Posthouse.
lobby.
Su Xian came here carrying two old shoes and sat down in the guest seat in the hall.
The servant in the post house brought tea, and after staring at the old shoes in his hand, he withdrew with a strange expression.
Su Xian was in no mood to drink tea, carrying old shoes and thinking about how to persuade Zhou Ji's office later.
In my impression, Zhou Ji's office is a selfless and unsmiling image.
It seems difficult to communicate.
Not long after waiting, a middle-aged man in plain clothes with a fair face and a goatee under his chin strode out of the front hall. Although he was full of energy, he could not hide the fatigue between his brows.
"My Su Xian, I have seen Zhou Ji's office." Su Xian stood up and bowed.
Zhou Ji's office simply returned the greeting, looked at Su Xian, and said with no hint of joy or anger: "I remember you. Last night, Magistrate Tang hosted a banquet, and you were at the table together."
My memory is so good... Su Xian nodded and said, "That's right."
Zhou Ji ignored Su Xian and walked to the main seat in the front hall to sit down. After considering it for a while, he looked at him and said, "I just heard from the subordinate of the post office that you have something urgent to do?"
He looked at Su Xian again, raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "Is it also related to the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly dropped. After seeing clearly that Su Xian was holding a pair of old shoes, his eyebrows moved hard.
"Not bad!" Su Xian nodded.
"Young man, I have to remind you that if you want to use Her Highness the Princess to grandstand, the consequences may be so serious that you cannot bear it!"
"It's not grandstanding, I have evidence in hand."
Immediately, Su Xian told the general story of what happened.
He did not explain the details in detail, only the general context and results.
But it was this result that made the serious-looking Zhou Ji almost fall off his chair, glared at Su Xian and said in a deep voice:
"What are you talking about?! The Liao people colluded with Nan Chen to attack the Hejian Posthouse with divine thunder, thus... being detrimental to Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"good!"
Su Xian said solemnly, then held up two old shoes and said, "The black powder stained on these shoes is the divine thunder. You will know it after a test in Zhou Ji's office."
Zhou Ji's expression suddenly became extremely serious. He strode over, took the intact shoe, observed it carefully, then brought it close to his nose and took a deep sniff.
Su Xian twitched the corner of his mouth... He really wanted to ask: "Does it smell bad?"
Then, Zhou Ji office squatted down, scraped the black powder from the upper of the shoes with his fingernails, and ordered to the subordinate staff of the post house: "Bring the fire fold."
After a while, a black powder as big as a copper plate appeared on the ground paved with blue bricks. After the fire certificate was delivered, Zhou Ji's Office personally moved the flame closer.
Hey!
Hey!
Brilliant flames rose up, white smoke came out, and there were bursts of pungent smell.
"This... this... this is really divine thunder! It's really divine thunder..."
Zhou Ji's office was shocked, staring at the flames on the floor, his eyes almost bulging out of his sockets.
He was really shocked, and later he sat down on the ground. He moved back on his hands and feet, trying his best to stay away from the flames, looking very embarrassed.
Although many people have not seen the power of divine thunder with their own eyes, they have heard about it.
It just so happened that Zhou Ji's Office was a group of people who had seen the divine thunder burning with their own eyes.
He clearly knows that the horror of this thing is that under certain circumstances, it is really beyond human power to stop it.
At this time, Su Xian said in a deep voice: "Zhou Ji's Office, if the Liao people and Nan Chen really ambush the divine thunder underground in the Hejian Posthouse, Your Highness the Princess may be afraid... In short, if you are not afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Zhou Jishi stood up, looking a little flustered, and said with a glare: "I have to rush to the Hejian Inn, I have to rescue Her Highness the Princess..."
"Zhou Ji's Office, please bring these old shoes. If you ride a horse overnight, you should be able to catch up." Su Xian handed over the old shoes.
After all, Zhou Jishi is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves and has calmed down.
He took the old shoes and ordered the staff in the post house to find a bundle and put it in them. He didn't have time to change his clothes, so he directly rode on the fast horse in the post house and headed towards the city gate.
…
When Su Xian returned home, it was already dark.
The plan to cook the lamb chops had come to nothing. Yang Zhilan, who was alone at home, had to use her expertise to grill the lamb chops over the fire.
When Su Xian returned home, he smelled the aroma of barbecue.
"Not bad, the craftsmanship is not bad."
Su Xian took big bites of the meat on the whole lamb chop, making his mouth full of oil.
Su Xian had already informed her of the outcome of the trip to the post house.
It is really hard to predict what the outcome will be, but Su Xian roughly estimated that the chance of Princess Lanling staying at the Hejian Inn and being rescued by Zhou Ji's office before the divine thunder exploded was about 70 to 80 percent.
The probability is very high.
After eating the grilled lamb chops, Su Xian took a shower and changed clothes, then climbed the wall to Liu Huixiang's boudoir.
Tonight, Su Xian transformed into the big bad wolf and wanted to avenge last night's "lip mark".
The thrilling, exciting, and ambiguous details are really difficult to describe. Anyway, after this night, the relationship between the two went to a new level.
…
It is said that Zhou Jishi rode a fast horse and carried a baggage containing Su Xian's old shoes. After leaving Leshou County, he went north and galloped along the official road.
Fortunately, there is enough moonlight tonight and the sky is full of stars, so we can't see the road clearly... This trip can be said to be full of stars and moon.
When passing by the inn along the way, Zhou Ji's office inquired about the whereabouts of Princess Lanling and her party.
According to the subordinates at the post station, the princess's guard of honor and the accompanying army have camped twenty miles outside Yingzhou City.
Zhou Ji's office asked the princess again if she had entered the city? Are you staying at Hejian Inn?
Regarding these issues, the subordinate staff at the post station have no idea.
Zhou Ji's office thought for a long time and decided to go to the marching camp to see the situation first, so he turned his horse and went straight to the army camp twenty miles outside the city.
The number of soldiers who accompanied Princess Lanling to Youzhou this time was one hundred thousand. The army did not enter the city and usually camped outside the city.
Not long after, Zhou Ji's office gained entry into the camp by virtue of his identity card.
Then they rushed to the brightly lit Chinese army tent. After seeing the leading general, Zhou Ji's Office hurriedly asked: "Has Her Royal Highness the Princess entered the city?"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess has entered the city! Huh? Aren't you supposed to be in Leshou County in Zhou Ji's Office? Why are you here?" The general was confused.
"It's broken!" Zhou Ji's office jumped anxiously, ignoring the general, turned around and rushed straight to the gate of the camp.
"Zhou's office?" the general shouted.
He paused for a moment, looked at the general and said, "Something big may happen tonight. The general had better be prepared."
Leaving behind these words and the confused general, Zhou Jishi rode straight towards Yingzhou City.
Yingzhou City is also the county seat of Hejian County.
Because it is the seat of the state government, the city defense was extremely strict in the past. Now that Princess Lanling has entered the city and stayed in the post house, the city defense is even stricter.
The soldiers and officers guarding the city were in high spirits.
Once the city gate is closed, no one is allowed to enter or exit. This is an iron rule.
However, there are always some people in the world who ignore the iron law and have to break through even the dragon's pond and the tiger's den.
For example, at this moment, there is a person under the city wall who calls himself "Zhou Ji Shi", saying that he has urgent matters to enter the city!
And he still went to Hejian Inn to ask for an audience with Her Royal Highness the Princess?
You are so brave!
