At about three o'clock in the morning of the 13th, Erhu led the team to the opposite side of the river in Shendao Town, and sent a telegram to He Mei according to the order, waiting for instructions.

He Mei immediately sent him a telegram order: first, the troops did not make the slightest stop, and immediately crossed the river, so that no one could see that the troops had the slightest abnormality; Second, let Yang Sanfeng, Tang Ming, Peng Peng, Peng Ziqing, and each of them bring a few good hands, and immediately quietly return to Hefeng County with the radio. Yang Sanfeng and Tang Ming together, they didn't have to directly contact the water village, they just needed to observe when Tian Hezi fell back to the water village, and as soon as he came back, he immediately sent a telegram to report, and then waited for further orders on the premise of ensuring his safety. At the same time, Peng Ziqing and Peng Peng went to the wharf located more than 30 miles northeast of Shuizhai to inquire about all the specific circumstances of the fleet on which Tian Hezi was riding; Third, immediately send someone to escort the five spies back to Laosi City with cavalry, and they must not contact or talk to anyone along the way, and take them directly to Hemingxuan.

At the same time, Peng Ziqing also sent back news: Tian Haozi's fleet got off the boat in a desert in the middle of the night, and took advantage of the night to enter the deep mountains, not knowing where to go.

"Aunt He, these three orders of yours seem to be to immediately launch a second attack on Luoshui Village, right?"

He Mei nodded with a smile and did not speak.

"In that case, why do you still let Erhu bring the troops back to Lao Sicheng? I think it's okay to put it directly in Shendao Town. ”

Hearing this, He Mei's face turned straight and said, "Shihua, have you seen "The Art of War"? ”

"Yes."

"What's the first sentence on that?"

"Soldier, treacherous!"

"Since you know these five words, then you should keep them in your heart."

Wang Shihua sat up straight and was taught.

"The two armies face each other, once they start, under normal circumstances, victory or defeat is doomed. As the old saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, the key lies in the various preparations before the war...... The so-called time of day is the weather, wind direction and other conditions; Geographical advantage, that is, the geography of mountains and rivers; And the most important thing is people. It is further divided into: intelligence, weapons and equipment, personnel quality, generals' bravery, psychological quality, habits, and exertion in battle...... And luck and so on. You don't have to be superstitious about luck, the real big war, luck is very vague, although some people often say that luck determines half of the victory, but in my opinion, as long as all kinds of preparations are done better than the other side, the chance of luck appearing on the other side is smaller, so the key to fighting a war is to prepare before the war. ”

"Yes! Shihua remembered. ”

He Mei's expression relaxed, took a sip of tea, and smiled faintly at Wang Shihua: "As soon as Tian Hezi returns to Luoshui Village, or as long as I find out his whereabouts, I will immediately carry out a large-scale attack." But the main purpose of this attack is not to hunt the fields of hemp, but to find out who is behind the scenes......"

Speaking of this, He Mei paused slightly, thought for a while, and said, "To be more precise, I want to determine whether the other party has planted a secret agent on my Wang's territory, and if so, then I must lock a general range...... Shihua, you must remember: no matter how powerful the enemy on the surface is, it is not the most terrible enemy; And the enemy in the shadows, no matter how small, is the most terrifying. That is what the old saying goes: open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent...... If you can't find out the mastermind behind this scene, even if you destroy Tian Hemp, you can easily support the second and third Tian Hemp with the strength of the other party. See what I mean? ”

"Got it."

"Okay, Shihua, you go down first, I want to rest. When they arrive, you come again. ”

"Aunt He, using your braincase is the most nerve-wracking, you have to take care of your body and rest well. I'll learn from you later. ”

Back in the study, Wang Shihua just wanted to think quietly when Jiang Shoucheng came.

"The head of the family, there are two things that you have to personally instruct."

Wang Shihua took the notebook, opened it and took a look, the first thing was that the 30,000 smoking cessation pills had been prepared, and Wang Shihua had to nod before they could be shipped to the other three.

This matter has been discussed a long time ago, and the 100,000 catties of grain of each family have been detained, so naturally there is no problem.

But the second thing is a little strange: He Mei, in the name of Wang Shihua, asked Uncle Hu to secretly dispatch two hundred experts in ear power and eyesight, and one hundred of them were quietly deployed around Shendao Town and Wang's house, and at a special moment, they were specially observed to see if there were carrier pigeons or fast horses appearing from them. The other 100 people were scattered in all corners of Longtang Town and Laosi City, observing the carrier pigeons and checking around for the ticking of telegrams.

"Didn't I have already ordered it, about dealing with Tian Hemp, you don't need to report it to me, how to ......" As he spoke, seeing Jiang Shoucheng smile strangely, Wang Shihua came back to his senses: To mobilize so many people, especially the good ones in the secret agent, it must be nodded by Uncle Jing, who is in charge of intelligence, and Uncle Jing is not there, and Uncle Tiger temporarily takes his place. It must be because Uncle Hu is wary of He Mei that he will report the matter to himself. Of course, there is no euphemistic protest from Uncle Tiger.

Wang Shihua signed with a pen, smiled, and didn't speak: The uncles sometimes do a little too much, but this loyalty and vigilance are worthy of praise, and naturally it is not good to hit too hard, so Wang Shihua simply chose to acquiesce. In this way, she can also indirectly control He Mei's orders, lest she really take chicken feathers as an arrow - get carried away.

In fact, not long after Jiang Shoucheng went out, Uncle Tiger found him. When he learned of Wang Shihua's acquiescence, Uncle Hu smiled and said: "The head of the family is really the head of the family, not the head of the old family." It's still the head of the house. ”

Jiang Shoucheng also hurriedly added: "The head of the family also said: only use his mouth, not his hands!" ”

Uncle Tiger grinned even more when he heard this. patted Jiang Shoucheng on the shoulder and left happily. From then on, the uncles who were instructed, although they were meticulous in the implementation of He Mei's orders, even if He Mei wanted to mobilize five cents to buy a needle, the uncles would immediately report it to Wang Shihua, so that Wang Shihua could only acquiesce. It can be regarded as inadvertently finding a balance between the uncles and He Mei.

Early in the morning, Wang Erlin took two hundred cavalry to escort the five spies directly to Hemingxuan, He Mei left Wang Shihua, and after driving everyone away, he first gave a few words of encouragement to the five spies, and then began to ask alone.

Among these five spies, two are from the Li family, two from the Xiang family, and one from the Wang family.

What the first four said was similar to what was reported on the Erhu telegram, and there were no valuable new clues.

When the last one, who was also the most seriously injured Wang family, finished being questioned, Wang Shihua stepped forward to comfort him with a few words. didn't think about it, but he took Wang Shihua's hand, his eyes were red, and he begged: "Master of the family, before leaving, my aunt begged me to take care of my cousin, but he was killed by bandits with a cannon, I can't save it, please tell my uncle and aunt, I ...... I don't have the face to see them. ”

Wang Shihua was about to say yes, but he didn't expect He Mei, who was just about to drink tea, to ask, "Killed by the explosion?" ”

"Yes! I was less than thirty meters away from him and saw it with my own eyes. ”

Wang Shihua came to his senses: hundreds of bandits besieged eleven people, and they actually wanted to use artillery, and it would be hellish if there was no name here.

"You tell me carefully, otherwise, if his family asks me, I don't know how to say it."

"We followed them to the dock and saw that they were embarking, and we decided to scratch our tongues before we could come back to you. Then, I took my cousin and a few brothers and got in, and while they were in some confusion when they boarded the boat, I knocked out a guy who was peeing and looked like a little boss, and carried him back on the path. Unexpectedly, the other party's reaction was so fast, and when they saw that they were about to join up with the other brothers, they chased after them......" Speaking of this, he glanced at Wang Shihua and said, "Family master, I'm sure that the tongue we caught is definitely an important person under Tian Haozi, otherwise, they would definitely not have found out that the person was missing so quickly." ”

"Yes! Definitely. You go on. ”

"I asked my cousin to carry the people to withdraw first, and we will be behind. Unexpectedly, the group of bandits chased after them as if they were crazy. Although we killed more than a dozen of them, they were still scattered because of the small number of people. I chased my cousin down the path...... Later, when the bandits saw that they were a little far away and could not catch up, they bombarded us with artillery...... My cousin was accidentally blown off his waist by a shell and bled to death. By the way, my lord, I hadn't found anything before, but now that I think about it, at that time, their shells were completely focused on my cousin, as if they had to blow up that tongue. ”

"What about the tongue?"

"The tongue was hit by shrapnel in the head and died instantly. Also, the head of the house, they rushed up, checked the body of the tongue, and then went back with the body, and never chased us again, do you think it's strange? Later, Wang Shihua learned that the tongue was the head of the woman's guard sent by the mastermind behind the scenes, and he knew a lot of things, and he couldn't save it, so in order to prevent him from leaking secrets, it was normal to concentrate firepower to extinguish it.

Wang Shihua asked a few more words, and saw that he really had nothing to say, so like the previous people, he told him to pay attention to his body, and also asked him to keep this matter secret for the time being. Then he was carried down for treatment.

Sitting at the table, I saw He Mei with her head down, and her right index finger drawing circles on the table, knowing that He Mei was thinking about things, it was not easy to disturb, so she could only wait quietly.

"Why are you so stupid to look at me?"

"Aunt He, I'm learning from you. I didn't dare to bother, so I had to wait here for your advice. ”

He Mei glared at him fiercely, staring at Wang Shihua inexplicably. He Mei shouted to the outside world: "Xiao Jin, you come in." ”

After Liu Jin entered the door, He Mei asked in a low voice, "You heard it clearly, right?" ”

"Sister! You know, my ears are naturally good, and it's hard to hear clearly when standing by the door. ”

He Mei nodded and said, "You go to the telegraph room, ask them to send a telegram to Lao Jing, and ask Peng Ziqing to check whether this tongue was cremated, watered, or buried." If it's not cremation, then find a way to get that tongue's head over, and I'm going to see it. ”

After Liu entered the door, He Mei said to Wang Shihua Zhengse: "Now I will give you a task, find an absolutely reliable painter, let these five people dictate, and try to draw the appearance of the tongue accurately." ”

Soon, Erhu and the others came back, and He Mei invited the people of the other three families to eat and drink with great fanfare, and after a short rest, she let them leave.

The next day, He Mei didn't make any moves.

On the third day, he received a telegram that Tian Hezi took people back to Luoshui Village......