Although there are only two words, the meaning is very clear, this is just a trap set by Shan Xiongxin in order to trap him, or Shan Xiongxin doesn't know if Zhen Mingku will come to the door, so he claims to the outside world that the Zhang family is imprisoned in the dungeon in his village, in fact, this can test the loyalty of his subordinates, and secondly, if Zhen Mingku can really be introduced into the trap, it would be better.

Zhen Mingku is almost certain that once he enters this dungeon, even if he can escape alive, he will inevitably lose his troops and lose his generals, and he will no longer be able to track down the whereabouts of the Zhang family.

Qin Shubao was secretly taken aback, and couldn't think of any flaws in him, which made Shan Xiongxin suspicious, but judging from Shan Xiongxin's attitude, he didn't seem to be sure that he was a spy sent by Zhen Mingku.

Maybe it was because he waited for two days and didn't see Zhen Mingku, Shan Xiongxin lifted his vigilance against Qin Shubao and told him that there was no Zhang in prison, just a bait.

Qin Shubao secretly rejoiced that he almost did him a disservice, and at the same time secretly admired Zhen Mingku's caution and insight, even at this moment, he could still judge that this was a trap by relying on the clues described in his letter, how did he know that Zhang's accident would only make Zhen Mingku's actions more cautious instead of reckless, because reckless action means that once a mistake is made, many people will die.

He learned from Shan Xiongxin that Zhang was hiding in a place that Shan Xiongxin did not even know, and that he would only be taken out on display until the last day of the execution, and that before that, only Wang Shichong and his son knew where she was being held.

But it was not without gain, he learned about Wang Shichong's deployment on the day of the execution in order to arrest Zhen Ming, which will be very useful information. After repeatedly confirming that Shan Xiongxin was not deliberately misleading, Qin Shubao reported the information he heard to the secret guard guard in Luoyang City in great detail.

……

On the day of the execution, Luoyang City was as usual. It was no different, the streets were crowded with people, flocking to one of the largest vegetable markets in the west of the city, all to see the beheading of the wife of the Secret Guard General.

The Dark Guard General has fallen, and apart from regret and daring to be angry, the days are no different, and no one can change anything. No one dared to risk killing their heads to say a good word for the Secret Guard General.

Unless one day, life is really unbearable, and it is so oppressed by the government that it can't survive. When the time comes, maybe they will fight hard and die together, and everyone will be lucky that bad luck will not land on them. But in case it lands on yourself. There's nothing you can do, just admit your bad luck.

Until then, life has to go on, and of course you can't let go of the excitement.

The place of execution was the busiest vegetable market during the temple fair in the city, where farmers from the prefectures and counties near Luoyang City sold the output of their farmland.

The government's execution of the punishment of condemned prisoners in such places has played the most obvious effect of killing one and setting an example, and it has been continued as a very effective deterrent for thousands of years.

The convoy carrying the prisoners came from afar.

The prisoner, who was tightly caged, had only one head exposed, and his hands were shackled. Foot bracelets are wrapped around their feet, and their heads are scattered.

"It's a pregnant woman!"

"Look at her belly. It's about to give birth, right? ”

The onlookers along the street lined up in a long queue several miles long, and the crowd was crowded.

"Isn't that General Yang Wangyang? I didn't expect it to be him, he was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, how could he be entrusted to do such a thing? ”

"He is not as good as he was now, as soon as King Zheng ascended the throne, he was reduced to the position of a general, demoted to a general, and General Shan Xiongxin of Erxian Village was promoted to a general."

"Hey, no matter how you say it, it's surnamed Yang, what kind of patriarch of the Three Dynasties, it's not good, it's a slave with three surnames, how can King Zheng easily believe him."

The convoy surrounded the prisoner vans in front of and on the left and right, and there were more than 1,000 people, each of them fully armed.

After a tour on Luoyang Street, head towards the Chengxi Vegetable Market.

Just as the crowd of people flocked to the vegetable market in the west of the city, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the direction of the south of the city, and a team of post messengers rode fast horses, waved their whips desperately, and galloped in the direction of Luoyang Palace.

……

Wang Shichong angrily threw the four-hundred-mile urgent military information letter from Hangu Pass in the west of Luoyang to the ground, stood up from the dragon chair, and his fat body trembled, making the brand-new dragon robe he had just put on look a little cold.

He roared angrily at a few cronies and ministers under the stairs with a lost demeanor: "Where is Li Jiancheng, where is Li Jiancheng?" ”

Several ministers were all silent, and their backs were bent down and their heads bowed.

"Immediately send King Wu into the palace to see me!"

……

When he received the news from Luoyang Palace, Wang Xuanshu was deploying 3,000 troops around the vegetable market in the west of Luoyang City, hurriedly handed over the deployment task to Duan Da, and rode to Luoyang Palace.

A few hours later, it was the time of execution, and there was still no movement in Luoyang City, and he even felt that Zhen Mingku no longer dared to go on the road.

He was almost certain that with the security of Luoyang City now, if Zhen Mingwu dared to come, this would be his grave.

"Father, what's the matter with finding your son?"

Wang Shichong threw the letterhead in front of him and shouted: "How did you make an agreement with Li Jiancheng!" The Li family's army has already arrived at Hangu Pass! ”

Wang Xuanshu picked up the border emergency and looked at it, and was shocked.

Then, without saying a word, he turned around and was about to leave in a hurry, Wang Shichong stopped him: "Why are you going!" ”

"Erchen immediately asked people to arrest that Li Jiancheng!"

"Do you still wait until you go to arrest him, the person has already run away, and it will be calculated early, our father and son have been tricked by the Li family this time!"

Wang Xuanshu walked back and forth in the main hall, and there was nothing he could do.

"It's useless to say anything now, hurry up and dispatch a large army to Hangu Pass, you must not let the Tang army cross Hangu Pass by half a step, and ask Dou Jiande for help immediately!"

Wang Xuanshu's face was embarrassed: "Father, in order to catch Zhen Ming's suffering, Luoyang City has deployed 50,000 troops everywhere, always on guard, if it is transferred at this time, I am afraid that Zhen Ming's suffering will be exploited by the gap......"

"Look at your appearance, just a Zhen life is hard, it makes you afraid of being like this, even if he dispatches 3,000 Dark Guards, there are 20,000 elites in the city, not to mention that he can't let all the 3,000 Dark Guards into the city! The matter is prioritized, Hanguguan is related to the survival of Da Zheng, and there must be no loss! ”

Wang Xuanshu gritted his teeth: "Erchen, let's do it!" ”

……

The people of Luoyang all felt that there was a tense and solemn atmosphere in the air that day.

A large number of guards in the city were frequently mobilized from all over the city, and then they went out of Luoyang City in a mighty way, and drove to the direction of Hangu Pass, the people of Luoyang City guessed that there was a major military situation in the west, and the war was imminent, many people had no intention of seeing the excitement anymore, and they went back to their homes one after another, secretly packed their bags, and once they found that the war had changed, they immediately took their families and fled from Luoyang City.

The vegetable market was empty, except for a few executioners' jailers and a few hundred Yang Wang's personal soldiers, there was not a single figure on the entire street.

The prisoner cart went all the way to the execution platform, and several executioners escorted Zhang in the prisoner cart to the execution platform.

Yang Wang dismounted and sat on the prison platform.

Time passed little by little, and the summer was scorching, and the executioner on the torture platform was sweating profusely, but his face was dark, and he held the handle of the knife and did not move.

"It's noon!"

At the order of the supervisor, Yang Wang waved his hand, and the executioner spat into the palms of his hands, whispered a few send-off words similar to scriptures, and raised his broadsword high......

The blade shone blindingly in the sunlight.

The pregnant woman was pressed to her knees on the beheading table, her head stuck in the groove, her cloak hanging to the ground, and her mouth was tied with strips of cloth, so she could not make a sound, only a whining cry in her throat.

Yang Wang looked at the street that was so quiet that there was no movement around him, the sun was scorching and steaming, distorting the scene, but he couldn't see the slightest sign of someone coming to the rescue.

He felt that there was no room for things to turn around, the prisoner was dead, and deep in his heart, he vaguely hoped that Zhen Mingku could rush out desperately and save his wife, or die here with his wife, so that he would not be unable to sleep every night.

Maybe from today onwards, he will not have a day of peace and sleep again, killing this woman, and no one knows what the angry Zhen Mingku will do.

But the matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king, although he has nothing to do with Zhen Mingku, in fact, he also appreciates what Zhen Mingku has done from the bottom of his heart, but what about appreciation, things in the world have always been like this, and he will not get the end he deserves because of who is right and who is wrong, this is always a world of the jungle, he has lived for more than sixty years, he has already understood the affairs of this officialdom, knows how to choose the strong side, so that his family blood can be preserved, he is old, he wants to insist on something, and he is powerless, Even if he doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his children and grandchildren.

"Execution!"

With Yang Wang's order, the big knife in the executioner's hand slashed off like a pregnant woman's neck......

……

Bang bang -

Two loud bangs rang out from afar.

The large knife in the executioner's hand clanged, and the hilt of the knife left his hand, flew several meters away, and landed under the execution table.

The executioner's face was stunned, and then his body slowly fell, and a puff of dust rose from the execution table.

On his forehead, a trace of blood slowly flowed out of a black hole of more than an inch.

Yang Wang shouted in the audience: "There are assassins, find out!" On the stage, don't do it yet! ”

Only then did the other two executioners on the execution table react, raising their knives one after another, and an earth-shattering explosion sounded again in the distance.

The executioners on the execution table fell again, and without exception, they were beaten to the ground by the nameless secret weapon, but the people under the execution table did not even see the shadow of the assassin.

The rest of the people were so frightened that they rolled off the stage and hid, and no one dared to go to the execution table again.

The spy had already reported to Yang Wang the location of the assassin he had spied on, Yang Wang's face turned pale with shock, according to the spy, the other party was using a hidden weapon a thousand meters away, and the strength and accuracy of this secret weapon were unheard of. (To be continued......)