In the Ming Dynasty, after the night ban, all the major city gates in Fuzhou County were to be locked, and the keys were usually not in the hands of the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and no one could open the city gate when they came.

So according to the rules, Song Zhong naturally couldn't open the city gate for Li Qian after the night was banned, although he had such a special identity as a brocade guard.

In fact, taking Li Qian out of the city is already a broken rule.

However, seeing that Li Qian was so anxious, he could only reluctantly agree.

Originally, he felt that there was a kind of anger hidden in this young scholar, but it was rarely revealed on weekdays. However, when he saw with his own eyes tonight, the ruthlessness that Li Qian exuded when facing Zhao Peng, Song Zhong could truly understand what it meant to be called "the anger of the scholar".

At that time, the string in Song Zhong's head was actually already tight, ready to rush out at any time to stop Li Qian from committing murder------ fortunately, the other party did not act irrationally after all, which made him secretly relax in his heart At the same time, he faintly felt a little awe of Li Qian.

Such a person, a man of letters! It's better not to offend easily------ although Song Zhong doesn't think that he can defeat himself with Li Qian's current skills, but why use a knife to kill?

Isn't it true that scholars have always been the best at playing tricks?

Just as Li Qian once said, as long as he has a heart, he is afraid that he will not be able to get out of Hangzhou City------ after all, the current situation in Hangzhou is complicated, and there are examples of the former inspector being wiped out there, and he can't help but believe it.

Lingyin Mountain is located to the west of the West Lake, and it will take a long detour from other places, so Song Zhong led Li Qian straight to the Qingbo Gate of Xicheng.

Since he was going to the rescue, of course, he had to bring people, and Li Qian didn't think that he could subdue a gang of gangsters single-handedly.

However, he learned from Zhao Peng that the number of the other party was actually not much, there were only four people in total, one was looking at the wind, and the remaining three were responsible for robbing people.

Originally, according to his plan, he was going to bring a small group of people over, but Song Zhong didn't agree, only saying that if too many people went out of the city, it would make too much noise, which was not conducive to acting. In the end, under the repeated insistence of the other party, Li Qian only took Xu Jie with him, and went out of the city with him and Sun Mao.

The method of getting out of the city is not very clever, Song Zhong just showed an ivory sign, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city didn't even dare to ask any more questions, so they let them go with a respectful face.

Of course, the city gate is indeed unable to open, a few people finally sit in a hanging basket, let the soldiers defending the city hang with ropes, along the city wall to put down one by one------ this situation is not uncommon, but where the officials and nobles, it is not difficult to enter and exit the city gate after the city ban, as long as it is not a death order from above, most of the time the officers and soldiers defending the city can also be accommodating.

Li Qian was the first to come down from the city wall, standing below and looking up, the four-zhang high city wall could only faintly see an outline in the dark night, as well as the few torches on the city.

After tossing and turning four times, when Song Zhong, who was left behind, came down from the basket, the group was able to get out of the city smoothly.

Looking at Song Zhong's black face, Li Qian couldn't help but ask: "Now that your and my identities have been exposed, you still dare to go out of the city with me at this time, so you don't have to worry at all, will someone take the opportunity to attack you?" ”

Song Zhong smiled and said quite confidently: "People are life-sparing, the more powerful a person is, the more afraid of death, the so-called son of a daughter can't sit down!" ”

Li Qian was a little surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but interrupt: "You've read a lot of books!" ”

"Naturally, I have read some books," Song Zhongwei glanced at him, "Although I am a military household and have not taken the scientific examination, I am not Qiu Ba who does not know a single big character, Jinyi Wei is the guard of the Son of Heaven, we ------" said with his eyes slightly narrowed and looked ahead, as if he was extremely reminiscent, and said slowly: "Different from them!" ”

Even if Li Qian hadn't seen with his own eyes the majestic scene of Jinyi Wei riding out in all directions, just from Song Zhong's demeanor at the moment, he could deeply feel how brilliant Jinyi Wei was at the beginning of its establishment.

However, Song Zhong's words are obviously also suspected of exalting himself and belittling others.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was already in the field of culture and education at the beginning of his ascension. This emperor from the grassroots knew that it was not easy for the children of the poor family to study, but not only did the Beijing reopen the Guozijian, but even the state capitals of the world set up many schools for the people of the world to study and reason.

In addition to the official schools for students to study, such as government schools, state schools, and county schools, Zhu Yuanzhang also encouraged the people to set up township schools and social schools, and also set up health schools in various health centers to teach military households to read, and also allowed them to take the imperial examination.

Therefore, it is not impossible to say that there are no out-and-out Qiu Ba, but not all of the military households are illiterate.

The words were concise and to the point, but Li Qian still heard some off-string sounds------ this thing seemed to be hinting to himself, Tao Sheng and the others did not dare to attack him for the time being, and then showed that he took him out of fear not out of fear?

However, because he was worried about the safety of Zijin and the others, Li Qian didn't have the heart to ridicule Song Zhong at the moment, and immediately accelerated his pace.

At this moment, the West Lake singing and dancing has not yet stopped, just like the lights on both sides of the Qinhuai River, but this scene is limited to the area near the city gate, and the further west it is more remote and quiet.

Without saying a word all the way, a few people walked along the lakeside for about a quarter of an hour under the guidance of Song Zhong, and then came to a deserted lake shore shrouded in the shade of trees.

The jungle in this area is dense, the surroundings are pitch black, and a few night owls chirp from time to time in the depths of the woods, like the scene of a ghost in a horror movie------ if it is not a few rough men who get together tonight, but let Li Qian come alone, he will definitely be terrified in his heart.

Vaguely, Li Qian saw the outline of a small boat docked by the lake and hiding in the lotus leaves, and his heart couldn't help but light up, and said with a smile: "Heh, I can't imagine that you have such a back road buried in advance?" ”

Song Zhong coughed unnaturally, nodded his head lightly and said, "You guessed right, this is indeed the back road reserved by me." ”

After a pause, he added: "The resistance to this investigation is not small, although I have a holy order, I have no right to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou Guards, and it is better to reserve a way to retreat in advance------ and once the situation deteriorates in the future, some people can jump over the wall in a hurry, and they can also retreat?" ”

"The inspector is really far-sighted, and I admire it!"

Li Qian arched his hand at him in a fake way, and the mockery was very strong. But in his heart, he is really praising such a cautious behavior------ cunning rabbit three holes, a spy wants to live for a long time, and it is only possible to be vigilant at all times, and it is impossible not to leave a way out in advance.

A few people got on a small boat and went straight to the west, and then walked all the way along the mountain road in the dark, hurrying slowly, only to arrive at the Zhao family's tea garden on Lingyin Mountain in the middle of the night.

From Zhao Peng's mouth, Li Qian knew that there was a family living in the tea garden all the year round, belonging to the category of long-term workers and tenants under the name of the Zhao family, and they were only responsible for taking care of this tea garden on weekdays.

Li Qian and the others went straight to the door of a small courtyard, which was the hiding place of the murderer confessed by Zhao Peng, and it was also the residence of the long-term worker.

There are no high-walled courtyards here, a low wooden fence encloses a courtyard wall, and the courtyard gate is a simple wood gate. Song Zhong asked Li Qian and the others to stay where they were and wait, and he personally went out and led Sun Mao to sneak in first.

In the dark night, Li Qian saw the figures of the two people in front of him leap quickly, then turned over and fell into the small courtyard, silently.

Then, after some patient waiting, I saw Song Zhong's tall figure appear behind the door, opened the door with a 'squeak', and shook his head at Li Qian and the others who came forward.

"There's no one in there."

"Not a single one?" Li Qian asked.

"Nope." Song Zhong's answer was still very succinct.

"How could it be ------"

Li Qian was puzzled in his heart, if Zhao Peng's location was fake, it would not be right that even the long-term worker was fabricated. And now this place is obviously inhabited all year round, and the overnight evacuation means that the news of his actions has been leaked------

But the Zhao family is being searched by the besieged mansion tonight, and he rushed to save people in the fastest time, so it is impossible for anyone to rush ahead of him and escape from the city to report to them. So how did this gang of robbers get the news in advance?

Song Zhong saw his doubts, and said with a lot of speculation: "Perhaps, some of them are waiting for news outside the city, but you suddenly make such a big noise in the city, it is difficult not to arouse their vigilance, it should be that after you surrounded the Zhao family, that person rushed back to warn------"

While Song Zhong was talking, Sun Mao also walked out of it with a torch and said loudly: "My lord, according to the lowly investigation, that group of people also left in a hurry not long ago, and the scene was not arranged much. ”

"Is it too late to catch up now?" Song Zhong didn't look back, and asked in a deep voice.

"This ------" Sun Mao glanced at Li Qian, and replied in a low voice: "My lordship forgives me, I can't see where they fled to, we are understaffed, we can't search around, I'm afraid it will be in vain on this mountain------ and the strength of the other party is not yet known, if we are left alone, I am afraid that there will be an accident." ”

Li Qian was so angry when he heard this, he said angrily: "I said earlier that I would bring more people, but you told me not to, what are you going to do now?" Let me tell you Song Zhong, if something happens tonight, I'll ask you! ”

Song Zhong was silent for a moment and explained: "It is indeed difficult to move when there are many people, and it is easy to startle snakes, but I never expected these people to be so vigilant, and they were aware of this long before we left the city------"

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to blame Song Zhong too much.

In fact, Li Qian knew that Song Zhong's inference should be the most correct. That group of people had already received the news and left ahead of time when they knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger------ speaking of which, the person who scared the grass and the snake was actually himself, if it weren't for the guilt of Liu Ruyan, there was no need for him to alarm the whole city and lure Lao Zhao back.

"Let's look for it first." Li Qian proposed a little weakly: "Since we can't disperse, let's look for them one by one, maybe they are still hiding around here." ”

Song Zhong opened his mouth, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally just nodded lightly and said, "It's not that there is no such possibility." ”