Chapter 99: Conspiracy under the cover of the night
Jinyiwei's eyeliner is all over the world, this is the peak of their power, and now in the Central Plains, they only have eyeliner in some big cities.
Ma Ying did not stay in Hancheng for long, and after understanding the basic situation of the grain robbery, he took his subordinates directly to Luoyang to investigate the case. According to Hong Chengchou's description, he quickly found the place where the two sides clashed at that time.
It's a pity that time has passed and there are no clues at all, so Ma Ying decided to go to Hong Chengchou's last stop in Yexian County after a short stay.
He gathered a few hundred men and horses again in Luoyang, and after gathering enough 1,000 subordinates, he flew directly to Ye County, without any stops on the way.
It has been nearly a month since the grain robbery occurred, and it is obviously difficult to find clues. After thinking about it, Ma Ying ordered everyone to dress up as a caravan, hide their true identities, and prepare for a secret visit!
But he didn't expect that from the time he arrived in Luoyang, his whereabouts had already been under Mao Wenlong's surveillance. He had just stepped into Shencheng in Ye County with his front foot, and Mao Wenlong with his back foot learned the news.
Mao Wenlong had already taken precautions, but this time it was no better than the last time Hong Chengchou arrived. For Hong Chengchou and Mao Wenlong, he tried his best to avoid conflicts with him, and as for Jinyiwei, he didn't need to be too scrupulous at all.
The vigilance of the military camp has been raised a lot, but it has not been hidden like last time, and the Shen family and the county commander have also said hello.
Everything is ready, now wait for the guys who come to find trouble, Chen Jisheng, Liu Guangzuo, Cheng Zuo, Xu Fuzuo and A Dou, no one has already sharpened their knives and Huo Huo is ready to slaughter.
According to Mao Wenlong's words, once you find anything wrong with Jinyiwei, kill them all immediately.
At this moment, the five of them had already hidden in the city with their own hands, and Mao Wenlong left any traces of contact in order to avoid meeting with Jinyiwei.
He simply took Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan to live in the farm and built an exquisite courtyard at the foot of the mountain. Except for a few subordinates, there were only a dozen or so guards.
Ma Ying's caravan dressed as a thousand people entered the city smoothly and found a large courtyard to live in the city.
The prosperity of Ye County really made Ma Ying feel incredible, so to speak, all the way from Hancheng. This Ye County is undoubtedly the most prosperous city he has ever seen.
A small county town originally from a poor countryside is so prosperous, Ma Ying immediately suspected that there was really a problem here.
Although Ye County is in a deserted place, horse thieves, and homeless people are relatively rare, but under the general environment, it will definitely not be so peaceful.
And when he walked in the city, he found that the people in the city, both in spirit and in the overall atmosphere, gave people a feeling of prosperity.
Outside, there was a shortage of soldiers, there were wars everywhere, there were hungry people, and peasant armies were everywhere. Even the most prosperous Luoyang City is not as prosperous and stable as this Ye County.
After Ma Ying moved into the rented compound, he immediately sent his men to find out why this Ye County was so prosperous.
A county town where there are no beggars or hungry people is really amazing!
The people were well fed and clothed, but there was no trace of cultivation in the fields outside the city. All the farmland is in ruins, so where does the food come from for the people in the city?
Ma Ying seemed to feel that he had come to the right place, and his first thought was to suspect the county magistrate here, as well as the Shen family, the largest family in the area.
The men sent out to investigate soon came back one after another to report, but they did not find anything for the time being. The vast majority of the people in the city dig salt mines for the Shen family to make a living, and the current county commander is said to be the Shen family.
All the clues point to the Shen family, and Ma Ying also feels that the Shen family is the most suspicious at present. There are no cultivated fields outside the city, so where does the Shen family get the grain to feed the people of the city?
Ma Ying immediately decided to secretly investigate the Shen family and waited until nightfall. Ma Ying sent 500 of his subordinates, all of whom wore black night clothes, and after leaving the compound where they lived, they scattered and disappeared into the night.
The compound rented by Ma Ying is also a compound across the street, and since Ma Ying lived here, the compound across the street was occupied by the Dongjiang Army for the first time.
The salt merchant who originally lived in it moved elsewhere, and Chen Jisheng and Liu Guangzuo hid in the big tree at the gate of the mansion. Just now, five hundred black-clothed people rushed out of the opposite compound, and the two of them counted them one by one.
Liu Guangzuo laughed in a low voice: "Five hundred, there should be five hundred left in the yard, how about it?" Big brother, why don't we rush in and kill them all now? ”
Chen Jisheng leaned boredly between the branches, holding a branch in his mouth, and said boringly: "Come on, the chief soldier wants us to kill them quietly, and no one can escape." Rush in now, and you promise to kill them all? ”
A trace of embarrassment flashed on Liu Guangzuo's face hidden in the dark, and he said with a smirk: "I can't guarantee this, so let's continue to wait?" ”
Chen Jisheng spit out the branch in his mouth, sat up straight and glanced at the courtyard across the street, shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to do it, after those who ran out have been killed, we will depend on the situation." ”
Liu Guangzuo nodded silently in agreement, and then the two stopped making a sound, and quietly stayed in the tree to monitor the courtyard where Ma Ying lived.
Five hundred, dressed in black night clothes, were nimble, and in the silent night, they went straight to the Shen family from different directions.
There wasn't even a single dog barking on the way, which shows that they are really powerful. If they hadn't monitored their whereabouts first, it is estimated that the Dongjiang Army would not have been able to find their traces.
Five hundred brocade guards quickly surrounded the Shen Mansion, and after exchanging news, the three best brocade guards climbed over the wall to enter the Shen Mansion to spy on them.
As usual, Shen Mansion did not notice that he was surrounded by people in secret. The guards in the mansion were also very lax, and the three brocade guards who climbed over the wall and entered the mansion scattered separately to investigate after a little inquiry.
In the hall in the backyard of the Shen Mansion, the lights are bright at this moment, and Shen Qing's loud voice has never stopped tonight.
It turned out that when it was just dark, Cheng Zuo and Xu Fuzuo suddenly came to visit, saying that they needed to buy some salt from Shen Qing. It is rare to meet the two, and Shen Qing also has the idea of building a good relationship.
said that he would not let the two of them leave, and he had to entertain Chengzuo and Xu Fu. And the two didn't seem to shirk it, and agreed very quickly, so from the time it was just dark, the three of them drank until now.
The more Shen Qing drank, the more interested he became, although he drank a lot of wine, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart. Since becoming the patriarch of the Shen family, relying on Mao Wenlong, everything is going well!