Because it was already the afternoon when they set off from Mianyuan County, Qin Shaoyou and the others, even though they were running non-stop along the way, and even affixed magical talismans on the four hooves of the war horse, it was late at night before they entered the area of Quannan Town.
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There is now a Chenghuang Temple in Mianyuan County, and the ghosts and ghosts in the temple will patrol everywhere at night.
If they encounter wild animals, they will be driven back to the mountain. If they encounter monsters, the weak ones will capture them directly, while the strong ones will call the night watchman to join them.
After being captured, the monster will be dealt with according to its crime.
This means that there are far fewer monsters and beasts at night in Mianyuan County than before.
Qin Shaoyou and the others were on their way in the dark, but they didn't meet any monsters. While they were happy, they also felt a little disappointed.
Still more than ten miles away from Quannan Town, Qin Shaoyou reined in his horse and stopped, using the light of the bloody moon in the sky to look at the situation in Quannan Town.
Quannan Town is located in a gentle place between two mountains and is indeed a traffic chokepoint.
If you don't go to Quannan Town and want to cross these two mountains toward the Qingtang front line, you have to either climb over the mountains or take a detour of hundreds of miles, which is both time-consuming and laborious.
During previous wars, Quannan Town was built into a military town because of its important location, with soldiers stationed at all times.
Later, when the war ended and the Great Xia Dynasty unified the whole territory, the strategic location of Quannan Town was no longer as important as before, so the military town became a civilian town, but an army was still stationed here.
Therefore, although the scale of Quannan Town is not as large as Mianyuan County, its city walls and other defensive measures are better than Mianyuan County.
Ye Zhiqiu rode his horse to Qin Shaoyou's side, raised his hand and pointed to the road ahead, and reported softly.
"Sir, the official road ahead connects Jincheng to the Qingtang front line. The surveillance witchcraft deployed by that team of Qingtang spies is on this road."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and asked, "Is there a way to crack it?"
Ye Zhiqiu replied: "I have checked before. It is not difficult to crack these surveillance witchcraft, but once it is cracked, Qingtang spies will immediately notice it."
This situation was similar to what Qin Shaoyou had guessed, so he was not surprised.
As early as he heard that the spies in Qingtang had engaged in surveillance witchcraft, Qin Shaoyou thought of a countermeasure and immediately ordered everyone to take out the hidden energy charms and stick them on himself and his horses.
At the same time, Qin Shaoyou also took out the mimicry order and activated it.
Under the influence of the Mimicry Order, everyone skillfully blended into the surrounding environment.
The Hidden Qi Talisman covered up the aura on their bodies and hid the last trace of their flaws.
Qin Shaoyou and the others successfully evaded the surveillance witchcraft on the official road and arrived under the city wall of Quannan Town.
Zhu Xiucai put his hand in his mouth and blew several bird whistles.
After hearing this, the people at the top of the city responded with several bird whistles, and Zhu Xiucai quickly replied.
This is a communication code for the night watchmen under Qin Shaoyou.
After several exchanges, several ropes hung from the top of the city.
Qin Shaoyou didn't use a rope, he just let out his blood and jumped up. He tapped his toes on the top of the city a few times and jumped to the top of the city.
He had not climbed the city wall before. On the one hand, he wanted to avoid being accidentally injured by the mechanisms and magic formations on the city wall. On the other hand, he was afraid that his sudden appearance would scare the people on the city wall, in case they issued a warning.
, it would be bad if that team of Qingtang spies were alerted.
Zhu Xiucai and other night watchmen climbed up to the top of the city quickly on the rope.
The person in charge at the top of the city is the patrol officer of the Demon Hunting Shop in Quannan Town.
This was also an old man under Qin Shaoyou's command. By the light of the torches on the city wall, he saw that it was Qin Shaoyou who was coming. He couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly came forward to pay homage. He also sent someone to call the flag officer of the monster hunting shop here.
"There's no need to call for help, lest the team of Qingtang spies notice it."
"yes!"
As an old man under Qin Shaoyou, the patrol officer naturally knew his master's temperament. He immediately stopped sending anyone and just followed Qin Shaoyou and reported to him the situation of the spies in Qingtang in the past few days.
After listening to the patrol officer's report, Qin Shaoyou asked Qiu Shi to release the poisonous insects, and asked Zhu Xiucai to lead the night watchmen he brought to lurk around the inn where the Qingtang spies stayed to conduct surveillance and investigation.
As for himself, he took Cai Guizhong and Ye Zhiqiu with him, and with the help of the Hidden Qi Talisman and the Mimicry Order, he entered the inn where the Qingtang spies were staying and conducted a search.
It was only when the sky was about to light up that Qin Shaoyou quietly left the inn with Cai Guizhong and Ye Zhiqiu, and found Zhu Xiucai, Su Jianqing, Su Tingyu and others.
"How's it going? Did you find anything here?"
Qin Shaoyou first asked Zhu Xiucai.
Zhu Xiucai shook his head: "These guys are honest and sleep at night. What about you, sir? Did you gain anything?"
"There are several gains."
Qin Shaoyou told everyone about what he, Cai Guizhong and Ye Zhiqiu sneaked into the inn to investigate last night.
"The caravan manager does have a sacred tablet from the Qingtang on his body, and there is even a ghost tattoo on his back.
According to Senior Brother Ye, it is a kind of ghost back tattoo in Qingtang, which allows the owner to borrow the power of gods and ghosts after paying a certain price.
That caravan manager is really not an ordinary person, but his strength is not very strong either. He is probably at the peak of seventh grade.
Except for him, the rest of the caravan guys are ordinary people. I have carefully observed that they have neither blood energy nor spiritual energy or witchcraft power, Buddha power or even demonic energy fluctuations..."
"They are all ordinary people, and only the caravan manager has seventh-level strength?"
Zhu Xiucai was stunned.
Everyone also looked surprised. This news was very unexpected. It was not even the slightest bit different from what Ye Zhiqiu and the others had judged and guessed before.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Ye Zhiqiu smiled bitterly and said: "We thought before that these caravan guys were hiding their strength, but now we know that they are not hiding it, but they really don't have it."
Qin Shaoyou continued: "I still had some doubts, so I asked Lao Cai to use the dream technique to sneak into the dreams of several clerks and bodyguards. He used the dreams to detect their identities and found that they were ordinary caravan clerks and bodyguards.
Master, it has nothing to do with Qingtang."
Zhu Xiucai was thoughtful.
"So, these caravan guys and bodyguards were all used by the caravan manager and became his tools to conceal the identity of Qingtang spies and spy on military intelligence?"
Then his expression changed.
"Sir, I'm afraid this caravan is just an eyesore. If Qingtang really wants to do something to the grain road, there must be more Qingtang spies hiding in the dark!"
"We thought so too."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and looked out the window of this room, looking at the majestic mountains outside.
"Quannan Town is surrounded by high mountains and dense jungles on both sides. If the Qingtang spies hide inside, it will be difficult to find them out. So, we discussed it and planned to lure the snake out of the hole..."