In the distance, at the end of the street, six knights in golden armor appeared first, then eight attendants holding vermilion lacquer fans and peacock barrier fans, and then a luxurious four-looking chariot drove over under the traction of four jujube red horses, followed by more than a dozen brocade-clothed guards on the left and right.

On the 14th day of the first month of the third year of Tianbao, the beginning of Hai.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Pingkangfang.

The guards were divided into more than a dozen teams, seeping into the narrow winding alleys like mercury, searching back and forth. There are at least two of them on each team, because the fighting power of the other team is so amazing.

They had already driven that daring guy into the alley just now, why did he disappear in a blink of an eye? The team guarding Lang was gloomy, and ordered his men to watch the entrances and exits around them, not believing that the wounded guy had wings to fly out.

Today is bad enough, once the fire master dies, it will have a great impact on Chang'an's business, if the murderer can't be caught, his team will be at the end.

"Boss, Wuhou is still there......" a guard reminded.

The team was following his fingers and saw that the five martial marquis just now were tightly behind him, but they didn't come closer. He spat disdainfully: "These wastes, don't care about them. ”

"I saw them just struck the golden gong."

The team was frowning, and the soldiers knocked on the golden gong, which was a warning to the surrounding Wuhou shops. It won't be long before the entire Wuhou of Pingkangfang will be alarmed. After all, they guarded Lang and were not an official government, and they openly blocked a few alleys, just afraid that they would cause unnecessary trouble.

"Let the sons and daughters go into the houses and search! Which is dissatisfied, take the money and gag it! Be quick! The team gritted their teeth and ordered. Since that guy wasn't in the alleyway and didn't leave the area, he must have broken into a house.

The small alleys in this area are all ordinary people, and the yard is only two entrances at most. At this time, most of the people were watching the lights outside, guarding the empty door that Lang directly broke through. Occasionally, people who didn't go to their homes suddenly saw the door of their homes kicked open, and they trembled with fear. The guards usually threw down a few pieces of money and warned them not to tell what they saw. For a while, chickens flew and dogs jumped, like a tyrant going to the countryside to collect rent and taxes.

Two guards searched all the way, and suddenly saw a house around the corner in front of them, there was no light in the house, but the courtyard door was half-open. The two looked at each other and leaned over.

They did not rush in, but leaned down to look at the threshold with the lantern, and found a few drops of blood dripping from it, which had not yet coagulated. The two couldn't help but be overjoyed, first warning their surrounding partners, asking them to quickly get closer, and then drew their weapons and walked into the courtyard......

Suddenly, a terrible scream pierced the night sky.

All the guards who were searching were startled, and when they heard that it was from their companions, they hurriedly gathered in the direction from which the voice came. The team rushed to the door of the house with a look of anger on their faces, and also noticed the blood on the threshold. However, he did not rush in, but ordered his men to surround the entire dwelling, and then rushed into the small courtyard with a few of his most elite men.

As soon as I entered the door, I first saw a small piece of vegetable furrow, and a guard was lying on the ridge, covered with blood, and I didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The team and the others immediately became on alert, armed with weapons, and walked forward cautiously step by step. Soon they saw that on the steps in front of the house, there was another guard, also drenched in blood. Most shockingly, a spiky spindle was piercing his left eye, and a spinning wheel was toppling to the ground.

Seeing such a tragic situation, everyone took a breath together, and this person was also ruthless.

The team ordered the two injured to be transported out as soon as possible, and then took the lead and kicked open the main house. As a result, they walked around the room, behind the couch bed, in the beam-top cabinet, and searched carefully, but found nothing. The guards found the left and right wings and the backyard, but there was no trace.

The guards outside reported back, but they didn't see anyone climb over the wall and leave—they even checked the dog hole in the corner.

The team was standing in the middle of the courtyard, pinching their chins and thinking for a moment, when suddenly their eyes lit up - there was still a place missing! He took three steps and two steps and rushed to the kitchen in the left wing. It is estimated that a large family lives here, so a large vaulted stove was built. The team saw fresh blood dripping from the dead branches in front of the stove. He shouted to the others to come quickly, then picked up an iron hook used to dig out the hearth and stabbed it fiercely.

Sure enough, halfway through the stab, the team felt as if they had stabbed something fleshy, soft. The team was pulling out a little and stabbed again. Again, until the team confirmed that the other party must not be able to resist, they let their subordinates dig out from the stove.

The guards quickly dragged a man out of the stove. The team stepped forward and was about to kick out first, but as soon as they lowered their heads, the smugness on their faces froze in an instant.

This is not Zhang Xiaojing, but one of the guards who entered the door just now!

The team understood in an instant what was going on.

Zhang Xiaojing knocked down the two guards who entered the door, first made the first one bloody and threw it at the door, so that the person who entered the door formed a mindset, and then disguised himself as the second one, and deliberately covered his left eye with a spindle - and the real second person was stuffed into the stove.

The courtyard is darkly lit, and even if the lantern is lit, people will not use their hearts to distinguish it in a hurry. While the team was still looking around in the house, Zhang Xiaojing had been carried out of the alley by the guards.

"Chase!" The team roared.

They quickly returned to the alley, but it was too late. Several of the guards fell to the ground, and there was only one wounded man on the stretcher, covered in blood, and the murderer had long since disappeared into the darkness. With a "bang", the sledgehammer in the team's hand smashed into the earthen wall next to it.

However, Zhang Xiaojing's crisis at this time has not yet been resolved.

A group of Wuhou ran by on the street outside, busy arranging roads everywhere. More soldiers, farther away, pulled up the blockade and shouted noisily. Several major street entrances were blocked. They may not have the will to fight as well as the guards and captivators, but they are more troublesome because they have the status of officers and soldiers.

Zhang Xiaojing didn't know why he was wanted, who issued the order, and what the crime was. Now Zhang Xiaojing is full of one thing - run!

After he broke away from Qu Lane, he relied on his familiarity with the terrain and quickly moved towards the door of Pingkangfang. But soon he found that the road ahead was closed, and he could not walk, so he had to hide behind a flag base, with his back against the wall. Zhang Xiaojing touched his lower abdomen, where the knife was the deepest, and it was still oozing blood.

Zhang Xiaojing felt that he was about to be crushed by exhaustion, he gasped and raised his head unintentionally. He saw the watchtower in the distance, signaling a purple light in this direction.

The signal was sent from the Great Watchtower, and the content was very simple, with only two words:

No refund.

Zhang Xiaojing immediately guessed the identity of the sender. This kind of expression can only be done by Yao Runeng, right?

But what if you don't retreat?

Zhang Xiaojing smiled bitterly. Yao Runeng sent a signal of "not retreating", which is of course a statement, but it also implies that he is under great pressure, indicating that Jing'ansi's attitude has changed drastically, and Li Yu must have had an accident.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaojing's one-eyed eyes were slightly dim, without the support of Jing'an Division behind him, how far could the investigation go? What an irony it is that Que Lehodo is about to destroy Chang'an, but the only person who still cares about this matter has become the enemy of the entire Chang'an City.

The purple lights in the watchtower in the distance were still flickering, but Zhang Xiaojing knew that it was the only thing in Chang'an that was still standing beside him. But he couldn't even respond now.

At this moment, a wide-bodied open-top carriage sped past in front of the street. The carriage was beautifully decorated, and must have belonged to some nobleman. A glamorous singer stood in the middle of the car and danced in a whirlwind, with strips of multicolored satin flying out of her sleeves, and five or six people around her sat around to cheer.

It's a new gadget that's trending right now. When the dancer dances, he throws out the long strips of brocade one by one with skillful strength, and if he shakes it well, the satin strips can fly out of various patterns in the air, and cooperate with the dancing posture, such as flying clouds, so it is called the dancing of shaking the sun. However, it costs two or three pieces of silk to dance once, and ordinary people can't afford it.

Zhang Xiaojing saw that the car drove all the way to the blockade barricade, and the brocade was thrown all the way along the way. His heart moved, and when the martial marquis stopped the carriage at the entrance of the street, he hurriedly ran out, leaned over and grabbed a handful back.

Zhang Xiaojing picked out two or three purple ones from the middle, wrapped them around a lantern that he picked up from the front of a certain house, endured the severe pain on his body, climbed a wall, and waved it at the watchtower.

Soon the watchtower signal flashed three times, indicating that it had been received. Contact was restored.

Even with the watchtower, Zhang Xiaojing didn't dare to say too clearly. He sent a return to the Great Lookout, saying only two words: "Received".

He then ordered the watchtowers in Pingkang Fong, asking them to observe the blockade of all sections of the road and continue to report back.

"Continuous return" means: there is no need for Zhang Xiaojing to ask, once the watchtower finds that the blockade has changed, it will immediately take the initiative to send a signal. In this way, Zhang Xiaojing only needs to raise his eyes to keep abreast of the situation at any time, and no longer has to risk being exposed to waving lanterns.

When Li Mi originally designed this system, he wanted to eliminate external interference as much as possible, stipulating that they would only accept orders from the Great Watchtower or those who were false and ignore everything else. Therefore, the Wuhou of the watchtower did not know the changes in the outside world, let alone the person who gave them the order now, was already wanted by the whole city.

So on this night in Pingkangfang, there was a wonderful scene. The soldiers of Wuhou Shop are desperately trying to catch Zhang Xiaojing; At the same time, the eyes of the entire Chang'an were still providing news for Zhang Duwei. The two security systems work in parallel and work wildly for different purposes of the same goal.

Under the guidance of the watchtower, the layout of Pingkang Fang has nowhere to hide. Zhang Xiaojing successfully crossed the three blockade lines and was about to arrive at the door. However, the guards at the gate had received an order to erect a thorn wall and inspect passing pedestrians and vehicles.

Zhang Xiaojing's one-eyed swept and saw a shopkeeper leave the door and turn to the corner here to pee. He crept over and grabbed the other man's neck from behind.

The man screamed a few times, but couldn't make a sound. Zhang Xiaojing loosened his arm a little and said in a deep voice: "Lao Zhao, it's me." ”

Zhang ...... Open your head? Sure enough, it's you! The old shop soldier was shocked, and even gave up resisting, "When I heard the wanted notice, I thought it was a duplicate name." ”

"I'm going to borrow you and leave Pingkangfang." Zhang Xiaojing said. The old shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and his neck tilted: "When I was chasing Yanzi Li, if I hadn't opened my head to block the front, my life would have been confessed." It is only natural to return it to you this time. ”

"I don't want your life, as long as you cooperate."

He asked the old shopkeeper to get a shopkeeper and change it for himself. Lao Zhao went and returned, and sure enough, no one was alarmed. The two of them dressed up, one after the other, and walked towards the door. When they arrived at the door, Lao Zhao's colleagues were busy checking the passing carriages and horses. They saw one more person and asked what was going on. Lao Zhao said that this person was Xinding, who had just seen a wanted criminal and fought with him, and was about to go out to report.

The colleague was stunned: "See the face?" Is that King Zhang Yan? ”

Zhang Xiaojing hung his head and nodded slightly. His left eye was wrapped in a white cloth, as if he had been seriously injured. The colleague snorted sympathetically: "It is worthy of King Zhang Yan, and he is ruthless - hey, Lao Zhao, I remember that you also worked with him for a while, right?" ”

"Ahem, that was years ago." Lao Zhao hurriedly coughed a few times in disguise, and pushed Zhang Xiaojing forward, "You go quickly, come back as soon as you report." ”

"Wait a minute." A colleague suddenly stopped Zhang Xiaojing.

Lao Zhao and Zhang Xiaojing were both nervous in their hearts. The colleague looked at him and suddenly smiled: "It's Xinding in the end, and the clothes are all worn backwards." ”

The numbers of the soldiers are all sleeveless gray ochre shirts, which are opened in front and closed in the back. Zhang Xiaojing was too seriously injured, and Lao Zhao was too nervous, and neither of them found this flaw.

Zhang Xiaojing's one-eyed fierce light flashed, clenched his fists, and was ready to burst out at any time. Lao Zhao hurriedly played a round game: "Our number is like a girl, Xinding uses it, and I can't tell the front and back." This meat joke made everyone laugh. The colleague didn't do much research and raised his hand to let him go.

Lao Zhao took Zhang Xiaojing over the thorn wall, and when he saw the crowd of people on the street outside the fang, he was relieved. Lao Zhao bowed lightly with both hands: "I can only send you here, take care." Then he thought about it, and took out a half-hanging copper coin and handed it to him.

Zhang Xiaojing didn't ask for money, and said lightly: "Go back quickly." The next time you see me, take it right, so that it will not be difficult. Lao Zhao touched his head: "As for it, as for it." One day is the head, and the small one is the head for the rest of your life. ”

Zhang Xiaojing didn't say much, turned around and walked outside.

According to the report of the watchtower, this is the last blockade, and it is generally safe after that. He was about to walk forward when he saw a man staring at him in front of him. This person Zhang Xiaojing didn't know, but his clothes and the flat fork in his hand showed his identity.

Guarding the Lang?

The watchtower can monitor Wuhou Shop, but it can't see the guard who is acting alone. It turned out that they had arranged at the door early, waiting for Zhang Xiaojing to appear.

"You are Zhang Xiaojing!" The catcher stepped forward and shouted.

The sound was so loud that all the soldiers and soldiers guarding the door heard it. They heard the name and turned their heads at the same time. Zhang Xiaojing said that it was too late, it was fast, grabbed Lao Zhao, and retreated towards the workshop.

Lao Zhao didn't know that this was Zhang Tou's move to clear his suspicion, and he also cooperated and shouted don't kill me, don't kill me. Zhang Xiaojing retreated to the door, pushed Lao Zhao into the pile of soldiers, and then turned around and ran. The front happened to be a wall of thorns, and Zhang Xiaojing didn't even have time to bypass it, so he just broke through directly, and with a snort, he was torn off by the thorn wall and a bloody one.

At this moment, all the soldiers were alarmed and chased after them. The catcher also whistled and told his companions in the vicinity to assemble quickly.

Now, it's really a net. On the street is a large number of soldiers rounding up, and the alleys are full of teams of guards. Zhang Xiaojing had almost no way to go, so he could only grit his teeth and run forward.

With his familiarity with the terrain and experience in struggle, he escaped death several times and escaped from pursuit at the last moment. But Pingkangfang is only so big after all, and the enemy is chasing more and more urgently. Sometimes it's a pawn, sometimes it's a catcher, and each time it's more dangerous than the last.

Zhang Xiaojing gritted his teeth, panting, the wounds all over his body were painful, and his tattered clothes oozed a shocking red. He didn't know how much longer he could hold out.

But he couldn't stop, because he could always hear the footsteps of the pursuers behind him, and he could only run as hard as he could. I don't know how long I ran, Zhang Xiaojing's eyes began to turn black, not the darkness of the night, but the darkness of the deep well. Not even the only star of hope in the distant lookout tower could not be seen.

He didn't know if it was because of the lack of lighting on the road, or if his body was on the verge of its limit. Zhang Xiaojing rushed forward for more than a dozen steps, and then a strong sense of powerlessness came.

No, it's not so much powerlessness as despair, the kind of despair that can't see results no matter how hard you struggle.

This sense of despair caused him to stumble and fall forward.

At this moment, a pitch-black hand stretched out from the dark night and held Zhang Xiaojing's arm.

Wang Yunxiu is now both frightened and angry.

The fear was due to the sudden appearance of several vicious thugs in the firewood room. She recognized these people, the same people who had kidnapped her. They covered her head with a cloth bag. The cloth bag used to contain stale rice, and the musty smell almost made her faint. The men dragged her into a mule cart and didn't know where to go.

was angry because the man named Yuan Zai broke his word and became fat. He kept saying that he wanted to get her out, but he didn't move until now. Now he was going to be dragged into the car, and he was probably going to be killed, but he still didn't show up. Although this person has never known Wang Yunxiu in his life, but a gentleman has a promise, shouldn't he practice what he says? It's all played like this in the play.

The more Wang Yunxiu thought about it, the more angry she became, but she soon became desperate again. If Yuan Zai doesn't come, won't the last bit of hope be gone?

She was reclining in the mule cart, and it was pitch black before her eyes. The mule cart was not very steady, and it swayed, causing her back to hit the wall of the compartment continuously. Wang Yunxiu's little physical strength that he had finally saved up gradually lost again. Her spirit was extremely weak, and when she heard faint singing and cheers outside, two lines of aggrieved tears slowly flowed down.

Today is the Shangyuan Festival, I should have driven a car to enjoy the lanterns under the attention of thousands of people, instead of curling up in a broken car like now, like livestock sent to slaughter. Grandpa, save me, save me......

Just when Wang Yunxiu was groggy and about to fall asleep, the mule cart suddenly stopped with a sudden brake. Wang Yunxiu leaned forward and almost fell to the ground. She couldn't see, only shouting and fighting.

The fight did not last long, and then the mule cart shuddered, as if someone had stepped on it. Immediately, one hand ripped off the cloth bag, and a warm light shone on Wang Yunxiu's face. She opened her eyes blankly and saw a man with a lantern to her ear, staring at her, and the unfamiliar face with a wide forehead was particularly kind in the candlelight.

"Miss Wang, forgive me for being late." Yuan Zai said warmly, stretching out his hand.

Wang Yunxiu burst into tears. She cried and kicked Wonjae, complaining about why he hadn't come earlier. Wonjae didn't say anything, grabbed her hand tightly, and helped her off the mule cart. Wang Yunxiu was tied up for too long, and as soon as her feet landed, she didn't stand, and her body was about to fall when she was crooked, and she was grabbed by Yuan Zai's waist.

Wang Yunxiu's cheeks turned red all of a sudden, this person is too abrupt, right? But her body was limp and she couldn't struggle at all. Fortunately, Yuan Zai let go of the slightest touch, turned around and took a brocade fur for her and put it on: "It's too cold at night, put it on." Wang Yunxiu noticed that Yuan Zai's chest was broken, which seemed to be caused by a knife cut.

Yuan Zai seemed to be aware of Wang Yunxiu's gaze and smiled: "Didn't I say it earlier, if you meet me Yuan Zai today, you won't be hurt again." She looked around, and sure enough, there were several corpses lying on the ground, all of them from the same person who had kidnapped her earlier, and there were a dozen armored soldiers patrolling around her.

Wang Yunxiu asked what was going on. Yuan Zai said: "This matter is a long story. In short, there is a thief named Zhang Xiaojing, who kidnapped you under the name of Captain Jing'an, and I accidentally discovered it. I sent a group of people to search around, and finally waited for you. ”

Wang Yunxiu didn't know if it was his own delusion, Yuan Zai's six words "finally waiting for you" were hot and hot, and there was irrepressible concern hidden in it. She quickly lowered her head, for fear of being seen by him.

As soon as Yuan Zai stretched out her hand, a Xi car drove in the distance—not Wang Yunxiu's, but the same model, but with a slightly different decoration—she was surprised, she didn't expect him to investigate to this point. Wonjae explained, "I've been to the kidnapping site, so I thought you might like to ride in this kind of car. ”

Wang Yunxiu's eyes were shining, and she didn't know what to say for a while. When Xi's car was parked, Yuan Zai's arm bent, and she obediently stretched out her hand and took his arm and got into the car. Then Won Jae also jumped into the car and told the driver to start.

Xi Che started, and the armored soldiers ran left and right to follow, the neat boots fell to the ground, and the formation was fierce, but the direction was not towards Anrenfang. Faced with Wang Yunxiu's doubts, Yuan Zai arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Wang, you can't go back to the house now, you have to go with me first." ”

"I've suffered a lot, and my mother would be worried." Wang Yunxiu complained dissatisfiedly.

"Miss Wang, the fact that you were kidnapped involves a lot of things, and you must be cautious, understand?" There is an indisputable decision in Wonzai's words.

Wang Yunxiu didn't lose his temper this time and asked him where he was going. Yuan Zai said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's the safest place in the entire capital except for the palace, Jing'an Division...... Oh, to be precise, it's Shinyasu Division. ”

Their Xi car first walked along the southern city, the flow of people was relatively sparse, and then headed northwest, and soon arrived at Guangdefang.

The fire in the main hall of Jing'an Division is still raging, but the people who should be saved have been saved, and the places that should be isolated have also been isolated, and all that remains is to wait for it to extinguish itself. Jing'an Division temporarily moved to the Jingzhao Mansion next door, and temporarily recruited a group of new officials from all over the place, making a mess everywhere, not knowing when they would really recover their functions and go to hunt down the grasshoppers.

At this time, Girwin stood in front of the main hall, staring at the long line of officials walking dejectedly. They are all tall, nosed and deep-eyed, and they have Hu blood at a glance.

The leader of the attack appears to be a Hu man with a Qiuzi accent. Therefore, Ji Wen issued an order to drive out all the surviving Hu officials and not allow them to continue to work in the Jing'an Division.

The Hu people of Jing'an Division accounted for one-third of the survivors, and this order was equivalent to reducing the valuable manpower with experience by another three or four percent. Several principals strongly objected to this, but Jiwen said in a heartfelt manner: "If it is not of my race, its heart will be different." Are you barbarians? ”

As soon as these words came out, no one dared to speak immediately. Geven's satisfaction with their silence meant that he had absolute control over the Yasuyasu Division, which was a great feeling.

So the Hu people had no choice but to leave this place where they had sacrificed their loyalty under the helpless gaze of their colleagues. They couldn't even go back to their homes because they had to be subjected to strict scrutiny—something that Goshidai does best.

As for the ghost names of "Quelehodo" or "Queteledo" that the principal repeats repeatedly, Giwin is not particularly concerned. Even if something happens, it's the ex's black cauldron, what's he anxious about? What he has to do now is to put all his resources into "chasing grasshoppers" - no, "chasing down the first Zhang Xiaojing of grasshopper bandits".

This is the easiest way to produce results, it is easier to catch one person than a group of people, not to mention slapping the prince in the face.

Gwen signed another volume of paperwork, urging all administrative departments to step up the search and arrest. Suddenly, the bell rang, he put down his pen, looked up, and saw Yuan Zai getting down from a luxurious carriage with a girl on board, and he couldn't help frowning.

When Yuan Zai walked to the front of the hall, Ji Wen complained unhappily: "Gongfu, there are so many things here, where did you go?" Yuan Zai arched his hand, his face full of joy: "Congratulations to Ji Sicheng, the new Si Fu is established, and it will be a great success." ”

"Huh?" Jiwen was confused, did he do anything on his own?

Yuan Zai pointed to Xi Che and whispered: "The woman in the car is Wang Zhonghe's daughter, Wang Yunxiu. Gwen wondered, "Are you sure it's her?" "He heard that Jing Ansi had gone wrong before and saved an unrelated woman back.

Yuan Zai said: "I can't be wrong, I have already asked the mother-in-law of the palace to identify it." ”

Ji Wen was surprised and delighted, and said to Yuan Zai, "How did you find it?" Yuan Zai replied with a smile: "It's not that Ji Sicheng is in command and has a good dispatch, we intercepted this woman on a carriage that was about to leave the city, and immediately sent it, and the kidnappers have all been killed." ”

These few words, listening to Ji Wen is like drinking warm soup, and the whole body is ironed. Yuan Zai said that he gave himself a great credit.

To be honest, Ji Wen came to take over the Jing'an Division, which can be regarded as a power grab, and he was a little apprehensive after all. Now, as soon as he took over, he immediately solved the unsolved case of the previous term and rescued the daughter of an important minister of the court, which was enough to gag the mouths of all doubters.

Geven's waist straightened up, and his beard trembled with joy. He patted Wonjae on the shoulder, not knowing what to say. Yuan Zai lowered his voice again and said, "There is one more trivial matter. Find Wang Yunxiu's means below, hehe...... Not so on the table. If the people in the palace ask, there must be an official statement, Si Cheng remember to help me round it. ”

When Ji Wen heard this, he waved his hand disapprenously: "It's a trivial matter, you can write a pleading, and the official will help you sign and use a seal." "He didn't ask what the means were, it didn't matter, it mattered about the result.

Yuan Zai thanked him deeply, and breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

He walked out of the main hall and asked Wang Yunxiu to get out of the car, and when he was helping, he suddenly saw Feng Dalun standing in the crowd outside, his eyes moved, and Wang Yunxiu entered first, and then walked out. The two were not in a hurry to talk, and walked one after the other to a small song.

Feng Dalun asked eagerly, "Did they believe it?" Yuan Jae raised his chin proudly: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." Feng Dalun's shoulders hung down, relieved.

Ever since he knew that he had wrongly tied up Wang Zhonghe's daughter, the whole person was like a thousand heavy stones. Fortunately, this Yuan Zai came up with an unbelievable idea.

Yuan Zai asked Feng Dalun to send the few floating teenagers who kidnapped Wang Yunxiu, load her into a car and send her out, and inform her of the route in advance. And Yuan Zai dispatched a group of brigade troops to launch a surprise attack halfway and kill all these people. In this way, all the floating boys who were seen by Wang Yunxiu were all killed.

What's even better is that because there is no proof of death, it happens that the main messenger of this kidnapping can be planted on Zhang Xiaojing's head. Anyway, he has already been charged with colluding with foreign enemies to attack Jing'an Division, and this one is not bad.

In this way, it not only freed Feng Dalun from the predicament of kidnapping, but also made it more difficult for Zhang Xiaojing to turn over and kill two birds with one stone.

There was only one flaw in the whole plan. Wang Yunxiu had seen Yuan Zai in the firewood room before, if the main messenger was Zhang Xiaojing, then why did Yuan Zai appear there?

Ji Wen may not be aware of this loophole, and Wang Yunxiu will definitely not be able to think of it, but as the details of the matter are gradually revealed, sooner or later someone will ask this question. Yuan Zai didn't allow his plan to miss in this small place, so he specially said hello to Ji Wen just now.

The rhetoric he prepared was as follows: Yu Shitai began to suspect Zhang Xiaojing very early, and the palace attendant Yu Shi Jiwen commissioned Yuan Zai to investigate the grasshopper in depth and discovered the thief's nest where Zhang Xiaojing fell. Yuan Zai was willing to take a risk, broke into it, inadvertently discovered Wang Yunxiu, and organized a rescue in time.

Yoshigoshi would be more than happy to admit it, because it proved that he was prescient.

After listening to the story, Feng Dalun was simply amazed. What is the sacredness of this Dali Temple, and several troublesome things were gently turned around by him, and they became each other's help and turned into a step of promotion. And everyone is happy and thinks that they have earned it - people with such skills will have it in officialdom in the future?

"Gotta get some good friends with him." Feng Dalun thought to himself, hurry up and dig it to the end. Yuan Zai stretched out his hand to help, and Feng Dalun took the opportunity to stuff a few small gold collars into the other party's sleeve.

Yuan Zai was not polite, and he shook his sleeves and took it directly. Feng Dalun thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Zhang Xiaojing's matter, is there no problem?" ”

Zhang Xiaojing left a deep impression on him, he didn't really ambush him, and he was never down-to-earth. Yuan Zai didn't care: "Don't worry, Ji Yushi has issued a city-wide wanted warrant, and he can't escape." ”

"Commentaries should not be taken lightly...... That person can always be unexpected. ”

Yuan Zai glanced at Feng Dalun with disdain, tonight he was about to complete a perfect miracle in the history of his career, but this person was still repeatedly entangled in this little thing that was almost a certainty.

"Please repay the king with the title of chief, and please be relieved. Within three hours, the scabies was bound to be caught. There is still something to do, so I will say goodbye first. ”

Yuan Zai threw Feng Dalun in place and turned around to return to Jingzhao Mansion. He had to accompany Wang Yunxiu, and this was the biggest result of tonight.

Zhang Xiaojing woke up and turned around, and he found himself lying on a soft brocade mattress, with a clean round-necked soft jacket and a blanket. The wounds had been carefully cleaned, the oil had been applied, and the pain had faded considerably.

It was pitch black, but he could feel his body swaying slightly. Outside, there was the sound of creaking hubs and hooves coming in, and there was a lot of noise.

It seems that he is on an ox cart.

Zhang Xiaojing turned his neck with difficulty, trying to figure out what was going on. At this time, at the back of the carriage, a regretful voice came from the darkness, but no one was in sight:

"Zhang Shuai, see you for the second time today."

Zhang Xiaojing knew why he couldn't see the human form clearly: "Old Ge? ”

On the opposite side is the former Kunlun slave and now the boss of Pingkangli, Ge Lao. Ge Lao smiled: "Xiao Lao has no power in Chang'an City, but the movements of Pingkangfang can't hide it from me - you really provoked a lot of people." ”

"They, where?"

Ge Lao said: "It's easy to deal with the soldiers, but it's more troublesome to guard and catch Lang." These Northwesterners have a stinky and hard temper, and they take a bit of effort. ”

Zhang Xiaojing knows that Ge Lao's so-called "spent some hands and feet", I am afraid that "waste some hands and feet" is more accurate. He was about to speak, but Ge Lao stopped: "You don't have to thank you, I didn't mean it, I just didn't want those people to be too proud." ”

Ge Lao is a local gang, and Shou Lang is a foreign mercenary, and the two forces are in Pingkangfang, so they naturally don't like each other.

Zhang Xiaojing barely supported half of his body and gasped for a while. Ge Lao said that you have lotus seeds and jujube soup at hand, which is the most suitable for nourishing qi. Zhang Xiaojing picked it up and tasted it, the soup was still hot, so he slowly turned the bowl and drank it. The heat rushes into the stomach pouch, as if to replenish the lost vitality a little.

Ge Lao said: "Zhang Shuai is worthy of being Zhang Shuai, and even committing the crime is earth-shattering-you know?" You're now wanted by the whole city, and it's full of people looking for you. ”

"So, Elder Ge is going to take me to the official to ask for a reward?" He put down the bowl.

Ge Lao laughed: "The reward money from the government is not enough to buy me a grate for scraping my tongue." Don't worry, this ox cart is to take you out of the city - you can't stay in Chang'an, just leave early. ”

Zhang Xiaojing was puzzled, he and Ge Lao had been hostile for more time than they cooperated, and almost killed each other several times. A few hours ago, he had just forced Zhang Xiaojing to kill a secret pile, just to change the opportunity for interrogation.

But now he first saved his life, then healed his wounds, and now he has thoughtfully arranged a carriage out of the city, why did this old fox, who was unprofitable and couldn't afford to be early, suddenly become kind?

Sure enough, Ge Lao Sensen's voice soon came: "Don't be in a hurry to say thank you, Xiao Lao is not a living Bodhisattva, this arrangement is not free." ”

There was silence in the carriage, and only the breathing of two people could be heard, one calm and the other hurried. Zhang Xiaojing wanted to know what price Elder Ge would offer this time. More list of dark piles? What is the deployment arrangement for Wannian County? The secrets of dignitaries?

All this information is very valuable, but it seems to be too cheap compared to the risk taken to save Zhang Xiaojing. But Zhang Xiaojing really couldn't think of anything else worth anything on him.

The ox cart moved forward unhurriedly, and the carriage swayed rhythmically. Ge Lao leaned over and his tone became subtle: "This afternoon, there were several explosions near the West Market, and this matter is related to you, right?" Zhang Xiaojing narrowed his eyes: "Old Ge wants to know, what am I involved in?" ”

"No, I don't want to know, I'm not interested. I just want to ask for one thing: what is it that has such power? ”

That explosion shocked not only the government, but also those people in the underground world of Chang'an. They were shocked to find that the source of the explosion was actually only a few wooden barrels. The people of the underworld, with a natural interest in powerful and dangerous objects, began to ask everywhere for the inside story.

Even if Ge Lao didn't plan to get his hands on this thing, just selling his name would be enough to exchange for an amazing profit.

In the dark, Zhang Xiaojing couldn't see Ge Lao's expression. However, it is conceivable that if he refuses, this ox cart may drive directly to Wannian County.

"The last time we met, I advised you to leave Chang'an, you don't believe it, you still have to serve the imperial court, what is the fate of now? Do you miss Datang, does Datang miss you? Ge Lao's voice was sincere and full of temptation.

Zhang Xiaojing was silent. What Ge Lao said is the truth, and there is really nothing to refute.

"Now you have one last chance, say the name of that thing, and get out of town, and the rest is none of your business. What do you have to fear? ”

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Xiaojing finally spoke: "Okay, I can tell you the name of this thing." ”

Ge Lao patted the carriage and looked very pleased. At this time, Zhang Xiaojing raised his hand again: "But...... In exchange, I don't want to go out of town. ”

"Oh? So what do you want? ”

"I want you to arrange a meeting with the Catcher for me."