Yuma was arrested and imprisoned in the county jail. Zhao Hongrun really didn't know about this.
After asking Zongwei Zhou Pu, Zhao Hongrun learned that Yuma was thrown into prison by thousands of Shangshui soldiers because Ran Teng and the Shangshui soldiers led by him were in the kitchen of Yuma's mansion. Found a secret tunnel.
In the secret room, Shang Shuijun found at least hundreds of secretly hidden weapons, as well as more than a dozen wandering horses who had once tried to arrest them.
Fortunately, Yuma knew the current situation at that time and ordered the Yuma people in the secret room to surrender to the Shang Shui Army. Otherwise, these people might have been killed on the spot by Ran Teng, a thousand-man general.
After all, I still have some impressions of Ran Teng and Zhao Hongrun. I remember that the former was a very powerful thousand-man team in the Shang Shui Army, and Ran Teng was even called Wu Ji with another thousand-man general named Xiang Li. The two most ferocious generals among the thousands of generals under their command are very powerful both in terms of their own strength and the thousands of men they lead.
Under the guidance of Zongwei Zhou Pu, Zhao Hongrun and his Zongwei Chief Shen Yu came to the county jail in Yangxia County.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun asked Zhou Pu about the situation in the county jail. After all, this county jail was currently guarded by Zhou Pu, the clan guard.
Zhou Pu, as his name suggests, is a very simple-looking Zongwei. Usually, the Zongwei are not showy, taciturn, and don't like to talk. But only those who are familiar with him know that this ordinary-looking Zongwei The ordinary Zongwei was actually among the top five Zongwei around Zhao Hongrun. Not only was he ranked among the top five in terms of military force, he was also a Zongwei with both civil and military skills and a stable personality.
It's just that sometimes I'm too steady and have no passion.
Zhou Pu told Zhao Hongrun that the county jail was already overcrowded at the moment. On the 17th, the Shang Shui Army captured a large number of thieves and rangers. They were all those who initially carried weapons but were attacked by the Shang Shui Army. A person who throws down his weapons and surrenders with his head in his hands.
At that time, the Shangshui soldiers felt quite a headache, because Zhao Hongrun only ordered them to kill those hidden thieves and rangers who still carried weapons, but did not say that if these people abandoned their weapons on the spot and chose to surrender, such a situation would What to do about the situation.
It was not appropriate to kill them, but it was obviously even more inappropriate to let these people go. So after thinking for a moment, Shang Shui's soldiers simply arrested all these people and threw them into the county jail, so that the county jail was now overcrowded.
The county jail in Yangxia County, as its name suggests, is just a county-level jail with only about a dozen cells in it.
Originally, there were at most about four or five people in each cell, but now I heard from Zhou Pu that because there were so many people thrown into the prison, there were actually more than ten or twenty people crammed into each cell, which was very unusual. Crowded.
And under this situation, there are still hundreds of captured thieves and rangers who don't know where to be imprisoned. They can only be temporarily tied up with ropes and thrown into the corridor, or thrown into Wumajiao's residence.
When Zhao Hongrun came to the prison, he finally understood what Zhou Pu said about overcrowding.
In his eyes, the cells on both sides of the corridor were really crowded with prisoners, with almost no space left.
As he passed by, the hidden thieves and rangers who were imprisoned in the prison stood up one after another, stood behind the thick wooden bars, and stared at him angrily.
"Is this Zhao Run?"
"That King Su Zhao Run?"
"This damn bastard..."
"He actually caused the merchant navy to attack..."
When Zhao Hongrun passed by, the thieves and rangers in each cell were all gnashing their teeth.
But when Zhao Hongrun felt unhappy because of these discussions and stopped to scan the cells where the discussions were coming from, the thieves and rangers who had just been discussing in private suddenly turned away in unison.
These people were afraid, and they were frightened by Zhao Hongrun's fierce methods.
"snort!"
With a slight snort, Zhao Hongrun walked forward on his own, and finally came to the cell where Yuma and his subordinates were imprisoned.
At this time, Yuma probably guessed Zhao Hongrun's arrival from the commotion in the prison just now, and was already standing behind the prison bars, waiting for Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun stood outside the cell door, looked at Yuma up and down, and suddenly asked: "Yuma, I heard that you want to see me?"
Stopping the rest of the Yuma people in the prison from reacting rudely to Zhao Hongrun with indignant expressions, Yuma clasped his fists and said sincerely: "Yes, I hope to persuade King Su so that Yang Xia can avoid a bloody disaster."
"Yangxia? Is he the hidden thief of Yangxia?" Zhao Hongrun said with a faint smile: "Yuma, I sympathize with you Yuma people, but there are some things that I think it would be better to make it clear... Since when?
, you thieves think you can represent the entire Yangxia County?"
Yuma was stunned when he heard this.
Indeed, there was a time when Yangxia Hidden Bandits controlled the entire Yangxia County, but in the final analysis, Yangxia Hidden Bandits cannot represent the entire Yangxia County.
Regardless of the Youma people assisting the Yiqiu people in maintaining peace and tranquility in Yangxia County, in the final analysis, they are regarded as bandits by the imperial court. It is just because the imperial court failed to suppress them many times, so they have not been sent again for the time being.
They are just an encirclement and suppression army, which does not mean that the imperial court allows the Yangxia thieves to control Yangxia County.
After a long silence, Yuma looked up at Zhao Hongrun and said in a low tone: "Prince Su, are you going to eradicate us no matter what?"
This question...is not easy to answer.
Zhao Hongrun was silent.
However, Yuma got it wrong. He laughed miserably and then laughed at himself and said, "That's what King Su must be thinking, right? It's funny. We thought that King Su wanted to sit down and have a chat with us, but we didn't expect it."
It’s King Su’s plan to delay the attack... When all the merchant navy troops that won a great victory in Sanchuan arrive in Yangxia in a few days, King Su should order an attack, right?"
Huh?
Zhao Hongrun vaguely heard something and asked, pretending not to know: "What? What are you attacking?"
Hearing this, Yuma's eyes showed something strange, and he whispered: "Attack the camps of hidden thieves outside the county such as the Yiqiu people, the black spiders, the mourning crows..."
This guy... is he testing me?
A thought flashed through Zhao Hongrun's mind, and he deliberately pretended not to know and said, "What are you talking about? Hasn't the hidden thief been eradicated by me?"
"Prince Su." Yuma frowned and said with some displeasure: "This kind of crude pretense will only insult your intelligence, Prince Su... Apparently a time ago, I was sent by Prince Su to come here and wait for me.
The Shang Shui army who collected weapons in the military hall had no idea that there were many soldiers in the city.
There is a tunnel under the Toast Hall that can lead to the outside of the city. However, yesterday, the merchant navy who attacked my Yuma Shi Hall revealed the fact that there is a tunnel in my Yuma Shi Hall...
It’s not a guess, it’s as if everything is known in advance.”
After that, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun. After hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Congratulations to King Su, for getting the help of a group of hidden thieves so quickly. Can you ask King Su to clarify who the inner ghost is?"
Who?"
This guy is quite keen...
Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised. After taking a look at Yuma, he said deliberately: "What are you talking about? When did I get the help of some hidden thieves?"
"Then how does King Su explain the tunnel?"
"This..." Zhao Hongrun showed an expression of embarrassment as if he was speechless at the right time, and said as if he was hiding his ears and stealing the bell: "What is your identity, and what qualifications do you have for me to explain to you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuma said in a deep voice: "Fuqiu people!... It's Fuqiu people, right?"
"You..." Zhao Hongrun seemed to be angry with embarrassment. After glaring at Yuma angrily, he suddenly lowered his voice and said coldly: "Even so, what can you do? You can't even get out of this cell... Honestly
Just stay here until I have eliminated the hidden thieves in the Yangxia area, and then I will show mercy to you, the Youma Zhongwang."
After that, Zhao Hongrun said something about taking care of himself and left.
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's back as he left, a flash of shock and anger flashed in Yuma's eyes: It was really the Fuqiu people?!
"Golden hook..."
Yuma was seen holding on to the cell door, carefully recalling the behavior of Jin Gou, the leader of Fuqiu, during that meeting.
Yuma clearly remembered that when he asked Jin Gou what he thought about this incident, Jin Gou just laughed a few times and did not offer any useful suggestions.
At that time, Yuma felt very strange, because he felt that Jin Gou was not in a hurry.
But now, he understood that Jin Gou had already decided to join King Su just now, so what was there to be anxious about?
"hateful!"
Yuma clenched his fists bitterly. You must know that what he hates most in his life is betrayal and betrayal, because this reminds him of the past when Yuma in Dang County was betrayed by the imperial court.
You are so cruel, Brother Jin Gou...
A trace of hatred flashed in Yuma's eyes.
Because he had already guessed that if Jin Gou really took refuge in Su Wang Zhao Run, then this person was definitely not just trying to avoid disaster. Otherwise, why didn't he mention it in that meeting?
Obviously, Jin Gou planned to have all the hidden thieves such as the Yiqiu Clan, the Youma Clan, the Black Spiders, and the Mourning Crows be wiped out in this incident. In this way, he, the Fuqiu Clan, could be called the only one in Yangxia County.
A hidden thief.
While Yuma was secretly guessing Jin Gou's purpose, Zhao Hongrun had already walked out of the prison under the escort of Zongwei Zhou Pu.
What a surprise. I didn't expect that Yuma would think of Jin Gou so quickly, but it saved me a lot of time to guide him... Does this mean that Jin Gou has a bad reputation?
Shaking his head secretly, Zhao Hongrun turned back to Zongwei Zhou Pu and said: "Zhou Pu, that man named Yuma just now, if he attempts to escape from prison, you... secretly help him."
Zhou Pu was not surprised when he heard this. He cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will give him a chance in this humble position."
Just as Zhao Hongrun had estimated, Zongwei Zhou Pu did not ask questions such as why he secretly helped him escape from prison, as if he had already guessed it.
Well, he is quite a boring person.
However, given Zong Wei Zhou Pu's conservative character, now that he has said so, Yuma will definitely be able to escape from prison, as long as the latter has the heart.
Don't let me down, Yuma...
After taking a deep look back at the prison, Zhao Hongrun stepped out of the county prison. (To be continued.)