The trails outside Chengdu already have scattered patches of green. Unfortunately, before he could take a breath, he was trampled to pieces by the horse's hooves.
"Xu."
Before Chengdu, Yan Pi stopped his horse and smiled on his face.
"Yan Pi, the envoy of Northern Chongqing, came to Chengdu to pay homage to the King of Shu in the name of my lord."
The person receiving them outside the city was Sun Xun, who had always had a bad temper. He glanced at Yan Pi without saying a word, scratched his butt twice, and waved to let them in.
Yan Pi snorted coldly, turned around, ordered the accompanying ceremonial car, and entered Chengdu carefully.
On the roadside entering the inner city, Huang Zhizhou put on a new robe and stood calmly on the balcony.
"Master, why do you have to stand here all the time?" asked the book boy next to him.
"You are unknown, so show your face first."
Huang Zhizhou raised his head and stared at the envoys entering the city, with a strange luster in his eyes.
"They don't know the young master."
"Show your face and they will find a way."
Last year, he ranked first in both the literary and martial arts examinations at the General Hall. Of course, during last year's double test, that puppy Fu was not in Chengdu.
Huang Zhizhou stood firmly, waiting for the Beiyu envoy's carriage to pass by the balcony, then he took a few more steps and calmly raised his hands.
Among the scattered crowd, Yan Pi raised his head and finally noticed the figure in white on the balcony. Wearing a clean white robe, he also performed the greeting ceremony.
Yan Pi squinted his eyes, took a quick look, and then withdrew his gaze.
"Commander Sun, where is the ceremonial car——"
"Don't worry, just follow along."
Sun Xun was as unlucky as ever. As the first person in Chengdu who dared to provoke Silly Hu, his courage has become more and more fierce.
Yan Pi frowned and didn't bother to ask. After walking for half an hour, I raised my head again and finally saw the Chengdu Palace in front of me.
…
"My lord, here we come." Above the palace, Jia Zhou smiled.
Xu Mu also smiled lightly.
The plan to kill Huo Fu has been going smoothly so far.
"I have also made arrangements for Huo Rong. In addition, I will make four or five people from the Beiyu Envoy Group fall ill. My lord, let's watch. When the time comes, Yan Pi from the Envoy Group will... I will use this as an excuse to stay in Chengdu for a few more days."
"Wen Long's plan has been perfected."
"It's nothing more than guessing people's hearts. My lord knows that I have always been good at these dark tricks."
"This is not a dark strategy, but a strategy to stabilize the country."
Jia Zhou waved his hand and continued talking, "I asked the accompanying Shu soldiers and captains that when Yan Pi entered Shu, although he was wearing a scholar's robe, he never left the horse's reins, and from time to time he subconsciously pressed the knife. I can be sure that he is a warrior, which means that as my lord and I expected, he is most likely a spy from the iron torture platform, disguised as an envoy."
"Over there at the post house, I will relax some of the security so that the spies on the iron torture platform can detect the existence of Huo Fu's son."
Jia Zhou raised his head and pointed to the north.
"Over in Tongcheng, Shangguan Yan should have already taken action, and Chang Sheng should also be suspicious for the second time. I deliberately delayed the date of this secret letter to confuse his ears."
…
"Drive, drive!"
Outside Changyang, where the snow had melted, and on the official road, two men and horses were running very fast, without taking a break, and hurriedly brought a piece of information about Tongcheng back to the palace.
Chang Sheng, who was sitting in the side hall and rubbing his forehead, silently took the information and opened only one side. His face was calm at first, and then he frowned in thought.
"Where was the secret message intercepted?"
"Military advisor, we intercepted a Shu spy outside Tongcheng. Unfortunately, the spy was so good at lightness that we couldn't kill him."
"This mailbox was dug out of the enemy spy's horse bag... It is probably a small letter reporting safety. But the military advisor said that no matter how big or small the intelligence is, it must be sent to Changyang——"
Chang Sheng waved his hand to indicate silence.
The content of the secret letter was actually very simple, with only a few words.
Don't think about it, everything is fine, my child.
"Can you recognize this handwriting?" Chang Sheng put down the secret letter and spoke in a solemn voice.
"I have never seen it. Maybe only people close to it can recognize it. Military advisor, this cannot be said to be the inside information of those Shu spies."
Chang Sheng didn't answer, and he spoke after being silent.
"Grand Governor Huo Fu, what are you doing now?"
"We have already gone to the dock on the edge of the Ji River. We will start practicing naval training in the past two days."
"Huo Fu's son... is there any other news?"
The two spies on the iron execution platform were startled when they heard Chang Sheng's words. The son of the Huo family has been dead for almost half a month, so there is no news about him.
"Military advisor, Huo Rong's tomb... has begun to grow evergreen."
"It's just a question." Chang Sheng held up the file again, "Okay, you can go back. Over there in Tongcheng, pay more attention and report any news in time."
After the two spies walked away, Chang Sheng put down the book, took out the secret letter again, and looked at it for a long time.
The sky outside suddenly darkened.
The posthouse in Chengdu was also shrouded in darkness.
At this time, sitting on the chair in the wing of the post house, Yan Pi looked at the dancing candles and kept thinking about his ideas.
"Chief...Ah, Ambassador Yan, I'm back." The two accompanying spies stepped back from outside.
"I asked Commander Sun of Western Shu, and after begging for a long time, he said that the King of Shu would be free to summon me to the palace tomorrow. I heard that several kings from Nanhai have just left Chengdu today."
"No wonder." Yan Pi said, suddenly shrugging his nose.
"What? Why does it smell so good?"
"Envoy, when we returned to the post house, we saw a stall set up and we bought some mutton soup. The envoy didn't know why there are so many mutton soup restaurants in Chengdu."
"It smells good... what a joke!" Yan Pi's expression changed, and he turned over the mutton soup in front of him.
"Don't forget the important mission I'm waiting for on this trip."
Yan Pi narrowed his eyes. I finally entered Chengdu once. If I could find out some information, it would be a great achievement.
"By the way, when we entered the city today, the white-robed young man on the balcony had any information."
"After asking some questions, it seems that he is a great talent in the Western Shu General Hall, named Huang Zhizhou. He was the top candidate in the General Hall's double examination last year, but he doesn't seem to be from Shu. As for the others, the time is too short, so I can't ask."
"This is interesting." Yan Pi suddenly thought of something, and his face became a little happy again.
"If there is a way, we might be able to get more information by staying in Chengdu for a few more days. Unfortunately, according to etiquette, after Xu Buyi summons him tomorrow, he will give a gift car and we will leave."
Yan Pi tapped the table irritably.
He didn't know... At this time, he had completely entered Xi Shu's chessboard. And the person playing chess is none other than Mr. Poison E, who plans to rule the world.
