The three of them took off their obstructive fur robes and wore only short-collared clothes. They hid themselves in a narrow alley only two feet wide. They saw several pursuing soldiers who had been clinging to them until now, just a dozen steps away.
After being lured into another alley by one of their companions risking their lives, they turned sideways and tiptoed forward along the narrow alley.
Walking out of the alley, you will see that the hiding place is across the street, and there is no one on the left or right. Everyone will be relieved. Two of them can't wait to step out of the alley, and want to walk across the long street to the hiding place.
But a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, who was slightly behind, pressed his hand on the sword at his waist and said in a deep voice: "Something's wrong, it smells like blood, let's go!"
"Now that you're here, why are you leaving?" The closed door of the hiding place opened silently at this time. Wang Che and Huo Li were standing inside the door. Behind them, two people were lying in a pool of blood, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
No need to ask, the scar-faced man also knew that the two hidden stakes responsible for guarding this hiding place were driven away by these people in advance.
When the scar-faced man was about to turn around, Han Bao and Zhang Shigui were already approaching from the end of the street. At the entrance of the street, two masters stood out from behind the big tree, holding short crossbows and staring eagerly at this side.
"You three adults, if you don't want to attract the people from Guanjiang Tower and Cheng Dejun, why don't we sit down and have a chat after we come in?" Wang Che asked.
"Who are you?" The young man was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, but he held the knife in front of him. He ignored the arrow wound on his shoulder and stared at Wang Che in front of him fiercely, as if showing his fangs, as if he was fierce.
A wild beast seems ready to pounce on it and fight for its life.
"Zhao Ci, put down the knife and go in first." The scar-faced man ordered the young man in front of him in a deep voice.
Hearing the sound of intensive horse hoofbeats more than a hundred steps away, the scar-faced man knew that by now, the elite cavalry of the Ya Army from the Chengdu Army Jiedushi Mansion had also been dispatched to the streets. After a slight delay, they were caught by Ya
If the army and cavalry are watching, it will be difficult to escape.
As long as this group of people is not in the same group as Cheng Dejun and Guanjianglou, no matter where they come from or what their purpose is, they can only accept being kidnapped and enter the courtyard instead of continuing the stalemate outside.
And the scar-faced man could also see that, except for the weak scholar at the head, the other five people were all elite fighters. Even if they suddenly launched an attack, they would be the most defeated before the pursuers came over.
The three of them walked into the courtyard. Han Bao and Zhang Shigui followed them in and closed the courtyard door behind them.
Even if Han Bao and Huo Li had contact with Liang Jun on the battlefield, they couldn't recognize many of Liang Jun's generals. They were secretly vigilant and looked towards Wang Che, wondering if he could identify who they were.
Wang Che didn't recognize the young man with the scarred face who was shot by the arrow, but the thin boy next to them, who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, had a face smeared with wall dust and was a bit dirty, but his face looked familiar.
, Wang Che secretly thought that he was probably the important figure in Liang Guo secret room in Dingzhou City who was willing to sacrifice more than a dozen elite soldiers to protect his escape, right?
Wang Che stared at the young man and said, "I didn't expect to meet His Highness in Dingzhou City..."
"How do you recognize me?" The young man asked in surprise, his voice was childish and crisp, but he was a girl disguised as a man.
The man with the scarred face was too late to stop him, so he could only watch helplessly as the girl disguised as a man fell into the trap and was defrauded.
"It turns out to be Princess Yunhe. Whose Highness did I think she was?" Wang Che suddenly smiled. Emperor Liang Zhu Yu had three sons and two daughters at this time. The woman in front of him was disguised as a man. As a girl, she should be fifteen or sixteen years old.
The girl in question should be Zhu Yu's eldest daughter, the daughter of Concubine Rong who died of illness before Zhu Yu usurped the throne, Princess Yunhe Zhu Xi.
"When did the people of Marquis Qianyang start robbing families?" The scar-faced man held the sword at his waist and stared at Wang Che and Huo Li in a deep voice.
Seeing that this person guessed their identities so quickly, Wang Che was secretly frightened and asked, "I wonder what I call this gentleman?"
Zhang Shigui was about to step forward to seize the weapons from these three people. The scarred man held his sword in front of him and stared at Zhang Shigui fiercely, making him dare not step forward. He said in a cold voice: "The Marquis of Qianyang probably doesn't want you to decide."
Is the state city’s whereabouts exposed?”
"Zhang Shigui, take away their swords. We have already spread the news. We have no regrets in leaving the five despicable lives here. The life of Princess Liang is worth it." Han Bao ordered decisively at this time.
The scar-faced man didn't expect that the real person in charge was behind them. Looking at the man on the left, he obeyed the man's order without hesitation and stepped forward while he was stunned. His hand was already on the hilt of his knife.
When the scar-faced man was about to struggle, Han Baozeng raised his hand and shot an arrow towards Princess Yunhe's right arm without hesitation.
"Ah!" Zhu Xi screamed in pain. It was particularly cold in the silent night, and he didn't know how far it would spread.
The scar-faced man then let go of his hand and asked Zhang Shigui to take it away with his sword. He also signaled the young man named Zhao Ci to give up resistance.
Huo Li and Zhang Shigui tied up the scarred man and the young man in person first, but Han Bao checked Zhu Xi's hands uneasily and saw that her mouth was calloused, so he signaled Zhang Shigui to tie her up, and then took care of her and the man named Zhao Ci.
The young man pulled out the arrow to stop the bleeding and bandaged it.
As the daughter of Zhu Yu, Princess Yunhe secretly lurked into Dingzhou City with Liang Jun. It was obviously not possible for her to be petty. And when they hid in the tree canopy and watched them escape from Guanjiang Tower, Princess Yunhe was also quite agile.
, and it did not slow down the others. It can be seen that under Zhu Yu's supervision, the skills developed in martial arts training are quite extraordinary.
Han Bao didn't want to let down his guard because he was concerned about Princess Yunhe's special status and leave an opportunity for them to take advantage of. This was exactly what Huo Li, Wang Che and the others, who always subconsciously wanted to maintain the demeanor of the children of the aristocratic family, couldn't do.
At this time, the whole city was under martial law, and the streets and alleys were filled with soldiers of the Wude Army. They could not get out.
Zhang Shigui and his men dragged the two corpses back into the house and cleaned up the remaining blood. Han Bao, Wang Che and Huo Li held the light to interrogate the three of them:
"The city-wide manhunt is about to begin. You escaped from Guanjiang Tower and walked this way. You must have a way to escape or deal with the search. You don't have anything to hide at this time, right?"
"In addition to the secret room hidden under the grass in the backyard of the woodshed, the owner of this house also went to Dingzhou City to lurk three years ago. He was not expected to be discovered, but the owner was killed by you. Now we
Hiding in the secret room, but leaving no one outside, will it arouse suspicion at that time, and we can only see destiny." The scar-faced man sighed softly.
Huo Li took someone to the backyard to see the situation in the secret room. Wang Che continued to say with emotion: "You sent so many people to lurk here three years ago. Were you worried that Wang Yuankui would one day collude with the Mongol people due to the situation?
ah?"
The scar-faced man said nothing coldly. Wang Che noticed a trace of disdain hidden in his eyebrows and smiled again: "Even if you have long realized that Guanjiang Tower is a lackey of the Ughs, you didn't expect that He Wang Zhurang would be like this." At that time, we actually sent people to Dingzhou to meet with the Mongol people. What's the use? Isn't it going to be a complete defeat?"
The man with the scarred face was relatively calm, but the young man named Zhao Ci could not control his expression of shock. He called Wang Che, Han Bao and the others to confirm that their previous guesses were correct.
"Who did Zhu Rang send here? Did Princess Yunhe accidentally meet that person and was recognized, causing your situation to be in chaos?" Wang Zhe asked step by step.
He specializes in literary affairs, has a strong speaking skills, and is better at observing words and expressions than Han Bao or Huo Li. Naturally, he is responsible for interrogation and inquiry.
After hearing what Wang Che said, the scar-faced man knew that it would be meaningless if he kept silent, so he said: "I am Shen Peng, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Chengtian Division of Daliang. Since you are the Marquis of Qianyang, you should know that I am the emperor." Dear Princess Yunhe, if you rush to Tangyi to report the news and you think we are a burden, you can kill them and bury them in the secret room. But please treat Princess Yunhe kindly, and our emperor will surely ransom her with a heavy sum of money... "
Shen Peng didn't know what the status of these people in Tangyi's army were, but he knew that those who could penetrate thousands of miles into the enemy's territory to spy on intelligence would not be good.
Moreover, everyone has their heads tied to their belts. If they are not careful, they will be killed. Shen Peng believes that if they are necessary - these people must rush back to Tangyi to report the news. The situation becomes extremely necessary - And if they have obtained the information they want, they will get rid of the burden without hesitation; the same would be true for him.
He now does not expect that he and Zhao Ci can save their lives, he only hopes that Princess Yunhe can escape. He thinks that as long as these people find a way to take Princess Yunhe to Tangyi, I believe that the Marquis of Qianyang will not embarrass a woman. Your Majesty paid a symbolic ransom.
"Oh, it turns out that it's Master Shen, the stall owner of Dongduyuan in Chengtian, Daliang. If you don't do anything on the road, if you don't act like a burden, we don't have to fight each other. If you really want to do something, just do it. Don't blame us for handing you over to save your lives. I think the stall owners also understand that, whether it is the Mongols or the Guanjiang Tower, they are not in a hurry to become enemies of our great Chu..." Wang Zhe did not expect it. When I caught two big fish, I couldn't help but want to laugh and celebrate.
In the past year, Wang Zhen and Huo Li served as military officers beside Han Qian, Wang Yan served as officials in the General Affairs Department, and Wang Che and Huo Xiao served as officials in the Department of Capital Affairs. The two of them almost sorted out all the confidential documents of the Tangyi Army. After reading it again, Wang Che certainly knew that Shen Peng, the military commander of Chengtian Division in Liang State, was comparable to Guo Que and Xi Faer's status in the Military Intelligence Staff Department in Liang State. However, he did not expect that Shen Peng would fall in Dingzhou City today. in their hands.
"Aren't you in a hurry to return to Tangyi to report the news?" Shen Peng frowned slightly and glanced at Han Bao, Huo Li and others with some confusion, thinking that if these people hurried on calmly, they would have many choices. Taking them with him, he didn't expect that flaws would be revealed along the way, but what he didn't understand was that what happened in Dingzhou City tonight was destined to completely disrupt the situation in the Central Plains. How could these people in front of him not rush to spread the news? Return to Tangyi?
At this time, there were several "cuckoo" calls from the back room. Shen Peng suddenly thought of something, stared at Wang Che and asked: "Have you really successfully trained a bird that can send messages?"
"Dr. Shen also has a lot of research on how birds pass messages, right?" Wang Che asked with a smile.