Chapter 60: Guo Yan's Visit
"Is there a way to arrange for me to meet Liu Xie?" Zhang Xiaotian asked at this time,
Mrs. Fen sighed: "There must not be much of a problem when we meet, but it is impossible to hide Liu Mang, and seeing Liu Xie will involve other things.
This person is addicted to wine all day long, no different from a waste person, and he trusts Liu Mang very much, thinking that Liu Mang is his benefactor and friend, if one is not good, he will reveal your secret to Liu Mang, then the gain outweighs the loss! ”
Could it be that Liu Xie is really such a person?
Zhang Xiaotian suddenly felt a big headache, so he said: "Then what kind of person is his mother Wang Rong?" “
"Wang Rong is the granddaughter of Wang Bao, the former middle-class general, and the daughter of Wang Zhang, although she has a good appearance, she is a very shrewd and powerful woman.
Now about thirty, it looks like it will never be much older than me on the outside, it is really a rare charming stunner, in fact, Liu Mang has already had a leg with her,
But I think she is just trying to find a means of survival, so she has a relationship with Liu Mangxu. However, this woman was extremely ambitious and would never be loyal to anyone, including the first emperor. Mrs. Fen said,
At this time, Zhang Xiaotian suddenly had an idea, as if he was grasping something, so he said: "That's easy, then I'll start with this woman." ”
I thought to myself: As long as she has a weakness, it will not be caught, and her weakness is her ambition, she will never be willing to stay in Chang'an for the rest of her life, then Lao Tzu will have a chance.
In order to fight Liu Mang, Zhang Xiaotian has to use any means, even if he sacrifices some men.
A few days later, Zhang Xiaotian received a message from Mrs. Fen that he had found the inner servant who introduced Liu Mang, according to an old palace maid in the palace: The inner servant named Song Dian is from Jizhou, and he has won the love and trust of the emperor, and Liu Mang is likely to be sent by Jizhou, and the task is to make the imperial court never be unified again.
"How do you sabotage their plans? Liu Mang is the key to this, and now only by getting rid of Liu Mang will this turn the crisis into safety. Zhang Xiaotian said secretly in his heart.
Zhang Xiaotian was pondering, and He Miao sent the little servant over to him and said: Lord Guo Keqing came to find Aunt Sun, and now the eldest young master is greeting him. ”
Zhang Xiaotian screamed secretly at this time, so he came to He Miao's mansion to meet him.
He Miao saw that Zhang Xiaotian had returned, so he found an excuse to slip away, leaving only the two of them sitting in the hall.
"I don't know what the honorific title of Lord Keqing is?" Zhang Xiaotian asked casually in order to break the embarrassing situation,
"Xiao Duwei doesn't have to be polite, you can call me Guo Yan." Guo Yan replied at this time,
"Then I don't know why Lord Guo came here today?" Zhang Xiaotian then asked.
Guo Yan said expressionlessly at this moment: "Brother Xiao showed his might in Pengcheng, which made everyone look at you with admiration, but it also pushed Brother Xiao into danger, Brother Xiao won't be ignorant!" ”
Zhang Xiaotian had a good impression of his directness and frankness at the moment, but because of the old man's affairs, it was difficult to cooperate with this person, so he sighed and said: "What is not jealous is mediocrity, which is unavoidable." ”
At this time, Guo Yan recited the sentence "not to attract jealousy is mediocre" many times, and said movingly: "Brother Xiao's words are far-reaching, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”
Instead, his eyes flashed, staring at Zhang Xiaotian and said, "No wonder my senior brother is willing to hand over that jade seal to you." ”
At this moment, Zhang Xiaotian frowned and said, "Didn't Guo Keqing already conclude that Fang Yin was not here with me?" Why did you suddenly change your mind again? ”
Guo Yan replied calmly: "This truth is very simple, because the square seal is not on my senior brother's body at all. ”
"Oh, then what do you say that seal is in my hand?" Zhang Xiaotian asked in surprise when he heard this.
Guo Yan said indifferently: "That day, we besieged my senior brother, although we were hit hard, but he finally broke through, and recently learned that he slipped to Jizhou,
He died of a recurrence of his injuries. Yuan Shao's people obviously didn't find the square seal on him, so they sent people to hunt you down, but you still escaped. ”
Instead, he said, "I really don't understand why Yuan Shao's people would know that my senior brother would hand over that seal to you." ”
Zhang Xiaotian thought secretly in his heart at this time: Of course, it was Liu Mang's traitor who reported to Jizhou, so it can be inferred that Liu Mang must have an unclear connection with Jizhou, so the people in Jizhou can quickly get the news.
At this time, Guo Yan said: "This square seal is of no use to outsiders, but will cause trouble, if Brother Xiao can return it to me, Guo Yan will definitely have something in return." ”
At this time, Zhang Xiaotian very much hoped to hand over this Fang Yu to Guo Yan immediately, and did not want to set up such a big enemy because of this. But the old man would rather take righteousness by himself than hand over the seal to Guo Yan,
The old man has the grace of teaching and saving his life, and the two of them are also teachers and friends, and they can't live up to the old man's trust in him, so even if doing so will do him all kinds of harm and no benefit, he must persevere.
Thinking about it, Zhang Xiaotian smiled slightly and said: "Even if the seal is not on your senior brother, it may be that he hid it, or handed it over to someone else, why is it so sure that it is on Xiao's body?" ”
"Then Brother Xiao means that he refuses to hand over the seal, what an irrational behavior you are, and now there are many people in Chang'an City who want to put Brother Xiao to death.
If I help again, Brother Xiao, can you handle it? Guo Yan threatened unhappily at this time.
"As for the death of the old man, in the final analysis, it should be you who bear the main responsibility, this Qiu Xiao someone has not yet settled accounts with you, who gave you the dog courage to dare to intimidate me!" At this time, Zhang Xiaotian sneered.
Guo Yan stood up at this time and said lightly: "Okay! Xiao Tian! If you have the guts, if you can reach the Dong Mansion safe and sound tonight, then let me learn how your swordsmanship is! ”
Then he laughed three times, turned around and left like a whirlwind.
Zhang Xiaotian said secretly at this time: I don't eat hard as a person, the tougher you are, the tougher I am than you, I was scared since I was a child, am I still afraid of you?
Immediately went to find He Bao, Zhao Yun, Liu Guan, Zhang and others to discuss countermeasures.
The old man is really dead! A wave of sadness struck me. Thinking of the sunset in Luoyang, it was this old man who provided food, clothing, housing and transportation, and also passed on his swordsmanship.
The time spent together in those months gave me the bargaining chips and capital to survive in this troubled world, which was really righteous. If you don't know that the old man died because of Guo Yan,
He wouldn't break with Guo Yan so quickly, although he had hundreds of terrible opponents for no reason, but he still felt happy in his heart.
Zhang Xiaotian was lying on his back on a long table at this time, trying to relax his nerves so that he could cope with tonight's battle.
This is a world where the strong reign supreme and lawlessness. Otherwise, he would have gone to the police and applied for personal protection. He played with the jade seal in his hand, feeling the strange warmth.
Why did a traitor like Guo Yan, who betrayed the interests of his master, want to get this jade seal at all costs? The old man does not have this jade seal on his body,
Naturally, Liu Mang, the traitor, told Guo Yan to know, so that he could come to find trouble for himself. Liu Mang is really very vicious and vicious, and a few words put him in danger.
At this time, he carefully studied the jade seal in his hand, and when he used to watch martial arts movies in the 21st century, he always liked to describe a series of things such as tokens and jade seals.
As long as you hold it in your hands, you have the supreme authority to command and order the people of a certain sect or organization. However, this jade seal has no special purpose.
Obviously, it didn't have this effect, otherwise the old man would have solved anything by lifting it, so that he didn't have to desperately escape. Therefore, this jade seal must have some kind of substantive value, and it is not as simple as a status symbol.
But if this is really the case, then why didn't the old man tell himself, was it not because he didn't see through the secret, so he had doubts in his heart, so he didn't say it.
But his fingers rubbed on the jade seal, and when he touched it, he suddenly felt some unevenness above the seal, as if it had turned a little imperceptibly.
At this time, I was startled, opened my eyes and observed carefully, and then rubbed my thumb hard, but the uneven protrusion did not move. At this time, I sighed in my heart,
Just as he wanted to give up, he suddenly remembered that if he discovered the possible secret of this jade seal so easily, the old man had already discovered it, so why bother giving it to himself, so he concentrated on studying it again.
Suddenly, if the press has no effect, then can it be twisted back and forth? Then he lay the jade seal horizontally in his hand, and twisted his hands back and forth from side to side.
Hearing only a "click", the jade seal twisted a small gap, and the jade body cracked nearly half an inch. At this time, Zhang Xiaotian felt like he had discovered a new continent, his spirits were lifted, and he sat up.
Zhang Xiaotian twisted the other side carefully, turning the square jade into a shape similar to a rectangular box. At this time, he couldn't help but get nervous,
I tried to turn the small box clockwise, and sure enough, it spun in response to the hand, making another slight sound like unlocking.
He Shu'er took his arm and said, "There must be something hidden here, the person who hides this thing must be a great master, Zhang Lang quickly twisted to the other side to take a look." ”
Zhang Xiaotian took a deep breath at this time, stabilized his mind, suppressed his nervous mood, and twisted the direction on the other side of the small box.
But after trying, Na Cheng didn't move, so Zhang Xiaotian immediately turned in the direction of counterclockwise, and then something strange happened.
Hearing the sound of "click" again, I saw that the jade seal was divided into two halves horizontally, revealing a small silk scroll seven or eight inches high hidden in it.