Red House Shoufu

Chapter 217 Shuoshu and Yumao

At the end of Haishi, Feng Ziying woke up the two hidden guards who came with him, changed into black clothes, and hid the dagger in his boots.

He opened the window, checked again and again that no one was around, and then turned over.The three stepped lightly and came to the side of the rockery.

The rockery is not small, and it is difficult for ordinary people to move alone.After struggling to move aside, there was indeed a small hole extending into the ground.Feng Ziying let one person stay on it, and he and another hidden guard got in.

It is estimated that due to the heavy rain some time ago, the cave was extremely humid.The two lit the torches and walked slowly into the depths.

"Lord be careful!"

The hidden guard who is good at detection suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and pulled Feng Ziying behind him.

creak creak...

It turned out that the footsteps of the two disturbed the mice in the cave, and ran towards them in a panic.

Phew... The mouse was stabbed to death by a sword in front of the two of them. The hidden guard drew out his dagger and stood in front of Feng Ziying.

"who?"

Following the Yinwei's stern shout, an old man in a long gown came out from the corner of the cave.

He took off his conical hat, and Feng Ziying recognized it immediately. It really was Wen Siyan, the magistrate of Xingyang County and a famous scholar in Henan.

Only heard Wen Siyan say: "Shuo Shu Shuo Shu, I have nothing to eat. The mice in this cave are easy to beat. Captain Feng thinks, how should the mice outside the cave be beaten?"

"Since it's a mouse, no matter how big it is and how many helpers it has, there will always be a royal cat."

Feng Ziying clasped her fists and asked, "Master Wen, I don't know if you have an appointment to come over, do you have anything to say?"

Wen Siyan returned a salute, and said directly: "King Zhongshun has not attacked the city, is it because of those children from the capital who were kidnapped by Shui Rong?"

"Yes, and no. No matter whether these people can be rescued or not, the imperial army will not let the rebellious officials and thieves go unpunished. As for the rebellious officials and thieves, the same sentence, everyone can punish them. I don't know if Mr. Wen is a man with a sword , or this big rat?"

Feng Ziying looked at the gray-haired old man in front of him with a half-smile, even though he was under house arrest in disguise, he still maintained the demeanor of a great Confucian.

Flying sword stabbed Shuo Shu to death just now, Feng Ziying is sure that this old man's skill is absolutely extraordinary.

Wen Siyan caressed her long beard, and chuckled: "On the first day Captain Feng came here, the secret letter was sent by the old man."

"It really is Master Wen!"

Feng Ziying bowed and bowed, and said gratefully: "If it wasn't for Mr. Wen's information, we really thought that there were only so many people in Shui Rong in the city."

It turned out that in the letter Feng Ziying picked up that day, all the mysterious soldiers and horses hidden in Zhengjiazhuangzi and the city were marked out.

If it wasn't for this letter, Gao Yongheng would have underestimated the power of Shui Rong long ago.There are more than 10,000 rebels in Xingyang City, but there are more than [-] Tibetan soldiers marked by Wen Siyan.

When Feng Ziying told all this, the cold sweat on Gao Yongheng's back soaked his clothes.

Wen Siyan accepted the gift calmly, and said bluntly: "To make a long story short, Shui Rong locked those people in the capital in a secret courtyard in the south city. There were about two hundred elite guards. If the imperial army attacked the city, Shui Rong would definitely drag these people away." Go to the tower to block the arrows. If King Zhongshun wants to, I can ask someone to find a way to send them out."

"What? My lord has a solution?"

No wonder Feng Ziying was surprised and didn't believe it, it was really unbelievable.Although his movements were limited during this period, he also inquired about the situation in Xingyang City.

The county magistrate of Xingyang is either a member of the Zheng family, or is excluded by the Zheng family, even though Wen Siyan is a well-known Confucian in Henan, there is no exception.

Wen Siyan said dejectedly: "I have spent decades, I only want to become an official and do my best for the common people. This magistrate of Xingyang County was asked by the old man on his own initiative. Although he could not dispel the haze over the city, he still Make some achievements..."

After being an official for three years, Wen Siyan was focused on getting rid of the Zheng family and those families that were attached to the Zheng family.Unexpectedly, the difficulty was beyond his imagination.

Fortunately, these three years of hard work have not been in vain, at least because of his teaching and running a school, there is no discrimination in teaching, and with the blessing of the halo of the great Confucianism, the people at the bottom have become Wen Siyan's most loyal fans.

Chicken crowing, dog robbery, three teachings and nine streams, many people are helping Wen Siyan to scout out information, so that even if he is imprisoned in a disguised form, he can already grasp the latest news.

"This secret passage was dug out secretly by my people before Shui Rong entered the city. After the old man noticed the actions of the Zheng family, he had already sent people out. Just the secret passage in and out of the city was dug out. in several places."

Speaking of this, Wen Siyan said in a disdainful voice: "Shui Rong thinks that he controls the overall situation by controlling the big clans in the city, but he doesn't know that the real masters of Xingyang City are actually thousands of ordinary people."

Feng Ziying's eyes widened, and she threw herself at Wen Siyan's admiration.It's only been three years, and it's been able to do so well under the noses of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Zheng family can't even notice it.

Sure enough, when it comes to playing with the mind, scholars have to be the best at it!

"Boss, if you can save those people in the capital, it will be of great help. Shui Rong will be exchanged for Jia Baoyu from Rongguo Mansion..."

"Jia Baoyu? Is that the grandson of Duke Rong who was born with jade?"

Wen Siyan felt a little baffled, of course he had heard about being born with jade.Originally thought that once the matter of being born with jade happened, the Rongguo Mansion might be in trouble.

Unexpectedly, the emperors of the two generations of Chu and Chu were all proud and wise kings, and they only thought it was because of the lady in the house fighting for favor, so they didn't pay much attention to this matter.

However, it was mentioned at this time that Wen Siyan was more thinking about why Shui Rong would act like this.

In a blink of an eye, he said: "You were deceived by Shui Rong, he was just delaying time. If it is changed, it will be difficult to have trust between the imperial court and the nobles. If it is not changed, the courtiers will have complaints against the Rongguo Mansion. What Shui Rong wants is to make the court hesitate, the longer it takes, the better it will be for him."

"My lord is right. That's why the prince didn't immediately attack the city. I want to see if there is any other way to rescue him..."

Feng Ziying looked at Wen Siyan expectantly, and after seeing Wen Siyan nod her head, she felt a lot more at ease.

……

The White Lotus Sect who besieged Kaifeng began to gradually shrink after being frustrated for several days in a row.

Lin Shu mastered the guerrilla tactics of the previous Taizu, coupled with the tactics of encircling the spot and attacking reinforcements, which disturbed the bandits of the White Lotus Sect, and they couldn't even sleep soundly.

Until that night, Lin Shu received the latest news from the scouts outside the city that the White Lotus Sect was secretly pulling out camp and preparing to leave the city of Kaifeng.

"Order all the battalions, assemble soldiers and horses, and prepare to go out of the city to kill the enemy."

"Let Yue Zhongling lead [-] light cavalry, immediately leave the city from the north gate, go around fifty miles south of the city, hide, and cut off their formation after the main force of the White Lotus Cult passes halfway..."

(End of this chapter)