When Governor Fan appeared near the city gate with bandages around his neck and arms, and cigarette ash on his face, he limped near the city gate with the help of his subordinates, the city guard officer in charge of guarding the city gate hurriedly ran over and saluted him, "Good evening, Lord Fan, I wonder where Lord Fan wants to go so late?" ”

When the city defense officer asked, he couldn't help but look at the several carriages behind Fan Zhifu and the family members of as many as three or four hundred people, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart.

Governor Fan said a little unnaturally: "A fire broke out in the official's house, although the fire has been extinguished, but the official's family members have been burned in many places.

I heard that there was a doctor outside the city who was good at treating burns, so he wanted to take his family to show the doctor.

Because the matter is urgent, I can only go out of the city late at night, and Lord Wanglu can be considerate and let go. ”

Seeing Governor Fan's embarrassed appearance, the doubts in the heart of the city defense officer suddenly disappeared.

After all, the fire in the homes of Fan Zhifu and Shen Zhixian was known to the whole city, and even the city gate sent many officers and soldiers to help extinguish the fire.

If Lord Fan's family was really burned by the fire, it would make sense to want to go out of the city to find a doctor for treatment.

Due to the distance between the city gates, the city defense officials still do not know the news that Fan Zhifu and Shen Zhixian have disappeared. Otherwise, I would definitely be surprised why the originally missing Fan Governor's Mansion appeared here.

Although the city defense officer didn't know about this, there was still a suspicion here, so he couldn't help but point to the long crowd behind him and ask, "Do you dare to ask if these people are all descendants of Lord Fan's family?" ”

"Only part of it is, the others are not. The official was afraid that it would be dangerous to go out of the city late at night, so he specially borrowed some family members from several large families in the vicinity and asked them to help escort us out of the city to ensure our safety. ”

The city defense officer looked carefully, and sure enough, he found that those people were not wearing uniform clothes, some were blue, some were gray, and some were Chu blue, obviously not from the same mansion.

At this point, the city defense officer has believed ninety percent.

Although there was still a trace of doubt in his heart, and it was not in accordance with the rules to go out of the city late at night, because it was Fan Zhifu who personally asked to go out of the city, he did not dare to stop it anymore, so as not to offend Shangguan.

So under the order of the city defense officer, the closed city gate finally opened slowly.

Fan Zhifu, who sat back in the carriage, looked at the city gate that was constantly opening with a complicated expression, but he didn't dare to move.

Because the man next to him seemed to be holding him, but in fact he was secretly holding a knife to his back.

At the slightest movement of his hand, the knife would immediately plunge in.

So he really didn't dare to move, let alone talk.

When the convoy successfully left the city, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially the Jian Shuqi family sitting in the carriage, they were even more worried, lest they would be seen through by the city defense officials.

As for Fan Zhifu and Shen Zhixian, who were sitting in the other carriage, their hearts were very complicated.

They had just wanted the city guard to find out that they were being kidnapped by the gangsters, and they wanted him to help rescue them.

But at the same time, they were afraid that once the matter was exposed, the two court officials would become hostages to be threatened by the gangsters as soon as possible, and they would die at any time.

In short, it is not pleasing at both ends, and it is not a good thing to choose either side.

Actually, just now it was really dangerous. Whether the two sides will do it or not depends on the thoughts of the city defense officer.

Su Zihang, Zhang Wu and others deliberately went to find a few batches of different household clothes for their subordinates to change into, just to fulfill this lie.

If, at the compulsion of the prefect of Fan, the city defense officials still refused to open the city gate and let them go, then they could only force themselves out of the city.

Although Su Zihang and Zhang Wu only had 400 people, they were all strong veterans who had been killed from the pile of dead.

On the other hand, a lot of people have been dispatched to help extinguish the fire at the city gate, leaving only a small number of officers and soldiers to guard, and if the two sides really fight, it must be Su Zihang and they will win.

But the problem is that once their identities are revealed, they are likely to be pursued by local security offices.

Although Su Zihang and their combat power are extremely strong, after all, the number of people is small, and they have to divide people to protect Jian Shuqi's family, if the two sides start a chase battle, it is really difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.

But Chi Fei is not without a backhand, when he decided to send Su Zihang and Zhang Wu to rescue Jian Shuqi's family, he had already borrowed 5,000 elite soldiers from his eldest brother Ning Yabai.

Once Zhang Wu and their call for help were received, these 5,000 elite soldiers would begin to launch a feint attack on the nearby Fucheng.

It wasn't really to attack the city, but just to attract the attention of other guards and facilitate the escape of Su Zihang and the others.

Of course, this is a last resort, and it is best to leave quietly without revealing your identity.

After coming to the woods outside the city, Su Zihang and Zhang Wu joined up with the other hundred subordinates who were in charge of answering.

After the two sides met, Su Zihang, Zhang Wu and others immediately changed into armor and war horses, and instantly changed from ordinary family members to well-equipped cavalry.

After changing back into their equipment, they immediately felt more powerful and confident.

At this time, it was not far from dawn, Su Zihang and Zhang Wu decided to take a break for the rest of the army for the time being, and wait until after dark tomorrow before hurrying.

In the past few years, as the spies of the Northwest Army have continued to penetrate deeply, the positions of outposts and guard posts in many places have been mastered by the Northwest Army.

As long as Su Zihang and the others cooperate with the night march, the chance of being discovered by the Wei army is very small.

While you have time now, it's time to let Jian Shuqi take care of the housework.

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When he was escorted to the center of the camp by two big men, Jian Shuzhong, who was forcibly tied up, trembled when he saw Jian Shuqi sitting in front of the carriage.

Jian Shuqin, who followed him, was even more serious than him, his whole face was bloodless, and his body trembled like a sieve.

After coming to Jian Shuqi, Jian Shuzhong could only smile with a stiff face: "Big brother." ”

Jian Shuqin was so frightened that she couldn't even speak, so she could only keep her head down and try to reduce her sense of existence.

After a simple grooming and changing into clean clothes, Jian Shuqi finally recovered slightly, but the torture in the past few days still left him with injuries all over his body, and his face was quite pale and weak.

But even so, for the current two siblings, Jian Shuzhong and Jian Shuqin, the Jian Shuqi in front of them is no different from Hades.

"It seems that I still underestimated you too much, I didn't expect you to have the ability to kill people with a knife. Well done, Jianshu Zhong. Jian Shuqi said coldly.

Jian Shuzhong hurriedly defended: "Big brother, you misunderstood, this matter really has nothing to do with me. How dare I ......"

Jian Shuqi didn't want to listen to his quibbles, so he directly interrupted: "Jian Shuzhong, do you still treat me as a fool after this incident?"

I'll give you one last chance, if you dare to tell a lie again, next year today will be your death day. ”

As soon as Jian Shuqi finished saying this, Zhang Wu, who was standing next to him, pulled out the saber on his waist with a "bang".

Hearing the sound of the knife being drawn, Jian Shuzhong was suddenly frightened and his legs weakened, and he knelt down at once, and then cried loudly: "Big brother, I was wrong, it was my ghost who would do this kind of thing, I am not a human, I am a beast."

Please spare me for the sake of our brothers, I don't dare anymore, big brother.

Please let me go, big brother, I really don't dare anymore, please let me go, let me go. ”

Looking at Jian Shuzhong, who was crying with tears and snot, Jian Shuqi was unmoved, but said coldly: "You tell me the whole thing clearly, if there is anything to hide, don't blame me for being unkind." ”

In order to save his life, Jian Shuzhong hurriedly told the matter one by one.

Liao and Jian Shushi, who were sitting in the carriage and listening, were trembling with anger when they heard that Jian Shuqi's reading notes were taken to Jian Shuqin by Luo himself from the study.

They never expected that the forged letter of rebellion would be put into the Jianshuqi study like this.

Sure enough, it is a day and night defense, and it is difficult to prevent thieves.

Although Luo was deceived by Jian Shuqin to do this, Jian Shuqi had obviously told her that outsiders must not be allowed to enter the study, let alone take out the contents inside.

But Luo still did such a stupid thing, which is really not worthy of forgiveness.

Jian Shuqin herself was so frightened that she almost shrank into a ball when she heard that her second brother had confessed to her, and while resenting him in her heart.

In the end, Jian Shuzhong also admitted that he did give a lot of gifts to Fan Zhifu and Shen Zhixian, and he successfully convicted the case of death.

And he also promised the patriarch that as long as he inherited the Hou Mansion, he would divide the patriarch's two shops for him to eat long-term rent.

After Jian Shuzhong explained everything clearly with tears and snot, Jian Shuqi looked at the pair of malevolent brothers and sisters without saying a word.

Under his gaze, the two siblings, Jian Shuzhong and Jian Shuqin, who didn't know what to do, trembled nervously, like prisoners waiting for the verdict.

Finally, Jian Shuqi said to Zhang Wu next to him: "Commander Zhang, please take the two of them down first, and I'll deal with them later." ”

"Okay." Zhang Wu nodded to the subordinates in charge of escorting and asked them to take the people down.

After the two siblings, Jian Shuzhong and Jian Shuqin, were taken away, Jian Shuqi said loudly to a carriage not far away: "Lord Fan, Lord Shen, have you heard Jian Shuzhong's testimony?" ”

Fan Zhifu, who was taken down from the carriage by the soldiers, immediately pretended to be distressed and said sincerely: "Lord Jian, Xia Guan really doesn't know, it turns out that Jian Shuzhong is so insidious and cunning, Xia Guan was deceived by him, please Lord Jian to find out." ”

Shen Zhixian also hurriedly said: "Yes, the lower official also received his report, so he had to go to the house to search." The lower officials did something wrong in this matter, please have a large number of them, and don't worry about them. ”

Regarding the hard work of the two, Jian Shuqi did not expose them, but said lightly: "Although the two adults were deceived by Jian Shuzhong, but the matter has come to this point, if the two of them are let go back like this, Jian is afraid that our group will be more auspicious."

Jian didn't want to embarrass the two adults, so let's do it, the two of them each wrote a letter of surrender first, so that everyone would be their own people in the future.

After we get the letter of surrender, we will naturally release the person. I wonder what the two adults decide? ”

Fan Shen and the others were immediately shocked, and they quickly figured out that once this letter of surrender written by them fell into the hands of these chaotic parties, it would leave a deadly handle in their hands in the future.

As long as they send the letter of surrender to the imperial court, then the two of them will immediately become spies of the rebellious party. At that time, let alone raiding the house and cutting off the head, it is possible to exterminate the clan.