Just when Wang Shichong was hiding in the secret room, the guards had already poured into the house. All the people in the house were restrained and escorted out. As for those who were participating in the auction outside the house, after registration and screening, they were all expelled from the house, even the founding father Zhang Liang was not an exception. Although Zhang Liang is in a high position, he can only swallow his anger in the face of the imposing imperial guards, not to mention other dignitaries?

At this time, the door of the house, which had been closed all day, had been pushed to both sides, and Da was stunned and rushed in, looking at the men and women squatting under the courtyard walls on the east and west sides of the courtyard, and exclaimed, "Children! Count the number of people, and don't miss a single person! ”

The defense of Luoyang City has always adopted the strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, although the people come and go freely, but when entering and leaving the city gate, some special personnel will be registered accordingly. Wang Shichong is a Hu person in this line, so he is naturally the focus of attention. Although this kind of registration is not strict, it is still very clear how many people Wang Shichong and his party have. With Da Da's order, someone took a piece of paper and counted it seriously.

Soon, a guard walked in front of Da Da and said, "General Qiyu, there are three men missing!" ”

Da stunned sneered, and shouted in a deep voice: "They must still be hiding in this mansion, search for me!" Dig three feet into the ground, and find these three people for me! ”

Wang San was also detained in a corner of the courtyard with the others, and he was not worried. Their trip did not violate the laws of the Han Dynasty, all the formalities were completed, and these guards suddenly surrounded the courtyard, which must have been a misunderstanding. Since it is a misunderstanding, there is a chance to explain, and if you resist, you will cause trouble in vain. However, when he heard the guards begin to count the number of people, he couldn't help but get nervous.

If it is just a general misunderstanding, the first thing must be to check the books and documents, not to count the number of people. Obviously, these guards are prepared! But by this time, it was too late for Wang San to resist again, and he could only hope that the secret room would not be discovered by them.

After half an hour, several guards came to Da Du in front of him, and said, "General Qiyu, I have searched the front and back houses, but I haven't found anything!" ”

In the corner of the wall, Wang San pricked up his ears and listened carefully, secretly thinking in his heart what kind of appropriate reason he wanted to find to settle the matter that Wang Shichong and the other three were not here. But he heard Da said impatiently: "Your Majesty said, they must be here if they are still here, you search carefully, and if you can't do it, you will demolish the house!" ”

Seeing that the guards were still hesitating, Da was stunned and shouted, "Tear it down for me!" It's a big deal to rebuild a new one and give it back to him! ”

When the guards received this order, they did not hesitate to move their hands immediately. It is much easier to tear down a house than to build a house, and in front of these destructive guys, the houses of blue bricks and tiles are in ruins in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the demolition team was approaching the direction of the secret room little by little, Wang San was so anxious that he couldn't care about hiding his tracks anymore, so he jumped up from the ground and shouted: "You dare to demolish our house, it's too much of a deception, I'll fight with you!" ”

Wang San was one of the best brave generals under Wang Shichong, but at this time he was unarmed and under the close surveillance of the guards. When he jumped to his feet in a hurry, he heard only a few bowstrings, and more than a dozen feathered arrows volleyed into the air, piercing his legs and pinning him firmly to the ground.

Da was stunned and waved his horsewhip and said coldly: "Whoever dares to resist again, shoot his head next time!" ”

As soon as these words came out, none of the people who were controlled dared to act rashly. Although Wang San, who fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow, was not dead, his legs had been broken, and he became a waste person since then. In fact, as long as the rescue is timely, the means of Luoyang Tai Hospital can also allow him to recover, but Da was stunned to see that he was born extremely strong, and he held the mind that he could not return to the mountain, so he deliberately delayed time.

On the other side of the house, there was a loud bang, and a very private and small room appeared in front of everyone. In order to build this secret room, Wang Shichong put a lot of thought into it, as long as there is no one to guide him, it will be difficult to find the entrance to the secret room even if he searches for a day or two. But he never expected that Da Dun would actually adopt such a barbaric method. Under such means, no matter how elaborate the mechanism is, it will not help.

Seeing the three stunned people in the secret room, Da was stunned and sneered, and shouted, "Someone! Take them down! ”

Several wolf-like guards pounced. Suddenly, the bearded man standing in the middle screamed "Ah" and fell to the ground. Behind him, in his other hand was a short blade with crimson blood on the tip. Look at the man who fell to the ground, there was a hole in the boss's back, and blood gushed out, and soon his white robe was dyed red.

After a short period of stunned, he came back to his senses, pointed at the knife-wielding ** and shouted: "Catch him, you want to live!" He pointed to the man who fell to the ground and said, "Quick, send it to the hospital!" ”

From the situation of these people hiding in the secret room, Da was stunned and could conclude that one of these three people was Wang Shichong who Liu Ziqiu was looking for. And he can even be sure that one of the people who hold the knife or the people who fall to the ground must be Wang Shichong. As for Wang San, who was also injured by an arrow, Da was stunned and didn't care about his life or death at all.

The guards had already rushed over there, but something suddenly happened, causing their footsteps to pause slightly. As Da stunned shouted, they reacted again. The two of them lifted the bearded man who had fallen to the ground and ran quickly towards the outside of the courtyard. A few others pressed their swords and shields against the guy who was plotting against his companion.

I only heard the guy laugh three times in the sky, and then his body went limp, and he slowly fell down. The guards who came close found that the corners of this guy's mouth oozed a few traces of black blood, and he had died of poison. It was only at this time that one of the remaining people came to his senses, kicked the man's body vigorously, and scolded: "Thief, dare to assassinate the lord!" ”

Before he could finish scolding, two guards stepped forward and took him down.

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Liu Ziqiu, who had been waiting for news in the palace, couldn't help but laugh when he heard the report, and said to the Byzantine envoy Peg: "The situation is a bit complicated, I'm afraid it's not as simple as stealing and selling people as you said. I will personally interrogate and find out the truth, and your envoy will go back to the inn! ”

Peg didn't dare to disobey Liu Ziqiu's order, so he had to bow down and retreat.

It wasn't until Peg left the hall that Liu Ziqiu's face sank, and he asked coldly, "Can you find out the identities of the three people?" What was the man's injuries? ”

Da was stunned and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "At present, I only know that the injured person is the leader of this team of Hu merchants, and I don't know anything else, so the minister will send someone to torture him severely!" ”

Liu Ziqiu remembered Wang Yufeng's eyes on the night of the Lantern Festival, and suddenly had an idea, waved his hand and said, "No need, I have my own way to find out the truth, you can step down." ”

……

Since seeing his father's figure from a distance that day, Wang Yufeng has been a little restless, until he didn't think about tea and dinner, and he became thinner and thinner. Suddenly hearing Liu Ziqiu send someone to call her over, Wang Yufeng's heart was not as happy as usual. It's just that she didn't dare to disobey the emperor's will, so she reluctantly freshened up and came to the front hall.

Liu Ziqiu took the initiative to greet him and said, "Miss Wang, do you remember the orchid dance you watched in Guocheng on the night of the Lantern Festival?" ”

Wang Yufeng "chuckled" in her heart, nodded quickly, and said: "The slave maid can have the honor to accompany the emperor to the Lantern Festival, and I dare not forget it." ”

Liu Ziqiu suddenly sighed and said, "I got the news that those orchids are not ordinary dancing girls. In the far west, there was a large country called Byzantium, and these orchids were Byzantine nobles, who were taken captive by strongmen and brought to Luoyang. This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, I naturally can't tolerate strong people to do nonsense, just now I sent troops to clean up, I don't want to have some accidents. ”

Wang Yufeng's face suddenly turned pale, but he said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what this matter has to do with slaves and maids?" ”

Liu Ziqiu's face became solemn, and he said after a while: "There was an accident during the arrest, and a Hu man was seriously injured. It is said that they reported that this Hu man was somewhat similar to Miss Wang. I was worried that he was a relative of Miss Wang, so I asked Miss Wang to go with her. ”

Regarding Wang Shi's persecution of the Xie family in Jiangnan, Wang Yufeng is very clear. She was very afraid that Wang Shichong would reveal his whereabouts and be settled by Liu Ziqiu, but she couldn't suppress her desire to look at her father, so she gritted her teeth and said: "Back to the emperor, the slaves and maids have no relatives in the world for a long time, I'm afraid they are wrong." ”

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "It's not bad to be wrong, you will know if you see it." Let's go, I don't know if someone rescued me or not, so let's take a look. ”

No matter how much hesitation Wang Yufeng had in his heart, after hearing Liu Ziqiu's words, he threw them all out of the clouds.

The structure of Luoyang City is divided into the palace city, the imperial city, the capital city and the outer Guo city, and the Tai Hospital is built within the imperial city, and there is only a moat separated from the palace city. Wang Yufeng cautiously followed behind Liu Ziqiu and stepped on the small golden bridge across the moat, countless thoughts flashed in his heart.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes that night, she would have thought that her father had died in the chaos. Now, she has just learned the news that her father is still alive, but she has to face the reality that her father is seriously injured and dying, and she can't help but feel numb. Her father is very important to her, and what will she do if he doesn't escape this? In fact, all these years without her father, she also came over safely. It's just that her father's sudden appearance gave her a glimmer of hope, and this hope was soon about to be shattered, which made her confused.

After all, she was used to not having her father's care, and when she stepped across the bridge, Wang Yufeng's mood quickly calmed down. Her mind was spinning, and if it was her father who was hurting, she would have to think about her future.