After a cup of tea, the three people who had gone out before came back with a happy face, and happily chose left and right in front of more than a dozen baskets of hot steamed buns, and each picked two white steamed buns that they thought were the largest and re-entered the prison, swallowing them as they went.

Xu Liang chuckled and said, "It seems that these three have a very smooth recollection." ”

The ready-made examples were placed in front of them, which made many officers and soldiers of the guard station feel relieved, and everyone raised their hands one after another. More than 20 officers and men of the guard station went out to reminisce.

It was another cup of tea, and more than 20 people came back with two steamed buns in their hands.

At this moment, almost all the officers and soldiers of the guard station raised their hands, eagerly looking forward to their turn to go out for questioning a moment earlier, so that they could eat hot steamed buns earlier.

Xu Liang came out of the prison with his hands behind his back, and the iron head came up with a stack of written records in his hand, and reported to Xu Liang happily: "The young master still has a way, and this time, he got so many records." ”

Xu Liang chuckled, looked at the officers and soldiers of the guard who happily finished the transcript and returned to the prison to receive steamed buns, and said: "After the transcript is recorded, Tsing Yi Wei will carefully investigate, and he will definitely be able to find something special from it." ”

The iron head rubbed his hands, "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely find out." ”

The transcript of more than 400 people will not be completed for a while and a half. Leaving a few generals and Tsing Yi Wei to supervise on the spot, Xu Liang and Long Feng, Tie Tou and others returned to the Chinese army's big tent and had a beautiful luncheon specially prepared by Long Feng. After the luncheon was over and the transcript was finished, Xu Liang and the others returned to Xu's mansion, and Tietou went to arrange for someone to check the transcript.

The three ladies of the Xu Mansion greeted them and hugged Xu Liang into the mansion, and the eldest lady Feng Suqin said softly: "Xianggong." In the morning, Pingliang pushed the official Huang Dao Zhou, and came to the house. ”

"Hmm. Did Lord Huang say anything? Xu Liang asked.

"Lord Huang came to ask, when will the city gate be opened?" Feng Suqin said: "After the West City Gate incident. The four city gates of Pingliang have been half-closed for five days, and the people inside and outside the city have quite opinions, and Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, urged Lord Huang several times. ”

Xu Liang thought that he didn't know when he would be able to investigate the incident at the West City Gate, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Pingliang City, and it was indeed not a matter to close the city gate for a long time. Then he nodded and said, "Open the city gate today." After that, Xu Liang beckoned a Tsing Yi guard and told him to inform the Liang army of the city defense camp to open the city gate.

Feng Suqin clapped her hands happily, "Great." The soappaste in the city has long been sold out, and several shops have long been out of stock, and the city gate is open, just in time to replenish the stock. ”

Xu Liang coughed a few times and reminded: "Pay attention to the image, the image!" ”

Feng Suqin glanced around nervously when she heard this, and saw that except for Dai Yingying and Lou Xian'er who were covering their mouths and snickering, the guards who passed by were all lowering their heads and hurriedly dusting their skirts. Put on a dignified posture, put one hand around Xu Liang's arm, and snuggled in.

Xu Liang didn't squint, but said softly: "It's over." It's over! ”

Feng Suqin turned a deaf ear and hugged her tighter.

Dai Yingying and Lou Xian'er behind them couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed out loud: "Hehe." ”

The next day. Xu Liang couldn't help but be startled when he saw Tie standing in front of him with double panda eyes on his head: "Ah Tie." You went to be a thief last night? ”

The iron head complained bitterly: "Young master, I interrogated the transcript last night. My eyes are almost blind. ”

"Huh? That's hard work! Xu Liang secretly screamed ashamed, last night he hugged Xiangxiang and leaned on the jade, and slept sweetly. didn't expect that Tietou would stay up all night for the interrogation transcript. "Do you see any clues?"

The iron head yawned, raised a piece of paper in his hand, and said: "According to the young master's meaning, the Tsing Yi Wei wrote down all the things that the officers and soldiers of the more than 400 guards could think of, and found out the twenty events that appeared the most often. ”

At this time, Feng Suqin walked over, followed by two maids who had taken the early stage, and shouted, "Xianggong, get ready early." ”

Xu Liang pointed to the stone table of the small round pavilion in the courtyard, "Put it there first." Then he asked Tietou, "Have you eaten it?" ”

Tietou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat later." ”

Xu Liang waved his hand and said, "Why bother, let's go, let's talk while eating." ”

"This ......" Tietou was still hesitating, Xu Liang couldn't help but say, pulled him into the pavilion, and sat down with Tietou forced.

Seeing this, Feng Suqin smiled, motioned for Yahuan to put it on early, and ordered another Yahuan to come over earlier. Xu Liang noticed that there were only two dishes and chopsticks on the table, thinking that Feng Suqin was going to eat with him, but now that there was an iron head, Feng Suqin had to add dishes and chopsticks.

Xu Liang smiled apologetically at Feng Suqin, Feng Suqin pursed her lips, as if to say, you have called everything, and you still see what I do?

Tietou also noticed this situation, and immediately blushed, fidgeting, and said crampedly: "Young master, I'm not hungry, why don't you have breakfast with the eldest lady first, and I'll go outside first?" ”

Feng Suqin smiled mildly: "It's okay with the iron butler. I've called for someone to fetch the dishes and chopsticks. ”

Xu Liang took a sip of porridge and said, "Ah Tie, you sit here, I can ask you if I have any questions." ”

The iron head sat down cautiously.

Xu Liang watched while eating, suddenly snorted, squirted out the porridge he had eaten, and then coughed incessantly. Xu Liang pointed to the incident written on the paper, and said to Tietou with a smile: "What is written on this?" First, the ox cart that went into the city to pull dung appeared one hundred and seventy-eight times? ”

Feng Suqin looked at the iron head in amazement.

Tietou's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "According to the recollection of the officers and soldiers of the guard, there were indeed several ox carts pulling dung in and out of the West City Gate in those two days. ”

Xu Liang listened, was stunned for a long time, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Feng Suqin asked curiously what was going on, and Tietou told Xu Liang what he wanted to investigate from the objects entering and leaving the West City Gate.

"Second, a red-clothed vegetable seller aunt entered the city and appeared one hundred and twenty-one times?" Xu Liang asked again.

Tietou's face turned even redder, "I have also seen this aunt, she lives in the western suburbs of Pingliang City, often goes into the city to sell vegetables, and likes to wear red and green, which looks very conspicuous. ”

"Alas......" Xu Liang sighed, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that Xu Liang's face was not quite right, Tietou said: "Young master, these first two are indeed unreliable, if you look at the third one, the third one is much more valuable." ”

At this time, the maids brought up the added bowls, chopsticks, and snacks, and Feng Suqin drank porridge in small sips.

Xu Liang looked down and couldn't help but read out loud: "In the third article, a Taoist priest wearing a navy blue Taoist robe entered the city with a fortune-telling flag, and the banner said "God Operator", and there were eighty-nine ......."

Burst! Ahem! This time Feng Suqin choked, she blushed and said embarrassedly: "This porridge...... It's too hot, you guys go ahead!" After that, Feng Suqin took another sip of porridge, just took a sip, and spit it out again, and then couldn't hold back anymore, put down the bowl, lay down on the stone table, covered his head, shrugged his shoulders, obviously holding back a smile.

The iron head blushed like a big red cloth, and longed to make a slit in the ground so that he could get in. Xu Liang spread his hands helplessly and said, "If you want to laugh, you can laugh." Holding back the laughter, it's so tiring. ”

"Giggles, hahaha!" Feng Suqin laughed so much that tears came out, and she couldn't breathe.

Xu Liang looked at her helplessly, and after a while, Feng Suqin couldn't hold back her laughter, pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the tears on her face.

Xu Liang asked, "Is it funny?" ”

Feng Suqin nodded involuntarily, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and shook her head again and again.

Xu Liang glanced at her, looked at the paper again, and even looked at more than a dozen of them, all of which were trivial incidents, and couldn't help glaring at Tietou.

Tietou looked at Xu Liang very innocently, and said secretly, this is done according to your wishes, young master, you can't blame me entirely.

Xu Liang put down the paper, stroked his head and sighed: "Ah Tie, if you check like this, it is difficult to get the desired result." ”

The Iron Head nodded in acknowledgement, "I think so." ”

Feng Suqin interjected and said, "Xianggong, iron steward, I also understand your thoughts. In my opinion, since Xianggong suspects that Commander Ye has another purpose in seizing the West City Gate, then we might as well think about it from this aspect, if there is anything that cannot be done when the Liang army is defending the city, it can only be done if the Liang army is separated. ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment, patted his leg and praised: "That's a good point." That's what it means. ”

"But...... What do you have to do to separate the Liang army? Tietou said suspiciously, "The West City Gate is also an ordinary city gate, and you can't do anything else except enter and exit the city." ”

Feng Suqin rubbed her forehead, thought hard for a while, and said, "I remember that all vehicles entering and leaving the city gate, the cargo city defense battalion must be opened for inspection. Then, if Commander Ye wants to seize the West City Gate, he must send some things that are inconvenient to check out of the city, or enter the city. ”

"For example?" Xu Liang's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened, and looked at Feng Suqin and encouraged.

"For example, weapons, gunpowder, prohibited items, etc." Feng Suqin said, "But when this kind of thing enters and exits the city gate, most of them will be placed in a box or covered with a tarpaulin, in short, it will not be seen." ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly.

The iron head sat up, grabbed the paper on the stone table, pointed to the last few and exclaimed excitedly: "I remember, young master, madam, in the eighteenth article of the transcript, there are several carriages covered with black tarpaulins that have been allowed out of the city without inspection, and this incident has appeared forty-eight times. ”

Xu Liang took the paper, looked at it carefully, nodded, and said in a deep voice to Tietou: "This is probably what we are looking for, Ah Tie, you go and find those officers and soldiers who remember this matter, and then inquire in detail." ”

"Hey." The iron head responded excitedly and hurried away. (To be continued......)