Chapter 480: Desperate Zhang Huang, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Yan
"Report to Chang Wenjun, just after leaving Yanmen County, there were dozens of men in ambush!"
Several soldiers of the Qin State on horseback rode all the way back to Shuo County, came to a mansion, and reported to Changwen Junyu in the mansion.
Shuo County is Yanmen County Zhishanwu, south to Yingchuan, Luoyang one of the roads, in the past, Chang Wenjun was from Shanwu has been along the official road of the city to Shuo County, but no one expected that after coming to Shuo County, Chang Wenjun left in Shuo County alone with a few cronies and his eldest son Mi Jing, and left the carriage and all the soldiers alone.
In the study.
When Mi Jing heard the report from her cronies, she looked at her father with a worried face.
"Father, is it Bai Yan? Isn't it that Bai Yan wants to borrow a knife to kill our father and son? ”
Since being rescued, on the way back to Xianyang, Mi Jing's expression has obviously improved a lot in the past few days, but at this moment, when he heard that someone really dared to ambush him and his father halfway, Mi Jing's eyes were a little uneasy, and the first person Mi Jing suspected was Bai Yan.
After all, apart from Bai Yan, he couldn't think of who it would be!
"It's not Bai Yan!"
Chang Wenjun listened to the words of his eldest son and experienced the matter of Yang Jin, and he was already disappointed in his eldest son Mi Jing, but he was his eldest son after all.
Glancing at his eldest son, Chang Wenjun sighed.
"If Bai Yan wants to kill you, he doesn't have to go to great lengths to let you come back, he already suspects that it was Yang Jin who his brother asked you to kill, but considering the identity of me and my brother, he pretended not to know, saved face for us, and did not continue to investigate."
Chang Wenjun said.
Chang Wenjun's voice fell, and when Mi Jing heard that Bai Yan had already suspected his uncle, he was afraid of being blamed by his father, so he hurriedly denied it.
"Father, Bai Yan shouldn't know that the letters have been burned! Even the Yan Clan."
Mi Jing said and said, but looking at his father's disappointed eyes, Mi Jing slowly lowered his head and fell silent, Mi Jing also knew that since his father said this, he must know something.
"Besides, this is Yanmen County, you have been in Yanmen for so long, isn't it clear that if Bai Yan has the intention to kill his father, even if you and I stay in Shuo County, can we be saved? Because his father is not in Yanmen, he has heard of Bai Yan's prestige in the army, and you were the supervisor of Yanmen before, don't you know? Thou shalt think about it! ”
Chang Wenjun said with melancholy in his heart, glanced at his eldest son Mi Jing, and saw Mi Jing bowing his head, speechless rebuttal, and turned his head to look at the cronies in front of him.
"Immediately send the assassination to Shanwu, and ask General Bai to send soldiers to escort us back to Xianyang!"
Chang Wenjun took out the token from his bosom and handed it to his cronies.
I didn't let Bai Yan send someone to escort him before, just to see if someone would really ambush them halfway, if there was, I would also follow the vine to see who it was, and my brother guessed that it was very likely that someone would assassinate them this time, if this trip was really ambushed, then the person who assassinated him was most likely the murderer who killed Mi Marsh before.
Thinking of this, Chang Wenjun's eyes flashed with fierceness.
"It is rumored that Shao Meng and the others, there is no need to have any scruples, and they will go all out to hunt down those who committed the assassination!"
Chang Wenjun commanded.
"No!"
Several cronies nodded when they heard this, and gave up their orders.
Mi Jing watched those cronies leave, swallowed her saliva, and her breathing was a little disordered.
Since being locked in the cell for more than a month, after coming out, Mi Jing felt that she was always confused, sometimes she didn't know what she was thinking, and many times she would be awakened in her sleep, and then she couldn't fall asleep.
Turning his head, Mi Jing looked at his father cautiously, thinking back to his father's words, at this time Mi Jing also figured out, it really can't be Bai Yan, if it is Bai Yan, I'm afraid he and his father can no longer sit here unharmed, Bai Yan's prestige in Yanmen is too high and too high, and it is not comparable to any official or anyone at all.
A few days later.
There is no city of goodness.
"Have you heard? On the way back to Xianyang, Chang Wenjun was actually ambushed and assassinated? ”
"Ahh Who has the audacity? Dare to assassinate Chang Wenjun? ”
"I heard that among the people who assassinated, one of the people at the head has died, and the head is hung on the head of Jinyang City, many people say that Chang Wenjun has issued an edict, and anyone who can know the head will be rewarded with three hundred gold, and will be regarded as a guest, and many rich businessmen have specially gone to Jinyang when they heard this."
"Three hundred gold!! Can you still be a guest? ”
"Not really! I didn't see that there were not a few people in the city in the past two days, and they had already gone to Jinyang to see if the head was recognized. ”
In Shanwu City, some merchants could be seen chatting everywhere on the streets, while other people also looked at each other when they heard the words, and immediately whispered.
Everyone couldn't help but be moved when they heard the rich reward, the people were because of the three hundred gold, and the merchants valued the opportunity to become guests.
You must know that the other party is Chang Wenjun, the feudal monarch of the Qin State, if he can become a guest of his mansion, why worry about not being able to have status in the future.
on the streets.
With the people coming and going, in the midst of countless noises, a carriage drove slowly among the people.
Inside the carriage.
Zhang Liang looked out the window with red eyes and a frightened expression, and then looked at the uncle Zhang Huang on the side.
"Uncle, will Bai Yan really help us hide?"
Zhang Liang asked with some uncertainty at the moment, full of questions.
Thinking back to the head of the clan brother Zhang Shuo, he was still hung in Jinyang, looking at the tired old face of the uncle Zhang Huang, Zhang Liang's eyes were full of guilt, and he was blamed for being too impulsive before, insisting on assassinating Chang Wenjun's father and son, and finally causing the clan brother to lose his life.
"I don't know if Bai Yan will help, but at this time, if we want to leave alive, only by finding Bai Yan's help can we have a glimmer of life!"
Zhang Huang shook his head and said softly.
After the assassination on that day, they learned of the plan and quickly evacuated, but this time Chang Wenjun was obviously prepared, whether it was in the direction of the south or the direction of Qi State, all of them were chased and killed by Chang Wenjun's people.
Although it was not easy to escape, the Zhang family spent countless money, and the servants who were finally cultivated were also killed this time, and those who were caught were arrested, and there were only three people left by their side.
Zhang Huang is not afraid of death, but Zhang Huang doesn't want Zhang Liang and Zhang Yan to die here, both of them are young children of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family still needs to be handed over to them in the future, so in order to survive, he did not hesitate to go north and come to Shanwu.
Hearing the faint chatter outside, Zhang Huang knew that maybe in Jinyang, someone had already recognized the head hanging at the Jinyang City Gate, it was his second son, Zhang said.
If you want to leave.
The only way to go and hide for a while is to go to the land first.
"Your Excellency, it's here!"
The sound of a groom was heard outside the carriage.
Hearing this, Zhang Huang nodded, glanced at Zhang Liang, and then looked at his eldest son Zhang Yan.
"Yan'er, wait for your father to go to the restaurant first, you and the son's room must remember that without the father's order, you must not appear, if you see your father being arrested, you must not save him, if you dare to disobey, I will die in front of you!"
Zhang Huang looked at the eldest son Zhang Yan, who had been in a trance, uneasily.
Zhang Huang knew that the eldest son still couldn't forget Zhang Shuo's death, and Zhang Huang was not a father, that day in the dense forest, when the number of people was counted, when he learned that the person killed by the Qin army general was Zhang Shuo, Zhang Huang almost went black at that moment.
Now.
The second son Zhang said that he had been killed by Changping Jun, and whatever Zhang Huang said, he must not allow Zhang Yan and Zhang Liang to have another incident.
"Father!"
"Uncle, let the ovary go!"
When Zhang Yan and Zhang Liang heard Zhang Huang's words, they naturally understood what Zhang Huang meant, and their eyes immediately turned red.
Especially Zhang Liang, if it was in Xinzheng before, Zhang Liang always blamed this uncle for being too cowardly, and only knew how to blindly seek perfection, even if the other party was a tyrannical Qin, it was really despicable, but from being framed and leaving Xinzheng, after experiencing the ups and downs along the way, Zhang Liang understood how difficult it was for the uncle, and even when he was desperate many times, it was the uncle who encouraged their brothers, and it was the uncle who kept wandering around to save the connections of the Zhang family in the past.
Now watching his hair become grayer and whiter in the past two years, like Zhang Huang, who has aged a lot, even Zhang Liang, who has a family and has children, can't help but have tears in his eyes at this moment.
"I am already old, in the future, the Zhang family, will eventually be handed over to you, no matter what, this time you and the two of you will return to Chu safely, there are Zhang's old connections, plus your two wives, it is difficult for outsiders to move, the ovary must remember to treat the wife well in the future, and the same is true for Yan'er Ru."
Zhang Huang shook his head, he was old after all, and this life was far less important than the bloodline between him and his brother Zhang Ping in front of him.
And when I say this, I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to say it again in the future.
"Remember!"
Zhang Huang repeated the admonition, then turned around and left the carriage.
"Father!!"
"Uncle!"
In the carriage, Zhang Liang and Zhang Yan, two young people, watched Zhang Huang leave, as if they had been drained of their strength, and suddenly sat in the carriage limp with a trance.
Outside Lu's Restaurant.
Zhang Huang, who got out of the carriage, watched the restaurant from time to time with businessmen coming in and out, and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, so he asked the groom to drive away, and walked towards the restaurant with only one cronie.
Although he had seen Bai Yan privately with Zhang Shuo when he was in Xianyang before, and had a verbal agreement with Bai Yan, neither he nor Bai Yan expected that the person who framed Zhang before was Chang Pingjun, the right prime minister of Qin State.
is also the same, Zhang Huang is not the slightest bit sure about seeing Bai Yan now.
Inside the restaurant.
Under the leadership of the two women, Zhang Huang asked for a private room on the third floor, and took out three pieces of money from his arms and handed it to the woman.
"I want the best food!"
Zhang Huang commanded at the woman.
I was afraid that Chang Wenjun would receive the news in the future, and I was also worried that Bai Yan would have scruples, so before he came to Shanwu, Zhang Huang had already asked people to inquire about it, and Bai Yan usually came to the restaurant with scholars and friends, and it was also this Lu's restaurant, and there were rumors that it was because of a woman named Xi'er in the restaurant.
Zhang Huang was looking for the woman this time, but in order to prevent it, Zhang Huang still didn't speak directly, but ordered wine and food first.
Good is not in the city.
In Bai Yan's mansion, Bai Yan was beside the charcoal fire, holding a bamboo slip and looking at it seriously.
Suddenly, the door of the study slowly opened, and Xu Shi slowly walked in.
"General, the soldiers came to report that the people had come to Shanwu City, and it seemed that they were preparing to go to the Lu Restaurant!"
Xu Shi said to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan nodded when he heard this, his eyes looked at Zhao Qiu, who was sleeping on the wooden table, looking at Zhao Qiu's pretty face covered by his long hair, full of sweet appearance, Bai Yan was a little helpless, he had to go to the Yunzhong Mountains together, and he was cold after this trip, and finally contracted some wind cold.
I thought about it.
Bai Yan didn't wake up Zhao Qiu, but asked Xu Shi to bring a piece of cloth over, dip it in pen and ink, and write a few words on it in Zhao Guo's characters.
After doing this, Bai Yanfang folded the cloth and handed it to Xu Shi.
"Put this cloth on a piece of clothing, give it to Zhao Qiu's maid, and let it be sent to the nearby pharmacy, give it to the pharmacy Xiao Er, or entrust the Xiao Er to send it to the old man!"
Bai Yan said.
Hearing this, Xu Shi nodded, then slowly took the cloth and turned to leave.
It's been a long time.
In the quiet study, the charcoal fire made the whole study warm all the time, Zhao Qiu, who was in a coma, moved, and then woke up slowly, raised his head in a trance and looked around, and when the eyes that had just woken up saw that Bai Yan was still looking at the book, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lying on the wooden table, Zhao Qiu didn't remember how long he hadn't been so weak, and his head was groggy.
Before I knew it, I fell asleep again.
When Zhao Qiu woke up again, he had already seen that the candles in the study had been lit, and the sky had already turned dark.
Another day of sleep!
This thought came to mind, and in an instant, Zhao Qiu suddenly thought of something, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked up at the empty study, the young man was no longer there, and Zhao Qiuqiao's face was suddenly confused.
What about people!
Thinking of something, Zhao Qiu hurriedly supported his soft body, got up and walked towards the door.
However, Zhao Qiu came to the door of the room, and before he could open it, he saw the door suddenly open, and Bai Yan, who was not in the study, stood in front of him.
“.”
Zhao Qiu wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he suddenly felt his breathing heavy, and the young figure he saw in his beautiful eyes swayed from side to side.
In a trance, when Zhao Qiu's expression eased up, he saw that he had been lying in the young man's arms for some time.
"Haven't people come yet?"
Zhao Qiu lay in the young man's arms and asked softly.
"Here, don't worry, I have sent a letter for you, and the soldiers have come to report, and those people arranged by Zhao Jia in Shanwu have already taken Zhang Huang over, and now they should be trying to find a way out of the city."
Bai Yan explained why he wasn't in the study.
Although Bai Yan and Zhao Qiu have both been lying on the same bed more than once, it is the first time for Bai Yan to hold Zhao Qiu, Zhao Qiu is very light and light, just like her figure.
Gently put Zhao Qiu on the bed, looking at Zhao Qiu's beautiful eyes looking at him, Bai Yan took the fur coat on the side and covered Zhao Qiu.
After thinking about it, Bai Yan still reached out and gently touched Zhao Qiu's long hair and stuck it on Zhao Qiu's forehead.
"Later, Mrs. Hui will bring the boiled decoction, and after drinking the decoction, I will send you to your room to rest. Next time, don't be reckless and go to the clouds, where is the snow in the mountains, if you really like it, you can move to live there. ”
Bai Yan said.
After confirming that Zhao Qiu had not burned any more, Bai Yan withdrew his hand, returned to the wooden table and knelt down, picked up the bamboo slips and continued to look at them.
In the quiet study, it was not until a moment later, with the faint sound of footsteps outside the study, that a voice sounded, breaking the silence of the study.
"Got it!"
The voice fell, Bai Yan followed the sound and saw that his pretty face was weak, and his beautiful eyes looked at Zhao Qiu on the side, although he was still cold, he was still soft.
At this time, there was also the sound of the door opening, Bai Yan turned his head, and saw the Tyrant come in with a decoction.