Chapter Forty-Nine: Another Crisis
As soon as Wen heard that Jin Juan had also arrived in Tongcheng, he asked, "She didn't chase into the city?" ”
"I don't know, she was chasing after her, and she wasn't far away, but as soon as I entered the city, she disappeared."
"I'm afraid I'm holding a grudge, and I'm going to find an opportunity to trouble you." You should try not to show up as much as possible these days, and go to the barracks. ”
After finishing speaking, he paused, and suddenly added: "Go now, don't come out without I call you." ”
When Zhou Tong heard this, he was annoyed: "Didn't I avoid her?" It's not that she can't beat her, and she doesn't lose money, if she pushes people too much, it's a big deal to fight back! ”
"We naturally don't care about the loss, but Li Xun died too coincidentally, as if he deliberately wanted to stain us. You are in the barracks, you can be regarded as a target, she is here to fight for life and death, and she will always follow the trail. The barracks are full of their own people, and it is easier to act. ”
His expression did not change, but he was already thinking about it. It's just that Zhou Tong is still unwilling.
"Because of the matter of the Xu family, I am afraid that the Southern Chu Imperial Court will soon send people to Tongcheng, and I can deal with the secret agents in these big clans in Tongcheng slowly, but now I am also forced by the situation to strike first." These are all things that we have not planned, and we must not make any more extraneous complications. The lives of the 6,000 Liangzhou troops are at stake, and there must be no mistakes, omissions and mistakes. ”
After saying this, Zhou Tong no longer argued, and arched his hand: "Understood, eldest lady, I'll go." ”
It wasn't until Zhou Tong walked away that he smiled with Zhixia: "Zhou Dutong is wronged." ”
"His head will turn one moment, and the next it won't. In the final analysis, this trip still blames him for taking his own initiative to rob people and wronging him, regardless of him. "Zhixia Road.
In fact, there are other plans.
The Jin County Lieutenant is not weak in kung fu, but she is by no means a person who blindly recklessly kills, she has fought with Zhou Tongwenliang, and she should have an estimate of them in her heart. If both of them were there, even if they wanted to come to the door to reason, she was afraid that she would not find them so easily.
After all, trust has not yet been established between them. Now there is another layer of doubt in my heart.
Moreover, since the county lieutenant Jin thought that Zhou Tong killed Li Xun, he must also think that he was sent to do it, and since he entered the city, he had to give her a chance to find herself.
Thinking of this, he said to Zhixia: "Command to go down and remove all the guards in the house, leaving only the servants and women's families, if anyone enters the house these days, so that they will not see it." ”
Zhixia said vigilantly: "The eldest lady wants to bring Jin Juan here? ”
Wen Gu nodded: "Although I have only met with County Lieutenant Jin, she doesn't look like an indiscriminate person who directly kills the murderer." If I think right, it's fine, if I think wrong, Uncle Wen and you are there. ”
Hearing the eldest lady say this, Zhixia smiled and said, "That's natural, I'm here, she can't get close to the eldest lady." ”
While the two were talking, Wen Liang and Li Mao stepped in together. Judging by the look, there should be something urgent.
Sure enough, Wen Liang saw that there were only two people in the room, and he didn't say hello, so he said directly: "Miss, fifteen miles outside the South City Gate, there is a team of people and horses slowly moving towards Tongcheng. The leader was one, the entourage was one, and there were twenty-two strong men left, all riding horses, marching in an orderly manner, and they should be marching men. From the direction of Dingyi County in the southeast, the identity has not been found. ”
Li Mao continued: "Three suspicious people were stopped at the west city gate, and the leader followed two people, and at the same time, the other three city gates also stopped a few people each, and the four city gates entered the city at the same time, looking at the costume, it should be a group of people, plus the leader, a total of 12 people." ”
After hearing such a detailed report from the two, he knew that the matter was not simple, and asked, "What is suspicious?" ”
Li Mao replied: "Their faces are too clean, they don't look like they are fleeing." And it's covered up crudely, as if it's meant to be discovered. ”
"Deliberately let us find out, why do you still enter the city from all sides?"
Li Mao said: "It is here that the other party disperses into the city, and it is common sense to avoid more people than eye-catching, but they are not carefully covered up, more like... I'm afraid that there will be a leak in our city defense, so we will find at least one of the four places. ”
Wen Gu nodded, she believed in Li Mao's judgment: "Where are the people?" Have you asked? ”
Li Mao replied: "This group of people is just suspicious, not a crime, and they are all detained in the government for the time being." I also asked, and the leader claimed to be Tang Mingming. The others refused to say more, only said that they wanted to meet the steward of Tongcheng and then make a difference. ”
Last name Don?
Hui's heart sank, the surname Tang was the surname of the Southern Chu royal family, but Tang obviously hadn't heard of it, maybe it was a side branch of a certain prince.
But no matter whose pseudonym it is, or which side branch, it may not be easy for the royal family to intervene.
Wen Gu muttered: "It stands to reason that if you want to see the steward, you will say that you will see the Taishou." Since I didn't say that, I guessed something. ”
Li Mao nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Then how do we deal with it?" ”
"No, since they came to the door and clearly told us that they knew something, but they didn't tell us what they knew, I was afraid that they wanted us to show some of our feet."
Wen Gu said, looked at Wen Liang, and continued: "Find an empty courtyard behind the government office, arrange them in, and treat them as ordinary suspicious people." Uncle Wen brought some good-eyed, light-weight people to stare at them and let them dry for a few days. The group of people outside the city watched first, don't make any other noise, and let Liu Zhi tell the city gate to do a good job of public inspection. ”
When seizing Tongcheng, he took the initiative, so it was easy to do. Now she has no first chance in this matter, although it is properly arranged, it also takes a lot of effort.
Wen Liang said yes, and Li Mao said again: "The eldest lady is thoughtful, so good, they must have something to do when they come here, and as the time goes by, I'm afraid they will be in a hurry first." ”
He also informed the two of them about Li Xun Jinjuan and the arrangements for Zhou Tong, but he didn't say anything about bringing Jin Juan to the door.
If he had told Zhou Tong just now, he would definitely take responsibility himself, and he would not have gone to the barracks.
At this time, if he told Wen Liang that he knew that he might be in danger, he would definitely ignore everything else and stay by his side.
It's not that they deliberately conceal it, it's not that they don't have a heart, it's necessarily true that they are of the same mind with themselves, and it's also true that they act according to her orders.
But after all, the coercion is insufficient, and if there are some dangerous things in front of them, Wen Liang and the others basically still regard her as a close junior, and they will always want to take care of her by their side.
Saying that some are hidden, just because the situation is compelled not to travel to the pool.
At this point, including Zhixia, several people received orders and acted separately.