The Yingzhou army was established more than 20 years ago. Due to the northwest defense, it has gradually expanded from the initial 50,000 to more than 100,000 today. Naturally, such a large army cannot be controlled by one person. Tang Ji learned from Su Qing , there are two tiger talismans of the Yingzhou Army. One of them was originally in the hands of Emperor Ning, but due to the turmoil in the northwest, the border gate was repeatedly invaded by the Jiangguo army. In order to prevent accidents, it was finally given to the King of Beidu, and the other one was naturally left to the Yingzhou Army. General Shen Chonglin was in charge, but he didn't expect that it would now fall into the hands of Zhou Huan.
Having said that, Tang Ji still needed confirmation, so he winked at Hua Yuan'er.
The latter immediately understood, coughed lightly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "General Zhou, why did you get a piece of black iron and put it on the table? This proves that you are the commander of Yingzhou?"
After listening to his words, Zhou Huan, who was already unsteady, fell down on the table: "Otherwise, I would say that you two are children without even hair. This thing is called the Tiger Talisman. With this piece, it means you have mastered it." Half of the Yingzhou army, so don’t stand for that damn Shen Chonglin, the future general of Yingzhou will be me, Zhou Huan!"
After saying that, he held the tiger charm tightly and then lay down on the table.
Hearing this, Hua Yuan'er raised his eyebrows slightly, and was about to reach out to touch the tiger charm, but found that Tang Ji shook his head at him, and finally took back his hand.
The two sat for a while, until they heard Zhou Huan's snoring, they walked out of the box one after another, greeted the waiter in the store, and then left the restaurant.
"What a great opportunity just now, the Tiger Talisman was placed in front of us!" Hua Yuan'er murmured, picking his teeth with a branch broken off by the roadside.
Tang Ji shook his head lightly: "Two pieces of the tiger talisman need to be combined into one to command the army. Only half of it is just a piece of scrap metal. If Zhou Huan loses the tiger talisman, he will definitely settle the score with us first. It's better not to scare the snake!"
However, at least he now knows the whereabouts of half of the Tiger Talisman!
Immediately, he touched his chin and began to think.
After walking some distance, Hua Yuan'er turned to look at him and asked: "Xiao Tang, where are you going? If nothing happens, I will go back to the military camp first. I have been patrolling the streets with people in the middle of the night for the past two days. I didn’t get a good night’s sleep, so I have to catch up on it.”
Hearing this, Tang Ji put away his thoughts and said instead: "Okay, I'm going back to the county government office. If you see Lao Su, ask him to come find me."
"I understand!" Hua Yuan'er responded, waved her hand and continued walking forward.
Tang Ji recalled in his mind the scene of drinking with Zhou Huan in the restaurant just now, and fixed the scene on the scene where he saw Hu Fu.
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Although Tang Ji was the county magistrate of Yingzhou, the King of Beidu considered that he was still young and did not have much experience, so he assigned him with highly qualified county magistrates and county lieutenants. He did not need to worry about most things in the yamen. After returning to the county government office, I went directly to the study room in the backyard, took out pen and paper, and spent the afternoon doodling and drawing.
It wasn't until the evening, when the sky was filled with beautiful sunset, that there was a gentle knock on the study door.
"Who?" Tang Ji held the paper at hand tightly and raised his eyes warily.
"Me." Su Qing's deep voice soon came from outside the door. Then, the door was pushed open by him, and he quickly came in and was taken behind him.
Tang Ji blinked and asked, "Did you come here secretly?"
"Well, someone was following me, so I tried to get rid of them." Su Qing replied softly, always paying attention to the movement outside the door, and then asked: "What do you want from me?"
Tang Ji put down the brush in his hand and handed over the two pieces of rice paper.
Su Qing quickly took it and after glancing at it, her eyes widened: "This is it?"
"Yes, I saw it by chance today." Tang Ji nodded in response, moved his muscles a few times, waited for Su Qing to finish reading, and then continued: "Old Su, I need you to do me a favor."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly stood up, walked to Su Qing, and whispered a few words in the latter's ear.
After listening, Su Qing frowned slightly. Although he didn't know the reason for Tang Ji to do this, he believed in the other party's ability very much and agreed without thinking too much: "Okay, leave this matter to me. Yang Nian and I will do it."
Go figure it out.”
"Well, pay attention to safety and don't expose yourself." Tang Ji warned, stretched, and added: "It will be sunset soon, and there should be many people passing by the yard at this point. I will take a step first, and you will hide later.
Yes!"
In this way, the two briefly chatted for a few words and then hurriedly separated.
Although Tang Ji was already serving in the county government, Li Wenquan asked him to continue living in the Beidu Palace. Naturally, he had no need to refuse because he was not good at it. After all, he could get information at any time, and it was not appropriate to leave Cheng Tie there alone.
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Therefore, after leaving the county government office, he went directly back to the palace.
When Tang Ji returned to the side courtyard, it was already completely dark. He had been chatting with Zhou Huan at noon, which made him feel even more hungry. Fortunately, when he returned to the room, he saw the food box on the table and knew that
This was what Cheng Tie left for him, and he couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.
He quickly walked to the table, took out the food and ate it hungrily, but before he took a few bites, there was a sound.
"Brother Tang!"
Hearing Cheng Tie's voice, Tang Ji replied casually: "The door is unlocked, come in."
After the other party came in, he added: "If it weren't for you, I might really starve to death, thank you!"
Cheng Tie didn't take his words to heart. He poked his head out to take a look mysteriously, then closed the door tightly, walked quickly to Tang Ji and sat down, and carefully took something out of his arms: "Brother Tang,
Look, is this what you want?"
Looking at the copper piece in his hand that looked similar to the tiger charm that Zhou Huan took out at noon, Tang Ji almost spit out the food he was swallowing. He coughed several times, widened his eyes and asked, "Where did you start from?"
Where did you get it?"
Cheng Tiehan smiled and touched his head: "That stupid prince insisted on asking me to play with him. Then I was just a servant. I could only accompany him as he was told. But while we were playing, he ran to the Fat Prince's study.
I took this thing out, and when I thought of the tiger talisman you were talking about, I saw that boy was tired and left it on the table, so I got it for you."
Hearing this, Tang Ji coughed heavily and threw his chopsticks on the table.
Is this idiot crazy?
You want to kill them all!
He stood up and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and put it back where you took it from!"
Seeing his serious expression, Cheng Tie suddenly became nervous. He nodded without having time to ask why, then quickly stood up and ran towards the door.
Looking at his back, Tang Ji showed a worried look. It was really a trick of God. He wanted to see what the tiger charm looked like in the morning, but he ended up getting both pieces in one day. It was just too long, but he hadn't done it yet.
With all the preparations, even if they get both tiger talismans, they may not be able to control the defenders in the city in time. Now they can only hope that the King of Beidu will not find out so quickly, otherwise they will be punished if Cheng Tie is found!
But on the other side, Li Wenquan, who had just read the intelligence sent back by spies from various places, was about to go back to his room to rest. Before going to bed, he habitually checked the tiger talisman he had hidden in the secret compartment of the bookshelf, but found that it was empty. His expression suddenly changed and he said sternly.
: "Here comes someone!"
Soon, the two guards guarding the outside walked in together.
"Who entered my study today?" Li Wenquan asked, staring at the two of them.
Seeing that he was angry, the two guards immediately bowed down. After thinking for a while, one of them explained: "Your Highness, no one entered the study today except His Royal Highness."
"Yang'er?" Li Wenquan looked suspicious, but without a trace of nervousness, because Yang'er had seen him using the secret grid before. Without thinking more, he walked out of the study and headed towards the side courtyard.
Cheng Tie bypassed the patrolling soldiers and sneaked into the side courtyard. He didn't stop until he was outside Li Chengyang's room, glanced around, then opened the door and tiptoed in, intending to put the tiger charm on the table.
He left as soon as he got up, but as soon as he turned around, he saw the light of fire in the distance. He secretly cursed "Damn it" in his heart, and then quickly closed the door.
He picked up the tiger talisman placed on the table again, listened to the rapid footsteps coming from outside the house, looked around again under the moonlight, but found no place to hide, and immediately showed a troubled expression: "This is the time.
what to do!"
(I would like to apologize to everyone. I have been very busy these past two days. I had some conflicts with my partner in the evening, which made me very unhappy. I have not finished writing it until now. But Xu Xu will finish it and I will write this chapter when the time comes.
It’s overwritten. I’m really sorry. I hope everyone can understand~)