Chapter 501 officers and soldiers come to the door
After sending Ouyang Xiaoke to the gate of the auditorium, Xiao Chen pointed to the yard next to him, turned around and left with a smile.
Today, through a combination of circumstances, I gained a lot.
This Ouyang Xiaoke, in his own memory, he should have never left Yizhou.
And his teacher should have been in Yizhou before.
Now, this teacher has actually become a lecturer at the Auditing Academy. It seems that this academy is also recruiting talented people.
In the territory of daimyo, there are not many academies like this. Most of them just recruit some local educated people and earn a living by teaching them how to read.
The move of the Auditing Academy is very similar to the transfer between officials in the imperial court.
And what can be mobilized at will should be an independent force behind it.
The purpose of that group of men in black is to oppose the imperial court. They were able to set up such a secret base in Gu'an, and I'm afraid Baoding City also has its own base.
According to shopkeeper Li's words after drinking, the other party escorted the prince to Baoding. If it weren't for the timing, he could now conclude that the auditorium was the other party's base in Baoding, and the carriage that entered the city that day must have been inside.
Prince.
But time is of the essence.
How could the team that had already set out for three days enter the city almost at the same time as me?
But there are various signs that there is something very suspicious about this auditorium.
We must find out as soon as possible who was the person who was pulled into the academy on the carriage that day.
After returning to the yard and sitting down in the living room, Duan Tianming walked in.
"How is it? Where did you dig the tunnel?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Hey, the bottom of this wall is full of stones, and the progress is very slow. We don't dare to smash it hard, so we can only hollow out the sand near the stones and slowly take out the stones. So far, we have dug three holes.
It’s only about two feet deep.” Duan Tianming sighed, picked up the kettle on the table, raised his head to the spout and drank.
"It's all stones? Is this to prevent people from digging holes when building the yard?" Xiao Chen smiled at me.
Looking at Xiao Chen's empty hands, Duan Tianming was startled: "Where's your paper fan? It's not like you're not used to pretending to be a scholar, so you just threw it away."
Duan Tianming laughed and gave up.
A rough man is a rough man, he can't even hold the props of a scholar.
"Lost it." Xiao Chen said casually.
"I just told Liu Rufeng that if you turn around this time, you might lose the fan. I was indeed right, hahahaha..." Looking at Xiao Chen, Duan Tianming laughed unbridled.
Xiao Chen rubbed his nose, not bothering to explain anything, and said calmly: "In the past two days, I told my brothers to try not to go outside. If your identity is exposed, things will be difficult to handle later."
"Why would your identity be exposed when you go outside? These people are all the elites of our East Factory, and any one of them can stand alone." Duan Tianming waved his hand proudly and sat down opposite Xiao Chen.
"There was a murder at the gate of the city. The guards were investigating very closely. There were even fewer pedestrians on the street."
"Murder case? When did it happen? Who died?" Duan Tianming frowned.
If a murder case occurs at this time, wouldn't it put great restrictions on the movement of people like myself?
"Two or three hours ago, two guards at the city gate died." Xiao Chen said.
"Guards? You dare to attack the guards in broad daylight. Who is the opponent? Could it be that the prince was escorted out of the city and the opponent took action when he was blocked?" Duan Tianming stood up with a look of nervousness on his face.
While I was still digging a hole hard here, the prince had already been transferred again. Why couldn't he follow him wherever he went?
Seeing that the emperor is about to return to Beijing, if the prince cannot be found in Baoding City, even if the emperor really does not hold Dongchang responsible, Dongchang's ability to do things may be greatly compromised in the eyes of the emperor.
Being escaped from under the eyes of the other party over and over again, no one can accept this.
"I killed him." Xiao Chen picked up the tea bowl from Table Mountain and took a sip.
"Did you kill him? Did you kill him after a long time?" Duan Tianming grinned and sat down again, "Didn't you say you went out to find out information? Why did you suddenly go to the city gate to kill people? Where are our troops and horses? They are coming back.
No?"
"What do you think about all day?" Xiao Chen glared at the other person, "For two army horses, I ran to the city gate to kill people?"
"Then why did you kill people?" Duan Tianming grinned again and asked.
"I went out today and met an old friend. I gained a lot." Xiao Chen put down his tea bowl and laughed.
"Old friend? Where is your old friend?"
"Do you still remember the second son of the Ouyang family in Yizhou who can play the guqin?"
"Is it the Ouyang Xiaoke who has seen through the world of mortals?" Duan Tianming asked.
Xiao Chen nodded: "That's him."
"Just because of him, you went to the city gate to kill people?" Looking at Xiao Chen's hands, Duan Tianming rolled his eyes, "Or did you kill people with a paper fan pretending to be polite?"
"Can you please stop staring at the paper fan? The paper fan is used to kill people, but not to kill the city guards." Xiao Chen said very dissatisfied.
"How many people did you kill while you were out for a while?" Duan Tianming shook his head.
Although when working in Dongchang, killing someone is a common thing. But this is different. Xiao Chen is dressed as a scholar and goes out to inquire for information.
It would be difficult to kill like this without exposing his identity.
"I just killed four people. We will talk about this later." Xiao Chen waved his hand impatiently, "Now, I got a piece of useful information from Mr. Ouyang."
"Tell me, what's the news?" Duan Tianming stopped asking further questions and followed Xiao Chen's words.
Since Xiao Chen killed someone, it must be the person who should be killed, and it doesn't matter whether you ask why.
"There is a lecturer in this auditorium. He used to stay in Yizhou and was Ouyang Xiaoke's teacher." Xiao Chen lowered his voice.
"How to say?"
"The people who move the most between the two places are the businessmen, and then the officials. Have you ever heard of any scholars moving between the two places?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes. Aren't those literati just reciting poems and composing lyrics impromptu while traveling around the mountains and rivers?"
"Didn't you understand what I said?" Xiao Chen repeated very dissatisfiedly.
"Why don't you understand? Did you mean walking back and forth between two places? Those literati not only moved around two places, they moved around many places." Duan Tianming made a distinction.
"Oh, I don't want to communicate with you anymore." Xiao Chen stood up with his hands on the table, looking like he was ready to leave.
Duan Tianming also stood up hurriedly, ran to Xiao Chen, and took his arm: "Don't bother me, don't bother me. Maybe I really don't understand, please explain it to me."
"Pour me a bowl of tea." Xiao Chen turned his head to the side and said pretending to be angry.
"Okay, okay." Duan Tianming chuckled, picked up the kettle, poured a bowl obediently, and put it on the table.
Looking at Duan Tianming, Xiao Chen sat down again: "That person can be Ouyang Xiaoke's teacher in Yizhou, so he should make a living in Yizhou. And now he is actually a lecturer in the academy. That only shows that the other party and the imperial court
Just like the officials, they were transferred here."
"Transfer? Are you saying that this auditorium is the same as Shopkeeper Li's courtyard in Gu'an, that it is the other party's secret base?" Duan Tianming's expression became serious.
"It's very possible." Xiao Chen nodded.
"Then? Let's do it directly?"
"No." Xiao Chen waved his hand, "So far, the audit academy is highly suspicious. Even if it is the opponent's secret base, our mission is to rescue the prince. As long as we are not sure that the prince is in the courtyard, we can't
Take action."
"We can't forcefully go in and search. It's still very difficult to determine whether the prince is inside." Duan Tianming said.
"So, your tunnel must be dug quickly. From today on, we will arrange for several school captains to pay attention to the movements of the academy. We will also arrange more manpower to monitor several gates of Baoding City. We missed in Gu'an.
In Baoding, we must find the prince."
Looking towards the wall between the auditorium and the auditorium, the smile on Xiao Chen's face gradually disappeared.
"Yes, I will arrange for the school captain to monitor the academy and Baoding city gate."
With that said, Duan Tianming stood up and prepared to leave.
"Bang bang bang", a rapid knock on the door came from the door.
Xiao Chen and Duan Tianming looked at each other and nodded.
"Who is it?" Duan Tianming responded and walked towards the door.
