Chapter Seventy-Two: Accidentally Captured
As he spoke, an arrow rushed towards Liu Yan with the sound of the wind, and before he could make a move, Ruoyu on the side had already picked the arrow away with a sword. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Who is shooting arrows in the shadows?" Lu Zhi swept around, and finally saw a woman poking her head out in the attic of a teahouse.
"The one I killed was you, Liu Yan, the crown prince of the Southern Song Dynasty, hahaha." The woman laughed a few times, shook her figure, and disappeared in front of everyone.
Ruoyu clenched the reins and was about to catch up, but was stopped by Liu Yan's eyes, and Lu Zhi had already chased after him.
Liu Yan glanced at the onlookers, then at the woman kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "You go home and wait for the time being, when I find out the truth, I will return your husband's innocence, and I will also give you an explanation." ”
The tears on the woman's face were not dry, and she was a little suspicious: "When will you go?" I ......"
Liu Yan interrupted her and slowly spit out a few words: "Within three days, you will prove your innocence." ”
After speaking, he pulled the reins and was about to rush to the city, but the onlookers did not applaud, but they did not obstruct it, flashed a way, and let Liu Yan's army enter the city.
After everyone stabilized, Liu Yan called Shen Zhiwei to the front and asked in detail about the riots in these days, Shen Zhiwei finished speaking with a shaking heart, and was relieved to see that he didn't ask about the woman's street.
After hearing this, Liu Yan frowned slightly, got up and walked out of the hall, Shen Zhiwei was about to go out with him when he saw this, but was stopped by Chu Shenxia behind him.
"Lord Shen, there is something I still need your help with." Chu Shenxia walked around in front of him and blocked his way.
Shen Zhiwei saw that he had something to ask for, and he was the person next to the prince, his face flashed with a little joy, and he said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, I will definitely help if I can help." ”
"In the case of the woman on the street, I want to ask Lord Shen what happened that day." Chu Shenxia nodded slightly.
Shen Zhiwei's heart sank again, he looked at him with a dark face, and spit out a few words for a while, "Is this what His Highness meant?" ”
"Naturally." The corners of Chu Shenxia's mouth rose slightly, paused, and said: "Your Highness has promised that woman to prove her innocence within three days, so naturally it will be done, is it possible that Lord Shen still thinks that His Highness is a person who has rebelled?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare." Shen Zhiwei shook his head, and then began to talk about what happened that day, "In recent days, there have been riots on most of the east and west streets, and I don't know who led the rebellion on West Street, but I know about the two people on East Street, and they are the two brothers of the Wang family in the woman's mouth." The two brothers knew a few people in the rivers and lakes, and they were at a hot-blooded age, so they responded to the calls of those anti-Song people, and they had been arrested several times before, but they had escaped. ”
Shen Zhiwei took two steps and sighed, "But that day's envoy ...... On that day, someone falsely passed on the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and although I was surprised, I really didn't dare to disobey it. That day was indeed lucky, someone revealed the whereabouts of the two brothers, I took someone to the tavern, who expected Zhang Hui to refuse to open the door, which clearly showed that there was a ghost in his heart. We broke into the tavern and searched, the two brothers were really at his house, and during the dispute, the two Wang brothers were also good at martial arts, so I simply sent someone to kill them. ”
Chu Shenxia lowered his eyes and was silent, and Shen Zhiwei repeated: "It is also a crime to harbor criminals, and it is also a crime to hold a knife against officers and soldiers, not to mention that the suspicion on him has not been washed away." ”
"I'm afraid that the two brothers of the Wang family are not the leaders, what is their family background? What about Zhang Hui's family background? Chu Shenxia's eyes flashed, he pointed to the table on the side, and proposed, "Lord Shen, why don't we sit down and talk?" ”
Shen Zhiwei nodded, sat down slowly, frowned, seemed to be thinking about something, thought for a long time, and then suddenly remembered something, slapped the table and said excitedly: "That Zhang Hui was not from Qi in the past, and he fled from Yunfu twenty years ago. However, after he opened a tavern, he often gave relief to the poor, and the people had a lot of good feelings towards him, and he was called a great good man. ”
Yunfu? Chu Shenxia hadn't heard of this place name, so he couldn't help but blurt out and ask, "Where is Yunfu?" ”
"Oh, Qingzhou is the Yunfu of the Southern Song Dynasty twenty years ago, and now there are not many people who call it Yunfu, and in the Qi country, there are even fewer people who know it." Shen Zhiwei straightened his waist as he spoke, took a cup of tea and drank it leisurely.
Chu Shenxia's gaze fell on his face a few times, and he couldn't hold back the question in his heart and asked, "What?" Lord Shen was also a member of the Southern Song Dynasty in the past? ”
"No, I'm not from the Southern Song Dynasty." Shen Zhiwei put down the teacup and looked out twice, suddenly woke up, got up in a panic and said, "Has Your Highness gone to West Street?" I just didn't have time to remind Your Highness that West Street is one of the most chaotic places in the capital, many mobs are very vicious, and the bridge to West Street is about to break, I'm afraid I can't stand the weight of so many people. ”
Chu Shenxia took a deep look at him, Shen Zhiwei caught this glance and complained, "This ...... You can't blame me for this, you stopped me when I wanted to chase me out, and then I forgot about it while I was talking. ”
"Which is the fastest way to West Street?" Chu Shenxia asked.
A quarter of an hour later, Chu Shenxia and Shen Zhiwei got on the boat, the lake in the city was clear and clean, Shen Zhiwei's face was a little anxious, but Chu Shenxia was a little leisurely.
Glancing at the outside of the boat, Chu Shenxia asked indifferently, "Are we going against the current?" ”
Shen Zhiwei somehow, his face was extremely ugly, and he paused before replying: "Yes, it should have been downstream, but there are a few rivers blocked in the capital, so I will change the road today." ”
"Why is the river blocked?" Chu Shenxia really asked.
Shen Zhiwei seemed to be a little reluctant to say it, looked embarrassed, hesitated a few times, and still said: "There are too many dead people on West Street, and the corpses are thrown on the river. ”
"Oh, really?" The corners of Chu Shenxia's mouth hooked up a sneer, and he looked down at his cuffs.
Shen Zhiwei hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to West Street, which really worries the lower officials." ”
"Hahaha." Chu Shenxia's abrupt laughter made the people in front of him feel very surprised, and the boat passed through a bridge hole in time, and what the two of them saw in front of them suddenly went dark.
In the darkness, the cold blade had reached his neck, and after a while, the light returned to his eyes, and Shen Zhiwei looked at him and wondered: "You, what do you mean by this?" ”
"Lord Shen, tell the boatman to turn the bow of the boat, otherwise, I don't guarantee that the blade in my hand will not cut your neck." Chu Shenxia said, and gestured at his neck.
Shen Zhiwei was still puzzled, but he still turned his head and shouted to the boatman: "Ah big, go back." ”
Seeing that the dagger in Chu Shenxia's hand did not mean to leave his neck, he frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" If you want to go back, you just tell me no, why bother with the knife? ”
Chu Shenxia sneered and said bluntly: "Lord Shen, you are from the Wu Kingdom." ”
Shen Zhiwei's face suddenly showed a trace of gloom, his words were already very obvious, the Wu State had already been destroyed by the Southern Song Dynasty, where did the Wu State come from, if you want to say it, you should say that it is the Southern Song Dynasty.
Chu Shenxia saw that he opened his mouth to defend himself, and said, "That Zhang Hui is also from Wu Guo, right?" Presumably Lord Shen still has some friendship with him? ”
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Shen Zhiwei's eyes were full of doubts, as if he was really in a fog.
Chu Shenxia smiled and didn't answer, pointed to the lake outside, and said lightly: "Lord Shen, I think the scenery of this capital is very good, the trees are green and the water is clear, how many people can be damn to block this river?" Even if the river in the whole city is blocked, I don't think it will be possible to go up the river from east to west. ”
Shen Zhiwei's gaze tightened slightly, the murderous aura in his eyes flashed, and then turned to mockery, and said with a smile: "In fact, a talent like you is indeed rare, but where did you infer that I am from Wu Guo?" ”
"The tea in your house is all Biluochun, I remember that Wu is rich in Biluochun, of course, this is not the main thing. You covered it up very well, but when you talked about Yunfu, your words were a little intense, if you didn't want to repeat the people of Wu Kingdom, why would you be so excited when you talked about Yunfu. ”
Shen Zhiwei interrupted: "I don't remember what kind of excitement I had when I said about Yunfu? ”
"When you turn around, you must think that I can't see your expression, but your back betrays you, and you may think that it is a little ridiculous for me to say this, but at that time, I felt that you turned around with some resentment, which is very different from when you spoke to me before. There is also the leisurely complacent when drinking tea, and the slightly clenched fists when talking about Yunfu, you are very good, and you have been hiding it well. Chu Shenxia said that he was behind, and suddenly felt that his eyes were a little blurry, and the blade in his hand seemed to be unconscious, as if he was holding air.
In a trance, I heard the person on the side laugh half-clearly: "But you can still see it, ah, big, turn around, I know I can't deceive you, this cabin has already been lit with incense, you can't smell the smell, you said so many words, sucked a lot in, but it took a lot of work." ”
When Chu Shenxia woke up, the first thing he saw was the iron wall around him, and as the iron wall looked up, it was several zhang high, and the sun fell from the top of his head.
His hand touched the thing on the side, and he hurriedly looked down to see that it was some food and water, frowning, and a little suspicious, why didn't the people of Wu kill themselves?
After thinking about it carefully, when he thought of Liu Yu, his heart panicked, and he did everything possible to imprison himself from Dadu here, did he want to kill Liu Yan and them?
This place is like a well, with smooth walls and no attachment points, and it is impossible to climb it no matter what. When he lowered his head, he saw that the soup in the meal did not spill half a drop, Chu Shenxia's heart moved, no matter how he sent the food down from above, it was impossible not to spill a drop of water.
There is only one possibility, that is, there must be a mechanism around, thinking of this, Chu Shenxia grabbed a steamed bun casually, and observed around while eating, trying not to let go of every detail.