Gaotangzhou. Qinbei Pavilion
"What do you do?"
The city guards stopped Mrs. Gu and her group and looked at Mrs. Gu and the oxcarts warily.
"Master Jun, we are businessmen from the state. We just bought a few carts of dates from Hebei West Road and are going back to sell them!"
Sister-in-law Gu smiled and clasped her fists. Because there was a war in Dengzhou, she deliberately changed the place to Laizhou, which is next to Dengzhou. The accents in the two places are the same.
"Zao? Search for me!"
Without even looking at the sister-in-law, he waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to come forward and search her.
"Dutou, what a jujube!"
The soldiers took their knives and stirred the carriage, and finally discovered that there were several carts of dates.
"Are you really from the state?"
They all looked at Mrs. Gu and the others. She looked like she was doing business, and her accent sounded like the dialect of Laizhou.
"This is the evidence, please check it out!"
Sister-in-law Gu smiled and took out a book of vouchers with a small piece of silver on it and handed it over.
"Yeah! Yeah! Not bad!"
Nadu took the money and the money without any hesitation, stuffed the money into his sleeves, then pretended to check the money, closed it and handed it to Mrs. Gu without even looking at it.
"Come into town!"
Dutou waved his hand and the soldiers let him go.
"Thank you, Master! Enter the city!"
Sister-in-law Gu greeted Sun Xin, Xie Zhen, Jie Bao, Zou Yuan, Zou Run and several other men to pull the ox cart into the city.
Sister-in-law Gu was not in a hurry to find an inn. Instead, she pulled a few ox carts and started looking for them in the city.
"This is the home!"
Sister-in-law Gu looked at the inn in front of her and said that she saw Liang Shan's secret mark on the doorpost of the inn, which should have been left by Ma Ling or Shi Qian.
Sun Xin, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run took the bullock cart to the backyard, while Sister Gu, Xie Zhen, and Jie Bao walked to the inn.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to tell your fortune?"
Ma Ling smiled and waved her whisk to look at Sister Gu and asked.
"Then it's a hexagram, this Taoist priest please!"
When Mrs. Gu saw Ma Ling, she was overjoyed to invite her. They went to the backyard and found a secluded stone table to sit down.
"Sister-in-law Gu, why are you here?"
Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked.
"My brother saw that there has been no news from Taoist Master Ma and Brother Shi Qian for a long time, so he asked us to come to help."
Sister-in-law Gu said.
"Alas, that Gao Lian is so cunning. He locked Mr. Chai in the dungeon of the government office. There is a post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. There is no way to get close."
Ma Ling shook his head and said.
"Are you planning to use Mr. Chai Daguan as bait to set up a trap?"
Xie Zhen said, isn't this the trick they use for hunting?
"Being strong enough is a trap. With the strength of Liangshan, how can a tall sickle be enough?"
Sister-in-law Gu said, Liangshan is not an ordinary cottage. With Liangshan's strength, not to mention one Gaotangzhou, there are three or five, and it is only a matter of words to fight.
"When will my brother's army arrive?"
Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked,
"It should take another day or two, and now it's time to arrive at Dongchang Mansion."
Sister-in-law Gu said.
"Brother, do you have any instructions?"
Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked.
"Brother just asked us to act according to the situation in the city, but there was no detailed mission."
Sister-in-law Gu shook her head and said that she was also confused about this. What were they going to do without a detailed task?
"Brother is worried about us. This is the state capital after all. If the whereabouts of a few of us are exposed, it will be in danger."
Ma Ling said, Sun Lei never liked asking his brothers to carry out extremely dangerous tasks. This was also the reason why the brothers in Liangshan were united. Brothers can fight for loyalty, but they cannot regard fighting as loyalty.
"Then what do we do?"
Xie Zhen and Xie Bao asked in confusion.
"Do what you can while protecting your own safety. For example, two brothers, Xie Zhen and Jie Bao, you are proficient in hunting. This time you pretend to be merchants and go to the city, you can collect good leather goods and collect intelligence at the same time."
Ma Ling looked at Xie Zhen and Xie Bao and said.
"Then let's go our separate ways and I'll buy some good wine."
Mrs. Gu also said with a smile.
Just as a few people were chatting, a rapid sound of gongs sounded.
"The Liangshan army has entered Gaotang Prefecture!"
"The Liangshan army has entered Gaotang Prefecture!"
Waves of shouts rang out from the city, followed immediately by the drums of the gathering, and groups of soldiers appeared on the streets. The originally lively streets were immediately put under martial law.
"It looks like we can't go out until tomorrow."
Ma Ling listened to the sound of gongs and drums and laughed and said that it was impossible to maintain martial law in the city. Once the city's defense forces gathered on the city wall, the city would be ready for action.
Gaotang Prefecture Government Office.
"Sun Lei is finally here!"
Gao Lian laughed ferociously.
"Send the order and seal the four gates, and the soldiers will be divided into three shifts to take turns on duty."
Gao Lian ordered the commanders, military supervisors, commanders, commanders, and governors in front of him.
"yes!"
Everyone followed the order and went down.
"Brother-in-law, the thieves are here, let's run!"
Yin Tianci looked at Gao Lian and said with a trembling voice.
"Trash, what are you afraid of in the city?"
Gao Lian was furious and kicked Yin Tianxi away. This good-for-nothing good-for-nothing waste was still trying to run away.
"Listen to me, this time either Sun Lei will die or Gaotang Prefecture will be destroyed, and you will also defend the city for me!"
Gao Lian pointed at Yin Tianci and shouted, this time he was determined to kill Sun Lei to avenge Gao Qiu for killing his son.
Yin Tianci was so frightened that he sat paralyzed here. He would spend a lot of time drinking and drinking on weekdays. How could he defend the city? People would die in a battle to defend the city. The thieves were so cruel that he would be so frightened that he fainted.
"roll!"
Gao Lian was angry just looking at Yin Tianxi now. Even if this brother-in-law was idle and misbehaving on weekdays, he still couldn't help at all when he needed to employ people. He was really useless.
After arranging the affairs, Gao Lian came to the city wall.
At this moment, the defenders on the city wall were in panic and were looking south, wary of the coming enemies. It was only a day or two away from the border of Gaotang Prefecture to the prefecture city.
"Why panic! Light the beacon!"
Seeing that the defenders were panicking, Gao Lian waved his hand and lit the beacon tower on the city wall.
"Don't worry, the prefects of Dongchang Prefecture and Kouzhou Prefecture are recommended by my brother Gao Taiwei. They will send troops to help immediately. Moreover, Daming Prefecture Liang Taishu will also send troops this time. In addition, Lingzhou and Enzhou will also send troops. This This time we gathered soldiers from all the prefectures on the East Road of Hebei Province, what are you afraid of!"
Gao Lian looked at the soldiers and said loudly, now that the thieves are on fire, there is no need to hide it.
Hearing that so many reinforcements were coming, all the defenders were immediately filled with joy. Forget about the other state capitals, Daming Prefecture was one of the four capitals, Beijing. It had strong soldiers and horses. With reinforcements like this, there was nothing to fear.
"Guard the city."
Gao Lian looked at the soldiers with a smile and said.
Returning to the government office, Gao Lian went directly to the dungeon. At this time, Chai Jin had his hair disheveled and was dressed in rags. He was lying on the haystack in the dungeon in a miserable state. He no longer had the wealth and splendor of Cangzhou Chai Daguan. He looked like a beggar on the street.
"Chai Jin!"
Gao Lian looked at Chai Jin and shouted, but Chai Jin, who was lying on the ground, did not respond at all and seemed to be still unconscious.
"There's no use pretending to be unconscious here! To tell you the truth, Sun Lei is here with his troops!"
Gao Lian looked at Chai Jin on the ground and said.
"What! Brother Sun Lei is here!"
Chai Jin, who was on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Gao Lian with a look of disbelief.
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