From the fifth day of the fifth watch, the Changzhi County of Wutai County and the Cang Ambassador came to the county granary and began to count the grain and grass out of the warehouse. They were busy until dawn before the 600 trucks of grain were loaded. They checked again with the quartermasters and signed.
They were allowed to leave the granary only after they signed the pledge.
In that compartment, the officers and soldiers of the guards were impatient for a long time. As soon as they heard that they could set off, they hurriedly grabbed food and headed for their respective destinations... The five hundred soldiers sent by the left guard were heading to the east gate of the county.
Go to deliver food and grass to the right guard army stationed in the east of Wutai County.
The mules and horses drove the cart slowly through the muddy streets behind the snow. The soldiers held swords and guns and walked lazily in two groups in front of and behind the convoy... Now the entire Wutai County is surrounded by layers of officers and soldiers.
Are there any thieves who dare to rob the officers and soldiers? Therefore, the soldiers all looked listless and secretly complained in their hearts. This is obviously the work of civilians, why should they be allowed to do it as soldiers?
However, when the front team arrived in front of the city gate, they saw that the city gate was tightly closed, and countless soldiers were standing on the city wall holding crossbows, ready to fight.
Seeing this formation, the officers and soldiers guarding the left were stunned. But what shocked them even more was what was happening behind them. Another large group of officers and soldiers came out from the alleys on both sides and surrounded them tightly from behind.
Although they were surrounded by friendly troops, the surrounded officers and soldiers were still a little panicked. The deputy Qianhu who led the team hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Who is that person on the other side? What's the point of surrounding our troops?"
What answered him was the sound of the trumpet on the top of the city. Everyone followed the sound and saw a yellow umbrella set up on the city gate. Under the umbrella was a figure wearing a yellow jersey, although his appearance was not clear.
, but at this moment in Wutai County, there is obviously only one person who can wear clothes of this color - that is King Zhu Jiyin of Yonghe
"Meet the prince." Everyone in the city fell to one knee.
"Get up." Zhu Jiyin slowly stood up and his voice was so powerful that everyone in the city could hear it clearly: "I have received a tip that the bandit leader we are looking for, Liu Zijin, is hiding in the food transport team.
Inside, they want to sneak out of the city." After saying the whip, Qianhu who stood aside shouted loudly: "Everyone put down their weapons and accept inspection."
"Put down your weapons and accept inspection," the soldiers surrounding the grain transport team shouted in unison.
"Put down your weapons..." Deputy Qianhu had no choice but to order his men to obey the order. After a while of yelling, the soldiers guarding the left put down their swords and guns, and then lined up to the open space on the other side according to the order, and were inspected one by one.
At this time, Zhu Jiyin's gaze on the top of the city fell on Wei Wuque who was standing aside. Mr. Wei's recovery ability was very strong. No scars could be seen on that handsome face, but the wounds in his heart not only could not be healed, but
Getting heavier and heavier.
"You must watch carefully." Zhu Jiyin warned him: "Don't let them slip away from under your nose."
"Don't worry." Wei Wuque snorted coldly: "I can recognize them even if they turn into ashes." After saying that, he walked down the tower and walked towards the long queue of left guard officers and soldiers. He walked one by one.
He passed in front of every soldier, his eyes piercing the bone marrow like knives - with his skill as a master of disguise, he was confident that he could tell whether the other soldier was disguised or not with just one glance. What's more, Liu Zijin's height stood out from the rest.
It's impossible to escape his eyes
On the other side, the soldiers were also searching the carts, uncovering the reed mats on top to protect them from snow, and checking the bags of grain to make sure there were no hidden vehicles before checking the next cart.
While the search was in progress, the atmosphere at the city gate was very tense. Chen Baihu and Deputy Qianhu had already passed the interrogation. They looked at each other and saw incomparable happiness in each other's eyes...
Wei Wuque watched carefully. It took half an hour for the five hundred soldiers to watch from beginning to end, but they still didn't find the person he was looking for... Rubbing his sore eyes, Wei Wuque felt puzzled, and then started
When the leader of the team saw the leader, he still didn't find the person he was looking for. His face became more and more ugly, and he shook his head towards King Yonghe at the top of the city.
King Yonghe couldn't help but exclaimed. Before Wei Wuque, Qianhu, who was responsible for searching the truck, had already reported that there was no one hiding in the grain truck.
There was no one hiding in the car, and there was no one in the team, so Liu Zijin was naturally not here...
"This is strange." King Yonghe frowned and said to Wei Wuque, who had already walked to the top of the city: "Is it possible that the inspection was too tight and they couldn't enter the city?"
"Unlikely." I don't know since when, Wei Wuque's confidence in Wang Xian actually exceeded his confidence in himself. He shook his head decisively and said: "We didn't pay close attention to the previous interrogation. With Wang Xian's ability,
He can definitely sneak into the city. The next time to transport food is in twelve days. He can't wait that long and will definitely leave the city today."
"Then why can't anyone be found after searching everywhere?" King Yonghe said with an ugly look on his face.
"This can only mean that they are not here." Wei Wuque frowned and said: "Maybe it is not impossible to mix with the right guard or even the middle guard."
"The right guard is transporting food to the middle guard; the middle guard is our own." King Yonghe didn't believe it: "How could they sneak in?"
"It's not here, it can only be there." Wei Wuque said slowly: "Look around, maybe there will be a surprise.
"Hey" Zhu Jiyin exhaled in displeasure and asked, "Have those two routes started?"
"Those who set out at the last moment were stopped at the city gate." Qianhu reported.
"Let's go take a look at the right guard first." After Wei Wuque finished speaking, he went down the city wall first.
The Qianhu looked at the left guards below and asked Zhu Jiyin: "Do you want to continue to detain them?"
"Let them go," Zhu Jiyin said angrily, "If you stay, they have to take care of the food."
"Yes, let's go." Qianhu gave the order, and the surrounding troops withdrew. The city gate also slowly opened. The frightened left guard soldiers hurriedly drove away from this ghost place, almost forgetting to pick up their weapons.
After leaving the county town for a long time and seeing no one around him, he exclaimed like a man from a thousand households: "Oh my god, you scared me to death."
"Yeah, it's a good thing they didn't come at the moment, otherwise everyone would blow out the lamp and pull out the wax together." Chen Baihu also nodded vigorously and said: "This can be regarded as stopping the missing horse. I don't know it is a blessing."
"But how will they get out of trouble now?" Deputy Qianhu asked worriedly for Wang Xian and others.
"We have taken the risk to leave a signal, and then ventured out to contact them," Chen Baihu said relaxedly: "We have done everything we can, what can we do if they don't come? Even the commander can't blame us.
"Yeah, that's right." Although Fu Qianhu is Yang Rong's confidant, he doesn't want to die in vain.
The two of them stopped talking and walked about two miles away when they saw four soldiers waiting by the roadside, asking to see Chen Baihu. Chen Baihu asked someone to lead them over and took a look. They were shocked... The leader
One of them, isn't it the same person who met him yesterday?
"You, you guys?" Chen Baihu said in surprise.
Wu Wei shook his head and signaled him not to say anything. Chen Baihu suddenly became alert, coughed and said, "Why don't you return to the team quickly?" The four of them responded and blended into the team.
Deputy Qianhu and Chen Baihu looked at each other and ordered the troops to speed up and march to the right guard barracks.
Back at dawn today, Wang Xian heard Wu Weidao explain the other party's arrangement, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
"Sir, is there any problem?" Wu Wei asked hurriedly.
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded and said, "I was thinking about the searches we encountered before. Although there were enough people, it didn't seem to be rigorous."
"This is normal. The people below can't feel the mood of the people above." Wu Weidao: "It's such a cold weather outside. People will be resentful, so they can't be so careful."
"What you said makes some sense, but I still feel that everything is going too smoothly," Wang Xian slowly shook his head and said, "It's as smooth as if someone let the water go."
"Release the water?" Wu Wei said with a tight heart.
"A sinister and ruthless guy like Wei Wuque cannot let us escape so easily." Wang Xiandao: "He will definitely cause us trouble, and I haven't felt this kind of trouble until now."
"Perhaps he is powerless," Wu Weidao said.
"It's a matter of life and death, so we can't take chances." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "If you are Zhu Jiyin and Wei Wuque, why have you been letting things go?"
"Of course it's to catch a turtle in a urn," Wu Wei said with a pale face: "Sir, are you saying that they deliberately let us into the city, let us come into contact with the left guard, and then waited to close the door and beat the dogs?"
"Although we are not sure, we must take precautions." Wang Xian frowned and said, "So we have to change our plan and we can't go to the military camp."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"Let's leave the city first and meet them outside the city," Wang Xian said in a deep voice, telling him his arrangement.
"Your Excellency, you have thought more deeply." Wu Weizan said, and followed Wang Xian's instructions to wrap up the military uniforms again. They were still wearing lama's cassocks. After breakfast, they said goodbye to Zhang Wu with great reluctance.
They said goodbye to Song Zhong who was extremely reluctant to leave, and the four of them left through the back door.
Arriving on the street, the four of them first went to a grocery store and purchased a lot of supplies such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Then they rented a carriage and hurried back to the east gate of the county along the same route they took yesterday.
The officers and soldiers guarding the east gate were still the same officers and soldiers from yesterday. As soon as they saw them, they recognized that they were the lamas who entered the city yesterday. When they saw them pushing a cart of oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and jars and jars, they became even less suspicious. The monks on Mount Wutai
It would be abnormal for a monk not to buy these things when he visits the county town.
"Why are there two lamas missing?" The soldier guarding the gate even remembered their number.
"Junior brother stayed at the doctor's place, and our uncle stayed to take care of him." Liu Zijin was the only one from Shanxi among the group, so naturally he answered: "We don't need that many people here, so we sent the four of us back."
Already."
"Your uncle is using you as a labor force. He enjoys his own life in the city." The soldiers joked and laughed, and without bothering to check again, they released the four of them out of the city.
At this time, the trucks at the granary haven't been loaded yet...