"Lord Zhang, according to the report of the spies, this county seat of Quanzhou is indeed an empty city, almost all of the houses in the city are dilapidated, and no one has been seen in the city at all."

Zhang Xuan waited for a long time, and finally waited for the report of the spies in Quanzhou County.

"Empty City!"

Zhang Xuan muttered.

"Have you explored the surroundings of Quanzhou County?"

"Lord Zhang, the perimeter of the city is still in the process of being explored, but no trace of anyone has been found for the time being."

The spy continued to report.

"Brother Xuan, there is no one in Quanzhou, isn't it too weird!"

Zhang Xuan looked at Luo Yongnian and asked:

"Oh! Yongnian, tell me what you think! ”

"Brother Xuan, first of all, I think it is very suspicious that there is no one in Quanzhou, when we passed by Quanzhou County for supply before, there are still many people in the city who are producing and living, even if it is how foreign people rob Quanzhou, but there are still people who stick to Quanzhou County, after all, this is the root of many Quanzhou people, there is always such a group of people who will not choose to leave their roots! So this empty city, I think it's the biggest suspicion. ”

"Anything else?"

"Brother Xuan, you just said that the robbers we met in the south of Quanzhou before are believers in the Taiping Sect, if this is the case, the Taiping Sect should have begun to lay out the county seat of Quanzhou a few months ago, although Quanzhou may not have any materials, but this Quanzhou is also an important place for Yuyang County to enter and exit Bohai County, and they have no reason to directly abandon this Quanzhou county!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, Quanzhou can also be a very important transit station, if Quanzhou City is controlled, it can greatly cut off the connection between Yuyang County and Jizhou, after all, if there is a wide road avenue, no one wants to take the risk to climb the mountains and mountains.

"Brother Xuan, there is one more point, is our journey too smooth! I haven't seen any trace of the Taiping Sect, you say, will they ambush us somewhere! ”

"Tell the whole army to stay on guard and set off into the city! If the water comes, then we will cover it with earth. ”

When Zhang Xuan and the others were about to arrive at the city gate of Quanzhou County, Zhang Xuan motioned for everyone to stop.

"Shixin, Yongnian, you take a hundred people and follow me around the city to investigate!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Xuan led the people to walk slowly along the broken and even collapsed city walls of Quanzhou County.

Zhang Xuan probed the perimeter of the city wall, and investigated very carefully, trying not to miss a detail.

But after a circle, Zhang Xuan didn't find anything suspicious.

The city gate of Quanzhou County was already dilapidated, and I felt that if a piece of wood collided, the gate would be directly smashed, and the city gate had almost lost the solid defense power that had been given to it.

"Into town!"

When Zhang Xuan and his party entered the county seat of Quanzhou, as the spies reported, there was no one in the city, only dilapidated houses everywhere.

However, there is one thing that firewood and weeds are scattered around these dilapidated houses.

Zhang Xuan looked at the messy firewood and weeds and fell into thought.

Isn't this something I used when I was in Linbei?

Looks like it's all leftovers for yourself!

"Brother Xuan, I think the firewood placed around this house is a bit suspicious, could it be that someone plans to attack with fire after we enter the city!"

"Let's go for a walk first! Let's see if there is any secret hidden in this strange empty city! ”

However, Zhang Xuan and the others shook half of the city, and they didn't find anything suspicious except firewood, and even the suspicious firewood was only around the house near the north gate.

"Brother Xuan, why don't we go directly through this Quanzhou! We don't have to, and we don't have the time to spend any more time here! ”

Luo Shixin proposed.

Luo Shixin didn't have as many Xiao Jiujiu as Zhang Xuan and Luo Yongnian, and he kept turning in his heart.

Isn't the purpose of his group going to Bohai County?

It's not good to go directly to Bohai County, since this Quanzhou is an empty city, then go directly!

On the way, you can also go to the place of the robbers to see if this group of robbers who are not long-sighted are still there.

"Let's take a look at it again, I always feel that this Quanzhou is very weird, this weird makes me feel very unsure, let's go to the county government to see it first, after reading it, we are making the next step!"

When Zhang Xuan and his entourage came to the Quanzhou County Ya, the county Ya was already dilapidated, and the clear-eyed people saw that no one had done business here all the year round!

When Zhang Xuan pushed open the door of the county office, a puff of dust came to his face, making Zhang Xuan sneeze.

"Master Zhang, there's a discovery here!"

Just when Zhang Xuan was wandering around in the county office, someone suddenly ran to his side and reported.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly followed, only to see that a room in the county government was full of people.

When Zhang Xuan walked through the crowd and walked into a room, he saw a room that was very neat, almost spotless, and in stark contrast to the dilapidated county government.

"Brother Xuan, someone has lived here, and they haven't been away for a long time, as for when they left, I don't know."

Zhang Xuan walked to the side of the bed in the room, looked carefully, picked up a long hair from the head of the bed, touched his head with it, and then sniffed it on the bed, but he didn't smell anything.

"Master Zhang, we found that there were traces of people living in two rooms before."

"Let's take a look!"

When Zhang Xuan walked into the two newly discovered rooms, he repeated the same actions as before.

Only this time, on the beds in the two rooms, Zhang Xuan smelled a strong smell of sweat, and even a faint smell of foot odor in the room.

"Brother Xuan, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, it's not too early this day, use every year, pass the order, and rest in the county office tonight!" Other soldiers simply set up camp around the prefectural office! And clean up all the firewood and weeds in the north of the city, so as not to let some speculators pretend to be empty! ”

After a long time, when Zhang Xuan walked out of the county government again, the soldiers had simply set up camp around the county office.

At the same time, some simple barricades and traps were set up around the perimeter of the camp, and even some hidden warning devices.

"Brother Xuan, do you think this Quanzhou is boring?"

"That's not a bit of a cat! Let the soldiers rest early, or let the soldiers of the night vigil show as lazy and sleepy as possible, I think we will start to get busy in the second half of the night! ”

Luo Yongnian looked at Zhang Xuan with a confused expression.

"Brother Xuan, you mean that there are people from the Taiping Sect hidden in this city?"

Zhang Xuan also saw Luo Yongnian's bewildered expression, nodded, and gently patted Luo Yongnian's shoulder, and said:

"It's just a conjecture on my part, maybe, maybe, I'm not so sure! Anyway, with some preparation in advance, there must be nothing wrong with that! ”