For those forces who deliberately obstruct the development of cavalry in Shanggu County, killing Qin Cheng as soon as the cavalry development matter is carried out, and killing Qin Cheng after it has caused a bad impact on the development of cavalry now, the effect is naturally different. The former may not be able to deal much damage to the development of cavalry in Upper Valley County, but the latter may make Upper Valley County's plan to develop cavalry come to naught.

Moreover, who killed Qin Cheng, the effect was different, if the generals in the army killed Qin Cheng because they opposed Qin Cheng's development of cavalry, what kind of fatal blow this would have to Shanggu County's plan to develop cavalry, it was naturally self-evident.

In short, the fact that Shanggu County now wants to develop cavalry has made some forces very jealous.

Qin Cheng listened to Liu Mu's words, he didn't show anything extraordinary, his demeanor was still as usual, he looked at Liu Mu, and said, "Then according to what you said, what should I do now?" ”

"Naturally, it is to find out the inner ghosts in the army, so that not only can your life be safe, but also the need for the cavalry affairs to continue." "And it's getting better and better." ”

"I naturally know this truth, but what can you do to find out this ghost in the army in a short period of time?" Qin Cheng said, "You know, I am in the light, the enemy is in the dark, we don't know anything about him, but he knows everything about me." ”

"Then, according to what you say, aren't we helpless and have to sit idly by?" Liu Mu said unhappily.

"Of course not." Qin Cheng smiled, the curvature of the corners of his mouth was meaningful and confident.

Seeing Qin Cheng's appearance, Liu Mu asked tentatively, "Isn't it that you already have a plan?" ”

"Nope." Qin Cheng said honestly, "But I have a ready-made solution." ”

"You say."

"Wait for the rabbit." Qin Cheng smiled sinisterly.

"What's the difference between that and sitting still?" Liu Mu said, looking at Qin Cheng coldly.

"Tell me, then, what good ideas do you have?" Qin Cheng put on a look of asking for advice, and arched his hand to Liu Mu, "Wanwang Liulang taught me." ”

Liu Mu was so angry by Qin Cheng's appearance that he snorted coldly, and said coldly: "You obviously have a plan in your heart, but you are selling it here, it really annoys me!" ”

Qin Cheng accepted the gesture and smiled, just looking at Liu Mu, but didn't say much.

"Do you want the other party to show their feet and then deliver the fatal blow?" Liu Mu pondered for a moment and asked.

"Liu Lang is really smart, haha!" Qin Cheng said with a smile.

Liu Mu was so angry that he snorted coldly. In fact, with Liu Mu's insight and cleverness, he can't think of this immediately before he tastes it, but every time he talks about these things with Qin Cheng, Qin Cheng always has to sell some guanzi and let him think for himself, and he just takes the initiative, so that people unconsciously follow his train of thought, which makes Liu Mu's thinking sluggish.

"For today's plan, the most important thing is not to startle the snake. We are anxious, but the other party is more anxious than us, because he doesn't know how much we have found out from Zhang Shiyou and others, so he is more worried about whether he will be confessed. There is a way that the enemy is good, I can't win, as long as he can't bear it and behaves inappropriately, the opportunity I waited for will come. Qin Cheng said eloquently.

Liu Mu thought for a while, nodded and said, "What you said is true, and now there is only this way." However, if he took the opportunity to inform the forces behind them of the matter and made them prepared, wouldn't it be very troublesome for us to find them out again? ”

"It doesn't matter." Qin Cheng waved his hand, "If that's the case, I can't ask for it." If you think about it, since these people have made a lot of noise in the barracks now, but these movements cannot cause a fundamental blow to the development of cavalry, and if they want to hinder the development of cavalry in Shanggu County, they must solve another problem - that is, I, the hussar captain, as long as I, the hussar captain, are safe, the effect they want to achieve will not appear, and because of this, it is actually beneficial and harmless for them to know about this matter. ”

"You can afford to think of yourself." Liu Mu said kindly and cleverly, "But it is true, scandalizing the development of cavalry, killing the hussar captain, and then making a lot of trouble, adding fuel to the fire a few times, is indeed the best way to hinder the development of cavalry in Shanggu County, if such a thing really happens, even the imperial court, not to mention that it must cancel the resolution of Shanggu County to develop cavalry, at least postpone this matter for a few years to avoid the limelight." ”

After that, Liu Mu looked at Qin Cheng and said leisurely: "If this is the case, General Qin's life will be in danger." ”

"There's no need to worry about that." Qin Cheng didn't care about the way, and suddenly he was proud in his heart, and he chanted: "The life and death of the country is profitable, and it avoids it because of misfortune and fortune." ”

"The life and death of a profit-seeking country avoids it because of misfortune?" Liu Mu muttered again, and suddenly struck a knot, and praised: "Well said! General Qin is really righteous! ”

Qin Cheng saw that Liu Mu praised himself for the first time, especially the heat in his eyes, and the respect that arose spontaneously in his expression, which did not look like a fraud at all, and he was ashamed for a while, and his face almost turned red.

After discussing these with Liu Mu, Qin Cheng issued a military order in the barracks as a hussar captain, stipulating that the barracks were under martial law, and the sergeants in the army were not allowed to enter and leave the barracks without the permission of his hussar captain.

As for Zhang Shiyou and others, Qin Cheng made a "three no" decision, that is, no interrogation, no conviction, and no visitation.

After arranging these, Qin Cheng and Liu Mu left the camp and continued to wander around the school field, and then Qin Cheng casually found an excuse to branch Liu Mu away, and went to find Li Hu again, and after finding it, he whispered for a while, and the two separated, and then Qin Cheng found Qin Qingzhi and asked him to do something secretly.

In the next half day, the skill assessment of the cavalry instructor on the school field to the veterans of the chariot is still continuing, and when the sun sets, Qin Cheng will let everyone disperse, and tomorrow he will continue to do what he has not done today.

At the end of the day's examination, the sergeants went back to their camps to eat and rest. Qin Cheng called Li Hu, Liu Mu, and Qin Qingzhi to the military tent.

"Is everything all in order?" Qin asked the three people.

"That's right." The three of them hugged their fists one after another.

Li Hu said: "Qin Qingzhi and I have already arranged the manpower, once there is some disturbance in the barracks, we will be able to know, but I don't know what the use of these other separately selected people will be?" ”

Qin Cheng smiled slightly and said, "In fact, the role of this team of people is limited, and it is mainly up to these last few people to monitor the suspects. After that, he looked at Liu Mu and asked, "How is Liu Lang doing over there?" ”

"Today I was ordered to walk around the school field, and sure enough, many people came forward to inquire about the news, but the most anxious one was the captain of the car army, Kong Zhengfang. When Kong Zhengfang inquired about the news with me, although he tried his best to hide it, his expression was still very nervous. Liu Mu said, "According to General Qin's orders, I kept my mouth shut and didn't say much to him. ”

Qin Cheng frowned, nodded, and was silent for a while.

"General Qin, isn't he suspicious of this Kong Zhengfang?" Li Hu asked.

"It's too early to say this, but if it's really Kong Zhengfang, it makes sense." Qin Cheng said slowly, "Zhang Shiyou and the others are chariot soldiers, if Kong Zhengfang is their top in the army, it is reasonable." ”

Several people nodded, and Li Hu said, "Then how will General Qin deal with it next?" ”

"Just send someone to keep an eye on him, and see what he does, and I'll not be too late to act." Qincheng Road.

"That's the only way, you can't interrogate him just because he cares about Zhang Shiyou and others." Li Hu said.

"Not only that, Ben is still waiting to be touched by the vine!" Qin Cheng said with a smile, "If Kong Zhengfang is really an internal ghost, there are so many things in the military camp today, he must contact him and the people behind him, as long as we follow him, we can find out who is behind the scenes!" ”

"As it should be." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Even so, the monitoring of the barracks can't be relaxed, after all, we can't be sure that the ghost in the army is Kong Zhengfang." Qin Cheng said again, "Also, you have to take strict care of Zhang Shiyou and the others, and you have to be cautious about this Qingzhi." ”

"My subordinates understand." Qin Qingzhi hugged his fists.

"Okay, let's get here first today, let's go our separate ways, Team Li is also going back to the general." Qincheng Road.

"Okay, so I'll take my leave!" Li Hu said goodbye to Qin Cheng, and returned to the county guard mansion with Liu Mu, of course, because the number of law enforcement teams in Qincheng was not large, and the available manpower was not enough, Li Guang's personal guards left some people down to monitor all parts of the military camp for Qin Cheng.

Qin Qingzhi got out of the military tent and did not go back to the barracks directly, but went to the place where Zhang Shiyou and others were detained, and gave instructions to the sergeant who was guarding.

Late autumn has passed, and the night in the north is extraordinarily cold, with dark clouds in the sky obscuring the moonlight, and the earth looking extremely dark. Qin Cheng thought about what happened today in his mind several times, and read the military book for a while, and then fell asleep.

In the early morning, not long after Qin Cheng fell asleep, he was woken up by the guards, saying that Qin Qingzhi had a report. As soon as he asked the time, he learned that the ugly time had not yet passed, Qin Cheng was suddenly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly called Qin Qingzhi in.

When Qin Qingzhi entered the tent, his face was a little pale, and there were blood stains on his body, and as soon as he entered the tent, he half-knelt down, and said with annoyance: "General, my subordinates are incompetent, Zhang Shiyou and others have been killed!" ”

"What?" Qin Cheng was startled, he didn't feel sleepy anymore, rushed over and grabbed Qin Qingzhi's collar, lifted him up, his eyes were red, he wanted to ask for an explanation, but he suddenly threw him away, rushed out of the barracks by himself, and ran towards the place where Zhang Shiyou and others were being held.

Zhang Shiyou and others have a great relationship, but they died at this juncture, Qin Cheng knew that he was in big trouble, how could he feel good in his heart.

Qin Qingzhi followed behind Qin Cheng, with a look of chagrin and self-blame.

When he arrived at those military tents and saw the scene in front of him, Qin Cheng finally felt better. There was no chaos in front of him, if Qin Cheng hadn't known that Zhang Shiyou and the others had been killed, he wouldn't have been able to see a clue anyway.

Qin Cheng took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, walked to the first barracks, and motioned to the sergeant in front of him to open the door.

When he entered the door, Qin Cheng saw Zhang Shiyou lying in a pool of blood, blood flowing out of his throat and getting wet.

This Zhang Shiyou was slashed in the neck with a knife and died on the spot.

Qin Cheng squatted beside Zhang Shiyou, checked his wounds, stood up, walked out of this barracks, and walked to the second barracks.

"The subordinates left the general's tent a few days ago, so they came here and ordered the sergeant to be strictly guarded, so that he could not wait for the opportunity to commit suicide, but he never expected that he would be killed." Qin Qingzhi followed Qin Cheng's side, and said as he walked, "Before, my subordinates came out to relieve themselves, and on a whim, I wanted to come here to have a look, but I didn't think that as soon as I arrived here, I saw the sergeant falling to the ground indiscriminately, and my subordinates knew that something bad was going to happen at that time, but they didn't think that the thief had not left, and when he looked up, he saw him flash out of a barracks and wanted to enter another barracks, and his subordinates didn't dare to alarm others, for fear of causing a bad impact, and they didn't dare to hesitate, so they immediately drew their knives and rushed up, but they were still a step late, and Wei Dalei in the room had been killed. The subordinates fought with the fight, but the other party was strong, and the subordinates were not opponents, not to mention being injured by him, and he fled. ”

"Fortunately, these sergeants were only knocked unconscious, and they were not injured, and I think the thief was also worried that he would not be able to get out after making a disturbance."

Qin Cheng listened to Qin Qingzhi's advice while checking, and after finishing, he said: "It's no wonder that you are doing this, even if you didn't expect that someone would come to kill them, when you were in danger, you handled it very well, and didn't let this matter make a big deal." Does anyone know about it now? ”

"No, after the thief wounded me, a patrol of the law enforcement brothers came over, and I asked them to place the fainting brothers, and cordoned off the place, and went to report to the general." Qin Qingzhi endured the pain and said.

"Okay, not only are you not guilty of this matter, but you have merit, so I'll write it down for you first." Qin Cheng said, "How are you hurt?" ”

"A little skin injury, it's not in the way, it's hateful to run away from that thief!" Qin Qingzhi said indignantly.

The two talked, and arrived at the last barracks, which was held by Wei Dalei.

Wei Dalei also fell in a pool of blood at this moment, and his throat was also cut off with a knife. These four troublesome sergeants were all stabbed in their throats when they were killed, which shows that the ability of the people who came is not small.

Qin Cheng frowned and looked at Wei Da Lei for a while, and suddenly turned around and asked Qin Qingdao: "When you came outside this barracks, did you hear these people crying for help or making any other sounds?" ”

"No, when the subordinates came down, it was very quiet all around, and if these people had cried for help, the subordinates would definitely be able to hear it." Qin Qingzhi affirmed.

Qin Cheng looked at Wei Dalei, frowned, and said to himself, "This is strange. ”

"Qingzhi, you put these people in a sack, take them out of the barracks, find a place to bury them, don't let people find out, remember that this matter must not be leaked, and the sergeants who know must keep their mouths shut. After doing these things, you are looking for a few sergeants, pretending to be Zhang Shiyou and others, locked up in these barracks, and acting as if Zhang Shiyou and others were not killed. I see? Out of the barracks, Qin Cheng instructed Qin Qingzhi.

"The general can rest assured, his subordinates will definitely make arrangements."

"In addition, let the brothers who are watching Kong Zhengfang come to our military tent."

"No!"

Leaving the barracks where Zhang Shiyou and others were held, Qin Cheng went straight to the military tent, and soon after sitting down, Qin Qingzhi rushed to the military tent in a hurry.

"Report to the general, Kong Zhengfang is not in the barracks, and he has disappeared!" Qin Qingzhi said eagerly.

"What?" Qin Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "From the beginning." ”

"No. When I went to look for the two brothers who were watching, they only said that Captain Kong was in the barracks, and when his subordinates questioned him carefully, they learned that the two of them had not seen Captain Kong out of the barracks today. According to the confessions of these two brothers, it can be learned that Captain Kong has not returned to the barracks at all today! Qin Qingzhi said.

After listening to Qin Qingzhi's report, Qin Cheng calmed down instead, but he had just had some enlightenment in his heart, and he was confused again, and the development of things had completely exceeded his expectations. First of all, he never expected that Zhang Shiyou and the others would be killed in the military camp, and then Kong Zhengfang's reaction greatly surprised Qin Cheng's expectations.

Could it be that Zhang Shiyou and others were really killed by Kong Zhengfang?

Just when Qin Cheng's head was cloudy, a sergeant from the law enforcement team suddenly came to report, saying that Kong Zhengfang had returned to the barracks, and learned that this Kong Zhengfang was the barracks that entered from the barracks gate, and then went back to the barracks!

"General, do you want to take Kong Zhengfang now?" Qin Qingzhi clenched his fists and asked.

"Ben will just go by himself." Qin Cheng stood up and said.

Qin Cheng had already given the order to be grounded, but he didn't expect that this Kong Zhengfang would be able to get out of the barracks gate, it can be seen that he also has some ability, and there is also the factor of Qincheng's lack of prestige, otherwise not to mention that Kong Zhengfang can't get out of the barracks, at least Qin Cheng won't know that Kong Zhengfang is out of the barracks until now!

Qin Cheng took Qin Qingzhi and traveled all the way, and in a moment came to the outside of Kong Zhengfang's barracks. Qin Qingzhi went to knock on the door.

"Which shaft? I didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, so why did I come and knock on the door of the captain? There was an angry scolding sound from Kong Zhengfang in the house.

"Hussar Captain General Qin, I have something to visit Captain Kong." Qin Qingzhi said in a low voice.

As soon as Qin Qingzhi's words came out, there was no movement in the room, and just when Qin Qingzhi couldn't help but forcibly break in, the door finally opened, and a man with a thick beard, dressed in white, stood at the door, and when he saw Qin Cheng, he walked out quickly, saluted Qin Cheng, his expression was quite ordinary, and asked with a smile: "Qin."