At the same time that Huang Zhiting and Gao Shishi arrived in Yaozhai, the Gao family team led by Gao Zhang also found the mountain wall where Gao Shishi carved poems.

It was a little late, but there was no way to do it, Gao Zhang's night training was mainly aimed at the geographical features of the north, so he knew very little about the complex karst landform of Guangxi, so it was inevitable that he would take some detours and delay time when tracking the traces of Gao Shishi and Huang Zhiting.

Right now, standing under the mountain wall where Gao Shi left a poem, Gao Zhang looked at the poem and frowned.

A squadron leader couldn't help but ask, "Camp, what does the old man mean by leaving this poem?" You have to get an idea quickly, we don't have much dry food with us, and if we can't find the master again, it will be a big trouble. ”

Because the Gao family was dispatched temporarily, each person only brought five days of dry food, and now two and a half days have passed, if they can't find anyone again, they are afraid that they will go hungry - of course, they are different from Gao Shishi and Huang Zhiting, these guards are all armed with muskets and Yanling knives, and even a dozen bows, so they can consider playing some game.

It's just that, after all, this is an expedient measure, and more than 300 people eat all the game, how much hunting do they have to hunt? Moreover, although the Longqing II style is currently the best firearm in the Ming Dynasty, it is only a front-loading smoothbore gun after all, and the accuracy is limited.

However, nature has its own "rules", and there is usually only one large prey in a large mountain forest, and those herbivores are highly alert, so how can they not run away in advance when they find a large group of humans?

Therefore, Gao Zhang, as the "team leader" of the Gao family this time, also had to think about what to do next.

Gao Zhang frowned deeply and asked, "Do you understand the master's order?" ”

The squadron leader shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The camp is laughing, although we people know a few words, but that is just the master ordered us to learn so that we can understand the general command, so we have to read poetry...... It's too hard for us. ”

Gao Zhang sighed and said, "Master let us go back." ”

The squadron leader was obviously stunned for a moment, looked at the poems left by Gao Shishi, and said in surprise: "How did you see the camp?" ”

Gao Zhang pointed to the mountain wall and said, "You read the first eight words of each sentence." ”

The squadron leader looked at the poem and it read:

Cut Cao Cao to read the Five Classics,

Don't let Fu Jiu mess with my heart.

Chasing the wind and waves,

Hit the water and pick up the lamp, and the wine is full.

Standing peak is really stunning from afar,

It is difficult to carve the wall, and the fairy sound is wonderful.

Looking back at the Central Plains for eight thousand miles,

Before the teaching, the sage read Di Qing.

He followed Gao Zhang's instructions and thought before the first eight words: "Don't pursue, return to the teacher immediately......"

Then his eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed, "The master is really amazing!" The camp is also amazing, this can be seen. ”

Gao Zhang shook his head and said: "It's just a hidden poem, what is the identity of the master, naturally it is easy to come by, it's just ...... It's not easy to carry out. If we go back, what will happen to the safety of the master? Also, the woman who walked with the master, judging from the previous situation, should be a toast - or the daughter of the toast sect, where is she going to take the master? Why did the lord agree? ”

He didn't consider that Huang Zhiting could force Gao Shipra, which was a typical empirical mistake, because in his opinion, how could a woman threaten a tall man like his master? It's unreasonable!

Of course, judging from the results, he guessed by mistake, Gao Pragmatic did take the initiative to agree to go with Huang Zhiting.

The squadron leader's attitude was simpler than Gao Zhang's, and he said straightforwardly: "The master has no last resort, since he let us go back, then everything must be under control, and his subordinates think that we just need to do it." ”

Well, it seems that the high-level pragmatic brainwashing is quite successful, at least these low-level "officers" have been cultivated by him to think that "whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, it is heavenly to carry out orders". By the way, there may also be some cult of personality.

Gao Zhang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Of course, the master's order must be carried out, but this time the situation is a little special, I decided to leave a team with me to continue to look for the master, and the others will be brought back to Liuzhou by you, and by the way, the officers and soldiers of all departments in Liuzhou will be notified to collect troops and return to the city...... Let's just say that it is the master's order. ”

The squadron leader felt that Gao Zhang's worries were reasonable, although it was understandable to carry out the order, but if he didn't care about the old man's life or death, it really made people feel uneasy, so he immediately took the order.

So Gao Zhang picked a team and continued to track the whereabouts of Gao Shishi and Huang Zhiting, while the large army of the Gao family first withdrew to Liuzhou without mentioning it.

Gao Zhang and the others had only left here for about half an hour, and two or three hundred wolf soldiers found here.

This time, it was Cen Qigongzi who came.

Cen Qigongzi had already changed his clothes at this time, but it was still a set of white clothes that servants were used to, but the shape had been changed to a more convenient move.

"Cen Zhao, how about it, you might see this poem?" Cen Qigongzi looked at the poems on the mountain wall with a smile, and his face showed a look of "sure enough", quite proud.

Na Cen Zhao seemed to know poetry quite well, and looked at it and said: "The first two sentences of this poem say that he studied hard, hot as three, cold as three-nine, and he never slacked off; Three or four sentences are words, but literally a little strange, chasing the wind and waves I don't know what it means, hitting the water and picking up the lamp probably refers to the military, hehe, a scholar, what military is mentioned?

As for the five or six sentences, the fifth sentence should be to climb high and look into the distance and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains, but the sixth sentence is a little strange......"

Cen Qigongzi smiled faintly: "There's nothing strange about it, I think that Huang Zhiting is a famous beauty in Guangxi, and our patrol master is not blind, maybe...... Hum. He said it to the end, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

Cen Zhao coughed lightly and continued: "As for the last two sentences......

"The key is the last sentence." Cen Qigongzi interrupted: "Before the teacher, the sage read Di Qing, this poem has a meaning, I don't know if Huang Zhiting, a stupid girl, can see it." ”

Cen Zhao was stunned for a moment: "This ...... Forgive the subordinates for being stupid, and I didn't see any meaning. ”

Cen Qigongzi smiled coldly and said, "Who is Di Qing and what is the relationship with Guangxi, you should always know, right?" ”

Who Di Qing is, everyone in the family of Tusi in Guangxi knows, Cen Zhao naturally nodded, and said: "Most of my Guangxi Tuguan were enshrined in the Northern Song Dynasty, and now most of the ancestors of the major Tusi in Guangxi are Han people who came with Di Qing's Zhengnong Zhigao, such as Cen, Huang, Zhao, Feng, Xu, Wang, Yang, Liang, Li, Zhang, Closed and other eleven surnames Tusi, and the family genealogy can be clearly checked. ”

Cen Qigongzi nodded coldly and asked, "So, what do you think Gao Xun said in this poem that he wants to learn from the former sages of the Fa-that is, from the Fa Di Qing?" ”

Cen Zhao thought about it, suddenly his face changed, and he exclaimed: "Is he going to conquer Guangxi and re-divide the Tusi?" ”

Cen Qigongzi took the gold-painted black bone fan, paced around a few times, and said in a deep voice: "It's hard to be sure now, but this possibility can't be ruled out, after all, this matter is related to the life and death of my Cen family, and it must not be taken lightly!" ”

Cen Zhao nodded, agreeing with Cen Qigongzi's judgment, but after thinking about it, he was a little puzzled, and said, "However, although he is a patrol, I'm afraid he doesn't have such great power, right?" Although there are many factions in Guangxi Tusi, and all ethnic groups and families may not be united, if he wants to rely on the army to conquer and then re-divide the feudals, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not force all the Tusi to join forces, and maybe the entire Guangxi situation will be eroded at that time...... Is the imperial court really willing to take such a big risk? None of our toasts have the intention of rebelling now, why would the imperial court do this? ”

Cen Qigongzi nodded and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, and this is exactly where I am confused." We don't know much about Gao Pragmatic, but judging from his identity and experience, this person has been extremely successful in the past ten years, with the first assistant uncle, the first assistant teacher, and maybe there will be a first assistant uncle soon. That's not all, he is still the emperor's classmate, and he is the only one recognized by the Ming Dynasty as a six-headed champion......

And the emperor's favor to him is also obvious, the sentence 'two hundred years of true leader, I for the Wenqu Luoshudan', even I, the Guangxi toast, have heard of it. In addition, although he was inexplicably demoted to the third level before, he served as a provincial governor as a new science and technology jinshi, this kind of unprecedented thing can happen, who dares to guarantee how heavy his status is in the emperor's mind? Maybe the other officials handed hundreds of thousands of words into the palace, but it was not as useful as his fluttering words! ”

As soon as Cen Qigongzi said this, Cen Zhao also became nervous and said, "Then should we find a way to get rid of him first?" ”

"This ......" Cen Qigongzi was a little hesitant, since he knew the background of Gao Pragmatism, of course he also knew how serious the consequences would be for such a person.

Can the Shum family afford such consequences? I'm afraid it can only depend on how much the court can know the inside story, if the court can be sure that it was the Cen family's hand, once the emperor is angry, the Cen family will be in a catastrophe.

It's too dangerous. Cen Qigongzi frowned, thought about it carefully, and then said cautiously: "You can make some preparations first, but remember not to do it at will, and it's not too late to wait until I find a way to understand his true thoughts." Remember, don't let anyone know until I give it my own orders. ”

"Yes, don't worry, the seventh master, his subordinates know the stakes!" Cen Zhao nodded vigorously.

Cen Qigongzi looked at the poem again, and said: "Since he ordered the official army to collect troops, then that is to say, before he returned to Liuzhou, he was in a state of defenselessness. During this time, if something happens to him, the first unlucky one must be the Huang family, but ...... First, it's best not to do it if we can; Second, if you want to do it, you must make sure that you don't leave any clues, and when the time comes, the Huang family will be in front of you to help us carry this disaster. ”

Cen Zhao nodded and said, "My subordinates will arrange the most reliable manpower to go to Siming Mansion to stand by." ”

Cen Qigongzi let out a "hmm", let out a breath of turbidity, and said softly: "It seems that I am also going to go to Siming Mansion." ”