walk to the water

Chu Xiang thought that Chu Xu should have already left the city by now, so he said, "I really don't know, but how many old friends he has in Jinling, I think he went to visit friends."

The eunuch then said to Mr. Zhou: "My lord, please order the gates of the city to be closed tightly, and search for the remnants of the traitors from house to house!"

Seeing Master Zhou gave the order, Chu Xiang was slightly relieved. It was a blessing in misfortune that the younger brother was not arrested on the spot!I hope he can escape this difficulty, and I don't know what happened to An Lan, has he already been in trouble?

The commotion outside the government office, many people gathered around to watch. They heard that the spies and traitors of the Qin State were captured, and they all clapped their hands and applauded. Some people even spit on Chu Xiang. Prison van at the ready.

Let's say that Di Feng arrived in Shangjing two days later and entered the palace with a gold medal to meet Fu Ling.After these few days, Fu Ling seemed to have lost weight again, his eye sockets were sunken, but his gaze was still as sharp as a sharp sword.Quietly listening to Di Feng's story, Fu Ling didn't show much surprise, but at the end he just smiled coldly and said: "Since he didn't receive my second letter, it's God's will! If nothing unexpected happened, Chu Xiang should have been arrested at this time. The lonely minister and evil son should have suffered this, if Zhou Guo is not destroyed, will heaven be at peace?" Seeing his gloomy expression, Di Feng seemed to be gnashing his teeth and popped out the last sentence from between his teeth. In a word, I just felt a chill rising from the soles of my feet, making my heart palpitate.

Fu Ling said again: "Mr. Di has worked hard, I will arrange this matter carefully, and I will definitely keep him safe. I have left Mr. Qin in Qin, and after thinking about it for the past few months, have you figured out the general situation of the world? If you wish to save you Junior brother, you might as well give me a helping hand, if you don’t want to, I won’t force you, the mountains are long and the rivers are far away, and we will have some time with you later.”

Di Feng bowed his head and pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Your Majesty is the next generation of Mingjun, who treats the world with sincerity and is surrounded by the world. Although a certain person is from Zhou, he deeply feels that the court is corrupt and has never been an official. Now he is willing to return to the Northern Dynasty and obey His Majesty's arrangement. .”

Fu Ling showed a look of relief, and said: "Mr. is indeed a sensible person, so very good. I plan to cross the river as soon as possible ahead of schedule. Mister and Chu Xiang have a good relationship. Although he has only been in the army for a few years, his father is a For decades, the prestige is high and the subordinates are widely distributed. After Chu Lang died in the country, although the old department was suppressed and scattered, there are not a few people who hold real power. If Chu Xiang is in trouble, these people will inevitably have a cold heart. Mr. Have someone you know well? Can you find an opportunity to take advantage of and try to instigate rebellion?"

Di Feng said: "After Chu Xiang's father died in the country, some subordinates in the army often took care of his mother and son. Some knew some of them. Although they didn't have close friends, but the matter was urgent, so I would try my best."

Fu Ling nodded in approval, and together with Di Feng made a list of candidates who might instigate rebellion.Over the years, Fu Ling had collected a lot of information about the generals of Zhou's army, and told Di Feng about all the relevant information. After discussing and planning, the two were finally locked down.Fu Ling said: "Don't worry, sir, I will send someone to escort you there, and there will be someone in the Zhou army to help you contact and inform the news. If it happens, I will remember the master's first achievement!"

Di Feng knew that Fu Ling was scheming, and now that a decisive battle was about to take place, the Zhou army must have had other internal responses to make him rebel, just to increase the odds of winning, and he cupped his hands and said, "How to act depends entirely on your majesty's strategizing. It's not for personal fame or gain, I really hope that junior brother can be rescued as soon as possible!" After saluting, he was about to leave, but he asked again: "Is it too hasty for Your Majesty to cross the river immediately?"

Fu Ling smiled: "My original plan was to cross the river in February. Various preparations have been going on behind the front lines, and arrangements have been made for military pay and food. Now it's only a few days earlier, so it's not a big problem."

Di Feng admired again, the soldiers are not tired of deceit, it turned out that Fu Ling had already made up his mind before moving quietly, and went to Chencang secretly.

Sima Ting was already waiting for an audience outside, and Fu Ling ordered him to come in. In the past few days, Sima Ting's secret report was delivered every two hours, day and night.Sima Ting submitted the latest secret report, Fu Ling read it hastily, and passed it on to Di Feng, and Di Feng saw that Chu Xiang was arrested by decree on the night of crossing the river and sent to Jiangning, while An Lan was also in the army After being arrested, only Chu Xu's whereabouts are still unknown.After reading it, Di Feng returned it to Fu Ling speechlessly.

Fu Ling said to Sima Ting: "From now on, the secret report will be sent every hour, the sooner the better!" After Sima Ting received the order, Fu Ling said again: "You all go down! Let me think about it carefully."

Just as Di Feng and the others left, the eunuch in charge came to report again: "Your Majesty, the day after tomorrow will be New Year's Eve. The master of ceremonies came to ask how to arrange the banquet. Please show me!" When it was New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, I didn't realize it at all.This Spring Festival is celebrated all over the world. As usual, the emperor wants to have fun with the people, and banquets are indispensable. External banquets for officials, internal banquets for concubines, etiquette rewards and punishments, everything has to be done personally.Fu Ling glanced at the secret report on the case, and felt a splitting headache... After thinking for a while, he said: "Everything is in accordance with the old rules." The manager was about to go down, and Fu Ling stopped him again: "No! You pass the decree Guanglu Temple, this banquet needs to be more grand than in previous years, not only on New Year's Eve, but also on the first and second day of junior high school, I want to celebrate it well." I thought to myself, if it goes well, it should be possible before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month Everything is ready, while a big banquet is held to celebrate the New Year, and at the same time is intensively preparing for the war, Zhou Guo must have never expected to make a surprise attack on the day when the troops are dispatched.

When everyone had dispersed, Fu Ling was still sitting in front of the desk and refused to get up. He seemed to see Chu Xiang in a cage with shackles and shackles in front of him. His face was pale, and his eyes remained stubborn..." With a bang, Fu Ling came back to his senses, and actually snapped the barrel of a thick writing brush!The broken pen was inserted into the palm of the hand, causing sharp pain.A wave of anger rose in Fu Ling's heart: The person I have devoted my life to protect, although there are many things wrong, I am reluctant to hurt him.If you dare to hurt him, when I go down to the south of the Yangtze River, I will tear up the skin and bones one by one, and smash the corpses into thousands of pieces, so as to vent the hatred in my heart!

Fu Ling thought bitterly, but there was a throbbing pain in his chest. After all, Xiang'er couldn't help it, Xiang'er will inevitably suffer some hardships this time. How will he spend the day after New Year's Eve in the sky prison?I still remember last year's New Year's Eve in Liyuan. Although we had our own thoughts, we were able to talk together. I also promised to accompany him to watch the New Year in the future, but this year I am the only one left to force a smile. Will he think of it? Own?Will there be any regrets?Fu Ling smiled wryly and shook his head, knowing him well, why should he still wishful thinking...

It happened to be the night of New Year's Eve when Chu Xiang was escorted to Jiangning.He was pierced through the luteal bone by an iron chain, and then locked firmly on the prison car, unable to move at all.Along the way, Chu Xiang wanted to inquire about some news, but the escorts were tight-lipped.Chu Xiang occasionally heard them call "Prime Minister Wang" in their conversation, thinking that Wang Yun had returned to his post, but he didn't know how his mother was alive or dead, nor whether An Lan was safe or not.