"I like it very much and I won't get drunk after a thousand cups." Wu Kezhong said, shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "It's a pity that the wine is too expensive and I can't afford it, and I don't dare to drink too much for fear of getting into trouble..."
"When the situation is over and the intruders take back Xi'an, I will treat you to a drink!" Chang Yu smiled, and Wu Kezhong laughed: "I hope we are all still alive then."
"I don't know if you will be alive at that time, but I will definitely be alive." Chang Yu sighed and looked at Wu Kezhong and said: "I may not see you again in the future, so let me tell you something, I am the big man from Dongchang. Governor Chang Yu! If you are still alive at that time, remember to go to me for a drink!"
Chang Yu and his entourage disappeared into the night in the west of the village. On the fifth day of the month, Kezhong stood behind the Tutu Temple with a confused look on his face. Two black figures walked quietly behind him: "On the fifth day of the month, are they gone? On the fifth day of the month...what are you doing? Already?"
"Uh, uh, it's nothing..." Chuwu Kezhong regained his mind and walked to the Earth Temple with a frown: "I have some doubts about their identity."
"What's wrong? Could it be that they are thieves pretending to be..." One of them jumped up and couldn't help but groan while holding his ribs. Chu Wu Kezhong didn't notice and shook his head: "It's not that they are thieves... Hey, earlier I was cross-examined by him, but I forgot... Well, could that guy be bluffing me, but it doesn't look like..."
"What are you mumbling about on the fifth day of the lunar month? My brothers almost capsized today. Did you know that girl looked like a harmless person but she was very ruthless? He broke my golden bell with one palm and even Qin Laoer was beaten until he vomited blood..."
ah! It was so powerful that Chuwu Kezhong was shocked, but he did not check the injuries of the two people. Instead, he walked out of the Tutu Temple and looked at the western night sky. It seemed to be true... Damn it, is this person crazy?
Chang Yu and Qing Yi walked side by side towards the mountain ridge west of the village in the night. The remaining people did not go with them but scattered around in order to hide their whereabouts: "Shopkeeper, I just heard the man outside saying that we should go to Chengdu. Are you asking for information from the city?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "He has told me the information about Chengcheng. There are no heavy troops. He asked us to go around there."
Qing Yi said: "Heyang is heavily defended, but the adjacent Chengcheng is not, so it is not enough to determine whether the rebel army has deployed heavy troops in the middle. We have to cross the river west to take a look, right?"
"Qingyi, you are finally smarter." Chang Yu praised him, and Qingyi touched his head: "But if that person can find out the information about Chengcheng, why didn't he send it out?"
"I just praised you for being smart in vain." Chang Yu shook his head lightly: "He is someone who has just figured out the details of Chengcheng recently, but has been waiting for someone to come to meet him. As for why he didn't transfer him out, it's just because the thieves are now sealing it too tightly. He This alcoholic lunatic is well known in Chengcheng County and no one doubts him, but he is in danger as soon as he leaves the border. Didn't you listen to what he said? Nowadays, both beggars and peddlers are the main targets of the thieves. It is better to kill them by mistake. If he doesn't let it go, it's just like he can't cross the river west to scout Baishui, it's not his territory, and if he goes there, he may not be able to come back."
So that's it. Qing Yi felt that he had learned a lot from this young man who was only a few years older than him. After walking for a while, he couldn't help but ask: "The bandit army blockade is so tight, but I heard from Master Su Jing that you sent people to Xi'an to assassinate him." Intruders, how do they enter the country?”
"They went to Yulin from the west of Taiyuan and went further around the mountains and ridges. They are probably still in the mountains and digging into the woods. Chang Yu couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't get lost. Don't wait for me to conquer Xi'an. They are still there. not here! "
Qing Yi also found it funny, covering her mouth and laughing non-stop.
The small lake Ke Zhong mentioned on the fifth day of the new year is separated by a ridge from Huangfuzhuang. The ridge is neither high nor steep, but the small earthen nest he mentioned is indeed difficult to find. Even if he pointed out the direction, it took a lot of time. I showed the sketch to Chang Yu, and it still took me a long time to find the earthen nest under a cliff facing the lake. It was an earthen cellar to be precise. It was spacious enough to accommodate more than ten people. It was filled with cabbage, radish and Some coarse grains, it is obvious that this is another hole in the first five grams of weight.
It wasn't cold in the cellar, but Chang Yu still lit a fire inside and let Chunxia rest inside. He went out to observe the terrain and led Kuang Ren and others over. Everyone carefully erased all traces around them. Enter the cellar.
Everyone took off their boots to warm themselves by the fire, and suddenly the smell in the cellar started to rise again. Qing Yi couldn't bear it and said, "I'll go outside to watch the wind."
"What are you looking at in the wild mountains outside? Let's drink the wind..." Before Wu Mu Shan could finish his words, Wang Fuchen threw his boots in his face: "Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Then he turned to Qing Yi and bowed: "The Taoist priest does whatever he wants, don't pay attention to him."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "One by one, look, you are still not tired."
"Tired, but much more tiring than fighting. It would be nice if I had a horse to ride on..." Chen Suole looked sad: "I'm not afraid of fighting or fighting with thieves, but running away is really wasteful. Look at me. The boots are all torn..."
Everyone felt the same, and Chang Yu felt the same way, so he said: "Tomorrow let's go to Chengcheng County to see if we can buy horses. We can run faster that way."
"What if you can't buy it, or if you can't sell it?" Chen Ruxin asked. Chang Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Then steal, then rob!"
"This... is not good." Kuang Ren bit his lip: "If word spread, it will be detrimental to our Dongchang's reputation."
"In emergencies, you have to resort to whatever means you need. Whether it's stealing or robbing, just throw some money at them." Chang Yu said and went to the wall: "Tonight, there will be a mess in a radius of dozens of miles, so we will be here Hide in the cellar for half a day before we talk."
"Thieves are not that easy to fool. There are also capable people among them. What if they don't walk around all the time?" Wang Fuchen has held the banner and been a thief. He knows which heroes are from three mountains and five mountains. Although most of them are cock-crowing and dog-robbers, there are many. A powerful person. It is said that some people have noses that are sharper than dogs. Just like the thieves encountered in Yangjiazhuang, he was a powerful person if he could escape unhurt from the siege of several masters.
"Don't worry, Chuwu Kezhong has been around the world for several years without revealing his identity. He is also a capable person. He will create suspicions and lure the pursuers to the northwest mountains." Chang Yu closed his eyes: "Tomorrow we will cross the river west to find out the strength of Baishui and Pucheng's troops and then go back. We can't stay here for too long, no more than three people. If we wait longer for the bandit army to mobilize people and horses to encircle us, it will be difficult for us to fly."
"Shopkeeper, I have an idea. What do you think?" The big rake scratched his head: "Let's pretend to be business travelers..."
"No." Lu Dahu interrupted him directly: "Let's not tell you where we are going to get those guys. Even if we get everything, we will be searched by thieves on the road. Once they are checked, the secret will be exposed..." The big rake didn't give up: "Then let's catch them. How about pretending to be thieves when the thieves are forced to ask them alive for their incisions?”
"How can you not be on guard against the thieves you can think of?" Chen Ruxin shook his head, and Chang Yu said: "You can try pretending to be a thief, but it can only cover it up for a while. As for the thief's incision code, it is not credible. So Tell me, if you are captured and the thief tells you the secret code, you will be spared, will you believe it?"
Everyone shook their heads: "If you don't believe it, it's impossible to live whether you say it or not."
"That's it. If you don't tell me, you'll die. Will you tell me, or will you tell the truth?"
Everyone shook their heads again: "I don't know how to say it anymore, even if I say it, it would be a lie."
That night, as Chang Yu expected, Huangfuzhuang was turned upside down. Several groups of thieves came from all over the place. Nearly a hundred people searched the entire town from house to house, but only found six corpses in the graveyard in the west of the village: "At least 100 people were dead." It's been half a day, and it seems that they were here at noon and had fled elsewhere." The leader was the young man in Yangjiazhuang who escaped unscathed from Chang Yu and the others.
Immediately, these thieves spread out and carefully searched for deliberate traces. Logically speaking, the traces left on the snow were clearly visible. However, it was dark and difficult to see. Chang Yu and the others also dispersed and covered up. If it were daytime, they might be able to find some traces. At night, It was too difficult, not to mention that Chuwu Kezhong had already made arrangements to have people running around deliberately leaving some traces that were difficult to detect but could just be discovered. Nearly a hundred thieves were checking around and running around, and soon they couldn't tell the difference. He was confused as to which traces were the enemy's and which were the traces of his own people.
After careful combing, they finally identified two traces. One was heading north into the mountain, and the other was heading west.
The thieves quickly judged that the enemy would not be able to escape if they were surrounded, so they escaped into the mountains and forests. As for the ones running west, they were mostly to disturb people's eyes and ears, but even so, they divided their troops into two groups to pursue them. .
