This cook is the aunt and cousin of Zhu Zhenyuan, the former battalion commander of the infantry army, her parents were kind to the Zhu family in the past, and after her husband died, she attached Zhu Zhenyuan to be a cook in the army, and also did some skin and meat business, which is an open secret in the camp, and no one dares to find out because of Zhu Zhenyuan's face. Li Mao gave her a bracelet, and the two pulled and pulled, eyebrows and eyebrows, and the guards were happy in their eyes, just waiting to see the jokes of the two.

Although the cook has no official position and no position, she can give people a lot of benefits, not to mention that she is Zhu Zhenyuan's cousin, her instructions, the pawn was originally twelve points willing to help, but today it is not possible, when Li Mao and Wencheng lived in the west courtyard, Chen Chuan specially told the two of them not to go out of the courtyard half a step without his permission, otherwise the military law will deal with it.

So when Li Mao made an excuse and said that he was going to the stove to ask for a bowl of hot soup to drink, the pawn politely refused. "Hot soup, go and get it, don't work for the general to leave." The pawn's enthusiasm made Li Mao speechless, it was because he didn't understand the meaning of his words in his head, no, who can be an internal guard is not clever and exquisite?

The pawn's refusal confirmed Li Mao's judgment from the side: the envoy sent by the rebels was in the barracks, and Zhu Zhenyuan was afraid of leaking the news so he didn't let himself move around at will. Otherwise, the pawn should happily fulfill the "good deeds" of him and the cook, not to mention a few rewards, you can still earn them.

Li Mao participated in the whole construction project of Gushan Town, as the leading envoy, he was responsible for sending the people recruited from the local government to the construction site to hand over to the supervisors, and he was familiar with the large and small construction sites in Gushan Town, including the Western Military Camp.

Li Mao hid a complete and clear plan of Gushan Town in his mind, and he knew the layout of each important unit clearly.

In the west barracks, there are only two courtyards in the east and west walls, and Li Mao and Wen Cheng are located in the west courtyard. Tang people to the left for the respect, to the north for the respect, to the east for the respect, reflected to the builders, if there are east and west sides of the courtyard in a family, must be the east side of the courtyard for the upper position, the west side of the courtyard for the lower position, when receiving guests the honorable person in the east, the lower person in the west. Li Mao thought that he was not familiar with Zhu Zhenyuan, and it was understandable to place him in the west courtyard, but the clerk was different, he was kind to Zhu Zhenyuan, and Zhu Zhenyuan had always respected him, and it was contrary to common sense to place him in the west courtyard.

The only reasonable explanation for this is that there is already a person living in the east side courtyard, and this person has a very special identity, and he is likely to be the envoy sent by the rebel side to lobby Zhu Zhenyuan.

In order to confirm his judgment, Li Mao deliberately pretended to be injured and inconvenient, and asked the clerk to go to the Nanliuhe camp to find Chen Wanchun, Chen Wanchun's troops were only one-eighth of the Western Military Camp, and the grain, grass, and ordnance were transferred and allocated from the Western Military Camp Warehouse, in other words, Chen Wanchun's lifeline was in Zhu Zhenyuan's hands, although the two did not rule each other in name, in fact, Chen Wanchun had already been the only one to look forward to and became a de facto vassal.

Zhu Zhenyuan really had a frank heart, he should have sent someone to summon Chen Wanchun to the Western Military Camp to explain the matter, instead of pretending to personally escort the clerk to Nanliuhe. Zhu Zhenyuan's purpose in doing this was to send the clerk away, the clerk was kind to him, and the killing general was saddled with the notoriety of injustice, through this temptation, it can also be seen that Zhu Zhenyuan is still in the fence and watching, if he has made up his mind to cooperate with the rebel side, he will not let the clerk out of the camp.

The messenger over there must also be in the camp at this moment, Zhu Zhenyuan rode on the wall to bet, which side has the bigger chance of winning, he bet on which side, or cut off the head of the messenger and dedicated it to himself, or cut off his head and give it to the messenger, there is a person on the left and right who is going to die, but he Zhu Zhenyuan is sure to win.

Seeing through Zhu Zhenyuan's speculative mentality, Li Mao made up his mind to assassinate the other party's envoy and force Zhu Zhenyuan to cooperate with him. After sending off the paperwork, Li Mao looked bored, sitting in the house drinking bowl by bowl, and the pawn thought that he didn't go to the east courtyard of Chengcheng, and he was troubled, so he ignored him.

After drinking tea for a while, Li Mao put the bowl down, got up and said, "Wait for someone to go to the toilet." ”

There is a toilet in the courtyard on the west side, Chen Chuan's order is not to allow Li Mao to leave the hospital and walk around, it is not against the order to go to a thatched house in the courtyard, the guard feels that he can do the master, and he is busy saying: "There is one in the courtyard, the chief is here, please." ”

Walking along the eaves of the house to the end is the thatched house, there is a partition wall in front of the door, as soon as Li Mao goes out, the four guards who are guarding the courtyard follow him, and stand at the entrance, there is only one exit to the toilet, but he is not afraid that he can run away. After Li Mao entered the toilet, he scolded that there was water, and shouted that it was too dark, and asked the guard to take a torch to illuminate it, and the five people discussed it, and pushed the weakest one into with a torch, as soon as the guard entered the door, a hand reached out from behind and covered his mouth, that hand was strong and powerful, he couldn't struggle at all, and when the torch in his hand was snatched away, he was hit the back of the head......

Li Mao stuck the torch in the crack of the wall, took off the guard's raincoat and put it on his body, took the hood and buckled it on his head, and scolded again: "The grass is too hard, how to wipe your buttocks, go get a wet cloth." And he said, "Go and go, take the torch and do a lot, Lao Tzu is afraid of the dark." ”

After that, Li Mao drooped his head and came out, and the four guards outside the wall all covered their mouths and snickered, ignoring this unlucky ghost. From the west courtyard to the east courtyard, you need to pass through the middle hall compound, because there are important people stationed in the east and west courtyards, Chen Chuan withdrew the guards, leaving only two swimming posts, it was dark and rainy, and the two swimming sentinels were shivering, seeing that Li Mao was wearing his own raincoat, he only regarded it as his own person, and he was not suspicious.

Li Mao went all the way unimpeded, and was stopped by the guards until the entrance of the east courtyard. Li Mao calmly took off his waist card and handed it over, then pointed to the west courtyard with his thumb, and muttered: "That one who goes to the thatched house is too hard and wants a wet cloth to wipe his buttocks, do you have this?" The guard shook his head and scolded: "What bullshit world, waiting to eat, waiting to wear, and waiting to wipe your buttocks." ”

After checking the token, he suddenly asked, "Brother, there is a little face, have I seen you before?" Li Mao said: "You've seen a ghost, I've been training in the grass for most of the year, you see my face is tanned, I came over with General Huang tonight, I wanted to eat, drink and sleep comfortably, but I asked Chen to shave his head and scratch it, saying that he wanted to find some fresh faces." ”

General Huang's name is Huang Renfan, he is Huang Rengu's brother, seeing that he is a life general in the Western Military Camp, Chen Shaved's head is named Chen Chuan, and he is the general of the Western Military Camp.

After suffering the loss of unfamiliar interpersonal relationships last time, Li Mao made a lot of effort to thoroughly check the background of the above characters in Gushan Town, and he used it at this moment, which is really handy. This statement is impeccable, the capture army under the command of the capture general is the elite of the army, and it is most valued by the general, and the capture army is temporarily transferred to serve as the internal guard, which is in line with the rules and reasonable, and no one can find fault with it.

The guard no longer doubted, and after returning the token, he instructed: "Enter the kitchen to the south of the door, and ask Aunt Jia for a dirty rag to wipe it off." Li Mao said thank you, walked into the east courtyard with his head held high, the pattern of the east side courtyard is exactly the same as the west side of the courtyard, the difference is that there is a new slip wall at the entrance, the east side of the courtyard is divided into two, the wall is one zhang high and two, and there is a guard every three zhang away at the root of the wall, standing in the rain wearing a raincoat, motionless like copper hitting iron.

Walking south along the wall, at the end is the kitchen, the kitchen is brightly lit, a woman is busy, looking at her figure, Li Mao recognizes it as the cook who was bribed by him.

This person knows his identity, he can't take a look, Li Mao looked at the wall: one zhang and two feet high, if there is no equipment such as thistle terrestris on the top of the wall, it is not difficult to turn over it with his skills, there must be guards behind the wall, but as long as it is not too much, he will not suffer in hand-to-hand combat, unlike ordinary assassins who want to reserve a way to retreat, what Li Mao is going to do is a hammer deal, as long as he kills the messenger, he will be safe.

The trouble now was that as soon as he entered the door, he was targeted by the guards in the courtyard, who were obviously well-trained, and their eyes followed him, not letting up for a moment. Getting closer and closer to the kitchen, Li Mao suddenly found a fatal trouble, under the eaves of the kitchen stood a small colonel with a sting, staring at himself with a cold gaze, although the crossbow in his hand was not aimed at himself, but it was holding the string, in a state of readiness at any time, in such a short distance, aiming and firing was definitely faster than him climbing the wall and climbing over the wall.

Several countermeasures flashed in Li Mao's mind in an instant, and the plan was undecided, and suddenly a person behind him shouted: "Aunt Jia, someone is looking for you." It was a kind reminder from the doorkeeper, and the woman who was leaning over to wipe the board looked up and replied casually, "Who, let him in." The lights in the house were on, it was dark outside, she couldn't see Li Mao's face clearly, but Li Mao could see her face clearly, at the beginning in the west courtyard Li Mao wanted to put information from her mouth, all his thoughts were on calculations, but he didn't pay close attention to her, and she was also holding it at the time, and she didn't feel anything, at this moment, this woman was full of sultry charm, especially the watery and talking Danfeng eyes were even more itchy.

Li Mao's heart moved, and when he had a plan, he raised his hand and called out sheepishly: "Little lady, I'm here." ”

Aunt Jia saw that it was Li Mao who came, pursed her lips and smiled, snuggled at him, lost her eyes, and signaled to someone under the corridor, Li Mao pretended to be surprised, walked into the kitchen, sighed, and said: "Poor, pitiful, General Zhu really doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, how can the little lady do such rough work." Aunt Jia glanced at him, and deliberately said coldly: "It's so late, what are you doing?" Li Mao smiled: "It's too cold, come here to warm and warm." As he spoke, he put his hands into Aunt Jia's arms, Aunt Jia flashed to the side, Danfeng raised his eyes, and hummed: "What a person who knows how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, I am not your hand warmer." ”

Rich and noble men put their hands on the breasts of their servants or concubines in winter to keep warm, which is called hand warmers, and the gentle place on the woman's chest is called a hand warmer.

Li Mao laughed and deceived Aunt Jia, the woman pretended to be serious, wiped the board hard, twisted her body like a willow in the wind, Li Mao was only half a foot away from her, and she could be taken into her arms, or pushed in to achieve good things, but he didn't mean to be here, so he didn't do anything, in order to relieve the embarrassment, he fell in Aunt Jia's ear and said: "It's not convenient here, let's go to your room." "Aunt Jia is actually not very old, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and her appearance is quite thoughtful, but her hair is scattered, she looks a little sloppy, and her clothes are shabby, which makes me seem older than my actual age.

Since the death of her husband, he took a pair of children to live with his cousin, Zhu Zhenyuan's wife suspected that her husband was having an affair with her, and took precautions in every way, she earned very little as a cook, and she was used to spending money and spending money lavishly, so she had to become a secret prostitute, with a bit of charm and Zhu Zhenkai's cousin's identity, the business was not bad, but those men and her transactions were not in the kitchen in the stable, and after that, they went their own way, and Li Mao was the first one who paid attention to style.

"There are a lot of people here, you go back first, I'll look for you when I'm done."

"I've changed my mind, I want you now." Li Mao blew in her ear, his hands wrapped around her thin waist, and his heart was full of guilt. Aunt Jia shrunk her neck and giggled, begging in her mouth: "Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, there are people outside." "Then let's go to the inner courtyard?" "No, there are people living in the courtyard." "What's the matter, you don't even sell my face?" Aunt Jia pushed Li Mao away and said solemnly: "It's really not possible, this person has some background, you still go back obediently, I'll go over later." ”

Li Mao straightened up and yawned, picked up the rag that Aunt Jia used to wipe the board, and walked out of the kitchen, when he went out, he glanced at the small school holding the small school under the corridor, the two of them were in the house, the little school knew that he usually had the benefits of Aunt Jia, and he just didn't see it at the moment, but his vigilance against Li Mao was not lifted.

He is a well-known marksman in the army, with a crossbow in his hand, and no one in the entire east courtyard wants to play tricks.

Li Mao pretended to be frivolous and walked out of the kitchen, squirming and walking out, and suddenly, he turned around and threw the sackcloth to the crossbow-wielding colonel, and said, "Trouble brother return to the eldest mother." The little colonel was nervous for a while, and the crossbow machine in his hand suddenly aimed at Li Mao, and when he saw clearly that Li Mao threw him a dirty oil rag, his vigilance was slightly reduced, and his nausea suddenly became disgusted, his hand shook, and the sackcloth was thrown on the ground, thinking about it was inappropriate, so he bent down and carefully pinched it with his index finger and thumb, and was about to return it to Aunt Jia, when he suddenly heard Li Mao shouting: "There are assassins, guards." ”

Li Mao finished shouting and ran wildly, and in the stunned crowd, he jumped up and stepped on the wall, jumped up with his strength, and his hand was already on the wall. Thankfully, there were only tiles on the wall and no thistles pricking the hands.

As soon as Li Mao crossed the wall, a crossbow arrow slashed over his head, and the accuracy was slightly worse, and only one of his ear guards was shot off. In the inner courtyard of the east side of the courtyard, which was separated by a wall, a row of seven side rooms were all brightly lit, and because of Li Mao's shout, all the guards gathered outside the second room door on the north side at this moment, and Li Mao judged that this should be the hiding place of the messenger.

Li Mao jumped into the courtyard, waved his hand, and shouted: "An assassin has mixed in, hurry up and take the messenger away." ”

Li Mao's accent is based on Longnan Mandarin, mixed with some non-standard Caozhou dialect of Hezhong dialect, it sounds very special, the guard heard that he was the person who shouted the warning just now, and saw that he was wearing a guard raincoat, and he couldn't distinguish friend from foe for a while, this stunned gave Li Mao the best opportunity to assassinate, this room was brightly lit, and seven or eight iron guards with knives and iron guards protected a middle-aged man wearing a cocoon silk robe.

Although the middle-aged man was dressed as a wealthy businessman, the killing aura between his eyebrows could not be concealed, and when he heard that there were assassins outside, he was not afraid at all, and stood there looking out.

Li Mao expected that the middle-aged man was the messenger sent by the rebel side to lobby Zhu Zhenyuan, and when his mind moved, the other person had already inserted into the crowd, slippery like a loach, as fierce as a tiger and leopard, and crashed through the three layers of guards in one breath, and when he was still three feet away from the messenger, he suddenly stopped, snatched a spear from the guards around him, aimed at the target and threw it hard.

The spear was sandwiched with a gust of wind and directly pierced the messenger's chest, this throw, Li Mao had done his best, seeing that the messenger was killed on the spot, Li Mao laughed and raised his hand to be bound.

Zhu Zhenyuan learned that Li Mao had assassinated the messenger sent by Li Shidao, his head was bruised, his ears were red and hot, he broke into the east courtyard like crazy, and saw the body of the messenger pierced by the spear, and he gasped unconsciously, he had heard that Li Mao had good kung fu in his hands, but he didn't expect that this person was brave and strategic, and he found the opponent in such a short period of time, and killed him under heavy guards, the matter has come to this, he can't help but ride the wall to watch, Li Shidao's messenger was killed by Li Mao, but he died in his camp, The twists and turns in the middle are difficult to explain clearly even if he has eight mouths.

Drinking away the guards, he personally untied Li Mao, knelt down on one knee and said, "I am willing to follow Zhonghou into the city to beg for thieves." ”