After hearing this, Shangguan Beitang pondered for a long time, took down a piece of cloth from his robe, bit his finger and wrote a few words, stuffed it into Zheng Yi's hand, and said: "Lord Zheng, the head of this king is in your hands, be careful." "Xiaguan will die and live up to the prince's trust." Zheng Yi bowed again. "Farewell." "Farewell."

After Zheng Yi left the prison, he went straight to the mansion of the royal residence of the army. Wang Ju let him go to the study and asked, "Brother Zheng came to find the younger brother, what is the so-called matter?" "Brother Wang Xian, it is true that there is something to discuss as a brother." Zheng Yi said and looked outside the study to close the door, then took out the cockle-patterned jade pendant from his arms and said, "What do you think this is?" ”

After all, Wang Ju is a person who practices martial arts, so he doesn't have any research on this kind of plaything, so he doesn't care too much about it: "Isn't this just a jade pendant, what's so strange?" "Take a closer look at the lines on it." Zheng Yi asked him to take a closer look. "Four-clawed cockroach?" Wang Ju said after checking it. "Hmm!" Zheng Yi nodded. "Brother Zheng, this, whose thing is this?" Wang Ju asked in a hurry.

"Can't you guess that? Who would dare to wear a jade pendant with this pattern? Zheng Yi asked rhetorically. Wang Ju pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Zheng has not left Dongchuan recently, and Dongchuan is not the territory of the vassal king, only the king of Beixuan has come to suppress the bandits recently, can it be said that Brother Zheng has seen the king of Beixuan?" Zheng Yi nodded again. Wang Ju smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the person who made the prefect eat the closed door three times and twice was actually seen by my brother." ”

"Then Brother Xian, guess where I met the King of Beixuan?" Zheng Yi said. "Where? Isn't it in his barracks? Wang Ju said. No, it's a government prison. Zheng Yi stroked his beard and said slowly. What the? Wang Ju exclaimed, "He Qian Wanqing is so bold that he even dares to touch the prince of the dynasty!" It's worth it! With that, he was so anxious that he circled around the house.

"Brother Xian, don't worry, that's why my brother came to you. Are you on duty tonight? Zheng Yi asked. After the sub-hour. What's wrong? Wang Ju asked, "Haven't you already thought of a countermeasure?" ”

Zheng Yi smiled mysteriously and whispered in Wang Ju's ear: "You are like this, do you remember... "Okay, the little brother understands, thinking that he Qian Wanqing has been tyrannical for decades, and now someone finally governs him. Brother Zheng rest assured, the younger brother will definitely be able to do it. Wang Ju nodded and said after hearing this.

"Okay, then I'll say goodbye to my brother first, and I'll tell you in secret after that." Zheng Yi said. "Understood. Brother Zheng rest assured, the younger brother will definitely do it. ”

Then Zheng Yi hurried all the way out of the city to the outside of the Beixuan Army barracks, and at this time it was past the hour, and there was silence around. He stepped off his horse and ran into the barracks, but when the sentry saw that the man was about to break into the barracks alone, he stopped him and asked, "What are you doing, do you know what this place is, so you go inside?" ”

Zheng Yi said breathlessly: "I am Zheng Yi, the governor of Dongchuan, and I came to see An Hai on the order of the King of Beixuan. As he spoke, he took out the jade pendant from his arms. Seeing this, the sentry immediately led Zheng Yi to the camp tent.

An Hai was in a hurry in the tent at the moment, and he had not heard from Shangguan Beitang for a whole day. Lu Yuan and Wu Tong were also so anxious that they sighed. Lu Yuan said: "Do you think where did this prince go?" I haven't come back yet. "An Hai, aren't you the closest to the prince on weekdays? Why don't you follow the prince when he goes out? Wu Tong complained.

"The prince won't let me follow, besides, the most important thing for us now is to find the prince, so don't shout anymore." An Hai said. "Two groups of people have been sent out, and there is no news from the prince, where are you going to find it!" Lu Yuan said again.

At this moment, a soldier outside walked in and reported: "Adjutant General An, someone came from outside, saying that he came to see you at the behest of the prince." "Come in, please." An Hai immediately jumped up from the stool.

After a while, Zheng Yi entered the tent and saw three generals in iron armor and asked, "Dare to ask which one is An Hai?" "I am." An Hai replied. "This officer... Before Zheng Yi finished speaking, he was interrupted by the question of the three of them. "Don't say it, the prince is good now, where is the person?" Lu Yuan said. "What did the prince send you for?" Wu Tong asked, "How did you meet the prince, is there something wrong with him?" An Hai also asked.

"The prince is okay for the time being, he is in Dongchuan Heavenly Prison. I met the prince in prison. Zheng Yi said unhurriedly. What the? The prince is in the prison, how can he be in the prison? "Who is so bold as to arrest him?" "Look at your official robe, say if you arrested it." The three of them questioned him again, and even Lu Yuan grabbed him by the collar, choked his throat, and was about to strangle him to death.

Zheng Yi is a civil official, and he can withstand the toss of the generals, and he has already been running all the way at the moment, but he does not show weakness, and said: "I have heard that the Beixuan Army has strict military discipline, and I will see it today." That's it. "What do you say, believe it or not, I'll strangle you." Lu Yuan bared his teeth and said that his hands were squeezed tighter again.

"Lu Yuan, no." An Hai stopped: "Let him go." But Lu Yuan's hand did not let go, Zheng Yi struggled and said: "Three generals, the people were arrested by the prefect, and the prince called me to deliver the letter when I inspected the prison, this is the evidence." He struggled to pull out the jade pendant and the blood book.

The three of them let him go. Zheng Yi, who was released, gasped for breath and coughed wildly. An Hai patted him and said, "I'm sorry. He coughed and waved his hand and said, "It's fine." Wu Tong scolded: "Fuck it, I knew that the dog official was not a good thing, so Lao Tzu went to kill him." ”

An Hai took the blood book from Zheng Yi's hand and looked at it, and saw that there were only a few words written on it: pretend to be the king and listen to his arrangement. So he hurriedly shouted: "Wu Tong is back, the prince has an order." ”

Wu Tong came back to see that the blood book didn't believe that the prince would hand them over to this weak civil official, so he asked, "What kind of official are you?" "Xiaguan Dongchuan Zhizhou Zheng Yi." Zheng Yi gasped and said. "Oh!" Wu Tong nodded stunned.

"Lord Zheng, in Xia Lu Yuan, there are many offenses to the right talents, and I hope to forgive me." It was Lu Yuan who spoke, and he bowed his hand and said. Zheng Yi is not a person with a small belly, and said: "It's okay. ”

"Lord Zheng, I don't know what the prince commands?" An Hai asked. Zheng Yi told him about his arrangements with the King of Beixuan. After hearing this, everyone agreed. Wu Tong said indignantly: "Qian Wanqing is so bold, if he dares to rebel and move a hair of the prince, I will make him break his corpse and have no bones." ”

Then An Hai said: "Lord Zheng, the last general thinks that if it is too obvious for all the troops to enter the city, I am afraid that Qian Wanqing will detect it early, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the prince!" ”

"Oh? I am not as good as the general in the decision-making of the army, so what should I do according to the general's view? Zheng Yi asked. If Qian Wanqing really dares to rebel, the people in the city will send a signal, and the army will attack the city again. How is it? ”

"The last general thinks General An has a point." Lu Yuan said. "What General An said is very true, and this official agrees." Zheng Yi agreed. "Then I agree." Wu Tong said.

An Hai arranged: "Okay, then I will take five hundred elite soldiers into the city tonight." The two generals, Wu and Lu, gathered their armies and waited outside the city. "Okay, if there is any change in the city, the two of us will enter the city immediately according to the signal." Lu Yuan said, and Wu Tong also nodded. "Well, according to General An's words, I will go with the general." Zheng Yi said.

As soon as the time came, the prince who joined the army stood on the head of the city. From time to time he looked out of the city, and there was no one. He couldn't help but feel nervous.

A quarter of an hour later, he heard the sound of a cuckoo under the castle tower, and looked down to see a man. Looking further afield, a group of people stopped not far away. He asked aloud, "Who is under the city?" "Zhizhou Zheng Yi." Wang Ju's heart was much calmer, remembering the code words discussed earlier, and shouted out: "Donating your body to go to the country," this is what Zheng Yi often talks about when he talks with Zheng Yi on weekdays. The downstairs replied, "Death is like home." ”

Hearing this, Wang Ju shouted to the man under the city, "Brother Zheng Yi, wait a moment. Then he commanded the right and left: "Open the gates quickly." A soldier said, "My lord, you see that Lord Zheng is not the only one outside the city, if the city gate is opened, I am afraid that something will happen!" "If you are asked to open the city gate, you can open it, if something happens, I am here, what are you afraid of?" Wang Ju scolded. "The subordinates don't dare."

Seeing that none of the people dared to move, Wang Ju knew that some of the soldiers under him were Li Si's people. No, he has to make an example of the monkeys, otherwise he won't be able to do it tonight.

Wang Ju was furious, and the long sword was unsheathed, and the soldier was cut down, and he roared to the people: "Open the city gate and hear it, and the one who violates the order will be beheaded, just like this person." The sergeants did not dare to say a word when they saw the soldier who was slowly falling to the ground, and they did as the king said.

It's just that Wang Ju didn't expect that a soldier had sneaked away while he was busy opening the door. The soldier rushed all the way to the mansion of Li Si, the defender of the city, and woke up Lord Li, who was snoring loudly. He reported everything that happened at the gate of the city to Li Si.

When Li Si heard this, he was completely sleepy, and suddenly lost his opinion. scolded angrily: "Go to the mother's palace, can he rebel if he wants to." Hurry up and report to me to Lord Qian. ”

At this time, Qian Wanqing was also snoring like thunder, but he was sleeping soundly, and he suddenly woke up with a twitch in his calves, and for no reason there was a sentence in his ear: "Bold, I am the king of the north, who dares to make a mistake." Suddenly frightened him into a cold sweat. Thinking of the young man I met during the day, could it be that I was thinking about it day and dreaming at night.

Forget it, go back to sleep! But I can't sleep after tossing and turning. He obviously heard the voice of the Beixuan King in the camp of the Beixuan Army, how could there be another Beixuan King, probably because he was too worried.

At this moment, I heard a report from the servant outside: "My lord, Master Li Sili asked to see him, saying that there is something important." "What will happen if Li Si, who is on the third watch in the middle of the night, doesn't go to guard the city gate? An ominous premonition struck Qian Wanqing's heart.

He got up and put on his coat and walked to the front hall, and as soon as Li Si saw him, he said, "Lord Qian, Wang Ju opened the city gate privately and let hundreds of people into the city. Qian Wanqing was shocked and asked, "Who are they?" ”

"My men look like soldiers. Mostly silver-armored spears. Li Si said. Silver-armored spears? Beixuan Army, there must be something wrong with this Beixuan entering the city late at night. Qian Wanqing thought about it, the so-called seeing is believing and hearing is false, this Beixuan King came to Dongchuan to check on me, and he will definitely hide his identity.