Li Zhang

Sima Yi turned back to the barracks, thinking about how to assist Li Zhang, but at the same time still kept the "just in case" heart, summoned Ye Xiao to send a letter to Jin Bai, urging him to prepare an edict to cede the three states.This is his own bottom line, no matter how angry Li Zhang is, he will not give in because of it, he cannot let himself fall into the abyss of regret again.

Sima Yi had just let Ye Xiao fly, and was about to send Su Qingyang and Wu Zijun to discuss countermeasures, when Li Zhang begged to see him from outside the tent, he was stunned, stepped out of the tent, and saw Li Zhang outside the tent, slightly Feeling cramped and apprehensive, he stood with his eyes down.Sima Yi's eyes turned red uncontrollably, but he shook his head and said, "It looks like it, but it's not what it looks like now. You, come in!"

Ling Yuncong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at himself up and down, couldn't figure out what was wrong, and stepped into the king's tent.

Sima Yi was still standing with his back, Ling Yuncong hesitated for a moment, then lifted his clothes and knelt down.

"Ling Yuncong made an arbitrary claim, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Sima Yi turned around, looked down at Ling Yuncong who was kneeling down, and after a long while, he sighed and said: "You... are really the robbers in the lonely life, one goes and comes again, but the lonely one can't escape !"

Ling Yuncong kept his head down all the time, and even lowered his body when he heard the words, feeling guilty in his heart, and didn't know how to answer.Sima Yi was filled with emotion, thinking about the scene when they first met, he felt that the world was getting tricky.Today, no matter how arrogant and self-centered he is, he already knows that things in the world cannot go his way. The thorn planted ten years ago has grown into a piece of flesh and blood, reminding him every moment. He understands that there is another thing called "respect" in the world, which cannot be obtained by his status and authority.

Sima Yi sighed again and dismissed Ling Yuncong's gift, then sat back in the chair and looked at him and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Ling Yuncong frowned and replied compliantly: "Since Rong Xie knows Xiaozhang well, he must have guessed that he would try to save people by himself. Then I will go and show him!"

Sima Yi looked straight at him: "Are you planning to rush over like this? Will Rong Xie believe it?"

"Of course I can't just go like this. Baishan gave me a trick, and I will leave as soon as it gets dark!"

Sima Yi asked again: "What will happen after entering?"

"Let's play by ear! Just give Xiao Zhang a chance if you can attract Rong Xie's attention!"

Sima Yi pondered and said: "I can't help you outside for the time being, and it may be difficult for you alone. Cheng Xuan and Rong Xie are determined to win, and the supervision of Miss Song must be strict. Li Zhang... added new wounds before healed. If you care about it, you will be chaotic, and I am afraid that you will not be able to remain calm and composed as usual..." The more he spoke, his frown became tighter, and he tapped on the handrail with his fingers, sometimes slowly and sometimes anxiously.

Thinking about it, Su Qingyang and Wu Zijun came to see him together, and when they came in, they saw Ling Yuncong full of surprise.Sima Yi simply called Bai Shan in and asked Ling Yuncong carefully how to enter the village.

Bai Shan glanced at Wu Zijun, and said plainly: "There is a ditch to the east of Zhuang, and General Wu knows where it is."

Wu Zijun was surprised and said: "The ice layer on the river there is extremely thin, and Li Zhang's crossing on the ice is extremely dangerous. What is the level of Lieutenant Ling's lightness kung fu?"

Ling Yuncong was taken aback when he heard the words, and turned his gaze to Bai Shan.

Bai Shan continued to respond flatly: "The river is not something that can only be crossed on ice. There used to be a wooden bridge five miles upstream. Now, although the bridge deck has been demolished, the bridge piers in the river are still there. You can jump across it with a little effort. .”

Wu Zijun's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great! We can choose more people to go with us!"

Bai Shan raised his head and glanced at Sima Yi: "But Zhuang Beijian has a fixed checkpoint, so it's inevitable that there will be too many people to be discovered."

Sima Yilue pondered for a while, and Sun Xufang heard him say: "Go and pick out some good kung fu, as many as you can get in. If you meet Li Zhang, follow his command!"

Bai Shan's eyes flashed: "Subordinates also want to go in!"

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Ling Yuncong seems to be similar, but the charm is still not enough. It's a bit cheaper to go in at night. If you confront Rong Xie face to face, you may be ruined soon. You can help Sun Xufang , Find Li Zhang as soon as possible to save people together, once you succeed, set off fireworks as a sign, and the army will attack and respond immediately!"

Everyone was ordered to go back to prepare. Sima Yi left Su Qingyang and Wu Zijun to discuss the countermeasures for quickly conquering Rongjiazhuang. Ling Yuncong hesitated to speak. Watching Sima Yi who bowed his head in thought, he finally left the king's tent without saying anything. .

Sun Xufang quickly picked twenty guards, all dressed up as villagers, and followed Baishan to the north, found the old wooden bridge, and waited until dark before crossing the river.The night was dark and moonless, the frozen river was glowing with a faint silver light, and the dark bridge piers were hardly distinguishable.

Baishan took the lead to cross the river, his trained eyes saw things as usual, the three of them reached the opposite bank, Ling Yuncong jumped over after him, but the rest of the guards did not go so smoothly, only 15 of the 15 passed.Before Sun Xufang could do something, Bai Shan and Ling Yuncong had already left the river bank first, and Sun Xufang had to follow closely behind with the [-] people crossing the river.

Not long after reaching the periphery of Zhuangzi, several layers of thistle fences were erected along the road, and two turrets were erected.Bai Shan led people to the edge of the turret in the dark, found a very small gap on the edge of the turret and the thorn stand, and huddled in with Ling Yuncong, who was also thin.Sun Xufang and the imperial guards had a hard time and managed to get in four, and the rest of the people could only look at the gap and sigh.

When they got out of the icy ditch and planned to touch a villager to inquire about where Zhiqing was being held, the chatter of a group of patrolling soldiers answered their questions, so they went straight to Rong's ancestral hall.

They dodged the patrolling soldiers all the way, but they didn't notice that the whole manor was quiet except for the two groups of soldiers.They arrived at the ancestral hall smoothly, and the surroundings of the ancestral hall were also quiet, only two peasant soldiers stood outside the door bored.Ling Yuncong suddenly had a bad premonition, raised his hand to stop Baishan and the guards who were about to rush in, and was about to leave, when dozens of torches suddenly lit up outside the dark ancestral hall, the closed gate burst open, and the empty and empty The streets and alleys were suddenly crowded with soldiers, their bowstrings on their crossbows, and their arrows glowing coldly in the flames.

Ling Yuncong took a step forward to stand in front of the crowd, looked coldly at Rong Xie who was full of smiles and shouted sharply: "Let Zhiqing go! Thanks to her, she has always treated the Rong family as if they were relatives, so you will repay me like this?!"

Rong Xie smiled unabated, looked at Ling Yuncong carefully, shook his head lightly, and said, "It's been a few months, brother Li's temper has grown! It's no wonder that when he is full of ambition, he is naturally high-spirited. As I said earlier, Brother Li would be reckless if he didn't bring troops, and now he has become famous in one battle, he must be more highly regarded by the "Emperor". But does Brother Li really not mind what the "Emperor" did in the past?"

Ling Yuncong still said coldly: "The emperor is no longer the prince of the day, but now he is a wise king. Li Zhang's learning is self-rewarding, and you don't have to provoke discord!"

"Hehe! Brother Li is really generous! But let some parents die because of him, and if you don't take revenge, you will not be a human being!"

Thinking about himself, Ling Yuncong gritted his teeth and said with a sneer, "If it wasn't for the thieves who started the incident, and you helped the tyrants, how could they give up their lives in vain!"

Rong Xie suddenly took a step closer: "Are you really Li Zhang?"

"Exactly! Let Zhiqing out!"

Rong Xie turned sideways, squinted at Ling Yuncong and said coldly: "Since you came to kiss her, she is useless. It's just that she has suffered a lot in the past two days, and now she is a little confused. You might as well go in and see for yourself." .”

Ling Yuncong gritted his teeth fiercely, and rushed in with his sword hilt in his hand. The imperial guards were about to follow, but he was surrounded by the township soldiers, but Bai Shan had disappeared without knowing when.

The light and shadow in the ancestral hall were dim, Lingyun Congfu walked through the torches, it took him a while to get used to it, he vaguely saw someone in the corner of the room, and immediately ran there.He just looked at Zhiqing who was tied to the turret from a distance, when he saw the girl lying on the ground with similar clothes and figure, he rushed towards her and hugged her without much thought.

As soon as he picked her up, a sharp knife was placed on the Tanzhong acupoint, and at the same time, a coquettish voice sounded in his ear: "Don't move!"

Ling Yuncong secretly yelled that he was not good, stopped his movements according to the words, and looked down at the girl.

Rong Juan looked at Ling Yuncong complacently, and curled her lips to Rong Xie who came in afterwards: "Brother really has a clever plan, if he cares about him, he will throw himself into a trap!"

Ling Yuncong gritted his teeth bitterly, but Rong Xie said coldly, "He's not Li Zhang."

Rong Juan didn't believe it, she broke away from Ling Yuncong and jumped off the ground lightly, and took a closer look by the firelight.Ling Yuncong made a sudden movement, raising his hand to grab Rong Juan, but Rong Xie, who had been on guard for a long time, stopped him with a sleeve arrow.Ling Yuncong tried his best to hit the arrow and still grabbed Rong Juan. Unexpectedly, Rong Juan reacted very quickly, and she retreated a few steps in a flash. Then she showed a delicate crossbow and buckled the crossbow at Ling Yuncong: Try to see if you are faster or my arrow is faster?"

Ling Yuncong saw that Rongjuan's way of holding the crossbow was definitely not a gesture, so he knew what she said was true, so he had to give up his plan to hold her hostage.Rong Xie came over and tapped Ling Yuncong's acupuncture point heavily, and turned his head to try to take off the mask, but he couldn't succeed, so he was surprised: "Who the hell are you?"

Ling Yuncong stiffened his neck and said loudly: "Li Zhang!"

Rong Xie laughed, patted Ling Yuncong's cheek frivolously, shook his head and said, "Are you Ling Yuncong? You even sound like you. It's a pity that Li Zhang's stubbornness is not as straightforward as yours." Hard, it seems that you still don't understand your cousin!"

Ling Yuncong refused to admit defeat, and continued to shout: "Of course I am Li Zhang! What have you done to Zhiqing?"

"Miss Song is my righteous sister, so naturally I won't neglect her. Since you came in under Li Zhang's name, you must be covering for him. Where is he?"

Ling Yuncong scoffed: "I said I was Li Zhang, but you didn't believe me, how would I know where the 'he' you mentioned was?"

Rong Xie was not worried, and he stopped dealing with Ling Yuncong. He waved his hand to signal the soldiers to tie up Ling Yuncong: "Lock him up and thoroughly investigate the whole village! Pass my order, and everyone will check the people around them by themselves. Catch him, he will give you a big reward if you catch Li Zhang!"

The whole Rongjiazhuang was in a commotion. Everyone shouted to arrest Li Zhang, but no one knew what Li Zhang had become. Thinking of Ling Yuncong's flawless disguise, the people around him would look at him more and more. The more problems there were, there were many who scuffled and shouted and arrested people. After a while, more than ten people were tied up in the ancestral hall, and Rong Xie was so angry that he cursed.In the chaos, Cheng Xuan, who was alarmed, also ran over and questioned Rong Xie repeatedly about the arrest of the guards, making Rong Xie's head become two big.

Rong Xie left Cheng Xuan and ran out of the ancestral hall, only to see that apart from Cheng Xuan's personal guards who were tightly tied up, there were many village soldiers surrounding him.He felt bad at the first sight, and hurried to the courtyard where Zhiqing was imprisoned with his men.He temporarily moved Zhiqing to a tenant's house today. In order to hide his whereabouts, he did not send more people to guard him. He only deployed a few teams of township soldiers around to guard the intersection. He saw those people just now and was surprised that things had changed.

Rong Xie led people to rush to the small courtyard behind Zhuangzi, and saw a figure from a distance turning the corner into the darkness, and couldn't help shouting: "Li Zhang! Do you think you can run out?!"

The black shadow disappeared from the corner without pausing, Rong Xie stomped his feet angrily and ordered people to surround him.Although he was quite confident in the guards of Rongjiazhuang, he was unreasonably uneasy when it came to Li Zhang. Every roof and every nook and cranny.

Rongjiazhuang became noisy again, but it was no longer as chaotic and disorderly as before.People searched one by one in groups of three or four, intersecting each other without missing anything, it was obvious that they had been rehearsed in advance.

Besides, after Li Zhang sneaked into Rongjiazhuang, he touched a familiar villager Li Daitao stiff, got the situation in the village and the villager's code words, and then followed the villager team all the time without anyone noticing.When Rong Xie transferred to Zhiqing, Li Zhang happened to be changing shifts, and followed along the way to clear the miscellaneous personnel, and by the way, he had a clear look at the surrounding environment.Afterwards, Li Zhang was thinking about how to divert everyone's attention, and the village became chaotic because of Ling Yuncong's intrusion. He took the opportunity to find trouble everywhere, and specially selected Chengxuan's people to question him, and he opened his mouth to ask about the village's hometown, saying: If I'm sorry, I yelled and went to arrest people, but was coaxed by Cheng Xuan's personal guards to chase and beat me.He took advantage of the trend and led people to run to Zhiqing's detention place, shouting "The guards are hiding Li Zhang" while running, and dragged in all the villagers he met along the way. Finally, under the temptation of Rong Xie's heavy reward, everyone Work together to take down the guards, and go to the ancestral hall noisily to find out what happened.

Li Zhang took advantage of the chaos and groped into Zhiqing's room, but Zhiqing was delirious due to blood loss after the injury, cold and fever.Li Zhang knew it was dangerous, so he quickly took out a pill and fed her to swallow, and walked out the door without delaying her behind his back.As soon as he arrived at the door, Bai Shan came in, followed by the guards who he rescued in the chaos.Seeing the situation clearly, Bai Shan knew the general situation, rushed forward to pick up Zhi Qing, and said to Li Zhang in a low voice: "The drainage ditch has been sealed, and Rong Xie has sent heavy troops to guard it, so we have to think of other ways. These people are The emperor's imperial guards have achieved success in kung fu and Jiufan formation, you take them with you!"

Li Zhang was taken aback when he heard the words, and after listening to the movement outside, he decided to leave first.He led the people through several adjacent small courtyards one after another, and finally ran under the high wall in the backyard of the Rong Mansion, took out a five-clawed long rope, hooked the top of the wall, and jumped up with everyone one by one.

At this time, people in Rongjiazhuang were full of voices, but the huge backyard of Rong's mansion was very quiet.This is the residence of the female relatives of the Rong Mansion, and even the male servants of the Rong Mansion are not allowed to enter at will. Li Zhang's original journey was blocked because of the exit, so he had to temporarily hide Zhiqing here.He found an empty room and began to undress, Bai Shan grabbed his hand and asked: "What do you want to do? What do you want to do by taking off your clothes?!"

Li Zhang didn't try to break free, but said to him quietly: "Rong Xie has taken precautions, and that road can no longer be taken. The backyard of Rong's mansion is quite big, and you should know the inner layout. Please protect Zhiqing." Hiding here. I used Zhiqing's clothes as a cover to lure Rong Xie away," he paused before asking again, "The emperor must have planned to send you here, how can I inform him to act? "

Bai Shan took out a firework and handed it to him, saying: "This is an appointment with the emperor, if you find a chance to let it go, he will attack with all his strength!"

Li Zhang reached out to take it and put it in his arms, quickly took off the leather robe he was wearing backwards and replaced it with Zhiqing's scarlet padded jacket, wrapped it outside the luggage and carried it on his back, vaguely like carrying a woman on his back in the dark.He glanced at Zhiqing for the last time, handed all the pills in his arms to Bai Shan and said, "If she is still awake after an hour, you can feed her another one. I will try my best to help him take the Rongjiazhuang!"