Chapter 309: Catching a Thief on a Rainy Night
Lan Ziyi turned his head and stared at him for a long time after He Wenyu finished speaking, it was a careful look, from beginning to end, from top to bottom, Lan Ziyi's surprised and slightly disdainful eyes seemed to see He Wenyu through.
He Wenyu also noticed Lan Ziyi's gaze and turned his head to look at Lan Ziyi. He Wenyu wanted to laugh, but Lan Ziyi's gaze was too embarrassing for him, and in the end, he could only barely squeeze out an expression that could be turned into a smile to ease the atmosphere.
He Wenyu cautiously probed:
"Does Wei Hou think what I said is inappropriate?"
After being asked by He Wenyu, the invisible pressure emanating from Lan Ziyi's body suddenly disappeared, and Lan Ziyi replied with a smile:
"No, no, General He's evaluation is very good, and what he said is quite pertinent, Wei Qionglou is indeed a reckless man, otherwise he wouldn't have died outside Xiang City with me."
Although the coercion on Lan Ziyi's body dissipated, his words were really thorny, and Tao Zhuhu, who was close to Wei Qionglou behind him, glared at He Wenyu angrily.
He Wenyu seemed to hear that Lan Ziyi's words were wrong, but he couldn't be sure, so he turned around and looked at Lan Ziyi carefully. Lan Ziyi smiled brightly and kindly, He Wenyu seemed to be soothed by Lan Ziyi's enthusiasm, and also nodded and smiled:
"I have worked with Wei Qionglou in Beijing for a long time, so I naturally know Lao Wei's temperament.
Wei Hou, you don't have to blame yourself for Lao Wei's death at all, he died there and it was his fate. β
Saying that, He Wenyu leaned his elbow against Lan Ziyi, and raised his eyebrows with a smile by the way.
Lan Ziyi laughed when he saw this, and said:
"General He said it very well, and he said it very well."
At this time, everyone had arrived at the riverside, and the scout team that had been patrolling the riverside had already received a message from the soldiers, and they were all waiting on the side of the road at this time, and when they saw He Wenyu, after their arrival, the cavalry soldiers clasped their fists on their horses and saluted He Wenyu:
"General, there is no movement on the river."
He Wenyu waved his hand and said:
"Got it."
Then He Wenyu raised his hand and asked Lan Ziyi to introduce to everyone:
"This is Lan Ziyi Lan Weihou, everyone has come to see Hou Ye."
The soldiers who had saluted He Wenyu before looked at each other when they heard this, and finally reluctantly gave Lan Ziyi a fist, and Lan Ziyi also gave his fist to a return gift. Lan Ziyi put down his hand and asked:
"Isn't there a boat on the river?"
The sergeants who were questioned secretly glanced at He Wenyu, and He Wenyu said impatiently:
"Whatever Wei Hou asks, you can quickly answer, see what I do?"
Then He Wenyu smiled at Lan Ziyi again:
"Wei Hou, these soldiers don't understand the rules, don't be surprised."
Lan Ziyi smiled at He Wenyu and responded:
"General He is serious."
Then Lan Ziyi asked the sergeant again:
"Isn't there a boat on the river?"
The scouts then replied:
"There is no movement on the river, the villain has already said it just now."
Lan Ziyi then asked:
"What about the demon thieves on the Golden State Island in the middle of the river? What's going on over there? β
The sergeant replied:
"Master Hou, the sky is dark and the rain is heavy, and the center of the river is so far away, we can't see anything. I can only see that there are lights over there. β
Lan Ziyi nodded when he heard this, and then said:
"Take me up the embankment." Then the horse moved.
Seeing this, the scouts hurriedly turned around and led the way in front, while He Wenyu and the Tao brothers accompanied Lan Ziyi to climb the stone embankment together.
A group of people urged the horse to board the embankment, the river here has been close to the Beijing division, the stone casting embankment is very strong, although the river water has flooded the newly reclaimed farmland in the embankment, but the river water is only half up to the embankment, as far as the eye can see, the river stretches from east to west all the time to beat the embankment, but the embankment is still standing, without a trace of wavering.
The embankment is strong, and the people are safe, but what matters now is the thief and not the rolling river. The long embankment was full of landing points for bandits, and although the rushing water would wash away the boats that had boarded from this side, it was not much of a problem for the small group of bandits who had come to rob the camp.
Lan Ziyi turned his head to the west again, looking at Jinzhou Island in the center of the river. The sky was stormy, and the scene in the river was also blurred in the rain and fog, as the scout said, who could see clearly.
Lan Ziyi touched his chin and thought about it, then looked back at the road they had just come from, and then asked the scout:
"How many of you are still by the river?"
The sergeant replied:
"Basically, it's all here, and some of them are guarding the road to the capital in the east, in order to prevent the demon thieves from entering the capital at night."
After hearing this, Lan Ziyi thought for a while and said:
"The sergeant on the other side of the capital let them be there, and send their brothers to tell them, let their eyes brighten, and don't snooze and leak people. If any thieves come ashore and attack them, let them return to Beijing and inform the soldiers of the West Gate guards to get ready.
The rest of the people were removed from the embankment and all went back to the woods on the way from which they came. When everyone enters the forest, they line up and try to spread their wings as much as possible, but do not stand outside the woods and expose the horse's feet. β
Later, Lan Ziyi added:
"By the way, when you enter the woods, tie some torches to the trees, and scatter the brothers with gongs, drums and horns around, and when the thieves come, let the brothers blow and shout vigorously, and one of them will create a momentum for me."
The surrounding soldiers did not immediately execute Lan Ziyi's order after hearing it, they still turned their heads to look at He Wenyu.
He Wenyu was a little angry when he saw this, and he scolded:
"When I came out of the camp, the captain had already made it clear that he wanted our army to listen to the arrangements of the guards. Now that the guards have been arranged, what are you still watching me do? Get moving! β
After the sergeants were scolded by He Wenyu, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they all had to turn around and act.
At this time, a sergeant asked:
"Wei Hou really thought that such a big storm would have demon thieves come to sneak attack?"
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"Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, don't you always feel sorry that you brothers haven't had the opportunity to come to the anomaly after they leave Beijing? Now is your chance to make a difference. Whether the thief comes tonight or not, it's always right that we're prepared. β
After Lan Ziyi finished speaking, He Wenyu urged his soldiers again. After the soldiers moved, He Wenyu said to Lan Ziyi:
"This group of soldiers and ruffians are always so disobedient, I will go with them to supervise and supervise, so that they will not be lazy."
Lan Ziyi smiled when he heard this:
"Then there will be General Law."
Hearing this, He Wenyu clenched his fists, turned around and rode his horse to follow the sergeants down the embankment.
After watching the surrounding sergeants and He Wenyu leave, Lan Ziyi's smiling face gradually became gloomy, and Tao Zhutu, who was guarding Lan Ziyi's side, scolded:
"What is this He Wenyu?"
Lan Ziyi replied with a sneer:
"He's not a thing, he's just a shrewd guy with a sharpened head and trying to climb up."
Tao Zhutu said unconvinced:
"Young master, you don't think he's a thing, and you still have such a good chat with him."
Lan Ziyi smiled:
"The soldiers are in the hands of others, and I am just an overseer sent down temporarily, and I don't have to deal with him to lead the troops. The sage said that if the name is not right, it will not be good, and if it is not good, it will not be successful, and I will not be right. β
Peach Rabbit laughed and teased:
"Young master, you are literary again, do you still want to mix with those scholars in the court? Didn't you say that they have a face in front of them and a skin in the back? β
Lan Ziyi replied:
"The quality of the text is history, the quality is better than the wilderness, the quality of the literature is polite and then the gentleman. I have never changed, I just want to be a gentleman, and the people in the temple are not gentlemen, so of course I don't need to learn from them. β
Then Lan Ziyi turned around and asked Tao Zhuhu:
"Big brother, does this He Wenyu have any holiday with Wei Qionglou?"
Tao Zhuhu replied:
"I haven't heard of it during the holidays, but I heard that the two Jihu battalions can be assigned a place to be released as deputy commanders, and the two of them will probably have to fight for this position."
Hearing this, Lan Ziyi sneered:
"No wonder."
After saying that, Lan Ziyi urged the horse to go down the embankment, and the Tao brothers closely guarded Lan Ziyi's side.
The men and horses who were brought to the river by Lan Ziyi were gradually moving into the woods according to Lan Ziyi's deployment just now, and there were not many people and horses under the embankment. Lan Ziyi and the others were going to follow the team to the woods after going downhill, but they didn't expect to hear a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the east road.
Lan Ziyi looked east when he heard the voice, and muttered in a low voice:
"At this time, the city gate is closed, how can there be the sound of horses' hooves coming this way?"
The Tao brothers urged the horses to protect in front of Lan Ziyi, and the three of them all clenched their knives and stared at the darkness through the night.
The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and the sergeants who still stayed next to the embankment and did not go away all gathered around Lan Ziyi, although they all looked at Lan Ziyi, the general of the defeated army, was very unhappy, but the position of the Marquis of Lan Ziyi was there, and these sergeants could not see death without help.
Just as the voice was already approaching, a voice came from the darkness:
"The wind and the tiger roar."
A sergeant here replied:
"The Rock is Hunting."
Then the sergeant said to Lan Ziyi:
"Wei Hou, it's your own person."
Lan Ziyi listened to the conversation between the sergeants on both sides and felt interesting, the password in the middle of the night was quite good.
The soldiers running from the east stopped in front of a group of soldiers, and a sergeant next to Lan Ziyi looked at the person and asked:
"Aren't you dozens riding on the eastern road? Why did you get here? β
The sergeant opposite said:
"We caught the thief's tongue and sent it back to the camp."
Hearing this, Lan Ziyi asked:
"Thief tongue? Could it be that the demon thief has landed downstream? β
The sergeant who came asked:
"Who is the questioner?"
Tao Zhutu, who was beside Lan Ziyi, scolded:
"Bold! Wei Hou, you dare to be presumptuous here? β
When the sergeants who came heard that it was Wei Hou, their faces were a little unhappy, but they still clasped their fists and saluted Lan Ziyi. One of them replied:
"Back to Weihou, no one has docked the demon thief, and this tongue is running from the capital."
Tao Zhulu said to Lan Ziyi at this time:
"Could it be that the thief's meticulous work has infiltrated the capital first? Are there people who are in the city today? β
Lan Ziyi shook his head and said:
"No, the demon thief has just crossed the river, and the capital is not Luzhou, so it can't be so fast."
Then Lan Ziyi said to the sergeant who came:
"Leave that tongue for me to interrogate, and you can go back. Tonight all your sergeants on the east side will take credit. β
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