In the middle of the night, a white goat suddenly appeared in the inn.

How could there be such a strange thing? Could it be that someone is playing a prank?

Jiang Shenzhou glanced at the ground, it had just rained, and if someone came, they would definitely leave footprints.

But he saw only his own footprints.

Since there is no one? Where did that knock come from?

Could it be ...... The goat in front of you?

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Shenzhou couldn't help laughing, he laughed at himself for being too whimsical.

However, he suddenly noticed that the goat's horns were stained with a little dark red powder, the same color as the red paint on the door.

Could it really be the goat's knock on the door?

Why is this goat knocking on the door?

Baa Baa ...... At this moment, the goat suddenly barked twice.

Jiang Shenzhou smiled helplessly, looked at the goat and said, "You seem to have something to say to me, but I don't understand your words at all, so I don't know how to answer you." ”

Baa Baa ...... The goat crowed twice, and when it had finished, it turned and walked out the door.

Jiang Shenzhou immediately followed.

Since this goat can knock on the door, someone must have trained it, and if you want to find this person, you have to follow it.

The goat walked out of the inn and came to the street, and Jiang Shenzhou followed it unhurriedly. After walking for a while, Jiang Shenzhou found that this goat was very spiritual, and it seemed to know that its mission was to lead the way, so every few steps it would stop and look back, and make sure that Jiang Shenzhou was behind him before continuing to walk.

There was a crisp sound of sheep's hooves in the deserted streets.

Under the cold moonlight, a person and a sheep walked one after the other, looking both funny and weird.

After walking for a short time, the goat turned out of the main road and walked straight into the side alley, which was dark and looked full of danger. Jiang Shenzhou did not hesitate and continued to follow.

As he walked, he was already in the darkness, and the sheep was suddenly gone.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the silent darkness.

"Jiang Gongzi, you're finally here."

"Who?" Jiang Shenzhou asked as he looked in the direction where the voice came from.

"Jiang Gongzi don't need to panic, I was sent by Miss Parisia." A lantern suddenly lit up, illuminating the dark corners. In the corner stood a man with a round face and a goatee, dressed like a shepherd. The vanished goat stood beside him.

The man was very short, only a head taller than the goat beside him, but he was not young, he should be in his thirties and forties. Jiang Shenzhou knew that there was a kind of person in the world who was called a dwarf, and a dwarf was a person who was born with a height of height.

Jiang Shenzhou sighed and said, "I should have guessed a long time ago, only you like to play tricks." ”

The man said apologetically, "Actually, I didn't mean it, but Miss Paris had to do it, and she said that you would believe me in my identity if she did it." ”

Jiang Shenzhou smiled, he smiled helplessly: "Okay, I believe you, then what should I call you?" ”

"My name is Gao Dawei." The man replied, and then he laughed at himself: "Jiang Gongzi must be very curious, I am obviously not tall and not a little majestic, but I am called Gao Dawei, which is really funny." But I can't be blamed for this, after all, this name was chosen by my father, and I can't use it. ”

Gao Dawei was already short and funny-looking, and he had long been used to being ridiculed by others.

"I'm curious, indeed." Jiang Shenzhou sighed: "But...... I'm curious about your sheep, it's the first time I've seen a sheep that knocks on the door. ”

Gao Dawei didn't expect him to say this, the whole person was stunned, and said with a smile: "Miss Palixia is right, Jiang Gongzi is really an interesting person." ”

Jiang Shenzhou also smiled and said, "Speaking of Parisia, I'm curious about what she sent you to do?" ”

Gao Dawei replied: "She was afraid that you would be isolated in Liangzhou, so she sent me to help." ”

Jiang Shenzhou was puzzled and said, "Help me?" How can I help? ”

Gao Dawei said: "I have lived in Liangzhou for many years, and I am confident that I know a little about this place, and I have some ability. If Jiang Gongzi has instructions, he must be able to help. ”

"You've lived here since you were a child?" Jiang Shenzhou hurriedly asked, "Then how much do you know about the garrison in Liangzhou?" He remembered his daytime rounds, and there was always a strange feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

Gao Dawei thought for a moment and replied: "There are two garrisons in Liangzhou, one is the Chishui Army, and the other is the Moli Army, and the garrison of the Chishui Army is in ......."

Before he could continue, Jiang Shenzhou waved his hand and interrupted: "I know all this, and I'm interested in things I don't know." For example, the inside story or hidden story of the garrison, or something strange, happened in the past few days. ”

"This ......" Gao Dawei thought for a while, raised his head and said, "You give me two days." ”

Jiang Shenzhou nodded and said, "Okay, you will come to me again in two days, but don't make any more fools, when you whistle outside the window, I will know." ”

"One more thing." Gao Dawei said and took out a letter and said, "This is what Miss Paris asked me to give to you, and she said that this is the news that you asked her to inquire about. ”

"I'm tired." Jiang Shenzhou took the letter, and as soon as he took the letter, the lantern went out, and then Gao Dawei and the goat were gone.

In the days of waiting for news, Jiang Shenzhou continued to inspect the military camp with Qin Sheng, which was not an interesting thing. The barracks are so big and there are so many people, they have to see many places every day, and each place is almost the same, and it is natural to feel bored if you see too much.

Returning from the barracks to the inn is the most lively street in Liangzhou City, although this street is ancient, it is still very prosperous today. Because it is the only way to pass through the Silk Road, many shops sell silk and porcelain from the south of the Yangtze River. Once, Qin Sheng and Jiang Shenzhou had nothing to do, and they had no intention of going into a shop to buy something, and when they were about to pay, the shopkeeper was so frightened that he knelt down and begged them not to give money.

What is the reason why you don't have to pay for things to buy?

Qin Sheng opened his mouth to ask, but the shopkeeper couldn't say clearly, but repeatedly insisted that he couldn't collect money. In the end, the two had to put down their things and leave the shop, leaving the shopkeeper with a panicked face.

Two days passed.

In the evening, as soon as Jiang Shenzhou returned to his room, he heard a whistle coming from the window, which was the code signal between him and Gao Dawei.

He pushed open the window and saw Tall Might, and he saw his goat.

"Three days before you arrived in Liangzhou, something strange did happen."

"One night, Wei Chi Baolin suddenly came to the barracks, and there were several large boxes with him."

"He asked people to hide the box in an old house, and I don't know what it contained, and it was said to be quite heavy."

This is the inside story that Gao Dawei inquired, and he said with a ashamed face: "Time is short, I can only inquire about this, it is really a shame." ”

Jiang Shenzhou sighed: "It only took you two days to find out the inside story. In addition to gratitude, I can only admire. ”

Gao Dawei smiled and replied humbly: "Jiang Gongzi is polite, this is all within the next division." ”

"As the governor of Liangzhou, he actually went to supervise this matter in person, which shows that this matter is definitely not simple." Jiang Shenzhou thought about it and asked again, "Do you know where that old house is?" ”

Gao Dawei said: "Just in the southeast corner of the barracks, there is a dead jujube tree in front of the door, which is easy to recognize." ”

Jiang Shenzhou patted him on the shoulder: "You did me a great favor." ”

Gao Dawei said excitedly: "If I can help Jiang Gongzi, I can finally live up to Miss Palixia's trust." "Looking at the way he looks, it seems that he owes Paris a lot of favors.

The matter has been explained, and the night has quietly come.

A bright moon climbed up the treetop branches, and the starlight in the distance gradually brightened.

Jiang Shenzhou suddenly remembered Li Chunfeng's words, Li Chunfeng once said that the chaos was in Liangzhou, but it has been four days since he came to Liangzhou, but he has never been able to find the place where the chaos is, everything looks so calm, and there is an indescribable depression in the calm. It's like a huge dark cloud hanging over his head all the time, so he can't find his way.

And now, he has finally found the gap in the dark clouds.

As long as you open this gap, you will definitely find the chaos hidden behind the dark clouds.

Jiang Shenzhou looked out the window with a smile, but saw that the bright moon was in the sky and the stars were dazzling.

Looks like tomorrow should be a good day.

But he guessed wrong, and the weather was a bit bad the next day.

In the barracks, the wind blew up the yellow sand all over the ground, filling the entire sky, and everywhere was gray.

On this day, the place they inspected was the armory.

This is just one of the nine armories in the Chishui military camp, which alone store more than tens of thousands of weapons and armor. The Tang Dynasty is strong in martial arts, and all kinds of weapons and armor are available. The big room on the left is full of long and short weapons such as Mo knives, horse lances, spears, horizontal knives, and short heavy knives, and the room on the right is full of armor, and Jiang Shenzhou recognizes Mingguang armor, light armor, chain mail and fine scale armor.

In addition to weapons and armor, there were also many bows and crossbows stacked in the room, and Qin Sheng was pulling a crossbow hard.

"This is a horned bow crossbow, and the horned bow crossbow has a range of two hundred steps, which belongs to a kind of light crossbow." Fugu Samo introduced. In the past two days, the attitude of Fugu Samo towards them has also been much better, and he is finally no longer hostile.

Qin Sheng said: "Light crossbow? Is there anything more powerful? ”

Fugu Samo said: "The crossbow is a little bigger than the horn bow crossbow, but when it comes to the most powerful, it is the Fuyuan crossbow." As he spoke, he had gone to another room, and when he came out he had an extra crossbow, which was much larger than the first two, and which was so thick and long that it looked like he had to use his hands and feet together to pull it apart.

"This is the most powerful heavy crossbow in our army, with a range of 300 paces, and its destructive power is even more amazing, even if you encounter heavy cavalry with it." He looked at Fu Yuan's crossbow with pride on his face, this old general was familiar with all kinds of weapons, and when he introduced weapons, it was like talking about his old friend.

When Qin Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but come over.

Jiang Shenzhou obviously didn't have much interest in the bow and crossbow, and he suddenly asked another question: "The old general has been in the barracks for many years, right?" ”

Fugu Samo let out a long sigh: "Yes, the old man started to serve as a soldier in Liangzhou when he was in his twenties, and now he is in his sixties, which is almost thirty or forty years." ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Thirty or forty years, then you must have seen a lot of people." I don't know if you've ever heard of a soldier named Sun Peng? ”

"Sun Peng......" Fugu Sama thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I've never heard this name, he's your friend?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou smiled and said, "I don't know him either, but someone asked me to ask." ”

Fugu Samo replied helplessly: "There are so many people in the barracks, I don't think you can find them." Then he said, "It's not too early, so let's stop for today's inspection." ”

Jiang Shenzhou nodded and agreed: "It's okay, I'm also a little tired." ”

Fugu Samo has already left, and Jiang Shenzhou and Qin Sheng have also left the barracks.

As he walked, Qin Sheng suddenly asked, "Who is Sun Peng?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Do you remember what I told you about Daddy Sun?" ”

Qin Sheng nodded, Jiang Shenzhou told her about Father Sun, who ran a restaurant outside Shangzhou City.

Jiang Shenzhou continued: "Daddy Sun's son is called Sun Peng, six years ago Wang Kun arrested him to be a soldier, and then he has not heard from him. Old man Sun has been waiting for six years, and I see that he is pitiful and want to help him find it. ”

Qin Sheng said: "If you don't come back?" Could it be that he has already died on the battlefield? ”

Jiang Shenzhou shook his head: "I don't think so, I have inquired, Sun Peng first served as a city gate guard in the capital for two years, and in the third year he was transferred to the Chishui Army in Liangzhou." ”

Qin Sheng was puzzled: "But the military registration record is a secret of the imperial court, how did you find out?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou looked at her and smiled, "Have you forgotten that I have a friend who is the prince?" He wasn't telling the truth, it was actually Palisia who found out. But he couldn't tell Qin Sheng because she was a member of the imperial court.

Qin Sheng seemed to believe his words, and said, "It's a pity that Fugu Samo has already said that there is no such person. ”

Jiang Shenzhou smiled again and said, "You are wrong again, he is lying." ”

Qin Sheng was puzzled: "How do you know?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou explained: "First, the name Sun Peng is very ordinary, there are more than 30,000 people in the Chishui Army, and it is impossible that there is no one named Sun Peng among them. He said he hadn't heard of it, but was more suspicious. ”

Qin Sheng asked, "What about the second?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Second, as soon as I mentioned Sun Peng's name, he found an excuse to slip away. It's not too early to say anything, I think he has a ghost in his heart. ”

Qin Sheng muttered, "Maybe he has something unspeakable? She had always felt that Sukusamo was an upright soldier, even though she had only known him for a few days.

Jiang Shenzhou couldn't help but sigh: "You, you always think of people as too kind, in fact, people's hearts are very bad, and some people do everything for the sake of profit." ”

Qin Sheng said: "Of course there are bad people in the world, but there are also many good people." Just like you, you didn't know me at the beginning, but you rescued me. Speaking of this, she smiled, looked at Jiang Shenzhou and said, "So you are a good person." ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "It's hard to distinguish between good people and bad people, maybe one day I will hurt you too." ”

"I know you won't." Qin Sheng lowered her head and said softly, although her voice was small, her tone was very firm.

But Jiang Shenzhou didn't listen to her at all, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Do you know why I agreed to stop the inspection just now?" ”

Qin Sheng said: "Why? In fact, she didn't understand it either, it was still early.

"Because of him, we can't see the real barracks at all, so what's the point of patrolling in that case?" Jiang Shenzhou replied.

Qin Sheng asked rhetorically, "The real barracks...... Are you saying that what we see is fake? ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "It's not fake, it's just that what we can see is what he wants us to see." This sentence was really a bit winding, but Qin Sheng understood what he meant: "You mean to say that there are some places that he doesn't want us to see?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou nodded and said, "Do you want to go and see these places?" ”

Qin Sheng hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.