"Zhu Chengjun was originally a wealthy family in Dengzhou and was also a big merchant in Xu's mule and horse market. Two years ago, he was selling horses in Bianjing. He was bullied by the nobles' descendants and took away the horses. He was stabbed in the street and killed several slaves of the officials' family.
He spent all his money and managed to avoid death, and was assassinated and sent to Lanzhou. Zhu Chengjun had a nephew named Zhu Shicong, who had supported his studies since childhood, and Du Wu, a banker who had taken him in more than ten years ago. From the time of the Bianjing case, they were all like this
The two managed all the way and followed Lanzhou, so Zhu Chengjun did not suffer too much. However, the subordinate officials exploited and extorted too much. Zhu Shicong and Du Wu thought that Zhu Chengjun would have an easier time in prison.
It was all spent. Before you arrived in Lanzhou, they were already in poverty in Lanzhou. They didn't even have the money to stay in a private house, so they built a thatched shed in the wasteland outside the stone quarry. Even so, the two of them couldn't live in Lanzhou.
Reluctant to leave Lanzhou. Mr. Kun took us to the stone field to find out the situation. After recognizing them, he recruited them into Zhufeng Hall. We have always respected the jailers they had taken care of before, including Cheng Yanqing.
, We have already clearly touched their roots..."
Zheng Tu was sitting on a pile of stones, talking to Xu Huai, who was lying shirtless on a boulder. He glanced at Zhu Chengjun, the insider they had secretly recruited in the prison camp, who was digging stone with an iron drill not far away.
Xu Huai escorted Wang Xun to the Lanzhou Stone Field to take up his post, and met with Xu Wukun, Zheng Tu, and Su Laochang. However, Xu Huai's focus at that time was still on the situation at the Yanyue border.
Without paying special attention, he sneaked into Yunzhou, Shuozhou and other places with Tang Pan and Xu Xin'an.
After returning from Yunshuo and other places, he learned that the situation had suddenly changed. In order to rush back to the quarry more like a journey, Xu Huai did not stay at the villa at the east foot of Guanluo Mountain and hurried to the quarry.
Tang Qing, Yin Peng and Zheng Tu knew more about the many details inside the Lanzhou Stone Quantity and the Stone Quantity Prison; Tang Qing and the others were responsible for the arrangement, bribery and liaison with the insiders.
Xu Huai wanted to maintain his image of being brave and foolhardy and try his best to confuse the enemies lurking in the dark. He would not directly interfere in these matters.
"Zhu Chengjun is locked up in a cell with a subdivision number. I didn't see anything unusual in the cell with a subdivision number last night. But Zhu Shicong and Du Wu used to deal with jailers. There were many jailers and several jailers. Zhu Chengjun can still speak now. Listen.
It is said that Zhu Xiaotong went to the T-shaped cell last night. We can recruit an insider in the T-shaped cell, and I believe we will soon know who Cai Ting, the thief, has planted..."
"They clearly have the absolute initiative in Lanzhou, but they can still endure and play tricks. The person in the T-shaped cell is not a simple person." Xu Huai shook his head and told Zheng Tu not to act rashly.
"Zhu Shicong, Du Wu spent a lot of money to bribe the jailer, so Zhu Chengjun got some care in the prison camp, but even so, he was unkempt, thin, and suffered a lot of torture - Zhu Xiaotong went to the cell in a panic last night to seek advice from this man
, which shows that this person's status may still be higher than Zeng Run's, but he is willing to endure this hardship. It is really not easy." Zheng Tu said with emotion.
"Because this person is not simple, it is difficult to find the right people to keep an eye on him," Xu Huai shook his head and said, "Rather than act rashly and expose the enemy, it is better to let him lurk in the dark!"
"You want to bring the daring people No. 70 and 80 to go to the food yard and they take the opportunity to get close to you. What should you do?" Zheng Tu asked.
"Do you think I can't tell when they are close to me?" Xu Huai glanced at Zheng Tu and said, "The most important thing now is Huanghuapo Prison Camp. In addition to figuring out how to get food at Huangdugu Prison Camp, In addition to the situation of the team, we also need to stir up people's hearts in advance. We need to prepare near the Kelan City Grain Yard, but we must also be prepared for the possibility that Guo Zhongxiong may be aware of our intentions in advance - the person hiding in the T-shaped cell It’s not easy, we have to prepare for the worst in everything. From today on, we need to arrange manpower to keep an eye on the movements between the grain yard and the west city gate, as well as the mobilization of the imperial troops near Qianlan City."
At present, the most important defense construction in Lanzhou is the hundred-mile border wall in the north of Langu County and the repair of the border wall to Langu City, Caocheng Village, the post road to Kelan City and many camps. Lanzhou attacked the core troop dispatching route on the west flank of Xijing Road of the Khitans.
From Langu City to Kelan City in Prefecture via Caocheng Walled City, the post roads and walled cities along the route have been relatively complete over the years. However, going north from Langu City, the Central Government and the Central Government have not irritated the Khitan people for nearly a hundred years. Deliberately abandoning the repair and construction of border walls, camps and Chidao.
Now it is suddenly necessary to urgently strengthen these border walls and camps, and the amount of work suddenly becomes extremely large.
In order to ensure that the joint attack on Yan could start as scheduled, six to seven thousand prisoners of the Imperial Guard were put into hard labor in the Lanzhou Stone Field and the dungeon camps such as Huanghuapo and Huangdugu in the north to undertake the construction of many fortifications.
Xu Huai wanted to encourage the prisoners in several prison camps in Lanzhou to roar together, but there were too many variables beyond their control, so he had to plan according to the worst-case scenario.
"If things go wrong, are you really prepared to lead a team to Guan Laishan?" Zheng Tu asked in a low voice.
"What, are you scared?" Xu Huaixiao asked.
"How could it be?" Zheng Tu rubbed his hands and said with a smile, his eyes slightly excited but without fear.
Before the bandit rebellion in Huaiyuan, he fell in front of the bandit horse of Laoyatan. From then on, it was like a door to a new world opened in front of him, and all kinds of wonderful things spewed out. He didn't know that he was better than being a butcher shop in Huaiyuan. No matter how much you go out, there will be some trepidation and thrills, but there really isn’t much fear in your heart.
Seeing Yan Xiaoyi at this moment, Shen Zhenyi led seven or eight ragged healthy prisoners towards this side. Xu Huai stood up, stretched himself, and said to Zheng Tu: "You can find a chance to go there in the afternoon." When you meet Su Laochang, Uncle Wu Kun and the others, be careful not to be stared at."
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In an unnoticed corner of the quarry, Yue Hailou held the iron drill in his hand, and Sun Chen, the iron-clawed eagle, held the hammer. The two of them worked together to carve out pieces of stone from the rock wall.
Seeing several more restless healthy prisoners gathering around Xu Huai, the whirlwind gunman Xu Xin'an, and others, they talked loudly, and from time to time they went to the empty space to compete with their fists and kicks, winning bursts of applause. Sun Chen held the hammer in his hand. Holding his hand, he pretended to rest his strength and walked to Yue Hailou's side and whispered:
"Old Wang, I can't stop this reckless guy from going to the grain yard to cause trouble. I think things are simple. Guo Shizhi, Zeng Run only needs to make preparations in advance at the grain yard and look for him again on the day he receives the grain. On the pretext of trapping Wang Zhen in the quarry and being unable to escape, if this reckless guy dared to cause trouble in the grain yard, he would kill him on the spot with a knife——"
"Don't you think this is a little too easy?"
Yue Hailou frowned and glanced at Wang Zhen, who was standing far away talking to Lu Xiong, and asked Sun Chen.
"Of course Wang Zhen didn't want to be so hasty, but when he opened the granary in the morning, the reckless guy bit the fishhook thrown by Zhu Xiaotong without any explanation. Looking at the way Wang Zhen was talking to the reckless guy just now, he probably failed to persuade the reckless guy.
You have to stop the goods and look like you are taking a huge blow, right?" Sun Chen said.
Yue Hailou shook his head and said:
"Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and the others suffered many setbacks in Tongbai Mountain, which also enabled Wang Zhen to recruit a large number of people to follow him in Tongbai Mountain - I suspect that in addition to Xu Huai, the reckless tiger, and Xu Xin'an, the whirlwind gun, there are more.
The manpower is hidden in the dark. This reckless guy seems to be brave and foolhardy, but he is the most showy in everything. It is probably just a prop used by Wang Zhen to make noise in the east and attack the west in order to deceive others."
"In the middle and late stages of the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun and others had basically controlled the Xu family; after Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, Xu Chen and his son died, no one within the Xu family could fight them - of course they could
Mobilize more manpower, but the question is, why do they do this?"
Sun Chen did not doubt that the Xu family could mobilize more people from Tongbai Mountain, but Wang Xun, as a demoted minister, was transferred from Tongbai Mountain to Lanzhou to serve as the superintendent of the stone field. From any normal perspective, Xu Wujiang and others controlled
The Xu family sent people to escort Wang Zhen to his appointment, and even arranged a few more people to wait for Wang Zhen's dispatch. It can be said that the benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted.
When these things spread to the world, everyone will give a thumbs up. This may be the path pursued by reckless people like Xu Wujiang.
Why do people like Xu Wujiang secretly send a large number of people to Lanzhou?
Sun Chen had not thought about some possibilities, but he still found it unbelievable. At this time, he couldn't help but hesitantly asked,
"Are these people still worried that the Prime Minister will not let them go after the banditry in Tongbai Mountain, and are they trying to completely overthrow the Prime Minister?"
"This is something I can't see through for the moment, but no matter what, after this incident, they will definitely reveal clues!" Yue Hailou said calmly, "If possible, tell Zhu Xiaotong and ask Chen Zixiao to arrive tonight
Come see me in the T-shaped cell..."
"Of course it's not difficult to find an excuse, but I'm afraid it will make Mr. Wang Zhen suspicious!" Sun Chen said.
"If Wang Zhen and the others had someone lurking in Lanzhou secretly, Zhu Xiaotong would have fallen into their eyes yesterday when he hurriedly ran into the T-shaped cell," Yue Hailou said, "Don't look down on those reckless people like Chen Zixiao.
If Wang Zhen hadn't had the help of Xu Wujiang and these reckless people in Tongbai Mountain, how could he have killed Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and the others so miserably? At this time, in Lanzhou, I'm afraid no one knows Tongbai better than Chen Zixiao.
