"Escape?! You said that Zhou Ruqing was going to flee outside the Great Zhou?! ”

"That's right!"

The corrupt officials who are almost on the verge of desperation don't care about the steel knife around their necks, they only focus on looting people's wealth, and even blatantly undermine the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and they do not shy away from the eyes and ears of others......

All these things add up, others may not be able to see what Zhou Ruqing has in mind because of the limitations of the times and the traditional concept that the homeland is difficult to leave, but Sun Shaozong immediately thought of the word 'fleeing'.

After all, in the era he once lived in, the flight of corrupt officials can be said to be the most common routine!

In the face of such a mortal situation, Zhou Ruqing and others want to live, and they are afraid that they can only 'escape with money'!

In addition, because Jinmen Prefecture is quite a distance away from the land border, if you want to flee with a large amount of gold and silver, you can only choose by sea.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong was only on the dock, and he would pay attention to those big ships that could go to sea, hoping to find evidence of Zhou Ruqing's attempt to escape.

It's just that the number of these sea ships is a bit beyond Sun Shaozong's expectations.

But he didn't dare to startle the snake at the moment, so he could only send someone to investigate secretly - but he didn't know when to find out just by relying on the two subordinate officials and a small servant around him.

In case no clues were found, then Zhou Ruqing first fled to the sea with people, and then wanted to find those people's fat and people's ointment, but it would be difficult to climb to the sky.

Therefore, on the way back, Sun Shaozong pondered where to find more manpower.

It is not without soldiers and horses that have been realized, and there are at least thirty or forty people in the local dragon guard hundred households that can be sent by him.

But the problem is that Sun Shaozong has never even seen Jia Shanyao's face, and he doesn't know what his relationship with the Governor's Mansion is on weekdays - if Jia Shanyao himself is also involved, wouldn't asking him for help be tantamount to throwing himself into the net?

was in a dilemma, but it happened that he ran into this Yi being harassed, and saw that he was upright, quite a bit of a scholar, and had a grudge against the governor's palace, so he started his idea.

is different from Sun Shaozong's habit of driving lightly and simply, almost all of the officials who have traveled in recent years have been hugging each other, and Xiang Yi is naturally no exception.

The subordinate officials he accompanied him, plus the servants he carried, there were more than a dozen of them, and as long as half of them could be trusted, it would be enough.

It's just that after Sun Shaozong briefly analyzed his inference with this Yi, Xiang Yi shook his head like a rattle: "I can't do it, I can't do it!" Those stupid guys usually run errands, but now how dare they entrust this big relationship to them? If the news leaks out, won't Xiang become a sinner for the ages?! ”

Immediately, he gritted his teeth and said: "It's really not possible, Xiang Mou will dress up in disguise and go to ...... in person."

"That's not necessary!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly interrupted him, this is a standard literati at a glance, the five bodies are not diligent and the four valleys are not distinguished, if he really wants to go out to find out the news, I am afraid that if he can't say a few words, he will have to let people see the problem.

"Brother Xiang, in fact, there is no need to tell the people below about the joints in this, we just need to ......"

Sun Shaozong explained a few words like this, and Xiang Yi's eyes lit up.

He didn't care about asking Sun Shaozong's opinion, grabbed the façade in a few steps, and greeted loudly: "Call everyone in for me, this official has something to explain!" ”

Those people's officials and domestic servants knew that he had just been wronged, and he was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and he was busy pouring into the living room.

Sure enough, contrary to Sun Shaozong's guess, there were as many as fifteen people.

"Brother Xiang."

Sun Shaozong hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Just find a few capable ones, there is no need to send them out." ”

Xiang Yi suddenly took the usually stupid ones outside, and continued to carry the luggage, and then said to the rest of the people: "I think you all know that now that the Governor's Mansion has nowhere to vent, he is angry with our Cangzhou people, and if he stays in this Jinmen Mansion, it is difficult to say whether the official can go back alive." ”

When the people heard this, they waited for a few words of comfort to him.

Xiang Yi waved his hand and said: "There is no need to say more, I just discussed it with Master Sun, instead of staying here and waiting to be killed, it is better to find a way to leave here." ”

Leaving here?

Everyone was a little dumbfounded, and one of the subordinate officials boldly reminded: "My lord, according to the order of the Governor's Palace, this gate can only enter and not exit now......

"Confused!"

Xiang Yi glared and said angrily: "It's all burning eyebrows, where can we manage so much?" ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice slightly and said: "Besides, you have also seen the panicked appearance of the governor's mansion, Lord Zhou is afraid that it will be difficult to protect himself this time, as long as we can avoid these few days, we don't have to worry about him pursuing it afterwards!" ”

There is some truth in what the people heard this, and they may not know what the Governor's Mansion was like before, but they will definitely not be able to please it in the future just because of the indiscriminate arrest and raiding of people's homes in the past two days.

"Actually, the official has already found out."

Sun Shaozong interjected at the right time: "On the canals at the north and south ends, although there are patrol boats guarding them, there is no card in the direction of going to sea, as long as we can find a boat that is willing to go to sea, it will be much easier to leave Jinmen." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xiang Yi said again: "It's best to be a big boat, because in addition to me and Lord Sun, there are two colleagues who also intend to leave together, and I'm afraid that an ordinary boat will not be able to accommodate so many people." ”

"You don't have to ask one by one."

Sun Shaozong said: "Now the people in this city are panicking, and no one knows if the next house to be raided is not himself. ”

"So you just need to find out that there are those big ships in the last two days, and they have bought supplies to go to sea, and then come back to report it."

The two of them explained clearly in a few words, and promised a heavy reward, so they called the three people under Sun Shaozong and sent them out to find out the news.

When everyone in the living room was gone, Xiang Yi suddenly collapsed as if he had collapsed, and fell softly on the Taishi chair, panting heavily.

It took him a long time before he eased up a little longer, but asked nervously: "Lord Sun, if we do this, can we really hide it from the people of the Governor's Palace?" ”

"It's naturally not so easy to completely fool the past, so I have to release fake news." Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said: "I want to go back to attend my eldest brother's wedding, but you were almost arrested and put in prison, and it is reasonable to be in a hurry to leave this place." ”

"And if Governor Zhou really plans to flee, he will not dare to delay for too long—I estimate that it will be the limit until the day after tomorrow at most."

"In this way, even if we escape tomorrow, we won't have time to go to the capital to bring in rescuers."

"Therefore, even if the Governor's Mansion gets the news, it should not pay attention to our 'inconsequential thoughts', and naturally it will not startle the snake."

When Sun Shaozong said this, he saw that Xiang Yi had completely relaxed, so he smiled again: "Of course, this is just my own speculation, if Governor Zhou is vigilant enough......"

Halfway through, he stopped.

Xiang Yi immediately raised his heart to his throat again, and asked, "What if Zhou Ruqing was vigilant enough, what would happen?!" ”

"If Governor Zhou is vigilant enough, I'm afraid I can only kill all the way from here to the Governor's Mansion and capture him alive!"

Sun Shaozong laughed out loud as he spoke.

Xiang Yi thought he was joking, so he laughed too.