foster husband

Chapter 179

When the watchman rang the third watch, Xiao Baihe had only left home for half an hour. The anxious Prime Minister Xiao felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he left the mansion with his entourage and headed south.

In Pingnan Lane, which is the closest to the South City Gate, there are seventeen households in one lane, and the three households connected to each other from the north to the south belong to the same person.

Anyu Lane, which is one street away from Pingnan Lane, is also in the same situation, and all the way to the north, every other alley has that person's property.That person called himself Gao Moshi, but who knows his full name.

But this didn't affect Xiao Zai's trust in her at all.

Prime Minister Xiao, who had carefully studied the city map of Luoyang, saw the way. If you look down from a high place, the houses of Gao Mo's are connected in a line. It's only a quarter of an hour.

And there are indeed tunnels underneath these houses.

Remember that day, he asked Gao Moshi what to cooperate with him?

Mrs. Gao Mo took him to the south gate, and his surprise was beyond words.He had the same idea as his son, Gao Yushi and Gao Gaolang died, it's not a loss!That is to say, Pei Tianshu killed Gao's father and son by surprise with a lightning strike, otherwise, I really don't know who will die.

Of course, if the Gao family father and son hadn't died, he wouldn't have been able to get such a big deal.

Gao Moshi said that all she wanted was the lives of Pei's family as long as she avenged her husband and son.As for the power that men only like, what's the use of her being a girl!
Prime Minister Xiao believed in this, and promised to give her countless gold and silver. If she was still not satisfied, she could just give her the position of queen.

Anyway, compared with power and honor, queens and women are nothing more than decorations.

What kind of wives do not have wives? In a family like theirs, the combination of a man and a woman does not involve the interests of the family.To put it bluntly, marriage has only two functions, one is to carry on the family line, and the other is to closely link two families with common interests.What kind of love, that's for fooling fools.

Gao Mo has no natal family, and a queen without a natal family is better than the century-old family behind his first wife Liu.

If he is the emperor, he must not be an emperor held hostage by any family.

Prime Minister Xiao, who has not yet taken the position of emperor, is already having a headache doing what an emperor would have a headache. He confidently feels that his chances of winning are [-]% to [-]%.

Pei Tianshu's local turtle just relied on how many soldiers he had in his hands, but not all of those soldiers were stationed in Luoyang City.He is also very arrogant, he always feels that he is like a god with soldiers, and most of the troops of the Pei family army are stationed between the two mountains outside the city, and they engage in red and green confrontations every now and then, which is really ridiculous.

Prime Minister Xiao had figured it out a long time ago. The number of troops stationed in Luoyang City, including those in the palace, would not exceed 5.

This is a surprise attack, and he is the prime minister of the current dynasty. As long as he controls the city gate and has favorable conditions, he is confident that he will get the support of most of the aristocratic families... Just wait until tonight, and everything will be settled.

Prime Minister Xiao walked very carefully with his entourage, shuttling through the alleys that were not crowded even during the day, as if he was afraid of alarming someone.

It may be because the street is too quiet, or it may be that they are always thinking about the little bad things that they will do later, every step of this group of people is full of fear.

When walking at night, the more I am afraid of ghosts, the more I feel that there are ghosts behind me.

Prime Minister Xiao, who was careful to look back all the way, ignored the front, and unfortunately ran into Pei Jinyu.

Pei Jinyu had already gone to the south gate, and boarded the city gate, staring at the dark Luoyang city, but suddenly saw a few houses with lights on.

In the south of Luoyang City, there is no big family that can be called a name. Most of the small households feel sorry for the lamp oil money, and they have to go to bed as soon as it gets dark, so they burn the lamps for nothing.

Although there were not many houses with lights on, there was one house a few streets away, as if the lights were reserved for someone.

Normally such things would not attract Pei Jinyu's attention, but Mrs. Pei and the prime minister's wife left the city today, and they haven't turned back so far. If Prime Minister Xiao started an incident, if not this time, then when?

The more critical the situation is, the less careless it is, and we have to believe it or not.She had doubts in her heart, and immediately summoned a guard, and wanted to go to those houses with lights on.

Hey, I just bumped into Prime Minister Xiao.

Of course, all I saw were countless black shadows.

Pei Jinyu's men wanted to step forward to investigate, but those shadows turned around and turned into an alley.

They had to chase, one street after another.Pei Jinyu discovered one thing, that is, the number of those shadows is constantly decreasing, which is definitely not an illusion.

Pei Jinyu immediately thought of those lights that were on, so he simply stopped chasing them, and remembered from memory that there were houses with lights on in a few alleys in this area.

Pei Jinyu first sent people to dispatch troops, and then said: "A door-to-door investigation, it is said that a slave has escaped from the Princess's residence."

Not long after, Ba Jun rushed over with a hundred people.

Lots of people are easy to do. In less than half an hour, several alleys were checked. There were no suspicious houses, but there were two houses that were vacant.I also asked the neighbors specifically, and one said that the house changed hands the year before last, and the original owner went back to the countryside, but the current owner has never seen it.In another family, there was an old servant who looked after the house, but he was deaf and dumb. The neighbors on the left and right said that the master had gone to do business outside the customs.

Pei Jinyu thought for a while, and then gave a simple order: "Those who lock the door will be locked in, and those who have old servants will be tied up first."

Alas, the eldest princess will never change her habit of simple violence.

Pei Jinyu always felt that something was not right, so he personally went out and took a closer look at the two houses one by one.

The house is an ordinary dwelling, with front and back entrances, a patio in the middle, and a small yard.Coincidentally, there is a lush big tree in the yard of the two families. Although the tree species are different, there is a smooth big stone under the tree that cannot be carried by one person.

Pei Jinyu walked around the boulder a few times, but didn't see any tricks. Out of caution, he ordered everyone to move the boulder away to have a look.

The big stone just moved a little, and Pei Jinyu noticed something strange, just like Xiaohe just showed a sharp corner, and a hollow corner was exposed under the big stone.

Pei Jinyu judged that there was a tunnel underneath Dashi, and her first reaction was: "Hurry up, send a letter to the Dai Wang." Her tone was decisive, but her voice was not loud.

Pei Zheng also subconsciously asked in a low voice: "Do you want to give it to the palace..."

"Don't worry," she said, stomping her feet, "If people are really down, it's easy to get in, but hard to get out."

At this time, Pei Jinyu didn't think that there were 1 people hidden underground, but he was also careful, for fear that if there were few people with him, the chances of winning would be slim if the people from the underground came up.

She gave Pei Zheng a white handkerchief, which was stamped with the Pei family's special "Tiger Charm".

She told Pei Zheng to hurry up and bring in all the people who could be mobilized in the city, and this side continued to expand the search area, as long as there were boulders in their homes, all of them should be sent to stay behind. .Then they sent people to prepare oil, fire, and water, waiting for her next order.

Everything was going on almost silently, and more than half an hour passed, and they found such big stones in the yards of sixteen families, some of which were uninhabited, and some of which were occupied by old servants or old women. gatekeeper.Seven or eight people were tied up alone, and this may be just the tip of the iceberg.

It was only at this time that Pei Jinyu realized what kind of a big secret she had discovered. This tunnel might have been dug outside the palace, and maybe even dug into the palace.

Those two idiots, Lin Junyou and Lin Qianzhi, didn't know how they became emperors. It was inconceivable that such a thing could happen at the feet of the emperor.

Even if the tunnel was dug deep and no one noticed the sound when digging, how did the soil get out?
She, Pei Jinyu, didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly delivered the letter to the palace.She didn't want to send a letter to her father before, because she felt that her father had been working too hard recently, if the matter was not serious, she and Dai Wang could solve it, so why bother her father.But if the tunnel is really dug into the palace, then the current palace will have to strengthen the guards and take precautions.

When Pei Zheng transferred the garrison from the nearest teaching ground, she couldn't wait to disperse them to sixteen households, and then she asked someone to remove the boulder first, and began to pour water into it.

She made a special trip to pick a family next to the small river, which is not close to carrying water or something.

Pei Jinyu isn't too inhumane, if he doesn't use oil and fire first, is he kind?However, she asked people to deliver the prepared oil, fire, as well as fodder and wood to the other fifteen families.

Just imagine, if a hole is attacked by water, another hole is attacked by fire, and another hole is smoked, no matter how deep the hole is dug, the taste will be ecstasy enough!

Of course, that was the worst possible outcome, and the one who took the first action at the moment was the water attack here.

Dai Wang, who hurried over with Xiao Baihe in his arms, saw this scene.

When Pei Jinyu saw him, she waved at him and said, "I caught a few gophers and flooded them with water first, but I wonder if gophers can swim?"

Dai Wang smiled and said: "It's okay, if you swim up, you can beat him down with a stick."

When Xiao Baihe, who was squatting in the corner, heard it, he could only think of one sentence: Dai Wang and the eldest princess are real husband and wife, one is more vicious than the other.

Both the enemy and the enemy, being kind to the enemy is being cruel to one's own people.

Fire attack and smoke were still used in the end, and finally the fattest and largest fish was smoked - Prime Minister Xiao.

But no one saw the "Mrs. Gao" that Xiao Baihe was talking about.

(End of this chapter)