Chapter 45 Chapter Twelve

The next day Zhai Rang invited them to have breakfast together, accompanied by Wang Ruxin and Tu Shufang, but Zhai Jiao was not there. Zhai Rang seemed depressed, and after asking them a few words about their daily life, he drank tea alone. The other four had no choice but to accompany him in silence. Suddenly Zhai Rang asked nonchalantly, "How's the situation over there?" But Wang Ruxin understood what he wanted to ask, and replied: "Yesterday I met with Xu Shiji, and he said that Duke Mi wanted to take Liyang Cang again. Since the capture of Luokou, rebels from all over the country have come to join us, making our army more powerful."

Zhai Rang snorted and said, "What happened to Yang Guang?" Wang Ru said: "Wang Shichong is now in Luoyang, plotting a counterattack. This man is a number of generals in the imperial court, and he is proficient in the art of war. Mi Gong will meet a strong enemy today." Kou Zhong asked Tu Shufang in a low voice, "Who is Xu Shiji?" Tu Shufang smiled and replied: "He and Zu Junyan are called Wagang Twins, and they are also Shen Luoyan's lover. But Shen Luoyan still refuses to marry him." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were stunned, it turned out that Shen Luoyan was already married, and they both felt sour and helpless.

Wang Ruxin said again: "I heard that there was a Sui official named Wei Zheng who was in charge of managing the "Chengyuan Treasure Collection" in Wuyang County. The most prestigious person in the world." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling felt strange seeing Wang Ruxin's appearance of constantly provoking Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang got up from the table, looked at Kou and Xu and said softly: "You guys go and find the garden!" The two followed him into the garden in confusion. Zhai Rang walked forward with his hands behind his back, with a thoughtful expression. The snow stopped early, but the ground was full of snow, and the trees were covered with icicles. Several servants were busy clearing the snow. Seeing Zhai Rang coming, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhai Rang came to the small pavilion in the garden, looked up at the sky, and said to the two people behind his back, "Sit down!" The two sat down blankly. Zhai Rang said in a deep voice: "Since I heard about you, I have sent someone to investigate your past. I only reported back last night. I really didn't expect you to be famous in the world. We know that Li Mi is hiding many things. I." Then he turned around, looked at the two of them with burning eyes and said, "Do you really know where 'Duke Yang's Treasure' is?" Kou Zhong smiled wryly, "If we knew, we would have gone to fetch the treasure long ago."

Que Rang nodded and said, "That's reasonable. No matter how much the Rakshasa girl loves you, she is still a Korean, and she will not trust you two people from the Central Plains in matters such as the rise and fall of the country." The two secretly screamed in their hearts, it would be best for Zhai Rangzuo to think so. Zhai Rang sighed and said, "If I were as young as you, I would definitely stay away from this place and fight again after my internal injuries recover. But now that I am old, I don't have the courage to do it again." Then he snorted coldly: "If Li Mi hadn't plotted to find him with a poisonous plan, it is still unknown who will win the deer today."

Seeing that the two of them showed no signs of surprise, they nodded and said, "You have already guessed that the person hiding in the box and plotting against me is Li Mi." The two had no choice but to nod. Zhai Rang breathed out and said, "I must not let anyone know that I was really injured internally. Even Wang Ruxin thought that Li Mi was plotting against me, so he urged me to kill Li Mi and take back the power." Xu Ziling was stunned and said: "Then why did you inform Shen Luoyan to give up the position of the leader? Didn't you tell them that you were injured?"

Zhai Rang turned pale and said, "Did you meet Shen Luoyan last night?" The two told what had happened. Zhai Rang's face became extremely ugly, and he sighed: "You have been tricked, there is no such thing at all. She said this on purpose, because she knows that you and I are closely related at the moment, so she is trying to get your reactions. If you don't realize it at all Strange, it proves that I am indeed suffering from internal injuries." The two were stunned and felt extremely sad. Zhai Rang replied calmly, and said lightly: "Don't blame yourself. Firstly, because your experience is still inexperienced, and because Shen Luoyan is as cunning as a fox, now the only way is to seek a remedy."

Xu Ziling said apologetically, "We are tired of the big leader!" Kou Zhong was so guilty that he almost wanted to commit suicide, he slapped the stone table and said, "We shouldn't have slipped out at all." Zhai Rang sat down opposite them, and said with an extremely solemn expression: "The only thing we can do is to do what we can and really give up the throne. I hope it can be delayed for a while." After a pause, he continued: "Now Zhai has something to entrust to you two, that is, to ask you to send Jiaoer to a certain place. Then I can deal with Li Mi freely without any worries."

The two of them felt a headache, facing this difficult Zhai Jiao, it seemed too long for a moment, let alone a long time. Kou Zhong sighed: "Shen Luoyan loves the two of us the most. When he left last night, he promised that we would not leave this city alive. Da Longtou found the wrong person." Zhai Rang stayed for a long time, then pondered: "No one in the world wants to arrest you, but you can still be free, so we know that you have a set of skills." Xu Ziling hurriedly said: "That's because the other party didn't intend to kill us, and it was only the two of us at that time, so it was much easier to escape."

Zhai Rang nodded in agreement, and said, "Then I'll make another arrangement to send Jiaoer away. Do you want to send Susu away as well?" The two hurriedly said: "It seems that there is no need for it!" Zhai Rang said with a wry smile: "I spoiled her. Jiaoer has made everyone afraid of her since she was a child, but it's very nice not to meet her and Susu, alas!" The two of them remembered that he was always with Wang Bodang, so they couldn't feel any sympathy for his grief. Zhai Rang said with feeling: "When you sit in my position, you will know that you have to do things against your will most of the time. I am not cruel enough to Li Mi, so I got this field today."

Neither of them knew how to comfort him. Zhai Rang suddenly took off a dragon pattern ring on his left middle finger, stuffed it into Kou Zhong's hand, and said, "Jiaoer will leave today, and it will be your turn tomorrow. Li Mi will come back at the end of the day, and Xingyang is still under my control." Kou Zhong looked down at the ring in his palm and said in a daze, "This is..." Zhai Rang said in a deep voice: "I don't have the face to ask you to help me. But in order to prevent my subordinates from suspecting my timidity, I can only ask you two outsiders to do it." Xu Ziling said: "What's the order of the big leader, please tell me it's okay." Zhai Rang said: "If my plan of delaying succeeds, you can take this ring and go to Leshou to find Dou Jiande. This man's intelligence and martial arts are superior to mine, and he has had a life-and-death friendship with me. You can tell him the truth about my situation. In the future, it depends on what he does." Kou Zhong put away the ring and said decisively: "We can definitely do such small things for Da Longtou." Zhai Rang suddenly showed a cold smile, and said in a low voice: "He is not benevolent, I am not righteous, as long as I reveal some secrets to Wang Shichong, I promise to teach Li Mi to lose the last battle. It's self-defeating." Kou Xu felt a chill in his heart when he heard that. Although they are now on Zhai Rang's side, they don't dare to compliment his conduct. Zhai Rang seemed to know that he had slipped his tongue, and said, "You can go back. I want to sit here for a while, and I will notify you when I arrange your plan to go." The two breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated. Thinking that Li Mi would come at any time, to find Tu Shufang, Kou Zhong asked for a long knife, and Xu Ziling asked for a short halberd, thinking that from now on, he would sleep with his arms around the weapon. The two went to Susu again, told her that they would leave tomorrow night, and then returned to the courtyard to practice. The day passed like that, and after dinner, the two of them hid back to their room. Kou Zhongdao: "Anyway, the wicked Pojiao will leave tonight. Why don't Sister Elements live in my room, and we will sleep together like before. If something happens, it will be easier for us to escape." Xu Ziling agreed: "Old Zhai now has a request from us, and he will never dare to object. He can only open and close his eyes as if we don't see anything." Before the words were finished, there was a knock on the door, and Susu's voice sounded outside the door: "Are you there?" The two were overjoyed and rushed to welcome Susu into the room. Unexpectedly, she just closed the door, so she hugged the two of them and cried bitterly, sobbing: "Miss is gone." The two thought of Zhai Jiao, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get into Susu's sadness. After some kind words of comfort, Su Su calmed down a little, but the pair of beautiful eyes were already red and swollen from crying. Su Su said sadly: "Now you are my sister's only relatives, will you leave my sister?" In order to reassure her, Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Of course not, unless my sister really falls in love with the mountain of righteousness, and if she is married, then naturally it is not our turn to cherish my sister." Su Su broke her tears into a smile, and scolded him a few words coquettishly. The two tried their best, and when she seemed to have forgotten Zhai Jiao, they suggested that she live in the next room. Su Suo turned her beautiful eyes and said embarrassingly: "The couch is so big, wouldn't it be safer for the three of us to sleep together?" Xu Ziling was startled and said, "How can this be done?" Suo Su said angrily: "Don't think wrongly, between us siblings, the sun and the moon are more intimate than usual! This is a dream in my heart." Kou Zhong muttered, "If people find out, what will they think?" Su Suqiao blushed slightly, and said decisively: "Who would know? Don't you think it's fun?" Xu Ziling said calmly: "Elder sister is not afraid, what are we afraid of. Tonight, let our three siblings share the same bed. Young Master Zhong, you are not allowed to do anything wrong." Kou Zhong called Zhuang Tianqu and said: "Who am I, Young Master Zhong, not to mention that I respect my elder sister like a fairy, Xiao Ling, please apologize to me." Susu said happily: "If I trust you, it will be fine." Xu Ziling warned: "This kid Kou Zhong loves to dance with his hands and feet when he sleeps. I don't know how many times I have punched and kicked him over the years." Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "At most, my sister will sleep on your side." Suo Suo shook his head and said, "No! I want to sleep among you, both of you are my good brothers." The two feel like crying, and now the three siblings are indeed dependent on each other. Xu Ziling reminded Kou Zhongdao: "Be careful if Chu Chu comes to you, it will defeat our plan." Susu cried out "ah".He took out a chain inlaid with a jade pendant from his pocket, and said solemnly: "I am here today to bring you this jade pendant for Chu Chu, and I want to watch you wear it on your neck with my own eyes." Kou Zhong was startled and said, "Is she going to leave with your miss?" Su Su's mind was touched again, her eyes turned red, she lowered her head and nodded. Kou Zhong put on the chain carefully and carefully, then sighed and said, "Why is the relationship between a man and a woman so painful?" Xu Ziling stomped his feet and said, "You should have asked Lao Zhai to keep her here." Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't think about her at all at the time. But now I feel very sad, as if I lost something very precious in my life." Xu Ziling asked Susu on his behalf: "Do you know where your miss is?" Su Su shook her head and said, "Even Miss herself doesn't know, only Uncle Tu knows." Xu Ziling said: "Is it all right to ask Lao Zhai tomorrow?" Feeling slightly relieved, Kou Zhong replied with a smile on his face, and teased Susu: "Sister! Are you ready for bed?" Susu rose up, kicked off her boots, and took off her cotton robe, revealing a fuller curve than before. Xu Ziling hurriedly said: "Don't take it off anymore, if you have something to do, go faster." Susu stomped her feet and said angrily, "Xiaoling is real, who wants to take it off again!" Although the three of them kept saying that Li Mi was coming to attack Dalongtou Mansion tonight, in fact no one thought that Li Mi would really come back tonight. Kou Zhong pulled out a belt from the clothes in the box, threw it to Xu Ziling, and said with a smile, "You will keep this life-saving rope. In the event of an accident, you will tie Sister Su to your back, and I will be responsible for opening the way and breaking out of the encirclement." .” Susu shuddered and said, "Don't say it so scary, okay?" Xu Ziling lifted the curtain and said respectfully, "Sister, please!" With a smile on her face, Susu got into the tent and slept in the middle. The two frantically blew out the oil lamp and took off their robes. They went to bed from the two sides at the foot of the bed, and slept on Susu's sides. In the darkness of the room, three hearts beat nervously. Su Su suddenly smiled coquettishly, panting and said: "It's no wonder you didn't fall to the ground tonight, wouldn't it be better to get closer to them?" The two approached her with smiles, and the three of them felt infinite warmth and warmth in their hearts. Su Su covered everyone with the quilt, and sighed: "Even if I die tonight, my sister will feel that her work is not in vain if she has two good brothers like you." Xuan said: "Hey! Why don't you even take off your boots?" The two laughed wildly at the same time. Kou Zhong panted hard and said, "It's more convenient to escape!" Su Su was furious, and she wanted to take off her boots for the two of them when she sat up, when the quarrel was getting hotter, there was a sound of "cracking" from nowhere, followed by yelling. Kou Zhong jumped up and looked out of the window, only to see the flames in the front yard soaring into the sky, the momentum was frightening. At this time, Xu Ziling and Susu came to him, and they were stunned when they saw the situation. Kou Zhongdao: "The fire is so strange, it must be the work of a traitor." Before the words were finished, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly came from all directions. Xu Ziling knelt down calmly and shouted, "Sister, lie on my back." Susu's legs were so frightened that her legs became weak, and she had to rely on Kou Zhong's support to hold Xu Ziling tightly behind her back. Although Xu Ziling feels that Susu's body is highly alluring, but he has a pure heart and is busy taking care of his mind, not thinking in that direction. Susu only felt that the brother's broad back was warm and safe, and at the same time she was so frightened that she lost her mind, she didn't think about it for a moment. The sound of weapons clashing continued. After tying up Su Su, Kou Zhong fetched the short halberd for Xu Ziling, while he raised the long saber himself, and said coldly, "You follow me, if you get lost, gather at Daiqing Courtyard, don't try to leave the city , Li Mi will never allow anyone to leave the city." After saying that, he rushed out of the window. Xu Ziling collected his mind and followed closely behind. Kou Zhong ran up to the high place, he saw warriors with red scarves everywhere, slaughtering the guards at the house of Longtou Mansion, even the maids and servants, crying and screaming for a while. Zhai Rang's voice sounded from the left: "The traitor Li Mi, do you dare to fight alone with Zhai Rang?" Li Mi's soft and pleasant voice responded: "The leader has an invitation, how dare Li Mi refuse to accompany you." Xu Ziling chased after him at this time and shouted: "This is the only chance to escape." Kou Zhong knew in his heart that if he didn't escape the moment Zhai Rang restrained Li Mi's main force, he would never be able to leave.With a loud shout, Kou Zhong raised his knife and flew towards the eaves on the right.