Dramatic changes have taken place in Qingzhou City, and the main city covering many high-ranking government offices has been controlled by external forces. To put it bluntly, the central system of Qingzhou City is completely paralyzed now, and the core of power has been destroyed.
Li Daitao froze, and all the government offices in the city became nests for the rebels.
However, fortunately, the time of occupation was not long. Although the main city fell, the nearby counties and distant villages were not harmed. The rebel army has not yet had time to exert pressure on the nearby people.
Liu Wei didn't know if Mingxiang, Xixiang, Da Niu, or even Mo Yi were doing well after leaving the city. Since Fu Zichen arranged for them to evacuate early, he should ensure their safety, but after all,
She didn't see it with her own eyes, and Liu Wei was always uneasy.
So the next day, when Rong Leng, Yue Dansheng, Leng Yi, and Wu Hong were busy planning to smuggle more than two hundred Haidong troops on board into the city, Liu Wei went to Xiaodao Temple again, looking for Fu Zi.
cold.
Fu Zihan was cooking at this time, and there were only a few people in the small Taoist temple. Leng Yi went out early in the morning, and the little Taoist priest went shopping. Fu Zihan also wanted to help, so he picked what he could do.
When Liu Wei arrived, Fu Zihan was poking his head into the pot with his chopsticks. Liu Wei smelled a burnt smell, and when he looked forward, the rice in the pot was all burnt.
Fu Zihan was a little guilty, he stirred the rice with a spoon, took out the uncooked ones, then squatted in the yard and started cleaning the pot.
Liu Wei asked Fu Zihan about Moyi and the others, and Fu Zihan casually replied while fetching water: "The two big girls and the little girl named Big Girl have lived in the mansion for two or three years.
Yes, Qingzhou is adjacent to two rivers, and there is a naval officer ship in the state capital. After you disappeared, Fifth Brother has been sending people out to sea to search, and those girls followed at first, and then drifted on the sea
After half a year, they couldn't take it anymore and got sick again, Fifth Brother didn't allow them to go out, but let them wait in the city with peace of mind. As for your brother, he came here a year ago, probably
That's why I found out that something happened to you, and after rushing over, I had a fight with Fifth Brother. "
Fu Zihan doesn't know much about Fu Zichen's interpersonal relationship. Although they are brothers under the same roof, they were not close in the past after all. Now Fu Zichen has become the head of the Fu family again.
, the official Qingzhou chief secretary, busy every day, Fu Zihan often does not see him for ten days and a half months.
Speaking of this, Fu Zihan raised his head again, and asked curiously: "What happened to you in the past three years? I heard that you encountered a sea tornado, so in the end, only you and Third Prince Rong survived."
come? "
"It's a long story." Liu Wei didn't want to talk about it in detail. She could tell Fu Zichen everything about Xianyan Kingdom, but there was no need for a child like Fu Zihan.
Fu Zihan heard her perfunctory, and snorted: "Forget it."
Liu Wei asked again: "Which villa were they sent to?"
Fu Zihan smacked his lips: "It's useless to know which one it is. Now Qingzhou City is only allowed to enter but not to exit. I told you, you can't see it either. Besides, I never remember that our family is away from home.
There is a Zhuangzi who appreciates plums in the suburbs. I guess the fifth brother made it up casually at the time. The carriage was going from the north at that time. Passing the North City Gate is the official road to Shangjing. Maybe the fifth brother sent them off.
Returning to Beijing, although the Third Prince was rumored to be buried in the sea, the Palace of the Three Princes is still there, and your friends still have a place to live in Beijing. "
Liu Wei frowned: "The empress is in the capital. If your fifth brother knew the whereabouts of the rebels, how could you send them back to the capital? The situation in the capital is treacherous, and that is the most chaotic place."
Thinking about it this way seemed to be the case, Fu Zihan shrugged: "Then I don't know."
Liu Wei pondered, and after a while, she spoke again: "Tell me everything about your family before the accident, starting from the last time you saw Fu Zichen."
"The last time..." Fu Zihan muttered, remembering, and said after a long while: "The last time I saw him was in the garden. When I came back on horseback that day, I saw Brother Wu in the garden.
Talking to someone, but when I got closer, the person hiding behind the shadow of the tree disappeared again. Brother Wu turned around and asked me where I was. I replied casually and asked him who was that just now, and he said yes
A friend asked me again... "
Having said that, Fu Zihan suddenly stopped.
Liu Wei stared at him closely: "What do you ask?"
"Ask me, have you practiced sword recently?"
Liu Wei didn't understand.
Fu Zihan raised his head, looking a little dazed: "Since what happened three years ago, my family has banned me from practicing martial arts, and I was not allowed to practice sword hunting. I practiced secretly, and I didn't dare to let others know.
Akatsuki..."
Liu Wei narrowed her eyes: "So..."
"No." Fu Zihan stood up suddenly, his hands were wet and dripping, and his expression was a little excited: "He asked about arrows. I was good at riding and shooting since I was a child. After that incident three years ago, I forgot
I took up bow shooting and practiced long sword instead, but Wu Ge didn't know I could use sword. At that time he asked me, I thought I was discovered by him when I secretly practiced sword, and I was flustered, but I didn't pay attention.
Weird, the tone didn't expose my severity at all... "
Fu Zihan looked at Liu Wei sharply: "He didn't ask about swords, but about arrows! He asked me if I was still practicing arrows!"
Liu Wei lowered her eyebrows and thought deeply.
Fu Zihan couldn't wait to say: "I haven't dared to hold a bow for a long time, not only because my family members prevented me, but also because of the incident three years ago, which made me have a knot in my heart. Fifth brother clearly knows the pain in my heart, and also
Knowing that it is impossible for me to practice archery, why would he suddenly ask this question? Even, even a year ago when your younger brother moved into the Fu Mansion, Fifth Brother didn't provoke me with this matter. Now, how could you suddenly mention it
and? What is he trying to say, or is he trying to hint at me? Yes, he must be hinting at me, but... what? "
"Hunting ground." Liu Wei stood up and walked out without looking back.
Fu Zihan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed her after he was busy, and asked while chasing: "The hunting ground, yes, it may be the hunting ground! But why did the fifth brother remind me of the hunting ground, what is there in the hunting ground? He and his father Hiding in a hunting ground? Is that what it means?"
Fu Zihan chattered on and on, Liu Wei didn't answer a word, Fu Zichen gave Fu Zihan a hint of the "hunting ground", there must be important clues in the hunting ground.
But it has been half a month now, and Fu Zihan only realized it now, so even if they went to the hunting ground, are the things in the hunting ground still there
…
An hour later, Hunting Garden.
Liu Wei came to this hunting ground three years ago, and it was here that she exposed the big event that Fu Jiaerlang led a group of officials' children, hunting people for entertainment, and disregarding human lives.
Now, after three years, I have revisited the old place. The hunting ground has long lost the prosperity of three years ago. Weeds are overgrown here, and even the animals inside have been moved out long ago.
The hunting garden, which covers half a hill, is now in ruins, and even beggars don't bother to patronize it.
Fu Zihan looked at the gloomy Linkou, and thought of the dark history that he used to do wrong here and dominate the king, his face was a little hot, and he looked at Liu Wei, and became cautious
wing.
Liu Wei entered the forest step by step, and Fu Zihan followed closely behind.
The hunting ground was huge. They walked for four full hours from the front door to the back door, from daytime to dark. Seeing that the sky was completely dark, Fu Zihan was sweating profusely from exhaustion.
But despite walking for so long, they didn't find anything weird in the woods. Fu Zihan asked out of breath, "Did you guess wrong?"
Liu Wei didn't make a sound, stared silently at the tree shadow in the darkness for a long time, and then said: "You may misinterpret your Fifth Brother's meaning, but I won't. What he said must be a hunting ground."
"But there's nothing here."
"Go again."
After Liu Wei spoke, even if Fu Zihan didn't want to move anymore, he still had to get up, but night was no better than daytime, after dark, and covered by tree canopies, he could barely see his fingers in the woods.
Zihan fell several times, and after a while his knees and elbows were all broken.
Liu Wei led the way, it was the same night, but she seemed to be able to see those stones, those pits, from the beginning to the end, she was intact and not injured at all.
As time passed bit by bit, Fu Zihan began to murmur in his heart, thinking that he would definitely live here tonight, but he didn't leave a note with Brother Leng before going out.
Brother sees that he doesn't come back all night, will he be worried...
Just as he was thinking, Liu Wei suddenly stopped in front of him, and Fu Zihan bumped into her back, almost knocking himself down because of his strength, when he finally stood still, he was about to ask
At that time, I heard a faint sound in front of me.
"What sound?" Fu Zihan asked.
Liu Wei took a step forward and quickly walked in the direction of the faint voice. She walked fast and steady, but Fu Zihan stumbled along with her. After going through a lot of hardships, Fu Zihan finally arrived at Liu Wei's body.
By the side, he froze.
In front of them was a gurgling stream, which was as small as a ditch, but Fu Zihan never remembered that there was any water flow here in the hunting ground.
Then, he heard the faint sound of rattling again, but the sound was amplified a little as he got closer. Fu Zihan leaned against a stone wall to listen, and his face turned pale after hearing it.
He said: "It's a waterfall. It's the waterfall of the moat behind the hunting ground. There are cracks in the mountain wall here, so water flows over and spreads into a small creek."
Liu Wei looked at the towering mountain in front of him, nodded heavily, and asked, "How do I get to the waterfall behind the hunting ground?"
Fu Zihan shook his head. As a native of Qingzhou, he used to love hunting. How could he not know the environment of the hunting ground? He said: "This mountain is called Baitou Mountain. It is very high.
The side spreads and the location is tricky. Baitou Mountain is in the western suburbs of the city. On both sides of the mountain, one side is a hunting ground, and the other side is a waterfall. Below the waterfall is the moat. If you want to see the waterfall, you need to
To go out of the city, go around a group of mountains. "
In short, they are inside the city and cannot go to the waterfall outside the city.
Liu Wei was silent for a while, then gave a conclusion: "That is to say, this Baitou Mountain actually stands between the inside and outside of the west city of Qingzhou, and if we climb over this mountain, we can
Out of town? "
"You can say that, but..." Fu Zihan pointed to the mountain on the top: "It's so high, it's impossible to climb out, and there is a whole waterfall behind, even if you really climb over
Even if you are washed by a waterfall or plunged into the moat, you will definitely die. "
Liu Wei didn't make a sound, seemed to be thinking.
After a while, she stared at the creek and walked all the way.
Fu Zihan continued to follow, until after a while, Liu Wei stopped again.
In front of them, there is a cave.
Fu Zihan explained: "In the past, tigers, leopards and other ferocious animals would be put into hunting grounds, and they would naturally dig holes as their nests, but after the hunting grounds were closed, those animals were all killed.
Sent away, the cave is also vacant. "
Liu Wei bent over and walked in.
As soon as I entered, I could smell the smell of livestock excrement in the air, which was very unpleasant. Liu Wei kept her eyes open and continued to walk in, walking and walking until she reached the end.
Fu Zihan also came in at this moment. After all, he was a child who had endured hardships and mixed manure in the prison. He didn't show much coquettishness, but after seeing the blocked end in front of him
, he sighed: "Nothing."
Liu Wei didn't answer, but walked to the front of the dead end, grabbed a corner of the stone with her hands, and threw it away.
There was a gap in the stone, and Fu Zihan suddenly saw that the back of the stone was actually hollow.
"This..." Fu Zihan turned pale with shock.
Liu Wei showed a smile, as expected: "Your Fifth Brother acts cunningly, thinks sophistry, knows that he is in the urn, how could he not leave a way out for himself?"
And here is the back road.
This cave hollowed out the middle of Mount Paektu, and they could walk from the hunting ground to the outside of the city through the cave entrance.