The kiss was short but sweet, and the two soon separated with panting. Lin Jue took Gao Muqing's hand and asked her to sit down and rest. He personally poured a cup of hot tea for Gao Muqing and handed it to her hand, saying softly: "Drink some tea to warm yourself up."
, let’s go do some business, it’s almost the fourth update, time is very tight.”
Gao Muqing said angrily: "You still know that time is tight, but you still have to... want... It's all because we are late. Things will not change, right?"
Lin Jue smiled and asked in a low voice: "Have all your people arrived?"
Gao Muqing said: "I guess they are all here now, and they are all in the woods outside the town."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "Okay, then don't delay, listen carefully, this is the action plan."
Lin Jue took out a map from his body and spread it out on the table. It was a floor plan of the entire town. Gao Muqing smoothed her hair and listened to Lin Jue's words with a solemn expression.
"This is where the escorting officers and soldiers will stay. Everything is in this courtyard. Remember, we only robbed the six carts against the wall, which included more than 300 sets of armor and weapons, plus 220 crossbows and three
Ten bundles of crossbows. The rest will not move. Your people will divide into two groups and go all the way from the east end to the south end of the town to light a fire. This is an empty house where people in the town stack firewood. Light it there to make a noise. Wait for the guards.
After being attracted, the other group of people burst into the yard and started to take action. They did not kill or fight, they just took things and left, and they didn’t care about anything. Do you understand?"
Gao Muqing nodded heavily and said, "I understand. Shen Tan's people won't really take action."
Lin Jue said: "No, but they will also show off. You still have to be careful. After all, the escort from the Arms Department is here, and Shen Tan can't be too obvious. So your people may be injured or even die.
.In short, make a quick decision, grab it and leave."
Gao Muqing looked up at Lin Jue's eyes and said, "What about you? Where are you going? You..."
Lin Jue smiled and said, "Where do you want me to go?"
Gao Muqing shook his head and said: "I don't know, it's impossible for you to go to the mountain with us. You have already done your best to me by doing this today. I can't ask you to go to the mountain. After Xiaohu recovered from his injury on the mountain, I ordered someone to send him away.
He returned to Hangzhou."
Only then did Lin Jue realize that Lin Hu had not returned, and asked in surprise: "What happened to him? What kind of injury did he suffer?"
Gao Muqing simply told Lin Jue what happened to Lin Hu, and Lin Jue regretted hearing the words.
"Hey, I should have known better that I wouldn't let him deliver the letter. Now...he has a broken leg and frostbite. What should I do? He is still a child and has suffered so much. How can I explain it to my cousin Youde?
"
Gao Muqing hurriedly said: "Don't worry, his injury is not a problem. The calf is indeed broken, but it will heal in a few months. The frostbite is not serious. He is very brave, and he did it. He is also worried about you
It's your fault, and you asked me to apologize to you."
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "This kid, how can I blame him? It seems that I won't be able to go to the mountain with you."
Gao Muqing said in surprise: "Do you really want to go to the mountain with us?"
Lin Jue said: "I'm not going to drop grass."
Gao Muqing said: "I know you went there for Xiaohu. Even so, I'm still very happy. It's great."
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "Wrong, I am not entirely motivated by this matter. In fact, I have already decided to go to Luoyan Valley to have a look. First, I miss you very much. Second, I want to see how I can make you stay here
Put down roots in the mountains so that I won’t worry about you in the future.”
Gao Muqing said softly with tears in her eyes: "Thank you very much, I don't know what to say."
Lin Jue said softly: "It's superfluous to say anything. You are my wife, and I am ashamed of you. No matter what aspect, I will help you. Why do you think I am wearing this ugly mask? It's not because I don't want to.
Reveal my true face, so as not to reveal my identity in front of your copycat brothers? I would have made a pig a long time ago instead of going to your copycat brother."
Gao Muqing cried excitedly and nodded repeatedly.
Lin Jue reminded: "It's four o'clock in the morning, act quickly. Fight quickly. Under the cover of night, you can evacuate this place quickly. Nothing can be done after daybreak. You go and prepare to take action, and I will take a look at the movement. Let's
Meet in the middle of town."
Gao Muqing nodded repeatedly, turned around and left. Suddenly he turned around again, hooked his arms around Lin Jue's neck and kissed Lin Jue heavily on the mouth, and then walked out the door.
Lin Jue touched his lips and smiled, sighed, put on his cloak and left the house. In the corridor, Lu Wu was looking at the wall of the inn in a daze. Just now she saw Gao Muqing flying over the wall without touching the ground and disappearing like a big bird.
It was quite shocking.
Lin Jue took her hand and whispered: "It's time to go."
Lu Wu said: "Sister Gao is so powerful. She flew out of the wall as soon as she jumped."
Lin Jue smiled and didn't answer. Lu Wu added, "How did the young master know that Sister Gao has arrived just now?"
Lin Jue still smiled and didn't answer, but pulled her quickly towards the back door of the inn, thinking: You bought so many rose scented tablets for Mu Qing and sent them to the mountain, have you forgotten? You were scented with jasmine scented tablets.
As for the scent, Mu Qing's is rose scented tablets. Although my nose is not good, I can still distinguish the two scents. When the rose scent enters my nose, who else could it be if it's not Gao Muqing? It's in the middle of the night. Could it be a ghost?
…
At the beginning of the fourth watch, several houses in the south of Qingtai Town suddenly burst into flames. After a while, the fire glowed red in the night, and the shouts of death filled the ear drums. The guards who were sleeping after drinking in the inn were awakened.
When they came over, Shen Tan pretended to be panic and smashed open the door of several drunken Weapons Department attachés.
"Guys, get up quickly, we are being attacked by bandits."
"What? Mountain...bandits?" Several attachés from the Weapons Department were confused and confused.
"Yeah, damn, they invaded from the south of the town. But don't worry, there don't seem to be many of them. I will lead people to kill them and drive them away. You guys will take care of things."
"Oh, okay, Commander Shen, please be careful. If there are many of them, we will just guard the courtyard. Maybe they are just here to rob the people, so we don't have to meddle in their own business."
"What are you talking about? Are you letting it go? How will you explain it later? I took people to take a look. It seems that there are not many of them. Maybe they can still get some credit."
"Okay, go and come back quickly."
The several attachés of the Arms Department who were disheveled and confused could not understand the situation at all, and had no time to think about why there would be bandits attacking on such a snowy night more than a hundred miles away from Funiu Mountain. At this moment, Shen Tan said
Whatever, they will do whatever they want. Besides, this is Shen Tan's people who have to fight hard, not their own people.
Shen Tan led his hundred and ten guards to the southern end of the town, where fires were burning and calls for killings were intensive. Several officials from the Arms Department stayed in the inn in fear, waiting for news.
However, not long after, the wooden door of the inn was knocked open. Countless dark figures appeared on the low wall, and a large number of black figures broke into the yard, shouting loudly: "The king of Funiu Mountain is here, we only need property Without harming his life, I have no eyesight and invite him to see the King of Hell."
The more than thirty soldiers of the Weapons Department left in the yard were horrified. Seeing the large number of people on the other side, who dared to resist? They were so frightened that they fled in all directions. In the main room, several officials of the Weapons Department were at a loss what to do and closed their doors tightly in fear. Not daring to come out of the door or window, I just watched helplessly as those people hitched up the horses and drove the six carts out. In just half an hour, they disappeared without a trace.
It was only then that Shen Tan rushed back to the inn with his people. Several officials from the Arms Department immediately started to blame loudly when they saw Shen Tan.
"Commander Shen, why did you come back just now? You fell into someone's trap to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The things we were escorting were robbed."
"Yeah, how good is this? We can't hide this from you. The higher-ups have blamed it, and we have to report it truthfully. You didn't escort well."
"Commander Shen, hurry up and give chase. You can't lose anything."
A group of guys from the weapons department were shouting in unison.
"Shut up, everyone. Damn it, I repelled the attack of hundreds of people in the south and asked you to guard the yard, but you were raided. Why are you blaming us? Why didn't my people resist? Why don't your people resist?" Shen Tan cursed angrily.
"There are so many of them, there seem to be two to three hundred of them. What use can the thirty or so of us do? We are thankful to God for saving our lives."
"Two or three hundred people? That's incredible. Then there are five or six hundred bandits coming to attack. That's all, no one should complain. With so many bandits attacking, it's good if we can save our lives. We've lost everything." If you can save your life, it is already the greatest blessing among misfortunes. Don't say anything anymore and admit defeat." Shen Tan shouted.
"Aren't you going to give chase, Commander Shen? Let them snatch the goods?"
"Bah! You know they don't dare to resist in large numbers. Your life is life, but my life is not life. I'm only over a hundred people, and there are five or six hundred bandits. You let us chase you? Isn't that right? Do you want our brothers to die?"
"No, but what should we do if this cargo is lost? There are six trucks of cargo, and we are all going to lose our heads."
"Don't panic, just take stock and see how much you have lost before talking about it."
"Damn, there are more than three hundred sets. This is over. Commander Shen, I think we should immediately notify the garrison in the surrounding prefectures and counties. Ask them to help intercept them and see if they can be recovered? Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to deliver."
"Guys, if you want to make things bigger, it's fine. Anyway, we all have something to do with it. At worst, we might all lose our heads."
"Commander Shen, what do you mean by this? Now that things have reached this point, don't you still have to lose your head?"
"Guys, if we want to survive, we can't make it public. Once the surrounding officers and soldiers are informed, then this matter cannot be concealed. Will there be more than 300 sets of armor soon? We will pay the money, and your officers will not want to It's a big deal. Anyway, this batch of armor and weapons needs to be remade. If we can fill in the holes and use money to buy materials to make a new batch, the quantity will match. That's what I think anyway. I don't know how you guys can do it. I think. Of course, I still need to ask for your opinion. If you don’t agree, we can all lose our heads together.”
"...But these more than three hundred sets should cost at least more than 20,000 taels of silver. How can we have so much money to compensate?"
"As long as a few people agree, I will come up with a plan to save money and avoid disaster. In order to save my life, I have to bleed. At worst, I will spend all my savings over the years to plug this hole and save everyone's lives."
"Is Commander Shen really willing to do this? That's really..."
"Bah, if you don't do this, you'll lose your head. And even if I'm willing to take the money, the Arms Department still needs your skills. If your chief officer doesn't agree, it's still in vain. In short, if you want to survive, you have to shut up. , The second is that everyone must contribute. I contribute money, and you must also contribute effort. Otherwise, we will all play together."
"Okay, okay, Commander Shen, don't worry, we will definitely be able to handle this matter. I can still speak to Mr. Ma. Besides, this matter is not good for Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma wants to be promoted this year."
"Okay, then let's do this. Everyone, stop sleeping and leave this place of trouble as soon as daybreak. I am responsible for my men, and you are responsible for your men. If there is a talkative one, you are responsible for it."
