"Yun Ce, where are the noble families who were kicked out of the city?"

That night, Lu Lihua summoned Gao Yunce and others to discuss the matter of defending the city around the stove in the mansion, and when he heard Lu Lihua ask, Gao Yunce immediately replied:

"General, after these people were driven out of the city, they stayed for a long time and then left the city one after another. According to the general's orders, I sent people to follow them all the way, and found that less than half a hundred of those people made a detour to the Qi ** camp, while the rest of them went south into the mountains.

The general left them with plenty of food and clothing, and as long as they found shelter as soon as possible, they would definitely not die. ”

Zhu Lihua listened carefully to Gao Yunce's words while watching the flickering fire, and only after he finished speaking did he seem to breathe a sigh of relief and sigh slightly. "It seems that some of these people have fornicated with the people of Qi State, but there are really a lot of people who are affected by them."

"General, they hide the well, they are innocent, the general does not have to worry too much about this, today they hide the well, tomorrow they dare to hide the military rations, when the situation is really critical, they are afraid that they can do anything for their own selfishness.

The general's sin is not as good as their family, and it is already considered benevolent and righteous.

What's more, among these people, there are also the fine works of the Qi people, and their families fled to the Qi army camp immediately after being driven out of the city, which is more than any evidence enough to block the mouths of the nobles in the city. ”

Hearing this, Lihua nodded, and then asked again:

"Niu Yong, have you found anything suspicious in the past few days searching the city?"

Niu Yong, who was sitting on the side and listening carefully to Gao Yunce's words, was stunned when he heard this, he touched his head a little embarrassed and said: "The last general has checked the entire city of Shangdang in the past three days, and he has not found any Qi people.

After careful inquiry, we learned that as early as when we had not yet blockaded the whole city, those Qi people who came to Shangdang to do business or visit relatives withdrew from Shangdang one after another.

Therefore, the incompetence of the last general was not found out. ”

Niu Yong looked a little ashamed when he spoke, but Zhu Lihua didn't want to blame him at all, but nodded lightly when he heard the words and asked Xu Xiaoyang:

"Xu Qianren, what is the change among those armed people?"

Xu Xiaoyang shook his head slightly, but then he hesitated and said:

"General, these armed civilians have not changed recently, and they can perform on time every day, and there is no problem with morale. It's just that the brothers who have been arranged to join the armed people have come to me several times in the past few days, saying that they often find that some of the people will go to some hidden places in the city to gamble after training in recent days.

At first, I thought that my brothers were all people with their heads tied to their belts, and they needed to vent after a lot of fighting, and although it was not appropriate to gamble at night, they could not be considered our soldiers, so I didn't pay much attention to this matter. But now, after experiencing the poisoning incident, the lowly office suddenly feels that this matter seems to be a little strange, are these hidden casinos just a cover? ”

After Xu Xiaoyang finished speaking, he felt more and more suspicious about this matter, he opened his eyes and glanced at Zhu Lihua who was pondering, and then said:

"General, do you want to find these gambling people and arrest them for interrogation?"

As soon as Xu Xiaoyang's words fell, he saw Yu Lihua hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, just let the brothers continue to keep an eye on them." ”

Seeing this, Xu Xiaoyang had no choice but to bow his head and stop talking. But Lihua suddenly laughed, yes

Xu Xiaoyang says:

"Xu Qianren, are you willing to do something for me personally?"

Xu Xiaoyang suddenly raised his head when he heard this, and looked at the smile of Zhu Lihua, and there was a trace of coldness in his heart.

"Dare to die for the general."

"You don't have to die, just help me find out who wants to kill me."

......

A few nights later, a sizable restaurant in a deserted street west of Shangdang City was brightly lit, and this restaurant was somewhat out of place in Shangdang City, which was now lifeless after being besieged by the Qi army.

The owner of the restaurant has already fled to Longmen, and those who know the details are clear, and the owner of the restaurant here is the clansman of the Qiao family, the richest nobleman in Shangdang City.

But this restaurant, which was supposed to close its doors, has suddenly become busy in recent days. Every night will be as bright as today, and many people who have worked hard during the day will gather here after dinner to bet and play pai gow, as if to vent all the depression they have received during the day in this rather exciting fun.

There have been more than one or two such "fields" in Shangdang City recently, and the nobles who knew about it also seemed to be sympathetic to the people who shed their blood for them, so they turned a blind eye and did not prohibit such a thing from happening.

As for Zhu Lihua and Gao Yunce and the others, arranging military attention to the movements of the Qi army every day has already made them very busy, and where will they notice these small things in the details of the side branches.

Tonight, just as the restaurant once again sounded the sound of the people gathering for gambling "shouting five and drinking six", in a rather hidden Accord on the second floor, there were five richly dressed people. Some of them, old and young, were discussing something with a gloomy face at the moment.

Around the Accord here, there are other people sitting or standing, gathering in groups of three or five, vigilantly observing the movements around them.

"Brother Cao, after saying these things, I still haven't found a better way, General Wei has already heard from him, saying that he must attack the city by tomorrow night at the latest, and they seem to be unable to wait."

In the Accord, a fat-faced middle-aged man in red said anxiously to a gloomy emaciated man beside him, but the man snorted coldly when he heard this: "General Wei doesn't have back pain when he stands and talks, if Lihua is so easy to deal with, how can he use us."

Didn't Brother Qiao tell him about the search in the city in the past few days? If it weren't for the official doctor's communication in advance, I am afraid that the weapons hidden in my house will be checked by Niu Yong, and I, Cao Ang, am afraid that I will also end up in a different place at this time. ”

Cao Ang complained to the fat man in red rather dissatisfied. And the fat man in red obviously didn't dare to offend this person, and only frowned imperceptibly after hearing the words, and then nodded yes with a smile on his face.

At this time, another slightly older man spoke: "Brother Cao, don't be so embarrassed Brother Qiao, you also know that at this time we are already grasshoppers tied to a rope, and we will be both prosperous and lossy.

If you want to blame it, blame that Lihua for being ruthless, let me wait for it unexpectedly. ”

As soon as the old man's words fell, he heard a fair-faced and obscene-looking person beside him hurriedly echo: "Yes, yes, who would have expected us to pay so much for Lihua, and he is still on guard against us."

The two doctors, Liu Min and Yu Wei, not only contributed their family wealth to support the officials and soldiers, but also gave all the tenants and servants in the house some time ago

They were all sent to the city, but this Lihua didn't appreciate it at all, and said that he would kill him.

Just for a well, he took the lives of two doctors, and it seems that he is an enemy this time, and he really has his head tied to his belt. ”

As soon as the lewd middle-aged man said it, he saw Cao Ang sneering with a look of disdain on his face and said, "I heard what Doctor Wang meant, if you are afraid, do you want to complain to Lihua?"

It's just that Doctor Wang, don't forget, the poison was put in the well by Dr. Wang, and Doctor Liu and Yu were also implicated by you before they moved their heads.

Do you want to explain this to Zhu Lihua and accuse us of atonement? ”

The obscene middle-aged man was stunned when he heard this, and then his face changed greatly, and he was about to refute Cao Ang, who had always had a bad mouth, but he heard the first person say softly: "Enough." ”

As soon as this person's words came out, they saw that the other four people suddenly stopped talking and turned their eyes to this person.

"I can't blame you for this, it's just that this Lihua is indeed a little not simple, and I still underestimate him.

Originally, I only thought that he was a wise general with outstanding command and combat ability, but because of his age, he was always shorter than personnel.

But now it seems that this person is not only thoughtful, but also extremely ruthless in the trade-off between life and death.

His action of preferring to kill by mistake rather than let go has made our good game of chess into the current situation of not dying.

However, although he has not been able to provoke him to make a move against the Dongguo family and the Pan family now, he will definitely not suspect us.

Tomorrow I will suggest to him that the tenant peasant servants of the Dongguo family guarding the city should be removed from the city and replaced by the men of our family, believing that under such a rumor in the city, he will never dare to let the few families who have fought against him control the city head of the city.

In this way, when General Wei's troops and horses come tomorrow night, we will have enough time to occupy the city gate and receive the Qi army into the city. ”

After this person's voice fell, he glanced around at everyone, and after seeing that everyone was pondering, he nodded and understood that his plan had been approved by everyone.

But the old man suddenly said to him as if he had thought of something:

"Originally, we planned to induce Lihua to capture the heads of the Dongguo, Pan and other families, so as to trick the people of their family into leading the tenant farmers to create chaos in the city, so that the Qi army could take advantage of the chaos to attack the city.

But now that the plan has failed, will Na Lihua notice something, otherwise why do I always feel a little apprehensive in my heart? ”

After the old man finished speaking, the rest of the people were slightly stunned and suddenly chuckled, bluntly saying that the old man was too nervous.

"Elder Xi, I have been waiting for these days to help Lihua defend the city, and I am about to scatter all my family wealth, so it's not that Lihua can't see the difference between us and those misers of the Dongguo and Pan families, how can they suspect us.

Moreover, those families first resisted the siege of the city by the Lihua army, with a resolute attitude, and then resisted the conscription orders of the Lihua army many times, and several families had relatives who died at the hands of the displaced rebels under the command of Lihua, and most of the families expelled from the city this time were also side branches of their families. You said that if Lihua was not blind and deaf, how could he not doubt them but doubt us. ”

The leader said with a smile, and looked at the old man's face that still looked a little anxious, and said solemnly:

"Okay, let's get down to business, I'll go to Lihua early tomorrow morning to ask for the people of the Dongguo family to be replaced from the city, and you guys have to do this and cooperate with me......"