"What's going on?" Zhao De quickly rushed into the backyard and asked.
When the officers saw that Zhao De was back, they were like watchdogs seeing their master come back. They immediately felt close to him. The officers nearby quickly reported: "Report to Zhao Dutou, there are thieves who took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the Taoist temple." "
"Ah," Zhao De was frightened after hearing this, and his voice could not help but lowered a bit, as if he was afraid of being heard by someone, and said: "Where are the thieves? How many have come?"
"I don't know, but five or six of our brothers died," the guard said in horror.
Hearing this, Zhao De felt like a cold wind blowing in his face. He flexed his thighs and growled, "Your Excellency, you are still inside." After that, he pushed away the surprised servant, who was astonished as if he had just woken up from a dream.
Only then did all the officers remember such a thing. Just now, everyone was in danger, but they had forgotten about the county magistrate. Now they felt bad when they thought about it. When they looked towards the Sanqing Palace, they saw that the officers guarding the door had already With no trace left, Zhao De had already rushed up the steps. When he got to the door, he suppressed his anxiety, patted the door and shouted: "My lord, my lord,"
There was no answer from inside. Zhao De couldn't wait any longer. The bandits outside had counterattacked back, leaving no one alive in the city. If he didn't leave now, it would be too late. At that moment, Zhao De kicked open the door violently and was in a mess in front of him. Shocked by the unbearable bloodshed, he saw two corpses of guards lying at the door, and a long corpse lying in the hall. When he lit the lamp again, he saw a headless corpse, which was covered with clothes. He was in plain clothes for ordinary people, but judging from his figure, he really looked like Shi Wenbin.
"Sir," Zhao De was startled and dropped the oil lamp to the ground with a shake of his hand. Zhao De was immediately swallowed up by the darkness in the room. He did not dare to stay longer and immediately exited.
Some of the officers who had followed him had already been so frightened that their legs were weak when they saw the dead people in the house. Now they saw Zhao De running away without daring to stop, so they followed closely and retreated.
The guards who were on guard in the courtyard screamed in surprise at this time. Zhao De stood up and took a look, and saw Shi Wenbin's head hanging on the roof of the south wing. It was picked up with a tree branch, and his hair was tied with a red bellyband. Together, the officers and soldiers in the courtyard looked at each other, although they did not understand what was going on, but they recognized the head. At this time, smoke slowly came out of the door and window of the wing, and the firelight inside began to filter through. The paper window reflected the light, and the officer was horrified when he saw it. When Zhao De saw this, he was completely frightened and ran away.
"Dutou," the officers who had no idea followed Zhao De quickly and wanted to ask where to go.
There were also some honest officers who asked: "Dutou, what should we do with those prisoners?"
Zhao De didn't have the time to talk nonsense with them, and he didn't want to mix with this group of people. The goal was huge, so he quickly shouted: "The thieves have broken the city, the officers and soldiers are dead, I don't care anymore, run for your life, run for your life Bar,"
Everyone was frightened when they heard this. They were stunned for a moment, and saw the Taoist priests in the front yard shouting, "It's on fire, it's on fire, put out the fire quickly." While escaping, there was no need to worry about those mountain bandits and prisoners.
With a crash, the officers and soldiers fled quickly, and the backyard became much cleaner.
【Chang'an】
The first ray of sunshine in the morning has not had time to illuminate the earth, and the sky is still gray and fish-belly white. Ever since Chang'an City was occupied by the Green Forest Army, it has quickly developed under the Green Forest Law. Not only the people live and work in peace and contentment, but also the industry, businessmen, and farmers are prosperous. A certain degree of rapid growth. Before dawn, the morning market had already begun to be decorated with lights and decorations and opened for business.
And at this moment, a flying horse flashed in from the Xi'an Gate in the south. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the avenue early in the morning, he ran all the way and got off his horse in front of the Juyi Hall that Jingzhao Mansion had renovated. , regardless of the horse, he quickly climbed up the steps. The guard in front of the red gate stopped the man and took a look.
I saw this man wearing a brown short coat, with a short knife across his waist, and a bamboo hat on his head, as if a small part of it had been cut off by a knife. , but the pair of eyes exposed under the hat were shining with a frightening gaze.
"Who is this?" the guard of Juyi Hall scolded.
Without saying a word, the man reached out and took out a bronze medal from his arms, with nine dragons dancing in the air engraved on it. The guards on the left and right looked at the medal and did not dare to stop them. They all retreated to both sides to make way for them. That person leaves.
The man carefully collected the token and put it away, and then quickly entered the front yard of Juyi Hall. Now the man looked at the stacks of pavilions in front of him, and was a little dumbfounded for a moment. To be honest, this Chang'an is still The first time he came, it turned out that he and he didn't even dare to think that he would ever come in to the Jingzhao Mansion. At that moment, the man was a little confused and couldn't find where he was going.
"What a good man, why are you standing here in a daze?" A crisp voice rang out at this time.
The man looked back and saw a young man in simple clothes walking out of the brackets of a courtyard gate. Seeing that he looked like an official, he quickly came up and bowed and said, "I'm Lang Hong, and I've come here specifically to find history." Commander, I have something important to report,"
The man was none other than Zhu Wu. He looked the man up and down, thinking that if this man could enter the courtyard, he must either have extraordinary courage and skill, or he had some other connections. Since he said he wanted to report it, , and this man looked tired and dusty, and his accent seemed to come from the capital. Could it be that there was a military report? Zhu Wu thought for a while and said: "In that case, then you can follow me. ,"
After saying that, he brought the man to the military aircraft department. Except for the two military men standing guard at the door, there was no one else in the military engine room. The main room inside was a three-part house with three words written on it. The big character is "Military Aircraft Division", and there is a pair of cards standing at the door. There is a pair of cards on it, "Calculate the yin and yang and the eight trigrams to see the divine secrets, and defeat the thousands of troops and horses to break the world." When you enter through this door, you can see two rows of cards. There is a big desk in the hall, and a young man is sitting behind the desk. He is sitting in the chair with his head down and correcting something. When he saw Zhu Wu come in, he raised his head, revealing a fair face. Typical He looked like a scholar. This was Wu Yong, a wise man. Wu Yong put down his pen, looked at the man behind Zhu Wu, and asked very casually: "Brother Zhu, this is,"
"Oh, I met him outside. He said there is a major military incident, so let him tell you," Zhu Wu said, and asked the man to sit in the hall, and he casually sat on a chair next to him. Sit down.
Wu Yong arranged for someone to offer tea, and then asked: "Brother, I wonder if I have any important military affairs to tell you?"
"You are Marshal Shi," Nalang Hong asked respectfully and with some fear.
Wu Yong and Zhu Wu looked at each other and said, "Commander Shi is in poor health..." He paused and then said, "I'm Wu Yong, this is Zhu Wu, the chief and deputy military advisor of the military aircraft department here. If you have any questions, please let us know."
After listening to this, Lang Hong remembered that when he left Bianliang, the Ninth Prince once said that in Chang'an, except for the commander-in-chief and the two military advisors, no one else could reveal their identity. It turned out that these were the two strategic advisors, so He was so approachable, which really surprised and delighted him. He quickly stood up and bowed again, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Wu Yong and Zhu Wu smiled and helped him up, and the three of them sat down again.
Lang Hong looked around and saw that there was only one lamp in the hall and no one was around.
Wu Yong knew what he was thinking, so he immediately said: "It's okay if you have anything to say, there are no other people here."
Lang Hong nodded, but his voice was still very low and he said: "I am Lang Hong, who is under the Ninth Prince. Now there is news in the capital that the imperial court has secretly sent a troop of soldiers and horses who are good at making machinery to Liangshan. Stationed in Yuncheng County, not far from Liangshan, it is said that there are seven to eight thousand troops. At the same time, the imperial court also secretly sent a troop of thirty thousand troops to come here. The leader was Gao Qiu's uncle and brother. , is called Gao Lian, and has three thousand finely armored sergeants under his command, known as the "Flying Divine Soldiers". They are all strong men selected from Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Lianghuai, and Liangzhe. The rest of the soldiers and horses are all The imperial army assigned to him by Gao Qiu is now divided into three groups and heading towards Chang'an. I'm afraid it will arrive in a day or two. I hope to inform the commander and make plans early. This Gao Lian has some abilities and I heard that he has some good deeds. He is good at using soldiers and knows some magic. He is known as Gao Banxian."
"Gao Banxian," Wu Yong said, "I didn't expect Gao Qiu to have such a brother."
Zhu Wu said: "In this case, we should prepare early,"
Wu Yong nodded, looked up at Lang Hong, smiled and said: "Brother Lang Hong has had a hard journey, let's go down and rest first. Since we are here, it is not too late to stay for a few more days before going back."
Lang Hong knew that his status and identity were incomparable to those of the two military advisors, so he said with sincerity and fear: "Don't you dare, don't dare, how dare you disturb me,"
"We are all our own people. When you come to Chang'an, just think of it as going home, haha," Wu Yong said and arranged for someone to take out an upper room. At this time, he also asked about the current situation of underground organizations in the city. , I heard that the Ninth Prince established the underground organization [Bai] according to Shi Jin's order. There are not many people. Up to now, not counting Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang, there are only less than five brothers who serve as the backbone. Taking that teahouse as the Based on the base point, with the help of Zhang Qing, he bought a hotel in the south of the city, an inn in the east of the city and the Chunsi Building in Firework Alley. These three places were all over his eyes and ears, and most of the news in the capital was collected. I can get a rough idea. Sun Erniang was granted the title of Fourth Rank Guard and Deputy Capital Commander of the Ma Army, while Zhang Qing was granted the title of Fifth Rank Privy Councilor. Although he was lower than Sun Erniang in rank one, he got along well in the Privy Council. Most of the military intelligence information They all came from him, and this time it was Zhang Qing who learned about the troop transfer and quietly spread the news.