I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

The imperial army captured many of the rebels alive, but no matter how they tortured them, they all answered "I don't know" about the whereabouts of the emperor. Drill into the deep mountains and old forests, and find the hidden gold and silver to live a happy life after the chaos is over.

In the end, those who were tortured by the punishment and were on the verge of collapse, pointed in the direction randomly, but the result was completely different from the traces tracked by the court with hounds, and it was futile to follow them.The imperial guards thought they were stubborn, and they became more and more ruthless, killing almost half of the people, but the remaining people still couldn't tell the whereabouts of the emperor.

As early as when he received the letter from Feige from the commoner guard, Guo Jia asserted: "The looters and the rebels are not in the same group. The rebels are composed of soldiers from Xiliang, Jizhou, and desperadoes from Yanzhou. See the commoner guard According to the description of the dangerous situation that day, they clearly wanted to kill the emperor. Fortunately, General Xu did not hesitate to stand in front of the emperor. Otherwise, hundreds of people who were ambushing in the grass at the beginning would have hurt the emperor. The looters suddenly The hundreds of masked men who rushed out have a clear goal, which is to grab the emperor."

Jia Xu also agreed with his statement: "The looters didn't care about the identity of the rebels being exposed, they just wanted to use their identities as a cover."

"The emperor's life should be safe, but we must be careful of being targeted by the looters and looking in the wrong direction." Guo Jia and Jia Xu discussed: "Which direction does Wenhe think we should set up so many barriers?"

Jia Xu said meaningfully: "Kidnapping the emperor to order the princes of the world, the people behind the scenes are very ambitious, but this ambition must be matched by military strength."

Guo Jia secretly scolded "Old Fox", this person is really as stable as an old dog, and he is not willing to take responsibility at all.He continued to ask: "Wenhe thinks how to focus on the four directions of east, west, north and south?"

"Yuan Shao in the north urgently needs the emperor to justify his rebellion." Jia Xu sighed: "Ma Teng's sons in Liangzhou in the northwest may want to exchange the emperor for their father."

Guo Jia sneered: "I guess they didn't think of the trick of coercing the emperor. Even if someone suggested it, they didn't have the ability to implement it."

Jia Xu sighed: "Yes, to say something outrageous, if His Majesty is gone, it will be of great benefit to them."

Guo Jia looked at him with a half-smile: "Listen to what your Majesty said, Wenhe once offered Yuan Shao a plan to assassinate the emperor, maybe now that Yuan Shao has been forced hard, he will think of this idea again?"

Jia Xu said calmly, "Xu has lost his way and found his way back, but this Yuan Shao is stubborn."

"Those who can know their plans, mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind them, don't have many choices."

Jia Xu smiled: "Feng Xiao has a candidate in his mind."

Guo Jia stopped asking questions, dipped in the cold water on the table, and wrote two words: "Liaodong".

The incident of robbing the emperor happened under the nose of the imperial army, and the imperial army could not escape the blame.In order to find the emperor and atone for their sins, almost all the forbidden troops were dispatched. Under the leadership of the leader of the Huben army, Yu Jin, they surrounded Runan and set up checkpoints on all the surrounding traffic arteries, and all nearby cities were under martial law.

Careful Yu Jin thought that the other party also had injured people, so he set up eyeliners in every medical clinic and pharmacy in the city, and tracked all those who bought hemostatic herbs and bandages to their homes and secretly searched for news.

In the end, an abnormality was found, but by the time the large army rushed over, most of the thieves had already run away, leaving only a few people who resisted desperately.These people were all desperadoes, and they couldn't pry their mouths open at all, but Yu Jin guessed from their facial expressions that the Son of Heaven was probably in Yichuan City, so he focused on searching Yichuan.

The news of the disappearance of the Son of Heaven cannot be concealed. The upper-level officials are well aware of it, but they just suppress the news and do not tell the subordinates.

However, the imperial army huffed out of the city and took away nearly one-third of the elite in Luoyang City, leaving the guards of the palace basically empty.How can such a big move be hidden from everyone?For a time, rumors spread everywhere.

Undercurrents are surging in the court, and the courtiers have different ideas. Chen Gong, Tian Feng and Guo Jia cannot suppress it even if they join forces.

Guo Jia personally persuaded General Huangfusong to send troops to protect Prince Hongnong's son, and hoped that Huangfusong would send troops to guard the roads and cities leading to Liaodong.

Once the imperial army left, the remaining troops in Luoyang City were mainly in the hands of the first army led by Huangfusong, the "sinking camp" led by Cheng Lian, the third army led by Huang Wan, and the fourth army led by Le Jin.

Huangfusong was used to being cautious, and thought that sending troops to protect the prince of Hongnong was an act of transgression. As a foreign minister, how could he increase the number of troops in the palace at will?And rejected the request to transfer troops: "Without your majesty's edict, how can you transfer troops at will?" What if you are guarding the roads and cities in Liaodong, what if you fall into the trick of transferring the tiger away from the mountain?To put it bluntly, the kidnapping of His Majesty by Liaodong is just a guess of Guo Jia.

"As soon as Huang Wan heard the news, he immediately took people to Ruyang to investigate. Now that the capital is in panic, someone must be in charge. At this time, we should guard the capital and wait for His Majesty's safe return."

When Huangfusong said that, Guo Jia was not surprised at all, and turned to look for Cheng Lian.

In just a few days, Cheng Lian felt that he was sought out more times than in the past few years.To deal with so many people, Cheng Lian had one head and two big ones, and he didn't agree to anyone's request.

But Cheng Lian agreed to the request of Guo Jia, whom the emperor affectionately called "a think tank," and said, "I'll have someone quietly stand by outside the palace wall where the prince lives. If there is any accident, just send out the signal." .”

"There is one other thing that needs to be done by General Cheng." Guo Jia took out the imperial edict from his bosom, and unfolded it with a "crash": "When your Majesty left Luoyang for inspection, he gave me an edict to dispatch troops in case of accidents. If there is an accident in the capital, Guo Jia can use this to dispatch troops to the "trapped camp" led by Cheng Lian.

Cheng Lian took it over and looked at it, and it was indeed written by the emperor himself, with a shining seal on it.

"What else do you order for the sacrificial wine?"

"Send troops to guard the only way from Yichuan to Liaodong, and set up at least five checkpoints." If Yu Jin and Huang Wan make mistakes, this is the last chance.

Cheng Lian asked: "I heard that Ma Teng was arrested by the Overwatch Council. Can Ma Teng explain His Majesty's whereabouts? Why is he going to Liaodong?"

"I'll talk about it later, don't tell others about it."

Cheng Lian nodded to show that he understood: "I heard that Ma Chao ran away. This kid must have a guilty conscience. Do I need to send troops to chase him?"

Guo Jia shook his head: "It's not necessary, the Ministry of Supervision has issued a wanted order, issued an official document and borrowed soldiers from the first army to pursue him."

"Ma Chao is a guy with superb martial arts skills. I have also fought against him. He is not his opponent. These ordinary soldiers can't stop him."

Guo Jia nodded: "Then I will order Fei Ge to pass the letter to the governor of Liangzhou."

On the other side, after several days of torture, a man finally couldn't stand the torture of cutting a human pig. After watching his companion turn into a human pig, he shook like chaff and confessed that the emperor was indeed in Yichuan City: "It was originally He wanted to sneak out of the city at night, but the emperor was seriously injured and couldn't move at all, so we had to wait for him to heal a little before going on the road."

Yu Jin said angrily: "How could the Son of Heaven get hurt? You guys are so brave!"

"It's none of our business! He took the blade with his bare hands and slashed at him. We really didn't hurt him!"

Yu Jin roared: "It must be you who persecuted the emperor!" How dare this group of people!

"I really didn't treat the emperor badly. We all give the best food and drink to the emperor first. Even if we are on the road, there are people who carry the emperor behind our backs."

"Heh, you can do the evil deed of assassinating the emperor, how dare you say that you have not treated the emperor badly?"

Yu Jin was even more anxious, the emperor was injured so badly that he had to seek medical treatment.But this news must not be spread, otherwise it will cause an uproar.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and ordered his subordinates: "Gag his mouth, and you will watch over him personally. The matter of the emperor's injury must not be spread."

Yu Jin wanted to lead people to dig Yichuan City three feet into the ground, and Lu Bu even brought a dog with a keen sense of smell to turn Yichuan City upside down day and night.However, the emperor was never found.

Lu Bu didn't know the news that the emperor was injured and couldn't be transported out of the city. He was worried that he had let the thief go, and his temper gradually became irritable: "Could it be that the emperor has been smuggled out of the city by them? Isn’t it a waste of time for us here?” Almost every hour, he ordered someone to send a letter, asking about the search situation in other counties and checkpoints.

After receiving Guo Jia's letter, Lu Bu stood in the county office with his chest crossed and urged them to work: "Why have you been here for so long! The list of people who have close contacts with Cao Cao, Cao Song and Cao Teng's ancestors and grandchildren in Yichuan County has been sorted out. Already?"

The county magistrate trotted in and quickly presented a list.

"If you miss one, I'll stab you."

Sensing the murderous aura on Lu Bu, the county magistrate tremblingly said: "Here are all the counts! I have marked them according to your request, according to their relatives. The ones with the most lines are the ones with the most frequent contacts."

Lu Bu glared at him, then raised his hand: "Let's go!"

The pawn who was so tired that he fell to the ground immediately stood up and followed him out.

After searching all the families on the list, the emperor was still not found.

Lu Bu became irritable at a speed visible to the naked eye, and angrily punched the wall.

A personal guard behind suggested: "General, the city has been searched several times, why don't we also search around."

Lu Bu sneered: "After a few days of delay, what else is left around?"

For a while, no one dared to answer.

Lu Bu waved his hands irritably: "It's none of your business, you go ahead and look for it." Really, why did I lose my temper at them?

As the sun set, the pedestrians on the street gradually became rarer.Lu Bu walked down the street holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, his face was gloomy and his eyes were red.People who happened to pass by hurriedly gave way to him, or stood aside in fear with their heads bowed.It had been a long time since Lu Bu felt the fear from the hearts of the people. He sighed heavily, squatted down in front of a pharmacy, and buried his head in his knees.

After a long while, a boy walked past him and said, "Shopkeeper, if my master wants big thistle, mountain burdock and wild safflower, I'd like to order a portion of them as usual."

"Master Chen beat his wife again? He regretted it after the beating, and even asked your master to stay at home to treat them. Why bother?"

Lu Bu's heart was moved when he heard the words: those people have exposed their whereabouts because of buying medicine, so naturally they dare not go out to buy medicine again, let alone invite medical officers and doctors.But Yu Jin said that their leader was seriously injured and must be treated.All the doctors in the city were tortured one by one, but none of them could give any useful information.But if the person who hides this group of people is rich, there is already a doctor at home?If he is usually raised in Biezhuang to take care of his body, then it is likely to be missed by the officers and soldiers.

He stood up abruptly, and slipped the boy who had walked out of the pharmacy into a side alley.

The boy screamed in fright, Lu Bu covered his mouth and said impatiently, "Don't scream, it's not like I killed you."

The boy stared at him with wide eyes, terrified.

Lu Bu pulled out a piece of silver from his pocket and put it in the boy's hand: "If I ask you something, answer honestly, this silver is yours."

The boy was frightened for a moment, seeing that he didn't seem to be able to kill people, so he nodded timidly.

Lu Bu let go of his hand and asked, "Who in this city is raising a doctor? The doctor doesn't see a doctor, but he sees a doctor for his own family members."

The boy breathed a sigh of relief: "You are right to ask me. My master lives in someone else's house, so he doesn't treat other people easily."

"How many of these are there, and where are they located?"

Lu Bu tore off a piece of cloth from his underwear, bit his finger, and said, "Tell me about it."