"Haha~" The fourth son yawned, lying in the military tent with his arms around the stone, pinching the stone's furry ears and looking up, he saw Gongsun standing at the door with his arms folded, wearing a bearskin and staring at Zhao Pu in front of him. The big tent, staring intently, has been looking at it for an hour.
"Daddy, why don't you go and stay with Jiujiu?"
"How can it be, Jiujiu has military affairs." Gongsun turned his head, and then looked, "Little Si, we can't hold Jiujiu back, you know?"
The fourth son pouted, "Jiujiu has always said that the fourth son and dad are his lucky stars, so why would he hold back."
Gongsun sighed softly. Of course, these things cannot be explained to the fourth son, but this worry is getting stronger and stronger. Gongsun secretly prayed, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, this time it's all up to you
After Bai Yutang found Dead Leaf Butterfly, he had some clues. Zhan Zhao and the others decided to go up the mountain to find Erhu. If it was a cottage in the same mountain area, some clues might come out.
After going up the mountain, Zhan Zhao felt that the two tigers were really doing well, at least the gate of the cottage was quite grand.
For safety's sake, Ziying and Zheying still spied on the cottage, while Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang knocked on the door of the cottage.
The small school announced when they entered the house, and Erhu immediately came out with someone to greet him. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were welcomed into the cottage like honored guests. Er Hu ordered a big feast for them, Zhan Zhao hurriedly waved his hands and said that he was full, and wanted to ask Er Hu about something serious.
Er Huping retreated to the left and right, and sat with Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao in the spoils distribution hall.
The servants served tea, and Erhu asked Zhan Zhao, "What's the matter?"
"How many villages are there in this mountainous area?"
"That's too much." Erhu thought for a while, "Let's do a rough calculation, there are about fifteen or sixteen."
"So many?" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Do you have a general understanding of the movements of the various cottages?"
"Hey." Erhu smiled, "I don't want to say it clearly, but I know something anyway. We need to be vigilant when we are doing trouble in our business."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and Zhan Zhao asked directly, "Then, is there any expert or strange person coming from any cottage around here recently?"
Erhu was slightly taken aback, and rubbed his head, "Experts or strange people Let me ask you." Then, he asked the master to find a few small bandits who often walked around to investigate.
One of them looked very clever, so he said that he saw that there were indeed weirdos and masters.
Erhu left him alone and asked him to tell Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in detail.
The little bandit said, "A while ago, it was said that a group of people came from Majiazhai."
Erhu interjected to help explain, "Majiazhai is the largest cottage here, and the owner of the village is called Ma Fang, who seems to be from the military. He is quite powerful but has a weird temper.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had never heard of this name before, and they didn't ask in detail. Zi Ying and Zhe Ying on the roof looked at each other¡ªMa Fang? Same name? !
"That Majiazhai, who came here?"
"Several men in black wearing cloaks. Because they ride very good horses, some people on the mountain say that Majiazhai has invited some masters. There seems to be an old man with a white beard among them." The little thief continued, "Also, Majiazhai is also very strange these days. It doesn't do business anymore. I don't know why Dazhai is locked up."
Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that there were a few points that were consistent¡ªit was better to go and have a look.
Because the matter was urgent, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did not delay after asking about the situation, so they hurriedly said goodbye to Erhu and left. The trouble made Erhu confused, so why not come for a cup of tea? what's going on?
When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived outside Dazhai, Ziying Zheying followed.
"There is nothing wrong with Erhu's cottage, it looks quite normal." Ziying said, looking at Zheying.
Zhe Ying frowned slightly, as if she had something on her mind.
Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw some clues, and hurriedly asked, "It's urgent, but it's okay to say!"
"If this Ma Fang is really the Ma Fang we know, it may have something to do with him." Ziying said, "There was a traitor in the Zhao family army before, and it was Ma Fang."
"Traitor?!" Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised, "Tell me in detail."
"Ma Fang was originally the defender of the Northwest Army. He was very arrogant and aggressive. After the marshal arrived, he didn't obey orders. Later, he led the soldiers and fell into danger. The prince rescued them. , I demoted him and asked him to reflect on himself. Ma Fang felt that he could not hold his head up in front of the soldiers, so he desperately tried to win his breath. Later, he acted blindly and was dismissed by Liao.??Cai San, successfully survived this crisis.
After being locked up at the border for a few more days, Zhao Pu was waiting for a change in the sky or some kind of big rebellion, but after waiting for a long time, everything was calm.
He felt that he had lost his way, and walked around the yard with his arms folded, followed by the fourth son, who was also walking around with his arms folded. Zhao Pu stopped with one foot, and the fourth son bumped into it, rubbing his nose and looking up.
"Little four." Zhao Pu picked him up, "Jiujiu is annoying."
The fourth son also nodded at him, "Yes, the fourth son also found that Jiujiu was irritable."
"Why do you think so?" Zhao Pu was puzzled, "Is my father overly anxious?"
Little Si tilted his head, "That's right!"
Zhao Pu frowned, "Sure enough."
But after a closer look, the fourth son also felt very anxious, "What's wrong with you? Don't you have fun every day?"
"Yeah!" The fourth son nodded seriously, but it felt weird.
"What's so strange?" Zhao Pu found it funny, and pinched his nose, "You're only so young, so you're so anxious?"
"Jiujiu is seldom anxious, right?" the fourth son asked him.
Zhao Pu nodded.
"Miaomiao and Baibai are rarely anxious, right?"
Zhao Pu continued to nod.
"Small belly and little buns are rarely restless, right?"
Zhao Pu nodded, "Yes."
"But everyone is anxious today!" The fourth son looked puzzled, "Why?"
Zhao Pu was slightly taken aback.
The fourth son tugged at Zhao Pu's sleeve, "When are we going back to Kaifeng, Jiujiu?"
"Oh." Zhao Pu agreed, but in his heart he was thinking about what the fourth son said just now. Sure enough, did everyone feel something was wrong? I always feel that kidnapping people this time is as unnecessary as taking off your pants and farting.
Just at this time, someone came in from outside, it was the shadow guard.
"My lord, the imperial decree has come from Kaifeng."
Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Didn't you send someone back to report that you are safe?"
"It's not about border gates and hostages." Ziying said in a low voice, "Recently a strange case happened in Kaifeng, the emperor told Mr. Bao to go back, and then"
"What?"
"The imperial palace was attacked a few days ago, and the emperor was slightly injured."
"What?" Zhao Zhen frowned, wondering in his heart, who is so capable. Since Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, there were many assassins in the palace, but none of them could really get close to him, let alone hurt him.
"Have the assassins been caught? How many?"
Ziying shook her head, "Just one person, he escaped, it is said that he is a master, and killed no less than twenty guards."
Zhao Pu's heart trembled, such a master in the martial arts should be a person of dignity, right? how come¡¡
"It is said that thanks to the little prince who came forward to rescue him that day, otherwise the emperor might have lost his life." Ziying paused for a moment when she said this, and Zhao Pu asked, "Which little prince?"
"Zhao Cong."
"Oh" Zhao Pu nodded knowingly, and asked again, "Zhao Cong was there at that time?"
"That's right, he just returned to Kaifeng from his trip to the south, and he happened to meet an assassin when he entered the palace with the Eighth Prince."
Zhao Pu nodded, "Have you notified Mr. Bao?"
"Zhe Ying went to talk."
"Okay." Zhao Pu stood up, "Go back to the palace immediately!" With an order, everyone went to prepare.
After leaving the door and preparing to leave, Zhao Pu discovered that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not there. It turned out that Bao Zheng was afraid that the palace would be attacked again, so he asked Zhan Zhao to go back first, and Bai Yutang naturally followed, but Bai Wuye had been sombre these days, He didn't talk much and seemed to be preoccupied, and he couldn't explain clearly when asked.
Zhan Zhao followed him all the way back, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. He always felt that the matter this time was not over, or just started?
At this time, Kaifeng is also a world of ice and snow, this year's winter seems to be particularly stunned, with falling snow covering the crossroads in the courtyard. Sitting alone at the table, there is a chessboard in front of him, and there is no one on the other side, but there is a lot of fighting on the chessboard.
He raised his hand and gently put down a sunspot, surrounded the opponent, watched the enemy on the board struggling to resist, the corner of the man's mouth also revealed a smile, "The corners are all here, our good show, it's time to start!" It'shehe."