Chapter 53: The Trap
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A team of Cangzhou troops, numbering about 300 people, was searching for Ye Linglong's whereabouts from house to house.
As long as Ye Linglong is found, Lu Ming and Xiao Ziqing can be found, and Yan Hua's forced confession can be snatched back.
"Tell me! Where is Ye Linglong! Say! Say no! If you don't say it, I'll smash your mess!"
"Master Jun, I really don't know where Miss Ye is, please spare the old man, the old man is old, and he can't stand your tossing like this. ”
"Old immortal thing, phew! Come on, come with me over there to search!"
"No!"
The streets of Cangzhou City were boiling, with shouts, angry shouts, and begging for mercy.
"Master Jun, there is really no one you are looking for in my family, you better look elsewhere!"
"Bah, shut your dog's mouth! Do you want to come here? If it weren't for the marshal's order, I wouldn't have bothered to enter your kennel!"
"Brothers, this person harbored Ye Linglong and didn't report it, and smashed this stall for me!"
"Brute! It's just a brute! You're a communiqué's personal vendetta, a communiqué's personal vendetta!"
The stalls were smashed continuously, and finally some people couldn't help crying bitterly, pointing at the Cangzhou army and scolding.
But immediately after, those people were beaten by the Cangzhou army until they were crippled, which was very miserable.
The Cangzhou army searched for a day, but still did not find Lu Ming's traces, and at the same time, it also messed up the order of the entire Cangzhou City.
Yan Mansion
"Report to the marshal, we didn't search where Ye Linglong and Fang Yun were!", a soldier said on his knees.
"What did you say?"
Yan Feihu turned around and glared at this person angrily: "You waste! What are you doing to eat? Cangzhou City is not our world! I asked you to find someone and you couldn't find it?"
"Please calm the marshal's anger, the little ones have done their best!"
"Fart!"
Yan Feihu shouted: "Pass the order, if you can't find Ye Linglong and Fang Yun, you won't close the team, go quickly!"
"No!"
The soldier retreated in horror.
"Hmph! Where are they hiding, they can't even find the Cangzhou army!"
Yan Feihu's eyes were cold, and he thought about it: "We must find out Fang Yun and get rid of it before the Suzhou army arrives in Mucang Prefecture the day after tomorrow!"
"Come on, send more people to continue the search, I don't believe they can still grow wings!"
......
At night, there was a light rain in the sky, and the cold wind blew, making people feel a little cold.
Guan Gong Temple, the fire candle flickered with a faint light.
"Squeak", Xiao Ziqing pushed open the temple door and walked in, carrying a basket in his hand, his face was very ugly.
Ye Linglong asked, "Brother Ziqing, what happened, why is your face so ugly?"
Xiao Ziqing put down the basket and slowly opened it, it was tonight's meal, and said at the same time: "I have very bad news to tell you, the Cangzhou army is searching us everywhere, and many shops have been smashed by the Cangzhou army, and the crime is to hide us without telling us." ”
"Why did they do it?", Ye Linglong gritted her teeth in anger.
"Do you still need to ask? Of course, it's a communiqué personal vendetta!"
Lu Ming sighed and asked Xiao Ziqing, "Then did they find you?"
"Don't worry, I was very careful and avoided the search team of the Cangzhou Army, and they didn't find me. ”
"That's good. Lu Ming was relieved.
Xiao Ziqing said again: "In addition, I also got the news that the Eastern Demon Army has captured five more counties in Cangzhou, and it has already driven straight in, if it continues like this, Cangzhou City will soon fall!"
"Wait a little longer! Wait a little longer! As soon as the Suzhou army arrives in Cangzhou, we can turn the situation around!" Lu Ming said.
Xiao Ziqing frowned: "Although the Guan Gong Temple is relatively remote, once someone from the Cangzhou Army comes over, we will still be discovered." ”
"We have to be patient, we have no other way, and now it's raining outside, they may not be able to find us. ”
As Lu Ming spoke, he looked up at the window, only to hear a "boom", a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and at the same time it was pouring rain.
However, the strange thing is that there is not a drop of water in this dilapidated Guan Gong Temple, and the air inside is also very smooth and comfortable.
"Is this Guan Gong's holy power protecting the temple?"
While thinking about it, Lu Ming looked up at the statue of Guan Gong, and respect rose in his heart.
Late at night, when the heavy rain became lighter, Lu Ming stood under the eaves outside to keep watch, while Xiao Ziqing and Ye Linglong rested in the temple, and once the time came, they took turns to change shifts.
And so it passed for a night.
On the second day, the weather was clear, and after a gust of wind and rain, the already hot May weather became very refreshing.
"Brother Lu, Linglong, let's get out of here quickly, there are soldiers from the Cangzhou Army coming here in front!"
Xiao Ziqing opened the door, his face was very nervous.
"Did they find it here?"
Lu Ming smiled bitterly and asked, "Then how many people are here?"
"There are more than 30 people, and one of them is a general. ”
"General?"
Lu Ming's face changed slightly, the person who can serve as a general in the army is at least a Hanlin scholar, Lu Ming has the confidence to deal with talents, but he is very jealous of Hanlin's witty words.
Hanlin inspires witty words faster than poetry into soldiers, and Lu Ming is only a god-given scribe, if he really wants to fight hard, the odds of winning are not great.
Lu Ming turned his head to look at Ye Linglong and asked, "We have to leave here as fast as possible, can you keep up?"
Ye Linglong nodded and said, "Please rest assured, two brothers, Linglong will definitely not be left behind." ”
"Let's go!"
As soon as the words fell, the three of them immediately evacuated the Guan Gong Temple as quickly as possible.
After a long time, the three of them rested outside a restaurant, looked back at the back, and invariably breathed a sigh of relief.
"We've run so far in one go, they're sure they won't be able to find us. Xiao Ziqing said wiping his sweat.
"Don't be careless, this is Yan Feihu's territory after all. Lu Ming said vigilantly.
Ye Linglong gasped for breath, she was not a scholar, she had not received the empowerment of talent, and her physique was poor, so she sat directly on the side of the steps to rest.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant greeted him and said with a smile: "The three of you are tired, why don't you come to the shop to rest and drink a bowl of wine?"
Xiao Ziqing was suddenly overjoyed: "Okay! Xiao is just thirsty, Brother Lu, you can come too!"
Lu Ming and Ye Linglong glanced at each other, had no opinion, and entered the restaurant with Xiao Ziqing.
There are only a few drinkers in the restaurant, which seems very deserted, and Cangzhou City is very chaotic, and it is very good to have a few guests.
"You guys, please be seated!"
The shopkeeper warmly invited the three of them to sit down, and personally brought a pot of wine and put it on the table, and asked Xiao Er to bring a few side dishes.
Lu Ming said: "Although the wine is good, don't be greedy, we have to leave here after a short rest." ”
"Brother Lu, don't worry, Xiao knows this!", Xiao Ziqing nodded.
Ye Linglong laughed softly: "Brother Lu Ming, Linglong can't drink, I'll drink tea." ”
"So...... Brother Xiao, let's have a drink first!"
As Lu Ming spoke, he poured a full bottle of wine, and there was a burst of wine aroma, which was very intoxicating.
"Huh, that's not right!"
Lu Ming's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly stopped Xiao Ziqing from toasting, because he felt that the aroma of wine was too pungent and a little strange.
Xiao Ziqing comprehended, took out a silver needle and put it in the wine, and after a while, took it out and wiped it on the white cloth, and it could be seen that it was not an obvious black substance.
"Poisonous?"
Lu Ming's face changed again: "It's not good, this is a trap, let's leave quickly!"
"It's a little late to think of leaving now, haha......"
A smug laugh came, and I saw a man with a folded shirt standing at the gate, wearing a clean talent robe, looking at this side with a smug gaze.
At the same time, more than a dozen samurai armed with long swords rushed in and quickly surrounded the three of them.
"Ye Linglong, Fang Yun, and that ...... You can't escape!"
The man laughed loudly, very rampantly: "You must not have thought that it would fall into my hands today! I will take you down today and ask the marshal for credit!"
A scholar beside him said: "Wang Caizi, we are not too reckless, I think we should call General Zhao to help!"
"Ridiculous, if you call him here, won't you rob us of our first credit? Listen to me, don't spread this matter, I will definitely make the generalissimo impress me!"
Wang Caizi said as he looked at Lu Ming condescendingly, and said with a smile: "But I have something that I feel very strange, why can you immediately detect the poison in the wine and find that it is a trap?"
"Who can't see the tricks of pediatrics?", Lu Ming said.
"What a big breath, you must be Fang Yun, right? Hmph, you injured Yan Gongzi and absconded for fear of crime, and today I will arrest you for the crime of treason, if you dare to resist, kill him, left and right, take him!"
"Wait!"
Lu Ming immediately said: "Wang Caizi, it's too unfair to bully more and less, why don't we come to the civil war?" If I win, you let us go, if I lose, I will be arrested immediately." ”
"Hmph, Yan Gongzi ended up like this because of the war with you, do you think I will be as stupid as him?
"It's a big deal, I'll let you do a little bit, how to fight the civil war is up to you, you can fight talent, courage, or poetry into a soldier, Yan Hua fought with me for several rounds at that time, you shouldn't be afraid of me, you don't even have the courage to compete with me, right? So how can you order these subordinates of yours? Wang Caizi, your hands are quietly trembling. ”
As Lu Ming spoke, he revealed a thick sarcasm, and his momentum was even more rampant than that of Wang Caizi.
"Boy, you're talking nonsense!"
Wang Caizi was immediately angry, but then laughed back, "Radical generals, I'm not fooled!"
Lu Ming's face changed slightly, and he quietly mobilized his talent and strength.