Chapter 6: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake

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Not long after, Jiang Laosan bought a bag of confectionery such as old wine pickles and fried almonds. Chu Tianya ate with him absentmindedly, and then said that he wanted to go out to "relax". Jiang Laosan only said that Chu Tianya had a lustful attack and wanted to go to a brothel, how dare he ask, and sent him out with a nod.

Chu Tianya went straight back home, but saw that there was no one in the hall in the backyard. The old soldier He Bo was there, and told Chu Tianya that as soon as he left, the two guests disappeared, and there was no explanation of their whereabouts.

Chu Tianya couldn't help but sneer, those two people still couldn't believe me after all; But it's okay, when you are in danger, you have to be on guard, what if I really bring a messenger to arrest them?

So Chu Tianya will let He Bo go to rest early, and stay in the hall and wait for someone. Before leaving, the lame man He Bo, who had always been silent, said: "Young master, the way these two people come is not simple, you have to be careful of getting into trouble!" ”

Chu Tianya blinked his eyes and said, "What did Uncle He see?" ”

He Bo said: "Old man, I don't have any other strengths, but I have seen many people in the past sixty or seventy years. Among those two people, the man is weak but extraordinary, and he is a scheming and introverted character; The woman's beauty and coldness are not weak, and she has a natural nobility, but only the man is the head of the horse. Such a person, if it weren't for the family of the prince and the eunuch, it would be possible to be a giant who occupies the mountain as the king! ”

Chu Tianya couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately looked at this Uncle He, and wondered: "Uncle He's vision is so sharp? …… Uncle He, did you mix in officialdom or wander the rivers and lakes in your early years? ”

"No, no." He Bo waved his hand and smiled, "I am a bad old man from a military family, I have been lame since I was a child, and I live to this day by eating the military salaries of the imperial court." Your father was kind-hearted, and when he saw that I was alone, he took me in, and I stayed in your house for five or six years. ”

The Great Song Dynasty implemented the household soldier system, that is, which family was designated as a military household, so the men in his family for generations could only be soldiers, and could not do business and could not participate in scientific examinations. Lao Tzu became a soldier, and his son was born with a crippled and mentally handicapped and had to be a soldier, and the state still paid for it. Therefore, in the army of the Great Song Dynasty, there are many "old soldiers" like He Bo, who were born as mercenaries and have eaten a lifetime of military service, but they have never been on the battlefield or stood on guard.

Chu Tianya nodded, and it was not good to ask more. He Bo said goodbye, and then went to the ear room to rest on crutches.

But looking at the back of this rickety old man, Chu Tianya felt more and more that he was not as simple as he seemed on the surface. Not to mention anything else, just what he just said - the woman in white has a "natural luxury", why didn't he see it?

It is true that He Bo is a son of a military family, and he has indeed stayed in the Chu family for five or six years. But what about five or six years ago?

Chu Tianya pondered for a while, but couldn't guess anything for a while. sat alone in the hall in the backyard, drinking tea, and waiting quietly.

He knew that Bai Xu would definitely come again.

Sure enough, not long after the bell rang in the second watch of the night, Bai Xu and the woman in white appeared in the courtyard as if falling from the sky.

"So you've been hiding on my roof?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be surprised.

Bai Xu shook his fan and walked into the hall with a smile, "Taibao forgive me." The situation is dangerous, and we cannot afford to be careless. ”

The woman in white also followed in, "That old military servant of your family, it seems that the way is not easy!" He seemed to know that we were hiding on the roof, and he deliberately said those words to us, intending to knock the mountain and shock the tiger. ”

"You're thinking too much." Chu Tianya replied coldly, and didn't say much.

Bai Xu smiled and didn't answer, entered the hall, covered the door and sat opposite Chu Tianya. The woman in white stayed outside the door to control the wind.

"Xue Yu told me that he had come to assassinate Tong Guan." Chu Tianya bluffed straight to the point, and said: "You said that he came to Taiyuan Mansion to do private affairs, and he was arrested for fighting with hooligans. What is the intention of deceiving me by avoiding the important and trivializing it like this? ”

Bai Xu frowned at first, then smiled Wan'er and said, "Why should the Taibao deceive me? ”

"How?" Chu Tianya said calmly.

Bai Xu still smiled lightly, shaking his fan and saying slowly: "With Xue Yu as a person, it is impossible for him to tell you that he is here to assassinate Tong Guan." Because of this, it will involve the brothers of the entire Seven Star Mountain. In fact, I don't hide it from the Taibao, I don't know what Xue Yu came to Taiyuan Mansion for. He came down the mountain without permission. When I found out and looked for him, I found that he had been arrested and imprisoned. Therefore, I did not deliberately deceive the CP in the previous episodes. ”

Chu Tianya carefully looked at his face and knew that Bai Xu should not be lying now, so he nodded and said, "I have a plan to save him, but I need your cooperation." ”

Bai Xu's eyes lit up, and his face showed a slight joy, "How to cooperate?" ”

"Tomorrow, you have to find a way to get two sets of Song soldiers' military uniforms to change, and after nightfall, prepare a thatched car and wait for me at the back gate of the prison city." Chu Tianya said, "The rest is arranged by me." ”

Bai Xu frowned slightly, "Can you elaborate on Taibao's strategy?" ”

"If you can trust me, do according to your plan. Don't ask for anything else. Chu Tianya put the teacup in his hand on the table, "I'm going to say so, I won't accompany you." Today I am on duty, and I have to rush back to the prison city to avoid suspicion among others. ”

With that, Chu Tianya got up and walked out. When he opened the door, he saw the woman in white standing at the door, still with a cold and frosty expression that rejected people thousands of miles away.

Chu Tianya glanced at the two of them and said, "If you are not at ease, please find your own place to live." See you at the back door of the prison city tomorrow night. ”

The woman in white looked at Chu Tianya without any expression, and this time she didn't stretch out her hand to stop her, but instead took a step to the side.

Chu Tianya strode over without glancing at her.

"Fourth brother, this person is indeed not as rumored to be, and I can see it." After Chu Tianya walked a little farther, the woman in white suddenly said.

"How so?" Bai Xu shook his fan and laughed.

"Because, not only was he not afraid of me to control him, but he didn't look at me more." The woman in white said calmly, "In his eyes, I have almost become transparent. ”

"Haha! The little sister is careful, right, right. With the beauty of the little sister, unless it is a woman or a eunuch, no one can resist looking at you a few more times. Bai Xu smiled, "It can be seen that the Dragon City Taibao is not as greedy for money and lustful as the rumors say, and shallow straw bales...... Looks like we're going to get to know him again! ”

Chu Tianya still returned to the prison city to be on duty, and others only thought that he went out to get a picnic meal, so he naturally did not have any suspicions. When it was almost dawn, all the prisoners in the prison were sleeping soundly, and he entered Xue Yu's cell again.

"I have agreed with Bai Xu on a plan to save you." Chu Tianya said to Xue Yu, "I will come again tonight, and you will have to act according to my plan when the time comes." ”

Xue Yu looked at Chu Tianya suspiciously, as if he hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.

So Chu Tianya whispered in his ear for a while, and left here after giving a proper explanation.

Soon, the other messengers and prisoners came to hand over the sentry, and Chu Tianya went to the street alone, came to the market to buy some things to be used at night, and returned home. Bai Xu and the woman were no longer here, and Chu Tianya didn't care, he slept and recuperated his spirits, and woke up at noon.

"It's time to see Tong Guan......" When he went out, Chu Tianya took a deep breath and said secretly: Tong Guan, can be regarded as the most bullish eunuch in Chinese history, he has been in charge of the military power of the Great Song Dynasty for nearly 20 years, and he has been fighting in the east and west to quell the rebellion in the town, just like the generalissimo of a country's soldiers and horses; Now he is ranked as the third prince and worshiped as the prince, and led the privy council to become the highest military ruler of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is already a very popular minister. In addition, he once represented the Great Song Dynasty as an envoy to the Liao State, and was the only eunuch in history who was crowned a prince!

These are all unprecedented and unprecedented.

"What would such a Qiba eunuch look like?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be a little curious.

It is not difficult to find out where Tong Guan is located in the Guangyang County Palace, Taiyuan. But Chu Tianya knew that he was a small official, and it was difficult to see him to ascend to the sky, and maybe he would be beaten away by a group of arrogant soldiers as soon as he arrived at the gate of his palace.

Therefore, the best thing to do is for Tong Guan to take the initiative to come to him. This not only saves a lot of trouble, but also makes the waterway seem to be very natural, which will not make Tong Guan suspicious.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chu Tianya carefully recalled some of the "secrets" about Tong Guan that he had learned in his previous life, and finally had a way.

Then, he walked around the vicinity of Tong Guan's temporary palace for a while, knowing that noon was the time for the Shengjie army guards at the gate to take over the sentry. The palace of Tongguan is close to the prosperous area of Taiyuan, and there are many wine shops and brothels nearby. Everyone in Taiyuan Mansion knows that none of these Shengjie soldiers under Tong Guan are not greedy for yellow soup and women, and they have money in their hands, so they like to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble in Taiyuan City when they have nothing to do.

It didn't take long for the target to appear. Several Shengjie soldiers came out of the back door in a flat obedience, and they wanted to go to "Tianyuan" to listen to music and drink tea.

Tianyuan is a famous "tile shop" in Taiyuan Mansion.

The so-called tile shop is a place where juggling and ventriloquism are performed, and there are various skills such as storytelling and singing. The people of the Song generation are quite wealthy, and the after-dinner consumption projects are also full of flowers. It is a leisure place side by side with the restaurant fence and other places, and is loved by the common people.

Chu Tianya secretly followed the sergeants of the Shengjie Army all the way into Tianyuan, and picked a seat nearby and sat down next to them, asked for sweets and tea, and listened to the people on the stage say "Three Kingdoms".

The tile shop is doing well, but it is overcrowded. Chu Tianya listened to it for a while, and the storyteller spoke well, and said in his heart that he didn't expect that there would be a commentary on "Three Kingdoms" in the Song Dynasty that circulated in the market.

Later, when he talked about a section of "Zhi Zhuge skillfully borrowed the east wind, Mei Zhoulang burned Chibi", the audience applauded, and the scene became even more enthusiastic.

Hearing this, Chu Tianya's heart moved, and he had an idea!

"Phew, bad luck!" Chu Tianya suddenly slapped the table hard, took out the hooligan spirit that the "Dragon City Taibao" should have, and shouted: "I was bored and ran to relax, and I heard a 'Mei Zhoulang' for no reason, so it's not annoying!" ”

Naturally, someone next to him recognized Chu Tianya, so he accosted: "Taibao, which side is this stuffy, when did Mei Zhoulang provoke you?" ”

"Mei Zhou Lang didn't mess with me, but 'Mei Xue Lang' did mess with me! Therefore, when I hear what is beautiful and what is beautiful, it is fucking annoying! Chu Tianya began to shout angrily, "Recently, a person named Xue Yu was arrested in the prison city, who is said to be a Taihang giant, and his nickname is 'Mei Xue Lang'. It's just that this guy doesn't pull out a dime and doesn't eat it, but he is still a drunkard with a cheap mouth, and from time to time he scolds 'Tong Taishi' in prison, and he can't stop beating and scolding him. He scolded no one and didn't care, how could he scold Master Tong for no reason, wouldn't it be that I would suffer as a result when I passed it out? Xue Yu, who was killed with a thousand knives, I beat him and still couldn't stop, so I was upset, so I blocked his cheap mouth and ran out to listen to the book by myself - I finally forgot about it, but I heard and heard a beautiful Zhou Lang and thought of him for no reason, which was really depressing! ”

The listeners next to him all smiled and persuaded Chu Tianya to calm his anger, how dare he say more to offend this "big hooligan".

But the sergeants of the Shengjie Army listened to it in their ears, and their hearts were smart. After settling an ear, he sent a man to inquire about him.

"Big brother, what did you just say? Who is scolding Master Tong? The sergeant asked.

"Who are you? Flash aside, it's none of your business! Chu Tianya waved his hand impatiently and shouted.

The sergeant also held his breath, and easily took a plate of lion candy from his table and put it in front of Chu Tianya, and said, "Big brother, don't sulk, since you are here, you want to dispel it." I'm just curious, why don't you come and listen, how did Xue Yu scold the person? ”

Chu Tianya glanced at the plate of lion candy, which could be regarded as the most expensive confectionery in this Tianyuan Restaurant, so he picked up and chewed a piece, and said with a smile: "You are so good at inquiring about a big man?" Let me make it clear first, it's not me who is scolding, it's the person who committed Xue Yu! ”

"Okay, our brothers gossip commonly, you just talk casually, I'm not an official master, how can I be more serious with my eldest brother?" The sergeant replied with a pleasant face.

Chu Tianya chewed another piece of candy, and then pretended to say: "That guy is really cheap-he actually dares to scold Master Tong for being a gelding, tsk!" …… He also falsely accused Tong Taishi of embezzling national wealth when he led the troops to attack Liao, deceiving his superiors and subordinates, lying about his military exploits and defrauding rewards, and raising his own self-respecting and fornicating with the enemy! ”

The sergeant's face suddenly darkened, and he glanced at the people next to him. Those few people hugged over together, surrounding Chu Tianya at the core.

Obviously it's not a good one!

"What are you doing, several, what are you doing here?" Chu Tianya took out his 'splashy nature', got up and stepped on the seat and grabbed his sleeves, and was about to fight.

"Less nonsense! - If you want to live, come with us!! ”