Since Yuan Qing took ten Taibai secret guards to take the merchant ship to Xicheng, he rarely showed up, even if several of those commanders had very obvious seasickness symptoms, but they still stuck in their cabins, even if they vomited, they vomited in the gong bucket in their own room.

After five or six days of floating on the water, we finally came to the city of Xi. Xicheng, also known as Xinwu, Liangxi and Jinkui. Leaning on the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south, it is known as the pearl of Taihu Lake, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the middle of Xicheng City, which is known as one of the birthplaces of Jiangnan civilization.

The earliest can be traced back to the end of the Shang Dynasty, the eldest son of King Ji of Zhou, Tai Bo, in order to give the throne to the third brother Ji Li, that is, the father of King Wen of Zhou, with the second brother Zhong Yong, went east to the south of the Yangtze River, settled in Xicheng Meili, built a city and established a country, and called himself "Gou Wu".

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Zhou destroyed Shang, because Taibo had no children, King Wu of Zhou posthumously crowned Zhongyong's fifth grandson Zhou Zhang as Wu Jun, built the State of Wu, to the third year of King Yuan of Zhou, the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu, and Xicheng belonged to the State of Yue, and in the thirty-fifth year of King Xian of Zhou, the State of Chu destroyed Yue, and Xicheng belonged to the State of Chu. Later, the first emperor Qin Shi Huang destroyed Chu, placed Huiji County, Xicheng belonged to Huiji County, and also sent the general Wang Jian to garrison Xicheng, because at that time, the geographical location of Xicheng was very important and was a strategic place.

To the fifth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Wuxi County was founded, which belonged to Huiji County, and to the new dynasty of Wang Mang, who was suspected of traversing, was renamed Youxi County, and in the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was renamed Wuxi County again, so now it is called Wuxi and Xicheng.

Because Xicheng is geographically close to the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, and there is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the territory, it is the land of fish and rice since ancient times, and has always been known as the cloth wharf, the money wharf, the kiln wharf, the silk capital, and the rice market.

When he was on the ship before, Yun Qing had already inquired with the people on the ship, the most well-known inn in Xicheng was called Xiaoyao Inn, Yun Qing and the ten secret guards had agreed with the envoys, and they had a total of eleven people, according to the grouping of three, three, three, and two, and went to the Xiaoyao Inn in batches. Spread out at the inn to eat first, and then stay together, so that it will not be too noticeable, and it is relatively safe to arrive at the inn, and then gather in a room to communicate things.

Here, among the ten commanders of the Taibai Secret Guard, Helian Qishan, Wu Tian and Fu'an each took the other two as a group, and in a group of three, they scattered and went to the Xiaoyao Inn in batches, while Yun Qing himself and the remaining Li Min were in a group, and the two went to the Xiaoyao Inn together.

When they arrived in batches and checked in after each of them finished eating, everyone came to Yunqing's room without anyone noticing.

"How? Did you find anything along the way? Because there were not enough seats in the room itself, everyone else was standing except for Yun Qing, and Yun Qing asked at this time.

"Our group has been followed." Helian Qishan said with a solemn expression.

"Our group too!" Wu Tian and Fu'an were also colleagues.

Yun Qing frowned, "Li Min and I don't, we went out at the same time as you at the same time, and we went out at the same pier, could it be that they only send people to monitor and track more than three people?" ”

"Commander Yun, it's very likely, all of us in a group of three have been followed, I guess although Xicheng is the base camp of the Cao Gang, there are still a lot of other businessmen coming and going, and it is impossible for everyone to follow them, so it is very likely that they are tracking more than three or more foreign strangers, maybe they feel that less than this number can't make any big waves, so they won't follow it." Fu An pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Well, you've been training for a while, at least you still have eyesight, what do you think of the combat power level of the people who are tracking you?" Yun Qing looked at them and said.

"It's hard to say anything about force, after all, you can't see it at first glance, but I think they are walking unsteadily, if they don't deliberately disguise, they shouldn't be strong, and just from the tracking means, it's not rigorous at all, it doesn't seem to be afraid of being discovered by us at all, maybe it's not called tracking, it should just be just staring openly."

Helian Qishan opened his mouth at this time, frowning, still recalling the previous scene: "Before, the Cloud Commander taught us to track and counter-track, so we all pretended not to find out, and just secretly paid attention to them. However, in order not to startle them, we did not choose to dump them, but pretended to be unaware and let them follow them all the way to the inn. Helian Qishan spoke.

"What about you?" Yun Qing looked at Fu An and Wu Tian.

"We are the same, the other party is not hiding it at all, it seems that they are not afraid of being discovered by us at all, maybe their Cao Gang itself is a local snake, so even if it is discovered, they are not afraid of anything." Wu Tian replied.

"Mine is about the same, our group is the last one, we even saw the people who followed us and the people who followed Fu'an and them, they actually got together to chat, and they didn't pay much attention to us at all, but just purely completed the task, and followed us to the inn very perfunctorily, and went straight back, without saying that they would stay and watch for a while, it seemed that it was really just to make sure where we landed.." Fu'an is also the scene before the meeting, the organizational language said.

Yun Qing nodded, "Well, it seems to be similar to what I guessed, judging from these details, have you come to any conclusions?" It's okay to speak your mind, and it's okay to say something wrong. ”

"Then let me start with it, it's a brick throw. It seems that the people above the Cao Gang attach great importance to outsiders, so they send the gang people to follow and monitor, but the members below are not very concerned about this, and they are a little perfunctory, so it shows that the gang members below don't know why the gang leaders above are doing this, and they haven't figured it out themselves, so they can't pay attention to it. ”

The person who spoke was called Du Yongnian, who was the commander of the seventh capital of the Taibai Secret Guard, compared with Helian Qishan, Wu Tian and Fu'an, he was the latter group to enter the Taibai secret camp, but he played very well in the training process, and his leadership and personal strength were very top-notch, so when Yun Qing selected the Taibai Secret Guard, he stood out and entered the Taibai Secret Guard, and performed well in the later training, and was promoted to the commander of the seventh capital.

"It can be thought that the upper echelons of the Cao Gang know that this time will not be very peaceful, so they arrange for more than three people to follow and monitor, but the members below feel that nothing major has happened in the recent period, and they feel that their Cao Gang is calm and everything is safe, so they will not be tight at all, slow and leisurely, and there is no efficiency at all." This time it was a short, dark-skinned young man who spoke, and his voice was like thunder, but listening to what he said, he was still very meticulous in his observation, this young man's name was Wulu, and he was also a student who entered the secret camp later.

"Is there anything else anyone else would like to say?" Yun Qing's expression was calm, and he asked without being salty.

"Commander Yun, I make a bold guess, Mu Hong, the former leader of the Cao Gang, is not dead, and it is in Xicheng, but the current leader of the Cao Gang, Jing Zhe, did not find out where he was hiding, so he made such a big effort to find out, and the current actual situation is likely to be that Mu Hong has asked for help from the outside world, before Gongzi said that the members of the original gang who thought about Mu Hong were either expelled from the gang by Jing Zhe, or they were suppressed and eliminated, so Mu Hong could only hope for the subordinates outside Xicheng. On the other hand, Jing Zhe will order people to monitor people from other places. Fu'an pondered for a moment and spoke.

Yun Qing nodded appreciatively, it is very likely that this is the case. "The probability of Fu'an's analysis is correct, at least it can be concluded that Mu Hong is not dead, and he should still be in Xicheng, otherwise Jing Zhe would not have monitored and tracked him on such a large scale, just because he was afraid that outsiders would threaten his current position as the leader of the gang."

Everyone else nodded, and Wu Tian suddenly asked: "In that case, at this time of our time, if we inquire about Mu Hong as an outsider, will it be easier to be noticed by the Cao Gang, but instead expose ourselves." ”

"Well, in fact, this is true, but we can't help but do it, in the next period of time, each of you will shuttle between various restaurants, Qinglou Goolan and the market wharf, collect all kinds of intelligence, and when we come back, we will summarize the information, find out what is useful to us, and analyze them one by one!" Yun Qing stood up and commanded everyone.

The others nodded and praised, when they were still in the secret camp before, Commander Yun had taught, such as in the market, in the restaurant, in the Qinglou Golan, to collect useful information for themselves, if everyone did not talk about the relevant topic, then they had to be very skillful to guide to that topic, so that others would talk. And when you come back, you have to peel back the cocoons from the various messages you have collected today to find out the really useful information.

"This time we come over, each of you has a thousand taels of silver for the activity fund, but you have to save it, use the money where it should be used, in the camp, I have already taught you the skills of disguise, you yourself take advantage of this opportunity to learn and use it yourself, in the afternoon you go to buy the tools and clothes that should be used, don't show your stuff, if you are still found and caught because of your mistake in the case that Cao helps them monitor them so perfunctory, then you can only blame yourself for not being good at learning, If you expose the rest of us because you have been captured, then you can only ask for more blessings...... If we can survive until we complete this mission, we may call on the power to save you, you know! Yun Qing looked at everyone with stern eyes, and asked lightly,

Everyone stretched out their right hands and patted them on the heart, indicating that they knew and remembered that if they were in the camp, everyone would have responded loudly, but on this side, they could only respond in this way.

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