The beachhead of the Red Grass Lake is long......

The dynasty was about to tell Li Chong about his intentions, but he saw five or six people carrying a big basket and stepping on bamboo basket shoes from a distance, shouting while walking: "Eat, eat, everyone rest, today is a good big white flour steamed bun, just out of the cage drawer, it is still hot, while it is hot!" ”

Passing by Li Chong's side, a person lifted the quilt covered on the basket, and a hot air mixed with fragrance came to his nose.

"Li County Order, you take a few to eat first, there is white rice porridge in the wooden barrel behind, and the small one will bring you a bowl later."

Li nodded and said, "Greet everyone to eat first, I have guests here." ”

As soon as Wang Chao smelled the aroma of the white-flour steamed buns, he gurgled in his stomach, and when he set off from Lanruo Temple in the morning, he just ate a few pieces of dry food with clear water, and rushed all the way to Tianchang County.

Li Chongyi smiled and said: "Brother Chao is afraid that he hasn't eaten, why don't you eat some steamed buns first, you came suddenly, I didn't prepare, and I will set up a banquet in the evening, I hope you don't care." ”

Wang Chao had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and said with a smile: "The white-flour steamed buns are very good, I smell the saliva and almost come down, so you're welcome." ”

After that, he crossed his big hands into the basket, grabbed out five or six big steamed buns, and swallowed one in two bites.

The people who delivered the food looked at it and blinked, Li Chong smiled, reached out and took two steamed buns, and took the dynasty to sit down on the sun-dried sludge pile, and asked while eating: "What is the important matter that the brothers of the dynasty come to me?" Your son-in-law is okay, I heard that you ended Yangzhou Feng Laohu's nest, right? Nothing went wrong. ”

Wang Dynasty chewed on the steamed bun and said vaguely: "Fortunately, the prince is out of the horse, so can there be any mistakes?" Those dogs actually dared to resist, and the prince made a move to gallop thousands of horses, and trampled on those grandsons. ”

Then he briefly told Li Chong about the situation that day.

Li Chongyi patted his thigh and said: "Hey, Brother Su is courageous, capable of writing and martial arts, and his actions are always surprising, if it were me, he would definitely not be able to do it, I really admire him more and more." ”

Wang Chao said with a smile: "You two are really, Gongzi Ye said that he admired Li County Order all day long, and Li County Ling said that he admired Gongzi all day long, are they all touting each other like this when they become officials?" ”

Li Chong laughed and said, "It's just a pity." ”

Wang Chao said: "Things are not so smooth, although Feng Jingyao was taken, but this old thief's mouth is as strict as a needle, that is, he does not tell the location of the grain hoarding, the prince has to find clues on his own, this is not checked, the clues go straight to your Tianchang County; That's why I came to ask Li County Commander for help; It is estimated that the prince will also come later. ”

Li Chongyi was shocked: "What? Does it have anything to do with my longevity? ”

Wang Chao told Li Chong about the clues of the follow-up search all the way, and asked: "Li County Order, according to your opinion, will this grain be transported to Tianchang?" ”

Li Zhong put down the head in his hand and stood up, walked back and forth on your mud pile, stepping on a messy footprint on the half-dried soft mud, and suddenly stopped: "According to what you said, I am afraid that this grain has really come to Tianchang; However, the gates of Tianchang County have been blocked recently, and the carriages and horses that enter the city day and night have to be searched, not to mention that there is such a large amount of grain, 1.8 million stones, if it is transported into the city, how can I not know? ”

Wang Chao rubbed his hands and said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Li Chong pondered for a moment and said, "If the grain is transported to other places through Tianchang, but only transits outside the city, then it will be troublesome; However, my Tianchang is hilly in the southeast, and the red grass lake is in the west, and the transit to the west and east has been out of the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, and as soon as it comes out of the official road of the county under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, the forbidden army sent by the imperial court has set up an inspection checkpoint, and they categorically cannot pass the checkpoint; Besides, as far as you can tell, they only used two or three hundred carts to travel back and forth, which means that they don't carry grain very far; So it's almost certain that the grain is hidden in the sky. ”

Wang Chao said: "But you said that you will get a reward for the grain entering the city, how can this be explained?" ”

Li Chongdao: "It's right not to enter the city, presumably the people who transport the grain also know that the county is very tightly guarded, so they simply hide outside the city. ”

Wang Chao said: "Then let's send someone to investigate, Tianchang is so big, I'm afraid it's not difficult to find." ”

Li Zhong smiled dumbly and said, "Do you have hundreds of people under me who can be used?" You also saw it when you went back to Bagong Mountain, and all the officials sent to collect only about 100 people, and there were only 150 soldiers stationed in Tianchang, and they couldn't all be transferred, and the security in the city was a big deal; Even if I called them all, these hundreds of people wouldn't be able to search much of a place. ”

Wang Chao said: "A few hundred people are not enough? ”

Li Chongdao: "Although this county is small, there are 12 small towns outside the city, and there are more than 500 villages. ”

Wang Chao scratched his head and said: "This is also true, according to Li County's order, it seems that a large-scale search is not possible, it is better to go back to Yangzhou immediately, and transfer a thousand soldiers of eight hundred to help." ”

Li Zhong waved his hand and said: "Then how to make Yangzhou is a time of turmoil, and the guards in the city need manpower to prevent someone from making trouble, and it is really unwise to deploy troops at this moment." ”

Wang Dynasty wilted: "It's not left, it's not right, is it sitting and gnawing on steamed buns?" Wang Chao sat on the mound, and the steamed buns in his mouth were not so delicious.

Li Chongdao: "Brother Chao, don't worry, there are still ways." ”

Wang Chao jumped up and said, "What way?" You are a person who always speaks half a sentence and leaves half a sentence, which is not refreshing. ”

Li Zhong rolled his eyes and said, "What can you do if you are in a hurry?" ”

"According to your son-in-law's inference, this group of grain transporters is not from Yangzhou City at all, is it?"

"Yes, Gongzi Ye said, since Feng Jingyao deliberately transferred the people at the gate of the North City, he naturally didn't want others to know and leaked the news; Moreover, no matter how Feng Jingyao's subordinates were caught, they couldn't say why; Therefore, the prince concluded that this group of people were hired from outside, and they didn't understand what was going on, maybe Feng Jingyao paid a high price to hire them to work, so naturally they wouldn't talk nonsense. ”

Li Chongdao: "Your son-in-law's analysis is very reasonable, then nine times out of ten these people are from my Tianchang County, only they can be familiar with the path of this county, and they will not go to Yangzhou City to talk nonsense." ”

Wang Chao said: "Yes, yes, Li County's order said, find out these people?" ”

Li Chong shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's hard to find people, these people may be rural people, do you want to visit aimlessly?" Not! ”

"That'...... Doesn't that mean you didn't say it? The dynasty was depressed again.

"If you can run, the monk can't run the temple, let's not look for someone, look for a car!" Li Zhong smiled.

"Looking for a car? You mean the carts that carry grain? ”

"Exactly, the cart that transports grain is not something that ordinary farmers can deal with in small chariots, and besides, if you say that there are cattle pulling it, it must be a big cart; The trucks that pull water and dung in the countryside are all small carts that are haphazardly patchwork, the best of which are flatbed trucks pulled by oxen, which cannot withstand the heavy load at all, and the empty carts can break up the shelves, let alone load heavy loads such as grain. Li Zhong smiled.

"Yes, it must be the kind of sturdy cart used in the dock, and there is no problem at all in stacking a dozen bags of grain at a time; Li County's order is really clever, this ability is about to catch up with my son-in-law. The dynasty pointed and praised.

Li Chong smiled bitterly, this dynasty always raises its own son-in-law higher than others, even if it praises others, it is always a little worse than his son-in-law.

"The county is barren, although the south side is adjacent to the river, but there are only two wharves, and the other places are mostly dangerous shoals, which are not suitable for waterway wharves; If there are few docks, there will not be many car dealers; There are only four car dealers in the city, and the other small car dealers are not able to provide two or three hundred large car trucks to pull goods, and since no one wants to know about the grain transportation, the grain transporter will only choose one of these four car dealers, and will never hire them on a large scale, so we only need to find out who has hired these four car dealers to transport goods. ”

"Oh, that's good, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion." Dynasty Dale; After eating the steamed buns in his hands in two bites, he patted his buttocks and said, "Without further ado, Li County Order, let's hurry back to the county seat to do something; It's best that as soon as the prince arrives, we have already caught the culprit and knelt in the lobby waiting for him; also let the prince know our methods. ”

Li Chong said with a smile: "It seems that the brothers of the dynasty are eager to make meritorious contributions, and this county does not need to prove anything to your son-in-law." ”

Wang Chao said: "Aren't you and my son-in-law brothers?" If it's a brother, you have to be anxious about what your brother is anxious about, isn't it? ”

Li nodded and said, "That's a sentence." ”

However, a sentence under the dynasty immediately leaked the filling: "Even if a brother wants to warm the bed with his wife, he is a real brother without frowning." ”

Li Chong didn't dare to speak, so he quickly put down his trousers, put on his basket shoes, said hello to the people around him, and walked towards the road with the dynasty.