse to use to deceive people to the government, no, as soon as they arrived at the government, they must panic and question if they show their feet, it will be all over, everyone expresses their opinions, and feels that the place should be chosen right, and they are picking out a kind purpose to entertain and lower their guard.
Some officials thought of a good way, if they pretend to be fortune tellers, so that it is easy to approach and talk to them will not cause unnecessary suspicion, and lie that meeting is chance, you can count a hexagram for free, and you are not allowed to ask for money, and lie to them that there is a disaster recently, which will affect the family, and only by going to a certain place in Yan Country to find a rare object to wear on your body can you eliminate disasters and solve problems, so that you can directly send people to the hands of people who respond to Yan Country, and you don't have to worry about things later.
Some people raise doubts and point out that there is something wrong with it, but if people don't believe in this evil or have already asked the master to calculate a hexagram when they come, how can they justify themselves? Besides, Weidi is not peaceful now, what if you think that the fortune teller is a special trick and ignore it? Do you have to create a few incidents that cannot be ignored to prove the truth of what is said, so that the movement is too big, it is difficult to ensure that something is not transmitted, and this law has too many loopholes and is very impractical.
Someone took advantage of this reason to suddenly come up with a plan, saying that the fortune teller would not be able to do it and change the person, so that he had to believe that what he said was true and give up his original doubts.
As soon as this remark came out, it attracted everyone's attention, and in the urging of everyone, the official said that all the elderly people in the rich and noble families believe in the Buddha, especially the elderly relatives, and often listen to the vague words of the monks and masters.
Some people questioned, the idea is good, but where to find an old monk, don't forget that the monks don't speak, and the monks are not fascinated by gold and silver, if you make a fake monk for this, you can't be seen through at a glance.
The official said, is to take advantage of the monk's ability to not play the word, fooling people to get twice the result with half the effort, as for the real monk or fake monk, first find a real try, if you agree to the whole work is happy, on the contrary, find a fortune teller who can say that it will be solemn and treasure the appearance of the treasure directly shaved a bald man to save trouble, for fear of revealing the stuffing to practice seven or eight times more to make the words smoother and more will be able to succeed.
Hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed with this law, how to save trouble, how to come, try not to use coercive means to coax people with words, and the plan was set to let everyone breathe a sigh of relief, it is not easy.
Xu Chenlin, who had seen two shops and checked the accounts, asked where to go now, to see if the weather was noon, and to find a clean place to solve the problem of the Five Organs Temple first.
"Go ahead, there's a big restaurant over there." According to the information provided by the dark guard, Shiochao accurately found the place to eat.
went up to the second floor and ordered a few signature dishes, Xu Chenlin secretly sighed that there were very few people who came here to eat. Looking out the window, the restaurant on the opposite side is still closed, which shows that the business here is not as good as before.
While he was eating, Xi Chao noticed a sight projected on him. Raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Xu Chenlin, asking him to look, because of his position, the point of sight was behind him, Xu Chenlin sat on the opposite side as long as he looked up, he could see that he had an advantage over himself.
"It's a famous official, it's probably strange to see someone like us in Weidi." It is rare to see sons from rich and noble families on the street. The two of them were dressed a little extravagantly, and it was difficult not to attract attention, but Xu Chenlin didn't take it seriously.
Xi Chao does not think so. My instinct told me that I was unusual, and I thought that I would see who was watching it later.
"Where did you go after dinner?" You can't sit here until dark without a purpose, Xu Chenlin asked the Wing King's opinion, and the Wing King has full authority to make this trip.
"Go down and find out what the people are doing." Xi Chao said that it is called a nature. It's as casual as being on your own turf.
Xu Chenlin nodded in response. didn't ask Ah Jiu where he went, he probably went to inquire about the local news and took a look at what Yan Hongyi was doing by the way.
The official who stared at the Xi Dynasty didn't dare to get too close for fear of being suspicious, so he naturally couldn't hear what the two were saying, so he simply ordered some things and used them, tried to pretend to be normal, and carefully followed all the way until it was dark to determine the residence of the two, and hurriedly ran back to the yamen to report, thinking about whether he could get another tael of silver.
"Say it. What's new? The officials didn't wait to ask questions, and the rest of the officials did not leave. You have to know more about getting a good night's sleep.
"The little one followed me all day, and found that the two of them were just wandering aimlessly on the street, occasionally buying some gadgets that they had never seen before." The official said what he had seen and heard.
"Haven't been in contact with anyone else?" Other officials asked.
"No, it's really those two." The official carefully recalled, "The slightly older son took good care of the younger son, and looked like a master and servant. ”
"It's strange that the little boy of a rich family has no one to follow." Everyone knows this in their hearts, but there are fewer people who dislike it, and generally everyone goes out to talk less about hugging before and after, and now this one has brought a subordinate, which is unreasonable, is it possible that the little boy arrived here in advance, and there are still people behind him to catch up?
"That's right." The official slapped his head and said, "That boy has a sword on him, and the little boy also has a sword, so I don't know if it's a decoration or really two hits?" ”
"It's a novelty." Everyone expressed their opinions word by word, thinking that the sword on the side of the adult man was real, and the little boy was about an ornament, and he had seen the same scene in the past in order to show his majesty.
After learning where the two lived, the officials discussed it again, afraid that the two would leave at night and send someone to keep an eye on it, if there was really no one, they would be happy in vain, this matter was early and the better it dragged on, the worse it was, and they had to guard against the second prince in the barracks, so they were not easy to fool.
Things should be done sooner rather than later, and many people should move to call trusted henchmen to keep an eye on them, make sure that the people are still there, and prepare them tomorrow to solve the problem at once.
Everyone went to the willow tops on the moon, and they could finally sleep peacefully, hoping that things would go according to the set path.
Xi Chao could be sure that someone was following him, and Xu Chenlin also found that the official in the restaurant was not far away, and all kinds of thoughts surfaced.
"It's not going to be recognized, is it?" If it weren't for the official errand and something, Xu Chenlin would be afraid that this kind of whole thing would happen, it would be okay for him to arrive, and it would be easy to get out of trouble if he was a businessman, but the king of wings was different, this guy's status was outrageous, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be arrested as a hostage, and the consequences were simply unimaginable, and he couldn't help but feel a chill after just a flash of thought.
"No, if you find out, it shouldn't be an official who follows to the end." Shiochao absolutely trusts his own judgment.
"Maybe it's just to confirm, a big siege tomorrow morning?" Xu Chenlin frowned, "Maybe you don't need to wait until tomorrow morning." "Because he could already hear footsteps coming in and out of the house.
"Here we are." Xichao got up and pushed the door out, swept downstairs inadvertently, and it was normal to call Xiao Er to ask for a pot of tea to enter the house.
"See?" Xu Chenlin is a person who practices martial arts, his ears are sharper than ordinary people, and the boots worn by the official are no longer concerned about distinguishing them after listening to them all the way today.
"Well, there were four people coming in." Xi Chao didn't take it seriously, he caught up to find something to do and did it directly, and the winner or loser was decided, and the official difference was not an opponent.
"Aren't you afraid of causing conflicts between the two countries?" After all, the prince with the status of Mu Guo suddenly appeared on the territory belonging to Yan State, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to think about it if he did not spy on the military situation, and Xu Chen was not afraid of doing anything but worried about the consequences.
"Yan Hongyi will deal with it." Xi Chaohun didn't care and said, "Maybe we will bring benefits to Yan Hongyi, and we can take the officials sent down by Yan Guo from the beginning, and we don't have to look at the officials' eyes to swallow their anger." ”
"That's what you think." Xu Chenlin had to sigh that the king of the wings was wide-hearted, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, and it was strange that the officers and soldiers could fall asleep if they didn't know what to do.
Xi Chao felt that the officials didn't feel like they were going to arrest people, otherwise they wouldn't have to wait until now, and it looked like they were guarding the bottom to prevent people from running away.
With the arrogance of the officials of the Yan Kingdom, it is a strange thing not to make a little movement to show their might, and after listening to the reports of the secret guards, I have a preliminary understanding of the officials of the Yan Kingdom.
The reason why the official errand downstairs entered the inn was to find the shopkeeper to check the registration register, to make sure that the name of the person staring at him was good, and who could go back to report, and then the person who was staring at it was of course to find a place, and now it was autumn night, how to keep watch outside all night, so isn't it stupid, is it a few people to discuss the plan to live in, take turns to keep vigil and feel that it is impossible to leave in the middle of the night. (To be continued......)