Dugu Wen lifted the hem of his robe, sat down on a stone by the stream, and shouted, "Boy, come out."
Dugu Wen was known as the third son along with Sima Chengzhen and Zhao Rui back then. He had the best Qinggong among the three, but was the youngest in terms of internal strength. However, his hearing was extremely good and unparalleled in the world. This small courtyard was extremely quiet, Jiang Shuo and There was only a small rockery between Li Zhuer and her grandfather. Although her breathing was gentle, Dugu asked why he couldn't notice it? Jiang Shuo had no choice but to step out and cross his hands: "Grandpa..."
However, he forgot that he was wearing a human skin mask and the tattered clothes of a northern villager. When Dugu Xiang saw a strange man with ragged clothes and sallow skin coming out from behind a rock, he screamed in fright and raised his hand to hit her. Seeing Jiang Shuo's ugly face, he didn't dare to hit him on the head and face, so he just pushed his shoulder with one palm.
Jiang Shuo turned sideways to avoid the palm and said, "Xiang'er, it's me."
Dugu Xiang was startled and did not hear Jiang Shuo's voice. Without stopping, he jumped out of the creek with his skirt in one hand and kicked Jiang Shuo in the lower abdomen with his bare feet. At the same time, he withdrew his palm and punched him directly in the chest.
Jiang Shuo straddled Dugu Xiang's side, held her ankle with one hand, and grabbed her wrist with the other, saying, "Xiang'er, it's me, why don't you recognize me?"
Dugu Xiang finally heard it clearly this time, said "Huh" and said curiously: "Brother Shuo? Why did you become like this?"
Only then did Jiang Shuo remember that he was wearing a human skin mask. He hurriedly let go of Dugu Xiang's wrist, pulled off the mask and said, ""Xiang'er, it's me. I forgot that I was wearing a human skin mask, so you can't recognize it. I. "
When Dugu Xiang saw it was Jiang Shuo, he said happily: "Brother Shuo, why are you here?" Then he blushed and said: "Brother Shuo, let go quickly."
It turned out that Jiang Shuo had let go of Dugu Xiang's wrist, but he was still holding her exquisite feet in his arms. When Dugu Xiang said this, he realized that he had lost his temper and quickly let go. Xiang'er's bare feet fell on the grass and straightened her skirt. He asked again: "Brother Shuo, how did you know I'm here?"
Jiang Shuo had just held Dugu Xiang's hand, but he felt that her palm was full of internal energy. Looking at her face, her face was white and rosy, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, and she showed no signs of illness or decline. Jiang Shuo asked curiously: "Xian'er, have you been cured of the Shiruansan poison? Weren't you kidnapped by the Yan army and brought to Fanyang? Why are you being treated like a distinguished guest in the Lu Mansion now? Why is grandpa here? Already?"
Dugu Xiang smiled and said: "Brother Shuo, you asked so many questions at once, I don't know where to start answering them."
However, Li Zhuer came out from behind the rockery and said coldly: "Let's just tell you where the leaders of the Cao Gang are going."
Duguxiang asked: "Who are you?"
However, Li Zhuer still wore the mask and said, "Yan Jun spent so much effort to bring you here, how could he let you go so easily?" Her waxy face and her cold tone were heart-wrenching. Fearful, although Dugu Xiang knew that this was not her true face, he couldn't help but hide behind Jiang Shuo and said: "I don't know either, we were locked up in a small town, and then someone who looked like an official came, He gave me the antidote and brought me here where I met Grandpa."
Li Zhuer asked Dugu, crossing her hands: "Senior Dugu, how did you rescue your granddaughter?"
Dugu Wen was still sitting where he was, twirling his beard and saying: "It's not difficult at all. The Yan army just wants to bring bad luck to the Cao Gang, and it has nothing to do with Xiang'er in the first place. I'm familiar with the military here, so I told him He sent Xiang'er back to me with just one click."
Jiang Shuo asked strangely: "Is joining the army a big deal? Both Yin Ziqi and An Qingxu have to give face to this high-ranking military officer?"
Li Zhuer said: "Gao Bujie has a noble reputation. He is worshiped as a member of the Tongzheng army by Cao Cao, the leader of the army on the left. He seems to be just a low-ranking official in the eighth rank of Tongzheng. In fact, he is one of An Lushan's important advisers. An thief has The two most important counselors are Yan Zhuang, who is from Jingcheng, Cangzhou, and Gao Shang, who is from Yongnu, Youzhou. In terms of official positions, Yan Zhuang is just a gradeless Kongmu official, and Gao Gao is only the eighth grade. This is because An Lushan deliberately hid these two advisers. If they were to reach the rank of seventh grade, the two would enter the Ministry of Civil Affairs for official evaluation. An Lushan did not want to expose the identities of these two advisers. existence, so I deliberately suppressed the two people's grades to an extremely low level."
Dugu asked Nianxu: "Yes, you, a little girl, are very insightful... Forty years ago, Gao Shang and my father-in-law lived in the land of Heshuo. At that time, he was still a child, but he was also good at playing music. I and I We get along well with each other and have been friends for many years, so now it is no problem to ask him to bring Xiang'er out."
Jiang Shuo said: "Grandpa, how did you know that Gao Buwei was favored by An Lushan? How did you know that Xiang'er was kidnapped here?"
Dugu asked: "I didn't know that after the red jade phoenix flute was made two years ago, An Lushan sent someone to pick it up. My father-in-law had nothing to do and went to Beijing with the convoy delivering the drum and flute. However, he met his old friend Gao Bu Danger."
Jiang Shuo asked: "Since Gao Buwei is familiar with music, why did Yan Zhuang accompany An Qingxu and Yin Ziqi to Xixi Villa instead of Gao Buwei?"
Li Zhuer said: "Gao Shang was the secretary in charge of An Lushan. An Lushan was too fat to sit for a long time. He often lay in bed and dictated, while Gao Shang wrote and recorded beside him. He often stayed up all night. It can be said that An Lushan could not be separated from Gao Shang for a moment. , so these two counselors are noble in their inner affairs and solemn in their outer affairs."
Dugu Wen nodded and said: "Yes, when I met Gao Shang in Chang'an, he did accompany An Lushan to meet the Tang Emperor... This time, it is our Dugu family who is marrying a daughter. I, the old patriarch of the big family, always want to Those who were present, when Dugu Ming and I came to Fanyang, we happened to see An Qingxu and Yin Ziqi sneaking into a small town outside the city with a group of Xi chariots."
Li Zhuer said: "That's the Longhuo City. The battle between Dou Jiande and Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty. The Longhuo City is a small fortress, and it is the horn of Fanyang City."
Dugu asked: "Yes, it was night and I sneaked into the city. I wanted to leave the others in custody, but I saw that Xiang'er was also locked up. I wanted to rescue her, but I heard Yin Ziqi say that they had been hit by Shiruansan. What kind of poison? I originally wanted to use a strong one to get the antidote, but I didn’t expect that Yin Ziqi is really good at it, and he had some formations, and I almost got caught in it."
Jiang Shuo said: "That's the Xuanji Formation. It's very powerful. Master Zhao was trapped in it and couldn't escape. Grandpa, it's already amazing that you escaped unscathed."
Dugu Wen chuckled and said, "Although Dong Yanzi's short fighting skills are great, his lightness skills are still inferior to my husband's. But I really can't break the Xuanji Formation, so I can only go to Gao Bujie to come up with an idea. Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately." Come down and send Xiang'er back the next day."
Jiang Shuo thought to himself, wasn't the antidote for Yin Ziqi's body stolen by Kong Kong'er? He also thought that Yin Ziqi turned back later and asked Abo, the leader of the demon sect, for the antidote as Kong Kong'er said.
But Li Zhuer said: "Senior Dugu, as far as I know, Gao Shang is a sinister and sinister person. He doesn't seem to be someone who cares about his old love. If he sends him back to Xiang'er, he might have some ulterior motives for you." Dugu asked and smiled. He said: "Yes, but there is a plan, but it's just a matter of effort."
Jiang Shuo asked: "Grandpa, what did he ask you to do?"
Dugu asked: "There are only two things. One is to teach them how to make a big drum. Fan Yangjun is really interesting. He got a big duck skin from somewhere, but he thought making a big drum is very simple. In the end, he did it for two years. It hasn’t been made yet, but I’ve taught you how to make it, and it will take less than three months to make a big drum.”
Jiang Shuo said: "Grandpa, An Lushan made drums for marching and fighting. If you help him make drums, you are helping him kill people."
Dugu Wen said disdainfully: "Without this big drum, he won't send troops? There will be no less people who deserve to be killed. I only make musical instruments, but I don't care what they are used for."
Jiang Shuo hesitated and said, "That being said..."
Li Zhuer knew that these senior experts had weird tempers and were not as entangled as Jiang Shuo, but she asked: "What about the second thing?"
Dugu asked: "That would be easier. Let me capture a Khitan for him."
Jiang Shuo was startled and said, "Catch Li Huaixiu?"
Dugu asked strangely: "How can we arrest him? Li Huaixiu is the grandson-in-law of our Dugu family, why should we arrest him in the city? Gao Buwei told me that although Huaixiu is the master of Khitan, he is in name only and has great power. Being manipulated by some big Yi Li Jin who is 'squeezing mud'..."
Li Zhuer said: "It's Yi Li Jin Nie Li of Dadie Lie Mansion."
Dugu asked: "Yes, that's the boy." In fact, Nieli was also in his fifties, but in Dugu Wen's eyes, he was a boy. He continued: "The second thing Gao Buwei asked me to do was to This nirvana captures Fan Yang so that my grandson-in-law can assume real power."
Li Zhuer said: "Old senior, are you going to capture him?"
Dugu asked: "When I heard that this was a good thing, even if it wasn't for Xiang'er, it would be good to clear the way for our Jing'er's son-in-law. I set out immediately and took him from the Mobei grassland in two days. Captured back."
Li Zhuer was horrified when she heard this. The Songmo Governor's Mansion where Nie Li was located was far away on the shore of Huangshui in the North, more than a thousand miles away from Fan Yang. It was already a big deal for Dugu Wen to be able to make a round trip in two days, let alone Songmo. The Modu Governor's Mansion is a mobile tent on the grassland, with no fixed location. We still have to look for Nirvana to capture him, but it only took two days and nights. It seems that there is a way to shrink the ground. In terms of lightness alone, Dugu Wen I'm afraid it's no better than Kong Kong'er.
She said anxiously: "Old man, this nirvana should not be arrested. An Lushan deceived the Khitan Khan many times to attend banquets, and then falsely claimed rebellion and was executed. First, he could claim credit from the Tang Emperor, and second, he could take the opportunity to recruit Khitan soldiers. Li Huaixiu is The reason why I dared to come to Fan Yang to welcome the bride was firstly because the saint gave me wedding materials so that the thieves did not dare to take action, and secondly because Nirvana was commanding an army in Songmo to back him up. Now that you have captured Fan Yang, the Alliance Khan and Da Yi Li and Jin are all in one place in Dilie Mansion, and the thieves An have no idea how to kill or imprison the two of them, and then take advantage of the Khitan dragons being leaderless to attack them, but how can they resist them?"
Dugu Wen suddenly stood up and said, "That's too bad. I wanted to help this grandson-in-law, but unexpectedly I hurt him instead."
Jiang Shuo said: "Without further delay, we are going to rescue some of the leaders of the Cao Gang, and at the same time rescue Dayi Li Jin, so that the thieves will not be able to succeed."
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