"Cai Hu, is Fan Shuxiang back?" Li Zhiyun, who was pacing back and forth in the room when he saw Cai Hu walking in, asked quickly.
Cai Hu shook his head and said, "Not yet." Li Zhiyun couldn't help but frowned. In the morning, Fan Shuxiang told him that he wanted to go out to buy something, and he agreed. However, Fan Shuxiang went out at Chen time in the morning, and it was already Shen time in the afternoon. She had not come back yet. Li Zhiyun was anxious and suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Your Majesty, I just went out to take a look. There are some suspicious people outside the yard. We may have been targeted."
Just when Li Zhiyun was about to say something, Xu Zisheng hurried in with his three brothers. As soon as he entered the room, he said eagerly: "Your Highness, I just got the news that Miss Fan was kidnapped by Zheng Lei's people on Changming Street."
"Ah?" Li Zhiyun couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that the enemy would take action so quickly. Could it be that their identities were exposed?
"Your Highness, Zheng Lei must have known your identity. It's too dangerous for you to stay in the city any longer. It's better to leave quickly!" Xu Zisheng urged. In his mind, Li Zhiyun was his great benefactor, so his concern for Li Zhiyun was beyond words.
Li Zhiyun did not panic. He knows that when faced with difficult situations, the most important thing is to remain calm. He thought carefully, shook his head and said, "No, Miss Fan's life or death is uncertain, and Xu Shunchen hasn't made his final decision yet. I can't leave at this time!"
"Your Highness, please rest assured." Xu Zisheng looked back at his brother, "We have already discussed it. As long as Your Highness leads an army to attack the city, we will fight to the death to seize the west gate and welcome you into the city!"
"Yes, yes, don't worry, we will definitely try our best!" Those young men were full of enthusiasm and expressed their determination to Li Zhiyun.
"I understand what you mean." Li Zhiyun frowned, "But this is too dangerous. You all have families, and I will never let you take such a risk!"
"Your Highness! -" Xu Zisheng wanted to say something else.
Li Zhiyun interrupted him and said: "Zheng Lei did not rush in to arrest people, but chose to kidnap people outside, which shows that he still has concerns. Therefore, I am not in danger yet."
Seeing that what he said made sense, Xu Zisheng nodded and stopped insisting that Li Zhiyun leave immediately.
After convincing Xu Zisheng, Li Zhiyun asked Cai Hu to go next door and call Wang Wenqing over. When Wang Wenqing came in, he took out the token from his sleeve, handed it to the other party and said: "Captain Wang, please ride back to Gaoyang Town quickly and ask General Qin to lead the army to Xia County. It is Shenshi 2 o'clock, and the army must arrive tomorrow Arrive before midnight."
Before he left, he handed over the military power to Qin Qiong.
Wang Wenqing took the token, clasped his fists and said he obeyed the order, turned around and walked out of the room, and went to the stables to hitch a horse. Xu Zisheng sent a brother to lead him out of the corner gate of the courtyard and then out the west gate. After Wang Wenqing left the county town, he hit his horse and galloped away.
Li Zhiyun felt that the most important thing now was to rescue Fan Shuxiang as soon as possible. Miss Fan fell into the hands of the enemy. One more minute of delay would mean more danger. He told Xu Zisheng his thoughts, and then said: "Brother Xu, where do you think Zheng Lei will imprison Miss Fan?" Xu Zisheng pondered for a moment and said: "There should be only two places, one is a military camp, and the other is It's a private house." Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "Zheng Lei didn't arrest people in a big way, which shows that he didn't want to alarm Lu Zongmao. Therefore, relatively speaking, he is more likely to imprison Miss Fan in a private house. We still have Go to his private home.”
Li Zhiyun's guess was correct, Fan Shuxiang was indeed imprisoned in Zheng Lei's private residence.
This morning, after Fan Shuxiang left the Xu Ancestral Hall, she walked less than a mile when she met seven or eight people carrying knives and swords on a street. They blocked her way. When Fan Shuxiang saw that the other party was not friendly, she turned around and wanted to run away, but there was a group of people behind her blocking her escape route.
There were a dozen people from the other party, and they surrounded her. Although Fan Shuxiang was empty-handed, it was not impossible to seize a weapon and fight her way out with her martial arts skills. However, in this way, it is tantamount to asking for help and completely exposing his identity. Then, he will inevitably put the King of Chu in danger. Although Fan Shuxiang is usually carefree, he is not stupid. She knew that before finding out the other party's details and intentions, the best way was to remain silent and do nothing. Therefore, she did not make any resistance and just surrendered.
Fan Shuxiang's hands were tied behind his back and he was locked in a room in the back house and interrogated by Zheng Lei himself. Zheng Lei's eyes were full of hostility, he stared at her fiercely, and said loudly: "Tell me, who are you?" Fan Shuxiang gave him a hard look and said nothing.
"Tell me quickly, is the young man with you the King of Chu of Li Tang?"
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Zheng Lei was originally a rogue and had neither experience nor patience in interrogating prisoners. He asked a few questions, but when he saw that the other party refused to speak, he started to think wrongly. He looked at Fan Shuxiang lustfully, with burning desire in his heart. He licked his chapped lips and said with a lewd smile: "Young lady is not bad looking. If you don't want to say it, I won't make it difficult for you. I just need to serve you well." Just general." After saying that, he laughed and reached out to touch Fan Shuxiang's face.
Fan Shuxiang avoided his dirty hands and spit on him hard. Zheng Lei wiped the saliva from his face and was about to get angry. At this time, Zhou Jian called him outside the door, so he had to walk out. Zhou Jian said: "General, the King of Wei sent someone over to ask you to go to the Palace of the King of Wei."
When Zheng Lei heard this, he couldn't help but frowned: It was almost dark today, and Lu Chongmao still asked him to go see him, but would he still let him have some peace and quiet? However, he did not dare not to go, so he had to say to Zhou Jian: "Okay, I'll go and come back soon. You must keep an eye on this little girl, and wait until I come back to continue the interrogation." Zhou Jian patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, General. , she can't run away." Zheng Lei nodded, turned around and walked away in a hurry.
Fan Shuxiang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zheng Lei going out. Just now, she had already thought that if Zheng Lei made further moves, she would kick him in the crotch and make him regret it for the rest of his life.
Li Zhiyun and Cai Hu, plus Xu Zisheng and his two brothers, a total of five people, arrived at the door of the backyard of Zheng Lei's private house. The courtyard door was closed. Li Zhiyun winked at Cai Hu. Cai Hu used Qinggong and jumped up the courtyard wall, then jumped into the courtyard, opened the back door, and several people rushed in and entered the courtyard.
The backyard of Zheng Lei's private residence is quite spacious. In addition to the five main rooms, there are three wing rooms on the east and west sides. Several people took advantage of the cover of the shade trees and shrubs to sneak up to the house. Li Zhiyun observed and found that there was a room in the west wing with lights on and two people guarding the door. It seems that Fan Shuxiang may be detained in that room.
To further confirm, they went around to the back of the wing and lay down under the window. Fan Hu pierced the window paper with one finger, looked into the room close to the hole, and then turned around and nodded to Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun waved his hand, and several people came to the front of the house. Cai Hu took the lead, rushed forward like lightning, and stabbed the two guards to death with lightning speed.
Li Zhiyun opened the door and walked in, bringing with him a gust of wind that almost blew out the candle. The room became dark for a moment, then became bright again in an instant. Fan Shuxiang was sitting on the bed, secretly feeling sad. When he heard someone coming in, he looked up and saw that it was Li Zhiyun. He quickly stood up and shouted, "Why is it you?" Li Zhiyun put his index finger to his mouth and said "shhh", then walked over Behind her, she cut the binding rope with the sword in her hand.
Fan Shuxiang had to take off his hands, turned around and hugged him excitedly. Li Zhiyun was stunned for a moment, feeling the girl's soft and plump body fall into his arms, and the woman's unique warm fragrance hit his nose, making him dizzy. Cai Hu, who was following him, turned around and walked out when he saw it.
Li Zhiyun was enjoying it with his eyes narrowed, but Fan Shuxiang pushed him away, grabbed the sword in his hand, turned around and ran out. Li Zhiyun had no choice but to follow out depressedly. Several people hurriedly left the room and walked outside along the corridor. As soon as they reached the Moon Gate, they happened to see Zhou Jian coming with a group of soldiers for inspection.
When Zhou Jian saw someone breaking into the backyard, he immediately shouted and ordered the soldiers to rush up. The two sides fought together. Zhou Jian's soldiers can fight on the battlefield, but in terms of one-on-one skills, they are no match for Fan Shuxiang and Cai Hu. The two fought a bloody path, led Li Zhiyun and others to the back door, opened the back door and escaped.
Zhou Jian was naturally unwilling to give up and led his men in hot pursuit. They chased them all the way to the entrance of Xu's ancestral hall. Zhou Jian did not dare to break in without authorization and asked his men to guard the door while he hurried back to report. As soon as he returned to Zheng Mansion, Zheng Lei also came back from Prince Wei's Mansion, and he quickly stepped forward to report. When Zheng Lei heard that the person had been rescued, he suddenly became anxious. He stared and was about to have a seizure. At this time, a person came over. This person's name is Deng Minghui, a scout sent by Zheng Lei. He stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "General, I'm back."
Zheng Lei temporarily threw Zhou Jian aside, looked at Deng Minghui and said, "Did you bring back any news?"
"Report to the general that the Tang army has arrived in Gaoyang Town."
When Zheng Lei heard this, he gasped and said quickly: "How many soldiers and horses do they have?"
"About five thousand people."
Zheng Lei knew that Gaoyang Town was so close to Xia County, and the Tang army must have been heading towards Xia County when they got there. He did not expect that just after Yuchi Gong defeated one Tang army, another Tang army came again. They are pressing forward step by step, which is really nerve-wracking.
"General, I also got some news."
"What's the news?" Zheng Lei was in a daze.
"This Tang army was led by the King of Chu of Li Tang. The villain broke into the Tang army's camp and found out that the King of Chu had brought several people to Xia County in order to rescue the captured Li Xiaoji and others."
When Zheng Lei heard this, he immediately became excited: "That's right, that prince is indeed the King of Chu of Li Tang." Zhou Jian on the side said quickly: "General, do you want to tell Wei this news?" King?" Zheng Lei nodded and said: "You two, follow me immediately to see the King of Wei."
