Shengshichun

Jiang Lin, like Guo Song, was one of the first two disciples of the personal guards who followed Pei Yu when he conquered the world, and both of them were selected to follow Pei Zhan since they were young.

Naturally, all these abilities were developed through hard work and hard work during those years in the northwest.

There was already something wrong with the Xu family's house. The reason for entering was through the lit areas, because unlit areas were more likely to hide mishaps.

The village is quieter at night than during the day. Fortunately, the soil on the ground after the rain is soft, making no sound when falling to the ground.

Jiang Lin led two people into the southeast corner door. In the concierge with an oil lamp, a servant with gray temples was leaning back on a bamboo couch and taking a nap. The three of them walked around the side wall and chose to go through the kitchen based on their memories from the day. Go all the way north.

As soon as I left the kitchen and approached the courtyard wall, I suddenly heard the sound of a dog barking. After holding my breath for a moment, there were footsteps again from the other side of the wall. After a while, a rough voice whispered: "Shut up!" and said: "Get down!" Down!"

Then there were a few more slow and heavy footsteps, and finally it became quiet again.

Jiang Lin and the two brothers behind him looked at each other, and in unison, they slowly pulled out the sword from their waists.

In this silent night, all the movements just now became particularly clear to my ears. The footsteps of more than one person, at least three. Moreover, the sound of these footsteps is heavy and very steady between ups and downs. It sounds like someone who is physically strong and has a lot of cultivation.

However, when they entered the house during the day, they did not see any strong-looking people. The nurses who showed up were all of ordinary build.

Jiang Lin jumped up to the wall, looked for the vicious dog lying in the corner, broke off a piece of rubble from the wall, and hit the vicious dog in the back of the neck. The dog groaned and fell to the ground.

At the same time, several people quickly moved along the dark corner of the wall towards the granary to the north.

Liu Quan and the others were also three people. After meeting, Liu Quan said anxiously: "There are indeed more people in this yard than the people on the list! We came from the vegetable garden just now, and there were more than ten sets of short game uniforms of the same color hanging on the bamboo poles! In front of us! When the dog barked, five people walked out of the yard next to the well! They were all tall and strong!"

Jiang Lin looked at his companions and said, "That's right! - Everyone, be careful and investigate again. I'll go to Zhou Yi's residence to see if there's anything fishy!"

After everyone calculated the route and roughly determined the number of people hiding in the house and their location, they poured a bucket of lamp oil they found from the warehouse onto the firewood pile in the kitchen, and then started to separate.

The place where Zhou Yi lives is easy to find. Apart from the main courtyard, it is the most neatly kept small courtyard.

Of course, in fact, these servants all live in the same area, but the rooms and courtyards are different in size.

Several nursing homes across Ming Road also live nearby, so they need to be extra careful, but Zhou Yi doesn't know martial arts, which also has advantages.

Jiang Lin walked in the door and heard even breathing coming from the room. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, he went to the bed and took out a night-light pearl and looked at the bed. He saw it was Zhou Yi lying on his side, so he raised his eyes to check it. around.

Although it is the ancestral home of a third-rank official, the butler's room is still a bit inferior to the grandeur of the stewards of the wealthy families in the capital.

There were only a few pieces of furniture in the room, and only a few drawers for hiding things. I took out each one and looked at it, but found nothing.

Jiang Lin returned to the bedside and scanned the bed carefully. There was a box on the side of the pillow. He opened it gently, and it was just an account book and a few pages of paperwork.

I took a quick look at it, but it was of little use, but I kept it in my arms.

Looking around again, there was really no place to hide the dirt. His eyes fell on a few clothes hanging on the bedside. He thought and walked over.

This is a set of inner and outer clothes. The outer robe looks familiar, it was the one Zhou Yi wore during the day.

Jiang Lin rummaged twice and found nothing unusual.

But when he was changing his clothes back, a silver light flashed before his eyes, and something fell heavily. He quickly reached out and caught it in his hand before it hit the ground!

This is Zhou Yi's pocket.

Jiang Lin quickly opened the purse and poured the contents on his clothes. Of course there was money in the purse, but the steward's purse contained quite a lot of money, including several pieces of silver, a small handful of golden melon seeds, and a few rolls. Banknotes together.

Xu Yin was a highly sought-after figure in the capital, and he was not short of money, but his daily expenses for food and clothing were not necessarily luxurious.

Being a master is not about enjoyment, and the butler specially arranged to guard the ancestral home is so rich?
However, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away. Xu Yin purchased a large amount of land here and had no relatives to supervise and take care of it. As a steward of the government, it is not strange to take advantage of it.

Apart from the money, there was nothing else in the wallet.

Xu Yin is full of doubts. Is the person he personally arranged to come here really so clean?
Jiang Lin was a little confused.

There was a movement on the bed, Zhou Yi uttered a murmur and began to turn over.

Jiang Lin quickly hid behind the bed rail.

When the movement subsided, he looked out again. At this time, the moonlight had already shone into the room, and even in places that were not directly illuminated, the outlines began to appear.

After Zhou Yi turned over, the quilt was also brought aside, and he saw that the straw mat he had just pressed was now tilted up. It was obvious that something was touching under the mat.

Jiang Lin stepped forward, quickly took out his left hand, and a round carved bronze medal came into his hand.

When I shine it under the moonlight, the carvings on the sign are immediately revealed! …

"...Who is here?!"

In the midst of shock, a hoarse scream came from the bed!
Jiang Lin quickly turned his head and saw that Zhou Yi had already sat up and quickly picked up the fire stick beside his hand!
Jiang Lin quickly tucked the sign into his arms, jumped out of the window and reached the yard!

"Come here! There are gangsters!"

Behind him, Zhou Yi shouted hoarsely, and the two brothers guarding outside the courtyard gate immediately came to greet Jiang Lin.

After gesturing to each other, they all rushed towards the retreat route they had agreed upon earlier!

The kitchen is the closest to the road out of the village. Liu Quan and the others had already rushed here when they heard the noise!
But just as they were joining together, several warriors suddenly jumped out of the diagonal thorn, instantly blocking their way.

But just after handing over, seven or eight people came from the other side, looking around to surround them!

"withdraw!"

Jiang Lin winked towards the woodshed, and at the same time took out the fire stick and threw it towards the woodshed!
The brothers understood, and each took out the fire sticks he brought with him, opened them, and threw them into the woodshed!
The firewood shed was on fire all around, and with the help of the lamp oil that had been poured down earlier, the flames suddenly jumped up, blocking the pursuing warriors behind them! This side of the woodshed is the doorway where people usually come in and out. Vehicles carrying grain and vegetables all come in and out from here, so the doorway is wide. As long as you break through this door, you can successfully escape!
But outside the scope of the fire, under the originally plain brick wall, a row of iron fences higher than the top of the wall were actually released from the ground!

The fence is surrounded on all sides, so it is more like an iron cage without a roof than an iron fence!
"They even installed a machine!"

The unexpected situation made everyone grit their teeth and curse!

If there were six of them in normal times, they would still be able to get out of trouble. After all, such a lineup can even climb over a city wall!

The key is that the blazing fire in the woodshed behind them has spread, and it will take time for them to escape from the iron cage. The consequence of this is that even if they can rush out, they still bear the risk of being burned by the fire!
"How to do?"

The brothers all looked at Jiang Lin. After a while, the warriors who had just been blocked had already bypassed the fire scene and chased them from the other side!
Jiang Lin gritted his teeth: "You go first, I'll take the lead! How many can go!"

As he spoke, he stuffed all the things he had on him into them: "Give all these to the general and the young lady without missing a thing! No mistakes are allowed!"

"Old Chiang!"

"Stop talking nonsense!..."

"No! Look over there!"

One of the brothers was dragging him with one hand and pointing at his side and back with the other. Both eyes were wide open!

Jiang Lin quickly turned around and saw a man holding a stick standing on the other side of the iron cage. The bright red firelight illuminated his face covered with scars. Under the dancing light and shadow, he looked like a devil from hell. Ugly and scary!
"It's him?!"

Jiang Lin was shocked. This is the ugly servant who was carrying the earthen pot during the day!

Just when he was surprised, the servant walked towards the iron cage. When he got under the cage, he suddenly threw the stick in his hand at him through the gap in the iron rod!

Jiang Lin subconsciously caught it, but saw the servant pointing at an iron ring on the corner of the iron cage, then looking at him deeply, quickly turning around and disappearing into the dark night behind him!
Jiang Lin immediately walked under the iron ring, looked at it carefully, and then inserted the stick into the iron ring——

Just hear a clang!
The iron cage has retracted under the ground and can no longer be seen!
Without thinking, a few people quickly jumped up to the top of the wall and fought against the warriors guarding the wall. They dropped two thunderbolts and fought their way out of the encirclement! …

After getting on the horse hidden among the lotus fields, Jiang Lin looked back at the house with thick smoke coming out, turned the horse's head and ran towards the county town!

"Old Liu will take two people to stay and keep watch, and the rest will follow me back to Beijing!"

……

In the blink of an eye, Pei Zhan had been stationed at Prince Rong's Mansion for more than half a month.

That day, Prince Rong and his son were suddenly called into the palace by the prince. After that, the funeral in the palace went on as planned, and there were still many guests who came to express their condolences every day.

If there is any difference, it is that Xu Yin appears less often in Prince Rong's Mansion now. He has returned to the Yamen and is currently busy with the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.

During this period, the prince, who temporarily replaced King Rong in handling the affairs of the clan, summoned him twice.

After the conversation that night, both Fu Zhen and Pei Zhan made a tacit understanding and did not mention the prince again. Later, Liang Zhi asked her once when he came over. It seemed that Pei Zhan and the others had also passed their anger, but they didn't say much to each other.

If a royal relative behaves inappropriately, it will affect the state of the country, let alone the prince of a country?
The emperor was over sixty years old and often fell ill. Perhaps at some point the Great Zhou Dynasty would face a change of imperial power. The current crown prince might become the new emperor overnight.

At present, there are many doubts about the prince, but there is no conclusive evidence yet. If such suspicions leak out even a little bit, it is likely to cause the first fire after the new emperor takes office in the future.

The emperor is a benevolent and righteous king, and the queen is also very wise. For more than 20 years after he ascended the throne, the heroes are still alive and well, and are still entrusted with important responsibilities.

But everyone knows that the moon waxes when it waxes, and the water overflows when it is full. Let’s talk about the five generals. Who dares to be domineering by relying on their achievements in conquest and founding the country?

Pei Yu and Mrs. Pei are having a good time now. To put it bluntly, it's not because Pei Zhan later made great military exploits in the northwest. The Pei family's reputation was so prosperous that Pei Yu, the founding general of the country, had to retreat. Hidden edge.

People's hearts are unpredictable, and even the emperors and empresses are wise. There is no guarantee that there will be people in the court who can't see that they, the heroes, are enjoying all the power and wealth, and are causing trouble behind their backs. The current Great Zhou Dynasty, where the monarch and his ministers are of the same mind, is not forged by just one of them. The court of Hai Qing He Yan has always been a mutual success between the monarch and his ministers.

Therefore, we could have investigated the murder case in Baiyu Hutong vigorously and vigorously, but the prince's figure in it became more and more clear, and everyone couldn't help but restrain themselves.

During this period of time, there was no new progress in the palace because they were busy with the funeral of Princess Rong.

Almost all the clues that could be obtained in the palace were obtained. Except that the emperor's purpose of sending garrison to the palace was still uncertain, Pei Zhan had almost entered a routine state.

Chu Yu lived in the Liang family for nearly two decades. Lu Chongyang treated him personally, and his health was restored.

But now King Rong's people and Xu Yin's people are looking for him secretly, and Liang Chen won't let him out.

To a low-ranking general like Chu Yu, Liang Chen and Pei Zhan, the two marshals who defeated Dayue Kingdom, were like gods. No matter how these two told him, he would never say anything.

It's just that he always wanted to see Fuzhen. Today he heard Liang Zhi murmuring about missing Brother Xuan, because this boy refused to come back after he went to Pei's house. His mother went to pick him up several times but he refused. After leaving, Liang Zhi wanted to kidnap him back.

Chu Yu mustered up his courage several times and said, "Can I go with the general to visit General Pei's wife in his mansion?"

Liang Zhi had some prejudice against him because he had been madly infatuated with that silly girl from Yongping earlier, so he said, "What's so good about her?"

Chu Yu said: "General Pei's wife is my benefactor. Thanks to her care, now that I have recovered from my injury, I would like to pay her respects in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Si came in, walked up to Liang Zhi and cupped his hands: "General Pei's wife sent someone to invite me to visit the house!"

Liang Zhi said: "What's the matter?"

"I didn't say it, but I'm very urgent. Please tell me to go there immediately!"

Liang Zhi turned on his toes and walked out.

Chu Yu said: "General——"

Liang Zhi didn't even look back: "Next time! I didn't see that I was in a hurry!"