Qin Hu

Chapter 168 Everyone is a clear card, it depends on who has the best card

Since Lu Zhi insisted on going to Pengcheng with him, Ying Zheng had nothing to deny, but he didn't have the time to accompany the woman to buy horses.

They originally planned to leave early this morning, because the Lu family was delayed for more than half an hour, and Ying Zheng already felt very uncomfortable.

His temperament has always been punctual, rule-abiding, and trustworthy, and he resents having his plans disrupted by unexpected trivial matters.

So, after leaving the inn, he said without a doubt: "Sister! Take her for a ride..."

Zhao Zihu glanced at Lu Pheasant, but saw that she saddled on the horse without hesitation, he was surprised: "Yes! I am too restrained."

But when he got on his horse and was almost close to Lu Zhi, he realized that his body was clearly pretending to let go, not to mention how stiff it was.

After mutual discipline with Xiang Liyue, Zhao Zihu knew how to deal with such a sensitive and strong person.

He blew lightly behind Lu Zhi's ear, her whole body softened and leaned against his chest immediately, and Lihua's face also flushed instantly.

"you……"

"Shh!"

Zhao Zihu signaled, wrapped his arms around Lu Zhi, and tightened the reins, and felt her body getting hotter and hotter, he had to warn in a cold voice.

"Be patient! Do you want to deal with it by military law?"

For a moment, Lu Zhi felt that a ladle of cold water was poured on his head, and when he thought of the ferocious face of his father-in-law ordering his friend to slap him, the sensitivity immediately disappeared without a trace.

Just at this time, Ying Zheng immediately "coughed and coughed" twice to remind, which clearly meant that I let you share a ride for the sake of doing things cheaply, and you became flirtatious.

Zhao Zihu smiled, not daring to be negligent, he shook the reins and drove the horse forward.Behind them, Lu Gong and Lu Su silently waved goodbye.

When he could not see Ying Zheng's back, Lu Gong lowered his head and sighed leisurely: "Hey! We have such a huge monster at the Lu's stall, I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse?"

"Sister has always been smart, so she should be able to turn bad luck into good fortune." Lu Su was also a little worried, but she was not yet familiar with the world, so she could only comfort her father without confidence.

"Hey! It's because she is too smart that she is prone to bad things..."

Yingzheng, Zhao Zihu and others traveled to a place less than half a mile away from the south gate of Pei County, and saw Zhao Tuo rushing to meet him.

A group of 12 people did not stay, they all went out of the south gate, got on their horses again, went back to Surabaya, and rushed towards Pengcheng.

The endless green mountains and green waters are full of vitality.

Because they brought Liu Bang and Lu Zhi with them, no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't run as fast as the night before. They took a break halfway, ate and drank, and fed the horses.

Even so, it took the group an hour and a half to reach Pengcheng County.

Pengcheng is at the confluence of Surabaya and Danshui, and the products here are rich.

According to Na County Wei Sima Xin, although Xiangjiazhuang is located in the upper reaches of the Pengcheng section of Surabaya, in fact, other than via waterways, the only way to enter Pengcheng is to go around to the eastern suburbs.

There is no need to think about the waterway, Xiangjiazhuang is built on the water, there must be precautions, let alone ordinary people, it is extremely difficult for the government to enter Xiangjiazhuang through the waterway without a valid reason.

And when they entered Pengcheng, Zhao Zihu and his party encountered obstacles that were difficult to deal with.

After all, at this juncture, the entire Pengcheng city was in turmoil because of the salvage of that strange rock, and everyone who entered or exited would be subject to strict interrogation.

Ordinary people and merchants were lucky to say that Zhao Zihu and his group were all riding tall horses, so the soldiers guarding the city gate had to treat them with caution.

"Let's go! Don't even think about entering the county again today..."

At the beginning of noon, the eight soldiers at the north gate of Pengcheng shouted, drove away the common people in front of them, and surrounded Ying Zheng and others who were about to approach the gate of the city.

One of them, who was obviously very tall, blew a loud whistle, and immediately ten archers appeared on the top of the gate, aiming at Zhao Zihu and the others with their bows and arrows.

Seeing such a situation, the surrounding people dared to enter and exit again, they all scattered and hid far away.

In fact, as soon as these soldiers rushed up, Ying Zheng and his party quickly got off their horses.

"What are they all for?"

Seeing that all the opponents showed their spears and were waiting in full force, several people exchanged glances, Liu Bang nodded knowingly and said, "Mr. Yang! Be polite. It's me, Liu Bang! A few friends and I are going to Pengcheng to do something. .”

"It turns out to be Liu Tingchang! We meet again. Doing business! What business? Well. We are friends, and I won't go into details! But what about Pengcheng? You can get in. Friends like you are very suspicious, but they can get in. No."

Liu Bang felt a little uncomfortable on the spot, and while frowning, he walked towards the other party and groped in the skirt of his clothes: "Tsk tsk tsk...see what you said. Yang Shichang! We are all friends. Please help! "

He wanted to use some money to open up the joints, but unexpectedly, Na Shichang's complexion changed, and he avoided it: "Liu Tingchang! If you are a friend, don't make it difficult for me. Your Majesty is coming to Pengcheng soon, you Don't you know?"

"This, this, this. Isn't it so serious?" Liu Bang's mouth twitched, and he looked back at Ying Zheng and Zhao Zihu's old, unnecessary faces.

Zhao Zihu was amused by the old boy's funny appearance, shook his head amusedly, called Zhao Tuo over, and whispered a few words: "The highest officer of Pengcheng Tieying Ruishi, isn't he Tunchang Zhuo?"

"Ask you Zhuo Tunchang to come and tell me that there is an old friend!" Zhao Tuo immediately shouted domineeringly.

"I knew you were related, why don't you use it sooner? You made a special trip to see my jokes!" Liu Bang said more pitifully.

Hearing what he said, Yang Shichang looked at Zhao Tuo with a more cautious expression, and then glanced at Zhao Zihu.

Yang Shichang called out "Zhe", and the third soldier on the right came around and said, "Go and ask Uncle Zhuo for a visit."

"Wei~" Zhe trotted away with his spear in hand, and quickly rushed into the city gate.

Without making the two parties here wait too long, the guy galloped back with a big bearded man riding a horse.

As soon as the bearded man came out of the city gate, he glanced at Yingzheng and Zhao Zihu, and was startled. He quickly got off his horse, threw the reins to Zhe, and strode forward.

"It's actually these two..."

He was a member of the Mohists who accompanied the east tour. He was selected three months ago and went to Pengcheng to act as a scout. How could he not recognize His Majesty the Emperor and Captain Tie Ying Rui Shi?

However, as soon as the bearded man approached, he changed into a warm smile and greeted him, "Oh! It's Brother Zhao. What brought you here?"

"The last time we said goodbye, we haven't seen each other for more than half a year. How are you doing recently? I miss you so much!"

He walked up to Zhao Tuo, opened his arms, warmly held this man's shoulders, and patted hard again.

Zhao Tuo also hugged him very cooperatively, and said sadly: "Yes, yes! My brother is very good, but Brother Zhuo has lost a lot of weight..."

"Oh! That's right. Brother Zhuo! Let me introduce you. This is my brother's uncle, Zhao Zhen, his son Zhao Zihu, and his daughter-in-law Lu Zhi!"

When introducing Lu Pheasant, Zhao Tuo's eyes twitched, thinking that this Zhuo Ding would be annoyed, after all, he is from the Mo family...

He is the loyal son and housewife Xiang Liyue!
Young master, you suddenly found another woman...

Is it strange that people have a good look at you?
Sure enough, Zhuo nodded very politely to Ying Zheng, but he didn't dare to really call the emperor "Shi Bo".

He was still polite to Zhao Zihu, no matter how he was, he was also his immediate boss, but when he looked at Lu Zhi, he was already sneering.

At this time, Liu Bang would rather not die to come over to introduce himself, but somehow he received a cold snort from Zhuo.

"Hey! Who have I provoked?"

Zhuo instantly identified the reason: "You're a rascal!"

In fact, what he said was more about Zhao Zihu. This clan tyrant had done a lot of these tricks before.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bang sounded more and more angry. Just now he was shut down by his old friend Yang Shichang, and now he has come to Pengcheng as a village chief for less than three months, and he also gave him a face.

"All right, all right! You're amazing, you're noble!" Liu Bang gave a thumbs up, retorted, and walked away, shaking his sleeves.

Ying Zheng looked at the old boy playfully, for him, no matter how angry Liu Bang was, he did not have the guts to be presumptuous, so he could only squint his eyes and smile.

Yang Shizhang stood behind Zhuo, some monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out: "Sir! These few are..."

"My best friend! It can't be the rebels. Let it go!" Zhuo ordered, feeling amused again.

His Majesty the First Emperor of Qin, can he turn against the country he created by himself?

And this clan's stubborn tiger, letting him move is more uncomfortable than killing him...

It is even more impossible to rebel!
He was not puzzled why His Majesty would come here in person about the Xiangjiazhuang and the strange rock.

Because through the announcement and Sima Xin's conveyance, the whole Pengcheng had known for a long time that the emperor would turn to take a look...

But no one would have imagined that the emperor, who is pampered and must be heavily guarded by everyone, would change and pretend to be here.

Although he didn't know what Zhuo was thinking, Yang Shichang knew that this line of 12 people was definitely not easy.

But even his immediate superior said he was allowed to go, so what else could he do, so he waved his hand and got out of the way.

However, Yang Shichang had other plans in mind...

Seeing a group of 12 people get on their horses again and follow Zhuo into the north gate of Pengcheng, until these figures completely disappeared from his sight, he ordered Zhe and others to continue to strictly check, and then went into the city.

Yang Shichang didn't ride a horse, but his walking was not too slow. After turning left and right, he walked into the Pengcheng government office in the northwest. He first went to the west wing to meet the county captain Sima Xin, and reported the situation at the north gate.

Sima Xin's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he suppressed the excitement in his heart. He nodded and said, "Very good! If there is something abnormal, please take the initiative to report it. You have done a good job! But..."

"Since Zhuo said he is a close friend of his life, there shouldn't be any problem. You don't need to look at it specially, and the county lord should not tell you for the time being, and step back first."

"Uh! This...Wei~" Yang Shizhang was in a daze. He felt that the officer Sima Xin was a little abnormal. He also expected that he would go to the county magistrate, so he reminded him first.

Sir, you and the county lord don't get along very well on weekdays...

There's no need to be so blatant.

Just because these people came, you want to block the eyes and ears of the county government?

How old are they...

Yang Shichang thought of this, but he didn't think wisely whether Zhao Zihu and others would be related to Sima Xin's east tour team who reported the strange rock.

He just quit the official office honestly, after much deliberation, he felt that it was necessary to inform Xiang Jiazhuang about it.

His talent is similar to that of the Feng family, first he was a disciple trained by the Xiang family, and then he was an official of Daqin.

However, as soon as Yang Shichang left, Sima Xin rushed to the East Chamber to see Li Gui, the county official, and immediately retreated to the left and right.

In the room, Li Gui, who was teasing Queer with "cuckoo", rushed out when he heard the movement: "Hey! What are you doing?"

"Hey! Dude, don't play with your bird. That guy is here! Zhuo Zheng is waiting for you. Hurry up and follow me to see you! Being late is not a small crime..."

Seeing Sima Xin arching his hands towards the sky, Li Gui's eyes widened, and he jumped up. The birdcage on his palm slid down to the ground with a "bang".

"Yo! This is really a big deal. Wait for me, go back and wash your face first." Li Gui hurriedly walked into the house and took off the feathers from his hair.

After walking two steps, he stopped again and asked, "Hey! Who reported this to you, wouldn't it be the disciples of the Xiang family? Hey, interesting!"

Sima Xin was also very helpless: "Brother, I also hope that ordinary corporal chiefs and chiefs will come to tell me. Seeing that he has been pretending to obey my orders, I feel really tired..."

"It turned out to be Yang! He probably thought that we didn't know that he was a disciple of the Xiang family. But since those Mohists from Da Zhuo came over, most of the details of the Xiang family have been exposed!"

Li Gui smiled: "Perhaps the Xiang family was aware of it, so they used that strange stone as a sign to see how we and His Majesty would react. The worst thing is to abandon this part of the disciples and hide in Wu County!"

Hearing what he said, Sima Xin felt half-understood: "Mingpai! Is this what your former son Zihu said?"

Li Gui nodded slightly, looked back at the northwest skyline, lost in thought, that was where Xianyang was.

And who is he?His father is Li Si's brother, he is Li You's cousin, only one year younger than Wang Li...

Li Gui is also a member of the cold-blooded Thirteen Eagles, and has been hanging out with Zhao Zihu since he was eight years old.

But suddenly one day, after the boy endured His Majesty's great anger and saved Han Dahuyou's life...

And he said to him inexplicably: "Brother Gui! You should stay away from Xianyang. Otherwise, with your open-minded and uninhibited temperament like mine..."

"Being in this center of power, one day sooner or later, you will go crazy. I am different from you, at least I have the identity of Master Daqin as a shield!"

Li Gui has always believed in Zhao Zihu's words...

No!He thought it should be the whole Great Qin, and only the cold-blooded Thirteen Eagles would have no doubts and carry out Zihu's words seriously.

So, the next day, he resigned from his uncle Li Si, who had adopted him for many years, took an official of Pengcheng county magistrate, and went away quietly.

However, what Li Gui didn't know was that Zhao Zihu didn't tell him clearly that he was reminded of the previous Qin II period through Han Fei's incident...

Li Si was later framed by Zhao Gao and beheaded in half, and even by the barbarians. Only Li You, who was the governor of Sanchuan County, was spared.

Sending him out as an official and making some political achievements made Zhao Gao dare not act rashly!
What Zhao Zihu thought at the time was that the Great Qin General would collapse, so he hurried to take refuge in the sea like Jizi, so he planned for a rainy day and helped his second brother Li Gui arrange the way out.

(End of this chapter)