Li Zhang

Li Zhang and the quartermaster visited the craftsman in Xiurong, and after handing over the drawings and requirements to the dull old man named Mao Lu, they separated from the quartermaster.It will take some time to wait for the samples to come out, so the quartermaster took the opportunity to go home to visit his relatives, and Li Zhang went to find Zhiqing who came here for a visit.

Zhiqing arrived one day earlier than Li Zhang, and the hidden guards had found out where she was staying. Li Zhang didn't want to meet Rong Xie, and waited in the dark for an opportunity.

Zhiqing set up a hut in Rongjiazhuang to inquire about patients. Because of her daughter's family status, Mrs. Rong matched her with two brisk peasant women and a villager with a little knowledge of medicine to help her. For interrogation through the curtain, the occasional visits are all female family members in the inner house, and they are directly connected to the inner house by cars and sedan chairs, and they cannot sleep outside.This time was an exception, when Rong Xie was seeking medical treatment for someone, he was vague in his speech, only saying that he was a former benefactor of the Rong family, now living in seclusion, his whereabouts should not be revealed.So after they entered Xiurong, they just stayed at the inn like ordinary travelers. Rong Xie went out to inquire and came back, sorry to let Zhiqing wait for two days, and booked this remote inn with few rooms.

When Li Zhang approached the inn, he noticed that there were many eyeliners around him.He cautiously modified his probing, touched a reckless spy, and was surprised when he found out that it was someone who came in from outside the pass.He hurriedly withdrew from the inn, arranged for the dark guards to check the situation inside and outside the inn, and informed the Yanmen county guard with the seal of the northern Xinjiang dark guards, asking him to order his subordinate Xiurong County to cooperate with arresting the enemy's spies during his actions.

However, before Li Zhang could finish his plan, the county magistrate Xiurong searched and interrogated on his own initiative, and caught several hidden stakes here.Most of the hidden posts under the dark guards are locals, and they are basically people who exchange information for money. It does not matter loyalty and will not affect the dark guard system. However, some hidden posts in key positions are bought and cultivated after long-term observation. Its importance It is not comparable to those scattered hidden piles.And the ones who were arrested this time happened to be the most critical ones - the accountant of the inn, the shop assistants in front of and behind the inn, and the porters who delivered vegetables to the inn every day.

Li Zhang just put the news that he had arrived at Xiurong into the inn among the fruits that Rong Xie specially bought for Zhiqing, but he hadn't informed Zhiqing of the action plan and time, and was completely messed up by the county magistrate Xiurong.The result of the investigation by the secret guards was that the county magistrate Xiurong received a tip to track down the enemy spies, but Li Zhang noticed that the spies were still operating near the inn.Li Zhang became vigilant immediately, and while ordering the hidden guards to thoroughly investigate the county magistrate and informants, he decided to forcibly take Zhiqing away from Xiurong.

After nightfall, Li Zhang, who was neatly tidied up and wearing a mask, quickly shuttled between the shadows of the trees and the eaves. He quickly touched the back wall of the inn, climbed up the wall to the third floor, found the window where Zhiqing was, and gently closed it. Twice.Sure enough, there was movement in the house, but the lights were not turned on, but someone quietly approached the window and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

Li Zhang recognized Zhiqing's voice, and replied softly, "It's me."The window opened, and Zhiqing's surprised face immediately appeared in front of Li Zhang.Li Zhang nodded lightly, looked around the situation in the room, Zhiqing smiled lightly and said: "Everyone in the inn is asleep, and they won't be able to wake up for a while."

Li Zhang finally laughed, turned over and entered the room, Zhiqing rushed forward and hugged him tightly before he could stand still.

"Did something happen? When I saw my brother's letter, I poured medicine into the water tank and waited for two nights!"

Li Zhang hugged Zhiqing back hard, and asked her softly: "Did you take the medicine for two nights in a row? No one noticed?"

As he spoke, he untied the rope on his back, wrapped it tightly around Zhiqing's waist, carried her on his back and wrapped himself with her a few more times, threw the rope over the beam, tried the weight on his hand, and said Go to the window.

Zhiqing obediently leaned on Li Zhang's back, watched Li Zhang's movements, and replied with a chuckle in his ear: "Where can I notice, when it's time to wake up, I will naturally wake up!"

Li Zhang smiled when he heard the words, said softly "Don't be afraid", and turned out of the window with Zhiqing on his back.

It was the first time for Zhiqing to fall from such a high place, and she was inevitably flustered, but because of her long-term trust in Li Zhang, she suppressed the panic in her heart, and tried her best to hold Li Zhang tightly so that he didn't have to be distracted to protect herself.

The moon moved out from the clouds, and the surrounding area became darker and darker.Zhiqing's heart was like hitting a deer, she always felt that there were many pairs of eyes looking at them in the dark, and her hand around Li Zhang felt a little harder.

Li Zhang shook her hand reassuringly, and slowly accelerated his falling speed.

They had just stood firmly on the ground, and before they could put away the ropes, lights suddenly lit up in the dark and silent alleyway, and more than a dozen masked men in black surrounded them with knives!

Li Zhang flipped the short sword out of its sheath with his wrist, and cut the rope around Zhiqing's waist with his hand back, protecting Zhiqing behind him.Zhiqing took a step back in shock, and then leaned against the wall no longer weak.

Li Zhang whispered "Don't be afraid", staring at the man in black who was slowly approaching, looking for a gap to get out.

Zhiqing behind him suddenly pulled him: "Brother, Huo."

Li Zhang's heart moved, and he glanced sideways at Zhiqing.Zhiqing's eyes were astonishingly bright under the moonlight, and her tight lips were carved with hard lines, showing her determination.She raised her hand to pull out the wooden hairpin from her hair, and gently pressed it in Li Zhang's hand.

Li Zhang nodded slightly, felt the direction of the wind, hugged Zhi Qing and moved suddenly, but went straight to the entrance of the alley against the wall.The masked man didn't expect Li Zhang to run so fast with all of them, worried that they would really rush out, and immediately followed Quanxiang to the entrance of the alley.Li Zhang turned around suddenly before his castration was over, passed the masked man who continued to charge forward, and snatched a burning torch.

The masked man turned his head back in a daze, looking at Li Zhang and Zhi Qing who were standing in a dead end at the end of the alley in a daze, and Li Zhang had already thrown the torch.

The torch flew towards the crowd at a slow speed, the masked man was only stunned for a moment, and then relaxed and approached the two of them again.The flickering flames instantly turned green, and the air was filled with a bitter and spicy smell, which drifted towards the entrance of the alley along the wind.The masked men gathered in a crowd suddenly yelled and covered their faces tightly, their eyes seemed to be on fire, and the pain was so painful that they wished they could goug them out!

"poisonous!"

Amidst the exclamation and wailing, Li Zhang led Zhiqing out like a phantom, followed by the hidden guards who were anxiously waiting outside the alley.Suddenly there was the sound of chaotic footsteps on the street. The officers and soldiers surrounded the narrow alley, captured all the men in black who had fallen to the ground and screamed in pain, and looked suspiciously at the extinguished torches on the ground for unknown reasons.

When the dawn dawned, an unremarkable carriage slowly drove a white-haired old woman out of her beautiful face. The old man who drove the carriage was wrinkled and mottled, but his occasionally wide eyes were black and clear, shining with essence.The old woman in the car leaned on the frame and stared at the rickety driver in front of her for a moment, and finally couldn't help laughing when she got away from Mayi.

"We're really getting older!"

The voice is as crisp as the sound of a spring in the mountains, and looking at the wrinkles on the smiling eyebrows, Li Zhang, who is looking back, can't hold back his smile, and the same wrinkles spread out on his face.

They stayed away from Xiurong all the way, and slowly relaxed. Li Zhang roughly talked about what happened, and remembered his plan, but he couldn't say it smoothly. The joy of escape sank in his heart, and he gradually fell silent. .

Zhiqing was careful in the end, and quickly sensed Li Zhang's uneasiness from the initial excitement of the shock, and tacitly stopped making a sound, but waited for a long time before Li Zhang spoke, and finally called out "brother" in surprise.Li Zhang turned his head, looked at Zhiqing's worried face, and smiled bitterly, but the words were still difficult to come out of his mouth.

Zhiqing suddenly felt distressed, climbed out of the car and sat beside him, leaning her head on his shoulder.

"Is my brother making things difficult for Zhiqing? Because...Rongjiazhuang?"

Li Zhang dejectedly answered "Yes" in a low voice, stared at the road ahead and fell silent again.

Zhiqing was slightly surprised, but she didn't ask any further questions, she just looked at the road ahead seriously, and said seriously: "Then I'll go to Shanqian Village!"

Li Zhang was silent for a while, before he said awkwardly: "Rong Xie has a different ambition, he...will also bring you back to the capital. I can only...let you hide in the mountains,...sorry!"

Zhiqing stayed for a while, and suddenly figured out the key point. In a hurry, she lifted Li Zhang's shoulder and stared at him and asked, "He doesn't believe you? He wants to use me as a hostage? Then you hide me what to do?"

Li Zhang looked at Zhiqing's anxiety and worry, his heart was filled with tenderness, and he said softly and firmly: "I can't give up even if he believes me or not. He won't let this country be trampled on, and I can't do something but sit idly by." But I can't put you in danger. You are my last home, where you are, my peace of mind. I will go to you, I will be with you forever, you...wait I!"

Li Zhang hugged Zhiqing tightly, and buried his head in her white hair, thinking that she would be trapped in the mountains alone, the reluctance and pain in his heart made him breathless, and he could only say it over and over again. I said sorry in my heart.

Zhiqing lay softly in Li Zhang's arms, she didn't quite understand Li Zhang's heartache, but she was happy with his confession just now.She gently rubbed Li Zhang's skirt, and listening to his unsteady heartbeat, said slowly and comfortingly: "I will wait for you to come, as long as you are well."

As she spoke, she broke free from Li Zhang's embrace, looked into his eyes and said seriously: "If he... insists on taking Zhiqing as a hostage, I'm not afraid to go to the palace to meet him! Brother must not be like that at that time, Get hurt again for me! I have always believed in my brother, please believe in Zhiqing once again! I will protect myself and wait for you to marry me! We will have a long and long life, and there will be many relatives Time. Let's take care together, shall we?"

Li Zhang's mood was agitated, his eye sockets were slightly red, moistened with a thin mist.His eyelashes fluttered and his breathing was rapid and messy.Zhiqing has always been watching him tenderly, as soft as the clear water under the spring sun, embracing all the stillness and tranquility.

Li Zhang took a deep breath, lowered his eyes and held his breath. After a long time, he nodded vigorously: "Okay!"

The author has something to say:

The title didn't seem appropriate, and I had a headache, so I continued to use it when I couldn't think of anything else.

I just want to say that both Li Zhang and Zhiqing wrongly blamed Sima Yi.However, there are some things, who can say for sure?A creature like the emperor is not an ordinary person.