Chapter 472: The Man in the Tomb
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Of course, Long Zhen didn't grow wings, and he couldn't escape from Yangzhou City; Originally, he didn't plan to leave Xiao Shiqiao's mansion, if he hadn't suddenly gotten a shocking news, he still planned to stay in Xiao Shiqiao's mansion to see what Su Jin would do with him?
He expected that Su Jin would never dare to behave out of line with him, his identity was there, not to mention that Su Jin was a grain envoy, he was a big official in the capital, and whoever wanted to move him also needed to weigh it.
Everyone knows that the forbidden army is the emperor's direct personal guard in name, not to mention that he has the support of the Privy Council behind him; Du Yan is not easy to mess with, he is nominally following Su Jin on errands, but in fact he is helping Du Yan on errands, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, it is impossible for Su Jin not to understand this.
Xiao Shiqiao's days of captivity were quite nourishing, and his freedom was not actually restricted, not only could he do whatever he wanted, but even if he escaped from the city, Shen Dezhang would not stop him, Shen Dezhang even hinted to Long Zhen that he could decide when to return to Beijing at any time.
However, Long Zhen would not just run away, if he ran back to the capital like this, he would leave a handle for Su Jin; It is true that it should not be lost food, but it will never reach the point of being out of control, and the reasons for defending yourself are also very strong, and it is night after the snow, and the enemy is outnumbered, and the retreat at that time is called a strategic retreat; And now if you escape, the nature will be different, the envoy and the soldiers of the Ma Army are in Yangzhou, and they just run back to the capital, that is the authentic fear of crime absconding, which is more important at a glance.
And another reason why he stayed and didn't leave was that he wanted to secretly monitor Su Jin's whereabouts, and it was best to catch Su Jin's inappropriateness and collect evidence for future counterattacks; Long Zhen expected that this young man who had not grown up must have a mistake to drill, and the grain affairs were such a big matter, even if the old fritters in the court came, they would take care of one or the other, not to mention this Su Jin.
Long Zhen disguises himself and spends his days wandering around the city, hoping to find out something useful to him; However, when the news came, it was enough, and as soon as it came, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.
That day, Shen Dezhang drank and chatted with him, and when he was drunk, the topic could not help but talk about Su Jin, the special envoy of grain affairs; Long Zhen had a heart, and deliberately said that Su Jin had some skills, and he delayed the transportation of grain after the snow, but he still eased the situation in Yangzhou City, and he admired him a little.
Unexpectedly, after Shen Dezhang laughed, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and he actually half-concealed and half-concealed a shocking secret.
"What kind of ability does you say Su Jin can't pass through? Before the grain in Luzhou was delivered, where did he get the grain to help the people? Shen Dezhang said in a suppressed voice.
"What? Didn't he collect his grain from merchants? β
"Commander Long, you are too naΓ―ve, will there be a famine if the merchant has food?" Shen Dezhang shook his head and smiled.
"Is it the grain in the official warehouse? But these are nothing, in the year of famine, it is understandable to move the official warehouse, he is the special envoy of grain affairs, and he has this right. β
"Hahaha." Shen Dezhang laughed: "There is grain in the official warehouse, doesn't the Song prefect know about relief?" Why let Yangzhou City be chaotic to that extent? β
Long Zhen was stunned and said, "Then where did he get the grain?" Could it be that he can't do tricks? β
Shen Dezhang smiled mysteriously and said: "Brother, it's inconvenient for me to say, you don't need to ask, it's no good to know." β
Long Zhen was suddenly shocked: "Could it be military rations?" β
Shen Dezhang said: "I didn't say it, you guessed it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me......
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After the banquet that day was dispersed, Long Zhen was really scared, Long Zhen didn't have time to think about Shen Dezhang for some reason to reveal this news to himself, what Long Zhen was worried about was whether Su Jin really moved the military rations, didn't he want to die? However, Shen Dezhang would never joke about such a thing, although he didn't say it explicitly on the surface, but with that kind of meaning, even a fool knows that he actually gave a positive answer.
Long Zhen's scalp was numb, Su Jin even dared to move the military rations, this is a bold and unruly madman, how can such a person expect him to be jealous of his identity; I still think that I have a talisman, and in front of a madman, even if I hold a gold medal to avoid death, it is useless.
Run! Fleeing back to the capital is not only a matter of his own safety, but also the matter of moving military rations must be reported as soon as possible, and returning to the capital with such explosive news will not only not be regarded as absconding in fear of crime, but will be a great achievement.
So on the evening of the eighth day of the new year, he made careful arrangements, and gave a reward to a few guards, asking them to go happy on their own, and come back tomorrow morning to serve, and at the same time dress themselves well, and escape can only be successful once, if it is not successful once, there will be no chance in the future; Although he had gone to the city gate a few days ago to secretly look at it, and the inspection at the city gate was not strict, but for the sake of prudence, he still reluctantly shaved off his beard, took flour and painted his face white and pink, stole a set of women's clothes that were dried at the farmhouse near the left, and dressed up as a woman.
And he also deliberately lit candles in the house, which seemed to outsiders to be there all the time.
I have to say that it is necessary for Long Zhen to be careful, Su Jin has actually sent people to keep an eye on Long Zhen all the time, and his every move is also under Su Jin's control, if it weren't for the shortage of manpower that night when the big operation was about to take place, the few soldiers who were watching would not have been pulled away by Pan Jiang, and Long Zhen would have no chance to escape.
The little lady of Long Zhen twisted her ass and came to the gate of the city, intending to get out of the city in a fool's way; But he was dumbfounded, the city gate suddenly became heavily guarded, the city gate was closed, not to mention, dozens of soldiers up and down the city wall kept flowing.
Long Zhen was depressed and hid in the shadows not far from the city gate for a long time, and saw with his own eyes that several people outside the city were delayed and shouted to get out of the city, but they were slapped by the soldiers guarding the city and couldn't find the north, so they covered their faces and cursed and ran back, so they died; This is a curfew, which means that you don't want to go out alone at night, it seems that something big is happening in the city.
Long Zhen ran around the four cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and the four cities were all like this, and he couldn't get out of the city tonight; Long Zhen decided to return to Xiaoshiqiao's mansion for the time being, he couldn't wander outside like this overnight, but when he returned to Xiaoshiqiao's vicinity, he almost peed his pants again, he saw Su Jin and the companion named Mahan walk out of the courtyard where he lived, needless to say, Su Jin is here to mention himself, and he can't stay here.
After seeing Su Jin and Ma Han ride away, Long Zhen was at a loss, this time he couldn't escape, and he couldn't go back to Xiaoshiqiao, he wanted to find an inn to live in and was afraid of being searched by officers and soldiers, and finally he thought of Shen Dezhang, where he was going to Shen Dezhang to ask what happened.
Tossed and turned to the entrance of Dongmen Street, as soon as he appeared, Long Zhen's bottom was wet again, hundreds of officers and soldiers on Dongmen Street were densely packed and noisy, and more than a dozen depressed people were coming towards him; Long Zhen saw Shen Dezhang walking in the middle at a glance, this guy had a cloak with blood on his mouth, as if he had been beaten up, surrounded by soldiers wearing box soldier clothes, obviously Shen Dezhang was taken.
Long Zhen's first feeling was: Su Jin, a madman, wants to kill people, in order to cover up the matter of military rations, all those who know have been taken down, of course, he is also one of them, otherwise why would Su Jin go to Xiaoshiqiao to find himself? I'm afraid it's this Shen Dezhang's leaky tone.
Long really hated it, and secretly scolded: Deserve it! Quickly retreat into the darkness.
Long Zhen knows his situation, as long as he shows up at this time, he has no chance of survival, he can only hide first to look for opportunities, at night the north city is full of flames, shouting and killing like thunder, he has no time to pay attention to it, at this moment it is serious to hide himself tightly, but he has no leisure to see what is lively.
Long Zhen walked through the streets and alleys, and walked to the remote place in the southeast corner, and the northwest corner was shouting and killing the sky, naturally the more lively it was, the farther away from there it was.
The farther southeast you go, the more scarce the houses become, all of them are shabby huts, and they are obviously inhabited by poor people; But Long Zhen knew that Su Jin knew that he had escaped, and what followed was a large-scale search for the whole city, and he must not contact anyone at this moment, according to his experience as an errand, as long as there are people, the officers and soldiers will come to turn it upside down, so even if it is a lonely small grass house pestle there, Long Zhen will never consider hiding in it; This is the experience of counter-reconnaissance, Long Zhen is glad that he has been a soldier for so many years, and he was finally able to use this experience to escape his life.
Foot deep and shallow foot to a small dirt slope with sparse trees, Long Zhen's eyes lit up, this is an excellent place to hide, full of large and small tombs, the night wind is full of spiritualist paper flags brushing and pulling, but Long Zhen doesn't care at all, this is the feng shui treasure of his life.
Long Zhen walked back and forth between the steamed bun-like mounds like a ghost for several times, and finally selected an old grave, looking at the small trees and withered grass at the head of the grave, he also knew that the people in the tomb had been dead for decades, except for the accumulation of white bones, I was afraid that nothing would fall, Long Zhen took out the dagger and dug the tomb door behind the tombstone without much effort.
Moved the bluestone blocked by the tomb door, and in the gap between waiting for the turbidity in the tomb to be blown away by the wind, Long Zhen did not forget to bow to the tombstone a few times and prayed: "If Long is not desperate, he will not come to disturb the Zunjia, the Zunjia Spring has knowledge, please don't blame, as long as you survive this catastrophe, Long will come to help Zunjia rebuild the tomb, and I will also visit your descendants and give you a thick gold." Let's squeeze first, squeeze it. β
There was a commotion in the distance, Long Zhen turned his head to look, the torches flowing in the city seemed to be hunting all over the city, Long Zhen no longer hesitated, twisted his body, like a groundhog, and retracted into the tomb.