A day later, Xu Ziling rushed to Jiangning City. He knew very well that the stakes were high for him to rob Hua Shigang, and the sooner he planned it, the more appropriate it was.

Glancing at the city wall of the "Ancient Capital of the Six Dynasties", Xu Ziling slowly walked into the city. Before he had walked a few steps, a man stepped forward and asked, "But Xu Gongzi?"

Xu Ziling nodded lightly, a little surprised in his heart, this Manichaeism really has some skills, he galloped all the way, and he exerted his body with all his might, but this Manichaeism could know exactly when he would arrive in Jiangning.

The Manichaean disciple saw Xu Ziling's doubts, but he didn't dare to reveal the secrets of the sect to him, so he just said, "Please also ask Xu Gongzi to come with me, Priest Fang has been waiting for a long time." With that, turn and leave.

Xu Ziling hurriedly followed. Halfway through, Xu Ziling suddenly asked, "I don't know what position Sister Baihua holds in your sect?"

The leading disciple replied, "Priest Fang is the holy daughter of this sect, and her status in the sect is only below that of the sect leader."

Xu Ziling was surprised: "Sister Baihua has such a status."

The leading disciple chuckled twice, stopped talking, and silently led Xu Ziling to an alley in the north of the city.

After a while, they came to a courtyard surrounded by a high wall. The courtyard was once the residence of a wealthy man in the city, but when the rich man committed a crime and his house was raided, the courtyard was confiscated and finally bought by the Manichaeans as a temporary base.

Xu Ziling followed the guiding disciples into the main hall, and in the main hall, there was a huge map. When Xu Ziling came in, Fang Baihua was pointing to the map and saying something.

In addition to Fang Baihua, there were two other people in the hall. One was dressed in black, with a bloated figure and an ordinary face, and the other was dressed in a blue and white robe, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his momentum was good.

Seeing Xu Ziling enter the house, Fang Baihua stopped his movements and introduced to the two beside him: "This is the young man Fang just said."

Then he also introduced the two to Xu Ziling: "This is my deputy sect leader Yang, and this is my nephew Fang Jie." As he spoke, he pointed to the man in black and the man in the robe.

The three of them hugged their fists, which was regarded as greeting, and at the same time, they were secretly looking at each other. The two were surprised that the young man had already entered the hall and stepped into the entrance of martial arts, and Xu Ziling was also surprised that the two of them were both imposing, thinking that they were both top masters, and this Manichaeism was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Fang Baihua glanced at Xu Ziling and said, "You are at the right time, Huashigang is close to the territory of Suzhou, so make a plan as soon as possible." You once said that you have a good plan, and now you can see it? ”

Xu Ziling shook his head: "Sister Baihua, don't worry, I need to know the staffing of the escort Huashigang."

Fang Baihua snorted lightly and said: "This time, the Hangzhou Creation Bureau has borrowed six Cao boats to transport Hua Shigang, and there are two palace commanders to escort the same more than 120 Hangzhou standing troops, and there are several civil officials."

The number of personnel was expected, Xu Ziling nodded lightly and added: "It will go up the canal from Suzhou, and it will pass through Changzhou, Yangzhou, and Chuzhou to diverge, or transfer to Huaishui and go north from Sizhou to Bianshui to Bianjing, or from Chuzhou to Surabaya and then to Bianliang, there are too many variables, in my brother's opinion, before the escort team arrives in Chuzhou."

Fang Baihua agreed: "Having said that, where is the safest place to start?"

Xu Ziling pointed to the corner of the map and said, "Huai'an!"

Fang Baihua asked, "Why choose Huai'an?"

Pointing to the map again, Xu Ziling said: "This is Hongze, the vicinity is sparsely populated, its fleet passes through Huai'an, before entering Huaishui, in order to avoid the boundary of many people, we must rest near Hongze, we can do it here."

Fang Baihua asked again: "What if the fleet is not in Hongze to rest?"

Xu Ziling replied: "Then we will do it at the junction of the canal and Huaishui." At this point, the fleet will have to stop to count the cargo and check for damage, and it will have to stay for a few hours. ”

After a pause, he said: "This is only the first step, and the specific method needs to be planned after on-site observation, and two sets of plans must be made."

Fang Baihua saw that he was right, and his heart calmed down a little, and said, "Okay, then this matter is up to you, if you need anything, just command."

Xu Ziling was also not polite, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to Hongze tomorrow to check it out."

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In the Fuli County Inn, after Master Li knew Xu Ziling's identity, he couldn't wait to go to Jiangning to meet him, but he had no choice but to wait for Liu Jingsheng to be injured in bed and needed someone to take care of him, so he decided to wait for Liu Jingsheng's body to recover before going to Jiangning.

Yesterday, after Master Li's explanation, Liu Jingsheng also knew the relationship between Xu Ziling and her, and couldn't help but sigh that this fate was really wonderful.

He also knew that she wanted to meet Xu Ziling, and asked her to leave many times, not to worry about him, but although Master Li was a weak woman, her temperament was very stubborn, and she said that he Liu Jingsheng couldn't walk on the ground, so she wouldn't leave.

At this time, the maid Yue'er looked at her young lady's tangled appearance and said, "Miss, why don't you go to Jiangning to find Gongzi Xu, and I will take care of Brother Liu here."

The woman on the side was quite moved when she heard this, her eyes flickered, but she finally shook her head: "Brother Liu was injured because of me, how can I abandon it."

The maid had expected it and waved her hand helplessly to Liu Jingsheng.

Liu Jingsheng, who was lying down, also smiled bitterly and was speechless.

The next day, Xu Ziling and his entourage went to the vicinity of Hongze to check the terrain. (As a reminder, during the Xuanhe period, Hongze was just a small lake community, not the current Hongze Lake)

There are several large and small lakes near Hongze, every rainy season, Surabaya takes the Huai River into the seaway, and the Huai River enters the Hongze area because of the water potential, and the waterlogging continues. Therefore, there are very few people in the vicinity of Hongze.

Next to the canal, Xu Ziling looked at the lakes of different sizes in the distance, with different heights and positions, and suddenly his heart was overjoyed, and he turned his head to look at Fang Baihua: "Sister Baihua, just act here, I have a plan to make sure that the fleet can't pass this Huai'an."

Fang Baihua didn't believe it: "What is the strategy?"

Xu Ziling pretended to be mysterious and said: "Take advantage of the situation."

Seeing his mysterious face, Fang Baihua pretended to be profound, reached out to his ear, and twisted his ear hard.

Xu Ziling was in pain, tilted his head and begged for mercy: "Sister Baihua, let it go, I say, I say."

Hearing this, Fang Baihua let go of her hand and snorted coldly.

Looking at the lakes in the distance, Xu Ziling said honestly: "These small lakes are of different heights, they are very close to the canal, and the high terrain is a natural dam. We then dived upstream into the river, half of us pretending to save people, and the other half of us looking for the valuable objects in the flower and stone platform. ”

Glancing at Fang Baihua, who was deep in thought, Xu Ziling continued: "The news that there is treasure in the Flower Stone Gang, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary soldiers to know, and there will be chaos at that time, as long as you and I keep an eye on those envoys and clerks, and then let the disciples in the sect save people on the water, steal treasures underwater, and under the reality of the void, they will not be able to see the fame."

Suddenly, a hand slapped on Xu Ziling's shoulder, startling him, but he saw that Fang Jie's other hand gave him a thumbs up: "Brother Xu is so strategic, wonderful!" Xu Ziling rubbed his shoulders and smiled without saying a word.

Fang Baihua looked at the lakes not far away, and also felt that this plan could be achieved, so he said arrogantly: "Okay! Let's make up our minds! If you succeed in robbing your property, you will be credited with a great achievement. ”