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Fortunately, Mu Qing and Mi Rui found the wine and food in the kitchen that had not been poisoned, and everyone ate some at will.

However, among the women, it is difficult to swallow Miss Su, Una, Sheep's Tongue Apricot, and Yahuan Lu'er, the reason is nothing more than that many corpses in the inn have frightened them, after all, in this world, there are not many women who will be like the two sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, but in the face of many corpses, they are light and commonplace.

After eating some casually, Zhao Hongrun immediately urged everyone to continue on their way.

Before leaving, Shen Yu asked Zhao Hongrun if he wanted to find a place to bury the bodies of the thieves in the inn.

In all fairness, Zhao Hongrun had intended to let these corpses continue to sit there, because in his opinion, if the forces that tried to assassinate him really watched him all the way, then he might as well use these corpses as a warning to the other party.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun felt that it was better not to keep these corpses, because if these people's accomplices were not nearby, these corpses were likely to scare the merchants and people who came and went, and even if these corpses festered, they would produce toxins, in case they hurt innocent people who had nothing to do with it, it would not be good.

So, Zhao Hongrun ordered the guards to set fire to the entire inn.

On the way, Zhao Hongrun drove his mount to Chen Xiao's side again and asked him where he had learned about the whereabouts of their group.

At first, Zhao Hongrun didn't care much about this matter, but after this assassination, Zhao Hongrun didn't dare to take it lightly.

And Chen Xiao did not ask Zhao Hongrun for his release again this time, probably because he didn't want to bear the stigma of "assassinating King Su", and was eager to draw a line with that gang of thieves, so he told him how he knew the whereabouts of Zhao Hongrun and his party.

It turned out that Chen Xiao and his father, Chen Bing, the former county magistrate of Zhaoling County, were both from Zhongyang County, and his father Chen Bing was a civil official, a court official who had seriously passed the imperial examination, and Chen Xiao became a member of the local Weirong Army in Zhongyang County under the recommendation of his uncle.

In April last year, the current Zhaoling County Commander counted the officials who died in the Chu-Wei War and handed over the list to the imperial court officials, who then sent people to Zhongyang County, the hometown of his father Chen Bing, to inform Chen Xiao and other Chen people of the death of Chen Bing.

The Chen family was shocked and sad, and as Chen Bing's eldest son, Chen Xiao immediately quit his errand, and came to the vicinity of Daliang two months later, and asked the Junshui generals who participated in the Chu-Wei War at that time, and then figured out the cause of his father's death.

Subsequently, Chen Xiao returned to Zhongyang County to hold a funeral for his father, and then prepared to go to Zhaoling.

Because Zhaoling sent someone to inform the Chen family that Chen Bing had some relics during his lifetime, if the Chen family didn't want it, Zhaoling was ready to put those things into Chen Bing's clothes mound in Zhaoling.

After all, because of Zhao Hongrun's relationship, Chen Bing was regarded as a model of "loyal martyrs" in Zhaoling, and the local officials and people built a mound for this parent official who personally carried a sword to the city wall to fight against the Chu army, and also erected a statue in the city.

Therefore, Chen Xiao felt that it was necessary for him to visit Zhaoling and see the county seat that his father Chen Bing was in charge of during his lifetime.

So, Chen Xiao entrusted his clan and younger brother to take care of his mother, bought a donkey because he couldn't afford a horse, rode it to Zhaoling County, and lived in the county for a few days.

During his stay in Zhaoling, Chen Xiao heard many things, such as the fact that the three counties of Yanling, Changping, and Shangshui are now inhabited by more than 400,000 Chu people who defected to the Wei State, and for example, King Su Hongrun reached an agreement with Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, so that the two sides would cease fighting and stop the army, and put Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu back to Pingyu County of Chu State.

Chen Xiao didn't have any idea of the previous news, but the matter of "Su Wang Hongrun's release of Chu Ping Yujun Xiong Hu" made him unacceptable.

Because the soldiers of the Junshui Army once told him that his father Chen Bing did not want to exchange their lives for the life of Pingyujun Xiong Hu, so he died generously in front of the Yanshui camp, hoping to die with Xiong Hu, one of the masterminds of Tupoke Zhaoling.

Unexpectedly, King Su Hongrun finally released Xiong Hu, the monarch of Chu Ping, back to Chu State.

『…… Wouldn't my father be blind to death?'

After hearing about this, Chen Xiao was shocked and angry, and immediately decided to go to Daliang to ask for a meeting with His Royal Highness King Hongrun, to question the truth, and ask the latter why he wanted to return Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu to Chu State.

So, Chen Xiao rode a donkey and set off for Daliang again.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, when Chen Xiao passed through Yu County and was about to rest for a night in the county, he heard those business travelers who traveled to and from Sanchuan talking about Su Wang Hongrun, and learned that Su Wang Hongrun was about to go south to Yanling.

So, Chen Xiao then turned around and went to Yanling, preparing to wait for the rabbit in Yanling, waiting for the arrival of King Su Hongrun.

However, on his way to Yanling, one night, when he was staying in a dilapidated mountain temple, a group of people suddenly came in the middle of the night, and there was a mention of "Su Wang Hongrun".

Originally, Chen Xiao was half asleep, and only heard the sentence "King Su got off the boat", but he didn't expect that his donkey might have seen a stranger at that time and screamed, which surprised those thieves, only to find that there were other people in this mountain temple.

And what happened after that, even if Chen Xiao didn't explain Zhao Hongrun, he could guess it, after all, according to the ruthlessness of this gang of thieves, how could he let go of Chen Xiao, who was unintentionally eavesdropping, and Chen Xiao, with more courageous force than Zong Wei, how could he die in the hands of those thieves?

The result was very clear, Chen Xiao killed those thieves, and found a letter from the corpse on the ground, which simply recorded Zhao Hongrun's whereabouts in the past few days.

So, according to what was written in the letter, Chen Xiao waited for the rabbit on the official road on the north side of Yu County, and really waited for Zhao Hongrun and his party.

"That's the way it is, I didn't participate in the assassination of you, and I don't know those thieves at all."

After telling the truth of the matter, Chen Xiao looked at Zhao Hongrun a little nervously.

You must know that Wei is also a privileged country of the aristocracy in the final analysis, although it is not like the Chu State, the nobles can wantonly kill civilians, but if the commoners assassinate the nobles, they still have to be sentenced to death, confiscated troops and other heavy punishments, not to mention that the target of the assassination is still Suwang Hongrun.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Chen Xiao is really accused of assassinating Zhao Hongrun, then he will certainly not be able to escape the heavy punishment of the Criminal Department, and his father, who has now become a model of loyalty and martyrdom in Zhaoling County, will also be implicated, lose the honor that could have been left in history, and even be implicated by his son and become a sinner.

Therefore, Chen Xiao can't wait to draw a line with those who assassinated Zhao Hongrun, after all, he was implicated in a small matter, and if the reputation of his deceased father was damaged because of this, it would be a great dishonor.

As for Chen Xiao's story, Zhao Hongrun did not doubt it, after all, in his opinion, Chen Xiao was a person who would not lie, and the lies he told were full of loopholes. And the thing he said, although it seems to be really coincidentally bizarre, Zhao Hongrun still believes that Chen Xiao can't make up such a coherent lie.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked Chen Xiao, "Did you really hear those people say something like 'King Su has disembarked'?" ”

"Absolutely." Chen Xiao nodded vigorously and chattered: "I heard footsteps and thought someone was going to steal my donkey, so I was also on guard......

Zhao Hongrun ignored Chen Xiao's redundant remarks in the second half of the paragraph, frowning and thinking.

You must know that he was a little suspicious, after all, they disembarked halfway because of Una's relationship, how did the gang of thieves who assassinated him know his whereabouts?

And now after listening to Chen Xiao's story, Zhao Hongrun is more and more sure that nine times out of ten, someone on the Hubu ship leaked the whereabouts of his Zhao Hongrun and his party, and revealed the news to the group of thieves who tried to assassinate him.

But the question is, on the boat that Zhao Hongrun and the others were on at that time, the personnel on board, whether they were officials or crew members, were all people from the Household Department and the Warehouse Department, does this mean that there were comrades of the gang of thieves?

"It's just a mess...... Let's wait until we get to Shangshui first, and then think about this matter deeply."

Shaking his head and leaving the many troubles in his heart behind, Zhao Hongrun instructed all the sect guards to be vigilant, and urged them to hurry up many times.

Because he felt that their whereabouts were most likely under the surveillance of some people all along, and although Zhao Hongrun didn't understand why those people wanted to assassinate him, he was sure that since those thieves had made up their minds to assassinate him, they should not give up the assassination operation because of a failure.

However, to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, in the next few days, they did not encounter any more assassinations, but because of the tense nerves all day, Zhao Hongrun and his party felt very tired and restless.

Because, they can't be sure whether there are still those thieves in the vicinity, who are waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Hongrun.

"This won't work, if it goes on like this, those thieves don't have to do it, and we people will be dragged down by ourselves......

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said to Shen Yu: "Take the official road, today and tomorrow, I will wait for a rest in the nearby post house." ”

Shen Yu was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized, and his face showed a little joy.

It is undeniable that the post house built next to the official road may be the only safe place in the wilderness. (To be continued.) )