Da Wei Chun
Chapter 228
Chapter 228
"Something's wrong?"
At some point, Hu Duo approached, pointed to the flag pole under the city, and said, "Is that General Daxi, the servant of Xi Zhenshou? He just came to deliver an order. Why is his tone so blunt?"
It is indeed a bit blunt.
According to common sense, Daxi should at least call him "Hu Cishi" instead of calling him by his first name.
Listen to the second half of the order: offenders will be punished as rebels: beheaded...
This order was so hard that it couldn't be harder, as if it was forcing a prisoner, how could Hu Duo not be surprised?
He wondered if it was because Xi Kangsheng himself had such an attitude towards Hu Shichang, so Da Xi would use this tone of order?
Also, this has already been won, so what does it mean to not allow the city gate to be opened?
Is it possible to suspect that there are still thieves in the city?
After waiting for a long time, he did not hear Li Shixian's response. Hu Duo raised his head instinctively, and found that Li Shixian's eyes were bulging, staring closely at the city, and his whole body seemed to be shaking.
Looking to the side, Guo Yuzhi had already cried into tears, trembling like a flower branch. If he hadn't held Li Shixian's arm tightly, he might have collapsed from crying?
Hu Duo's heart skipped a beat: "What happened?"
But still no response.
Hu Duo turned his head sharply and stared at Li Shixian's two sons.
Li Chenghong and Li Chengxue were not much better, as if they had seen a ghost, they stared blankly at the city.
Hu Duo roared anxiously: "Chenghong, Chengxue, what happened?"
The two brothers shuddered violently, as if waking up from a dream.
After exhaling several times in a hurry, Li Chenghong raised his arm and pointed tremblingly at the city: "That...that's the second brother..."
"How...how is it possible?" Hu Duo roared as if hearing a thunderbolt.
"It's the second brother, it's really the second brother..." Li Chengxue wiped away his tears, cried and laughed, "When father and mother knelt down, that person also knelt down...not the second brother, who else?"
Hu Duo froze suddenly.
At that time, he was only looking at Da Xi under the city, and the order in his hand, so he didn't care if anyone knelt behind him?
"How is it possible?" Hu Duo exclaimed, and threw himself on the wall, "Li Chengzhi has no official position, so why should he hold the emperor's order on his behalf, and why should he command tens of thousands of troops?"
Looking up, the team of cavalry seemed to be returning. Daxi was saying something to a general in golden armor, and his attitude was very respectful?
What kind of joke are you telling?
That is Xi Kangsheng's nephew, a fifth rank general, how could he have such an attitude towards Li Chengzhi?
Not to mention the official family background, it is impossible in terms of age?
Hu Duo looked again carefully: the general seemed to be injured, with bruises on his face, his face was not very clear.
In fact, even if he could see clearly, Hu Duo had never met Li Chengzhi, so he could only judge from his age.
Unable to see the face, Hu Duo looked elsewhere.When he saw the pocket on the general's head, he was shocked.
Although there are fixed styles of armor in the army, most generals' armor will be changed.
The main reason is that the imperial court cut corners in their outfits. If they want to save their lives at critical moments, most of the generals will be restructured.
There are also some that are simply discarded, and only wear self-made or family-owned armor during the war, so there are all kinds of armor.
Especially Douhou, in order to show its power and strength, there are all kinds of styles such as tiger head, phoenix wings, wolf face and suanni.
But Li Shixian is definitely the only one who connects the wings wider than his shoulders.
Asked the reason, Li Shixian euphemistically called it "Biao Chi Hong"! ! !
It means that others are just tigers, but grandpa is a tiger with wings...
Others just laughed when they heard it...
But at this time, that stalwart-winged horse was actually worn on the head of that golden-armored general?
Like blessings to the soul, Hu Duo suddenly raised his head, and then looked at the broken flag on the right.
The word "Li" fluttering in the wind seemed to hit Hu Duo's face like a whip.
Still in disbelief, Hu Duo said in surprise, "Why... Li Chengzhi? Why..."
Li Sixian also wanted to ask: Why?
But by the looks of it, it seems... Really?
When Xi Kangsheng's nephew saw his son getting off the horse, he got off the horse too.After speaking, he waited for his son to get on the horse again before he got on the horse's back?
This is clearly in honor of it...
Could it be that I gave birth to a fake son?
Just as he was being suspicious, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and Li Shixian almost cried out.
Guo Yuzhi seemed to use all the strength in his body, holding Li Shixian's arm tightly, even the arm armor seemed to be pinched and deformed.
He shouted again and again: "Let's go... Cheng Zhi is leaving... Why didn't he come to see us... Is he resenting us, leaving him in the castle, ignoring him..."
"Ma'am, take it easy..."
Just as he let out a low cry, when he heard the second half of Guo Yuzhi's sentence, Li Shixian froze suddenly, and his expression suddenly changed.
After a few breaths, he subconsciously replied: "Shouldn't be... right? Chengzhi has orders in his hands, and he has to control tens of thousands of troops. He clearly has orders, so how can he run down to the city to see you and me?" ?”
As he said that, Li Shixian also murmured in his heart: No, definitely not... Even if he will temporarily, when he enters the city, his grandfather will explain his difficulties to him, and he will be able to let go...
Just as he was about to persuade Mrs. Wei a few more words, he suddenly felt his left arm loosen. Li Shixian raised his eyes instinctively, and saw Guo Yuzhi jumping onto the top of the wall.
Li Shixian was terrified in his heart, and subconsciously stretched out his hand, but he felt a strong attack, as if he had been slapped by a huge door panel. Not only was the slap back, but his figure almost lost his stability.
Immediately after hearing a clear drink pierced the eardrums: "Chengzhi..."
I don't know how far it has spread, Daxi only felt that his eardrums seemed to be itchy from the shock, he turned his head in disbelief, and saw a slender figure standing on the top of the city.
After being shocked for a long time, he turned around and looked at Li Chengzhi with extremely strange eyes: "That's... Lingtang, right? He's so full of energy..."
What do you think?
Otherwise, where did my supernatural power come from?
Li Chengzhi glared at Da Xi: "It's all your fault..."
Forget it, sooner or later you have to kneel, not bad this time...
Li Chengzhi sighed, had to jump off the horse, knelt down respectfully, folded his hands again, and bowed deeply.
Of course, you don’t have to kneel, but at most you will be criticized behind your back: The Li family in the ancestral home passed down the "Poetry" to the family, but Li Chengzhi didn't even learn all the "rituals"?
Da Xi laughed straight, as if saying: This time it was your own will, I didn't make you kneel...
Guo Yuzhi's tears flowed faster, as if he was crazy, he sat on the top of the wall, crying and laughing: "Husband... Chengzhi didn't blame us..."
"Yes yes yes... no complaints... no complaints..." Li Shixian was moved and scared at the same time. After he approached slowly, his hand was like lightning, and he hugged Guo Yuzhi down.
The wall was six feet high, and even if nearly half of it was buried by rebel soldiers, it was still more than three feet high. How could there be life if it fell?
Li Chengzhi's kneeling was like a blow to the head, hitting Hu Duo on the head.
Except for Xi Kangsheng's personal authorization, where did Li Chengzhi have the power to hold the emperor's order and order tens of thousands of troops?
Even Xi Kangsheng's nephew is so respectful to him?
Li Chengzhi was obviously favored by Xi Kangsheng beyond belief...
But in this way, how effective is the position of "Captain Xiaoguan" bestowed on Li Chengzhi by the clan uncle?
The two thighs are one thick and the other thin, even a fool would know which is the most beneficial to hug...
It's also strange to the uncle of the clan, how do you look at it, granting Li Chengzhi an official position is also an act of kindness, why do you have to avoid Li Shixian?
Shouldn't it be finalized with Li Shixian as soon as possible, so as not to give Li Chengzhi a chance to repent?
Hu Duo was in a hurry, and pulled away Li Shixian who was not ashamed and eager to hug his wife into his arms, and said anxiously: "Huai De, I have an urgent matter to discuss with you..."
Li Shixian's heart was in a mess, he was thinking of finding a quiet place to spend time with his wife, and 1 people didn't want to talk to Hu Duo.
He raised his head impatiently, and pointed to the left and right: "There is nothing you can't tell others..."
Surrounded by either Li Shixian's concubine Ji, or Li Shixian's son, there is really nothing that cannot be said.
Hu Duo pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "The uncle of the clan has awarded Li Chengzhi the post of Lieutenant Xiaoguan. If Xi Zhenshou asks after entering the city, Huaide, you can't go back on your word..."
Li Shixian trembled all over: "When did it happen...why didn't I know?"
"It should be that the uncle of the family will inform you in time..." Hu Duo perfunctory, and took out a handwritten letter from his arms, "It was shot to the city last night, written by Baozong... Uncle did his best , not only granted Cheng Zhi a seventh-rank captain, but also a double seal..."
Just fart...
Not only was Li Sixian not happy, but he was shocked and angry.
Hu Shichang is trying to covet the heavens, and he actually set the abacus on my son?
And Chengzhi, are you blind or blind, and you came here to ask for an official at this time?
What's the difference between giving away the credit and giving away the credit?
Confused?
Cursing furiously in his heart, Li Shixian subconsciously took the handwriting.
But with just a glance, his expression changed.
The letter said: I am afraid that there will be changes, so I ask for an official position to deal with it...
What "change"?
Who is it to deal with?
Just as he was wondering, he stretched out a hand like lightning in the slanting stab, and snatched the handwriting away.
Li Sixian turned his head and looked, who else is not his wife?
Guo Yuzhi just swept it away, and he let out a long breath of relief like the rest of his life after a catastrophe.
Li Shixian was dumbfounded: the corners of Madam's eyes were clearly still filled with tears, but her face was like a spring breeze blowing, and a hundred flowers bloomed in full bloom?
Madam, what's the matter?
Guo Yuzhi returned the handwriting to Hu Duo with a smile: "I'm afraid you may have misremembered it, this is not my son's handwriting..."
Then he paused again: "My son can't write such ugly characters..."
Hu Duo's face changed wildly.
This is clearly going to go back on the spot?
His eyes were fixed, and he stared at Li Shixian closely: "Huide, it's not so fast even if it's treachery?"
It's really fast!
But for Li Sixian, there is no pressure at all: he can still weigh whether he is a son or a friend.
Besides, there is no good bird in the Hu family.Putting his life on the line, if he were replaced by Hu Duo, he might be turned over faster than himself...
He was just a little worried, did Cheng Zhi admit it to Xi Zhenshou?
If I go back on my word here again and confront him at that time, won't I become a person inside and outside?
At the same time, I was also suspicious. Madam has always been dignified and virtuous. In the past, she would persuade myself from time to time: only by keeping promises can I gain a foothold;
But why is it the other way around today?
They have shared the same bed for nearly [-] years, and they still don't know what Li Shixian is hesitating about.Guo Yuzhi's silver teeth trembled in anger: Li Huaide, people are going to crush your son, yet you are still hesitating here...
After secretly hating for a while, seeing that Li Shixian still couldn't react, she squinted a pair of phoenix eyes, gouging out Li Shixian like a knife in her eyes: "Is the one awarded to Chengzhi Captain Xiaoguan, or Shuangfeng... This is to murder My son..."
The last sentence was insignificant, almost like the chants of mosquitoes, and Li Shixian almost didn't hear it clearly.
What happened to the double seal?
At most, Hu Shichang was greedy for his son's credit, so why did he want to murder his son...
Just halfway through thinking about it, Li Shixian's face changed wildly, and he turned his head abruptly, staring at Hu Duo like a hungry wolf: "Captain Xiao Guan, who is also controlled by both the governor's mansion and Gaoping Town..."
Hu Duo responded instinctively: "It's this Captain Xiaoguan..."
He couldn't figure it out, how could he be a seventh-rank official, why in the eyes of this couple, they were like snakes and scorpions?
A wave of evil fire rushed straight to Li Shixian's forehead, he raised his fist, and rushed forward fiercely, as if he was going to hit Hu Duo on the face.
He finally knew why Madam felt like she was alive after seeing that the letter was not written by Cheng Zhi himself.
And if you say you turn your back, you turn your back, faster than this husband?
The town army used troops internally without authorization, which is like conspiracy!
If the son really wants to accept Hu Shichang, the captain of Xiaoguan, how can he get any credit?
Not only will Li Chengzhi's head fall to the ground, he may also affect his family...
But before he lifted his feet, his body seemed to be nailed to the ground. Li Shixian turned his head and saw that it was Guo Yuzhi who was hugging him tightly.
Guo Yuzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly: "Go back to the house..."
Li Shixian was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned pale: Ma'am is obviously afraid that Hu Shichang will jump over the wall in a hurry...
In just an instant, the anger on Li Sixian's face disappeared completely.
He originally wanted to smile at Hu Duo, but felt it was too fake, so he put on a straight face: "Jiexiu, right and wrong, you can think about it for yourself...Li Mou goes ahead..."
As he spoke, he cupped his hands slightly, supported Guo Yuzhi, and walked down the city without hesitation.
Afterwards, all the concubines and concubines followed a lot...
"Huai De... Huaide..." Hu Duo called twice, Li Shixian not only didn't stop, but walked faster, Hu Duo jumped his feet in anger.
At this time, he hadn't figured out why Li Shixian's face suddenly changed when he heard the word "double seal", as if struck by lightning?
Although there is an extra layer of restraint like the Gaoping Zhenjun, the power of Captain Xiaoguan has doubled...
Hmm... no?
Gaoping town army?
Thinking of these four words, Hu Duo turned pale suddenly.
No wonder, the uncle of the clan wants to recite Li Shixian?
It's over, it's over...
Shouldn't it, should it have been punctured by yourself in advance?
As long as Li Shixian can send a message to Li Chengzhi, the appointment of an official will be ruined immediately... Where does the uncle get the credit?
And Li Shixian's mother-in-law is obviously afraid that he and his uncle will jump over the wall in a hurry, take them as hostages, and blackmail Li Chengzhi?
How is this different from rebellion?
This woman really dares to think...
So far, Hu Duo's face has lost even a trace of blood, his eyes are bloodshot, and he rushes towards Hu Shichang like crazy...
……
"Captain Li, why is this?"
Daxi asked, pointing to those white armored soldiers who tiptoed along like they didn't even dare to show their breath.
He couldn't figure out why Li Chengzhi left the tens of thousands of troops alone and just let him defend the four wings, but only relied on his brigade of white armored soldiers to hunt and arrest them?
The battlefield has a radius of two or three miles, and with these five hundred soldiers, how long will it take to search?
What's even more strange is that not only did he not let the soldiers speak loudly, but even made them walk lightly?
Could it be that Li Chengzhi was afraid of disturbing the substitute's clear dream?
"Just in case!" Li Chengzhi replied with lingering fear, "Recalling the fire formation yesterday, even I am terrified..."
He really wasn't being perfunctory.
God knows how much fire oil the rebels got?
If one can be built, it is not necessarily impossible to build a second one.Send fewer people in, and once Liu Huiwang jumps over the wall and burns it again, it will save a few deaths.
Hearing yesterday's fire formation, Daxi couldn't help but feel chills down his spine.
I've never seen a person who has been burned into a fireball, but can still howl and rush towards the army formation?
"Yes, just in case..." Daxi nodded repeatedly.
Li Chengzhi ignored him again, and looked up at the white armor soldiers searching side by side with cold eyes.
To be honest, Li Chengzhi was not 100% sure that the double would be hidden underground.
First, he judged based on the flaws revealed by the captured one, and concluded that the double was probably still alive.
The second is that the place is so big, where else can it be hidden except underground?
Just like what he told Daxi: The rebels can build a gossip fire formation with a radius of two miles, how difficult is it to dig a hole in the ground, or build a basement?
If it is really hidden underground, it will be very simple: the place is not big or small, but the terrain is a little higher, and the places that will not be flooded when it rains, there are only a few places, and the focus is on searching.
The second is that it is okay for people not to eat, but they have to breathe, right?
Believe it or not, Li Chengzhi couldn't find any traces...
What if there are no traces?
Li Chengzhi raised his head and looked at the city wall not far away: that means he had entered the city.
As if he had a tacit understanding, or even an intuition, he always felt that the substitute was not far from him...
Seeing that Li Chengzhi was silent, as if he had no intention of speaking, Daxi didn't talk too much, but just accompanied him quietly.
Time passed by, and almost an hour later, five hundred white armor soldiers lined up in two rows, almost man-to-man, and the soldiers were crowded. They searched the northern half back and forth twice, but found nothing unusual.
Li Chengzhi asked the soldiers around him to issue a flag order to search the southern half.
Continuing from west to east, the five hundred soldiers bent their waists and stared at each other, one footprint after another, even if they encountered an ant, they would poke with the tip of their guns to see if there was a hole hidden underneath.
It was only about two miles from the edge of the battlefield to the bottom of the city wall, but the soldiers walked for half an hour, which showed how careful they were.
After reaching the wall, Daxi couldn't help sighing when he saw Li Chengzhi's personal guard Zhuangshuai raised a black flag and waved it left and right three times, indicating that there was nothing unusual.
It seems that Li Chengzhi guessed wrong...
He was just thinking about ordering some Li Chengzhi and asking him to find a dead body to deal with, but he heard Li Chengzhi laugh wildly: "I just said, knowing that it is impossible, why do you have to go through such a big trouble?"
Before the words fell, Li Chengzhi clamped the horse's belly fiercely, and the soft white horse under the crotch let out a low neigh, and rushed out like an arrow.
Li Chengzhi, this is... what did you find?
But Bai Jiazu didn't find anything?
Daxi's head was full of question marks, and he called out urgently: "Li Duwei?"
Li Chengzhi didn't respond, but just waved, meaning let him follow.
Daxi urged his horse fiercely, and followed closely.
……
Li Shixian and Guo Yuzhi had already returned to the mansion, and Hu Shichang and Hu Duo had disappeared. Although there were many people on the city wall, no one recognized Li Chengzhi.
Everyone only knew that the rank of this general seemed to be higher than that of Daxi. Seeing him rushing to the base of the city, just as he was about to be called, they heard Li Chengzhi sneer: "Stop..."
Li Rui pulled out the green flag fiercely and pointed at the top of the city.
The guard had reached the bottom of his tongue to say a word, and was suddenly blocked back.
That's right, Li Chengzhi just wanted him to shut up...
"Captain Li..." Daxi led his guards to chase after him.
Li Chengzhi waved his hand violently, meaning to keep him silent, and then got off the horse again.
With a puzzled expression on his face, Daxi also jumped off his horse and followed closely behind Li Chengzhi.
The two of them climbed up the earth slope one by one...it was the big slope that had been filled to the half of the city wall, more than ten feet wide, and about 34 steps long from top to bottom.
Da Xi has already realized: Could it be that what Li Chengzhi means is that... people are hiding under here?
It's really possible: just like plowing the field, the battlefield has been searched back and forth twice, not to mention people, not even a trace has been found, and [-]% of them are not underground.
After all the calculations, this is the only place left...
"Here?" Da Xi lowered his voice, and pointed down again.
Li Chengzhi didn't say yes or no, he just looked up at the city wall with his head up.
Da Xi took a closer look, Li Chengzhi was in a trance?
No, it should be recalling...
Pausing for a few breaths, I saw Li Chengzhi suddenly dreamlike, lost in thought, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday afternoon, when I ordered Li Rui to come to the city to ask for the official order with Hu Baozong's handwritten letter, I saw that there were still rioters in the city. Bury the city...
I thought at the time, Liu Huiwang might have lost his mind and went insane. After two months of filling, he couldn't fill it out. He was about to fail. How many feet can he fill up again?Now that I think about it, how can I fill the city?Clearly preparing for escape...
Thinking about it again, from the beginning to the end, Liu Huiwang didn't need to attack the city. He only needed to pretend to attack Jingzhou urgently and attract Xi Zhenshou.As long as Xi Zhenshou is defeated, the whole Guanzhong will be in his pocket. No matter how strong Jingzhou City is, it won't last long, so why waste people's lives?
Now that I think about it, this slope is not for attacking the city wall at all, but for escaping after a failure..."
Li Chengzhi continued to recall: "There is one more thing: when Hu Baozong fled to my Lijiabao, he said that on the day of the Seventh Chuchu Kitchen, hundreds of monks suddenly appeared and rushed towards Hu Cishi like crazy, but in the end they were killed by the state soldiers. kill...
I was thinking at the time, if I were Liu Huiwang, there would be so many insiders in the city, wouldn’t it be good to just try to find a way to open the city gate, or stay in the city as a spy and spy on the inside story? Kill one Hu Shichang and expose them all?Thinking about it now, that's only part of it..."
Daxi was shocked, and asked in a startled voice: "There are still internal agents in the city... no... the double has already broken through the city wall and sneaked into the city?"
Li Chengzhi let out a sharp breath: "Besides this possibility, I can't think of any other way for a substitute... As for whether it is true or not, I can dig it on the spot, or go to the city to find out. But..."
He paused for a while, then said with a gloomy face, "If this is the case, there are tens of thousands of people in this city, and it will take a lot of trouble to find a substitute..."
More than a lot of trouble?
Eight out of ten will cause chaos, and many people will die...
Daxi's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "A hundred steps is half to ninety, and this last step is only missing. It's worth the effort to clear one's mind..."
He raised his head sharply again: "Lieutenant Li, do you want to send a large army to dig on the spot, or seal the city immediately?"
"It's better not to cause too many casualties, but try not to cause too many casualties. If you dig suddenly, it's tantamount to telling the substitute that his trick has been seen through by us, and he will definitely jump over the wall..."
Li Chengzhi stared at the city wall and pondered: "But the city can still be sealed, and we have to be careful not to leak the news when sending orders to Hu Shichang... But you and I have too big a goal, and we can't enter the city yet..."
He was afraid that there would be spies in the city, and even by Hu Shichang's side. Seeing him or Daxi enter the city suddenly, nine out of ten they would mobilize in advance.
God knows if it's the same as outside the city. Liu Huiwang also dug secret passages in the city and buried kerosene...
Li Chengzhi turned his head sharply, and shouted loudly: "Ape..."
Li Rui responded immediately and rushed over quickly.
Li Chengzhi whispered in his ear for a while, and after he finished explaining, he saw Da Xi reach into his arms again, and handed a token to Li Rui.
Then Daxi approached the city wall again, saying that the guard of Xi had an urgent order to pass on to the governor Hu, and he needed to hang the messenger to the city.
The guard didn't dare to be negligent, so he immediately put down the hanging basket and hoisted Li Rui and a few guards up.
Afterwards, the army under the city was seen moving again: instead of just encircling the battlefield, more than half of them were divided to encircle the city.
Not long after, nearly [-] troops surrounded the city of Zhou.
The city guard became more and more frightened as he watched, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Looking at the direction of the army under the city, it looks like they are going to attack the city?
The guard called over the soldiers fiercely, and hurriedly confessed: "Quickly... quickly report to Mr. Shi..."
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Governor's Mansion!
With his hands behind his back, Hu Shichang stared fixedly at a pair of words on the hall, his eyes suddenly sharp and froze, and his face was cloudy and sunny.
The handwriting is a little immature, and it doesn't have any character, but Xi Kangsheng has been hanging for more than forty years, and he will be taken wherever he is an official.
He will never forget the scene where he wrote this word with his own hand on the day he became an official...
I also have a good heart, even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets!
Once upon a time, I was full of passion and ambition, and vowed to help the world and save the people.
But unknowingly, she has drifted with the world, and when she wakes up, she realizes that she has become the kind of person she once hated the most?
The world is sinister, and people's hearts are not old...
Hu Duo stood under the hall, as if pouring a ladle of water, the cold sweat on his head kept falling down.
After a short effort, a puddle formed between his feet.
He couldn't figure it out, how could the clan uncle still have the heart to appreciate the words after it has reached such a point?
After enduring it for a long time, Hu Duo finally opened his mouth: "Uncle Clan..."
As soon as the sound came out, even he himself was startled: it was hoarse and hoarse, like sawing the bottom of a pot with a chainsaw.
Hu Shichang waved his hand, and then sighed sadly: "The Guanzhong family and the powerful have always regarded me, the Hu family, as Gao Zhao's minion, and I can't wait to pick bones from the egg... Among them, there is Xi Kangsheng who is guarding... At this point, I am afraid it is already gone. There's no room for turning around..."
"No, there is still a chance..."
Hu Duo hissed, "I'm going to beg Li Huaide, I'm going to beg Li Chengzhi, I can kneel down to them..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but was interrupted by Hu Shichang in a deep voice: "It's useless... There are many secrets, you don't know..."
He sighed again, and after pondering for a long time, he said, "It was not Gao Sikong's intention that Li Huaide was banned from Jingzhou... and Li Huaide is also very clear..."
Hu Duo suddenly raised his head, staring at Hu Shichang in a daze.
Isn't this telling yourself that this is all your handwriting, Uncle Clan?
In this way, wouldn't the last road be broken?
Not only will Li Sixian not cover up for his uncle, but [-]% will take this opportunity to make trouble...
After being stunned for a long time, he hissed and asked, "Why?"
"Why else?" Hu Shichang laughed, "An Ding, it can only be Hu's An Ding..."
As if frozen, Hu Duo froze suddenly.
He understood everything: the clan uncle was targeting not only the ancestral Li family, but the Longxi Li behind it...
Is it wrong for the uncle to do this?
No!
It is definitely the same way if you change it to yourself.
But who would have expected that, like a dying person, most of the ancestral Li's body had been buried in the ground, and one day, he suddenly turned over?
"It's useless to think too much!" Hu Shichang sighed, "Let's make a decision early..."
Hu Duo felt a pain in his heart.
Uncle Clan clearly wants to take all the blame for his crimes...
But no matter the land, the money donated by Zhaoxuan Temple every year, or Dingkou, did they all fall into the pocket of the clan uncle?
Thinking of his father's indifference towards him, his eyes only for the demeanor of the big house, and his uncle's trust and help to him all the time, Hu Duo immediately shed tears...
But what else can be done?
He knelt down with a "plop".
But before his head hit the ground, he suddenly heard an urgent report from outside the hall: "Shi Jun... Shi Jun, it's not good, the army has surrounded the city to death..."
Hu Shichang frowned: "Siege the city?"
When the army besieged the battlefield, he felt a little strange: such a large battle was clearly to hunt for the main criminal. It seemed that Xi Kangsheng just won the battle, but failed to catch Liu Huiwang.
Looking at it now, it seems that they haven't been found outside the city, so they suspect that Liu Huiwang has sneaked into the city?
How is it possible?
If Liu Huiwang could sneak into the city without knowing it, wouldn't it mean that he could easily break through the city wall?
Hu Shichang laughed and said: "Let him surround... If the army wants to enter the city, just open the door..."
"No!" The confidant replied, and just about to go out, he heard an urgent report from outside the hall.
This time two people came in, one was Hu Shichang's personal guard general, and the other was short in stature and wearing white armor.
Hu Duo's pupils shrank sharply, pointed at Li Rui and exclaimed, "You are Li... Li... How did you come in from outside the city?"
Li Rui responded respectfully: "Mr. Hui, he was hoisted in by the defenders..."
As he said that, he took out Daxi's order letter and handed it to Hu Shichang: "General Daxi ordered me to inform Mr. Shi..."
Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Li Rui almost stuck to Hu Shichang's ear.
Although the two confidantes are far away, Hu Duo is close at hand, and he can hear clearly: "The bandit chieftain has sneaked into the city... General Xi asked Shi Jun to seal the city immediately, and all idlers and others will be closed and not allowed to go out without orders." ..."
"How is it possible?" Hu Shichang exclaimed, "How did Liu Huiwang come in?"
In fact, Li Rui had already guessed that nine out of ten tunnels were under the slope.But Li Chengzhi didn't confess, how dare he talk too much?
"I don't know the little one... Is this how the general confessed?"
How is it possible... How is it possible?
Liu Huiwang is actually in the city?
Hu Shichang's breathing suddenly became rapid.
He turned his head abruptly, turned to look at Hu Duo, and saw Hu Duo trembling all over, as if a drowning man grabbed a straw.
I thought of a piece with myself...
Hu Shichang let out a sharp breath, and said in a solemn voice: "The labor orderer went to report to General Xi, and said that the officer would seal the city immediately..."
Li Rui responded respectfully, and was taken out of the mansion by the general.
Only Hu Shichang and Hu Duo, uncles and nephews, remained in the hall.
Hu Duo was so excited that he couldn't even speak: "Uncle Clan... the sky... the sky will never stop you..."
If Liu Huiwang is caught, it will be no less credit than helping Jingzhou...
"It is indeed a golden opportunity..." Hu Shichang's eyes lit up, "But this is the last chance left, so we must be cautious..."
Halfway through the speech, Hu Shichang's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Jiexiu, go to the top of the city and keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers. If there is any change, send someone to report immediately... Remember, you can't relax at all..."
What's the use of keeping an eye on the officers and soldiers outside the city?
Shouldn't it be to search the whole city immediately and capture Liu Huiwang before Daxi and Li Chengzhi enter the city?
Hu Duo looked suspicious, and was about to ask a question when Hu Shichang scolded angrily, "Why don't you go soon?"
Hu Duo was helpless, made a bow, and left quickly.
Hu Shichang stared at his back, and waited until Hu Duo left the courtyard and disappeared before letting out a heavy breath.
It was too late to search the city, so we could only see if we could keep an eye on Daxi and Li Chengzhi, and try to find a way to find Liu Huiwang first... Or, just grab it...
This matter is serious, one bad thing is the crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, how can the clan uncle implicate you?
Thinking about it, Hu Shichang shouted again: "Hu Yi!"
Like a ghost, a figure quietly appeared from behind the screen wall, without saying a word, just bowed to Hu Shichang.
"Scatter all your people, keep an eye on everyone, keep a close eye on Daxi and Li Chengzhi... Once you find Liu Huiwang, do it immediately... Remember, no matter what the cost..."
"Hmm..." As if he had no tongue, Hu Yi responded with his throat.
After all the people left, Hu Shichang let out a sigh of relief: It depends on today whether he is dead or alive...
(End of this chapter)
"Something's wrong?"
At some point, Hu Duo approached, pointed to the flag pole under the city, and said, "Is that General Daxi, the servant of Xi Zhenshou? He just came to deliver an order. Why is his tone so blunt?"
It is indeed a bit blunt.
According to common sense, Daxi should at least call him "Hu Cishi" instead of calling him by his first name.
Listen to the second half of the order: offenders will be punished as rebels: beheaded...
This order was so hard that it couldn't be harder, as if it was forcing a prisoner, how could Hu Duo not be surprised?
He wondered if it was because Xi Kangsheng himself had such an attitude towards Hu Shichang, so Da Xi would use this tone of order?
Also, this has already been won, so what does it mean to not allow the city gate to be opened?
Is it possible to suspect that there are still thieves in the city?
After waiting for a long time, he did not hear Li Shixian's response. Hu Duo raised his head instinctively, and found that Li Shixian's eyes were bulging, staring closely at the city, and his whole body seemed to be shaking.
Looking to the side, Guo Yuzhi had already cried into tears, trembling like a flower branch. If he hadn't held Li Shixian's arm tightly, he might have collapsed from crying?
Hu Duo's heart skipped a beat: "What happened?"
But still no response.
Hu Duo turned his head sharply and stared at Li Shixian's two sons.
Li Chenghong and Li Chengxue were not much better, as if they had seen a ghost, they stared blankly at the city.
Hu Duo roared anxiously: "Chenghong, Chengxue, what happened?"
The two brothers shuddered violently, as if waking up from a dream.
After exhaling several times in a hurry, Li Chenghong raised his arm and pointed tremblingly at the city: "That...that's the second brother..."
"How...how is it possible?" Hu Duo roared as if hearing a thunderbolt.
"It's the second brother, it's really the second brother..." Li Chengxue wiped away his tears, cried and laughed, "When father and mother knelt down, that person also knelt down...not the second brother, who else?"
Hu Duo froze suddenly.
At that time, he was only looking at Da Xi under the city, and the order in his hand, so he didn't care if anyone knelt behind him?
"How is it possible?" Hu Duo exclaimed, and threw himself on the wall, "Li Chengzhi has no official position, so why should he hold the emperor's order on his behalf, and why should he command tens of thousands of troops?"
Looking up, the team of cavalry seemed to be returning. Daxi was saying something to a general in golden armor, and his attitude was very respectful?
What kind of joke are you telling?
That is Xi Kangsheng's nephew, a fifth rank general, how could he have such an attitude towards Li Chengzhi?
Not to mention the official family background, it is impossible in terms of age?
Hu Duo looked again carefully: the general seemed to be injured, with bruises on his face, his face was not very clear.
In fact, even if he could see clearly, Hu Duo had never met Li Chengzhi, so he could only judge from his age.
Unable to see the face, Hu Duo looked elsewhere.When he saw the pocket on the general's head, he was shocked.
Although there are fixed styles of armor in the army, most generals' armor will be changed.
The main reason is that the imperial court cut corners in their outfits. If they want to save their lives at critical moments, most of the generals will be restructured.
There are also some that are simply discarded, and only wear self-made or family-owned armor during the war, so there are all kinds of armor.
Especially Douhou, in order to show its power and strength, there are all kinds of styles such as tiger head, phoenix wings, wolf face and suanni.
But Li Shixian is definitely the only one who connects the wings wider than his shoulders.
Asked the reason, Li Shixian euphemistically called it "Biao Chi Hong"! ! !
It means that others are just tigers, but grandpa is a tiger with wings...
Others just laughed when they heard it...
But at this time, that stalwart-winged horse was actually worn on the head of that golden-armored general?
Like blessings to the soul, Hu Duo suddenly raised his head, and then looked at the broken flag on the right.
The word "Li" fluttering in the wind seemed to hit Hu Duo's face like a whip.
Still in disbelief, Hu Duo said in surprise, "Why... Li Chengzhi? Why..."
Li Sixian also wanted to ask: Why?
But by the looks of it, it seems... Really?
When Xi Kangsheng's nephew saw his son getting off the horse, he got off the horse too.After speaking, he waited for his son to get on the horse again before he got on the horse's back?
This is clearly in honor of it...
Could it be that I gave birth to a fake son?
Just as he was being suspicious, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and Li Shixian almost cried out.
Guo Yuzhi seemed to use all the strength in his body, holding Li Shixian's arm tightly, even the arm armor seemed to be pinched and deformed.
He shouted again and again: "Let's go... Cheng Zhi is leaving... Why didn't he come to see us... Is he resenting us, leaving him in the castle, ignoring him..."
"Ma'am, take it easy..."
Just as he let out a low cry, when he heard the second half of Guo Yuzhi's sentence, Li Shixian froze suddenly, and his expression suddenly changed.
After a few breaths, he subconsciously replied: "Shouldn't be... right? Chengzhi has orders in his hands, and he has to control tens of thousands of troops. He clearly has orders, so how can he run down to the city to see you and me?" ?”
As he said that, Li Shixian also murmured in his heart: No, definitely not... Even if he will temporarily, when he enters the city, his grandfather will explain his difficulties to him, and he will be able to let go...
Just as he was about to persuade Mrs. Wei a few more words, he suddenly felt his left arm loosen. Li Shixian raised his eyes instinctively, and saw Guo Yuzhi jumping onto the top of the wall.
Li Shixian was terrified in his heart, and subconsciously stretched out his hand, but he felt a strong attack, as if he had been slapped by a huge door panel. Not only was the slap back, but his figure almost lost his stability.
Immediately after hearing a clear drink pierced the eardrums: "Chengzhi..."
I don't know how far it has spread, Daxi only felt that his eardrums seemed to be itchy from the shock, he turned his head in disbelief, and saw a slender figure standing on the top of the city.
After being shocked for a long time, he turned around and looked at Li Chengzhi with extremely strange eyes: "That's... Lingtang, right? He's so full of energy..."
What do you think?
Otherwise, where did my supernatural power come from?
Li Chengzhi glared at Da Xi: "It's all your fault..."
Forget it, sooner or later you have to kneel, not bad this time...
Li Chengzhi sighed, had to jump off the horse, knelt down respectfully, folded his hands again, and bowed deeply.
Of course, you don’t have to kneel, but at most you will be criticized behind your back: The Li family in the ancestral home passed down the "Poetry" to the family, but Li Chengzhi didn't even learn all the "rituals"?
Da Xi laughed straight, as if saying: This time it was your own will, I didn't make you kneel...
Guo Yuzhi's tears flowed faster, as if he was crazy, he sat on the top of the wall, crying and laughing: "Husband... Chengzhi didn't blame us..."
"Yes yes yes... no complaints... no complaints..." Li Shixian was moved and scared at the same time. After he approached slowly, his hand was like lightning, and he hugged Guo Yuzhi down.
The wall was six feet high, and even if nearly half of it was buried by rebel soldiers, it was still more than three feet high. How could there be life if it fell?
Li Chengzhi's kneeling was like a blow to the head, hitting Hu Duo on the head.
Except for Xi Kangsheng's personal authorization, where did Li Chengzhi have the power to hold the emperor's order and order tens of thousands of troops?
Even Xi Kangsheng's nephew is so respectful to him?
Li Chengzhi was obviously favored by Xi Kangsheng beyond belief...
But in this way, how effective is the position of "Captain Xiaoguan" bestowed on Li Chengzhi by the clan uncle?
The two thighs are one thick and the other thin, even a fool would know which is the most beneficial to hug...
It's also strange to the uncle of the clan, how do you look at it, granting Li Chengzhi an official position is also an act of kindness, why do you have to avoid Li Shixian?
Shouldn't it be finalized with Li Shixian as soon as possible, so as not to give Li Chengzhi a chance to repent?
Hu Duo was in a hurry, and pulled away Li Shixian who was not ashamed and eager to hug his wife into his arms, and said anxiously: "Huai De, I have an urgent matter to discuss with you..."
Li Shixian's heart was in a mess, he was thinking of finding a quiet place to spend time with his wife, and 1 people didn't want to talk to Hu Duo.
He raised his head impatiently, and pointed to the left and right: "There is nothing you can't tell others..."
Surrounded by either Li Shixian's concubine Ji, or Li Shixian's son, there is really nothing that cannot be said.
Hu Duo pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "The uncle of the clan has awarded Li Chengzhi the post of Lieutenant Xiaoguan. If Xi Zhenshou asks after entering the city, Huaide, you can't go back on your word..."
Li Shixian trembled all over: "When did it happen...why didn't I know?"
"It should be that the uncle of the family will inform you in time..." Hu Duo perfunctory, and took out a handwritten letter from his arms, "It was shot to the city last night, written by Baozong... Uncle did his best , not only granted Cheng Zhi a seventh-rank captain, but also a double seal..."
Just fart...
Not only was Li Sixian not happy, but he was shocked and angry.
Hu Shichang is trying to covet the heavens, and he actually set the abacus on my son?
And Chengzhi, are you blind or blind, and you came here to ask for an official at this time?
What's the difference between giving away the credit and giving away the credit?
Confused?
Cursing furiously in his heart, Li Shixian subconsciously took the handwriting.
But with just a glance, his expression changed.
The letter said: I am afraid that there will be changes, so I ask for an official position to deal with it...
What "change"?
Who is it to deal with?
Just as he was wondering, he stretched out a hand like lightning in the slanting stab, and snatched the handwriting away.
Li Sixian turned his head and looked, who else is not his wife?
Guo Yuzhi just swept it away, and he let out a long breath of relief like the rest of his life after a catastrophe.
Li Shixian was dumbfounded: the corners of Madam's eyes were clearly still filled with tears, but her face was like a spring breeze blowing, and a hundred flowers bloomed in full bloom?
Madam, what's the matter?
Guo Yuzhi returned the handwriting to Hu Duo with a smile: "I'm afraid you may have misremembered it, this is not my son's handwriting..."
Then he paused again: "My son can't write such ugly characters..."
Hu Duo's face changed wildly.
This is clearly going to go back on the spot?
His eyes were fixed, and he stared at Li Shixian closely: "Huide, it's not so fast even if it's treachery?"
It's really fast!
But for Li Sixian, there is no pressure at all: he can still weigh whether he is a son or a friend.
Besides, there is no good bird in the Hu family.Putting his life on the line, if he were replaced by Hu Duo, he might be turned over faster than himself...
He was just a little worried, did Cheng Zhi admit it to Xi Zhenshou?
If I go back on my word here again and confront him at that time, won't I become a person inside and outside?
At the same time, I was also suspicious. Madam has always been dignified and virtuous. In the past, she would persuade myself from time to time: only by keeping promises can I gain a foothold;
But why is it the other way around today?
They have shared the same bed for nearly [-] years, and they still don't know what Li Shixian is hesitating about.Guo Yuzhi's silver teeth trembled in anger: Li Huaide, people are going to crush your son, yet you are still hesitating here...
After secretly hating for a while, seeing that Li Shixian still couldn't react, she squinted a pair of phoenix eyes, gouging out Li Shixian like a knife in her eyes: "Is the one awarded to Chengzhi Captain Xiaoguan, or Shuangfeng... This is to murder My son..."
The last sentence was insignificant, almost like the chants of mosquitoes, and Li Shixian almost didn't hear it clearly.
What happened to the double seal?
At most, Hu Shichang was greedy for his son's credit, so why did he want to murder his son...
Just halfway through thinking about it, Li Shixian's face changed wildly, and he turned his head abruptly, staring at Hu Duo like a hungry wolf: "Captain Xiao Guan, who is also controlled by both the governor's mansion and Gaoping Town..."
Hu Duo responded instinctively: "It's this Captain Xiaoguan..."
He couldn't figure it out, how could he be a seventh-rank official, why in the eyes of this couple, they were like snakes and scorpions?
A wave of evil fire rushed straight to Li Shixian's forehead, he raised his fist, and rushed forward fiercely, as if he was going to hit Hu Duo on the face.
He finally knew why Madam felt like she was alive after seeing that the letter was not written by Cheng Zhi himself.
And if you say you turn your back, you turn your back, faster than this husband?
The town army used troops internally without authorization, which is like conspiracy!
If the son really wants to accept Hu Shichang, the captain of Xiaoguan, how can he get any credit?
Not only will Li Chengzhi's head fall to the ground, he may also affect his family...
But before he lifted his feet, his body seemed to be nailed to the ground. Li Shixian turned his head and saw that it was Guo Yuzhi who was hugging him tightly.
Guo Yuzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly: "Go back to the house..."
Li Shixian was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned pale: Ma'am is obviously afraid that Hu Shichang will jump over the wall in a hurry...
In just an instant, the anger on Li Sixian's face disappeared completely.
He originally wanted to smile at Hu Duo, but felt it was too fake, so he put on a straight face: "Jiexiu, right and wrong, you can think about it for yourself...Li Mou goes ahead..."
As he spoke, he cupped his hands slightly, supported Guo Yuzhi, and walked down the city without hesitation.
Afterwards, all the concubines and concubines followed a lot...
"Huai De... Huaide..." Hu Duo called twice, Li Shixian not only didn't stop, but walked faster, Hu Duo jumped his feet in anger.
At this time, he hadn't figured out why Li Shixian's face suddenly changed when he heard the word "double seal", as if struck by lightning?
Although there is an extra layer of restraint like the Gaoping Zhenjun, the power of Captain Xiaoguan has doubled...
Hmm... no?
Gaoping town army?
Thinking of these four words, Hu Duo turned pale suddenly.
No wonder, the uncle of the clan wants to recite Li Shixian?
It's over, it's over...
Shouldn't it, should it have been punctured by yourself in advance?
As long as Li Shixian can send a message to Li Chengzhi, the appointment of an official will be ruined immediately... Where does the uncle get the credit?
And Li Shixian's mother-in-law is obviously afraid that he and his uncle will jump over the wall in a hurry, take them as hostages, and blackmail Li Chengzhi?
How is this different from rebellion?
This woman really dares to think...
So far, Hu Duo's face has lost even a trace of blood, his eyes are bloodshot, and he rushes towards Hu Shichang like crazy...
……
"Captain Li, why is this?"
Daxi asked, pointing to those white armored soldiers who tiptoed along like they didn't even dare to show their breath.
He couldn't figure out why Li Chengzhi left the tens of thousands of troops alone and just let him defend the four wings, but only relied on his brigade of white armored soldiers to hunt and arrest them?
The battlefield has a radius of two or three miles, and with these five hundred soldiers, how long will it take to search?
What's even more strange is that not only did he not let the soldiers speak loudly, but even made them walk lightly?
Could it be that Li Chengzhi was afraid of disturbing the substitute's clear dream?
"Just in case!" Li Chengzhi replied with lingering fear, "Recalling the fire formation yesterday, even I am terrified..."
He really wasn't being perfunctory.
God knows how much fire oil the rebels got?
If one can be built, it is not necessarily impossible to build a second one.Send fewer people in, and once Liu Huiwang jumps over the wall and burns it again, it will save a few deaths.
Hearing yesterday's fire formation, Daxi couldn't help but feel chills down his spine.
I've never seen a person who has been burned into a fireball, but can still howl and rush towards the army formation?
"Yes, just in case..." Daxi nodded repeatedly.
Li Chengzhi ignored him again, and looked up at the white armor soldiers searching side by side with cold eyes.
To be honest, Li Chengzhi was not 100% sure that the double would be hidden underground.
First, he judged based on the flaws revealed by the captured one, and concluded that the double was probably still alive.
The second is that the place is so big, where else can it be hidden except underground?
Just like what he told Daxi: The rebels can build a gossip fire formation with a radius of two miles, how difficult is it to dig a hole in the ground, or build a basement?
If it is really hidden underground, it will be very simple: the place is not big or small, but the terrain is a little higher, and the places that will not be flooded when it rains, there are only a few places, and the focus is on searching.
The second is that it is okay for people not to eat, but they have to breathe, right?
Believe it or not, Li Chengzhi couldn't find any traces...
What if there are no traces?
Li Chengzhi raised his head and looked at the city wall not far away: that means he had entered the city.
As if he had a tacit understanding, or even an intuition, he always felt that the substitute was not far from him...
Seeing that Li Chengzhi was silent, as if he had no intention of speaking, Daxi didn't talk too much, but just accompanied him quietly.
Time passed by, and almost an hour later, five hundred white armor soldiers lined up in two rows, almost man-to-man, and the soldiers were crowded. They searched the northern half back and forth twice, but found nothing unusual.
Li Chengzhi asked the soldiers around him to issue a flag order to search the southern half.
Continuing from west to east, the five hundred soldiers bent their waists and stared at each other, one footprint after another, even if they encountered an ant, they would poke with the tip of their guns to see if there was a hole hidden underneath.
It was only about two miles from the edge of the battlefield to the bottom of the city wall, but the soldiers walked for half an hour, which showed how careful they were.
After reaching the wall, Daxi couldn't help sighing when he saw Li Chengzhi's personal guard Zhuangshuai raised a black flag and waved it left and right three times, indicating that there was nothing unusual.
It seems that Li Chengzhi guessed wrong...
He was just thinking about ordering some Li Chengzhi and asking him to find a dead body to deal with, but he heard Li Chengzhi laugh wildly: "I just said, knowing that it is impossible, why do you have to go through such a big trouble?"
Before the words fell, Li Chengzhi clamped the horse's belly fiercely, and the soft white horse under the crotch let out a low neigh, and rushed out like an arrow.
Li Chengzhi, this is... what did you find?
But Bai Jiazu didn't find anything?
Daxi's head was full of question marks, and he called out urgently: "Li Duwei?"
Li Chengzhi didn't respond, but just waved, meaning let him follow.
Daxi urged his horse fiercely, and followed closely.
……
Li Shixian and Guo Yuzhi had already returned to the mansion, and Hu Shichang and Hu Duo had disappeared. Although there were many people on the city wall, no one recognized Li Chengzhi.
Everyone only knew that the rank of this general seemed to be higher than that of Daxi. Seeing him rushing to the base of the city, just as he was about to be called, they heard Li Chengzhi sneer: "Stop..."
Li Rui pulled out the green flag fiercely and pointed at the top of the city.
The guard had reached the bottom of his tongue to say a word, and was suddenly blocked back.
That's right, Li Chengzhi just wanted him to shut up...
"Captain Li..." Daxi led his guards to chase after him.
Li Chengzhi waved his hand violently, meaning to keep him silent, and then got off the horse again.
With a puzzled expression on his face, Daxi also jumped off his horse and followed closely behind Li Chengzhi.
The two of them climbed up the earth slope one by one...it was the big slope that had been filled to the half of the city wall, more than ten feet wide, and about 34 steps long from top to bottom.
Da Xi has already realized: Could it be that what Li Chengzhi means is that... people are hiding under here?
It's really possible: just like plowing the field, the battlefield has been searched back and forth twice, not to mention people, not even a trace has been found, and [-]% of them are not underground.
After all the calculations, this is the only place left...
"Here?" Da Xi lowered his voice, and pointed down again.
Li Chengzhi didn't say yes or no, he just looked up at the city wall with his head up.
Da Xi took a closer look, Li Chengzhi was in a trance?
No, it should be recalling...
Pausing for a few breaths, I saw Li Chengzhi suddenly dreamlike, lost in thought, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday afternoon, when I ordered Li Rui to come to the city to ask for the official order with Hu Baozong's handwritten letter, I saw that there were still rioters in the city. Bury the city...
I thought at the time, Liu Huiwang might have lost his mind and went insane. After two months of filling, he couldn't fill it out. He was about to fail. How many feet can he fill up again?Now that I think about it, how can I fill the city?Clearly preparing for escape...
Thinking about it again, from the beginning to the end, Liu Huiwang didn't need to attack the city. He only needed to pretend to attack Jingzhou urgently and attract Xi Zhenshou.As long as Xi Zhenshou is defeated, the whole Guanzhong will be in his pocket. No matter how strong Jingzhou City is, it won't last long, so why waste people's lives?
Now that I think about it, this slope is not for attacking the city wall at all, but for escaping after a failure..."
Li Chengzhi continued to recall: "There is one more thing: when Hu Baozong fled to my Lijiabao, he said that on the day of the Seventh Chuchu Kitchen, hundreds of monks suddenly appeared and rushed towards Hu Cishi like crazy, but in the end they were killed by the state soldiers. kill...
I was thinking at the time, if I were Liu Huiwang, there would be so many insiders in the city, wouldn’t it be good to just try to find a way to open the city gate, or stay in the city as a spy and spy on the inside story? Kill one Hu Shichang and expose them all?Thinking about it now, that's only part of it..."
Daxi was shocked, and asked in a startled voice: "There are still internal agents in the city... no... the double has already broken through the city wall and sneaked into the city?"
Li Chengzhi let out a sharp breath: "Besides this possibility, I can't think of any other way for a substitute... As for whether it is true or not, I can dig it on the spot, or go to the city to find out. But..."
He paused for a while, then said with a gloomy face, "If this is the case, there are tens of thousands of people in this city, and it will take a lot of trouble to find a substitute..."
More than a lot of trouble?
Eight out of ten will cause chaos, and many people will die...
Daxi's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "A hundred steps is half to ninety, and this last step is only missing. It's worth the effort to clear one's mind..."
He raised his head sharply again: "Lieutenant Li, do you want to send a large army to dig on the spot, or seal the city immediately?"
"It's better not to cause too many casualties, but try not to cause too many casualties. If you dig suddenly, it's tantamount to telling the substitute that his trick has been seen through by us, and he will definitely jump over the wall..."
Li Chengzhi stared at the city wall and pondered: "But the city can still be sealed, and we have to be careful not to leak the news when sending orders to Hu Shichang... But you and I have too big a goal, and we can't enter the city yet..."
He was afraid that there would be spies in the city, and even by Hu Shichang's side. Seeing him or Daxi enter the city suddenly, nine out of ten they would mobilize in advance.
God knows if it's the same as outside the city. Liu Huiwang also dug secret passages in the city and buried kerosene...
Li Chengzhi turned his head sharply, and shouted loudly: "Ape..."
Li Rui responded immediately and rushed over quickly.
Li Chengzhi whispered in his ear for a while, and after he finished explaining, he saw Da Xi reach into his arms again, and handed a token to Li Rui.
Then Daxi approached the city wall again, saying that the guard of Xi had an urgent order to pass on to the governor Hu, and he needed to hang the messenger to the city.
The guard didn't dare to be negligent, so he immediately put down the hanging basket and hoisted Li Rui and a few guards up.
Afterwards, the army under the city was seen moving again: instead of just encircling the battlefield, more than half of them were divided to encircle the city.
Not long after, nearly [-] troops surrounded the city of Zhou.
The city guard became more and more frightened as he watched, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Looking at the direction of the army under the city, it looks like they are going to attack the city?
The guard called over the soldiers fiercely, and hurriedly confessed: "Quickly... quickly report to Mr. Shi..."
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Governor's Mansion!
With his hands behind his back, Hu Shichang stared fixedly at a pair of words on the hall, his eyes suddenly sharp and froze, and his face was cloudy and sunny.
The handwriting is a little immature, and it doesn't have any character, but Xi Kangsheng has been hanging for more than forty years, and he will be taken wherever he is an official.
He will never forget the scene where he wrote this word with his own hand on the day he became an official...
I also have a good heart, even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets!
Once upon a time, I was full of passion and ambition, and vowed to help the world and save the people.
But unknowingly, she has drifted with the world, and when she wakes up, she realizes that she has become the kind of person she once hated the most?
The world is sinister, and people's hearts are not old...
Hu Duo stood under the hall, as if pouring a ladle of water, the cold sweat on his head kept falling down.
After a short effort, a puddle formed between his feet.
He couldn't figure it out, how could the clan uncle still have the heart to appreciate the words after it has reached such a point?
After enduring it for a long time, Hu Duo finally opened his mouth: "Uncle Clan..."
As soon as the sound came out, even he himself was startled: it was hoarse and hoarse, like sawing the bottom of a pot with a chainsaw.
Hu Shichang waved his hand, and then sighed sadly: "The Guanzhong family and the powerful have always regarded me, the Hu family, as Gao Zhao's minion, and I can't wait to pick bones from the egg... Among them, there is Xi Kangsheng who is guarding... At this point, I am afraid it is already gone. There's no room for turning around..."
"No, there is still a chance..."
Hu Duo hissed, "I'm going to beg Li Huaide, I'm going to beg Li Chengzhi, I can kneel down to them..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but was interrupted by Hu Shichang in a deep voice: "It's useless... There are many secrets, you don't know..."
He sighed again, and after pondering for a long time, he said, "It was not Gao Sikong's intention that Li Huaide was banned from Jingzhou... and Li Huaide is also very clear..."
Hu Duo suddenly raised his head, staring at Hu Shichang in a daze.
Isn't this telling yourself that this is all your handwriting, Uncle Clan?
In this way, wouldn't the last road be broken?
Not only will Li Sixian not cover up for his uncle, but [-]% will take this opportunity to make trouble...
After being stunned for a long time, he hissed and asked, "Why?"
"Why else?" Hu Shichang laughed, "An Ding, it can only be Hu's An Ding..."
As if frozen, Hu Duo froze suddenly.
He understood everything: the clan uncle was targeting not only the ancestral Li family, but the Longxi Li behind it...
Is it wrong for the uncle to do this?
No!
It is definitely the same way if you change it to yourself.
But who would have expected that, like a dying person, most of the ancestral Li's body had been buried in the ground, and one day, he suddenly turned over?
"It's useless to think too much!" Hu Shichang sighed, "Let's make a decision early..."
Hu Duo felt a pain in his heart.
Uncle Clan clearly wants to take all the blame for his crimes...
But no matter the land, the money donated by Zhaoxuan Temple every year, or Dingkou, did they all fall into the pocket of the clan uncle?
Thinking of his father's indifference towards him, his eyes only for the demeanor of the big house, and his uncle's trust and help to him all the time, Hu Duo immediately shed tears...
But what else can be done?
He knelt down with a "plop".
But before his head hit the ground, he suddenly heard an urgent report from outside the hall: "Shi Jun... Shi Jun, it's not good, the army has surrounded the city to death..."
Hu Shichang frowned: "Siege the city?"
When the army besieged the battlefield, he felt a little strange: such a large battle was clearly to hunt for the main criminal. It seemed that Xi Kangsheng just won the battle, but failed to catch Liu Huiwang.
Looking at it now, it seems that they haven't been found outside the city, so they suspect that Liu Huiwang has sneaked into the city?
How is it possible?
If Liu Huiwang could sneak into the city without knowing it, wouldn't it mean that he could easily break through the city wall?
Hu Shichang laughed and said: "Let him surround... If the army wants to enter the city, just open the door..."
"No!" The confidant replied, and just about to go out, he heard an urgent report from outside the hall.
This time two people came in, one was Hu Shichang's personal guard general, and the other was short in stature and wearing white armor.
Hu Duo's pupils shrank sharply, pointed at Li Rui and exclaimed, "You are Li... Li... How did you come in from outside the city?"
Li Rui responded respectfully: "Mr. Hui, he was hoisted in by the defenders..."
As he said that, he took out Daxi's order letter and handed it to Hu Shichang: "General Daxi ordered me to inform Mr. Shi..."
Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Li Rui almost stuck to Hu Shichang's ear.
Although the two confidantes are far away, Hu Duo is close at hand, and he can hear clearly: "The bandit chieftain has sneaked into the city... General Xi asked Shi Jun to seal the city immediately, and all idlers and others will be closed and not allowed to go out without orders." ..."
"How is it possible?" Hu Shichang exclaimed, "How did Liu Huiwang come in?"
In fact, Li Rui had already guessed that nine out of ten tunnels were under the slope.But Li Chengzhi didn't confess, how dare he talk too much?
"I don't know the little one... Is this how the general confessed?"
How is it possible... How is it possible?
Liu Huiwang is actually in the city?
Hu Shichang's breathing suddenly became rapid.
He turned his head abruptly, turned to look at Hu Duo, and saw Hu Duo trembling all over, as if a drowning man grabbed a straw.
I thought of a piece with myself...
Hu Shichang let out a sharp breath, and said in a solemn voice: "The labor orderer went to report to General Xi, and said that the officer would seal the city immediately..."
Li Rui responded respectfully, and was taken out of the mansion by the general.
Only Hu Shichang and Hu Duo, uncles and nephews, remained in the hall.
Hu Duo was so excited that he couldn't even speak: "Uncle Clan... the sky... the sky will never stop you..."
If Liu Huiwang is caught, it will be no less credit than helping Jingzhou...
"It is indeed a golden opportunity..." Hu Shichang's eyes lit up, "But this is the last chance left, so we must be cautious..."
Halfway through the speech, Hu Shichang's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Jiexiu, go to the top of the city and keep an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers. If there is any change, send someone to report immediately... Remember, you can't relax at all..."
What's the use of keeping an eye on the officers and soldiers outside the city?
Shouldn't it be to search the whole city immediately and capture Liu Huiwang before Daxi and Li Chengzhi enter the city?
Hu Duo looked suspicious, and was about to ask a question when Hu Shichang scolded angrily, "Why don't you go soon?"
Hu Duo was helpless, made a bow, and left quickly.
Hu Shichang stared at his back, and waited until Hu Duo left the courtyard and disappeared before letting out a heavy breath.
It was too late to search the city, so we could only see if we could keep an eye on Daxi and Li Chengzhi, and try to find a way to find Liu Huiwang first... Or, just grab it...
This matter is serious, one bad thing is the crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, how can the clan uncle implicate you?
Thinking about it, Hu Shichang shouted again: "Hu Yi!"
Like a ghost, a figure quietly appeared from behind the screen wall, without saying a word, just bowed to Hu Shichang.
"Scatter all your people, keep an eye on everyone, keep a close eye on Daxi and Li Chengzhi... Once you find Liu Huiwang, do it immediately... Remember, no matter what the cost..."
"Hmm..." As if he had no tongue, Hu Yi responded with his throat.
After all the people left, Hu Shichang let out a sigh of relief: It depends on today whether he is dead or alive...
(End of this chapter)
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