Chapter 267: Tiger Talisman
Sunlight filtered through the window, casting a boxy spot on the opposite wall.
Diao Chan grabbed one of Liu Bian's arms tightly with both hands, and there was a lot of panic in those beautiful eyes. Her lips trembled slightly, her eyes stared at the place projected by the sun without blinking, and said to Liu Wei tremblingly: "Just ...... There it is. ”
Turning his head to look at Diao Chan, Liu Wei glanced at the two pro-soldiers on the side. The two pro-soldiers bowed with their fists in understanding, saluted Liu Wei, and then walked quickly to the corner where the sun was shining directly, opened the cage placed against the wall, and rummaged through.
Inside the cage, there are some silk clothes, which are full of dust due to the long time they have been placed in the cage. Someone may have rummaged through them in the past, and none of these clothes were folded evenly, they were all casually crumpled and stuffed in the cage very casually. As the soldiers shook them out of their cages, puffs of dust filled the room.
They turned all the nearby cages upside down, and except for some high-quality clothes, the two soldiers found nothing. Just as they were about to push the inspected cage back into the corner, Deng Zhan, who was standing behind Liu Wei's side, suddenly shouted: "Wait! Then walked briskly to the corner.
The two soldiers who were carrying the cage looked up at Deng Zhan with a puzzled expression, only to see Deng Zhan walk to the corner of the wall, bend down and reach out to pick at the place where a thin crack appeared on the wall, and in just a few clicks, a green brick was pulled out of the wall by him.
Deng Zhan didn't take off the green brick immediately, after pulling out the green brick, he turned his head to look at Liu Wei who was standing at the door, and saw that Liu Wei nodded at him, so he held the corner of the green brick with both hands and carefully removed it.
"Fire Fold!" Picking off the green bricks, a small black hole appeared in the wall, and Deng Zhan stretched out his hand and shouted to the two soldiers who were holding the cage with stunned faces.
A personal soldier hurriedly took out the fire fold from his arms and handed it to Deng Zhan. Lighting the fire with a flint, Deng Zhan held the fire fold and brought it close to the small hole in the wall.
By the light of the fire, Deng Zhan saw that this small hole was not a straight hole, and there seemed to be a bend on the inside. He first took a closer look at the inside of the hole, then put an arm in it and touched it a few times.
"Your Highness!" After grabbing his palm in the cave a few times, Deng Zhan turned his head to look at Liu Wei and said to him, "There seems to be something hidden in the wall." ”
Hearing Deng Zhan say that there seemed to be something hidden in the wall, Liu Wei walked quickly to the corner of the wall, but Diao Chan, who was still holding his arm tightly, didn't dare to follow, just stood near the door, looking at Deng Zhan who was picking out the bluestone with his eyes full of horror.
The palm of his hand reached into the small hole in the wall, and Deng Zhan took out a bag from the hole on the side, and he took the bag out of the hole and handed it to Liu Wei.
The burden is not large, the outer skin is a piece of yellow silk, and judging from the shape, it should be a boxy thing like a small box.
Taking the burden from Deng Zhan's hand, Liu Wei put it flat on the ground, lightly uncovered the burden skin, first glanced at Deng Zhan, and saw that Deng Zhan was also full of curiosity, so he untied the burden.
As the furoshiki was unwrapped, a dark red wooden box appeared in front of Liu Wei and Deng Zhan's eyes. The box is very exquisitely made, the patent leather is well-proportioned, and the surface is carved with a lifelike descending tiger.
Glancing at Deng Zhan, Liu Wei gently uncovered the small box. As the box was opened, a small bronze tiger lying in the box appeared in front of Liu Wei and Deng Zhan.
"Tiger Talisman?" Seeing the little tiger, Deng Zhan wrinkled his brows, raised his eyes to look at Liu Wei, and muttered in wonder: "How can there be a tiger talisman here?" ”
Liu Wei didn't speak, he reached out and took out the little tiger made of bronze from the box, and gently broke it, and the little tiger was broken in half in an instant.
At the position where the two halves of the tiger meet, there is a concave notch in the middle of the half, and the other half has an extra raised tenon, and the two halves of the tiger are in one place, and the bumps are closely connected to each other, which can be regarded as complete.
Holding the tiger talisman in his hand, Liu Wei's brows were tightly twisted. Due to the weakness of the imperial court and Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, the armies in various places have long since disobeyed the allocation of the imperial court, and the tiger talisman that was once used to transfer troops has also lost its effectiveness.
Moreover, most of the tiger talismans are in the hands of the imperial court, and the other half is in the hands of the leading generals.
"Your Highness, there seems to be something else here!" Liu Wei held the tiger talisman in his hand and was looking at it, Deng Zhan reached into the box, uncovered the silk silk spread in the box, and took out a square white silk cloth with some black handwriting written on it from below.
Putting the tiger talisman back into the box, Liu Wei reached out and took the silk silk handed to him by Deng Zhan, as if he was afraid that a little more force might tear the silk silk, he carefully uncovered the silk and waited until it was fully spread, and then carefully looked at the lines of small words on it.
"This place was built by Taifu Yuan Kui." After reading the content recorded on the silk, Liu Wei handed it to Deng Zhan and said to Deng Zhan: "The purpose is to hide the tiger talisman......
After quickly browsing the contents recorded on the silk, Deng Zhan raised his head, looked at Liu Wei, who put the tiger talisman in the palm of his hand and looked at it, and said to him: "But now that the government is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the tiger is transferred, I am afraid that the tiger talisman has long ceased to be used......"
"I don't need the Tiger Talisman, that's because I can't find it." Liu Wei smiled slightly, held the tiger talisman tightly in his hand, and said to Deng Zhan: "There is chaos in the city today, and Mr. can lead Lu Bu here tomorrow." The reason why the girl saw the deceased standing here is probably because the deceased knew that we were going to kill Dong Zhuo, so he specially sent this thing to us......
Deng Zhan nodded, then stood up and responded with his hands clenched into fists.
Looking at the tiger talisman in his hand, Liu Wei sighed softly: "The government is chaotic, and the thieves are in charge." Loyal ministers and good generals were slaughtered, and it was difficult for Yuan Taifu, his family was killed in Luoyang, but he also thought of sending the tiger talisman to Chang'an to hide. ”
As he spoke, Liu Wei stood up, walked to the window and looked at the hut where the body was found, and said as if talking to himself: "Once the killing of Dong Zhuo is completed, Yuan Taifu and all the people who died for the Tiger Talisman should be blind!" ”
Liu Wei let out a sigh, and a touch of sadness appeared on the faces of everyone in the room. Diao Chan, who had been sad and panicked because she had seen a ghost before, was also a little less afraid at this time, and when she looked at Liu Wei's back, her eyes flashed with determination.
Liu Wei and others found the tiger talisman in the house, and the riots in the city were still going on. There were cries of men, women, and children everywhere, and many people who were suspected of being implicated in Liu Wei or who were not suspected at all because they did not cooperate with the looting of the Xiliang Army were tied to one place like grasshoppers with hemp ropes by the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, and led to the prison in the city.
Chang'an is the capital, and felons from all over the country are often sent here, and the scale of the prison is not comparable to that of an ordinary county, but even so, it only took half a day, and the prison in the city was still overcrowded.
After searching for a long time, Mo said that Liu Wei and others were nowhere to be found, even if it was a really suspicious person, Lu Bu did not find it.
With Diao Chan in mind, and he didn't find Liu Wei, Lu Bu returned to Xiangguo Mansion in a daze. As soon as he entered the main gate, a guard ran quickly in front of him, clasped his fists and said to him: "General Lu, Xiangguo is waiting in the back hall. ”
Hearing that Dong Zhuo was waiting for him in the back hall, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then nodded at the guard, and walked quickly towards the backyard of Xiangguo Mansion.
Xiangguofu occupies a vast area, and after entering the backyard, you still have to walk a long way to reach the back hall.
The back hall was built on the corridor not far from the Fengyi Pavilion, and after passing through the Fengyi Pavilion, Lu Bu walked quickly up to the corridor until he reached the door of the back hall before stopping.
"But Bong-sen?" As soon as Lu Bu stopped, Dong Zhuo's deep voice came from inside the room.
"It's the child!" With his hands clenched into fists and a slight bow, Lu Bu said to the house with a humble attitude: "I heard that my father summoned the child? ”
"Come in!" Dong Zhuo, who was kneeling behind the low table in the room, heard that it was Lu Bu who came to the door, and called him with a little unkindness in his tone.
Stretching out his hand to open the door, Lu Bu lowered his head and walked into the house, and bowed to Dong Zhuo with his fists again.
"Bong-first." Kneeling behind the low table, Dong Zhuo looked up at him with a cold face, and asked him lightly: "Wang Situ's Diao Chan, do you recognize it?" ”
Lu Bu hadn't mentioned Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo yet, and when he heard Dong Zhuo mention it, he thought that he was going to find an auspicious day to marry him after finding Diao Chan, so he was overjoyed and hurriedly responded: "How can the child recognize it...... The child fell in love with the sable cicada at first sight......"
"That's why you ordered someone to pretend to be King Hongnong, intending to murder the true minister!" Before Lu Bu's words were finished, Dong Zhuo raised his hand and slapped it on the table, shouting: "Come on, take down this traitor!" ”
As soon as Dong Zhuo's words fell, more than a dozen heavily armed guards rushed out from the inside of the back hall, and as soon as these guards rushed out, they rushed straight towards Lu Bu.
Seeing that there was an ambush in the back hall, Lu Bu turned around and ran, opened the door, and escaped out of the back hall, while the more than ten guards followed closely and chased after him.
With Lu Bu's martial arts, it is not difficult to solve more than ten guards, but right now he is in the backyard of Xiangguo Mansion. Between him and Dong Zhuo, there is also a father-son relationship. With so many entanglements, Lu Bu didn't dare to fight with these more than ten guards, just lowered his head and ran wildly to the front yard.
Chased by more than a dozen guards, Lu Bu ran to Fengyi Pavilion and fled to the front yard quickly.
Lu Bu, who was panicked, didn't notice Jia Xu and bumped into him. Lu Bu is burly and strong in martial arts, where can Jia Xu withstand his impact, he was suddenly knocked and sat on the ground.
"Why is Wen Hou flustered?" Seeing that Lu Bu's face was full of panic, Jia Xu supported the ground with both hands, sat on the ground and raised his head to ask him.
"Nakarou save me! Sangkook kill me! Seeing that it was Jia Xu who was knocked to the ground, Lu Bu glanced behind him and found that the more than ten guards were still following closely behind, shouted, turned around and rushed into the front yard.
Looking at Lu Bu's back with a confused face, Jia Xu was confused and didn't understand what was happening, and more than a dozen guards rushed out immediately, chasing Lu Bu with a long sword in hand.
Seeing this scene, Jia Xu seemed to understand something in his heart, hurriedly got up, and quickly ran towards the back hall.