Chapter 19: Out of the City
When Gonggong Zou arrived at an intelligence stronghold in Longyuan, he directly asked his subordinates if there was Mama Li's whereabouts, everyone knew that Gonggong Zou and Mama Li had a close relationship, and there were some branches, Gonggong Zou was angry, he knew that since Emperor Wen could keep an eye on Yang Wuxu all the time, then there must be someone secretly watching Mama Li. A small official replied softly: "Mama Li left the city from the West Gate three days ago, and was followed by Elder Tian Li. Hearing this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Gonggong Zou's forehead, Emperor Wen really sent someone to keep an eye on Mama Li, and it was actually Tian Li in the past, this is another evil master who joined after the amnesty of five and six, although he has never seen this person's methods, but every time he sees Tian Li, he can see his black palm at first sight, ordinary people may not understand, but he can feel that this is a corpse gas. He was extremely worried, and he blamed himself very much, why did he leave Mama Li in Jianye at that time, which indirectly facilitated Emperor Wen's surveillance. But at this moment, he had no time to regret, and he quickly left the stronghold and went directly to the west gate.
As soon as he arrived at the west gate, he saw that Liu Yanzheng led a team of internal guards waiting at the city gate, Liu Yanzheng directly stopped Zou Gonggong, looked a little hesitant, and said: "Zou Gonggong, Your Majesty summons you." ”
Gonggong Zou suddenly understood at this moment that Emperor Wen was no longer the innocent young man he was ten years ago, and now His Majesty no longer trusts him. Liu Yanzheng was ordered to come, and once he returned to the palace, he might never be able to come out safely. But if you disobey the order and leave, you may not want to return to Dongyue for the rest of your life. He didn't think much about it, and suddenly the whole person jumped up, gathered strength in his hands, and slapped his palm at several internal guards behind Liu Yanzheng. Seeing Gonggong Zou make a move, Liu Yanzheng pulled out his blade and commanded a group of guards to take it. Father-in-law Zou didn't want to hurt anyone, he just wanted to go out of the city quickly to find Mama Li. But the conflict was inevitable, the Ouchi guards were the elite of the army, and their means were higher than ordinary sergeants, he waved his palm to repel the two, and then four more guards came up, and Liu Yanzheng asked the rest of the people to form a circle, surrounded Zou Gonggong and the four guards. On the edge of the city gate, the city defense army saw that the Ouchi guards were taking people, and they quickly approached to block the city gate to prevent escape. The way out was blocked, Zou Gonggong was angry, his hands were full of energy, and the whole person changed from his usual gentle and elegant, like a wild beast, and frequently waved his palms and seriously injured several guards. Seeing this, Liu Yanzheng could only personally lift the knife and step forward, the two were entangled for a moment, Zou Gonggong took the opportunity to kick Liu Yanzheng in the lower abdomen, Liu Yanzheng fell to the ground in pain, and it was difficult to get up for a while, Zou Gonggong immediately jumped up high, jumped out of the encirclement at once, and rushed towards the city gate.
The city defense army on the side of the city gate saw that Zou Gonggong was quite strong, and did not dare to step forward easily, Zou Gonggong walked over quickly, quickly knocked down a city defense sergeant, threw the whole person out, and flew straight to the sergeant blocking the door. The sergeant who was thrown out knocked several people who blocked the door into crooked, and there was a gap all of a sudden, Zou Gonggong did not hesitate, the whole person jumped up again, and flew straight to the city gate, at this time Liu Yanzheng, who fell to the ground, saw that the situation was not good, and shouted loudly: "Close the door!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the sergeants were about to go up and pull the gate, but suddenly several powerful small stones flew in the distance, hitting several people's ankles accurately, and the sergeants fell to the ground in pain. Gonggong Zou understood that someone was helping him in the dark, so he didn't think too much about it at the moment, and quickly passed through the city gate and ran out of the city.
Liu Yanzheng saw that Zou Gonggong had escaped, and hurriedly called someone to come forward to chase, and a group of sergeants were ready to get on the horse, but the flying stone appeared again, and the leading few people were hit by the stones, fell off the horse, and when Liu Yan was trying his best to get up, he got on the horse and prepared to chase, and the figure of Zou Gonggong outside the city had disappeared. He turned around and looked around, but found no suspicious person flying out of the rocks.
Emperor Wen had an order to recall Gonggong Zou back to the palace, and Liu Yanzheng could only bite the bullet and lead people out of the city to pursue it.
Zou Gonggong out of Jianye City, he ran all the way, full of thoughts, he was a little eunuch in the palace, when he was young and Mama Li, he was favored by a personal old eunuch of Emperor Hui, the two worshiped under it, the old eunuch had no heirs, and treated Mama Li and Zou Gonggong as if they were their own children, taught the two martial arts, and taught the palace how to do things, over time, the two treated them very respectfully. When Emperor Hui was in power, the old eunuch died, and before his death, he recommended Zou Gonggong and Li Mama to Emperor Hui, and Emperor Hui also liked the two very much, so he gave Li Mama to the Queen Mother, and arranged for Zou Gonggong to go to Emperor Wen, who was still the prince at that time. After many years of getting along, Grandpa Zou has long had a secret affection for Mama Li, and Mama Li is the same, although some fathers-in-law and grandma in the palace live together in old age, but Grandpa Zou knows that Mama Li's appearance and character are excellent, and he should not be a eunuch for the rest of his life, so he has not said anything. After the two separated, they no longer had any extravagant thoughts. Until the Wang rebellion, he found that he had always remembered his sister the most at the moment of life and death, after the rebellion was quelled, Mama Li has been taking care of her, and the two finally broke their minds, so after the palace banquet, Mama Li wanted to leave, he tried his best to stay, and the two lived a life similar to ordinary people for several months.
At this moment, he can't let his senior sister, or his lover, have an accident, even if he fights for his life, he has to let Mama Li get out of this place.
Gonggong Zou has no goal, he only knows that Mama Li went out of the city from the West Gate, and the rest of the Wang family and a group of Northern Qin people left from the North Gate, where is the destination of these people? He recalled that Yang Wuxu died not far from the wind forest, and out of the wind forest was the wind forest ferry, the ferry, the North Qin, and he thought of the mouth of the wet beard. Thinking of this, he decided to rush to the mouth of the water immediately.
The filthy Taoist returned to the hidden courtyard of Longyuan outside the city, and drank a lot with Gonggong Zou today, he returned to the room and fell asleep. It was close to midnight, and his consciousness was shaken, and he suddenly came to his senses. Before he got up, several flying locust stones flew in front of him, his eyes opened slightly in the dark, and a strong force suddenly arose around the whole person, and the flying locust stones fell down after hitting the qi, and a burly figure emerged in the darkness.
"It's coming so soon." The dirty-clothed Taoist stretched his waist and slowly got up.
"Your Majesty, I want you to die." The burly man in the darkness said that, and slashed at the dirty cloth Taoist.
The dirty cloth Taoist smiled indifferently, he slowly raised his arm, formed a sword finger with one hand, faced the big knife, and with a slight touch, a layer of frost suddenly appeared on the knife body, and then a cold air surged towards the burly man. The burly man reacted very quickly, he shook the big knife violently, shook off the frost, then turned around and put the knife across his chest, took a step back, and stopped the door.
"Lei Hong, you're here, where is your lady?" The dirty man said with a little sarcasm.
"Old Taoist, you just remember the slave family like this." As soon as the dirty-clothed Daoist finished speaking, a coquettish voice sounded from behind Lei Hong, and then a young woman with heavy makeup walked out of the darkness.
"Haha, poisonous lady Bai Mei, I don't dare to remember it, it's just that your husband and wife have always been husband and wife, I don't believe it, don't worry, your old Lei came out in the middle of the night alone." The dirty man said teasingly.
"No more gossip." Lei Hong was obviously a little angry when he heard the words of the dirty-clothed Taoist, as soon as his voice fell, the big knife was cut out again, he was almost hit by the frost, so this knife vowed to save face, and the knife was extremely violent.
The dirty-clothed Taoist was still smiling, he put his hands into palms, and frost gushed out of his palms again, and he took a step forward extremely quickly, turned sideways, dodged the big knife, and crashed straight into Lei Hong's body, and then closed his palms together, firmly holding down the big knife, and the frost spread rapidly. When Bai Mei saw that Lei Hong's big knife was restrained, he quickly slapped it out with one palm and slashed at the dirty cloth Taoist.
As soon as Bai Mei slashed his palm, the dirty-clothed Daoist retreated, squeezing Lei Hong in the corner of the room and dodging the palm.
Lei Hong was suppressed, and he was furious, and he suddenly gathered his brute force to push away the filthy Daoist.
With the help of Lei Hong's brute force, the whole person of the dirty clothes Taoist skillfully jumped up quickly, directly smashed through the window, and jumped away. When Lei Hong and Bai Mei rushed to the broken window to chase after them, the dirty man had disappeared into the night.
Lei Hong was very annoyed, he and Bai Mei were originally masters of fame, they were quite famous in the Western Wei Dynasty, they recently joined Long Yuan, and they wanted to perform, but who knew that the first mission would let the dirty clothes Taoist escape, and he didn't know how to go back and explain to Emperor Wen.
The dirty-clothed Taoist did not leave the manor, after he broke the window, he casually hit a few bursts of energy, so that Lei Hong Baimei thought that he had fled quickly, and then hid his breath and hid under the eaves of the window. When the two of them left, he opened the window and re-entered the room, sat on the edge of the bed, and quietly thought about what had happened in the past few days.
Emperor Wen had absorbed many people from the rivers and lakes as Elder Longyuan, and the last time they met, he already felt that they were mixed with the Jiuli people. Father-in-law Zou has escaped, he helped at the West City Gate, and he has also done his duty as a friend, Long Yuan will soon be controlled by Jiuli, which is really a headache. Mo Buyu should go after the remnants of the Wang family, I don't know which forces are still helping the Wang family in secret. As for Mama Li, she is the person next to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother still hopes that the Wang family can leave a bloodline, and she must have an explanation for her deathbed. In the end, he came to a conclusion that Dongyue would be chaotic, and even Dongyue would most likely become the chaos of the entire Central Plains. He simply sorted out his clothes, left the manor after dawn, and made his next stop at Yunmeng Mountain.
Early in the morning, Liu Yanzheng returned to the palace, Emperor Wen had expected that he had failed to pursue Zou Gonggong, his face was quite ugly, Liu Yanzheng did not dare to explain too much, hurriedly retired, and went down to arrange someone to go to hunt down. The Internal Affairs Office rearranged a group of eunuchs to come over, Emperor Wen was suddenly a little unaccustomed to the fact that Gonggong Zou was not by his side, and the new eunuchs were cautious, but they couldn't hold Emperor Wen's mind. Lei Hong came from outside the palace to send news, the dirty clothes Taoist escaped, which made Emperor Wen a little surprised, when Zou Gonggong recommended this dirty clothes Taoist, he was not optimistic, a sloppy old Taoist is like a charlatan, but seeing Mo Buyu growing rapidly under his teaching, he didn't care too much, now Zou Gonggong is fleeing, he remembers that the two have some connections and want to eradicate them together, who knows that this person has some means, escaped under the hands of two famous masters, it seems that he really underestimated him.
Just as Emperor Wen was thinking about who would control Long Yuan after Gonggong Zou left, Mo Puzhi, the first assistant of the cabinet outside the palace, asked to see, his face sank, in recent months, Mo Puzhi held the power of the cabinet, and frequently arranged for the children of the poor to enter the ministries and the army, he was vaguely uneasy. A few days ago, he wanted to clear out a group of people from the former Criminal Department, Shangshu Mu Yingzheng and the Mixed Yuan faction, and Mo Puzhi led a group of officials from the cold sect to oppose it with all their might, which made him quite annoyed. Mo Puzhi entered the palace early this morning, presumably wanting to argue again, he hesitated for a moment, and said angrily to the new eunuch: "No." ”