Chapter 117

Zhang Zhou doesn't think that Shi Zhen's suspicion can be ruled out. Since ancient times, beauty loves heroes, and heroes also love beautiful people. It's "reasonable" to hate someone. Such a bridge is not unprecedented in books and TV dramas! Of course, this is just his random speculation at present!

You can't get around Wuxia mountain this time. Let's check it on the way!

With Qiu Jun's help, there is no big problem in Suzhou's business! However, as the bridgehead of Kyushu business in the South ten states, Zhang Zhou naturally attaches great importance to it. Anyway, the journey is not far, and the traffic is very frequent. I also want to make all the arrangements and leave for Wuxia mountain early. After all, the two-month deadline is fleeting!

Zexiang's Suzhou headquarters was named "Zexiang guild hall". Zhang Zhou felt that he would not make money from entertainment and leisure projects such as sauna and bathing. I'm sorry for the prosperity of this southern ten states.

While he was talking to the person in charge in the guild hall, a quarrel came from the door outside the building. I can't hear anything. Zhang Zhou frowned. The person in charge saw his displeasure and hurriedly got up to have a look. Zhang Zhou decided to go down in person to determine whether someone had deliberately made trouble!

Outside the door, several guys were shouting with two fishermen. When the steward saw Zhang Zhou and the shopkeeper coming down, he hurried to explain the situation.

"Hou ye, the two fishermen said they would send us a man and ask them about the situation. They couldn't tell clearly. They also shouted for the boat money! It's clear that they are scoundrels. I'll send them away now!"

Zhang Zhou waved his hand and walked away. With the change of time and status, Zhang Zhou naturally had a more superior momentum. When the two fishermen saw Zhang Zhou approaching, their clamoring momentum immediately decreased a lot, for fear that the other party would "speak out" directly.

Among them, the old one protected the young one and took the lead in explaining: "Sir, we didn't deceive you! If I sent it to you, you have to pay for the boat, didn't you? It's agreed!"

The steward replied, "who? We didn't ask you to send anyone at all?"

"You didn't say it, but the boat man said it!"

"You keep saying where are the people on the boat?"

The young man interrupted, "I'm on the boat. I've fainted! Maybe I'm dead!"

"You pull a dead man and ask us for money. Where's the truth?"

The old man blushed and said, "if it weren't for the name of your Kyushu business, I wouldn't pull her! Why don't you give the boat money!"

Zhang Zhou stopped taking charge, looked at the old man and said, "the old man will calm down and make things clear first. If it's reasonable, I'll ensure you don't lose your money!"

The old man dared to shout at the steward, but he did not dare to shout at Zhang Zhou, who was obviously more noble. He hesitated and said, "our father and son were fishing in the Qinjiang River. We found a female baby on the bank. At that time, we had fainted. I thought it looked good..."

Guilty of looking at Zhang Zhou, he didn't dare to continue. Zhang Zhou estimated that he might be interested in seeing color, but he didn't tangle with this. He smiled and said, "then?"

"Then the woman woke up and said that sending her to you would give me a lot of money. I've heard of your name of Kyushu business. I think the woman won't cheat me, so I sent it to you. But when I got to the wharf, the woman was out of gas! I can't go here hard! So..."

Zhang Zhou looked back at the person in charge and asked softly, "are there any of us who haven't withdrawn?"

The person in charge thought for a moment and said, "yes, but..."

Zhang Zhou glared at the person in charge. The person in charge was too frightened to make a sound again. Zhang Zhou turned to the old man and said, "I'll go to the boat with you. Your silver is indispensable!"

……

Although Wu caier had taken off his face, Zhang Zhou still had some impression. He confirmed her identity and couldn't care whether men or women were close. He grabbed her wrist and explored carefully. Fortunately, there was a weak pulse. He raised his head and shouted to the person in charge on the shore, "go find the best doctor!"

The person in charge didn't dare to neglect and ran away. Zhang Zhou took the man off the fishing boat and handed it to Yang Xiaolang. He asked him to send it to the guild hall. Then he pulled the fisherman closer and gave him a hundred Liang silver note. After asking some questions in detail, he asked people to leave.

If you remember correctly, wucai'er is from Wuzhou, and there are labels on the signatures of the two pieces of information he received during the southwest rebellion. The person who sent the information is the girl named wucai'er.

He can't know all the details of the whole layout of the "shadow", but he still knows the regional heads. According to the fisherman, although the riot in Wuzhou has been ended, the refugees are not allowed to return home. In this case, Chen Huaijin also wrote a letter explaining that the reason is to eliminate the remnants of roving bandits, which is also justified.

So, what made wucai'er run out of Wuzhou Prefecture alone? He knew about the chaos in Wuzhou City, but the intelligence said that most of the people were fine, and he didn't hear that the court was going to deal with the Wushi clan. Did he do it secretly?

After thinking about it, he was a brain of paste. When he returned to the guild hall, the doctor had been invited. After diagnosis and treatment, it was confirmed that it was hunger and fatigue that led to syncope. It was no serious problem and needed careful recuperation. Whatever the reason, people are fine.

Zhang Zhou didn't stay much either. He just told the person in charge that Wu caier had recovered. He could make up for his mistakes. If there was a problem, he would be dealt with! Scared that the person in charge wanted to burn incense and pray for wucaier.

The replacement rate of Zhang Zhou's retinue is very high, because as long as he finds out who has the ability, he will arrange people to a suitable position and give them better training opportunities and development space. Suddenly, he sent him to Mengzhou. Together with the He Qi, he joined "mercenaries" and began to prepare to deal with the sand bandits.

But on the whole, the quality of the retinue is getting stronger and stronger. When he goes to Wuxia mountain, he leaves all the retinue he secretly brought, which is also a snack for Zhao Qixuan's safety, and takes all the other more than 50 retinues with him.

Fang Jing was worried about his safety. After all, she came to dachuyun temple to "gild". If something went wrong, dachuyun temple could not escape its responsibility. She arranged four martial monks of Luohan hall for him, and Zhang Zhou would not refuse.

Three days later, I set out and saw the head of Zexiang guild hall on the way. Seeing Zhang Zhou from a distance, the other party immediately shouted.

"What's the matter, so flustered?"

If he didn't see the happy face of the person in charge, Zhang Zhou thought something big had happened.

"Hou ye, the girl woke up and shouted to see you?"

"See me? What can I do for you?"

"No, I want to see you!"

"Then you yell a wool?"

"The girl is fine, and her subordinates won't be dealt with..."

Zhang Zhou teased the subordinate who had been nervous for several days and said, "the girl is fine, but it scared me. Should I clean you up?"

……

Since the roll call, it should be something, but Zhang Zhou didn't expect that Wu caier would be so excited when he saw himself. He almost fainted again, which frightened Zhang Zhou to comfort him.

"Cai'er girl, don't get excited. Say something slowly!"

Wucai'er tried to calm himself. Without talking, tears had been left. Zhang Zhou saw something wrong in her eyes and began to feel uneasy inexplicably. He whispered, "Xiao Lang stays and everyone else goes out!"

After the others left the room, Zhang Zhou approached Wu caier and whispered, "caier girl, I'm here. You can talk about big things slowly, okay?"

Wu caier nodded with tears and sobbed in a very light voice. Zhang Zhou couldn't hear clearly. He had to put his ears closer to hear what Wu caier said.

Zhang Zhou knows the meaning of numbers, but he doesn't know the corresponding person. He can't translate without books. He asked Xiao Lang to write down the numbers, and then asked softly, "who gave you these?"

Wu caier said again intermittently. His voice was thin and inaudible, but Zhang Zhou's mind exploded like thunder when he heard the content clearly! He stood up at once and startled Yang Xiaolang.

"The teacher is very proud to have students like you in his life.".

Who else? His teacher Cao Yi!

"Xiao Lang, find the book of the collection of teachers, come on!"

Trying to restrain his excitement, he continued: "cai'er girl, I ask you and answer. Yes, you just nod your head, and if not, shake your head, okay?"

Wu caier nodded.

"Is that man in Wuzhou?"

"Is that man dangerous?"

"Did the army attack the uzhou clan?"

"Which army is stationed in Wuzhou now? Is it from Dazhu state? Or..."

……

From the inquiry, he confirmed that Cao Yi was in an extremely dangerous situation, and this was the information more than ten days ago. Those figures were also translated. He just told him an address in Wuzhou City. There was nothing else. It was estimated that the teacher left something for himself.

Now the teacher is living or dead. Who wants to kill him is completely unknown! Dare not delay a minute, simply tell the person in charge something, and then take someone to the wharf.

Hu Guohai had already prepared the ship and escorted it in person. Just seeing Zhang Zhou's anxious appearance, he was not surprised and thought there was something wrong again.

The original plan for this trip to Wuxia mountain was to take a boat to the Qinjiang River, through the tributaries, directly to Wuzhou, and then to Yingzhou Wuxia mountain. Going to Wuzhou is on the way, but the original plan was leisurely, and now it has become an all-out rush!

……

In April, the south is in the season when grass grows and warblers fly and good fields are sown. Unfortunately, Wuzhou has been greatly damaged by the war. Almost all villages and towns are deserted. In addition, the victims are not allowed to enter and return home. There is devastation and silence everywhere. I don't know when we can recover from the past!

Zhang Zhou took people ashore without stopping. He didn't enter a small town until dark. It can be seen that in the past, it was also a prosperous place. There were many large families in the town, which was quite rich. Naturally, it became the focus of looting by the mob. After several combs by the army and roving bandits, there was nothing but ruins and walls.

I ordered people to investigate the town and found nothing special. He chose a relatively clean courtyard to rest.

At night, Zhang Zhou thought about the information he knew in his mind. Cao Yi was trapped in Wuzhou and was in a critical situation. He had no choice but to let wucaier send the information. Wuzhou City is now under the control of King Jing's army, so there is only one possibility. Nine out of ten people who want to get rid of their teachers are king Jing. He suddenly found that he knew so little about King Jing. They all said that he had influence in the military, but he almost didn't know what kind of influence he had!

King Jing and himself have been living in peace, and sometimes he will say a few good words for himself! As the eldest son, he has some things that can't see the light, which is normal! And where did the teacher violate the interests of King Jing? The teacher has been sent to the southwest for so long. What is he investigating?

His worries and thoughts made him very tired. He simply asked Yang Xiaolang to sit beside the fire with him, chatting to relieve boredom and ease his thoughts.

"My Lord, count the days. The mistress is about to give birth. Can we go back in time?"

"I'm not sure this time. I hope everything goes well! I can't help doing more and more things now. I haven't spent a few days with my family all year round! I can't help myself when I'm in the Jianghu. If you say so, I always feel that I owe a lot!"

"I'm sorry, sir. I shouldn't have mentioned it!"

"What can't be said? Chatting means talking about family leaders? Poetry, songs and Fu, we're not that material!"

Yang Xiaolang knew that adults did not like to contact with literati, and even hated those sour literati.

"Next year, I'll arrange a safe job for you. Take good care of shuier at that time. Don't be like me. You can't take care of your wife!"

"You always think for us, but we left one by one. You don't even have a good person around you. It will only be harder!"

Zhang Zhou knows his friendship is true! Said with a smile: "when you can be alone, I won't work hard. If I have the right opportunity, I'll experience. It's not a bad thing. What can I do if I follow me all day?"

"I'm stupid. It's best to stay with you. I can do whatever you want me to do. That's comfortable!"

"Don't I have to think about everything? In the end, do you take care of me or do I take care of you?"

"Hey, hey, that's what I said, but you can really learn a lot around adults!"

"Learning is very important, but personal experience is more important. I'll give you an opportunity to experience earlier! I also hope you can grow up earlier and share your worries for me one day earlier! Don't worry. Don't be afraid of doing bad or doing wrong. If I dare you to try, you won't be afraid of making mistakes! My attitude is: people are responsible for efforts, and the result is up to luck!"

"Xiao Lang is useless, or you can come to Wuzhou for adults this time!"

"These are two different things. I have to do some things myself, or I'm always worried!"

Zhang Zhou is like this, not because he doesn't trust others, or he can't completely entrust many important things to his subordinates. But there are some things that he won't feel at ease if he doesn't do it himself. For example, he saved Tang Yuer and went south to explore the disaster!

While Zhang Zhou was chatting with Yang Xiaolang, a general report from the squire came from outside the hospital.

"Sir, we caught a suspicious man?"

Zhang Zhou heard the voice of the little leopard. The little leopard had to retreat from the high-intensity "Yasha" because he was injured last time in Kyoto. A total of 11 people retired due to injury and illness, five of them were sent to Longzhou, and the others followed Zhang Zhou as escorts. Usually these people were responsible for the external guard.

Caught was an old man in rags, whose appearance was no different from that of a wandering beggar.

A sabre was handed over by the leopard. It was told that it was from the old man. It is a well maintained sabre.

"Is this knife yours?"

The old man seemed to be frightened.

"Hero, it's mine. I picked it up!"

Zhang Zhou smiled and pulled the blade out of its sheath to look at it carefully, because the Tang Dynasty couldn't help fighting, which also led to a wide variety of weapon styles and types in the world. In addition to the uniform weapon system of the army, even the knives used for criminal arrest are diverse, not to mention the Jianghu! Therefore, it is difficult to identify the knife user from the weapon. However, most people who use knives have a habit of inscribing signs on their favorite blade, such as "Longzhou???" and "invincible blade saint???". This knife is so well maintained that it must be the owner's favorite. On closer inspection, it was found that there were inscriptions. After Zhang Zhou saw the words in the light of the fire, the man stood up slowly and looked serious. The leopard found the clue and immediately pressed the old man's shoulder with a knife and let him squat down.

"To be honest, where did you get this knife?"

In the face of Zhang Zhou's cold voice, the old man explained a few words at first. Later, he simply closed his eyes and didn't say a word. I just didn't say anything if I wanted to kill or cut you.

His attitude made Zhang Zhou less nervous. The words "black wolf Xu Yi" are engraved on the blade. This is not only a common technique of the criminal arrest camp, but Xu Yi has heard of it although he has not been in contact with it. He is a camp official of the former Black Wolf camp. In addition to the formal establishment of the criminal arrest camp, there are also a number of high-level "consultant" figures, commonly known as "criminal arrest experts", which are regarded as the real cards of the Kyoto criminal arrest camp and have played a great role in the handling of some major cases and the arrest of serious criminals. Xu Yi is one of them.

The old man's attitude shows two problems: first, the other party should still be alive, and second, the old man is obviously defending the other party. Zhang Zhou relaxed and took out a waist token from his arms. Although he was no longer in the criminal arrest office, he had a waist token issued by the criminal arrest yamen of Hezhou.

Squatting down, he handed it to the old man and whispered, "elder, don't be surprised that I spoke rashly just now. I'm also a criminal arrest. I came to Wuzhou to find these people this time. Can you tell me where Xu Yiren is?"

The old man opened his eyes at the sound, took the sign and looked at it. He was suspicious. Zhang Zhou said very seriously: "my teacher Cao Yi, now trapped in Wuzhou City, his life is in danger at any time. Please tell me the truth. If you delay more, I'm afraid it's too late!"

"You, do you know Lord Cao?"

"I'm his student! My name is Zhang Zhou. I'm the Duke of Kyushu!"

Regardless of etiquette, the old man grabbed Zhang Zhou's arm with a dirty black hand and looked anxious.

"Please save Lord Xu! He's dying!"