Chapter Twenty-Six: The Truth Emerges
"And Brother Thirteen, you have done the most for Daming, in the end, see how those dog officials repay you, suspect you, and kill you!"
Li Xin sneered in a low voice: "Are you old and confused when Sun Gebu is confused?" Any of those little messes? ”
"It's not that I'm confused, it's still ......" Lu Jiu felt a little unable to keep up with Li Xin's train of thought. Could it be? ”
Li Xin interrupted Lu Jiu's speculation, and said, "We have found the loophole of Dolgon, and we will do it tomorrow, we can finally have a chance to kill a bloody way and rush out!" ”
Hearing that he was finally going to do it, Lu Jiu's eyes were full of excitement, but the excitement lasted and he didn't have a cup of tea before he cooled down.
"It's easy to kill someone, but it's not so easy to escape. Brother Thirteen, how do we get out? ”
"That's why I called you to discuss, have you noticed the stables where the Tartars keep their horses?"
"How can you not notice, our battalion is stuck behind the stable, smelling the smell of horse manure all day long, thirteenth brother, you smell the smell of horse manure on my body."
In fact, in the past many days, Li Xin has not been hanging out every time, and he has been recording various key positions in the Qing army's barracks anytime and anywhere. For example, this stable, the stable is located in the northern part of the entire camp, and further north is the Han military camp, which is Lu Jiu's station. Between the stables and the big tent of the Chinese army was an empty small school yard, without any obstructions.
Li Xin just wanted to get to the point, but he heard a commotion outside, so frightened that Lu Jiu got under the bed as soon as he was short, and when Lu Jiu came, the lights were out in Li Xin's tent, and Li Xin lay on the couch and listened quietly to the movement outside. But after listening to it for a long time, neither footsteps came nor footsteps went away. The only explanation is that the right soundmakers are still where they are. Li Xin secretly regretted that he had been too smooth for a few days, and he was careless for a while, and he should have found a suitable excuse to let Lu Jiu come publicly, instead of being as sneaky as he is now.
If there were really soldiers patrolling the camp who came in to search for people, once they found out that Lu Jiu was here, it would be a big crime of a secret room conspiracy, and all their efforts would be wasted. The moment of waiting was so tormenting that it seemed to be still, Li Xin held his breath and waited for the verdict of fate, he finally realized how deep the fear of the unknowable is in the bone marrow, which is a hundred times more difficult than facing danger.
At last the footsteps sounded again, but instead of coming into the tent, they faded away until they were gone. But Li Xin still didn't dare to move, and at the same time stopped Lu Jiu, who was about to crawl out from under the bed. He still didn't dare to move, who knew how many people there were outside, if it was more than one, wouldn't it be a Zhongzheng person to move at this time.
At this moment, the person who sneaks around outside the tent will never be an accidental passer-by or an unintentional person. On the one hand, the military discipline of the Qing army camp was very strict, and it was absolutely not allowed to move around at will after beating a drum, and secondly, Li Xin's military tent was close to Dolgon's big tent, which dared to run here to spread wild.
After waiting for another half an hour, there was still silence outside the tent, Li Xin finally put down a hanging heart and motioned for Lu Jiu to come out from under the bed.
"Let the dog's day outside be scared half to death, the first time I killed someone, I was never so nervous and exciting."
Lu Jiu leaned on the edge of the bed and muttered in a low voice, "Brother Thirteen hurry up and explain the matter, I'll go back, otherwise if you stay here for a while, you may die at any time!" ”
Li Xin was no longer verbose and described in a low voice.
"For some reason, Dolgon would have a tryst with a woman in the tent every fourth watch......"
"What, woman? Then Dolgon looked honest, how could he do such a thing behind his back? ”
Of course, Lu Jiu also knew the news that it was forbidden to take women in the barracks, and if this news reached the ears of Emperor Taiji of Shengjing, even if he was a prince, he would have to walk around without eating.
"It's better for us to pick up his ugly things, we can't kill him, and he can also vent evil anger if he is disgusting and disgusting!" Then he shook his head and denied the previous statement.
"No, if he doesn't die, can he still eat our good fruit? Don't chase us to the ends of the earth! What do you say about the thirteenth brother, what the ninth brother will do! ”
Li Xin sneered, if he was just disgusted with him, wouldn't his efforts and gains be disproportionate? Isn't the risk of losing your head in vain?
"Tomorrow at this time, you need to come here on time, and then work with your brother to kill Dolgon, and then take the head." As he spoke, Li Xin took out two packages, one large and one small, from under the bed, both wrapped in layers of oiled paper. Li Xin handed over the small package to Lu Jiu first. "It's a flowering thunder fuse." And he handed him a large package. "It's gunpowder. When you were in Gaoyang, you made a mine, and the flower mine was the same as the process, and you went back and put gunpowder into a clay pot to make two simple mines. Then bury it in the stables. ”
Lu Jiu no longer talked nonsense, but listened carefully to Li Xin's explanations one by one, for fear of missing a word, he knew that this was a matter of life and death, and he must not be careless.
"Brother Thirteen wants to use the startling horse to create chaos, and then let's take advantage of the chaos to slip away?"
Li Xin's eyes flashed in the darkness, "Not only do we want to make a surprise horse, but we also have to rob the stable, tell the brothers to prepare a strip of cloth to block the horse's ears in advance, two horses per person, whether it can succeed or not depends on the war horse!" ”
Li Xin told again: "Remember, let's kill Dolgon first, then go back to the stable to rob the horses, and then detonate the flower thunder, don't make a mistake, otherwise one wrong step will be the wrong step." ”
In the midst of thousands of instructions, Lu Jiu left Li Xin's military tent and returned to his Han military banner. As soon as he entered his military tent, there were already a few old brothers waiting there.
"How? Is the thirteenth brother going or not? ”
Lu Jiu sighed: "The thirteenth brother was obviously held by the Tartar and hurt his feet, and he didn't give a word of approval......"
"Then let's make two tartars here with peace of mind?"
At this point, there was an immediate quarrel.
"Chu Si, you don't want to die, we still want to die, put down your tune......"
Seeing that several old brothers were about to quarrel, Lu Jiu waved his hand impatiently: "Don't make trouble, I have an idea." ”
Hearing that Lu Jiu had an idea, several pairs of eyes immediately looked at him. I only heard Lu Jiu say unhurriedly: "It's better to rob the thirteenth brother tomorrow and night and leave the Tartar camp!" ”
"Great! Lao Tzu has long seen that those tartars are not pleasing to the eye, and he has to give them a big gift before leaving. ”
Then several people applauded, and Lu Jiu explained Li Xin's plan as it was, and everyone dispersed after determining their own tasks.
Seeing that things were going so smoothly, Lu Jiu breathed a long sigh of relief, and lay on the couch in his clothes staring at the top of the black cave tent. He had a feeling that since he became a prison in Gaoyang County, Li Xin seemed to be a different person, not only speaking and acting strangely and strangely, but even the old brothers who were born and died had deep distrust. For example, the plan against the Tartar camp would not have been so concealed in the past.
Lu Jiu sighed again, fortunately, the thirteenth brother still trusted him, and he had to get along with such a compromise and expedient method, not only to let the old brothers know Li Xin's thoughts, but also to let the plan be implemented smoothly.
Early the next morning, according to the rules of the Qing army, if there is no war, several old brothers gathered around Lu Jiu and told him that everything that should be prepared has been prepared to stop, and he will start as soon as the night time comes. Time was grinding little by little in the anxious and nervous waiting, and Lu Jiu was rarely irritable, don't look at him as a rough man, but in fact, he is thick and fine.
At present, this Qing army camp is Dolgon's lair, and it is not difficult to rebel, but whether he can return it with his whole body is in two words, he can only bless the critical moment not to make any mistakes and forks.
But things often backfire, and the more you worry about something, the more you come. After noon, a rare guest came to the Han Army Banner where Lu Jiu was located.
It was actually obedient to the king Kong Youde.
When all the horse thieves saw that it was Kong Youde, they all looked at each other, and Lu Jiu also beat a drum in his heart, didn't this guy find any clues?
Lu Jiu, as a leader, is not a little bit worse than the status of the king of Gongshun, but they are all surrendered by the Han army, and there is not much gap in political status. The two of them first exchanged pleasantries, Lu Jiu let him into his main tent, and then ordered someone to boil hot water and bring the meat he had hidden.
Ordinary sergeants are not allowed to drink alcohol in the barracks, but they are not strict with eating and esophage, and it is reasonable for Lu Jiu to entertain this uninvited guest.
Lu Jiu couldn't understand Kong Youde's intentions, and after several spying, he took care of him left and right. After a delay until the sun set in the west, the obedient king still had no intention of leaving, which made the horse thieves anxious.
After the third watch, Li Xin waited left and right, Lu Jiu didn't come on time, an ominous premonition was like the clouds in the sky tonight, didn't something go wrong? As time went on, Li Xin became more and more restless.
Lu Jiu is a trustworthy person, and it is very likely that he was tripped by accident if he didn't come at this time, or at worst, he was exposed. Thinking of this, Li Xin couldn't help but wonder, if Lu Jiu really had an accident and was discovered by the Qing soldiers, then this plan would be in vain, and what could he do by himself.
Irritability and enthusiasm surged into his head at the same time, and Li Xin found that since the crossing, he was more emotional than before, which may have been influenced by the original "Li Xin". However, at this time, he didn't have time to study what kind of personality the original Li Xin was, and two difficult roads were waiting for him to choose.
One is to stand still, but Lu Jiu's exposure will cause Dolgon's suspicion and even punishment, which is equivalent to a disguised chronic death, although it can keep temporary safety, it is difficult to do anything more. The other is that no matter whether Lu Jiu comes or not, he will act according to the original plan single-handedly, the risk is big and the reward is equally large, the success rate of assassinating Dolgon is still very high, as long as Dolgon dies, it is equal to half of the success, and then wait for the opportunity to slip away, even if he is caught and killed, it will not be in vain to come to the Ming Dynasty.
After some thought, Li Xin touched the pass token rewarded by Dolgon, and then pulled out the Yanling knife that had been placed under the bed, and Dolgon allowed him to keep it in order to show his sincerity.
Li Xin no longer hesitated, pushed open the tent door, and stepped into the night where he couldn't see his fingers.