Criminal investigation in ancient times

Zhan Qing galloped forward on horseback, and occasionally one or two pursuers were killed by the hidden guards. After running for four days and three nights, he finally arrived in the northwest.

Looking at the city gate in front of him, his eyes were blurred, Zhan Qing wiped the sweat off his face with his hand, the strings stretched on his body suddenly broke, his body slipped and fell off the horse, trembling all over, he couldn't exert any strength.

This horse also seems to have a spirituality, and he arched his head to Zhanqing, seeing that he was unable to mount the horse, he ran to the general's mansion in Zhenbei alone, and the young man in the mansion was startled when he saw it. In the past, the horse snorted and retreated frequently.

The boy also knew that the young master usually treasures the horse very much, it is impossible to let the horse come back alone, something must have happened, so he hurried in to inform the general.

He Guang was having lunch at this time, and when he heard the boy say that the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground, he walked out in three steps at a time, looking at the male, who was breathing hot air and was covered in sweat. , the hair on his body was all tied up, he stroked the horse and said, "Who will come back with you?"

The horse turned around and ran out. He Guang hurriedly followed the horse and ran out. When he reached the gate of the city, he saw Zhan Qing who was crawling on the ground and hurriedly helped him up and said, "Who are you? Why did you come back on my son's horse? What happened?" thing!"

Zhan Qing weakly opened his eyes and took out the dagger from his bosom, saying: "General...it's not good...the second prince colluded with the Huns, and the young general was trapped in Longpo by the Huns. The general quickly sent troops to support him." After speaking, he plunged to the ground unconscious.

Seeing that the two of them had finished speaking, the horse seemed to know that he had completed the task, so he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", closed his eyes, and was exhausted!

General Zhenbei touched his horse and bared his eyes, saying, "Let's set out immediately and rescue my son!"

To say that the reason why General Zhenbei made the Huns fearful, and the second prince has been thinking about him for a long time is not because of his superb military skills, nor how many troops he has.

The Zhenbei army is full of only 10 people, but these 10 people have the aura of a man who is in charge of everyone. Every soldier seems to be unafraid of death. They are invincible in battle and crush their opponents in battle!

In just half a day, He Guang gathered two thousand soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Chongzhou without flying the commander-in-chief's flag!

This march and battle is different from Zhan Qing's separate reporting. They have to carry food and grass, and have to rest halfway. Even if they are halfway faster than the ordinary army, they will arrive more than ten days later.

At this time, the group of people in Kunlongpo had been waiting for "Looking Through the Autumn Water" for a long time!

He Zixiang covered his stomach and walked back and forth, muttering, "Why haven't we arrived yet? It's been thirteen days. If we don't come again, I'm afraid we will starve to death here before the Huns attack!" From the day before yesterday , There was only soup but no rice grains in the meal. In order to save energy, everyone rested in place and were not allowed to walk around.

Zhang rubbed his head and said, "Sit down and rest for a while, I'm dizzy."

He Zixiang sat down next to him and said, "Do you think that Zhan Qing didn't rush out and was intercepted by the Huns?!"

Zhang Rui rolled his eyes and said: "How do I know? Wait a day and see. If you haven't got an army yet, you will break out of the siege. It's best if you can escape. If you can't, you will be caught by the Huns at most." Ravaged."

He Zixiang made a hoarse voice, rubbed his head and said angrily: "Damn, the second prince is really not a thing. The ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty have taught them for generations. The Xiongnu's wolfish ambitions must be guarded against, but they actually opened two trade routes for the Xiongnu. I really hate myself." This throne is too secure!"

Zhang Rui sneered: "Are you seeking skin from a tiger? The Huns will be willing to help him without any blood?"

He Zixiang said: "Where is the eldest prince now? Earlier in Beijing, I heard that the eldest prince was missing."

Zhang Rui: "It's probably because the second prince was killed. Keeping him is also a future trouble."

He Zixiang nodded and said: "I knew that the Tian family had no siblings. How could the eldest prince be reconciled to being pushed down after waiting for so many years? I'm afraid he won't be killed. I'm going to die of anger."

Zhang Rui sneered: "If you don't have time to think about these things now, you might as well think about how to go if you break through tomorrow."

He Zixiang was choked by him, finally put the matter down and was brought up again, feeling even more anxious in his heart, rubbing his rumbling stomach, got up and walked back and forth in the room.

Zhang Rui simply closed his eyes and counted the time in his mind. If the army came to support, it would probably be here soon...

Of course, the Xiongnu army will not wait, they plan to attack tonight!After releasing Zhan Qing, the leader of the Xiongnu calculated that it would take at least half a month for him to go to the northwest to move reinforcements to get here, and by then they had already grabbed He Zixiang and fled back to the Huns.

Looking at it now, the people trapped inside may have run out of food and grass. It just happened that they attacked them unexpectedly at night and wiped out this group of defeated generals, and they could also reduce a lot of casualties.

The only thing the Huns lack now is people, and the Huns have even fewer soldiers!In order to conquer the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Xiongnu dolls in their teens were forced to grab weapons and practice fighting.Unless it is a last resort, saving a pawn is one!

At night, the Huns assembled their troops and pulled out their camps to attack Poli.

All the soldiers in Po Nei didn't sleep, they were fully armed and led their horses in order.

It turned out that He Zixiang had expected that they would also attack at night, so these days he slept during the day and guarded at night.Sure enough, as he expected, there was a faint sound coming from the gate after a while, it was the sound of armor rubbing against each other!

Everyone tensed up, holding the restless horse and looking ahead steadily.

Gradually the sound got closer and closer.

He Zixiang shouted: "Get on the horse!"

"Shua!" Everyone got on their horses, and there was a look of desolation in the cold wind.

Sitting in the car, Zhang Rui looked at the group of soldiers and his heart was filled with waves. This is a man from the Northwest, and he will not back down until he dies in a bloody battle!It's just why the reinforcements haven't arrived yet?

The number of people on my side is small in today's battle, and I haven't eaten a full meal for three or four days, so I can't compete with the Huns who are recharging their energy. Whether this stop can be delayed until the reinforcements arrive depends on God's will up.

The two children, Qing Luo and Hu Zi, were still sleeping in the car, grinding their teeth occasionally.Zhang Rui went over and covered the two with quilts. If they were really lost, all three of them might die, so feel sorry for these two children.

After a while, I heard a scream, and the Huns' army came in!

Zhang Rui clenched his fists, and he could faintly see the two armies fighting together under the moonlight. Fortunately, it was a surprise attack at night, and the archers couldn't exert much power. If it was daytime, I'm afraid his side would be killed soon.

He Zixiang was riding on a war horse, holding a silver long spear, provoking two Xiongnu soldiers with one shot, throwing them aside like candied haws, spattering his whole body with blood, he spat angrily to the side: "The Huns, you dog thief! Fate!"

The Xiongnu soldier was killed by him and dared not move forward, suddenly a fierce general jumped out from behind. This man's head was shaved, leaving only crescent-shaped bangs on his forehead.He slapped the horse under him, and charged towards He Zixiang with a heavy knife in his hand.

As soon as the two fought against each other, the swords intersected, sparks flew all over the place, and there was a tooth-piercing contention.He Zixiang turned his wrist, this man was really strong enough, he slashed over with a knife, the shock made his tiger's mouth go numb, and the spear in his hand almost fell out.He couldn't help but took a deep look at the man.

The general of the Xiongnu was also secretly startled. He thought he was a brat, but he didn't want to take his knife easily. No, I have surrounded them for so many days. will be disappointed!Thinking about it, he swung his sword and fought He Zixiang again.

This He Zixiang's body was already weak from hunger, how could he catch his repeated slashing, his hands became weak after a few blows, and his back was sweating profusely.Hastily led the horse back a few steps, pushed aside the Xiongnu soldiers on both sides, intending to take a rest and fight again.

The Xiongnu general looked at it and laughed secretly in his heart. This kid might have lost his strength, so he took him down in one fell swoop while the iron was hot!He raised his arms and shouted a Hun language.Those Hun soldiers suddenly fought harder like chicken blood.

Seeing the gradual decline here, Zhang Rui closed his eyes in despair.

Suddenly, an arrow roared and pierced the sky!

He Zixiang was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly burned up, and he raised his spear and shouted heart-piercingly: "Reinforcements have arrived! Let's go out!"

The soldiers who were suddenly defeated raised their arms and shouted, and they cooperated with the outsiders to wrap the Huns in the middle.

Outside, He Guang personally led the troops here, and the old general exuded a murderous aura from the wind, food and dew in the past few days.The war horse below him snorted restlessly, as if already hungry and thirsty.

He raised his hand slightly, and the soldiers behind him sprang out like dragons, and went straight to the buttocks of the Xiongnu army and started fighting wantonly.

Now the Huns were stunned, stunned, and scared!He never expected that He Guang would arrive ahead of schedule, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly yelled to withdraw his troops!

The Xiongnu army had already been trapped in the slope and could not get out, so they had no choice but to ask people to surround He Zixiang. With him in hand, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape? !

Unexpectedly, He Zixiang suddenly seemed to be a different person, the spear in his hand was advancing instead of retreating, and the knife in his hand was so pressed that he couldn't use it.

The Zhenbei army behind slowly advanced forward, and with the momentum of meeting gods and killing gods, and meeting Buddhas and Buddhas, the corpses killed by the Huns were scattered all over the field.In the end, they were all helpless, and with only a few dozen remnants of soldiers, their legs softened, they fell off the horse, and killed themselves with a horizontal knife.

Since then, the battle of Kunlongpo has won a complete victory, He Zixiang rushed out alone, and saw his father on the horse looking at him, both father and son were excited and didn't know what to do.

He Zixiang choked with sobs and said, "Father, my son... you won!"

He Guang laohuai said happily: "Follow Daddy home!"

Zhang Rui exhaled heavily and smiled at the two children who were still sleeping. Fortunately, they came in time.

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It has been more than half a month since we arrived in the northwest.

On the way, He Zixiang told He Guang about the second prince. He Guang pondered for a while and said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. Our He family has been loyal and good for generations. If we really use the banner of overthrowing the emperor, I am afraid it will not end well in the future."

He Zixiang thought for a while and thought, "Father, if Da Zhou died, why would the He family be around?"

He Guang was taken aback and said, "Although you say that..."

He Zixiang: "The second prince opened up two trade routes for the Huns by all means in order to ascend to the throne of God. This time, the Huns soldiers turned into merchants and sneaked into Dazhou. If they sneak in again, even if they don't send troops to the north, Burning, killing and looting a few villages is enough for the common people!" He Guang hesitated.

Seeing this, Zhang Rui took the opportunity to say: "The sending of troops this time is not a conspiracy. The second prince murdered his elder brother and colluded with the Huns. He shouldn't be the emperor. The fifth prince has handled the court affairs for the late emperor for many years, and he was elected as the emperor, which can protect the great Zhou. A century-old foundation."

He Guang stroked the beard on his lips and said, "You are Master Zhang Rui Zhang, right?"

Zhang Rui hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare to do it, I will tell the truth."

He Guang glanced at him deeply, causing Zhang Rui to panic, as if he had seen through his clumsy excuses.

"You two are thinking too much. The Northern Army alone will be able to invade the imperial city? Not to mention that I will allocate half of the troops to guard the border, and bring the rest of the soldiers back to the pass. You It can be seen that the relatives of the soldiers live here, and perhaps their brothers are among the soldiers who are fighting, how can you tell them to do it?!"

Zhang Rui was silent. In fact, he had thought about this before, but if he didn't send troops, how could the second prince submit obediently? Then Zhou Yin would never be able to leave the capital in his life...

He Guangdao: "But it's not the same thing if you let it go. I will tell a few of my old friends about it, and we will make plans after discussing the decision together."

Zhang Rui nodded and said: "The general is very thoughtful, I think it's easy."

After arriving in the northwest, He Zixiang arranged them to live in the general's mansion. He Guang immediately wrote several urgent secret letters and sent them to the generals in several places.

Most of these generals were under his command, and there were also veteran generals who fought side by side with him in the bloody battle against the Huns. Most of them hated the Huns to the core. After receiving the secret letter, they rushed to the northwest to discuss the matter with him.Among them is an acquaintance of Zhang Rui, who is the governor of Tongzhou, Fuxing.

Fu Xing and He Guang fought together to kill the enemy in the early years of Long Xing, and they have a deep relationship.Hearing that He Guang's son was prevented by the second prince from returning to the northwest, and almost died at the hands of the Huns, he trembled angrily and said, "This little emperor is too deceitful! He dared to collude with the Huns, it is outrageous!"

Several other generals echoed: "That's the case, no wonder the Huns at the border have become more and more presumptuous this year. Occasionally a small group of troops broke into our Dazhou border, robbed a village and fled back. Even if they wanted to beat them There is nowhere to find people! The border people cannot sleep at night."

Seeing what they were saying, He Guang said, "I heard from the former magistrate of Tongzhou that there is a secret passage under Tongzhou?"

Fu Xing nodded hurriedly when he heard this: "That's right, this matter has already been reported to the imperial court, and I don't know why the higher-ups haven't spoken yet."

He Guang sneered and said, "Hmph, this little emperor has colluded with the Xiongnu, so he naturally promised them benefits. Now that the tunnel has not been used yet, how can we just fill it in?"

Fu Xing laughed and said, "Ge Laozi, I sent someone to fill up the tunnel a long time ago, I guess the Xiongnu soldiers wouldn't be able to get in even if they were mice! Hahahaha."

He Guangdao: "Now we can't let him go on like this anymore! The two princes killed their elder brother to win the throne. They were already rebellious, and they colluded with the Huns to have such an emperor, so why not ruin the Great Zhou! After a hundred years from you and me, the descendants You will become the servants of the Huns and live a meager life, can you rest in peace underground!"

"No!" Several generals shouted loudly, with anger burning in their eyes.

He Guangdao: "In this way, we will march into the capital, support the fifth prince Zhong Zhong as the emperor, and drive the second prince off the throne!"

"Kick the second prince off the throne!" "This shameless villain is not worthy of being emperor" "Da Zhou's century-old foundation cannot rest on him!"

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