Shen Yue summoned Zhao Meng and asked him to send troops to guard the city gate with the government, so that he and Lai Ba and the others could find out the whereabouts of that group of people as soon as possible, and they had to race against time to grasp some information before they made the next move. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lai Ba had just gone out for an hour but ran back in a hurry, leading a chubby man, and when he saw Shen Yue, he hurriedly said,

"Shen Dongjia, this is my brother Wang Fatzi, he knows a person, it may be what you are looking for, but that person is not a foreign face, but a guy from the Chengnan Tavern, this person is responsible for delivering goods to guests, easy to deal with, Wang Fatzi often robs him on the road and asks him for some wine, but recently he goes out frequently, and often takes a long detour to the vicinity of our business when delivering goods, which is very suspicious."

Shen Yue saw that the wound on his hand was only roughly tied with strips of cloth, and he didn't even have time to treat the injury.

"Your news is very good, go to the front to get some silver taels to treat the injury, and I will compensate you after this matter"

Seeing that Shen Yue was very satisfied with his performance, Lai Ba asked someone to treat his injuries, he was a little excited, and got up and went out with thanks.

At this time, Shen Yue had some doubts in his heart, it was actually a tavern that came out, could it be that Chang Mao's analysis was wrong? But if it's just a business trouble, the opponent shouldn't act so blatantly, no matter what, it's better to strike first.

Shen Yue recruited people, disguised himself as an ordinary drinker, and took Wang Fatzi into the tavern in the south of the city.

It is facing the city gate and has convenient transportation. It was still early, there was no one in the tavern, a goatee shopkeeper was settling accounts, and a few men were tidying up the tables and chairs on the side, and there was nothing unusual to see.

Shen Yue whispered to Wang Fatzi, "Are all the people in this store here?" ”

The fat man looked around, and Nuno replied, "There is another guy who is not there." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person come in through the back door and whisper to the shopkeeper.

"That's the guy." Wang Fatzi pointed at the man and whispered.

Shen Yue hurriedly gave a secret order to Zhao Meng and others, and the group pulled out their knives, hulala surrounded all the people in the store, and the people in the store saw that they burst into action, and they were caught off guard, and several guys wanted to resist, but they were kicked to the ground by Zhao Meng and others, and the knife was on their necks, not daring to move.

"What are you going to do? Committing murder in broad daylight, is there no royal law? The old shopkeeper was pressed against the table and cried out incessantly.

Shen Yue ignored him and walked up to the guy who had just entered the door,

Seeing Shen Yue walking straight towards him, this guy was a little nervous, and suddenly twisted off the shoulders that were buckled, and raised his hand to stuff something in his hand into his mouth.

Zhao Meng's eyes were quick, and a heavy punch slammed into his throat, and the guy fell to the ground, curled up together, retching and spitting out the contents of his mouth.

Shen Yue picked it up, it was a paper roll the size of a match, and when he opened it, he saw that there were some accounts of incoming and outgoing goods written on it.

"Who are you? Let's release us soon, our owner knows some characters in the officialdom, be careful to make you look good. The shopkeeper threw it aside and shouted viciously.

"Aren't you looking for me? Now that I'm here, I won't invite your host to come out and meet me. Shen Yue removed the disguise on his face and said with a smile.

The shopkeeper glanced at the note in Shen Yue's hand, and said confidently: "Who are you and what does it matter to me, when the government comes, you will be asked to wait for a good look." ”

Shen Yue saw that the shopkeeper was tough, and he couldn't see anything at all, if it wasn't for the guy just now who was in a hurry to swallow this note, he would have suspected that he had found the wrong person. Several of the guys also stubbornly didn't speak, and some of them were in trouble.

"Take them to the backyard and interrogate them separately."

Shen Yue stood in front of the counter, looking at the note, wanting to see some clues from it, Zhao Meng came back from the backyard and said,

"I asked my brothers to torture these people, but it doesn't seem to be going to lead to anything, I see that there are some carrier pigeons in the backyard, let's not let these carrier pigeons go, and we may be able to find the nest of those people by chasing them."

"Although you are also a solution, but it is too late, these carrier pigeons are not sure whether they are born here or foreign, even if they can chase these carrier pigeons, in case they fly away in several ways, it is difficult for us to make a judgment, and we can't spare the energy to deal with it. There is still a glimmer of hope at the moment, and it depends on this note. ”

Although Zhao Meng was rude, he also had some insight, and asked hesitantly: "This note is full of accounts, is it a secret letter?" There is also this method in the army, but it is extremely difficult to crack. ”

"You take those pigeons away first, as a follow-up move. Also, help me bring a message to the prefectural order. Shen Yue said meaningfully.

Entering the backyard, Shen Yue saw that the old shopkeeper was still scolding angrily, and walked up to him and said sharply,

"It's better that you recruited early, since you dare to arrest my people, don't blame me for not being measured, don't you want the lives of those guys?"

"You don't want to wronged good people and frame them by the criminal law, what evidence do you have?"

Shen Yue put the note in front of the shopkeeper and said, "Don't act anymore, tell me what is written on it?" ”

The old shopkeeper glanced at it and said disdainfully, "This is the purchase account from the branch, what is there to say, don't bully others." ”

Shen Yue waved his hand outward, and a few bone-shattering howls came,

"I'm just giving you a few guys to break their legs, and I'll ask you again, what exactly is on this secret letter?"

"If you come at me, I will give an old bone here, and when our proprietor knows, you will not die well," the shopkeeper shouted,

Shen Yue saw that he obviously wanted to cheer up the guys outside, and in a fit of anger, he pulled out a knife from the hands of the soldiers next to him, and was about to get started, but he heard a loud shout from behind him,

"Stop!"

When he turned around, he saw that it was Ouyang Chen, the county commander, who led a group of officials to break in.

"You kid is too rampant, don't think that if you go to the barracks, Lord Ben won't be able to control you, this tavern is specially taken care of by the state government, how can you be presumptuous here."

Ouyang Chen ordered someone to snatch the swords and guns of Shen Yue and the others, and helped the old shopkeeper and a few people up.

"Thanks to the adults for coming in time, otherwise we would have been tortured to death by this guy, he framed us for no reason, and asked the adults to punish him." The old shopkeeper stepped forward to complain.

Shen Yue was about to explain, but Ouyang Chen waved his hand and ordered,

"Escort them back to the county government and keep them under strict guard."

Shen Yue had no choice but to tie his hands and follow the servant out of the door, but the shopkeeper was a little anxious, snatched the note from Shen Yue's hand, thanked Ouyang Chen for his kindness, and sent him out.

When he came to the county office, Shen Yue calmly sat on the chair and said with a smile: "My lord bravely captures the gangsters, it is really majestic." ”

"You don't have to laugh, although it was acting just now, but it was also startled, I don't think the shopkeeper is stupid, if you want to borrow him to lead the way, I'm afraid it's difficult." Ouyang Chen frowned.

"I also have no choice but to take risks, and I still need the word from the adults to say that we have been imprisoned, and I will ask a few more subordinates to continue to find other people's bad luck, so as to disturb the situation and confuse the public, which should make him let down his guard. There's also something you can do to help. ”

Shen Yue said and took out a note,

"Didn't the shopkeeper take this back?"

"I forged him, but fortunately he went in time, he hasn't seen it yet, the secret order has been unlocked by me, and it's not difficult to forge one." The technology of transmitting intelligence in the Ming Dynasty was still immature, and the password used was as simple as a crossword puzzle for Shen Yue.

Shen Yue took the pen and paper, showed Ouyang Chen the secret order on the note, and wrote: The ambush has not succeeded, Shen has led the troops back, and the third prince has sent an order to let Shen go to Qingsongling on the fifth day of the first month of this month to change people.

"This thief is a good place to choose, the green pine ridge forest is deep and woody, I'm afraid that I will lead you over to ambush again, before you brought people back so that they couldn't prepare, this time I'm afraid that I will send troops to come over and besiege and kill." Ouyang Chen said with a sigh.

"If I hadn't gotten this note in advance, I'd have gone there even if I knew there was an ambush. These three sons seem to be a decisive person, knowing that I will not go alone, and he is sure that he will subdue us, and he is afraid that the comer will not be good. ”

In the teahouse in the south of the city, the old shopkeeper didn't care about the injuries on his body, returned to the counter, took out an account book, compared it with the accounts on the note, and muttered to himself: "The ambush failed, the third prince was seriously injured, everyone is uncontrollable, return quickly." ”