Speaking of which, Wu Fengchun quietly asked Qin Sangu to talk. Qin Sangu returned the greeting and asked curiously: "General Wu and I have never met each other. How come the general knows me?"
Wu Fengchun said: "The last general has admired the name of the three shopkeepers for a long time. Reading at midnight."
Qin Sangu said: "How can a merchant like He De spread his name to Qiongzhou? If I remember correctly, General Wu has been guarding southern Xinjiang for many years and rarely comes to Beijing."
Wu Fengchun said with a smile: "The third shopkeeper has a good memory. I also have some small business in Beijing. It was not until the past two years that I found out that Qin Sangu in the west of the city was the girl Qinsi who defeated the three bandits with one whip."
Qin Sangu raised her eyebrows and said, "So General Wu is interested in discussing business with me?"
Wu Fengchun said: "I hope the third shopkeeper will take care of me as an old acquaintance."
Qin Sangu said: "Easy to say."
Wu Fengchun said: "The air in Qiongzhou is warm and there is more miasma."
Qin Sangu frowned: "Although it's cold in the capital, it's still Qingming."
Wu Fengchun smiled, exchanged a few words of greetings, and walked away. Qin Sangu looked at him for a long time and then returned to the table.
After the banquet dispersed, Jia Cong and others returned to the residence arranged by Huo Sheng to meet. Qin Sangu said solemnly: "Something is strange."
Jia Xu said: "But Wu Fengchun is King Yan's spy?"
Qin Sangu nodded and said, "Yes. Does he have any flaws in your eyes?"
Jia Xu said: "I heard the two of you talking. The last two sentences 'nuanhan' were very unpleasant, as if they were oral messages."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked what was going on, and Qin Sangu recounted in detail what Wu Fengchun said to him just now, and said: "The last two very unpleasant "nuanhan" sentences are the secret code of the Qiongzhou spies."
Jia Cong laughed when he heard this: "It's impossible. When the Supreme Emperor was still here, Wu Fengchun teamed up with Huo Sheng to conceal military information and earn money from the court. If he was a spy, how could the court not know what tricks Huo Sheng was playing? What if he was the king of Yan? After the world is in chaos, there is no need to send the Fifth Aunt to come in vain. Either he has the reputation of being a spy, but in reality he is far away from the emperor and has his own agenda; or he is a real spy who has taken refuge with Wu Fengchun."
Jia Xu said: "Perhaps a real spy fell into his hands and let him find out what he said."
Qin Sangu said: "The spy here is an ordinary citizen and should not be his."
Jia Cong suddenly remembered something: "By the way, the imperial court became suspicious of Nanfang because of his two successful reports, which seemed a bit untrue and looked like he was lying about military intelligence. If he was a spy, he wouldn't have written that on purpose. , your sincerity will lead the imperial court to send someone to investigate."
Qin Sangu said: "He can just send the secret message directly to the capital. Why go around the bush? Should he report the message secretly to prevent anyone from noticing?"
Jia Xu said: "Unless someone restrains him, he will not be able to deliver the message seriously."
Qin Sangu said: "He is the general of Guangdong, who has the ability to trap him?"
Jia Cong thought: "Is it possible that there is a top expert next to him watching closely?"
Jia Xu said: "Wouldn't it be cheaper to kill him?"
Jia Cong said: "Maybe it's some important relative of his who is reluctant to kill him?"
Qin Sangu shook her head and said, "It's not like that. This person doesn't seem to be restrained by others."
Several people discussed for a long time with no result, so they had to go to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Jia Xu imitated the hoot of an owl outside Qi Dian's door, and Qi Dian came out immediately. Jia Xu ordered: "Be alert and take care of yourself. I'll go to Wu Fengchun's place to check." Qi Dian answered "yes". .
Jia Xu then went to Wu Fengchun's residence at night to explore, but found that he had not slept, and was walking around the house extremely irritable. He sighed from left to right and murmured: "Fu Laoer, you are so cruel. Such a cruel heart..." Jia Xu's heart moved, and he searched around, but didn't notice anything amiss. He sincerely came up with an idea, which alerted a group of patrolling soldiers, but no rare master showed up.
The next day, he told everyone about the incident and said, "It turns out that Wu Fengchun was trapped by a man named Fu Lao."
Jia Cong scratched his head: "I always feel it's weird. I've thought about a lot of bloody scripts, but I don't think they look like it. Because he contacted the third aunt, does Fu Laoer want to deal with him? So he has such a hateful heart?"
Since the matter was urgent, he quietly went to Huo Sheng to inquire about Fu Lao Er. Huo Sheng said: "Fu is a popular surname in Qiongzhou, and there are many second sons. How can we find out!"
Jia Cong said: "Is there such a person beside General Wu? Don't say that you didn't put spies around him."
Huo Sheng immediately said: "There are several people with the surname Fu Qixing Er around him, including many in my camp."
"Who can threaten Wu Fengchun?"
"No." Huo Sheng said, "Wu Fengchun is a tiger, and everyone else is a little beast. Why are you checking him?"
Jia Cong held his cheek and sighed: "Sorrow, there's something I can't figure out. What kind of little beast can trap a tiger? Hey, could he be a broken sleeve?"
Huo Sheng immediately said angrily: "Nonsense! General Wu is an upright man!"
Jia Cong suddenly remembered what happened to his father, smiled flatteringly, waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, I understand." Then he walked away listlessly. He said these few words without thinking, and did not explain clearly; Huo Sheng was full of doubts at the back and ordered someone to check on Wu Fengchun's second son named Fu.
In the next few days, Huo Sheng checked Fu Laoer, who had some famous names, and found nothing strange. Jia Xu also went to see Wu Fengchun every night, but found that he was anxious every night, but no one threatened him. Qin San I went around reminiscing with old friends I knew from the past.
On the fifth day, Huo Sheng couldn't help but come to look for Jia Cong. He saw him lazily leaning on the vines, with a large pot of coconut meat picked by his servants, and he was holding this review without even glancing at it. Look, he coughed twice. Jia Cong waved to him without getting up: "Do you want to eat coconut meat? There is also a lot of coconut juice over there, which is pure and pollution-free."
Huo Sheng came over and whispered: "Wu Fengchun is really strange."
"Hey!" Jia Cong's eyes lit up and he jumped up from the bed, "What did you notice?"
Huo Sheng said: "He has been here for six days, why hasn't he left? What are you doing here? There is nothing else, and you have never found fault with him. According to the convention, you should go back within three days at most. He went to his own place."
Jia Cong fell back on the couch again: "I thought you discovered something."
Huo Sheng pushed him anxiously: "Who is Fu Laoer?"
Jia Cong glanced at him: "If I knew, would I still ask you? I heard that he is an ordinary commoner, and Wu Fengchun is afraid of him." He saw the four words "You are kidding me" clearly written on Huo Sheng's face. I had a headache, so I asked, "What is Wu Fengchun's temperament like?"
Huo Sheng said with a smile: "This person is interesting. Sometimes he is upright and upright, like a saint; sometimes he is cunning and greedy. You will like him."
"Huh? Why?"
"The Gu family," Huo Sheng said, "values their wives, children, and siblings very much. General Wu's father was at war all year round, and his grandfather died early, so he was raised by his maternal grandfather when he was young. His maternal grandfather was an old scholar and extremely pedantic. He once served as a county magistrate and was loyal to the imperial court. General Wu once uttered the truth after drinking. According to himself, he would never lie about the military situation or embezzle military funds. It's just that it's not easy at home."
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Come on, the birthday gift he gave to our ancestors that time was not an ordinary thing. He has a lot of determination to be greedy."
Huo Sheng said: "He also has six brothers and three sisters. He also has four sons and three daughters. Not counting Zhi Zhi Man Man's relatives, he supports them all."
Jia Cong rested his arms and said, "Old Wu is working very hard. Are there any of his important relatives with the surname Fu?"
"Oops!" Huo Sheng shouted, "His maternal surname seems to be Fu!"
Jia Cong jumped up and said, "Go and check quickly! Is there any talisman that Lao Er is not aware of?"
Huo Sheng hurriedly ordered the soldiers guarding outside to invite an "Old Wang" to come. Not long after, Old Wang came. He was a very ordinary old man, about fifty years old. The old Wang said: "Wu Fengchun's mother is the only one."
Girl, there are no brothers in the family."
Jia Cong thought for a moment and asked, "Did his grandfather, Mr. Fu, leave any old servants behind?"
The old king said: "Mr. Fu is honest and has no servants."
Jia Cong was unconsciously disappointed: "Co-authoring is a silent ending." He raised his eyes and looked at Lao Wang a few times. This man's temples were turning white, his wrinkles were gradually rising, his eyes were yellow, and his skin was extremely rough. At first glance, he looked...
He thought he was an old farmer. He couldn't help but think of Zhou Camellia, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Mr. Wang." Lao Wang bowed and left.
Little did he know that Wu Fengchun would find Qin Sangu again at this moment. Qin Sangu came out from an old general's place and rode on horseback for only a moment. She met Wu Fengchun wearing ordinary civilian clothes, carrying a bamboo hat, and riding a donkey.
Qin Sangu nodded slightly, and Wu Fengchun pointed with his eyes, patting the donkey and walking slowly in front. Qin Sangu also pretended to watch the scenery, and followed leisurely. After turning the fork in the road, Wu Fengchun's donkey turned into a trail.
After walking up a mountain, Qin Sangu also followed.
Seeing another sharp turn ahead, Wu Fengchun suddenly said: "Who is next to the third shopkeeper?"
Qin Sangu said: "One of our own."
Wu Fengchun asked: "Can this person of mine wait here for a while?"
Jia Xu said: "No."
Wu Fengchun looked at Qin Sangu again, and Qin Sangu said to Jia Xu, "How about you wait here for now."
Jia Xu said flatly: "Not good." and winked.
Wu Fengchun said: "Young man, if you have anything to say, I will only talk to shopkeeper Qin San."
Jia Xu said: "The villain is both deaf and dumb."
Wu Fengchun narrowed his eyes and stared at Jia Xu, but Jia Xu just disappeared. After staring at him for half a cup of tea, he sneered and said: "Okay. If you do, just follow me." He urged the donkey and left.
Qin Sangu turned her head and looked at Jia Xu. Jia Xu winked again and said loudly: "I have been ordered to protect the third shopkeeper. I will never leave even half a step. I hope the third shopkeeper will not embarrass my subordinates." Yibi said.
made a gesture.
Qin Sangu hesitated and said: "General Wu must have something important."
Jia Xu said: "Important matters have nothing to do with my subordinates." The two of them started talking to each other.
But I heard Wu Fengchun urging me: "Why don't you hurry up and follow me! Why are you dawdling!" The voice seemed to be not far away, and they had just turned around.
Jia Xu suddenly felt something was wrong and made a gesture. Qin Sangu was shocked and said, "Junior, come here." The two turned their horses and ran away, Qin Sangu in front and Jia Xu behind. They listened.
Wu Fengchun shouted "Why are you running" from behind, but the two of them turned a deaf ear and beat the horse like flying.
After running all the way back to the post house, Qin Sangu jumped off the horse and wiped her sweat: "It's so dangerous."
Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm getting more and more confused."
When he got inside and told Jia Cong, Jia Cong said inexplicably: "Why are you running away?"
Jia Xu said: "It was strange that he led the third aunt to a quiet and uninhabited place. If he wanted to tell secrets where no one would hear, the most appropriate place would be to find a vast place, on a big tree, behind a stone, under a bridge. No one down there will overhear. He lost his temper again, just walk forward, we will follow him after saying a few words. He rides a donkey and we ride a horse. Why wait?"
Qin Sangu said: "I'm just afraid there's an ambush on the other side."
Jia Xu said: "There are many vines and few trees on the mountain. The trees are tall and straight, making it difficult to hide people. I think it is probably a trap."
Qin Sangu said: "The trap is wrong. I didn't tell him where he was going today, how could he prepare the trap?"
Jia Cong gave a high-five and said, "He has already prepared it!"
"Um?"
Jia Cong said: "Sister Third Aunt has been meeting old friends everywhere these days. There are always a few people you have to meet sooner or later. Just prepare him in a certain place. Because you don't know when you will meet this person. , so I stayed here for several days with Huo Sheng. He is waiting for you to meet the person you met today. When you go, he will lure you into his trap. "
Qin Sangu asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
Jia Cong said: "I don't know. Let's ask Huo Sheng to borrow some people first and check if there are any signs of an ambush by the government in that place."
Jia Xu said: "It would be better for me to get up at night and go check quietly, so as not to disturb Huo Sheng."
Jia Cong nodded and told about Huo Sheng's visit just now. Naichou said, "It's so weird. Whose side is this Wu Fengchun on?"
Qin Sangu said: "No matter which side he is from, he should not attack me. If he is from King Yan's side, I was sent by King Yan to investigate the matter; if he is not from King Yan's side, he should be deceived with some false news. I'm going to coax me away. If I die in Qiongzhou, will King Yan be able to let it go?"
Qi Dian suddenly said: "This matter is somewhat similar to the military report he wrote in his early years. It seems that he sincerely attracted the attention of the imperial court to Qiongzhou."
Qin Sangu said: "I'm already here, isn't it? How can I lead someone here and then kill him?"
Several people thought about it for a long time but couldn't find the reason, so they had to give up. After nightfall, Jia Xu walked alone to the place where Wu Fengchun led them today, and sure enough they found a trap. When they went to Wu Fengchun's residence to see it, it was slightly different. In the past, he only worried and worried, but today he was lying on the ground in the courtyard, crying loudly. Sometimes he would hit the ground with his fists, smashing several bricks and breaking his hands. The old general's hair was gray, and he looked quite pitiful under the moonlight. .
The next day I heard that Wu Fengchun was ill. The military doctor in Huo Sheng's camp went to check for half a day, but could not find out the cause. He only said that it was depression in the chest and poor mood. Jia Cong thought that he could not wait any longer. Knowing what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, Qin Sangu is not safe.
Then he ordered him to blow smoke into an important soldier's house in Wu Fengchun at midnight and arrest him. When the man woke up and saw that he was somewhere in the wilderness, he was surrounded by blue from far and near. The will-o'-the-wisp suddenly sat up and shouted: "Where did the ghost come from to play tricks on your grandpa!"
I saw a white shadow slowly floating over, faceless, with the back of its head in front. The soldier asked: "Who are you!"
The white figure was glowing with blue fire and said leisurely: "Where is Fu Laoer?"
The soldier was stunned: "Which Fu Laoer?"
Bai Ying said: "Where is that Fu Laoer next to Wu Fengchun?"
The soldier said: "There are several Fu Laoer in our camp. Hey, which one do you ask?"
The white shadow suddenly floated in front of him, and grabbed the soldier's neck with his lightning-like strike: "Where is Fu Laoer, where is Fu Laoer, where is Fu Laoer..."
This time the guard was frightened and shouted: "There are really several of them, ask which one! They are all in the guard camp..." He was choked and fainted.
He got up and pulled off the wig on his head, looked down at the person, sent him back to his place at night, withdrew and told Jia Cong.
Jia Cong wondered: "Why don't even his soldiers know about an unusual Fu Laoer? How weird."
Qi nodded and said: "The ghost I pretended to be does not look like a ghost, but it looks like General Wu is possessed by a ghost."
"Oops!" Jia Cong suddenly understood, "I know! I know, I know!" He couldn't help but excitedly walked around in circles, and then slapped the case again, "No! I have to go see this old man quickly." He ordered to change clothes.