Chapter 143: The Source of the Mask Man's Confidence
It's dawn!
The soldiers and horses guarding the yamen set out at dusk, and yesterday during the day, the garrison told all the officers and soldiers to rest well and hurry at night. So everyone's spirit is not bad, and within one night, they rushed directly to the shore of Taihu Lake. Camp on the shore to rest, just wait for dawn, read Lord Yue's secret letter, and then board the boat and go to Xishan Island.
Huzhou City is not far from Taihu Lake, itself is not far, but unfortunately, these soldiers have been training for a long time, and after walking such a little way, they are tired, and they fall asleep, and few of them wake up until Buddha Xiao.
Li Wanyong, the commander of the garrison, was one of the early ones, and as soon as it was dawn, he got up and led his cronies to patrol the camp. It is said to be a big camp, but it is actually very simple, except for some tents, there is not even a fence.
Li Wanyong led people around, he is the second person in the army in addition to the garrison, of course, he is not the only one.
He walked everywhere, and no one dared to stop him, and most of the soldiers on patrol were still dozing, and a few would pay attention. Li Wanyong's dozing soldiers did not reprimand, but walked over, and after a while, they came to the camp of the garrison.
In the camp, the tent was still heavily guarded, and half of the eight soldiers standing guard were dozing off with their spears, and the other half were still with their eyes open.
When the soldiers who opened their eyes saw Li Wanyong here, they hurriedly bowed down to say hello, their voices were not small, and they were expecting to inform their sleeping companions. The four sleeping soldiers quickly opened their eyes and saluted Mr. Qian with a smile.
Li Wanyong nodded slightly and said, "Is the garrison inside?" ”
"In ......," replied one of the soldiers with a smile.
"Help me pass it on, and say I have something important to see." Li Wanyong said.
"Yes. General Lee. "Don't look at Li Wanyong as just a thousand presidents, an official with a big sesame seed, but in the eyes of this little soldier, he is already a very tall existence. The soldier nodded in agreement. Then go into the tent.
This soldier can be regarded as the henchman of the garrison, otherwise he would not have the courage to go in, after he came in, he said in a low voice: "My lord, my lord......"
The garrison slept on the bed, vaguely heard the soldier greeting, and said sleepily: "What's the matter?" ”
"If you go back to your lordship, it is Mr. Li Qian who asks to see you." When I just faced Li Wanyong. You can call it 'General Lee', but in front of a higher-level garrison. It can't be called that. After all, the garrison is not qualified to be called a general.
"What time is it? What's the matter with him looking for me? The guard asked.
"It's Mao Shi, and Mr. Qian didn't say what it was, only that there was something important." The soldier said.
"It's just a minute, this kid wants to see me so early, okay, let him in." Guarding his eyes, he sat up from his bed.
The soldier went out to pass the word. Soon Li Wanyong walked in, first bowed and saluted, "See my lord." ”
"Mr. Li Qian, so early. What are you doing here? The guard asked.
"Is that the case that my subordinates have discovered something very important?" Li Wanyong said mysteriously.
"What's important?" The guard asked in confusion.
Li Wanyong whispered: "My lord, can you take a step to speak?" ”
"Okay, then come here." The garrison waved at Li Wanyong with some impatience.
Li Wanyong slowly walked to the side of the bed, and suddenly, he raised his hand sharply and grabbed the throat of the guard.
"You...... You ......" The garrison was pinched by Li Wanyong, and he was immediately startled, at this moment. He wanted to speak, but it was hard to get his voice out of his throat.
"Your Excellency. Don't panic, you just have a few words to say to adults. Adults just don't shout. Humble duty to ensure the safety of the adults. Li Wanyong smiled, but his voice was very low.
It's all at this time, and the garrison is helpless, so he can only nod honestly.
Li Wanyong took out the dagger from his arms, sat on the bed, let go of the hand holding the guard, and instead pressed the dagger against his vest, and then said: "My lord, I want to ask you something, and please don't hide it." ”
"Say it." The garrison said weakly.
"Did the Governor tell your Excellency to go back to Huzhou this morning?" Li Wanyong asked.
"No......" the guard said, shaking his head. It doesn't look like a lie.
"Really?" Li Wanyong said with a calm face, and at the same time the hand holding the dagger gently sent forward.
As soon as the garrison got up, the clothes on his body were already thin, the dagger was very sharp, and at the slightest point, it would tear through the clothes, and the skin would be red.
The garrison was startled, and hurriedly said, "You...... Let me think about it......" He pondered for a moment, then said, "By the way...... Before the Governor sent me out of his army, he gave me a secret letter, which I opened at the end of the day, not too early or too late......"
"I see, can you give that secret letter to the lowly officer?" Li Wanyong said with a smile.
How dare the guards say "no", nodded cautiously, pointed to the clothes hanging on the side, and said, "It's in the cuffs of that robe." ”
Li Wanyong glanced in the direction of the guard's finger, although this distance was not far, only two steps were needed, but as long as he moved, he would lose control of the guard. Everyone is a martial artist, who doesn't have a little kung fu, and the garrison is the number one here, and there are soldiers standing guard outside, as long as they shout, they can recruit helpers. Therefore, Li Wanyong didn't dare to let the garrison out of his grasp, and whispered: "Lord Lao is tired to accompany me over for a while." ”
"Okay."
The garrison and Li Wanyong got up at the same time, and when they came to the clothes, Li Wanyong said again: "Lord Lao has done it......"
The garrison was helpless, as long as he personally reached out and took out the secret letter from his sleeve. The two returned to the bed and sat down, and Li Wanyong instructed the guards to open the secret letter. The garrison obeyed the order, and when the secret letter was opened, it was written, "Return to the city at once, and rush to the governor's office at the beginning of the afternoon, and capture the thief." ”
Seeing the above content, Li Wanyong smiled and said, "My lord, what to do now, do you know?" ”
"I ...... I also asked for instructions...... "The garrison knows, this Li Wanyong, Bacheng is a thief, how dare he speak, no matter what, listen to him." It's important to save your life.
"When we were leaving, didn't we all say that we went to Xishan Island in Taihu Lake to suppress bandits, and we all had a set goal, so let's march according to the original plan." Li Wanyong said flatly.
"Yes, yes...... But ......" the guard nodded in agreement at first, but then his face was embarrassed.
"What's wrong?" Li Wanyong said coldly.
"Didn't Lord Yue send a messenger surnamed Li with a hundred guards to come with the army, he is Lord Yue's henchman, he must know the contents of the secret letter, if we continue to march and he comes out to stop it?" The guard said with a bitter face.
"This is not easy to do, you are a garrison, the biggest official here, the soldiers and horses here, all of them are your subordinates, he is just a personal entourage of Yue Su's subordinates, why should you take it seriously." I don't think it's as good as this, you can give the order now, let the soldiers suddenly attack, and destroy him. Li Wanyong said.
"That'...... Isn't that a rebellion......" the garrison said timidly.
"So what...... I only ask you, do you want to die or live now......" Li Wanyong said.
"I ...... Naturally, I want to live...... But he was sent by the Governor...... Many of the officers and soldiers below know about it...... If I order something to do to him...... There will definitely be those who don't dare...... And...... And you see it too...... He brought few people...... But each is an elite...... Once you really get started...... He's making a noise...... I'm afraid the outcome will be unpredictable......" the guard stammered.
Li Wanyong thought about it, this is also the end, what kind of bears these officers and soldiers under his command are, he couldn't be clearer. Lord Yue's prestige was there, and the people who ordered him to move, and a few of those soldiers dared to do it, who was not afraid of being raided by 'Yue's shaved head'. He pondered for a while and said, "Then let's do it, I'll let my people come in first, and then you send someone to invite the surnamed Li to come to the meeting, and as soon as he enters the tent, my people will directly kill him, what do you think?" They have no leader, and it is much easier to clean them up. Don't worry, Yue Su will definitely die this time, he explicitly ordered you to go to Xishan Island to suppress bandits, you are acting on orders, not in the city, his life and death have nothing to do with you. Those who know this secret letter, that is, these two people, Yue Su and his subordinates, there will definitely be no one left, and the one who knows the truth here is the one surnamed Li, kill him, no one knows, we should go to the island, after the matter is completed, the lowly duty must not give the adult a generous gift to suppress the shock. ”
What Li Wanyong said also made some sense, and the garrison would lose his life now, nodded and said, "Okay then...... Just listen to your ......"
At that moment, Li Wanyong called his six henchmen soldiers in, and the garrison master ordered someone to invite Li Haoran to come over to discuss the matter.
Li Haoran naturally knew about Yue Su's arrangement, and when he heard that the garrison had been invited, he thought that the garrison had read Yue Su's secret letter and asked him to discuss the matter of returning to the army. It can be said that he had been waiting for the news a long time ago, so he immediately took four guards and went to the tent of the garrison.
Outside the tent, a soldier made a sound, and the garrison inside said "please", followed by a soldier who opened the tent curtain and strode in.
Entering the tent, the garrison sat on the bed, Li Wanyong stood beside him, no matter what, at this time, if the two of them sat on the bed together, anyone who saw it would be suspicious. Moreover, it is inconvenient for Li Wanyong to put his hand behind the guard. However, in the tent, there are six of his own subordinates, and they still have their own guys, and the guards are unarmed, and if they dare to use abnormal movements, they will kill him immediately.
The six soldiers walked to the left, Li Haoran walked forward, the place where he stopped was exactly the center of the six soldiers, the two soldiers who were closest to each other, it can be said that as long as they go further, they can reach Li Haoran.
"See the Garrison." Li Haoran has no official position now, his identity is just a long-term follower, he stopped and gave a salute to the garrison.
But at this moment, Li Wanyong suddenly coughed, and this sound was the signal, and the six soldiers in the tent, almost at the same time, pulled out their waist knives and rushed towards Li Haoran.