/p> The woman who was burning incense under the big banyan tree stood up with a basket and began to walk south. And the woman who came out of Yang Sheng's house, carrying the food box, was also walking south, and the woman quietly looked sideways slightly, and glanced at the woman who burned incense.

When she came to the south corner of Banyan Street, the woman turned to the west, and the woman with the basket went down the road to the east without looking back. The woman looked back and breathed a sigh of relief.

At the intersection of the brick and stone streets, there is a shop with a flag hanging outside the door, and the word "rice" floats on it. As the woman went west, a young man in short clothes came out of the rice shop, carrying a cloth bag, and walked ahead of her.

The woman stopped, crouched on the side of the road, opened the food box, and pretended to tidy up. When he stood up, he saw that the man in short clothes was continuing to walk forward, and gradually walked away.

She then turned and walked eastward, and she was about to take the eastern road just now, and felt that the woman who burned incense was a little strange, so she deliberately walked in the opposite direction.

The woman was very careful, but when she saw that no one was following, she went on.

The vicinity of Mufu is a relatively wealthy place in Yunnan Fucheng, there are many people on the street in the afternoon, the woman does not look around, but every time she arrives at an intersection, she turns a corner and stands by the wall for a while, pretending to wait for someone, to see if there are any suspicious signs of the people coming behind for a while.

Walking all the way to the south gate of Fucheng, she looked at it several times, and gradually reassured. Maybe it's because she has also followed others, so she is always worried about being followed.

Soon the woman came to the south gate, where stood a group of sturdy soldiers, but they paid no attention to her.

According to the law, the people of the Ming Dynasty could not leave their hometown for a hundred miles; The peasant households are seen by the chief and the head of the first to leave the land for a mile. If the people want to leave their hometowns, they need the road guides issued by the county government so that they can pass through the passes and city gates. But the law is one thing, and the reality everywhere is another matter entirely.

Most of the people who go out to hold the road guide are scholars, and they are familiar with dealing with the government; There are almost no other kinds of people to guide them, or there are homeless people, peddlers and pawns, and there are three religions and nine unruly people running around, and there are not so many people in the prison. In a city with a large population, the government simply does not have so many people, and it is unable to manage it and does not want to manage it...... No good. Generally, there are only two situations in which you will be stopped at the city gate: one is to carry goods and have to pay money; Second, if something happens and martial law is imposed in the city, the officers and soldiers will have to investigate in detail those who enter and leave the city gate.

So the woman silently walked out of the city gate, and continued south along the road, and soon arrived at the village of Liuba in the southern suburbs.

She walked straight to the temple of Agu, walked into the temple from under the plaque of "Festival Songming", and saw a scribe in a robe looking around.

It is not uncommon for some literati and artists to visit this temple. The woman took out the food from the box, placed it on the altar, bowed three times, and then took the empty box and left.

She walked up to a white-walled house, knocked on the door, and said, "I'm back." ”

Soon the door opened, and the woman entered.

…… On Banyan Street next to Mu Mansion, in a courtyard, Zhu Gaoxu and several other people were sitting or standing, waiting in the hall.

Yesterday evening, Zhu Gaoxu came over with the team of Quan Yong guarding the palace, and he first divided the spies into many squads, each with four people.

This morning, when Zhu Gaoxu saw the woman enter the courtyard diagonally opposite, he first informed everyone: the appearance, figure, age and other characteristics of the target woman. Then, according to the map of the neighborhoods of Yunnan Fucheng, he preset people at various intersections in the city.

The incense-burning woman was the family member of one of the spies, and in addition to that, there were four other people guarding at both ends of Banyan Street.

As soon as the woman went out, Zhu Gaoxu immediately sent someone to inform the teams: the color of the woman's clothes and the food box.

…… At that time, the target woman chose to go south, and the incense-burning woman followed. When she reached the south end of Banyan Street, the woman turned to the west again; The spy in the rice shop at the intersection followed out, replaced the incense-burning woman, and took over the target.

At that time, except for Banyan Street, where the woman came, the other three directions were deployed at the end of the street, and it was the men and horses of the second squad.

The rice shop spy followed him to the middle of the street, but the woman turned around halfway; The Mipu spy let go of the target and continued to move forward. But when the woman returned to the south exit of Banyan Street, there was another spy waiting there to take over the target.

Because Zhu Gaoxu's preset manpower starts from the vicinity of the stronghold and spreads out in geometric progression, the manpower is very dense; So the woman couldn't get rid of the spy at the beginning.

Then the woman went east to the end of the street, where the spy took over. The spy followed him all the time, and when he found out that his own person appeared, he changed again.

If no one has taken over after three streets, or if the woman notices it, the task for the day will be cancelled, so as not to startle the snake. Then everyone has to wait for the next opportunity.

Or maybe they rewarded two traitors before, which inspired the army, and everyone is working hard today. The spy succeeded in following the woman to the south gate, and the generals at the south gate immediately sent people to the nearby village of Liuba and several other places; One of the teams happened to be waiting for the woman in Liuba Village, and the follow-up was over.

…… Zhu Gaoxu was still waiting at the Banyan Street stronghold.

At this moment, a young general dressed in a scribe's robe, carrying a small cloth bag, walked in briskly and fell to one knee. Zhu Gaoxu and the others immediately turned their heads, and their eyes were focused on the young general's face.

The military general clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Report to the prince, the woman went out of the south city gate, went to Liuba Village, and entered a lime white-walled house. The last general brought it back. He brought the cloth bag.

Liu Ying, who was next to Zhu Gaoxu, stepped forward to take it, put it on the square wooden table and opened it, it turned out to be a big thick bowl, which still contained food.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced sideways and asked, "Why did you bring this thing back?" ”

The military general replied: "When the woman arrived at Liuba Village, she first went to the Agu Temple and offered this bowl of rice to the altar. The last general pretended to come out of the temple and told the brothers who were hiding behind the idol to continue squatting, and when no one came to collect it for a long time, he took the bowl back. ”

"Get out of the way." Zhu Gaoxu said.

After he finished speaking, he asked the general, "Didn't you find the woman on the road?" ”

The military general said: "Back to the prince's words, it should be foolproof, so the woman went straight to the 'thief's den' in Liuba Village." There were very few outsiders in Liuba Village, and the last general was afraid that the villagers would be suspicious, so he came back first when he saw the place, leaving only a sergeant to hide in the fishing shed outside the village to watch. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

At this time, Wang Bin smiled and said: "This method is a bit troublesome, but it really works, and the end will admire it!" ”

"If only you could see it." Zhu Gaoxu recalled, "You have to talk to those who are on guard, one or two people can't do it, they will definitely be discovered!" Although the person who followed Wang Bin from the pear orchard last time was cunning, wasn't he also discovered by Wang Bin? We have to be so troublesome, otherwise if we are discovered, we will be alarmed. This may not have been successful, but today I was lucky enough to not lose my miles. ”

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