In Chenliu County, Liu Lancheng stared at the fifth day of the warehouse in Beidi, and the warehouse that had been silent finally moved. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this morning, more than a dozen samurai escorted a carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate, the door opened, Gao Hui got out of the carriage, and walked quickly to the warehouse.

Liu Lancheng, who was sitting on the second floor of the restaurant opposite, hurriedly asked Ling Jing in a low voice, "Sir, who is this woman?" ”

"She is Gao Hui, the leader of the Bohai Society." Ling Jing looked at Gao Hui's back and said.

"Since she is the leader of the Bohai Society, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to simply arrest her directly?" Cao Anxin, another scout deputy, asked.

Ling Jing thought about it, but still shook his head and said, "Our plan has been formulated, there are no loopholes, so don't change it easily." ”

After waiting for five days, the other party finally moved, Ling Jing was also a little excited, and he whispered to Liu Lancheng: "Go find Wang Shun, we need information at any time." ”

"I understand it, so I'll arrange it!"

Liu Lancheng gave his deputy a look, Cao Anxin hurriedly got up and hurried with him, Ling Jing took a sip of wine, in fact, he also wanted to catch Gao Hui, but Liu Heimin was obviously more important than Gao Hui, so he suppressed this thought.

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In the inner hall of the cargo store, several subordinates bowed to Gao Hui, Gao Hui sat on the couch, took a sip of tea and asked, "Is there any abnormal situation here recently?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, Chen Liu's side is very calm, and there is nothing abnormal."

"But there is an abnormality in Luoyang, the two stewards want to slip away, one was executed, and the other does not know his whereabouts for the time being, these two stewards know the situation in Chenliu County, and I am very worried that the government will take this goods store."

"Mrs. Qiyu, if there is bad news from the official side, Master Wang will definitely notify us in advance, but now there is no news from Master Wang, it means that the Sui army is not eyeing us in Chenliu County."

"But I'm worried that the night will be long and dreamy, and that shipment will have to be shipped away immediately."

The head of the charge said: "The humble post is to be transported away, but the Sui army has been strictly inspecting the pig iron, the road is not safe, we are waiting for the opportunity, but I heard that it has been lax in the past two days." ”

Gao Hui said coldly: "I just came here for this matter, and now I am lax because of the Queen Mother's birthday, and all counties in the world celebrate for ten days, so the checkpoints are not checked for ten days, I did a test, and the pig iron can pass the checkpoints, so that batch of goods must leave immediately, and go north to cross the Yellow River in Dongjun, be fast!" Must arrive in Upper Valley County within ten days. ”

Under the cover of transporting tea, they used more than 200 mules to transport tea, cowhides, and 500 pieces of Mingguang armor to the north.

Just when the warehouse was busy, Wang Shun slipped out quietly from the side, Liu Lancheng's soft and hard work played a very good role on him, Wang Shun has now become the Sui army's internal response in the warehouse, staring at the five hundred pieces of armor for the Sui army.

Wang Shun walked quickly to the mouth of the alley across the street, a carriage was parked here, he got into the carriage, the carriage started slowly, Wang Shun said to Liu Lancheng in the carriage: "That batch of goods will be on the road an hour later, and the tea and cowhide will go on the road together, and it is to cross the Yellow River in Dongjun." ”

"Is the message accurate?"

"Absolutely!"

Liu Lancheng took out an ingot of gold weighing about thirty taels and handed it to him, "Your son will be released when he turns around, you have worked hard in the past few days, and someone will continue to contact you in the future." ”

Wang Shun took the gold, got off the carriage without saying a word, and walked back quickly, Liu Lancheng immediately ordered: "Go to the inn!" ”

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An hour later, a caravan composed of two hundred mules left the North Goods Store, and went out of the North City Gate, their goods were tea and cooked cowhides, the Sui military law strictly forbade the slaughter of cattle, but cattle also have birth, old age, sickness and death, sick cattle and dead cattle are generally slaughtered by the government, merchants can buy cowhides from the government, as long as there is a certificate from the government, then the trafficking of cooked cowhides is not illegal.

As soon as the caravan left, Liu Lancheng immediately led thirty Sui troops to follow from afar, and Ling Jing returned directly to Zhongdu.

That night, Zhang Xuan received a secret report from Fang Xuanling, and at Fang Xuanling's suggestion, Zhang Xuan sent a hundred inspectors to the county checkpoints in central Hebei to temporarily serve as the leaders of each checkpoint, and their task was to ensure that the goods of the Bohai Society went north smoothly and prevent any accidents.

This was a large-scale covert operation, and it was also the largest operation since the establishment of the Northern Sui Intelligence Agency.

The route of the cowhide caravan is not difficult to determine, they crossed the Yellow River from Dongjun into Ji County, then turned to Wuyang County, Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Zhao County, Boling County, and finally entered Shanggu County, after entering Boling County, the caravan began to leave the official road and take the wilderness path.

Liu Lancheng, who had followed the caravan all the way, found that the other party had begun to walk the mountain road, so that they could be easily discovered, Liu Lancheng decided to make a risky attempt, and he ordered his deputy Cao Anxin to lead the team to follow far away from sight, and he himself pretended to be a mountain farmer carrying two loads of mountain goods to follow at close range.

After walking about five or six miles of mountain road, Liu Lancheng was stopped by two caravan guards and brought him to the caravan, at this time the caravan was resting in an open area on the mountain road, surrounded by snow, and the thick snow covered the entire mountainous area in white.

The head of the caravan surnamed Jiang, a capable general under Gao Hui, looked at Liu Lancheng and asked, "What's in the basket?" ”

Liu Lancheng smiled honestly: "Back to the master, they are all winter bamboo shoots, and there are two pheasants, and they are going to go to the county seat to sell them." ”

"You're not a local?" Steward Jiang glanced at him again.

"The villain is from Qi County, and he has been here for eight years, so he became a son-in-law here."

"Oh-"

Steward Jiang didn't ask much, everyone knows that in the eighth year of the Great Cause, the imperial court launched the Liaodong Campaign, hundreds of thousands of husbands were recruited in the Qingzhou area, countless people were displaced, and it was normal for Qingzhou people to appear in the Youzhou area.

Steward Jiang took a fancy to his sturdiness, and he was able to walk the mountain road with a hundred-pound burden, so he smiled and said: "I bought all your goods, and besides, I hired you for half a month, you can make a price!" ”

Liu Lancheng lowered his head and thought for a while: "If the master can give me a hundred yuan a day, I am willing." ”

Steward Jiang smiled, "Then we will make a decision!" ”

Liu Lancheng did not disappoint Steward Jiang, he was very capable, he took care of thirty mules by himself, and he worked hard to move and unload goods, and he was honest and honest, took the initiative to take care of the mules and horses, and cut branches to make the fire warm for everyone, which made Steward Jiang very satisfied, and two days later, his salary rose to three hundred yuan a day, and Liu Lancheng worked harder.

But Steward Jiang never dreamed that the special mark left by Liu Lancheng when he cut down the branches pointed to his subordinates behind him, so that his subordinates could follow them from a distance without being discovered.

Five days later, the caravan bribed the checkpoint officer with twenty yuan and successfully passed the last checkpoint in Boling County, which was also the caravan's nirvana.

They bribed them through various checkpoints with heavy bribes along the way, and their goods were never searched in any way, which surprised Steward Jiang, who had been a merchant for many years, and they were able to transport 500 pairs of armor through the whole of Hebei, in addition to proving their good luck, Steward Chiang also secretly sighed about the corruption at the bottom of the Sui army.

But if this is a large-scale cooperative operation of the Sui army, Steward Jiang will not believe it if he is killed, after all, intercepting the armor is a great achievement, who will let the armor go?

In the evening of this day, the caravan settled down in Suicheng County to rest, Liu Lancheng and the caravan stayed for six days, they were very familiar with each other, and the caravan's wariness of him was completely eliminated, everyone liked this honest and diligent young man very much, and Steward Jiang even moved his mind to recruit him as his subordinate.

Liu Lancheng was busy in the livestock shed in the backyard, carrying water and grass, and taking care of more than 200 mules by himself. ”

"It's okay, I'm used to it at home."

"Oh! Brother Liu is the pillar of the family! ”

"No way, there are wives and children at home, there are fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, my father-in-law was originally a hunter, he broke his leg last year, and since then he has been paralyzed, and I am the only laborer left in the family, they treat me well, not only take me in, but my son also has my surname, I can't repay their kindness."

"Brother Liu is a kind person, Brother Liu will do it with me in the future! I'll give you 20 yuan a month, enough for you to feed your family, how about it? ”

Liu Lancheng pretended to be silent for a moment and said, "This ..... I'll have to go back and talk to my mother. ”

Liu Lancheng scratched his head again, "Why don't I go back tomorrow first, and the steward will see if it's okay?" ”

Liu Lancheng has become the most important guy in the caravan, and it is very inconvenient to leave his caravan, Liu Lancheng also understands it in his heart, so he deliberately tried it.

Steward Jiang was willing to let him go, so he shook his head with a smile, "Brother Liu, don't worry, we will deliver the goods in Langshan, and we will arrive in three days, and then we will go back together." ”

Liu Lancheng's heart jumped suddenly, he finally knew the hiding place of Liu Heimin's army, it turned out to be in Langshan.

That night, Liu Lancheng slept in the livestock shed as usual, when three dog barks came from outside the wall, Liu Lancheng wrote the word 'Langshan' on a wooden board with charcoal, walked to the wall to solve it, and quickly threw the wooden board out of the wall, and Cao Anxin, who was waiting outside the wall, received this extremely important information.

(To be continued.) )