When it was almost dawn, the passenger ship left Liangshanpo and entered Jishui. At this time, the boatman moored the boat in a wilderness and went into the water. He took out a bag tightly wrapped with more than a dozen layers of oil paper from a dark lattice at the bottom of the boat. There was a bow and a few rockets, and the bowstring and gunpowder tube were wrapped tightly with pig bladder to ensure that the water was not leaking.

The boatman handed the oil paper bag to Li Yanqing. After opening it layer by layer, he checked it was correct, Li Yanqing handed the bow and arrow to Yang Liang.

"Did you remember the address?"

"I remember Beizhi, Chengbei Shunfeng Inn!"

"Go! Be careful all the way. If the situation is not good, you can go back to Bianjing first!"

"Abide by the order!" Yang Liang jumped ashore and ran towards the woods in the distance, and soon disappeared into the woods.

The next afternoon, Li Yanqing arrived in Xucheng County, which is a large county with a population of about 200,000 and a circumference of more than 30 miles. It is second only to Songcheng County in Yingtian Prefecture in the east and west of Beijing. At this time, Xucheng County had become the ruling center of the Liangshan Army. The city gate was full of Liangshan soldiers. It was very strict when entering the city. Both pawns and vendors had to interrogate or even search, but they didn't care if they left the city and no one checked them.

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the gate were all fierce and vicious, Zhou Wenyuan was very scared and couldn't help but whisper to Li Yanqing: "Little Lord, why don't we go into the city!"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Since you come, you can rest assured, don't worry!"

He quickly walked towards the city gate, and Zhou Wenyuan had no choice but to follow him.

"Stop, what are you doing!"

A soldier stopped Li Yanqing and the others, and Li Yanqing bowed his fists and said, "Xiaosheng is a student of Yingtian Academy. He went to Mount Tai and passed by Guidi."

"Can there be proof?"

"Yes!" Li Yanqing took out a study tour book from Yingtianfu Academy and handed it to him, which was to facilitate the use of study tour students when they were studying in various states.

At this time, Shoucheng Du walked up to him and asked, "Who is it?"

"It seems like a student from Yingtianfu. He passed by here and there was a certificate, but he was not literate."

Zhou Wenyuan hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Actually, I'm here to buy a house. I heard it's very cheap now."

Everyone laughed, "Scholars want to be face-saving, so they buy houses when they buy houses, and they also need to find an excuse to study abroad."

Seeing that Li Yanqing and Zhou Wenyuan were not carrying weapons, he waved his hand and said, "Let them in!"

Li Yanqing took the certificate, bowed again with his fists, and then walked into the city with his hands behind his back. The soldiers all laughed, "It's so fucking sour!"

Behind Zhou Wenyuan and Li Yanqing, they said in shock: "I can't imagine that they didn't even search, so they let us in!"

"Didn't you see it? This is what is called tight outside and loose inside."

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "I just discovered that they didn't pay attention to the details at all, or they didn't know how to check them. Is this called checking them if they only look at whether they carry weapons?"

"What details did they not pay attention to?" Zhou Wenyuan asked in confusion.

Li Yanqing spread his palms, "My hands have thick calluses. This is evidence left by the use of weapons or bows and arrows all year round. I said I was a student, but they didn't look at my palms. Not only me, but everyone is the same. They don't look at the details. The man in front of us said that he was a vendor, but he wore a pair of narrow-mouth leather boots. This kind of boots looks good, but he was very tired from walking. How could a vendor running around wearing such shoes?"

Zhou Wenyuan nodded, "The little boss observed it very carefully, and their investigation was indeed very rough."

The streets of the county town are very depressed, with almost half of the shops closed, with words resale or betrayal posted on the doors. Except for some customers who sell daily necessities such as rice shops, the other shops are deserted and deserted, but the business of restaurants or brothels is very good. Basically, the generals and soldiers of the Liangshan Army came to drink and have fun.

"Little boss, that shop is good!"

Zhou Wenyuan pointed to a closed shop on the south side of the cross street and said, "The storefront is very grand. You can see it on several streets with signs. This is the best effect. Such a good market entrance is actually going to be resold. Do we want to ask?"

Li Yanqing looked at the sky. It was getting late. He shook his head, "Go to the inn first, and come to talk tomorrow!"

Shunfeng Inn is the largest inn in Xucheng County. It is very famous in Yunzhou. The number of customers outside Yuncheng has dropped sharply, and many inns have been closed. Although Shunfeng Inn has no customers, it is still struggling to support it.

Therefore, when Li Yanqing and Zhou Wenyuan came to join the store, the shopkeeper personally welcomed the only two guests in the hotel. He was busy and extremely attentive, and asked the guy to run errands to buy two meals for Li Yanqing and the others.

After dinner, it was already dark, and the shopkeeper came to the room to remind them, "It is best for you to not go out at night. The tavern and the brothel are all their people. They are drunk and they are prone to accidents. If you want to buy a house, I can help you with free help. There are many people asking me to sell the house."

Zhou Wenyuan asked quickly: "Shopkeeper Wu, the store south of the intersection in front seems to be a silk shop. Is that store for sale?"

The shopkeeper laughed, "Zhou Guanren has good eyesight, and the location of that store is not very good. It turned out to be called the 'Tian Silk' silk shop, which is the store of Yang County Chenggong's father-in-law. After Yang County Chenggong was killed, his father-in-law also fled back to his hometown in Qingzhou and asked a fellow villager to help him sell it. If Zhou Guanren is interested, I will contact you tomorrow."

At this time, Li Yanqing asked, "Will Liangshan Army come to investigate for outsiders like us?"

"I'm not hiding it from Guanren Li, Liangshan Army will come to investigate every day, but as long as you tell them that they are here to buy a shop, it's best to buy the shop they like, and they usually don't care. If you don't know what's going on and stay in the county for five days, you will be suspected of being a spy of the officers and soldiers. A customer I have been arrested like this, and I still don't know my life and death."

Li Yanqing also wanted to ask about the situation of entering and leaving the city. At this time, a guy ran in and said, "There are people looking for Guanren outside, and they seem to be a soldier!"

Li Yanqing was immediately overjoyed, "It's my friend, where is he?"

“In the lobby!”

Li Yanqing hurriedly ran to the lobby, where a Liangshan soldier in armor stood in the lobby, which was Luan Tingyu.

"Senior brother is still there, and I was worried that my senior brother has left along the way."

Luan Tingyu smiled and said, "My affairs here are over. I was planning to leave, but I guess you are coming, so I decided to wait until the end of the month. If you don't come at the end of the month, I will really leave."

"Let's go to the room to talk!"

Li Yanqing brought Luan Tingyu to his room and asked again: "Where is Yang Liang?"

"The city gate has been closed, so he can only stay in the foot shop outside the city for one night and enter the city again tomorrow."

"I see!"

Li Yanqing asked Luan Tingyu to sit down, poured him a bowl of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Since my senior brother guessed that I was coming, he should know the purpose of my trip!"

Luan Tingyu smiled slightly, "Since I've asked me to kill Hou Meng, how could there be no action in the future? If I'm not wrong, the court will start the fifth fight against Liangshan Army, right?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It has been decided that the prince will be the head coach and Zhong Shidao will be the deputy head coach. I will also participate in it and be in charge of intelligence!"

Luan Tingyu took out a handwritten booklet from his arms and handed it to Li Yanqing, "This is the Liangshan Army intelligence I have deliberately collected over the past month. It involves all aspects. I think it is very practical. I originally wanted to sell it to Fang La at a high price. Now I have changed my mind and I will give it to you!"

Li Yanqing was very surprised. Although he hoped to get some information from his senior brother, he did not expect that his senior brother had prepared for him. He took the booklet and gave a deep gift, "How can I repay such a favor from my senior brother?"

Luan Tingyu shook his head, "I don't want you to give you anything. I have never spent all the money I have made over the years. If I want to be an official, someone will immediately arrange for me to be a magistrate. The reason why I am willing to help you is because I owe you a favor. If it weren't for you, the master wouldn't recognize me as an apprentice again. That's my life's regret. You are my junior brother, and things are that simple!"

Li Yanqing was moved. The killer Luan Tingyu was not cold-blooded. He still had an emotion hidden deep in his heart. He always had a deep respect for his master like his father. It was this respect that made him willing to help himself again and again.

Luan Tingyu never delayed his work. After completing the task, he stood up and said, "Okay, I'm leaving. We'll see you again if we have the chance!"

"Senior brother is going back to the military camp?"

Luan Tingyu shook his head, "I won't go to the military camp anymore. I will go directly to Hangzhou to pay Fang La, and receive my other half's reward."

"What are the plans for senior brother in the future?"

"I plan to go back to my hometown in Hejian Mansion and enjoy it for a year or two. When I get bored, I will come out to find something to do. Junior brother, take care of myself!"

After saying that, Luan Tingyu jumped out of the window, but in the blink of an eye, Luan Tingyu appeared at the window again, took out three pieces of folded paper and handed it to Li Yanqing, "I almost forgot that this is a soft whip technique. Your sister Qing'er's whip technique is very good, but unfortunately it's just a little slower, which can make her whip technique go a step further."

"I'm leaving!"

Li Yanqing took the stack of paper and looked out the window. Luan Tingyu had disappeared without a trace.
Chapter completed!