Listening to the fact that the three people over there had already drawn up an arrest plan, Qingyan always felt like she had overlooked something.
But I really couldn't remember it for a moment, so I could only withdraw my consciousness first, pick up the hair that was almost dry on my body, and go back to the kang, where I lay down and slept again.
He didn't sleep for long, less than an hour later, Xia He woke him up and said he was going to have dinner.
Qingyan yawned loudly, stretched out her hand to wipe away the physiological tears from the corner of her eyes, stood up and put on the coat and skirt she had taken off before.
He asked Xia He to come in, wiped his face with a wet towel, and combed his hair before going out.
When they arrived at the dining room in front, Xue Huan'er, his wife and their son and daughter were already sitting at the dining table, but the food hadn't been served yet.
"Sister Heng Yue."
"Sister Heng Yue."
"Auntie."
"Auntie."
"Sister, brother-in-law, Muxue, Cheng Yi."
Several people greeted each other, Qingyan sat down next to Li Muxue and Xue Huan'er, and used the copper basin brought by the maid to clean her hands.
Since dinner hasn’t started yet, everyone can still talk and chat.
Li Chengyi asked his sister curiously: "Sister, I heard that there was a flood on Qingyuan Mountain today, but is it true? You haven't encountered it, have you?"
Li Muxue shook her head and nodded, "We didn't bump into each other. When we were about to leave, we all walked to the entrance of the temple, and the fire started in the back.
The one behind where we lived was on fire. If we hadn't been lucky enough to take the first step, we might have been trapped there. It was really thrilling! Also, our journey..."
The story is full of emotion and ups and downs. It would be a pity not to go to a teahouse to tell the story.
"Yeah! It's true, that's really the blessing of Buddha..."
The little Li Chengyi frowned and listened carefully. After his sister finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest with a happy expression on his face.
Qingyan and Xue Huan'er's mouths twitched when they heard this. They are also drama queens.
Li Hanqin was also a little curious after listening to the conversation between his son and daughter, "How did you escape so easily? There were so many people at the temple fair. I don't know how many people were injured. Fortunately, you left early, otherwise you might have been injured." "
When there are many people, even if you are not burned by the fire, you will inevitably be injured by the panic and crowd.
Seeing that he was worried, Xue Huan'er leaned into his ear and whispered a few words to him. Li Hanqin's expression suddenly changed, and he felt a little uneasy. If the dishes hadn't been served, he would have wanted to go to the front immediately. Guard the mansion.
Xue Huan'er patted his arm comfortingly, and then he calmed down and had a tasteless meal with them.
As soon as I finished eating, I told them I had something to do and ran away.
Li Muxue and Li Chengyi looked at each other and asked their mother, "What's wrong with dad? He was fine before eating."
Xue Huan'er: "It's okay. Your father suddenly remembered that he still had something to do and came back as soon as he finished. You two should go to rest early. Cheng Yi, you have to go to school tomorrow."
After sending the two children away, Xue Huan'er said to Qingyan: "I haven't been stable this afternoon. I always feel a little uneasy. I don't know if something is going to happen. I don't know what kind of regulations my grandfather and the others have. What will happen in this city?" Nothing will happen..."
If you knew what it was, you might not feel this way. The more unknown you are, the more you will think about it and feel scared.
Qingyan comforted her: "We have already gained the upper hand. I believe the general and the others will make arrangements. Sister, don't worry. Besides, brother-in-law, this is over. Maybe it will be solved soon."
Xue Huan'er nodded, "I hope so..."
Qingyan didn't use her consciousness to follow them. They were just talking about the same thing. Besides, Chou Chou was staring at them all the time. If there was really something wrong, he would say it.
It was already after nine o'clock when we got back to the room, but it couldn't help but get dark here late, so it was already after eight o'clock after dinner.
Chou Chou came out of the space, leaned against Youqian comfortably, watched Qingyan soak her feet, and told her about the situation detected by her spiritual sense.
"Vice General Wang and his team have formulated a plan and have gone to the village outside the city to arrest people. General Jianmen's family has also been controlled.
They originally wanted to wait five days to catch all those who came, but the movement at Qingyuan Temple was so loud, maybe they had been alerted, and they might stop taking action during the period of caution, or delay or advance it.
It is better to control what has already been exposed. Maybe we can find out more things and seize more opportunities.
I've been keeping an eye on the prison general's side. There is indeed something wrong with that family. I actually found a secret passage in their house. Do you know where it leads? "
As soon as she said this, she no longer felt sleepy. She sat up straight and whispered: "Where does it lead? Outside the city? Is it outside the West City Gate? It's quite close to the West City Gate over there."
Chou Chou shook his head, "No, the secret passages lead to the places where grain, grass and weapons are stored in the city. Moreover, the secret passages have been around for a long time. It doesn't look like they were dug recently. They should have been there a long time ago."
Qingyan said a little strangely: "The food, grass and weapons have always been kept in the same place? Didn't they change their positions? They had to dig tunnels through them. This is too imprudent."
Chou Chou: "Weapons and grain are the top priority for the army. There are requirements for building warehouses. Not only must they be safe, but they must also be moisture-proof and insect-proof. It is very troublesome to build. How can we change the location casually? ."
Qingyan nodded understandingly, "It's true to hear what you said. Then the prison general and his family must be the enemy's internal agents. It seems that they have been planning for a long time.
Did they dig this tunnel to destroy the weapons depot and food at a critical moment? Or do you want to clear out your stuff in advance? "
Chou Chou: "Why don't you think they are poisoning the food and grass? Then you replace the swords, guns, swords and halberds in the arsenal with defective ones that will break as soon as you use them. Wouldn't it be even more invisible to the enemy?" "
Qingyan looked at Chou Chou with wide eyes. Sure enough, she still thought of human nature too simply. If it was as Chou Chou said, then even if the battle was defeated, he probably wouldn't be exposed to the prison general. As long as Qinzhou City is not destroyed for a day, Their family can continue to lurk.
Even if the city is broken, they can retreat together, and they can even continue to do so...
She couldn't help but shudder. This was the level of an undercover agent. If she hadn't encountered people with unnatural powers like them, it would have been difficult to expose them.
"The prison gate general has been exposed now, right? Is the tunnel entrance easy to find? Do you want to give Deputy General Wang and the others some tips?"
Chou Chou: "It's hard to find. You wouldn't even think that the entrance to the tunnel is actually in the big water tank in the kitchen. The water tank has two layers, with water on top and the entrance below. Most people wouldn't even think of this even if they search. "
Qingyan said in her heart that it was because they had never seen tunnel battles, otherwise they would have been greatly inspired. Think about it, water tanks, stoves, wells, walls, and tunnel entrances were everywhere!
Chou Chou: "By then, everyone will be arrested, and they may or may not be tried. Besides, if everyone is gone, then the tunnel will be of little use."
Qingyan said disapprovingly: "That's not necessarily true. What if there are other spies in this city? If they also know about this tunnel and use it, wouldn't it be the same result?"
Chou Chou nodded, yes, this is really possible.
"In this case, when they go to arrest or search, I will use my consciousness to make some noise in the kitchen. As long as someone comes in to check, I can lead him to the water tank.
At that time, create an accident and let someone bump into the water tank. Move the water tank away and you will find it. "
Qingyan agreed with her face, "This is a good idea. This way we can consider it as an accidental discovery and save us from getting involved again."
After the two of them discussed it, the water in the basin became cold. Qingyan wiped her feet and took the water outside the door and put it on the door. Xia He would clean it up then.
After closing the door, she took off her shoes and got on the kang, took off her coat, and got directly into bed.
He hugged Youqian who rolled over and said, "Chou Chou, please turn off the lights, let's talk in the dark."
As soon as the lights were turned off, the room was completely plunged into darkness, and Qingyan fell asleep without even saying a few words.
Before dawn the next day, she was woken up by Chou Chou.
After opening his eyes, he saw that the room was still dark, and he asked with some confusion: "It's not yet dawn, why did you wake me up?"
After she rubbed her eyes and became more energetic, she thought about what happened before going to bed yesterday.
He quickly asked: "But is there any movement over there? Could it be that Deputy General Wang and the others went to arrest people in the middle of the night?"
Qingyan said the following words to Chou Chou through sound transmission. There was nothing she could do about it. The surroundings were too quiet now. If she said it directly, she would disturb Xia He who lived in the side room.
When she heard the noise, she would definitely come over and ask if she was okay, but she was too lazy to deal with it.
Chou Chou also sent a message and replied: "Yes, Wang Kaiyuan brought people there. The prison gate general and his family have been restrained and moved to the back door to be taken away quietly.
There are people guarding the yard in front. They are probably planning to wait until dawn before searching. Then I will just find a way to lead people to the kitchen water tank.
It's too dark now, so I guess they might not be able to find me if I lure them there. "
Qingyan fumbled and patted Chou Chou, "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't sleep all night and kept staring over there."
Otherwise, it would be impossible to discover the situation over there so quickly.
Chou Chou shook his head, "It's okay. It doesn't matter if I don't sleep for a few days. I only need to sleep when I first start to repair. Now I'm almost back to adulthood. I just need to practice. Anyway, there will be a branch over there." The ray of consciousness is always watching, and it doesn’t delay anything else.”
This made Qingyan envious again. This skill that can separate the consciousness is really easy to use, unlike her who has to concentrate every time she uses her consciousness.
But she is already very satisfied with this, at least she is much better than ordinary people who don't have spiritual consciousness, but ordinary people don't even have spiritual consciousness.
By this time, the charcoal basin in the house had been extinguished, but the kang was still warm. It must be that Xia He had added firewood in the middle of the night, so it wasn't too cold in the house.
Now that she was woken up, Qingyan couldn't sleep, but she didn't want to get up. She continued to lie in bed, covered herself, took out a small piece of spiritual stone, and then took out her watch to check the time.
No wonder she was so energetic. It was already seven o'clock in the morning, and many people had to go out to do work at this time.
After putting the spirit stone away, he also used his spiritual consciousness to explore it. Sure enough, as Chou Chou said, the prison gate general and his family were all gagged and tied and gathered at the back door, waiting to be loaded into the carriage and taken away.
This was considered a secret arrest. It was probably because they were afraid that there were other spies in the city, and they would be frightened away by too much noise.
Fortunately, this mansion is larger than other courtyards, and it is separated from the surrounding houses by an alley. It is not lined up in a row like other courtyards, so it is considered a separate house.
Qingyan looked around with her consciousness and found no one staring here. They must have cleared her away. If not, then this was indeed a secret arrest. In a short while, the news Can't leak out.
Six or seven people were stuffed into a carriage, and the crowd walked out through the back door. There were still many people inside.
Qingyan took a look and saw that in addition to the prison general's wife and the old couple and two and a half-year-olds she had seen before, there was also a middle-aged man and two women in their twenties crowded with them, waiting to be loaded into the car. .
The two women, who must be the concubines of the prison general, were bursting into tears with fear in their eyes.
She counted and found that there were thirty or forty people in this family plus the servants, which was quite a lot of people.
"These older people didn't make a big fuss when they were arrested. Couldn't they all sneak in secretly?"
Qingyan said to Chou Chou.
Chou Chou: "Yes, someone climbed in through the wall first and opened both the front and back doors, and then let others in.
While those people were sleeping in the room, he went in directly to gag and tie them up, so he didn't make too much noise.
Fortunately, the prison general rested in the study room in the front yard, otherwise the couple would have been trapped under the quilt, which would have been embarrassing. "
By this time, almost everyone had been loaded onto the carriage, and it took a total of five vehicles to load these people.
At this time, the city gate was already open, and the sound of a carriage passing by was not so sudden that it would not attract the attention of the people around.
Those carriages went around the main road from the back to the front, and were mixed with some vehicles and people entering the city. In addition, most of them were moving forward in the dark, so they did not attract many people's attention.
Qingyan thought of something and asked: "The prison general has been arrested, will his men find out soon? It's not time to alert the enemy by then."
Chou Chou: "No, I saw it before. The prison general only goes there to inspect at a fixed point every day, and does not stay there all day. Many things are solved by the young generals on duty there themselves.
Of course, this is not a long-term matter. The person must be tried quickly, or a crime must be found to be charged, otherwise it will be difficult to tell the outside world.
Even if he is just a guard general, he still has an official position. Although it is not as high as the gatekeeper general in the capital, he is a fifth-rank official. In a small town, the gatekeeper general can only be a sixth-grade officer at most, but that is not Just catch them.
There must be a clear vision, otherwise it will not be possible to convince the public, and it will be difficult to fool those friends who have not been caught. "
Qingyan nodded, "It turns out that the prison general's rank is so low. I thought he was called a general, so why should he be in the fourth rank?"
(End of chapter)
