Chapter 130: Xu Qi'an's Interception Plan
A month ago....... Sanhuang County is located on the edge of Chuzhou, and the inventory is so strict, who are you looking for, or who are you encircling?
In the past few days, I have only been drilling into the deep mountains and old forests, but I haven't paid attention to whether the official road has also set up checkpoints.
No matter who you're looking for, it's definitely not me........ Is it that I am thinking too much? I cannot be added to the "blacklist" in the near future.
Anyway, looking for one person is looking for it, and finding two people is also looking for it.
Xu Qi'an tapped his fingers on the table, and while analyzing, he set short-term goals:
"I'll leave for Xikou County tomorrow, if there is really a problem there, it is very likely that it will be the site of the bloody massacre of 3,000 miles. In this way, there may be a danger to bring the princess with you?
"Well, when you're near Nishiguchi-gun, you can put her in a safe inn nearby. The princess's chess piece is used well, maybe it can save my life, but I can't lose it. β
Seeing that Xu Qi'an was silent, Cai'er sat obediently on the side and didn't speak.
As time passed, Xu Qi'an finally recovered from his contemplation and ordered, "Help me make a pot of tea." β
Cai'er was overjoyed and responded happily, which meant that Xu Yinluo was going to stay here tonight.
Sure enough, after she made tea, she listened to Xu Yingong order again: "Change the sheets and bedding." β
Cai'er was so excited that she quickly changed the sheets and bedding with her hands and feet.
After drinking a pot of tea, late at night, Xu Qi'an soaked his feet under Cai'er's service, and then lay down on the bed, stretching comfortably.
Recently, I stayed overnight in the wilderness, and my sleep experience was very poor, and I didn't enjoy a soft bed for a long time.
"Lord Xu, the slave family is here to serve you. Cai'er sat on the edge of the bed happily, undressing as she spoke.
"Cai'er," Xu Qi'an looked at her while lying on the bed, and suddenly said, "Do you feel that your bed is too soft and uncomfortable to sleep?" β
"Lord Xu is right, I heard that sleeping on a hard bed is better for the body, the bed is too soft, and people are easy to get tired. Cai'er said with a smile, and said that this is the study with others to get up, and Lord Xu is really a romantic person.
Xu Qi'an nodded, and said with a serious expression: "So for the sake of your body, you sleep on the ground and I sleep on the bed tonight." β
Cai'er: "???"
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The next day, the sky was bright, Xu Qi'an finished washing, and left Yayin Building in Cai'er's resentful little eyes.
It's late spring, and the weather is warm, and it's even a little hot at noon, otherwise you can see the clients shivering in the cold wind.
Xu Qi'an walked along the street and leisurely in the direction of the inn.
Suddenly, a column of armored soldiers appeared in front of him, led not by an armored general, but by a man wrapped in a black robe and wearing a mask.
His gaze only stayed on the black-robed man for a few seconds, Xu Qi'an quietly looked away and passed by the other party.
"You wait!"
Behind him came the voice of the black-robed man, as well as the sound of the horse.
So keen? Xu Qi'an turned around, his face was naturally a little vigilant, a little respectful, and said, "My lord, are you calling me?"
The black-robed man turned his horse's head, looked at Xu Qi'an condescendingly, and asked, "Where are you, do you have a guide?"
"Yes. β
Xu Qi'an told his fake identity again.
The black-robed man asked again, "Have you practiced martial arts?"
Xu Qi'an lowered his eyebrows and replied: "The villain has a talent for martial arts, and he is already at the peak of refining at the age of nineteen, but it is really difficult to practice the qi realm, plus the female color is moving, and it is the age when he should start a family, so he ........"
He appropriately showed a little smugness, but regret.
The black-robed man looked at his face for a moment, didn't say anything, turned his horse's head, and continued to move forward with the army.
"Hoo ........"
Looking at the back of this army gradually moving away, Xu Qi'an was relieved and withdrew the power of "Heaven and Earth Slash", which could make his breath collapse and shrink inward.
"Hehe, there is a saying that people who only have waste have no waste skills. I perfectly solved the weakness of Takeo who is not good at hiding himself. The disadvantage is that it is ready to go, and in the end it can't be released, which is particularly uncomfortable........."
Men know how uncomfortable it is.
"This guy is dressed strangely, it should be what the information says, the secret agent of the king of Zhenbei? The secret agent of the king of Zhenbei appeared in Sanhuang County, hehe......."
They're really looking for someone, maybe they're looking for me, maybe they're looking for someone else.
In fact, the watchman is also a secret agent, and he is a secret agent of Emperor Yuanjing, so the watchman has a structure and eats the imperial court. And the secret agent of the king of Zhenbei belongs to the "private soldiers" of the king of Zhenbei.
They went out of the north and were nothing. But here, even if it is the imperial court, it has to give three points.
Because they only represent the king of Zhenbei.
"As a henchman of the King of Zhenbei, I must know a lot of inside stories, why should I be blind by myself, this case is different from the Yunzhou case and the Sangbo case. There is no need to peel back the cocoon, there is a very clear goal: to find out the truth about the bloody massacre of 3,000 miles.
"And this kind of mass killing can't be hidden, which means that I don't have to look for clues bit by bit, as I did in previous cases. Just catch him, torture him, if the other party is a wicked person, then kill the spirit........."
Returning to the inn where they stayed, the early guests had already eaten breakfast in the lobby on the first floor, and the guests who didn't want to go downstairs told Xiao Er to send breakfast to the room.
This naturally does not include the timid princess, before Xu Qi'an comes back, she will not take the initiative to let any man into the room, nor will she go out.
After so many days of getting along, Xu Qi'an can confirm this.
She is a very insecure woman, probably caused by the experience of the first half of her life.
Xu Qi'an instructed the shopkeeper to send breakfast upstairs in a quarter of an hour, and then went down the stairs to the door of the princess's room, and his ears moved, catching the slight breathing sound in the room.
Still sleeping........ He pressed his palm against the doorway, used the gas machine to manipulate the deadbolt, and opened the door.
On the bed, the princess leaned sideways, sleeping in a dignified posture and with a quiet face.
At this time, she only had a little bit of the appearance of a princess.
Xu Qi'an opened the window to let fresh air pour into the room, and he sat in front of the dresser, reviewing the case in his mind.
[Bloody Massacre of 3,000 Miles]
Location: Xiguchi-gun (suspected).
Killer: Unknown.
Purpose: Unknown.
γAttack on the Princessγ
Location: On the way north.
Murderers: Northern Barbarians, Northern Demon Clans.
Purpose: To prevent the king of Zhenbei from being promoted to the second rank, as well as the body of the princess (Lingyun).
"At present, there is no substantive connection between the two cases, maybe the barbarians knew that the king of Zhenbei was going to be promoted to the second rank, so they took the opportunity to harass and attract attention, so that the king of Zhenbei did not dare to leave Chuzhou at will, and then secretly sent someone to ambush and take away the princess.
"The king of Zhenbei is the chief soldier of Chuzhou, and he holds the military power of the entire Chuzhou, and he cannot return to Beijing without a summons. However, Emperor Yuan Jing seemed to approve of the promotion of this younger brother of a fellow mother, and it was not difficult to recall him back to Beijing. Therefore, the motive of the barbarian invasion of the border pass can be explained.
"The case of the bloody slaughter of three thousand miles was also committed at this time? However, the four fourth-grade masters, the tribal leaders, did not know about it. What's even more interesting is that Chu Xianglong, who is a deputy general, doesn't know about it.
"Well, it can't be ruled out that a strong man from the Manchus did it, but it didn't leak out. The Mystic Warlock is also involved, and what is he planning?"
Just as he was thinking, he saw the princess rubbing her eyes and sitting up through the bronze mirror.
"Awake?" said Xu Qi'an with a smile.
The princess yawned, ignored him, fetched the toiletries, and squatted beside the bed to wash her face and brush her teeth.
After washing, she said with a disgusted face: "It smells bad to death, and it smells of fat powder all over the body, and some people will die on a woman's belly sooner or later." β
You look like a resentful woman who can't control her husband who goes out to prostitute yourself....... Xu Qi'an slandered in his heart, of course, this was just a complaint in his heart.
The princess definitely didn't care if he was a prostitute or not, what she cared about was that she left her out last night to fool around, leaving her alone in the inn and scared for a long time.
"Do you want to sleep for a while?" Xu Qi'an proposed: "In an hour, we will set off and go west, to Xikou County." β
"You're out of business?" the princess was taken aback.
"Everything is done in the Qinglou. Xu Qi'an smiled informally.
The secret of beating the watchman is a secret and cannot be divulged, even if it is a harmless princess, Xu Qi'an can't tell her. Otherwise, it's disrespectful to the shadows.
However, it is precisely because the princess is harmless that she is not afraid to reveal these small details, and she can't realize it with the princess's shallow scheming.
Bah........ The princess blushed and took a sip.
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Beijing, Teaching Workshop Division.
Fuxiang got up lazily, washed and changed her clothes under the service of the maid, and after dressing up in the mirror, she suddenly pressed her heart and frowned.
The next moment, his face returned to normal, and he said softly: "You go out first, I'm going to sleep for a while." β
The personal maid was a little strange, but she didn't say anything and left the room obediently.
When the people walked away, Fuxiang took out a fox-headed incense burner from under the bed, a pitch-black incense, she cut a lock of hair short and wrapped it around the pitch-black incense, and then lit the incense and inserted it in the incense burner.
Fuxiang respectfully placed the incense burner on the table, knelt on his knees, and muttered to himself.
The pitch-black incense burned out at a very fast speed, and the ashes fell lightly on the table, gathering confidently to form a short line of small words:
It's a matter in the north, and I promise you to return to the clan.
Looking at these lines, Fuxiang's face was inexplicably excited, and there was a kind of joy that the hard days had come to an end. But in his eyes, there is a trace of attachment and reluctance.
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Chuzhou City.
After three days of travel, the mission, escorted by an army of 500 people sent by the king of Zhenbei, arrived at the city of Chuzhou.
Of the thirteen continents of Dafeng, the core state city is usually located in the center of the region, but Chuzhou is different, he is close to the border and faces the barbarians and demon clans in the north.
The people of the north often say that it is precisely because of the king of Zhenbei sitting in the city of Chuzhou that it can stand tall for decades under the invasion of the northern barbarians.
In history, the city of Chuzhou was broken twice, and there were two bloody massacres.
But in the generation of King Zhenbei, the wind and rain near Chuzhou City were smooth, and the barbarian cavalry did not dare to disturb Chuzhou City within a radius of 100 miles, because this area was stationed with the most elite troops in the north.
Dali Temple lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the towering and tall city wall, and the walls between them were carved with complicated and strange patterns, covering every corner of the city wall.
On the female wall, there are cannons, bed crossbows and other magic weapons with great lethality developed by Si Tianjian.
"Dafeng Geographical Chronicles: Chuzhou Chronicles" said that the walls of Chuzhou City are carved with formations, and the walls are solid, which can resist the attacks of the three masters. It's better to see than to hear. Dali Temple Cheng sighed.
The major cities on the border of Dabong have carved similar formations to strengthen their defenses. Every hundred years, Si Tianjian would gather all the warlocks to repair and replenish the formation.
"With the king of Zhenbei sitting in the town, the city of Chuzhou is impregnable. Liu Yushi echoed.
When the mission arrived at the gate of the city, it saw that more than a dozen officials had been waiting for a long time, and the leader was a man wearing a scarlet robe, with a long beard and chest, and a clear face, revealing the elegance of a scholar and the sharpness of an official in the border area.
Zheng Xinghuai, the political envoy of Jiangzhou.
"Lord Zheng, it's been three years since I left the capital. Liu Yushi stepped forward with a laugh, looking quite familiar with Zheng Xinghuai.
Zheng Buzheng bowed his head slightly, squeezed out a little smile on his unsmiling face, and after some greetings, he led everyone to the largest post station in Chuzhou.
After settling down, Yang Yan and others sat in the hall with Zheng Bu's political envoy to talk about things.
"Lord Zheng, Your Majesty and the princes heard that the "Blood Massacre of 3,000 Miles" case occurred in Chuzhou, and they were shocked and angry, and sent us to investigate the matter, hoping that Lord Zheng would help with all their might. Liu Yushi arched his hand.
Zheng Xinghuai, who had already known about this, bowed his head slightly and asked, "How do you want this official to help?"
Yang Yan said bluntly: "I need the records of the border army of Chuzhou out of the camp, as well as the official correspondence of the yamen in various parts of Chuzhou. β
Zheng Bu's political envoy didn't answer, looked around at everyone, and said casually: "I heard that the organizer Xu Yinluo has returned to Beijing due to injury?"
Liu Yushi sighed: "I encountered an ambush on the way........."
Zheng Buzheng frowned, and his tone was businesslike:
"Without the organizer, this has the right to act cheaply......... Of course, the official can give a look at the official correspondence of the yamen in various places, but it is only the record of the border army's departure from the camp, and I am afraid that only the host officer has the right to intervene. The official will show the Huai King, but there is no guarantee that the Huai King will be accommodating. β
Liu Yushi and the others were not angry, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Zheng, thank you, Lord Zheng." β
After the talks, Zheng Bu resigned and left on the grounds that he was busy with official business.
Dali Temple Cheng glanced at Liu Yushi and shook his head: "It's a pity, the two imperial histories are still imperial histories, if they are governors, tsk......tsk"
When the imperial history was in the capital, it was the imperial history. Once ordered to inspect a locality, he is a governor.
The power of the governor is so great that it directly overpowers the three supreme leaders of the commander, the political envoy, and the procurator.
But it is precisely because of the great power of the governor that Xu Qi'an will be appointed as the host, and Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude is obvious, and he can't let the envoy balance King Huai.
Yang Yan said lightly: "This Zheng Bu political envoy, how is he an official?"
Liu Yushi hurriedly said: "I have some friendship with him, this person is an honest official and has an excellent reputation. β
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Sanhuang County.
Outside the city, in the pergola by the official road, the mediocre princess and the handsome and picturesque Xu Qi'an sat at the table, drinking inferior tea.
This place is not far from the city gate, a pot of tea is two cents, very cheap, plus the location is well chosen, under a big banyan tree, the wind blows, both shade and comfortable. Along the way, people entering or leaving the city stopped here and drank tea.
Xu Qi'an held the teacup and thought about his "interception" plan.
If you want to get information from the secret agent of the king of Zhenbei, you must not be in the city, not only will it affect innocent people, but you can also be killed.
The best thing to do is to wait for the other person to get out of town.
Since it is a search for people, it will definitely not stay in a small county town for too long, there are countless counties in the north, and it is impossible for every city and township to have people.
Therefore, the spies are definitely mobile.
He just had to wait for the rabbit.
At this time, he noticed that several men next door were behaving a little abnormally.
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PS: Ask for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month. There was something this afternoon, and the update was delayed.
Correct the typo after half an hour.