Seeing that Ruan Wenlong had already succumbed, Qiu Yizhi was very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "General Ruan, don't worry, my father-in-law has not yet ascended to the great treasure, and it is not yet time to reward meritorious deeds." General Nguyen has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. For example, there is now something that, in the next opinion, only General Nguyen can do. ”

"I'll have to ask for advice." Ruan Van Long asked impatiently.

Qiu Yizhi took a sip of tea and asked slowly: "The officers and soldiers who originally went out to attack my stepfather have all been defeated by my stepfather, yes or no?" ”

Ruan Wenlong nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "That's right, that's right." The prince is a god of martial arts, and he uses soldiers like a god, and he almost captured Qian Qing, the left general who replaced Marshal Dai, alive after a battle. Under the anger of the saint, he ordered General Qian to be beheaded in front of the army, and passed the head to the Quartet. The newly sent veteran general Bai Wenbo knew that he couldn't defeat the prince, so he ordered all the forbidden troops outside the pass to withdraw to Tongguan......"

Qiu Yizhi had already guessed these battle situations, and now from the mouth of Ruan Wenlong, who was very well-informed, it was even more confirmed.

So he thought and said, "That's it. At present, the officials and soldiers have become frightened birds, and they only rely on this Tongguan. If General Ruan can help my father-in-law break through Tongguan, then my capital will be in no danger to defend and will be able to go down in the near future! This is the first major credit of Qingtian's protection! ”

"Really?" Ruan Wenyuan's eyes lit up, but then dimmed, "But the villain is just a thousand chief officials who guard the door, if he had just been before, he might still be able to deceive and hide his subordinates to find a way." But since General Bai Lao came, the Tongguan customs defense matters have been taken over by the forbidden army, and there is really no way to think of it. ”

Qiu Yizhi scratched his scalp and said, "So General Ruan is not idle at home these days?" ”

"Not really." Ruan Wenlong replied, "The villain is now on duty every three days, and he is responsible for the opening and closing of Tongguan, although he is a little more idle, but he can't talk about having nothing to do." ”

"Oh? Opening and closing the gates is but a lot of hard work. The imperial court sent a talent like General Ruan to do such heavy work, which can be regarded as a condescending talent. Qiu Yi's words were teasing.

Ruan Wenlong was very stupid, and he couldn't hear this mockery, so he said: "Your Highness, I don't know anything." The gate of my Tongguan is heavy, and it is said that it is ten times heavier than the twelve gates of the capital. Therefore, the way of opening and closing is naturally different from that of other places. If you push hard under the door with brute force, you won't be able to move it even if you deduce it with your hand. To open and close, it is up to the soldiers on the tower to push the winch to operate freely. ”

He took a breath and continued: "It's that this winch was still supervised during the reign of Xianzong, and it has fallen into disrepair and often has breakdowns. This is why we, the old people who have been on errands in Tongguan for a long time, are on the sidelines, and we need to maintain them immediately when we encounter failures. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he already had a plan for slapping his thigh, and said to Ruan Wenlong happily: "General Ruan, this is an urgent errand. If you follow the following strategy, I'm afraid this great credit won't be able to run away from you! ”

When Ruan Wenlong heard him say this, he was naturally happy in his heart, but he was still in a fog, looked at Qiu Yizhi with wide eyes, and asked, "I don't know what His Highness's plan is?" ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled and said nothing, pondered for a while, and then asked, "I don't know when General Ruan will be on an errand?" Can you send me this Brother Zhao out of the customs? ”

Ruan Wenlong hurriedly replied: "We are waiting for a shift every four days now, and tomorrow the villain will be on duty." Thousands of troops can't send it over, and the villain still has the ability to send this Lord Zhao over, so Your Highness will look at it! ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded, and explained a few words to Ruan Wenlong that needed to be confidential, then quit and went to the inn where he stayed.

Along the way, Yu Chi Lianghong was uneasy in his heart, and asked Qiu Yidao: "Brother Xian, foolish brother sees that this Ruan Wenlong is insatiable and ambitious, I'm afraid he can't believe it, right?" Don't sell me, it's my big plan! ”

Qiu Yizhi waved his hand and said: "Brother, I don't know anything, it's this kind of person who is better to master." When he saw that my father-in-law was now in full swing, he had some weighing in his heart, so he naturally bet on the side where the treasure was more likely to win. If our army suffers a loss, we should worry about him eating inside and out! Brother doesn't need to worry about it, tomorrow we will see if he sincerely sends Zhao Chengxiao out, and then we will know if he is sincere in doing things for me. ”

Back at the inn, Qiu Yizhi studied paper and ink, wrote a letter, sealed it himself, and handed it to Zhao Chengxiao. After he leaves the customs tomorrow, he will hand it over to Zheng Rong or Zhong Likuang, and if there is any misery, it must be destroyed immediately and cannot fall into the hands of others.

The next day, the three of Qiu Yizhi got up early in the morning, rushed to Ruan Wenlong's house together, and went to Tongguan with him on an errand.

Don't look at Ruan Wenlong, a little Qianzong, nodding in front of Qiu Yizhi, but he is also in charge of more than a hundred and ten soldiers. I saw that he was in good spirits, walked to the front of the pass, gathered his soldiers, reprimanded him with pride, and then climbed up to the city tower, pretended to inspect and inspect it, and sat down at the mouth of the city wall to drink tea.

Qiu Yizhi has been patrolling for a long time before this Tongguan, and is very familiar with the terrain here, so he took Yu Chi Lianghong and Zhao Chengxiao to choose a teahouse where he could see the movement in front of the pass, ordered a pot of tea and a few snacks, and sat down with peace of mind and waited for the door to open.

Today, the door opened very early, and it was slowly opened just after the hour.

Because there were not many people waiting to pass the customs, and with Ruan Wenlong's care, Zhao Chengxiao passed the customs very smoothly, and rode a horse out of the customs to find the camp of Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan.

Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhao Chengxiao was walking smoothly, but said to Yu Chi Lianghong with a smile: "How is it?" The little brother expected it to be good, right? ”

Wei Chi Lianghong was about to compliment a few words, but he heard Qiu Yizhi continue: "This plan has been successful by one-third. At present, I have to ask my brother to take a trip, and ask the younger brother to come to the front of this gate if he stays in the ruined temple. Tell them to disguise themselves and not show their feet! This must be done within three days! ”

Of course, Yu Chi Lianghong knew that this matter was very urgent, so he agreed without hesitation, picked up a piece of dim sum on the table, swallowed it, and rode away.

Qiu Yizhi sat still in the teahouse, and only followed Ruan Wenlong home after work, and then had dinner at his house, and rewarded him with ten taels of gold, and then calmly returned to the inn to rest.

Early the next morning, Qiu Yizhi was still drinking tea in the inn yesterday to observe the situation.

On this day, the Tongguan gate was opened very late, and when it was close to Shen, the sun gradually set in the west, and the old general Bai Wenbo ordered the door to be opened. There are a lot of people waiting for customs clearance before and after closing, and Zhao Chengxiao is among them.

Although Zhao Chengxiao is honest and honest, he is not stupid, he has been mixed in the Youyan army for a long time, and it doesn't take much effort to find the Chinese army camp of Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, very easily, and he asked the guards to communicate to the prince.

When Zheng Rong heard that it was Zhao Chengxiao who came to report the news, he hurriedly passed it on. He took Qiu Yizhi's handwritten letter, and then he knew that his resourceful son was really reliable: in just a few days, Dai Luanxiang and his family had been rescued, but this Dai Luanxiang was reserved and refused to easily surrender to Youyan Wangfu, which was also a helpless thing. He also saw that Qiu Yizhi had set up a clever plan to take Tongguan, so he immediately withdrew from everyone, leaving only Zhong Likuang and Zhao Chengxiao to discuss carefully.

After discussing it, I felt that although Qiu Yi's plan was risky, it could also be tried, and if there was a change, it would not be too late to see the opportunity to act.

So Zhong Likuang wrote, Zheng Rong signed, wrote a post, immediately handed it to Zhao Chengxiao, and rewarded him with an excellent treasure knife, so he asked him to rush back to Tongguan in the starry night and make peace with Qiuyi.

Therefore, Zhao Chengxiao acted very quickly, and on the second day after he left the customs, he pretended to be a farmer who entered the customs to mourn, re-passed Tongguan, and rushed to see Qiu Yizhi.

"It's just that I guard the customs guards and soldiers are very strict, and I am afraid that the treasure knife that the prince rewarded me will be searched and found out and mistakenly caused a major incident, and I will be thrown into the river in a hurry. Alas! It's a pity that it's a treasure knife! Zhao Chengxiao sighed.

Qiu Yizhi carefully read the post brought by Zhao Chengxiao, was happy in his heart, and hurriedly comforted: "Why does Brother Zhao have to be like this? What kind of person my stepfather is, the famous sword and sword he collects may not be as good as the Western Regions sword I wear, but it is also full of sweat. If this plan succeeds, I will personally beg my father-in-law to open the treasure house and let you choose as much as you like. ”

Zhao Chengxiao was in a good mood when he heard this, so he thanked: "Then I will thank Your Highness." ”

Qiu Yizhi waved his hand and said, "Brother Zhao, you and I have known each other since childhood, and we are no different from our family, why do you want to do this?" I see that you have not stopped going back and forth for a day and a night, and you must be tired, so go back and rest. ”

Tomorrow morning, Qiu Yizhi had just gotten up and finished freshening up, and Wei Chi Lianghong, who had been arranged by him to go out to run errands, had also returned to the inn where they had settled.

Qiu Yizhi's brother of the martial arts alliance leader Jianghu is extremely experienced, and it only took two days to get things done. Qiu Yizhi's eighty or so subordinates who originally stayed in the ruined temple have been disguised as various people under his arrangement, and came to Tongguan in phases and batches. And according to their different identities, they either live in inns or sleep on the streets, which can be regarded as proper placement.

Qiu Yizhi also knew that his brother was reliable, so he no longer checked them one by one, so he took him and Zhao Chengxiao to visit Ruan Wenlong again, and made a special trip to pick up what he could say, and explained his plan for tomorrow to Ruan Wenlong.

Ruan Wenlong has been fed with Qiu Yizhi's gold these days, and he has long made up his mind to help Prince Youyan do things. Therefore, his attitude towards Qiu Yizhi is also much more respectful, and he really treats him as a master, and he is even more obedient to his words.

After speaking, Qiu Yizhi instructed Ruan Wenlong again: "Whether this plan is successful or not is only tomorrow." If something happens today, don't say that it is glorious and rich, but this Qingqing's life will not be saved. ”

Qiu Yizhi couldn't stop nodding at Ruan Wenlong, although he knew in his heart that he had long been closely related to Youyan Palace, with his character, it was impossible for him to rebel at the moment; However, Qiu Yizhi still felt from the bottom of his heart that this greedy and selfish Qianguan was unreliable, so he rewarded him with ten taels of gold, and left Zhao Chengxiao to monitor here overnight, so he felt a little relieved and returned with Wei Chi Lianghong.

That night, Qiu Yizhi found several leaders among his soldiers and taught them in person.

Among these people, Zhao Chengxiao brought a few people from Yunmeng Mountain, although they were loyal, they were still frizzy, and Qiu Yizhi arranged for them to act with him tomorrow.

The rest of the people were all the elite generals of Youyan Dao, and these leaders all wore the rank of a hundred households, and their loyalty and ability were far from being comparable to those of Ruan Wenlong and others. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi is relieved to let him act independently.

After Qiu Yizhi dismissed everyone and let him go back to rest and show his skills tomorrow, it was Qiu Yizhi who could not sleep.

He knew very well that once tomorrow's plan failed, the imperial court's defense measures against Tongguan would be greatly escalated, and there would be no room for opportunism. At that time, his father-in-law can only launch a large army to forcibly attack, whether it is to the imperial court or to the Youyan Palace, it will inevitably be ruined and his vitality will be greatly damaged!

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi actually tossed and turned, and never slept all night.