Chapter 785: Night Detective
At the third watch, Su Jin took the dynasty Mahan, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and four other martial arts companions, climbed over the wall behind the inn and quietly went out.
Late at night, the streets of Huizhou were silent, and occasionally a horse team galloped by, which was the patrol horse team of the city's night patrol.
Everyone walked along the dark shadow of the street corner, specially drilled into the alley and alley and other secluded places, and due to the unfamiliar terrain, they drilled several dead ends, and gradually arrived at the entrance of Beicheng Street.
The further north you go, the more sparse the houses and shops become, the roads are lined with tall trees, and the decay of the overgrown vegetation is like the prosperity of the southern city; However, the road is very wide, a blue brick avenue, but the road is full of cow and horses, and it is obvious that there are often cars and horses passing by.
Turning a corner of the woods, the front suddenly lit up, Su Jin and others shrunk into the bushes to look around, only to see that not far away is an empty square, a city in the middle of the city standing opposite the square, a string of wind lanterns hanging high as day, far away can be seen at the gate of the tall village two arrow towers, hanging on the arrow tower under the light of the big wind lanterns, faintly can see someone walking back and forth on the arrow tower, obviously the night vigil soldiers.
Under this kind of open terrain and bright lights, it is even more difficult to get close to the barracks, Ma Han asked softly if he wanted to get closer, Su Jin resolutely stopped him, tonight's task is not to touch it, but to find out if this is a place where grain is stored, and the rules of patrol activities have been guarded.
Su Jin looked at both sides, the distance to the west seemed to be a tall building, if you go up to the tall building, you should be able to overlook part of the scene in the barracks, so everyone moved horizontally to the west, and after a while, they came to the side of the tall building, and after a closer look, it was actually a pagoda in the backyard of the temple, more than six or seven zhang high, but it looked dilapidated, and the wind blew and made a creaking and shaking sound.
Although the pagoda is in the backyard of the temple, separated by a wall, but this is difficult for Su Jin and others, everyone quickly found a place to climb in, and quickly climbed over the wall into the backyard of the temple.
Everyone sneaked to the front of the pagoda, the two wooden doors were closed, and there was an old lock hanging on it, Su Jin was happy, which showed that the pagoda was not inhabited, and it was not discovered by others; Ma Han wanted to break the lock, but Su Jin hurriedly stopped him, asking him to unload the wooden door from the mortar, wait for everyone to enter the tower, and then hold the door panel into the mortar, so that there would be no sign of entry from the outside.
Everyone did not dare to light the fire, stared wide in the dark, found the stairs by the hazy glimmer outside the wooden window, and carefully ascended the stupa step by step, along the way frightened countless bats, ate a lot of dust, everyone was covered with cobwebs, and finally reached the top layer of the pagoda; But the wind was blowing, and the entire wooden tower made a creaking sound, as if it was about to tip at any time, and a slight shaking sound could be felt.
The people had no time to take care of these, and they looked around, and under the bird's-eye view of the tower, the surrounding scene came into view, and to the south was a dark city, and occasionally a few places were brightly lit, either the residence of the dignitaries or the place of the bright wine and laughter; To the north is a large area of brilliantly lit barracks, standing on a high place only to find a busy scene in the barracks, about hundreds of people are carrying bags of things under the bright lights to load the carts parked in the open space in the camp, it seems that tomorrow there will be a batch of grain and grass materials to the front line.
Su Jin secretly called it a fluke, fortunately he didn't approach rashly, otherwise he would have thrown himself into the net, and there is good news that if the car is loaded today, it is very likely that it will not be loaded again tomorrow night, and it is more likely that the scene like tonight's brilliant lights may also change; When the car is not loaded, it can't be as bright as day.
Everyone lay on the tower and observed carefully, the whole barracks was backed by the tall city wall as the back wall, and the three sides in front were slightly lower adobe ramparts, which were standard rectangulars, and a wall divided the whole rectangle into two squares from east to west, as if the whole barracks were separated into front and back yards.
In the square in front there are rows of houses, and in the square behind are tall and round grain stacks; Su Jin estimated that the front must be the garrison, and the back is his goal, such a design is indeed difficult to enter, and even if he enters the backyard, it will be difficult to come out.
There are a total of six arrow towers in the camp, two of which can be seen on the ground just now, and the other four are located in the four directions of the backyard, southeast, northwest, and northwest, which can basically cover the entire rear grain stack, and the observation range can cover the entire barracks.
Everyone's brows were twisted into a pimple, and it was even more difficult to get into such a layout than to ascend to the sky, and how to get in became a big problem.
"Son, this matter is a bit tricky, you see, just the front gate is difficult to enter, not to mention the storage place in the back, it has become a problem to get out after success, both sides are within the shooting range of the arrow tower, the front is a barracks, and the city wall behind is even more undesirable, there are soldiers guarding the city head to hear the news, and the city wall is too high to climb up." The dynasty raised a series of anxieties in the hearts of everyone.
Su Jin waved his hand, his eyes stared down without blinking, and everyone followed him to look down, only to see a group of patrol soldiers in front of the gate of the village holding torches slowly past, gradually disappearing into the blind corner of sight.
Su Jin said softly: "Remember the time and start counting." ”
Everyone was busy counting secretly, and when they counted to three hundred and sixty breaths, another patrol team happened to come into view, and so on several times in a row, every minute and second.
"The patrol team on the square outside the Xia Bing patrols every three hundred and sixty breaths, and the three hundred and sixty breaths in the middle are enough to do a lot of things." Su Jin said softly.
"But, I can't get in, there is an arrow tower at the door." Mahan said anxiously.
Su Jin stared at the square below silently, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said softly: "I see." ”
The people hurried to look, but when they saw a group of soldiers coming out of the camp, they exchanged torches with the group of soldiers who had come and said a few words, and joined the patrol procession; The team that had handed over the torches entered the camp unhindered and went into one of the rows of rooms to rest.
Su Jin licked his lower lip and said, "I see, we can go in." ”
Everyone didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly asked, "How do I get in?" ”
Su Jin said: "Have you seen it?" The patrol team is not patrolling all night, it is probably divided into the first half of the night and the second half of the night, or it is unknown if there is a change of time in one hour, and we only need to ...... if we want to enter."
"Disguise Patrol!" Ma Han's IQ suddenly exploded, and his voice was a little excited, and everyone was startled and hurried around to see if there was any abnormal movement, but fortunately, there was no abnormal movement around, and the whirring night wind blew Ma Han's throat to the point where it was drifting.
Wang Dynasty slapped him and scolded: "What is the name of the ghost? If there is a leak, you are the sinner of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Ma Han rubbed his head, and there was still an excited expression on his face: "Childe's plan is very good, let's overturn a patrol team with the camera, and then change their clothes to patrol, and when it comes to the handover, they will swagger in, Gongzi is really Zhuge Zhiliang alive." ”
Su Jin scolded with a smile: "What Zhuge Zhiliang, don't talk nonsense, Zhuge Liang has a short lifespan, I don't want to be it." ”
Ma Han said: "Yes, yes, that bento is the tooth of ginger, that old guy is said to live a long time." ”
Everyone rolled their eyes and was speechless.
Next, everyone carefully checked the number of patrols, the route, and discussed the countermeasures after entering, until the fourth watch and three quarters of the leak knocked, and then hurriedly got off the pagoda, avoiding the early people and sneaking back to the inn.
Su Jin slapped off the dust on his body, pretended to have just woken up, called Xiao Er to fetch a bucket of water to take a bath, and just got up to change his clothes and planned to lie on the bed for a good sleep, when there was a knock on the door.
Su Jin hurriedly put on his robe and opened the door to see, but it turned out to be the little princess Li Ahri.
Su Jin smiled: "Her Royal Highness the princess got up really early, how did you sleep last night?" ”
Li Ahri asked with a frost mask, "Who are you?" ”
Su Jin smiled: "We are businessmen, what's wrong?" ”
Li Ahri said: "Don't lie to people, there were rats in your house last night, I was scared so I got up to look for you, and wanted to ask you to help me get rid of it, but the two people at the door didn't let me come to you, and then I said that they were not ready to open your door, but you were not in the house at all." ”
Su Jin said: "So what? I didn't sleep in that room last night, and the smell in the house was so bad, what's so strange about that. ”
Li Ahri stretched out his hand to pick up a package, leaned in front of Su Jin and said, "Then what is this?" How do you have so much gold, silver and jewelry? There is also a dagger in the baggage, since you are a businessman, why do you carry a murder weapon? And why is there so much gold and silver? ”
Su Jin secretly scolded himself for being stupid, he let Li Ahri sleep in his room last night, but he didn't clean up his things, now it's okay, I've been turned over by this girl, and I don't know if anything has been leaked, but there are a few things in it that show that they are the things of the Great Song Dynasty officials, careless, too careless.
"Tell me, did you come to my Great Xia Kingdom to steal? How can you do that? ”
Su Jin was dumbfounded, it turned out that Li Ahri just misunderstood that he was a gentleman on Liang.
"You think too much, I'm in a big business, and naturally I bring more gold and silver, what's this?"
"And quibble, you are not in the house in the middle of the night, what is it that is not stealing? You might as well give me an explanation. Li Ahri said indignantly.
Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "I really want to tell you the truth, but I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it." ”
Li Ahri blushed and said, "You say, I want to know the truth, even if I die, I will never help the abuse." ”
Su Jin said: "This is what you want me to say, don't regret hearing it." ”
Li Ahri said: "I will never regret it. ”
Su Jin said: "Since you are so curious, I will tell you the truth, I really didn't sleep in the room last night, because I went to a place, where there are not only clean beds, good wine and food, but also small songs to listen to, and more importantly, there are girls to sleep with me; Do you understand? ”
Li Ahri's face turned pink instantly, and the disdain in his eyes was undisguised, and he said: "Shameless, you are really a group of dirty and shameless people. With that, he turned around and covered his face and walked away, but when he heard a 'clang', the door was closed.
Su Jin smiled, turned around and entered the house, hummed a little song and fell on the bed, and after a while, he snored.