When the captain of the pro-soldier heard Zhang Ji ask, where did he dare to sit firmly on horseback and not move. He hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said, "Back to General Zhang's words, Da Sima is now in a forest twenty miles away from Hongnong. "He originally wanted to say that he sent me to explore the way because Da Sima was worried that you would not accept it, but in the end, he still didn't say these words.

After Zhang Ji and the other pro-soldier captains finished speaking, they just said lightly: "Lead the way ahead!" ”

Under the guidance of the captain of the personal soldiers, the group headed towards the place where Li Dao was hiding. Of course, along the way, Zhang Ji still asked the captain of the pro-soldier team about what happened in Yiwu, after all, his spies did not enter the city, and he had limited knowledge of what happened.

From the mouth of the captain of the pro-soldiers, he learned that it was Hu Zhen who colluded with the Jizhou army to cause chaos, but fortunately, Li Dao and others were clever and escaped from the north of the city when the city was in chaos. But it's a pity that Guo Yan and others have no news, it should be more than lucky.

After walking on the road for almost an hour, everyone came to Li Wei's hiding place. Li Ji, who was hiding in the forest, saw that Zhang Ji only brought dozens of horses, and his heart suddenly became much more steady, if Zhang Ji wanted to do something to him, he would definitely not bring only such a few people, so he rode his horse and walked out of the forest first.

Zhang Ji came to Li Ji's horse and bowed to the other party: "The last general, Zhang Ji, has seen Da Sima." Farewell to Chang'an, is Da Sima okay? ”

Zhang Ji was originally talking about clichés, but listening to Li Ji's ears made him ashamed. When he first designed to kill Fan Chou, he tried to get rid of Zhang Ji by the way, but fortunately, with Guo Yan's persuasion, he dispelled this idea and sent him to Hongnong. But that's not all, he sent his nephew Li Bei here to spy on him.

Seeing that Li Ji didn't speak, Zhang Ji continued: "Zhang Ji didn't know that Da Sima came from afar, so he didn't go out of the city to greet him earlier, and asked Da Sima to forgive him. ”

Li Wei saw that Zhang Ji was so humble to him, and his heart suddenly became much more steady, and he even thought: Maybe the last time he killed Fan Chou in front of him, he was so frightened that he was down, and the other party didn't dare to treat him slowly. Thinking of this, he immediately smiled and said: "What did General Zhendong say, this great Sima was victimized by a traitor, and he fled to this point, and the general can contain me, I am grateful." ”

After the two said something hypocritical to each other, Zhang Ji said to Li Dao respectfully: "Da Sima, this is not the place to speak, let's go back to the city and talk about it." ”

Li Dao has been eating and sleeping outside for the past two days, and he is frightened, but now that he has finally found a place to live, he naturally will not give up, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Since this is the case, I will go back to the city with General Zhendong." ”

Li Ji followed Zhang Ji to the outside of Hongnong City, and saw Jia Xu and Zhang Xiuzheng leading people to wait by the roadside. The two saw Li Dao coming on horseback, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See Da Sima!" ”

Seeing Jia Xu appear here, Li Wei was very angry in his heart, and he thought to himself: If you hadn't suddenly disappeared, I would have already gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Ado, why would I be so embarrassed like today? Although he was full of resentment towards Jia Xu in his heart, he still pretended to be enthusiastic on the surface and said: "It turned out to be Wenhe!" No need to be polite, please get up! ”

After Jia Xu stood up straight, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and grabbed the other party's hands, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Wen He to be here with General Zhendong, and this big Sima thought that you had been poisoned by Guo Aduo, so he was really sad for a few days, and he also sent someone to repair your clothes and mounds." ”

After Jia Xu disappeared, Li Wei was certainly sad for a while, but it was because no one could give him advice. As for the matter of repairing clothes and mounds, it is nothing. He thought to himself, anyway, Chang'an has fallen into the hands of the Jizhou army, you can't go to Chang'an City to check if there is a mound for you.

Jia Xu also knew very well in his heart that Li Wei said this just to entrap himself, as for what he said about repairing his clothes and mounds, just listen to it, don't take it seriously. However, in front of Li Dao, he still had to pretend to be grateful and said: "Thank you Da Sima for your love, Jia is really flattered." Da Sima saddled his horse all the way, and Jia had already prepared wine and food in the official office, and asked Da Sima to move into the seat. ”

Li Wei hasn't eaten anything since last night, and he has long been so hungry that his chest is pressed against his back. Hearing that Jia Xu had prepared wine and food in the official office, he couldn't help but move his index fingers, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Wenhe for your kindness, then the big Sima is better than obeying his fate." ”

On the way to the official office, Zhang Xiu approached Jia Xu's side and asked puzzledly: "Mr. Wenhe, why are you so polite to Li Dao, the lost dog?" ”

"Youwei," Jia Xu called Zhang Xiu's words and said to him: "Don't look at Li Dao who is down now, but no matter what, Uncle Ling was once his subordinate." If the courtesy is not enough, it will inevitably attract some rumors. We'll entertain him for a while, and when the situation is clear, we'll send him away. ”

Hearing Jia Xu say this, Zhang Xiu immediately realized that he had considered the problem too simply. Don't look at your uncle, like Li Dao and Guo Yan, they were all subordinates of Dong Xiangguo, but Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have all controlled the government no matter what, and their status is much higher than that of their uncle. If Li Wei is difficult to vote for, and his uncle closes his door, then it will have a bad impact on his reputation. Who else will take the initiative in the future?

It is precisely because he figured out this joint that after Li Dao entered the table, Zhang Xiu's attitude towards him became much warmer. Zhang Ji has always been very worried about his nephew, afraid that he will remember that Li Dao suppressed his uncle and nephew at the beginning, and do something unfavorable to Li Dao. At this moment, when I saw Zhang Xiu frequently raising the wine bottle in his hand and toasting to Li Dao, the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground.

After the banquet was over, Jia Xu called Zhang Ji aside and said to him: "General, judging from the situation at today's banquet, Li Wei can't figure out what happened in Hewu City at all. In Jia's opinion, you should immediately send a scout horse to Yiwu to find out what is happening in the city, so that you can take corresponding countermeasures. ”

Zhang Ji has always been obedient to Jia Xu, but when he heard him say this, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, General Ben immediately sent a scout horse to Yiwu to find out what happened and the whereabouts of Guo Yan and Hu Zhen." ”