Chen Mou said with a solemn face: "It seems that His Royal Highness has discovered when he entered the city, and He Bao has already connected with Zhou Yongcheng, the guard of Pingtan Pass." ”

"Zhou Yongcheng?" Fang Ling leaned back in his chair and narrowed his eyes slightly, waiting for Chen Mou's answer.

I only heard Chen Mou say: "This week, Yongcheng used to be a businessman who ran a cloth business, and later joined the army and gradually achieved the position of this guard, and it is said that even if this person became a general, he privately sold some military materials to make a profit." ”

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Fang Ling opened his eyes.

Chen Mou bowed his head and said: "Although this person is a neutral faction, he is exquisite, no matter which force is not offended, and he is very good in all aspects, so even though he has these small actions in private, he sits peacefully in this guard position." ”

Fang Ling nodded with satisfaction, and said with appreciation: "Lord Chen is not only resourceful, but also quite knowledgeable, it seems that there is no one you don't know, and you don't know anything." ”

Chen Mou said modestly: "Your Royal Highness has won the award, and as a royal doctor, the minister has repeatedly treated the palace magnates, so many things have been hearsay. Moreover, after His Royal Highness was crowned the king of Shicheng that day, I made a special trip to the ministry and went through the important generals on the road we had to pass through. ”

Fang Ling said with emotion: "Lord Chen really has a heart, so this General Zhou shouldn't offend the queen because of me, the little King of Shicheng?"

Chen Mou nodded with a difficult face: "I want to win over Zhou Yongcheng not the queen's mother, but Ma Kai." Ma Kai is also a military general, I'm afraid I know a lot about him, so it's easy to pull him into the water. ”

Huang Jian and the others sat honestly on the side, not daring to interject a word, listening carefully, only feeling that the situation was really not good.

Fang Ling frowned and pondered, and asked, "Then what about the route out of the city?"

Dong Canghai replied: "Your Highness, there is only one way out of the city, and that is Wujiang Wharf." Every day, several merchant ships go to Wuxian on the other side of the Wujiang River, but now He Bao himself is seated there, plus the additional manpower of the defenders in the city, there are as many as 100 people, and everyone who passes by is strictly checked, and it is almost impossible for so many of us to hide it. ”

Fang Ling's brows furrowed even deeper, this situation was much more dangerous than he imagined, and he said to Meng Zhiyuan: "Brother Meng, do you know that there are other ways to go to Wuxian?"

Meng Zhiyuan hurriedly replied: "As far as the grass people know, there is indeed only one way out of the city, and the surrounding area of Pingtan Pass along the Wujiang River is basically a series of mountains, with cliffs thousands of feet high, many dangerous beaches and evil rocks, and the river is turbulent and cannot be crossed. ”

Fang Ling closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and said slowly, "Master, you tell me the situation at the dock carefully." ”

Dong Canghai replied: "As soon as you get out of the city, there is a market, most of which are bazaars where fishmongers sell fish and shrimp that come in the early morning, most of these fishmongers have their own boats, but the boats are very small, at most three or four people, and the weight cannot be too much, in case of wind and waves, it will not work, and the speed of the ship is not fast enough, compared to the merchant ships." Outside the market, there is an open space for travelers to rest, and then outside there are two wharves, one is a commercial wharf, and there are several merchant ships parked outside, and there is usually a boat every hour. ”