Chapter 93: The errand officer carelessly walked the murderer
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji didn't seem to hesitate at all, and handed the letter into the hands of Lord Bao, followed by a slightly trembling sentence: "This king only has this one rebel, and he will need him to inherit this royal title in the future, and ask Lord Bao to try to rescue him." ”
Bao Zheng didn't expect things to change like this.
He came to the Anle Palace Mansion to arrest Broom Li, but he had already begun to use Zhao Pet to ask for money.
"Come on, quickly withdraw the people outside, and then transfer after I discuss with the old palace master." Bao Zheng immediately ordered the officials who were guarding outside the living room.
It didn't take long for all the officials to be evacuated.
"This king knows that the person the two adults are looking for is this slave, and this king does not know the origin of this person, otherwise he would never have asked him to secretly protect the rebel. If Lord Bao can arrest this person, he must be severely interrogated and make decisions for the old man. Zhao Ji made a pitiful look, said, and wiped a handful of tears with the sleeve of his robe.
"If the old palace master wants the little palace master to be safe, he still needs to obey the arrangements of the lower officials." Bao Zheng grasped Zhao Ji's weakness and said immediately.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bao, the old man will fully cooperate."
Bao Zheng turned around and whispered something in Shen Pu's ear.
Shen Pu went out.
"Old palace master, the old lady fainted when she got the news that the little palace master was robbed, and asked the old palace master to visit quickly." A maid hurriedly came, and shouted outside the door without bothering to report it.
Zhao Ji's face changed.
"Which minion is so fast-talking?"
"Old palace master, now is not the time to ask, why don't you go and visit the old lady soon." Hearing this news, Bao Zheng was also a little anxious, and hurriedly urged.
"That being the case, this king will retire first." Zhao Ji said, and with the support of the maid, he went to the backyard.
When Zhao Ji came to the back, the old lady had already woken up with the help of Ju'er and others. When he saw Zhao Ji, he rushed over.
The old lady has always been dissatisfied with what Zhao Ji did on weekdays, but she couldn't stop it, and now, she finally found a reason to vent, grabbed Zhao Ji and yelled, claiming that if she couldn't save Zhao Ji, she would fight with Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji put on a very aggrieved look.
Fortunately, with the persuasion of Ju'er and others, the old lady slowly calmed down.
Zhao Ji seized the opportunity, immediately called Ju'er aside, and leaned into his ear to explain a few words.
Ju'er seemed a little surprised.
"Go quickly, and come back to report to me as soon as the matter is done." Zhao Ji commanded.
"Yes." Ju'er had no choice but to agree and walked into the old lady's bedroom.
Not long after, she had already followed Zhao Ji's instructions to come to the outside of Anle Palace from the secret passage in the old lady's room, and quickly walked in the direction of the city gate.
Ju'er had never heard of this secret passage before, and I'm afraid even the old lady herself didn't know about it.
At the gate of the city, she quickly waited for a person.
The appointed time has arrived.
The housekeeper Fugui brought two people dressed as family members to the agreed place.
The two family members also carried a blanket on their backs, bulging in front and back, apparently carrying heavy things.
This is not far from the city gate, it is a very secluded street, in order to be able to tell Broom Li to see the location of the three of them, Fugui also has a torch in his hand.
The three of them waited here for a long time, but Broom Li did not appear.
Fugui was a little anxious, and whispered something to the two family members.
The torches in his hand burned out, almost burning his fingers, and he had to throw them aside.
Darkness reigned here at once.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from a nearby alley, and a sturdy horse galloped forward, and before the three people could react, the horse had already swept close to the three people.
As soon as the man on the horse leaned over, he had already pulled the blanket from one of the family members onto the horse.
The horse did not stop for the slightest, and galloped straight towards the city gate.
Two family members were shocked.
"Do not escape from this thief." One of them said loudly, quickly letting go of the remaining blanket and taking out two single knives from it.
More than a dozen errand officers who were lying in ambush around also quickly gathered and went straight to the sound of horses' hooves to chase after them.
The gates are closed.
The rider jumped down just as he was about to reach the gates, and then whipped the horse hard on the buttocks, and the horse sped forward in pain.
The man dragged his blanket into the grass by the side of the road.
Having gone far away, convinced that his pursuers had been attracted by the horse, he came out of the grass and walked briskly to a corner of the wall.
He had already observed that the entire city wall, only a few corners were unguarded, and this was the safest place.
Pulling out the crawling rope from his waist and throwing it casually, the climbing rope hooked the battlement on it.
Climbing with weights, this person's speed has not slowed down at all.
In half a cup of tea, he had slipped down the other side of the wall to the outside. Soon afterward, he ran along the base of the city wall into the distance.
Running away in one breath, he could no longer hear any sound from the city, so he stopped, squatted there for a short rest, and then opened his coat.
In the next second, the contents of the blanket were thrown far away by him.
It turned out to be just some rubble with a smooth surface.
"Old horseman, dare to play tricks on me." With a kick of the blanket flying, the man turned his head and ran into the darkness not far away.
Half an hour later, he appeared near a cemetery more than twenty miles from the city gate.
This is supposed to be the private cemetery of a large family in the city.
The ancients have always been very particular about cemeteries, believing that the feng shui of cemeteries can affect the fate of future generations, and rich people will naturally build the cemeteries of their ancestors in places with good feng shui. High-ranking officials and wealthy officials will also hire people who guard the cemetery to prevent tomb robbers.
There are more than 20 cemeteries in this cemetery, large and small.
On a high slope near the cemetery, a very simple thatched house was erected, which could not be seen from a distance.
At this time, the thatched house was full of light.
In a place where there is only death, even the lights make people feel chills.
The man walked up to the thatched house, kicked a corpse lying in front of the house, and then leaned in.
"Little palace master, your stabbed old man doesn't want to save your life, and the villain has no choice but to fulfill you." The man said, groping around his waist and pulling out a short knife.
The little palace master Zhao Pet was tied up like a zongzi, and there was a dirty rag stuffed in his mouth, and he had already been so scared that he peed his pants, and his mouth still made a "woo" sound from time to time.
"The villain has done many evil things for your father and son, but your old man who was stabbed wants to kill the villain, and openly teases the villain with stones. Since he is so ruthless, he must not be blamed for the villain. The man said, raised the short knife and stabbed at Zhao Pet.
At this moment, there was a sudden "crackling" sound from the thatched hut, as if suddenly blown up by a gust of wind, and with a "whew", all the planks and weeds flew straight out in an instant.
"Thieves and slow hands, Ben Hou is here." With a loud shout, Lu Bu appeared in front of the two of them like a giant statue falling from the sky.