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Fortunately, Mu Qing and Mi Rui found food and wine in the kitchen that had not been poisoned, and everyone ate some of it as they pleased.
However, among the girls, Miss Su, Oona, Sheeptongue Xing, and the maid Lu'er found it difficult to swallow. The reason was simply that the many corpses in the inn scared them. After all, there are not many women in the world who can be like Mi.
Like the two sisters Jiang and Mi Rui, they looked calm and calm when faced with many corpses.
After eating some casually, Zhao Hongrun immediately urged everyone to continue on their way.
Before leaving, Shen Yu asked Zhao Hongrun if he wanted to find a place to bury the bodies of the thieves in the inn.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun originally planned to keep these corpses there, because in his opinion, if the force that attempted to assassinate him was indeed monitoring him all the way, then it might as well use these corpses as a warning to the other party.
However, after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun felt that it would be better not to keep these corpses, because if these people's accomplices are not nearby, these corpses are likely to scare the business travelers and people who come and go.
It will produce toxins, which would be bad if it hurts unrelated innocent people.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun ordered the clan guards to set fire to the entire inn.
On the way, Zhao Hongrun rode his horse to Chen Xiao again and asked him where he learned about the traces of their group.
At first, Zhao Hongrun didn't pay much attention to this matter, but after this assassination, Zhao Hongrun no longer dared to take it lightly.
Chen Xiao did not ask Zhao Hongrun for his release this time. Perhaps he did not want to bear the stigma of "assassinating King Su" and desperately wanted to draw a clear line with the gang of thieves, so he told how he learned about Zhao Hongrun.
The whole group's whereabouts were told in detail.
It turned out that Chen Xiao and his father, Chen Bing, the former magistrate of Zhaoling County, were both from Zhongyang County. His father, Chen Bing, was a civil servant and a serious court official who passed the imperial examination and entered the official career. However, Chen Xiao, because of his lack of intelligence,
Then he became a member of the local garrison of Zhongyang County on the recommendation of his uncle. He usually maintained law and order in the county. However, because of his outstanding martial arts skills, he was promoted to the rank of Wei Zuo of Zhongyang County Lieutenant a few years later, that is,
adjutant.
In April of last year, the current Zhaoling County Magistrate counted the officials who died in the Chu-Wei War and handed the list to the Imperial Staff. The Staff then sent people to Zhongyang County, where his father Chen Bing was originally from, to inform him.
Chen Xiao and other news of the death of Chen Bing, a member of the Chen clan.
The Chen family was shocked and sad. As Chen Bing's eldest son, Chen Xiao immediately quit his job. Two months later, he came to Daliang near Daliang. Through his connections, he asked the generals of the dredging army who participated in the Chu-Wei war at that time. Only then did he find out.
Cause of death of father.
Afterwards, Chen Xiao returned to Zhongyang County to hold the funeral for his father, and then prepared to go to Zhaoling.
Because Zhaoling sent someone to inform the Chen family that Chen Bing had some relics during his lifetime. If the Chen family didn't want them, Zhaoling was going to put those things into Chen Bing's tomb in Zhaoling.
After all, because of Zhao Hongrun's relationship, Chen Bing was regarded as a model of "loyalty and martyrdom" in Zhaoling. The local officials and people built a tomb and erected a statue in the city for his parents who personally carried a sword on the city wall to fight against the Chu army.
Therefore, Chen Xiao felt that it was necessary to visit Zhaoling and see the county seat that his father Chen Bing was in charge of during his lifetime.
Therefore, Chen Xiao entrusted his tribe and his younger brother to take care of his mother. Because he could not afford a horse, he bought a donkey and rode it to Zhaoling County, where he lived for a few days.
While living in Zhaoling, Chen Xiao heard many things. For example, the three counties of Yanling, Changping, and Shangshui are now home to more than 400,000 Chu people who defected to the Wei State. Another example is the relationship between Su Wang Hongrun and Chu Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
An agreement was reached, and the two sides ceased fighting and returned Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu to Pingyu County in Chu State.
Chen Xiao had no idea about the previous news, but he couldn't accept the news that "King Su Hongrun released Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu".
Because the soldiers of the Junshui Army once told him that his father Chen Bing did not want to trade their poor lives for the survival of Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, so he generously died in front of the Yanshui camp in the hope of fighting with Tu Chao Ling.
One of the masterminds, Pingyujun Xiong Hu, died together.
Unexpectedly, Su Wang Hongrun finally released Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu back to the Chu Kingdom.
"...If it looks like this, wouldn't my father die with his eyes in peace?"
After hearing about this incident, Chen Xiao was shocked and angry, and immediately decided to go to Daliang to ask His Highness Su Wang Hongrun to find out why he wanted to return Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu to the Chu Kingdom.
So Chen Xiao then set off to Daliang again on his donkey.
Unexpectedly, on the way, when Chen Xiao passed through Yu County and was preparing to rest for a night in the county, he heard the business travelers traveling to and from Sanchuan talking about Su Wang Hongrun, and learned that Su Wang Hongrun was about to go south to Yanling.
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Therefore, Chen Xiao then headed back to Yanling, where he planned to wait and wait for the arrival of Su Wang Hongrun.
However, on his way to Yanling, one night when he was staying in a dilapidated mountain temple, a group of people suddenly came in the middle of the night, and one of them mentioned something about "King Su Hongrun".
Originally, Chen Xiao was half asleep and half awake when he heard the words "King Su has disembarked." Unexpectedly, his donkey might have seen a stranger and started braying, which startled the thieves. Only then did they discover this building.
There are actually other people inside the mountain temple.
And what happened next, even if Chen Xiao didn't explain, Zhao Hongrun could guess it. After all, according to the ruthlessness of this group of thieves, how could they let Chen Xiao, who was accidentally eavesdropping, be let go, and Chen Xiao has a more brave and courageous character than Zong Wei.
How can force die in the hands of those thieves?
The result was clear. Chen Xiao killed the thieves and found a letter from the corpse on the ground. The letter simply recorded Zhao Hongrun's whereabouts in the past few days.
So, Chen Xiao followed what was written in the letter and waited on the official road on the north side of Yuxian County. As expected, he met Zhao Hongrun and his party.
"That's the thing. I didn't participate in your assassination. I don't know those thieves at all."
After telling the truth of the matter, Chen Xiao looked at Zhao Hongrun nervously.
You know, after all, Wei State is also a country with privileged aristocrats. Although it is not like Chu State, nobles can kill civilians arbitrarily, but if civilians assassinate nobles, they will still be sentenced to death, exile and other heavy penalties, let alone
The target of the assassination was still King Su Hongrun.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Chen Xiao is really accused of assassinating Zhao Hongrun, then he will certainly not be able to escape severe punishment from the Ministry of Punishment, and his father, who has now become a model of loyalty and martyrdom in Zhaoling County, will also be implicated.
, losing the honor that could have left a mark in history, and even being implicated by his son, becoming a sinner.
Therefore, Chen Xiao couldn't wait to draw a clear line between those who assassinated Zhao Hongrun. After all, he was implicated in a minor matter. If the reputation of his late father was damaged because of this, it would be a great act of unfilial piety.
As for Chen Xiao's story, Zhao Hongrun had no doubts. After all, in his opinion, Chen Xiao was a very honest person who could not tell lies. The lies he told were all full of loopholes. And the things he said, although it seemed to him,
It seemed like a strange coincidence, but Zhao Hongrun still believed that Chen Xiao couldn't make up such a coherent lie.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked Chen Xiao, "Did you really hear those people say, 'King Su has disembarked'?"
"It's absolutely true." Chen Xiao nodded vigorously and rambled on: "I heard footsteps at that time and thought someone was going to steal my donkey, so I was on guard..."
Zhao Hongrun ignored Chen Xiao's verbose remarks in the second half and frowned in thought.
You must know that he was a little suspicious. After all, the group of them disembarked halfway because of Oona. How did the group of thieves who assassinated him know his whereabouts?
But now after listening to Chen Xiao's story, Zhao Hongrun became more and more certain that it was most likely someone on the Hubu ship who leaked the whereabouts of Zhao Hongrun and his party, and revealed the information to the group of thieves who attempted to assassinate him.
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But the question is, the people on the ship that Zhao Hongrun and others were on at that time, whether officials or crew, were all people from the Cangbu Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Does this mean that there were accomplices of the thieves among them?
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"It's just a complete blur...that's all. Let's wait until we get to Shangshui first and then think deeply about this matter."
Shaking his head and throwing away the many troubles in his heart, Zhao Hongrun told the sect guards to be more vigilant and urged them to hurry up.
Because he felt that their whereabouts were probably being monitored by some people. Although Zhao Hongrun didn't understand why those people wanted to assassinate him, he was sure that since those thieves made up their mind to assassinate him, they should not because of
After a failure, the assassination attempt was abandoned.
However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that in the next few days, they did not encounter any more assassinations. However, due to their tense nerves all day long, Zhao Hongrun and his party felt very tired and restless.
Because they were not sure whether there were still accomplices of those thieves nearby, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Hongrun.
"This won't work. If this continues, those thieves don't have to take action, and we will be dragged down by ourselves..."
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said to Shen Yu: "Let's take the official road. Today and tomorrow, I will wait for a while at a nearby post house."
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he suddenly realized something, and his face showed a hint of joy.
It is undeniable that the post house built next to the official road may be the only safe place in the wilderness.