Chapter 18: A Clever Sequence

The next day, Zhu Wen traveled lightly, rode a fast horse, and personally brought the testimony transcripts of Li Zhen and others to the Huangwang Mansion, asking to meet Huangchao. Huang Chao heard that his love was about to come to see him, so he hurriedly ordered Huang He, the housekeeper in the house, to open the main door and let the servants and maids line up to greet him.

Zhu Wen was a little flattered when he saw Huang Chao standing in front of the mansion to greet him, and quickly rolled down from his horse, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly said: "The Yellow King is above, and his subordinate Zhu Wen has saluted and kowtowed to you!", and kowtowed three times after speaking.

Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen was very polite to him, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward, supported him with both hands, and said: "General Zhu, please hurry up, why do we have to do this great gift between our brothers!", after speaking, he took Zhu Wen's arm with his right hand and walked together, looking extremely intimate.

Huang Chao welcomed Zhu Wen into the meeting hall in the mansion, the two of them sat down as guests, and the maid hurriedly offered two cups of hot tea. Huang Chao waved his hand, asked the maids and maids standing on the side to step back, and said: "Brother Xian has been patrolling Caizhou City day and night recently, it has been very hard, and the people have lost a lot of weight, I thank the general for the people of Caizhou!"

Zhu Wen replied: "Thank you for the compassion and care of the Yellow King! Defending the city is a matter within the scope of his subordinates, and he does not dare to slack off in the slightest! I am afraid that I will disappoint the high expectations of the Yellow King and the people!"

Huang Chao said with a smile: "With a loyal and brave man like the general, what else is there to worry about?

Zhu Wen hurriedly took out the confessions of Li Zhen and others from his arms and offered them, and said to Huang Chao: "The day before yesterday, my subordinates were ordered to try the murder case of Yanyulou, and it has now been found out that Huifeng assassinated Zhu Cun, the general of our righteous army, and the evidence is conclusive.

Huang Chao took the confessions of Li Zhen and others from Zhu Wen's hands, and while reading it carefully, he muttered in his heart: "This Huifeng is indeed at fault for killing, although he is a friend of Yuan Zhi, but I can't bend the law for personal gain, otherwise this matter will spread out, not only will it chill the hearts of the soldiers, but it will also be extremely unfavorable to myself." ”

Zhu Wen saw that Huang Chao read everyone's confessions and didn't speak, and asked tentatively, "Huang Wang, how do you think this case should be handled?"

Huang Chao secretly scolded in his heart: "This Zhu Wen is really an old treacherous and cunning person, he has long wanted to put Huifeng to death in his heart, but he deliberately threw this problem to me to deal with, I might as well push the boat and kick this ball back to him!", so he deliberately pondered for a while and said:

"Brother Zhu Xian, you are now in charge of our Caizhou's criminal law, according to the law of our righteous army, what crime should this Huifeng be sentenced to?"

Zhu Wen replied: "King Huang, this Huifeng has committed two major crimes, one is to gather a crowd to make trouble and obstruct the routine inspection of our army, and the other is to assassinate the leader of our army, according to the criminal law of our army, he should be sentenced to behead and show the public!"

Huang Chao knew that Zhu Wen had long wanted to put Huifeng to death, on the surface he was doing official business, so as not to show favoritism, but secretly he was indeed avenging his second brother and venting the hatred in his heart. But now that the human and material evidence is complete, it is not good for him to favor Huifeng too much, which chills the hearts of the soldiers. Huang Chao thought about it and sighed: "Then according to what Brother Zhu Xian said, Hui Feng will be secretly executed, but this Hui Feng is a guest in my Caizhou, Brother Xian needs to be careful, don't tell the truth to foreign enemies, saying that we have no tolerance for people, and we don't talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes, let alone let Yuan Zhi know about this, otherwise she will resent me for the rest of my life!"

Zhu Wen nodded and agreed, and promised: "The subordinates understand what the Yellow King means, and the Yellow King can rest assured that the subordinates will definitely handle this case properly, not only to severely punish the murderer, but also to make the Yellow King and the princess feel at ease." ”

Huang Chao patted Zhu Wen on the shoulder and sighed: "Brother Xian, then I will entrust you with the aftermath of this case!"

Zhu Wen hurriedly nodded and replied, "King Huang, don't worry, your subordinates will definitely handle this matter, it's just ......"

Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen suddenly changed the topic, and asked vigilantly, "Just what?"

Zhu Wen acted as a reason: "The subordinates are just afraid that Xu Zhi will bring the princess to make trouble, and the murderer Huifeng is Xu Zhi's junior brother, the two have a very good relationship, like siblings, and Xu Zhi is very skilled in martial arts, and he is the concubine of the Yellow King, so the subordinates are afraid that this case will drag on for a long time, and there will be extraneous branches, so it is better to end it as soon as possible?"

Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen's worry was not unreasonable, and reassured: "Actually, this Xu Zhi is also mediocre in intelligence, this king is not optimistic about him, but Yuan Zhi is in love with him, so this king also loves Wu and Wu to him, just turn a blind eye!"

Zhu Wen heard this, and pretended to be surprised: "Since King Huang doesn't like Xu Zhi and Huifeng in his heart, why don't you use a means to drive them away from the princess as soon as possible, and save the princess's life!"

Huang Chao listened to Zhu Wen's words and said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from Brother Zhu Xian, in fact, I have tried to find a reason several times to drive Xu Zhi and Huifeng out of Caizhou City, but at the last moment, I was still afraid that Zhi'er would be sad, so I couldn't bear to do it." ”

Zhu Wen whispered to Huang Chao: "Huifeng is going to be executed, Xu Zhi can't stay, Huang Wang may not know, this Xu Zhi has become your concubine, openly took the princess, visited the generals in the army in private, and encouraged those generals to oppose Huang Wang's south to Jiangnan, and his subordinates have only recently heard the news, I hope that Huang Wang will also make up his mind for the future of the righteous army, except for Xu Zhi as soon as possible, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Huang Chao pondered for a while, and said in embarrassment: "I also know that in order to calm the anger in the army, we must get rid of Hui Feng, as soon as Hui Feng dies, Xu Zhi is strong in martial arts, and he will inevitably avenge his brother, so Xu Zhi can't stay, neither of them is sorry, but how can Yuan Zhi explain it? After all, Xu Zhi is our newly appointed concubine, will Yuan Zhi not be able to stand this blow and commit suicide?"

Zhu Wen saw that Huang Chao was still hesitating, and continued to persuade: "For the sake of the great cause of the world, Huang Wang must not have the kindness of a woman, and the love of children is long!"

Huang Chao nodded with difficulty, reluctantly agreeing.

Zhu Wen saw that Huang Chao agreed, and breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, as if a thousand catties of stones had finally fallen to the ground, and then he briefly reported the current military affairs to Huang Chao, chatted a few words, and was about to get up and say goodbye.

Besides, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi were also secretly discussing how to rob the prison to rescue Huifeng in the Juxian Building, Zhou Yuanzhi first suggested: "Brother Xu, in my opinion, should we go directly to rob the Dharma field, because I know the terrain there better, at the noon gate in the north of the city, we will first prepare some thatched reeds and saltpeter, and then set fire to the Dharma field, and then I will arrange some people to create chaos outside the execution ground, you can take advantage of the chaos to rescue Brother Hui." ”

Xu Zhi listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's suggestion and thought it was a good idea, but he still couldn't worry about Huifeng's safety at all times, and said to Zhou Yuanzhi: "Although this idea is good, I'm afraid that Zhu Wen will start in advance, and it will end up in the life of Senior Brother Hui in prison, and we must also think of a countermeasure to prevent him from doing it in advance!"

Zhou Yuanzhi thought for a long time, and sighed: "This is very difficult, after all, Brother Hui is detained in Zhu Wen's mansion, if they have any conspiracy, we can't prevent it!"

"Yes, how is that good?", Xu Zhi was irritable in his heart, and kept walking back and forth in the room, thinking hard about countermeasures.

Xu Zhi suddenly stopped and asked, "Yuan Zhi, let's go to visit the prison in the name of King Huang, visit the reality of Senior Brother Hui, and then make plans, how about it?"

Zhou Yuanzhi applauded repeatedly, took Xu Zhi's hand, rode two fast horses, and hurried back to the mansion to see Huang Chao, asking him to give him an order, so that he and Xu Zhi could go to the prison to visit Huifeng in order to fulfill their friendship. How do you know that Huang Chao listened to Zhu Wen's words, and his attitude towards his daughter and Xu Zhi this time was very cold, and he just said lightly: "Although Huifeng is your friend and my guest, he should pay for his life if he kills someone in Caizhou, although he is the Yellow King, he can't bend the law for personal gain and favor him!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Huang Chao's attitude was very firm, and she knew that it was useless to say more, so she was so anxious that she burst into tears, and begged bitterly: "Father, daughter, please beg you, Xu Zhi and I just want to see Huifeng for the last time as friends, even if before he died, friends said goodbye to each other, and it didn't violate the righteousness, why not?"

Huang Chao saw that his daughter was so anxious that her face turned pale, but she was still slightly moved with compassion, and sighed: "Zhi'er, you are not young anymore, you have to be cautious in doing things and making friends, you can no longer rely on your own temperament!", after speaking, he shook his head and sighed again: "Okay, this is the last time, but Zhi'er, you also have to promise your father, and you must forget this fierce wine and meat friend immediately after the incident!"

Xu Zhi was very embarrassed to see Zhou Yuanzhi on the side, knowing that she was in a hurry, but at this time, there was no other better way than to ask for Huang Chao, only to see Zhou Yuanzhi say: "Okay! Father, my daughter promises you, this is the last time!"

Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi got the will of Huang Chao, and they were ready to ride to Zhu Wen's mansion, Zhou Yuanzhi said to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, I think my father's attitude towards us this time is extremely cold, I'm afraid things are very bad, it must be Zhu Wen's wicked person who sued first and said a lot of bad things about us in front of my father." But you don't have to take these words of my father to heart today!"

Xu Zhi hurriedly expressed his understanding and said: "Huang Wang is also helpless to do this, I will not blame Huang Wang for this matter."

Zhou Yuanzhi suddenly stopped the horse, turned the horse's head, and said to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu! This time, even if the fish dies and the net is broken, we have to rescue Brother Hui, let's go to two people to help first, Uncle Huang He has been good to me since I was a child, General Shang is usually more upright, he has always disagreed with Zhu Wen's politics, and he also despises Zhu Wen's personality, we asked the two of them to help, pretending to pass on the will of our father, and trying to transfer the soldiers in Zhu Wen's mansion away, so that we can give it a go, break the death row, and save Brother Hui." Whether this matter goes well or not, we have to find a way to get out of this Caizhou City!"

Xu Zhi replied: "Yuan Zhi, if this is the case, we will completely break with the Yellow King, and it is possible that we will never be able to return to this Caizhou City!

Zhou Yuanzhi smiled bitterly: "In this life and this life, I can be with Brother Xu, even if it is the end of the earth, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, Yuan Zhi will feel happy." On the contrary, if you can't save Brother Hui, Brother Xu will be sad and guilty for the rest of his life, and Yuan Zhi will be unhappy no matter how rich she is!"

Xu Zhi was very moved when he heard this, flew and jumped on Zhou Yuanzhi's horse, hugged her, and cried silently: "Yuanzhi, Xu Zhi swears to the sky that he will never let you down in his life, if there is a disobedience, I will not die a good death!"

Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly covered Xu Zhi's mouth and reproached: "Okay, what kind of poisonous oath, the eldest brother will be Yuan Zhi's support in this life, Yuan Zhi will not allow you to talk about life and death lightly!", Xu Zhi listened and nodded tearfully.

Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi successively visited the Yellow Crane monk and invited them to Juxian Building to discuss. Zhou Yuanzhi told them about her friend Huifeng who was slandered and murdered by Zhu Wen, put on death row, and his life and death were uncertain.

When the monk Huang He asked the two of them to arrange a marriage meeting, they had seen Hui Feng and knew that he was upright and fearless*, and they were very angry when they heard that he was wronged by Zhu Wen and was put on death row without permission. The two saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was holding the gold medal arrow of the Yellow King in her hand, and they believed that she was telling the truth.

Huang He is a very sensible person, he watched Zhou Yuanzhi grow up, this is the first time he saw the young lady come to ask for help in such a hurry, without saying a word, he readily agreed, he decided to meet Zhu Wen in the name of the Yellow King, tricked Zhu Wen to the welcome building to the banquet, and discussed with him how the righteous army went south to the south of the Yangtze River. When Zhu Wen heard this, he would definitely be convinced and go to the meeting. Zhou Yuanzhi and the three felt that this plan was indeed feasible, and they all nodded in agreement.

Shang Rang saw that Huang He readily agreed, and he was not to be outdone in front of Zhou Yuanzhi, so he hurriedly agreed, and decided to temporarily transfer the guards inside and outside Zhu Wen's mansion to outside the city in the name of Huang Wang in the name of strengthening the defense outside the city, and when the matter subsided, he would find a reason to transfer the army back.

Xu Zhi saw that Shang Rang finished speaking, and felt that something was wrong, and said worriedly: "Although this method can hide the present, but if it is exposed afterwards, General Shang will inevitably be blamed by King Huang and resented by Zhu Wen!"

But Shang Rang was a very righteous person, he firmed his tone, and said to the three of them: "Now, it is important to save the princess's friends first, and then I will ask the Yellow King for guilt afterwards! I and the Yellow King are like brothers, there should be no big problem, everyone can rest assured!"

Zhou Yuanzhi and the three of them saw that Shang Rang was so enthusiastic and willing to stick a knife in his friend's ribs, so they stopped talking, and they agreed.

The four of them finally got together again and carefully discussed every detail of rescuing Hui Feng: Huang He first invited Zhu Wen to the Welcome Building for a banquet, and then Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi asked the three of them to go to Zhu Wen's mansion to announce the will of the Yellow King, transfer the guards of Zhu Mansion, and secretly let a small number of people disguise themselves as ordinary people and ambush near Zhu Mansion; and then Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi went to death row in the name of visiting friends to rescue Hui Feng.

After all, Huang He is relatively old-fashioned, and finally he suggested: "If there is an accident in the middle, let the disguised army respond outside, everyone must be calm in the situation, and must not mess up the formation and let people see any flaws." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi and Monk Xu Zhi made the three of them listen to Huang He's words, and they all nodded heavily.

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