"Everyone, if you work harder, you should be at your destination." Luo Cong tried to suppress the excitement in his heart.

"What do you need me to do after that, General Luo is directly there." Zhang Liu said suddenly.

"Thank you very much." Luo Cong said with a smile.

Everyone quickly walked towards the city, whether it was Thang Long City or not, and how to enter the city, they could only respond immediately.

After half an hour, they finally came to the city along the main road, dozens of zhang away, looked up, and vaguely saw two words "Shenglong" written above the tall city gate.

It's really Thang Long City!

Luo Congxi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Separate into the city!" With a whispering order, everyone dispersed, quickly merged into the flow of people, and walked towards the city gate.

Dozens of defenders were on duty under the city gates, and they were checking the people entering the city. It is said to be an inventory, that is, to take a casual look at the things that carry large objects, and to let others who do not bring anything directly.

Luo Cong and the others didn't bring any big things, except for the short knife in their hands, there was nothing else.

Carrying a short knife in hand is not a minority among the people who enter the city, on the contrary, it is very common.

They entered the city without any questioning.

This Thang Long City looks very tall from the outside, and it is also prosperous inside, a road four or five zhang wide leads straight to the front, with shops on both sides, and a little farther away, the houses and pavilions are lined up one after another, the eaves and blue tiles carved windows and columns, at a glance it is almost all the Central Plains style wooden buildings, and even the layout has many similarities with the Great Song Dynasty.

Luo Cong led everyone all the way towards the city, looking as he walked, as if he was looking for something, and the others were not easy to ask, so they followed by themselves.

After walking for about half a mile, Luo Cong suddenly stopped in front of a teahouse, and everyone looked at it and saw that there were four words above the door of the teahouse, "Make a fire every day".

After pausing for a moment, Luo Cong waved his hand, turned around and walked into the store, followed by the others.

There were not many people in the shop, and everyone sat at three tables.

As soon as he sat down, a guy stepped forward to greet him and asked a few questions.

Luo Cong couldn't understand what he said, so he stiffened his head and said loudly: "Have a pot of Tianzhu Mountain Tea." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, where this was, they already knew two days ago. In Li Yueguo's city, Luo Cong was too bold, and they didn't believe that Luo Cong could understand his guy's words.

Sure enough, I only heard the guy say a few more words, but they still didn't understand.

Luo Cong didn't understand either, so he was secretly anxious, and raised his voice again: "Come to a pot of Tianzhu mountain tea, don't you understand?" Call your shopkeepers! ”

Everyone was frightened, their faces changed slightly, and they didn't dare to say anything.

When the atmosphere in the store gradually fell into tension and embarrassment, I suddenly heard a Chinese sentence coming: "This guest officer is embarrassed, I want to drink Tianzhu mountain tea, please come upstairs with me." ”

Hearing this, Luo Cong's heart was relieved, and when he turned his head, he saw a young shopkeeper coming down from upstairs.

After the shopkeeper came down, he looked at the dozens of people sitting in the store, and said with a smile: "The guest officer is upstairs, please." ”

Luo Cong got up and asked, "Does the store have Tianzhu Mountain fragrant tea?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Yes, it is specially used to entertain VIPs like guest officers, do you want to taste it together?" ”

Luo Cong replied: "No, I'll taste it first." ”

"Guest, please." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he said a few more words to the guys on the side, and then led the way upstairs.

Luo Cong did not hesitate, and then followed upstairs.

Downstairs, on the table of the people, three plates of dried fruit and a pot of hot tea were placed on the table a moment later.

From the appearance of the Chinese-speaking shopkeeper, everyone was surprised, how could Luo Cong know that there would be Chinese-speaking people here? The shops on the street, the Chinese characters written on the signs, what is the difference between this teahouse?

Everyone looked at each other, without words, poured hot tea, ate dried fruits, and waited for Luo Cong to come down from upstairs, and should tell them the reason.

In a room on the second floor, the door was closed, and there was no third person in it except Luo Cong and the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

The shopkeeper asked in a low voice, "Who are you and why do you want to drink Tianzhu Mountain Tea?" ”

Luo Cong replied: "The surname is Luo, the name is Cong, we have something important to do here, what about Shi Xing?" ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly saluted: "My subordinates have seen Commander Luo." Commander Shi is not here. ”

"Where is he?" Luo Cong said hurriedly.

The shopkeeper replied: "He's in another place, and his subordinates have gone down to inform Commander Shi to come over to see the commander?" ”

"No, take me to him." Luo Cong thought about it, and it was better to go and see him.

After a cup of tea, the two went downstairs.

The shopkeeper greeted the guy, and then took Luo Cong and the others to the east of the city.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, they came to a courtyard where the shopkeeper came up and knocked on the door.

After a few breaths, there was a question from inside the door, Luo Cong and the others couldn't understand, and after the shopkeeper returned, the courtyard door opened, and everyone rushed in.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the shopkeeper walked straight towards the courtyard with Luo Cong and the others as if he had returned to his residence.

After a short time, they came around to a small courtyard, and when they saw a man coming out of the courtyard, the shopkeeper asked, "Is the ruler there?" ”

The man laughed, "Yes." Isn't your kid teahouse busy? How do you run here every once in a while? ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's not as good as you, it's cold, how many people drink tea." If you have something urgent today, we'll talk about it another day. After saying that, he led the people and approached a room.

"Commander, someone from my hometown has arrived." The shopkeeper announced in advance outside the door.

"Come in." A response quickly rang out from inside the house.

Then they entered.

"Shi Xing, it's really not easy to find you." Luo Cong could see at a glance that the person who looked like a businessman who greeted him was Shi Xing, who had not seen him for two years.

"Commander Luo? How did you come here in person? When Shi Xing heard that someone from his hometown was coming, he was excited, and when he saw that it was Luo Cong, he screamed excitedly.

"Isn't Li Yueguo at war with the Great Song Dynasty, come here to find out the situation." Then Luo Cong looked around and said with a smile: "You kid, now you are a landlord." ”

Shi Xing smiled: "What's the matter, it's just to cover up my identity and do something by the way." ”

"By the way, do something, just get such a big piece of family business, you have it." Luo Cong had a little praise and a little envy.

Shi Xing smiled, and then asked, "After the Xuanwei Army went back, it became a standing army of the imperial court?" Are you also coming to Quang Nam to fight now? "There was a little bit of confusion, but also a little bit of excitement.

Luo Cong said: "Is it that the standing army has not heard a clear statement, anyway, the imperial court has transferred us to Qinzhou for more than a month, and we have fought several battles with Li Yueren." Let's arrange them first, these days I have been sleeping in the open for a few days, and I haven't drunk a sip of hot water, so it's not easy to come here. As he spoke, he pointed to the Xuanwei Army who came with him.

Shi Xing immediately instructed the shopkeeper who brought them to take them down to rest first.

When everyone was leaving, Zhang Liu was stopped by Luo Cong, so after a while, there were only three people left in the room.

As soon as Shi Xing closed the door of the room, and as soon as the three of them sat down, he asked impatiently: "Commander Luo, what is the matter with you coming to Shenglong, we have not been here for a short time, and if you help, you must do it." ”

Luo Cong asked, "Prince Li Yue escaped, do you know?" ”

Shi Xingdao: "I know, I thought it was released by the imperial court, but later I learned that I fled back from Guangzhou privately." Li Yueren carefully planned for more than a year, sent a lot of people to wait in Guangzhou, as soon as Dai and his party arrived in Guangzhou, they were targeted, when the mission was resting in Guangzhou, they sneaked into the place where the prince was imprisoned, secretly robbed the prince, and left the city of Guangzhou on the same day. This prince was full of resentment, and after he returned, he complained everywhere, and soon launched a war to invade the Great Song Dynasty, sending nearly 50,000 troops to the north of Li Yue, hoping to rob Guangnan and wash away the shame. After the big war, I kept sending people to keep an eye on him, and after staring for more than half a month, I realized that the initiation of this big war had nothing to do with this prince, but just to find him as a reason. According to my later investigation, the Li Yue people have been preparing for this war for at least five years, and in these years, they have not fought with those small countries in the mountains in the west, and the troops have been mobilized to the Daliang Mountain area in the north, and even the troops in Hejing and other places in the central and southern parts have been mobilized to the north. ”

Shi Xing's words shocked Luo Cong, it turned out that this little Li Yueguo was so ambitious that he invaded the battle of Guangnan and had been planning for five years.

"Li Yueren's news is very important, if it is possible, I will bring it back to Qinzhou, but now there are more important things that need your assistance. Since you have been staring at Prince Li Yue for a long time, is it possible if we want to rob him out? Luo Cong went straight to the point, since Li Yue people can rob back, they can also come back.

Shi Xing was taken aback: "You want to rob him back?" ”

"Yes, the imperial court sent the Xuanwei army to Qinzhou, which was dedicated to this matter, he sent troops to plot against the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, offended Tianwei, and fled in Guangzhou, and the imperial court did not arrest him, and there was no way to explain. Yang Jianjun asked me to come to you, do you have a way? Luo Cong asked.

Shi Xing didn't answer immediately, and thought for a while before saying: "The prince's mansion, although the defense is not tight, but the courtyard wall is as high as two zhang, and it is not so simple to bring out a big living person. And in recent months, he has been looking for pleasure in the house, rarely going out, and even when he comes out, he has a lot of entourage, and he has no idea where to start. If you want to catch him back to the Great Song Dynasty, it is very difficult. ”

Luo Cong was silent, hiding in the mansion and not coming out, how can this be good?

"Zhang Daochang, can you climb over the two-zhang high wall?" Luo Cong said suddenly.

Zhang Liu replied: "A wall more than one zhang high can be climbed with bare hands, and a two-zhang high wall can also be climbed with the help of external forces, but to take someone to climb the two-zhang high wall, to be honest, it is difficult to do." ”

"Do you have a topographical map of the mansion?" Luo Cong asked Shi Xing again, no matter what, this prince must be arrested, even if he sneaks in, catches someone and then kills him.

Shi Xing said: "Yes, I happen to have it here." After speaking, he opened a box, and after rummaging, he took out one and handed it to Luo Cong, explaining: "This is a map of the prince's mansion drawn by someone a month ago. The deepest part of the mansion is his residence, and there are many guards in the front half of the mansion, so it is definitely not possible to force it. ”