I'm a bully in troubled times

The man stared at Jiang Yu, to be precise, at the jade pendant on Jiang Yu's waist, his eyes were unblinking, making Jiang Yu a little hairy.

"Why did you attack me?"

The man pursed his lips indiscriminately, and bent down to pick up the sword on the ground. Jiang Yu was about to defend himself, but the man didn't attack him again.

Just at this moment, Gongsun Keshanshan came late.

"My lord, my lord! You are here." Panting, Gongsun Ke leaned on his knees and bent down in front of Jiang Yu, breathlessly said, "You are running too fast, this place is as complicated as Maze, almost lost my way!"

"Also... I was chasing all the way here just now, and I met a group of people wearing masks. Did you see them? They wanted to attack me without asking where they came from. A group of people beat me up..."

Jiang Yu pointed to the pale man in front of him, and reminded Gongsun Ke, "Is there another one here? And it's stronger than those just now."

Only then did Gongsun Ke realize that Jiang Yu was injured: "My lord, your arm...!"

"It's okay, let me take him down first." Jiang Yu said, "Be careful with his sword, it's hard to entangle."

Gongsun Ke glanced at the man, and replied with a smile: "Of order."

Before the words fell, the man leaned close to his body, pulled out the sword at his waist with a "swish", and slashed at the man. The man raised the sword, and the two swords collided with each other, making a teeth-piercing sound of metal collision.After this contact, Gongsun Ke found that the person in front of him was really not simple, and he received his sword without changing his face. I am afraid that few people in this world can do it.

When the guards arrived, Jiang Yu leaned against the wall and watched the battle with peace of mind. He had absolute confidence in Gongsun Ke's skills.

Jiang Yu squinted his eyes and found that even if this sick tuberculosis faced Gongsun Ke, he would not be defeated for a while.The movements of the two were as fast as lightning, and the two swords collided continuously in mid-air, making a "bang bang" sound, and even sparked.If no one interferes, this battle will not end for a while.

Jiang Yu frowned, thinking that he couldn't stay here any longer, the Crown Prince of Qi might be nearby, and that was the most important thing.Therefore, he saw the right moment, when the two were fighting, he seized the man's opening and flew out a silver needle from his sleeve.

The man let out a low snort, and lost all his strength in his waist. Gongsun Ke seized the opportunity and kicked him in the chest.

At this point, the outcome has been decided, even though it was a trick.

"Okay, leave it to me, you just watch here, the prince of Qi is probably hiding here, don't let him escape. I'll ask the county magistrate to surround me with this area, and investigate any suspicious things. people."

Gongsun Ke picked up the man from the ground, Jiang Yu took him back to the post house, threw him in the woodshed, locked him with a chain, and looked at him.Then the county magistrate was called and ordered him to surround the civilian area in the east of the city.

Naturally, the county magistrate did not refuse. Seeing that Jiang Yu was injured, he was shocked, and quickly invited the best doctor in Rao County to treat Jiang Yu.

A sword wound was nothing, it was bandaged up after simple treatment, and Gongsun Ke hadn't returned yet.

When Gongsun Ke returned to the post house, it was already dark, and the lights in the house were lit. The lights flickered, and the warm yellow light illuminated the bedroom.And Jiang Yu was sitting leaning against the window frame, and the cold moonlight came in from the window. Half of Jiang Yu's body was covered with the coldness of the moonlight, and half with the warm yellow of the lights, like a person with one foot in the dark and the other in the light. Gods and Buddhas are not like people in this world.

In fact, in Gongsun Ke, Jiang Yu has always felt that he is not a person in this world. Although he has been with him for so many years, in recent years, he always feels that this person's thinking is becoming more and more unpredictable.

Jiang Yu held two small bamboo tubes in his hand, each with a paper roll inside, and two carrier pigeons stood on his shoulders, one on the left and one on the right. what to think.

"My lord." Gongsun Ke called out.

Hearing the sound, Jiang Yu turned his head to look over, saw that it was Gongsun Ke, smiled, raised two secret letters in his hand to him, and said, "Guess where they all came from?"

Gongsun Ke smiled wryly: "The monarch and the ruling lord?"

Yan State does not distinguish between civil servants and military officials. The ruling adults are in charge of the military and political power in one person, and they are truly people under one person and above ten thousand people.This person is Jiang Yu's uncle.

Jiang Yu: "You are really smart."

Seeing that Jiang Yu held the two scrolls in his hand and looked out the window, but did not open them for a long time, Gongsun Ke asked, "Don't you want to read it, my lord?"

Jiang Yu paused for a moment, then said with a low smile, "I still have to watch it, guess what they are going to say?"

Gongsun Ke: "Left is nothing more than the Prince Qi's business."

Jiang Yu slightly raised his lips, lowered his eyes, and first opened the letter from the monarch. Under the moonlight, he saw that there was a line of petite characters written inside. .After reading it, he directly used internal force to knead the secret letter into powder, and then unfolded another one.

The content of this letter is obviously different from the previous one. Jiang Yu glanced at it, smiled, and shook his head with a smile: "My uncle..."

Gongsun Ke tactfully did not respond.

In troubled times, everyone has a different position, and each country has a different position.

After destroying the second secret letter, Jiang Yu raised his head and asked, "What did you find there?"

When it came to the business, Gongsun Ke's expression became solemn: "My lord, I didn't find the prince of Qi there. I suspect that the prince has left and hid elsewhere. However, I ran into the group of men in black masks again. I wanted to catch one and bring him back for trial, but I didn’t expect him to have poison hidden under his teeth, so he committed suicide after being captured.”

"County Yin also followed your instructions and checked the slums one by one. The people living in them are all the aborigines of Rao County, and no suspicious people have been found for the time being."

"No one suspicious? That's strange." Jiang Yu said, "Then have you met a man in black wearing a curtain, the one who jumped out of our window on the second floor."

Gongsun Ke said embarrassingly: "I don't have any, but I feel that this person may not be an enemy."

Jiang Yu turned his face to look at him, light and shadow made Jiang Yu's facial features more three-dimensional: "Why?"

"When my subordinate reached the second floor, this person had already escaped by jumping out of the window. He only injured one of our guards, and he didn't do anything to the brocade hanging on the second floor."

"The subordinates feel that this person obviously came with a purpose, and deliberately led you to that slum area, as if he wanted to tell us that the prince of Qi is there."

Jiang Yu said: "Maybe he just didn't have time to destroy the brocade, so you went up there? Besides, we didn't find the Prince of Qi there, but met a group of men in black from who knows where. You can't be arbitrary in everything. It’s hard to say whether it’s an enemy or a friend.”

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Gongsun Ke said, "By the way, my lord, just now, a person sent by Marquis Qi to look for the crown prince arrived in Rao County. The person's name is Cui Man, and County Magistrate Yin personally received him."

"Talents from the Marquis of Qi are here? Slow enough." Jiang Yu jumped out of the window, patted the hem of his clothes, and snorted, "Are they in the county magistrate's mansion now?"

"It's still there, but it should be coming to the post house soon." Qihou's people naturally have to live in the post house, but fortunately the post house is big enough, otherwise they won't be able to live there.

Jiang Yu: "Since the Marquis of Qi is here, I have to go and see anyway. It's late today, so let's go tomorrow morning."

"But your injury, my lord..."

"It's okay." After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he waved to Gongsun Ke. Gongsun Ke came over, and Jiang Yu whispered something to him.

"Go and check."

Early the next morning, Yin Ping held a banquet at the county magistrate's mansion to welcome the people from Qi, and Jiang Yu naturally wanted to go too.A group of people took a carriage to the county magistrate's mansion together. When they arrived at the gate, they saw Qi Guo's carriage had just stopped in front of the gate, and a middle-aged man with a wide robe and sleeves got out of the carriage. Looking at the back standing still, it was Cui Man.

Hearing that Jiang Yu's carriage had also arrived, the man stopped and turned to look over.Jiang Yu was getting off the carriage, his eyes met.

"Surely this is Lord Suiyang?" The middle-aged man was slightly taken aback when he saw Jiang Yu, and then hurried forward to meet him, not daring to say anything.

Cui Man has long eyebrows and a beautiful beard. He is about 35 years old. There is a lingering solemn and anxious look on his brows. It seems that the prince's exile has made him very anxious.

Cui Man had heard of Jiang Yu's name a long time ago, and perhaps everyone in the entire Zhou Dynasty knew the name of Lord Suiyang, but this was the first time he had seen Lord Suiyang himself.I saw this man's demeanor is graceful and leisurely, he looks like a leisurely stroller, and he is really too young, although he knew that Sui Yangjun was not very old, but it was a different experience to really see him.

"It's not talent." Jiang Yu said, "I think this is Master Cui, right?"

Cui Man hurriedly made a big gift: "Cui Man, foreign minister, has met Lord Suiyang. I was ordered by the king to come here to pick up the crown prince back to Beijing."

The vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty were brothers and friendly states, and Cui Man's official position was lower than that of Jiang Yu, so he called himself a foreign minister.

Jiang Yu nodded slightly, and replied: "Lord Cui, you don't need to be too polite. To tell the truth, I have also received a secret decree from the monarch, ordering me to assist Lord Cui in finding your crown prince."

Cui Man was both surprised and delighted: "This is the best, with the help of Lord Suiyang, finding the prince is just around the corner!"

He made a gesture to kneel, but was stopped by Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu said: "Lord Cui, County Magistrate Yin is still waiting inside, why don't we go in and talk about it?"

Cui Mandao: "Exactly, exactly."

The two walked into the county magistrate's mansion together. There were also a lot of bamboo planted in this county magistrate's mansion, clump after clump, swaying in the wind.The construction of the county magistrate's office is not luxurious, so it can be seen that Yin Ping is not a corrupt official at least.

"Jun Suiyang, Lord Cui, my master is inside." The servant leading the way led Jiang Yu and Gongsun Ke all the way to the entrance of the flower hall, and said loudly, "My lord, Lord Suiyang and Lord Cui are here."

"Please!" Upon hearing this, Yin Ping quickly stood up from his seat and walked to the door. When he saw Jiang Yu, he bowed to the bottom, "I have seen Lord Suiyang."

"You don't need to be too polite." Jiang Yu said, and introduced, "This is Master Cui. County Magistrate Yin has already met him."

"I saw you last night."

After the two met, Jiang Yu walked to the main seat and sat down, "My lords, please sit down." Cui Man and Yin Ping sat on the left and right sides below Jiang Yu.

Knowing that Cui Man was really in a hurry, Jiang Yu didn't hold back, and said straight to the point: "The crown prince has a matter of urgency, so let's avoid those hypocrisy and get straight to the business."

The prince of Qi is surnamed Jiang and named Zhi.

"Master Cui, in fact, before you came, County Magistrate Yin and I were in Rao County for the past few days, and we had already discovered something."

Cui Manteng stood up abruptly: "Really?"

"Don't be impatient, my lord." Jiang Yu said, and then briefly told Cui Man about some things he found in the slums, "Jiang feels that this matter is likely to be related to your prince."

In such a remote small town in Rao County, Jin State and Yan State are on good terms, there are so many suspicious people with high martial arts skills, besides Prince Qi, what else can it be related to?

"I ordered Lord Yin to search that area, Lord Yin, what's the situation now?" Jiang Yu asked.

Yin Ping said: "Nothing was found yesterday, but we checked again according to what you said, my lord, and got some information, which may be useful."

Cui Man was impatient and said excitedly, "I want to go and see that area myself!"

"Alright." Jiang Yu said, "Then I will go with Master Cui with Master Yin."

Jiang Yu's trip this time was to represent the state of Yan to congratulate the Marquis of Jin on his birthday. There were quite a few people, but not many could fight. out of place.

The people from the county magistrate's mansion and He Shou's accompanying guards seized several key exits of the slum area, and checked the people who entered and exited one by one. Jiang Yu was well-known. Although he didn't know what happened, the people of Rao County were very cooperative.The door-to-door carpet search consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it gets twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, Jiang Yu taught people to focus on investigating the places where the man behind the curtain disappeared and the place where the sick and consumptive ghost appeared, and they really found something.