"Young Master, Young Master?" After the third watch, under the dim moonlight, Zhang San knocked on Xu Zongwen's door outside the room. When he heard that Xu Zongwen came in, Zhang San hurriedly stepped in with a basin of water.
Xu Zongwen propped himself up from the bed and wanted to get up. Zhang San put the basin on the table and closed the door and went over to support him. Xu Zongwen saw the basin within a few steps. He plunged into the cold water in confusion and shook it. He then stretched out his head to take the brocade handkerchief Zhizhi handed him and wiped it clean, then moved to the bronze mirror to tidy up his long, semi-wet hair.
Then, I saw the person in the bronze mirror with sharp edges and sharp eyebrows, but his skin color was slightly darker.
Yes, it was Xu Zongwen who got up in the middle of the night and looked at himself in the mirror.
Not long after, Xu Zongwen wiped it clean, and in this ordinary silent night, outside the window of Xu Zongwen's room, a sound of flopping on the ground came from far and near.
"Zhang San, bring the pigeon in."
Zhang San opened the window lattice and brought in a black carrier pigeon very neatly. He carefully untied the sealed wax tube on the right leg of the carrier pigeon and poured out the secret letter. Xu Zongwen turned around and opened the secret letter.
It took a long time until Xu Zongwen burned the letter by candlelight and then asked: "Have the two gentlemen made arrangements?"
"Mr. Auxiliary Machine is resting in the wing, and Mr. Keeper has been escorted out of the hospital."
"very good."
Zhang San lowered his head and fumbled with the mailbox on the pigeon's feet. Xu Zongwen untied his robe and nodded without comment. After he sat down, he picked up a pen and quickly wrote a letter and gave it to Zhang San. He sealed it and let the black carrier pigeon take advantage of the dusk to send it away overnight. .
Xu Zongwen: "Take out your clothes!"
Zhang San took out a baggage from behind his back and slowly opened it to reveal two pairs of night clothes, which Xu Zongwen ordered him to prepare just after Pei Qing and Xi Jian left.
Only then did Xu Zongwen know the truth after meeting Xi Jian.
It turned out that Xi Jian was not only the chief registrar of Qi County, he was also a close friend and confidant of Fu Lang, the governor of Qingzhou. Not long after Xuzhou was recaptured by the Jin army, Xi Jian heard that Pei Qing had surrendered to the Jin army and began to contact him, saying that he I am willing to do my little bit for the restoration of Qingzhou.
Not to mention whether what Xi Jian said was true, even what Pei Qing said about Xu Zongwen was only half-believed!
Xu Zongwen realized later that Pei Qing had already made up his mind. No wonder Pei Qing had guessed it as soon as he proposed the idea of going north to Linzi to meet Fu Lang, so there was no objection.
Xi Jian is Pei Qing's most important chess piece in Qingzhou, and maybe not just the only chess piece. So Xu Zongwen still doesn't know how powerful Pei Qing is.
Xu Zongwen couldn't believe that these two people were convinced by just a few words and bowed to him!
Fortunately, such an unfathomable person temporarily became Xu Zongwen's own guest. If he encountered such an enemy, Xu Zongwen couldn't believe that even with the thousands of years of knowledge stored in his mind, he might not be able to survive. Pei Qing's men completed a complete round.
So Xu Zongwen wanted to find out for himself and meet Fu Lang, the governor of Qingzhou.
Xu Zongwen, who has served for many years, possesses tenacious perseverance, strong physical strength, long-lasting endurance, and the ability to perceive dangerous heights!
Being a man in black is completely commonplace and not worthy of mention.
"Stop, don't move! Where are you going?"
Just as Xu Zongwen was about to step out the door, he was stopped by a voice from behind, which almost scared him away.
Listen, it's that girl Nie Zhen'er!
"The weather is nice, let's go for a walk." Xu Zongwen said this, and Zhang San behind him almost didn't laugh out loud. He just covered his mouth and snickered. Xu Zongwen glanced at him, and Zhang San put his hands down, coughed twice, and pretended to be serious. look.
It's dark today, not to mention the moonlight, there aren't even half a star left, how can the sky be so good...
But Nie Zhen'er didn't question it. She said softly, "The weather is so beautiful. Why didn't you call me when you didn't go out?"
Xu Zongwen was a little confused. What happened to this girl? Are you talking so weird tonight?
Even Zhang San looked suspiciously, "Sir, are you afraid that Miss Zhen'er is suffering from a mental illness?"
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is also called sleepwalking.
Xu Zongwen turned around, and sure enough!
Nie Zhen'er hurriedly opened the door and walked to a withered crooked neck tree in the courtyard. She was talking to herself in front of the crooked neck tree.
After Xu Zongwen jogged, he found that Nie Zhen'er's eyes were dull and her face was dull. She wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. She could walk freely and talk to others. She was indeed sleepwalking!
"Find someone to carry her back quickly," Xu Zongwen said and shook his head, directly carried Nie Zhen'er back to the room, locked the door and told Zhang San: "Find someone to watch, don't lose her by then. .”
"Don't worry, sir, can we go?"
"Hurry, don't let Mr. Auxiliary Machine notice it." Xu Zongwen tiptoed, gently closed the door with Zhang San, and the two of them ran towards the governor's mansion.
At midnight, the governor's office was in the inner courtyard.
Under the eaves, two other men in night clothes stepped forward, jumped up high, and climbed onto the eaves easily with their hands against the wall!
One of them moved slowly and lightly, and he lightly tapped the fellow traveler on the back shoulder.
"General!" The man's shoulders shook. He turned around nervously, and his expression softened when he saw the man in black.
These two were Xu Zongwen and Zhang San who slipped out in the middle of the night.
"Sir, is this really possible?"
Xu Zongwen: "Didn't you order someone to investigate? We will go down from the top later!"
The walls of the Governor's Mansion are very high, but for Xu Zongwen, who had just retired, it was a piece of cake.
He suddenly remembered the night of the attack on Tancheng. Nie Zhen'er seemed to think that the girl had climbed over the prefect's mansion and wanted to assassinate Li Yan. It seemed that the girl was very good at robbing the wall!
As expected of a street performer, he is a man of many talents.
"Where does Fu Lang live?"
"Well, the Governor's Mansion is tightly guarded. It's all because of the incompetence of the subordinates and their lack of investigation..."
"What a pity," Xu Zongwen shook his head. It was so dark at night that he couldn't see anything. If it weren't for a few lanterns in the yard, he wouldn't even be able to tell the direction.
what sound?
Xu Zongwen was about to lift his feet when he heard the sound of tiles turning. He quickly lay down on the ridge of the roof and did not dare to move. He pressed Zhang San's head on the tiles below. Zhang San's face immediately touched the rough tiles. She rubbed her hands together and had a close contact!
"General, I..."
"Shh!" Xu Zongwen lowered his voice: "Stop talking, there is someone."
Thinking about scenes like this back then, how many times did Xu Zongwen go through when he was on a mission at night?
Out of habit, Xu Zongwen subconsciously pulled out the dagger in his boots. Although he was not as handy as a gun, having a weapon in his hand would always give him a sense of security.
Zhang San wanted to say something more, but when he saw Xu Zongwen pulling out the shining dagger, he immediately didn't dare to say anything!
"It's so late, who else would come to Qingzhou Governor's Mansion besides myself?" Xu Zongwen was puzzled.
