"King Changguang takes everyone as hostages. This man is moody, has a changeable temperament, is violent and merciless."
"If we don't take him back as soon as possible, there will be a big disaster."
In the house, Tian Zili sat next to Liu Taozi worriedly. They had originally agreed with Lu Qubing that when the weather got a little warmer, they would send the village's close secrets to Wuchuan.
Unexpectedly, things progressed faster than everyone expected. Gao Zhan escaped smoothly, and Cheng'an was on the edge of Ye City. It only took Gao Zhan's cavalry three hours to get there.
Yao Xiong quickly walked into the house, closed the door in a hurry, and came to the two of them. He sneered and said: "That guy was so scared that he peed. He really doesn't have any courage. He is just a villain!"
"I was imprisoned in another hospital."
"Brother, my sister, my sister-in-law, and several nephews are all in Cheng'an."
Yao Xiong paused, "They are all good people and have never done evil. Even my sister-in-law has never given me any good looks in the past, but he has never missed a meal from me."
"Brother, give me a cavalry team, and I will rescue everyone in Cheng'an."
Tian Zili immediately rejected his proposal, "Yecheng is the headquarters of King Changguang. Although he has no virtue, the soldiers under his command are all elite. Besides, how can those people gallop with you? Not at all.
possible."
Yao Xiong asked again: "Then we simply tied up He Shikai and came to threaten Gao Zhan. Didn't it mean that Gao Zhan loved He Shikai very much? Use him in exchange!"
Tian Zili shook his head again, "As I said before, Gao Zhan is moody. No matter how much he loves He Shikai, He Shikai is just one of his slaves. Besides, if his brother does this, Gao Zhan will know that these are true
It’s my brother’s fault.”
"Then what should we do?"
Yao Xiong's face was full of frustration. He said with some annoyance: "I shouldn't have listened to Mr. Lu in the first place. I should have picked them all up."
Tian Zili sighed.
"How can you blame Lu Gong for this?"
"It was originally a safe thing, but Your Majesty insisted on killing the King of Jinan. I really don't understand why the King of Jinan had no power, no closeness, and was indifferent to the aggressive Gao Zhan, but why he sent someone to brutally kill the King of Jinan??"
Yao Xiong and Tian Zili were both a little impatient and worried at the moment.
"Don't worry too much."
Liu Taozi said calmly: "As long as I am still alive, Gao Zhan will not dare to touch these people."
"He sent his soldiers to come and talk to me because he was afraid that I would defect to the Puppet Zhou Dynasty. If our frontier fortress were to surrender to the Puppet Zhou Dynasty, then he would not have to think about being an emperor, but would have to think about how not to be a prisoner."
Tian Zili added: "That's true, but they are in Gao Zhan's hands, so we have to be controlled by him."
Liu Taozi narrowed her eyes.
"Where is Jung Do-gyeom?"
"who??"
"That witch from Yecheng."
The two soldiers opened the door violently, and He Shikai was so frightened that he hid in the corner. There was only one bed in the house, and there was really no place to hide.
He Shikai looked at them in horror and shouted: "Everyone! Everyone!! Don't do anything!"
However, the tiger-like soldier ignored his words and walked up to him, grabbed his shoulders, and led him out. He Shikai almost cried again.
If he had known that this would be the case, he would not come to the frontier at all.
This guy is simply a lunatic. My king is about to ascend the throne. How dare you arrest me??
Could it be that this guy is really going to vote for the fake Zhou?
He Shikai was extremely scared.
The soldiers dragged him all the way to the rear of the government office, where there were more soldiers stationed in various places.
When they walked to a long terraced house, a soldier opened the lock, and the two men pressed the soldier and drove in.
There are no windows in the house, so even during the day, it is extremely dark.
There were auxiliary soldiers holding torches and walking back and forth.
The torches illuminated the surrounding area, and there were wooden fences on both sides. Within the fence, a person could be seen, either lying or sitting, looking straight at them.
He Shikai became more and more afraid and struggled desperately, "You can't put me in jail!! I came on the king's order!! I came on the king's order!!"
What did the soldier care about? Someone opened the door and the soldier threw him in.
He Shikai fell to the ground, grinning in pain.
The soldier locked the door, turned around and left.
He Shikai hurriedly rushed to the fence gate and looked desperately at the soldier walking away, "I have something to see General Anxi!!"
The soldiers had already gone away, and there was a rotten stench all around. He Shikai couldn't help shouting again: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
"Why is it so noisy?!"
There was a voice from the side, and He Shikai looked over there angrily, and saw several skinny people sitting not far away, staring at him fiercely.
He Shikai shouted: "I am joining the military under King Changguang! If you want to survive, don't provoke me!"
Hearing these words, those people stood up with a ferocious smile, "How dare you show off your power even though you are locked up here?!"
"Let this Yecheng egg man know our rules!"
After a while, miserable howls came from the prison.
Life in the prison is very regular. The soldier delivers meals once a day. However, He Shikai cannot eat. The inmates take away his food. He informs the soldier of the situation, but the soldier ignores it, while the inmates
But he will never let him go again.
Shuozhou, governor's office.
In the room, Hu Luxian was sitting on top, holding a leg of lamb in his hand. He tore off a large piece of meat in one bite, chewed it hard, bit it into pieces and swallowed it.
General Pi stood aside respectfully and watched the general eat.
"Caught?"
"Yes, I don't know where he is imprisoned. I can't find him anyway."
"Why were you arrested?"
"I don't know. After just a few words, He Shikai said he wanted to talk alone, and I was kicked out."
Hu Luxian raised his head and glanced at him, "Then have they ever made things difficult for you?"
"No, I didn't dare to contradict Liu Taozi. That's his territory. Besides, he's a ruthless person who can break into Yubi City. I'm afraid I'll suffer a loss and lose the general's face."
Hu Luxian laughed and said, "You are still used to making excuses for yourself, so why not sit down and eat together."
"Thank you, General!"
General Pi hurriedly sat next to Hu Luxian. He was not polite and stretched out his hand to take it. Hu Luxian asked again: "How do you feel about going to Beishuo this time?"
"The whole Beishuo area has been owned by Liu Taozi. Even if the emperor comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to move it."
Hu Luxian rubbed his forehead and let out a long sigh, "This should be a great opportunity for us to join forces to deal with the Puppet Zhou. Why can't this temple be peaceful?"
"General, don't we care about the affairs of the soldiers?"
Hu Luxian narrowed his eyes, "How can you ignore it?"
"When I came to serve as the governor of Shuozhou, I have already destroyed the system. Your Majesty did this just to make me and Liu Taozi join forces to deal with Yang Zhong."
"Yang Zhong used his troops vigorously and resolutely. Our scouts found that he was setting off for Guizhen, so he must have already been on his way to Guizhen."
"When the scouts discovered that he was returning home, he must have been outside the city ready to launch an attack."
"This guy is not easy to deal with. My brother can't get away, so the three of us can only resist him."
"I am now in Shuo, armed with heavy troops, and married to Liu Taozi. If I get too close to him, I will definitely be replaced. Then who can replace me and resist Yang Zhong?"
"Brother failed, King Pingyuan wanted to take control of Jinyang, Lou Rui was unwilling to leave the Queen Mother, Shedi returned to Luo, and many generals such as He Baren were at odds with Liu Taozi."
"If the temple gives random orders to transfer me now, then Yang Zhong will really attack the famous general Yang Zhong with all his strength. He has been fighting for many years and has elite soldiers and generals under his command. Can Liu Taozi himself be able to withstand him?"
General Pi nodded and asked: "General, when will Yang Zhong come?"
"Oh, the situation in the temple is currently in chaos. King Changguang's envoys have all come to Wuchuan. Yang Zhong will definitely not attack."
"If he attacks at this time, it will help us and help us stabilize the situation."
"He will definitely choose the best time."
Hu Luxian waved his hand and said, "Let Yang Zhong go ahead and think about what happened with He Shikai."
"Let's go and call Guo Changshi over."
"But I haven't finished eating yet."
“Take away and eat on the go!”
Wuchuan.
In the dark and dirty prison, He Shikai huddled in the corner, crying silently.
He no longer dared to cry loudly. Every time he cried, he was beaten and humiliated by the prisoners.
He Shikai had never suffered such hardship in his life.
He has always felt that he is a person who can endure hardships, and he can ride a horse from Sizhou to Shuozhou, but only when he got here did he know what real hardship is.
He hadn't eaten for many days, and every time he could only eat some rotten vegetable leaves that others didn't want. The vicious gangsters kept beating and humiliating him. In this environment, He Shikai even felt,
It's actually quite good to die, at least I won't have to suffer like this again.
At this time, a soldier opened the door and saw two people walking quickly in front of He Shikai.
The monk, with his disheveled face, raised his head and looked at them with dull eyes.
Two soldiers pulled him and walked out of here quickly.
But they didn't take He Shikai out of here, but kept walking him inside. After walking a few steps, they stopped. The soldier opened the door and threw him in again.
"I've changed your cell to a different cell, so don't yell anymore!"
The soldier said and looked forward again, "This gentleman is a big shot from Yecheng. Don't bully him!"
He Shikai always felt that this sentence contained great malice.
Does this imply that they continue to beat themselves???
Was it because the original group of people were too lazy to beat themselves anymore, so a new group of people came to beat them??
After the soldier left, sure enough, the prisoners came up with a ferocious smile. Just when the soldier closed his eyes in despair, a man suddenly walked out from them and said, "Don't fight, don't do it!"
As soon as this man spoke, the prisoners around him stopped immediately and sat back down as if they were listening to his words.
One person groped his way to He Shikai's side, "He Shikai? Is it you? Is it really you?"
With the help of the weak firelight outside, He Shikai stared at the unkempt and dirty man in front of him, but he couldn't recognize him, "Who are you?"
"I am Zheng Doqian!"
"He Gong! The great wizard of Yecheng!"
He Shikai recognized him immediately, "Mr. Zheng!"
"He Gong!"
Meeting an old friend in prison, Shikai and Shikai felt unspeakable grievances. The two embraced each other and cried bitterly.
The two cried for a long time before they separated. Zheng Daoqian wiped his tears and said, "My lord, why are you here?"
When asked about this, He Shikai had too much to say.
"After the king was arrested, I came here under the order of the temple. Unexpectedly. The general misunderstood me and put me in prison. These days, I am..."
Thinking of the grievances he had suffered in the past few days, He Shikai burst into tears again.
"He Gong has been wronged, he has been wronged!"
Zheng Daoqian hurriedly comforted him, and He Shikai then raised his head and looked at Zheng Daoqian, "Why are you here?"
Zheng Daoqian laughed bitterly, "I'm not good at academics."
"oh?"
"At the beginning, I settled a big deal for King Changguang. I told the king and just waited with peace of mind. But in the end, something like that happened to the king."
Zheng Daoqian looked desperate, "I thought I was sorry for your Majesty, so I left Yecheng. I wanted to continue studying knowledge and improve myself. Later I heard that people in the frontier fortress are good at divination and there are many experts, so I came here to seek advice.
Visiting friends."
"Who would have thought that just because I helped the locals exorcise ghosts, I would be regarded as resisting the general and arrested. This situation lasted for a long time!"
“Exorcism??”
He Shikai looked at a loss. Zheng Daoqian looked around and whispered: "The general sent people to kill those big households. They regarded Cheng'an officials as ghosts and wanted me to do it. I prayed that these ghosts would not come near."
He Shikai understood immediately.
In Daqi, where witchcraft is common, this is not surprising.
Zheng Daoqian cried and cried: "I have been here for a long time, but I have suffered all kinds of torture. They asked me to give out 20,000 yuan to pay for the crime, but I was not allowed to go out. How can I collect money for them."
He Shikai looked at him as if he saw himself, a brother in distress. At this moment, they were confiding their hearts to each other, and their relationship couldn't help but become much closer.
He Shikai looked at him and said helplessly: "The king is indeed very angry with you. After I came out, I sent someone to look for you. But don't worry, if I can get out alive, I will definitely inform the king and ask him to pardon me."
For your crime, the most important thing at the moment is to see the general and get out. Is there anything you can do?"
After saying that, He Shikai secretly glanced at Zheng Daoqian.
Zheng Daoqian suddenly asked: "The king is out??"
“When did it come out??”
He Shikai's brows suddenly relaxed, and he quickly told Zheng Daoqian truthfully the cause and effect.
Zheng Daoqian said excitedly: "It seems that my divination is not wrong. As long as I wait with peace of mind, everything will turn disaster into blessing!"
He Shikai was startled, "That's not bad, but how do we get out now?"
Zheng Daoqian smiled bitterly, "If I could go out, how could I stay so long? I have no choice."
"You are the best at divination and your reputation is throughout the Central Plains. Why not divine good or bad luck?"
"You don't know something. This technique of divination and fortune-telling can only be used on others, but it cannot be used on yourself."
"Then come and tell me a divination!"
Zheng Daoqian took a deep breath, agreed, hurriedly prepared some stones, looked at He Shikai's face, and talked like this for a long time.
"He Gong! Good luck!"
Zheng Daoqian said with a smile: "You will no longer endure hardships soon!"
He Shikai was stunned. He Shikai was not a traditional Hu man. His family had been officials in the Central Plains for several generations, and even had ministerial orders. He was highly Chinese-speaking. He did not completely believe in such things as witchcraft.
, but he still respected these people who were good at witchcraft. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zheng, I know you are smart, so why don't you comfort me and give me some advice?"
Zheng Daoqian whispered: "He Gong thinks, why does Dugu Qizhen want to arrest you?"
He Shikai replied: "It's because the king held his people hostage. He wanted to use me to threaten the king."
"No, Qi Haozhen is a moody, tyrannical, and cruel person. How can he be someone who considers his people? For the things he did, didn't his people suffer miserably from him?"
"He was angry because He Gong threatened him face to face. Although he doesn't speak, he is the most violent and can't bear to be wronged and humiliated."
He Shikai pondered for a moment, "It makes sense, so what do you think he will do?"
"I think he might use you to threaten the king, but it won't be in exchange for any of his tribesmen or friends, or even his grandpa!"
"He will use you to blackmail the king and ask the king to give you financial rewards, just to vent his anger and retaliate."
He Shikai was confused at this, "Extorting money and food?? He really doesn't even care about his grandfather??"
Zheng Daoqian said in a low voice: "After I came to the border area, I heard a lot of things. I heard people say that when your Majesty came here and called Liu Taozi a general, the general was furious and said to the emperor: How can a general
Use the surname of Lao Cangtou? Please give me a name, Your Majesty."
"The emperor called him Dugu, and named him Qi Haozhen, and he gave up."
He Shikai was shocked.
He has always thought that he was a villain, but now he knows what a real villain is.
Don’t use the last name of the old man?? This is what a fucking son of a man can say??
This Liu Taozi is a fucking beast!
How pitiful Liu Taozhi was, to have given birth to such a beast!
Thinking that he had provoked such a thing, He Shikai became even more desperate, "What should we do?"
Zheng Daoqian said: "Don't worry. After he gets the money and food, he will let you go if he cuts you something."
He Shikai became even more frightened. He almost cried, "Mr. Zheng, think of a way to avoid this disaster for me! If you can save yourself, I will definitely repay you!!"
Zheng Daoqian thought for a long time and then said: "Then there is only one way. Promise high-ranking officials with generous salaries and promise to pay compensation after returning to Yecheng."
"To treat a person like Qi Hao, you can only use gentle methods and never use force. Isn't it because Your Majesty has given him such a great reward that he is loyal to His Majesty now? He is a person who only cares about real rewards.
In fact, it’s not difficult to conquer him.”
"Now, he just feels that his face has been damaged. As long as he feels that he has lost face, he will naturally not embarrass He Gongke. I don't know the specific method."
He Shikai was rubbing his hands and his eyes were rolling very fast, "How can he believe this? No, no, I have to find a way."
Zheng Daoqian hurriedly begged: "My lord! If you go out, please help me and take me out too! I will never forget your kindness."
He Shikai took his hand and said, "Don't worry, I am the best at knowing people. This is what I lack. If I can go out, you will follow me from now on!"
He Shikai raised his head, his eyes sparkling.
"When His Majesty ascends the throne, I will be the leader who governs the world for him!"
"Of course I need some capable people to help me! If you can succeed, I will let you lead the Zhaoxuan Temple!! Manage the world's rituals!!"
“Thank you, Mr.!!”
ps: Happy National Day!!
I’m going to visit Beijing during the National Day, so I’ll write one less chapter. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in just half a day, so I won’t delay the update on the 2nd.
Chapter completed!