At the first watch, the supervisor Wang Shoucheng was suddenly awakened by a loud shout from outside. He opened his eyes in a daze, and the shout disappeared. He cursed secretly in his heart. Just when he was about to close his eyes and go back to sleep, several black figures suddenly appeared in front of him.
, before he could react, his hands and feet were held down, tied up with ropes, and his mouth was blocked with rags. A black cloth bag covered his head and was carried out.
At the same time, a group of soldiers pushed General Wei Jikuan out of the tent. Wei Jikuan's eyes widened when he recognized the man standing outside the tent with his hands behind his hands.
"Your Highness King Qi, what do you mean?"
Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "I don't have enough troops in hand, so I came here to borrow your army to use!"
"If His Highness wants us to assist in the battle, you can report it to the Ming Dynasty. We will be happy to serve His Highness!"
"Yeah?"
Li Ye still said calmly: "If General Wei is willing to join the Helong Army, I will very much welcome him!"
A bitter smile appeared on Wei Jikuan's face, "Of course I am willing to serve His Highness, but my family is in the hands of Yu Chaoen, and I am not willing to abandon my wife and children."
"Your wife and children were hidden or imprisoned by Yu Chaoen?"
"No, Beizhi lives in a two-acre house in Changlefang, Chang'an. There is a wife, a son, a daughter and an old mother at home. Beizhi knows that the two maids at home are monitors sent by Yu Chaoen, as well as the next door neighbor.
He is also the monitor sent by Yu Chaoen. If there is any movement in my family, Yu Chaoen will know about it."
Li Ye nodded and said: "I will give you one last chance. If you are willing to be loyal to me, I will be responsible for sending your wife, children and mother out of Chang'an City and to Longyou to settle down. If you are not willing, I will not force you."
, I will send you and Wang Jianjun to Huayin County."
This was the most important opportunity in his life. Wei Jikuan did not hesitate, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "I am willing to do my best for Your Highness!"
Li Ye smiled and helped him up, comforting him and saying, "Don't worry, I will arrange for the warriors of the Dugu family to rescue your family and go to Longyou."
With the loyalty of the general Wei Jikuan, things became much easier to handle. Li Ye ordered General Wang Shoucheng to be sent out of the military camp and imprisoned. He sent people to Chang'an overnight to deliver the message.
Li Ye then left only 3,000 of his troops to guard Pujin Pass. The rest of the army set off early the next morning for Shaanxi County. Everyone did not know that the general had surrendered to King Qi, and thought they had been ordered to guard Shaanxi County instead.
On the way, under the guidance of Wei Jikuan, Yu Chaoen's confidants were eliminated one by one. By the time they arrived in Shaanxi County, this army had nothing to do with Yu Chaoen.
Three days later, Dugu Ming hurriedly found his eldest brother Dugu Lie. Dugu Lie was not in a good mood these two days. Although the grandson of the housekeeper Aku was found, all he found was his body. The child was strangled and thrown into the moat.
The other party failed to assassinate Dugu Jinyang and vented his anger on the seven-year-old child.
When Dugu Ming saw his brother sitting in the inner hall drinking tea with a depressed expression, he advised him: "Brother, stop being so depressed and tell me some good news."
"Sit down and talk!"
Dugu Lie asked his brother to sit down, put his thoughts back together, and asked with a faint smile: "What's the good news?"
"Aye attacked the eunuch's army. He first took away Wei Boyu's 5,000 Shence troops, and then took away the 10,000 Shence troops stationed at Pujin Pass."
"This move is so vicious and wonderful that it will directly drain the flames from the bottom of the cauldron!"
Dugu Lie gave a thumbs up and praised: "This is the key to hitting the eunuch. Do Yu Chaoen and the others know about it?"
"You probably don't know yet, but Aye asked me to take Wei Jikuan's family out of the city and send them to Longyou."
Dugu Lie nodded: "Be ruthless, just like they did when they killed Aku's grandson."
"I know. I have sent people to monitor him. It is said that Yu Chaoen's supervisor is next door to his house. This time, I will also let Yu Chaoen taste the feeling of betrayal."
Dugu Lie added: "As for Yongyong County, I won't go to the funeral of my fifth uncle."
The sacrifice in Yong County was clearly a trap. Everyone opposed Dugu Lie going to Yong County. Dugu Lie didn't want to risk his own life, so he asked his brother Dugu Jun to go on his behalf.
Dugu Ming smiled and said: "It happened that an army went to Qizhou for training and then returned from Qizhou. The second brother should be safe and sound."
Dugu Lie nodded, "I just want to tell you, you should go and do the things A Ye has entrusted you to do!"
Changlefang is located in the south of Wannian County. It is a lower-class place in Chang'an. It is a place where middle and lower class people live. Generally, dignitaries will not buy land and build houses here.
This also shows that the conditions of Wei Jikuan's family were not good. He spent many years of savings to buy a small house with two acres of land in Changlefang.
However, Yu Chaoen monitored Wei Jikuan very strictly. He sent someone to buy the house next door to him, moved five supervisors in, and placed two maids in his house to monitor his family's every move, almost putting Wei Jikuan's family under house arrest.
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At two o'clock in the morning, dozens of men in black sneaked into Changlefang. They first broke into Wei Jikuan's house next door. In just a moment, they killed all five supervisors.
Then they went into Wei Jikuan's house. Wei Jikuan's wife was not sleeping. When she was buying groceries during the day, someone secretly slipped her a letter. When she got home, she discovered that it was a letter written by her husband, and asked her not to sleep at night when she received the letter.
, someone will help them leave.
At this time, there was a knock on the window, and Wei's wife asked nervously: "Who is it?"
"We are your husband's friends, and you received our letter during the day!"
The voice that spoke was that of a woman. Wei's wife stepped forward and opened the door. She saw a dozen people in black standing in the yard, led by a very tall woman.
She cupped her fists and said, "Mrs. Wei, we have been ordered to send your family out of Chang'an and to Longyou. Please pack up quickly!"
Wei's wife nervously pointed to the side room where the two maids lived.
The tall woman in black smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry, they won't wake up before noon tomorrow. We have also taken care of the watcher next door."
"Okay! I'll take care of it right away."
Her husband had already told her in the letter how to pack it up. Fortunately, all their money was stored in the locker room, so all she had to do was bring the banknotes and receipts, and then pack some clothes and belongings.
Mrs. Wei woke up her children and her mother-in-law.
The family of four simply cleaned up and went out with a dozen men in black. To the west of Changlefang is the Caohe River. Several passenger ships were parked by the river. The four people entered the cabin and the ship immediately set sail, directly from Qujiang Pond.
Driving out of Chang'an City.
Of course, the waterway also has city gates and is also blocked at night, but the Dugu family has connections and is already safe.
After Li Heng ascended the throne, he issued passes to many people, including the royal family, important ministers, eunuchs, relatives and dignitaries, etc. At least 20 people and their families were exempted from the night curfew.
In addition, there are related households, such as having a relationship with the guard general on duty at a certain city gate tonight. The guard general will also use his authority to let people in and out of the city. There will be no records afterwards and no one will report them.
The Dugu family is taking this road. The general on duty at Water Gate tonight is Dou Ju, a son of the Dou family. How could he not give this favor?
In addition, there are some warriors with strong martial arts skills who can climb over the wall and leave the city. Just like Li Ye practiced martial arts back then, it was commonplace to enter and leave the city at night.
Some merchants are eager to get out of the city and spend a little money to bribe the foxes and rats in the neighborhoods near the city wall. They are the scoundrels in the neighborhoods. They will use long ladders to send you out of the city and across the moat.
This is called dragons have their own dragon roads, and snakes have their own snake roads. If you want to leave the city at night, you have your own way.
Yu Chaoen got the news at noon the next day. Two maids woke up and found that Wei Jikuan's family had run away. They were so frightened that they hurried to report.
Yu Chaoen hurried over and his men had already dug up the bodies of the five monitors from the back garden.
Yu Chaoen walked around the Wei mansion with a gloomy face. One of the leaders said: "To inform the military envoy, Wei Jikuan is from Hanzhong. It is very likely that they have escaped back to their hometown. It is better to send someone to search his hometown."
Yu Chaoen was worried that he was not Wei Jikuan's family, and his 10,000 Shence troops at Pujing Pass, Wei Boyu, had surrendered to Li Ye. Could it be that it was Wei Jikuan's turn this time?
After being upset for a while, Yu Chaoen said, "Send someone to search his hometown!"
Yu Chaoen left in a hurry and went to discuss with Li Fuguo.
