My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 414 Carrying the coffin and fighting

"Pass on Di Renjie!"

The voice of the order was passed down the stairs. Not long after, a figure came slowly and walked into the hall. The Chinese heroes on both sides turned their heads and looked at the entrance of the hall.

As people from the early Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and Li Jing looked at the old man who came in. His beard and hair were thick but already white, and he wore a black hard-footed headdress. His figure was fat and out of shape, but he gave people a sense of calmness and wisdom.

Su Chen has always been filling in for civil servants. When the troops were dispatched to Soochow, he used the token given by Wu Zetian. The biggest impression he had on this familiar figure was that he was investigating the case.

"Di Renjie, meet your Majesty!"

The old man walked up to the imperial steps without being humble or arrogant. As his voice sounded gentle, he bowed slightly to Su Chen who was sitting on the dragon chair and saluted, "I wonder what your Majesty has ordered me to do when you have summoned me?"

"Di Qing, please take a look!"

Time was running out, and Su Chen had no unnecessary nonsense. He asked Zheng He to hand over the circulated letter to Di Renjie himself. The latter quickly scanned the information on the paper without being polite.

"The letter contains not all information, but there are two doubtful points: who did it and why!"

In the past few days, Di Renjie had been in the Prime Minister's Mansion and learned almost everything about Su Chen from raising troops to ruling the world, then to destroying Qiliang, and finally the war against Wu.

He is also very experienced in prisons. "The suspicion of rebels and bandits can be eliminated first. If there is such a large-scale force in a state, it is impossible for the state's military defense to be unknown. The five princes of the Yue Kingdom seized control of the state." I have no time to care about him, let alone send a large number of people into Huizhou to intercept them in front, not to mention that Zhaoyi in the car is still their brother and sister; as for the Wu Kingdom, there is no leader, a hundred snakes are fighting, and they have to defend against the two armies of Yizhou and Bingzhou. I can't even spare my time, so I have to go to Huizhou, which is thousands of miles away."

As they were eliminated one by one, the words 'remnants of Qi Liang' appeared in everyone's mind.

Xiang Yu frowned: "Weren't all the clans of Qi and Liang killed? Are there any remnants still alive?"

"impossible!"

Su Chen waved his hand. He directly rejected the possibility mentioned by Xiang Yu. The Tuoba clan was basically killed in the palace. The remaining old, weak, women and children were all captured and handed over to Dong Zhuo when they left. They must also be alive. No.

Just when everyone fell silent, Di Renjie looked at the letter in his hand and smiled.

"Your Majesty, I seem to have forgotten that there is an official in the Liang Kingdom. I was looking through the civil affairs, clans, official positions, etc. of the Liang people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and found the existence of a person named Fengpintang. There are very few records in this department. Maybe your Majesty missed them when you cleaned up the Liang Kingdom. .”

Fengpintang?

Su Chen had no impression of this department and had never even heard of it. However, Li Xuanba suddenly scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, I remember when we were performing martial arts two years ago, the man I killed told Shanba about him. He is a master from the Northwest Fengpin Hall, so he asked me to be careful."

"Just know that he is from the Liang Kingdom in the northwest."

At this point, how could Su Chen not understand that although the Liang Kingdom was gone, Tuoba Kui must have left a legacy for these people.

Now it is almost clear who it is. As for the purpose, it is either Su Chen or the generals under his command.

"King Xiang must have been restless in Luyang. Could you please temporarily lead the White Horse Yi Cong to Huizhou? Over there, I asked the Iron Spear Rebel Army to cooperate. No matter how many there are on the other side, I am not interested in seeing them."

Su Chen sat back on the dragon chair and said in an indifferent voice: "Kill as many as there are."

Below, Xiang Yu nodded casually, turned around and walked out of the hall. Ma Yunlu abandoned his brother Ma Chao and followed quickly, "I will go to Huizhou with you!"

Ma Chao looked at Su Chen, who nodded.

"I miss my husband's safety. If I stay in Luyang, I might get seriously ill, so let her go with King Xiang."

Soon after, the imperial edict arrived at the military camp outside the city. Four thousand white horses heard that the envoy team was missing, and Zhao Yun was also missing. A group of arrogant soldiers clamored to go over and find their general. Some people persuaded Ma Yunlu: "Madam, don't worry , we risk our lives and find General Zhao."

"Yes, kill those people!"

"Brothers, mount up!"

The cavalry quickly assembled. When Xiang Yu came out of the city, Ma Yunlu leaped out of the horse wearing armor. Xiang Yu nodded to her, glanced at the cavalry in front of him like a hawk, and then he grabbed the horse's belly and ran on the field.

"Follow up!" Ma Yunlu shouted softly.

Four thousand cavalrymen, one man and two horses, carrying only three days of rations, galloped wildly without any worries.

Just as they rushed to Huizhou under the stars and over the moon, Pang De, who was recuperating in the small courtyard of the post station outside the city, had recovered a lot from his injuries.

Oblique sunlight shines in the courtyard.

Pound put his hands on his knees and sat in a chair in the courtyard. He closed his eyes and lowered his head, facing an old tree in the courtyard in front. In the quiet air, cicadas and birds chirped on the trees outside the house. He looked anxious even if he closed his eyes. , what happened that day still lingers in my mind.

After entering Huizhou, his vigilance was obviously relaxed a lot. Two thousand soldiers were marching back and forth. He and Zhao Yun talked about some old things about the late Han Dynasty, just thinking about the past. There was a dense forest on both sides of the road they were traveling through. The scouts had already explored it and found that there was no danger before the team continued to move forward. However, the moment they relaxed their vigilance, a strange fragrance wafted from the forest. There is khaki smoke.

Many soldiers fell down covering their mouths and noses. He tore off the cloth connecting his shirt and poured some wine to cover his mouth and nose. However, he still inhaled a lot and felt dizzy.

In the shaky field of vision, Zhao Yun, who was traveling with him, had already galloped out on horseback, waving his silver spear to fight with someone, and around him, blurry figures came out one after another.

Someone came over with a broad sword. He swung the long sword and chopped the opponent to the ground with one strike. When more people came up to kill him, Zhao Yun suddenly rushed back, stretched out his hand to support him, and pulled him down. Pang De lay on the ground. On the horse's back, Zhao Yun, who was fighting, cut the horse's buttocks under him with his sword: "Ling Ming, let's go first——"

This sentence has been lingering in my ears for a long time, and it is still buzzing now.

"General Pang..."

A crisp female voice suddenly came, and Pound opened his eyes. The annoying chirping of cicadas and lively chirping of birds came back again. In the sunshine, a little palace maid stood under the eaves, looking at him timidly.

"Can Zhaoyi come back?"

In a daze, Pang De slowly stood up from the chair. He moved his eyes away from the palace maid Xiao He and looked at the figure coming in from the gate of the inn.

Meng Tuo strode over and leaned the mace in his hand against the wall.

"How are the soldiers?" Pound asked him softly.

"Take them to a nearby county to recuperate. The poison on their bodies has been cured." Meng Tuo came over to look at his injuries. "The detectives from all counties in Huizhou are investigating. There are also people in the nearby mountains. I believe there will be some soon." result."

He walked to the small table next to the chair, poured a cup of tea and took a sip: "We have found out this poison. The wolf smoke from the northwest Liang Kingdom. This khaki smoke was originally used to convey military information, but I didn't expect it. It can actually cause people to fall into poisonous drowsiness. Your Majesty, I have sent a horse to inform you. I believe someone will come with troops soon."

"It's too far, I can't wait."

Pound looked back at the burly man in front of him and said, "Lend me a troop of soldiers and horses."

"The Rebel Army cannot lend it to you without His Majesty's order."

"Where's the bodyguard?"

"Fifty."

"lend me!"

"Okay, I'll go back and gather some people and meet you here!"

Meng Tuo raised his hands, turned around and left. Pang De took a deep breath, returned to the room, changed out of his robe, and put on his military uniform and two levels of armor again. He took the long knife leaning on the corner and walked out. When he passed the palace maid Xiao He, he stopped. Stop, the voice is low.

"Meng Zhaoyi and others will come back!"

Soon, Pound walked out of the inn with a long knife on his shoulder, got on his horse, and went to a nearby city market. He found a coffin shop, took out a few pieces of broken silver hidden in his belt and threw it over. Before the shopkeeper asked him what size he wanted, With one hand, he lifted the coffin in front of him and carried it on his shoulder.

At dusk, the sky is as bright as blood.

The old crow was calling sadly on the branches, and the figure carrying the coffin and leading the horse walked through the busy city. I saw the people nearby pointing and pointing out the city and returning to the inn.

Pang De stood in the glow, looking at the fifty-one people including Meng Tuo. He was silent for a while, and then went to the place where the incident happened.

……

Among the mountains in the twilight, a stream flowed, and a blood-stained white horse lowered its head to drink by the stream.

Upstream, a figure in white armor and white robes washed away the blood stains on his face. Looking at the reflection in the rippling water, he seemed to think of Mrs. Mi who died by throwing herself into a well in Changbanpo.

Zhao Yun clenched his fists, his eyes filled with fierce anger.

"With millions of troops, I can come and go freely, how can I let you and other insidious people plot against me!"

The green rock beneath him was filled with powder scattered by fists.

(End of this chapter)