Ling Ju glared at Bai Youlian with his eyes and said, "Bai Pony, you can quite hold your breath." You invited me not to appreciate the jade, but to want my life! As he spoke, Ling Yu quickly pulled out his saber and pointed at Bai Youlian's throat. You Zhisheng also pulled out his saber and pointed at Chi Longhui.

"You know everything?" Bai Youlian's lips trembled.

At this time, the Fenwei general Tao Shanling rushed in with a team of armor soldiers.

Ling Ju said sharply: "Bai Youlian, your Horse Captain's Mansion has been surrounded, aren't you going to kill me in this front hall?" Get your people out. ”

Zong Yanxiao listened to it next to him, and felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he led people out to kill him.

Zong Yanxiao swung his sword to take Ling's foot, and Tao Shanxiao swung his knife to block him. Although the soldiers and swordsmen could defeat ten with one, they could not stand the many soldiers of the Ling army, and they were all killed in a short time.

Zong Yanxiao discarded the sword, grabbed a spear, fought hard, rushed to the gate of the mansion, stabbed to death twenty or thirty Ling soldiers one after another, and grabbed another horse, turned over, rode away, and Tao Shanling chased after him with a team of cavalry.

Tao Shan stretched out his bow and shot at Zong Yanxiao, and an arrow hit Zong Yanxiao's left arm. Zong Yanxiao endured the pain and galloped wildly, he knew that the city gate was closed, and he couldn't get out of the city. He turned over and dismounted and entered an alley, and Tao Shanling also dismounted and led his troops into the alley. Suddenly, several darts were fired, and three Ling soldiers were killed. Tao Shanliang lowered his head and dodged the darts, he raised his head and continued to chase, only to find that Zong Yanxiao was gone.

"Search all the yards around here, and don't let go of a corner." Tao Shanliang ordered.

The soldiers broke into the courtyards separately, searched inside and outside the house, but found no trace of Zong Yanxiao.

In the Captain's Mansion, Bai Youlian and Chi Longhui were all tied up. After a while, the soldiers brought out the princess and Bai Youlian's son.

Ling Ji put the sword into the sheath, sat on the table, and said to Bai Youlian: "Bai Juma, what do you want me to say about you, you actually want to design to kill the general of the imperial court, it is simply bold!" ”

Bai Youlian scolded loudly: "Ling Ju, you traitor, you can't die well, I can't kill you today, there will be loyal ministers and good generals who will be able to get rid of you in the future!" ”

You Zhisheng raised his knife and wanted to kill Bai Youlian, but Ling Ju got up and stopped him, and said: "General You, let the white horse scold, let him scold casually, there are many people in this Chu country who scold me, not bad for the white horse." ”

Bai Youlian shouted: "God won't help me!" I didn't kill you today! ”

Ling Ji sneered and said, "You didn't kill me, it's just that you don't have that ability." You are not a good horse master, but you want to kill yourself, now it's okay, your family has suffered with you. ”

"Ling, if you want to kill, you will kill, why bother to say more! Before I die, I want to know who told you the secret, and I want to know who betrayed me. Bai You said.

"Okay, I'll let you die. Tong Jieru, come out. Ling said.

Bai Youlian was taken aback, he shouted at Tong Jieru: "Tong Jieru, I treat you well, why do you want to do this?" Do you know that you've ruined my big deal! ”

Tong Jieru knelt down in front of Bai Youlian, and said with tears in her eyes: "Donkey, it's the slave who can't stand you." Five years ago, my father committed a capital crime and was imprisoned in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion, Situ Zhan found the slave and maid, saying that as long as the slave and maid listened to the general, they could be exempted from the death penalty of the father. The slave maid was also forced to be helpless, so she entered the general's mansion. Ling Ju asked the slave to find a way to enter your mansion and find out the news for him. At the door of the study that day, the slave and maid did hear your conversation, and the slave and maid were confused for a while, so they went to the General's Mansion to tell Ling Ju. ”

Bai Youlian sighed deeply, closed his eyes, and a scene from five years ago came to his mind: it was in late autumn, he rode a horse alone to the river, and suddenly saw a girl accidentally fell into the water, she couldn't swim, and was shouting for help. He jumped into the water, rescued the girl, and took her into the Pony's Mansion, where she became a maidservant.

Tong Jieru said to Ling Ju again: "Ask General Ling not to kill Bai Juma and his family, let them go." ”

Ling Yu said: "Okay, Jieru, you have made a great contribution, and General Ben promised you not to kill Bai Youlian, let me ask you, where do you want to go in the future?" ”

"The slave doesn't want to go anywhere, and is willing to stay in the Pony Mansion and serve the white pony." Tong Jieru said.

Ling Ju walked up to Bai Youlian and said, "Bai Juma, don't you like to write articles?" Then from now on, write well in this Captain's Mansion, and don't think about going out for the rest of your life. ”

Subsequently, Ling Ju ordered: "Surround the Governor's Mansion, from now on, no one in the Mansion" can go out." ”

"No."

As soon as Ling Ju came out of the gate of the Horse Mansion, Tao Shanling returned with the cavalry.

"General, the last general shot and injured Zong Yanxiao, but he didn't catch him and let him run." Tao Shanling said.

You Zhisheng listened and said, "Then let's search door to door, I don't believe that we can't find Zong Yanxiao." ”

Ling Ju shook his head and said, "General You, we can't search like this, we can't disturb the people in the city. Zong Yanxiao just run, leave him alone. It's a pity that such a young man with strong martial arts can't be used by me. ”

Zong Yanxiao hid in a leafy tree and escaped the pursuit of the pursuers. When he saw that his pursuers were gone, he jumped down. Suddenly, a masked man dressed in black appeared in front of him and pointed his sword at him.

Zong Yanxiao was taken aback and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" Why are you pointing your sword at me? ”

The man in black said with a smile: "My name is Sheng Banyan, and I am a swordsman in the Mansion of Cen Liangzhi, the assassin of Zhanzhou. You dare to kill Ling, you are a man! What is your name? As he spoke, the man in black put away his sword.

"My name is Zong Yanxiao, why are you here?"

The man in black took off the face scarf covering his face and said, "When you came out of the Captain's Mansion, I followed you secretly. ”

"What are you doing with me?" Zong Yanxiao asked.

"Brother Zong, you are strong in martial arts, follow me back to Zhanzhou City, Cen Yuanjun likes to recruit talents, if you go, he will be very happy and will definitely reuse you."

"Brother Sheng, your kindness Zong has a certain heart, this time I came to assassinate Ling Ju on the order of Ruizhou Assassin Shi Yu Shengwei, whether it succeeds or not, I have to go back to restore my life."

"Brother Zong, you should go with me to Zhanzhou City, go there to meet Cen Yuanjun, and then go back to Ruizhou City."

Zong Yanxiao shook his head and said, "I have to go back to Ruizhou City first, and wait for next spring, and then I will go to Zan Zhou City to see Cen Envoy." ”

"Okay, gentleman's words, the horse is hard to chase, next spring, brother, I am waiting for you in the Zhanzhou Thorn Mansion, let's say goodbye." Sheng Banyan arched his hand, turned around and disappeared into the night.

At dawn, the city gate opened, Zong Yanxiao bought a hat, put it on his head diagonally, and followed the crowd out of Yinghui City.

Wei Shiyu was about to enter the city to inquire about the news, when he suddenly saw Zong Yanxiao, he walked over and whispered: "Zong Gongzi, I really didn't expect you to come out alive." ”

"Shi Eucalyptus, there are many people here, it's not a place to talk, let's talk in another place." Zong Yanxiao said.

The two of them walked into a bamboo forest and stopped, Zong Yanxiao threw his sword on the ground and cried quietly.

"Master Zong, why are you crying?" Wei Shiyu asked.

"Shi Eucalyptus, someone betrayed the white horse, we failed, we failed to kill Ling Ju, and the nine brothers died in the horse mansion."

"Who betrayed the white pony?" Wei Shiyu was very puzzled.

Zong Yanxiao said: "Do you remember that day when we were plotting in the study, a maid who delivered tea came outside, I think it must have been that maid who secretly told Ling Ju what we said, otherwise, how could Ling Ju know in advance that Bai Juma was going to kill him." ”

Wei Shiyu saw that Zong Yanxiao was injured by an arrow and asked, "Zong Gongzi, is the injury on your arm okay?" Or I'll go find a doctor and show you. ”

"No, it's just a minor injury, it's not a big deal. Shi Eucalyptus, we have to go back to Ruizhou City immediately. ”

"How do I get back?"

"Let's take the waterway and take a boat back." Zong Yanxiao said.

Ling Ji slept until noon before waking up, and he walked out of the bedroom and into the antechamber.

Situ Zhan had been waiting in the front hall for half an hour, Ling Ji saw him, and said: "Mr. Situ, Yu Shengwei's courage is getting bigger and bigger, he dares to collude with Bai Youlian to design to kill me, I think he is too long." ”

Situ Zhan chuckled lightly and said, "The general doesn't need to be angry, Yu Shengwei can't do anything big because he can't do anything." ”

Ling Ju moved his wrist and said, "I want to lead the army to conquer Yu Shengwei again next spring, do you think it is feasible?" ”

Situ Zhan thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "No, let's attack Ruizhou, Cen Liangzhi will definitely take advantage of the lack of soldiers in the capital to start a rebellion." Looking at it below, we should get rid of Cen Liangzhi first, have no worries, and then go to conquer Yu Shengwei. ”

"Cen Liangzhi was also my confidant in the early years, I didn't expect him to betray me. Next spring, I will lead my troops to attack the city of Zan Zhou and destroy him! Ling said.

Situ Zhan looked around and said, "General, the less people know about this matter, the better, so as not to let Cen Liangzhi know and be prepared." ”

"There is a reason for that. Mr. Situ, you and I played against each other that day, and we didn't decide the winner or loser in ten games in a row. ”

"Okay, I'm happy to accompany you." Situ Zhan said.

Five days later, in the evening, Zong Yanxiao and Wei Shiyu came to the ferry outside the city, the two went ashore, Zong Yanxiao said: "Shi Eucalyptus, let's hurry into the city, find an inn to stay in first, wait for a while The city gate will be closed, and we will go back to Ruizhou City tomorrow." ”

"Just according to Childe's words."