After Zhang Zhang returned from the Yongyang Palace in Qishan, he hid the carved ivory basket under the sleeping mat at the place of his pillow. He secretly swore that he would avenge Xiaocui.

He kept an eye out for the unusual situation in Huo's house, and soon noticed that there were many strangers in the side courtyard, and these people often changed after a few days. "All went to Yongyang Palace? I want you all to go to the Hades. He threw a bundle of grass into the manger, gritted his teeth, and said to himself.

"Zhang Zhang, hurry up and prepare the horse, Feng Gongzi is going out." A domestic servant shouted.

"Got it." Zhang Zhang responded, and went to fetch the saddle and bridle, and after a while, the horses were prepared, and the servants came to take them away.

There are also a dozen more horses in the stables. He added some fodder to the manger, and when he was about to move it, he found that there was no more fodder in the stable, so he pushed a wheelbarrow cart to the hay warehouse in the side yard.

He opened the door of the hay storehouse, and the house was full of dust, so he covered his mouth and went in, and carried a few bundles of hay at random, and wanted to leave quickly. After only a few steps of pushing the cart, he tripped over something on his toe and almost fell. He kicked it angrily, but unexpectedly kicked a hard object, held the soles of his feet in pain and kept jumping on one leg, and soon fell to the ground, rubbing his feet and sizzling in his mouth.

After a while, the pain subsided a little, and he limped over to the grass to figure out what it was. When I saw that thing clearly, I was secretly taken aback, and under the forage was a zigzag-shaped iron halberd.

He looked around, but there was no one else, and he could not suppress his curiosity, so he threw himself on the haystack and pulled hard, and after a while, bundles of weapons were revealed, including spears, ge, halberds, ring-headed knives, and so on

He was stunned for a moment, knelt on the ground and stayed for a long time, before he slowly came back to his senses, and his heart moved: "This is the evidence of rebellion, if I go to report, won't I be able to avenge Xiaocui." Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and sneered, and slowly stood up. At this time, only a "hi" sound was heard, and someone behind him patted him on the shoulder. He shuddered, and his mind went blank as if he were standing like a log.

"What, don't you remember me?" The man behind him shouted cheerfully.

Zhang Zhang turned around slowly, the person in front of him seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

The man pointed to his nose: "Yecheng Li Jing, Qishan Yongyang Palace." Remembered? ”

"Ouch, it's you, how did you get here?" Zhang Zhang's hanging heart fell. Smiled and arched his hands. was close to Li Jingtao, and he suddenly remembered that Li Jing was also a dead soldier in Yongyang Palace in Huofu, and his heart came up again.

"I looked like you just now, and I'm afraid I'll admit it. By the way, I didn't have time to ask your name last time. Li turned out to be innocent and innocent.

"Zhang Zhang, Huo Fu Mafu. You, don't run? Zhang Zhang let down his guard and asked affectionately.

"Don't run away." Li Jing's expression was calm. Then he said mysteriously: "Do you know why the Huo family is training dead soldiers in Qishan.

"Why?" Zhang Zhang thought to himself, didn't he just want to rebel. He asked silently, feigned curiosity.

"Accumulate strength, if you prepare properly, you will abolish the current emperor and make the Huo family the emperor." Li actually pouted.

"This is a rebellion, but it's a big crime to exterminate the race." Zhang Zhang stared at Li Jing in surprise, thinking to himself how he could be so bold and open-mouthed.

Li didn't think so: "It's not a rebellion." If you have no way, cut it down. In that year, the king of Changyi was newly established, and the general invited the queen mother to depose the king of Changyi. The Empress Dowager Shangguan is from the Huo family, and as long as she gives an edict, she can depose the emperor and support the new monarch. As he spoke, he suddenly became excited, climbed Zhang Zhang's shoulders with both hands, and said excitedly: "In this way, we are the founding fathers, such as Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Zhou Bo, and Fan Xu. ”

Zhang Zhang was dizzy by his shaking, dragged his hands down, and said, "You are a scholar, you can be Zhang Liang and Chen Ping." I'm a groom, what can I do? ”

"Zhang Liang, Chen Ping." Li was so excited by these words that he muttered to himself, and was stunned for a while, standing there laughing stupidly.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhang thought that if he didn't leave, he would be entangled again, so he arched his hand and said: "Brother Li, the younger brother still has work to do, so I will leave and talk about it another day." Then he turned around and ran. When he went out of the courtyard door, he glanced back and saw that Li was still standing there in a daze.

Zhang Zhang returned to the stable and sat down, thinking about everything that had just happened, and couldn't help but laugh: "Emperor? Hero? I don't know if I can save my life. ”

At this time, he found that the deer cart carrying the forage had not been pushed back, so he got up and walked to the side yard, and saw two people standing at the gate of the side yard whispering from a distance. He recognized one as Huo Yun, and the other was on his side. He felt that this figure was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and he looked down and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember, and when he looked up again, the figure had disappeared.

Zhang Zhang returned to the stable, picked up some hay from the ground and put it into the manger, and somehow remembered Xiaocui again. In the past, Xiaocui liked to watch him feed the horses, and always snuggled up to him, holding a handful of grass in his hand to tease the horses. With a melancholy in his heart, he took out a grass core and put it in his mouth to chew. The grass juice was sweet and fragrant, and he chewed and chewed, tears streaming down his face.

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Scoop was wandering the street alone. After Zhao Guanghan subdued the law, the emperor told him to pay more attention to the security of Chang'an, so if he had free time, he would walk on the streets. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure, hurriedly chased after him, raised his hand and shouted: "Zhang Zhang, Zhang Zhang." ”

Zhang Zhang was depressed and quietly slipped out of Huo's Mansion, and at this time he was also wandering aimlessly on the street. He vaguely heard someone calling him, turned around, and found that someone was waving at him, looked carefully, recognized it as Shi Gao, waved happily in response, ran over, and said, "Brother Shi, why is it so coincidental."

Shi Gao laughed, "Yes." Let's go, have a glass of wine. ”

The two walked into the private room of a wine house, and Shi Gao beckoned the man to serve the food and drink.

A lot of things have happened in the past few days, all of which are related to Huo Mansion, and Shi Gao's mind flashed the idea of finding Zhang Zhang to ask, but after thinking about it, Zhang Zhang is just a groom in Huo Mansion, how many things can he know. I happened to see him today, and he felt that it was an opportunity to find out what was happening in the Huo Mansion.

Zhang Zhang lowered his head and only cared about drinking and eating, and after a while, the plate of roasted meat in front of him was empty. Shi Gao brought a plate of his own roasted meat to his dining table and asked with a smile, "Is your little maid okay?" ”

Zhang Zhang did not respond. Shi Gao joked: "Why, I'm embarrassed to say." ”

Zhang Zhang stuffed a piece of hot meat into his mouth, he lowered his head and chewed slowly, while sobbing and weeping, and finally couldn't help but cry on the table.

Shi Gao was stunned, patted Zhang Zhang's shoulder, and asked, "What's the matter, what's the difficulty?" Brother makes decisions for you. ”

Zhang Zhang cried for a while before he raised his head, choked up and said, "I can't find it, she's dead." ”

Shi Gao was surprised: "What's going on?" ”

Zhang Zhang raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, and told the scene he saw when he found Yongyang Palace for Xun Xiaocui, gritted his teeth and said: "They also hid a lot of weapons in the stables of Huo Mansion, just to rebel." ”

Shi Gao was secretly surprised, and his face was silent. He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine, and said in a calm tone: "Rebellion is a great crime of extermination, don't be reckless." When I think about it, it's good to deal with it. ”

Zhang Zhang looked at him nervously, and his hand holding the wine bowl trembled.

Shi Gao glanced up at him and said unhurriedly: "I have friends in the court, and I can go up to heaven to listen." ”

Zhang Zhang didn't understand what he meant, and looked at him in a daze.

"You can report it directly to the emperor." Scoop explained to him. Then he said: "You report the Huo Mansion for rebellion, if the evidence is conclusive, needless to say avenge Xiaocui, maybe you can also worship the marquis." ”

"The dead soldiers in Yongyang Palace, the weapons in the stables of Huofu, and the fact that Li actually said that he wanted Huo Yu to be the emperor are all evidence." Zhang Zhang said eagerly.

Shi Gao nodded and said, "These are indeed evidence, but-" He hesitated and didn't say any more, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, thought for a while, and said carefully: "Let's put it this way, I can also see the emperor." The emperor had also heard that Huo Mansion was raising dead soldiers, stealing weapons, and plotting against him. But after remembering him as a hero, I hope that he will wake up and change his past. However, listening to what you said, Huo Fu did not restrain and lived up to the emperor's kindness. ”

Zhang Zhang didn't seem to understand, but just listened to him with wide eyes.

"Huo Fu is rebellious, and there will be no good end. I will report all these things to the emperor, and you will be rewarded. ”

"I just want to avenge Xiaocui." Zhang Zhang sniffed and rubbed his eyes again, his expression gloomy.

Shi Gao looked at him sympathetically and patted him lightly on the shoulder: "Xiaocui's revenge must be avenged." However, you still have to be patient for the moment, and don't spoil big things. He also took special care of him: "You should go back to Huo Mansion and pay attention to any abnormal behavior in the mansion, don't be impulsive." If you are in a hurry, you can go to the Jianzhang military camp to find me and report my name. As he spoke, he took out a piece of horseshoe gold and stuffed it into Zhang Zhang's hand.

Zhang Zhang choked up and said, "Xiaocui is gone, what's the use of asking for this money." He whimpered and cried again.