The sharp-beaked monkey couldn't bear the torture, and summoned everything he knew. His real name is Hou Bing, he was originally a bandit in Xianerping, and at the beginning of the year, someone went up the mountain to recruit An, and their boss Wang Da Lei took all the brothers in Xianerping down the mountain and entered the barracks in the deep mountains. Although the mountain is large, Wang Dalei only got a petty official and was assigned a patrol errand. Wang Dalei was dissatisfied, and his brothers were also dissatisfied, so every time he patrolled, it was perfunctory.

After listening to his confession, Jiang Yucheng and Ling Jiming realized the seriousness of the matter. It turned out that there was also a private battalion in the deep mountains, and the number reached 50,000, most of which were local soldiers, and some were bandits from the bandit village like Xian'erping. These bandits were all recruited into the private barracks at the beginning of the year.

Hou Bing is not an important leader, and it stands to reason that he doesn't know much, but because he has always had a lot of eyes, after getting acquainted with the local soldiers, he also knew some news that even Wang Dalei didn't know. For example, Wu Zhilin in the mouth of the beard is the illegitimate son of Hu Wenyao, the current governor of Jiuxi, and has been managing the private barracks here. Wu Zhilin was born to Hu Wenyao with a prostitute in his early years and has been raised outside, so no one in the outside world knows that he also has an adult son.

According to Hou Bing's confession, Jiang Yucheng had a bold guess in his heart that there were hidden secrets in Jiuxi, or Hu Wenyao's plans. Jiang Yihan's suicide note confessed that the disappearance of the Jiuxi Treasury silver was stolen by someone who guarded it, and now it seems that Hu Wenyao is likely to be that person.

They were ordered to come here to investigate the case, and they had long been targeted by Hu Wenyao, and during their recuperation, Hu Wenyao did not send anyone to ask about their injuries. It shows that just like Hou Bing said, since they arrived in Jiuxi, Hu Wenyao did not plan to let them leave alive.

Thinking of this, his expression became more and more solemn, and he said to Liu Da and Ling Jiming, "We can't go back to our residence. ”

Liu Da didn't ask why, but Ling Jiming frowned and said, "If you don't go back, will you still live in the wilderness?" ”

Jiang Yucheng glanced at him and said with a cold face: "If you are too long, you can go back directly, I am afraid that the imperial court will send someone to investigate the cause of your death at that time." ”

This was said quite politely, and Ling Jiming was immediately annoyed when he heard it, but Jiang Yucheng didn't give him a chance to argue, and turned around and left with Liu Da. Ling Jiming would not rush to death, staring gloomily at the disappearance of Jiang Yucheng's master and servant.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his mind became clear. Just now, I only cared about fighting with Jiang Yucheng, and I forgot the weirdness of this thing. He hurriedly chased after him.

Jiang Yucheng saw that he was catching up, but he didn't speed up his pace, so Ling Jiming quickly caught up with them.

"What, figured it out?" Jiang Yucheng looked at him mockingly.

Ling Jiming's face was a little ugly, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Jiang Yucheng stopped targeting him, "This confession is a very important thing, and it is also the most dangerous thing, so I will keep it for the time being." Liu Da and I plan to explore this private barracks, if you don't want to go, find a place to hide. The latter sentence was said to Ling Jiming.

This matter is very dangerous, it has been almost four hours since they captured Hou Bing, if the bearded king Da Lei finds that Hou Bing is gone, he will definitely find that something is wrong. At that time, the private barracks will be on higher alert, and it will not be easy to find out at that time, so this matter should be sooner rather than later.

Liu Da has no opinion, his task is to protect Jiang Yucheng, and he will follow the master wherever he goes. But Ling Jiming didn't want to take this risk, he said: "Anyway, Hou Bing's confession has already arrived, and the rest of the things are not within our control, you have to go yourself, I will go back to the capital with the confession." After speaking, he reached out to Jiang Yucheng to ask for a confession.

Jiang Yucheng glanced at him, "It's okay if you don't follow us, I won't force you, but this confession is very important evidence, and I won't give it to you." Seeing Ling Jiming's face change, he smiled and said, "You can rest assured, I don't care about taking credit from others, and I will play truthfully if it belongs to you." ”

Ling Ji's face became even more ugly, the scheming in his heart was seen through, and a wave of enthusiasm rose on his face for a while.

Jiang Yucheng ignored him and continued to walk forward with Liu Da. Ling Jiming looked at his back as he gradually walked away, gritted his teeth and continued to follow.

"My lord, he's coming along." Liu Da said in a low voice.

Jiang Yucheng didn't look back, "He's not a stupid person, so he naturally knows how to choose." ”

Ling Jiming regards his life and future as very important, and if he has a confession in hand, he may fight hard. But now that he has nothing, and all the guards are left in the residence, it will be even more difficult for him, a person who cannot carry his shoulders or carry his hands, to escape from the trap set by Hu Wenyao.

Although Jiang Yucheng only has one guard here, Liu Da has a good skill, if an accident happens, he may be able to return to the capital safely with them. Thinking like this in his heart, he followed the master and servant in front of him not far away.

There had been encounters that had almost been discovered before, and this time the three of them were very cautious. Wang Dalei doesn't seem to have noticed that Hou Bing is missing, and there is no movement in the private barracks. Risk-free through the grass, up a slope, and a dense forest below.

In the middle of the woods there was a door-like entrance, guarded on either side by soldiers in the armor of the vans. Jiang Yucheng said: "It seems that we can't enter from here, Liu Da, when you investigated, did you find other entrances?" ”

Liu Da hesitated for a moment and said, "There are other entrances, but they are all cliffs, and ordinary people can't pass." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yucheng was also in trouble, he thought for a while and asked, "Is there really no way at all?" ”

"Actually, it's not that there is no way, it's just very dangerous, and the little ones don't dare to let the adults take this risk."

Hearing that there was a way, Jiang Yucheng's eyes lit up, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, even if it is dangerous, you have to give it a try." Seeing Liu Da's worried eyes, he patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I won't joke with my life, I will definitely be very careful." ”

Jiang Yucheng was imperative, Liu Da had no choice but to take him to another hidden entrance, and Ling Jiming could only follow hard.

After crossing a steep mountain road, the three of them came to the edge of the cliff. Above is a cliff that is difficult to climb, and below is a cold pool with cold air.

The cliffs are high and the temperature is bitterly cold, and if you accidentally fall into the cold pool, the consequences are unimaginable. Liu Da wanted to persuade his master a few more words, but before he could speak, Jiang Yucheng had already pulled the vines and began to climb.

Liu Da had no choice but to shut up and keep an eye on his safety at all times. Ling Jiming was not so lucky, he didn't have a guard to protect him, and he didn't want Jiang Yucheng to take the credit alone, even though the danger was in front of him, he gritted his teeth and climbed up.

Fortunately, they were lucky enough to be safe until they reached the top.

"This ......" Ling Jiming was stunned when he climbed up.

Jiang Yucheng looked at the brightly lit camp at the foot of the mountain expressionlessly, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

The scale of this private barracks is larger than that explained in Hou Bing's confession, and the large and small tents and dense soldiers give people the illusion of entering the barracks.

"This Hu Wenyao's courage is too big, he clearly wants to rebel." Ling Ji said loudly angrily.

"I don't know if it's a rebellion, but he definitely has a plan." He frowned and said: "The construction of this private barracks of this scale is not an overnight thing, the imperial court has not received any news, either someone in the court is blocking it, or Jiuxi has been completely controlled by Hu Wenyao. For the sake of today, we must return to Beijing as soon as possible to report the incident, so as not to make the situation more serious. ”

Ling Jiming also had this intention, he glanced at Jiang Yucheng, and secretly planned in his heart that he must grab the first credit.

The three of them immediately returned the way they came, but it was more difficult to return than when they came, and they couldn't help but be more cautious.

"Ah......h

Ling Jiming's hand suddenly slipped, and then his whole body fell down, and in a hurry, he grabbed Jiang Yucheng's shoes, Jiang Yucheng's center of gravity was unstable, and he also fell down.

Seeing this, Liu Da hurriedly grabbed Jiang Yucheng with one hand, which stopped the two from continuing to fall. If anyone passes by at this time, they will definitely see three people hanging on the steep cliff face.

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