Chapter 92: Cao Huateng's urgent visit
Besides, after sitting for a long time, I found that there was really nothing to do, and everything was done by Zhou Dingcheng and Zhao Yang with the leaders, and he seemed to have become a dispensable outsider.
He took a pen, sharpened the ink, and began to write and play again.
"We're busy to death, you're idle and panicking." Zhou Dingcheng came in and poured a pot of wine and complained.
Besides, if you laugh, this guy is hypocritical, if he really doesn't let him do it, he should really scream.
"You've all done a good job, but I interfered halfway and made trouble." Besides, he wrote a poem "Fixing the Storm" on the paper, and said with a smile.
"Whatever you say makes sense, anyway. Hey, what do you think I'm going to do? You can't let me be a thousand, right? Zhou Dingcheng walked over and said.
"You ......" Besides, he was stunned, he really hadn't thought about it.
"You, as well as Senior Murong and that sister, shouldn't be regarded as the sixth guard, right?" Besides.
"And what are we?" Zhou Dingcheng asked.
"It's a ......" Besides, it's really impossible to say, it's not right to say that it's his guards, that's too demeaning for them, but that's what they've been doing, and the guards outside are more like pretending than them, and the practicality is too poor.
"You really want to join the Sixth Guard, that doesn't suit your identity, does it?" Besides, I thought about it for a long time before I answered.
"Yes, I think so too, but what's the matter with following you like this?" Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"What do you say is like a resentful woman, what kind of title do you need?" Besides, he laughed.
"What are you talking about, you bastard?" Zhou Ding was so angry that he wanted to go crazy, but after thinking about it, what he said was right, so he didn't continue to dwell on this identity issue.
Zhao Yang suddenly walked in and whispered, "Brother, Cao Huateng is here with a few people to see you." ”
Besides, why did Cao Huateng come, could it be that the emperor changed his mind and wanted to arrest him back, didn't he say that the emperor had a golden mouth? Change whatever you say.
He stood up and just wanted to go out, but Cao Huateng had already walked in.
"My lord, I have something important to discuss with you."
"Okay." Besides, Zhou Dingcheng and Zhao Yang hurriedly walked out and closed the door.
"Is something wrong?" Besides, he asked.
"Something happened, and it's still impossible to determine what's going on." Cao Huateng panted.
"Please sit down, sir, and speak slowly." Besides, let Cao Huateng sit down and pour him another cup of tea.
"My lord, you have encountered many dangers on the way to Beijing, do you remember what kind of people those attackers were?" Cao Huateng asked.
Besides, he was stunned: "Why is Lord Cao asking this?" ”
"That's the case, today Lord Lu took people out of the capital, led by the two commanders of Jinyiwei, and two commanders accompanied by envoys, a total of about 400 people, they were ordered to go out to investigate the repeated attacks on your way to Beijing, as a result, not long after Lord Lu left the capital today, there were several beacon fires in the distance on the wall of the capital. At first, the captain guarding the gate thought that the Saiwai Wai had attacked the outskirts of Beijing, and almost came to the capital under martial law. I later went over and found out that it was the beacon fire of our Jinyi Guard, a signal to call for help in an emergency. ”
"It's unlikely that someone in the suburbs of Beijing will attack our Jinyi Guard, right? Who's so bold? Besides, he groaned.
"It's really unlikely, but the beacon fire will not be fake, it is not a very urgent situation, our people will not light the beacon fire, this is also a rule, no one dares to joke about it. To be honest, this is the first time, and because of this, the captain guarding the city gate did not recognize him, and almost caused a major accident. I looked through the clairvoyance in the city gate tower for a while, it was too far away to see really, I could only see about seven or eight beacon fires, if it was really dangerous, it means that all the people we sent out were attacked. Cao Huateng said.
"Why are you investigating those things, it's been a long time?" Besides, I don't understand.
Cao Huateng smiled bitterly: "I don't know about this, the mission was not handed over to me, Lord Lu sent another person to carry out the mission, I don't know what is going on, but I heard that this is the case." Yesterday, the emperor had a decree to come down, and Lord Lu led a group of men and horses out of the city today, but he didn't expect this to happen, and I don't get any orders now, and I don't know what to do. So I want to ask you about the identities and origins of those people, so that I have a little bottom in my heart. ”
"Are you saying that those people attacked more than 400 of our Jinyi Guards? When pigs fly! Besides, he shouted.
"Why can't it be?" Cao Huateng was puzzled.
"I said it was those people, but I thought it was just one person, or many people, I didn't know it in the house at the time, there were all those masters and big people outside, they didn't say anything to me, maybe they were afraid of scaring me. But it's really not a lot of people, otherwise I wouldn't have been unable to hear it. Besides.
He was also confused in his heart, although he was attacked many times, but there were really many times when he was just an assassin, silently infiltrated, and then killed with one blow, but unfortunately the fatal blow was basically blocked by his strange picture scroll, and the assassin was forced to suck away his soul by the scroll.
Of course he can't say this, let alone now, even Huang Jin and the Ouchi guards who were present at the time didn't know, these things were all unsolved cases after that, but fortunately, everyone was worried about the safety at that time, as long as they were safe, these people would not pursue others.
Why does the emperor want to investigate this matter now, and hold on tightly, could it be that the emperor has seen something famous?
"Are those people at that time still in touch?" Cao Huateng asked.
"No, after I entered Beijing, I never saw them again." Besides, shaking his head, this is the truth, after entering Beijing, he was picked up by Zhang Juzheng, and the others entered the palace to resume their lives, and finally heard that the ending was not good.
"Is there no way to find them?" Cao Huateng said anxiously.
"If you want to find them, you can only go into the palace and find a way, they are all people in the palace, maybe they are still working in the palace now. Where is Lord Huang Jin, he should be able to find someone who knows. Besides.
Cao Huateng shook his head, what kind of place is in the palace, it's not that he can enter if he wants to, Jinyiwei is in a demarcated place every time he is on duty, and it is a big crime to exceed the boundary.
"If it's just one person or a few people, how can all of our people be attacked, they go out to investigate and divide into several groups." Cao Huateng couldn't figure it out, he still preferred that the people of the Jinyi Guard were attacked by a strong enemy with a large advantage in numbers, otherwise how could they light the beacon fire?
"Your Excellency, you might as well send some more people out to inquire about the situation." Besides, it was suggested.
"I can't do this without an order, and the people of Jinyi Guard must have a written order to go out of the city to handle cases." Cao Huateng shook his head with a solemn expression.
Besides, he didn't speak, but he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, he really didn't expect that the emperor would send such a powerful brocade guard to investigate something related to him.
The so-called investigation of those attacks, in the final analysis, is still investigating him, but what is investigating him, and what is the emperor suspecting?
"My lord, you can help me come up with an idea, what should I do about this?" Cao Huateng really had no choice, so he asked for advice.
"There's nothing adults can do, and I can't think of any way." Besides, he smiled wryly and spread his hands.
"Then I'll go to Lord Li, the commander of the Nine Gates, to have a look, I don't know if Lord Li can send an elite army out to investigate." Cao Huateng hurriedly left after speaking.
"What is this grandson doing?" Zhou Dingcheng came in and asked.
Since Qin Duanming made trouble, Zhou Dingcheng looked at anyone in Jinyiwei who was not pleasing to the eye.
And that's all he said.
"What, Jinyiwei's people were attacked on the outskirts of Beijing, who has such guts?" Zhou Dingcheng was also stunned.
Regardless of whether the Jinyi Guard is notorious, or particularly hated, there are not many people who dare to openly attack the Jinyi Guard, unless those Jianghu rangers, or the green forest thieves of the climate.
"Listen to Cao Huateng's meaning, it was the people who attacked us in the first place who did it." Besides.
"Nonsense, aren't those people all dead, can they still come back to life and continue to kill?"
"It's not impossible, we were assassinated again and again on the way, and then we were assassinated again in the city, I suspect they are all one organization." Besides.
"You mean the Assassins did it? That's even more unlikely, the assassin wouldn't do this kind of attack, then it's a cross-line. The Assassin would only choose the right moment and angle, focusing on killing with one hit, and then flying away. That's their business. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"That's not necessarily, those two assassins couldn't assassinate at the beginning, and they fought with Murong senior and that girl for a while, and they didn't fall behind, which shows that they are also good at fighting. If it was such a master, it would be easy to attack the Jinyi Guard alone. Besides.
Zhou Dingcheng thought for a while and said: "What you said is true, if it is really such a master, for the people of Jinyiwei, it is not an attack but a massacre, and there is no power to fight back at all." But that kind of person would not do such a thing, and what good would it do to kill the people of the brocade guards, and no one would pay them money to do so. ”
"If the people of the Jinyi Guard find out their clues, they want to keep it secret, they may kill people and destroy all traces." Besides, he guessed.
"You're just guessing, it's too unlikely. You haven't walked the rivers and lakes, you don't know a lot of things, the habit of assassins is to lurk, approach, kill, and leave, this set of habitual methods will not be easily changed, and the fierce battle they fought with Murong seniors that day was also to escape, not to commit murder. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.
Besides, shaking his head, he is indeed a novice in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and a little shallow knowledge comes from martial arts novels, and Zhou Dingcheng is naturally an expert in this regard.
"Now we have to think about this, whether the emperor wants to check you or want to check the identities of those assassins, this is the most important thing." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"Don't think about this, the eight achievements are to check me." Besides, he smiled bitterly.
"What do you want to look for?" Zhou Dingcheng didn't understand.
"I want to find out some of my secrets by checking those who want my life, of course I don't have any secrets, maybe I don't know myself, the emperor may have noticed something, maybe he found something, want to find out? I do not know. Now I'm the most confused person. He shook his head.