Days passed.

Since there are these two giant pandas in the Qinghe Hou Mansion, Chen Xu stays in the panda circle almost every day in his spare time to observe, personally feed, personally pour water into the sink, and even let people build a wooden platform with logs in the fence, and also make a few wooden frames that can be climbed, which is completely modeled on the structure of the giant panda park in later generations, and the two giant pandas seem to like this kind of place where there is food, drink and entertainment. The branches of the two large peach trees that grew inside had been crushed several times.

And after a few days of familiarization, Chen Xu can already reach out and touch the little guy's hair through the courtyard wall, in order to clean the dirty fur of the two pandas, Chen Xu also asked people to make two big combs, equipped with a two-meter-long handle, and comb the hair of the two pandas across the courtyard wall, and every time the hair is combed, it is the most enjoyable moment for the two bears, lying on the ground with their eyes closed and their feet facing the sky, humming, and bleating.

"Master Hou, someone sent a letter from outside just now!" Chen Ping hurried over with a bamboo tube in his hand.

Chen Xu took it curiously, opened the bamboo tube and poured out a piece of hemp pulp paper, unfolded it and only glanced at it, then dropped the long comb in his hand and said, "Prepare the carriage to go out of the city with me!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Chen Ping turned around and hurried away, and Chen Xu also went back to the room to wash his hands and change clothes.

Half an hour later, a four-horse-drawn luxury carriage was escorted by dozens of guards out of the south gate of Xianyang, traveled seven or eight miles southwest along Weishui, and finally stopped in front of an abandoned mansion in the woods.

The two Hou Mansion guards at the door, dressed in coarse linen clothes, saw Chen Xu's car coming over bumpy, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted together.

"See Master Hou!"

"Excuse me! What about people? Chen Xu nodded and asked

"It's inside!" The two guards hurriedly said.

"You just wait outside, no one is allowed to enter!" Chen Xu admonished, and after getting out of the car, he walked into the dilapidated mansion that was about to collapse.

This mansion covers an area of 100 acres, dozens of houses are overlapped, the ground masonry and broken tiles have fallen to the ground, the doors and windows are rotten and broken, the dry moss and broken cobwebs are everywhere, obviously abandoned for a long time, but the green bricks and black tiles are extremely thick, the beams and pillars are huge rough wood, although many of the stone tiles have been broken, and many places have begun to collapse under the sun and rain, but it can still be seen that the original residence here should be a wealthy family.

Walking into the courtyard, there is a wide martial arts arena in front of you, with stone locks and stone pillars, and even arrow targets erected against the wall, but the corn grass on the arrow target has long been rotten, and there are still a few broken arrows stuck on it, and the debris around it has fallen to the ground, and several carriages have fallen to the ground in tatters, and the wheels and axles have fallen apart.

The boulder pillars on both sides of the main entrance steps are carved with pythons that look like dragons and snakes, with claws but no horns, and their teeth and claws look quite fierce and domineering.

There is a wooden plaque hanging on the gate, and the words on it have fallen off, and it is barely recognizable that it is two large seals of 'Xinhou'.

Stepping on the gravel and withered grass all over the ground into the inner room, two more guards came up to greet him with fists and saluted, led by the two of them, through three houses and a corridor in a row, and finally saw Yu Wuya in a relatively complete room, and at the same time there were five people in tattered linen clothes, men, women and children, among them there was a little girl of five or six years old, most of whom had wounds on her body, her arms, legs and feet were bandaged with torn strips of cloth, and her clothes were stained with black blood.

On a bundle of scattered corn lay on the ground a withered man, covered in dry blood, with unkempt hair and a dead face and closed eyes, looking exactly like a dead man.

Seeing Chen Xu coming in, several people hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Qinghehou for saving your life!" ”

Chen Xu nodded expressionlessly, and his eyes fell on a young man about twenty years old in front of him.

This young man is Shang Tu's second son, Shang Qi, that is, he arranged for someone to change the construction drawings of the iron-making furnace in the factory, which caused the iron-making furnace to collapse by snow as soon as it was repaired, and then eight helpers and slaves died, four were seriously injured, and several were slightly injured.

Facing Chen Xu's fierce eyes, Shang Qi lay on the ground in horror and didn't dare to move.

Chen Xu then looked at the man lying on the corn straw, then squatted down and stretched out his hand to probe between Shang Tu's mouth and nose, and found that there was still an extremely weak breath, but it was also intermittent.

"Engong, this matter has not been done well, it is a step late, it was dusk, dozens of people on the other side suddenly rushed out, all with bows and crossbows, and when we killed these people, the escorted soldiers and Shang Tu's family were almost killed and wounded, and in the end only these few, Shang Tu was hit by five arrows, one of which went deep into the heart, I didn't dare to pull it out, I could only hastily bandage it and transport it back, the road was far away and bumpy all the way plus excessive blood loss, fortunately I carried some medicinal powders and pills refined by Engong, Commercial coating can support until now! Yu Wuya's face was a little ashamed, and he briefly explained the situation.

Chen Xu sighed: "I don't blame you for this, Zhao Gao is well prepared, or am I too careless, what did he say after you saved Shang Tu?" ”

Yu Wuya shook his head: "At that time, Shang Tu was already unconscious, and the situation was chaotic, so I hurriedly left with Shang Tu and the people who were still alive, and Shang Tu also woke up twice on the way back, but his mind was blurred, and I hurried back without asking!" ”

Chen Xu sighed again, and stood up with a depressed face, "If this matter is stopped, Shang Tu is afraid that he will not survive, so these people will be temporarily placed here, and after some time, people will be sent to the border wasteland to fend for themselves!" ”

The so-called plan is in man, and success is in heaven.

Chen Xu thought of the beginning, but he didn't expect the ending.

He didn't expect Zhao Gao's action to be so quick and decisive, now Shang Tu's life was on the verge and unconscious, this time the action was almost in vain, only five of Shang Tu's family members were rescued, and one of them was Shang Qi who Chen Xu wanted to pinch to death.

"Arrange someone to protect them, this matter must be kept secret, let's go!" Chen Xu's cheeks twitched a few times, and he turned around and walked out.

I received a letter from Yu Wuya just now, only saying that Shang Tu was seriously injured, but Chen Xu didn't expect to be seriously injured like this, this has no value at all, there is no Shang Tu's confession, there is no Shang Tu to testify in the court, and it is more difficult to remove Zhao Gao out of thin air than to ascend to the sky.

"Hou Ye~" Just as Chen Xu turned around and was about to leave, Shang Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly spoke.

"What?" Chen Xu stopped and turned around and looked at Shang Qi coldly.

"Master Hou, you ...... Are you really willing to let us live? Shang Qi was dusty and frightened, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Whether you die or not, it's just a word, I can save you, I can also release you, of course, I can kill you, haven't you woken up yet, this accident is all done by Zhao Gao, if it weren't for the time I arranged for someone to go, your family would have been left with no bones at this time and became a lonely ghost, you don't have to think too much, just recuperate here, and after the injury is healed, I will arrange someone to send you out of the Central Plains, whether you are dead or alive depends on your own ability, but please remember, I can save you once and can't save you a second time, If Zhao Gao knew that you were not dead, he would definitely do it again, and you would do it yourself in the future, hum! Chen Xu snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and prepared to leave again.

"Master Hou, wait!"

"What else do you have to say?"

"Hou Ye, in fact, my father also guessed that Zhao Gao might kill him this time, so he wrote something and hid it under a floor tile in Tingwei's prison, I also know that Hou Ye and Zhao Gao have a grudge, if Hou Ye goes to get those things, it may be of some help to Hou Ye to deal with Zhao Gao in the future!" Shang Qi kowtowed and said.

"Really? What did your father leave behind, did you know? Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and asked excitedly.

"My father secretly told me on the road that he wrote down some things that colluded with Ao Ping Zhao Gao on weekdays, and he secretly wrote it down in the Tingwei prison when he took the opportunity to write a confession, if Zhao Gao didn't kill us this time, my father also planned to hide it, but now Zhao Gao wants to kill my business, my business is up and down thirty-seven, and only five were killed by Zhao Gao, and both parents and brothers died tragically, so Shang Qi hopes that Hou Ye will be useful after getting his hands, if Hou Ye can move down Zhao Gao in the future, I Shang Qi will also have a chance to take revenge!"

"Good!" Chen Xu was overjoyed, took out his waist card and handed it to Yu Wuya and said, "Brother Wuya, you have to go to the Tingwei Mansion prison again to get the confession left by Shang Tu!" ”

"Don't worry, you can come when you go to the end!" Yu Wuya took the waist card and went out, and then rode straight to Xianyang City.

Next, Chen Xu asked Shang Qi about some things between Shang Tu and Zhao Gao Aoping on weekdays, and half an hour passed quickly.

Chen Xu and the others were anxious, and Shang Qi was also full of anxiety.

"Eun Gong, I'm back!" Listening to the sound of horses' hooves outside, Yu Wuya soon strode in, and then took out a piece of ragged linen wrapped in his arms and handed it to Chen Xu.

The package opened, and inside was a thick stack of hemp pulp paper, densely covered with handwriting.

Chen Xu looked through them one by one, his face was sometimes surprised and sometimes puzzled.

There are more than 30 pieces of hemp pulp paper, stacked in a thick stack, all of which are written about the process and conversation between Shang Tu and Zhao Gao, as well as the activities of arranging Shang Qi's sabotage of the factory under Zhao Gao's instructions.

Soon more than ten minutes passed, and Chen Xu also roughly read what Shang Tu had written, and the time of writing and Shang Tu's name were signed under each page of these papers, and there was even a blackened finger blood stain on the last page.

"Shang Qi, look at whether this is your father's handwriting!" Chen Xu handed these papers to Shang Qi.

Shang Qi hurriedly took it and looked at it and nodded again and again: "Master Hou, these are exactly what my father wrote, and I still have my father's manuscript at home, which is exactly the same as these handwriting!" ”

"Good, good!" Chen Xu's face bloomed with joy.