Chapter 878: Asking for Life
readx;? Guan Zheng's words made Lan You's heart move, he looked around, waved his hand to everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "All go out! No one is allowed to approach without my order!"
With the retreat, only Lan You, Guan Zheng, and his two personal attendants were left in the room. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Lan You asked, "Master Guan, what do you mean ......?"
Guan Zheng said word by word: "If we want to get through the current level, we have to use Shangguan Xiu's head to make Lord Song angry!"
Lan You's eyes rolled and said, "Shangguan Xiu is accustomed to fighting, and it is said that he is a first-class spiritual martial arts master, can we kill him?"
"If you can't kill it, you have to kill it!" Guan Zheng glared at the round bloodshot eyes, and said: "This time, either he dies, or I die!" If Shangguan Xiu is allowed to leave Fengyang so smoothly, neither of you nor I can pass the pass of Lord Song, our heads can't be saved, and we will die horizontally and vertically, so it is better to fight to the death, if we can really kill Shangguan Xiu, not only will we avenge Song Gongzi and make Song Daren angry, but also make a great contribution to Lord Song. ”
Lan You's heart moved, and he asked, "Master Guan, what are your plans?" After a pause, he reminded again: "Shangguan Xiu's own spiritual martial arts are very strong, not to mention that he still has so many gendarmes around him to protect him, I'm afraid that the assassins will be beaten into a sieve before they can get close to him." ”
Guan Zheng suddenly smiled and asked, "Lord Lan, do you remember that when the Feng River flooded, it was supposed to affect Fengyang, and in the end, how did we let the flood bypass Fengyang?"
Lan You frowned and said, "It was we who blew up Lianyang Mountain, blocked the river, and caused the flood to flow south, bypassing Fengyang. "But what does this have to do with the assassination of Shangguan Xiu?
Guan Zheng said: "The explosives issued by the imperial court last time were not all used, I secretly left some of them, I thought they could be used for it in the future, but now, it can come in handy." ”
Lan You was shrewd, and he was able to see through it at one point, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Guan means to use explosives to ...... Shangguan Xiu."
"Blow up to the sky!" Guan Zheng said in a condensed voice.
Lan You gasped, his eyes spinning non-stop.
He pondered for a long time, and muttered, "It's a big deal, we have to calculate it carefully...... Before he could finish speaking, one of his attendants suddenly turned his head to look at the door of the room, and asked sharply, "Who is it?"
As he spoke, the attendant sprang to the door and pulled it open. Standing outside the door was a middle-aged man dressed in servant clothes, the sudden opening of the door startled him, and the middle-aged servant looked at Lan You's subordinates blankly, unable to return to his senses for a long time.
"Who are you, what are you doing here?" Lan You's men stared at him with their eyes like torches.
The middle-aged servant was shocked, looked at Guan Zheng in the house, and stammered, "Old ...... Sir, this ......"
Guan Zheng waved his hand to Lan You and said, "He is the steward of my mansion. As he spoke, he asked, "Steward Liu, what's the matter?"
"Master, Young Master Song's body is still parked at the gate, and there are more and more onlookers, do you want to ...... Burial first?"
Guan Zheng closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and sighed, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said weakly: "Put it away......! Remember to do a good job of embalming. ”
"Yes, master!" the middle-aged servant agreed, turning to leave, Lan You said, "Wait a minute." ”
Guan Zheng looked at him puzzled, Lan You ignored it, he walked to the middle-aged servant with his hands behind his back, looked him up and down, and said, "Why haven't I seen you before?"
The middle-aged servant bowed down and said, "The villain looks ordinary, of course Lord Lan can't remember the villain." ”
"How long have you been working in the county watchhouse?"
"It's almost three months. ”
"Any position?"
"Steward. ”
"It's not easy to be in charge of things in less than three months!"
Without waiting for the middle-aged man to speak, Guan Zheng stepped forward and explained: "Lord Lan, his name is Liu Wei, and he is the cousin of Steward Liu, don't worry, there will be no problem!"
The housekeeper Liu he said, Lan You knows, has been by Guan Zheng's side for more than ten years, is loyal, hard-working, and is the most trusted person by Guan Zheng.
Lan You's eyes were like torches, and he looked at Steward Liu carefully for a while, then he retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "I have already explained just now, no one is allowed to approach, if you dare to do it again, don't blame me for not being merciful!"
Hearing this, Steward Liu also became angry, this is the county guard's mansion, not his blue and quiet county governor's mansion, as the manager of the county guard's mansion, why should he listen to his county captain's orders?
He turned his eyes to look at Guan Zheng, who of course understood his thoughts, with a wry smile on his face, he waved his hand to Steward Liu, and said, "You go and do things!"
"Yes, sir!" Steward Liu agreed, turned around and walked away quickly.
No one paid much attention to this little episode that happened when Guan Zheng and Lan You were talking secretly. But it was this inconspicuous Steward Liu, when he buried Song Xuan's corpse, he popped out a small paper ball from his cuff without leaving a trace.
In front of the county guard's mansion, hundreds of people stood around to watch the excitement, and people's attention was focused on Song Xuan's corpse, and no one noticed this small action of Steward Liu.
The paper ball fell at the feet of one man, who took the opportunity to pick up the paper ball by arranging his trouser legs, and then turned to withdraw from the crowd, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
In the end, this paper ball fell into the hands of Xiao Zhanting, the head of the Shura Tang Ning County Branch. Only four words, two words, were written on the paper ball: adult, explosives.
After reading these four words, Xiao Zhanting thoughtfully took out the fire fold and lit the note.
The faces of the subordinates standing on his left and right changed, and one of them spoke: "Hall Master, the news is from the county guard's mansion, obviously Guan Zheng and Lan You are plotting to assassinate the Lord with explosives!"
"That's right, hall master, we need to inform the adults quickly!"
Xiao Zhanting put away the fire fold and muttered, "Are you sure that this news is true? Are you sure that Guan Zheng and Lan You must have used explosives to stab the adult?"
Everyone present looked at each other, who would dare to guarantee this?
Xiao Zhanting continued: "If this news is false, wouldn't we be misleading the adults, and if something happens, our Ningjun branch will be guilty of a great crime." You arrange people to keep an eye on the movements of the county guard, and I will know if there is any disturbance!"
"Yes!
At noon, Guan Zheng and Lan You came to Shangguan Xiu's hotel together and invited him to the send-off banquet in the evening.
Tonight, Guan Zheng and Lan You chartered the largest restaurant in Fengyang City, Juxian Pavilion, to see off Shangguan Xiu, and the invited to the banquet were not only the big and small officials of the Ningjun County Government, but also many squires and businessmen, but all the people who had heads and faces in Ningjun were present.
With such a grand banquet, Shangguan Xiu, as the protagonist, even if he doesn't want to participate, it is difficult to refuse.
In the end, Shangguan Xiu gladly accepted Guan Zheng and Lan You's invitation, he also wanted to see what kind of tricks these two people were playing.
Song Xuan died in Ningjun, Guan Zheng and Lan You are not to blame, the only way for them to pass the test smoothly is to let themselves fight with their lives, tomorrow they will set off to leave Fengyang, the only chance for the two of them is tonight.
Shangguan Xiu returned to his room, smiling, and playing with the invitation card in his hand. The saint came in from outside, and when she saw the invitation in his hand, she asked, "Are you going to the feast?"
"Of course! I'd love to see what kind of ghost the hell Guan Zheng and Lan You came up with to kill me. Shangguan Xiu said with a smile.
The saint was taken aback and asked, "Do you think Guan and Lan are actually going to poison you in the name of holding a banquet to see you off?"
Shangguan Xiu said in a firm tone: "They will definitely kill me." ”
"And you're still going?"
"I just want to see how far Guan Zheng and Lan You, the two Earth Emperors of Ning County, can go here in Ning County. ”
"Maniac. The saint gave him a blank look.
Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, and said, "It's always better to be a madman than to be a fool. ”
In the evening of the same day, Shangguan Xiu was invited to Juxian Pavilion. He didn't have many entourage, only Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and ten gendarmes.
At this time, the front of Juxian Pavilion was already full of traffic, and it was very lively, and there were big people with heads and faces in and out of Ning County, and their faces were full of excitement and excitement. Being able to dine with His Royal Highness is a great honor for them.
Hearing the news of Shangguan Xiu's arrival, everyone led by Guan Zheng and Lan You came out of the restaurant together. As far as the eye can see, there are more than 100 people standing outside the restaurant, and many people can't squeeze out, so they can only stand in the restaurant and look around.
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Highness Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!" everyone knelt down and bowed in unison.
Shangguan Xiu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite, please get up quickly!"
After everyone got up, like the stars holding the moon, they hugged Shangguan Xiu and entered the Juxian Pavilion.
He went up to the second floor and sat down at a round table in the center, with Guan Zheng and Lan You sitting on either side.
When they were all seated, the rest of the people took their seats. However, as soon as people's buttocks stuck to the chairs, Lan You stood up, raised his wine glass, and said with a smile to Shangguan Xiu: "Your Highness came to Fengyang, and he cracked a big case of selling illicit salt, benefiting Ning County, the people of Weichen Dai Ning County, I salute Your Highness a cup!"
Hearing this, everyone present stood up after him, raised their glasses in unison, and said in unison: "Respect Your Highness!"
Wu Yufei, who was standing behind Shangguan Xiu, lifted the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Lord Lan is wrong, although this case was discovered by me, it was tried by Lord Guan, and it was Lord Guan who eliminated harm for the people in the end, Lord Lan wants to thank him, and he should also thank Lord Guan!" As he spoke, he raised his glass to Guan Zheng and said, "Lord Guan, I respect you!"
Guan Zheng laughed with him, but his laughter was more ugly than crying, he held the cup in both hands, bowed down and said: "Weichen is ashamed!
Everyone present didn't notice the rolling undercurrent hidden under the polite surface, and when they saw Shangguan Xiu, Lan You, and Guan Zheng drinking the wine in their cups, they also drank all the wine in their cups.
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