In Mianshui County, Luzhou, after the county order Zhao Xingjie and others and the latest "Zhu Chamber of Commerce" in the county seat, Mianshui County has been transformed in just a few months. It's not that there are many people who come here to do business, but that today's Mianshui County is like a completely tightened iron bucket.

The errand who usually patrols the streets has now been replaced by a squad of ten people, a squad of Mo swordsmen, and long lance soldiers. On each city wall, in addition to the usual guards of Mianshui County, there are also fifty "conscripts" of the Zhu Chamber of Commerce, and even Zhao Maozi, the original bandit captain of Luzhou, also summoned the original thousand subordinates to transfer and garrison in Mianshui County.

At present, there are 1,500 people in Mianshui County on the surface alone, plus nearly 1,000 'compulsory troops' from the Zhu Chamber of Commerce. In terms of these troops alone, it is enough to be worthy of a small state, and there is no appearance of a small county town at all.

After getting Chen Jingxuan's secret order, the Luzhou Assassin Shi actually relied on his own thousands of soldiers and horses, and even issued an ultimatum to Zhao Xingjie, the county commander of Mianshui County, ordering him to drive the Zhu Chamber of Commerce out of the country, and at the same time requiring him to personally go to Luzhou to take the blame, otherwise he would be dealt with in the name of gathering chaos and rebellion.

If it were usual, this ultimatum would probably startle Zhao Xingjie, but at this time, he has actually broken away from the jurisdiction of Luzhou and even Jiannan Dao, and directly belongs to Datang. After receiving the ultimatum, on the one hand, he comforted the messenger with kind words, and on the other hand, he quickly sent someone to invite Chen Wansan and others to the mansion.

After reading the ultimatum, Yuan Biao didn't say a word, and directly tore the ultimatum to pieces in front of the arrogant messenger, and then beat it into a fat pig with his own hands, and then sent someone to throw it out of Mianshui County, and by the way, told the other party that if he let Luzhou assassin Shi know the prime minister, he would quickly come to Mianshui County to take the blame, otherwise, he would be punished for treason.

After solving the problem of the envoy, Chen Wansan and Yuan Biao immediately decided to show the banner of the Tang Dynasty and the Zhongwu Feng Army. In the afternoon of the same day, the city head of Mianshui County changed its flags, especially in the west city head facing the direction of Luzhou, two scarlet huge flags representing the Fengjia Army floated up.

Subsequently, the 'Volunteer Army' in the city also changed and became the direct soldiers and horses of the Feng Family Army, and even the 1,000 people under the command of Zhao Maozi all wore the badge of the Feng Family Army.

The Luzhou assassin who received the messenger's reply was naturally extremely angry, and even ordered all the soldiers and horses in Luzhou to kill Mianshui County in a fit of anger, and there was a great posture of stepping Mianshui County to the ground. However, after receiving the latest news again that night, Luzhou Assassin Shi began to retreat, and he didn't think that he would be able to capture Mianshui County, where the Fengjia army was stationed.

But just when Luzhou Thorn Shi was in an extremely low mood, only two days later, more than a dozen mysterious people from Yazhou found him. After a secret conversation, the Luzhou Assassin Shi was radiant again, and kept issuing orders to the rest of the counties under his jurisdiction, asking them to raise troops to cater to them, capture Mianshui County in one fell swoop, and kill the traitor Zhao Xingjie. And the more than ten mysterious people only stayed in Luzhou Thorn Mansion for one night, and then disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where they went.

A few days later, in the backyard of Zhu's Commercial Bank in Mianshui County, Chen Wansan and Yuan Biao were drinking tea shirtless under a big tree, chatting with each other about some of the matters they were responsible for recently. Lu Shaode, who led the people of Hongfeng in the city to collect all kinds of news and inquire about all kinds of intelligence, suddenly came, and the two were also slightly stunned, and then Chen Wansan smiled and waved his hand to greet each other: "Shao De, come and drink tea!" It's been a hard time lately! ”

"It's okay, thank you Brother Chen for your concern!" Lu Shaode smiled faintly, walked to the stone table and picked up the tea that Chen Wansan had just poured for himself, and after taking two sips, he frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chen, Brother Biao!" In the last two days, a group of unknown people have entered the city! ”

"Oh? Who? How so? Hearing this, Chen Wansan and Yuan Biao stopped their hands together and fixed their eyes on Lu Shaode's face. The two of them know the means of the red maple, and the red maple, who has long been accustomed to this kind of inquiry, will definitely not be untargeted. In addition, Lu Shaode is also a cautious person, and the two never believe that the other party will talk nonsense, and they can't help but look serious.

"This group of people is not a businessman at all, although they deliberately pretend to be, but inside and outside the words, they always inadvertently inquire about the news of the Zhu Chamber of Commerce and the county magistrate Zhao Xingjie!" Lu Shaode slowly sat on the stone bench, frowned and analyzed in a deep voice: "I also determined this matter after finding many people before and after verifying!" If nothing else, they are here for us and Zhao Xingjie! ”

"How many are there?" After listening, Yuan Biao groaned a little and asked in a deep voice.

"Sixteen or seventeen! Scattered among several inns in the city! Lu Shaode simply shook out his information: "I have also personally gone to the inn to observe, they are usually in the room, but I have seen two of them, just from the pace and shape of the walk, I can conclude that they are definitely not vendors!" I'm sure it's definitely a practitioner, and it's not ordinary! ”

"Huh. . . Sixteen or seven?! Yuan Biao suddenly pursed his lips and sneered: "Don't take us seriously!" These sixteen or seventeen are not enough for the brothers! ”

"That's the way it is! But be careful! Chen Wansan's face was also full of contempt, but he still shook his head cautiously, and then instructed Lu Shaode: "Tell the brothers, try to pay attention to it recently, and it's best to get together at ordinary times, so as not to be caught by the other party and cause unnecessary losses!" Also, don't startle the snake just yet! I'll deploy the rest! I'll let you know later! ”

"Okay!" After listening, Lu Shaode nodded, stood up and said goodbye: "Then I'll go first, brothers, I've already informed you!" I'll report back on any news! ”

"Good! Go ahead! Don't get too tired! Chen Wansan smiled slightly and waved his hand at the other party.

"Lao Chen! What do you think? After Lu Shaode left, Yuan Biao played with the empty cup in his hand, and asked softly with a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth.

"What else can you see? The other party's intention is obvious, it is aimed at us and Zhao Xingjie! Even the origin is easy to guess, either Luzhou Thorn History, or Chen Jingxuan from Yazhou can't hold his breath! Chen Wansan shook his head slowly, chuckled in response, and after taking a sip of the cup and drinking the tea, he slowly stood up and stretched, moved his muscles and bones a few times, and laughed coldly: "Hmph!" If you dare to come, stay here and don't go! Don't get too tired to go back and forth! ”

"That's what I thought too! Now that it's already here! It would be a shame if it just left! Yuan Biao also gently put the cup in his hand on the stone table, slowly stood up, looked at Chen Wansan opposite and smiled, slowly shook his head and sighed: "Hey! Just had a good night's sleep for a few days! Looks like I've had to stay up late again in the last few days! ”

Then, the two of them who were extremely tacit at the same time raised their heads and laughed: "Haha. ”

This laughter seems to be arrogant, arrogant, helpless, pity, and more, pity.