In the room, Kong Xiuyun paced back and forth, the news brought by her father at night, like a heavy punch, broke all Kong Xiuyun's dreams, the Xiang family was in trouble, Xiang Zhuang had to leave, where should I go? Kong Xiuyun also thought about following Xiang Zhuang and running around together to get out of trouble for Xiang Zhuang's uncle, but this idea was just thought about it, and it was denied by Kong Xiuyun herself, and her father would never allow her to leave.

What the hell is she going to do? Kong Xiuyun was very anxious in her heart, and on the side, the maid Xiaolian persuaded: "Miss, the Xiang family is also a big family, and it is deeply rooted in the prime minister, it will be fine, don't worry." ”

After Xiaolian finished speaking, she handed the tea bowl on the table to Kong Xiuyun, and sighed: "Miss, take a sip of tea, you just listen to me, Xiang Gongzi will definitely come back soon." ”

Kong Xiuyun was interrupted by Xiaolian to ponder, looked at her, and after a long time, Kong Xiuyun sighed: "Go and bring my savings." ”

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Early in the morning, there were few pedestrians in the street, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng led the horse, on the side, it was Kong Kui, Kong Ji and his son and some subordinates of Kong Mansion, they slowly walked towards the city gate, Xiang Zhuang wanted to say goodbye to Zhang Budo and Wei Ji, Zhou Shi and others, but it was still early, these people may not be able to get up, and they were in a hurry to leave, fearing that saying goodbye to everyone would delay the trip, so they gave up this idea.

At this time, it is not far from the city gate, and after a while, the city gate will be opened, Xiang Zhuang looked at Kong Kui's father and son who came to see him off, and he was grateful, and couldn't help but arch his hand: "The city gate is about to open, uncle, go back early, take care of Miss Kong for me, I will come back after I finish my errands, and I will marry her." ”

Kong Kun nodded with satisfaction, patted Xiang Zhuang on the shoulder, and on the side, Kong Ji took a burden from the housekeeper's hand, handed it to Xiang Zhuang's side, and instructed: "Here is a coil, and there are some dry food, keep it for the road, if you encounter difficulties, you must come back, our Kong family will do our best to help." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded and expressed his gratitude, and on the side, Xiang Sheng took the burden and tied it to the saddle, at this time, the drum of the city gate opened: "Dong Dong Dong"

The gate of the "squeak" city slowly opened, Xiang Zhuang clasped his fists and said goodbye to everyone: "Send you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end, everyone stays, Xiang Zhuang will say goodbye." ”

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng got on their horses one after another, turned their horses' heads, and prepared to leave, but from not far away, a carriage came quickly, and in the car, Kong Xiuyun waved his hand anxiously: "Xiang Zhuang Gongzi, please stay." ”

Kong Xiuyun's sudden appearance surprised Xiang Zhuang, he didn't expect that his departure, Kong Xiuyun also knew, after a short silence, Xiang Zhuang looked at Kong Kui on the side, only to see him smile and nod, Xiang Zhuang had a little bit of understanding in his heart, and rode in the direction of the carriage.

Kong Xiuyun got out of the car anxiously, looked at Xiang Zhuang, her eyes were slightly red, and on the side, the maid Xiaolian handed Kong Xiuyun a burden, Kong Xiuyun stuffed the burden to Xiang Zhuang, and instructed: "Here are my savings for many years, you keep it for use on the road." ”

Xiang Zhuang was moved in his heart, pushed the burden back, and sighed: "Miss Kong, I thank you for your kindness, but I really can't accept this." ”

Kong Xiuyun didn't comply, and forced the burden into Xiang Zhuang's arms, and then wiped the crumbling tears in the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, Xiang Zhuang was moved, raised his right hand, wiped away the tears for Kong Xiuyun, and instructed: "You wait for me at home, I will come back to you after I finish my business." ”

"Well, I'm waiting for you to come back." Kong Xiuyun's voice choked.

The two looked at each other, time passed by a minute, and finally, Xiang Zhuang returned to the horse, leaving only a sentence of "cherish", and left in a hurry with Xiang Sheng, looking at Xiang Zhuang's back, Kong Xiuyun sighed lightly, and said to herself: "I will wait for you." ”

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng hurried forward, passing by the city gate, and met with the officer who interrogated him that day, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help sneering in his heart, the road was narrow, and the officer had no intention of embarrassing Xiang Zhuang and the two, checked at will for a while, ordered to let go, and the two had to ride away on horseback and march on the wide gallop road.

The horses galloped, rolling up the dust and flying all over the sky, and soon, the two of them went to a dirt bag, changed the route from here, walked Dangshan, and went straight to Qi County, but the road was rugged, no need to detour, compared to bypassing Dangshan from the north, it was much closer, just when Xiang Zhuangle stopped the horses, observed the road, and was ready to set off again, behind him, the dust was flying, and someone called his name: "Brother Xiang...... Stay ......"

Xiang Zhuang was surprised, turned the horse's head, and waited in place for a while, only to see that Zhang Budo and Wei Ji came on horseback, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help laughing, jumped off the horse, and greeted the two.

"Brother Xiang, if you want to leave, why don't you inform the two of you?" Zhang Budo's tone was slightly reproachful, and Wei Zhi was even more angry, Xiang Zhuang saw the two of them like this, so he had to hug his fists and said: "There is an urgent matter at home, I have to hurry as soon as possible, I am afraid of disturbing the two, please forgive me." ”

"Hmph......" Zhang Budo pretended to be angry, and gently hammered Xiang Zhuang on the shoulder with his fist, and then smiled: "Brother Wei and I also just learned about it and came to deliver a letter to Brother Xiang." ”

Wei Ji also smiled and said: "Brother parting, how can there be no wine?" ”

Wei Qi took out three jars of fine wine from the horse bag, the wine jar is not big, about half a catty of wine in each jar, but it is enough for three people to drink bitterly, at this time, Wei Qi was the first to open the mud seal, raised the wine jar, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiang, I hope that next time you return to Suiyang, you must come to me." ”

"Be sure to ......" Xiang Zhuang also opened the mud seal and held the wine jar high, and on the side, Zhang Budo also raised the wine jar and sighed: "I want to go back to Xiapi in the next few days, I hope you and I can talk about it in Xiapi." ”

"A word is decided, let's say goodbye" The three of them touched the wine jar, drank it all, threw away the wine jar, the two gave each other away, Xiang Zhuang hugged his fist in return, returned to the horse, turned the horse's head, and Xiang Sheng galloped on the horse, and soon, gradually disappeared from the sight of the two.

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Saying goodbye to everyone, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng galloped on the road to Qi County, but after walking for about three hours, Dangshan appeared in front of the two, as long as they crossed Dangshan from the mountain road, and then traveled for half a day, they could reach Qi County.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng sat under the tree, opened the water bag, took a big drink, took out the dry food in the bag, chewed it heavily, and slept all the way, both of them were exhausted.

Soon, Xiang Zhuang ate all the sweet potatoes in his hand, drank a sip of spring water, and looked at the sky with satisfaction, the sun was already hanging in the sky, at this time, it should be noon.

Xiang Sheng had eaten all the dry food at this time, drank saliva, and half leaned on the trunk of the tree, in a hurry these days, Xiang Sheng was really tired, and soon, Xiang Zhuang sighed lightly and asked: "I was fine when I left, why did the Xiang family eat a lawsuit in the blink of an eye?" ”

Xiang Zhuang looked at Xiang Sheng, Xiang Sheng sighed, hugged his arms, and sighed: "Soon after Uncle Xiang returned home, he went out to buy goods with Yu Gongzi and prepared to move to Huiji, everything went well, but just two days before departure, San Gong was recognized by his former enemy, grabbed San Gong in the street and made noise, wanted to report to the official, arrest San Gong, Yu Gongzi In the atmosphere, he punched and killed the man. ”

"But even so, why didn't the second uncle run away together?" Xiang Zhuang asked puzzled, and soon, Xiang Sheng replied: "The Xiang family's property is in the lower phase, in order to transfer the industry, the second prince ordered Yu Gongzi to escort the third prince, with most of the assets to leave first, I wanted to deal with the old mansion the next day, and then leave, but I didn't want to, that night, the government came to the door." ”

Xiang Sheng looked at Xiang Zhuang and said with a wry smile: "The official government is wanted for the Xiang family at this time, the second prince is afraid that you don't know, and the next minister was arrested, so he ordered me to sneak out of the tunnel, rush to Suiyang, and inquire in many ways, only to know that Zhuang Gongzi, you were originally in the Confucian Mansion." ”

After listening to Xiang Sheng, Xiang Zhuang already knew in his heart that the approximate ins and outs were mainly caused by the third uncle's past murders, but more importantly, Brother Yu's impulse led to the Xiang family's suffering, Qin Law has always been harsh, if you don't rescue the second uncle as soon as possible, I'm afraid, the consequences will be extremely serious, thinking so, Xiang Zhuang got up and smiled: "Time is pressing, let's go on the road." ”

"How does Zhuang Gongzi plan to save the second prince?"

Xiang Zhuang pondered for a moment and sighed: "Only Uncle Cao will meet first, and then make a decision." ”

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The three-way drum sounded, the city gate of Qi County was about to close, and several old messengers shouted: "The hour has come, and the city gate is strictly ......"

After shouting a few times, the people gathered together and prepared to close the city gates, when from a distance, two war horses and two men were running at great speed, and soon one of them shouted: "Wait, we are going into the city!" ”

The messengers ignored the two people who rushed to the city, still persistently pushing the city gate, the city gate slowly closed, "creaking", soon, the city gate was about to close, but from a distance, an iron sword roared sharply, nailed to the city gate, Ling Yu was still trembling, in the distance, the two were still galloping in the direction of the city gate, and the young man shouted: "If you don't open the door again, the next arrow will be shot at you." ”

The poor people were stunned by the young man's rough // reckless behavior, how could they have ever seen such people, no different from bandits, perhaps, they are really bandits, there is no garrison in Qi County, and the poor people did not dare to continue to close the gate, so they had to slowly push the city gate open.

When the two of them saw the city gate open, they did not dare to delay, and walked towards the city as fast as they could, and after the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, the old messenger recovered from his panic and hurriedly instructed the people next to him: "Go and tell the county lieutenant that there are bandits entering the city!" ”

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Cao Mansion is located in the back street of the county government, mainly to facilitate Cao Wuyi to come and go to work, at this time, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng rode a horse to the door of Cao Mansion, fearing that their identity would be exposed, Xiang Zhuang handed over the horse to Xiang Sheng, and asked him to lead the horse to other places, so as not to be targeted by the government.

Xiang Sheng left, Xiang Zhuang walked slowly towards Cao Fu, and after knocking on the door, an old family member opened the door and asked, "Are you?" ”

"I'm from the lower minister, please tell Uncle Cao that I have something important to visit." Xiang Zhuang arched his hand and said, the old family looked Xiang Zhuang up and down, he had vaguely guessed who Xiang Zhuang was, at this time, Xiang Sheng also walked quickly, and the old family asked softly: "You are a member of the Xiang family, right?" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and the old family said softly: "The master hasn't come back yet, you can wait in the guest room with me." ”