Most of the people who lived in the unlit houses were already asleep, and they were powerless to resist, and the servants rushed in, and almost effortlessly captured them alive, tied them up, and gagged them. After that, Zong Jiyuan led everyone together and rushed into the big houses that were still lit.

There are about four or five such places, and there are a dozen or so thieves drinking and gambling in each room, and there is no one to take care of them here lately, and they feel that they are all very happy, but they never dreamed that there would be an errand of the county government who appeared in front of them from the sky. Some of them were frightened at the time, and some of them reacted and wanted to take knives to resist, but it was already too late, and after the officers rushed in, they grabbed and tied up, and in less than a quarter of an hour, all the thieves in the entire hunting house were caught.

Calculating that it would take about the same time as he expected, Zong Jiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and took a rough tour of these people with Diao Saburo, and the funny thing was that the shopkeeper Sun and a few guys of the Xingyin pawnshop were also here.

"Unexpectedly, we met again."

Under the light of the lights, Zong Jiyuan smiled and said "hello" to the shopkeeper Sun, and then ordered someone to tie everyone up first, detain them in several places, and leave ten messengers to guard here, and after meeting with Sobra, they hurried to the secret passage without stopping.

On the way, Sobra looked at Zongji Yuandao curiously,

"Ji Yuan, I wanted to ask just now, where is your weapon, why can't I see it?"

"Oh, you ask this,"

Zong Jiyuan smiled, patted his waist and said,

"My self-defense weapon is a soft whip, and I've always been around here."

"I see,"

At this time, Sobra also felt that Zong Jiyuan's belt was indeed different from ordinary ones, but after thinking about it, he said,

"There is only such a whip, although it can attack far away, but it is not very convenient for close enemies, so in this case, I will give you a short sword to use for self-defense."

As he spoke, he really pulled a short sword from his waist and handed it to her.

Zong Jiyuan took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, but saw that the gem embedded in the scabbard shimmered in the lamplight, and pulled out the blade, and suddenly the cold light was shining, which made people feel chills involuntarily.

Sure enough, it's a good sword-

Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but admire in his heart, but the question is, such a good sword, at a glance, it is not an ordinary product, and eighty percent still has a very important significance, how could he give it to himself so easily?

With a little doubt in his eyes, Zong Jiyuan looked at Sobra and said,

"This, this must be very valuable, is it appropriate to give it to me?"

"What is precious and not valuable, what is given to a friend, how can it be distinguished by high and low, since I have given it to you, of course it is appropriate."

Sobra said boldly.

"Friends"? Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but think of Wang Yu again, and he had also said this word to himself, so he smiled helplessly,

"Well, thank you for the love of the young general."

Returning the short sword to its sheath and holding it in his hand, after thinking about it, Zong Jiyuan finally carefully inserted it into the boot barrel on his left.

The group continued to walk forward, and finally came to the secret door with a mechanism.

"This is it,"

Zong Jiyuan made everyone stop and said,

"This should be the place they use as a way out."

"Ji Yuan, you can't be joking, right?"

Sobra looked at the surrounding mountains and asked, puzzled,

"Where is the passage, where is the road?"

"That's why it's said to be a 'dark way', where can it be called 'dark' when it's clearly in front of you?"

Zong Jiyuan smiled, then jumped off his horse, took the torch from one of the messengers, stepped forward to find the hole that only allowed one person to enter and exit, and then got into it, came to the other side of the stone gate, pressed the mechanism, and sure enough, the secret door slowly opened and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Sobra saw that the stone wall in front of him had turned into a stone cave in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart,

"These thieves really work this stockade."

"yes, but we still found out,"

Zong Jiyuan listened and chuckled and said,

"Major General, passing through this cave is the main road to Pingliang Village, let's fortify it here."

"yes, okay,"

Sokala also jumped off his horse, strode into the cave and looked at it, and then turned back and said,

"Ji Yuan, this place is really a good place to set up an ambush, in your opinion, how should we set up defenses?"

"This ......"

Zong Jiyuan originally wanted to hear what he meant first, but he asked himself first, thought about it, and said,

"Why don't we divide into two teams, one team ambushes at the entrance on the other side of the cave, and the other team lies in ambush here, and closes the stone door as it is. When the thieves who have fled here arrive here, pass by the entrance over there, and the brothers who are guarding there do not move, until they open the stone gate, and when they are attacked by the brothers who are guarding here, they will instinctively retreat, and then we will besiege them from both sides inside and outside, so that none of them will try to escape in the midst of the chaos. ”

"Good idea, just do what you say!"

Sobra happily agreed, and looked at the surrounding rocky paths,

"In this case, this place will be guarded by me and my own soldiers, each of whom has strong bows and crossbows in their hands, to ensure that those thieves will become hedgehogs as soon as they show their heads."

"Then, please leave it to the major general."

Zong Jiyuan listened to what he said, and couldn't help but laugh too.

Sobra led his men and dismounted to the side of the road, where they hid in the rocks and trees, ready to ambush the thieves who appeared.

Zong Jiyuan and Diao Saburo walked into the stone cave with the remaining forty county officials, closed the stone gate as it was, and then followed the passage in the cave to the exit on the other side, and arranged for everyone to ambush here.

At this time, seeing that everything was going according to plan, Diao Saburo was relieved and said,

"Since you came to our Yazhong Jiyuan, no matter what the case is, it has been much easier to handle."

"yes, but it seems to be a little too easy this time......"

Unexpectedly, Zong Jiyuan's expression seemed to be heavy, and he said thoughtfully.

Diao Saburo couldn't understand the meaning of her words for a while, and hurriedly asked,

"What's wrong? Ji Yuan, what are you talking about? ”

"Ah, nothing,"

Zong Jiyuan raised his head and smiled as if he was facing the other party, and said as if he was facing the other party, and even more so to herself,

"Whatever, anyway, let's calm the gang of thieves in Dongshangou first."

"Oh......"

Although Diao San was still a little unsure, he still nodded and said,

"So, how are we going to ambush us?"