The people from the Ouchi Guards Department arrived within half an hour, led by Meng Wudi, the deputy commander of the Ouchi Guards Department. He was an old acquaintance of Fang Jie, during the half a year Fang Jie was in the prison at the Ouchi guards, he chatted with this one-armed man a lot. Later, Fang Jie found out that the reason why Meng Wudi lost his arm had something to do with him.
Meng Wudi looked at the dead bodies at the bottom of the pit, and then at Fang Jie who was in a panic.
"Who is this?"
Meng Wudi asked.
Fang Jie leaned against the edge of the pit, saw a pipe hanging by Meng Wudi's waist, and stretched out his hand. Meng Wudi frowned slightly, but still took off the pipe, stuffed it with shredded tobacco, lit it with a flint and handed it to Fang Xie. Fang Jie took a deep breath with his pipe in his mouth, and then exhaled a puff of smoke comfortably.
"Fang hates water."
He replied lightly.
Meng Wudi's complexion changed, and he walked quickly to Fang Henshui's body and squatted down to take a closer look, then couldn't help but shook his head: "You are so ruthless, you can hardly tell that this is a person."
When he said this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. Fang Henshui was the one who killed Mo Wanwu, the professor of Yanwu Academy. Meng Wudi admitted that he did not have such strength. Although he didn't know what Mo Wanwu's cultivation level was, but how could he become a professor of Yanwu Academy if he wasn't a powerful person
Now, Fang Henshui died in Fang Xie's hands.
Fang Jie smiled and shook his head: "Brother... Guess who would be lying here if I didn't try my best?"
Meng Wudi hummed, carefully inspected Fang Henshui's injuries, and sighed: "This guy has a very special physique. If it were someone else, I'm afraid you would have killed him ten times."
Fang Jie said, "One kill is enough."
Meng Wudi stood up, beckoned to his subordinates and said, "Bring this man's body back to the guards in Da Nei. This man is a felon of the imperial court. After the autopsy, seal it up and wait for the commanding envoy to see it in person before disposing of it."
The two flying fish robes responded, and lifted Fang Henshui's body from the bottom of the pit. Meng Wudi was silent for a while, then called them back, walked up to him, suddenly stabbed the blade into Fang Henshui's heart like a lightning bolt, and twisted his wrist a few times. Seeing his behavior, Fang Jie frowned slightly.
Meng Wudi pulled out the knife and took out a clean white handkerchief to wipe off the blood on the blade: "The Ouchi guards have been chasing him for a long time..."
Fang Jie nodded: "I know."
Meng Wudi took the pipe from Fang Jie's hand, squatted opposite Fang Jie and took a deep breath, then said seriously: "This is a serious offender that His Majesty personally interrogated. It's been a long time since we caught him. It's already incompetent for our inner guards." And if it weren't for you, we still don't know what Fang Henshui looks like. If His Majesty asks, when you killed Fang Henshui, none of the guards in Ouchi were there, so it's hard to guarantee that you won't be punished... "
Fang Jie hummed: "You killed him, I just met him by chance and dealt with him for a while."
Meng Wudi glanced at Fang Jie gratefully: "I owe you."
Fang Jie smiled and shook his head: "Why do you say that?"
Meng Wudi sucked his pipe and exhaled puffs of smoke: "You know the current situation of the Ouchi Guards is very bad, and I'm not afraid of you telling you that His Majesty will leave our Ouchi Guards aside for tomorrow's big event. That's right. , there are quite a few scumbags in the Ouchi Guard Office, and there is another shameful thing that you don't know... It is understandable for His Majesty not to trust, but we can't really go on like this. If there is no credit, Sooner or later, the Ouchi Guard Office will be axed by His Majesty! After more than a hundred years of glory, how can we just watch the Ouchi Guard Office be destroyed in the hands of our generation?"
"It's not that I'm greedy for credit..."
He sighed: "Even if it's just a little bit of credit, I'm jealous now. The Ouchi Guards must do something, do you know how hard it is for the Commander to support you? I know that before you let the Commander know My lord, by arresting those stewards, we have given us a great credit, and it stands to reason that I shouldn't have any more hatred with Qiangfang... I'm sorry!"
Fang Jie smiled: "It's nothing, whether I killed this person or not doesn't make any sense to me. Everyone has difficulties, and I have been there too, so I know how it feels."
Meng Wudi was startled, and said in a hoarse voice, "I was going to kill you back then."
Fang Jie brought the pipe over and sucked it hard: "But I'm not dead, and now I'm squatting in the same pit with you and smoking a pipe. No one mentions the past and forgets it. If there is one person who can't forget it, That is a deep hatred. Commander-in-Chief and you were kind to me later, and I have nothing else good about me, just remember who is kind to me."
Meng Wudi's nose was sore from these words, he stood up and solemnly clasped his fists: "We all owe you a favor."
"Well."
Fang Jie said with a smile, "If we're all safe after tomorrow, Hongxiu invites you to treat me, so let's return the favor."
He stood up and wanted to slap the dust off his body, but when he lowered his head, he realized that his clothes were already in tatters.
Fang Jie laughed at himself and asked, "Do you know where Wu Yidao is now? I originally made an appointment with my people to meet at the Fanghe Pavilion. But no one rushed over after I fought so fiercely. There is no need to go to the crane pavilion anymore."
Meng Wudi slapped his forehead: "If you don't tell me, I forgot. The person who found Feiyupao before Shen Qingshan sent someone to bring you a message saying that Wu Yidao was lost and she is looking for it."
Fang Jie frowned: "You idiot, what else are you looking for!"
At this moment, Fang Xie's heart suddenly moved. He suddenly turned around and looked into the distance, only to see a few people in ragged clothes walking towards each other from the distance of the official road. The person walking in the front, although looking embarrassed, was so familiar. She can vaguely see the graceful figure, and can vaguely see the smile on her face.
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Fang Jie walked over quickly and held Mu Xiaoyao's hand. There were sparkling things in his eyes. When he spoke, his nose was sore, so his voice was a little awkward: "Miss Xiaoyao...you...you...have suffered. What happened? It turned out to be like this!"
Although Mu Xiaoyao looked tired, she still smiled gently and said, "You don't look better than me at all."
Fang Jie was still in the mood to joke, and helped Mu Xiaoyao to find a clean place to sit down: "Why are you in such a mess, who is chasing you? Could it be that the Northwest..."
Fang Jie's expression changed suddenly, as if he had guessed something.
Mu Xiaoyao nodded slightly, but did not speak.
Fang Jie looked back at Meng Wudi and shouted, "Can you find a carriage!"
Meng Wudi nodded, and hurriedly turned around to order someone to find the carriage. At this time, the official road has been controlled by the Ouchi guards, and the common people are blocked hundreds of meters away from approaching. A carriage stopped in the crowd, and a few people in flying fish robes stepped forward and said something, but the coachman didn't dare to refuse, and hurried over with the carriage.
Fang Jie waited for the carriage to arrive not far away, leaned over and hugged Mu Xiaowam directly.
Mu Xiaoyao blushed, put her hands around Fang Jie's neck and said in a low voice, "I can go."
Fang Jie shook his head: "Before you saw me, you could go by yourself. But now that you're back, I'll carry you away."
Mu Xiao's waist felt as warm as a stove was lit, and all the hardships and hardships on the road were left behind. But she soon noticed Fang Xie's strangeness, he hugged her, his arms trembling slightly. Moreover, Fang Jie's breathing was very rapid and heavy, and he was not walking fast while holding her.
"What just happened?"
She asked distressedly, wanting to struggle to get down but afraid of bringing Fang Jie down. She knew that Fang Xie would definitely not let herself down, so she adjusted her posture to make Fang Xie's hug easier.
"There was a fight, and it was won."
Fang Jie said with a smile, a little proud.
Mu Xiaoyao looked at the charming curve of Fang Jie's mouth, but couldn't help asking: "Where's Shen Qingshan, where's the big dog, where's the unicorn? Who did you fight with? Why aren't they here? That's how they protect you?"
"They were all sent out by me. There is a big event in Chang'an City today."
Mu Xiaoyao said: "What is more important than you!"
Fang Jie shook his head: "Don't blame them, I forced them to go. And I am no longer the weak boy I used to be. I didn't deliberately brag that I killed an eighth-rank expert just now. Eighth rank... before When I met someone who wanted to kneel down and kowtow, I tortured him to death."
Mu Xiaoyao still had lingering fears in her heart, but she couldn't say anything more.
Fang Jie put her on the carriage, told the coachman to come to Yanwuyuan to find your carriage, took the whip from the coachman and slapped it. This is a carriage without a carport, which looks a bit shabby. But the two people sitting in the carriage were very at ease.
"Northwest... defeated?"
Fang Xie asked after being silent for a while.
Mu Xiaoyao saw the people from the Ouchi guards following him from a distance, so he nodded and said: "Defeated... The 700,000 army was almost completely wiped out, and the entire grass field of the Mandu Banner was full of corpses of the Sui army. The one who noticed it withdrew earlier, otherwise he would not be able to come back... Li Yuanshan turned against him and colluded with the Mongols and Yuan people to attack back and forth, defeating the army of the Sui Dynasty. He also colluded with Yuan Chongwu, Wu Peizhi and Yang Shanchen to block the three northwest routes. It can’t be revealed. Xujun King Yang Kai and Zuo Xiaowei’s General Jin Shixiong are still alive and dead, and the other generals have all died in battle... "
"One general, three governors rebelled!"
Fang Jie gasped, "What's wrong?!"
Mu Xiaoyao said: "It is estimated that Li Yuanshan has been planning for a long time, just waiting for His Majesty to use troops against the Northwest. He discovered a huge iron mine in the Northwest Shandong Road, and he was secretly building armaments many years ago. These years, I don't know How much has been built. Yuan Chongwu and the others have long colluded with Li Yuanshan and secretly recruited a lot of people. Li Yuanshan took away the armor and weapons he built and dedicated the iron ore to the Mengyuan people... The Mengyuan people have benefited and can wipe them out in one fell swoop Great Sui's 700,000 troops are naturally happy."
Fang Jie pondered for a while: "It turns out that Prince Yi was also set aside. Tomorrow's matter...is he forced? Not necessarily... Maybe he doesn't know about the defeat of the Northwest Army."
"Who is chasing you?"
Fang asked.
Mu Xiaoyao was silent for a while and replied: "Hou Wenji's people and Yuan Chongwu's subordinates, if they were only the governor's subordinates, how could they push us into such a miserable situation?"
"Hou Wenji turned against him."
Fang Jie sighed, and suddenly thought of what Meng Wudi said not long ago: The shameful thing you don't know... His heart moved, and he suddenly thought that Luo Weiran and Meng Wudi already knew that Hou Wen was extremely rebellious? If they all knew, then the emperor must know too. From this point of view, the emperor wanted to stabilize Chang'an before the defeat of the Northwest Army was exposed!
"You came back just in time."
Fang Jie stretched out his hand to hold Mu Xiaoyao's hand: "Tomorrow we can see a big show."
"Wonderful?"
"It's definitely... very exciting. Brothers fighting each other, although this scene is a bit clichéd, it must be very hot."