Capital.

Under the repeated accidents, most of the shops in the capital have been closed, that is, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony yesterday, and the streets are required to hang red silk and other festive things, and there are few pedestrians on the streets.

With his head down, Lu Tao walked through the shadows of the street corner, and when he saw a group of patrolling soldiers coming in front of him, he hurriedly bowed and stood up.

Wait for the group of soldiers to pass.

The soldier who took the lead glanced at him, and saw that his expression was flattering with a little nervousness, which was the most common appearance of ordinary people in the capital these days, so he turned his head and continued to walk with the team.

After everyone had walked over, Lu Tao turned around and continued to walk forward.

This street is not the main street of the capital, and the shops on the street are mostly daily necessities, unlike the silk and satin spice silver building leather goods and antique shops on the main street (now closed), here are mostly grain, oil and miscellaneous goods and ordinary shops.

Among them, the oil shop in the middle has been getting bigger and bigger in the past two years, and it has the first position of the oil shop in Beijing.

Now all the other doors on the street are closed, only the grain and oil shops are strictly closed, so they are still ajar to serve the citizens.

As soon as Lu Tao walked to the half door, he raised his voice and shouted: "Shopkeeper, come with three catties of oil." ”

"Okay." A guy inside answered.

Lu Tao entered through the half door without squinting, and his eyes swept over the few people sitting inside, and then went to the back hall.

Not long after, a man who looked like him went out with a pot of oil.

Behind the back hall is a small courtyard, and a secret door opens in the corner of the courtyard to lead to another small courtyard.

From the secret door of the small courtyard, there is a three-entry courtyard.

There is a basement under the innermost wing.

At this time, there were already several people sitting in the basement.

Seeing Lu Tao come in, the owner of the spice shop got up and said, "How is it?" ”

Lu Tao took a sip of the water cup on the table and said, "The person has been sent out." ”

The owner of the spice shop sighed lightly and said, "That's fine." ”

"The big guy is ready to withdraw, too." Lu Tao sat down and said, "The new emperor hasn't closed the city gate yet, so he walks separately, as long as he doesn't bring anything, he can still go out." ”

"What's wrong?" Shopkeeper Qin asked with a slight frown.

"Since dusk yesterday, the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have been arresting people on the street." Lu Tao lowered his eyes and said, "This morning's news, those people were also fed insect eggs. ”

As soon as he said this, several people fell silent.

Several of them were the heads of the hidden piles arranged by Qin Qi in the capital, and the matter of insects and eggs had been known for a long time.

During this time, he was also constantly monitoring Chu Zheng and wanted to know the whereabouts of those boxes.

Unexpectedly, I finally saw that kind of box, but it was on the way to the Imperial Palace and the Gyeonggi camp.

It didn't take long for the Gyeonggi camp and the Janissaries to change.

At first they weren't very worried.

After all, after monitoring for so long, I know that the conversion rate of those eggs is very low.

Those martial arts masters are only one out of ten.

There are many Gyeonggi battalions and Janissaries, and there are only 10,000 people at most.

But in the days that followed, they became more and more frightened.

Those who watched the shop were fine, but Lu Tao's subordinates had secret guards who Qin Mohan deliberately left behind, and they were also staring at Chu Zheng and Daying.

In the past, those secret guards went to the Gyeonggi camp, and even the Praetorian Guard camp was very casual.

But after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I couldn't get in at all.

And when Chu Zheng came back, once, the secret guard was almost stunned.

It was even discovered when the eagle was released.

If it weren't for the speed of the Red Hawk, I am afraid that it would have been shot down.

And the man who released the eagle was also chased and fled into the spice shop to escape.

But the spice shop and several shops in the vicinity were not working.

Fortunately, at that time, the shops on the street were closed, and the insect soldiers could not be sure that the person had gone from the spice shop, so they did not arrest people immediately, so that the shopkeeper and his men had a chance to flee for their lives.

It's just that in the back, there are not only patrols on the streets, but also patrols on the rooftops.

There was no one walking on the streets.

They did not dare to release the eagle again.

Although the city gate was not closed, the search was strict.

Nor did they dare to venture through the city gates.

In the end, they discussed, and they could only gather all the news to Lu Tao and send it out from the tunnel by the secret guards.

The secret passage of the Dingguo Mansion was sealed by Qin Mohan from the inside, as well as the two secret passages in the county lord's mansion.

However, the secret passage in the warehouse had been discovered by Chu Zheng and sent someone to stay behind.

In addition, although the secret passage can still be walked, there is a possibility that it will be discovered by those who are watching.

However, compared to walking through the city gate, it is still a little more reliable after all.

It's just that if you send a person alone in that place, you can still think of ideas, and if they all retreat, they can't go from there.

And stay in the capital.

Just think of yourself being caught and then forced to eat the eggs.

Several people got goosebumps on their bodies.

"Since the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have begun to arrest people, it is even more unsafe to walk through the city gate." Shopkeeper Qin said with a frown.

"Ordinary people will be arrested, so will big families arrest it?" The shopkeeper of the spice shop said: "Didn't you say that the female dependents of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion are going to Zhuangzi to recuperate?" ”

"There is also Ouyang Mansion, saying that the old lady is not in good health and wants to go out." After thinking about it, the shopkeeper of the spice shop said again.

"When did you get the news?" Shopkeeper Qin asked.

"Just first, before you come." The shopkeeper of the spice shop said.

"I'm afraid that those insect soldiers have already faced off with the generals, and together with the war, those nobles are also a little scared, and they want to hide and take refuge." Lu Tao said with a sinking face.

Yesterday, when the Gyeonggi battalion sent troops, he completely figured out how many insect soldiers came out and the whereabouts of those boxes.

It's a pity that there is no way to destroy the box now, so he can only send the letter out first, so that Qin Qi and Qin Mohan have a number in their hearts.

"Will the new emperor let them go?" The shopkeeper Qin said: "If we don't let out the news, the people of the capital will have to go out to take refuge, and the city gates will not be able to be checked one by one." ”

"We can't come forward." Lu Tao shook his head and said.

Now it's not the same as before, those bugs are extremely reactive, and once they make a move, they will be noticed.

Moreover, he had just received the news that a secret guard had exchanged his life for a worm who could probe people's minds.

As long as one of them is caught, once that person is detected, then it is not a matter of two people.

"If we don't leave, we'll hide first, and just don't let them catch us." The leader of the dark guard, who had not made a sound, said.

Qin Qi had a lot of people left in the capital, but when he sent Chang Gonggong out, Qin Qi had already ordered people to withdraw gradually.

During this time, the shops below and the people placed in the big families have left one after another.

Fewer than a hundred people remained.

Dark guards account for the majority of them.

Not to mention the rest, they can still do it if they want to hide.

Moreover, they are different from Qin's shopkeepers, they are Qin Mohan's nails, and they want to stay in the capital and be the last eyes and ears.

"So." Lu Tao nodded and said, "Then I won't leave." ”

"Yes, it's still dangerous to go, I'll stay here, anyway, we have enough food." The shopkeeper of the spice shop smiled and simply lay down on the bed in the basement.

Shopkeeper Qin nodded with a smile and said, "That's it." ”

"Head." A secret guard came down from above and hurriedly said: "I just heard that last night, the people of the Gyeonggi camp confronted the general's men and horses, and the people of the Gyeonggi camp forced the general back twenty miles. ”

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