Under the guidance of Wu Yi, Wu Guogui walked through a nine-link courtyard and came to a dilapidated private house.
Just when Wu Yi was about to step forward and push the door open, Wu Guogui pulled him through the door and came to a drafty window to secretly look at the person coming.
He saw a middle-aged man with a thin face and a mustache pacing back and forth in the room. He didn't know if he was too nervous, but his pace that should have been leisurely seemed a bit hurried.
Seeing that the man was not someone he had met in Liaodong before, Wu Guogui's slightly frowned brows immediately relaxed and he said to Wu Yida beside him, "Do you know who this person is?"
Wu Yi thought for a moment and said, "Just now he seemed to have said that he was the Shanxi Ti...Ti envoy, named Li...Li Shisheng."
"Li Zhisheng, the Shanxi Tixue Taoist?"
Wu Guogui was ordered to investigate the situation in Shanxi. When he heard Wu Yi's words, he immediately thought of this name.
And he could remember this name not because Li Zhisheng was so good, but because when Li Zicheng captured Shanxi and arrested officials who harmed the people, Li Zhisheng knelt at the feet of the rebels in order to avoid the death penalty and said openly that "he has been in office for three months and has never been as good as before." Examination shed".
It was this ridiculous move that not only saved his life, but also allowed him to be reused by Li Zicheng and let him preside over the examination, which became a "good story" for a while.
Wu Guogui also remembered the name because of this joke.
"Yes, yes, he just said that he is a Ti Xue Dao..."
Wu Yi nodded repeatedly when he heard Wu Guogui's words, but when he wanted to repeat it, he forgot Li Zhisheng's name and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Wu Guogui knew that although Wu Yi was Wu Sangui's confidant, he really had no merit except loyalty. After a flash of contempt flashed in his eyes, he asked again: "Other than you, who else knows his identity?"
Wu Yi shook his head and said: "I was ordered by the commander to guard the entrance. I caught him as soon as he appeared, and no one else knew about it."
Wu Guogui glanced at him in surprise and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then you can take him out quietly and tell him Gao Jie's camp."
"But be careful. Before he leaves, he must search carefully. Don't let him take away anything related to us."
Wu Yi nodded, turned around and walked into the room.
Wu Guogui took the opportunity to hide in the dark and observe Li Zhisheng.
Li Zhisheng in the house trembled suddenly when he heard the sound of the door opening, and he even tore off two beards with his right hand in panic.
After he saw the person clearly, he was about to force himself to step forward and salute, but was frightened by Wu Yi's voice again.
Then I heard vaguely, "The commander said...Gao Jie...will help you..."
Just when he came back to his senses, he saw Wu Yi's fan-like hand reaching over again, and he was so frightened that he immediately closed his eyes.
But the severe pain he imagined did not come. He only felt his clothes shaking for a while, and then his two feet began to move up and down.
He secretly opened his eyes and found that he had left the room and was walking outside.
He glanced behind him again, but he didn't see the legendary swordsman, and he felt a little relieved.
"Do you remember everything I just said?"
After Wu Yi took Li Zhisheng to the exit, he asked loudly.
"Remember, remember!"
Hearing this, Li Zhisheng nodded subconsciously.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that he had no idea what the other party said. Thinking of Niu Jinxing's explanation, his body trembled. He had just plucked up the courage to ask, but when he saw Wu Yi's face, that little courage immediately Escaped without a trace.
When Wu Guogui, who was hiding in the dark, saw this, he was about to go out and make it clear so as not to miss Wu Sangui's important event, but he accidentally saw the figure of Jin Yiwei looming in the distance.
Therefore, he did not show up, but quietly followed Li Zhisheng for a while.
He was originally worried that Li Zhisheng would go the wrong way, but he didn't expect that Li Zhisheng would go straight to Gao Jie's camp.
After a brief thought, he guessed that Gao Jie should also be one of the people Li Zhisheng tried to persuade to surrender, which was why Li Zhisheng was so familiar with him, and he couldn't help but admire Wu Sangui even more.
At the same time, another doubt arose in his mind. If Li Zhisheng was so useless, why would Li Zicheng send such a person to persuade him to surrender?
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At the foot of Hengshan Mountain, there was the original courtyard of the King of Jin in the Ming Dynasty.
In a splendid hall, Li Zicheng sat on the Taishi chair with a livid face, looking at Niu Jinxing and Li Mou who were arguing.
From the corner of his eye, he occasionally glanced at Li Yan, who was silent with his fists clenched.
Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and other generals on Li Yan's side all stared at Li Zhisheng who had just returned with angry expressions. Only Song Xiance was still shaking his goose feather fan leisurely, his eyes constantly circulating among the crowd.
Li Zhisheng, one of the parties involved, looked down at the ground and trembled slightly.
It turned out that after Li Zhisheng left Wu Sangui's military camp, he came to Gao Jie's military camp according to the information given by Niu Jinxing.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the intersection, he was driven away by patrolling soldiers and threatened that if he dared to come again, he would be dismembered.
Li Zhisheng was a weakling. When he was frightened by the soldiers, he immediately ran away in a mess.
Just because he was worried that he would not be able to explain to Niu Jinxing, he went to Li Chengdong's military camp.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Li Chengdong's military camp, Gao Jie came with a large number of troops, claiming that Li Chengdong had colluded with the rebels and wanted to punish him and Li Chengdong.
Li Chengdong refused to admit it. When the two sides were arguing and about to start a fight, Gong Yonggu, who was patrolling the camp, arrived and stopped the conflict.
After Gong Yonggu found out the whole story, he immediately interrogated Li Zhisheng.
Although Li Zhisheng was frightened, he was also a man who had seen some storms, and at this moment, his life was at stake, so his mind was much clearer.
So he complained repeatedly, claiming that he was just a passing scholar who was detained by the soldiers for no reason, and asked Gong Yonggu to make the decision for him.
I don't know whether it was because his acting skills were too good or because Gong Yonggu had other things on his mind, but he simply let the soldiers search his back and let him go.
Although Li Zhisheng saved his life, he did not receive a reply. When he was worrying about how to explain to Niu Jinxing when he returned, he unexpectedly saw a scholar-looking man walking out of Li Chengdong's military camp.
Then he saw Gong Yonggu rushing in with a group of cavalry. After catching up with the scholar, Gong Yonggu got off his horse and gave some instructions before galloping away.
When Li Zhisheng saw this, he knew that the scholar must have a secret.
So he quietly followed the scholar, and after walking for several miles, he pretended to meet by chance and started chatting.
After all, Li Zhisheng was a person who was committed to promoting learning, and he was very good at dealing with scholars. In addition, he deliberately welcomed and courted him. It didn't take long for the scholar to be coaxed into a daze by him. He regarded him as a confidant and talked about everything.
After some insinuations, he found out that the scholar was entrusted by Gong Yonggu to deliver a letter to a man named Li Yan. As for what the letter actually said, the scholar didn't know.
Li Zhisheng was shocked when he heard this. He wanted to open the letter quietly and check it, but he was afraid that he would be discovered after breaking the paint.
Therefore, he walked with the scholar all the way until he entered the territory of Hengshan Mountain, and then he separated from the scholar with some excuse.
However, he had already sent someone to secretly follow the scholar. After confirming that the scholar was looking for Li Yan, he hurried to report to Niu Jinxing.
When Niu Jinxing heard about this, he immediately led people to Li Yan's mansion and found the letter on the spot.
I just didn't expect that the letter, apart from Shen Zhanran's signature and a few obscure sentences, was actually an ordinary letter of greetings.
Niu Jinxing was unable to get off the tiger, so he used the obscure sentences as an excuse and insisted that the letter was evidence of Li Yan's collusion with Shen Zhanran, and he wanted to bring him to justice.
In fact, Li Yan had just returned home and had neither seen the sender nor the letter. Suddenly he saw Niu Jinxing taking out a letter saying that he had colluded with Shen Zhanran. He couldn't help but get angry and accused Niu Jinxing of framing him. .
Just when the two were arguing, Liu Zongmin happened to come to Li Yan. After hearing about this, he immediately summoned the generals and escorted Niu Jinxing to Li Zicheng's tent. That's when the scene just happened.
