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Yang Fan knew that this love was not at the right time - the timing was wrong, the object was wrong... After careful investigation, nothing was just right.But throughout the ages, the reason why there are so many idiots and complaining about the word "love", unable to extricate themselves, the living die for it, the dead live for it, and even sigh "what is love", is not precisely because of its subtlety and unpredictability. Nowhere to be found?

Marquis Dingbian grew up in the army since he was a child, and he didn't have so much extravagance. He only believed in one dead truth: as long as he wanted, he had to get his hands on tricks, tricks and tricks.But this reason has no room for Zhang Jingche, because he is also a person who accepts death. If Yang Fan wants him, he can't touch his bottom line and cut off the room for meeting.

Such a dilemma between the two sides really made Dingbian Hou taste the feeling of being in a dilemma.

Unexpectedly, before Yang Fan could figure out what he wanted, You Yunwei sent back a message: something happened to Zhang Jingche!

It was the sixth day that Commander Zhang left Beijing. Counting the time, he should have arrived in Qilu territory.Hearing the bad news at first, Yang Fan grabbed Xu Shen's collar and looked almost grim: "What's going on? Please speak clearly!"

Yang Fan didn't fly into a rage, but Xu Shen felt chills all over his body. He didn't dare to be negligent at the moment, and told the whole story: "...Hou Ye knows that your lord didn't take me with you when he left Beijing this time, just In order to have a trustworthy person in Beijing to deliver the news."

Yang Fan had no expression on his face, and gave a faint "huh".

"In the early hours of this morning, Beizhi received a letter from You Yunwei, saying that they followed Boss Zong and his party and sneaked into Qilu territory in disguise. Originally, they wanted not to scare the snake away, but to talk about it after meeting the old couple," Xu Shen said urgently. He was out of breath, "Master Hou also knew that the old couple were the plaintiffs and important witnesses in this case, and they were hidden by Boss Zong. My lord was worried, and ordered the accompanying Youyun guards to divide into two groups. Responding and investigating outside the house. Unexpectedly, it took only a stick of incense for him to enter, and the Tibetan cellar... exploded!"

Yang Fan was startled: "It exploded? Why did it explode!"

Xu Shen wiped his face viciously: "The content of the text message is limited, and I don't know what's going on... It's just that my lord is in danger, and I'm doomed to die. I'm trapped in Beijing, I can't move, so I can only ask Lord Marquis for help!"

Yang Fan got up suddenly, and walked a few steps in the hall: "This...does His Majesty know about it?"

Xu Shen managed to catch his breath: "Vice Chief Han delivered the news to the palace himself. His Majesty must have known about it at this time."

Yang Fan barely suppressed the burning anxiety in his chest, and slightly closed his eyes: Boss Zong had no reason to frame Zhang Jingche, otherwise he could have done it in Jiangnan, so there is no need to delay it until now.

Then there was only one possibility—someone knew Zhang Jingche's whereabouts in advance, moved the old couple away before they did, and set up a net in the Tibetan area, and the imperial envoy who came to investigate the case never returned!

But... Zhang Jingche's trip was clearly a secret departure from Beijing. Except for those close to him, most people would not be able to find out. Who has such a great ability to reach out to You Yunwei and the emperor?

Furthermore, since the mastermind behind the scenes transferred the old couple away and achieved the purpose of destroying the evidence, why bother to kill them and make unnecessary efforts?Aren't you afraid of angering the court and incurring retaliation?

This person is so unscrupulous, he must be someone who can cover the sky with one hand... Is Pei Guogong jumping over the wall in a hurry, or is there another force to fish in troubled waters?

These thoughts are fleeting in Yang Fan's mind, so fast that he can't catch them.After a while, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Enter the palace!"

Liu Yanzhao did already know about Zhang Jingche's attack, he was not much better than Yang Fan at this moment, he was barely calm.Marquis Dingbian paid his respects, and didn't even bother to exchange greetings, so he went straight up and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that something happened to Commander Zhang in the Qilu area?"

Liu Yanzhao was shocked, looking at Yang Fan with a vague look of fear.

Yang Fan knew that he had violated a taboo, whether it was Jinyiwei or Youyunwei, they were all royal eagle dogs, and their whereabouts could only be controlled by the Ninth Five Supreme One.Now that something happened to Zhang Jingche, Yang Fan got the news. Didn't this tell Liu Yanzhao that Dingbianhou had placed eyeliner in the eagle dog raised by Tian's family?

But Yang Fan had no choice. Zhang Jingche was attacked, and his life and death were not known at the moment. He couldn't afford to waste a second: "Your Majesty, Xu Chen, please rush to the land of Qilu to meet him in person. I promise that Commander Zhang will be taken to the safe and sound place." return!"

Liu Yanzhao looked at him gravely, and said after a long while: "Jin Yiwei and You Yunwei are as good as a cloud, I will send someone to meet them, so I won't bother Yang Qing."

Yang Fan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are many masters in Jinyiwei and Youyunwei, but Commander Zhang's whereabouts are so secretive, who saw the opportunity and set a trap in advance? And who put eyeliner around the emperor, watching your every move Just move...haven't you thought about this?"

Liu Yanzhao's pupils shrank suddenly, and the fingers behind his back began to tremble slightly.

Yang Fan continued his efforts: "This man is so bold that he even dares to plot against imperial envoys. I'm afraid that he will do it all the time... Now that the enemy is clear and we are in the dark, and he is on someone else's territory, I am afraid that I don't care how many people You Yunwei sends. , it’s useless!”

Liu Yanzhao understood his hidden hint, and his expression was extremely ugly.After a while, he said in a deep voice, "According to Yang Qing's opinion?"

"I request your Majesty Xu Chen to go to Qilu in person." Yang Fan still said the same words, "Although I am not talented, thanks to the blessing of my ancestors, I always have a bit of a bad reputation among the troops stationed in the four realms. One's own weight. With the minister here, I dare not say anything else, at least it can deter the young people who have evil intentions in the court center."

Liu Yanzhao hesitated, with a deep shadow on his face.Yang Fan was quiet for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, if you delay for a moment, Commander Zhang will be more dangerous. You can't hesitate any longer."

Liu Yanzhao finally opened his mouth, but what he asked was an irrelevant question: "Are you... so worried about him?"

Yang Fan sighed slightly, but still answered according to the draft he had prepared long ago: "Yu Gong, Commander Zhang is here to eliminate the evils of the court. Of course, I hope that he will return safely. In private, I admire the talent of Commander Zhang very much. , and successively shared the feelings of suffering in the north and south of the Yangtze River, I heard that he was in danger, naturally I was very anxious, and I hope that your majesty will invite you."

He spoke frankly, with a radiant look on his face, which made Liu Yanzhao's speculations very mean-spirited.Liu Yanzhao was choked up by Marquis Dingbian without any concealment. After thinking about it carefully, there was really no more suitable candidate, so he could only say: "In that case, I'll take a long trip by boat."

Yang Fan finally let out a sigh of relief, knowing that this trip to the palace will be difficult, so he can only forget about it at this moment, bowing his head and saluting: "Minister, accept the decree!"

He got up and walked out of the hall, barely opening the bead curtain, Liu Yanzhao's voice followed behind him like a shadow: "Yuanzhou!"

Yang Fan paused, turned around and said, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

The young new emperor sat behind the court case, half of his face was covered with shadows, he couldn't tell whether it was gloomy or gloomy: "At any cost... we must bring him back!"

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and once again realized the boundary drawn by the word "junchen" between the two: "Minister...lead the decree!"

The childhood friendship was blown away by this decisive sound. From now on, there will be no more brothers, only the monarch and his subjects will be distinguished.

Yang Fan didn't dare to delay, he ordered fifty generals when he returned home, and left Beijing on the same day.The soldiers trained by the Marquis of Dingbian are all experienced warriors. This manpower is not enough to rebel, but it is enough to frighten a small place.

From the capital city to Qilu, it took five or six days to travel quickly. The Marquis of Dingbian sent an order in advance to change the horse without changing the person. At night, he would light a torch and tie the waist and legs to the horse's back with hemp rope.Traveling day and night like this, he forced the itinerary of five or six days to be compressed into three days, and he could barely reach the border of Qilu.

Further to the east is the seaside, which was originally the territory of King Ping. Later, when King Ping fell, the party feather trees fell and the monkeys scattered. This fertile land was also divided up by several big families. In the matter of the emperor, there was Pei Guogong who made great contributions.

"Lord Hou," Liang Yiqiu immediately stepped forward, and said in a deep voice, "The front is the territory of Duke Pei Guo. No matter how secretive our whereabouts are, we may not be able to escape the eyes of the Zhou family... What should we do?"

Yang Fan pondered for a while, and made up his mind: "The troops will be divided into two groups! One group will be led by you, just go forward with a big fanfare, the more publicity the better. The rest follow me, rushing all night, we must find someone as soon as possible!"

The generals responded in unison without any objection.

Yang Fan didn't think that Zhang Jingche would be easily buried in the conspiracy trap, and Zhang Jingche did live up to his expectations. When he woke up, his surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't tell whether it was day or night. There was only a bean-sized oil lamp on the table, and his His eyes widened listlessly.

Zhang Jingche had a splitting headache, and felt that nothing was right about his body, as if he had been cramped and deboned, and then put it back together in a wrong way.He was in so much pain that he wished he could break up with this tattered body and sink into the quagmire with his carefree soul.

Unexpectedly, at this time, someone beside him said in surprise: "My lord is awake!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhang Jingche remembered that this person was You Yunwei who came out with him.At the same time, the memory before coma came back in a whistling manner, and the amount of information flooding in made Commander Zhang a little overwhelmed.

At first, the business went surprisingly smoothly.Zhang Jingche was already prepared to be intercepted and killed by all kinds of people, but who knew that from the capital to the border of Shandong, not to mention killers and assassins, he didn't even see a bigger mouse.They smoothly touched the hidden stake of the Haichao Gang and met the linker.

It was at this moment that Zhang Jingche began to feel something was wrong.

Most of the Haichao gang are hard-working people who go to sea. Although they are shrewd and capable, there are few practitioners.Generally speaking, these low-level people who run a living have toiled all year round and have thick calluses on both hands, but this seemingly honest man in front of him only has thick calluses on the palm of his right hand...

Anyone who is knowledgeable knows that only Lian Jiazi, who wields swords and swords, can cause this situation.

However, this trace alone is not enough to explain anything. Zhang Jingche didn't say anything, but when no one was paying attention, Boss Chongzong gave him a wink.

Then, they were led into the cellar, and instead of seeing the old couple who should have taken refuge there, they saw dense kerosene and gunpowder.

"...I really didn't expect that Mr. Pei Guo was so powerful that he actually found the stronghold of the Haichao Gang." Speaking of this, Boss Zong felt very guilty. I didn't let the old couple fall into the hands of Duke Pei. It's just that I didn't expect that Duke Pei and his son buried kerosene and gunpowder frantically to kill us all... This time, it was really me who made Commander Zhang .”

Zhang Jingche waved his hands with difficulty, and looked back at You Yunwei beside him.

You Yunwei understood, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, don't worry, the old couple is fine... We are now in another stronghold of the Haichao Gang, so it is safe for the time being."

Zhang Jingche nodded and exhaled slightly.

The Haichao Gang doesn't engage in the business of killing people and stealing goods, but since they are on the side of the "Jianghu Gang", they always have some trump cards to defend themselves and save their lives.I'm afraid, even the Duke Pei's mansion who set the trap couldn't have imagined that there was a secret passage hidden in the cellar. The moment the kerosene and gunpowder were ignited, it was Boss Zong who opened the secret passage in time and saved everyone's lives.

At that time, the incident happened suddenly, and the group was entangled by the dead man who had ambushed in advance. Zhang Jingche had no choice but to lead his bodyguards to block the dead man and buy time for others to escape into the secret passage.But it was a step too late, already affected by the aftermath of the explosion, Zhang Jingche heard a "buzz" in his ears, and lost consciousness at that time.

When he woke up, he was already in this secret room, whether it was a guest room or a cellar.

Commander Zhang closed his eyes for a while, finally gathered up some strength, and supported himself to sit up.The personal guard poured hot tea for him and fed him to drink, taking the opportunity to whisper: "The incident happened suddenly, we were separated from other people... However, the explosion was so loud, the brothers who were guarding outside must have passed it to Beijing. I have received an urgent report, I believe Beijing will soon send support, my lord, just be patient for a few days."

Zhang Jingche nodded and looked up at Boss Zong: "What's the situation outside now?"

After this incident, Boss Zong admired this seemingly frail Jinyiwei commander, and said in a deep voice: "This incident is not a small one, even the local government has been alarmed. There are many passes, and people who come and go have to be guided by the way, it seems that if you live, you need to see people, and if you die, you need to see corpses."

Zhang Jingche chuckled, and his disdain was palpable: "It seems that Mr. Pei Guo is impatient."

Boss Zong nodded, and then he was a little puzzled: "In recent years, it's not that no one has sued the family for annexing the fertile land, but it's always thunderous and rainy...Why is Pei Guogong so anxious that even the imperial envoy sent from Beijing dared to sue him? Killer?"

Zhang Jingche thought to himself: That's because the imperial envoy obstructed his eyesight. He wished that I could see the King of Hades sooner.

However, these battles between Beijing and China cannot be discussed in detail with those in Jianghu. Zhang Jingche was silent for a moment, and said in a high-sounding way: "Now is the time when the dynasty is changing, and the new emperor is in power. He always wants to do something, but it's a pity that the treasury is not rich, so he can't use his fists." ...The new emperor is not a cowardly person, he is well aware of the aristocratic family's annexation of fertile land, and he has long wanted to find a breakthrough, now that Duke Pei has hit the knife edge himself, can he not be in a hurry?"

Boss Zong was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt a little happy: "When this guy surnamed Xu invaded the good land and forced the good people to death, why didn't he think about his end? Now he really deserves it!"

Zhang Jingche felt dizzy after sitting for a long time, so he could only close his eyes, and said weakly, "Pei Guogong and his son jumped over the wall in a hurry, which means they were hit on the sore spot... The news of my attack on this trip will spread to Beijing soon, and support will arrive soon. .”

Boss Zong was puzzled and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"

Zhang Jingche smiled softly: "I can think of it, the father and son of Pei Guo can naturally...be it for the sake of wealth, wealth, wealth or life, before someone comes from Beijing, he will definitely intensify the search, even if he digs three feet, You must find us too!"