"Ni Niang, you go to the official road to meet Yun Niang and watch the horses." Xu Gong walked away from Ni Niang, and turned to the other party: "You are a smart person, so you naturally know what to do." If you are sincere, Your Highness can intercede for you in front of the emperor and the queen mother in the future, and you will not harm the nine clans. Xu Gong's words gradually cut to the place where people are most interested.

Niu San was angry, "Say it quickly!" Don't hesitate to take chestnuts from the fire, how big mountains of gold and silver should be in front of you! ”

"Mountains of gold and silver?" Fang Zheng raised his head sadly and laughed, "Fang Zheng is not greedy for money or sex, he wants to be a good general who stands up to the sky, but in this filthy world, it is really more difficult to be a good general than to ascend to the sky!" ”

It was nearly dusk, and wisps of mist drifted through the forest, painting Fangzheng's lamentation with an incomparably bleak color.

Xu Gonglang said: "Don't complain! It is easy to buy rotten people, but it is not helpful; It is difficult for a capable person to be bought, but once he is used by a traitor, he will do endless harm! The emperor and the empress dowager singled out you from thousands of households and ordered you to lead the crowd to come to the rescue, which is a great trust in you, but unfortunately, you have failed this trust. ”

Fang Zheng almost roared: "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great!" The three generations of the Fang family have been passed down alone, the five-year-old only son is held hostage by them, confined in a corner of Beijing, if he sits back and watches his young son die, how will Fang Zheng face his parents, how to face the ancestors of the Fang family! Tears fell like rain after speaking, and a face seemed to be torn apart in the tangled of pain.

Zhu Qiming was shocked. Xiang Fangzheng is also a clean and self-righteous person, and he must have withstood a lot of coercion and temptation, but in the end, he was caught by his weakness. The sinister nature of the world is far beyond his imagination, and the forces in the shadows do everything he can, how should he deal with them in the future?

"That's not your reason to be evil!" Xu Gong said in a deep voice.

Thinking of Fangzheng's young son, the hatred in Zhu Qiming's heart disappeared a little, and he said slowly: "This seat is really real, you were slapped at the time, and the injury was not serious, do you think you can get through with this injury?" ”

"Not really. At that time, the injury was made for his subordinates to see, and he had to make up for it before returning to Beijing, and he had to be seriously injured to stay in bed for several months. ”

Suddenly, Fang Zheng looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, his distorted and deformed face looking very hideous. "Fang Mou has always had great ambitions, and he wanted to gallop the field, suppress the widows, kill the Tartar thieves, and be a hero who stands up to the sky, but unexpectedly ended up as a chaotic minister and thief, Fang Mou was unwilling!"

Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhu Qiming blankly, "In today's world, the noble are confused, and Fang is not convinced by them!" However, Fang really admires His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness has a noble status, but he has a pure heart. ”

"No need for duplicity!" Niu San said: "You are planning to murder Your Highness, what kind of face do you have to talk to and admire!" ”

Fang Zheng didn't pay attention to Niu San, and stared at him. "Your Highness, Fang Zheng has seen no less than ten thieves."

Zhu Qiming's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask a question, but he heard Niu San shout first: "Say!" ”

"These people didn't reveal the mastermind behind them, and they're all dead." Fang Zheng said a little helplessly

you! Niu San was disappointed, swinging his right leg and wanting to step forward and kick Fangzheng, turned his head to look at Zhu Qiming, and took his foot.

However, the sinner Fang Zheng had been thoughtful. There are two groups of people who calculate His Highness, the group of Tartar thieves only want to hold you hostage, and the group of people in the territory want to directly murder His Highness. These two groups of people may seem unrelated, but they must have a common source of information. No one else knows His Highness's whereabouts, so there must be traitors in the Forbidden City! ”

You still need to say that! Although Xu Gong is angry, he only keeps it in his heart, he has excellent self-cultivation, and there are few times when he is happy and angry.

"Your Highness, do you remember the second assassination by the Assassins outside the Donghua Gate? After evacuating the scene, one of the attendants of the Zhidian Prison secretly came to me to talk about something, saying that he was about to leave the Xuanwu Gate that night, when he suddenly saw a person running against the palace wall, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared. The chamberlain also said the name of this person, but unfortunately I didn't suspect this person at the time, thinking that the chamberlain was dazzled, so I didn't tell the envoy Xu about the matter. ”

"Before I was ordered to leave Beijing, I always felt that something was wrong after thinking about it, so I went to the direct hall supervisor to ask for details, but unexpectedly, the people in the direct hall said that the inner servant suddenly disappeared, and he could not be found anywhere."

In the ears of Zhu Qiming, Xu Gong, Niu San, and Jiang Yi, Fangzheng's words were like a thunderclap.

If these two strange things are nothing when viewed separately, then when they are taken together, the implications are self-evident.

At this moment, it seems that there is only one step away from completely solving the mystery!

"Who is the person who ran to the Xuanwu Gate against the wall that night, and has extremely high martial arts!" Zhu Qiming's tone trembled a little.

Zhu Qiming, Xu Gong, Niu San, and Jiang Yi all opened their eyes wide, waiting with bated breath for the shocking truth to come. There was a dead silence all around.

"He ······"

Suddenly, Fang Zheng quickly pulled out the embroidered spring knife and pounced towards Zhu Qiming, suddenly changing direction halfway, and the embroidered spring knife pointed directly at Niu San.

Between the lightning and flint, I saw Niu San and Jiang Yiyi one behind each other, and the two embroidered spring knives penetrated Fangzheng's body almost at the same time.

Red blood stains gushed down the corners of Fang Zheng's mouth, and a gentle smile gradually appeared on Fang Zheng's blank face, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, Fang Mou can't give up his young son after all, he can only say what he can ······" With a tilt of his head, his long body fell to the ground with a bang.

Looking at Fangzheng's corpse, Zhu Qiming felt bad in his heart, muttered for a long time, and said quietly: "Bury him." ”

Suddenly, half a mile away, there were several "bang-bang-bang" sounds, and several gorgeous fireworks were immediately reflected in the air.

Xu Gong's face turned pale, and he quickly grabbed Zhu Qiming's hand and rushed to the official road, not forgetting to order: "The thieves are raising letters and gathering people, everyone run!" ”

The sound of many people squirming through the forest sounded all around.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh······"

Flying arrows were like locusts, and in an instant, Fang Cai's foothold was covered by a rain of arrows.

Everyone didn't dare to pause for a moment, chased by the rain of arrows, ran all the way, and finally got on the official road, Yun Niang and Ni Niang were there early, beckoning everyone to get on the horse and run south along the official road.

The figures on both sides of the official road flew over, and the sound of rustling became one.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh······"

The arrows flew like locusts, and the first rain of arrows fell far away from the six horsemen, and when the next wave of arrows came, Niu San had already begun to talk about the escape experience by himself.

Zhu Qiming knew in his heart that the thief's brigade had tracked down and assembled, fortunately Xu Gong reacted quickly, otherwise, if he was a little sluggish, even if he was lucky enough to avoid the flying arrows, it would be difficult to break out of the encirclement, so dangerous!

"It's still careless, let's just follow Fangzheng, but I didn't expect there to be a yellow finch behind us!" Xu Gong was tightly guarding Zhu Qiming's side, looked back at both sides of the official road, and blamed himself.

"Thanks to Lord Xu's quick response, this seat has to get out of danger, and Lord Xu doesn't need to blame himself!" Zhu Qiming said.

This escape experience made Zhu Qiming have a deeper impression of Xu Gong. Xu Gongai is deeply thoughtful, quick to act in case of trouble, is a rare general, it is a pity to stay in the brocade guard to be the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven.

After galloping for more than ten miles, the thief had been thrown away from the distance, and the two sides of the official road were silent as usual, and everyone's hearts gradually settled down.

"I don't know if the guard who loves to show off flowers has reached Shilipo, hmph, take advantage of our absence from him, just to coax the ignorant girl!" Niu San's brainless words made a group of people who were just concerned about burying their heads in the road raise their heads one after another.

After the bloody battle in the morning, Zhu Qiming and the three masters of Jinyiwei, Yun Niang and Ni Niang, went to find Fangzheng Xiaoluo; The surviving Jinyi Wei quickly returned to the state city to find more than ten carriages, and carried the corpse of the deceased lieutenant to the town border city to meet his companions; Liang Gang led Yun Niang's men to a place called Shilipo, where he waited for the arrival of Zhu Qiming and his party.

There are two reasons for Liang Gang to lead the team, one is that Liang Gang is inconvenient to participate in the internal affairs of Jinyiwei, and the other is that he is familiar with the road - when he and Xu Gong tracked down the Warat people, they had been to Shilipo.

It was a good thing that Niu San "cared" about Liang Gang, but he took the opportunity to hold a gun and a stick, Xu Gong couldn't hold back when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Hugh is talking nonsense, Liang Daxia is a martial artist of His Royal Highness, be respectful!" ”

Niu San insinuated, the matter involved others, Yun Niang was angry, and was about to fight back against Niu San, but after listening to Xu Gong's words, she snorted heavily.

Zhu Qiming was dumbfounded, his mind was all on the thief.

"Lord Xu, where did these thieves come from?"

"There are many homeless people in the world, whose original identity can no longer be verified, and they are excellent candidates for the death of wealthy families. The gangsters who are dormant in the mountains and wilderness are also very easy to be hired with a lot of money, and the hired people can bargain, but they must first establish a life and death situation. Xu Gong said.

No wonder the man in brown said, "You can ask for more reward", it turns out that he is from the gang! So, is the identity of the man in black a homeless?

After pondering for a long time, a new doubt flashed through his mind.

"Who is so generous, raising so many dead soldiers, and still calling for gangsters?" Zhu Qiming asked indifferently, but he didn't know that this question was about to lead to an answer heavier than a mountain!

"Don't dare to speculate."

Niu Sanzhong snorted over there, "It's better to catch a few live mouths and ask questions, maybe you can ask the truth." ”

Listening to Niu San's words, Xu Gong was very unimpressed, "What is a dead man?" The lives of the whole family are on the line, and if their mouths can be pried open, they are not dead! Besides, the people with whom these dead men had access must have been of low status, so they could not ask for any useful information. ”

"Alas, Fang Zheng must know a lot of inside information, but it's a pity that he died." Zhu Qiming sighed.

Over there, Yun Niang rode a horse and chased after Zhu Qiming, "Those brown-clothed people have spoken, and the accent should be from Henan." ”

"Henan?" Zhu Qiming turned his head to look at Xu Gong, "Xu Qianhu, where will the displaced people in Henan settle down?" ”

"This can not be said, Henan has been famine for many years, and the victims have fled everywhere, and even Miyun has Henan escapees. However, the favorite place for Henan displaced people to go is the Xianghan area, where they make a living from land reclamation and farming, and it is said that more than 100,000 displaced people have gathered there. ”

Xianghan area? Zhu Qiming's heart was shocked, and an ominous premonition suddenly passed through his mind.