At dawn, the passenger ship left Liangshanbo and entered Jishui, at this time, the boatman moored the boat in a wilderness, went into the water, and took out a bag tightly wrapped in more than a dozen layers of oiled paper from a dark compartment at the bottom of the boat, which was a bow and several rockets, and the bowstring and gunpowder tube were wrapped tightly in a pig's bladder to ensure that the drip did not leak.

The boatman handed the oil paper package to Li Yanqing, and after opening it layer by layer and checking that it was correct, Li Yanqing handed the bow and arrow to Yang Liang.

"Do you remember the address?"

"Humble duty, remember, Chengbei Shunfeng Inn!"

"Go ahead! Be careful along the way, and if the situation is not good, you will go back to Bianjing first! ”

"Obey the order!" Yang Liang jumped ashore and ran towards the woods in the distance, and soon disappeared into the trees.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Yanqing arrived in Xucheng County, Xucheng County is a large county, with a population of about 200,000 and a circumference of more than 30 miles, it is second only to Songcheng County of Yingtianfu in the east and west roads of Beijing, at this time Xucheng County has become the ruling center of the Liangshan army, the city gate is full of Liangshan soldiers, and the inventory is very strict when entering the city, whether it is a pawn or a hawker, it must be interrogated and even searched, but it doesn't matter if it goes out of the city, no one checks.

Zhou Wenyuan saw that the soldiers guarding the gate were all fierce and vicious, and he was very scared in his heart, and couldn't help but whisper to Li Yanqing: "Little proprietor, or.... Let's not go into town! ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If you come, you will be safe, don't worry!" ”

He walked quickly towards the city gate, but Zhou Wenyuan had no choice but to follow.

"Stop, what are you doing!"

A soldier stopped Li Yanqing and the two, and Li Yanqing clasped his fists and saluted: "Xiaosheng is a student of Yingtian Academy, and he is passing by your place on his way to Mount Tai. ”

"Is there a proof?"

"Yes!" Li Yanqing took out a study tour book from Ying Tianfu Academy and handed it to him, which was to facilitate the study tour students to use when they sought accommodation in various states.

At this time, the head of the city guard stepped forward and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It seems to be a student of Ying Tianfu, passing by here, there is a certificate, but he is illiterate"

Zhou Wenyuan hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Actually, I came to buy a house, I heard that it is very cheap now." ”

Du Tou laughed, "Scholars want to save face, buy a house, buy a house, and find an excuse to study abroad." ”

He saw that Li Yanqing and Zhou Wenyuan did not bring weapons, so he waved his hand, "Let them in!" ”

Li Yanqing took the certificate, hugged his fists and saluted, and then walked into the city with square steps in his hands, and the soldiers all laughed, "It's so fucking sour!" ”

Behind Zhou Wenyuan and Li Yanqing, he was shocked and said: "I can't imagine it, they didn't even search their bodies, so they let us in!" ”

"Don't you see? This is known as tightening on the outside and loose on the inside. ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said: "I found out just now, they don't pay attention to the details at all, or they don't know how to check at all, they only see if people bring weapons or not, is this called an investigation?" ”

"What details didn't they pay attention to?" Zhou Wenyuan asked puzzled.

Li Yanqing spread out his palms, "These hands of mine, the tiger's mouth has thick calluses, this is the evidence left by the perennial use of weapons or bows and arrows, I said that I am a student, but they don't actually look at my palms, not only me, everyone is the same, they don't look at the details, the man in front of us said that he is a hawker, but he wears a pair of narrow-mouth leather boots, this kind of boots are very good-looking, but walking is very tiring, how can the hawkers who run around wear this kind of shoes?" ”

Zhou Wenyuan nodded, "The little proprietor has observed very carefully, and their inventory is indeed very rough. ”

The streets of the county town are very depressed, almost half of the shops are closed, and the words resale or sale are posted on the doors, and the open shops are deserted except for some customers who sell daily necessities such as rice shops, and the doors are crowded, but the business of restaurants or brothels is very good, and basically the generals and soldiers of the Liangshan army come to drink and have fun.

"Little proprietor, that shop is good!"

Zhou Wenyuan pointed to a closed shop in the south of the cross street and said: "The façade is very magnificent, you can see it on several streets when you hang a signboard, this is the best effect, such a good market is actually going to be resold, do you want us to ask?" ”

Li Yanqing looked at the sky, it was not early, so he shook his head, "Go to the inn first, and talk about it tomorrow!" ”

Shunfeng Inn is the largest inn in Sucheng County, very famous in Yunzhou, Yuncheng foreign merchants have decreased sharply, many inns have been closed, although Shunfeng Inn has no customers, but it is still struggling to support.

Therefore, when Li Yanqing and Zhou Wenyuan came to invest in the store, the shopkeeper personally greeted the only two guests in the inn, who were very busy and very attentive, and asked the guys to run errands to buy two meals for Li Yanqing and them.

After dinner, it was already dark, and the shopkeeper came to the room to tell them, "It's best not to go out at night, the tavern and the brothel are full of their people, drunk and smoky, it is easy to have an accident, if you want to buy a house, I can help you get free matchmaking, and there are many people who ask me to sell the house." ”

Zhou Wenyuan hurriedly asked: "May I ask Shopkeeper Wu, the shop in the south of the intersection in front of you seems to be a silk shop, does that one want to sell?" ”

The shopkeeper laughed, "Zhou Guanren has good eyesight, the location of that store is not ordinarily good, it was originally called 'Tencel' silk shop, it is the shop of Yang County's father-in-law, after Yang County Cheng was killed, his father-in-law also fled back to his hometown in Qingzhou, and asked a fellow villager to help him sell, if Zhou Guanren is interested, I will help you contact you tomorrow." ”

At this time, Li Yanqing asked on the side: "Will Liang Shanjun come to investigate outsiders like us?" ”

"Don't hide it from Li Guanren, Liang Shanjun will have people come to investigate every day, but as long as you tell them that they are here to buy a shop, it is best to simply buy the shop you like, then they generally don't care, if you don't have a clear matter, and you stay in the county for five days, you will be suspected of being a spy of the officers and soldiers, I have a guest who was arrested like this, and now I don't know whether he is alive or dead.

”

Li Yanqing also wanted to ask about entering and leaving the city, but at this time, a guy ran in and said, "Someone outside is looking for Li Guanren, it seems to be a soldier!" ”

Li Yanqing was immediately overjoyed, "It's my friend, where is he?" ”

"In the lobby!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly ran towards the lobby, and there was a Liangshan Army soldier wearing armor standing in the lobby, who was Luan Tingyu.

"Senior brother is really still there, and I was worried that my senior brother had already left along the way."

Luan Tingyu smiled slightly: "My matter here is over, I originally planned to leave, but I estimated that you would come, so I decided to wait until the end of the month, if you don't come at the end of the month, I will really leave." ”

"Let's go talk in the room!"

Li Yanqing took Luan Tingyu to his room and asked, "What about Yang Liang?" ”

"The gates of the city are closed, and he can only stay in the foot shop outside the city for one night, and then enter the city tomorrow."

"I see!"

Li Yanqing invited Luan Tingyu to sit down, poured him a bowl of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Since Senior Brother guessed that I was coming, then you should know the purpose of my trip!" ”

Luan Tingyu smiled slightly, "Since you asked me to kill Hou Meng, how can there be no action in the follow-up, if I guess correctly, the imperial court is going to start the fifth attack on the Liangshan army, right?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "It has been decided, the crown prince will be the head coach, and the seed master Dao will be the deputy commander, and I will also participate in it, in charge of intelligence!" ”

Luan Tingyu took out a handwritten booklet from his arms and handed it to Li Yanqing, "This is the intelligence of the Liangshan Army that I have deliberately collected in the past month, involving all aspects, I think it is very practical, I originally wanted to sell it to Fang La at a high price, but now I have changed my mind, give it to you!" ”

Li Yanqing was pleasantly surprised, although he hoped to get some information from his senior brother, he didn't expect that his senior brother had already prepared it for him, he took the booklet and gave a deep salute, "Senior brother has such a big favor, how can the junior brother reciprocate?" ”

Luan Tingyu shook his head, "I don't want you to give anything in return, the money I have earned over the years can't be spent in a few lifetimes, if I want to be an official, someone will immediately arrange for me to be the magistrate, the reason why I am willing to help you is because I owe you a favor, if it weren't for you, the master would not recognize me as an apprentice again, that is the regret of my life, you are my junior brother, things are as simple as that!" ”

Li Yanqing was moved in his heart, Luan Tingyu, the killer, was not cold-blooded, he still had an emotion hidden in his heart, and he always had a deep respect for his master like a father, and it was this love that made him willing to help himself again and again.

Luan Tingyu never dragged his feet in doing things, he finished the task, and got up and said, "Okay, I'm leaving, we will have a chance to meet again in the future!" ”

"Senior brother is going back to the barracks?"

Luan Tingyu shook his head, "If I don't go to the barracks, I will go directly to Hangzhou, pay to Fang La, and receive my other half of the remuneration." ”

"Then what are the plans for Senior Brother in the future?"

"I plan to go back to my hometown in Hejian Mansion, have fun for a year or two, and when I'm bored, I'll come out and find something to do, junior brother, take care!"

After speaking, Luan Tingyu jumped out of the window, but in the blink of an eye, Luan Tingyu appeared at the window again, took out three folded pieces of paper and handed them to Li Yanqing, "I almost forgot, this is a soft whip method, your Qing'er sister's whip method is very good, but unfortunately it is a little slower, this can make her whip method go further." ”

"I'm leaving!"

Li Yanqing took the paper, and then looked out the window, Luan Tingyu had disappeared without a trace.

Li Yanqing sighed lowly, sat back under the lamp, and carefully flipped through the information booklet that Luan Tingyu left for him.......