walk to the water

Seeing this scene, Chu Xiang sighed in his heart, the enemy's army was pressing down on the border, and the front line was still drunk and dreaming of death.Hu Cong ordered someone to contact the state capital, and soon Master Zhou, the magistrate, sent someone to pick him up.Chu Xiang suppressed the excitement of returning to his homeland, and secretly guarded.

Mr. Zhou greeted him outside the gate early and brought the mission into the mansion.This week the lord is Wang Yun's party, Chu Xiang has never liked it, so he hastily greeted him.Master Zhou exchanged a few words with Hu Cong, and then said: "My lords have been on the road for several days, and I think you are very tired. I will arrange a dinner immediately. After the meal, you should rest well, and you can go back to Beijing Miansheng tomorrow." There was a garden at the back, and Zhou Zhifu cleaned several houses in the garden, allowing the mission to rest for a while.

Seeing that the situation was normal, Chu Xiang knew that Fu Ling would never deceive him, so he had an idea in his mind, no matter what happened to him, if he could save An Lan and his younger brother, he would be at ease.After entering the room with Chu Xu, he said, "Xiao Xu, as far as you know, what happened to Wang Yun some time ago?"

Chu Xu said: "He is not reconciled, he always wants to make a comeback, but he has not seen any big moves."

Chu Xiang thought to himself that the so-called "changes in the middle school" had happened in the past few days, and asked again: "Then do you know where An Lan should be now, in Beijing or in the front camp?"

Chu Xu said: "When we left, he happened to be returning to Jingmiansheng, so he should return to the front line now!"

Chu Xiang thought for a while, and said: "The situation may change. I can't get away here. Later, when the banquet is held in front, you quietly go out through the back door, ride out of the city immediately, and rush to the front line to meet your brother Anlan and tell him Beware of accidents in the defense army."

Chu Xu asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Chu Xiang shook his head and said in a low voice: "I don't know the details, you don't need to ask any more questions, just do as I tell you! Change into ordinary clothes and hats quickly, don't let people recognize you, and be careful on the road. "

Chu Xu changed her clothes as she said, and just after finishing packing, the dinner party was announced.When Chu Xiang went out, he only told Hu Cong that Chu Xu had traveled a long distance and felt unwell and was resting in his room. Chu Xu had no official position at all, so Hu Cong didn't take it seriously, nodded slightly, and didn't tell Mr. Zhou.When everyone was seated, Chu Xiang saw that the table was full of rich dishes, as if he had prepared it long ago, and asked, "Master Zhou knows that we are coming back today?"

Mr. Zhou smiled and said: "I got the news two days ago, and I expected that it will be two days, so I made preparations early to welcome General Chu's return and clean up the dust with all my lords." He raised his glass and said, "General Chu has gone through hardships, It is not easy to return to the country this time, I would like to toast you first!" After speaking, he drank the wine in the glass.

Chu Xiang's kindness was hard to give up, so he drank a glass and thanked him: "Chu is able to return to Jiangnan in this life, it is really a blessing from God, and all the adults have helped, Chu respects all the adults!" Standing up and saluting, Another drink.After two glasses of wine, Chu Xiang wanted to ask Mr. Zhou what the court said about his return?But he also thinks that he is an official from another place, and I am afraid that he is not clear about the affairs of the court, and he is full of doubts, so he has no choice but to gossip.After drinking for three rounds, a young servant came in and whispered a few words to Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou stood up and said, "I'll come as soon as I go. I'm sorry for the time being!" He cupped his hands, got up and left the hall.

Chu Xiang was puzzled, Fang stood up, but saw that the rest of the mission had already staggered, and fell to the ground in a moment!Chu Xiang was shocked, there was medicine in the wine?After a little exercise, there was no abnormal sign in the body. Knowing that the imported Fu Ling's blood has the effect of avoiding poison, and all poisons will not invade, he drew his sword, took a deep breath, and rushed out of the door!

A group of government guards poured in outside, Chu Xiang didn't know if Chu Xu had to escape, he just wanted to try his best to buy time, cover him from escaping, let alone speak, and rushed out with his sword!The group of sergeants wanted to stop him, but Chu Xiang swung his sword, and the light and shadow swept across the place, several people fell to the ground!Kankan arrived at the gate of the mansion, but when he heard the sound of horseshoes, a group of men galloped towards him, and the leader was an eunuch, holding a roll of yellow silk, and screaming from a distance: "The sage has a decree, The traitor Chu Xiang accepts the order!"

Chu Xiang secretly said: "It must be Wang Yun who pretended to pass the edict!" He ignored it and just focused on fighting.In a blink of an eye, the person delivering the decree was in front of him, and there were many big inner guards accompanying him. When Chu Xiang saw it, his heart sank. No one had the right to transfer Zhou Guo's inner guards unless the emperor personally ordered them to give them gold medals.The eunuch shouted again: "The traitor Chu Xiang accepts the order!" He called three times, but Chu Xiang still ignored him.The guards of Ouchi also stepped forward to besiege, Chu Xiang showed no fear, and became more courageous as he fought, and was about to break out of the siege, when suddenly someone shouted: "Chu Xiang, the traitor, what do you think this is?" Chu Xiang turned his head and looked Look, he saw that the man was holding a half-worn silver hairpin in his hand, and he froze on the ground. It turned out that this silver hairpin was given to his mother by his father on his wedding night. Since his father died, his mother had been wearing it on her head. Before she left her body, since she saw the silver hairpin today, her mother must have fallen into their hands!

Chu Xiang hesitated for a while, and was held down by several guards. Chu Xiang struggled and said: "Who are you? How dare you falsely preach the imperial decree?"

The eunuch said angrily: "Bold Chu Xiang, why don't you kneel down to listen to the decree? Just take a look, is this decree true or not?" He shook the yellow silk in front of Chu Xiang's eyes, and the bright red jade seal suddenly hurt Looking into Chu Xiang's eyes, this decree is absolutely true!Looking at the silver hairpin again, Chu Xiang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his whole body felt cold, his knees softened, and he knelt down slumped.

Just listen to the eunuch read word by word: "By God, the emperor said: There is a traitor, Chu Xiang. The foreign tyrants tyrannized the Qin Dynasty. Unexpectedly, you surrendered the bandits in front of the battle, and served the enemy with a calm face. Now, you are planning to return to the south. This!" Chu Xiang knelt dumbly, his mind was buzzing, he thought it was just Wang Yun's framing, but he didn't expect that the emperor personally ordered him to be convicted, and he redeemed himself a few days ago, wouldn't it be him? What is the reason for the will of the gods to go against their promises? ...

After the eunuch finished reading, someone had already come up and chained Chu Xiang. Chu Xiang had no intention of resisting at this time and let him be bound.But I heard someone say: "This traitor is very powerful in martial arts. We have to pierce his lute bone and abolish his martial arts to prevent him from escaping on the way." That is, a guard took an iron hook, first pierced his lute bone on both sides, and then used an iron chain Pass through it and connect with handcuffs and shackles.Drenched with blood and excruciatingly painful, Chu Xiang was dripping with sweat, and could only hold back his silence.

Just as Chu Xiang was about to be escorted away, a bodyguard ran out of the government office in a hurry and said, "This traitor has a brother who is missing!" The eunuch who delivered the decree asked, "Bold Chu Xiang, you hid your brother?" where?"