Yang Zhi laughed and said: "Who said that you want to go to the gun and horse thieves, you said that if someone can't receive this letter, will he be in a hurry and send someone to look for it? We will search on the road from Xianzhou to Niuhe Fort to see how lucky it is, and hope that after dark, someone will take the initiative to set off fireworks to contact." Hong Rirong, it is a matter of Lord Cao's innocence, and this matter will be handed over to you to be responsible, but you should be careful, it is very likely that someone is watching people on the road, and you will have to arrest the people behind you. ”

Zhang Nu and Hong Rirong laughed, Yang Tongzhi really had a black belly, and said that it was not necessarily a sentence for Cao Yongyi, in fact, it was according to this step, Hong Rirong had been in the quarry for almost a year, and most of Cao Yongyi's family and subordinates knew each other, as long as these people were found on the road, Hong Rirong could be immediately arrested and interrogated. The soldiers below didn't hear the conversation of the three commanders, and they didn't know what they were laughing at, so they watched blankly until Zhang angrily beckoned to retreat.

Walking from the mountain beam, although there are four or five small roads, there are only two roads that can be ridden, and the three-way intersection of Toadzui, which is more than 80 miles away from Niuhe Fort, is the only way for vehicles and horses; Hong Rirong has released scouts for 40 miles on all three roads to monitor, not only waiting for the people of Xianzhou, but also hoping to see the caravans from Guiyi Prefecture and Bohai, those areas are now the actual control areas of the Jin people, and it is normal for the merchants who come to take an autumn breeze.

On the road in the Bohai Sea, three teams of merchants passed by one after another, and Hong Rirong was about to start, but was stopped by Yang Zhi, but secretly sent Xue Libao to lead people to pretend to be hunters, and looked at the appearance of each team of merchants. Hong Rirong complained: "General Yang, that's a fat sheep. ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "What's the panic, as long as they are going to Xianzhou, they are afraid of getting out of our hands, the key today is the people who come to welcome guests in Xianzhou." ”

In the evening, the five horsemen galloped from the direction of Xianzhou, all of them were dressed by the Liao army, broke through the three forks, quickly whipped the horses, and turned onto the road to Guiyizhou, Yang Zhi stared at the five horsemen and said: "It should be them, the people behind them arrived at the three forks, and they notified Zhang Nu to do it." ”

Hong Rirong was stunned and said, "This is the Liao army." ”

Yang Zhi said calmly: "You have been investigating for more than ten days, have you seen the patrol team, besides, if you are patrolling, you don't need to be in such a hurry, you should go back when you reach the three forks, or stop to observe the situation." These five horsemen didn't think about it at all, but went directly to Guiyizhou, they were anxious to see what was going on, as for the clothing, the whole country of Daliao was a soldier, and every adult man had a set of military armor. ”

Hong Rirong was about to speak, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the distance of twenty horsemen from five horses and seven or eight miles rushed from the direction of Xianzhou, which was also the uniform of the Liao army. However, when they arrived at the fork in the road, they paused, looking at the direction of Guiyizhou, as if they were discussing something, Yang Zhi said with a cold face: "Do it, I am responsible for what happened." ”

If it was changed to Zhang Fu, even if Yang Zhi gave an order, he still had a discretion, but Hong Rirong regarded Yang Zhi as a life-saving benefactor, and felt in his heart that even if he killed the wrong one, it would be a big deal to extinguish his mouth, so he gave an order, thirty bows immediately shot arrows, and most of the twenty horsemen were shot down, and they wanted to run back, but they were stopped by Xue Libao with the cavalry in ambush, and six people were shot down; ”

Xue Libao ordered the three of them to dismount and be bound, and the three of them roared wildly, raised their weapons and rushed over, and fought with Xue Libao and others for more than a dozen rounds, all of them were cut off the horse; the martial arts of the three were not under Xue Libao, but the people brought out by Yang Zhi this time were all ruthless people, and they killed three more people by relying on people, and only two were slightly injured. Fortunately, this time the twenty horsemen did not all die, they caught six alive and interrogated them separately, and in less than an hour, four people spoke one after another, they were the cavalry of the gold mine, and they were ordered to keep an eye on whether the five horsemen in front of them had an accident, and the three people led by Xue Libao were the ones who were killed by Xue Libao.

Yang Zhi ordered two people who did not confess to be brought over, asked people to call the mountain spring, took out hemp paper and soaked it in water, and covered the two of them with a piece of paper and a piece of paper, and when the fifth sheet was covered, one of the captives suffocated to death, and the other named Tu Yuanyu could not hold on, not only said his name, but also said that he had seen the general judge Cao Yongyi before leaving; Yang Zhi said with a stern face: "Don't lie to me, you are a cavalryman on the gold mine, and you can't fight with Lord Cao's eight poles, how can Lord Cao meet you? Someone, add another piece of paper." ”

Tu Yuanyu said with a crying voice: "General, I am telling the truth, we are not the staff of the gold mine, we were arranged through the relationship of Lord Cao, in order to do things for Lord Cao. ”

Yang Zhi said coldly: "Lord Cao is just responsible for supervising the transportation in the gold mine, and will arrange for a group of illiterate people to go in?"

Tu Yuan bit his teeth and said, "General, I tell you everything, you have to ensure my safety." ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said, "If you tell the truth, I will arrange for you to leave Xianzhou overnight." ”

Tu Yuanyu knew that there was no way out if he wanted to live, and whispered: "We are Lord Cao's people, and we will get the gold out of the mine."

come, and then exchange for materials in Zhongjing and Xianzhou and transport them to Bohai, Guiyi and other places. Today, there are five people in front of us who are responsible for contacting, led by Cao Lanhuai, the general of the Cao family, and we are secretly protecting them, because the agreed person has not arrived, so we took advantage of the dark night to come and see, and we also brought a batch of cotton clothes, on the hillside in front. ”

Yang Zhi asked Hong Rirong to stare at Tuyuanyu and draw the terrain, and when Zhang Nu arrived and set off immediately, Zhang Nu said apologetically: "All five people are dead, but someone recognized that two are from the Cao family, and I brought the corpses back." ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said, "It's okay, we have a big business." ”

Under the guidance of Tu Yuanyu, Yang Zhi and others found the place where the cotton clothes were hidden, and the guards were the officials of the four quarries, all of whom were captured alive, and a total of 900 cotton clothes were found, all of which were in the carriage. Yang Zhi dragged back to Xianzhou with his people and things, and immediately sent someone to report to Yelu Ma Ge and Yelu Nei Thorn, Master Tianxin did not show up, and Yang Zhi treated him as if he was still in Beijing. As soon as Yelu Ma Ge and Yelu Nei Thorn heard that Yang Zhi had found cotton clothes, they both ran in person.

When he saw Tie Qimen's letter, Cao Lanhuai's corpse, Tu Yuanyu's confession, and the official who was captured alive, Yelu Ma Ge didn't even ask in detail, and immediately ordered Cao Yongyi to be arrested; even if Cao Yongyi was not the mastermind, there was something wrong with his family and subordinates, and the responsibility for negligence and sitting could not be escaped, and so many clues pointed to Cao Yongyi, if Cao Tong's judgment was fine, Yelu Ma Ge really didn't believe it. Yelu Ma Ge has confidence in his heart, he is a Khitan royal family, and Master Tianxin is a teacher of the Great Liao State, even if he is wrong, Cao Yongyi is a Han man, at most he will be called twice, and then he will be released when the time comes;