After hearing Gou'er's report, the prefect Wei Guan, who had known about the affair early in the morning, was puzzled.
The building built in the east of the hall is a straight hook designed to scare people. Anyone with a little bit of brains can see the beauty of that building.
Do you think he wants to use himself and a bunch of Suzhou government officials as bait to lure water bandits to come and kill him?
The bandits who think they have seen through the master's plan will then think of the government's reserve warehouse as clear as a leader. Is it a good time to attack the grain in the warehouse? After all, there is a huge amount of grain in the warehouse as a "reassurance" for the people. If it is destroyed, the preparation will be destroyed.
The warehouse, Susong and other places will definitely be trapped in a mess. Such a large amount of food will certainly not be transferred quietly without anyone noticing.
Then, the bandits will definitely choose to abandon the "straight hook" building and choose to attack the reserve warehouse. They will just fall into the "trick within a trick" of the east of the palace.
But did Wei Guanfu really not expect that someone actually came to "bite" the "straight hook"? Could it be those remaining bandits, or the kind of reckless men who had muscles in their heads and punched the old master to death?
No, that's right... there was also a battle in Pishi Street, and the people who came there should be a small force. Maybe some of the bandits saw their "trick within a plan", and then "played it out" and attacked directly.
On the surface, the defense is tight, but in reality, the defense is empty.
But if that's the case, why don't they gather all their strength and break through the building directly? Although they lost the location, if they guessed that there was an ambush in the reserve warehouse, they should storm there regardless of the cost...
Wei Guan's mind was spinning with all kinds of thoughts, and he couldn't think of a reason. He heard a guard on high alert shouting: "Arrow attack! Be careful to avoid! Be careful to avoid!"
"Protect the east of the palace!"
"Seize, seize, seize!" Several crossbow arrows flew into the building from the window and hit the walls and pillars of the building. Although they did not cause any casualties, they frightened the unsuspecting people in the building half to death.
"No thief! No thief!"
"It's not because of the water leakage, or it's because the thieves set the fire. There are thieves entering the city!"
The crowd suddenly panicked. Zhu Su, who was guarded by a group of guards, pushed away the crowd in front of him. He saw a group of people collapsed to the ground in fear. Some people stood up and wanted to run away. Some people even refused to admit that they were working in Suzhou Prefecture.
of officials.
The building suddenly became chaotic.
"Run away! The thieves have broken into the city!"
"Everyone, don't be confused! If you don't go out, you will definitely become the target of the thieves first! Your Majesty is still here..."
"Go away! Do I dare to stop me?"
In the chaos, a businessman who still remained calm shouted loudly to his colleagues not to panic, but was directly kicked aside by an official. Zhu Su's face darkened, and Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, who had his beard standing on end, shouted at the table:
"What's the fuss about? Didn't you see that Mr. Dian was there? Everything was as expected by Mr. Dian. Why are we in such a mess?"
Everything was as expected? The crowd suddenly froze, and all looked at Zhu Su who was still walking away at the head. Wei Guan also had a look of surprise, otherwise it would be a bluffing "straight hook", and its effect
Can the bandits be allowed to bite the "hook" in the reserve warehouse?
Someone came to bite the straight hook, was it expected by Dian Dong?
"Is it true that this was done unintentionally..." Zhu Su sighed secretly in his heart. But in full view of everyone, he also acted calm and calm.
Seeing the dog watching outside, he nodded, indicating that there was no longer a threat. Zhu Su stood up. "Everyone, I have prepared an entertainment program for you."
"If you don't give up, please follow me to the terrace outside to have a drink."
With that said, he moved first to the terrace outside the house.
A group of people looked at each other. They were originally worried that they would be shot by crossbow arrows if they went outside, but Prince Wu's rich body was already on the terrace, so how could they refuse? Hesitantly, they went outside the terrace and felt the night wind blowing.
I suddenly feel refreshed. As expected, there is no thief army outside as I imagined, and there is a clear moonlight shining on the rushing river in front of the building.
"Oh, I found it, I found it, it's over there."
Zhu Su held a telescope and searched across the river amidst the surprised eyes of everyone. Sure enough, he found several figures swimming across the river.
"Let's take a look!" Chang Mao snatched the telescope over. "Hey, it's true! The turtle got into the water in a few minutes, and it swam pretty fast!"
No one knew what kind of tricks the two of them were playing. Even Wei Guan, who thought he knew everything, looked at Zhu Su and Chang Mao in bewilderment, who were holding strange props and shouting. Zhu Su was mistaken for Chang Mao.
Said: "Brother Chang, you can close the net." Chang Mao nodded, took a big flag that was lying on the leg of the sergeant beside him and danced it to the east.
"Do you want to fish, Lord?"
Several fast boats parked in the river suddenly started to move. A huge net was formed between each two boats, and they headed towards the river. I saw Dian Dong holding the strange prop and thinking about it.
He said something like, "Only to the side, to the right, and a little further to the right..." Chang Guogong waved his command flag and sent orders to the Didong Clippers. After a while, the Clippers seemed to have picked up something, and they all returned.
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"You are worthy of being an elite soldier trained by General Chang Shuai! His skill in maneuvering a boat in the water is truly unparalleled!" Zhu Su praised.
"Hey, that's easy to say." Chang Mao said with a proud look on his face. "Those thieves rely on their good water skills. But our Chang family's water skills are not bad at all!"
Some people had vaguely guessed something. When the sergeant on the clipper arrived on the shore, everyone saw many wet "water ghosts" entangled in the fishing net they were dragging. Everyone was in an uproar.
"Okay, those 'Taihu Water Bandits' have been captured in one fell swoop." Zhu Su said with a smile. The crowd behind him was stunned for a moment, and those who reacted quickly knelt down to the east: "The east of the hall is planning a strategy to win a thousand miles!"
Everyone realized that tomorrow night's mindless banquet was actually a good show to wipe out the Taihu water bandits.
Otherwise, they still don't know why they and Prince Diandong are eating and drinking in the building. Then Diandong and Chang Guogong command the sergeants to drag a round of nets in the river, and then they will disappear without a trace.
All the missing "water bandits" have been fished out.
This does not prevent them from using their imagination to tell their friends and relatives the story of "catching water bandits" tomorrow night.
That is exactly what Zhu Su wants. Spreading the news that the Taihu water bandits have been wiped out as soon as possible can completely put an end to the so-called "ghosts of King Cheng's army causing chaos" rumors, and quickly stabilize the public sentiment in Suzhou Prefecture because of the memory of Zhang Shicheng...
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"Dian Dong, what's going on?"
"Did you expect that someone would attack here?"
After sending sentries to confirm that there were no hidden dangers, Zhu Su dismissed the guests who were still confused. Wei Guan, who felt that he had been kept in the dark, kept asking Zhu Su, with a hint of blame in his tone:
"If you don't expect that thieves will attack here, how can you put yourself in danger here if you have a rich body in the east of the palace..."
"Master Wei, let's not mention that matter for now..." Fortunately, after Yao Guangxiao reminded him, he spared his efforts. Now, Zhu Su wanted to torture him to find out who instigated those people to carry out the sneak attack. Wait for him
Surrounded by Chang Mao and his guards, when he saw the characters entangled in the fishing nets, he suddenly felt happy.
Surprisingly, I caught a big fish!
He looked at the slightly petite figure in the fishing net who was protected by a group of people and trying to lower his head.
"Hey, that's an old acquaintance of my king. How about it? Does it feel good to soak in the river?"
"Sister, the trafficker? You should call me: Princess Chen Han, Chen Hui?"