Chapter 172: Escape (11)

Seeing that Wang Kunjun wanted to go out of the city to find Fan Wucheng in person, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan invariably spoke out to stop him. In the eyes of the two of them, now that they have inquired about Fan Wucheng's whereabouts, even if that Fluttershy may go to report the news, if the agents and guards of the Intelligence Department who have horses and horses rush to the village, they are completely sure that they will arrive in Qiupo Village before Fluttershy and stop Fan Wucheng. As the supreme commander of the Beiping Army and the backbone of the crossing team, Wang Kunjun staying in Beiping City to control the overall situation is far more important and useful than going out of the city to find Fan Wucheng. After all, the previous search of Fan Wucheng's mansion and outer residence made a lot of noise, which is likely to attract the attention and discussion of the officials and people in Beiping City. If Wang Kunjun, the supreme commander of the Beiping Army in the minds of local officials and the people, goes out of the city under everyone's noses at this time, it is likely to cause more discussion and even unease, which is by no means a good thing for Beiping City and the entire Beiping Army. In addition, in the past two days, brothers who have been close to each other and have received the notice of the meeting have rushed to Beiping City, and it is also necessary for Wang Kunjun, who is a member of the committee and the convener of the quasi-plenary meeting, to communicate and explain with the brothers on the Fan Wucheng incident and the topics of this meeting, so as to avoid misunderstandings among the brothers because they do not understand the situation.

Although he really wanted to rush to Qiupo Village in person to stop Fan Wucheng and persuade him to return to Beiping City, seeing that Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan did not agree with his attitude of going out of the city now, and the reason was very strong, and as far as the current situation was concerned, it was not difficult to stop Fan Wucheng, Wang Kunjun finally gave up the plan to go out of the city in person, and handed over the task of preventing Fan Wucheng from leaving the Beiping Army to Zhang and Xu.

Zhang and Xu did not delay when they got the mission, and immediately ordered the guards and agents of the intelligence department to form a team and prepare to set off. And just when Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan were about to walk out of the room, Wang Kunjun, who was still a little uneasy, suddenly stopped the two of them and admonished him again: "When I saw Lao Fourteen, tell him that although he made a mistake, everyone is still brothers who share life and death." As long as he is willing to come back and can recognize his mistakes, everything is negotiable. ”

Wang Kunjun's words seem ordinary, but they contain deep meaning. On the one hand, it shows that in Wang Kunjun's heart, he still regards Fan Wucheng as a brother rather than an enemy - even if the other party's betrayal of his brother and collusion with foreign enemies makes Wang Kunjun very angry. On the other hand, it also revealed a meaning, that is, as long as Fan Wucheng can rein in the precipice and know his mistakes and change them, Wang Kunjun still intends to forgive his crimes and continue to leave a place for him in the crossing team.

As brothers who have cooperated for a long time, Zhang Weixin and Xu Shaoan naturally understand the meaning of Wang Kunjun's words, and they also understand how Wang Kunjun values and cherishes every brother who crosses the team, and how unwilling Wang Kunjun is to lose any brother. They knew that in the fifth brother's heart, every traverser was a priceless treasure and should not be damaged. Therefore, the two brothers stopped in unison, turned around and nodded to Wang Kunjun, and then left the room.

As the sun sets, in the afterglow of a cold winter sunset, three ordinary-looking two-wheeled carriages, protected by four or five riders dressed as family members, gallop down the not very flat mountain road. Despite their handlebar skill, the three wagons had almost reached the limit speed of driving on such roads. But Fan Wucheng, who was sitting in the second carriage, was still running slowly, constantly urging the handlebar to speed up, and from time to time lifting the curtain at the back of the carriage, looking in the direction of Qiupo Village, which had been thrown five or six miles away.

Although I was glad that I had prepared a little more, I arranged an extremely secret "secret pile" in a small courtyard not far from my mansion, and even Fan Xiaosan, Fan Xiaoqi and other cronies and servants did not know about its existence, and kept an eye on the movements of Fan's mansion at all times, so as to discover the sudden search of my mansion by the Ministry of Intelligence, and go out of the city in time to report to myself, so that I have enough time to evacuate Qiupo Village and carry out the operation of breaking away from the Beiping Army according to Jihua. As a core member of the crossing team, Fan Wucheng is very aware of Liang Ziyue's ability and means to extract useful information from the captured person, and knows that it will not take too long for the other party to get the news that he is hiding in Qiupo Village. Therefore, as soon as he got the news of the search of his mansion from the "secret pile", and realized that the Internal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Intelligence must have made significant progress in Luxian, and the secret of his secret communication with the "Feiyan Tang" had definitely been exposed, Fan Wucheng did not have any hesitation and nostalgia, and immediately left Qiupo Village with his wife and children and a group of loyal servants and went in the direction of Tanzhe Temple.

In fact, going to Tanzhe Temple is just a strategy to attack the west. In Fan Wucheng's Jihua, once his collusion with the "Feiyantang" was exposed, and he needed to break away from the Beiping Army to avoid heavy punishment, the first stop of his departure was Qiupo Village, where he had stayed for two days, and the second stop was Tanzhe Temple, which he was now hurrying to. Immediately, he would pretend to continue north, making a false appearance of defecting to the Khitans, and misleading him into being surrounded and intercepted. Then, in a circle, he first headed west into the West Mountain, using the rolling mountains and dense trees to avoid the men and horses who were following him, and then turned around and headed south to Yi County, which was controlled by the Later Zhou court, and finally achieved his goal of breaking away from the Beiping army.

However, since Qiupo Village is nearly 20 miles away from Tanzhe Temple, and most of them are not easy to walk, Fan Wucheng plans to rush to Lujiatan, which is ten miles away from Qiupo Village, to stay overnight, rest for the night, recover his horsepower, and then continue to Tanzhe Temple tomorrow morning to carry out his escape. Yes, at this time, the sun was about to set, and his group was still nearly five miles away from Lujiatan, and the pursuers of the Intelligence Department didn't know when they would catch up, so Fan Wucheng couldn't help but feel anxious.

Now Fan Wucheng's heart is very conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped that the sun would set later so that his group could arrive at Lujiatan before dark, so as to avoid the dangerous trouble of walking at night, especially in mountainous and hilly areas. On the other hand, Fan Wucheng also hoped that the solar energy would set down quickly, which would greatly affect the advance speed of the "chasing troops" of the Intelligence Department and even the Jiedu Prefecture, which were probably already rushing towards Qiupo Village at a lightning speed, and create more favorable conditions for his successful entry into Xishan.

Just when Fan Wucheng was struggling with whether to pray to God to let the sun set faster or slower, the curtain in front of the carriage was lifted, and Fan Ah stuck his head in and reported in a slightly nervous tone: "Master, there is a four-wheeled carriage on the opposite side, which looks very much like the kind of special car for you and your brothers. We don't need to take shelter in the trees on the side of the road. ”

Fan Wucheng shook his head when he heard this, and said, "No need. Since we can see each other, the other party is likely to have seen us, and suddenly changing the direction of travel at this time can easily attract the attention and suspicion of the other party. In this way, it is better to respond to all changes with the same and continue to move forward generously, which is more likely to achieve success. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Wucheng paused slightly, and then instructed Fan Ada: "You and Xiaosi used to go to Jiedu Mansion with Ye often, and many of Ye's brothers knew the two of you. If the other party's four-wheeled carriage is really the brother, it is likely to recognize the identities of you and Xiaosi, which will make it more difficult for our group to leave the Beiping Army. Therefore, you immediately inform Xiao Si to hide in the carriage box and come out after the other party's team has gone away. Don't sit outside anymore and come to the trunk to warm your hands. ”

Fan Ada, while thanking and confessing to Liu Yunyan, who was also in the carriage, retracted his head from the trunk and informed Fan Xiaosi, who was sitting on the wheel of the carriage behind, to hide in the trunk immediately, and then lifted the curtain and got into the trunk.

As Fan Wucheng expected, as the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the three ordinary carriages on his side did not attract the attention of the passengers in the four-wheeled carriage, and the two sides staggered past, and the other party did not react.

But as the so-called "eight or nine times out of ten things are unsatisfactory in the world", just when the two sides passed by by mistake, Fan Wucheng thought that everything was safe and he could continue on the road, the horse of his own carriage was pulled for unknown reasons, and suddenly his hind legs were weak and he almost fell. Although the handlebar hand is quick, the reins are tightened in time, avoiding the consequences of the horse losing its front hoof. But the horse still tilted to the left with the cart, and came into close contact with the four-wheeled carriage opposite—it had crashed.

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