In the early morning, the fog was heavy and wet.
A lonely tomb stood in the wild forest several miles southeast of Hejian City. Tu Yuan and more than twenty of his men were on guard outside the forest, while Chang Yu stood silently in front of the tomb with his hands behind his back and his eyes closed.
Li Xingtian is buried in this grave. He committed suicide last night. Chang Yu asked Tu Yuan to buy a good coffin from a coffin shop in the city, and transported it out of the city at dawn in the morning and buried it here.
Chang Yu has very few friends in this time and space, and as he said himself, he yearns for the life of a knight-errant, so he was once happy to have a friend like Li Xingtian, but when he was shocked to find out that this friend was actually a thief Naturally it is very difficult to accept.
Then Li Xingtian committed suicide and became a martyr, which made him even more miserable.
If this wasn't a troubled world, if they were in the same camp, they would have become better friends, but there is no if.
What makes him even more regretful is that Li Xingtian does not need to commit suicide at all, because he will not kill Li Xingtian at all. The reason is very simple, because soon they may become the same camp!
"You are really impatient!" Chang Yu opened his eyes and looked at the tombstone made of tree stumps in front of the grave with a wry smile and shook his head. The inscription read: Jianghu righteous soldier Xiao Li Feidao Lu Xiaofeng.
After getting on the carriage, Tu Yuan approached and asked in a low voice: "Duke, do you want to send two brothers to attack here?"
Chang Yu thought for a moment and shook his head: "There are three possibilities. His accomplices didn't know what happened in the city last night when the incident happened suddenly, which means they didn't know that he was dead. The second possibility was that he died or Before we surrounded him, he had already sent a signal, instructing those people not to lurk, hide their whereabouts, and not to move without permission. Thirdly, his power is definitely not an ordinary thief. If they really come to visit, you leave two people behind to send them away. The head will not even be noticed by you."
"Is he really that powerful?" Tu Yuan scratched his head, and Chang Yu looked back at the lonely grave from the window: "The rows are as thick as mountains. On the battlefield, you are good at fighting with guns and swords, but you are not the one who plays dirty tricks like this. It's too late. If you think back to what happened to Datong when we opened Zhangjiakou, you will know how powerful he is."
"It's awesome. A lot of people died at that time, and I was able to keep you in the dark for a long time. That's really awesome." Tu Yuan sighed and said, "I'm afraid there will be no peace along the way. Should we hang up another batch nearby?" manpower?"
"Are you afraid?" Chang Yu chuckled, and Tu Yuanqi said: "You are an illiterate kid, so I dare to ask an adult how to write the words you are afraid of."
A warrior like Tu Yuan is invincible on the battlefield. He has never been afraid of single combat or group fights, but he is afraid that something will go wrong and Chang Yu's safety will be compromised. Just like what Chang Yu said just now, a clear sword can be used. He is not afraid of guns, but he is afraid of such underhanded people. If it is just a few assassins, he will not worry. After all, there is a group of masters in the dark, but Li Xingtian and his group are not fighting alone. Assassins always commit crimes with accomplices, often involving dozens of people, and their methods are cunning and ruthless, and they use all possible means.
This time, the Jingdong Factory Wei Sixth Battalion selected him as the Black Tiger Battalion. If something went wrong, it would be really shameful. Tu Yuan was worried and wanted to discuss it with Jiang Fa and others, but he looked left and right, hey, good guy, There was no one to see anymore, and the group of personal attendants who were usually inseparable now all turned into the darkness.
As a last resort, Tu Yuan had to order his men to be more vigilant, and even divided four people into groups of two, one in front and one behind, with the front exploring the road and the back watching to see if there were any suspicious people in front and behind.
Perhaps he was too worried. Tu Yuan looked suspicious to everyone. They were taking the official road, and they were also heading to the big city of Jinan. Everyone traveling on the road looked so suspicious. Tu Yuan felt that he was going crazy with suspicion. .
Since Hejian, Chang Yu has talked a lot less along the way. There is no doubt that Li Xingtian's death has hit him hard. Some people may not understand that he and Li Xingtian only met by chance a few times and did not have a deep friendship, but some friendships are not It is said that the depth of love grows as long as we have been together. There is a word called "the head is as old as new", which means it is as old as before.
Although Chang Yu became silent, he still behaved as usual. If he saw people working in the fields while resting on the way, he would go and have a look and have a few words. He would also go in and wander around villages and towns, but Tu Yuan would He was extremely nervous. He couldn't guarantee whether the people in the fields were disguised as thieves and would attack suddenly, nor did he know whether there were thieves ambushing them in those villages and towns.
Anyway, his nerves were very tight along the way, and he couldn't eat well or sleep well.
Still have fun fighting!
Fortunately, there were no dangers for several days, and before he knew it, he was near Jinan City, so Tu Yuan relaxed a little.
Seeing this, Chang Yu advised him that there was no need to do so. Tu Yuan quickly asked Li Xingtian for advice. Since he had followed them, he was supposed to plot against them, but why hadn't he made any move until now? Moreover, according to Chang Yu's habit along the way, Li Xingtian was completely You can set up an ambush, such as pretending to be ordinary people in the fields or villages.
"He is a cautious person. He didn't dare to act rashly when we just left the capital. He didn't believe that I really only brought so few people with me when I left the capital, so he needed to keep a closer look in case I was fishing. But he didn't expect that I would be caught by us. I was exposed in advance when I crashed into a brothel."
As for his men not pursuing him or taking action, there are only two possibilities. First, they didn't know that something had happened to Li Xingtian and were still waiting for orders. Second, just follow us and get ready.
Now Tu Yuan was nervous again, but Chang Yu smiled again: "I know they didn't just throw themselves into a trap."
Tu Yuan was startled and realized in an instant. He knew that Chang Yu had secretly made a plan. If this group of people didn't come, they would die, so he quickly flattered him: "Sir, you are very powerful, you can think of everything." I can figure it out, if my brain was half as powerful as yours, I would be in heaven."
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing.
A rider rushed to the carriage from a distance: "The shopkeeper's place is still thirty miles away from Qihe County. There is a big village two miles ahead. Do you want to head there?" Chang Yu raised his head and looked at the sky. The scorching sun was approaching. At noon, he nodded slightly.
The subordinates first went to the village to have a look, and Tu Yuan immediately went there with his five riders.
The village is close to the official road. Although it is not a market, there are people setting up stalls to make a living.
When Chang Yu's carriage and horses arrived, they saw Tu Yuan chatting with several villagers at the entrance of the village with a serious look on his face: "Shopkeeper, the villagers said that there are bandits nearby, and the fighting during this period is very uneven."
Oh, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, Qihe County is right under Jinan's nose, and there is still banditry. But then I thought about it, it is most normal to have banditry in Shandong. In the past, when Liu Zeqing was in charge of Jinan, there were many bandits. Among them, he was raising thieves. , after this guy's death, banditry became more prevalent than before. It has to be said that although Liu Zeqing was a heinous warlord, from another perspective, he was also Jinan's sea-suppressing needle. With him, he could still suppress those heroes from all over the mountains and mountains. , when he was gone, everything went into chaos immediately.
It's just that most of these thieves operate in mountainous areas. Although Qihe County is close to Jinan, it is surrounded by plains. This is a bit interesting. After thinking about it for a while, Chang Yu guessed that it should be the hidden mine that exploded when Li Zicheng escaped not long ago. .
Then I went to ask the villagers if there were any officers and soldiers coming to suppress them.
The villagers said that they had been fighting for many days. It was scary that the thieves and bandits were chased by the officers and soldiers and went into the village to hide.
Chang Yu didn't ask any questions and ordered everyone to live, cook and rest at the entrance of the village. Zheng Zhilong was a little worried. This was a war zone and bandits still wandered in from time to time. The sooner they left, the better.
Chang Yu disagreed: "Wang Jiayan is just training troops."
Zheng Zhilong frowned in confusion, and Chang Yu told him that when Li Zicheng was hunted down, he used Dongchang Fanzi, Jinyiwei and other elite soldiers. Later, Li Zicheng evaded pursuit and detonated hidden mines everywhere, and these hidden mines were like guides. Like a fuse, they encouraged and coerced some ordinary people to cause trouble. The original number of dozens quickly turned into hundreds or even thousands, and they were not all in one place. This situation was beyond what the pursuit team could handle, so Wang Jiayan So I was ordered to lead the Beijing camp to send out troops to suppress the chaos, and conduct a large-scale military training while quelling the chaos. After all, the thieves they faced were not professional soldiers, but they were just a rabble. Eight out of ten were farmers, which was really unbearable. One blow, otherwise he wouldn't be chased by officers and soldiers running around.
After hearing Chang Yu's words, Zheng Zhilong felt a little relieved, but he still felt that this little eunuch was too trusting.
