In the afternoon, a grain transport team appeared on the official road outside Quannan Town.
This situation was also immediately noticed by Hu Fu, the caravan manager at the Yihong Inn in Quannan Town, through surveillance witchcraft.
Hu Fu immediately called a bodyguard named Wei to discuss.
It turns out that this Wei escort leader is a Qingtang spy just like Hu Fu.
It's just that the escort leader Wei was more cautious and didn't have anything related to Qingtang on his body, thus hiding it from Qin Shaoyou's search last night.
In addition, because of his relatively high level of cultivation, Cai Guizhong was afraid of arousing his vigilance and suspicion, and did not dare to dream of him easily.
Therefore, his identity as a spy was not confirmed before this.
But now, the identity of Qingtang's spy, the leader of Wei's bodyguard, has been exposed.
In the room of Hu Fu, the caravan steward, there were not only a few mosquitoes and flies resting in some inconspicuous corners, but also spiders weaving webs.
These are Qiu Shi's cuties, and they were also the spies he secretly put in last night.
At this moment, neither Hu Fu nor Guard Wei realized that they had been targeted, nor did they expect that these mosquitoes, flies and spiders in the room, which were no different from ordinary bugs, were actually specially cultivated Gu bugs. .
After hearing Hu Fu's words, Captain Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, opened his mouth and lowered his voice, but he spoke in Qingtang dialect.
"Where did this grain transport team come from? How come there was no news from the eyes on the road ahead?"
Hu Fu also said in Qingtang dialect: "I am also wondering about this matter. The appearance of this grain transport team is indeed a bit strange, so I came to discuss with you and see what should be done."
After thinking for a while, the head guard Wei asked: "How many people are there in that grain transport team, and how many grain trucks are there?"
"There are thirty-two grain trucks, and the number of people is about two hundred."
Hu Fu answered quickly and clearly, which shows that he counted them carefully through surveillance witchcraft.
"Where are they now?"
"We entered the military camp outside the city. It seems that we plan to spend the night here and continue our journey tomorrow morning. Oh, by the way, there are a few soldiers from the grain transport team who have left the military camp and are heading to Quannan Town. I guess I need to buy some drinks and hot food.”
Wei Biaotou nodded slightly.
After passing Quannan Town, there is a mountain road between two mountains. Only after leaving the mountain road can there be a town station for the grain transport team to rest.
At this moment, although it was still early, it was still impossible to get out of the mountain road between the two mountains before dark.
Resting for one night in Quannan Town and waiting for dawn before setting off was the usual practice of passing caravans, passengers and grain transport teams.
After all, there are far more dangers hidden in the mountains than in the plains!
There are many monsters, monsters, bandits and bandits, etc.
If you rush on the road in the dark, you might first be robbed by bandits and bandits, then be killed by wild beasts and eat your flesh and blood, and finally be captured by demons and ghosts, and either devoured or enslaved...
I’m afraid no one wants such a one-stop service.
After thinking for a while, Captain Wei gave some advice.
"Lao Hu, you are familiar with the people in the military camp outside the city. Try to get some information from them. I will go see if I can talk to the soldiers from the food transport team coming from the town and get some information."
"Okay, let's do it."
Hu Fu nodded and agreed to the escort's arrangement.
During his stay in Quannan Town, he was not idle. In addition to quietly setting up multiple surveillance witchcraft on the official roads, he also had many contacts with the garrison outside the town and the night watchman in the town.
The night watchman in the town was a bit unscrupulous, making it difficult for him to bribe him. However, the garrison outside the town, from officials of hundreds of households to ordinary soldiers, all called him brothers and regarded him as Sai Mengchang, an unparalleled loyalty.
After Hu Fu and Wei's escort leader finished their discussion, they split up immediately without wasting time.
And just as they left the house, two flies flew out quietly and followed them respectively.
In the evening, the two of them returned to the inn with the news they had gleaned, and gathered together to discuss in secret.
Guard Wei said with a hint of drunkenness:
"I asked from the soldiers who brought the grain transport team into the city to purchase food that they were from Jincheng Guards and were ordered to go to Lisong Pass to transport grain.
Because the Black Lotus Rebellion broke out in many places in Yizhou recently, they did not dare to take the main roads along the way. From time to time, they would find some untraveled paths to avoid the rebellious Black Lotus Rebellion.
I guess it was for this reason that we did not let our eyes lying in front discover the existence of their caravan. "
Hu Fu nodded, satisfied with the information his companions had obtained, but still asked: "You weren't suspected by those soldiers, were you?"
Head Guard Wei sneered and said confidently: "Don't worry, I first used a similar accent to get close to those soldiers to build friendship with fellow villagers, and then invited them to drink. When I was talking, I didn't mention these directly. Instead of asking the question, I made circumstantial suggestions to guide them to speak out on their own. At most, they would think that they were drunk and bragging, and they would never suspect that I was deliberately trying to trick them."
"That's good." Hu Fu was relieved.
"What about you, have you gained anything?" Head Guard Wei asked.
"The information I got is almost the same as what you said. There is just one more thing. The officer in charge of this grain transport team is a close confidant of Dongchuan Hou of Xia Kingdom. It is said that he also carried a letter from Dongchuan Hou's wife to Dongchuan Hou. Letters from home.”
"oh?"
Guard Wei's eyes suddenly brightened.
"If we can poison that letter, can we kill Dongchuanhou? This Dongchuanhou is the frontline commander of the Xia Kingdom. Even if we can't kill him and cause him to suffer heavy losses, we can still deal a huge blow to the Xia Kingdom's soldiers and generals. The morale will be great for our next actions!"
Hu Fu thought so too.
If Hou Dongchuan can be poisoned, it will naturally be the best result.
Even if you can't, poisoning the food and grass and poisoning a group of Xia Kingdom's frontline soldiers is also a credit!
Especially this poison is contagious. One can pass it on to two, and the other can pass on to four...
Once a large-scale outbreak occurs, Xia's frontline soldiers will surely fall into chaos.
The two agreed and without hesitation, they immediately sent a message to their companions lurking in the mountains, asking them to secretly cast a spell and poison them when the grain transport team passed by tomorrow.
While Hu Fu and Wei's escort chief were busy with the poisoning plan for tomorrow, Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai also returned to the military camp outside the town.
They were the ones who pretended to be fire-headed soldiers and went into the town to make purchases.
Captain Wei thought he had taken the initiative, but he didn't know that from beginning to end, he was being led by Qin Shaoyou's [Skillful Tongue].
To be honest, [Smart Tongue] is really overkill when used on him.
After returning to the military camp, Qin Shaoyou also learned from Su Jianqing and Qiurong that Hu Fu secretly came to the military camp to spy on the officers here.
Unfortunately, like Wei's escort leader, Hu Fu spied on information that Qin Shaoyou wanted him to know.
After listening to the report, Qin Shaoyou nodded and ordered: "Everyone has a good rest today. When the snakes come out of their holes tomorrow, we will catch all these snakes and rats!"
"yes!"
Everyone responded in a low voice, took out their blankets and placed them on the ground, lying down on the ground around the grain truck.
Qin Shaoyou waved again to the group of 'soldiers' guarding the grain truck.
These soldiers immediately followed the example of the others, either resting on the carriage or lying on the ground.
These soldiers escorting the grain and grass were not human beings, but paper figures made by Qin Shaoyou.
Even the grain carts, mules and horses, and the grain bags on the carts were all made of paper.
As his strength improved and he became more proficient in the use of paper tying techniques, the paper puppets made by Qin Shaoyou became more and more lifelike after being activated by blood energy.
Neither the Qingtang spies nor the soldiers in this military camp noticed these paper figures, paper mules and horses.
The effect of tactical deception has been greatly improved compared to when leaving the mountain.
This also made Zhu Xiucai, who had always wanted to learn the paper-tying technique, both envious and happy.
Realism is good, what you want is realism...
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