524 Liu Bei's fate (12)
Sima Yi's mansion during the day is very quiet like at night. This was once Cai Mao's mansion, and it was even more gathering place for the Cai clan. The Cai clan was almost killed. The two streets that were originally very lively became deserted.
Some people think that the Cai clan is still in dispersed and gathered here, and is often haunted at night, so no one dares to come here, so this place has become a famous ghost street.
But are there really ghosts in this world?
The answer is no. Ghosts are delusional evil thoughts in people's minds, and only exist in people's thoughts. There are no ghosts in reality. Even if there are, there are ghosts in people's minds.
There is a haunted phenomenon in the gathering place of the Cai clan, which is simply a person pretending to be a ghost, and this person is nothing but Sima Yi.
Sima Yi secretly instructed Zhou Yuncong to pretend to be a ghost and deliberately turned these two blocks into ghost streets. In this way, no one dared to get close to here. Sima Yi then asked Liu Qi to get down to this haunted block and become his own mansion, in order to facilitate his actions.
Chen Dao woke up from hunger and walked out of the room to find food. He got into the kitchen and found some food. After filling his stomach, he returned to the room he was hiding and prepared to rest. He went out again in the afternoon to see if he could leave the city.
When Zhou Yuncong woke up, it was already the hour. Sima Yi did not return overnight last night. For him, he had already become accustomed to this. Liu Qi obeyed Sima Yi and relied on him in every way. He often kept Sima Yi overnight in the mansion.
It can be said that Zhou Yuncong is the only one who lives like this big mansion. Although his life is a bit monotonous, it is very fulfilling because he has plenty of free time to go on the streets, inquire about information, and collect information.
After Zhou Yuncong got up, he went straight to the kitchen to prepare to cook, fill his stomach first, and then went out to the streets as usual to see if there was any new news recently. As a Jinyiwei lurking inside the enemy, it is his responsibility to inquire about the news. His sources of information include but are not limited to Sima Yi, so there are some things that he is even more versatile than Sima Yi.
These things have become part of his life. Not long after he came to Xiangyang City, almost everyone knew that Zhou Yuncong was Sima Yi's old housekeeper. He was very easy-going and had no temper. He always liked to appear in teahouses and restaurants, chatting with local people, and chatting about everything from all over the world.
It seems that Zhou Yuncong lived in Xiangyang City a long time ago, and has completely integrated it into this place.
This is Zhou Yuncong's ability, and it is also the best candidate for Zhang Yan to send Zhou Yuncong to this secret mission. Although he was trained as a dead soldier like Xu Sheng, he did not have the same force as Xu Sheng, but he had a smarter mind than Xu Sheng. He was good at observing, disguising, hiding, and fusion. In short, this is a good lurker.
When Zhou Yuncong arrived at the kitchen, he began to prepare before cooking, but he was careful and soon found that there was some food in the kitchen and some falling rice dumps on the ground.
There are only Zhou Yuncong and Sima Yi living here. Sima Yi didn't come back last night. Only Zhou Yuncong was left in the mansion. However, after the food was less, who stolen it?
Is it a mouse? Or did he forget to clean the kitchen last night? But he clearly remembered that he had some leftover buns yesterday, but today there were fewer ones.
Zhou Yuncong wandered around again and found no clues again. Perhaps he was exhausted these days, so he was a little depressed, his memory was a little deteriorated, or he was confused with what happened a few days ago.
Because since he came here, mice have been appearing here. In order to get rid of the mice, he raised a cat, and then there were fewer mice. Maybe yesterday it was because the cat was negligent or playful, so he went to another place and the mouse took the opportunity to come in.
Zhou Yuncong shrugged, perhaps because he was too cautious and developed such a suspicious habit.
In the end, Zhou Yuncong left nothing. If he kept pestering this problem, he wouldn't know what he would come up with.
After Zhou Yuncong finished cooking and breakfast, he left the mansion alone and walked towards the street.
At this moment, Chen Dao was still hiding in Sima Yi's mansion, continuing to accumulate energy, waiting to leave here in the afternoon.
At the same time, Liu Qi was still immersed in pain in the Xiangyang City Government Office. Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong also came to the mourning hall, knelt in front of his father's coffin, and kept a spirit for his father with his brother Liu Qi.
All the affairs of Jingzhou are now decided by Sima Yi alone. The assassin last night has not yet been caught, but it has already caused a lot of trouble. The city gate is closed, with three steps and five steps. The city wall is full of people, and no one can fly. If there is any accident, the people guarding the city will not be able to notice any movement.
However, the army guarding the city did not notice any movement, which proves that the assassin was still trapped in the city.
Four generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin and Li Tong led the army to search door to door in the city, which had caused storms and panic in the city, but everyone heard that they were trying to capture the remnants of the Cai family, and they all actively cooperated with the army's arrest.
But after a night passed, there was no gain.
At the third hour, Sima Yi sat in the hall of the government office, his eyes closed slightly, and he was napping from time to time. These days, he slept very late every day and got up very early. He wanted to have a good rest last night, but he didn't expect that Liu Biao was assassinated, which made him sleepless all night again, overdrawn his energy and his body couldn't bear it.
Soon, Huang Zhong walked in from outside and shouted loudly: "Military advisor!"
Sima Yi immediately opened his eyes and saw Huang Zhong standing in front of him, and hurriedly asked, "How is it? Have you caught the assassin?"
Huang Zhong frowned, looked solemn, shook his head, clasped his fists and said, "Qi Bing Military Advisor, we have searched from four directions, east, south, west and north. We have searched all night. So far, almost all the searches in the city, but there has been no results. The assassin seems to be no longer in the city..."
Sima Yi said: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The soldiers guarding the city came to report in the morning. Last night, all the city gates strengthened their defenses, and even the city walls were full of people. No suspicious people were found. This means that the assassin was still trapped in the city..."
Huang Zhong said: "Military advisor, could it be that the assassin has left the city, but we don't know?"
Sima Yi asked, "This is impossible. The government office is located in the center of Xiangyang City. No matter which city gate you walk, it is impossible to leave here in such a short time. The assassin must be still in the city. Maybe it was because of your search. Is there any omission? General Huang, are you sure they were searching from door to door?"
Huang Zhong thought about it and then said, "I searched from door to door, so I don't know what the situation is with the other three generals?"
After hearing this, Sima Yi immediately asked someone to call Wei Yan, Wen Pin and Li Tong to ask about the truth.
When Wei Yan, Wen Pin and Li Tong arrived, Sima Yi asked, "Three generals, do you all search door-to-door when you perform the search mission?"
Wei Yan and Wen Pin nodded, only Li Tong hesitated a little. After a moment, he said: "Military advisor, I have searched other places here, and there is only one place that I dare not go in!"
"Where?" Sima Yi asked hurriedly.
"It is the mansion where the military advisor lives now. It is said that there are haunted there and there are no people. The soldiers under him know that this is the mansion of the military advisor, so they didn't go in to search." Li Tong.
After hearing this, Sima Yi frowned and said, "Don't worry! I even searched the government office. You didn't search my mansion and forgot to tell you. I didn't expect you to be so confused! No matter whether he has ghosts or not, the mansion I live in now is very large. If the assassin is really hiding there, let alone an assassin, even a hundred or a thousand can hide it."
Sima Yi became more and more angry as he spoke. He immediately walked down and said to Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin and Li Tong: "Four generals, please help me lead the troops and follow me to my mansion. You must conduct a thorough search of the place. Never let go of any clues. If you find a suspicious person, you will immediately catch the person. If necessary, you can die."
"Here!"
So, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin and Li Tong each ordered their troops and followed Sima Yi to his mansion for the last wave of searches.
At the same time, Chen Dao hid in Sima Yi's mansion. The longer he stayed, the more he felt a little dangerous. The army did not come here yesterday. If he came during the day today, wouldn't he become a turtle in the jar?
When Chen Dao thought of this, he couldn't sit still and immediately left Sima Yi's mansion.
As soon as Chen arrived here, Sima Yi surrounded the place with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Li Tong and others, and began to search one by one.
After seeing this scene, Chen Dao felt a little scared. If he hadn't walked fast, he would have been unable to escape.
Now, what Chen Da thought most was to leave Xiangyang as soon as possible. There was a curfew at night. The arrest last night was a whole night, but it stopped this morning. The streets were once again busy. However, the city gates were still closed and no one was allowed to enter and exit.
When Chen Da arrived at the city gate, he saw that the guards were still very strict. It was unlikely that he would escape from Xiangyang City. What he could do now was to hide first, and then wait for the wind to pass, and then leave the city. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!