To be honest, when the carriage once again passed by the entrance of the bank he had been in charge of for many years, Chai Yugui was so nervous that his heart was in his throat, and his underwear was soaked with cold sweat all over his body! In fact, for him, a murderous demon, even he himself didn't understand how he could be so scared this time!
Chai Yugui breathed a long sigh of relief and leaned against the soft cushion behind him. At this time, Chai Bo asked with concern: "Your Majesty, your face looks pale. Are you feeling uncomfortable?" "
Chai Yugui closed his eyes and shook his head gently without making a sound. Upon seeing this, Chai Bo Zhiqu didn't ask any more questions, and quietly turned his face to the side. The car became silent for a while, with only the sound of the car rumbled.
Before the carriage left New Capital City, everyone in the carriage was holding their hearts in their hands. After walking for about half an hour, the coachman’s voice came from the front again: “Sir, we’re reaching the West City Gate!”
"Well" Chai Yugui responded, sat upright from the couch behind him, and quietly opened the car curtain a crack. Sure enough, the tall gate building on the west city gate seemed to be standing in front of him. Before he could put it back, Behind the car curtain, a shout suddenly came from the front: "Stop, stop and check!"
The carriage then slowly stopped with the driver's voice: "Oh, oh, oh, oh!" Chai Yugui turned around and winked at Chai Bo, who looked nervous, and whispered softly: "Stay in the car. I'll go down and have a look!" After saying that, without waiting for Chai Bo's reply, he raised the curtain of the car and jumped out. Because he jumped too fast, he almost hit two tall soldiers wearing armor and holding long guns. Fortunately, One of the soldiers had quick eyes and quick hands and reached out to help him.
The soldier frowned and asked, "Is this your carriage?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Chai Yugui bowed and replied repeatedly: "Master Jun, this is the carriage of the young man."
The soldier said with a straight face: "We are going to search your car. If you have any family members in the car, please ask her to get out of the car first, and then get in the car after we finish the search."
Chai Yugui held up his hands with a smile and said: "It's convenient for you two military masters. Women are shy, so let us go! Besides, I still have some friendship with your Commander Li!"
The soldier raised his voice and said indifferently: "This is not possible. Even if Commander Li comes here himself, he will still be searched. We are under the orders of the Song Prison Gate to search people and vehicles entering and exiting the city gate one by one.
Chai Yugui reached out and groped in his sleeves, then clenched his fists and said with a smile on his face to the soldier who was speaking: "Master, little old man, there is also a road note written by an official in the city, can you take a look? "
The two soldiers looked at each other, and the soldier who spoke stretched out his hand: "Take it and take a look."
Chai Yugui quickly stretched out his clenched fist, and then loosened his fist, and a heavy silver ingot with warmth fell into the soldier's hand. The soldier weighed it briefly and estimated that it would not weigh less than twelve ounces at least. Immediately, a smile appeared on his face, and his tone suddenly became easy-going, and he said politely: "Old man, the official who wrote the directions for you is a very noble man!" Then he waved his hand and said: "Okay, that's all. You can leave according to the directions written by Shangguan."
Chai Yugui cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master Jun."
"Hey, hey! Wait a minute!" Just when Chai Yugui opened the curtain and was about to climb back into the carriage, the two soldiers took a few steps and suddenly turned back. Chai Yugui was startled when he heard this, and stood beside the carriage and asked blankly. : "You two military masters, there is still something else to do!"
The soldier who had just collected the money smiled and said: "I forgot to tell you, there is a city gate sentry in front, which I am also in charge of. If they want to stop you again, show this to them and they will come directly." Let you pass." As he spoke, the soldier took out a square piece of bamboo and handed it over.
Chai Yugui took the piece of bamboo and took a look. The palm-sized piece of bamboo was engraved with a big Chinese character "Guo". It turned out that the new capital city had two walls, divided into an inner city and an outer city. There was also a sentry post in the outer city. The people who originally left the west gate There are only a few. The main city gates are the south gate and the east gate. Not far from the west gate is the moat. There is not even a suspension bridge. If it were not for the thick ice in the moat in winter, it would be enough for carriages to pass. After leaving the city, you would have to go around to the south gate. The moat can only be crossed on the bridge, so the soldiers guarding the west city gate are usually bored. They catch people and cars that occasionally leave the city like this and rip off them. Firstly, they can show off their power and have fun, and secondly, after they are laid off, We also had money to go to a wine shop to drink together, but we didn't expect that this customer would be so generous today. He gave us ten taels of silver at a time. The two gatekeepers were so moved that they decided to provide a one-stop service, hoping that with such good service, they would attract more people. From now on, this wealthy customer would often use the West Gate to go out of the city to do business, allowing them to make a little fortune from time to time.
Chai Yugui suddenly felt relieved and thanked the two soldiers again. The outer city is not far from the inner city. After Chai Yugui got on the car, he quickly arrived at the gate of the outer city. As the soldier said, he handed over the bamboo sign in the car to the gatekeeper to take a look. The soldier said nothing. He said, waving his hand to let his carriage pass.
On the bank of the moat outside the west gate of the new capital, there is a large area of bare locust trees. In the locust forest, Chai Yugui suddenly stopped the carriage that was about to be transferred to Xinhe County, Zheng Guo.
Hearing the sound, the coachman jumped down from the carriage and walked to the carriage. He said doubtfully: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, this is the right path for me to take! We will reach the boundary of Xinhe County after walking for more than a hundred miles. Passing through Xinhe County, you will reach Tianmen Mountain. After passing Tianmen Mountain, you will reach Tianquan County of Zheng State, which borders Qi State. Go past Tianquan County...!"
"Stop, stop!" Chai Yugui quickly waved his hand to stop the driver's words, which were like reporting accounts, and said with a cold face: "If you can get to Tianquan County within two hours, we will take the route you chose!"
"What? Two, two hours, hours?" the coachman stammered: "Commander, did you hear me correctly? You said you arrived at Tianquan County in two hours?"
Chai Yugui nodded indifferently.
The coachman didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said with a grimace: "Lord Commander, you see, it just snowed two days ago, and now many places on the road are covered with ice. Let alone two hours, even a single person and a horse may not be able to get there in two days. Tianquan County! What’s more, we’re still traveling by carriage, so we’re going even slower!”
Chai Yugui said in a deep voice: "Since we can't reach Tianquan County within two hours, then we will turn around and go to Luocheng, the capital of the Chen Kingdom!"
"Ah!" The coachman was stunned when he heard this. Now even Chai Bo couldn't sit still. He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Master Commander, didn't we agree to return to Qi State? Why are we suddenly going to Chen State again?"
Chai Yugui glanced at him and said coldly: "Ding Duli, it is understandable that Lao Lu cannot understand the meaning of my words, but you have been following me since you joined the Cavalry Guard, don't you understand?"
"This...!" Chai Bo's face froze, and then he said with a smile: "Is it possible that the commander-in-chief is afraid that the officials from the Xinjing government office will chase after you?"
Chai Yugui had a gloomy face and nodded slightly: "Exactly!"
Chai Bo immediately said proudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. As for the officials in the Xinjing government office, it is not a problem for my subordinates to beat ten of them. Plus Lao Lu, there is no need for the Commander to do it himself!"
"Asshole!" Chai Yugui couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Our plan now is to leave Zheng Guo as soon as possible, rather than fight bravely. Besides, with the shrewdness of that little judge, if there are any clues left by us, If they find out that we are from Qi, they will definitely report it to the court and send out troops to search for us. Which road do you think they will pursue us along?"
"But...!" Chai Bo couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Why do we have to go to Chen State? Chen State is currently at war, and has always been on good terms with Zheng State, and has not yet joined the border with Qi State, so why not change the border? Wouldn't it be much safer for Daoguan Mountain Town to take the road leading to Xinyangguan of Chu State, and then enter Qi State from Chu State?"
Chai Yugui said coldly: "You are so smart. You have said it yourself that it is safer to take the Chu country route. Wouldn't others think so?"
After Chai Yugui made this point, Chai Bo suddenly became enlightened and said with a big smile: "The commander is still smart, go from a place they never thought of, this is really a brilliant move!"
At this time, Lao Lu, the driver who had been confused, finally realized what he was doing. He was so impressed with Chai Yugui that he immediately jumped on the driver and turned around to head towards Chen Guo.
At this time, in Risheng Qianzhuang, Chen Xiaomu and Ye Duzheng took a few veterans who hurriedly changed into government uniforms. Under the guidance of the concierge in the Qianzhuang, they came to the residence of the shopkeeper Chai Yugui in the Qianzhuang. After a while, they grew from small to big, and finally After the sound almost turned into banging on the door, the door to the small courtyard did not open.
Chen Xiaomu turned to the veterans behind him and said, "Which of you can climb over the wall and take a look?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Heiniu stood up immediately, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, Heiniu is willing to go to the courtyard to explore."
Chen Xiaomu shook his head: "Go."
Hearing this, Zhang Heiniu first took a few steps back on the spot, then suddenly exerted his strength and ran fiercely. He rushed to the courtyard wall, jumped up, stretched out his hands to grab the brick edges on the wall, and struggled with his arms. His feet stepped on the cracks in the bricks of the wall, and he turned over the wall neatly. Then there was only a "pop" sound in the wall. Zhang Heiniu had landed with his feet, and then Zhang Heiniu was walking in the courtyard. The sound of "plop, plop" footsteps.
Not long after, I heard Zhang Heiniu reporting loudly in the courtyard: "Sir, the doors to the main room and the left and right wing rooms in the courtyard are locked. Do you want my subordinates to kick them open?"
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment and said, "Kick it and see what shameful things are hidden inside!"
Upon hearing this, the porter of the bank who was leading the way for them hurriedly stopped him and said, "Sir, this is absolutely impossible. If shopkeeper Chai comes back, the common people cannot bear the blame!"
Chen Xiaomu sneered and said, "You can't afford it if shopkeeper Chai blames it. Could it be that you can afford it if the government blames it?"
The concierge trembled when he heard this, and begged with a cry: "Sir, the common people saw the shopkeeper of Chai in the morning. It is estimated that he must not be far away now, maybe to the cloth shop he runs. I beg you, sir." The master has mercy on the poor people and allows them to go and find the shopkeeper Chai."
Looking at the begging look of the concierge in front of him, he thought that it was not easy for these low-class people to find a job. Besides, he didn't want to embarrass these low-class people from the bottom of his heart. He felt soft and said gently: "There are still people in the bank. Is there no other person in charge here?"
"Yes, yes." The porter hurriedly said, "Sir, the eldest gentleman and the second gentleman from the accounting room are both in the accounting room. Only the third gentleman has gone out."
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "Let's leave it here for now. You can take us to the accounting room to find Mr. Eldest and Mr. Second."
When the concierge heard this, he quickly agreed with a "promise". At the same time, he was also greatly relieved. If Shopkeeper Chai came back and heard that he had brought people from the government to kick down his door, then the bowl of rice for him, the porter of the bank, would be over.
Chen Xiaomu called to Zhang Heiniu, who was still in the yard, and asked him to come out first, and then he was led by the concierge. The group came to the front of the unprepossessing two-story building, and walked up the stairs to the second floor. The concierge Standing in the corridor, he cautiously called out: "Mr. Hu, the government official is here!" No one answered. The entire second floor was quiet, not even a person was seen. Then, the concierge called out tentatively: " Mr. Wang, someone from the government is here!" The answer to him was still silence.
Chen Xiaomu's expression changed and he asked in a deep voice: "Which account is it?"
The concierge quietly pointed at a door in front of him. Chen Xiaomu stepped forward and pushed open the door. He saw that there was no one in the room in front of him. The four tables together were neatly arranged, and there were a row of wooden shelves against the wall. Rows of account books were neatly arranged on the floor.
