Chapter 395: The thief shouts to catch the thief
"Hurry to reincarnate!"
"Ahem......"
The dust kicked up by dozens of fast horses choked the whole car and coughed.
"Wenjun, you have been to Chengdu in the past, do you know the origin of this group?" Song Che asked.
Shen Wenjun shook his head, "In the past, we took the waterway, passing through Lizhou and then to Chengdu, without passing through Tongchuan. ”
"That person should be Wu Youlun, the third son of Wujiazhuang, followed by the banker on their village." Qin Huaiyu said: "In the past, we went to Chengdu to take this road. ”
Song Ling'er added: "The Wu family is the largest family in Tongchuan, and its head Wu Yingtian is known as the 'first good man in Tongchuan'. ”
In the Great Liang Dynasty, in addition to the regular officers and soldiers stationed in counties, prefectures, and roads, many villages and towns had their own township soldiers, which were commonly known as "militia groups", and some clans with strong financial, material, manpower, and cohesion had their own armed forces, and their equipment and armor were even better than those of officers and soldiers.
For example, the Majiazhuang that was exterminated in Taizhou in the past is almost the same in nature as this Wujiazhuang, and it is a proper "soil emperor" in the one-third of an acre of land where they live.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, let's keep going."
When encountering bandits through the bamboo forest, the carriage no longer stops.
Until the sun sets in the west, I finally see a large village built by the mountain, there are thousands of households as far as the eye can see, the houses are like this, the traffic is strange, and the scale is enough to compare with the small county town.
There are two towering fortresses at the entrance of the village, and the hillside resembles a natural city wall, and many militia patrol the slopes.
There are several inns and restaurants outside the village for passing business travelers.
It's not early, and if you hurry any further, you will definitely miss the night, so you can only spend the night here tonight.
Song Che chose the largest "Four Seas Inn" to stay.
As soon as I entered the inn, I saw a few people in sackcloth and shirts, holding swords and swords, drinking happily in the inn, all of them were gangsters and no chivalry.
Not everyone with a sword, a knife on their back, and a few punches and feet can be called "Jianghu chivalrous", but more of a lazy, brave and competitive outlaw.
Song Che went to the counter first, ready to open a few rooms.
But the shopkeeper said,
"Guest officer, the reason why we call it 'Four Seas Inn' here means that 'all the five lakes and the four seas are brothers', and the food and accommodation are all covered by Wujiazhuang, and there is no money."
"Oh? Is there such a good thing in the world? Song Che was surprised.
The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Our Wuzhuang owner, fighting righteousness and squandering wealth, helping the world, many heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes come here." ”
Song Che glanced at the people who were drinking in the guest room, most of them were "heroes" who "came here", right?
Spending the money of a meal of wine and food can win the hearts of a group of people, and the owner of this Wu Zhuang is really smart.
If the dormitory is free, why not?
Song Che hugged his fists and said: "Then we are welcome, I wish the owner of Wuzhuang a hundred years of life and health, and all his wishes come true." ”
Then he sat down in the guest hall, and the shopkeeper quickly brought food, with wine and meat, not sumptuous but not bad.
"Hey, we just happened to meet a team of people on the avenue, looking at the face of one of them, it seems to be the third son of the Wu family, they are fully armed, galloping all the way, it seems to be in a hurry."
Song Che called the second child in the store, and deliberately knocked on the side.
The shopkeeper sighed and said, "The third young master should be going to suppress the bandits." ”
Song Che gave a thumbs up, "It's really admirable that Guizhuang has such righteous deeds." ”
Xiao Er said proudly: "That is, although our Wujiazhuang is not an official government, it is also a pioneer in maintaining peace, and now that Miao bandits are rampant, our village naturally has to make some efforts." ”
Song Che didn't ask any more.
It is more than 30 miles from Huaishulin to Wujiazhuang, but an hour after the incident, Wujiazhuang learned the news that there were Miao bandits, and specially sent a cavalry to suppress the bandits, will this reaction be too fast?
Could it be a thief shouting to catch a thief?
If this is the case, the Miao bandits are likely to be pretending, and today they came to the rescue and showed their faces in the eyes of the "Miao bandits......
The more Song Che thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and put down his chopsticks and beckoned: "Everyone eat quickly, let's continue to hurry after eating." ”
Those who know Song Che know that he will never be for no reason, no one asked, and after filling his stomach quickly, he planned to get up and leave.
"Guest officer, it's going to get dark soon, and there will be a place for the rest of the next thirty miles, why don't you stay?" The shopkeeper's intention to retain customers.
Song Che prevaricated casually: "We suddenly thought of something urgent, we must hurry up, thank you for the shopkeeper's hospitality of wine and food." ”
threw down a few taels of silver and hurried away with everyone.
At this moment, the sun is setting and night is about to fall.
After a while, Shen Wenjun came to ask, "Did you find any clues?" ”
Song Che nodded and told everyone about his worries.
Lin Yue said: "From the first time I saw that Wu Youlun, I felt that he was not a good person, and the Four Seas Inn, as a shopkeeper, as a man, all thieves and rats, and the people who lived there were also a mixture of dragons and snakes, how could he be worthy of the word 'righteousness'." ”
The carriage and horses sped up a little.
Half an hour later, it was completely dark.
Suddenly!
"Da Da Da ......"
The sound of horses' hooves rushed behind the convoy, and there was still a fire as far as the eye could see, and someone could faintly hear someone shouting:
"Stop! The one in front of you stops! ”
Sure enough, I still caught up!
"Let's go!"
"Drive!"
Lin Yue hurried up.
But day and night, the horses were already weak, and they had to pull a cart of people, and the speed was obviously not as fast as the cavalry.
The sound of horses' hooves is getting louder and louder, and the distance of the pursuers is getting shorter and shorter.
"Lord Song, you go first, let's stop them!"
"Don't go to the mantis arm as a car!"
Song Che wanted to stop it, but Hu Dabiao had already turned around with his men and took the initiative to block the pursuing soldiers of Wujiazhuang.
"Bang ......"
Swords intertwined, and the battle broke out.
But there are dozens of militiamen in Wujiazhuang, how can a few people stop them?
The little time that you have to buy with your life is not enough to escape!
It just so happened that there was a fork in the road ahead.
Song Che had an idea, dodged the reins in Lin Yue's hand to hold the carriage, and beckoned:
"If this continues, they will soon catch up again, Yue'er, you take Wenjun and them to get out of the car, walk from the left lane, and I'll drive the car to the avenue!"
"Nope! You should take them away, and I'll lure them away!" ”
"You go and lure them away, who will protect them?" Song Che urged: "I have a way to get out!" Don't worry about me! ”
Song Che pushed Lin Yue out of the carriage and dragged Shen Wenjun out one by one.
"Husband......
"After they are led away and confirmed that they are safe, you will quickly rush to Tongchuan City!"
Song Che handed over the golden knife and the black phoenix order to Lin Yue, and said quickly: "Tongchuan is a big city, there should be a secret department of the Jiaofang Division, you bring my golden knife and token to find them to provide shelter, remember to hide, don't expose your identity!" ”
By this time, the fighting had stopped, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard again.
"See you in Tongchuan City!"
Song Che lit two torches and stuck them on the roof of the car, turned his head and drove into the right avenue, Lin Yue, Shen Wenjun and others quickly bent down and hid in the woods beside the road.