"You mean, the governor Zhu Yue locked you up?"
"When did this happen?"
Zhang Bao asked with a frown.
"when?"
"It's been about half a year now. We were still in the city before, but then they imprisoned us in Mao'er Mountain."
"Why do you ask?"
The woman asked with some dissatisfaction, seemingly dissatisfied with Zhang Bao's failure to grasp the key points.
"Half a year?"
"impossible!"
"This is impossible!"
"After arriving in Shanqian County, I specifically asked for news about General Chen. Fan Hanzhong, the state pastor at that time, also came to Shanqian County. This was witnessed by many people!"
“This can never be false!”
Zhang Bao said very firmly.
"What?"
"How can it be?!"
"At that time, Uncle Fan and I were under house arrest in the backyard of the state capital. We have never left!"
The woman listened and said firmly.
Zhang Bao rubbed his head.
"In that case, I remembered something."
"Lao Fang, you and Lao Shang, come in!"
"Inform Jia Gong that all the Thirty-Six Cavalrymen of Baowei are here to be on guard!"
Zhang Bao shouted outside.
After a while, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and then Fang Fu and Shang Zhengwen opened the door and walked in.
"Sir, what's going on?"
"Do you want to take action?"
Fang Fu walked in with a knife.
Shang Zhengwen quickly walked to the bed.
"grown ups!"
"It's Fanzhou Mu!"
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on?"
Shang Zhengwen looked in disbelief when he saw the man lying on the bed.
"Fang Fu, you said before that when you assassinated the assassin Zhu Yue very early on, you met a stand-in?"
"What's going on?"
Zhang Bao asked Fang Fu.
"At that time, I ambushed the governor on his way out. First I shot the man in the sedan with a poisoned bow and arrow, and I definitely hit him. Then I poured kerosene on him and set a fire. I definitely killed him. "
"But later I discovered that the governor was not sitting in the sedan, but was pretending to be a guard and following him. Instead, I was chased all the way and was almost left behind."
"From then on, I didn't dare to take action easily, and the governor's whereabouts became more erratic. With my mother's persuasion, I took my mother to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests."
Fang Fu said with lingering fear.
"So that's it."
"Then we might as well make a bold guess. The person here is Fan Hanzhong, the state pastor, and there is indeed a state pastor in the state capital."
"The reason why the governor wants to imprison Fanzhou Mu and this... woman is because the governor found someone who looks very similar to Fan Hanzhong to impersonate him!"
"As for the purpose of keeping Fan Hanzhong, I think it is to prepare for emergencies."
Zhang Bao expressed his guess.
Several people were stunned when they heard this.
But after thinking about it carefully, it does explain all of this.
"Still...can it still be like this?"
Shang Zhengwen's mouth can fit a duck egg.
"When you said that, I seemed to remember that when we were imprisoned before, they often came to ask Uncle Fan some strange questions."
"When Uncle Fan doesn't want to talk, he always threatens Uncle Fan with me."
The woman on the side seemed to have remembered something.
"Then how did you get to the state capital?"
Zhang Bao asked the woman.
"I received a letter from Uncle Fan at that time, asking me to go to the state capital. But after I went, Uncle Fan said no, and thought I was making a joke on him. I didn't think much about it at the time."
"Now that I think about it, it's possible that someone deceived me on purpose!"
Thinking of this, the woman's face turned pale.
"Then...you don't have any doubts about the handwriting?"
Shang Zhengwen interjected and asked.
"No!"
"I have no doubts. It was Uncle Fan at that time."
"I didn't think much about it."
The woman shook her head.
"Nine times out of ten, that's the case. In this way, the governor Zhu Yue really has a far-reaching plan. From his appearance to his handwriting, and even his words and deeds, he probably imitated General Fan."
"But imitating someone is not something that can be done in a short time, and for such a long time, I haven't heard of anything strange in the state capital. It must be done in a flawless manner. The state pastor has no family members, so he deceived the closest Princess Yongtai. Come here and put some restraints."
"To put it this way, it's terrible."
"The governor's plan can take at least a year, or at most a few years. It is impossible to guard against it!"
"It is even possible that Zhu Yue came to Hezhou and became the governor just because he found someone who was very similar to Fan Hanzhong."
Zhang Bao sighed and said.
When I met Zhu Yue face to face before, I didn't feel that Zhu Yue was scary.
He even thought it was nothing more than a white-faced little scholar, but at that time Zhu Yue had no choice but to do so and did not target him.
Now after hearing about Fan Hanzhong, I feel that I really underestimated this governor.
No wonder Xie Yunsong and Huang Lin were so afraid of the governor.
"So, you are really Princess Yongtai?"
Zhang Bao grinned bitterly.
"snort!"
"Obviously you are the only one who doesn't believe it from the beginning until now!"
Princess Yongtai rolled her eyes at Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao:......
Damn it, whether it was intentional or not, you have molested the princess anyway.
Even if this guy jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Just when everyone was silent.
Fan Hanzhong slowly sat up on the bed.
"Uncle Fan, are you awake?"
"They... they are good people..."
When Princess Yongtai saw Fan Hanzhong getting up, she hurriedly stepped forward to help him, fearing that she would do the same as before and take action after he got up.
After listening to what Zhang Bao and the others were saying just now, Princess Yongtai generally understood.
These people in front of me may not be of the same mind as the governor.
And the person who came in behind had assassinated the governor before, so he couldn't be from the governor's side.
"I heard it all."
Fan Hanzhong waved his hand.
Just now when Zhang Bao warned Bao Wei's thirty-six men to be on guard, Fan Hanzhong woke up, but he was very weak, so he kept lying down and listened to what Zhang Bao and the others said, and naturally he understood a lot.
"I thought about it carefully just now, and I'm afraid that is indeed the case."
"Sigh... I didn't expect that Da Dao would die too. It must have been Zhu Yue's trick. He knew Da Dao would not surrender no matter what."
"If this happens, I'm afraid there will never be a chance to turn around."
Fan Hanzhong said, sighing heavily.
"General Fan, don't be so frustrated. It all depends on man. If you don't give it a try, how will you know?"
Zhang Bao said lightly.
He also knew that he might have been targeted by the governor.
They are not dealing with themselves now, just because of the disputes that happened to be provoked by the prairie people.
Once this war is over, I am afraid I will never let them go.
Negotiating peace with yourself and sending money, food, soldiers and horses are just expedient measures.
Zhang Bao never takes chances when it comes to his own safety.
