Although Song Cong's paintings were not very professional, they were 70-80% similar. Guan Cheng looked at them and nodded, saying that they were more accurate than his own. Zu Gongmao gave him another slap in the face and cursed: "Aren't you not?
Can you draw?"
Song Cong looked sad but tried his best to smile and said: "Aren't you inspired by you? You said that I am a manager of a laundry, so I would draw maps when I have nothing to do. Fortunately, I was born and raised in Lianglang City.
Get familiar with this place."
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the map on the table and asked, "Song Cong, is this map of yours fake?"
Song Cong raised one palm high and swore to the sky: "Master, I dare not lie to you. I hope you are fine more than you do. If it is false, I will be struck by five thunders from the sky."
Guancheng said weakly from the side: "Well... I just went to Pingxiufang."
Zhang Xiaowu lowered his head to the map and said, "See if it's true or false."
Guancheng examined it carefully and nodded and said: "The picture is real, and it is more familiar to me. I walked along this road during the day." He pointed to the road he had walked. This road is the main road, and it is also the main road.
The road with the most people in Guancheng is directly to Pingxiufang Prostitution, not shopping, so there is no question of whether the other paths are real or fake.
Zhang Xiaowu used his finger pen to draw the places on the map, calculating the route and timing, and then led his men to quietly observe the city defense through the inn windows and courtyard walls. They found that the Two Wolf City was heavily guarded, especially at night, with the wolf guards patrolling almost constantly.
, it is simply impossible to sneak into Pingxiufang from the inn without alerting the wolf guard.
The little girl Xiangxiu who was watching the excitement suddenly said: "If we want to create chaos by arson, it is also feasible to burn down the harmful Pingxiu Workshop."
Zhang Xiaowu broke out in a cold sweat and thought to himself, "You are such a cruel little girl. If you set fire to the Two Wolf City, is this going to break the Two Wolf barrier? Speaking of women, if they are cruel, they are much more cruel than men."
Song Cong said with a bitter face: "Don't talk nonsense. Burning Pingxiu Fang means burning the property of Marquis Yingchuan's family. Do you know how much trouble this will cause? To tell you the truth, if Marquis Yingchuan kills
The emperor will not hold anyone accountable for killing all the people in Lianglang City." Everyone asked curiously, and Song Congcai said: "A hundred years ago, there were Tartar and Wuhuan people who secretly created chaos in the city.
Trying to conquer the Two Wolf Pass from the inside out. The old Yingchuan Marquis ordered all the people in the city to stay at home, and those who went to the streets privately were killed without mercy. Because of the huge fire, and the continuous arson at intervals, many people couldn't bear it and ran out of the yard.
In the end, they were all killed by the Wolf Guard. During that Wolf Guard massacre, half of the people in Lianglang City were killed. However, they reported it to the emperor with a memorial, and instead received a commendation."
"You know a lot," Zhang Xiaowu praised.
Song Cong said: "I was born and raised here, so I naturally know about the Marquis of Yingchuan's family. Most of the twelve counts and twenty-four marquises of the Holy Han Empire are in the capital, but our Marquis of Yingchuan has been in the Two Wolf City.
They have become legends here."
Several people frowned and scratched their heads and ears. There was no hope of a sneak attack and they couldn't get it by force.
Wang Yijin lamented: "I'm afraid I won't be able to do it tonight."
"But not even during the day." Zu Gongmao said anxiously.
Everyone was worrying, Song Cong lowered his head and said cowardly: "Fellow military lords, you can actually go in directly, you don't have to fight in." Everyone looked over, Song Cong was so scared that he closed his eyes and said uneasily: "Military
Lord,
Cuiyan Pavilion is a place for business. Although the Murong family is behind their backs, businessmen don't want to cause trouble. After you go in, find the manager and spend some more money. Hui'er and Xing'er are both eight or nine years old, and they also use
Not much money.”
Only then did everyone turn around. They were all soldiers, and they only regarded Cuiyan Tower as an enemy. They wanted to kill him alive and make a sneak attack, but they never thought that they were doing business, so they could just walk in.
Zhang Xiaowu then thought that if the other party insisted that he had never met Xing'er and Hui'er, he would be overstepping the mark.
It would be great if Wu Song was here at this moment. This scholar is full of bad ideas and will definitely be able to think of a proper solution.
"What if they deny it?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.
Song Cong thought for a while and said: "Then I have nothing to do, but after all, we are doing business, so I can't really offend you to death. The Murong family has been operating in Lianglang City for three hundred years, if the people under their control are really like that
I can’t afford to hire someone of high importance, but I’m afraid there are people who can take my place.”
Zu Gongmao said: "If they don't admit it, then we have no choice but to take action."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said, "We will make preparations both civilly and militarily."
Guancheng immediately said: "I passed by a blacksmith shop earlier. There were maces for sale in the shop, but there were no knives. I heard that the sale of knives is not allowed in Lianglang Pass."
Zu Gongmao said: "I can use the mace very easily."
Zhang Xiaowu agreed with this idea. The five of them each had a pair of maces, and they would throw them away after use. He ordered: "Guancheng, go buy five pairs of maces tomorrow morning."
"Here."
Zhang Xiaowu asked again: "Manager Song, if we go to Cuiyan Pavilion to redeem people, will it damage the lives and reputations of Hui'er and Xing'er?"
Song Cong said hurriedly: "That's not true. There are singers and dancers in brothels and Qingguer. Not to mention singers and dancers, Qingguer is a famous prostitute who serves with her art. I want to be a Qingguer.
It's not easy, no
However, women need to have talents, and they must be clean. Unless they are young mothers, they are not allowed to be Qingguer. The two young ladies are only seven or eight years old, and Cuiyan Pavilion must have taught them skills. When they grow up, they can become famous Qingguer prostitutes.
"
"If that's the case, there's no need to worry about them for the time being. We can test it out tomorrow." Zhang Xiaowu said, "Tomorrow I'll disguise myself as a businessman and go have a look first. According to Song's management method, Zu Gongmao and his wife will stay behind to guard Song Cong. I
I'm worried that if I let this person go, he will tell the truth."
Song Cong immediately avenged his injustice and said: "Master Jun, I swear to God, I will not let anyone know."
Zhang Xiaowu touched his nose and asked: "I only believe the words of the dead, not the living. Do you want me to believe you?"
Song Cong said dejectedly: "Then don't believe it..."
Guan Cheng and others took Song Cong back, and they had to clean up again. After a while, a boy knocked on the door. Zhang Xiaowu nodded. Wang Yijin opened the door and saw a boy. He handed a letter and then turned around and left.
.
Zhang Xiaowu opened the letter and saw that he was handsome, like a woman's handwriting. The book said: "Tomorrow there will be a party for the twelve golden hairpins in Cuiyan Pavilion. Mr. Murong Thirteenth, the head of Murong's brothel, will be present. It will be useful to make friends with this person."
.”
Zhang Xiaowu shuddered in his heart and said, "Who is helping us?" After thinking about it, the only person he had any contact with was Lang Er, but why did Lang Er want to help him? Others looked at him, and he sent the letter to Wang Yijin through time travel. Wang Yijin didn't know
True or false, he guessed: "Is someone trying to harm us?"
"No, it was Lang Er who sent us the news. If he wanted to harm us, he wouldn't have given us a note to remind us. Lang Er must have a purpose for helping us like this." Zhang Xiaowu speculated, "It's just that we don't know.
What is he planning?"
Wang Yijin said: "Maybe it's because he worships ghost generals."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Lang Er is an information dealer, not a childish child. Adoration or not is of no use to people like him. He must have some agenda. He must have some agenda."
Guan Cheng said: "Either he wants to marry his daughter to you."
Zhang Xiaowu smiled and kicked him. Xiangxiu suddenly said: "Master, aren't you married yet?" Everyone burst out laughing again, perhaps angering the guest next door. The man cursed, and Guan Cheng immediately responded. After scolding him back, the man next door was furious and immediately rushed over with several of his men. After Zhang Xiaowu and others opened the door, the man saw that there were many people on the other side and immediately gave in. He cursed and said: "If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, be careful. Wolf Guard!" Then he turned and walked away.
Zu Gongmao curled his lips and said: "Look, good people will be bullied by others, and good horses will be ridden by others. You can't be too good." Everyone smiled knowingly, but Xiangxiu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he secretly remembered this sentence in his heart. heart.
The next day, a drizzle suddenly began to fall in Lianglang City. People walked happily on the streets holding various umbrellas. There was little rain in the north of the Saipei. Both Han people and Hu people hoped that more rain could nourish the earth. But the light rain only fell. It stopped after an hour, and a rainbow appeared on the east mountain, as if the rainbow bridge grew on the mountain, attracting the laughter of many children.
Guancheng and Chen Guanxi bought five pairs of maces. The maces were just iron bars, only long in arms but very heavy. Guancheng said that the shopkeeper did not have so many maces, so he only sold the unforged iron bars as maces. They are.
Everyone tried it, and the weight was just right. If it hit the body, it would kill or injure. If it hit the head, the head would definitely break into several pieces. Xiangxiu asked in high spirits: "Sir, have you ever used this in the army?" "
"Not really."
"Then what do you use?"
"First I used bows and arrows, then spears and spears, and when I got close I used short knives. This iron mace is heavy and cannot be used. After a few rounds, my arms are too tired to lift it up." Zhang Xiaowu explained, "So this thing can be used for a short time. , very few people in the military use it.”
Xiang Xiu hurriedly said: "That's not right. I heard from my grandfather that Mr. Shu said that the ancients had great generals who were good at using their maces..."
Guancheng said: "Iron maces are all made of pig iron. They are too heavy and too short. If they were longer, they would be even heavier. Before I could swing them on the battlefield, I was stabbed to the core by the opponent's spear. .In ancient times, generals could no longer use iron maces. They would immediately use horse caps, carbines, or spears. If you use an iron mace... you will be stabbed to death by others before you meet anyone."
In order to facilitate the cover-up, Zhang Xiaowu asked everyone to hide their maces in umbrellas.
Zu Gongmao and Wu went to a clothing store together and bought a set of scholar uniforms and ordinary clothes for everyone. After Zhang Xiaowu put on the scholar uniform, he looked like a handsome young man, but his beard was a bit sad and his eyes were too sharp. Guancheng He looked awkward in the scholar's uniform, so he had to change into a scholar's uniform and pretend to be a guard. Chen Guanxi looked at the scholar's uniform and the military uniform, and immediately chose the military uniform. On the other hand, Wang Yijin was not tall, so she changed into a scholar's uniform. After dressing up, the four people looked at each other and laughed.