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Chapter 119 Disappointment
"I found Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo! They are locked up in Xinglifang, Ding's Chaoguanyuan."

"Sure enough, Ding Daquan's men captured them."

"Nie Zhongyou, Marquis of Sidu Yu in front of the palace, was ordered by the Privy Council to dispatch 100 people from the right wing of the Tianwu Army in Sanya to follow me."

"Marquis Du Yu, he's in that house."

"Surround me."

"..."

With a shout, Nie Zhongyou completed the dispatch of troops and arranged the arrangement in the fastest time after learning the whereabouts of Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo.

Half an hour later, he was already standing outside Xinglifang, Guanchao Bieyuan.

Although, since Jianyan crossed the South, the Forbidden Army system collapsed several times and was re-established, and was replaced by the Imperial Army.Afterwards, the Sanya Forbidden Army stood side by side with the garrison soldiers, and even became miscellaneous soldiers.He, the former Sidu Yuhou, may have been a very high position in "Taiping", but he is really nothing now.

But after all, it is not a war. According to the order of the Privy Council, it is still aggressive to surround the courtyard of a treacherous minister.

Nie Zhongyou arranged it properly, stared at the door, raised his hand high, and was about to give orders and rush to the door.

At this point, he was relieved.

A trip to the north, so many brothers died, and finally came back, now found Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo, passed the information to the right minister, and presented it to the official, the errand was finally completed.

He was worried about Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo, and felt that Li Xia was too suspicious, but he felt deep admiration for Cheng Yuanfeng, the right-hand man... Many emotions gathered at this moment.

He waved his hand heavily.

"Rush in!"

Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes sounded sharply, and there was a loud shout.

"Stop it all!"

"Cai Zhu, the commander of the deputy capital in front of the palace, has been ordered to arrest the spy!"

Nie Zhongyou hastily rode his horse to meet him, clasped his fists and said, "Marshal..."

Cai Zhu didn't wait for him to come forward, pointed his hand, and shouted again.

"Nie Zhongyou is collaborating with the enemy and treason, take him down!"

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On the small building in Yingri Garden, Xu Hexing turned his head to look at the few imperial students on the side of the road again.

"No... Take it!"

As he spoke, he turned around and ran downstairs.

Zhong Xiqing quickly followed and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Did you see that man? Why didn't he put it down while carrying the book on his back to block his figure?"

Xu Hexing's tone was urgent and his pace was fast.

He strode up the long street, only to see that his subordinates had surrounded the group of imperial students.

What is unexpected is that those students are still arguing endlessly.

"This is the fault of Huang Qi! When the treacherous party persecuted the left minister, he asked Yu Jie to overturn the case. Is it impossible to harm the left minister?!"

"I said, it's just a matter of fact..."

"The timing is wrong..."

"Not only is the timing wrong, Qi Zhi shouldn't be making friends with those who are indiscriminate all day long..."

"Shut up, motherfucker!" Zhong Xiqing strode towards the students and shouted, "What are you arguing about here?!"

Xu Hexing stepped forward and grabbed the imperial student who was carrying the book.

The Tai student turned his head, struggled and shouted: "What are you doing?"

Xu Hexing frowned, seeing that the scholar in front of him looked mediocre.

"Why do you keep carrying this book on your back?"

"You don't care about me..." The student was halfway through speaking, seeing Xu Hexing's expression was very stern, and said: "I was arguing, and I forgot to put it down."

Xu Hexing turned to look at Liu Bing, and asked, "Is Li Xia here?"

Liu Bing looked carefully for a while, and replied: "Not here, the villain is sure."

"Let's go."

"It seems to be a misunderstanding."

Xu Hexing and Zhong Xiqing turned around and left.

However, Xu Hexing thought for a while, then turned around and asked the grand student, "You were the one who memorized this book from the beginning?"

"No, Bohu asked me to recite it... Eh... Eh, where are the Bohu people?"

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Xinglifang, Guanchao Bieyuan.

The people and horses gradually moved away, and the alley gradually became quiet.

Li Xia poked his head out from the alley, watching Nie Zhongyou being captured.

In fact, Li Xia had expected today's result, otherwise he would not have escaped from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

And if he didn't run out, he might have been caught like Nie Zhongyou by now.

Although he expected it, he was still a little disappointed.

Of course, he also hoped that Cheng Yuanfeng would be reliable, rescue Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo, and reward him for his merits.

……

Li Xia took out the eggs in his bosom, peeled them off and ate them, and put away the eggshells.

Still hungry after eating.

After waiting until it was dark, a young servant finally walked out of the other courtyard, carrying a lantern, and walked proudly to the streets and alleys.

Li Xia wrapped his face in a cloth, followed him calmly, turned around, and suddenly rushed up in a quiet alley, holding the boy with one hand.

"Ouch! Which animal dares to touch Grandpa? The pig and dog raised by the servant girl, who knows who Grandpa is..."

The boy was still cursing, a dagger was already on his neck.

Li Xia said: "Don't shout, you will die if you dare to shout."

"Okay... brother brother, don't make trouble, I, I, I... I have money..."

Two strings of money were handed to her eyes, Li Xia was silent for a moment, but still reached out to take it.

"Who are you from?"

"I... I'm from Butler Ding, have you heard of it? Who doesn't know him in this area..."

Li Xia said, "Who does Steward Ding belong to?"

"Ding Ya Nei!"

"Say the name."

"Ding... Ding Shouweng."

"Ding Daquan's son? The one that Ding Daquan 'takes his daughter-in-law as a concubine'?"

"Yes, yes. My yamen is indeed famous. Brother, since you know that I belong to Ding Xianggong's family, why don't you... return the money to me?"

Li Xia asked, "Did you catch two people?"

The boy became frightened again, shrank his neck, and said in a crying voice: "I didn't catch it, it was... the guards caught it back."

"Just lock it in that yard?"

"Yes, it will be locked up in Guanchao Bieyuan."

Li Xia asked again: "How many people are guarding?"

"That would require... 30 people... order me around..."

"Did you use punishment?"

"Brother, it's not me, it's them... I'm just a front yard worker." The young man reminded him in a low voice, and when he saw the dagger coming up again, he quickly said, "It's torture, it's torture. It's screaming, like killing a chicken. But it seems that there is no move, so let them forget it... plan to be soft."

"How come you are so soft?"

"I don't know...I really don't know..."

Li Xia interrogated him carefully again, and when he was sure that the boy didn't know more, he kicked him away.

The young man ran away clutching his buttocks, but turned around and cursed a few words from afar.

"The pig and dog raised by the servant girl are stealing grandpa's money. If you have the ability, wait and find someone to take you, you traitor! Dog monkey..."

As the voice faded away, Li Xia walked quickly through the alley and left Xinglifang.

……

Li Xia went to Qinshanfang to take a look from a distance, and there were not many people watching around the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Instead of looking for Cheng Yuanfeng, he turned back to Dengxin Lane.

Lin'an Night Market is still bustling, but he seems a bit out of place.

Walking outside the yard, the smell of food came out.

Li Xia picked up the knocker and knocked on the door with the agreed rhythm.

"it's me."

Han Qiaoer opened the door and stuck her head out, happily welcoming him in.

"Brother Li, we have already copied a lot today. I read it. Grandfather and sister Gao will help me copy it. It's almost here."

"Tired?"

"I'm not tired, I don't have to hurry now, it's really nice to live here to eat and drink..."

The little girl was talking chatteringly, and Li Xia walked into the lobby, only to see Gao Mingyue sitting at the table sorting out the intelligence manuscripts.

Pen, ink, paper and inkstone are placed on half of the table, and meals are placed on the other half.

"You haven't eaten yet?"

"Well, I just made dinner."

Li Xia said: "You said you don't have to wait for me."

"Just waited for a while."

Han Chengxu came out of the kitchen with two bowls of dishes, and said with a smile, "Young Lord is back, the dishes have just been reheated, let's eat."

Gao Mingyue stood up and said, "I'll help Second Brother out..."

The five of them were eating, and Li Xia told what happened today.

The other four didn't respond.

They don't really have much loyalty to Song Dynasty, and they don't have much relationship with Nie Zhongyou, Lin Zi, Liu Jinsuo and others.The reverse is also true, although Nie Zhongyou and the others treated Li Xia well, they treated them just as well.

Up to now, the brothers and sisters of the Gao family may want to copy a piece of information back to the southwest, and the grandparents of the Han family may only want to live in peace and stability.

Gao Changshou's injuries were not fully healed, and he said with some difficulty: "I'm not surprised that Nie Zhongyou was captured. It's strange that he came back from the north, even if he surrendered, it's not impossible."

"It's hard to say." Li Xia said, "I think someone is determined to kill us."

"Even the right minister can't protect him, so it seems that... there is nothing to do." Han Chengxu sighed and said, "It must be that the ministers are fighting for power again, and it is not a day or two."

"Li Xia, if Lin'an City can't do anything, why don't you go to the southwest with us?" Gao Changshou said, "We have mastered Wulianghetai's military strength and the strategy of conquering Shu, as well as many Mongolian situations in Dali. It may not be impossible to open the situation. You and I can create a great cause together.”

Gao Changshou said, without waiting for Li Xia's answer, he turned his head to look at Han Chengxu again, and said, "Mr. Han, when I recover from my injury, go and rescue your son. Let's go to the southwest together, how about?"

Han Chengxu was obviously agitated, and replied, "It just depends on how Mr. Xiao Lang arranges it."

Li Xia didn't answer, but just ate the food seriously.

Han Chengxu thought for a while, and couldn't help but said again: "Isn't Mr. Xiaolang disappointed yet? If you can't even trust the right minister, then the princes of Lin'an are even less worthy of serving. The court has been so turbulent, I have waited so hard , but is regarded as an abandoned child, if you don't leave, you may be more dangerous than happy. How about jumping out of the chessboard to survive?"

When Han Qiaoer heard this, her eyes lit up, and she asked Gao Mingyue in a low voice, "Sister Gao, if that's the case, can we live together forever?"

Gao Mingyue held her job bowl and looked serious about eating, but she secretly glanced at Li Xia, as if looking forward to it...

(End of this chapter)