Chapter Forty-Seven: A City-wide Search
In the lobby of Yufu, Jing Ju knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Yu Ji to apologize, and then turned his face to Zhao Jun and kept begging for mercy, with a look of panic.
Zhao Jun really didn't bother to look at him, and when he turned around and saw that Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang were gone in the house, he frowned, these two people slipped away quickly, and he couldn't delay.
"Thank you Brother Zhao for saving your life, Yu Zizhi will remember it in my heart." Yu Ziqi said with a grateful face, and then did not forget to kick Jingju out of the way.
Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Ziji, if you are my friend, you don't have to be so polite, I am saying, I must have understood that I am a person from the imperial court, and one of the tasks of this visit to Huiji is this person." ”
Yu Ziqi is also an informal person, and laughed after hearing it: "Haha, then I won't thank you for the great kindness, we will be brothers in the future." ”
Yu Sheng came up and bowed down to thank him: "No matter what, I still want to thank you for saving your life on behalf of the Yu family, and my Yu family will not dare to forget it." ”
Zhao Jun turned back to Yu Sheng and smiled: "Gong Yu is polite, I heard that the Yu family is unparalleled in forging arts, and I am afraid that I will have to ask you for help at that time." ”
"That's not to say, I don't dare to guarantee anything else, if I call the Yu family the second when it comes to building weapons and armor, no one dares to call it the first, if you want to build weapons and armor, the old man must do it himself." Yu Sheng confidently assured.
Zhao Jun nodded, a large part of the reason why the Yu family was accepted by the imperial court was also because he liked the Yu family's forging art, and if he could transfer the Yu family to his command in the future, it would undoubtedly be a big help.
"Zi period, Yu Gong, I still have important business, I need to leave immediately without delay, I will come to visit another day." Zhao Jun opened his mouth to leave, Xiang Yu should not have gone far.
"Okay, then take care." Yu Ziqi and Yu Gong kept sending Zhao Jun to the door.
Yu Ji suddenly ran up at this time and asked, "Brother Zhao, are you going to catch that Xiang Yu?" ”
"Well, you know, it is." Zhao Jun smiled at Yu Ji.
Yu Ji said with some concern: "I think that Xiang Yu is really powerful, you have to be careful, even if you carry out the orders of the imperial court, you must put your life first." ”
Zhao Jun nodded and said softly to Yu Ji: "I will, after these two days, I will come to see you." ”
"Hmm." Yu Ji nodded, she was a little embarrassed in front of her brother and father.
Zhao Jun smiled, turned around and got on the horse and was about to set off, Wang Shan and the other four also grabbed Jingju and came out.
"Captain, what should I do with this person?" The four asked.
Zhao Jun said coldly: "Throw him behind the horse's tail and drag him away." ”
"No." When the four of them heard this, they immediately found a rope and dragged Jingju behind the horse.
Jing Ju's face turned pale with fright, and finally screamed: "Zhao Jun will kill if he wants to, why be so humiliated!" ”
"I said that you only have one chance, and now you want to die it won't be so easy." Zhao Jun said coldly without looking back, and finally shouted: "Go, go back to Wu County, drive." ”
The five horsemen ran quickly, bringing up the smoke and dust at the same time, there were also Jing Ju's screams and abuse, and in the end only begging was left, Zhao Jun didn't care about him, now his first priority is to catch Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu is at most half an hour away from him, and there is still a chance to catch him.
At this time, Xiong Le rode behind and asked loudly: "Du Wei, are we going back to Wu County?" Xiang Yu was in Wu County before, but now that he is a frightened bird, will he go back? ”
"Yes, I'm afraid I've already fled, so I don't need to notify the county to assist in the pursuit." Xu Zheng also said on the side.
Zhao Jun's face remained calm and unchanged, and he said: "Yes, because he is a person who values feelings, there must be other accomplices in Wu County, he will not escape alone, and when he arrives in Wu County, Wang Shan and Zhang Feng will inform the county guard to close the city gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. ”
"No." After hearing this, the four of them said in unison.
In fact, Zhao Jun also guessed based on history, Xiang Yu should be with his uncle Xiang Liang, even if he wanted to run, he would inform Xiang Liang to go together, before Zhao Jun was afraid of startling the snake and did not dare to search the whole city, but now Xiang Yu has been frightened, and he will definitely take Xiang Liang to flee immediately after he goes back, so he can't wait for Mu Ning's people.
After Xiang Yu took Xiang Zhuang to leave from Yujiazhuang, he ran all the way to death, which was supposed to be a day's journey, but he was shortened to most of the day by them, and it happened to be dark when he arrived in Wu County.
"Uncle, hurry up and inform Uncle Xiang to lead people to retreat, the people sent by the imperial court are about to chase after you." As soon as the two of them returned to the courtyard, they said loudly.
Xiang Liang was a middle-aged man who had a calm momentum before, and he was shocked when he saw Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang coming back in a hurry.
"Don't worry, say it slowly, what's going on?" Xiang Liang asked with a frown.
Xiang Zhuang briefly recounted what happened in Yujiazhuang next to him, and Xiang Zhuang said: "Uncle, the child thinks that although he is here to chase and kill Jingju, he may not have nothing to do with us, and he is saying, even if it doesn't matter, since he has found me, he will definitely chase me." ”
"He wouldn't necessarily know that we were in Wu County, would he?" Xiang Liang was stunned, but he didn't expect the brave young man he had encountered in Xianyang Palace to appear here.
Xiang Zhuang hurriedly said: "This is not necessarily, he is saying, even if he doesn't know that we are in Wu County, he will inevitably order Yin Tong, the county guard of Huiji, to conduct a county-wide search, and it is better for us to leave Huiji County quickly." ”
"Looks like the man was right." Suddenly, Xiang Liang said a little inexplicably.
Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Uncle, what did you say?" Who is that man? ”
Xiang Liang waved his hand after hearing this: "This matter is too weird, I don't have time to talk to you in detail, now that the situation is critical, then we will retreat immediately, and bring the more than 300 henchmen we recruited before, your Uncle Xiang should be here soon, wait for a while." ”
When Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang heard this, they immediately began to prepare, and the three hundred henchmen hidden in the secret courtyard were quickly assembled, everything was packed up, and they waited for Xiang Bo to come back and set off.
This side is talking about Zhao Jun, he took four of his subordinates and hurried all the way, and returned to Wu County after it got dark, Jingju was also dragged to death, Zhao Jun was too lazy to bother to cut off his head with a sword and put it away, and at the same time, the four subordinates quickly went to action according to Zhao Jun's instructions, and Zhao Jun returned to the small courtyard arranged by Mrs. Qing.
"Jing Ju killed? Did something change? Mrs. Qing asked when she saw Zhao Jun coming back with a human head in her hand.
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Indeed, today I also met the people of the Xiang family in the Yu family, I have already asked Li You to assemble by them, and they must search the city immediately, otherwise they will be allowed to escape." ”
"Well, it's okay, I'm afraid it's too late to wait for Ning'er to come back." Mrs. Qing nodded, but she didn't plan to bother with Zhao Jun's affairs, if it weren't for the fact that this mission was related to Zhao Jun's future future, she probably wouldn't have appeared in Wu County.
At this time, Hu Hai jumped up and down and said, "Brother Jun, I will also kill people with you this time." Hu Hai carried two sledgehammers, and he cleaned up quite neatly, and with his height and strength, he was indeed a cadre.
Zhao Jun looked at it and smiled: "Okay, I'll let you go with me today, but you can't be too far away from me." ”
"Yes, haha, finally able to kill." Hu Hai happily buzzed a pair of sledgehammers, and Zhao Jun shook his head helplessly, is it affected by himself, this kid has become murderous now.
Mrs. Qing next to her was a little worried: "Ah Jun, you let Gongzi Hu Hai go, if something happens, Your Majesty is afraid that it will be difficult to explain." ”
"I think Your Majesty needs a wolf-like child, not a sheep." Zhao Jun said meaningfully, cultivating Hu Hai is also his advanced bargaining chip, saying that as long as there are no big accidents, it should be fine.
Mrs. Qing didn't object much when she heard this, Zhao Jun cleaned up and took Hu Hai to the outside of the courtyard, at this time Li You, Gongzi Gao and Bai Ying had already gathered here with more than 200 subordinates, and everyone had torches in their hands, murderous.
Zhao Jun stood on the steps and shouted: "The Xiang family has appeared, the situation is urgent, and Captain Bendu has no time to explain in detail, and now everyone is listening to the order." ”
"No." More than two hundred people spoke in unison.
"Where is Bai Ying and Li You!" Zhao Jun shouted first.
"The subordinates are here." The two of them came out together.
Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "I order you to order your subordinates to immediately carry out a door-to-door inventory in the county, and not a single fish that slips through the net can be let go, once there is a change, immediately go to the city gate to report the news, and those who dare to stubbornly resist will be killed on the spot!" ”
"No." After the two received the order, they waved their hands and quickly led a hundred people to go.
In the end, Zhao Jun ordered Gongzi Gao: "Gongzi Gao, you take your men and horses to guard the city gate for me, and you must not relax for a moment, but if someone goes out of the city, Captain Bendu is asking for you." ”
"No." Then, Gongzi Gao also quickly rushed to the city gate with his subordinates.
"Others, get on the horse and follow me to guard the mansion."
Wu County is where the county guard of Huiji is located, Zhao Jun took his subordinate fifty people to ride a horse and soon came to the outside of the county guard, the county guard is much more majestic than the ordinary county office, not only the government service, but also the garrison soldiers.
As soon as I arrived outside the county guard's mansion, I saw an obese official come out surrounded by many officials, it was the county guard Yintong who had been notified by Wang Shan and Zhang Feng.
Although Yin Tong was the head of a county, he didn't dare to snub Zhao Jun, and when he saw Zhao Jun coming on horseback, he immediately arched his hand and said: "The county guard Yin Tong has seen Du Wei, hehe, Du Wei has come from afar to work hard, I have prepared it."
"No need, immediately order all the officials and soldiers in the city to cooperate with my people to search the city, and immediately close the city gate and defend it strictly, until the assassin is found, no one is allowed to enter, and the offender will be executed." Zhao Jun drank coldly, not giving him face at all.
Yin Tong is also a county guard, he is regarded as a feudal official, and his power in the court is not small, he was so refuted by Zhao Jun and felt that he couldn't hold his face, but when he saw Zhao Jun's murderous subordinates behind him, Yin Tong had to endure a sigh of relief, and immediately put on a smile when he thought of the order of the imperial court and said: "Yes, Du Wei." ”
(To be continued)