Chapter 61: Night Detective, Planning, Assassination
As night fell, Guangling slowly closed the heavy city gates.
When it was midnight, Zhang An hid the two horses in a safe place and strode towards Guangling with Zhan Lu.
Easily crossed the tall city wall of Guangling, and Zhang An entered Guangling again.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang An decided to go to Chen's house first.
If the Chen family really intends to plot Cao and have correspondence with other families, the most likely thing is that it will be kept in Chen Deng's study.
For visiting the Chen family at night, Zhang An is still a little sure, even if he can't find what he wants, he will not fold in the Chen family.
The only thing that the Chen family threatens themselves should be the possible existence of the celestial masters.
However, Zhang An also mastered the trick of shrinking the ground into inches, which is suitable for running away.
At present, the limit distance of Zhang An's shrinkage is one step and five miles, although in this case, there is no guarantee that he can appear where he wants, but as long as he can escape from the side of the celestial master, this is only a small problem.
Maybe it might be a good thing, even Zhang An himself can't be sure where he will appear, and it should be more difficult for the enemy to guess where Zhang An will appear.
If he exerts all his strength to shrink the ground into inches, Zhang An's qi is only enough to use it three times, if you calculate the qi stored in Zhang An's acupoint, except for some unexpected factors, Zhang An should be able to use it four to five times to shrink the ground into inches.
The distance of twenty miles should be enough to get rid of the heavenly people.
Zhang An walked through the dark night while moving towards the method of escape.
Half an hour later, the guards who were patrolling the Chen family at night did not notice that an uninvited guest had come to the house.
Zhang An activated the secret technique, shuttled through the guards walking back and forth like a gust of breeze, and soon arrived at the study in the inner courtyard.
Glancing at the study with the door locked, Zhang An did not use Zhanlu to break the door lock, but climbed directly above the roof of the study.
Gently removing the tiles and clearing out the hole enough for himself to drill into, Zhang An entered the study smoothly.
Under Zhang An's strong eyes, although there was no light, everything in the study was clearly seen by Zhang An.
After searching for a long time, Zhang An finally found a stack of letters in the secret compartment of a bookcase.
After hurriedly flipped through a few letters and made sure that it was what he wanted, Zhang An immediately put away the evidence and returned the same way.
After clearing the traces, Zhang Anyou left the Chen family without danger.
Zhang An turned his head to look at Guangling City behind him, and sighed silently.
He wouldn't believe that a mere Gang Qi martial artist could come and go freely in an old family like the Chen family.
The reason why the Chen family is so lax in guarding is obviously fishing, trying to lure out himself, a person who spies on intelligence, and then when he starts to sabotage the family's plan, he will catch them all.
It's just that after Zhang An got the letter and confirmed that the family's plot against Cao was true, he knew that the family had prepared everything and dug a big pit that was enough for Zhang An to fall to pieces, and Zhang An had to pinch his nose and jump in.
With Lu Bu's character, after Cao Cao's defeat, he would definitely not bow to the family.
Maybe Lu Bu can rely on his strong force to fight his way out of the enemy, but Lu Bu also has a family, and if he has to be distracted to take care of Yan and Lu Lingqi, even if he is as strong as Lu Bu, it is impossible to get out smoothly.
Thinking of the lovely Lu Lingqi, when Zhang An was flipping through the letters, he gritted his teeth and thought that even if he risked his life, he would not be able to let the family's plan succeed.
It took most of the night for Zhang An to read all the letters.
The letter did not clearly state the layout of the plan, but looking at the signatures and seals of the letters, Zhang Anxin was shocked.
There are a total of fifteen families in Mou Cao, and it can be said that there is a family in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and almost every state has a family involved.
And unlike what Han Lie said, these families did not have the idea of letting Cao Cao succumb, but planned to directly set up a new master.
Zhang An couldn't help but worry about Cao Cao's future.
After reading the letter, Zhang An began to think about how he should act.
Zhang An was not ready to go to Han Lie again and act together.
First, Zhang An didn't believe Han Lie very much, and secondly, even if Han Lie was credible, it was estimated that he had already been targeted by the family when he investigated this matter, and if Han Lie moved, he was afraid that the family would react immediately.
And it is more convenient for Zhang An to move alone, at least when he can't beat him, he can also run away by shrinking the ground into inches.
After determining that he was acting alone, Zhang An began to think about the next questions.
The Chen family and the Cao family, who are closest to him, can get the greatest benefits by whom they start.
The head of the Cao family in Xuzhou is Cao Bao, a straw bag who does not learn and has no skills, if he chooses the Cao family to start, it will be relatively easy.
And the Chen family is much stronger than the Cao family, the old family owner Chen Qi, the current head of the family Chen Deng, they are all famous figures in the annals of history, and the scheming methods are far from being comparable to Cao Bao, if Zhang An wants to choose the Chen family to start, he must be prepared for a bloody battle.
It stands to reason that persimmons should be pinched softly, Zhang An thought twice, and finally chose the Chen family.
Zhang An's plan was that if he couldn't get the details of the plan from the Chen family, he would only choose to assassinate important people.
This person can only be Chen Deng.
First, Chen Deng must know the details of the family's plan.
Second, for Cao Cao, killing a celebrity in the wilderness, or a straw bale family owner. It's definitely better to get Cao Cao's attention than killing a taishou.
Taishou was assassinated, this matter is too big, even if the family wants to cover it up, they can't hide it.
If the news of Chen Deng's assassination was known to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would inevitably investigate the matter to the end and send a capable cadre to investigate the matter in the future.
According to Zhang An's judgment, most of this person also participated in the battle of Jiangdong, served as the county commander of Xu County, and was in charge of justice.
With the ability to be full of favors, it should not be difficult to find that the family has moved, and Cao Cao should also be on guard at that time.
Glancing at the rising sun in the sky, Zhang An began to breathe.
This time, Zhang An decided to play big, he wanted to rush into the Taishou Mansion in broad daylight and in full view of everyone and forcibly kill Chen Deng!
Even Chen Deng, he shouldn't have imagined that a madman would dare to assassinate him in broad daylight, right?
It was almost noon, and Zhang An had all his energy restored to its peak.
He opened his eyes, got up and buried the halberd, and led the two horses to Guangling.
When he was interrogated by the guards at the gate, Zhang An said, "I came to Guangling this time because I admired Chen Taishou as a person, and I came to serve, but I don't know where to go?"
The soldier looked at Zhang An and said, "Chen Taishou is an honest official, and there are often people who serve him, you go to Taishou Mansion from you, if Chen Taishou is free, I will see you." ”
Zhang An thanked the soldiers and went straight to the Taishou Mansion.
Arriving at the front of the Taishou Mansion, Zhang An took a look at the surrounding environment, then released the reins of the two horses and slapped the two war horses fiercely.
The horses were in pain and rushed forward.
And in front of the two horses is the Taishou Mansion.
Zhang An took a deep breath and roared with all his might, "Thief Chen Deng, you are a courtier under the command of Cao Gong in vain, and you actually colluded with outsiders to plot to kill Cao Gong, what crime should you be guilty of?!"
Zhang An's roar resounded through the small half of Guangling, and the people who heard Zhang An's roar couldn't help but stop their movements and looked at the Taishou Mansion one after another.
"What? Chen Taishou colluded with outsiders to murder Cao Gong?"
"Impossible!"
At the same time, there was also an angry roar from the Chen family.
"Little thief, if you dare to hurt the head of the family, the Chen family and you will not die!"
The three figures rushed out of the Chen family, and in a flash, they arrived in front of the Taishou Mansion.
"Oops, General Zhang has gone to kill Chen Deng himself, brothers, let's go, go and pick up General Zhang!" Han Lie rushed out of hiding with three of his men.
At this time, Zhang An had already rushed into the Taishou Mansion while the guards in front of the door were scrambling to deal with the crazy horses.
Casually caught a stupid officer, Zhang An asked loudly, "Where is Chen Deng?"
The officer shuddered and pointed in a direction.
Zhang An let go of his hand, started to shrink the ground into inches, and came to a lobby in an instant.
A scribe with extraordinary bearing was sitting behind the desk, looking at Zhang An calmly.
Zhang An strode into the lobby and pulled out Zhan Lu and put it at Chen Deng's throat.
Zhang An asked sharply, "You are Chen Deng?"
The scribe calmly said, "I am Chen Deng." ”
Zhang An breathed a sigh of relief, and then a sense of absurdity emerged in his heart.
How could it be so smooth?
"I know what you're here for, and I know what you're asking. Although Chen Deng was sharp, his tone was still unhurried, "I won't say, you're too late." ”
Zhang Anxin was taken aback: "It's late, what do you mean?!"
Chen Deng laughed: "The lord is already about to lose. ”
"Why are you doing this?" Zhang An asked his own question, "Cao Gong treats you well, why do you still murder Cao Gong?!"
"How can I compare the benefits of one person with the interests of my family?" Chen Deng said lightly, "Even if it is said in the history books in the future that I am an unfaithful and unrighteous person, then what does it matter? As long as my Chen family will last forever, my personal stigma will not be enough." ”
Zhang An stared at the indifferent Chen Deng, he really couldn't understand the brain circuits of these people from the family.
In order to allow his family to obtain enough benefits, he did not hesitate to sell his lord, and did not hesitate to leave a reputation as a traitor seeking glory in the history books in the future.
"Look at this black long sword, I think it is General Zhang Anzhang at your step. Chen Deng opened his mouth and said, "The defeat of Duke Cao is already the trend of the times, why don't General Zhang join the Chen family? When a new lord is established, General Zhang can also enter the court and wait for the general." ”
"I still hope that General Zhang will make a decision as soon as possible, and I think that the master of my Chen family is also on the way to come at this time. Chen Deng looked at Zhang An, who had an ugly face, and said again.
Before Chen Deng's words fell, there was already a loud shout from outside the hall, "Thief, don't put down your weapon quickly!"
Zhang An looked at Chen Deng and asked, "If Duke Cao is defeated, how are you going to take his command?"
"Those who can use it will receive it, and those who are not used by us will be killed." General Zhang should not make a mistake about himself. Chen Deng said murderous words in a calm tone.
Zhang An nodded.
Then he waved Zhanlu, slashed Chen Deng's head, and grabbed it in his hand.
He turned to look at the three celestial masters outside the hall with unbelievable expressions, sneered, and started to shrink into inches and leave.
But the strange thing is that the three celestials watched Zhang An leave, but none of them set off in pursuit.
"At this point, the assassin should have already succeeded. Chen Qi sat in the Chen family's study, with an unchanged smile on his face, "I underestimated the courage of this assassin, and dared to enter the Taishou Mansion in broad daylight, I always planned to make a big deal and attract Cao Mengde's attention." ”
"Unfortunately, it's too late. Sitting opposite Chen Qi was Chen Deng, who was holding a wine glass, "This glass of wine, and salute Cao Gong, go all the way." ”