Chapter 0063 Strange
At three quarters past midnight, almost the entire city had fallen asleep, but the lights in the main house of the Song residence had just been turned off.
Song Suo yawned and put his legs under the quilt. In such hot weather, he still had to sleep with two layers of quilts. He just lay down comfortably and put his palms under his cheeks, then Song Suo heard light and hurried footsteps coming from outside.
Song Shuo's heart trembled, and he immediately wanted to find a place to hide, but the thief who broke into his house was faster than him.
The door was kicked open, and four burly men rushed into his bedroom.
The leader looked extremely oppressive from a distance. It was dark and the light was against him, so Song Suo couldn't see him clearly. He could only hear him asking impatiently, "Are you Song Suo?"
Song Shuo sat on the bed and was silent for a second. He replied, "No."
Zhang Biezhi: “…”
He was angry: "You are the only owner of this house. If you are not Song Shuo, then who is it?!"
Song Suo: "I originally thought so, but when you asked me this, it seemed as if I would give a different answer, so I had no choice but to go along with what you said."
Zhang Biezhi: “…………” He hates literati!
The three guards behind Zhang Biezhi couldn't stand it anymore. Since this person was Song Suo, they immediately turned around and packed all the books and bamboo slips in the room into sacks as Xiao Rong had ordered. Even when his life was threatened, Song Suo was able to maintain his composure and ridicule Zhang Biezhi, but when he saw his beloved books being treated so roughly, he was so heartbroken that he almost jumped up.
But no one would listen to him. The guards packed up the books while Zhang Biezhi packed up Song Suo. In the blink of an eye, they had solved everything and then each of them carried their own goods and left quickly.
After leaving the yard, Song Shuo saw that several of his servants had their hands and feet tied and stuffed with cloth strips. The men carrying the books lifted them up and easily placed them on their other shoulders.
Song Shuo: “…”
His eyelids twitched, and he roughly knew what was going on. If it was an ordinary enemy, he would not be able to find a thug with such nimble hands and feet and so much strength.
Zhang Biezhi carried Song Shuo and trotted all the way. After they went out, he threw him onto the horse's back like throwing a sack. Song Shuo climbed up in a hurry, and then saw Xiao Rong sitting opposite him, also riding a horse, looking at him with a smile in the moonlight.
Song Shuo: "...It seems that today's dinner party is not going well."
Xiao Rong nodded naturally: "Someone sent an assassin to kill me."
Song Suo was stunned. When he was thinking about who it could be, he heard Xiao Rong say, "Jinling is no longer a place to stay for a long time. I have done what I should do. I plan to leave tonight."
Song Shuo looked at his belongings that had been moved out, and his voice changed: "But what does this have to do with me?!"
Xiao Rong: "It doesn't matter, but you know, I am from the Zhenbei Army. You should have heard of the Zhenbei Army's style of doing things."
Song Shuo: “…………”
What Xiao Rong meant was that he was going to be a barbarian today.
It was not easy to say so much. Next, Xiao Rong turned his horse around, asked everyone to get on the horse, and went back to join the main force.
The large army also had to carry a lot of things. Fortunately, Xiao Rong asked Zhang Biezhi to hire many foreigners. Now their own people carry the gold cakes and the foreigners carry the burdens, so the burden is shared and the journey will not be delayed.
The dancers were left hanging on the street. It wouldn't be long before someone discovered them. It wasn't that Xiao Rong forgot to hide them, but it was useless to hide them. From the moment they were ready to run away, the guards and servants of the villa were also controlled by them. Xiao Rong had just met the little emperor the day before, and everyone was on alert against him. No matter what, they couldn't keep it a secret for too long.
After counting the troops and horses without missing any, the commander of the guards stepped forward to lead the way. The city gates of Jinling were closed after the curfew, and it was quite difficult to rush out of the city gates. Fortunately, Jinling City had more than one city gate. The commander of the guards had planned the escape route since the first day he arrived here. He knew which city gate was the weakest guarded.
Just as Xiao Rong and others were rushing to the city gate, Yang Zangyi was standing in his study. He stood with his hands behind his back looking at the papers scattered on the desk. These were all the contents about Xiao Rong that he had ordered his men to collect.
From the initial prediction that something would happen in Yizhou, to suggesting against all odds that the King of Zhenbei move the capital to Chenliu, to performing small favors to win over the hearts of the people in Chenliu City, these pieces of information were not difficult to find out, because Xiao Rong's reputation in Chenliu City was gradually growing, and almost everyone who had heard of the King of Zhenbei had heard of this Master Xiao.
This is a rookie who has his own clear goals. He is like a spider that is diligently weaving a web. The route at the beginning is always messy, making it difficult for people to understand what he is doing, but only he himself knows how big and dense the web he is weaving is.
If he only wove his network inside Chenliu or even north of the Huai River, Yang Zangyi would not have paid any attention to him, but he should never, ever set his sights on Nanjing and His Majesty.
Sun Renluan didn't know what Xiao Rong did to His Majesty that day, so his choice was to wait and see. He didn't want to conflict with King Zhenbei, and he always had a ridiculous idea in his mind. He thought that His Majesty was his nephew, and no matter how outsiders tried to sow discord between them, His Majesty would have to rely on him.
Similarly, Yang Zangyi didn't know what Xiao Rong did to His Majesty that day, but it was precisely because he didn't know that he felt particularly troubled. From Xiao Rong's past behavior, it can be seen that this man is very smart and he always gets the rewards he wants for what he does. Yang Zangyi cannot tolerate another person who wants to take advantage of the little emperor.
Before being locked up, Tan'er had told him about the two conversations between Xiao Rong and Queen Mother Sun. Tan'er was just doing her job, and he couldn't tell what kind of person Xiao Rong was, but the more Yang Zangyi listened, the more subtle his expression became.
The people who can see a person's intentions most clearly are always his colleagues. Yang Zangyi discovered it almost immediately. Xiao Rong thought the same as he did. He also planned to start with Sun Shannu, and then get involved with the little emperor, and then use the little emperor.
The methods may be different, but the purpose is the same.
How could he allow others to snore beside his bed? He had been planning for this goal for several years. How could he let Xiao Rong, an outsider, pick the peach that belonged to him so easily?
Therefore, this is why he must get rid of Xiao Rong. What's more, he felt that Xiao Rong was courting death and was pretending to be lost to meet His Majesty. In this way, even if the truth was revealed, he could make Sun Renluan agree with him and cover up the matter together.
But he had planned everything, but he never expected that Xiao Rong would recognize Xi Zhu's identity at a glance, and be so decisive that he killed Xi Zhu as soon as he left the palace, without even putting on a show of effort, and was planning to run away.
After listening to the report from his servants, Yang Zangyi was furious, but more than that, he was a little panicked.
It doesn’t matter if Xi Zhu dies, and it doesn’t matter if people find out that he killed Xiao Rong, but Xiao Rong must not leave here alive!
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