high official

Chapter 419 Raid
From the beginning of the fifth watch, Changzhi County of Wutai County and Cang Ambassador came to the county granary and began to count the grain and grass out of the warehouse.They worked until dawn, and the [-] carts of grain were not loaded.They will check again with all the quartermasters and sign and put their signatures before letting them leave the granary.

In that compartment, the officers and soldiers of the guards had long been impatient. As soon as they heard that they could set off, they hurried to collect food and headed for their respective destinations... The five hundred soldiers brought by the left guard were heading for the east gate of the county. Go, to transport food and grass to the right guard army stationed in the east of Wutai County.

The carts pulled by mules and horses slowly drove through the muddy streets after the snow. The soldiers held knives and guns and walked lazily in two parts before and after the convoy... Now the entire Wutai County is surrounded by layers of officers and soldiers. Where are the thieves who dare to rob the officers and soldiers?Therefore, the soldiers all looked listless, and secretly complained in their hearts, this is obviously the work of civilian husbands, why should they let soldiers like them do it? !

However, when the front team arrived in front of the city gate, they saw that the city gate was closed tightly, and there were countless soldiers standing on the city wall holding bows and crossbows, ready to fight!
Seeing this formation, the officers and soldiers of the left guard were stunned.But what shocked them even more was yet to come, another large group of officers and soldiers surrounded them from the alleys on both sides, and surrounded them tightly from behind.

Although they were surrounded by friendly troops, the surrounded officers and soldiers were still a little flustered. The deputy Qianhu who led the team hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Which adult is on the other side, what's the business of surrounding our army?"

The answer to him was the sound of the horn on the top of the city. Everyone followed the sound and saw a yellow umbrella propped up on the gate tower.Under the umbrella was a figure in a yellow shirt. Although his appearance was unrecognizable, there was obviously only one person in Wutai County who could wear this color—that was Yonghe King Zhu Jilang!

"My lord!" All the people on and off the city knelt down on one knee.

"Get up." Zhu Jihong stood up slowly, and his voice was full of enthusiasm, so that everyone in the city could hear it clearly: "This king received a report saying that the bandit leader Liu Zijin we are looking for is hiding in the food delivery team. Delusion to get out of the city!" After finishing speaking with a whip, Qianhu who stood aside shouted violently: "Everyone put down their weapons and accept the inspection!"

"Put down your weapons and accept the inspection!" The soldiers surrounding the grain transport team shouted in unison.

"Put down your weapon..." Deputy Qianhu had no choice but to order his subordinates to obey the order.After a while of chattering, the soldiers of the left guard put down their knives and guns, and then lined up to the open space on the other side according to the order, and were inspected one by one.

At this time, Zhu Jihong's eyes on the top of the wall fell on Wei Wuque who was beside him. Mr. Wei's recovery ability was very strong, and there were no scars on that handsome face, but the wound in his heart could not be healed, on the contrary, it was getting worse. heavier.

"Look carefully." Zhu Jihong told him, "Don't let them slip away from your nose!"

"Don't worry." Wei Wuque snorted coldly, "I can recognize them even if they are turned into ashes!" After speaking, he went down the tower and walked towards the long line of guards on the left.He walked in front of each soldier one by one, his eyes piercing the bone marrow like a knife - at the level of his disguise master, he was confident that he could tell whether the opponent had disguised or not just by looking at him.What's more, Liu Zijin's height stands out from the crowd, it is impossible to escape his eyes!

On the other side, the soldiers were also searching the carts, uncovering the snow-proof reed mats on them, and inspecting the bags of grain to make sure that there were no Tibetans before inspecting the next cart.

While the search was in progress, the atmosphere at the city gate was very tense. Chen Baihu and Deputy Qianhu had passed the interrogation. They looked at each other, and they both saw incomparable happiness in each other's eyes...

Wei Wuque looked very carefully. It took half an hour for the five hundred soldiers to see from the beginning to the end, but they still didn't find the person he was looking for... Rubbing his somewhat sore eyes, Wei Wuque was puzzled, The tail of the team saw the head of the team, but he still didn't find the person he was looking for. His face became more and more ugly, and he shook his head at King Yonghe at the head of the city.

King Yonghe couldn't help but gasped. Before Wei Wuque, Qianhu, who was in charge of searching the carts, had already reported that there were no Tibetans in the grain carts.

There was no one hiding in the car, and there was no one in the team, so naturally Liu Zijin wasn't here...

"This is strange." King Yonghe frowned, and said to Wei Wuque who had already walked up to the top of the city, "Could it be that the interrogation is too tight, so they can't enter the city?"

"Impossible." I don't know when, Wei Wuque's confidence in Wang Xian surpassed his confidence in himself. He shook his head flatly and said: "We didn't grasp the previous interrogation very tightly. With Wang Xian's ability, He will definitely be able to sneak into the city. And the time for the next shipment of food is twelve days later, he can’t wait that long, and he will definitely leave the city today!”

"Then why is there no one after searching all over?" Yonghe Wang asked with a grim expression.

"This can only mean that they are not here." Wei Wuque frowned and said, "It might be possible to mix with the right guard or even the middle guard."

"The right guard is transporting food to the middle guard; the middle guard is our own." King Yonghe couldn't believe it: "How could they get in there?"

"Not here, only there." Wei Wuque said slowly: "Search and look, maybe there will be surprises."

"Hey..." Zhu Jihong exhaled unhappily, and asked, "Have those two routes set off yet?"

"Those who set off at once were stopped at the gate of the city." That thousand households reported.

"Go to the guard on the right to have a look first." After Wei Wuque finished speaking, he went down the city wall first.

The thousand households looked at the left guards below, and asked Zhu Jihong for instructions: "Do you want to continue detaining them?"

"Let's go!" Zhu Jihong said angrily, "They still have to take care of themselves if they stay."

"Yes, let's go!" Qianhu gave an order, and the surrounding army withdrew.The city gate also opened slowly.The left guard soldiers, who were still in shock, hurriedly drove away from this ghostly place, almost forgetting to take their weapons.

Far away from the county seat, seeing that there were no outsiders before and after, that Qianhu sighed: "Oh my god, I was scared to death."

"Yeah, it's a good thing they didn't come, otherwise everyone would blow the lamp and pull the wax together..." Chen Baihu also nodded vigorously and said, "This is a lost horse, so I don't know if it's a blessing!"

"But how are they going to get out of trouble now?" Deputy Qianhu asked worryingly for Wang Xian and the others.

"We have taken the risk to leave the signal, and we have taken the risk to go out to connect with them," Chen Baihu said relaxedly, "We have done everything we can, what can we do if they don't come? Even if you command the adults, you can't blame us."

"Well, that's right." Although Deputy Qianhu was Yang Rong's confidant, he didn't want to die in vain!
The two of them didn't say a word, and after walking about two miles, they saw four soldiers waiting by the road, demanding to see Chen Baihu over and over again.Chen Baihu asked them to come over to have a look, and he was stunned... Isn't the leader one the same as the one who met him yesterday?
"You, you?" Chen Baihu asked in surprise.

Wu Wei shook his head, motioning him not to speak too much, Chen Baihu also woke up suddenly, coughed and said: "Return to the team quickly." The four responded and mixed into the team.

Deputy Qianhu and Chen Baihu looked at each other, then ordered the troops to speed up and march to the right to guard the barracks.

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Back at dawn today, Wang Xian heard that Wu Weidao had explained the other party's arrangement, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

"My lord, is there any question?" Wu Wei asked hurriedly.

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and said, "I was thinking about the search we encountered before. Although there were enough people, it didn't seem to be strict."

"It's normal, the people below can't understand the mood of the people above." Wu Wei said: "Staying outside in such a cold day, people will have resentment, it's impossible to be so careful."

"What you said makes sense, but I still feel that everything is going too smoothly," Wang Xian shook his head slowly and said, "It's as if someone put water in it!"

"Let the water go?" Wu Wei said with a tight heart.

"An insidious and ruthless guy like Wei Wuque can't let us escape so easily." Wang Xiandao: "He will definitely cause us trouble, and I haven't felt such trouble until now."

"Perhaps he is powerless." Wu Wei said.

"It's a matter of life and death, and we can't take chances." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "If you are Zhu Jihong and Wei Wuque, you have been releasing water before, why?"

"Of course it is to catch the turtle in the urn!" Wu Wei said with a pale face after finishing speaking: "My lord is saying that they deliberately let us into the city, let us contact the left guards, and then waited to close the door and beat the dog?"

"Although we're not sure, we must guard against it!" Wang Xian frowned and said, "So we have to change our plan, and we can't go to the barracks."

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Let's go out of the city first and meet them outside the city!" Wang Xian said in a deep voice, speaking out his arrangement.

"Your Excellency still thinks deeply." Wu Wei praised, and followed Wang Xian's instructions, rewrapped the military uniforms.They were still wearing lama's cassock, and after breakfast, they bid farewell to Zhang Wu and Song Zhong, and the four of them left through the back door.

When they came to the street, the four of them went to a grocery store first, purchased a lot of supplies such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, then rented a carriage, and hurried back from yesterday's original road to the east gate of the county seat.

The guards at the east gate are still officers and soldiers from yesterday. When they saw them, they recognized that this was the lama who entered the city yesterday.Seeing them pushing a cart full of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and pots and jars, I am even less suspicious.It would be abnormal for monks and lamas on Wutai Mountain to go to the county once and not buy these things.

"Why are there two lamas missing?" The soldiers guarding the gate even remembered their number.

"The younger brother has stayed with the doctor, and our uncle stayed to take care of him." Liu Zijin was the only one from Shanxi among the group of people, so he naturally answered, "We don't need so many people here, so we sent the four of us back. gone."

"Your uncle is using you as labor, and he is enjoying himself in the city." The soldiers joked and laughed, and they didn't bother to check any more, so they let the four of them out of the city.

And at this time, the granary has not finished loading the car...

(End of this chapter)