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Chapter 36 Awei’s Eighteen Postures (please read more)
After Shen Lian's explanation, Ding Xiu finally guessed some of the truth.

At that time, Li Chengxiu was ambitious and received a secret tip from nowhere. He couldn't wait to lead a team of troops to attack a Houjin camp at night, intending to make a great contribution through this battle.

In the end, he never expected to fall into a trap and be surrounded by Jurchens. Most of his men died in the battle and the rest were captured.

The fate of being captured by the Jurchens was quite tragic.

Either they are sent to the nobles as prey to be shot for fun, or they are used as slaves and live worse than pigs and dogs.

After Li Yongfang learned that his son had been captured, he secretly sent one of his cronies with only dozens of men to steal the camp at night.

The men lived up to their expectations and successfully rescued Li Chengxiu.

“More than ten years have passed since this incident, and it’s probably hard to find anyone who knows the truth.

I checked the files and found that most of the people Li Yongfang sent to rescue his son had died on the battlefield.

Some of those who survived died of illness, some returned to their hometowns, and some disappeared without a trace..."

Ding Xiu couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. Li Yongfang was the general of Liaodong back then. The Jurchens captured his son alive, how could he be easily rescued?

And the group of people who went to rescue, just by chance, either died in the battle or disappeared? "

Shen Lian sighed: "I went to the archives to check a lot of files, but I couldn't find any records about this matter.

Later, I accidentally found some clues in a file. "

"Brother Shen, is there a possibility that the Jurchens secretly made a deal with Li Yongfang as a condition for Li Chengxiu's release.

The so-called rescue is nothing more than a show by both parties, such as imprisoning Li Chengxiu in a certain camp with only a small number of troops to guard him. "

Shen Lian frowned and said, "Brother Ding is suspicious. Li Yongfang and his son have betrayed and secretly joined Hou Jin?"

“Perhaps it’s not so much a surrender, but a forced one.

Assuming that the two parties reach some kind of agreement, the Jurchens will use this as a threat to force Li Yongfang to listen to them.

Otherwise, once the matter is leaked, it will be a serious crime of collaboration with the enemy and the country. "

Shen Lian nodded thoughtfully: "It makes sense, so is the leak of the defense map really related to Li Yongfang?"

"Brother Shen, don't forget, he is the former Minister of War and the Crown Prince. The current Minister of War was also recommended by him."

"However, this is just speculation between us. Without conclusive evidence, it is difficult for us to move him."

Although today's Jin Yiwei is still very majestic, relatively speaking, his power has been greatly weakened.

In the past, Dongchang was suppressing him tightly, and he was jokingly called Dongchang's lackey.

Now that Wei Zhongxian has fallen, Jin Yiwei finally straightened up.However, in name, he was directly responsible to the emperor. In fact, it was extremely difficult for the commander of the Jinyi Guards to meet Emperor Chongzhen.

Nowadays, the most powerful person in the DPRK is the cabinet.

Jin Yiwei has to deal with major and important cases, and they are passed around, but eventually they have to be handed over to the cabinet for approval.

Ding Xiu smiled: "Then let's clean up the small fish and shrimps first, and then follow the clues, and eventually we will find him."

Shen Lian pondered for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, that's it!"

That evening, Ding Xiu came to Sichengfang alone.

Originally, I should have gone to Su Niang first, but it was still a little early now, and I guess Su Niang was busy greeting the guests.

Then go to Zana first to catch up on the past. After all, we agreed last time that we would come back to her in the future. A man must keep his word.

As soon as they met, Ding Xiu smiled and said: "Beauty, let's play a game today, Awei's Eighteen Styles, all live without discount."

Zana:? ? ?
Late at night, Ding Xiu walked briskly and left Chunxiao Tower humming a tune.

"Stretch out your hand, touch my sister, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, no, I am a man."

Humming, Ding Xiu suddenly turned in a different direction.

Originally, he planned to go to Hongyunfang to find Su Niang to express his feelings, but he vaguely felt that someone was following him secretly, so he turned into an alley.

Sure enough, not far after entering Hu, a man appeared at the entrance of the alley.

When he saw Ding Xiu stopped, he glanced at the entrance of the alley. The guy was pretending to take off his belt and looked like he was peeing everywhere.

Ding Xiu ignored the other party and continued walking deeper into the alley.There are many and messy alleys here, and they are not connected together. There are also many wastelands, woods and the like in the intervals.

The man did not follow.

However, Ding Xiu saw a firework soaring into the sky in the night sky, just like the moment when fireworks took off, but there was no brilliant fireworks.

Seeing this, Ding Xiu couldn't help but frown.

Jinyiwei also has a similar method of communication, called trumpet arrows. When encountering an emergency, they launch trumpet arrows, which can not only notify their companions, but also guide the location.

It seems that he has been targeted. Are you planning to take action?
Who revealed his true identity?

Su Niang?

With the thought coming together, Ding Xiu began to quickly look at his surroundings.

"call out!"

At this moment, there was a slight sound of breaking through the air behind him.

Ding Xiu jumped to the left like lightning, and a small crossbow arrow passed by.

"Whoa..."

Immediately afterwards, several more crossbow arrows struck.

Ding Xiu already held the knife in his hand. He used the knife to chop the flying crossbow arrows while dodging them. At the same time, he rushed forward, running left and right like a snake towards a slope on the right.

This slope is very desolate, surrounded by vegetable fields, haystacks, graveyards, grass, and a forest on the slope.

Ding Xiu's destination was that forest. In the forest, he could kill without restraint.

Behind him, three men in black were chasing after him.

Not long after, Ding Xiu ran into the woods.

The three men in black chased them to the edge of the forest but stopped. Perhaps they were afraid of the wise words of "Don't enter the forest", or perhaps they were waiting for others to surround them.

After all, they don't have Ding Xiu's strength, let alone nine lives.

Soon, several more black shadows rushed over and joined the three men in black before, and then divided into three groups and entered the forest separately.

Shortly after.

A man in black held a knife tightly and leaned against a tree to carefully observe the surroundings, searching for traces of the target.

Suddenly, a figure appeared silently like a ghost from the blind spot of the man in black. The knife was held behind his back to prevent the reflection of the knife from revealing his whereabouts.

Three steps, two steps...swing the knife!

With Ding Xiu's skill, this sword is [-]% sure to kill the opponent instantly with one strike.

Unexpectedly, he underestimated his opponent.

"call out!"

Almost at the same time, a subtle sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from behind.

Ding Xiu could guess without looking back that it must be a crossbow arrow.

Generally speaking, although the range and power of crossbows are not as good as bows and arrows, they are lighter and easier to carry. There is even a small crossbow that can be hidden in the sleeve, called a sleeve arrow, which is hard to guard against.

Within a few feet, the crossbow arrows are still very lethal.

The imperial court strictly ordered civilians not to make, possess, or buy or sell crossbow arrows. Once discovered, they would be jailed or beheaded.

However, people in the world generally ignore court laws and regulations.

However, most people in the world don't like to use crossbows, except for some dead soldiers and killers.

"Pfft~"

Ding Xiu quickly turned sideways, and a chopstick-length crossbow arrow hit the tree.At the same time, the man in black hiding behind the tree escaped disaster.

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(End of this chapter)