This year's Xudu spring is exceptionally cold, especially in the early morning.
Those who were busy working early, even if they wore cotton clothes that were extremely precious to the people of Yingchuan, were still shivering in the cold wind.
But on this cold morning, there was a place where it was hot and sweaty.
It is not only the shirtless body that is hot, but also the boiling blood and the heart loyal to the Han family.
West of the city, abandoned garden.
This garden used to be very magnificent, no less than the famous Wenming Garden, but now it is an abandoned garden.
The owner was originally a Wangmen scholar, because of the war in the Central Plains, and the land of Hebei is becoming more and more prosperous, simply rolled up the soft property and moved the family to the north, before leaving seems to be too anxious, too late to deal with this garden, soon after inexplicably a fire, so it became a waste garden.
At this time, the abandoned garden is still a waste garden, and from the outside, it is still so desolate and dilapidated.
But passing through the garden gate, crossing several burned pavilions and water pavilions, and reaching the original owner's bedroom, the blackened bluestone houses can be heard in the distance to hear the clanging of iron tools and the sound of planing wood, as if dozens of people were busy working inside.
In fact, there were dozens of people working in the house, and there was a mixture of charcoal stoves, bellows, planers, iron chisels, axes, and carpentry knives.
Around the room, there were knives, swords, crossbows, feathered arrows, etc., all kinds of weapons, as if there was another weapon shop, and the most surprising thing was that there was a repeating crossbow with a square wooden box in the corner against the wall.
A black-faced young man, patrolling back and forth, from time to time to say something to the craftsmen who were working hard, especially those who made crossbow arrows, became his focus on it.
"Brothers, this is the last batch, after making this batch, everyone can rest for a few days."
He comforted the craftsmen as he instructed them in their work.
Someone came outside, and a short and sturdy man crept in, as if he were a thief, and his eyes sparkled.
This man's name is Yang Yun, he is Yang Biao's confidant in Taichang Mansion, and he has to come every day, but today he came a little late.
Usually he would come over before dawn, but he lingered with a good girl in Tianxianglou for a long time last night, so he slept late, so he naturally came later.
Although it was a little later, it was just dawn, and he believed that no one would notice it.
Even if ordinary people find out, they won't be nosy.
When Yang Yun saw the black-faced young man, he hurriedly bowed forward and said, "Mr.
Ma has worked hard. ” The black-faced young man's surname is Ma Mingjun, the word Deheng, an inventor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, who invented a keel waterwheel and transformed a loom, and the historical Ma Jun claimed to be able to increase its power by five times after seeing Zhuge Liang's repeating crossbow.
Ma Jun and his father originally opened a blacksmith shop in Xudu for a living, but they were unexpectedly favored by the dignitaries of the court, so they made weapons in the abandoned garden for nearly a few months.
Ma Jun walked out of the door with a crossbow in his hand, and when he saw Yang Yun's face, he turned gloomy, and said coldly: "You're late." ” After speaking, he pressed the repeater in his hand, and "snorted" two sharp arrows out.
"Ahh The four guards who followed Yang Yun immediately jumped into the flowers, pulled out one person, and was shot into two bloody holes in his body, and he was killed on the spot.
Yang Yun's face immediately changed greatly: "Search" The small garden in front was searched and empty.
Yang Yun breathed a sigh of relief: "It's me who was too careless, I'm ashamed" Ma Jun also breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I found it in time, otherwise it would have fallen short." ” There was a strange voice among the flowers: "It's already going to fall short" The four guards rushed over like arrows, and Yang Yun also drew his steel knife and rushed forward.
Ma Jun snorted lightly: "Someone is coming" A few more people rushed out of it, all of them holding crossbows.
The place where the sound came from was empty.
Under a willow tree not far from the door, there was another voice: "Don't step on the flowers and plants, the bad old man is here." ” Ma Jun had a frightened look on his face, there was no willow tree there.
He was shocked and angry: "Are you a human or a demon?"
Yang Yun suddenly smiled: "Half human, half immortal, ever-changing."
The fairy Weng was so good early in the morning, and he came to tease the little one. ” With a strange laugh, the poplar suddenly disappeared, but there stood an old man, dressed in a shabby kudzu robe, whose left eye had been blinded to reveal a bone-like eyeball, trembling and holding a deer cane, as if he would fall at any moment.
Zuo Ci laughed coldly: "You have a good memory, the old man only bothered a few glasses of thin wine in Taichang Mansion, and you remember the old man."
It's just that you have such a good memory, you will forget the advice you tell too often, and now that there is a lot of noise and security in Xudu City, you dare to come so late. ” Yang Yun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for your care."
Zuo Ci shook his head and sighed: "There is more than one person who is following you this morning, although the pony shot one, the news here still leaked."
If the bad old man was not mistaken, Xia Houen had already led the Tiger Guards to the gate of the garden. ” Yang Yun was shocked, and said deeply to Zuo Ci: "If it is leaked here, the big thing will inevitably be empty, and the small sin will be heavy, and there will be no excuse for death."
I hope that the immortals will have mercy and help us get through this catastrophe."
Zuo Cilu waved his cane, stroked his beard, ignored him, but turned to Ma Jun and said: "Please tell the people here, immediately shut down the furnace and stop business, don't make any sound, the old man has his own way." ” More than 300 tiger guards followed Xia Houen and slaughtered towards the abandoned garden.
Heavy footsteps and shouts woke up people along the road.
The timid hugged his family tightly and curled up on the kang and didn't dare to make a sound.
The audacity one secretly opened the window and looked out.
Xia Houen rode in front and shouted at the back, urging them to speed up their march.
In the past few days, Cao Cao has always had an ominous premonition, feeling that something big will happen in Xu, a big event that is not good for them.
But what the specific big thing is, he can't say.
So he set up layers of security and monitoring in Xudu City, Xun Yu and Xun Yu are the key monitoring objects, and the difference in history is that not long after entering Xudu, due to the sudden rise of Gongsun Bai, the Xun brothers were not optimistic about Cao Cao from the beginning, and Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, naturally also left the two idle, not reused, and did not reuse them for a long time as in history, until Cao Cao wanted to call the Duke of Wei, Xun fell out of favor because of the obstruction of Cao Cao from calling the Duke of the Kingdom.
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Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Xiahou En, Xiahou Jie and other four people were all Cao Cao's minions and henchmen, so they naturally dared not take it lightly, and monitored the actions of the subjects in the city even harder.
Therefore, as soon as Xia Houen received an urgent report from the secret agents arranged in the city, he hurried with the Tiger Guards, but because he came in a hurry and the information was uncertain, he did not report it to Cao Cao for the time being.
From receiving the news to leading the troops to the abandoned garden, it was only half a stick of incense, and he absolutely believed that this big secret could not be transferred in the time of a stick of incense.
The spy led the way on horseback, and he followed closely on horseback, and the Tiger Guards behind them galloped after them to the burned-out dormitory.
Then they saw a blind old man.
The blind old man walked slowly in front of him with a deer staff on his back, so that he could not die but blocked their way.
Xia Houen was furious, and he waved his horsewhip and hit the blind old man Zuo Ci.
The whip snapped and saw that it was about to hit Zuo Ci, but Zuo Ci seemed to be carried up by the whip wind, and floated forward a foot, which could be dodged.
Xiahou was extremely angry, and the horse struck several whips in a row and quickly and quickly, Zuo Ci repeated his old tricks, and floated forward a few times in a row.
The burned-out dormitory had already been seen, and the accompanying spy screamed.
On the opposite side, there was only a bare clearing and a few toppled bluestone walls, and stones were scattered all over the ground.
Xia Houen was furious and yelled at him: "Why do you dare to deceive the general?"
The spy hurriedly dismounted and kowtowed and cried: "My subordinates obviously saw that there were houses that were still able to live in black, and there was a noise, and there were at least forty or fifty people in them, so they would never be wrong." ” Xia Houen roared: "In the time of half a burnt incense, even people with houses and utensils flew away."
The spy naturally couldn't explain it, and suddenly remembered something, and said urgently: "It must be the ghost of the old man who is suitable for it."
Xia Houen turned around and looked for Zuo Ci, but found that Zuo Ci had long since disappeared.
Xia Houen was shocked and angry, and shouted loudly: "Go and search around to see if there is an entrance to the tunnel." ” Before the words fell, he found that Zuo Ci appeared in front of him again, pointing at the spy and smiling: "You idiot just saw the house over there."
After speaking, he pointed to the left, and a blackened house immediately appeared on the left, and there was a faint sound of iron hitting and wood planing, and the sound came and went, and it sounded like at least forty or fifty people were working.
The spy shouted in surprise: "Yes, yes, this is the place" Shouting and rushing towards the house, Xiahouen waved his horsewhip, and the Tiger Guards then rushed quickly.
There was a sound of falling water, and the spy fell into the lotus pond.
Several Tiger Guards fell before they could catch up.
There was originally a lotus pond over there, and the blackened sleeping house that was revealed just now was gone.
Xia Houen's mouth opened wide in surprise, and it took him a long time to react, and he roared angrily: "Catch that blind old man for me" Zuo Ci laughed again and again, and his body floated out of the garden, like a paper man being picked up by the wind, almost without touching the ground.
Xia Houen whipped his horse angrily and chased after the tiger guards with all the tiger guards, but he never caught up.
When he chased to the gate of the garden, Zuo Ci had already disappeared.
When everyone was stunned, a horse flew in the distance: "Spread the decree of Lu Gongjun, and invite General Xiahou to discuss matters in the mansion." ” In the abandoned garden, Ma Jun looked at the distant backs of Xia Houen and others, and asked Yang Yun curiously: "Why are we waiting for them to be in front of them, but they can't see it, so they just drill into the pool?"
Yang Yun was shocked, let out a long breath, wiped the sweat on his head and said: "The illusion of the immortal has been superb, how can he and other mortals see it." ” Ma Jun nodded, and said with a straight face: "It is necessary to report too often, Xiahou is easy to be confused, but Cao Cao is not easy to follow, we must also clean up this place immediately, and try not to leave any clues."
"To be continued
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