The ransom of the money was done, and Wang Yueying's heart put down a big stone, a little happy. It's just that Lu Sanniang didn't say a word after she came out of the Qian Mansion, and Wang Yueying only said that she was angry for sending her into the water, and it was not good to come forward and ask carefully.

"Yueying, you talked to Boss Qian today, and you were a little too impatient. The money was borrowed, and we suffered a great loss. ”

"Sanniang knows that I am worried about the pavilion in my heart, how can I think about it carefully, and thank my sister for her help today, otherwise how can I borrow five thousand taels with my own strength." Wang Yueying made a compensation to Lu Sanniang. Lu Sanniang also sighed, shook her head and didn't know what to say. Still going home together.

On the way, Wang Yueying seemed to think of something again, and asked about Lu Sanniang's last silk robbery and said: "I heard Sanniang talk about the silk robbery last time, do you know Sima from Qingzhou?" ”

"You're asking about the Qingzhou Sima in charge of the soldiers and horses, Lord Bai?" Lu Sanniang asked rhetorically.

"It's him, if my sister knows, let's go to the house and talk about it in detail." Wang Yueying led Lu Sanniang to walk quickly on the street, and arrived at her door after a while.

Sima, the chief martial artist, is in charge of military affairs and is the name of an official. Horses occupy an important position in ancient wars, China's ancient professional army before the Spring and Autumn Period was mainly composed of children from nobles, and the way of war was mainly the formation of chariots against the charge, and the ancient chariots were drawn by horses, so the status of horses was extremely important. Describe which country has a strong military, just call it why it is the country of a thousand times, the country of ten thousand times, etc., because of this relationship, Sima is actually an official who is specifically responsible for the management of horses, and it is a very important military position. At the beginning of the Yin Shang era, he ranked as the third duke, equivalent to the six kings, and Situ, Sikong, Sishi, and Sikou were called the five officials, and were in charge of military politics and military endowment; Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty placed Da Sima as a plus sign for the general; Later, it was also added to the hussar general; The Later Han Dynasty was set up separately, and all of them were opened; After the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was another name for the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Later, the official name of Tongguò gradually evolved into a surname called Sima, such as the historical celebrities we are familiar with with the surname Sima, such as Sima Qian, Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, Sima Guang, Sima Xiangru and so on.

However, the Qingzhou Sima mentioned by Wang Yueying here is actually an official in charge of the military in the Qingzhou Mansion, second to the Qingzhou general, in charge of the state's military, equivalent to the chief of staff of later generations.

Arrive at home, enter the house. I talked for a long time in the study, and it wasn't until Caidie came that someone from the Qian Mansion had escorted the silver to come out.

Here's the plan for the rescue pavilion.

The men and horses were divided into two teams, one team was composed of the catchers of Yuanhe County and the personal guards of Lord Sima Bai of Qingzhou, and took advantage of the darkness to walk from the path of the back cliff to the top of the mountain to lay in ambush. A team was ambushed outside the mountain gate of Niutou Mountain, and the pair of men and horses were all composed of Qingzhou officers and soldiers. Wang Yueying would personally escort 5,000 taels of silver and dozens of jars of peach blossom wine, 100 catties of beef, and 100 horses of silk and silk packed in boxes of different sizes to the gate of Niutou Mountain. When the first carriage came to the mountain gate, it pretended that the axle was broken, and the silver was scattered all over the ground, blocking the way of the carriage behind. The mountain roads are narrow and difficult to navigate, and the goods are mostly cumbersome and difficult to move. If the three-eyed blue wants to get these favorite things, he has to send someone down the mountain to carry them. Gold and silver treasures, fine wine and delicacies, must make these bandits and bandits restless, maybe without waiting for the three-eyed blue to come down, someone can't help but come down and move things.

There are only 100 people inside and outside Qinglong Village, and when Wang Yueying instigates them to call more people from the mountain to come down and move things, they will not be too concerned when they see Wang Yueying alone. Wang Yueying thought to herself, it was best to let her leave with the pavilion first, and then let the Qingzhou soldiers and horses rush out together when these people were able to move. first cut off the retreat, surrounded this gang of bandits, and then cooperated with the ambush soldiers on the back cliff, and annihilated the gang of stubborn bandits in Niutou Mountain in one fell swoop.

The whole plan was displayed in Wang Yueying's mind in this way, and Xing Zhutou also came back from surveying the secret post near Niutou Mountain before dark, and explained to her all the things that happened during the day.

"There is a secret post of Qinglongzhai outside the mountain gate of Niutou Mountain, and there are two people in charge of guarding the mountain gate, and one person is responsible for the division number. The road into the mountain is five steps and one post, and ten steps and one sentry. I saw it last time I went into the mountain with Zicheng. Only those who are hiding in the shadows and are responsible for activating the large rock closure do not know how many. Xing Zhutou said.

"Now, I can't care about it so much. Tomorrow, you will take the catchers and Qingzhou's personal soldiers to ambush on the back cliff, and when you hear the sound of arrows, you will kill together, rush into Qinglong Village, and take advantage of the chaos to rescue the museum. Wang Yueying said to Xing Zhutou. Xing Zhutou also responded again and again, and seemed to hesitate as he spoke.

"Does Xing Zhutou still think there's something wrong?" Wang Yueying asked.

"It's just that there is something I think is quite strange today, I don't know if I want to tell you."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Wu Shi, I saw Wu Shi entering and leaving Qinglong Village in the morning."

"Who is Wu Shi?"

"Isn't Wu Shi the sworn brother of the boss of the Chen family, he has always had a close relationship with Shouli, so I wonder how he could go to that place in Qinglongzhai."

"Well, forget it. At the moment, the most important thing is to get the museum out. Xing Zhutou, you have worked hard to make a trip, and I will trouble you again tomorrow. ”

Xing Zhutou couldn't help but be happy when he heard that Wang Yueying valued him so much. Originally, the suppression of bandits was a matter within Xing Zhutou's responsibility, but when she said this, it was like she was helping, and she was a little embarrassed for a while.

"Yueying, you're really out of sight. It was originally a matter of duty, and besides, Lord Wu also limited me to complete this case, so I should thank you. If nothing else, I'll go back and prepare for tomorrow's manpower. ”

Xing Zhutou nodded and signaled that he would retire, and just like that, there was nothing to say all night.

Under the arrangement of Lu Sanniang, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou arrived at Yuanhe County before dawn. Wu Rui, the magistrate of the county, knew that there were Qingzhou soldiers and horses joining in this crackdown, and he also seemed to be in his chest, and insisted on going with Xing Hunting.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, everyone lay in ambush in their positions according to Wang Yueying's pre-designed plan, and everyone waited for the battle after dawn.

The people who kept watch in Qinglong Village stayed up all night, both of them were sleepy-eyed, they started patrolling and keeping vigil in the middle of the night, and they could not go back to sleep until the sun rose, so the chickens had not yet crowed, and the sun had not come out, so they could only continue to stay up. One of them was really sleepy, one yawned vigorously, and the other pushed him and said, "Brother, you can't do it, if you really want to sleep, go back to the house and sleep!" But he replied, "It's not dawn yet?" Besides, I can leave you alone, not good. ”

Both of them were polite to each other, and when they were not paying attention, their stomachs gurgled and they were both hungry.

"At the end of the night, you can see both of us have our stomachs growling. Brother, I said that we both forget it, the sky in the east is almost bright, we go to the kitchen to find something to eat and come back, and we can go back to sleep. ”

"It's okay, brother, wait for me to pee first." So saying, he walked to the side of the patrol road, unbuckling his belt as he went. The act of peeing is so strange, we may not feel it for a while, but when someone mentions it to pee or someone tells you to pee, often your body will involuntarily produce the urge to pee, and this is the case now. Two people stood side by side on the side of the road to pee, and in front of them was the steep back cliff of Niutou Mountain, which was pitch black and covered with low shrub vegetation. The sound of urine hitting stones and leaves resounded on the cliffs behind, and it was still quite cold at dawn.

"Brother, who was the person who sent money to the owner of the village yesterday, and he insisted that the owner of the village tie up the girl surnamed Wang." One asks the other.

"Hey, that kid, it's called Wu Shi. What a guy who "does nothing but go to the Three Treasures Palace". Relying on a little friendship with the military advisor, he wanted the owner of the village to help one of his brothers come out, saying that his brother had suffered the loss of that girl, and his brother wanted to take revenge, and thanked our owner afterwards. You listen to it is funny or not, a big man also suffers from a woman. ”

"It's the mother of the girl who was tied up a few days ago!"

"yes, but then again. It's better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry, who knows that this girl's family really has some money, do you remember the last time you came to the mountain to send money, a thousand taels were taken out at once. Originally, the military advisor and Wu Shi had negotiated, and used the girl to lead her mother up the mountain and then tied up, which shows that they were so generous, and the woman didn't come in person, so the lion opened his mouth and asked them to send another 5,000 taels up. ”

"Five ・・・・・・ five thousand taels, oh my God!" The man couldn't help but be shocked out loud by what seemed to him to be an astronomical ransom.

"Shhhh Don't say it, you're okay, it's time to go. The man lifted his trousers, fastened his belt, and beckoned the other to go to the kitchen.

Under the bushes one step away from the place where the two of them peed were Xing Zhutou and Wang Zicheng. They led their men and horses to ambush along the narrow mountain road, and they heard every word of the conversation just now. Xing Zhutou knew that the Wu Shi they mentioned was the Wu Shi he knew, the girl was the pavilion, and the girl must be Wang Yueying. To his surprise, Wu Shi was not the mastermind behind the scenes. They said that Brother Wu Shi, who could it be, could it be Chen Shouli? Xing Zhutou put a question mark in his heart. Wang Zicheng is simple, he heard these two people say that the Wu Shi brothers want revenge, and without thinking much about it, he was sure that Chen Shouli was the mastermind behind the scenes, and scolded his mother in his heart. After thinking about it carefully, she was very anxious, and it was clear that it was a trap, and Wang Yueying went to the net this time. Wang Zicheng discussed with Xing Zhutou and decided to immediately go down the mountain to tell Wang Yueying what he had heard.