Aspirations

Chapter 166 The brave man An Zhiyi, the wise man will be benevolent

"Okay, as Zheng Langjun said, I will continue to try Fu Ke's case and clear the silt." Xia Xiang raised his eyebrows and smiled confidently, "Then I have truthfully reported Fu Ke to Cui Fuzun. After the case involved the governor of Shile County and Wu Yidong, the commander of the Imperial Army stationed in Zhending Mansion, what will Zheng Langjun and Cui Fuzun do? Cui Fuzun can remove Tian Qing from the post of Shile County Chancellor, but he cannot move Wu Yidong half a point. Even if Cui Fuzun wrote a letter to the emperor, let alone whether the emperor can see it, whether it will be kept by the waiter, even if the emperor sees it, after the imperial approval, he will call back to Zhending, one after another. To say the least, it will take more than a month. The emperor's southern tour is only one month away, and the emperor's southern tour is the most important event, why does the Cui family need to write a letter to the emperor?"

"What's more, the venerable Cui Mansion has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can clearly distinguish the priorities. He deliberately suppressed the case of Fu Ke, just because he didn't want the case of Fu Ke to affect the important events of the emperor's southern tour. Similarly, the dredging of silt was also due to the same reason. consideration."

"Xia Xianzun is very good at exonerating Cui Fuzun..." Zheng Xiangan said with a stern expression, "If you directly write a letter to the emperor, exposing Cui Fuzun and Wu Yidong and others to be colluding with each other and intending to rebel, it will be a matter of loyalty to the emperor. Rather than being timid and afraid of getting into trouble, greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Xia Xiang was terrified. The reason why he didn't explain why he temporarily pressed the Fuke case and the dredging matter was because it was related to Xingwang's rebellion and involved the garrison of the forbidden army, so some things can only be mentioned implicitly. , but unexpectedly, Zheng Xiang'an also knew about Xing Wang's rebellion, and said it in public.

Seeing Xia Xiang's astonishment, Zheng Xiang'an couldn't help laughing: "The heart of a star king is known all over the world. Xia Xianzun need not make a fuss. Although Zheng is just a follower, he also knows that the place of true determination is the Longtan and Tiger's Den, and it is also the place where the star king raised his troops to make trouble. "

Xia Xiang also smiled: "Since Zheng Langjun knows that the place of true determination is the Longtan and Tiger's Den, he should understand why I act like this."

"Zheng doesn't understand." Zheng Xiangan said indifferently, "Master Xia is just afraid that if the matter is made public, it will be easy to startle the snake. The current situation is that the other party has no choice but to attack. Since the other party's rebellion is inevitable, why not?" Make a big fuss about the case of Fuke, so that everyone in the world will know His Royal Highness Xingwang's wolf ambitions, and maybe under the pressure of public opinion, Xingwang's plan can be disrupted, causing the opponent to lose their positions and lose without a fight. "

Xia Xiang looked at Zheng Xiangan calmly for a few times, and suddenly a thought flashed in his mind. Zheng Xiangan said that he was Zheng Tixing's entourage, but judging by his calmness and accurate judgment of the situation, if he was not Zheng Tixing's staff , at least a trusted friend.

"Mr. Zheng Lang, I want to ask you, do you think the emperor knows about Xing Wang's intention to rebel against him?" It's like falling into the ears of Zheng Tixing.

"How could the emperor know? If the emperor knew, he would have taken down Xingwang and Hou Pingpan long ago." Zheng Xiangan smiled calmly.

"So, the emperor not only doesn't know about Star King's intention to rebel, but also doesn't know that the southern tour is really a big conspiracy?"

"Of course it is. As the emperor, how could you risk yourself?" Zheng Xiangan said firmly, "That's why, Mr. Xia Xianzun, you want to reveal the truth to the world, so that the emperor can see the truth of Xingwang and others clearly. Human wolfish ambition. An imperial decree can not only take down Xingwang and Hou Pingpan, but also depose Wu Yidong and Cui Xiang.

Xia Xiang couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Xia Lang, the things in the officialdom are false and real, and it's hard to tell the truth from the false. If the emperor still holds the power in his hands, the Star King will also be knocked into the dust if the imperial decree is issued. It’s just that the emperor can’t protect himself, if the imperial edict can’t get out of the palace, he will be killed!”

"It's nonsense!" Zheng Xiang'an was extremely angry, and jumped up against the case, "How can the emperor be so hard to protect himself? He is the emperor who promises everything."

"Mr. Zheng Lang, please be safe and don't be impatient." Xia Xiang pressed his hands together, "Listen to me and speak slowly. The emperor's illness is strange. If Mr. Jin Jia and Ye Zhenren didn't treat him, the emperor may be hard to recover from the dragon's body. The strange thing is that the emperor's dragon body is already in good condition, but he still shows his sickness to others. He also clearly knows that the southern tour is a huge trap, but he still agrees to go south. It can be seen that although the emperor is in a good condition, he dare not show it to others because he is afraid of being relapsed. Poisoning. Knowing that there may be disasters, but still taking risks, the emperor's move is not only a last resort, but also an opportunity to counterattack."

Zheng Xiang'an opened his mouth wide, he couldn't believe that the words just now came from Xia Xiang, a small seventh-rank county magistrate.He was stunned for a long time. Although he admitted that Xia Xiang's words were somewhat reasonable, he still insisted on his own opinion: "Xia Xiangzun is just a family's opinion. It is just a guess and it can't be true. Zheng thinks that it is better to make a decision and announce the truth as soon as possible. it is good."

Xia Xiang didn't want to talk to Zheng Xiang'an about this matter, so he prevaricated and said: "It won't be too late to make a decision after Zheng Tixing comes."

"What if Zheng Tixing doesn't come in time?"

"If Zheng Tixing can't make it, I have a way to deal with it." Xia Xiang saw that it was getting late, and was about to get up to see off the guests, when he saw Lu Dongdong hurried in, followed by a person, it was Lu Huanhuan.

Recently, Xia Xiang mostly lives in Guanxin Pavilion, and Lu Huanhuan came from Guanxin Pavilion.

Seeing the hurried and restless faces of the two, Xia Xiang's heart sank, fearing that something had happened, as expected, after Lu Huanhuan came in, he didn't even care about the ceremony, and came up and said: "Master Xia, something is wrong. , even the lady is gone..."

What?Lian Ruohan disappeared?how come?Xia Xiang turned pale with shock: "Why did it disappear?"

"The servant doesn't know what's going on, the servant is busy with things in Guanxin Pavilion, Ling'er and Huan'er hurried back, saying that even the lady was snatched away on the way back from Wenyuan. Mantle When Madam Tuo heard this, she immediately chased after her, and the slaves hurried over to report to Xia Xianzun..."

"Let's go to Guanxin Pavilion!" Xia Xiang didn't bother to say more, turned around and left.Xiao Wu and Cao Shujun followed closely behind.Zheng Xiangan hesitated for a moment and followed.

When several people arrived, Guanxin Pavilion was already in chaos.As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Jia walked towards him.Although Xiao Jia looked anxious, his eyes were calm but not flustered.

"Xia Xianzun..." Xiao Jia quickly glanced at the people behind Xia Xiang, "I went to Xiajiazhuang with Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Cao, measured the land, drew the dimensions, and the craftsmen began to move in and start construction. Seeing noon, a few of us came back by carriage, and when we walked halfway, several carriages suddenly rushed out, and a few people got out of the carriage, masked their faces and held knives, and kidnapped Lady Lian..."

Xia Xiang's complexion was not good, under the blue sky, she dared to snatch the women of the people, no, Lian Ruohan is not a woman of the people, but the helm of the world's number one firm, who is always in good times. Every move has the power of wind and thunder, but to be forcibly kidnapped under his rule, is it tolerable or unbearable!
"Where is Ding Ke?"

"Subordinates are here." Ding Ke stayed close to Xia Xiang and stepped out of his position.

"You immediately take people to arrest the murderer, there must be no mistakes. If there is any resistance, they will all be captured."

"As ordered."

Ding Ke responded, turned around and told Qi He: "Qi He, order all the arrests at once, and follow the officer to arrest people."

The two left in a hurry, Xia Xiang didn't stay, and led Xiao Wu and Cao Shujun, Xiao Jia and Zheng Xiang'an insisted on following, so he had to let Cao Shuli stay in Guanxin Pavilion, and they galloped away on horseback.

Because Mantuo had already gone to rescue people one step ahead, Xia Xiang felt at ease, but thinking that there were still Yan Hao and another expert in Zhending City, and Mantuo was still injured, he was still extremely anxious, wishing he could grow wings , fly directly over.

A group of five people left Zhending City and came to the suburbs not long after.Between Dongchengmen and Xiajiazhuang, there is a small forest.At this time, the leaves were all gone, and the woods were desolate.Xiao Jia pointed far away: "I met the robber in the woods."

A few people rushed into the woods, a clearing in the forest was in a mess, but there were no people there, only the scattered footsteps on the ground were still silently telling the situation at that time.

"Where is Lady Mantuo?" Xia Xiang dismounted and wanted to walk over, but was stopped by Zheng Xiang'an.

"Slow down, Xianxian Xia, stop." Zheng Xiangan got off his horse, came to the front, leaned over to look at the footprints, turned around a bunch of footprints, pointed to the north, "Going north."

"Chasing." Xia Xiang got on his horse, followed by several people, and galloped northward.

After advancing about Morrison, ruts can be seen faintly on the ground.Zheng Xiangan got off his horse again, checked and said: "There are three carriages in total, two of them have at least three or four people on board, and there are only two people on one carriage. Judging from the depth of the ruts, they passed by almost half an hour ago. .”

Although the carriage was not as fast as a horse, it would take five or six miles in half an hour. Xia Xiang was even more anxious, and punched the tree: "If I let the officer catch him, he will definitely punish him severely."

"Just cut it in two, and kill the matter." Xiao Wu also said viciously, and he kicked a stone on the side of the road away, "It's okay to poison them to death, or use the huge poison swollen all over their bodies to make them die badly." ..."

Xia Xiang couldn't help being startled, Xiao Wu encountered a lot of dangers on his way to Xingzhou, which actually made him a lot more ferocious.

After chasing for another three miles, they came out of the woods, and there was a village in front of them. A wooden sign was erected at the entrance of the village, with three large characters written on it: Yuanjia Village.

There is an open space at the entrance of the village, the open space is about tens of feet in circumference, surrounded by wheat stacks.Xia Xiang recognized that the open space was a wheat field used by farmers to thresh wheat.In the southeast corner of the wheat field, which is at the entrance of the village, there are three big trees, two willows and one poplar.

Poplar is a common tree in the northern plains, with straight trunks and few branches.Willows are different. Willows don't grow very tall, and often have thick forks, and the crown spreads out, covering the sky and the sun.If it is summer, the green shade is cool and cool, and it is the best place for people to enjoy the coolness after dinner.

At this time, autumn and winter are coming, and the leaves are all gone, only the vigorous willow branches hang down like thousands of hairs. If you look around, the willow trees are covered with clouds and fog, and you can't see clearly what is hidden inside.

Several people stood still under the tree, Xia Xiang looked at Zheng Xiangan hesitantly, Zheng Xiangan understood, dismounted to check the rut, nodded and said: "Entered the village."

"Okay, let's enter the village too." Xia Xiang raised the rein and was about to ride his horse forward when Xiao Wu stood in front of Xia Xiang.

"Sir, no, it's dangerous." Xiao Wu looked vigilant, looked around, but didn't find anything, but still felt uncertain in his heart, "I always feel that something is wrong..."

Before he could finish speaking, a drop of blood fell from the sky and just landed on the tip of Xiao Wu's nose.

"Blood!" Xia Xiang exclaimed, and looked up, on the willow tree, on the branch three feet away, stood a man, dressed in black, with a long sword, standing on Mantuo.

Mantuo's long sword pointed at the opposite side, on the willow tree five feet away, among the densely packed branches, there was also a person standing on a branch as thick as a child's arm, also dressed in black, wearing a black gauze hat, holding A long sword pointed at Mantuo.

is her!Xia Xiang narrowed his eyes immediately, although it was the first time he met him, he instantly guessed that this person was the one who raided Guanxin Pavilion twice at night.

"Who is your Excellency, you are really courageous to break into Guanxin Pavilion twice at night." Xia Xiang sneered, and bowed to the woman on the tree, "Although it is an uninvited guest, it is still a guest. When you come to Guanxin Pavilion in the future, you don't have to Come over the wall secretly, you can come in through the main entrance openly. Last time, the wind chimes to prevent cats and dogs did not prevent you. I apologize. Didn’t ask your name? Maybe I will remember it mind."

The woman giggled: "Xia Xianzun, I know that you hate me so much that your teeth are itchy, and you wish I would fall over, but unfortunately, my martial arts are better than Mantuo, and I am more resourceful than Mantuo. It's not me that she fights wits and courage I'm no match for you. I'm not afraid to tell you my name, my name is Fang Shiniang."

"It turns out that Fang Shiniang, one of the top ten masters of the Great Xia, is really disrespectful, disrespectful." Xia Xiang had a good temper, and smiled lightly, "It's very cold at the top, and the wind is strong above, it's better to come down and talk."

"Okay, let's get down." Fang Shiniang giggled, jumped up, and floated down like a cloud of dark clouds. She was in midair, and her giggling suddenly turned into a sinister laughter. The black object went straight to Xia Xiang's chest.

"Sir, be careful!" Xiao Wu had been on guard for a long time, and flew up. He was on the horse's back, and two hidden weapons flew out one after another from his left hand and right hand. One was aimed at Fang Shiniang, and the other was aimed at Fang Shiniang's throat. and go.

"Xiao Langjun's attack is a killer move, and it's too vicious. Why don't you have a heart of pity?" Fang Shiniang's laughter was like the sound of chasing souls, she avoided Xiao Wu's hidden weapon lightly, As soon as the man landed on the ground, he didn't stop walking, and stabbed Xia Xiang with a sword again.

One of Xiao Wu's two hidden weapons was dodged, and the other collided with Fang Shiniang's hidden weapon, and a puff of light smoke dispersed, dissipating in the air for a moment.As soon as the hidden weapon was exhausted, it fell to the ground, and it turned out to be a steamed bun.

Fang Shiniang's swordsmanship was like lightning, she smiled and said she was still several feet away, and in a blink of an eye, the sword light was cold and approached within three feet of Xia Xiang, Xiao Wu's face changed drastically, it was the first time in his life that he saw someone so fast as lightning , He didn't have time to resist, he made a mistake, and no one hesitated, he wanted to block Xia Xiang's sword with his own body.

(End of this chapter)