Chapter 18: Halfway Interception
The main street of Tohe Town is still bustling with activity. The old man who sold baked cakes was busy on the side of the road at the corner of the street. His business has been good!
In the afternoon, the streets were much cleaner. Yao Tong went to buy baked cakes according to Gongzi's instructions. Then he crouched there and ate it.
"Little brother doesn't look like a local." The old man who sells baked cakes talks to him while baking cakes.
"Hmmm! It's only been a long time coming. It's so nice here! Everyone is living in peace. Yao Tong ate a baked cake and wiped his mouth.
"Actually, it's not peaceful! The officials and masters of the county government have been beaten! Alas! ”
"For?" Yao Tong asked with a feigned surprise look.
"Didn't the pregnant woman who deliberately fell make a fuss? I had to frame Li Zhu for bumping into her. But she didn't get well either, and died in childbirth! ended up with one corpse and two lives! It's just that her family is unrelenting, so much so that they attack the government and hurt people! The old man who sold the baked cakes sighed.
"Deliberately falling? Why? ”
"Who knows? Then Li Zhu quickly turned around and kindly helped her, but he was wronged! You say this man's heart is eaten by dogs? ”
"How can you be so sure it's not Li Zhu's person?" Yao Tong really asked this time.
"Hey! She ran past me, and then fell to the ground and shouted that Li Zhu had hit her. At that time, Li Zhu was already in the past. Where will it hit her? Besides, if her body at that time was really hit by Li Zhu, who was running fast, would she still have her life? ”
"Then why don't you go and give Li Zhukuai as a witness?" Yao Tong put the other cake he hadn't finished on the lid of the pot and stood up.
"Who would have thought that her family would gather so many people to make a fuss in court! I'm an old man at this age, and I just want to live a few more days! The old man who sold the baked cakes sat down.
"Yes!" Yao Tong picked up the baked cake and took a bite, then took the baked cake in his arms and went back to the inn.
"Childe! He did see that the pregnant woman was a fake fall! Just as you estimated! But why would she do that? Yao Tong took out the baked cake and put it on the table.
"Someone must have instructed it!" Childe narrowed his eyes. He thought of a person - Yang Chen, the king of Sichuan.
Yang Chen is the uncle of the current emperor. He made great contributions to the Sima family. So he was named the king of Sichuan, and his territory was in Chuantan Town, west of Nanchuan.
The prefect of Nanchuan was set up by the imperial court in order to contain Yang Chen, the king of Sichuan.
The fief of the king of Sichuan has 5,000 households and 100,000 mercenaries. However, according to the report of Gongzi Qingqian's secret agent, his strength was about 200,000.
Gongzi Qingqian's real purpose this time is to find out the details and strength of King Chuan.
This is also what the emperor meant. When the briefing on the attack on the government in Nanchuan reached the emperor, only the three princes were on his side. He recommended to the emperor the person who went to Nanchuan to investigate the case - Gongzi Qingqian.
There are no idle people staying outside the palace of the king of Sichuan. Gongzi Qingqian changed Yao Tong's clothes and came to the side door of the palace.
"Why is it so late! Get on board! "The little guy by the door looked impatient!
Childe Qingqian hesitated for a moment before entering the mansion. He was just here to see and didn't intend to go into the house. But as it happens, a group of newcomers are going to be recruited in the palace today.
"This looks good!" Jiang Xing, who was in charge of the palace, saw the prince who came over. He carefully examined an identity spy forged by Gongzi Qingqian when he left Beijing, and found nothing wrong.
"Then let's go to the front hall and wait!" The supervisor, Fu Jinshan, gave Gongzi Qingqian a green waist card.
"Remember! I don't recognize people in the house, only recognize waist cards! He lost it! Your life is gone! Jiang Xing instructed as he walked.
"If someone steals the waist card and mixes in, won't the palace be dangerous?" Childe's reaction was extremely fast.
"What do I do? People don't recognize you! How many of my men can still recognize it? Jiang Xing's eyes widened.
"That's good! It's hard to remember the twists and turns of this corridor! "The garden is too big, and no matter how good Childe's memory is, it can't help but be a little difficult.
"Remember the mantra: three in and three out, nine turns, three pavilions and eighteen corridors! Ten pavilions, eight songs, nine pavilions and six courts, plus two stables, a warehouse, ten wells, four kitchens and a garden! Jiang Xing chattered like a bean.
Childe Qingqian listened to it clearly, and also remembered it clearly!
If Jiang Xing knew who the people around him were, he wouldn't have said so much detail when he was killed.
As the saying goes, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not bloom, and you will have no intention of planting willows and willows!
Gongzi Qingqian's undercover agent is a time bomb, and if there is a little clue of restlessness in the palace, he can fall into a situation from which he will never recover.
But he has been in the palace for more than ten days, and he has been wandering around under Yang Chen's nose all day long, and he has not heard half a word of disrespect to the court!
This Yang Chen can't have a portrait of me, right? Childe Qingqian lay in his room tossing and turning, unable to sleep. To go or not to go?
"Haizi! Mrs. is going to Hunxian Temple to incense today! You go and wait! Jiang Xing woke up Gongzi Qingqian early in the morning.
Childe Qingqian, who had been sleepless all night, finally got up from the bed.
"Be smart! It's money! Madame's safety is the most important thing! Jiang Xing handed a splendid bag to Gongzi Qingqian.
Scold! Isn't it light? Childe opened it and glanced at it, and it was full of golden naked!
Is it just to go to incense and use so much gold? Childe Qingqian tied the money bag around his waist.
When he went out, he saw that the battle was really not small! A four-horse cart with eight guards ready to go. The groom stood respectfully in front of the car.
A burst of fragrance hits. Gongzi turned his head to look at it, and a dignified lady came over. She was followed by two girls and a young lady.
The young lady was dressed in red and wore a sword. She was covered with a veil, and she couldn't see her face clearly.
The lady approached the carriage and lifted the child's shallow shoulders into the carriage.
When the young lady walked past Childe Qingqian's side, she glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Gongzi Qingqian lowered his head slightly, and the woman's delicate face was in full view.
Childe Qingqian sat next to the coachman. Wait until everything is ready to stop. Childe snorted lightly: "Get up!" And the carriage moved.
Where is Hunxiang Temple, the newcomer is not clear.
After about two pillars of incense, Mafra turned his horse and turned into a forest path.
The carriage slowed down. It was uninhabited, and two bird calls were heard in the woods. Childe Qingqian immediately became alert. Although the forest is dense, there is no sound of birdsong along the way.
The driver stopped the car and went into the woods. Childe Qingqian picked up the reins of the horse and strangled the horse's head.
Sure enough, as expected by Gongzi Qingqian, feathered arrows were shot in the forest.
"Drive!" Childe shook the reins of the horse, and the horse ran.
A few feathered arrows were shot into the car. Childe Qingqian did not stop to investigate. In his opinion, if the lady was hit by an arrow, it would be more dangerous to stop the car.
The carriage of four horses looks pompous, but it is not as agile as a carriage when it comes to escaping for its life.
Childe pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the sound of horses' hooves behind him. OK! Only five horses! Childe Kiyoshin stopped the carriage.
"Why don't you run away! They're coming! Jin Xiangtaro opened the carriage curtain and said urgently.
"Get out of the car!" Childe's shallow voice was full of impatience. Women are trouble!
"Are you in league with them?" Jin Xiangtaro raised his eyebrows.
"Let's get out of the car!" Mrs. Yang said calmly.