The reason why Ling Jing didn't ask the county government for help was because the county magistrate was still the original official, and Liu Lancheng thought that there must be someone in the county government who had been bought by the Bohai Society. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But how to find out if the light armor is still in the warehouse is a difficult problem, if you sneak in at night, once you are discovered, you will be startled.

Liu Lancheng observed the liquor store opposite the warehouse for a whole day, and he found that the guards in the warehouse were very vigilant, and anyone entering and leaving the warehouse gate had to check the waist card.

But one of his targets was a young man with a greasy head, who seemed to be a native and also had a waist tag, but who was in and out of the warehouse very frequently, and seemed to be in charge of purchasing mules and horses, and was constantly seen leading different mules into the warehouse.

In the evening, when the man came out of the warehouse again, Liu Lancheng led three of his subordinates to keep an eye on him from behind.

In a small alley, Liu Lancheng and his men blocked the man.

"Spare your life! Spare your life! I give money. ”

When the man saw the sharp dagger in Liu Lancheng's hand, he thought he had encountered a thief who was blocking the road and robbing him.

At this time, a carriage stopped at the mouth of the alley, and Liu Lancheng dragged him into the carriage, and the carriage sped away.

"Answer me honestly, I will spare your life, otherwise you will only die."

The man's face turned white with fright, and he had already realized that he had not met a thief, and that he had made a big deal out of it.

"What's your name?"

"Villain..... The villain's name is Wang Shun! ”

Liu Lancheng pulled down his waist card, and it really read 'Wang Shun', No. 26.

"How many numbers are there?" Liu Lancheng shook his waist card.

"There are twenty-eight."

"Looks like you're not up to it! The line went to the back. ”

"The villain is just a small person, responsible for the procurement of mules and horses, and does not care about anything else."

At this time, the carriage ran out of the city and galloped on the official road outside the city, Liu Lancheng asked coldly: "What do you have in the warehouse?" ”

"There are silks, tea, spices, oilseeds, sheepskins, horse and cowhides, and that's probably it."

"What else? For example, armor. ”

Wang Shun was shocked, his eyes showed a look of fear, and Liu Lancheng's dagger pressed against his throat, "Do you want to say it?" ”

"Now that you know, what else are you asking me to do?"

"How much armor?"

"I don't know the exact number, I only know that there are fifty bags, which are placed in a warehouse made of bluestone, and they are very closely guarded, and I only know by chance that they are armor inside."

"When will the armor be delivered?"

"I don't know, the mules and horses have been prepared for a long time, but the above has been slow to move, I heard that it seems to be strictly checked."

Wang Shun was so frightened that he stammered: "Don't kill me, I still have children at home, only three years old, and an old father, all of whom have to rely on me to support." ”

Liu Lancheng was about to kill him with a knife, but when he heard his words, he suddenly changed his mind, and shouted: "Take us to your house!" ”

........

At night, Liu Lancheng returned to the inn, and when he entered the door, he saluted Ling Jing and said, "Qiqi joined the army, and I have gained something." ”

"Sit down and take a sip of tea and speak slowly!"

Ling Jing invited him to sit down, Liu Lancheng took a sip of tea, and then told him in detail about his arrest of Wang Shun, Ling Jing frowned, "You let him go back, aren't you afraid that he will betray us?" ”

"Back to join the army, his son is in our hands, and I promise him that if he cooperates with us in doing things, he will not be held accountable for doing things for the Bohai Society afterwards, and he will be rewarded with fifty taels of gold, I believe he will not betray us."

"It's a combination of hard and soft, a good method!"

Ling Jing praised and asked, "When are they going to send the armor away?" ”

"That Wang Shun said that because the road was very strict, they were waiting for the opportunity."

Ling Jing took a few steps with his hand, he knew that now that he was strictly controlling the smuggling of pig iron, all the checkpoints along the way were strictly checked, and it seemed that he needed to send a pigeon letter to Fang Xuanling.

.........

Just after the New Year, there was another heavy snowfall in Hebei, the whole of China was covered with snow, the ravines were filled with heavy snow, the houses, palace roofs, rivers, and small bridges were full of foamy white snow, and the big trees formed ice strips, which were exceptionally crystal clear.

Horse-drawn carriages drove through the streets, crushing the snow into black mud, and the streets were full of children and young people having snowball fights, and the sound of laughter and noise resounded through the middle capital.

At this time, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Qi Palace, the door opened, Fang Xuanling came out of the carriage and walked towards the mansion, just as the housekeeper took a few subordinates to clean the snow on the steps, and when he saw Fang Xuanling coming, the housekeeper hurriedly saluted.

"Is Your Highness here?"

"In the house, I'll go to report to Mr., and Mr. Fang will go to the outer study to warm up first."

This is Fang Xuanling's privilege, he can go directly to Zhang Xuan's outer study to wait first, Fang Xuanling rubbed his hands, "Okay! Please let the housekeeper inform me. ”

In the study, Zhang Xuan was leaning on the soft couch to read, it was rare to have such a rest time, he also tried to relax himself, didn't think about anything, and quietly enjoyed the peace of this moment.

At this time, there were footsteps outside, and I only heard the housekeeper report outside the house, "Master, Mr. Fang is here, saying that he has something important to find, and he is now waiting in the outer study." ”

"I know, I'll go right away!"

Others may be a little unhappy to disturb Zhang Xuan, but Fang Xuanling will not, he knows that Fang Xuanling has nothing to do and will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and at this time, there must be something important.

He put on a leather jacket and went out to the study.

Walking into the outer study, Fang Xuanling, who was drinking tea, hurriedly got up and saluted, "Disturb Your Highness's rest!" ”

"Aren't you the same? There are no breaks. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly, "I just received a pigeon letter from Ling Joining!" ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Let's sit down and say." ”

The two sat down, two days ago, Yin Hongzhi came from Luoyang and brought Ling Jing's handwritten letter to Fang Xuanling, they knew that Ling Jing, who went to Luoyang to investigate, had found clues, Zhang Xuan was very concerned about this matter, he knew that Fang Xuanling came at this time, it must be that Ling Jing had made progress.

A maid came in to reserve tea to them, and Fang Xuanling said, "They have found that batch of armor in Chenliu County, but the other party is reluctant to go on the road." ”

"Why?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"It is estimated that it is because some time ago we strictly investigated the smuggling of pig iron, and each checkpoint was extremely strict, so that the other party did not dare to go on the road."

Zhang Xuan pondered and said, "Do you mean that we will relax the investigation for the time being?" ”

"Not necessarily, the key is that we need to know the other party's northbound route, and then relax in a targeted manner."

Jao Hyun got up and walked to the wall, brushed the floor and opened the curtain, revealing the map of the world on the wall.

Fang Xuanling walked to the map, picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Chenliu County: "There are two roads from Chenliu County to Hebei, one is to go north from East County, and the other is to go north to Xingyang County. ”

"Sir, do you mean that they will re-enter Hebei through Taihang Bacheng?"

"If they don't go like this, they will have to pass through Wei County, but I believe that they will definitely not venture into Wei County, or they will bypass Wei County and go north from Wuyang County."

Zhang Xuan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and turned around and said: "If they go to Taihang Bacheng, it will be more risky, especially Jingcheng and Fuyang, he can't avoid the inspection of the defenders, so they will still enter Hebei and bypass Wei County to go north, we must create opportunities for them, it is better to relax the inspection." ”

"But what excuse does Your Highness use?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "With the Queen Mother's birthday, it will be the Queen Mother's birthday in three days, and we will also give amnesty to the world, and the military and the people will celebrate for ten days." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, "This excuse is good, just give them ten days to see if they will seize the opportunity." ”

"I believe that Gao Hui will definitely seize the opportunity."

........

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan came to the barracks outside the city, which was the main camp of the Sui army, with a garrison of 100,000 troops, and the total strength of the Sui army had reached 350,000, stationed in Bingzhou, Central Plains, Liaodong, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jianghuai, and Danyang County in the south of the Yangtze River.

As the territory continued to expand, more and more troops were needed, and according to the plan, after capturing Jianghuai, his army would expand to 400,000 people, which could ensure that he controlled half of the country.

The barracks in the barracks are neat, although it is the New Year, the army is still as strict as usual, but many soldiers have taken a holiday, and the barracks seem relatively deserted.

As soon as he walked into the camp, Zhang Xuan faintly heard a thunderous shout, "What's going on?" Zhang Xuan asked the captain on duty next to him.

"It's like a martial arts competition, on the school grounds."

Zhang Xuan suddenly became interested, and walked quickly to the school field, only to see that the two sides of the school field were surrounded by three layers of inner and outer three layers, the soldiers continued to cheer, and over the top of the soldiers' heads, they saw Su Dingfang and Wei Wentong two big knives were besieging Yuwen Chengdu, only to see the knife light rolling, the cold light was like electricity, and the two big knives danced like wheels, one left and one right surrounded Yuwen Chengdu in the middle.

Although Yuwen Chengdu fought against the two fierce generals, he was not in a hurry, and blocked the opponent's attack with just a few moves. With a loud bang, Wei Wentong's big knife flew out of his hand, Wei Wentong had to admit defeat and retreat, only Su Dingfang was left on the school field to fight Yuwen Chengdu, but in less than three rounds, Yuwen Chengdu's phoenix wings gilt boring resisted Su Dingfang's chest, "General Su, you lost!" ”

"Good!"

Zhang Xuan applauded, and the soldiers realized that the marshal was actually standing with them, and everyone dodged away.

Zhang Xuan walked into the school grounds, Yuwen Chengdu and Su Dingfang hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "See Dashuai!" (To be continued.) )