The officer didn't seem to worry about the man escaping at all. He just tapped the riding crop in his hand gently with the other hand. Then the sound of fighting started outside the wall and stopped for a moment. The officer said: "Without my permission, even a fly
Don’t even think about flying out! Keep looking!”
Hong Lei and the rich businessman continued to pass by the Lotus Gang slowly, and soon walked in front of Xia Tong. He Qizhou felt that the other party was about to stop. Just as he was thinking about whether to take action, Xu Muxue suddenly took Qi Zhou's hand and shook it gently.
Of course He Qizhou also knew that he should not take action rashly now, but if Xia Tong was captured at this time, he would have to go away with the caravan again, and there would be no hope of being rescued.
Fortunately, Hong Lei and the businessman did not find anyone else in the end. He Qizhou, who was about to breathe a sigh of relief, heard the officer angrily yell at the wealthy businessman: "Didn't I say that your people will come to the inn? Where is he?
Who are you looking for? Do you think I dare not kill you?"
"Sir, although I am the shopkeeper, I have a low position. I just overheard that someone would take the risk to come over today to deliver something. As for who is going to deliver it, what to deliver, and to whom, I really don't know, and this place is indeed
No one knows anyone carefully!" the wealthy businessman apologized.
"Then what's the point of keeping you here? Come on..." the officer shouted angrily.
"Sir, please forgive me! I've already hired him. The tailor in the shop was the leader of Qi State in Xuancheng, and he has been killed by you. Wait, wait, by the way, I heard that there is a man from Qinglong Temple who is also ours.
People, and people from the south have recently come, and they want us to find out about two people, their names are Mu and Zhou..."
"We all know this, why do you have to say it? Take him down first!" The officer turned to call Guo Wen and Sikong Lang to his side and said: "You can't leave just yet, today's business is not over yet!"
"Master Geng, you also know that our delivery date cannot be delayed..." Guo Wen said anxiously. It is estimated that half of the money he paid yesterday to buy the road went into this person's pocket.
"Stop talking nonsense, just because your Lotus Gang is guilty of harboring Bandit Pei, no one would dare to say anything even if all your property is confiscated..." The officer shouted: "Let me ask you, did anyone suspicious come in just now?"
"Sir, tell me what kind of person you are looking for?" Sikong Lang said with a smile.
"Zhan Shu, tell me!" the officer surnamed Geng said angrily.
"I am Zhanshu, the captain of Tutang in Xizhou." The Qinglong Temple official said: "One of my subordinates was suspected of having an affair with the Southern Qi Dynasty. He was lost near here this morning, but our people found a coolie.
The clothes on the body of a man who looks like this have been stripped off, so I suspect that he has sneaked into this inn. This man is easy to recognize, short and stocky, in his early thirties..."
"What suspicion, what suspicion! You people from Qinglong Temple are so unhappy! He must have entered this inn and just escaped early. Who among you has seen him? Who has he met here? Who did he make friends with?
Give the thing to the person you meet? If you know the truth, tell the truth quickly, otherwise don’t blame me for taking it back and interrogating them one by one!"
"Why are you so sure, sir?" Zhan Shu's official position is not lower than Qianhu's named Geng Zun. Hearing that the other party is so arrogant, he also gets a little angry: "We have been keeping an eye on that silk shop for more than half a year. Just do what you say.
We haven't left a few people alive, and now we are acting so hotly. Aren't we afraid of disturbing the situation and escaping the big fish? If the blame comes from above, I can only retaliate truthfully!"
Ting Zhanshu was a little anxious, Geng Zun softened his tone slightly and said:
"Master Zhan, don't be dissatisfied. The day before yesterday, we received the news that Hong Lei and Mustache might have entered the city, and we had been sending people to squat near the city wall. In the middle of the night before yesterday, we found that this old boy Hong Lei climbed over the wall and came in, and then directly
Went to the silk shop where you were staying.
Now that the Pei bandits are rampant, I rounded up this person and unintentionally discovered the lair of Qi spies. Unexpectedly, the people inside fled in all directions, and there were two strong hands. At first, they only thought they were the Pei family, so they killed them.
, by the time your people show up, it’s already too late!
Since you are dissatisfied with the way I act, and the person who escaped is a traitor to your Qinglong Temple, well, I won’t take any credit, and you can handle the rest!"
Zhan Shu cursed secretly, but did not give in. He said, "The person who bothered Mr. Geng can wait until he leaves. I just want to ask you a few words. We will clean up the traitors who escaped!" After saying that, he walked straight towards the coolies.
, asked: "Do you all know each other? Have you ever met the person you just mentioned?"
Most of the coolies were tall. Upon hearing Zhan Shu's questions, two or three of them said that one of their companions moved two bags and then disappeared. However, there was indeed a short and stout man who moved goods into the hospital, but he didn't pay attention to where he went.
Zhan Shu then turned to the west side of the courtyard where the large group of people were, and said sadly: "I just want to find the whereabouts of the traitor as soon as possible. There are so many of you, so many pairs of eyes, and you are all practitioners. It is impossible to deal with such a person."
They all turn a blind eye, as long as you tell them earlier, you can set off!"
Someone immediately said that they seemed to have seen such a person at that time, but people were coming and going without paying attention to his final destination. He Qizhou found that his second brother and several others were looking at him, as if he wanted to speak, so he hurriedly said: "This person
Sir, I saw that man enter the inn, but he didn't show up after that. He may have gone out from the backyard."
"Oh, tell me specifically, when? Where did you see it?" Zhan Shu's eyes began to shine and he walked quickly to He Qizhou.
"I'm a guard from the Lotus Gang. I happened to open the window on the second floor to get some air. I saw a coolie-looking man walking into the inn. I didn't pay much attention at first. When I went downstairs, I seemed to see that man going to the backyard. Then I didn't even have a cup of tea.
You just rushed in, and that person didn't seem to show up again." He Qizhou opened his clear eyes and said to Zhan Shu sincerely. When he looked down from the second floor, of course many people noticed him.
"Then did you see anyone else entering the backyard?" Zhan Shu asked.
He Qizhou replied without thinking: "I have already come out and didn't pay attention to whether anyone went to the backyard."
"How many people were in the building at that time? Have you seen that coolie?" Zhan Shu asked loudly.
More than 20 people, including the fourth brother, said that during that time, they took out their luggage from the room and walked out of the building to prepare for departure. Because the coachman and the coolie were all wearing gray and black clothes, they did not notice anyone entering the backyard.
"Captain Zhan, how can you ask such a question? Even if someone sees it, don't dare to say anything nonsense! The shopkeeper of the silk shop I captured clearly heard that someone was about to deliver something to Yunlai Inn. I think so,
Let’s take them all back and question them one by one.”
"I see no need to waste time. The person who escaped is an old man from Tutang. He is very familiar with this area. He must have known that someone was still following him after escaping from the silk shop. He was just pretending to be a coolie just to get rid of his tail. Besides, there are so many people
How dare he find someone so easily?" Zhan Shu shook his head.
The second brother winked at Guo Wen, and the two of them approached Geng Zun. The second brother said: "Master Geng, Master Zhan, how about we take a moment to talk?" After saying that, he invited the two of them to enter the inn, and stuffed a stack of banknotes into each of them.
He went out and said: "This shipment is of great importance. If the hundreds of people in the courtyard are interrogated one by one, we don't know when we can set off. We will also check ourselves to see if there are any spies from the Qi State mixed in with the business trip. I also ask the two adults to show their respect.
, let us go on our way first."
Guo Wen also kept agreeing, but he really didn't want to pay for it anymore.
Geng Zun gently opened the banknote, five hundred taels! Catching Huang Lei was a great achievement, and he also killed the spies of the Qi State and forced out the Pei bandits in the caravan. These were enough for him to be promoted and deal with the Qi State.
Spies, Qinglong Temple traitors are their Qinglong Temple's business. Now that they have made another deal, of course they don't want to do anything of little benefit. Although they know that there may still be Qi spies in the caravan, who knows if they are the two.
What about the princess's plan?
Everyone in Qinglong Temple had their eyes closed, and of course he gave up as soon as he saw the opportunity, so he waved his hand and said to his second brother, Guo Wenxun: "Let's go! If anything happens in the future, it will be like handling Huang Lei's case.
Inform us as soon as possible! I am in charge of several military camps in Yinshan, so don’t make any decisions on your own."
Second brother, Guo Wen hurriedly responded and told the troops to set off quickly. He was really worried that this evil-minded man would regret it.
He Qizhou was still walking at the end of the team. He was originally prepared to be questioned individually by Qinglong Temple, but he didn't expect to be let go so lightly. He couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. Some questions seemed to have to be asked in person by Xia Tong.
After walking out of the city for about half an hour, they went directly into the mountains. The whole road was a flat and winding mountain road. He Qizhou and Xu Muxue felt a little heavy. After all, the entire spy base of Qi State in Xuancheng had been taken away.
Moreover, He Qizhou also vaguely felt that the "traitor" of Qinglong Temple who escaped was most likely a fake traitor! In other words, he was really captured in one fell swoop. He also heard that the Fifth Master of the Salt Gang also joined the escort. This caravan
It seems to be getting more and more complicated!
Since the Lotus Gang added more goods, the length of the convoy was already as long as that of the Salt Gang. After being lined up, each occupied about half a mile. Among the five newly recruited guards, Xia Tong was very far forward, and
Guting was only two cars in front of He Qizhou, about ten feet away, which made He Qizhou dare not speak boldly to Xu Muxue.
Not long after, he saw Guo Wen and Wan Yangang parked on the side of the road, as if waiting for him. Sure enough, Guo Wen said: "Brother Deren, please take your time and say a few words to you."
"Okay." He Qizhou reined in his horse and stopped.
"Brother Deren, you have also seen that the people in the government did not catch the Nan Qi people just now. Most of them were still hiding in this caravan. In fact, this is normal. They still have me, Da Zhou, in their Nan Qi caravan.
Spies, as long as you don't provoke them, you don't have to worry. What we really have to watch out for are the Pei family members." Guo asked.