Chapter 868: Insidious

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With the help of Ma Zhen, the owner of the Manganese Cave, Ma Lanhua hid in the 100,000 mountains and began to secretly contact the tribes that were still loyal to Mata, but most of these tribes were beaten extremely badly by King Ning, and they were either annexed or fled into the mountains, and it was not a simple matter to contact and gather them.

Now Zhongzi has confirmed that Ma Lanhua has entered the 100,000 mountains, but this area is so big, if you want to find these natives in a hurry, Rao is Zhongzi period is very intelligent, and it is impossible to do it for a while, and now the plan can only roughly delineate a range and eliminate them one by one. After all, after Ma Lanhua entered the mountain, she would definitely not be willing to be lonely, but would actively gather the old department and gather strength in order to avenge her father, she was afraid that she would not move, as long as she moved, Zhong Ziqi believed that he would be able to find her and get rid of her.

At present, Zhong Ziqi's main attention is still on the edge of the 100,000 mountains, and in the area of Fukang and Madian, where the Dingzhou soldiers sharpen their knives and may enter the mountains at any time. Although there are natural barriers such as mountains, Zhong Ziqi does not dare to take it lightly, and it turns out that in the battle with the Dingzhou soldiers, those who take it lightly and disagree with it now go to the king of Yama to drink tea.

When Ma Lanhua entered the mountain, in the area controlled by the Dingzhou soldiers in Ningzhou, there was another person who was also making Dingzhou's high-level and the Supervision Yuan nerve-wracking, that is, Xu Siyu, the general under the command of King Ning, has not been heard from so far, and it is like evaporating from the world, without a trace.

Xu Siyu is not like Lan Yu, he is a simple general, this person has strong martial arts, proficient in lurking, disguise, assassination, high martial arts, almost similar to Zhong Jingcha, the first master of the Dingzhou Statistical Survey Department that year, and this person can not only become a very threatening assassin, but also good at commanding troops to fight, such a person lurking in the territory of Ningzhou, it is like a time bomb, I don't know when it will be detonated with a bang, after all, Ningzhou has just been naturalized, and there are not a few people who hate Dingzhou in the territory and are loyal to King Ning.

In order to catch Xu Siyu, the Dingzhou Supervision Institute specially sent Han Yong, deputy director of the Field Service Department, to Ningzhou. Han Yong's background is very great, aside from his identity as the deputy director of the Field Service Department of the Supervision Yuan, his father Han Renjie is the senior brother of Zhong Jing, the first master of the original Dingzhou, and his martial arts can also be among the super masters in the world, and although Han Yong cannot be compared with his father and uncle, but his martial arts can also be called the world's first-class, plus because of Zhong Jing's relationship, Qingfeng spares no effort to cultivate Han Yong, and over the years, Han Yong has become the first person in the Young Zhuang faction in the Supervision Yuan, and has won Qingfeng's trust. This time, Han Yong was sent from Dingzhou, which also reflected Qingfeng's attention to Xu Siyu.

Dingzhou cast a net to search for Xu Siyu, especially in the direction of the 100,000 mountains, the arrangement was more strict, a large number of personnel of the Ningzhou branch of the Supervision Yuan, coupled with the capable agents of the Field Service Department brought by Han Yong from Dingzhou, blocked all the ways out of Xu Siyu, if it was only the military, Xu Siyu still had a way to get out, but now that capable peers have come, Xu Siyu's last hope has also been disappointed.

Although he couldn't enter the mountain, Xu Siyu also made Han Yong unable to catch him, and at this moment, Xu Siyu was hiding in Xiantao County, which was less than fifty miles away from Ningzhou City, just south and north of Fukang. As the so-called light is dark, Xiantao is too close to Ningzhou City, and it is far from the 100,000 mountains, the search and arrest here is much smaller, and Xu Siyu has been lurking here for a long time.

The reason why Xiantao was chosen, one is because it is difficult for the other party to think that there is the most famous eight hundred miles of Jianhu Lake in Ningzhou in the territory of Xiantao, the water situation is complicated, the small islands in the lake are dense, and the reeds are born, this season is the season when the reeds are vigorous, if there is really a risk of being discovered, just flee to the Jianhu Lake, no matter how many people can not find him, and the troops stationed in Dingzhou in Ningzhou do not have a water army, how can a group of ducks show their skills in Jianhu?

The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, just like the Fukang people rely on the 100,000 mountains to make a living, Xiantao people rely on the rich water resources of the 800 miles of Jianhu Lake to live, in addition to the main rice producing area in Ningzhou, there are countless people to fish for a living, on the Jianhu Lake, the fishermen are more than 10,000 households? Large and small boats are like carp crossing the river, making every day at sunrise and returning at sunset, and they are free on the Jianhu Lake.

The safflower set is a lakeside settlement in Xiantao, which is mainly inhabited by fishermen who fish for a living, and the large shanty towns show that the people here still live a very poor life, many people stay on the boat for many years, only occasionally come ashore to stay for a few days, and these low shacks enclosed by mats woven with wood and reeds in the safflower set are the homes of these people.

There are hundreds of fishing boats of all sizes parked along the shore, when the sun rises in the east, the sun is shining, it is a good time to get out of the lake, one by one the fishing boats sail to the shore in the happy song of the fishermen, sail to the center of the lake with the hope of a bumper harvest, and gradually disappear from the field of vision, for the small people, who rules them is not much different, anyway, they fish and sell fish, pay taxes, who is the boss, is not inseparable from them, these ordinary people? What's more, after the people of Ningzhou came, they have sent officials from Dingzhou here, according to the official, there is no need for everyone to pay taxes this year, which is regarded as making up for the compensation of everyone looted before King Ning fled, and if you can not pay taxes, the fishermen can save a lot of money, which makes the people here really happy for several days, it seems that the people of Dingzhou are not as terrible as those who were officials said before, at least until now, I have not seen the previous propaganda of burning, killing and looting, all evil, on the contrary, The Dingzhou officials and soldiers stationed here are very friendly, and there is no arrogance to be an official.

In fact, the people's requirements have never been high, as long as they can survive and fill their stomachs, it doesn't matter who is the king, it's the same.

On the beach, a dark-skinned old man sat in front of a large pile of fishing nets, carefully arranging them, and mending the broken places as he went, his half-hunched back, his gray hair, and his tattered but well-washed clothes, no different from the fishermen who were doing the same work around him at the moment, repaired for a while, stretched out his hand to beat his back, coughed a few times, and looked around, only at this time, if you deliberately observed him, you would notice the occasional light in this man's eyes, It's a bit out of the way he looks now.

Two middle-aged men came over with a pile of fishing nets and threw them on the ground, and the two of them were talking and laughing while sorting out the nets slowly, but the content of the conversation between the two had absolutely nothing to do with the life of an ordinary fisherman.

"My lord, the outside is still very tight, there is no way to get out at all, now, only here is relaxing, in the direction of the 100,000 mountains, the sentry posts are dense, and there are countless bright posts and secret sentries in the Supervision Yuan" A middle-aged man said.

"It's not safe for adults to stay in this place all the time, I heard that the people of Dingzhou are about to start cleaning up the household registration in this shantytown, registering and making records, so that the identity of the adults will be exposed, so it is better to go into the lake earlier, find a small island to hide first, and then think of other ways after the wind passes." Another humane.

The old fisherman coughed a few times, lowered his head, and said with a wry smile while mending the fishing nets: "I admit that they look up to me, after so long, they still haven't relaxed at all, it seems that I won't be willing to rest if I don't catch me, have you heard the news of General Lan?" ”

A middle-aged man said: "My lord, General Lan is not locked in the cell of Fukang County, when I went to sell fish, there were rumors about this matter all over the street, it seems that the people of Dingzhou are deliberately demonstrating, I inquired, General Lan is locked in the original cell of the county government, there are still our brothers, my lord, otherwise, we will go to the prison, after rescuing General Lan, let's go to Jianhu Lake, what can they do to us?" ”

The old fisherman shook his head vigorously, "Don't act rashly, General Lan's status is so high, there must be a lot of security, and if you rush in, you can only throw yourself into the net."

The middle-aged man said in a low voice: "I went to investigate, the guards there are not very tight, and it is still guarded by a group of catchers in the old days, but General Lan's injuries are not yet healed, and it will take a lot of trouble to save people."

The old fisherman raised his head, "This is even more problematic, capturing General Lan is a major victory for the people of Dingzhou, how can they be so lax, according to what you said, there is a big trap there, waiting for us to get in!" We haven't done this kind of thing before, this Han Yong is inevitably too underestimating me, and such a little trick also wants to lure me in? Tell all the brethren that no one can act without my command, but that you are all lurking honestly, and that you will all be of great use in the future, and that you must not be easily folded into it."

"Yes, sir!"

"By the way, my lord, I saw a man unexpectedly today."

"Someone, who?"

"General Pondapang!" Another middle-aged man whispered. Although General Pang has changed his costume and his face has also been disguised, you always know that I am an expert in disguise, and I have seen General Pang several times before, so I recognize him at a glance."

"Pounda?" The old fisherman raised his head in shock, "He's still alive, how could he be here?" ”

"I saw General Pang with two people, bought some things in Xiantao County, and then went out of the city, the villain quietly followed, and found General Pang's residence, only ten miles away from Xiantao County, on the edge of Jianhu Lake, in a small Zhuangzi."

The old fisherman's eyes flashed, "It seems that General Pang has already prepared, yes, you go down and prepare, let's visit General Pang Da tonight!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The two middle-aged men whispered in reply, put the fish on their shoulders, and walked towards the boat by the lake, while the old fisherman also stood up with a bow and slowly walked back to the shack not far away.

Closing the door of the shack, the old fisherman's waist immediately stood up straight, and in a pair of eyes that were originally a little cloudy, the light flashed, "Pang Da, okay, interesting, since I can't go back, let's get something out here, eight hundred miles of Jianhu Lake, there is a lot to do!" He sneered.