When Wei Chigong heard that the prison lieutenant came to raise the sentence, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, feeling that it didn't have much to do with him.

What is the trial? Yu Chigong smiled bitterly to himself, took the water and drank it, feeling a hot pain in his throat.

Although the jailer did not dare to offend Captain Song, he still carefully checked Lord Yang's handwritten edict, and after confirming that it was correct, he led Captain Song to the front of the cell.

The four subordinates behind Song Junwei followed closely, and the jailer felt that these people were all blind, and when he saw Song Junwei's gloomy face, he didn't dare to ask more.

Bringing Wei Chigong out of prison, Song Junwei not only did not remove the shackles and handcuffs, but put shackles on him again, looked left and right for a long time, and then nodded and said: "This person is strong in martial arts, in this case, it should be fine." ”

The jailer accompanied him with a smiling face, "Captain Song is also not bad at martial arts, not to mention that the prisoner carries torture tools, even if he holds a knife and a sword, he may not be able to beat Captain Song." ”

As he spoke, the four of them had already escorted Wei Chigong out of the prison, and Song Junwei was delayed, and he went out without hurrying, but he didn't look back.

A jailer shook his head and said, "This official is also big, and he was much more amiable than this when he was mentioning people in the past." ”

Another jailer smiled bitterly: "It's a favor for people to greet you, it's their duty not to say hello, what do you think you are?" He is a county lieutenant and a close confidant of Lord Yang. ”

The previous jailer smiled, stretched, and muttered, "I'm tired of Lao Tzu, I haven't slept well all night in order to guard this felon, and when I go back tonight, I must have a good night's sleep." ”

The two chatted for a while, both relaxed and were about to rest, when they suddenly heard a noisy voice from outside the prison, and in an instant, one person rushed in and asked, "Where is Wei Chigong?" ”

The man was wearing a felt hat and his face was sallow, and the jailers all knew that it was Qin Shubao, the general under Zhang Xutuo. A jailer accompanied him with a smile and said, "I was escorted away by Captain Song, didn't you say that I was going to interrogate?" General Qin, what's wrong? ”

"Captain Song has a decree from Lord Yang, and we confirmed that it was a felony who was taken away by him." Another jailer added.

"Captain Song came to rob the suspect with bad intentions, Lord Yang never gave him an edict, and he stole it!" Qin Shubao glanced around, and after losing his words, he had already rushed out of the cell.

The two jailers felt a little chill in their hearts, looked at each other, and did not dare to make a sound.

Qin Shubao got out of the prison and greeted Yang Yichen in person, followed closely by a group of guards behind him. When Yang Yichen saw Qin Shubao, he asked urgently, "Shubao, how is it?" ”

"The jailer said that it was Wei Chigong who was taken away by Lieutenant Song with your hand, and now he doesn't know where to go." Qin Shubao frowned.

Yang Yichen was furious, "This rebel actually did such a rebellious thing, if he is caught, I will kill him." ”

"Now it's not Song Junwei who needs to be arrested, but Wei Chigong." Qin Shubao reminded.

Yang Yichen calmed down from his panic, "Yes, General Qin reminded him very much. Stretched out his hand and beckoned the soldiers, and ordered them to hurry up and give the order to close the city gate, but he rushed to the city gate with Qin Shubao and a group of guards.

Although Wei Chigong was injured, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, and Yang Yichen kept giving orders along the way, ordering the soldiers to come and chase and intercept him.

When Yang Yichen found out that the edict was stolen, he was still lucky, and he didn't want to expand the incident for a while, but now he was only afraid of leaving Wei Chigong. He just received Zhang Xutuo's order, saying that he would come over to supervise the beheading, and at this time Wei Chigong left, anxious, afraid that he would be beheaded.

When he arrived at the city gate, he saw that the city gate was closed, and Yang Yichen shouted: "Have you ever seen Song Xiaoxian." ”

Song Xiaoxian is the captain of Song County, who has been following Yang Yichen, loyal, the city general did not react for a while, seeing Yang Yichen's fierce momentum, he asked, "Who is Song Xiaoxian?" ”

Yang Yichen scolded angrily: "It's Captain Song." ”

Only then did the city general react and hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, he just drove a carriage out of the city gate." ”

"Bastard, why don't you stop him!" Yang Yichen was not such an impetuous person, but when he thought that Zhang Xutuo was coming, he lost Wei Chigong, and now the saint is capricious, but he was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Captain Song has an adult's hand, how dare we stop it." The city general said helplessly.

Yang Yichen frowned, feeling dumb and eating Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say anything about his bitterness. The oracle was stolen, and in any case, the blame is on him.

"Open the gates and go out of the city to chase them." Yang Yichen ordered.

All the soldiers rushed out, a little dazed, Yang Yichen personally chased out dozens of miles, and the soldiers in front had already sent news that they had found a carriage, which was suspected to be a carriage driven by Captain Song. When Yang Yichen hurried over with his troops, he found that the car was empty. Yang Yichen was shocked and angry, and asked the soldiers to search along the way, not wanting to give up. When he was in a hurry, the guards of Xiapi City rushed to tell him that General Zhang had arrived and asked Lord Yang to turn around.

Yang Yichen had no choice but to order his subordinates to continue searching, but he and Qin Shubao went back to Picheng to see Zhang Xutuo.

Seeing Zhang Xutuo sitting there without anger and self-authority, Yang Yichen was very frightened, "General Zhang, the subordinate is incompetent, and he actually let people rob Wei Chigong, and ask the general to punish him heavily." ”

When Zhang Xutuo came to the city, he already knew about it, and when he heard Yang Yichen's plea, he didn't blame him, and comforted Yang Yichen and said: "I believe that Lord Yang has done his best, but this time the opponent is extremely cunning, and I didn't expect him to do it so quickly, it's really strange." ”

Yang Yichen was puzzled: "Forgive the official for being blunt, does General Zhang already know who saved Wei Chigong?" ”

Zhang Xutuo frowned and said, "Isn't it Xiao Buyi secretly indulging?" If it weren't for him, who else would come to save Yu Chigong? I just asked the jailer, and I said that a man named Song Xiaoxian smuggled Wei Chigong away, and this person has such guts......"

"Back to the general, Song Xiaoxian gave others the impression that he was steady, he had always been taciturn, and he won the trust of the lower officials, but he didn't expect him to do something that made the lower officials feel cold this time. Negligence in the appointment of subordinate officials is also a crime of dereliction of duty. Yang Yichen said with sincere fear.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head and sighed lightly: "If it weren't for his honest and loyal appearance, how could he deceive Lord Yang." Lord Yang doesn't need to be too anxious, if you want Wei Chigong to be alone, it won't become a climate. It's not too late to make amends, and I ask Lord Yang to check the details of this Song Xiaoxian......"

Before the words were finished, the people outside the door hurriedly arrived, "The holy decree has arrived, and Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen have received the decree." I am glad to hear that General Zhang's servant Yang Taifu pacified Xiao Buyi's rebellion, and specially crowned Zhang Xutuo as the special Guanglu doctor, and Yang Yichen as the right Guanglu doctor, with a reward of 1,000 taels each, 10 horses, and 3,000 horses. ”

Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen received the order to thank him, and after getting up, Zhang Xutuo sighed lightly, his face was even more bitter, "The old man missed this time, and the saint not only blamed him, but rewarded him, so kind, I don't know how to repay it?" ”

Yang Yichen also sighed, "General Zhang is loyal, Xiao Buyi is very cunning, but I underestimate him." ”

Although the two of them are rarely in the court, let alone follow Yang Guang's side, they are both powerful in the Great Sui and have made great contributions, especially Zhang Xutuo, who has fought in the south and north over the years, and the official titles they have added are really countless. The position of the doctor is the best position in the doctor's position, two levels higher than the right Guanglu doctor, the doctor's position is mostly for the loose officials who are not directors, Yang Guang can't think of any official to reward Zhang Xutuo, if it is an ordinary person, most of them are officials to the top, the merit is high, there is a danger of being beheaded, Yang Guang is extremely trusting of Zhang Xutuo, just give more gold and silver, in order to show praise.

After announcing the will, another person came again, but this time it was Yang Guang who asked Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen to continue to quell the chaos. There were two thieves and thieves conscripted, namely Zhu Cang, who asked Zhang Xutuo to attack Huainan County, and Du Fuwei, who asked Yang Yichen to attack Jianghuai.

Du Fuwei was in the uprising for a long time, some time ago he was seriously injured by Xiao Buyi, and then he was plotted by Li Zitong, and then he was surrounded and suppressed by Wang Shichong, and his vitality was greatly damaged. But after a long time, the prestige is still there, and there are many followers. Now that he is making waves in Danyang County, he has disrupted Yang Guang's plan to go south, and it is threatening the safety of Jiangdu County, Yang Guang plans to stay in Yangzhou until the end of the year, and of course the ministers will encircle and suppress the nearby bandits to ensure the safety of the saint. As for Zhu Cangqi, but he is a bandit who has only recently made trouble, Zhu Cang was originally a Sui official, Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen have heard his name, he made a mess in Huainan County, although it is not far from Xiapi, but Zhang Xutuo and the two are busy dealing with Xiao Buyi, and they have no time to take care of it for a while.

Yang Guang's plan to suppress the bandits remains the same, he just wants to show her the peace of the world after Chen Xuanhua turns around, and then take her to travel to the south of the Yangtze River and traverse the rivers and mountains of the Great Sui. Although he had the idea of hunting and killing Xiao Buyi halfway, the general plan remained the same, and the bandit was still important in his heart, although he knew that Zhang Xutuo did not kill Xiao Buyi, he did not blame him, and only let him pursue it vigorously.

Zhang Xutuo can't be separated, so he can only go to quell the chaos first. He felt that Yang Guangqi valued his trust, so he could only do his best to report, and after breaking up with Yang Yichen, he quickly summoned his three generals to plan countermeasures.

Zhang Xutuo is not greedy for money, although he has great military achievements, he is very simple, and first distributed the rewards to the accompanying soldiers.

Luo Shixin, Qin Shubao and Cheng Yanjin, as generals under Zhang Xutuo, are naturally indispensable rewards. But when they heard that they were going to conquer Zhu Cang again, the three generals all had different ideas. Although Luo Shixin felt that the road to suppressing bandits was confused, he only looked forward to Zhang Xutuo's horse, and he was ready to go, but he was not afraid of Zhu Cang, and he must have calmed down soon. Qin Shubao turned over the five flavors in his heart, and over the years he had followed Zhang Xutuo, he had been conscientious, and he never thought that there was anything wrong with what he did. But when he captured Wei Chigong, he had helplessness, and secretly thought that when he was in the Eastern Capital, he was also regarded as having received Xiao Buyi's grace, and it was not his intention to go against him. Although it is said that he eats the king's fortune and listens to the king's orders, there should be no mistake in what he does, but Wei Chigong's practice of not sparing his life made him greatly moved, and now Xiao Buyi, a minister with great military achievements, has been forced to rebel by the saint, even if he has his military exploits, what can he do, it is not that he is suspected by the saint, there is only one Zhang Xutuo in this world, and Yang Guang can only have one Zhang Xutuo in his heart! Cheng Yanjin just thought that he and Shubao had always had a good relationship, and he wanted to discuss some things with him when he had an opportunity...... When Zhang Xutuo sent troops to conquer Zhu Cang, he asked the counties along the way to pay attention to Xiao Buyi's movements, and as soon as there was news, they immediately communicated to him. Although he knew that he couldn't hold Xiao Buyi, let alone the county officials along the way, he always talked about personnel when he was instructed. Yang Yichen asked his subordinates to check the details of Song Xiaoxian, and asked the soldiers to search for Wei Chigong's whereabouts along the way, but they never found anything,**

"How's the city going now?"

"Yang Yichen tightened for a few days, and then relaxed, and the city gate was opened again, and now the city defense has been loosened a lot."

The man who asked the man had a national face, a nose that reached the sky, and his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, and after hearing his subordinates' reply, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "What about Zhang Sutuo?" ”

"Zhang Xutuo has already led his troops out of the city, and I heard that he is going to encircle and suppress Zhu Cang in Huainan County."

The man smiled, "So we can get out of the city?" ”

"There should be no problem, but most of the time Wei Chigong needs to go out of the city in disguise."

"How is Wei Chigong lately?"

He has been recuperating from his injuries, and only said that he would like to thank Lord Liu for saving his life. Brother Liu, you have spent so much effort that you do not hesitate to sacrifice Song Xiaoxian to save Wei Chigong. If Yang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo were to find out that it was Lord Liu who saved Wei Chigong, it was very likely that they would never recover, would it be worth it? ”

Lord Liu smiled and said: "A talent like Wei Chigong has always had great ambitions, if he doesn't try his best to win over, how can he be desperate to follow me?" Now that the time has come, take me to see Wei Chigong. ”

Lord Liu got up and walked across the courtyard, came to a small house next to the back garden, pushed open the door, and said with a smile: "Brother Wei Chi is better?" ”

Wei Chigong's complexion was already much better, and when he saw Lord Liu coming in, he stood up, clasped his fists and saluted: "Captain Liu has saved my life twice, I don't know what to repay!" ”

Captain Liu is, of course, Liu Wuzhou.

Liu Wuzhou still behaved calmly, and when he heard Wei Chigong's feelings, he was overjoyed, "Brother Wei Chi has the words to repay?" I fell in love with you at first sight, and this time I heard that you did not hesitate to give up your official position and surname to save your friend's life, and I admired it in my heart, and I will do my best to save it. ”

Wei Chigong said after a while: "Lord Liu is well-informed, I don't know if there is news of Xiao Buyi now?" ”

Liu Wuzhou frowned slightly, "I don't have any news of Xiao Buyi, but I think this man is scheming, plus Zhang Xutuo turned around and did not announce the news of Xiao Buyi to the three armies, it stands to reason that Xiao Buyi should be fine." It's just that I'm afraid that he will be surrounded and suppressed by Zhang Xutuo at this moment, and he will be exhausted, and he will be thousands of miles away. If Brother Wei Chi goes to look for it, I'm afraid it will not be easy to find. ”

"Scheming?" Wei Chigong muttered to himself.

Liu Wuzhou laughed, "Brother Wei Chi don't want to be surprised, I'm just saying what I think from the bottom of my heart, and I also ask Brother Wei Chi not to be surprised." ”

"I'm so weird." Wei Chigong smiled bitterly: "It's just that in this troubled world, how can people who don't work hard survive in their scheming?" Mrs. Yang looked for me everywhere, but I was afraid that I never dreamed that I was still in Xiapi City, and Lord Liu really had a good plan. ”

Liu Wuzhou was not surprised, but said: "I just let Song Xiaoxian drive an empty car out of the city, presumably Yang Yichen must chase after him, I let Song Xiaoxian go to the wilderness, abandon the car and leave, Yang Yichen wants to catch you, it's a bit funny." But now we still can't be careless, although the city defense has been relaxed, but be careful to make the ten thousand years ship, Brother Wei Chi also ask for grievances, disguise and go out of the city with me, as for what Brother Wei Chi plans to do after leaving the city......"

He wanted to speak and stopped, but his eyes were full of expectation, and Wei Chigong said in a deep voice: "Wei Chigong has been helped by Lord Liu twice, and there is no way to repay him, if Lord Liu has any orders, Wei Chigong will definitely obey." ”

Liu Wuzhou sighed and said: "Then I'm not welcome, I want to invite Brother Wei Chi to be a guest in Mayi, and please don't push." ”

Wei Chigong said with a smile: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, but I'm a little unclear, I don't know if I can ask?" ”

"Brother Wei Chi, excuse me." Liu Wuzhou said briskly.

"Yang Yichen is a very cautious person, how could his token fall into the hands of Song Xiaoxian? I think Song Xiaoxian also has a lot of status, why did he not hesitate to give up his glory and wealth to save me? But if Lord Liu finds it inconvenient to say, I didn't say hello. ”

Liu Wuzhou said with a smile: "What's inconvenient to say, in fact, everything is simple to put it bluntly." Although Yang Yichen is quite old, his heart is not old, he loves a concubine very much, but that concubine loves money. I spent money to buy the little concubine and asked her to help me steal Yang Yichen's edict. Yang Yichen lost his edict, but because he was lustful and believed in women, he couldn't help but be dumb and eat coptis, and he couldn't tell if he was bitter. As long as there are human beings in this world, there are always weaknesses, and if you grasp his weaknesses, you don't need to fight and kill. As for Song Xiaoxian, because I saved the life of his brother Song Jingang, he owes me a personal favor. This time I asked him to help, and he was a brother and naturally helped me. ”

Wei Chigong nodded, "I see, Lord Liu said that people always have weaknesses, I don't know what Zhang Xutuo's weaknesses are in the eyes of Lord Liu?" ”

Liu Wuzhou restrained his smile and pondered for a long time before saying: "Zhang Xutuo's weakness lies in his loyalty, if he targets this, it may have a miraculous effect." But we are going to Mayi, he is in the south of the Jianghuai River, and our well water does not violate the river water, naturally there are others who bother to deal with it, Brother Wei Chi is recovering from a serious illness, please bear with me. ”

Wei Chigong smiled bitterly, "What ability do I have to dare to fight against Zhang Xutuo?" Since Brother Liu already has a clever plan, I will go to Mayi with Brother Liu. ”

Liu Wuzhou was overjoyed, and let his subordinates prepare properly, disguised Wei Chigong as a powerful martial artist, and brought out a caravan that mixed into the city, Yang Yichen couldn't catch Yu Chigong, and his mind had already faded a lot, and Wei Chigong went out of the city without the slightest obstruction, and couldn't help but admire Liu Wuzhou's strategy.

Liu Wuzhou was also in the caravan, and more than ten miles out of the city, someone came to Liu Wuzhou's side quickly and whispered a few words. Liu Wuzhou stopped his horse, and there was doubt in his eyes.

Wei Chigong knew that subordinate named Chen Ping, and he also had a relationship in Mayi, and when he saw the solemn faces of the two, he was puzzled and asked, "What is the difficulty of Lord Liu?" ”

Liu Wuzhou had a sneer on his face, "My subordinates said that someone was following us, I don't know who it is, but let's kill it first." ”

The caravan was originally the property of the Liu family in Xiapi County, and the Liu family was originally a wealthy family in Mayi, which was deeply rooted in the Guanlong area, and the people he knew were quite varied, and he had many businesses and more contacts. This caravan was all Liu Wuzhou's subordinates, and when they heard the order, they had already gone to the bend of the mountain range in front of them to ambush them.

Everyone watched and waited for a long time, but they didn't see any movement behind them, let alone anyone following. Liu Wuzhou's face was cloudy, and he sent his subordinates to take a detour to check, and when his subordinates turned around, he said that no one was following.

"It seems that I am suspicious and make a joke, but let Brother Wei Chi laugh." Liu Wuzhou waved his hand to let everyone go, and laughed. Wei Chigong pondered in his heart, secretly thinking that Liu Wuzhou was very cautious, this Chen Ping was also a careful master, how could he be mistaken, since they said that someone followed, it must be true, but who was the person who followed, and why did he disappear? I knew Xiao Buyi and Liu Wuzhou from Mayi, and after two years, the official became the deputy head of the camp, but I didn't expect to return to the same place in an instant!

**

Chen Ping was actually not wrong, there was indeed a person who followed Liu Wuzhou and others all the way.

It's just that when he saw that Liu Wuzhou and the others were missing at the bend at the foot of the mountain, he had already turned around, and naturally he didn't run into Liu Wuzhou's ambush.

The man turned around and went straight into the city, and when he came to the city, he walked through the streets and alleys to the front of a house. Knocking on the door three times, the courtyard door opened automatically, and after the man entered the mansion, he saw a middle-aged man and whispered a few words in a low voice. The man nodded, waved him to retreat, and then went to the hall, saw a few people sitting around the table, and said in a deep voice: "Buyi, Wei Chigong has been rescued by Liu Wuzhou, and now that he is out of the city, what are your plans?" ”

The middle-aged man is Yuan Lan, and the people sitting around the table include Xiao Buyi, Xu Shiji, Pei Xingyan, etc.

When Zhang Xutuo issued a wanted document in various counties along the way, he didn't expect that these people were lawless and had quietly entered Xiapi City.

Of course, everyone was dressed in disguise, Xiao Buyi no longer had a handsome appearance, his face was dark, and he looked no different from an ordinary farmer. Pei Xingyan had a sallow face, like a sick man, no one would have thought that he was a fierce general who broke through thousands of armies alone. Xu Shiji is still a beard, but he hasn't changed much, just because few people know this kind of appearance, since Zhang Xutuo left with the three generals, a few of them were not in a hurry in Xiapi City, and they were not afraid to be recognized.

After Yuan Lan asked, before Xiao Buyi could answer, Sun Shaofang had already frowned and said, "This Liu Wuzhou is also quite capable, he had already rescued Wei Chigong when we arrived, so let us run for nothing." Fortunately, Mr. Yuan has a lot of eyeliner and discovered Liu Wuzhou's trick and has been secretly spying on him, otherwise we really don't know where Wei Chigong has gone! ”

Pei Xingyan frowned and said: "General Xiao, Wei Chigong is quite capable of leading troops, if he can join forces with us, he can achieve great things." Liu Wuzhou is so scheming, if he is an enemy of us in the future, Wei Chigong will stand on his side, it will be difficult to deal with! ”

Pei Xingyan is ambitious, and since he has decided to rebel, he should ask for a big deal. Therefore, every time he retorts, he only thinks about the hegemony of the king, and since he rebels, he should seek to win over all forces. However, he was still very convinced of Xiao Buyi, and at first he was grateful for the kindness of his support, but after following Xiao Buyi for a few days, he was shocked to find that Xiao Buyi's strength was hidden, and it was not that he could figure it out, so he couldn't help but feel very excited.

Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, looked at Xu Shiji and asked, "Shiji, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shiji touched his beard and thought for a while, "Actually, my thoughts are different from Boss Xiao's. ”

"Boss Xiao didn't say it, how do you know it's different?" Zhou Muru said in a sullen voice.

Xu Shiji laughed, "I've been following Boss Xiao for so long, and I understand his temper somewhat. He is a person who values love and righteousness, as can be seen from this adventure to save Wei Chigong. But he has never been strong, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet. If this matter is according to my thoughts, it is to explain everything to Wei Chigong and let him know our efforts, but according to Boss Xiao's thoughts, most of the people think that this matter will be like this, Wei Chigong begged for benevolence and let him go, in the eyes of Boss Xiao, Wei Chigong is also embarrassed, if he is forced to stay, how can he be embarrassed? ”

Everyone looked at Xiao Buyi, and they all thought what Xu Shiji said, Xiao Buyi was silent for a while, "What Shiji said is good, since this is the case, let's go out of the city." ”

When everyone heard Xiao Buyi's decision, they didn't object, they all nodded. They only look forward to Xiao Buyi, and since they follow Xiao Buyi, of course they respect his decision.

Yuan Lan arranged for everyone to go out of the city, although Yuan Lan has no martial arts, he is very respected by everyone, and he has become a military advisor by Xiao Buyi's side. He was well-organized and cautious, and like Liu Wuzhou, he arranged for everyone to travel as merchants. Everyone went out of Xiapi City, turned west, walked to the foot of a mountain, and suddenly three horses came out in front of them, the first one with a full beard, but it was quite similar to Xu Shiji's beard, seeing Xu Shiji was slightly shocked, his lips opened twice, and said softly: "Shiji, but you?" ”

There was a descendant beside the bearded man, and there was a beautiful and elegant woman, mixed with a heroic and sassy atmosphere, and when she saw Xu Shiji, she shouted: "Brother Xu, we have found you!" ”

When Xu Shiji saw the three of them, his face suddenly showed an extremely strange look, but Xiao Buyi sighed, rode forward, and dropped a sentence, "Shiji, we are waiting for you in front." ”

(To be continued)