Chapter Eighty-Seven: Imposting into the City
"Who is that Zhao Fang? Does it have anything to do with Zhao Gao? Xiang Ye ignored Li Xinpeng, who was anxiously jumping back and forth like ants on a hot pot, and pulled Bai Fu and asked.
"Yes!" Bai Fu nodded decisively and said, "I heard that he is a distant relative of Zhao Gao, and this county order was still obtained by Zhao Gao." ”
"That's easy!" As soon as he heard that Zhao Fang was a distant relative of Zhao Gao, Xiang Ye's face showed a relaxed smile, and he said to everyone: "Bai Fu, Shi Lei, Xin Peng, the three of you entered the city with me, Meng Su, Xiang Qing, General Wu, the three of you take care of the horses outside the city, waiting to meet us, once we have done it, we will leave the city immediately, and we must not stay here at that time, you must not let people take the horses!" ”
Seeing that Xiang Ye was serious, everyone responded.
Xiang Ye, Bai Fu and the others took off their armor and handed it to Wu Xiu to put away, each carrying only a long sword and riding a horse and swaggering towards Puyang City. This time, Xiang Ye didn't ride his Chiji, whose coat color was very different from ordinary horses, it was too eye-catching, and he rode Mengsu's gray-haired mount.
When Xiang Ye and the others walked towards Puyang City, Meng Su, Xiang Qing and the others also turned on their horses, looking for a place where they could observe the gate of Puyang City.
What made Meng Su and the others feel helpless was that Xiang Ye's red horse seemed to recognize him alone, no matter whether Meng Su or Xiang Qing rode up, it jumped up and down, and it would not be quiet until the person riding on its back was thrown off the ground. In the end, Meng Su and Xiang Qing had to take a horse, and Chiji was led by Wu Xiu, and the servants looked for the most suitable hiding place as if they were wandering.
Xiang Ye and the others walked outside Puyang City, and when Bai Fu saw the human head hanging on the city gate from a distance, his eyes were dark, and he almost fell off his horse.
Shi Lei, who was riding with Bai Fu, saw that his body shook slightly, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to drag him, so that he did not fall under the horse.
When he arrived at the city gate, Xiang Ye looked up at the city gate, and saw a long wooden pole supported at the city gate, and in the middle of the wooden pole, a human head was swaying in the wind.
Xiang Ye recognized that human head, and in the Battle of Huling, he had suffered a big loss from that person. But now, he is still alive, and the general of the Qin army who once bravely crowned the three armies and destroyed Yu Fanjun's counterattack is already in a different place. He let out a long sigh, feeling a little sentimental about Shiro's unintentional death.
"Where are the defenders?" When the four of them came to the city, Xiang Ye raised his head and shouted to the city.
As soon as his shout fell, there was a whirring sound on the city wall, and countless Qin soldiers opened their bows and arrows to aim at the four people, and a person who looked like an officer poked his head out and asked, "Who are you?" It's getting dark, what are you doing here? ”
"Master Jun, I am bothered to inform Lord Zhao of your county, we are the entourage of Zhao Tonggongzi, and I have something important here to discuss important matters with Lord Zhao!" Xiang Ye craned his neck and shouted at the city wall.
The officer didn't answer, just retracted his head, most likely to report to Zhao Fangyu.
Not long after, another head poked out from the city, and after this person poked out his head, he first looked at Xiang Ye and the others standing under the city, and then shouted: "How many of them are really Zhao Tonggongzi's entourage?" ”
Xiang Ye clenched his fists and arched his hand towards the city and said: "It is Zhao Tonggongzi's close entourage below, and on the order of Gongzi, I have come to find the Zhao County Order of Guixian County to discuss important secrets, and Mr. Lao will report it." ”
"Oops!" As soon as Xiang Ye's words fell, the people on the city wall slapped the battlements violently and shouted towards the city: "It is Zhao Fang below, I don't know if your envoy is here, I am offended, and I hope to forgive me." ”
After shouting to the city, Zhao Fang turned around and shouted to the officer behind him: "Hurry up, hurry up, open the city gate and welcome your envoy into the city!" ”
The officer answered, trotted down the wall, and the bows and arrows on the city withdrew.
When Xiang Ye and the others entered the city, there were two teams of soldiers standing neatly on both sides of the city gate, and these soldiers were standing straight with spears in their hands, and their eyes were looking at Xiang Ye and the others intently.
A man wearing a county magistrate's uniform led a team of armor soldiers to trot down the city wall, and when he arrived in front of Xiang Ye and the others, the man hurriedly bowed down and saluted the four of them and said: "Xiaguan Zhao Fang didn't know that the envoy was coming, and he missed the distance, and he hoped that the envoy would forgive him." Envoy, please follow the lower officials into the cold house! ”
Xiang Ye and the others did not dismount, arched their hands towards Zhao Fang as a return salute, and followed Zhao Fang in the direction of the county government.
Entering the county office, a Qin Jun junior colonel hurriedly greeted him, bowed down and stood aside, with a flattering smile on his face.
Seeing this little school, Bai Fu hurriedly turned his head to the side. He is very familiar with this little school, this person's name is Gou San, who was originally under his account, but now he has come to Zhao Fang's mansion, which shows that Bai's unintentional death is absolutely inextricably linked to him.
The three dogs bowed their heads to flatter everyone, but they didn't notice Bai Fu, and only when Xiang Ye and the others followed Zhao Fang into the back hall did he raise his head and look at the backs of the four people.
When he looked at the backs of the four people, his body couldn't help but shake, there was a back he was too familiar with, familiar like a friend who had gotten along day and night.
Gou San frowned, turned around and ran out of the county office.
Zhao Fang led Xiang Ye and the others into the back hall, and he made a gesture of invitation to Xiang Ye and said, "Envoy, please take a seat!" ”
Xiang Ye smiled and waved his hand and said, "Lord Zhao is too polite, my lord is an official of the imperial court, and he is just a grass man in the countryside, how dare he take a seat in front of his lord?" ”
"Hey~~~" Zhao Fang put his hands on his chest and waved and said, "The envoy is wrong!" How dare the lower officials hold up their positions in front of the envoys? Please don't shirk it, please take a seat! ”
"Then I'll ...... Is it better to be respectful than to obey your fate? Xiang Ye stretched out a hand, tilted his head slightly and said to Zhao Fang with a smile.
"Envoy, please take a seat!" Zhao Fang bowed and made another gesture of please.
Xiang Ye also bowed slightly towards Zhao Fang, and strode towards the main seat.
After everyone sat down, Zhao Fang arched his hand towards Xiang Ye and asked, "The envoy said that Zhao Tonggongzi has something important to discuss with the lower officials, but I don't know what the matter is?" ”
Xiang Ye smiled slightly and said to Zhao Fang, "I wonder if the adults have heard of Meng Su?" ”
Zhao Fang, who said this, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised his head to look at Xiang Ye, and asked with some puzzlement: "What does the envoy mean......"
"Don't tell you the truth, I waited for this time to come for Meng Tian's granddaughter Meng Su." Xiang Ye first looked at the door, as if he was a little worried about being heard, and deliberately lowered his voice and said to Zhao Fang: "According to the report, Meng Su is now in the robber army, and my son-in-law asked me to come here in the hope that the adults can allocate manpower to assist us in assassinating her!" ”
Zhao Fang frowned and pondered for a moment before looking at Xiang Ye and said: "If it weren't for the envoy to tell you, the lower officials didn't know that the felons were in the robber army. ”
"Isn't there a white unintentional person in Zhang Han's army?" Xiang Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to Zhao Fang: "I heard that he made a good crossbow, if he was allowed to lurk in the shadows, wait for Meng Su to appear, and kill him with an arrow, wouldn't it be trouble-free?" ”
Speaking of Bai Wuyi, Zhao Fang immediately lowered his head, at this time his intestines were about to regret it, if he hadn't listened to Gou San's words and killed Bai Wuyi, he only needed to introduce it, this time it would be a great credit.
"Do you have any unspeakable secrets?" Seeing that Zhao Fang was silent, Xiang Ye deliberately raised his voice and asked, "I don't know where that General Bai Wuyi is now?" ”
Xiang Ye mentioned that Bai had no intention of doing so, Zhao Fang was already in a cold sweat, and now he raised his voice to ask, and immediately made him shiver with a frightened body, and said tremblingly: "Returning to the envoy, Bai has no intention of colluding with the thieves and has bad intentions, and now he has been ......ambushed."
"Nonsense!" Before Zhao Fang finished speaking, Xiang Ye slapped the table in front of him and shouted: "My son-in-law has already investigated clearly, although Bai Wuyi is the grandson of Bai Qi, he is loyal to Daqin. ”
As soon as Zhao Fang heard this, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and hurriedly crawled around the table to the middle of the lobby, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xiang Yezhi, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Although General Bai Wuyi was killed by the lower officials, the person who exposed it is reasonable and well-founded, and there is physical evidence, so I can't believe it!" ”
"Where's the physical evidence?" Xiang Ye couldn't help but feel a little disdain in his heart when he saw Zhao Fangyi's servile appearance, and said in a low voice: "My lord, please hand over the physical evidence to me." ”
Hearing Xiang Ye say that he wanted physical evidence, Zhao Fangxin knew that the matter was very important, and he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly ordered someone to get the physical evidence.
After a while, a yacha walked in with the piece of wood that Xiang Ye intended to frame Bai Yiyi in both hands.
As soon as he saw this piece of wood, Xiang Ye couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart. This piece of wood was carved by Li Xinpeng at his behest, but he didn't expect that such a big thing as a flaw could bring killing to Bai Wuyi.
Zhao Fang took the piece of wood from the yacha's hand and waved his hand to let the yacha retreat. He himself walked to Xiang Ye with wooden chips in both hands, held it high and presented it to Xiang Ye and said, "The physical evidence is here, please take a look!" ”
Xiang Ye stretched out his hand to take the wood chip, pretended to look at it, and suddenly threw the wood chip on the table, and said loudly: "Lord Zhao, what a good thing you have done!" ”
When he fell, Zhao Fang, who was already trembling, was scared to pee his pants and almost collapsed on the ground.
"If Bai has no intention of having an affair with the robbers, why would the robbers be so careless in delivering letters with pieces of wood?" Xiang Ye propped his hands on the table, bowed slightly and glared at Zhao Fang and said, "There are cloth and bamboo chips, what kind of thing is used to write letters is not as solemn and secret as this wood chip?" Also, the handwriting of the letter writer is immature, and a three-year-old child can write better than him as long as he practices for a few days. ”