Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 596
These soldiers guarding Xi Zhicai did a good job of guarding. There were soldiers standing guard outside the mansion, and a group of soldiers surrounded Xi Zhicai's house. In addition, there were secret whistles on the roof. They could detect even the slightest movement within twenty paces.

Before the general entered the mansion with the food box, he said to the captain who was guarding outside the house: "Captain, the military commander's servant brought soup and medicine, saying it was for the military commander to cure his old ailments."

This captain is also a cautious person, he directly took out the food box, then opened the food box, smelled the medicine in the bowl and said: "Then give it to the military division, don't disturb the military division's work."

"No." After the little officer took the order, he handed over the food box to the soldier next to him, and the soldier sent it in.As Gongsun Xu's personal soldiers, they knew each other what to do.

The soldiers in charge of the outer guards are generally not allowed to enter the inner house, because the outer soldiers are responsible for dealing with outsiders, and it is inevitable that something will happen, but they must not bring outside things to the inner house.

The soldiers outside the inner house can be regarded as the most loyal and reliable guards. Usually, they are in direct contact with Xi Zhicai. They are responsible for Xi Zhicai's daily life, food, housing and transportation. When commanding the military from this side of the gate, none of his servants could approach him.

"Strange, hasn't the military master already taken the medicine?" The captain looked at the inner house and said, "We have been responsible for the military master's medicine all the time, and they are all in the yard, not going to the kitchen, and there seem to be few people around. The one who knows that the military master has committed an old problem, how could his servant know to make medicine for the military master, no, there is a problem."

The lieutenant immediately turned around and rushed into the inner house, opened the food box when he saw Xi Zhi, the lieutenant immediately stopped him and said: "Military division, wait a minute, there is a problem."

Xi Zhicai nodded and smiled, and then opened the food box to pick up the medicine bowl. The captain was in a hurry now, and he immediately rushed forward to take the medicine bowl from the opponent.

Xi Zhicai waved his hands and smiled, "I know, there's no rush."

"Military division, you?" The captain asked in surprise, "Did you find anything?"

"Hehe, how could I not know that you guys deliver me medicine at a fixed time every day?" Xi Zhicai replied, "No matter how busy I am, I haven't been so busy that I forgot how to take the medicine.

Besides, hehe, how could my servant not know that I have stopped taking the old medicine for a long time, and I have kept the new medicine that Mr. Zhongjing prescribed for me, and I have already told my servants not to make medicine for me.

You said, if I can't find the problem like this, shouldn't I be damned?Go and bring that man, be quiet and don't disturb others. "

"The last general is going now." After taking the order, the captain immediately came out and gave instructions to the ten soldiers around him, and the ten soldiers immediately went into the inner house to guard Xi Zhicai.

Afterwards, the captain went outside and ordered a few words to the previous officer. After hearing this, the officer's face became more and more serious. In the end, he looked at the captain with guilt and said: "The general will do it now, then People can't go away."

After that, the officer immediately dispatched six soldiers to leave. Today, something big happened to him. The officer felt scared after thinking about it. He didn't expect that this kind of thing that could kill the army was sent in by himself. of.

For these guards, once they fail their duties, it means that the object they protect will die. Therefore, from the day they take up their duties, they are destined not to make any mistakes. Unless they die in battle or retire, otherwise, they must guarantee There will be no problems when you work on your own.

Half an hour later, the officer came back with a man and a corpse at the same time. The captain knew that the situation was serious, so he immediately reported to Xi Zhicai.

"Military Master, when I went to capture this person, I found that he had hanged himself." The officer said, "There was no sign of any struggle at the scene. It seems that he hanged himself."

"Could it be that he committed suicide in fear of crime?" The captain said, "This person knew that his crime would be exposed, so he chose to commit suicide?"

"Carry it down, hey." Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "He has been with me for so many years, how could I not understand him, it should not be him who came to deliver the medicine, someone disguised himself as him and sent this food box.

After that, no matter whether I take medicine or not, they will let this servant commit suicide. With a scapegoat, it will be difficult for us to investigate.It's vicious enough, I didn't expect that the other party had already put his hand inside my servant.

Hmph, the other party must also know that they don't have many chances. The situation I have arranged is enough to deal with the barbarians outside the pass. They just want to find some trouble from within us. They really do everything they can.

Don't make this matter public, find a dog and see what happens after drinking this bowl of medicine.The enemy is so scheming here, and the plotters are nothing more than my life and the land of northern Xinjiang.

How can I let him do what he wants? Since the enemy has lurked inside our army, they will definitely leave some clues. Let's go to this servant's house now and check to see who he has been in contact with recently. "

"Military division, it's getting late, it's not too late to go tomorrow." Du Wei persuaded: "Besides, we can just leave these trivial matters to us, so how dare we bother the military division."

"No, you are really good at killing the enemy in battle, but if you talk about this kind of trickery, you still can't do it." Xi Zhicai said: "I have already made a defense plan, and you sent someone overnight to summon Mengfu back , I have something to tell him to do."

"Let's go now?" The captain asked, "Why don't the military division take a rest first?"

"Time doesn't wait." Xi Zhicai said with a wry smile, "We don't have much time, since the enemy has already attacked me, it means that they are also very anxious now, so we must seize the time to attack.

It is more beneficial for us to strike as soon as possible. Now the heavy snow and cold winter have restrained the enemy outside the pass, but since the enemy army has not retreated in this weather, it shows that they are still planning to continue to attack.

Pre-emptive strikes, we must not fall behind, let's go now, pay attention, we must act in secret, and we must not let outsiders know. "

"No." The captain also felt sorry for Xi Zhicai's hard work, but just as Xi Zhicai said, time waits for no one else, they must act first.

It didn't take long for Xi Zhicai to come to his house under the guard of twenty soldiers. He hadn't lived in his house these days. He couldn't help it. He had to be busy with military affairs every night, sometimes even all night. If he was too tired, he could only sleep on the spot for a while, and had no time to go home and rest at all.

Moreover, this place can only be regarded as Xi Zhicai's temporary residence, his family members are not here, and he only brought such a servant with him when he came to Yanmen this time, and this servant usually stays at home.

"Go around and check for other traces." Xi Zhicai ordered: "Take me to the place where the body was found, the enemy will definitely leave some clues."

Everyone immediately divided up their work, and Xi Zhicai entered the house to check the situation inside. After a while, he heard a few shouts from outside, followed by a burst of fighting. It seemed that the soldiers outside must have discovered something.

"Go and have a look." Xi Zhicai said, "It seems that we didn't come in vain this time."

"Military commander, be careful, let's wait until we have settled the matter outside." The captain said: "Come here, go and see what's going on outside, and report back after the enemy is taken down."

The two soldiers immediately pulled out their weapons and went out to check the situation. The scene outside was quite lively. Ten soldiers were fighting with sixteen black-clothed men. These black-clothed men did not appear to be idle people at first glance, but they did not expect that the other party would They went back and forth, so their preparations were insufficient. In addition, these soldiers were selected by Gongsun Xu to be the elite of the army, veterans of the battlefield, and their personal martial arts were quite outstanding.

Not long after, nine of the sixteen men in black were cut down, but these soldiers had no loss. There was no way, even though the opponent was a dead soldier sent by the enemy, these soldiers were too ruthless, and they cooperated very skillfully. They were stronger than the opponent. too much.

When the two soldiers came out to check the situation, they had already picked up the guys and joined the battle. When there were only three men in black remaining on the other side, these soldiers stopped beating and killing fiercely and turned to attacking the enemy's limbs.

The remaining three men in black couldn't last long. One was beheaded, and two had their limbs cut off. In order to prevent themselves, these soldiers also checked their mouths, and after confirming that there were no other deadly things on their bodies, they Then he put these people in front of Xi Zhicai.

It seems that these dead men have not had time to prepare the poison for suicide, otherwise, according to the style of dead men, they would not be caught even if the mission failed.

To be honest, Xi Zhicai's action was too sudden, no one would have thought that Xi Zhicai would come to check at this time, even these guards discouraged Xi Zhicai from coming back tomorrow.

It's not that Xi Zhicai doesn't understand the danger of coming at night, but he understands that there are rewards hidden in the danger, so he has to come over overnight to check.

"Can you find out anything?" Xi Zhicai didn't bother to torture these men in black, he just said to the captain: "See if there are any clues on them, if they really can't ask anything, kill them all, and take the corpses with you." Go back. I've found clues, and if I can't ask more, it's useless to keep them."

"The general understands." The captain cupped his hands and replied, "We have our own way of dealing with the dead."

The two black men who were still alive did not expect that Xi Zhi would give such an order directly. They thought that Xi Zhi would question them a few words, but who would have thought that Xi Zhi would kill them instead of asking.

After searching the whole house, Xi Zhicai was ready to leave under the guard of everyone. The opponent was very careful and didn't leave too many clues.

What others didn't notice was that the two men in black kept staring at Xi Zhicai with vicious eyes, as if they had some deep hatred for Xi Zhicai.

Just as everyone walked out of the gate, two crossbow arrows were suddenly shot from the opposite roof, all flying towards Xi Zhicai. The other guards immediately counterattacked.

After dawn, a blanket search was carried out throughout the city, and many secret operations of the enemy troops were found. The inside of Yanmen Pass was a baptism.

(End of this chapter)