Chapter 181: Fishing in Troubled Waters

Outside Fangfu, the war intensified.

Pan Shangshu stood in the square in front of the main gate of the Fang Mansion with a blue face, he knew that through this heavy gate, there was a person who had made him hate and fear for decades, the two of them, the two of them, who had been friends and enemies for decades. As long as he catches him, the nightmare and haze that have haunted him all these years will be swept away, which excites him more than being an emperor.

The attack on the other side has been going on for half an hour, and each attack has been ruthlessly routed by the forbidden army. It is worthy of the pro-army around the emperor, at this critical moment, two or three thousand people actually blocked the crazy attack of nearly 10,000 rebels. Without strong and sturdy fortifications and invulnerable armor, the forbidden army only relied on the standard steel knives and spears in their hands to keep the rebels out of the gate of Fangfu again and again, and no further could be obtained.

"Boss, order the sergeants to set the house on fire! If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer heavy casualties! Zhao Hu's always calm face showed a little anxiety. As a soldier, he only knows how to win every battle by unscrupulous means, because the battlefield situation is ever-changing, and time is the most precious for both the enemy and us, especially now, when it comes to the lives of his own family, he can't afford to drag it out.

"Absolutely not!" Pan Shangshu sharply rejected Zhao Hu's proposal.

"The four-way army has not been up as promised, and the old man is sure that they will not be able to come, that is to say, now only your 30,000 horses are left to support in the city, as long as any garrison outside the city enters the king of Jingqin, you and I will not escape death. The only way to do this is to capture the emperor alive and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, in just a few days, the old man's protΓ©gΓ©s all over the world will rise up and respond, and the generals loyal to the old man in the army will also raise troops to support him, so the emperor can't die! If he dies, you and I will also be doomed, understand? ”

Zhao Hu nodded thoughtfully, and then said hurriedly: "Just rushed out of hundreds of forbidden troops, the subordinates estimated that they went to the outside of the city to move rescue troops, and the subordinates sent troops to pursue them, and they were scattered, but the people who led them were nowhere to be found." ”

"Who is the leader?"

"Fang Zheng."

"Is that him?" Pan Shangshu's expression changed, and his eyes narrowed slightly, "He has always had a good relationship with Feng Qiudao of Long Wujun, and the old man estimated that Fang Zheng went to find him to move the soldiers." ”

Then Pan Shangshu smiled coldly: "Let him go, when he arrives at the Longwu Army camp, he will know that Feng Qiudao is now also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself." ”

Zhao Hu relieved himself a little, pulled out his saber with a "bang", and shouted at the rebel soldiers: "Rush Lao Tzu again!" Before dawn, you must rush in for Lao Tzu! ”

"Rush!" The soldier stared at his bloodshot eyes, raised his weapon, and launched another fierce attack on the gate of Fangfu like a tide.

The barracks of the Shence Army.

The prince was sitting leisurely in the tent, looking at a map of the capital with great interest, the map had been smeared with lines of various colors, and it looked like a naughty boy scribbling on paper, and then throwing away a discarded object with no interest, but the prince looked at it with relish, as if he was watching a peerless famous painting.

Liu Changsheng sat opposite the prince, looking at the prince's gentle and elegant smiling face, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Liu Changsheng was the leading general of the Shence Army, which was stationed in a large camp less than seventy miles from the capital.

Pan Shangshu rebelled, the capital was broken by the rebels, and now the rebels have besieged the palace and Fangfu, of course, he knows all this information.

Now he felt very panicked, although he had already sworn allegiance to the prince, and now the emperor was trapped in the city, but the prince appeared outside his military camp in the middle of the night, and strictly ordered him not to use a single soldier. His heart is constantly struggling, it is one thing to swear allegiance to the prince, but seeing that the emperor is in trouble but cannot send troops to rescue him, it is still a little unacceptable for Liu Changsheng, who has received decades of loyal education.

But he didn't dare to show his heart, he knew better than anyone what kind of person the prince was. On the surface, he looked gentle and humble, but in fact, the prince became vicious, and even he, a general who had been through many battles and killed people, couldn't help but feel scared and trembling.

"General Liu can't wait?" The prince stared at the map and asked casually.

"The last general will not dare!" Liu Changsheng hurriedly bowed down and replied in fear. He knew that if the prince doubted his loyalty, he would not see the sun tomorrow. Sadly, the generals in the Shence army, he is not the only one who is loyal to the prince, Liu Changsheng is not the only one, the prince has firmly controlled this army in his own hands, he is at best just a puppet that looks majestic on the surface, and there are many such puppets in the Shence army. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't mind changing to someone who came up to sit in the position of the general.

"General Liu doesn't have to be afraid, I believe in you." The crown prince smiled gently at Liu Changsheng. If you only look at his appearance, everyone has to admit that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be a benevolent, generous, intelligent and wise generation of wise and wise monarchs in the future.

Liu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, lowered his head and thanked him, and then got up. He reminded himself in his heart that he must not talk nonsense, and even his expression and eyes must be controlled, and he must not reveal the slightest worry about the emperor, otherwise, at this critical moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not hesitate to eradicate anyone he does not believe.

"The situation is still unclear." The prince put down the map of the capital that he had studied for a long time in his hand and sighed softly.

Liu Changsheng asked tentatively, "Dare to ask His Highness what you meanβ€”β€”"

"Wait a little longer, if the lonely teacher doesn't succeed, and we rush to the army, won't we make a wedding dress for others?" The prince said lightly, "As long as the teacher kills his father, Lone has enough reason to lead the army into the city, annihilate the rebels, and bury his father in a grand funeral, and then ...... Ascend the throne and become emperor. ”

Speaking of the words "ascending the throne and becoming emperor", a hint of fanaticism flashed in the prince's eyes.

"The last general is brave, if Pan Shangshu captures the emperor alive and coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes, what should I do?"

"Even if my father is captured alive by Lone's teacher, he won't live long, my father has been arranging for several years to deal with the teacher, how can Lone be idle?" The prince smiled, his eyes shining with coldness.

"It's a pity that we have too few troops in our hands, otherwise we will attack the city at this time, and in the chaos of the army, my father and teacher may not be spared from the sword soldiers, and then Lone will put the charge of slaughtering his father on the teacher's body, who in the world can say that Lone did wrong?"

"Your Highness, there are more than 50,000 people in my Shence army, and there are only 30,000 rebels in Pan Shangshu in the city, if you want to annihilate them, these forces seem to be enough......"

"No, even if the rebels are annihilated, the casualties of the Shence Army will definitely not be small, do you dare to guarantee that no other army secretly covets the throne? What if they rebelled while I was wounded? ”

The prince sneered: "The praying mantis catches cicadas, Lone must always be that yellow sparrow, and never allow others to wait for the fisherman to profit behind Lone!" ”

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In the midst of the ruins, Fang Zheng was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed.

He needs to rest, the amount of exercise today is too great, and for him, who doesn't know martial arts and has a mediocre physique, he is already overloaded.

But his mind wasn't resting, he was still thinking.

Pan Shangshu is like a vicious unreasonable casino dealer, he put the net worth of everyone in the capital and even the world to the gambling table, whether others want it or not, he doesn't care, he has gambled red eyes, staring at the dice cup on the gambling table like a madman, ready to open the result.

Pity himself, a pampered young master, he has to take the life of the whole family to gamble with this madman, and before he reveals the result, he must do something to change the seemingly irrevocable result.

He doesn't know what the situation in Fangfu is now, whether it has been broken by the rebels, whether his father, wife and emperor have been caught by Pan Shangshu, in panic and anxiety, Fang Zheng's brain turned very fast, he knows that only reason and calmness can save himself and everyone.

Gently moving his hands and feet, Fang Zheng had already planned a plan to go out of the city. It's not a straightforward plan, but only in this way can he make the most of his strengths. As for what his strengths are,β€”β€” cough, it doesn't need to be so clear.

After straightening his clothes, Fang Zheng searched all over his body, and only found a small flying knife used by the killer's brother, which was the knife that hit the horse's buttocks, causing him to almost lose his life. The armor and saber were too eye-catching, Fang Zheng had already thrown them far away, and now he was wearing a silk robe dressed as a rich young master, looking very ordinary, as ordinary as any rich young master in the capital.

As long as the expression is like a little bit, no one will believe that this panicked and panicked rich young master is the young general who has just led the three hundred forbidden troops to break out of the encirclement.

From time to time, the rebels shouted outside the alley, it seems that the rebels have not stopped searching for him, and it is dangerous to go out now, the rebels have killed red eyes in the city, and many civilians have been slaughtered for no reason.

Fang Zheng found a well, washed his face, and tidied up his scattered hair, trying to make himself look like a rich young master who had just woken up.

Then Fang Zheng held back the fear in his heart, quietly paced to the mouth of the alley, poked his head out, and observed the movement on the street with the head of the thief and the thief's brain.

Finally, a lone rebel soldier came into his eye, the soldier holding a knife in his hand, constantly pulling through the grass on the side of the street, cursing and swearing in his mouth, not knowing what he was swearing.

Fang Zheng was overjoyed, quickly sorted out the expression on his face, and then hurriedly ran to the soldier in a panic, and said in a cringing and fearful tone: "...... This military master, you, cough, you have worked hard! ”

The soldier was taken aback, raised his head and looked at Fang Zheng vigilantly, seeing that Fang Zheng was dressed in a silk robe, his hair was meticulously combed, and he looked at him with a humble and flattering smile on his face, the soldier suddenly relaxed his guard slightly. In the troubled times, human life is as cheap as mustard, no matter how rich you are, under the chaos of the army, no one dares to be disrespectful to the soldiers, and this rich young master in front of you is like this.

"What's the matter with you?" The soldier was still very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and when he saw that the rich young master who was high and invincible on weekdays was so respectful to him, the soldier couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Fang Zheng smiled flatteringly, and kept arching his hand at the soldiers, his attitude was like a turtle in a brothel seeing a prostitute.

"This military master, you ...... Uh, busy? Fang Zheng put on a posture of chatting with him.

The soldier rolled his eyes and snorted, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Hey, little brother, I just want to make friends with you, Master Jun, just tell me, the city is in chaos like this, and the family is not at ease, I'll come out to find out the news." As he spoke, Fang Zheng stuffed a silver ticket into the soldier's hand, and smiled at him with a flattering smile on his face.

How could a poor soldier ever see such a thing as a silver ticket? When the soldier saw the silver ticket in his hand, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and Fang Zheng's attitude became much more enthusiastic: "It's none of your family's business, we are just ordered to find someone around here, and if we find us, we will leave, and we will not disturb you, as long as you stay at home and don't run around, it will be fine." ”

Fang Zheng looked puzzled and said, "Oh? Who are you looking for? Let's talk about it, let's see if the younger brother can help. ”

The soldier did not doubt him, and said casually: "Find a young man, wearing armor, damn it!" The brothers were busy for more than half an hour, but they didn't find any ghosts! ”

"Oh, is that young man wearing brown armor with a lot of arrows from the back of the armor?"

The soldier was overjoyed when he heard this, pressed Fang Zheng's shoulder and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, that's right." ”

"Is he riding a dark horse?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Does he still have a bloodstained knife in his hand?"

"Yes, yes, do you know where he is?" The soldier was excited, staring at Fang Zheng with glowing eyes and asked.

Fang Zheng spread his hands innocently: "I don't know." ”

"You...... What the fuck are you kidding me? The soldier was furious, pointed a knife at Fang Zheng with his backhand, and turned his face faster than turning a book, as if he had completely forgotten that Fang Zheng had stuffed him with a silver ticket just now.

Fang Zheng's face changed suddenly, his body trembled involuntarily, his lips began to tremble, and he said with a pale face: "Master Jun, spare your life!" I really don't know, just now I did see such a person lying on a broken wall, that person seems to be slightly injured, but then in a blink of an eye, the person is gone, so I really don't know where he is now......"

When the soldier heard this, he said, "Wait, I'll call the brothers, and you can take us to that place to see ......"

Seeing Fang Zheng looking at him with an idiotic look, the soldier couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" ”

Fang Zheng shook his head and sighed: "Although the younger brother has never been a soldier, he also knows that it is very difficult to be promoted to an officer in the army, you are good, the credit sent to the door is pushed out, a seriously injured person who has no ability to resist is lying there waiting for you to catch it, you also ask other brothers to go together, for fear that the credit will not be divided enough piecemeal, right?" Tsk......"

After speaking, Fang Zheng looked at the soldier with mocking eyes, as if he was laughing at him for being timid and afraid of death.

The soldier was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was at the time when his blood was strong, how could he be so excited?

"Let's go, you lead the way, let's go together! I don't believe it, he can gnaw my bird! The soldier grabbed Fang Zheng's arm and walked into the alley.

"Ouch, this lord, you are light...... You can rest assured, he has absolutely no interest in your noble bird......"

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After a pillar of incense, a man came out of the alley, dressed in the armor of a rebel soldier, with a thief's smile on his face and a pair of eyes that were spinning, as if he was always thinking of some bad idea.

This person is Fang Zheng, after tricking the bloody rebel soldier into the alley, Fang Zheng unexpectedly took out the wooden stick that had been prepared, knocked him unconscious with a stick, and then stripped off his armor, waist tag and saber, and walked out of the street with such a swagger.

As he walked, he greeted the group of rebels passing by warmly: "Brothers, hard work!" When we're done, let's grab a few pretty girls and have a good night. ”

His hands kept scratching and scratching,! Why is it so itchy? How long has it been since the knocked out kid hasn't taken a shower? How can such an unhygienic army be embarrassed to rebel? Aren't you afraid of people's jokes? - By the way, this kid doesn't have willow disease, right? If you get it, it's bad......

"Hey, stop! Who are you? What is a person doing here? Who's your leader? A deep voice stopped Fang Zheng.

The other rebels were patrolling the city in groups by team, only Fang Zheng was wearing the clothes and armor of ordinary soldiers, and he was walking around swaggering alone, no wonder others were suspicious.

Fang Zheng was shocked in his heart, and when he turned around, he saw a person who looked like a captain and officer, looking at him suspiciously.

Fang Zheng hurriedly walked in front of him, lowered his head and clenched his fists, and said respectfully: "Tell your lordship, the third squad sergeant under the command of the Yongzi Battalion, named Liu Dazhu, the Fang Cai brothers fought outside the Fang Mansion in the city, but they were scattered by the enemy's cavalry, and they were looking for them......"

Fortunately, Fang Zheng had seen the unlucky soldier's waist card, otherwise it would have been bad.

"Are you Liu Dazhu?" The lieutenant officer looked at him with surprise on his face, and then sneered: "Then do you know who I am?" ”

Fang Zheng was shocked again in his heart, this person's tone didn't sound good, could it be that these two people already knew each other?

Fang Zheng was puzzled: "This general, did you get your brain injured during the war?" You don't even know who you are, and you don't even know if you mark it......"

Seeing that the captain's face was getting more and more ugly, Fang Zheng hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "Although I don't know who you are, I can be sure that you are definitely not a mortal, look at your face, in the future, you will definitely be a general with heavy troops and dominate the world......

The captain snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "I'm strange, Liu Dazhu is the brother of the team under my command, why didn't he see him overnight, not only did his appearance change, but he couldn't even wake up in his brain......"

Fang Zheng felt miserable in his heart, it's over! I'm dying! Lao Tzu is unlucky, hit the big board, who is not good for the dog's day, but I ran into the direct boss of this unlucky guy, God doesn't want to play me to death, right?

The captain's face changed, and he shouted angrily: "Tell Lao Tzu!" Who are you? Where did Liu Dazhu get it? What do you want to impersonate him? ”

Fang Zheng's face immediately turned extremely pale, his whole body trembled, and finally he couldn't control it, he knelt down towards the lieutenant with a plop, tears and snot flowed out together, and he cried in a trembling voice: "A good man spares his life-please let me go, don't hand me over!" I have money, and a lot of silver, and I beseech you, lift up your noble hand, and let me go......

The lieutenant was stunned, and then he looked overjoyed, he caught a mouse blindly, could it be that he caught an important person? The lieutenant shouted, "Say it quickly! What is your identity? If you don't tell the truth, Lao Tzu has eighteen ways to bring you back to life! ”

Fang Zheng kowtowed like pounding garlic, and kept saying: "Yes, yes, the little one is honest, I will never dare to hide it from the general, the little one's name is Fang Zheng, I am the one who rushed out of the Fang Mansion just now, but that's none of my business, it was the dog emperor who forced me to rush out of the city with a knife to move the rescuers, I don't want to die, so I have no choice but to risk rushing out......"

"You are Fang Zheng? General Zhao ordered the whole city to be searched for you? Ha ha! Now Lao Tzu is developed! The captain couldn't hide the ecstasy on his face, and laughed.

Fang Zheng was still lying on the ground and crying, his hands kept pounding the ground, and he looked so remorseful that he couldn't bear it: "...... I was wrong! I was really wrong! How can the mantis arm stop the big car, how can the grasshopper shake the big tree, and it can't measure itself! I shouldn't be obsessed with and confront General Zhao's heavenly army, I should abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible, and throw myself into the warm and generous arms of Pan Shangshu to be coquettish, I damn it! I confessed, I surrendered to the law, I failed Pan Shangshu, I failed General Zhao, I ...... I'm not alive anymore......"

After speaking, Fang Zheng suddenly stood up, lowered his head, and slammed into a wall on the side of the road, his acting skills were so realistic that he seemed to be really desperate for death.

The captain was overjoyed that he had captured Fang Zheng alive, this was not an ordinary feat, Pan Shangshu and General Zhao personally named the people to be arrested, and capturing Fang Zheng was more meritorious than his killing of hundreds and thousands of enemies. Seeing that Fang Zheng wanted to seek death, how could the captain let him get his wish? If Fang Zheng died, wouldn't his credit be greatly discounted?

The lieutenant's eyes were quick, he hugged Fang Zheng's waist, and shouted: "Hey, you can't die, you can't die......

Fang Zheng was hugged by the rebel captain, his feet were still kicking, his hands were waving wildly, and he shouted with a crying voice: "Let me die, let me die!" It's no fun to be alive, Pan Shangshu will definitely kill me, I'll drop this heart to dig the cold and dig the cool......"

The lieutenant pressed Fang Zheng's shoulders tightly with both hands, so that he couldn't move, and comforted him: "Hey, it's better to die than to live, if there is anything you can ...... with General Zhao face to face."

I only heard a "poof" sound, the captain's eyes suddenly widened, slowly lowered his head, and looked at his heart in disbelief, his heart was inserted with a small flying knife, not too deep, but the part was found very accurately, and blood kept bubbling out.

The lieutenant felt as if the strength of his whole body had been drained in an instant, and his right hand was raised with difficulty, and then it hung down again, and then the whole person slowly fell to the ground, twitching all over, like a pig that had been dried up by a butcher and was dying.

Fang Zheng showed a somewhat tricky smile on his face, and quickly pulled out the flying knife on the captain's chest, put it on his waist, and then cried out: "...... Checkmate! General, what's wrong with you? Which bastard killed you? I'm going to avenge you, General, wake up......"

Fang Zheng glanced around while crying, only to see a group of rebels coming and going in a hurry, and the dispute between himself and this captain happened to be at the mouth of an alley facing the street, the location was relatively hidden, and no one should have noticed them.

Wiping away his tears, Fang Zheng's eyes rolled, he stood up again, laboriously dragged the body of the captain out of the alley, took a few deep breaths, and after brewing some emotions, he sank into his dantian and shouted at a group of rebel soldiers patrolling on the street: "Come on!" Help me! Someone's killed! ”