Zhu Runqing arrived, but before he could ask about the situation, He Cunbao's people had already rushed in and cut down all the people in the courtyard.

The battle was over in the blink of an eye, and all the people in the courtyard were hacked to the ground, Zhu Runqing saw that these people were dressed unusually, especially the person who was cut off in the middle, who was dressed gorgeously, and couldn't help but be suspicious.

But he also clearly saw these people holding blades, and when he thought about it, he felt that those who had hidden so many blades should not be good people, and it was not impossible to say that they were fleeing bandits.

Zhao Xianqiu appeared at the right time, he saw Zhu Runqing hurriedly walked into Tucui Building, and then slowly and leisurely walked down from the teahouse.

He Cunbao saw that the man in the gorgeous clothes had been ambushed, and although his chest was beating wildly, he suddenly became ecstatic when he thought about what Zhao Xianqiu promised him.

He shouted again, "Come on, search this small courtyard, since they are bandits who have fled into the city, then there must be some stolen goods hidden in the courtyard." ”

But when he had finished speaking, he found that none of his men in the courtyard had moved, as if they had had lead in their legs and stomachs and stones in their heads, and they were all stunned in place.

He Cunbao was furious, "What's the matter with you? Can't you hear what the official is saying? ”

A general of the Xiang Army who led the troops into the small courtyard turned back to He Cunbao and said, "Lord He, the matter is ...... Something is not quite right! ”

He Cunbao was stunned, "Isn't that right? What's wrong? Haven't all these bandits been ambushed? ”

The general's voice became very frightened, "Your Excellency, please come and take a closer look." ”

He Cunbao didn't know why, turned his head to look at Zhao Xianqiu and Zhu Runqing, they also had doubts on their faces, but he got the color of Zhao Xianqiu, so he walked into the small courtyard to carefully inspect the dozen or so corpses.

At a glance, He Cunbao's face suddenly turned like ashes, and he couldn't speak, "This, this, what's going on?" ”

The general gritted his teeth and forced himself to hold up his head and said, "Lord Hui, when we entered the courtyard just now, we saw these people in the courtyard holding bright blades in the dark night, and their faces were fierce, so we didn't have time to think about it, so we could only rush up and slash and kill.

But...... Looking back now, these people were all stunned in place and didn't fight back, and they didn't even move, as if they were ...... It's as if petrified!

Now that I think about it carefully, it occurred to me that something was wrong, for the Admiral clearly remembered that when our blades slashed at these people just now, they fell straight and straight without saying a word.

When the battle was over, the Admiral examined the bodies again, only to realize that even though they had been hacked to death and fell to the ground, they were still in the same position as when they were standing......"

He Cunbao listened to the general's words, grabbed a lantern to shine on, and looked at the corpses one by one, only to find that what the general said was true.

The blood from the wounds of the corpses that fell to the ground was indeed fresh, but even if they were dead, they still raised their hands and opened their eyes wide, and their whole body froze, like clay statues.

"What's going on?!" He Cunbao was shocked.

"If the last general's prediction is correct, these people must have been sealed in the acupuncture points, and then changed into these clothes, put them in a special position, and shoved the blade into their hands......

Moreover, their appearance should have been placed here a long time ago, and even the sound veins were sealed, so it was impossible to shout out at all! ”

He Cunbao's mind seemed to explode, and he couldn't think of why this was happening in a trance, but he was very sure of one thing, they were tricked!

What is this scheme? And who designed to harm him? He Cunbao couldn't figure out the reason, everything exuded a smell of conspiracy, but under the smell of conspiracy, there was the smell of death.

He Cunbao looked back at Zhao Xianqiu and Zhu Runqing again, and said in his heart, could it be that they deliberately wanted to harm me? Where did I offend them?

Zhu Runqing was even more confused when he saw this, who was so bored to say that there were bandits in Tucui Building, and it turned out to be such a weird and strange situation? He didn't figure out the situation from start to finish, and that's no wonder he did.

Zhao Xianqiu was stunned, he knew what was going on best, he thought that he was going to kill Yang Huairen, and then threw this black pot to Zhu Runqing or He Cunbao.

But everything in front of him made the pride in his heart collapse instantly, and everyone calculated every step of his way, but he couldn't understand how people were going to play next.

Xiaoshengzi's father-in-law was also shocked in his heart, although he did what Yang Huairen told him, but he still didn't expect this scene in front of him, and at this time he didn't dare to reveal that he knew the inside story, so he had to pretend to be stupid.

He Cunbao suddenly thought that something was not right, when they surrounded the small courtyard just now, it was obvious that someone was shouting from the courtyard, if these corpses were sealed just now, then who was shouting?

He Cunbao shouted, "There are still thieves in the courtyard, brothers, quickly surround these houses, there are still people in the houses!" ”

Whether it was the soldiers of the Xiang Army, or the killers who were arranged by Zhao Xianqiu in the Xiang Army, they suddenly reacted at this time, and immediately re-positioned their formation, preparing to surround several huts in the courtyard.

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter from inside the house, "Hahahaha, Lord He took three hundred troops to act without authorization, and entered Yangzhou City, do you know that you have committed a capital crime?" ”

He Cunbao was shocked, but he still said stiffly, "This official is the commander of Yangzhou, so why not transfer troops to suppress bandits?" ”

The people in the room smiled again, "You are the commander, so you naturally have the right to transfer troops, but unfortunately, according to the law, there is an upper limit of 200 soldiers and horses that you can mobilize by yourself."

If you exceed this upper limit, you and the Yangzhou prefect need to have a warrant document to do it, I don't know if Lord Zhu gave you the transfer documents of the Yangzhou Mansion or you don't know how to count, and you can't figure out which is bigger and which is smaller, three hundred or two hundred? ”

The Great Song Dynasty had very strict restrictions on the use and mobilization of the army, whether it was the forbidden army or the box army, there were such restrictions on the movement of troops and horses.

In addition to the Holy Decree or the Privy Council's transfer documents, there is a limit on the amount of troops and horses that can be transferred by the local army commander in peacetime.

If this limit is exceeded, the local government needs to appoint an official document from the top officials of the military and government yamen, and this appointee needs to be archived and reported to the imperial court.

Of course, if there is an emergency, there are not many soldiers and horses who are over-mobilized, and they can make up the paperwork afterwards as appropriate, and there are often things in this regard, and the people don't know about this, so it's nothing.

He Cunbao mobilized 300 people today, in fact, he exploited this loophole, as long as he succeeded in leading the troops to suppress the bandits, and asked Zhu Runqing to make up some clerical things afterwards, he would not embarrass him if he wanted to come to Zhu.