Liuhe Village, illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, looks so peaceful and peaceful; woodcutters in twos and threes return from the market carrying leftover firewood. Their eagerness to be reunited with their families makes the wind blow under their feet, and the lush green grass on both sides of the road seems to I was also infected by this mood and swayed in the wind.
On the river not far from the pier, several small fishing boats kept changing the position of casting their nets; looking at the smiling faces of several fishermen, you knew that they had harvested a lot today.
The mask was removed, and the ghost face in green shirt was waving a folding fan and looking out towards the river. While enjoying the sunshine, he couldn't help but sigh: "How comfortable it would be if I could live like this for the rest of my life. .”
"Sir, we have found the location of that family!" A man in gray cloth stood behind Ghost Face and said, cupping his hands.
"Where is it?" Ghost Face didn't look back, still admiring the beautiful scenery along the river; but his eyes had become serious: "Have you found anything else?"
"Not far away, it's in the courtyard on the hillside." The commoner man said respectfully: "The villain discovered that from the back of the Ruyi Tavern opposite, you can clearly see everything in the courtyard; if there is someone..."
"As expected of the elite of Fengyi Hall, they have investigated so clearly in such a short period of time." Ghost Face closed the folding fan in his hand: "What else does Mr. Su give you?"
"Master Su, let all subordinates obey your orders." Judging from the serious expression on the man in gray, it is not difficult to see that those who can enter Fengyi Hall are not ordinary people.
"As far as Gui knows, there are very few outsiders like us entering this village; if the real person from Ruyi Tavern is spying, it shouldn't be difficult to find out." Gui smiled and patted the man in gray on the shoulder: "Also, go out Don’t call me “Sir” outside, just call me Mr. Ren.”
"Yes! Big, oh no! Mr. Ren!" The man in gray just shouted out a word, and immediately changed his words: "If someone is snooping, do you want to get rid of them?"
"No matter who is snooping, you must not alert the snake." Ghost Face nodded with satisfaction to the man in gray: "As for the affairs in that yard, I will be responsible for it."
"Drink, drink, drink!" Under the sunset at the Longjie Military Camp, rows of soldiers armed with long spears stabbed at the scarecrow on the school field.
"You! You're not strong enough to hold the gun. Use more force." Qiao Baihu, holding a long gun and walking among the straw men, kept pointing out the soldiers' spear skills: "And you? The speed of the gun is too slow, please speed up a little. .”
"Qiao Baihu, the people from Tingwei's Mansion have arrived outside the camp to escort the army rations!" The soldier guarding the gate raised his hands to Qiao Baihu and said, "Please go and receive it quickly."
"You all, practice hard! I will come back later and check the results!" Qiao Baihu waved his hand to the soldier guarding the door: "Come on, come with me and take a look."
In front of the camp gate, ten carts were lined up like a long snake. The imperial guards escorting the carts on both sides of the convoy looked listless and tired.
"Hmph! This Long Jiejun is so arrogant, he actually asked us to wait here." The grain security officer of the Ministry of Revenue looked unhappy.
"Sir, the gatekeepers have gone to report." Huan Yu, who was wearing imperial guard uniform, whispered, "Please be patient."
"Patience? You have to be patient again?" The grain officer suddenly became furious, pointed at Huan Yu and cursed: "Along the way, this person is always patient, and that person is also patient? Why did the Tingwei Mansion send you such a coward?"
"You..." Huan Yu was so angry that he was speechless by the unreasonable grain guard, and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Ouch! Who dares to hit me?" Just as the grain officer was arguing with Huan Yu, a small stone flew out of nowhere and hit him on the head.
"Hahaha!" On the branch of a short tree three feet away, Xiaoliu, who was wearing a court guard uniform, was holding another small stone in his right hand and his legs were shaking: "I think what this young man from the court guard said Yes, you can still tolerate it when you go out!"
"Asshole! You brat, you dare to attack the imperial official! I see you are impatient." The grain escort touched the place where he was hit with his right hand, and there was a trace of blood. He was furious: "Come here, Take him down.”
"No one is allowed to move." Huan Yu had just been wronged by the grain officer, and now that he saw someone venting his anger on him, how could he let Xiao Liu be arrested: "Sir, our duty is only to safely deliver the grain to each barracks, but I have no obligation to help you catch people.”
"You?" The grain officer glared at Huan Yu angrily, but he was helpless; as a scholar, he would surely suffer a loss if he went after Xiao Liu by himself: "Okay, the account officer has recorded this."
"Yu'er, don't be afraid of such a villain." Liu Ningshi had already changed into a royal guard uniform and hid behind Xiaoliu's tree trunk, speaking to Huan Yu in a secret voice.
"Sister Ningshi?" Huan Yu suddenly heard Liu Ningshi's melodious voice, and was overjoyed. He turned around and looked around: "Where are you?"
"Yu'er, don't look around." Liu Ningshi continued to say in a secret voice: "Wait a minute and Xiaoliu and I will blend into the convoy and enter the camp."
"Oh, it turns out you are the grain officer." Just as the grain officer was arguing with Huan Yu, Qiao Baihu, accompanied by two soldiers, walked over at the right time; he looked at the cart filled with military rations. The wrinkled face squeezed out a smile: "It's a long way to go."
"Hmph! You guys are so awesome, it took you so long to come out!" The grain escort glared at Qiao Baihu: "But I won't argue with you anymore. Send a few people to take down the kid over there."
"How outrageous, can you instigate Qiao Baihu?" Before Qiao Baihu could say anything after hearing the grain keeper's words, the soldiers behind him were already pointing their spears at the grain keeper and yelling.
"Shut up, how can you talk to an adult like this!" Qiao Baihu is an old man. He is unwilling to offend someone without knowing the details of the other party: "Qiao is not strict with me, I hope you can forgive me."
"Qiao Baihu, right?" The grain security officer was used to being arrogant in the household department. This series of humiliations made his anger reach a certain point: "Should people take it or not?"
"My lord, there has to be a reason for asking me to take someone, right?" Qiao Baihu looked at the grain officer, then at Huan Yu and Xiao Liu who was not far away with a smile on his face, and he guessed something in his heart. .
"This little brother is from our Tingwei Mansion, but we just had some misunderstandings with you." Huan Yu raised his hands towards Qiao Baihu and said, "Please, Mr. Baihu, please don't interfere."
"Hahaha!" The smooth-looking Qiao Baihu let out bursts of hearty laughter: "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just a misunderstanding! It was also my fault that Qiao was not welcomed, and someone came to move the grain and grass unloading truck into the camp , and prepare a banquet in the military tent of the right camp, I want to take care of you."
"The people in Tingwei's Mansion are all tough, there is no need to conflict with them head-on!" Qiao Baihu quietly whispered in the grain officer's ear: "Let Qiao take over for you first, as long as these Tingwei If the people of the Wei Mansion don't leave this military camp for a day, are they afraid that they won't have a chance to retaliate against them?"
"Hmph! Today, for the sake of Qiao Baihu, I'll let you go for now." The grain officer felt guilty after leaving the single book, and just followed Qiao Baihu's words and went down the steps.
"Sir, please come inside." Qiao Baihu extended his hand to the grain officer and welcomed him in; then he ordered the soldiers behind him: "You are responsible for handing over the grain and grass. When you are done, take them to the empty camp on the right wing to rest."
"Yes!" The two soldiers bowed their hands to Qiao Baihu respectfully.
"This Qiao Baihu is really not a simple person. No one can be offended if he plays both sides!" I don't know when Liu Ningshi had already sneaked into the convoy and came behind Huan Yu.
"Sister is right! How many people in the army can reach the position of a hundred households and are simple people?" Xiaoliu sneaked in without leaving any trace.
"Sister Ningshi, Yu'er came to Stone City just to find you! Unexpectedly, my sister found me first." Huanyu walked forward with a normal expression, but kept using secret sounds to communicate with Liu Ningshi behind him. Communication: "By the way! Who is this little brother?"
"It's Brother Xiangyun's flying pigeon message!" Liu Ningshi mentioned Xiaoliu, with a proud smile on her face: "He is Ningshi's new younger brother in the city."
"Long Jiejun's military management is really rigorous, and the entire camp is in a square formation." Xiao Liuben is a descendant of the Pingman Army and is proficient in the method of setting up a camp in military formations: "There are deep ditches and trenches outside, and archery towers and antlers; there are maneuvers inside Patrol posts, arrows, crossbows and shields are even better than those of the plain barbarian army."
"Xiao Liu, don't be sad." Liu Ningshi consoled her, "Sister will help the Pingman Army seek justice."
"It's really unlucky. After running around outside all day, I didn't even see the shadow of Old Man Wen." Someone among the soldiers who had just returned to the camp complained.
"I don't know why Wang Baihu got so crazy that he actually asked his brothers to guard the city gate day and night." Another soldier also echoed:
"No, I have to go to Ximen to change my shift later!"
"Why are you so crazy? You are not trying to please the Major General!" The third soldier said with disdain: "Wang Baihu looks as loyal as a dog raised by the Major General."
"Hey! I heard that Old Man Wen's daughter is as beautiful as a flower, and our young general is also young, promising, and very heroic!" The soldier who had just been complaining suddenly became angry when he mentioned this rumor. Spirit: "He wouldn't really go to the Wen Mansion just because of that girl, right?"
"It's hard to say, how can one not love a beautiful woman?" The second soldier said while thinking wildly: "If I were so lucky, I would also move forward bravely."
"What are you guys wandering around for?" A scolding voice interrupted the voices of several soldiers: "If you have nothing to do, go patrol the city for me!"
"I've seen Wang Baihu." When several soldiers saw Wang Baihu, they were like mice seeing a cat. Their faces turned pale with fright, and they ran toward their tents in despair.
"Sister Ningshi, it seems that Lu Shaolin went to the Wen Mansion again last night!" Xiaoliu quietly sent a message to Liu Ningshi: "But I don't know why you want to embarrass the Wen Mansion?"
"Those soldiers may not know the truth." Liu Ningshi nodded secretly: "It would be great if we could get some useful information from Wang Baihu."
"Huh? Are you here to deliver military rations?" Liu Ningshi and Xiaoliu were thinking about how to talk to this Baihu, but they didn't expect him to come over on his own initiative.
