Long Chen originally planned to have a good time with Yan Shuangyu yesterday, then pick up his pants and leave.
As a result, he met Shen Wanjin and had no choice but to find Shi Jingxiang.
"So urgent?"
Wu Jian thought it would take two days to set off.
Long Chen said: "I have been preparing for a long time. I found out everything yesterday and it's time to set off."
Long Chen did not forget to tell another lie to fool Bai Tingting beside him.
"Husband, I will go with you."
Bai Tingting likes the feeling of breaking into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den alone the most. Bai Tingting talked about it for a long time without her during the last trip to Jinling.
Long Chen said: "No, if you are not here, Shi Le can guess that I am not here either."
Bai Tingting pouted and was unhappy.
Wu Jian said: "Sir, be careful. Jinling City has been disturbed once, and Shi Le may be on guard."
Long Chen said: "I know, please keep an eye on this place."
Wu Jian nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will only defend but not attack. I will wait until the master comes back."
Long Chen thought for a moment, and there was no need to give any unnecessary orders. Wu Jian had been leading troops at Jade Buddha Pass for so long alone, so he was an expert at leading troops in battles.
Coupled with the two sisters Zhang Qian, Dugu Jiali and Wu Chuchu, the four of them can be said to be veterans on the battlefield.
With so many people guarding it, even if Shi Le made a surprise attack, it would be impossible to easily capture Zhenguo Temple.
If Shi Le really dares to make a surprise attack, Long Chen can rush back from Xingqing City within two days.
"You tell Sissi and the others, and I'll leave right now."
Long Chen ordered Bai Tingting, but if Zhang Qian didn't explain, she might think she was visiting a brothel.
Bai Tingting nodded in disappointment, she felt very disappointed that she could not go with Long Chen.
After Wu Jian and Bai Tingting went out, Long Chen changed into an ordinary Long family military uniform, put on simple makeup, and only took a dagger with him before going out and walking down the mountain to the north.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Feng He led a horse and waited under the shade of a tree.
"Miss Bai didn't come with you?"
Feng He asked with a smile.
"She wanted to come, but I didn't let her come."
Long Chen got on his horse, and the two of them immediately walked west quietly.
Not far from Zhenguo Temple, we arrived at a town. There was a camel team parked on the roadside, which was disguised as a spy from the Xichang Factory.
"Meet King Wu."
Upon seeing Long Chen, the spies from the camel team immediately paid their respects.
Long Chen changed his clothes and pretended to be a businessman, while Feng He pretended to be a bookkeeper and headed towards Xingqing City with a cart of goods from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
"Have you chosen your targets?"
Long Chen rode his horse and looked at the depressed villages around him. The people cultivating the fields were old, weak, women and children.
All the strong men around Yangcheng were taken to Yangcheng to fight. During the busy farming season in spring, only the old, weak, women and children went to the fields.
Feng He said: "We have chosen. There is a village not far ahead, called Zhujiazhuang, and the owner of the village is called Zhu Yong."
"This Zhu Yong has sixteen concubines, a wife named Mu, and more than twenty children, all of whom are bastards from Zhaoti Temple."
"Zhujiazhuang has great influence in the surrounding areas. This Zhu Yong is a fierce man and has taken in many desperadoes."
"If he rebels, Shi Le will be busy."
Yangcheng was defended by Shi Le like an iron barrel, and the Long family army could not get through.
It can't be broken from the outside, so Long Chen plans to do something from the inside.
The purpose of sneaking into Xixia this time is to use the Zhaoti Temple's request for a son to turn the monarchs, ministers and people within Xixia against each other, and it is best to instigate a group of internal agents to rebel.
"Okay, the first target is this Zhu Yong."
Long Chen nodded slightly and the caravan slowly moved forward.
....
Continuous high mountains running from east to west lie on the ground. The snow on the top of the mountain begins to melt into snow water, which converges into streams and turns into a shallow river at the bottom of the mountain.
The land nourished by snow and water has grown green, and the branches and leaves on the trees are tender green. The sunlight shines through the leaves, and it seems that the veins of the leaves can be seen clearly.
The river flows slowly southeast and passes through Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi is large and circular, covering an area of more than 100 acres. The walls are ten meters high. It is built with rammed earth and stone, and has a black tile roof on top. It looks like a castle.
Surrounded by flat fields, many tenant farmers are working. The oxen slowly pulls the plow, breaking up the soil. Many crows follow the plow to eat insects.
The river water is intercepted by a dam and divided along the ditch, like capillaries, nourishing this dry land.
A man who is almost 50 years old is wearing a black silk shirt and a square scarf on his head. It can be seen from the sideburns that his hair has turned gray.
This Zhuangzi is Zhujiazhuang, and this man is Zhu Yong, the owner of the village.
Zhu Yong is holding an Iron Ruyi, and behind him is a man of about the same age, wearing cloth clothes and cloth shoes. This man is the housekeeper Zhu Xi.
"Master, twenty more escaped yesterday, seven were captured, and thirteen more escaped."
Zhu Xi looked at the working tenants and slaves and said helplessly.
Zhu Yong knocked the golden Ruyi in his hand on his shoulder and cursed angrily: "These killers really think they can get out of slavery and be assigned fields when they arrive in Yangcheng!"
"Then Long Chengen is easy to deal with? I can still have a head to eat here, but when I go to Yangcheng, hey, even the guy who eats can't keep it!"
Long Chen spread rumors in the rear that Shi Le wanted to distribute the land owned by powerful landlords to tenants.
This rumor worked so well that the tenants actually escaped from the landlord's house and went to Yangcheng to serve as soldiers, hoping to escape from slavery and get land.
Shi Le now needed soldiers and turned a blind eye to the matter. He pretended not to know about the opposition from the court ministers and powerful landlords.
During this time, more than 300 people fled from Zhujiazhuang one after another, and Zhu Yong was very angry.
"I heard that the war in Yangcheng is tense, and the second princess was captured alive. Long Chengen wants to trade the princess for Yangcheng, but the king is not willing."
"The princess is now locked up in Zhenguo Temple by Long Cheng'en and raped every night. It's so miserable!"
When the housekeeper Zhu Xi said this, he had a lewd smile on his face, as if he was talking about someone in the village who the widow had an affair with, or whose brother-in-law was caught having an affair with his sister-in-law.
Zhu Yong put Jin Ruyi's hand into his collar, scratched his back, and said with a smile: "How do you know it's miserable? I heard that Long Chengen's skills are good. Maybe the princess is happy."
Butler Zhu Xi laughed and said, "It makes sense. I heard that Long Chengen has five generals under his command, and each of them is a stunning beauty."
Zhu Yong took Jin Ruyi and tapped it on his shoulder. He looked at the endless fields and said, "I also want to go to Yangcheng to watch the excitement and see what the female general looks like."
The housekeeper Zhu Xi said flatteringly: "Master, you have sixteen concubines, more than Long Cheng'en, and your life is not as happy as that eunuch's."
Zhu Yong laughed and said: "That's right. I have more concubines than him, and my family is full of descendants. Whether he, a eunuch, can bear children is still a question."
The housekeeper Zhu Xi said with a smile: "Yes, the people of Xixia can still go to Zhaoti Temple to pray for blessings if they cannot give birth. If he cannot give birth, he will not bless him if he converts to Buddhism, and he will still be a destitute!"
Zhu Yong laughed loudly and said: "It makes sense!"
Da da da...
Dozens of horses came running from a distance, with a group of fat and strong men sitting on them, with various prey hanging on their backs.
These men were the rogue helpers that Zhu Yong took in. They did not work on weekdays, but went out to hunt when they were full.
If Zhu Yong encounters difficulties, he will also act as a thug for Zhu Yong.
"The harvest is good today."
Zhu Yong greeted him with a smile. The men picked up the prey on horseback and said with a smile: "Master, we will eat venison today, and there will be a lot of game."
Zhu Yong smiled and said: "Let's go!"
A group of people walked in noisily, but the housekeeper Zhu Xi was left behind.
Walking behind the team, Zhu Xi looked at the horse's butt and felt very unhappy.
He doesn't like this group of idlers who eat, drink and hang out because they don't respect him.
Snapped!
The horse's butt contracted, and a piece of dung fell on the ground. Zhu Xi accidentally stepped on the horse dung with his cloth shoes.
