The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 496
Zhiling?Zhao Tong touched his chin and came again.

But at this moment, before his troops arrived at Huizhou City, they arrived at the camp site.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Is she the only one?"

The soldier said: "General, she is the only one who rides a red horse and carries a weapon on the horse."

"Oh?" Zhao Tong smiled: "Bring her in."

The soldiers were ordered to go out. After a while, a group of soldiers led a woman into the tent. It was Zhiling who had been to Zhuoluo with Lin Wanfeng last time.

This Zhiling has a slim figure, wearing a peach pink shirt with a white skirt. She has a very good face shape, with small melon seeds and a pointed chin, but her appearance is very ordinary. She cannot be said to be beautiful or ugly. She is hard to find in the crowd. The kind that comes out.

Moreover, her skin color was scorched and dull, like gourd skin.

As soon as Zhao Tong saw her, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his face. The other person's disguise changed her face and she used the same medicinal powder as him. If he also disguised himself now, the two of them would be Hulu brother and sister.

Zhiling looked at Zhao Tong without being polite, and smiled slightly and said: "General, don't be surprised if you take the liberty to come here."

"No presumption, no presumption!" Zhao Tao said with a smile: "Since you have come to this general again, it must be that Yuan Jing has agreed to my terms and is willing to pay 40 taels of silver to redeem him?"

"That's right!" Zhiling said: "My Concubine Jing agreed to spend 40 taels of silver to redeem Yuanji and the others."

Zhao Tong looked at her, tapped his fingers on the table, and sneered in his heart. The last time he tested Yuanji with words, Yuanji let it slip, where did this Yuanjing get 40 taels of silver?
This money should be as Lin Wanfeng said. If it is cash, only the Xixia royal family can directly take it out. Other ministers and families may have to sell off their properties and waste their property. And even so, they may not be able to collect it all. After all, there is so much. Money is an astronomical figure for anyone in Xixia.

What's more, the property is not so easy to sell. What kind of property does Yuan Jing have?However, the Yuan family's concubine has little property in the family. Although she may be rewarded for entering the palace, how much reward can she get?Even though she was in charge of the three leaders of Beifeng Hall, it was not a place like the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works. Even if she wanted to be corrupt, she might not be able to do so.

Therefore, Zhao Tong didn't believe what Zhiling said at all. He just didn't know what her purpose was for talking nonsense. Maybe it was to delay time and stabilize the army, or maybe Yuan Jing had an ulterior motive, so he assigned her to talk nonsense.

"Okay, what about the training methods of Acacia Arrow and Ecstasy Arrow? And the Mountain and Sea Finger Scripture!" Zhao Tong said, since the other party is making nonsense, he will accompany her to continue the performance to see what her purpose is.

"These concubines Jing also agreed, and the redeemed people will be handed over to the general at that time!" Zhiling said seriously, eyes fixed on Zhao Tao.

Zhao Tong laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, it is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes. I think this Yuan Jing has just enlightened. Since people are in the hands of this general, shouldn't I be the swordsman and they are the fish and meat, and let the general slaughter Yuan!" If Jing doesn’t agree to the conditions, then I won’t have the patience to stay any longer, so I’ll just chop them all into pieces and feed them to the dogs!”

"General!" Zhiling frowned slightly when she saw Zhao Tao's madness: "Although Concubine Jing accepted the conditions of the general, the general is out with his troops at the moment, so how can we exchange for redemption?"

Zhao Tong glanced at her after hearing this, shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "I also want to ask you where the 40 taels of silver are? That's not a small amount. If it were packed and shipped, it would probably take thirty or fifty large boxes. Now it's Where is it? Even before the money has arrived, you are actually caring about people!"

Zhiling said calmly: "General, the silver has naturally been transported nearby and is being hidden in a safe place. General, it is better to send someone to bring Yuanji and several others for exchange."

"Send them here..." Zhao Tong touched his chin. Could it be that the other party was trying to rob people on the road?Otherwise, he would not have come earlier or later, but he led his troops to Huizhou and then showed up, saying that he wanted to redeem people because he had received the money.

"Exactly!" Zhiling nodded and said, "General, Concubine Jing is hiding this matter from the emperor. In order to prevent long nights and nightmares, the general should send someone to Zhuoluo to bring them here."

"No need to bring it here!" Zhao Tong said slowly.

"Why don't you bring it with you?" Zhiling was stunned for a moment. If his face hadn't turned brown easily, his expression would have changed at this moment.

"Because they are in the army at the moment!" Zhao Tong said hehely: "I have taken them all with me. As long as the money and martial arts are available, I will release them immediately!"

"Have you brought it with you? Are you in the army?" Zhiling looked at Zhao Tao for a few seconds, "Is what the general said true?"

"Of course it's true!" Zhao Tong stared into her eyes: "If you are in the army, where are the money and martial arts?"

"General..." Zhiling forced a smile: "Since people are here, the money and martial arts skills will naturally not be short, just make an appointment at a time and place to exchange."

"What time and place was agreed upon?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Just... we'll be in Roulang Mountain at noon tomorrow!" Zhiling opened her mouth and said.

Zhao Tong looked at Zhiling, your attitude is too casual, isn't it?For such a big matter, even if you have a draft in advance, you still have to discuss it carefully and say it carefully. If you just say it casually, who can believe it?

"Okay, then at noon tomorrow, we will hand over the money and hand over the people in Roulang Mountain with one hand!" Zhao Tong said with a smile.

"In that case, I'll leave first. I hope the general won't break his promise then!" Zhiling said and turned around to leave.

Zhao Tong looked at her graceful back, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. There were no specific details of the exchange. It was obvious that Zhiling had not expected Yuanji and others to be in the military camp, and had not thought about how the exchange would be carried out.

I'm afraid that the other party really wanted to rob someone on the way, but this time he just entered the camp and made a false promise. He pretended to agree to Yinliang's martial arts and other conditions, and took advantage of his own greed to send people back to Zhuoluo's prisoner on the way to catch Yuanji and a few people by surprise.

However, he was good at planning. Zhao Tong touched his chin. This strategy was quite clever and he knew the timing well. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that he would bring Yuanji and the others with him.

The other party will definitely not be able to hand over the 40 taels of silver, and I'm afraid he won't hand over his martial arts skills. He may show up at noon tomorrow.

There are many trees and dense forests in Roulang Mountain. If a person with strong martial arts is walking and doing things in the forest, it will be difficult for ordinary soldiers to do anything to him. After all, there are cover everywhere and he can hide anywhere. For the master, the soldiers are holding crossbows. It may not be possible.

Zhao Tong thought for a moment and felt that the other party was going to rob him forcefully. However, trying to snatch someone from him was like pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth. When the time came, he would definitely ask the other party to kill one of them, or both of them.

In the evening, Zhao Tie called Yuan Ying to have dinner with him. Although Yuan Ying was thin, he had a big appetite and could eat two lamb legs.

People who practice martial arts consume more and eat more every day, not to mention Yuan Ying's spear training. Spears consume more energy than swords. After all, the range of body movements when opened and closed is far greater than that of short-hand soldiers.

"Master, I can pierce six stars now!" Yuan Ying dropped a clean bone and wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said.

"Oh? Six stars..." Zhao Tong looked surprised. This is quite fast. If he continues at this speed, he will probably become a little grandmaster soon, right?A little grandmaster of fifteen or sixteen years old, this is a challenge for him, but what resources did he have back then?You can get whatever you want, nothing that 28 can compare to.

But having said that, although I have good resources, I don’t have a half-step grand master to remind me every day. This is far better than resources. At that time, Zhou Tong had left Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and he was promoted to junior master. , I just read the notes left by Zhou Tong and tried my own way, and finally mastered it bit by bit.

"I'll show it to Master!" Yuan Ying was surprised to see Zhao Tong, so she stood up and went to get the big gun barrel.

When Zhao Tong saw this, he didn't stop him. He just said, "I just ate something, but I was careful that my intestines hurt when I stretched it."

"No way, Master!" Yuan Ying didn't care about the intestines, and started practicing with the big gun barrel. He saw galloping like a tiger, as strong as a dragon, the gun came out like chasing the moon, and the gun returned like a shooting star. The last move was to use the Seven Stars Yaoyue, Sure enough, six o'clock Hanxing came out.

Zhao Tong nodded, feeling that he still needed some encouragement, and said, "Well done. When you are promoted to Little Grand Master, I will give you a weapon as a gift."

Yuan Ying put away the gun, her eyelashes fluttered, and said: "Master, what kind of weapon is it?"

Zhao Tong thought for a while and originally wanted to give a big gun as a gift, but he didn't have a suitable one in hand. Several guns obtained from Taizong's arsenal were made of metal rods and were not suitable for use on foot, so he said: "Let's talk about it then!"

Yuan Ying said: "Master, I...I want a sword..."

"Sword?" Zhao Tong frowned slightly and snorted.

Yuan Ying said calmly: "Master told me that after my apprentice is a young master, I can also take care of learning swordsmanship. My apprentice, I don't have anything to learn swordsmanship."

"I think your wooden sword is well-cut, but why don't you have anything to learn about swordsmanship?" Zhao Tong said coldly.

"Oh, I see..." Yuan Ying couldn't help but lowered her head in aggrieved manner and pouted.

Afterwards, Zhao Tong went back to his sleeping tent to read. The summer nights were short and he felt less sleepy. It took him a long time to blow out the tallow candle and go to the camp bed, but he just closed his eyes and rested, pretending to be asleep.

He didn't know how long it took, but he suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness, listened for a while, and then jumped out of bed without any sound.

When he came to the tent door, he listened to the outside for a few more breaths, and then he opened the leather curtain slightly, and with a flash of his body, he passed through the gap that was too narrow for anyone to pass through and went outside the tent.

At this time, the moonlight outside was faint and the stars were few and far between. Zhao Tong pressed his body tightly against the big cowhide tent, motionless.

Logically speaking, there would be guards and soldiers standing guard outside his tent, and torches would be lit every few steps, but at the moment there were none.

The pine tar handle tied to the fire pillar was extinguished, and the two bodyguards fell beside the curtain, whether they were fainted or dead.

Zhao Tong looked at a tent not far away. That tent was where the prison van of Yuanji and others was placed. At this moment, the soldiers guarding in front of the tent also collapsed on the ground.

Zhao Tong looked ugly. He was so brave. He originally thought that Zhiling would rob people on Roulang Mountain tomorrow, but he didn't expect that he would come tonight.

I'm afraid even a grandmaster wouldn't dare to do this, right?This is a military camp with tens of thousands of people. It would be fine if we just sneak in to gather information, but if we want to rescue three or five people, it is absolutely impossible for the Grandmaster to do it!
He felt a cold feeling in his heart. He really didn't know who gave these Yuan Jing's men the courage to say that Yuan Ji and the others were in the army during the day, but then entered his camp to plunder at night!
He took a breath and wanted to call someone directly, but when he looked at the two large tents nearby, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

That was Yuan Ying and Zhang Xian's tent. He didn't know how many people were coming from the other side. If he made a noise to alert the other side, the other side would jump over the wall and run into another tent to commit murder. He would be passive.

Thinking of this, his feet slipped lightly, and in just a blink of an eye, he was in front of the tent where the prison van was installed.

This tent was bigger than the others, and it was different at first sight. After listening to it for a while, he couldn't help but snorted in his heart. Although there was very little movement inside, he could still make out the sound of cutting the wooden fence of the prison car.

He reached out and gently lifted the leather curtain and looked inside, only to see shadowy figures inside. A man in black was holding a small candle holder, the light was not strong, and the other hand was holding a full-moon scimitar, cutting through the wood. gate.

The knife was obviously not a mortal thing, not to mention cutting iron like clay. At this moment, it had already opened a big hole in Yuanji's prison car.

Their prison vans were extremely rigid and had no doors. If they wanted to release people, they had to cut through the wooden fence.

However, although Yuanji's prison car was broken open, his lute bones were still locked on it, and the man in black began to cut the chains that locked his lute bones again.

Zhao Tong could not help but frown slightly outside the curtain, alone?The other party wants to save Yuanji and several others with just one person coming. How confident do you have to be?How much do you despise his camp?

No, it was only in an instant that he knew that what he was thinking was wrong. The other party did not want to save Yuanji and others, but only wanted to save Yuanji alone!
Yuan Ji is a master. Although he is currently locked, his martial arts skills are still there. As long as he opens the chain, he will definitely be stronger than Yuan Xia Yuan Qiu and others, and will not become a burden.

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes. It would be easier if there was only one person. If there were many people and you were worried about the other party running around, just catch one first.

But just when he was thinking about it, the man in black in the tent suddenly turned his head, and their eyes met for an instant.

Zhao Tong was suddenly shocked. He was actually discovered. He, a half-step master, was actually discovered by the opponent? !

The man in black was also shocked. He didn't expect someone to open the tent door and peek, and he didn't notice it for a long time.

She suddenly shook her hands, and the full-moon scimitar flew directly towards Zhao Tao like a silver flower blooming in the darkness.

Zhao Tong said in a deep voice: "How dare you, thief!"

His expression was a little gloomy. No matter the opponent's reaction or the speed of the sword, it was not like what a grandmaster could possess.

Waving his sleeves and knocking down the flying scimitar, Zhao Tong once again confirmed in his heart that the scimitar was very powerful and had a strange angle, and it would be difficult for anyone else to catch it.

The man in black said "Hey", then he stopped caring about Yuanji and rushed directly towards the cowhide tent wall on the side.

There was only a "sting" sound, and I don't know what she used to scratch the leather tent, and then her body rushed out with a "swoosh".

Zhao Tong moved his feet and chased after him. He also jumped out of the tent wall. He could never let the man in black go. The man in black was too skilled in martial arts. If he let him go, she would turn around and assassinate the general, but there would be no one. He is her opponent!
(End of this chapter)