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It was another night of snow, more than three inches deep, and the sky and the earth were white, as wonderful as a fairyland.

On the official road on the outskirts of Xiangyang, a caravan led a hundred and ten carriages, the carriages were covered with tents, and the tents were covered with a thick layer of snow.

In a short time, these people came to the city of Xiangyang.

The general guarding the city of Xiangyang felt that something was wrong, waved his hand to stop him, looked him up and down, and shouted, "What are you doing?" ”

A middle-aged elder flashed out of the caravan, and stepped forward and waved his head: "Master Huijun, we are merchants from Bingzhou." ”

"Merchant?"

The general defending the city cast a puzzled look, paced back and forth in front of the more than 100 cars, pondered, and shouted: "What is in the car? ”

The merchant leader hesitated a little, paused, stepped forward, invited the military master to a remote place, took out a silver ticket from his arms, stuffed it directly into the man's hand, and said: "The military master is just some cold goods, this year the south is cold, so I want to sell some goods for some money." ”

The general guarding the city is the general under Chen Zhi, this is an upright person, stretched out his hand to take the silver ticket, snorted, and unfolded the list, this does not know, I was shocked when I saw it, it was enough to have 10,000 dollars!

The general who defends the city is not a fool, if it is a leather goods to keep out the cold, even if these hundred and ten cars add up, it is just a thousand, and now that the winter solstice has passed, even if you need to wear clothes such as cotton jackets to keep out the cold, how many days can you wear it? Moreover, these merchants are sneaky, and the amount of goods involved is huge, and the cattiness of them is self-evident.

The general of the city guard looked at the end of the convoy from the beginning and took a cursory look. Almost every car had four guards, and each of them was heroic, and he must have been born in the army.

This fleet is not simple!

If it is forcibly detained, there are only less than 20 soldiers defending the city, and it is bound to suffer a loss, so it is better to let it go first. As long as the convoy is in Xiangyang City, then there will be enough time to deal with this group of suspicious people.

The general who defended the city smiled at the old man in the caravan, directly put the silver ticket into his arms, and said: "Businessmen are good at doing things, don't say anything else, go over." ”

The old man of the caravan hurriedly waved at the caravan and shouted, "Enter the city!" ”

The general guarding the city watched these caravans enter the city one by one, and whispered to the two people beside him: "You two have kept an eye on this caravan for me, there must be no mistake!" ”

The second little official sighed: "Don't worry, general." ”

And the general who defended the city came directly to Chen Zhi's mansion.

At this time, Chen Zhi was dealing with some things in the army. It happened that the generals under his command came, and there was some anger in his heart, and he shouted: "City defense is the top priority, how can you leave easily, don't go back quickly!" ”

The general defending the city clenched his fists and said, "General! The last general found a caravan at the north gate, acting extremely suspiciously, and originally wanted to detain it directly, but did not dare to move because of its large number of guards. I have come to tell the general. ”

Chen Zhi stopped what he was doing and suddenly raised his head and stared at the general. Puzzled: "A caravan? Where did it come from? How many centaurs are there? What are you selling? ”

Chen Zhiyi asked a few questions in a row, and the general defending the city answered them one by one: "According to what he said, he came from Bingzhou, selling goods to keep out the cold, there are more than 100 carriages and nearly 500 guards!" And according to the observation of his subordinates, these guards look like soldiers in the army. It's no ordinary merchant guard. ”

The soldiers defending the city seemed to suddenly think of something, oh, took out a silver ticket from his arms, and handed it directly to Chen Dao: "General, this silver ticket is the caravan for passage." Bribe your subordinates! In order to stabilize this group of merchants, his subordinates had to accept them and hoped that the general would forgive them. ”

"Forgive you of your innocence!" Chen Zhi took the silver ticket, directly waved his hand to forgive his sins, and unfolded the list, even more surprised: "Ten thousand dollars? ”

Needless to say, the intriguing things in this are like lice on a bald man's head, and they are clearly displayed.

Chen Zhi had doubts in his heart and gasped.

And the merchant from the state!

This is the territory of the Cao thief, and it is not impossible that there are Cao thief's spies mixed in it.

This matter is not serious, and it should be reported to the lord Liu Bei immediately.

"Did you send someone to follow?"

Chen leaned forward and greeted him with a little anxiousness.

The general guarding the city clenched his fists and saluted: "The subordinates have ordered two people to follow them, and there will be no problems." ”

Chen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, turned into the hall, and ordered: "Don't startle the snake for the time being, I will report this matter to the lord, you can go!" ”

The general defending the city replied and immediately turned to leave.

******

Xiangyang, the state pastoral house.

Xu Shu, under the leadership of his attendant Ah San, rushed directly to Liu Bei's study.

Xu Shu stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Lord!" The charcoal is back. ”

PS: The Han Dynasty called coal carboniferous or graphite.

Liu Bei stopped the pen in his hand and raised his head with a sigh: "It's really unexpected to come back so soon?" ”

Xu Shu's face was a little embarrassed: "Lord! Things are a bit of a hassle. ”

Liu Bei frowned and asked, "What's the trouble?" ”

"This caravan is mixed with spies sent by the Cao thief."

"For such an important matter, why didn't Zizhong have a flying pigeon book?"

Liu Bei was a little angry.

Xu Shu saluted slightly: "Here's the thing, they were temporarily inserted on the day of departure, and only Zizhong can do such a top-secret thing as flying pigeons passing books, so there is no way to report upward on the way, so we didn't get the news in advance." ”

Liu Bei sighed, in order to ensure that the secret of the flying pigeon transmission was not leaked, he restricted the personnel who used the flying pigeon to pass the book, which is understandable.

Xu Shu hurriedly said again: "But they didn't reveal their identities. ”

"What about the coals"

"Nor exposed."

Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the attendant Ah San came to the study and said, "Master, Chen Zhi will ask to see the general." ”

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "According to the report of the person who connected it, when the caravan was at the north gate, it was stopped by our people, and the north gate was garrisoned by the men and horses under the command of Shu Zhi. ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Let him in." ”

Chen Zhi strode in, hugged his fists and said: "Lord"

Liu Bei waved his hand and said directly: "Is it about the caravan?" ”

Chen Zhi was also stunned: "It's the matter of the caravan, is it possible to become the lord."

Liu Bei sighed: "Yes, I already know!" This caravan was sent by Zizhong to deliver something to us, but it was mixed with Cao Jun's spies. ”

"Our people?"

Chen Zhi stood there completely stunned, trying to recall those suspicious things, coupled with this sinister matter, only to understand that the old man of the caravan was deliberately using this 10,000 yuan silver ticket to attract their attention.

Xu Shu groaned slightly, and suddenly hugged his fists and said, "Lord!" Why don't we come up with a plan? (To be continued......)