Xu Shiqi was still holding a person in his hand. His breath was weak and his face was pale. He had obviously suffered a lot. Xu Zizhen recognized him. There was such a person behind Nu Qi when he visited the college that day.
"The Tibetan envoy passed by the current post station in Henan Prefecture. The post officer was bribed and secretly drugged, and everyone was brought down without anyone noticing. The little princess and the imperial advisor were taken away and killed by their general.
Hidden."
Sure enough!
Xu Zizhen's eyes suddenly turned cold. He grabbed the man's hair and asked, "Is Nuqi still waiting to save you? Tell me, where is he hiding?"
The man was so frightened after being tortured these days that he quickly forced himself to answer: "It's in Huang...Huangshi Village, more than thirty miles west of Yingtian Mansion."
Xu Zizhen was too lazy to talk nonsense: "Take me there and I will spare your life."
The man agreed without any excuse. He was also a smart man. I don’t know when Nuqi was destroyed by the Tubo King. Wouldn’t he still be a prisoner of war by then? It’s better to be smarter and surrender earlier. Maybe there will be more.
As for the good way out, the Song Dynasty is much better than that of Tubo.
"Xiao Meng, take him to the west gate and wait for me. I will order the troops and Seventeen will guard the house." After Xu Zizhen finished speaking, he returned to the main hall and asked his servants to invite Zhao Gou out. Without disturbing anyone, Zhao Gou came.
Before he could speak after arriving at the hall, Xu Zizhen said straight to the point, "Master Qi, send me a team of troops. It doesn't need to be more. One hundred is enough."
Zhao Gou was startled: "What happened?"
Xu Zizhen said seriously: "The princess of the Tubo Kingdom has been kidnapped. It will be too late."
Zhao Gou immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, turned back to the hall, called Yan Zhao out, and handed him a token. This was an order to mobilize the government troops. Yan Zhao was Zhao Gou's personal guard.
He is the fastest and most convenient to transfer people.
Xu Zizhen said no more, and was just about to take Yan Zhao away when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Brother-in-law, where are you going? Are you ignoring my sister?"
He looked back and saw that Gao Chong had followed him out at some point and was staring at him with his hands on his hips and an unhappy look on his face.
"Go beat him up. If you want to go, follow him." Xu Zizhen ignored him and turned around to leave.
The unhappiness on Gao Chong's face disappeared instantly, and he jumped up with joy: "I'll go, I'll go, wait for me!"
Xu Zizhen and Master Yong told him to move the Zhuangyuan Pavilion to Yingtian Mansion. These days, Gao Chong has been busy with his brother Gao Xian on this matter. In addition, the Gao family is also preparing to move the entire family. There are many trivial matters at home, and Gao Chong
He was still a child, and he was already bored and wanted to run away. How could Xu Zizhen's words not arouse his energy?
Yanzhao left first to mobilize the government troops. Xu Zizhen didn't look for anyone else. He only took Li Meng Gao Chong, a mere Tubo rebel. Even Nuqi only had 40 or 50 people, not to mention that Xu Zizhen had also seen him that day.
With his so-called "Tubo master" demeanor, Li Meng Gao Chong was young, but his attacks were really fierce. Leading them was like leading two little tigers, which was enough.
In addition, Xu Zizhen's intuition told him that there must be something fishy about this matter. A small post officer would never dare to collude with a Tubo rebellious party like Nu Qi to kidnap Duoqi Dolma for some money. There might be someone secretly instigating him behind his back.
These hundreds of government troops can serve as witnesses for him.
Not long after, several people arrived at the west gate of Yingtian Mansion. Most of the gate guards knew Xu Zizhen and knew that today was a good day for him to get married. They were wondering why he came here, but they saw Yan Zhao leading a group of armored soldiers.
Come quickly.
With Zhao Gou's order, the city gates were immediately opened, with Xu Zizhen galloping out first, followed by Li Meng Gao Chong, followed closely by Yan and Zhao with a hundred-man armored army, heading west.
After more than half an hour, Li Meng suddenly said: "Uncle, this guy has said it, he is right in front."
"Huh!" Xu Zizhen jumped off his horse and walked a few steps forward. He saw a stone tablet on the side of the road with the words "Huangshi Village" written on it. He couldn't see anything further forward. It was getting late and the villagers had already rested. Looking around
Except for the darkness, there was nothing.
Yanzhao and the Iron Armored Army were on foot, and it would take some time to arrive. The Tubo man was placed horizontally on the saddle. Li Meng reached out and grabbed him off, and asked: "What's going on inside, how many people are there? How can they live there?"
of?"
Xu Zizhen waved his hand: "No need to ask, you and Xiao Chong will stay here and wait for Yan Zhao while I go in to explore the way."
Li Meng and Gao Chong were anxious, but as soon as they opened their mouths, Xu Zizhen stared back, and they could only watch as he walked into the village in the dark.
Huangshi Village is not big, with only fifty or sixty households in total. Xu Zizhen's eyesight is good. He used the faint night light to explore each house. In order to avoid striking grass and alerting snakes, Xu Zizhen could only listen outside the house, but he couldn't hear anything just by listening.
Whatever happened, he gradually became impatient.
Suddenly he felt the wind blowing. Xu Zizhen was immediately happy and looked up to the sky. Sure enough, the clouds began to move. Soon the moon appeared, and the bright moonlight shone on the earth, and his eyes suddenly became bright.
Xu Zizhen secretly rejoiced: "What should I say when I encounter this situation? By the way, wow haha! God help me!"
The houses here are all made of thatch as the roof and bamboo as the windows, and the windows are covered with paper. Xu Zizhen imitated the TV show and dipped his fingers in his saliva to poke holes in the paper. Sure enough, there was no sound. He looked in again and saw that although the light was
It's still very dark, but at least you can get a general idea.
What a good wind! Xu Zizhen took the time to look at each house, and he didn't know how many windows were broken. After looking at a few more houses, he found a house in the distance, with a yard densely surrounded by fences. Xu Zizhen subconsciously
He abandoned several houses around him and ran quickly over.
The height of the fence didn't bother him, but just when he was about to turn over and jump over, he heard a dog barking in the yard.
"No, there's a dog?!"
Xu Zizhen was startled and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a muffled cry. It sounded like he was calling for help, and it was obvious that it was a woman.
Right here! Xu Zizhen perked up and was about to turn around and go outside the village to bring people in. At this moment, the lights suddenly turned on in the house and someone shouted loudly: "Who is outside?"
Xu Zizhen shuddered and stopped at his feet. He hesitated for only two seconds before making up his mind. Regardless of anything else, he would go in and save people first. If anything happened while he was out and back, he would regret it.
He reached out and pulled out his knife and split the fence. Before he could get in, two black figures rushed over fiercely. Xu Zizhen raised the knife and dropped it. After two screams, there were two dog corpses on the ground. He strode over and kicked them.
Kicking open the door, two disheveled men in the room were about to come out, and they immediately met Xu Zizhen face to face.
Xu Zizhen immediately recognized that one of them was the Tibetan guard who had been knocked down by Shang Tong with one move. The other party also recognized him, but before they could issue a warning, Xu Zizhen had already pounced on him and struck down with his sword, instantly killing him.
, the other had just pulled out the knife halfway, and the bloody Tang Dao was already placed on his neck.
"If you dare to speak out, I will let you see the King of Hell!" Xu Zizhen's voice was as cold as if he came out of hell.
But to his surprise, the guard only hesitated for a moment and then shouted at the top of his lungs. Xu Zizhen couldn't understand what he was shouting, which made him a little dumbfounded.