Thinking about it for a lifetime, the middle-aged man quickly glanced in all directions to the left and right, but the surroundings were still quiet at the moment, and the city wall above his head was also dark and gloomy, and he couldn't see anything wrong.

Could it be that I was so nervous that caused me to be so emotional? After comforting himself in his heart, he finally grasped the rope with both hands, and with a force on his waist and abdomen, his body quickly jumped up, and swam along the rope towards the head of the city.

His speed was indeed extremely fast, and in just a few clicks, he had already reached more than half the distance, and at this time he was still two feet away from the city, and he only needed to go up two or three times to climb into the city wall. But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

"Whew!" After a few sounds, the originally black city suddenly shone brightly, and more than a dozen torches lit up together, illuminating this area like daylight, and also illuminating the middle-aged people who were climbing up!

His movements followed, although his face was still calm, but his heart had reached the bottom, he knew that he had fallen into a trick this time, and this time he thought that his adventure out of the city had become a self-imposed net.

Obviously, the government has been aware of its existence, but it can't find its whereabouts for a while, so it uses one hand to startle the snake. They seized on their own guilt as thieves and knew that they wanted to escape from Ulju before the incident, so they took the first step to spread the news, making themselves feel that it was impossible to get out of the city normally, and at the same time they laid a net at the head of the city, just waiting for themselves to run into it.

As a result, I really believed their propaganda and tried to get out of the city overnight. And now we are still in such a dilemma.

Indeed, at this moment, he is hanging on the rope, whether he goes up or down the city, there is a long distance, and as long as those officers and soldiers at the head of the city take knives to cut the hook and rope, he will fall directly from the city, even if he does not die, I am afraid that he will be injured a lot.

What made him even more desperate was that at this moment there was a commotion of shouting and shouting from below, and then many torches and lanterns were lit. In the upper and lower lighting, he has truly become a turtle in an urn hanging at the head of the city.

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Although it was midnight, Lu Zhen did not go back to the backyard to rest, but sat in the second hall with a book and looked at it. The tea in front of him had been refilled five or six times, and it was long gone, but he still stayed at the table, just because he felt that tonight might be the most likely chance to hold that guy.

At this moment, a burst of eager footsteps came from far and near, and then the door was vigorously pushed open, revealing Xu Wentao's face full of excitement: "My lord, sure enough, as you expected before, the defenders at the head of the south gate took down a suspicious person who wanted to climb over the wall and get out of the city!" ”

"Can't help but escape from the city?" When Lu Zhen heard this, a hint of joy flashed on his face, and he hurriedly put the scroll in his hand on the table and asked, "What about that person?" Can you bet on it? ”

"The person is already on the way to send it, the lord is really a good means, the lower officials admire it!" Xu Wentao said, and solemnly bowed his hand to Lu Jin. He was indeed a little excited, after all, the pressure on him as a magistrate was too great this time, and now that there was new progress in the case, seeing that the credit was approaching, he naturally made him overjoyed.

"Lord Xu, now is not the time to be complacent, although the person has been caught, but he has not yet been tried. If this man denies that he has anything to do with the Tartars, it will be difficult for us to condemn him or ask for more from his mouth. Lu Zhen hurriedly reminded.

Xu Wentao reined in for a moment, and replied: "What the lord said is that the lower officials have some Meng Lang. ”

"But you don't have to worry too much, the man is already in our hands, and it is only a matter of time before we can always pry his mouth open." After Lu Zhen comforted him, he finally stood up and walked out. He seems to be calm, but he is actually looking forward to it, because he also wants to get some inside information from this guy, and this incident always makes him feel uneasy.

But after a meal, it was already lively outside, and then, escorted by a group of soldiers, a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance but a slightly pale face was pushed and pulled into the second hall.

As soon as the middle-aged man entered the second hall, he saw the young man standing under the porch in front of him. He had seen Lu Zhen outside the house yesterday, and when he looked at it closely, he found that this Lord Lu looked even younger than he thought. But although he is young, his eyes have a calmness and sophistication that people of the same age do not have, and the two look at each other, as if they can see through what they are thinking.

Lu Zhen was also looking at this person carefully, and muttered in his heart. Because the middle-aged man in front of him can be said to be a businessman or a scholar, but he doesn't seem to be a spy. At least he doesn't have the slightest appearance on the surface, the only flaw is that he seems very calm at the moment, and he doesn't have any uneasiness if he can't steal out of the city and not be taken.

When the soldiers escorted him closer, Lu Zhen spoke: "You really let this official find it." ”

Without any inquiry, Lu Zhen obviously intended to use words to test the other party, and it was best to use this to make the other party confused, so as to explain everything.

However, this person is not easy to be deceived, I saw that he glanced at Lu Zhen a little blankly, and then said: "The eldest lord spares his life, and the little people are guilty." The little people shouldn't want to go out of the city at night for a while. ”

"So, do you not admit that you have anything to do with those Tartars who have just been taken down by my government?" Seeing that the other party did not take the bait, Lu Zhen quickly changed the topic.

"What do you mean by this...... "The middle-aged man who was about to deny the situation suddenly realized something, and quickly changed his words: "Xiaomin is just an ordinary businessman, because he knew that the four gates would be blocked in the next few days, and because he was afraid of delaying business, he ignored the ban and thought of going out of Pancheng...... This has nothing to do with the few Mongolians who were taken down by the government before. ”

If he had just said that he didn't know anything about the Mengren, he might have been caught by Lu Jin. Because the arrest of these Mongolian people has long been known throughout the city. Fortunately, his reaction was quick enough to avoid the trap again.

Lu Zhen looked at him deeply: "Say, what's your name?" What is your status in the city? ”

"The villain Jin Junsheng is the owner of the Jin family tea shop in the city, because the previous payment has reached the day of delivery, so the villain will take the risk to climb out of the city in a hurry, and want to rush to Datong...... Adults, the small ones are just small businesses, and I really don't dare to owe money to those big commercial houses......"

When Lu Zhen heard this, he frowned, and then turned his eyes to look at Xu Wentao beside him. The latter was also surprised and helpless at this time, and after hesitating for a moment, he still nodded, indicating that there is indeed such a tea shop in the city, and there is such a person.

Now things are a little tricky, but I didn't expect that this suspicious person not only looks like he has nothing to do with the Mongolian people, but even his identity doesn't seem to have any problems. From the first sight of this person, Lu Zhen had already decided that there was something wrong with him, but how to make him confess without any evidence? Was it directly tortured against him?

"You do have a good identity, but you are a tea merchant, how can you have such a hook to climb the city? This doesn't match who you are. However, after seeing the belongings he brought, Lu Zhen found a breakthrough again, his expression sank, and he immediately asked.

"I ......" This question is really difficult to answer, there are indeed few merchants in the world who can take out the hook, let alone use this night to climb the city and escape.

"My lord, in addition to some scattered silver taels and copper coins, he also has this scimitar on him." At this time, a military attache who came over reacted and handed over all the things that had been searched before.

Lu Jin's eyes swept over these things, and he reached out and took the scimitar with the sheath, and under the force of his wrist, the blade came out of the sheath, revealing the sharp blade that flashed with cold light.

"Good knives!" Lu Zhen glanced at the knife, and then looked at Jin Junsheng again: "Do you still want to insist that you are an ordinary businessman?" Not to mention this scimitar that only Tartars are accustomed to, just this little money is enough for you to go to Datong's entanglement, what do you take out to pay for the goods? ”

Jin Junsheng's face really changed at this time, knowing that he didn't take care of the details because he was in a hurry. Just now, in order to get rid of the crime, I made up such a casual statement, but I got myself into even more trouble.

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Zhen took advantage of the victory to exert pressure: "Say, who are you?" Also, what are your plans in my Ulzhou, if you refuse to confess again, don't blame this official for torturing you! In the end, it was already very loud.

With a flash of his eyes, Jin Junsheng suddenly raised his head, the panic and panic on his face just now had long since disappeared, and he was only replaced with a fearless look: "Since everything has been seen through by you, I have nothing to say." But what you want to ask from my mouth is impossible. Even if I die, I will not betray my people! As he spoke, his mouth closed suddenly, and he wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself.

But at the same time as he made this move, a person had already rushed up, and as soon as his hand probed, he had already pinched his cheeks, and then broke down, only to hear a click, Jin Junsheng's jaw was broken and dislocated by this blow, so that his next action could not be completed.

It was Qinggrad who struck. As a former brocade guard, he certainly knew that some guys would choose to kill themselves after being held to keep their secrets. So he has been paying attention to the other party's actions, and once he finds out that he has the intention of committing suicide, he quickly pounces forward and stops it.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen was also relieved: "Come on, take him inside first and take strict care of him, don't let him have a chance to commit suicide!" ”