At this time, suddenly a man who looked like a vegetable farmer ran over from behind, and bowed his head when he saw Zheng Lun.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency! This is the grass people's dish, the business is not good today, and it didn't sell much, so it was put here first, hindering the way of adults, damn it, damn it. ”

Zheng Lun is an experienced veteran, and it is clear at a glance whether the person who comes is a real vegetable farmer or someone who pretends to be a vegetable farmer. There is always a kind of anger and cunning in the thief's body that cannot be concealed, and the man in front of him is obviously nothing special except for a bit of brute strength practiced by planting vegetables and hoeing fields.

"You said this dish is yours, but what about this car? Yours too? ”

"Yes, yes, this car is also a villain."

Zheng Lun pulled out his knife and rummaged over the cabbage pile, except for some blood stains on the battle suit, there was no half of the cabbage. It looks like someone hastily stuffed the suit onto the cart.

"When did you park here?"

"The morning market started early, and before dawn today, the villain parked the car here."

"Have you ever been back?"

"Alas, the vegetables that moved out haven't been sold out yet, how can I come back and pick them up, the villain has been selling vegetables at the street corner since he stopped the car, and he didn't come here until he saw the adults here."

"You didn't see any suspicious people during this period?"

"No......" The vegetable farmer man was a little puzzled as to why he asked.

Zheng Lun took the bloodstained suit and shook it in front of his eyes, and asked, "You haven't seen this thing yet?" ”

When the vegetable farmer saw the blood on his clothes, he was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed: "This ...... What is this, the villain really doesn't know, the villain has never seen it! ”

Zheng Lun also felt that it had nothing to do with him, so he believed it immediately and ordered someone to take a few pieces of money.

"You said that you can't sell your vegetables, so I will make it convenient for you and buy this food and even the car. Today's events, don't make any more noise, can you make it? ”

The vegetable farmer was already frightened when he saw the bloody clothes, and when he heard that he could stop and sell all the vegetables, where was there any reason not to follow, so he hurriedly kowtowed to receive the money, and ran away with a roll.

Zheng Lun took the bloody clothes in his hand and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

This is clearly a well-made battle suit, and even the waist and sleeves are carefully sewn with some hidden pockets to hide some short blades, but in terms of style, it has never been seen.

Zheng Lun turned the bloody clothes over, and saw a pattern tattooed on the inside of the placket. There are three water lines on the pattern, and the edges of the lines are surrounded by six circles, which is very peculiar.

"A few of you, bring the vegetables back to Qinghuai Villa. The rest of the people, within a radius of a thousand steps, searched carefully to see if there was anything suspicious. ”

After Zheng Lun finished speaking, he handed the bloody clothes to the entourage beside him and ordered, "Follow me to the villa immediately to see Lord Ye." ”

At this time, Ye Zhiqiu was in Qinghuai Villa looking at a map of the Wanhua Imperial Capital, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the Mu Yun clan was really good at building this mountain city impenetrable.

Regardless of the rest, the forty-eight beacon towers in various places from the city to the palace alone are already very wonderful.

This beacon tower not only skillfully took advantage of the high terrain to occupy various dangers, but also built a tall arrow tower. Therefore, in addition to the ordinary transmission of military information, it can also be used as an ambush bunker, and the strong and towering city wall under the stage makes all cavalry useless, eliminating the possibility of a quick battle.

Li Houcong, what kind of strategy will he use to recover this imperial capital?

While thinking about it, Ye Zhiqiu heard familiar footsteps outside the hall, and turned his head to see that it was Zheng Lun.

This hour should not be long after the city patrol began, how did you turn back? Ye Zhiqiu's heart tightened, didn't he find something.

Sure enough, Zheng Lun had not yet approached and shouted loudly: "Lord Ye, I bumped into something when I was patrolling the city, and I asked Lord Ye to check it!" ”

As he spoke, he took the bloody coat from his entourage and handed it over.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't see much about the battle clothes, and he didn't understand what he meant for a while.

Seeing that there was still blood on his clothes, he asked, "What is this......?" Is there a brawl between soldiers? ”

"Lord Ye, please look inside the placket." Zheng Lun said, opening the placket of his shirt and pointing to the strange water pattern.

Ye Zhiqiu just glanced at it, and then his face changed.

"Lord Ye, this is clearly a battle suit, but I don't look like the rules in my Cangwu army, and I don't have this strange emblem. Master Ye is well-informed, can you recognize the origin of this emblem? ”

“…… Where did you get this? ”

"In the corner of the back street of the market in the south of the city, hidden in a vegetable farmer's cart, I saw that the vegetable farmer was not abnormal, and even brought the vegetables back with the cart, and now it should have arrived outside the village."

Zheng Lun saw that Ye Zhiqiu didn't say a word, but his face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help asking, "Lord Ye knows this emblem?" ”

Ye Zhiqiu finally nodded and said, "This is the emblem of the Dengyan Kingdom." It is also the closest small state to my Cangwu country. ”

"Dengyan Country? Or is it the closest state to us? But why haven't I ever heard of it? ”

"The Dengyan clan is only separated by a river from the southern border of Cangwu country, and it was one of the territories of Yinmu country a hundred years ago. It's just that the status of the Dengyan clan is considered to be a territory under my Cangwu country, and I don't have the qualifications to meet the Cangwu Emperor, let alone establish diplomatic relations, so although it is the closest, there has never been contact. Later, the Yinmu Kingdom was destroyed by the Muyun clan, and all the old lands of Yinmu were incorporated into the territory of the Cangwu Kingdom. The Dengyan clan took advantage of the situation to establish an independent state, which gave rise to the Dengyan country. ”

Ye Zhiqiu paused and continued: "The Dengyan clan has always lived on the top of a high mountain, and it has been a long time since it was hidden, and the people in the clan are said to be good at making poison, no less than any clan in the Yin Mu Kingdom. Although my Cangwu Kingdom is powerful, I have never wanted to surrender the Dengyan Kingdom. First, the well water on both sides of the river border has always been not against the river water, and secondly, the terrain of Dengyan Country is dangerous, and the clansmen act strangely, even if they receive it, there is no benefit, but they have to spend energy to send people to govern it, so they let it go. I didn't expect it...... How could such a secluded clan suddenly appear in the imperial capital? ”

Zheng Lun listened incredulously and asked, "Can Master Ye see clearly?" Is it indeed the emblem of the land of rocks? ”

"There will be no mistake, the meaning of the water pattern on this emblem is the Qulan River between me and my Cangwu Kingdom, and these six circles refer to the six highest peaks inhabited by the Dengyan clan. Of course, there is also a theory that refers to the six most poisonous insects they raise. If you look at the subtleties of this suit, there are a lot of narrow pockets, and there are a lot of nets on these pockets. What does Master Zheng think these bags are used for? ”

"This ...... I've thought about using them to hide my blades, but these pockets are so small that even the most delicate daggers can't fit into them. ”

"Yes, because these bags are not meant to be used for blades, but for poison. These mesh pouches are used to hold live poisons. ”

Zheng Lun felt a chill on his back when he heard this, and the dark bags in front of him seemed to be crawling with poisonous insects such as scorpions, centipedes, and spiders in an instant.

"No matter what, there will be no mistake with this being the battle suit of the Dengyan Kingdom!"

"What Lord Ye means...... The people of this rocky country have already blended into the city? So, how many people will there be? ”

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be too much, there are only seven or eight thousand people in the entire Dengyan country, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are only more than a thousand troops that can be used in the country, and the number of people who can be sent will not exceed a hundred at most."

Zheng Lun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that there were no more than a hundred people.

"Words of a hundred...... A drop of water can't become any climate, right? ”

Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said, "A single Dengyan country is indeed not enough to worry about, but what I'm worried about is why it appeared at this time. ”

"Lord Ye is saying that it has something to do with our defense of the city?"

"Abandon the battle suit, obviously want to lurk in the city without being discovered, and then wait for the opportunity to move, how can this kind of person be a good man and a woman? Lord Zheng, after you found the bloody clothes, you ordered someone to search for them nearby? ”

"Searched, a thousand steps in a radius, sent three hundred soldiers, it should be rewarded soon."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers outside the door had already hurried to report: "Your Excellency, on the orders of your lordship, I have searched the entire area of the market, and sure enough, I have found three similar battle clothes. ”

Zheng Lun hurriedly said: "Hurry up!" ”

Ye Zhiqiu took the battle suit and looked at it, and said strangely: "It was said that there were three pieces, why are there only two?" ”

The soldier was a little hesitant and said, "One of these two suits is hidden behind the big water tank of a certain house, and the other is thrown into the pile of vegetable leaves, and the third one is ...... It was found in a thatched pit. Because it stinks so much, I'm afraid it will smoke two adults, so ......"

Ye Zhiqiu frowned and said, "I know, let's go down." ”

Zheng Lun unveiled the placket of the two battle suits, and sure enough, they both had the same emblem pattern of the water pattern.

"It seems that there is more than one person! I'm going to lock down the whole south of the city! Zheng Lun was about to give an order, but was stopped by Ye Zhiqiu.

"Don't panic, although the Dengyan clan is good at poisoning, the number is scarce, so there is nothing to be afraid of for the time being. I'd like to see if there's anyone else behind this rocky country. Lord Zheng, you are just patrolling the city as usual these days, secretly putting more effort into it, don't make any changes on the surface, let's put a long line of fishing, and see if what I guessed in my heart is right. ”

"What has Lord Ye already guessed?"

"It's too early to say anything, wait and see. You also tell Lord Chen about today's events, and ask him to be more careful when he patrols the city tomorrow. ”

Zheng Lun thought for a while, and responded: "Okay, just do what Master Ye wants." Without further ado, I'll go and find out about Master Chen. ”

Chen Qi's temperament is much stronger than Zheng Lun's, and after he learned about the bloody clothes of Dengyan, he immediately volunteered to patrol the city for three days in a row.

"The little bunnies have finally appeared, see if I don't capture them alive!" Chen Qi looked like a hunter who had been meeting his prey for a long time.

Zheng Lun didn't promise him.

He didn't want to fight for merit, but he just felt that he would be tired in the later stage of patrolling for three days, and it was inevitable that there would be mistakes, and he didn't want to make any mistakes in this matter.