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Neither the moonlight nor the starlight can illuminate Banshu Castle in the middle of the night, which makes the whole town seem extraordinarily quiet and deep.

Since the beginning of darkness, there were hardly any people going out in the city, except for a few teams of soldiers and horses patrolling the city as usual, only a few barking dogs made this quiet environment a little angry.

For some time, the night of Banshu Castle has always been like this. But tonight, things are clearly different. A dark figure cautiously walked through the empty streets, pausing from time to time to look around, and then continued to tiptoe forward, towards the state office in the middle of the city.

After several attempts to avoid the sight of the patrolling party, the man finally reached his destination, and with a little hesitation, he deftly climbed over the outer wall and entered the yamen. Compared with the quietness outside, this long-abandoned state office is even quieter, making people's hearts tense and sweating on their backs, but this person still stubbornly continued to touch inside.

Suddenly, he stumbled on his foot, and he didn't know what he was hooking, and his whole body lost his balance and fell forward. This made him even more panicked, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to support himself before he could stabilize his body, but this time, his hand still made a sound on the ground, although it was not very loud, but this crisp snapping sound was particularly harsh in the empty and silent night.

Just as he was about to move on with some chagrin, a dark shadow flashed from the side out of the corner of his eye. He hurriedly stepped back, his hand reaching for his waist. But apparently, the sudden appearance of the figure moved much faster than him, and even after he made these two movements, there was a small scimitar at his throat, and at the same time a cold voice sounded in his ears: "Who are you?" ”

Obviously, if he made any movement or answered the wrong question, the knife would not hesitate to cut his throat, and he would not let out even screams. But he didn't feel too nervous, just smiled reluctantly: "Didn't you leave a letter for me to come here?" I'm the brocade guard. As he spoke, he put his hand on his waist again.

"Don't move!" The person who was holding him on his side was unusually alert, and after whispering a warning, his other hand reached out to his waist and searched, and he found the waist tag that he deliberately carried on his body to prove his identity.

Although it was in the dark night, the man's eyesight was not greatly affected, and after the clumsy handwriting on the waist card entered his eyes, the hostility on his face disappeared, and with a sudden, the small scimitar was also taken back by him: "It turned out to be his own brother, offended." ”

"It doesn't matter." Wu You subconsciously rubbed his throat with his hand, feeling that there was still a cold and stinging discomfort there, but he said, "You left a message in the city to let me come to meet?" ”

"No, it's us." The man grinned: "In the lower Zhukong Rock, I just waited here for Your Excellency." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Zhu, in Xia Wuyou. I don't know where the adults are? ”

"You come with me." After confirming the identity of the other party, Zhu Kongyan was no longer on guard, and after receiving Wu You, he transferred to the backyard of the state office, and saw Yang Zhen in a room.

"Is this lord indeed our Jinyi Guard?" After seeing Yang Zhen, Wu You couldn't help but ask with some surprise. In his opinion, the man in front of him was too young, and although he looked shrewd and powerful, he was still a little surprised.

"This official Yang Zhen is the commander of Jinyiwei." Yang Zhen knew that he couldn't hide anything at this time, so he revealed his identity, took out his ivory and gold-inlaid waist plate and shook it in front of Wu You.

Although he only looked at it roughly, Wu You already believed in Yang Zhen's identity, and at the same time, his face was full of surprise and reverence: "You...... Is it Lord Yang? That Lord Yang who defeated Feng Bao and did a lot of great things in Guangxi? ”

"Why, you know me too?"

"I have heard the name of an adult for a long time, and I think that it is impossible to see the true face of an adult in this life!" Suddenly, Wu You became a little excited, and wanted to kneel on the ground to salute Yang Zhen as he spoke, but was stopped by the latter: "Everyone is a brother, why bother with so much courtesy." ”

"Although the humble position is a secret guard, but it is also a person of Jinyiwei, and it is not a good feeling to know that my Jinyiwei was pressed to death by Dongchang and others. Fortunately, Lord Yang is here, and our Jinyi Wei can see the light of day...... And the adults have made contributions in Guangxi again and again this time, which makes my generation feel rejoicing! Although he stood up straight, Wu You still said excitedly: "By the way, is it also to crack down on these thieves by sneaking into Banzhou this time?" ”

Yang Zhen smiled, and then nodded and said, "Not bad." But this time the situation is more dangerous than ever, after all, we are working under the watchful eye of a powerful enemy. I want to use the power of your brothers who have been hidden in Banzhou, are you willing to do something with me for the court and for my Ming Dynasty? ”

Looking at Yang Zhen's solemn appearance, listening to his calm but encouraging words, Wu You only felt that his heart was beating faster, and his body was also hot, and then he nodded heavily: "I am willing to attach my lord to my tail, and I will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire!" At this moment, he completely forgot all his previous concerns, who called Yang Zhen in front of him the person he admired the most?

"Good!" Yang Zhen smiled with satisfaction: "With the help of you, who have been rooted in Banzhou for many years, it will be much easier for us to do something." By the way, do you know that there are other Jinyi guards in the city now? ”

"This ...... There were a few of them before, but they suddenly revealed their identities earlier, and they were all taken down by Yang Yinglong's people. ”

"How so?" Yang Zhen frowned slightly, he was expecting to find a few more helpers.

"Two or three months ago, the brothers of Jinyi Wei Chengdu Qianhu Institute sneaked into the city and wanted to assassinate Yang Yinglong, so they found those brothers. As a result, things failed to be done, and they fell into the hands of Yang Yinglong instead. In the end, they couldn't withstand the torture of those thieves, so they confessed all the brothers in the city who had received them before......" Wu You bowed his head a little gloomily and said: "The humble position is because as a secret guard, it is different from their identity, so they have not been implicated. But it was from that time that the defense of Banshu Castle became extremely strict. ”

"Is there such a change?" Yang Zhen sighed unconsciously. Although these Jinyi guards caused the murder of other brothers in the city, he didn't blame them for their thoughts, after all, they also came with the idea of killing the enemy for the country, but unfortunately they were captured and ended up like this.

Cai Yingyang and the others also showed helpless looks, and they also admired Yang Zhen even more. Sure enough, his decision was correct, and now this Banzhou City should be on guard everywhere with people like them, and only careful planning can find a way to deal with Yang Yinglong.

Next, Yang Zhen asked Wu You some questions about the city's defenses and the like, but unfortunately his knowledge of these was too limited to provide more clues.

"By the way, you've been here for a few years, so what do you do on weekdays?" Yang Zhen then remembered a little and asked.

"Humble duty is now a steward in the granary of the city."

"Is it military or civilian?" When Yang Zhen heard this, his spirit suddenly lifted.

"It's military rations."

"That's easy to do, as long as we burn down the granary, any Yang Yinglong, any rebel rebels have to drink the northwest wind, and their rebellion will collapse without a fight!" Cai Yingyang suddenly perked up and said.

Not only him, but several other people were also full of surprise, looking at Wu You as if they were looking at a baby.

But Wu You smiled bitterly and said, "This matter is not as simple as you think. Because the grain in Banzhou was only a small part of the use of the rebels, more grain had already been hoarded in the city ahead. Moreover, the guards there were extremely tight, and I was only one of the stewards, so I could not do anything inside, let alone set fires. ”

"As long as you understand military affairs, if you don't attach great importance to food, it's really hard for us to have any ideas on this." Yang Zhen also nodded approvingly, and glanced at Cai Yingyang again: "Don't think about such a good thing." In fact, he has another layer of concerns, but it is difficult to say, even if this thing is easy to do, I am afraid that this Wu You will not dare to cooperate with them to do such things, after all, once something happens in the granary, people like him will definitely be suspected first, and he and his family will not be able to run away at that time.

"Is there anything else we can do?" Cai Yingyang asked helplessly.

"There is always a solution to things, and it doesn't have to be such a direct method, but you can go other ways." Yang Zhen pondered for a while and said, "By the way, apart from this state office, are there other safe and hidden places where we can live temporarily?" ”

"This ......" Wu You thought hard for a while, but couldn't give an answer: "In recent months, the city has been watching, and there is really no safer place than here." ”

"Okay, then we'll stay hiding here for the time being, and if you have any ideas, you can come back to us. Go back today as if nothing had happened. ”

"Yes, the subordinate retired." After saluting Yang Zhen, Wu You turned around and left.

After seeing the other party disappear into darkness, Yang Zhen's brows furrowed: "This Wu You seems to have something to say all the time, but he doesn't know whether to explain it to us." ”

"Your Excellency means he has something to hide from us? Is he trying to harm us? ”

"That's not it, he's just a little worried, and he doesn't dare to say something, so he seems a little restrained." Yang Zhen lowered his head thoughtfully and thought for a while: "It seems that there are some things that we have to find out by ourselves." ”