Jia Xu listened to the person at the head of the table finish speaking,
He fell silent,
He suddenly felt that his initial worries were a little unnecessary,
The people of Liangzhou City were with the Dong Clan,
There was no way for the rumors of murder to spread. Those people who madly worshipped the Dong Clan would probably be the first to catch the person who spread the rumors.
Then, he heard Xie Lige's cold voice.
"I want to see who is the one who doesn't know what's good for him!"
Then, the two of them changed the topic as if nothing had happened,
They didn't mention the rumors anymore.
Instead, they turned to the matter of why Emperor Han Ling wanted to borrow troops.
Jia Xu was very comfortable with this topic.
He was very good at using troops. Even the arrogant generals in the army couldn't help but praise his skills. However, few people knew that he was actually better at scheming.
When Jia Xu heard the messenger from the capital mention the matter of borrowing troops, he instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
He had a bad guess in his mind. His gaze swept over the black-armored general beside him.
"Sir, do you think that the capital is borrowing troops for the fox,
Or for the tiger? "
Xie Lige looked back and said with a faint smile on his face, "Yes, it's the same."
The fox in the story corresponded to the group of eunuchs who relied on the Emperor's favor. The tiger was naturally the Emperor.
With a smile on his face, Jia Xu tapped his fingers on the table.
He said meaningfully, "This fox and tiger are ultimately revealed on the surface,
General, you still have to be careful of the jackals and wolves hiding behind you. "
As soon as he said this, Xie Lige immediately understood that Jia Xu should have understood the whole story.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart,
His IQ was indeed extraordinary.
Xie Lige praised, "Sir, you are so wise!"
"General, you praise me."
The words of the master and servant had other meanings, but they tacitly understood the meaning of each other's words. The two of them appreciated each other and were filled with a beautiful atmosphere. For a moment, they were happy and harmonious.
The next day..,
Sure enough, it was just as Jia Xu had said..,
The messenger from the capital died at the posthouse.
It was a clean and efficient death with a single slash. Looking at the marks on the body, the murderer was a person who was proficient in using the sword. It was similar to the Mo Sword used by the Cangyun Army in the legends.
At the end of the street, there were many people saying that they had been silenced. They mysteriously said similar things to the commoners under the trees at the end of the street, but before they could finish, they were caught by the commoners.
Those old men seemed to be very old, but when they grabbed the person, they moved as if they were flying. They grabbed the person who spread the rumor in the air like they were grabbing a chicken. The crowd behind them was dumbfounded.
The old man picked up the welding pipe in his hand and knocked on the head of the young man in his hand. He snorted coldly and said, "Young man, you are not honest. The messenger from the capital was killed by an assassin at the posthouse. At that time, the general was discussing military matters with Mr. Jia. How could he send someone over? Yet, your words implicate the two together.
You have bad intentions. "The young man was caught and before he could react, his head was knocked. When he heard the old man's words, he was instantly dumbfounded. This rhythm was not right. He was a professional spy after all. Who knew how many people had suffered at his hands, including some important figures. He thought that he had not failed this time. Why did the old man see through him at a glance?
The spy's heart was filled with doubts, but he did not show it. On the surface, he still maintained the innocent expression of a young man being taught a lesson.
However, the old man did not fall for this trick. He carried him and prepared to walk in the direction of the government. Now, the young man's temperament was bad. He had forgotten how the Dong Clan had risked their lives to save them.
The old man, who hated evil as if it were his enemy, became angrier. He felt that he had to teach this young man a lesson.
The same thing happened in many places in Liangzhou City. Men, women, old, and young all caught the people who were spreading rumors in front of them. They were all sent to the government as soon as possible. In Liangzhou City, no one could say anything unfavorable to the Dong Clan.
The eyes of the common people were the clearest about the good and bad of the people in power. The common people in Liangzhou City had more or less received the protection of the Dong Clan. They watched helplessly as the Dong Clan, which used to be a hubbub of voices, became the only surviving member of the Dong Clan. They were grateful to the Dong Clan for protecting them in the most simple way.
This was also the reason why Xie Lige was so confident in disdaining the rumors.
The people from the government glanced at the person in their hands and immediately smiled. They were acquaintances. The person in the hands of the common people was a criminal who had escaped from their hands before. He had suffered a lot in the past. He did not expect that after so many years, these people still dared to come back.
"Hey, hey, no way. You still remember us?"
When the person saw the government smiling, he immediately remembered who the person in front of him was. When he saw the smile on the latter's face, he could not help but wail.
"Shut up." The deputy general from the government was the handsome general who had been at Xie Lige's banquet not long ago. He was the one who had explained the meaning of his old friend to the new general. Now, his originally elegant and handsome face had been replaced by a ferocious expression. He first smiled and nodded at the old man. Then, he took the young man and held him in his hands like an object.
The old man smiled kindly and ignored the farce in front of him. He walked away with a smile.
The handsome general thanked him and then watched the old man's back gradually disappear. Then, he lowered his head and happened to look at the spy in his hands who was pretending to be a common person. He smiled coldly and said, "I'll take you to see someone, okay?"
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At first, there did not seem to be anything surprising about his words. However, the young man struggled violently when he heard it. He said in a shrill voice, "Go away. No, let go of me!"
The handsome general smiled coldly and said, "It's not up to you."
After that, he let the young man move around in his hands and quickly walked in the direction of the General's residence.
Xie Lige looked at his subordinate who had brought a person in. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is this?"
After the handsome general entered the room, he let go of the young man. The young man fell to the ground with a thud. He sucked in a breath of cold air and touched the place where he hurt. He looked around the room and his eyes wandered around the furnishings in the room. The next moment, he smiled and met a pair of indifferent black eyes.
His body could not help but stiffen.
How terrifying!
The murderous aura in those black eyes soared to the sky. The mountains of corpses and the sea of blood seemed to be filled with countless ghosts screaming in their hearts. It made people shudder.
Xie Lige frowned and looked down at the person who saw him like a mouse seeing a cat. The person's expression quickly changed. He was shouting when he entered the room, but the moment he saw Xie Lige, he immediately quieted down.
"An old acquaintance."
The handsome general explained, "He used to commit crimes in Liangzhou City. I don't know what happened, but he came back and spread rumors about the Cangyun Army on the streets. Fourth Uncle and the others heard about it and caught him."
These people could have gone anywhere else, but they just had to go to the place where the retired soldiers lived to spread rumors. Fourth Uncle was an old man who had followed the old General to kill the foreign races. He was loyal and devoted to the Dong Clan. Normally, he would not allow anyone to be disrespectful to the Dong Clan.
"Oh?"
Xie Lige raised his head and looked at the young man on the ground. He stared at the other party and spoke slowly.
The young man on the ground could not help but stiffen when he heard the cold and slow voice. He could acutely feel the gaze from above, but he did not dare to move.
Xie Lige put down the military book in his hand on the table. He calmly looked at the nervous young man and said, "Tell me, who are you?"
The young man first looked up at Jia Xu and hesitated. Xie Lige happened to see this and shook his head, indicating that he could speak here.
"I'm a scout." The young man saw that he could not escape, so he simply sat on the ground and said.
Xie Lige knocked on the table and said, "You have something to do with the capital?"
"Someone sent me here to spread rumors. We don't know anything else. Please don't ask us about the employer. The organization has rules that forbid us from revealing anything." The young man straightforwardly revealed his background.
The young man came from an information organization. Normally, they collected all kinds of information between countries and exchanged some resources. Sometimes, they would earn some extra money. This time, spreading rumors was one of them.
No one knew who the mastermind behind this information organization was. They only knew that everyone in this organization was very troublesome. They were very vengeful and liked to cause trouble. Most countries ignored them.
Xie Lige obviously knew about this organization. He was not surprised by the young man's words. However, this did not mean that he would let this person go. He raised his head and looked at the handsome general and said, "Put him in jail. We'll talk about other things later."
"Okay!"
The handsome general nodded. He reached out and pulled the young man up from the ground. He was about to take him to the prison when he saw a soldier hurriedly rushing over with a letter in his hand.
He hurriedly moved aside with the person in his hand.
The soldier did not have time to greet him. He rushed into the hall and knelt down on one knee. He shouted, "Reporting!
General, the young general is missing. "
When Xie Lige heard this, he could no longer maintain his expressionless face. He stood up and said in shock, "What did you say?!"
"Fengxian is missing?"
Jia Xu could not help but ask. The smile on his face disappeared and his expression became serious.
The soldier lowered his head and said, "The young general found a clue when he was looking at the corpse of the messenger from the capital. He was tracking down the assassin. Unexpectedly, the assassin seemed to know what the young general was thinking and escaped from the city.
The young general was following behind him. Our subordinates were far behind the young general. When we finally caught up with them, the two of them had disappeared. "
Xie Lige asked, "How did you know that Fengxian was missing?"
"General, it's because of this."
The soldier took out an item from his pocket and held it in his hands. He raised it above his head and presented it to Xie Lige.
The item in the soldier's hand was a roll of light brown tree bark. Xie Lige was familiar with the pattern on the tree bark. This pattern was what he gave to Lü Bu. The pattern on the tree bark was the most common attack notice.