Inside the Pingsong Mansion.

When Tian Ziyun returned to the Pingsong Mansion, it was already nearly dusk.

Now he is standing with Shen He and others in a separate courtyard on the east side.

The courtyard is large, with a well in the middle, surrounded by eight side rooms and a living room.

Tian Ziyun held a sword in one hand, bent his waist, walked quickly from the courtyard to the outside of a side room, raised his head, pointed to the beam on the roof, and asked, "Peng Gaoyang, that person is in this position, jumping down and ambushing you?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, exactly." A big man with a bandage on his right arm walked out, and said with a ashamed face: "The villain heard movement in the room at that time, so he lurked over, but he didn't expect Liang Shang to return his accomplices. The villain heard the sound of wind behind him, and rolled to the ground in a hurry, and the man stabbed off, only stabbing the villain's arm. Later, thanks to Brother Liu and Brother Fang, the villain was able to save his life. ”

After that, Peng Gaoyang hurriedly thanked the two people behind him again.

Tian Ziyun stood up, paced and observed again, pointed to the sun in the distance, and gestured: "Around four o'clock in the afternoon, it is the ancient Shen time, the sun is slanting west at that angle, and it just forms a shadow in this place, no wonder you can't notice it." ”

Peng Gaoyang touched his head, feeling even more ashamed.

"It's a great angle to ambush, and jumping from here will hit you right in the heart. I don't think the man is stabbing you off, but he doesn't want to kill you. Tian Ziyun said.

"Childe Mingjian." Peng Gaoyang remembered the scene just now and broke out in a cold sweat.

Tian Ziyun said it, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he returned to the mansion, he learned that Peng Gaoyang was seriously injured, and immediately came to the scene of the incident, wanting to speculate on the purpose of the black shadow sneaking into the mansion through some detailed clues.

Now it seems that that person is not hostile, otherwise Peng Gaoyang would not have just injured his arm.

But what did the man sneak into the house for?

Is it just to cover for a female thief?

But what the female thief stole was not anything valuable, and there was obviously no need to let such a master escort her.

So for what?

Tian Ziyun didn't find the answer, and the female thief's motives also puzzled him.

In a place like Jimo City, where people eat people, is there any food that is more important? If he were to steal, he would definitely choose to steal food instead of clothing.

There is still some surplus grain in the Ping Song Mansion, and the other party obviously did not come for the food.

So what can you do with stealing clothes?

Sell?

Does that female thief need money?

I'm going to live in a ghost cave, what do you want money for?

Tian Ziyun couldn't figure it out more and more, so he simply didn't want to. Now that he has already had the idea of leaving, he doesn't want to waste his thoughts on these things anymore.

"Childe, there are only a few of us in the house, what if that assassin comes back here? Where are we going to stay? Wen Tong said nervously.

Wentong's question is not unreasonable.

Tian Ziyun's Pingsong Mansion is very large, and it is the residence of "Uncle Ju" of the former Xiangguo of Qi.

Seven years ago, the king of Qi ordered an attack on the Song State, and someone reported that Uncle Ju was a traitor in the Song State.

In the same year, the Song Kingdom was destroyed.

Tian Ziyun, who went out with his father at that time, made a lot of contributions and became famous as a young man. The king of Qi renamed Uncle Ju's mansion "Pingsong Mansion", gave it to Tian Ziyun, and underwent some expansion.

Today's Pingsong Mansion, there are three separate courtyards in the front, middle and back, three in and three out, more than 300 wings, before Tian Ziyun went to the Chu State, the house was nearly 1,000 Ding, and it was very prosperous.

It is precisely because of the scale that the problem that Wen Tong said has become a big problem - if that assassin comes back, he can hide in any place they don't know at any time, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and Tian Ziyun and they will be passive.

Tian Ziyun thought about it for a while, but he didn't think of a particularly good way to prevent it.

At this time, Shen He said: "This matter is simple, we don't have to choose anywhere, just live here." If that assassin goes to the other courtyard, we don't have to pay attention to it, and if he wants to come back here, we just need to set a trap in advance, and we can turn the passive into the active. ”

When everyone heard this, they all felt that although Shen He's strategy was bold, it was a good way.

Tian Ziyun felt more and more that Shen He was a talent, and every time he could think of radical and effective ideas, he praised it: "Okay, let's live here." If that person has another purpose here, he will definitely come back. If we don't come back, we can echo each other. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and discussed some detailed methods of setting traps, and then they went their separate ways.

For some reason, Tian Ziyun faintly felt that the black shadow would come back again, but as long as he was ready, he was not afraid.

……

It was dusk.

Wen Tong had already boiled hot water, and Tian Ziyun went to the room to wash and change clothes after this period of running.

Shen He and Peng Gaoyang were injured, and after some recuperation, they only did some light work in the hospital. The two doormen, surnamed Liu and Fang, took charge of the arrangement of the roof trap.

The two sawed off the four wooden beams under the roof tiles, leaked the bottom, and gently cut the back of the roof tiles before covering them.

In this way, if someone steps on the tile, the roof tile will break and fall, alerting the people in the house.

Unless the person who comes is as light as a swallow, he will definitely be hit.

The dark-faced doorman surnamed Fang, after putting the roof tiles away, suddenly said: "Brother Liu, you said that this time the prince returned to China, why didn't the king come out to greet him personally?" But what kind of general Ma took Gongzi into the city, and he went to report the news of Gongzi's return to the city to the king, is it such a big movement, the king still doesn't know that Gongzi is back? Do you think this is strange? ”

"Huh? On the way, I came back and patronized and was happy, I didn't think about it, you really ...... say that" The face of the doorman surnamed Liu was paler, he stopped what he was doing, thought for a moment, and said: "Could it be that the king is sick and has no way to come out to greet him?" ”

The doorman surnamed Fang shook his head: "The king can't greet him, won't he let the people in the palace come out to greet him?" ”

"Could it be that the king plans to let the prince rest and welcome the son again tomorrow?"

The doorman surnamed Fang shook his head again: "I don't think it is necessary, if you want to rest, you can also let Gongzi go to the court to rest." With such a big event as Childe's return to China, can we postpone seeing you again for a day? What's more, doesn't the king want to know about the Chu people? ”

"Then what do you think the king is not in a hurry to see his son?" The doorman surnamed Liu couldn't think of any other possibilities, so he asked rhetorically.

"I don't know." The doorman surnamed Fang looked in the direction of Miyagi, where the sunset was red, the twilight was misty, and the tall square city was looming, which made him see it a little unreal.

"Brother Liu."

"Huh?"

"Don't you think that before we leave, the king's temper is getting weirder and weirder?"

The doorman surnamed Liu said with a smile: "Not only before we left, after the defeat in the Battle of Jishui, until the siege of Jimo City in the past five years, when did the king's temper improve?" ”

"I'm not talking about that, alas." The doorman surnamed Fang thought about it, but he didn't know what to say, so he sighed and stopped talking.

"That's right, Brother Fang!" The doorman surnamed Liu remembered something, and suddenly became a little excited, and his fair face turned red: "Speaking of the king, do you remember the promise made by the king to the prince before we left?" ”

The black-faced square doorman nodded: "I was behind Childe at the time, and I heard it too." ”

"The king said that as long as the prince comes back with the Chu army, he will give the prince the position of prince, and the day of the restoration of the country is the time when the prince ascends the throne."

"That's right!" The doorman surnamed Liu patted the black-faced doorman on the shoulder and said excitedly: "If the prince becomes the king of Qi, will you and I still have less glory and wealth?" The brothers have been fighting hard for more than half a year, and they have to wait until this time!

Moreover, this time General Shen has made a great contribution, I think not only can the official be reinstated, but also be knighted, and go one step further! You and I might be able to mix up as an officer under General Shen, and then ......"

"Oh, no, it's not good!" The doorman surnamed Liu suddenly paused, and said with an uneasy face: "The prince came back with the Chu people, but the Chu people voted for the Yan people halfway, how can I say this?" Can the king's words still be counted? ”

After that, the doorman surnamed Liu stared at the black-faced doorman, as if he wanted to find the answer from the other party's face.

"Look at me, how do I know?" The doorman surnamed Fang said angrily: "If you can save the people of Jimo, just stop this war day and night, what's the matter?" ”

"Hehe, having said that, but we are all from a reckless background, aren't we working hard for this? If you don't draw this, what else can you do? The doorman surnamed Liu retorted.

The doorman surnamed Fang did not answer, the brothers who followed Gongzi had their own reasons, and there were even those who escaped halfway to Chu State, but there was nothing to say.

At this moment, the doorman surnamed Fang saw several figures appear outside the Pingsong Gate, he fixed his eyes, saw the person who came clearly, and said happily:

"It's Li Cai who is back, go and inform Childe!"