Soon, the tall wall of the palace appeared in front of the field of vision. Deputy Marshal Yang, Chen Shuozhen and Situ Xin were all standing on the wall. Tu Hong landed on the wall, glanced left and right, and asked urgently: "Where are the people?"
Situ Xin sighed and said, "I have escaped from the palace."
"Why don't you chase me?" Tu Hong asked again.
Deputy Commander Yang said coldly: "We can't pursue him any more."
Tu Hong sneered, jumped up high, and chased towards the south gate.
Situ Xin hurriedly shouted: "Come back."
He was originally worried that Tu Hong would be at fault, so he spoke out.
Unexpectedly, just as the voice fell, more than a dozen arrows were suddenly shot out from the darkness, aiming directly at Tu Hong in mid-air. The sound of the arrows breaking through the air was like the howling of a strong wind.
There is no doubt that the people who shot these arrows are much scarier than the guards of Prince Yue's Mansion.
Situ Xin shouted anxiously: "Be careful!"
Tu Hong had already heard the sound of arrows piercing the air, and tried his best to shoot down most of the arrows, but three of them still hit him, one of which even penetrated his cheek.
Situ Xin was shocked and angry, and was about to jump out to catch Tu Hong, but Chen Shuozhen grabbed him, flicked his sleeves, and a streamer wrapped around Tu Hong, pulling him over.
Situ Xin put his hand on Tu Hong's neck, and his heart felt cold. Tu Hong died like this.
Tu Hong's real name is Situ Hong, and he is the son of Situ Xin.
Others thought Situ Hong was his pseudonym, but they didn't know that Tu Hong was his pseudonym.
When Situ Xin fled overseas, Tu Hong felt arrogant and decided to take over his father's business and continue the lucrative business of banditry.
As a result, he was surrounded and suppressed by Dali Temple, so he fled overseas.
His life was quite colorful, and his name even spread to the ears of the emperor. However, at this moment, he died in such an unexplained way. Situ Xin simply couldn't believe it.
"Did you already know that there was an ambush outside?" Situ Xin roared at Deputy Commander Yang.
Yang Xuan said coldly: "I don't know."
Chen Shuozhen frowned and said, "Then why don't you let us pursue you?"
Yang Xuan glanced at the two of them and said calmly: "You'd better figure out who our opponent is. If you think it's as simple and easy as a common vendetta, you won't survive long."
After finishing speaking, he jumped up and returned to the palace.
To describe the feud between Jianghu and Jianghu as simple and easy, probably only Deputy Marshal Yang could say it, but Situ Xin didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.
Tu Hong has experienced countless feuds in the world, but he is still alive and well.
Now he just participated in the assassination of Prince Changping and died immediately.
It wasn't until this moment that he realized that he was participating in the country's top power struggle. Even a person like him was likely to face death at any time.
Suddenly, he thought of quitting.
But when I thought about it, this was already impossible.
If he withdraws, not only the King of Han, but also the King of Yue will not let him go, and the King of Changping will not let him go either. He has no way out.
"Let's go." Chen Shuozhen said and left, leaving Situ Xin alone looking at Tu Hong's body in a daze.
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Hei Te Changzhi waited at the same spot for another quarter of an hour. Seeing that there was no movement in Prince Yue's palace, he retreated with his two hundred subordinates.
The task he received was to cover Zhuge Sanyuan, and there were three thousand cavalry outside the city to cover him.
Originally, Hei Te Changzhi thought that this cover mission would be boring. After all, he had seen Zhuge Sanyuan's skills with his own eyes. Who would have thought that someone actually followed Zhuge Sanyuan out.
Originally, after Zhuge Sanyuan left, he should also evacuate.
But Hei Te Chang had not fought for too long, and his hands were itchy. Although this job was not as good as fighting, it was better than nothing, and he shot another person to death.
It's a pity that the other party is too timid and was frightened like this.
Wu Chengsi's military orders could not be violated. Seeing that no one came out of the palace, Hei Te Changzhi had no choice but to retreat.
The guards at the four gates of Yangzhou City were all from the Governor's Office, so naturally they did not dare to stop him, General Zuo Wuwei, so he left the city smoothly.
After gathering his men and horses, he immediately returned to the Guanyin Mountain military camp.
The army came to a fork in the road. Hei Te Changzhi suddenly noticed a small figure at the intersection. He drove his horse forward and took a look, but it was a little girl.
The little girl was not afraid of the army and was throwing a branch around.
Black Teeth Changzhi scratched his head, stepped forward and asked, "Hey, little one, what are you doing here?"
The little girl glanced at him and continued to throw the branches without saying a word.
Hei Te Changzhi frowned and was about to drive her away. Suddenly, the little girl turned sideways for a moment, the moonlight shone on her face, and she saw that her face was full of tears.
Hei Te Changzhi's voice became gentler and asked softly: "Little thing, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"
The little girl looked at him again, sobbed and said: "I...my master is...in danger...I want to save him..."
Hei Te Chang said curiously: "If you want to save him, go ahead. What are you doing here throwing branches?"
The little girl wiped her tears and cried: "The master won't let me go. He said that as long as I hear his whistle, I must go to Guanyin Mountain to find a general."
"Guanyin Mountain? General?" Black Teeth Changzhi was stunned and said, "Are you talking about General Zuo Wuwei?"
The little girl nodded.
Black Teeth Changzhi grinned and said: "Little one, I am a subordinate of General Zuo Wuwei. Can you tell me the details?"
His smile was so terrifying that an ordinary child would have been scared to tears.
But the little girl didn't seem to be afraid at all and said, "I know, I know you."
"Do you know me?" Hei Te Changzhi was even more surprised.
The little girl nodded and said: "It was you who rescued me when I was in Khitan."
Hei Te Changzhi was shocked. He stepped forward and took a closer look at the little girl and said, "You...are you not one of those Khitan brats I rescued?"
The little girl nodded, shook her head and said, "I am from the Tang Dynasty, not from the Khitan."
Hei Te Changzhi scratched his head and said: "Forget it, don't care about this, who is your master, what danger does he pose, and why do you let you go to the general?"
The little girl lowered her head and said, "Tonight, the master and I went to visit the Prince's Mansion together. The master went in by himself and asked me to keep watch outside."
Hei Te Changzhi widened his eyes and said, "Your master also went to visit the prince's palace at night?"
The little girl nodded and said, "Well, he also told me that as long as I hear his whistle, it means he is in danger, and he asked me to go find the general of Guanyin Mountain immediately."
"Then why don't you go find the general and throw branches here to play?"
The little girl said in a nasal voice: "That's not true. I am worried about the safety of the master and want to save him."
Black Teeth Changzhi flattened his lips and said, "You are the only one who saved your master. If you go, you will only lose one more life."
The little girl immediately glared at him.
Hei Te Changzhi stretched out his palm to block the situation and said: "Okay, I'm wrong, then since you want to save your master, why don't you go?"
The little girl said with a sad face: "But the master asked me to find the general of Guanyin Mountain, I have to listen to him!"
Hei Te Changzhi looked at the little girl with a strange look and said: "So you are just playing with branches here?"
The little girl said loudly: "I'm not playing with branches. I want God to decide. If the tip of the branch points towards Yangzhou City, I will go to save the master. If it points towards Guanyin Mountain, I will go to the general."
"
Hei Te Changzhi laughed and said: "What's the result? How did God instruct you?"
The little girl lowered her head and said: "I threw it twenty-three times, five times towards Yangzhou City, seven times towards Guanyin Mountain, and the other times pointed in other directions."
"Why are you throwing it so many times? Isn't it enough just once?"
"But for the first time, I pointed in another direction..."
"Then what happens next, should you point to Yangzhou City first or Guanyin Mountain first?"
"The second time was also in another direction, and the third time pointed at Yangzhou City."
"Then it's over. Go and save your master!"
"But...but..." The little girl clenched her fists tightly.
"But what?"
"Master said before that I must be obedient. If I don't, I will be kicked out of the master's door..." the little girl said with her head lowered.
Hei Te Changzhi suddenly realized that he was a bit stupid for discussing the problem with this brat in a serious manner. He stood up and said: "Let's go, I will take you to see the general, and then ask the general to send someone to rescue your master. Isn't this enough?
"
The little girl was stunned and said happily: "Really, thank you, Black Bear!"
"What did you call me?"
Hei Chi Changzhi's face suddenly turned dark, but he usually had a dark face, so others couldn't tell.
The little girl climbed up onto Hei Te Changzhi's tall horse very nimbly, and said with a smile: "Black Bear, this is the nickname Yaonan Che and the others gave you, don't you like it?"
Hei Te Changzhi glared and said: "If I like it, I will be a ghost. What are you doing climbing on my horse? Get off quickly!"
The little girl hurriedly said: "My master and I ride horses like this every time. Uncle Black Bear, please take me to see the general. My master is still waiting for us to rescue him."
Hei Te Changzhi sighed and had no choice but to get on the horse.
Suddenly there was such a small person in front of him, which made him move cautiously. He gently pinched the horse's belly and said, "Drive!"
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Four more torches were added to the commander's tent, illuminating the blush on Zhuge Sanyuan's face even more vividly.
Wu Chengsi listened quietly to Zhuge Sanyuan's account of what happened, while Zhuge Nan on the side also held his breath and listened without saying a word.
"...I took a punch from Yang Xuan, and then I seized the opportunity and took Gao Junhui to escape from the palace." Zhugenan said slowly.
Wu Chengsi asked with concern: "Mr. Zhuge, how is your injury?"
Zhuge Sanyuan smiled and said: "No problem, just practice for three days and you'll be fine."
Zhugenan hesitated for a moment and asked: "Father, who is Yang Xuan that can hurt you?"
Zhuge Sanyuan didn't want to talk about Yang Xuan, but when he saw Wu Chengsi looking over with a serious face, he had to say: "Your Highness, have you ever heard of a bad person?"
Wu Chengsi's heart skipped a beat. He had stayed in Chang'an for so long and had never heard anyone mention this organization. He thought bad people did not exist.
Could this organization really exist?
Although Wu Chengsi was surprised in his heart, his face remained calm and he only nodded lightly.
Zhugenan looked confused and said: "Why haven't I heard of it?"
Zhuge Sanyuan glanced at Zhuge Nan and said: "The bad guys are the most secretive organization in our dynasty and the guardians behind the royal family. Of course you have never heard of it."
Wu Chengsi sighed secretly, the guardian of the royal family, in other words, is his enemy.
Zhuge Sanyuan continued: "There are four branches of bad guys, each led by a bad commander and three deputy commanders. The power of the bad commander has always been controlled by His Majesty."
"What about the other three branches?" Zhugenan asked.
Zhuge Sanyuan said: "They are controlled by King Zheng, King Lu and King Han respectively."
Wu Chengsi understood that these three kings were all uncles of Li Zhi. King Li Yuanjia of Han controlled one of the forces, and Yang Xuan obeyed his orders.
Zhuge Sanyuan added: "All the bad guys have a single line of contact. The emperor and the three kings only contact the bad commander and the deputy commander. These four people then contact their subordinates respectively. The members do not know each other's identity."
Wu Chengsi nodded secretly.
With such a structured system, even if someone sneaks in, it will be difficult to obtain information. However, it also has a disadvantage, which requires the absolute loyalty of the bad commander and deputy commander.
If they rebel, it is equivalent to the entire organization rebelling.
Zhuge Nan wondered: "Father, how did you know the secret of the bad guy?"
Zhuge Sanyuan was silent for a while and said: "The former bad coach recruited me back then."
"Then...then you refused?" Zhugenan said in surprise.
Zhuge Sanyuan said solemnly: "The recruitment of bad people cannot be refused."
Before the two of them could ask questions, he added: "But the former bad coach admired my martial arts very much, so he proposed a bet."
"What kind of gambling fight?" Zhugenan asked quickly.
"He competed with me. If I lost, I would join the bad guys. If I won, he would let me go."
Zhuge Nan smiled and said: "Then you must have won."
Zhuge Sanyuan shook his head and said: "You underestimate the handsome man too much. At that time, my martial arts had not yet been fully developed. If we were to fight, my chances of winning would be very low."
"Then how come you haven't become a bad person?"
Wu Chengsi suddenly said: "Could it be that the bad handsome man lost to you on purpose?"
Zhuge Sanyuan nodded and said: "That's right. I was a little confused at the time. Later I found out that he saw that I didn't want to be a bad person and couldn't break the rules of a bad person, so he deliberately lost to me."
Zhugenan smiled and said: "That bad handsome man is quite humane. You said he was the former bad handsome man, but he is no longer a bad handsome man now?"
Zhuge Sanyuan's eyes turned cold and he said: "Yes, the bad commander now has someone else."
Zhugenan saw that his expression was different and asked: "What about the bad commander of his predecessor?"
"Dead, killed by the current bad commander."
Zhuge Nan opened his mouth in surprise.
Wu Chengsi raised his eyebrows and said, "What happened?"
Zhuge Sanyuan said in a deep voice: "I have been secretly investigating this matter. Although the specific reason has not yet been found, it seems that the previous bad commander violated the rules of bad people, and that was why he was killed by the current bad commander."
Zhuge Nan was surprised and said: "What rules?"
Zhuge Sanyuan said word for word: "To become a bad person, you must abandon everything in your past, including your name, status, identity, and family. You must give up everything and dedicate everything you have to the court."
Wu Chengsi felt a chill.
He doesn't understand, if a person abandons all these, what's the point of living?
Zhuge Nan was also shocked and remained silent for a long time.
At this time, Zhuge Sanyuan suddenly glanced at Wu Chengsi and said: "By the way, Your Highness, starting from the beginning of the year, Her Highness the Queen has asked me to secretly investigate bad people."
Wu Chengsi was shocked. What surprised him was not that Wu Mei was investigating a bad person, but that Zhuge Sanyuan took the initiative to tell him about Wu Mei without him asking.
He now has a keen sense of politics, and he vaguely feels that Zhuge Sanyuan seems to be making his position clear to him.
Zhugenan seemed to have noticed something. He glanced at his adoptive father and lowered his head in thought.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Mr. Zhuge, did you just say that He Lan Minzhi and Yang Sijian are also in the Yue Palace?"
Zhuge Sanyuan nodded and said: "Yes, King Han is also here."
Zhuge Nan hummed: "At this point, they are still getting together, and what they are discussing is definitely not a good thing!"
Wu Chengsi touched his chin and said slowly: "It seems that Yang Sijian is indeed protecting Helan Minzhi."
Zhuge Sanyuan said: "Your Highness, He Lan Minzhi is a prisoner of the imperial court. I think we can directly break into the Navy Commander's Mansion to arrest him. As long as we find He Lan Minzhi, we can remove Yang Sijian, the Navy Commander."
Zhuge Nan objected: "Father, we should rescue Miss Xu first. She is staying in such a dangerous place as Prince Yue's Mansion and is blind. We should get her out of danger as soon as possible."
Zhuge Sanyuan reprimanded: "Of course Miss Xu needs to be rescued, but things must be prioritized. Yang Sijian has military power and is very dangerous and needs to be dealt with first."
Zhuge Nan snorted and showed an unconvinced expression.
Wu Chengsi was silent in thought. He felt that Yang Sijian might not let He Lan Minzhi stay in the Navy Commander's Mansion, especially after what happened tonight.
It was more difficult to rescue Xu Wenqing than expected, and the palace was heavily guarded. Originally, he had hoped to send someone to rescue him secretly, but after learning about the existence of the bad guys, he felt that the chance of success was very low.
When he was hesitating, a personal guard entered the camp and said, "Your Highness, General Han is back."
Wu Chengsi's eyes lit up and he said, "Let him in quickly."
After not seeing him for many days, Han Cheng's body showed a dusty look, but his eyes were still bright.
"Your Highness, I'm back."
Wu Chengsi sighed: "I asked you to follow Helan Minzhi with your injury. Thank you for your hard work along the way. Is your injury okay?"
Han Cheng smiled and said: "Your Highness, I followed you on the battlefield. What does this kind of injury mean?"
Zhuge Nan asked hurriedly: "Have you heard any news?"
Han Cheng said in a deep voice: "Brother Li did find out something from He Lan Minzhi. He Lan Minzhi seems to have become Yang Sijian's son-in-law."
Wu Chengsi was stunned, thinking that Yang Sijian was crazy. If He Lanmin was still the same Uncle An Yuan, it would be understandable for Yang Sijian to marry his daughter to him.
Now He Lan Minzhi has become a wanted criminal. As long as someone reports it, their family will be finished.