Chapter 43: The Edict of the Thief
Xu Qianxue woke up. Since I came down from the mountain, among the women I have known, she is the most unpredictable, one moment charming, the other quite scheming, which makes me distressed.
But this woman hides a lot of secrets, and I just want to ask for clarification today. So, I put her on the ground, pretended to be vicious with a big knife in my hand, and said, "You tell me honestly, what is going on with all this? Did you assassinate Juzi? Why are you in the back mountain?"
"Ah," she sighed faintly, and with such a sad look that I almost felt that it was a crime to say a heavy word.
"Duan Gongzi, can you put the knife away first, I'll ...... I'm afraid ......," Xu Qianxue said.
"Hmph, don't be honest, see if you're afraid!" Having said that, I put away my knife and clasped my hands to my chest.
"On that day, I killed two disciples of the Mo family next to the spring, and then I was taken to a cell. In the middle of the night, I heard from the gatekeeper that the spring had been poisoned, and at this time, the hammer came with men to kill me. Naturally, I couldn't stand by and fight with them, but I was alone, and the hammer was so powerful that I was no match for them at all. After a dozen rounds, I fought and retreated, but the hammer was in hot pursuit. I thought to myself that I would definitely die at this time, but the hammer and the other Mo disciples suddenly went crazy, as if they were enchanted, and I was afraid to hurry up and run away, but he just didn't give up chasing me, I took advantage of his delirium and used tricks to kill him, otherwise his hammer was so powerful that it would kill me and others. ”
Xiao Hanyi and I nodded, this is the symptom of being poisoned by the "Seven Star Begonia". I think someone had poisoned the two of them before they were poisoned.
"So, what's the deal with stabbing Juzi?"
"Juzi took my farmer's Xuantie order, but he refused to rebel, but wanted the Yellow Turban Army to surrender to the imperial court, so that my father and the generals' decades of hard work will be ruined, if my father knows about it, he will definitely die! I saw that many disciples of the Mo family were poisoned, and I thought that Juzi must be outside to meet the enemy, so I hurried to his room to steal the Xuantie order, and quietly went down the mountain while the chaos was in chaos. Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the door, I saw another one with a Xuantie Order in his hand, but he stabbed Juzi in the heart with a dagger, I thought to myself that Juzi's martial arts are world-famous, so naturally I don't need to help him, but Juzi just waved one hand and hit the assassin's arm, but he was still stabbed in the abdomen by the dagger. Thinking that he was healing Sun Erniang's injuries, and he wanted to dissolve the poison in the air, he was powerless to resist. I wanted to go in and help him, but the assassin had already broken through the window, so I naturally went after the assassin first and found out the truth. ”
"So, the person who assassinated Juzi only disguised himself as a girl, not a girl?" Xiao Hanyi said.
"Exactly. Xu Qianxue looked at Xiao Hanyi's eyes and said.
"That girl chased the assassin to the shore of the back mountain organ?"
"Yes, I saw that the assassin took the Xuantie order, and ran all the way to the back mountain, and followed all the way to the back mountain, and there were many mechanisms along the way, but the assassin seemed to be very familiar with the mechanism, and almost without thinking about it, I followed her all the way to the side of the earth, and she just made a move, I was not her opponent, so I was injured on the ground, but she didn't want to hurt my life, and when she saw you coming, she fled. It's a good thing you came just in time, or I would have died by the side of the sea that doesn't see the light of day. ”
What she said made sense, and I couldn't help but believe it. However, there are many doubts in the middle, who is that assassin? Why did she take the Xuantie Order and assassinate Juzi? Why did she flee to the back mountains after defeating, could it be that she was looking for something? How could she understand the Mojia organs?
Xiao Hanyi and I turned our backs to discuss quietly, glancing at Xu Qianxue with our eyes, and when I said it, I couldn't judge the truth of what she said.
"You say, is what she said really true?" I asked.
"The estimate is true, however, it is also possible that it is false...... Brother Duan, what do you see?" Xiao Hanyi hesitated.
"I don't believe a word. I said, "Brother Xiao, you have always been resourceful, how can you be so uncertain?"
"Brother Duan, this matter is too strange, and none of the novelists in the hundreds of schools can write it, how can you let me judge?"
"Well, what now?"
Xiao Hanyi's brows furrowed into a pimple, and he thought for a long time and said: "What the ancients said is good, seeing is believing, and hearing is false." But we didn't see it, we could only hear from someone, I think, trust Miss Xu for the time being......"
My heart is open, this scholar has taken a fancy to the Xu family's sister from the first sight, as long as he doesn't kill his father, he is definitely talking to the beauty. But Xu Guilty entrusted my daughter to me, and I can't frame her, but fortunately, Juzi is fine, and the truth will be revealed in the future.
So, he followed Xiao Hanyi's words and said, "In this case, then I will listen to Brother Xiao." I'm hungry now, so let's go find a town and eat well. ”
"It's better to be respectful than to obey!" Xiao Hanyi said.
The three of us walked towards Zhendian all the way to Zhendian, and arrived at a small town, which already belonged to the boundary of Youzhou, only to see the Yellow Turban Army coming and going, I am afraid that it has already occupied this place, but fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army was born in the common people, and it was not smashed and burned, and the store was still open normally. Along the way, the patrol team of the Yellow Turban Army came and went, and when we saw that we were martial arts people, I couldn't help but take a few more looks (maybe to see beautiful women).
We found a noodle shop to rest, the meat is gone, but there is still a bowl of somen noodles. I ate three bowls by myself before I felt a little fuller. I asked for a jar of sorghum wine to drink, but I didn't have any good food to drink, and I didn't have much taste.
When I had nothing to do, I called Xiao Er, and Xiao Er replied diligently: "Come on!"
"Is the North now also occupied by the Yellow Turbans?" I asked.
Xiao Er didn't answer lazily, and said, "Three masters, our family is doing a small business, and we don't know about these military affairs." ”
I was about to have a seizure, and Xu Qianxue had already thrown a silver ingot on the table, which seemed to be two taels. Xiao Er hurriedly grabbed it and put it in his arms, and said: "It's easy to say, although the small shop is small, but it is a place where the north and the south must pass, what the masters want to ask, there is no 'bag inquiry' I don't know." ”
"Then let me ask you, how is the war in the world now?" Xu Qianxue said.
"This beautiful sister is asking the right person!" The shopkeeper suddenly changed into a cross talker, and Spit Xingzi spit on me, I wiped my face, and listened to him say: "If you want to talk about this war, you have to say General Gongsun Zhan." He was stationed in Beiping, and fought with the northern Huns Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju in Shimen, a vassal state of eastern Liaodong, and this battle changed color and blood flowed like a river! In the end, Zhang Chun and the others returned in defeat, and I heard that Zhang Chun could not even take care of his wife and children, so he fled into the territory of Xianbei. General Gongsun Zhan continued to pursue, not a thousand miles but eight hundred miles, wanting to completely wipe out the Xiongnu forces. But because it was too deep, it was besieged by Qiu Liju in Guanzi City in Liaoxi for more than 200 days, and the soldiers were defeated when the food was exhausted, and most of the soldiers were killed and wounded. Qiu Liju's army was also exhausted and left Liucheng. The imperial court paid homage to Gongsun Zan as the captain of the captive school, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and the governor of the country. Gongsun Chan then commanded the troops and horses to guard the border, and the common people were no longer afraid of the Huns! I heard that as long as the children of the Huns heard the name of Gongsun Zhan, they would not dare to cry at night. ”
"Little brother, let me ask you, have you ever heard of a general of Zhao Yun?" I asked.
Xiao Er rolled his eyes, but gave a thumbs up, and said, "General Zhao Zilong's in our four northern states is also known to everyone. I heard that he was brave and invincible with a white horse and a silver spear, and he listened to orders under the account of General Gongsun Zhan, and dozens of people who were good at riding and shooting around General Gongsun rode white horses, and they were the left and right wings of each other, and they were called 'White Horse Yicong'. ”
I was quite happy when I heard it, Zhao Yun finally followed Gongsun Zhan to fight, and became a "white horse righteous servant", it seems that she is very valued, and finally fulfilled her wish.
"Are these four northern states now under the command of General Gongsun Zhan?" asked Xu Qianxue.
"When it comes to this, the people don't understand it. Now the Yellow Turban Army is powerful, and most of the land in the four northern states is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, and with the addition of 'Black Mountain Thieves', it is estimated that the number is more than one million. Now the imperial court is still resisting General Gongsun Zhan, but he has to be distracted to resist the Huns, so he is also powerless to fight against the Yellow Turbans, so there are more defeats and fewer victories. The imperial court then sent Zongzheng Liu Yu to serve as the pastor of Youzhou. After Liu Yu arrived, he sent envoys to the nomads to understand the benefits and disadvantages, and to make the countries of eastern and western Liaoxi submissive. When Qiu Liju, the king of Liaodong, heard that Liu Yu had arrived, they sent envoys to communicate about the annexation, but they heard that General Gongsun Zhan was unwilling to reconcile and killed many envoys on the way. Liu Yu reported to the imperial court to withdraw the garrison army, leaving only Gongsun Zhan with more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry stationed in Youbeiping. ”
Xu Qianxue nodded and said, "Is there anything important in the imperial court now?"
"The imperial court has turned the sky upside down recently!" Xiao Er took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that the general He Jin sent an edict to beg for thieves, asking the heroes of the world to gather in Chang'an to kill the 'Ten Standing Attendants', Ao, several guest officials may not know the official names, and the 'Ten Standing Attendants' are the ten powerful eunuchs in front of the emperor." ”
Xu Qianxue and I glanced at each other, and we both had the same thought in our hearts: "No wonder the imperial court suddenly withdrew its troops and no longer embarrassed the Mo family, isn't that Zhang Rang the head of the 'Ten Standing Servants'?"