The next day, it was just dawn.

An ox cart specially used for procurement walked out of the Yiguo Mansion, and it was the person who was usually responsible for the purchase who drove the car, all the way slowly to the west, and went straight to the West Market.

The morning in the West Market is very lively, crowded with people, and all kinds of shouts are endless.

The carriage stopped, and the three men jumped out of the car with their bodies bowed, and hurried away with their heads down, dressed plainly, with a mustache, dressed as a businessman, it was Qin Huaidao, Luo Zhang and Xue Rengui after the disguise, each with a knife in his hand, wearing a round-necked robe, tied his waist, and his weapon was tied to his back, inside the robe.

One person, one long knife, and one dog-legged knife, all of which were made by Qin Huaidao.

The three of them hurried away, and after leaving the city, they continued to walk some distance.

Not long after, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind, Jia Youcai and several guards came with horses, and led twenty horses to Qinjiazhuang for foster care.

Qin Huaidao and the three of them turned on their horses and went straight to the south.

Gallop all the way!

In the afternoon, the three of them crossed Lantian County, came to a small town at the foot of Qinling Mountain, and then went on the post road into the mountain, the town only had a bluestone road, dozens of households, it looked a little deserted, the three of them led the horse along the slow, found a shop to sit down, and asked for some food.

After a full meal, the three of them continued on the road, bought some cakes as dry food at a dim sum shop, and unconsciously came to a rice shop, Qin Huaidao stopped, looked at the rice shop, and was silent in thought.

"Young master?" Xue Rengui shouted in a low voice.

"Brother Xue, there is only this one town within a hundred miles, and the bandits also need to eat food."

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up: "What does the young master mean is that this rice shop is involved with bandits?" ”

"It's not clear whether it's involved, but it's definitely a point, the bandits want to eat food, it can't all rely on robbery, the people are poor, and there is no food to rob, there is only one possibility, buy grain, the town is so big, you can see the head at a glance, this is the only rice shop, the amount of bandits to buy will not be less, so, the rice shop shopkeeper must know."

"Makes sense, I'll go." Xue Rengui agreed, feeling a little admiration, next year he will be younger than himself, not only can he fight, but he is also so calculating, he is worthy of being the queen of the gate, it is better to be.

"I'll go." Luo Zhang rushed up first.

Entering the house, Luo Zhang shouted, "Tell your shopkeeper to come out." ”

The guy in the store hurriedly said: "Guest officer, the shopkeeper is not here, what is the matter with you?" ”

"Call him over."

"This?" The guy saw that Luo Zhang's comer was not good, so he didn't dare to agree.

Qin Huaidao followed into the house and said quietly: "Buy grain, the amount is large, you can't be the master." ”

"In that case, please wait." The guy hurriedly said yes and went into the backyard.

"Use your brain." Qin Huaidao glared at Luo Zhang.

Luo Zhang smiled: "Uncle is here, there is no need." ”

"You!" Qin Huaidao didn't want to say anything more.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man hurried over from the back hall, his eyes flashed, and he smiled: "Three guest officers, the old man is the shopkeeper of the store, I don't know how much food the three need?" It's not old and boastful, this area can only come up with a large amount of food, and it is good and cheap. ”

Qin Huaidao saw that this guy was a thief, not like a good person, so he deliberately scolded with a straight face: "Shopkeeper, what crime should you be guilty of selling grain to bandits in Qinling and raising bandits?" ”

"Wronged, where do you start?" The shopkeeper hurriedly shouted.

"Whether you have wronged yourself or not." Qin Huaidao was proficient in micro-expression observation, saw that the other party was weak, and had a bottom in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Give you two choices, make meritorious atonements, say about the bandits' dens, spare you from dying, quibble to the end, raid the house and destroy the door, which one do you choose?" ”

"This ...... This is wronged, my lord. ”

"Death without repentance, unforgivable sins, kill!" Qin Huaidao threw Xue Rengui a look, this kind of technique is alive Luo Zhang, a martial idiot who only knows how to fight and kill, can't do it.

Xue Rengui comprehended, slowly pulled out the dog-legged knife, stared at the opponent's neck coldly, and made a gesture at any time, which could put pressure on the other party, and when the other party was furious, and the corners of his eyes twitched, Xue Rengui suddenly roared: "Kill-"

The dog-legged knife was even raised high, slashing down at the opponent's neck, with a deadly posture.

Where has the shopkeeper seen this formation? Seeing that he had no scruples, he thought that the government was coming to investigate the case, so he panicked and hurriedly shouted: "Spare your life, my lord, the little one knows where it is." ”

The dog-legged knife stopped suddenly, the sharp blade was close to the shopkeeper's neck, a wisp of blood overflowed, and if it was a little later, it would definitely die, and the subtlety of the force control was incredible.

Qin Huaidao nodded with satisfaction, looked at the shopkeeper and said: "There is only one chance, let's talk about it after thinking about it, we can find here, naturally we have a lot of information, if you dare to talk nonsense, be careful about your head." ”

Luo Zhang looked at it with some surprise - what did I master, why didn't I know?

Xue Rengui saw that he was blackmailing, understood in his heart, kicked the shopkeeper to the ground, put on a fierce posture and shouted: "Say it quickly, otherwise you will be punished as bandits, and you will be beheaded all over the house!" ”

"I said, I said......" The shopkeeper is in a mess, where do you know that it is blackmail, I really think that Qin Huaidao has mastered something, otherwise how could he come directly to the door, quickly knelt down, and shouted while kowtowing: "Adult, adult Mingjian, there is no way for the small one." ”

"Tell the point, don't talk about anything else." Qin Huaidao shouted.

"Yes, yes, yes...... Talk about the point. The shopkeeper was frightened, and hurriedly said: "I buy grain once a month from time to time, I came yesterday, and I don't know where the small one is, the small one just sells grain, and doesn't do anything." ”

"How do you know they're bandits?"

"My lord, almost all the villagers in the neighborhood know each other, and no one will buy so much at one time, not to mention that after buying it, it will be transported to the mountains, who else can there be except bandits? The little ones also want to report to the official, but the little ones are scared, and they beg the adults to be kind, but the little ones can't help it, and they will kill the whole family of the little ones if they don't sell food. ”

"How many people, how many cars at a time? What car? Qin Huaidao asked.

"There are twenty or thirty people every time, they come at dawn, they leave immediately after they buy it, they don't stay, they use horse-drawn carriages, about thirty cars, no matter how many, the small ones are not clear."

Qin Huaidao stared at the other party and observed, and after making sure that he was not lying, he said, "Remember, if you don't want to die, you forget what happened." ”

"Understood, the little one has been noted." The shopkeeper replied.

The three of them walked out and walked out of the town along the bluestone road, Xue Rengui said with admiration: "Young master, there is really a connection, why didn't anyone think of this among the court officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress, otherwise they would have destroyed this gang of bandits earlier." ”

"Did you think of it?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Xue Rengui smiled: "No." ”

"Why?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"Didn't think about it." Xue Rengui said truthfully.

Luo Zhang said: "I didn't think about it in this way, our Datang officers and soldiers are only responsible for fighting, and even the logistics are also managed, just kill it, what do you want to do so much?" ”

Qin Huaidao looked at the ups and downs of Qin Ling in front of him and said: "This is the habit of thinking, for a general, not only to understand the time, know the location, and be in charge of people, but also to learn to change places, in order to master the opponent's psychology, the art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know the enemy, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the victory or defeat often depends on the battlefield." ”

"Young master, I am also familiar with military books, 'victory or defeat often depends on outside the battlefield' sounds quite reasonable, I don't know which military book it comes from?" Xue Rengui said curiously.

"You may not be able to read this military book."

"What book?"

Qin Huaidao turned over and got on his horse, with a grim expression: "Enter the mountain, drive!" ”

"Drive-"

The three horses roared away.