Chapter Forty-Eight: Hidden Arrows Are Hard to Defend Against
Zhao Ji rarely came out to see such a scene, so naturally she didn't want to leave. Chen Zheng pulled her aside and advised, sister, you better go back to recuperate earlier, my brother promises, I will find your northwest man within three days and lead it to you.
It's true?
When did brother lie to you!
Then I'll go back and put on my makeup while I wait.
The baby panda and the hammer drove the carriage, took Zhao Ji away, and went straight to the Pingyuan Monarch's Mansion.
Chen Zheng, Li Mu, and Rugongzi waited at the south gate for half an hour, and saw Pingyuanjun's tall and mighty carriage driving over from a distance. The vehicles of this Warring States are not heroes based on license plate numbers, but are more tall and luxurious. As for Zhao Sheng's carriage, even if you have money, you can't own it, because your identity is not qualified!
Even if Lü Buwei was very arrogant in the Warring States, he could only sit in Poussin, and a car of more than a million people could not sit in it.
Zhao Sheng, Wei Wuji, and Han Fei got out of the carriage and waved to Chen Zheng and the three of them, which frightened the soldiers guarding the door, and they knelt on the ground one by one, not even daring to raise their heads.
When Chen Zheng saw this scene, he didn't even have the strength to be angry, who let us have no status and no power! There is nothing wrong with Zhao Ji wanting to find someone with status and power, that is people's freedom. In the Warring States period, an era of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, no matter how rich a person is, he is a last-class person, and he is not even as good as a blacksmith!
Zhao Sheng walked in front proudly, and scolded loudly, are there any pants? Call your stewards here.
I saw a gatekeeper running over in a panic and crawling in front of Zhao Sheng: What does Pingyuan Jun command?
I heard that your city gate building is not small, and Mr. Lu can't go up, is there such a thing?
Yes. Oh no, no.
"Yes or no?" Zhao Sheng's eyes widened.
"Yes". The goalkeeper replied with a shudder, sweat dripping from his head.
Even I have to respect Mr. Lu for three points, you dare to stop it! Come! Drag it down, and the punishment is waiting!
Chen Zheng's heart softened, and he pulled Zhao Sheng's sleeve on the side, Pingyuanjun, this can be had. Guarding the city gate is the duty of the soldiers, how can you let unknown people climb the city tower casually, Handan City is full of spies from various countries, but there is no room for sloppiness! In my opinion, not only should they not be punished, but they should be rewarded, so as to show the bearing of the Plains King!
The gatekeeper glanced at Chen Zheng gratefully, and nodded busily, the strange ones didn't recognize Mr. Lu, and they wouldn't dare next time!
As soon as Zhao Sheng heard what Chen Zheng said, eh? Reasonable! Well, if it weren't for Mr. Lu's intercession for you this time, he would definitely put you in prison and peel you off three layers of skin! Still leading the way?!
All right! If you don't punish you, you'll be rewarded. The gatekeeper led the people up the stairs and climbed the tower of the south gate.
Standing on the tower and looking in the direction of the city, I saw that the black crowd below was gathered in a circle, and in the open space in the middle stood seven or eight people dressed in various colors, and more than a dozen soldiers were holding halberds, identifying their identities one by one.
Why are there so many people with wounds on their faces in Handan City? Chen Zheng couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Sheng pointed to the seven or eight people under the city, and looked at Chen Zheng, Brother Lu may not know, let alone a person with a wound on his face, even people with stumps and broken arms can be seen everywhere in Zhao Kingdom, this is all caused by years of war!
Could that Scarface be among the seven or eight people? After Chen Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Ru Gongzi's reaction.
I saw that Ru Gongzi was concentrating on identifying them one by one, and when he saw the meaning, he couldn't wait to get closer and take a magnifying glass to examine it.
The gatekeeper saw that Pingyuanjun was so concerned about these people with injuries on their faces, and he didn't rush to the front to make up for it. I saw him walk down quickly, and came to the first man: Say, where did the wound on his face come from?
Who knew that the No. 1 suspect was a blind man, stretched out his hands and gestured for a long time, and trembling came out with a Henan dialect: What are you doing? I can't see it, and the wound on my face is a blow to a tree.
Oops, I'll go! Chen Zheng heard it from afar, isn't this the little white rabbit of Sister Chang'e who is waiting for the rabbit!
Nonsense! The gatekeeper broke off and put his sword on No. 1's neck, and if you don't tell the truth, Lao Tzu will cut you now!
No. 1 suddenly knelt down, what the hell did I do, why can't you get along with me, a blind man?! I'm old and young, so let me go!
The gatekeeper looked up at Zhao Sheng's eyes on the city gate, Zhao Sheng turned his face and saw that Rugongzi's face was expressionless, so he shook his head slightly downward.
Number two continues! I just heard No. 2 laugh, I am a friend of your Zhao Guo Pingyuanjun, you dare to detain me here, why don't you release me quickly!
Pingyuanjun was also stunned, and looked at it carefully, I don't know it! Seeing that Zhao Sheng didn't react, the gatekeeper also understood in his heart.
Good boy, you dare to pretend to be a friend of Pingyuanjun, I don't think you want to live anymore! Come on, search for me!
Behind the gatekeeper, a few soldiers knocked No. 2 to the ground with three strokes and five divisions by two, and really found a bamboo slip, which actually recorded the time of changing guards and the deployment of troops at each gate of Handan City.
Ah! I caught a big fish today. The gatekeeper was about to interrogate carefully and receive a reward for this person's meritorious service, when the man suddenly took out a pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into his mouth, and instantly foamed at the mouth and died!
I'll go! Count you as a spy and professional enough.
The next few suspects included farmers, beggars, blacksmiths, and butchers, all of whom looked strange and dressed in different shapes, claiming that the injuries on their faces were cut in battles, fights, walking falls, and meteorites, and each had their own explanations.
When the people in the city saw this, what could they do? If that Scarface is disguised and mixed in, he will never be found again if he lets it go.
Zhao Sheng and Wei Wuji looked at Chen Zheng together, which made Chen Zheng really want to cry without tears. I thought, what are you looking at me, just let Rugongzi go down and identify them one by one.
At this time, Ru Gongzi was also very embarrassed, judging from the visual inspection, the following people did not look like their enemies, but the scar-faced old and cunning one, who knows if he will be disguised!
Wei Wuji couldn't help but ask: Brother Lu, although there is an old wound on that scar's forehead, who dares to guarantee that he won't cut it again on the scar to confuse us in order to escape for his life? How can we tell the difference in the current situation?
You ask me, who do I ask to go?! Why are you asking me everything?! However, in the face of hundreds of spectators in the city, you can't stalemate here!
Chen Zheng pondered for a while, eh, there is!
Brother Han, what was Scarface's scream before he ran away that night?
Han Fei lowered his head and thought about it, well, I, I remember yes, it's top, resist, all, give me top, resist.
Well, count me on asking the wrong person! Chen Zheng looked around for a moment, who else was there that night? I'll go! Zhao Ji, Baby Panda and Hammer, who were present that day, all went back, and they could only copy Han Fei's memories according to Chen Peisi's standard words.
Lu, Lu, big brother, ask this, what does this mean?
Chen Zheng didn't answer, waved his hand and beckoned the gatekeeper under the city to come up, and pointed at those people with a wicked smile, you, let them shout one by one, and shouted: Resist, resist me.
The goalkeeper was suddenly stupid, what kind of routine is this?
Zhao Sheng didn't understand, but even so, he still ordered: Just do what Mr. Lu said.
The unlucky ones in the city are also in the circle, what? Let's shout to resist, all for me? Do you choose actors for TV dramas? There's no way, just shout!
Several people shouted in a weird manner, and the surrounding audience burst into laughter.
After listening to it again, Chen Zheng and Han Fei didn't hear Scarface's voice. Okay, let them do more, let them pinch their waist with their left hand, raise their right hand forward, and shout again.
In the second rehearsal, the first few Chen Xiaoer were quite cooperative, carrying a box gun and shouting, who let us play a positive role is not easy!
As a result, when it was about to be the last man's turn, the man suddenly stuck one foot in the dirt, and while shoveling the ground with his foot, he looked at the goalkeepers with contempt: "You can't kill a soldier!" Is it tolerable or unbearable! Just because Lao Tzu left a scar when he beat you Zhao Guo, you humiliated me like this! Today, I'll show you how well my iron legs float on the water! Hahahaha!
With a burst of wild laughter, I saw that the water floated up into the air, and after a few whirls in the air, he actually flew up along the city wall, and was about to cross the city gate.
Chen Zheng opened his eyes again, I damn it, there are really a lot of talents in the Warring States! Could this person be the ancestor of Qiu Qianren and Yanzi Li San?
Han Fei raised his head and pointed at the person, big, big brother and small, be careful!
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen arrows flew out of nowhere, three or four of which hit the target, and the water floated down in front of Chen Zheng and the others under the action of the earth's gravity.
Li Mu walked over and stepped on this person and said, which part are you? What mission did you come to Zhao to perform?
Lying on the ground on the water, spitting blood, he sneered intermittently: I, I won't, I won't tell you, I, I'm Chu, sent by the Chu State, I'm angry with you! After saying that, he swallowed his breath.
All right! If you don't say it, I won't ask.
Chen Zheng turned his face to look at Han Fei, Brother Han, can you ask for something?
What, what's the matter, brother, brother, just say it.
Brother beg, don't point your finger at me in the future, can you remember?
Remember, remember, brother, rest assured!
It seems that none of the people intercepted under the city have that Scarface. Chen Zheng looked at Zhao Sheng in disappointment: Pingyuanjun, there are no people we are looking for in it, let them all go!
At this time, Ru Gongzi's face was stunned, a few tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and Wei Wuji stepped forward and whispered a few words of comfort. Chen Zheng silently looked at it in his eyes, and was more sure of his judgment. Although this Rugongzi is a woman, his righteous act of stealing talismans to save Zhao is also a bright light in the night sky of history. It's a pity that after she stole the tiger talisman of King Wei back then, there has been no news since, alas! I'm afraid she is also fierce and unlucky, how can King Wei let her go! Thinking of this, Chen Zheng felt a trace of respect and pity for Ru Gongzi.
The crowd under the city gradually dispersed, and the group slowly walked down the tower. Zhao Sheng also asked Chen Zheng to go to his house to play chess, but Chen Zheng was already physically and mentally exhausted and couldn't lift his spirits.
Let's disband on the spot and meet another day! You take your big carriage, Han Fei and Li Mu and I walk back, walk more than 10,000 steps to him, and occupy the cover first!
Zhao Sheng laughed, I said Brother Lu, it seems that the matter of identifying Scarface is not possible without you, only you can hear the original voice that resists and withstands for me! Today, it's just the south gate that intercepted these people, and when I ask the other city gates what the situation is, I will send someone to inform you, you can't help but come!
Alas! I came to the Warring States to do something, and there is no other way than to be hacked back by God! Chen Zheng nodded helplessly, thinking, there are a lot of people today, let's talk to Zhao Sheng about Ying Yiren another day! Let's go back and rest first, and suppress the shock!
Chen Zhenggang was about to beckon Han Fei and Li Mu to leave the south gate, when he suddenly took a look at the crowd coming and going, and saw a person dressed in the Western Regions in the crowd with a curly beard, a roll of big cloth wrapped around his head, and a burden on his back, walking towards the south gate step by step.
It's just that I took a look at you in the crowd and never forgot your face, dreaming of seeing each other again by chance, and since then I have been lonely and missed.
Hey? Why does that person's figure seem familiar?
Zhao Sheng, Wei Wuji, and Ru Gongzi were about to board the carriage, but they were stopped by Chen Zheng.
Brother Lu, do you regret it again? Then get in the car, shall we?
Chen Zheng grabbed Zhao Sheng and asked quietly: Pingyuanjun, are there still people from the Western Regions in our Handan City?
Oh, so I asked this. Our Handan City is so prosperous, it is natural that some foreign business travelers are indispensable, and it is commonplace. How did you remember to ask this?
Is this person from the Western Regions not in the scope of the investigation?
Needless to say! What we're looking for is an assassin from the Wei Kingdom, and he's not a foreigner. Besides, King Zhao has an order that all foreign business travelers will enjoy VIP treatment and be exempted from inspection.
All right! Chen Zheng looked at Wei Wuji again: Brother Wuji, is the killer-level doorman you brought from Wei State here?
Wei Wuji waved to the crowd, and two people dressed as Wei appeared in an instant.
Brother Lu, at this time, there are just two of them at the south gate, and the others have been sent elsewhere, what's the matter with you?
Chen Zheng, Wei Wuji, and Han Fei discussed in a low voice, and saw that Zhao Sheng, Li Mu, and Rugongzi were like falling into the fog.
It turned out that Chen Zheng found that the figure of the man from the Western Regions was very suspicious, so he asked the two Wei swordsmen to intercept him in front, claiming that they were sent by the King of Wei to kill people and kill people. Han Fei's crossbowmen were arranged to wait around for action.
Wei Wuji and Han Fei beckoned their subordinates separately to make arrangements. Chen Zheng pulled Zhao Sheng, Li Mu and Rugongzi to hide in a corner not far from the curly beard of the Western Regions.
Ru Gongzi looked at Chen Zheng in confusion, Brother Lu, what are you doing here?
Chen Zheng stretched out one finger and put it in front of his mouth and "shh
Those two Wei swordsmen suddenly appeared in front of the people of the Western Regions, boy, do you think we won't recognize you with a beard?
The man from the Western Regions was startled, and he didn't know what to say.
A swordsman of the Wei State took a sword and took off the strip of rags on your head, so let's take a look.
The Westerners took a step back, glanced behind them, and found themselves surrounded.
Ha ha! King Wei sent the two of us to take your life, can you still run away?
Who knew that the man from the Western Regions pointed to the strip of cloth on his head, and without knowing what to mutter, he began to untie it circle by circle.
Everyone was stunned, it seemed that it was a misunderstanding, and it was definitely not the scarface.
Just as everyone was relaxing their vigilance, the curly beard of the Western Regions suddenly threw out a short blade from his sleeve and went straight to the swordsman in front of him. At the same time, the man from the Western Regions pulled out another dagger and instantly came to the front of another swordsman and stabbed it directly.
That is, in a second, the situation on the scene changed so much.
Luckily, the two swordsmen weren't vegetarians either, one hurt his cheek while dodging, and the other had his sleeve pierced.
The half-untied turban of the Westerners just now fell to the ground, and there was clearly an obvious knife mark on his forehead.
The Korean special forces took out the bows and crossbows hidden on their bodies, but they saw Scarface entangled with the two Wei swordsmen, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
When Gongzi saw the enemy who killed his father who had been thinking about him day and night for three years and couldn't sleep all night, fire was about to erupt in his resentful eyes, so he didn't care about anything, and walked out.
Scarface looked back and saw Rugongzi, and there was a chill in his eyes, you girl, looking for death!
Chen Zheng only reacted at this time, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he involuntarily ran to Rugongzi and shouted: Be careful!
A sharp blade flew out of Scarface's hand, hitting Chen Zheng's vital point.
Chen Zheng screamed "ah" and fell into the arms of Rugongzi.