Chapter 49 Chapter 4 No Way Out

After eating breakfast, Xiang Shaolong went to see Wu's father and son, but he couldn't see Wu Zhuo and Tao Fang. He remembered the suspicious Chu people who came into contact with Zhao Mu, and knew that the two of them had decided to go to this matter. After he reported what happened to Zhu Ji last night, both Wuzhi and his son fell into deep thought. Wu Yingyuan frowned and said: "This woman is very powerful, no man can escape her temptation. But why is Guo Kai so bold, the maidservant there should be Zhao Mu's, how can he be a guest on the couch like this?" How can I hide it from Zhao Mu?"

Wu Shijian said: "Zhao Mu has left many things to Guo Kai, and the people there may have been arranged by Guo Kai, so they can be so unscrupulous, guarding themselves and stealing." Turning to Xiang Shaolong, he said, "The two new recruits of yours will be rare talents, try to win them over well, rich women, you can do whatever they want." Xiang Shaolong replied submissively: "I got it!" He thought to himself if he only cares about interests, how can he depend on each other for a long time? Wu Yingyuan said: "Shaolong seems to be able to easily steal their mother and son out now, the only problem is how to leave Handan, and how to escape the pursuit of the soldiers along the way?" After a pause, he doubted: "Is this a little too easy! "

Xiang Shaolong was only worried about the other side, and said: "Our Wu family has such a huge relative, with no less than a thousand dependents, how can we escape from the Zhao country?" Wu Yingyuan smiled and said: "I arranged this matter two years ago. The Wu family's business is all over the world, so people have been assigned to other places to manage the business and the ranch. Recently, they even used the excuse of developing a new ranch. Even Tingwei was sent out to prevent him from leaking out when he was having a good time." It was only then that Xiang Shaolong suddenly realized, no wonder he didn't see Wu Tingwei, and said: "King Zhao knows about Yue Zhang and Lu Buwei's relationship, and now we keep transferring family members away from Handan, how can we not be suspicious?"

Wu Yingyuan said: "They have always been suspicious! They have never found any real evidence, and both the Guo family and us have contacts with dignitaries from various countries, and they have conducted secret diplomacy for King Zhao from time to time. If Zhao Mu hadn't fanned the flames, What's the point of being friends with Lu Buwei?" Xiang Shaolong didn't understand even more, and said, "Why did Zhao Mu want to go to my Wu's house and hurry up?" Wushi slapped his palm on the table, and said angrily: "It's not that Guo Zong played tricks, I don't know where to find out that there are ancestors of Qin people in our genealogy, and Wushi is a common surname in the border area of ​​Qin people. Since then, the king of Zhao has become more and more suspicious of us, so Zhao Mu just followed the king of Zhao's wishes, let's add insult to injury!"

Only now did Xiang Shaolong figure out the ins and outs. Wu Yingyuan returned to the previous topic and said: "Since Guo Kai has secretly hooked up with Zhu Ji, he must find a way to use this matter to damage the relationship between Guo Kai and Zhao Mu. If Guo Kai didn't give Zhao Mu bad ideas, Zhao Mu will be much easier to deal with." An inscrutable smile escaped from the corner of Wu Shiji's mouth, and he said, "We'll talk about this later." Turning to Xiang Shaolong, he said, "You'd better think of a more specific plan, so that you can be firm when you see Zhu Ji tonight." confidence, it will be easier to cooperate in the future.”

At this time, the servants came to report, and there was a guest looking for Xiang Shaolong. Xiang Shaolong wondered, who is looking for him? At this time, Xiang Shaolong's status in the Wu family was even better than before, he seemed to be the most important person besides Wu Shiji and Wu Yingyuan, and he received guests in the main hall. When he went out to the hall, it was Shao Yuan Jun's old generals Liu Chao and Pu Bu who came.Xiang Shaolong stepped forward overjoyed, helped the two of them up, and said with mixed surprises: "I've been looking forward to your coming every day, and finally I'm looking forward to it."

Seeing that Xiang Shaolong valued them so much, the two were so grateful that tears welled up in their eyes. Xiang Shaolong asked about Daliang. It was originally from Xiang Shao Longmei escaped from Lord Xinling's mansion, Lord Xinling was furious, and found out that "Lu Gong's Secret Record" was stolen except for the first section, he was so angry that he almost committed suicide, and even more suspicious The elder sister, Mrs. Ping Yuan, broke the news to Xiang Shaolong, and became indifferent to her mother and son. As a result, Mr. Shaoyuan became irritable and beat and scolded his generals all day long. Pu Bu and others took the opportunity to resign.

Without Lord Xinling's support, Lord Shaoyuan could not support the situation of more than 200 generals, so he simply sent them away, so Pu Bu and others returned to Handan together with more than 40 people.They are all local snakes here, they found out that Xiang Shaolong was safe and sound, and immediately came to look for him. Xiang Shaolong had an idea, and asked someone to ask Wu Yingyuan for a huge amount of copper coins, and said to the two of them: "You find a place to stay, but remember not to reveal your relationship with me. Even if you enjoy yourself, when I When I need you to do something, I will find you."

Pu Bu and the two knew that he was in a life-and-death struggle with Zhao Mu, they understood what he said, and saw that he was ten times richer than Shaoyuan Lord, but his character was a hundred times better, so they didn't want to follow him wholeheartedly. Liu Chao said: "We are very well-fed people in Handan, and now we have officially left Pingyuan Mansion. Why don't we pretend to be people who have joined Zhao Mu's treacherous party, so that we can act as the eyes and ears of the young master." Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that this is indeed a good idea, who would have thought that the general of the Pingyuan family who had always been his enemy would be his.

After discussing with them who they wanted to take refuge in, and studying the method of contact, the two left happily. Feeling relaxed, Xiang Shaolong went to look for Teng Yi and saw that he was training the Wu family's soldiers. He remembered the concept of special forces and said to him, "See if my proposal is feasible. Among the two thousand soldiers, pick out About a hundred of the most elite, called the "elite regiment", took them to the farm to practice in isolation and learn various skills. If everyone can learn half of your and Jing Jun's skills, then they will have to break through It is not impossible to enter the Proton Mansion to save people."

Teng Yi frowned when he heard this, and thought to himself how could a hundred people accomplish such a great thing, and after Xiang Shaolong told about his previous rigorous training in the special forces and the method of selecting the strong and weeding out the weak, this experienced general would also Wuti cast authentically: "This is the first time I've heard of this training method. Shaolong, you are truly an unparalleled military genius. War has become an art in your hands." Xiang Shaolong secretly laughed in his heart, if the swords and arrows were turned into guns, just this ancient special force might be able to conquer the six kingdoms and unify the world, so why be afraid of Zhao Mu at that time. The two studied the training methods and equipment in detail, and then Xiang Shaolong led Jing Jun and the ten bodyguards to Mrs. Ya's residence. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ While riding on the road, Xiang Shaolong thought of the missing Miss Cancan, and wished he could turn his horse around immediately and go to Sanglin Village to see what happened.Thinking of Ji Yanran who was far away in Daliang, she was full of worries for a moment, unable to help herself, and could not help but frown. Jing Jun, who was riding with him, glanced around, looked at the passers-by on the street, and suddenly said with emotion: "Xiao Jun is very grateful to Brother Xiang and Brother Teng, without you, I will be brought to such an exciting and fun place." Come on, don’t you know how to live your life?” Xiang Shaolong put aside his worries and said with a smile, "But it might also cost you your life!" Jing Jun giggled, and said casually: "Then I have to accept my fate! It is precisely because of the danger of losing my life at any time that it is very interesting to play with beautiful women. It feels like when I was five years old. The scene of helping father to hunt tigers?" Xiang Shaolong lost his voice and said, "A five-year-old child can't walk safely, what can you do to help?" Jing Jun also laughed and said, "I've forgotten it now, I just remember that when the tiger fell into the trap, the terrible cry made me piss in my crotch in fright." Xiang Shaolong couldn't help laughing out loud, his frown eased a bit. There was a sound of hooves from behind. Everyone turned their heads and looked back when they heard the sound. A horse rides from far to near, and the horse rider wears a cloak and even covers his head. He can't see his face clearly for a while, and he only recognizes who it is when he runs closer. Jing Jun's eyes lit up immediately. Xiang Shaolong was also slightly taken aback, and called out, "Where is Miss Zhi going?" Zhao Zhi slowed down his horse, came to the other side of Xiang Shaolong, turned his face away, looked at Xiang Shaolong coldly and said, "Where are the guards going?" Jing Jun winked at her and said, "Miss Zhi hasn't answered Brother Xiang's words yet?" When Zhao Zhi saw Jing Jun, he felt angry and felt that he was more annoying than anyone else, so he said angrily: "Your Excellency is talking, there is no room for you to intervene!" Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "Miss is wrong, Xiaojun is my good brother, his words are my words." Jing Jun didn't expect Xiang Shaolong to lift him up like this, so he immediately became proud, puffed out his chest, and sighed regretfully on purpose: "I thought Miss Zhi came to find me, Jing Jun!" Zhao Zhi was so angry that her pretty face turned pale and said, "Who wants to find you?" For some reason, Jing Jun's behavior always made her displeased and angry. Jing Jun chuckled and said, "Then who are you looking for?" Xiang Shaolong couldn't help smiling, this kid is quite good at teasing women. Zhao Zhi knew that she had fallen into the trap of Jing Jun's words, if she answered that she was looking for Xiang Shaolong, because of what Jing Jun's tone suggested earlier, it turned out that she was in love with Xiang Shaolong and came to look for Xiang Shaolong.If the answer is no, it is naturally Jing Jun who is looking for him. In fact, Zhao Zhi also didn't know the purpose of coming to find Xiang Shaolong.Last night, Xiang Shaolong's big victory over Yan Ping, a master of martial arts with a high status in Handan, shocked everyone present. Zhao Ba, who had always thought highly of himself, also felt timid, especially now that the military was backing Xiang Shaolong, how dare Zhao Ba get involved in the struggle between the two major forces, the government and the army, and immediately warned the disciples after the banquet, especially As for Zhao Zhi, she is not allowed to mess with Xiang Shaolong. But Zhao Zhixin was arrogant, and the more he thought about it after returning home, the less angry he became, and when he got up, he rode his horse to Wufu unconsciously, on the way he ran into Xiang Shaolong and others, so he chased after him.At this time, he couldn't help but be speechless, and his pretty face flushed. Xiang Shaolong didn't know how close the relationship between her and Lian Jin was, and sighed lightly: "At that time, in that kind of decisive battle where life and death were forced to be divided, either Lian Jin died or I, Xiang Shaolong died, and Lian Jin and Zhao Mu Shi played tricks first, but I competed with him openly, who can blame me?" Zhao Zhiwei was startled, and lowered his pretty face. Lian Jin and Zhao Mu's use of aphrodisiacs to consume Xiang Shaolong's physical strength had long spread among the dignitaries in the court, and Zhao Zhi had heard about it, but forced himself to ignore it.But for some reason, Xiang Shaolong's light description now convinced her, or it was because of Xiang Shaolong's attitude of not fearing power and being open and aboveboard last night!Although her love for Lian Jin is strong, it is purely due to the superficial attraction between the opposite sex. Lian Jin takes advantage of her feelings of a young girl with a youthful heart to sneak in and grab her heart. Although this feeling of first love is unforgettable for her, it is still not unforgettable. When Lian Jin's perfect image is destroyed, this affection also dissipates with the wind. Xiang Shaolong understood her transformation clearly, and said with a slight smile, "To Miss, can I let Jing Jun take you home?" Zhao Zhi was taken aback and said: "I don't need anyone to take it!" He patted his horse and galloped into the horizontal street on the left. Xiang Shaolong gave Jing Jun a wink, Jing Jun was overjoyed, he patted his horse and chased after him, ignoring passers-by's sideways glances, and shouted: "Miss, wait for me!" Xiang Shaolong felt happy in his heart. This girl Zhao Zhi is really good, she matches Jing Jun very well regardless of age and appearance.The most important thing is that he saw that Jing Jun fell in love with her at first sight, but it seems that if he wants to chase her, he will have to spend a lot of effort. Suddenly Xiang Shaolong realized that he had changed a lot. If in the past, he was kind to women as much as possible, he would never refuse anyone who came, but now he doesn't know whether he has too many beautiful women, or he has suffered the tragic death of his beloved one after another. mood of love. After every person is born, he has to face the death of the people around him, and finally ends with his own death.Over the past year, he has gone through the heart-wrenching pain of life and death. He remembered what happened with Zhu Ji last night. Although it was a wild desire at that time, it had nothing to do with love at all. It was purely based on the instinctive impulse of opposite sexes attracting.But it was so irrepressible. Be careful when you meet her tonight, otherwise if you have a physical relationship with her, things will be more complicated.I just hope she won't tease herself, this woman really knows how to seduce men. The Furen's Mansion was in sight, Xiang Shaolong sighed, and patted his horse away. All the guards hurriedly rode their horses to follow, Eleven rode into Zhao Ya's wife's house like a whirlwind. Madam Ya went to the palace, only Zhao Qian and Young Master Pan were in the Madam's mansion. Zhao Pan has matured a lot all of a sudden, and he no longer sneaks out to play all day long, or molests the maids, and gangs up to make troubles. Zhao Qian took pity on his tragic experience and accompanied him to study and read, while Zhao Pan turned around and studied hard in front of this beautiful princess cousin. Seeing this, Xiang Shaolong was heartbroken, so he led Zhao Pan to the garden, taught him Mozi's sword skills carefully, and made his subordinates fight him. When Zhao Pan was practicing martial arts with forgetfulness, Xiang Shaolong chatted with Zhao Qian who was watching and said, "I really didn't expect this child to become so understanding." Zhao Qian's eyes turned red and said: "The person he loves the most is Aunt Ni, now he is full of hatred, not only hates Zhao Mu, but also hates his father, so he must follow your example as a master, learn to be wise and brave, good Avenge Aunt Ni." Xiang Shaolong looked at the sinister, focused and resolute expression on the young master's face that was not commensurate with his age, and a chill surged in his heart. He has an intuition that Zhao Pan will be an extraordinary person in the future, but it is still difficult to guess what he can do for the time being. Zhao Qian whispered: "He is willing to accept me, on the one hand because I am your person, on the other hand, because I hate the father and Zhao Mu just like him." Xiang Shaolong felt uncomfortable for a while, and said: "Didn't your father respect Madam Ni the most? Why would you sit and watch Zhao Mu commit an attack like this? At least you should investigate this matter thoroughly, not to mention that this has already aroused dissatisfaction among the military. Zhao Guo is facing the biggest crisis since the Battle of Changping." Zhao Qian sighed quietly: "No one can understand father, he was not like this before. But since the Battle of Changping, he has changed, he is indecisive, half-hearted in everything, even a little afraid of face. For the officials, especially the generals of the military, Zhao Mu was allowed to monopolize the power and cover the sky with one hand. Like Mrs. Ni, he should have strictly punished the guards for a thorough investigation, but after Zhao Mu intervened, he made three moves and two tactics Then big things become small, and small things become nothing, and everyone in the palace is indifferent to him." From Zhao Qian's words, Xiang Shaolong saw another impact of the Battle of Changping on Zhao Guo. The defeat in this battle was mainly due to the fact that King Xiaocheng fell for the extremely naive trick of the Qin people, replacing Lianpo with Zhao Kuo, which can also be said to be a power conflict between the newly appointed monarch and the veteran in power. After the most vital setback in the history of Zhao State, King Xiaocheng lost his confidence and became a person who escaped from reality, even afraid of silently blaming his officials.So Zhao Mu stepped in, satisfying his needs both mentally and physically.Zhao Wang became a homosexual, maybe it was a kind of self-destructive, self-abuse, destructive behavior.Of course, it may also be a natural physiological pursuit. The real reason may be difficult for King Xiaocheng himself to figure out. Zhao Qian said sadly: "I still miss the days when I escaped from Daliang, and I hope that every night you will hug her and love her. Shaolong! When will we leave this ugly place and find a deserted wilderness, let Qian'er makes fire and cooks for you, and you hunt to make ends meet?" Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly in his heart, if he stayed in Mei Canniang's small valley and did not leave, he might be able to die in the mountains and forests in this way, but he has already become a tiger riding a tiger, and he can't stop. Even if you go to the Qin State, you may face more complicated power struggles. In the era of the ancient Warring States, it seems that there is no paradise like a peach blossom garden.Otherwise, Mei Canniang would not have been raped by a toubob, and Teng Yi would not have lost his wife and son. He sighed, and told Zhao Qian the story of Peach Blossom Spring. When the beautiful three princesses were intoxicated and their souls flew to the paradise that human beings longed for, Zhao Ya returned with a solemn expression.Xiang Shaolong and her retreated into the quiet room to discuss. Zhao Ya sighed: "Li Mu is an incomparable warrior on the battlefield, but he is too reckless when it comes to tactics, and he underestimated Zhao Mu's influence on Brother Wang." Xiang Shaolong felt bad, and said, "What happened?" Zhao Ya didn't answer him directly, and said distressedly: "They don't understand that since the First World War in Changping, Brother Wang is most afraid that others will say that he made a mistake. Now Li Mu clearly wants to force Brother Wang to admit that he was negligent and suspected of covering up in the matter of Sister Ni. He is not willing to accept the responsibility of the evil." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "What exactly happened?" Zhao Ya looked at him dejectedly and said: "After the banquet last night, Zhao Mu immediately went to the palace to look for Brother Wang. No one knew what he said. It was supposed to accuse the military of making use of the issue and trying to shake Brother Wang's throne; There will be no good words." It was only then that Xiang Shaolong understood what it means to be foolish and mislead the country. When power is concentrated in the hands of one person, this person becomes the key to success or failure.Although the modern democratic system is full of shortcomings, it is better than a foolish king controlling the life and death of everyone. Zhao Ya continued: "Brother Wang summoned me this morning to inquire about you in detail, and forced him to reveal his real relationship with you, which made me almost overwhelmed." Xiang Shaolong said stunned: "How do you answer him?" Zhao Ya's expression became unnatural, and said: "Of course he won't tell the truth, but it seems that he still believes that I am not in love with you, or it may be because my previous reputation is too bad!" look. Xiang Shaolong pinched her chin, raised her pink face, and said, "Now that I'm involved in two systems, the military and the Wu family, your brother Wang wouldn't dare to act rashly against me!" Zhao Ya said sadly: "I'm worried to death! You must not overestimate the strength of the military and the Wu family. If Brother Wang is desperate and executes you on the spot, then the rice will be ready for cooking, and no one will be serious. It’s for you to confront Brother Wang head-on.” Anger welled up in Xiang Shaolong's heart, he sneered and said, "If you want to kill me, Xiang Shaolong, I'm afraid King Xiaocheng will have to dispatch an army, I will never bow down and capture him." Zhao Ya said angrily: "Sometimes you seem to be a brave and foolhardy person, but Brother Wang's personal guard regiment has 20,000 people, the city guards have 30,000 people, and the coach Le Cheng is Zhao Mu's man, there are If something happens to you, who can save you? If something happens to you, how can you survive!" Tears welled up in her eyes at the end, and it was obvious how terrified she was, but she seemed to have other feelings. Xiang Shaolong hugged her in his arms with heartache, and said with a smile: "Don't worry! Some people once said that I am a new sage who has many disasters, so I will never die." Zhao Ya was stunned and said, "Who said that? What is the new saint?" After a pause, he seemed disinterested and said, "Now that I have lost my position, and my heart is in a mess, Shaolong quickly teach me what to do." Xiang Shaolong pondered for a while, and said: "There is no other choice, the only way to survive is to escape from Handan. But before I leave, I must smash Zhao Mu into pieces, so that I can express my hatred." Zhao Ya caressed his cheek lovingly and said, "You have to promise to take Ya'er away!" Xiang Shaolong said with certainty: "Of course, not only will we take you away, Xiao Pan and Qian'er will also follow us." Zhao Ya said lightly: "Do you want to go to Qin State, alas! Qin people are deeper and more terrifying than people from any other country!" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, "Don't forget that I am a new saint." Standing up, he said, "I'm afraid I will have the opportunity to accompany you all in the state of Qin. King Xiaocheng's reaction was beyond my expectation. I will discuss it with Li Mu immediately and try to ease the situation." Your brother's mood." Zhao Ya walked out with him and said: "I will be in charge of scouting the situation in the palace. Fortunately, Queen Jing is standing by your side to speak, and Brother Wang is half-hearted, so he should not dare to use thunderbolt methods to deal with you in the short term." After finishing speaking, she suddenly lowered her pretty face, and her beautiful eyes flashed a complex and difficult look. Of course Xiang Shaolong couldn't see it, but he was troubled in his heart. Zou Yan may really believe that he is a new saint, but he knows that there is no such thing. If there is a new saint, it should be Ying Zheng. But Yingzheng like that now, why should he be the new sage who will unify the world? Xiang Shaolong was endlessly thinking about the cutting-edge weapons he used in the 21st century. In this era, the most powerful swordsman can deal with dozens of people but can't deal with more than a hundred people, let alone thousands of well-trained soldiers.Therefore, only by starting with strategy and tactics, can there be a chance of life-saving and escape. Suddenly, he felt nostalgia for Handan. We are finally leaving this great ancient city.