ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support! The person pretending to be the village girl is naturally Luo Baiguan, the head of the Liang Army, and the swarthy man who drove the car is the big butler of the Xu Mansion and the big head of the Tsing Yi Guard.

Tietou parked the ox cart in front of an inconspicuous small courtyard, jumped off the ox cart and patted the door three times, and after a while, the courtyard door was ajar, and the man who opened the door saw the iron head, looked happy, opened the gate, and let the ox cart come in. The man poked his head out and looked back and forth in the alley, and when he saw that no one was following, he retracted his head and closed the courtyard door tightly.

This is a two-way courtyard, the front yard is a blue brick wall, a small stone slab paving, a straight gravel path in the courtyard leads to the backyard, and the corners of the walls on both sides are neatly stacked with firewood half a person high, and a few clothes are dried on the firewood. Luo Baiguan jumped out of the ox cart and asked urgently to the man who opened the door, "Where is the water?" Get some water! ”

The man responded urgently, pointed in the direction of the kitchen, and said, "My lord, come with me." ”

Luo Baiguan hurriedly followed him.

Tietou stayed in the courtyard for a while, and then saw three people in Tsing Yi come forward and arched their hands in unison: "Subordinates see Tie Stallhead." ”

Tietou nodded, raised his hand and said, "Excuse me, how is the situation in the city during the days of the thieves' occupation?" ”

It turned out that this inconspicuous small courtyard was the secret contact point of the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Office in Pingliang City, and the person in charge was a captain of the Detective Department, named Yao Shi.

Yao Shigong said: "Please go to the backyard and report to your subordinates." ”

At that moment, Tietou followed the three Tsing Yi people into a room in the backyard, Yao Shi arranged for spies to be responsible for guarding the front and rear doors, and served tea and snacks, and then took out a report attitude and arched his hand to Tietou who was sitting at the top and said: "After the thieves captured Pingliang City, the city gate was closed for a period of time. The stall head went to the capital with the young lady, and his subordinates and others did not get the order to evacuate, so they continued to lurk in the city. ”

Tietou said: "Captain Yao and the brothers have worked hard these days. What is the distribution of thieves in the city? Have you ever found out? ”

Yao Shi said: "This time, the thief went to the dragon and passed the star. After Shen Yikui, Wang Zuogui and Miss Si and other leaders captured Pingliang City, they divided their troops to attack several county towns in the territory one after another, and they elected Wang Zuogui as the leader of the thieves, and Shen Yikui as the deputy. At present, the main force of thieves in the city is mainly Wang Zuogui and Shen Yikui's people, and the men and horses of other bandit leaders occupy other county seats. ”

Tietou nodded slowly and asked, "Where are the four young ladies' men stationed?" ”

Yao Shi said: "After the fourth lady Li Ting led the army to capture Loujiabao near Chuxian County two months ago, she obtained a lot of money. Recruiting troops and horses, the strength ranks third among the leaders of the thieves, according to rough estimates, at least 20,000 soldiers. Some of them were stationed in Huating County, and some were stationed at the west gate of Pingliang. The fourth lady herself lives by the West City Gate. ”

At this time, Luo Baiguan had washed the rouge and gouache on his face, and walked in while wiping his hands. Yao Shi and the others hurriedly got up to salute. Tietou introduced the two sides, and Luo Baiguan opened his mouth and said: "Captain Yao, accompany me to the fourth lady's station in a while, I have to find an opportunity to send something to the fourth miss." ”

The fourth lady's current residence was originally the mansion of a wealthy gentry in the city. After the fourth lady led the army into the city, she ransacked the rich families in the city, and the fourth lady fell in love with this mansion that covers an extremely large area. easily disposed of the rich gentry's family, lived in it with peace of mind, washed it up, and used it as the headquarters of Li Jiajun.

The house is tightly guarded, with more than ten people guarding the gate, guards are also arranged for various doorways, and from time to time there are teams of patrolling soldiers patrolling around.

At night, the courtyard is brightly lit, and the red lanterns have been lit everywhere, and the red lights make the house as festive as the New Year.

The leader of the Li family army at this time. The fourth lady, Li Ting, took off her usual men's clothes in front of outsiders and changed into a pale pink long skirt. A palace hairstyle was tied on his head and strung with a silver hairpin. The face is gentle, and the figure is gentle, just like everyone sitting in a small pavilion by a pond, stroking the piano and singing softly.

The man who was called the Duke by Li Jiajun sat aside, squinted, holding a paper fan in his hand, and beat to the sound of the piano one by one.

The sound of the piano is clear, the singing is tactful, and the song is resting, and the governor opens his eyes and clapps his hands.

"Ting'er's piano skills are becoming more and more proficient, and the music we heard in the palace back then was nothing more than that."

Li Ting covered his mouth and chuckled, "Grandpa made fun of Ting'er." ”

The Governor chuckled, shook the paper fan lightly, and said quite proudly: "How can it be a joke, in time, let's wave our division to the north and drive that Chongzhen child off the stage, and our family will find the most famous musician in the capital, compare the piano skills with Ting'er, and see if our family is lying today." ”

Li Ting chuckled, and when he heard the Duke say that he was going to fight to Beijing City, he couldn't help but look a little darker, looked at the high-spirited Duke, sighed, and said worriedly: "Grandpa, let's not talk about hitting Beijing City, it's still a question whether Pingliang Mansion can be occupied, do you see that in the past two months, Wang Zuogui and Shen Yikui have the idea of attacking Jingzhou, Zhenyuan and Guyuan?" Jingzhou City was fought twice, but if it was not defeated, no one mentioned the matter of fighting Jingzhou again. ”

When the Duke heard this, he frowned and said disdainfully: "Wang Zuogui and Shen Yikui, the two mud-legged kings, are short-sighted and short-sighted, and they think that if they occupy Pingliang City, they will occupy the entire Ming Dynasty. I heard that Wang Zuogui is still thinking about ascending the throne and becoming king? ”

Li Ting nodded, "A few days ago, someone mentioned it to the leader of the king. It was only because of the child's resolute opposition that he gave up. ”

The Duke sneered twice, and said disdainfully: "What a frog at the bottom of a well who has never seen the world!" ”

Li Ting's face was even more worried, and he stroked the strings and said, "I heard that Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang has been promoted again, and he has already put on a red robe. According to the news sent back by the spies, it seems that he has bought a lot of horses in the pastures of Guyuan and Tongwei, and it seems that he is going to train cavalry. ”

Dugong's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Is the news reliable?" ”

Li Ting nodded.

The Duke also became anxious, looked at the night sky, and muttered: "Our family looks at Xu Liang, this person is not an easy character to deal with, this kid put us together in Chu County, and broke a lot of us in Maling...... If he has a cavalry under his command, then our situation will be very bad. The Duke walked a few steps anxiously, waved his hand and said: "If this person is not removed, he will be a big trouble for us in the future, and we have to think of a way to step him down." ”

Li Ting listened to it and said disapprerovitically: "Grandpa is too worried, even the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, can't do anything about us, he knows a little Pingliang, even if he builds a cavalry, how many waves can he stir up?" ”

The governor shook his head and said, "The governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, is the person who is about to enter the ground, and those soldiers in the northwest will not buy the old guy's account, so he is not worried." It's this Xu Liang, don't underestimate him. ”

Li Ting pursed his thin lips, still a little unconvinced.

The two were silent in the pavilion for a while, and then they saw Li Chaoqin, the head of the march of the Li family's army, coming over in a panic. Li Chaoqin handed the two crumpled paper balls in his hand to the Duke and Li Ting, and said with an uneasy expression: "Dugong, Miss, someone just threw it in from outside the courtyard wall, you can take a look." ”

The Duke unfolded the paper ball in his hand suspiciously, leaned in front of the red candle and looked at it, sneered, looked at Li Ting with a look of surprise on his face, and said: "What are we talking about, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive!" ”

Li Ting was shocked and said, "Xu Liang wants to ask me to meet, what does he mean?" ”

The Duke of Du was still groaning, and Li Chaoqin hesitated and said: "This Xu Liang is the same acquaintance of Pingliang Mansion, and now his prefect's yamen is occupied by our people, and he has not made any big moves in the past two months, could it be that he came to us to make peace?" ”

"Peace?" Li Ting shook his head and said, "If he Xu Liang doesn't have the ability to take down Pingliang, why should he make peace with us?" Then he looked at the Governor and asked, "Grandpa, what do you think?" ”

With a cold light in his eyes, Duke Du snorted coldly, and said, "It seems that the defense of our Pingliang City is not monolithic, how many court spies are there in the city?" Well, it's impossible to make peace. Since he has made an appointment for us to meet, let's go and see what kind of medicine he sells in Xu Liang's gourd. ”

Li Ting nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll prepare and meet him in person." ”

The Duke shook his head, pointed at Li Chaoqin and said, "No, you can't go." Although the two armies are at war and do not kill them, no one can guarantee that this Xu Liang will not play cards according to the rules, let Chaoqin go for you. ”

Li Chaoqin pondered, nodded yes, said goodbye to the two, came out, walked halfway and took out another paper ball in his arms, unfolded it, and couldn't help scolding: "Will this damn Xu Liang pick the hour?" Three watches looking for someone to meet in the middle of the night! He looked at the paper ball in his hand, and scolded: "His subordinates don't know how to do things, and they actually used more than ten paper balls to deliver a letter, which is a waste!" After scolding, Li Chaoqin threw the paper ball in his hand, and the paper ball drew an elegant arc in mid-air and fell into the grass. (My novel will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)