Daily life of captives

When the imperial physician bandaged Huan Zhi's wound, Li Shao was always by his side, he seemed to be comforting Mrs. Xie and Huan Zhi, with a gentle expression, which made people feel at ease.

Sitting Liu Ce yawned again, and said carelessly to Zhang Wei beside him, "I'm very sleepy, so I won't waste time here, you wait here for the eldest grandson to catch someone back, if you're bored alone, just go Call Vining too."

Liu Ce didn't think there was anything wrong with these words, but the people who heard them thought it was very wrong.

Your Majesty is talking about Wei Ning, the doctor of Zuo Jianyi under the door?That person usually keeps a low profile, seldom speaks in the court, and doesn't communicate with others after the court. He keeps a close distance with everyone, and only concentrates on doing his own things. In my impression, he is a An indifferent and upright person, but when did he get close to His Majesty and General Huaihua?Why did he approach such a useless majesty?

Zhang Wei was also very dissatisfied with Liu Ce's unintentional mistake, but Liu Ce's words had already been spoken, and many people could hear them clearly. It was not easy for him to make things right.

He gave Liu Ce a sideways look with resentment, Zhang Wei clasped his hands together, and after obeying Liu Ce's order, he arranged for someone to escort Liu Ce back to his bedroom.

As soon as Liu Ce wanted to leave alone, Li Shao immediately gestured to his secret guard secretly. The secret guard hidden in the dark understood, and one left quietly to complete Li Shao's explanation, while the other also did not agree. Running around without making a sound, he told Zhangsun Boyi and Wei Ze brothers about Li Shao's plan.

After Liu Ce left, Xie Jun glanced at Zhang Wei, then turned around and walked to Mrs. Xie, knelt down and took Mrs. Xie's hand, took the handkerchief from Mrs. Xie's hand, and wiped off the face for Mrs. Xie. tears.

"Don't cry, isn't Qingyu all right?"

Mrs. Xie was out of breath from crying, and when she heard Xie Jun's voice, she complained loudly to Xie Jun, "I even said I didn't bring Qingyu here, you must say that Qingyu is always bored in Chang'an city, it's really boring , I want to take him out for a walk, but I didn't see the scene, he got hurt first!"

"Yes, yes, it's my fault, stop crying." Xie Jun apologized to Mrs. Xie in a good-tempered manner.

Mrs. Xie, however, continued as if puzzled, "Qingyu inherited the title of my late father when he was still naive, and I knew that sooner or later someone would try to trick our siblings, so we have been living our lives carefully. Qingyu is fine, husband is fine, I don't care about other things, but you all insist on messing with our siblings!

Some time ago, I always met inexplicable people who came to me to inquire about Jinyang, but I couldn’t inquire about it from me. Then they wanted to rob Qingyu, and they dared to act presumptuously in the palace where His Majesty lived. what heart?Fortunately, General Changsun's men arrived in time, otherwise, would our siblings still be able to see the sun tomorrow morning?

It's been so many years since my late father passed away, what else can happen to Jinyang?You people want to gain power and go crazy, right?Are you bullying our siblings?Let me tell you, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and if someone comes to provoke our siblings and the Xie family, even if I do everything in my power, I will make him restless! "

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jie Jun reprimanded, but his tone was so gentle that it was no different from comforting, "How did you know that the assassin came after Qing Yu? Maybe he just went to the wrong place? Don't be angry, wait. General Changsun will give you an explanation after arresting someone, okay?"

Mrs. Xie stared at Xie Jun with tears in her eyes, and said angrily, "Why don't you check it yourself?"

"I'll check, I'll check," Xie Jun said immediately, "Qingyu is injured, why don't I check? Get up, don't sit on the ground, it's cold on the ground."

Only then did Mrs. Xie stand up according to Xie Jun's will, and Li Shao also took advantage of the situation to help Huan Zhi up.

Jie Jun and his wife sang and acted in unison, but the doormen who were hiding in and out of the yard to inquire about the news took these words as true, and when they went back to report to the adults and added their own analysis, they would change again. It's another thing, but this is exactly the effect Xie Jun and his wife want.

Tao Wujing looked at Mrs. Xie, who still had tears on her face, at Jie Jun, whose expression was half gentle and half solemn, at Huan Zhi, who was outspoken and quick to tell Li Shao about the assassination process, and then at the side Li Shao, who comforted the family, Tao Wujing finally turned his attention to Zhang Wei, who was frowning and thinking but was very indifferent to everything in front of him. Tao Wujing suddenly felt a fire in his heart, strode towards Zhang Wei, straight Stand firmly in front of Zhang Wei.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Zhang Wei was taken aback, and raised his face to look at Tao Wujing: "What does Uncle Wu mean by that?"

Tao Wujing stood against the light and also isolated Zhang Wei from everyone's sight. He gritted his teeth and said, "When I left Chang'an, you said that you had difficulties and that everything you did was for your brothers, but now your brothers are standing there." In front of you, his family is hurting, his wife is crying, what are you thinking?"

Then Zhang Wei looked at Jie Jun's family, frowned and said, "Uncle Wu, there are some things you don't understand."

Hearing Zhang Wei's words, Tao Wujing was even more angry: "Yes, I don't understand, and I don't want to understand! We brothers didn't understand anything back then, and we couldn't even see the future, but no matter what difficulties we encountered We brothers are all of one heart, we have supported each other to get to where we are today! I always thought that as long as we are still of one heart, we can be invincible, but I really don’t understand, what is it that makes you stubbornly stand on the side of brothers? They are the opposite of us, watching brothers make things difficult, watching brothers get hurt!"

"Better than watching you die."

"I fucking don't know who else wants to murder my brother, but if you keep stubborn, the brothers will die at your hands first!" After saying this, Tao Wujing didn't want to listen to Zhang Wei's explanation, turned around and walked away. Walk.

Zhang Wei could only close his opened mouth resentfully, staring at Li Shao's back with gloomy eyes.

If it wasn't for this person, why would he and his brothers suffer?

After a while, Yubayashi Wei came running in panic and reported that Liu Ce had been assassinated, but before Yubayashi Wei finished speaking, Changsun Boyi came back with the assassin.

Throwing the assassin on the ground, Zhangsun Boyi walked up to Zhang Wei in a rage, and punched Zhang Wei first without saying a word.

"I fucking asked you to protect His Majesty, but you let His Majesty go back to the bedroom alone?"

"General!"

The Habayashi guards who had been guarding the yard all the time exclaimed in surprise, but no one dared to step forward to persuade them to fight. Instead, Xie Jun and Tao Wujing rushed forward to block Changsun Boyi's path from left to right.

"Eldest grandson, speak up if you have something to say! General Zhang also sent someone to escort His Majesty, but no one thought that the assassin would dare to strike again."

The grandson Boyi, however, didn't seem to be able to listen to the persuasion, he glared at Zhang Wei and roared angrily: "I let you into the palace to accompany me, but you are relying on your past friendship with His Majesty to bully others. To protect His Majesty's safety, you are either only caring about swimming in mountains and rivers, or you are only caring about showing off your might, I give His Majesty's life to you because I believe in you, if you don't want to do it, get lost!"

Zhang Wei stood up, first brushed off the dust on his clothes, then wiped off the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at his eldest grandson Boyi and said with a smile: "Eldest grandson, you have also learned how wicked people should sue first."

"What did you say?" Changsun Boyi's eyes widened even further.

Tao Wujing also looked at Zhang Wei with a dark face, and said slightly angrily: "General Zhang, what are you talking about? Earlier, neither the king nor General Changsun was in this yard, and the Marquis of Jinyang was assassinated, but you accused me of escorting him." Weakness, the two of us recognize each other, why is it General Zhang's turn now, but General Zhang dare not admit it? General Zhang is the guard handpicked by His Majesty, but he failed to guard His Majesty's side with due diligence. You are wronged if you say that your escort is weak Is it?! No one standing in this yard is blind!"

Zhang Wei was speechless.

Previously, he just wanted to take away the right of the eldest grandson to dispatch the Habayashi army in the palace on the charge of ineffective escort, so as to give him a chance to contact the Habayashi army, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten up by the eldest grandson after a while.Strange to say, how could the assassin they sent go to assassinate Liu Ce?

Zhang Wei turned and walked towards the assassin, and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you? Why do you want to come to the palace to assassinate the court official?!"

The assassin trembled all over, and suddenly kowtowed his head, his forehead thumping on the ground: "General, please forgive me! The grassroots, the grassroots were obsessed with money for a while, so they were bewitched by an adult to do such an outrageous thing. General, please spare me!"

Zhang Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then carefully looked at the assassin's appearance, and found that this was not the assassin they arranged.

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Zhang Wei turned his head to look at Changsun Boyi with a gloomy gaze.

Could it be that the eldest grandson saw through their plan and resorted to tricks?But only he, Wei Ning, Liu Ce and another assassin know about the arrangements for tonight, and no one should know about the hidden lanes in this palace. How did the eldest grandson see through it?Did he and Liu Ce show their flaws?

But looking back on what happened tonight, there seems to be no flaws except Liu Ce's slip of the tongue, and Liu Ce's slip of the tongue happened after the eldest grandson left here...

Zhang Wei was still figuring out the cause, process and result of the incident, but Huan Zhi could no longer keep calm.

"Your Excellency?" Huan Zhi stepped in front of the assassin, and asked angrily, "Which Sir wants you to kill me?!"

"Yes, yes..." The assassin looked at Huan Zhi with a crying face, "Caomin doesn't know! When the adult found Caomin, he only gave Caomin money, asked Caomin to come here to kill two people, and arranged People lead the grassroots people, saying that there will be rewards after things are done. Forgive me, my lord! The grassroots are only greedy for money for a while.

"Is there another person?" Huan Zhi picked up the assassin's collar, "Where is the person I stabbed in the shoulder?!"

"That person was the one who led the grass people. When he fled, he entered the secret passage in the palace and disappeared. The grass people managed to find another person who was going to kill him, but he was caught by the general before he even made a move. , the grassroots were confused for a moment, please forgive me, my lord!"

Li Shao walked to Huan Zhi's side unhurriedly, patted Huan Zhi's shoulder, and asked the assassin, "Are you from Yunzhou?"

"Yes!" The assassin nodded hurriedly, "Caomin is a local farmer in Yunzhou. You can go to the Yunzhou prefecture to check your household registration. If it weren't for the poor harvest in the past few years and the grain can't be sold for money, Caomin would never You will do such an outrageous thing, please enlighten me!"

Every time the assassin answered a question, he had to cry and explain everything. Judging by the way he said everything in a panic, he really didn't look like a trained professional slayer.

Li Shao asked again: "You said that an adult came to you, when did he come to you? How do you know he is an adult?"

The assassin immediately replied: "Just this afternoon, it seems that it was a temporary idea. Cao Min heard the people around him call him an adult, so, I think he is an adult."

"The people around him?" Li Shao raised his eyebrows, "Then what is the lord's last name? If you can tell, and what you said is the truth, it is not impossible to spare your life."

"Caomin heard it! I heard it!" As soon as he heard that he could survive, the assassin became more active, "Is...is... Wei? Wei... Wei? Caomin only listened to the sound, my lord, look..."

The assassin looked up at Li Shao, his flattering smile looked uglier than crying.

When Huan Zhi heard the words, he fell into deep thought, as if he was thinking about whose names among the officials who accompanied him on the northern tour had the same pronunciation as Wei.

However, Li Shao did not respond to this surname, and only threatened the assassin: "Do you know that framing an imperial court official is a capital crime? If the investigation is not true, not only you, but even your family will be buried with you!"

"Caomin dare not!" The assassin started to kowtow again, until his forehead was bleeding, "Caomin dare not lie to Your Excellency! Every sentence of Caomin is true! Please learn from me, Your Excellency! Please forgive me!"

Li Shao didn't speak anymore, he just pulled Huan Zhi back and stood aside.

Zhang Weiming, who had no chance to intervene, knew that the fake assassin in front of him was talking nonsense, but he couldn't correct it, and he couldn't even accuse the fake assassin of talking nonsense.

Changsun Boyi looked around secretly, and then said in a cold voice: "Unexpectedly, he was an assassin sent by his own people. It has only been less than a year since the establishment of Hou Chu, and someone wants to take the lives of the court officials and His Majesty. It's really good. That’s right! Those who are hiding in the dark and eavesdropping all go back and tell me your master, who did it, and whoever comes to me by himself, I might leave a way for him to survive. If I find out, I will definitely He can't ask for life, he can't ask for death!"

At the end of these words, Changsun Boyi looked at Zhang Wei firmly.

With a cold snort, Changsun Boyi said again: "Put this assassin down and lock him up. If he escapes or dies, I want you to look good!"

"Yes!" Habayashi Wei responded loudly, and quickly took the assassin down, thinking that there must be nothing wrong with this person, otherwise their lives should be in danger.

Without looking at Zhang Wei again, Changsun Boyi turned around and left without saying anything.

He has to worry about the relationship between himself and Liu Ce, but he doesn't need to worry about the relationship between him and Zhang Wei.

Li Shao said a few more words to Xie's family, and then went to chase Sun Boyi.

The Yulin army withdrew from Xie's yard, and Tao Wujing left with a face full of disappointment. Faced with the anger of Xie's family, Zhang Wei could only leave with his own people.

Changsun Boyi walked forward all the way, not even paying attention to Li Shao who was following behind him. He looked really angry, but when he returned to his and Li Shao's residence, Changsun Boyi changed the house as soon as he closed the door. Face.

"How is it?" Changsun Boyi looked at Brother Wei Ze who had returned here a long time ago.

Wei Ze said with a smile: "Their people don't seem to be very familiar with the trend of the lanes. In the end, they ran into a dead end. They have been tied up and sent to the firewood room where the assassins are held. Our people have been replaced."

The "our people" that Wei Ze spoke of was the fake assassin who was a "grassman" just now, because he knew that as long as Zhang Wei was not given a chance to interrogate, even if Zhang Wei recognized that the assassin was fake, he could only swallow this. It's boring, that's why Li Shao dared to make such a fake.

Wei Feng added: "The other assassin is Wei Ning himself."

Li Shao said with a smile: "It's all right now, even if Wei Ning knows the disguise technique, the wound on his shoulder won't be erased."

It doesn't matter if you don't catch the current situation, as long as everyone knows it well.Anyone with a discerning eye can see the confrontation between Zhang Wei, Liu Ce, and Boyi. Those who want to stand in a line have already chosen their camp, and the rest of them only care about which side will win.

For their side, as long as they kill Liu Ce, they win, but when and how they kill are very important. Since there is a way to kill multiple birds with one stone, they don't have to kill Liu Ce rashly, and then To deal with the troublesome aftermath, this impromptu drama tonight is to pave the way for Boyi's plan tomorrow.

Zhang Wei neglected his duties, and some of the accompanying officials wanted to kill Huan Zhi and Liu Ce. In this way, even if Liu Ce died tomorrow, no one would suspect them. Well, I will win more trust and goodwill from the accompanying officials, and lay a good foundation for the next thing.

The eldest grandson Boyi let out a long sigh of relief, walked to the chair wearily, turned around and sat down.

This battle of wits is really not suitable for him, it is too tiring.

Li Shao smiled, waved away Wei Ze and Wei Feng, walked around behind Changsun Boyi, raised his hand and put his fingers on Changsun Boyi's temples, rubbing them slowly.

After a long silence, Changsun Boyi suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the roof in a daze, and said softly to Li Shao, "Sanlang, I promised to save Liu Ce's life."

Li Shao was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "Yes, I know."

Changsun Boyi smiled and said, "But now I want to kill him with my own hands. Breaking the word is actually such an easy thing to do."

Li Shao secretly sighed, bent down and hugged Changsun Boyi, and whispered softly in Changsun Boyi's ear: "Don't you want him to die?"

Grandson Boyi raised his hand to support Li Shao's arm: "I know he must die."

"Don't you want him to die?" Li Shao asked again, with a faint smile on his face.

"I don't want to." Changsun Boyi tilted his head and rubbed against Li Shao's arm with his eyes closed.

Liu Ce was originally just a hunter, but he could live his life in peace and tranquility. It was he who involved Liu Ce, who knew nothing, into this battle. In a state of understanding, it was because he failed to protect Liu Ce that Liu Ce was used by others. He should have saved Liu Ce, but he still chose his own interests.

"Okay, if you don't want to, don't let him die."

Grandson Boyi was taken aback, and looked up at Li Shao: "Stop joking, the situation will be more favorable to us only if he dies."

As he said this, Changsun Boyi still had a glimmer of expectation in his eyes.

"Don't you believe me?" Li Shao tilted his head and smiled.

"……letter."

Of course he believed in Saburo, but...is there really a way?

Li Shao kissed the eldest grandson Boyi on the cheek: "Good boy, then wait for my brother to do tricks for you tomorrow, and go to sleep now, don't you have to get up early tomorrow?"

The eldest grandson Boyi looked at Li Shao suspiciously.

This is the end?Go to sleep now?

"What's wrong?" Li Shao smirked, "Do you want me to coax you to sleep?"

Changsun Boyi shook his head.

"Then go." Li Shao straightened up and patted Changsun Boyi on the shoulder.

The eldest grandson Boyi got up, but turned to look at Li Shao suspiciously: "What about you? Aren't you going to sleep?"

Li Shao shrugged, and said, "Brother, I'm going to prepare for tomorrow's trick, don't worry, everything will be handled by Wei Ze and the others, and I will give you an order."

"Then I'll wait for you." After the words were finished, Eldest Sun Boyi turned his head and walked towards the bedroom, making Li Shao laugh from ear to ear.

He knew that Changsun Boyi was curious about what method he would use, but Li Shao had no idea what he was thinking. If it happened tomorrow, he could ask Changsun Boyi and Liu Ce to meet again, and then send Liu Ce away. If he loses, Li Shao doesn't want to let Changsun Boyi know, he will tell Changsun Boyi that he has sent Liu Ce away safely.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shao walked outside and closed the door behind him.In order to prevent the grandson Boyi from eavesdropping, Li Shao took Wei Ze and Wei Feng to the middle of the courtyard.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Shao returned to the room, and the moment he opened the door, he saw his elder Sun Boyi standing inside the door with a depressed expression on his face.

"Didn't hear anything?" Li Shao smiled triumphantly.

Changsun Boyi asked in dissatisfaction: "Is it a way I don't know?"

Saburo will hide it from him, which is probably not a good thing.

"Well..." Li Shao took the hand of the elder Sun Boyi and walked to the bedroom, "I really can't tell you, if I tell you, I won't be surprised. I finally wanted to do a trick, if you don't I feel pleasantly surprised, so I don’t have a sense of accomplishment?”

"Just because of this?" Changsun Boyi frowned.

"Of course." Li Shao turned his head and smiled at his elder Sun Boyi, "Otherwise, do you think there is any reason? Am I afraid that I will be ashamed if I fail?"

Changsun Boyi shook his head.

After entering the bedroom, Li Shao blew out the candles after closing the door, and pushed his grandson Boyi.

"Go to sleep, it will be dawn in a while."

"...Why did you blow out the candle before you took off your clothes?"

His eyes hadn't adapted to the darkness yet, so Li Shao could only hear Changsun Boyi's complaints.

With a raised eyebrow, Li Shao teased and said, "Did you use your eyes to take off your clothes? Or do you have eyes on your hands to see where the clothes are?"

Changsun Boyi burst out laughing, and then there were only rustling sounds in the room.