Frustrated people are always the most miserable. In one day, Jia Mingjiu went from being a wealthy butler to Lou Shifan to being a prisoner.
Fortunately, the woodshed was not tied up again this time, and there was also a small square table and a bench. The simple meal only consisted of one meal and one dish, and he was so angry that he cursed:
Have I ever done this to you? When did the brothers not have enough food and meat to eat?
He also said something like "a phoenix is worse than a chicken", which annoyed people outside. They told him to shut up and threatened to tie him up.
Jia Mingjiu became honest and vented his dissatisfaction while eating in the dark. After eating, he lay down on the firewood pile in the dark again.
When I raised my head, I realized that a section of the roof above was open to the sky, and I could see the stars all over the sky. Could it be that someone had opened it deliberately so that the prisoners could count the stars at night?
He knew that this idea was boring, and counting stars was boring, so he had better think of something else.
So naturally, Jia Mingjiu thought of Hong Jin, and her white lotus-like arms were stretched out by the leather rope, and a string of tears quietly rolled down her fat face.
Alas, I don’t know where she was imprisoned. How is she doing now?
Thinking and crying, his mind was in a daze, and he seemed to hear himself snoring. Forget it, go to bed first, I don’t know if I will be able to sleep tomorrow!
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt something fall on the ground. Um? Did a bird fly in?
But this day, he was so exhausted physically and mentally that he didn't want to open his eyes even if he really fell into a phoenix.
Suddenly, one hand hugged his head from behind, and the other hand pressed on his mouth.
"Shopkeeper Jia, don't panic, we are one of our own." The man whispered in his ear:
"I let you go, speak and move softly, otherwise I won't be able to save you if you wake others up! Do you understand?" Jia Mingjiu nodded, surprised in his heart: one of our own, which one's 'own'?
Sure enough, the man let him go, then ducked to the window and looked out through the gap in the wood.
Jia Mingjiu sat up with a long sigh, and then he noticed that the man was dressed in green clothes, with a green cloth headband only showing his eyes, and a Japanese sword on his back.
Jia Ming Jiugong cupped his hands and asked in a low voice: "Excuse me, which hero is in front of you?"
"I dare not call you a hero." The man returned the gesture with fists in his arms:
"My Majesty, Suo Tiangang Judge, has been lurking among the rebels for many days under the orders of General Li Sanlang. Because the inspection officer had previously ordered to protect your life, I saw Shopkeeper Jia in trouble and came to rescue you!"
"You, are you Suo Tiangang?"
"Exactly."
Jia Mingjiu's throat moved and he felt a little dizzy.
Suo Tiangang Shenjie is the second among the three heroes of Wu Di. The other two are Qian Yujie, the dean of Tiantai Academy, a descendant of King Qian of eastern Zhejiang, and Xiu Jie, the president of Rugao Tonghai Chamber of Commerce. These three people are Wu Diwen. Representative figures in the , martial arts and business circles.
Now one of them was standing in front of him, which not only made Jia Mingjiu, who had always admired knights, overjoyed, but also surprised him.
He didn't understand how such a person could be used by Li Sanlang of Nanshan, let alone why he took the risk to save himself?
"Li Sanlang asked you to rescue me?" He thought he heard wrongly.
"Well, my brother is Shen Xiaowu."
"Oh!" Now Jia Mingjiu understood a little bit. He smiled bitterly: "Your brother has done me a lot of harm!"
"What goes around comes around. If he pulls you into the water, I will rescue you."
"I will obey the hero's orders. However, how are we going to get out, and what will happen after we get out? Also, your brother should have been detained too, right? How is that little monk?"
"Let's leave here first. You don't want to watch me stay, do you?"
Jia Mingjiu thought about it, and quickly stood up: "Then, how to get out?"
Shenjie said nothing, pointed upward, and then moved the table under the skylight. Jia Mingjiu followed behind and moved the stool over.
Then Shenjie was seen going up first, clinging to the beam and holding it up with his hands before disappearing out of the skylight. He immediately showed his head again and waved down. Jia Mingjiu tucked up the hem and followed suit.
Fortunately, most firewood sheds are relatively low, and the beams are less than seven feet high from the ground. It is not difficult to get up with the help of a table.
Standing firmly on the roof, stepping on the thick thatch and the lifted wooden roof boards, he followed Shenjie's hand and saw in the moonlight a simple wooden ladder leaning against the back wall.
The two came down from the ladder and walked gently one behind the other, occasionally encountering patrol sentries or passing rebels.
Shenjie was very alert, and Li Li could sense the other party or detect the light very early, so he was avoided by them every time.
As they walked, Jia Mingjiu's dizzy feeling gradually disappeared. Looking at the blurry scenery around him, he suddenly realized that they were walking eastward.
After evading the patrol again, they came to stand behind a mountain. Jia Mingjiu asked: "My hero, shouldn't we go back to Nanshan from the west? Why are we always going east?"
"You'll know it after you pass this bamboo forest."
The two of them continued forward, carefully crossing the path in the bamboo forest. Suddenly, they saw a pond in front of them, and there seemed to be a few residential buildings dotted below.
"We have left the Tu Family Courtyard." Shenjie seemed to be relieved and turned around to tell him, pointing to the faint light at the foot of the hillside:
"That's Shejiatang. I'll take you here, and someone will pick you up and tell you what to do next." He looked back, took out a bamboo tube and handed it to him, and whispered:
"You put this away, I drew the defense of Tu's courtyard, this is just one copy.
You go out and hand it over to the inspector and tell him that the people with colorful arms are basically in the west and south. Because of the pond and the dense bamboo forest in the east, the place is remote and the security is relaxed.
Those guys were lazy and didn't move forward until the east wall reached the bottom of the dirt hill we passed. There was a gap between here and the bamboo forest. Do you remember? "
"Oh!" Jia Mingjiu suddenly realized this and nodded vigorously. Then he asked him: "Great hero, if we don't rescue your brother, will there be anyone else?"
Shenjie laughed and pulled the cloth off his face. It was the little boss who brought people in during the day to kidnap him! "Is it you?" Jia Mingjiu was surprised.
He vaguely remembered that this man had joined when he was recruiting soldiers in the town not long ago. He also brought twenty to thirty miners with him, so he was appointed as the leader.
What he didn't know was that after Feng San opened the Guangxin and Shangrao Xin roads, people from Nanshan found Shenjie in Shangrao.
Hearing that Shen Wu was here and reading his brother's autographed letter, Shen Jie agreed to serve Li Dan for a period of time as agreed, so he took his two apprentices to Fengling Town according to Nanshan's arrangement to meet with the detective who had been hiding in the town. Team members meet.
When Hua Jibibao was recruiting soldiers, he reported his name and gained Lou Shifan's trust and entered the Tu Family Courtyard, becoming a small leader of his soldiers.
"Don't scream. Do you know now? Our people have already ambushed us. The patrol calls this 'infiltration', just like water seeping out of a crack in the rock." Shenjie looked around and told him softly. :
"My brother has his own people with him, don't worry! The little monk should be waiting for you by the boundary pond opposite. He is very safe!
As for your women, nothing will happen to them. Our people will move them to a suitable place after the war starts. "
"Hey!" Jia Mingjiu was really convinced. Suddenly I remembered: "After the war starts..., what do you mean...?"
"Tomorrow before dawn."
"Ah? So fast!" Jia Mingjiu was frightened again.
"The monk has sent people back to deliver the message. The team will go down the mountain tonight. Start occupying key points before dawn and defeat the enemy when the cock crows."
Shen Jie pointed to the small bamboo tube: "You are the key to breaking through Tu's courtyard, so you must not lose it. You must hand it over to the inspector. Then you have done another great job! Do you understand?"
After the defeat of the Hua-Arm Army, if you feel that it is not safe here and wish to leave, the patrol will send someone to escort you and Miss Hongjin.
But before that, you'd better focus on how to help the patrol win this matter. Don’t get distracted, don’t be timid, don’t panic! "
Jia Mingjiu went down to Shejiatang as Shenjie said, found the Rain Temple, and patted the door three times. A voice inside asked: "Who?"
"Shopkeeper Jia."
The door opened, and he stepped in and saw three or four people standing in the patio. Someone shone a paper lantern on his face, nodded and said, "That's right!"
"Follow him, and remember no matter what happens on the way, don't look back or stop." Someone said.
The other hand came over and put a hat on him, said: "Follow me!" and then went out first.
With his heart pounding, Jia Mingjiu followed the man one step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time. The man walked very fast. Jia Mingjiu panted but did not dare to stand down. They crossed the official road into the east of the town and walked among the houses.
Then a dirt slope appeared in front of him. After crossing it, the man squatted down and turned around and told him in a low voice: "Further ahead is the boundary pond. If you follow it, don't deviate, or you will fall into the water."
Jia Mingjiu agreed and reached out to wipe the sweat from his face. After another tea break, we entered the woods, and the person who led the way visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
When they came to a hillside corner, he stopped and pointed with his hand: "Go over there."
Around the corner, a man walked out under the moonlight and waved. Jia Mingjiu walked closer and heard him say: "Where is the little master?" He pointed upward.
Jia Mingjiu recognized that this was the man standing behind him in the room that day. He looked in the direction of his finger and saw Xingwu meditating on an earthen platform.
"You're here." Xing Wu smiled when he saw him.
"Hey, I was scared to death. I thought you all..."
"This is your kindness, so it must have good results." Xingwu said.
"Then, what should I do next?"
Xingwu pointed to the side, and Jia Mingjiu noticed that there were some people standing there with weapons, and one of them stood up and folded his hands to listen to the order.
Xingwu clasped his hands together and said, "Send him to see the inspector. May the donor have a safe trip!"
When Jia Mingjiu met Li Dan, he was in a mountain col not far from Moon Mountain. More than three hundred steps down from the Shideng Road, there is such a raised stone peak, blocking the view of Fengling Town like a screen.
The three battalions on the front, rear, and left, plus the two squadrons of Luo You and Gao Hanzi, more than a thousand people, plus two hundred officers and soldiers, were all hiding in the bamboo groves and woods behind the mountain, quietly waiting for orders.
Li Dan looked at the map Shen Jie asked Jia Mingjiu to bring, and asked in detail about the town's defense situation, and then ordered someone to take him down to rest.
"Brothers of the Shen family are going to make meritorious service tonight!" Zhao Jingzi, who had just returned from Shangrao, said with a smile, "Do you still remember how scared Shen Wu was when he was arrested?"
"Hey, you also said, weren't you a coward at that time?" Yang Yi deliberately teased him.
"Who said that I have never begged for mercy!" As soon as Zhao Jingzi finished speaking, there were boos around him.
"Stop making trouble, let's talk about serious business now." Li Dan waved his hand to stop everyone, and everyone immediately fell silent.
"From the news coming back from the town, the man who detained us is quite proud. He wouldn't expect us to launch an attack tonight." Li Dan pointed to the west:
"The officers and soldiers of Shanda people, assisted by Tie Linglong, went to suppress Toad Pond;
The right battalion, the firearms team, and the archery team captured Fengtou Bridge, surrounded and occupied the bridgehead, and then blocked the enemy's western camp from the north;
Ma Jiuye in the east led Lin Shuntang's No. 2 Squadron to block the enemy's road to Guangxin.
Besides, our troops are divided into two groups. Xiao Yingzheng and the third squadron of the high school captain, Tan Yingzheng and General Dou of the army surrounded the west and east sides of the enemy's western camp respectively.
Together with the right battalion, we will surround the enemy without fighting and bluff. Anyway, just prevent them from standing out and causing trouble.
The former battalion and Captain Luo's Fourth Squadron will follow me to deal with Tujiayuan, and the brothers from the detective team will meet us in the town. Is everyone clear? "
"Clear!" Everyone replied in a low voice.
"Okay! The order is that Shanda will take action first. After success, he will light two fires in Toad Pond.
When the brothers at Laifeng Pavilion see it, they will use the bells on the stone steps to send the message down, and then we will all go out together. If you see enemy soldiers on the road, if you shout or resist, you must kill them! "
Some people died, but not completely...
