Chapter 408 Zhang Mao (second update)
Zhou Gu walked very quickly. After finishing speaking, he went down the mountain without delay. He almost flew down the mountain.
Zi Ye followed behind him, wanting to ask why he went down the mountain after hearing that there was a secret passage, shouldn’t he arrest him? But he could barely keep up with Zhou Gu's pace, so naturally he didn't ask.
The two left, and a group of people broke into the courtyard where Zhou Gu lived. Looking at the empty courtyard and house, and the still warm tea in the house, the leader frowned, "Where are you? Why aren't you here?"
The person who asked the question was in his forties, his name was Lin Hai, he had a goatee and a sharp face, and he seemed to be not easy to mess with.
The person behind him was also in his forties, with a Chinese character face and thick eyebrows. His name was Feng Jiang. He looked at the steaming tea and said, "Go out and look for it. He came here to recruit security. If the matter didn't work out, with his temperament, he definitely won't give up halfway. He made friends with Jiang Zhu from Shishizhai, maybe he went to look for Jiang Zhu."
"Let's go!" Lin Hai waved his hand and led the people out of Zhou Gu's house.
A group of people went to Eleven Zhaijiang and was practicing calligraphy. He was twenty years old, he looked like a scholar, he looked thin and frail, but when the pen fell on the paper, it penetrated the back of the paper.
Hearing someone's voice, he paused and asked, "Why are there so many people here? Who is here?"
"Return to the owner of the village, Lin Hai from the 13th village and Feng Jiang from the 14th village." Someone replied: "I brought a lot of people."
Jiang Zhu put down his pen, picked up the rice paper, rolled it up with his hands, and threw it into the stove on the ground, then covered his lips with his hands, coughed, and walked out while coughing.
As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Lin Hai and Feng Jiang, who seemed to be hostile. The two of them sullenly saw Jiang Zhu and bowed their hands to him, "Master Jiang, Zhou Gu is with you?"
Jiang Yiyi was taken aback, "He went back to rest an hour ago."
"Are you sure?" Lin Hai looked at Jiang Zhu.
Jiang Zhu said helplessly while coughing: "What's so uncertain about this kind of thing? He did leave an hour ago. Are you looking for him?"
Lin Hai stared at Jiang Zhu, "Jiang Zhaizhu, our Zhaizhu asked Zhou Gu to go to Shisan Zhai to negotiate terms. We just went to his yard, and he is not here."
Jiang Zhu shook his head, "He's not with me either, if you don't believe me, just search."
Lin Haidao: "Since Master Jiangzhai said so, I will not be polite."
He waved his hand behind him, "Search!"
The people who followed took a look at Jiang Zhu, saw that he tilted his head and coughed and did not object, so they quickly entered the house and searched every room and the entire courtyard, even the cellar.
After searching, no one was seen.
Lin Hai cupped his hands, "I offended Lord Jiang."
Jiang Zhu shook his head and waved to Lin Hai without saying anything.
Lin Hai led the people away quickly.
Jiang Zhu faintly heard Jiang Hai ordering while walking, "Go, search elsewhere. Search the entire Eighteen Villages. I don't believe I can't find him."
He tilted his head and asked the person behind him: "What happened? Why did Lin Hai and Feng Jiang suddenly bring people around to find Zhou Gu? And it doesn't look good?"
The person behind him shook his head, "Master, this subordinate is going to investigate now."
Lin Hai led people to search one mountain after another, and he was going to search the entire eighteen villages. He was sure that Zhou Gu was hiding in the eighteen villages, because he didn't think that Zhou Gu would leave the eighteen villages because he failed to achieve his goal.
But unfortunately, Zhou Gu really left the eighteen villages, took a shortcut, and went down the mountain at the fastest speed, and left the eighteen villages.
Below the mountain, ten miles away, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses given to him by Ning Chi.
He ordered to the leader of the army, "From now on, send people to guard all the exits, and then send people to find the secret way into the village. I want to get the results before dawn."
The leader of the army is called Cheng Mu, he glanced at Zhou Gu in surprise, it should be.
So, that night, the people on Shibazhai Mountain were looking for Zhou Gu, while the 10,000 soldiers and horses below Shibazhai Mountain were not only guarding the gates, but also looking for the secret road leading to the mountain.
Zi Ye finally seized the opportunity to ask Zhou Gu, "My lord, is the mountain dangerous now?"
"Um."
Ziye took a deep breath, thinking that luckily he came down, he guessed, "Who can make Chen Qi that old **** think? And also want to attack you in Shibazhai? Could it be someone from the Second Prince?"
Now in Beijing, only the second prince can still dance.
"People from Zhang Ping." Zhou Gudao: "Over the years in Shibazhai, there must have been people who have had close contacts with Zhang Ping."
Zi Ye speculated, "I don't know what Zhang Ping promised the Eighteen Villages, but it actually made the Eighteen Villages more ambitious than the strategy of recruiting security promised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Zhou Gu snorted lightly, "If Zhang Ping has the ambition of rebellion, then he will have more promises. It is no problem to confer kings and knights."
Zi Ye suddenly felt that the Eighteen Villages was a tough nut to crack. It was impossible for His Royal Highness to confer a title on the Eighteen Villages. Although the Eighteen Villages were righteous bandits, they were bandits in the final analysis. How can it be embarrassing for those who have dedicated themselves to the imperial court? If you want to be an official, there are many fourth-rank and fifth-rank officials.
He asked Zhou Gu, "My lord, what should we do now?"
"I guess, to be able to convince Chen Qi, and convince Chen Qi, to oppose the court, the people Zhang Ping sent must be important figures in General Pingxi's mansion, at least, they can represent Zhang Ping himself. That can only be..." Zhou Gu sneered, "Zhang Ping's son, Zhang Mao."
Zi Ye was startled, "My lord, if this person really came to Shibazhai, he must be kept."
"Naturally." Zhou Gu raised his eyebrows sharply, "He can't run away, and it's impossible to let him run away."
He ordered, "Let the hidden guards be more vigilant. Once the secret passage is found, guard the exit. If Zhang Mao hears that Su Rong is coming, he will not stay here for long."
Zi Ye sighed, "My lord, Miss Su Qi's reputation is bigger than yours now, Zhang Mao is not afraid of you, but is afraid of Miss Su Qi."
Zhou Gu smiled with curved lips, "The situation in the court has been disturbed since she went to the capital, and the crown prince rose to power because of her breaking the situation. But anyone who is not a fool can understand how powerful she is. Compared with Zhang Ping, Zhang Mao, Zhang Ping's direct son, can only be better than others, and will not be too useless."
Zi Ye nodded.
The soldiers searched all night, but they couldn't find the secret way into the Eighteen Villages. In the Eighteen Villages, Lin Hai led people to search all night, but they couldn't find Zhou Gu's shadow. After dawn, the people in the Eighteen Villages also realized belatedly that Zhou Gu should have gone down the mountain.
Lin Hai returned to the Thirteenth Village and told Chen Qi, "The owner of the village, Zhou Gu was not found, he must have gone down the mountain."
Chen Qi was in his fifties, with a well-proportioned face and a bad complexion. He looked at the young man beside him. The man was in his early twenties with heroic features. It was Zhang Mao.
He looked at Chen Qi expressionlessly, "It's not that an unknown soldier walked out of the mighty Eighteen Villages, it was Zhou Gu, who let him go down the mountain quietly, doesn't Village Master Zhou find it ridiculous?"
Monthly pass, okay?
(end of this chapter)