Chou Chou: "In the Tang Dynasty, the prison general was indeed of the fourth rank, but he was the one who looked at the palace gate of the imperial palace in the capital. Those important positions were mostly guarded by people whom the emperor trusted very much, and the rank was too high. Even a low-ranking emperor cannot be reassured.
And the local people don't have such a high grade. Logically speaking, the people here should not be called generals, but should be called prison gate captains. Later, in the fifth generation, the name was a bit random, and they were all called prison gate generals.
The name will probably be changed in the later stage. It should be called Chengmen Wei, I don't know. Anyway, it is correct to call him that way now. Let's wait until it is changed later.
It's dawn outside. I'm going to lead the people over there to the kitchen, so I won't tell you anymore. "
Hearing what it said, Qingyan also followed it with her spiritual consciousness.
Chou Chou simply and crudely used his consciousness to control the tiles on the kitchen roof to fall down. Fortunately, it didn't directly remove all the tiles above, otherwise people would have thought there was someone on the roof.
It only broke off a piece of tile, which happened to fall on the wooden lid on the iron pot. The pot under the lid was empty, so the sound was very loud, which immediately attracted the soldiers guarding the central courtyard to come over and check. .
Two people came in, one after the other. It can be seen that Vice General Wang's men are all experienced soldiers. In this case, if you hear any movement, you must not go to check it out alone, otherwise it is very likely that you will be killed. Was attacked by surprise.
As for the classic trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain, there are not just two of them in the middle courtyard, there are four of them in total. If two of them go to check, the remaining two can continue to guard there.
Moreover, although the kitchen is in the corner, it is still in the middle courtyard, and it is not far away. If there is a situation, you can just shout and rush over.
The two soldiers entered the kitchen one after another. When they heard the sound, they knew it was coming from the kitchen. This was easy to distinguish.
After entering the kitchen, the two of them immediately saw the broken tiles on the pot lid, and then subconsciously raised their heads to look at the roof. They saw that there was a missing tile on the roof directly above the stove, revealing a small light-transmitting hole. .
It's daybreak now, the light in the kitchen is dim, and the small hole in the lining is even more obvious.
While he was raising his head, Chou Chou quietly placed a fire stick as thick as a baby's arm at his feet where he was about to put it down.
The soldier was walking forward when his right foot stepped on the fire stick. The fire stick was round and rolled forward with his foot, causing a big split!
The soldier yelled and couldn't help but fall to the side. Chou Chou saw that his direction was a little deviated, so he used his spiritual consciousness to hold him and hit him towards the water tank.
Fortunately, the soldier was concentrating on his legs and didn't notice this. His upper body happened to hit the water tank. There was only half a tank of water left in the water tank. It must have been used last night, and he carried water every morning. Now everyone has been arrested, and there is no time to choose.
In addition, the force of this man's impact was not small, and the water tank was knocked sideways. The soldier was holding the water tank with one hand and rubbing his right leg with the other to stand up, but the water tank was pushed further in. He moved a little, and when he lowered his head, he saw a wooden cover underneath.
He sat back on the ground directly, one hand continued to rub his leg, and the other hand knocked on the wooden board. When he heard that the sound was wrong, he quickly said to his companion who was coming to help him: "Quick, quick, quick, there is something here." question!"
The man came over, saw the wooden board, and looked at each other. The two of them worked together to move the water tank away, exposing the entire bottom.
It looked like the entrance door to a cellar, but if it were really an ordinary cellar, it wouldn't need to be so secretive. You could tell there was something going on at this glance.
The soldier who didn't fall said to the soldier sitting on the ground: "Er Niu, you watch here, I'll call someone over."
The soldier named Er Niu nodded, and after the others left, he subconsciously looked around cautiously. Fortunately, although there were a lot of things in the kitchen, it was clear at a glance, and there was basically no place to hide people.
The soldier who summoned the people came back a short while later and brought in four people whom he had summoned from the front yard.
The third time he entered the courtyard was neither small nor very big. If he hadn't been able to shout loudly for fear of being heard by the people around him, it would have taken him even less time.
He ran to the front yard to call for someone. After bringing the person over, he went to the backyard. After a while, he called four more people.
There were twenty-four soldiers guarding the three courtyards, ten each in the front courtyard and the rear courtyard, and four in the middle courtyard.
The main thing is that the middle courtyard is open to the front and back, there is no door to the outside, and there are side rooms on both sides. Generally speaking, it is not an easy problem. No one will come in or run out, so the front and back yards are It needs to be carefully guarded.
Including the two people from before, there were ten people, making the previously spacious kitchen very crowded.
One of the soldiers, who was obviously a small leader, asked the soldier who had called before to go to the middle courtyard to continue guarding, and then asked the person who discovered the tunnel, the injured Erniu, to stay here and sit on the small bench that lit the fire. Seeing that he kept rubbing his leg, it seemed that he was really injured, so he was not allowed to continue to stand guard outside.
He asked people to find unsplit firewood outside the kitchen, dipped hemp rope in lard to make a few torches, lit two, and led seven people to the entrance and opened the wooden door.
He was the first to jump down. It was said that the jump was actually not deep, but the entrance was smaller, that is, it was only as high as one person. After going down, it was much more spacious, and there was a ladder that sloped downwards.
When he walked in, the people behind him also jumped in one after another.
Qingyan used her consciousness to follow them inside. With torch lighting, she could clearly see that the tunnel inside was made of blue bricks.
Not far after going down the stairs, you arrived at a space of more than ten square meters. There was no door, just an extra space in the middle of the passage, which was wide on both sides.
The little boss left two people behind and asked them to check this place carefully, and then continued to move forward with the five people.
The people who stayed behind were groping around and knocking here and there, trying to see if there were any mechanisms or other dark rooms inside.
Qingyan looked at it with her consciousness and saw that there was nothing there, so she followed the little boss and the others and continued walking forward.
Along the way, there will be a space of more than ten square meters almost every one or two hundred meters. From the second one, there are things in it, including tables, chairs, benches, and even wooden beds in some cases, but there are no beddings. For one, there will be traces of burning candles or oil lamps on the lampstands on the wall.
I think someone must have stayed here before. It looks like a place to rest while walking through the tunnel, or a place to hide people when there is a situation outside.
After walking for a while, there was a fork in the road. The fork in the road was almost T-shaped. The little leader in front looked left and right and said, "Let's not separate. Let's go in one direction first. We'll end in a while." Come back and check in the other direction."
A total of eight people came in. They met three rooms before. Every time they arrived, two people were left there to check. Now it was just him and another person. If they were separated, no problem would be solved. I'm going back to report the news.
Of course the other person had no objection, so the two of them held a torch and headed for the fork on the right.
This time I didn't encounter the same small room as before. After walking two or three hundred meters, I reached the end. There was also a staircase at the end. Going up from the staircase was the same upward wooden cover as when they came down.
The little leader asked his companion to hold the torch. He first listened to the noise outside, stretched out his hand and pushed upwards with limited strength. When he saw that it couldn't be pushed, he increased his strength.
This time the wooden cover was pushed up, and then he saw a lot of dirt falling from the top. He sighed twice, took back a hand to wipe his face and rubbed his eyes. This was because the fallen taxi had covered his eyes. Lost.
After listening to the noise outside again, but there was still no movement, I finally lifted the wooden lid with all my strength.
As soon as his eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand to support the edge and jumped up.
After I came out, I discovered that it was probably in an alley. It's not accurate to say it was an alley. It wasn't that wide. It should be said that it was in the gap between two walls.
It is only wide enough for one person to pass through, and both sides are blocked. It is probably the gap between two families, and ordinary people will not come here.
It's just that both sides of the place are blocked, and you can't get out at all. What's the use of putting this tunnel entrance here?
He bent down and pulled the other person up. The torch was not extinguished. They would go into the tunnel soon. They didn't bring flint. If it was extinguished, they would have to go back in the dark.
Another person came up and put the torch on the ground, and looked at the situation on both sides. One side was the side wall of a house, and the other side was the high courtyard wall.
He said to the little boss: "Mr. Chengxin, ordinary people would not be able to build such a high wall. It cannot be the mansion of some noble family, right?"
This wall is about 2.6 meters. Most people build a wall of 2 meters. Some even build a wall of more than 1 meter. It is just for enclosing a territory for oneself. It does not need to be particularly high.
The little boss who was called Cheng Xinlang also looked at the wall and said, "This looks familiar, but I just can't remember where it is."
He walked lightly to one end, and there was some movement there. He looked out through the gap between the green bricks, then retracted his head and walked back quickly, whispering to the other person: "Let's go back to the tunnel first. ."
The two quickly returned to the tunnel, and then the little boss said again: "There are patrolling soldiers and ox carts transporting grain over there. This should be a granary."
The soldier was startled, "If this was a granary, the problem would be serious."
Although this tunnel has not been dug into the granary, it is very easy to do something bad here. As long as you take out a ladder from the tunnel and climb over the wall directly, it is not impossible.
The little boss nodded, "Yes, so this tunnel cannot be exposed yet. We have to go back and ask for instructions. Let's continue to check and see where the exit is at the other end. We will go back together and report it to the general."
In this way, the two of them returned to the T-shaped fork in the road and headed to the other side.
They didn't need to go out for the exit this time. They knew where they were just by listening to the sound. There were the sounds of neat footsteps, the sound of weapons clashing, and even the sound of chatting. It was the weapons arsenal!
The two tunnel exits were chosen very cleverly by each other. They were dug between the gaps in the wall. There was only one wall between them. It was easy to get in, but no one would notice them when they went out.
The two of them did not stop this time and walked back quickly. Along the way, they met people who were still checking there and took them out together.
They also figured out that these small rooms here should be used for hiding people or resting. There is a high probability that there will not be any dark rooms.
After everyone returned to the ground, two people were left guarding the exit. The little leader took the soldier to the backyard. After talking to the person on duty, the two quietly left from the backyard and went straight to the garrison mansion. .
When Qingyan and Chou Chou saw this, they knew what the outcome would be, and they must have reported it to Vice General Wang.
The two people were very cautious. Even if they found the tunnel entrance, they did not alert the others. They did not look into the wall. Qingyan had a God's perspective, so she could see the walls next to the two tunnel entrances. There is a place for leverage.
There is a tree next to the weapons depot and a cowshed next to the granary. As long as they take a ladder and go up to the wall when they come out of the tunnel, it will be easier to get inside. They can go down from the tree while walking. You can jump to the shed first and then get off the shed.
Now that this tunnel has been exposed, at least there is no need to worry about others using this tunnel to do bad things.
Qingyan asked Chou Chou to leave a ray of consciousness and continue to look there. The two of them searched the military households in the west of the city to see if there were any other houses with such tunnels. .
Even the garrison mansion checked and found no tunnel. Instead, they found a dark room in the study in the yard where the garrison lived.
The darkroom is very small, just behind a relatively large calligraphy and painting next to the bookshelf. However, it does not contain any letters or the like as shown on TV. Instead, it contains some relatively valuable antique calligraphy and painting, jade ornaments, and a stack of large The amount of banknotes must be from General Li's small treasury.
Nothing was found here, and then Qingyan went to Wang Tongpan's house and explored the inside and outside of Wang Tongpan's house. In addition to the front yard, Wang Tongpan's study also had a small secret room where money was kept. Nothing was found in the yard.
Aunt Chen's yard was even cleaner, with nothing suspicious. This person was really cautious. Qingyan even looked through the wardrobe and suitcases in her bedroom, including the dressing box, and under the bed board, but found nothing. .
Thinking about it, no one would put evidence in their own house. They are just waiting to convict themselves.
Sometimes when I watch the show on TV, Qingyan always feels strange about searching the houses of corrupt officials for evidence and so on. She doesn’t know why they keep the evidence that can convict her. It’s because they think she didn’t die quickly enough. ? (End of chapter)
