Chapter 274: Lurking, Probing
After the shopkeeper saw Jin Shi, his little eyes were shining, and he rubbed his hands and smiled: "Enough, enough, enough." Hehe, a few guest officers, please!"
As he spoke, he moved out of the way and asked Shen Shifang and a few people to enter.
Shen Shifang smiled helplessly and said, "Is there a guest room here?"
The shopkeeper said: "Of course, this is Xique City, and there are all kinds of large and small guest rooms. How many guest officers do you want?"
Shen Shifang said: "You prepare three rooms for us, and instruct people to prepare the bathing things, and we will wash the dust." ”
The shopkeeper said, "Okay, please here." ”
Shen Shifang and the three of them followed the shopkeeper and walked upstairs.
Xiao Yang whispered dissatisfiedly: "What a snob, why don't you allow me to beat him?"
Lian Kongling smiled: "Hehe, I want to too!"
Xiao Yang listened, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, let's beat him up and let him remember it for a long time." ”
Lian Kongling grabbed him and said softly: "You can pull it down! Although this little second is a snob, it is not bad to go there." Besides, you forgot what we're here for? ”
Xiao Yang immediately became serious and no longer pestered the rudeness of the shopkeeper.
After the few of them washed up separately, Hai ate and drank, and asked Shen Shifang to call him to his room.
Shen Shifang kept drinking tea, looking at the heat, and didn't speak.
Lian Kongling couldn't help it, and said, "What should I do next?
Shen Shifang put down the teacup and said, "No, let's go our separate ways." Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and we are temporarily blinded by this, and we don't know anything.
Early tomorrow morning, Xiao Yang will go to observe the movement of the city gate, mainly to find out the number of their guards, the patrol team and the way the city gate is opened. ”
Xiao Yang said, "Don't worry! ”
Shen Shifang nodded, looked at Liankong Mausoleum, and said seriously: "Xique City is a place where troops are stationed, and the military camp must be in the city, you can find out the specific location, and then calculate how long it will take to get from the military camp to the city gate at the earliest?"
Lian Kongling responded: "No problem. ”
Xiao Yang said, "Brother, what about you?"
Shen Shifang said: "I'm going to investigate the most important place for Su Mu Gaozhuo. ”
Lian Kongling's eyes lit up and said, "The most important thing is grain and grass. ”
Shen Shifang said: "That's right. ”
Lian Kongling said: "Okay, then it's okay for everyone to go to bed early, we must figure out the situation tomorrow." Judging from the day, Ah Xin will definitely attack the day after tomorrow. ”
After saying that, Lian Kongling stood up and went back to his room with Xiao Yang.
Shen Shifang let Xiao Yang and the two go back, rubbing his ears and closing his eyes, and the effect of the time came to his mind.
Thinking about it, although Shen Shifang was tired, he didn't feel sleepy, so he had to cross his knees on the bed, pinched the trick of Lianyue's heart, and said the mantra in his mouth.
"One life is two, two is three, three is everything, and all things have spirits. The Spirit comes from heaven and earth. ”
"Qi returns to the dantian, the upper god is combined, the qi is nourished in the middle, the essence is collected under the lower one, and the three dans are one vein, and they are collected. ”
When the words fell, the true qi of all the acupoints on Shen Shifang's body gathered into the three dantians, and the light that lit up was extremely bright red.
At this time, he found that the true qi gave birth to the dantian, and the purity of its qi was becoming more and more wonderful.
He felt with his heart that his current cultivation was the peak of the middle spirit quadruple, and he had reached the bottleneck, and he would soon break through and reach the middle spirit quadruple.
Now his strength is not counted as the triple heaven of reincarnation, and with the blessing of the twenty-four character swordsmanship and the thousand-strike combat technique, and the three peerless martial arts of treading snow and seeking plums, he is already comparable to the powerhouse of the Zhongling Sevenfold.
Especially the red true qi of his son of reincarnation, whether it is in purity or strength, it is greater than ordinary people.
This is a blessing!
He is a man who is favored by God.
Shen Shifang thought for a moment
, I don't have much joy, I just feel that no matter what power, if it is not good, it is evil.
To use the talent given to you by God is to be worthy of heaven and earth.
He had a lot to do, a lot to know, and a lot of truth to find out.
The whereabouts of the Nine Life Order, the traces of the mother, the life and death of the father, the life and death of the father-in-law, the blood feud in the Shura Palace, and what happened to Li Qiuniang that Lao Tian said? Why did Qingsha insist on assassinating the son of reincarnation? Who is the armored man in the red world?
None of these things have been identified, and in order to find out, you must have great power.
Shen Shifang thought about this, his brows couldn't help but lock deeply, his thoughts were confused, and he couldn't practice at all.
If the mind is not at peace, his world will ...... Rough.
Shen Shifang stopped cultivating, opened his eyes, sighed secretly and fell asleep.
The next day, there was no word for the night.
Shen Shifang got up early, said hello to Lian Kongling and Xiao Yang, and then went their separate ways.
Shen Shifang walked around the street, looking like a hanger, and occasionally whistling and teasing some girls passing by, it was really difficult to tell that he was the same person now and in the past.
Shen Shifang laughed cheaply, looking at the girl who ran away, but he wondered in his heart if Situ Jie saw it, would he be angry?
Of course not!
Situ Jie understands things and knows Shen Shifang's personality, but how can he not know that the latter is pretending?
That's right, the skills that Shen Shifang learned from Hundred Variety Students are just right to use now.
After the disguise, his appearance and personality are matched like this, without any sense of disobedience.
He walked along the way, and many people wanted to beat him up.
Can...... Now he doesn't care.
He walked up to a breakfast stall, thought about it, and sat down at an empty table.
"Little old man, bring me a few steamed buns and a pot of tea. ”
Shen Shifang shouted loudly to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper replied, "Okay! A pot of tea, five big meat buns." ”
With that, he came over with a basket of steamed buns and a pot of tea.
After pouring a bowl of tea for Shen Shifang, the shopkeeper said, "Guest, use it slowly." ”
Shen Shifang said magnificently: "Go! ”
He looks like a young master in a very powerful family.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay, if you have an order, just open your mouth, and the villain will naturally do it." ”
Shen Shifang said: "I don't think it will, if I ask you to kill someone, you will do the same?"
The shopkeeper broke out in a cold sweat and said in embarrassment: "Guest officer, you are joking, the villain has no power to restrain the chicken, how can he kill someone? Besides, this murder is against the law, and if the head falls to the ground, no amount of gold or silver can kill it." ”
This shopkeeper is an honest man.
Shen Shifang smiled: "Haha, I'll just say it casually, I won't let you kill people for no reason." It's just that, I'm doing business in Shenliu City, and I've been here for a while, and the war is raging, and I can't deliver goods. ”
When the shopkeeper heard that it was a businessman, he said, "I don't know what kind of business the guest officer does?"
Shen Shifang said: "My family is engaged in grain trading. ”
Shen Shifang dragged things around, and finally got involved in things related to grain and grass.
The shopkeeper smiled: "It's really not the right time for you to come here, if you come earlier, maybe you can earn some gold and silver." ”
Shen Shifang followed the shopkeeper's words and said, "Oh, how do you say this?"
The shopkeeper saw that there were not many customers on his stall, so he simply sat down to chat with Shen Shifang, and he said: "Some time ago, the government has been buying grain, and the price is much higher than usual!"
Shen Shifang thought to himself that this was right, Su Mu Gaozhuo was definitely short of food, and it was levied at a high price.
"That's a pity, it's just the current situation, it's still the most important thing to save your life. Shen Shifang took a sip
Tea.
The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Don't look at the Xiyun Kingdom fighting, these are all those people fighting inside, and they won't kill the people indiscriminately." ”
This "inside" is naturally talking about the Imperial Palace.
At such a time, no one dares to easily judge who is right and who is wrong, so as not to provoke the disaster of death.
Shen Shifang sighed and said, "Having said that, the people can't live normally, and it still harms us innocent people!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said nothing.
At this time, Shen Shifang felt that the heat was almost over, and he said: "This Xique City is so big, and I don't know where to put so much grain and grass? ”
He's getting down to business.
Going around and around, it is nothing more than asking where Su Mu Gaozhuo's official grain is stored.
This kind of thing must not be inquired about openly, if you ask a rebel, or a rebel's family, it will be purely self-defeating.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper didn't suspect it, thinking that Shen Shifang was bored, and he was here to relieve his boredom and talk.
The shopkeeper blurted out directly and said, "Next to the Thorn Shifu in the city, it is the granary of the official mansion, and the grain is generally placed there." They went to receive food once every half a month in the army, and every time it was mighty. ”
Shen Shifang was overjoyed in his heart, and said indifferently on the surface: "Oh, I see. ”
Then, Shen Shifang said a few more words, dropped some silver and left.
He staggered again and again until noon, and came to a teahouse opposite the Thorn Mansion.
Shen Shifang found a window position upstairs, so that he could see the Thorn Shifu and the granary next to it clearly.
He was looking at the number of guards in the granary, as well as the time of the changing of the guard and the surrounding environment.
An hour later, a group of armored soldiers hurriedly walked out of the Assassin's Mansion, followed by a few people.
There is a middle-aged man, and a few are Shen Shifang's acquaintances.
It was Bai You, Su Mu Gaozhuo and Su Mu Honghuan.
More than 20 people in this group escorted Su Mu Gaozhuo's carriage and horses, and ran all the way.
Shen Shifang sneered, he knew that Su Mu Gaozhuo's expression was so flustered, it must be Su Muxin's army that had arrived at the battlefield and set up camp ten miles away.
In this way, Shen Shifang should be like a foolproof strategy, which can not only retreat with his whole body, but also move his whole body.
However, these are not problems, Shen Shifang is sure.
After looking at it again, Shen Shifang returned to the inn in the evening, and he found that even Kongling and Xiao Yang had not returned.
It wasn't until night that Lian Kongling and Xiao Yang returned to the inn one after another.
As soon as he entered, Xiao Yang poured a large mouthful of water.
"I'm dying of thirst. Xiao Yang was satisfied
wiped the side of his mouth, and then said, "Brother, I have figured out the situation." ”
Shen Shifang said: "Tell me." ”
Xiao Yang took out a piece of cloth, on which were painted with some incomprehensible patterns with a brush, he pointed to these patterns and said: "Today I saw Su Mu Gaozhuo go to the city, the city gate has been closed, it is forbidden to enter and exit, it should be Ah Xin and they are here." Behind the city walls was a sea of people, as if they were preparing for war.
As for the city gate, I have heard people say that it is a bolted pillar structure. And they had piles of wood, stones, and some jars, which they were carrying up to the city. ”
"Altar?" Lian Kongling smiled cheaply: "Hehe, could it be a bar?" to strengthen your courage. ”
Shen Shifang said: "Fire oil, a necessity for defending the city, is mainly used to deal with soldiers who climb the cloud ladder. ”
Then, Shen Shifang said, "How are you over there?"
Lian Kongling said: "The military camp is just a mile behind the city gate, and it can be quickly reinforced. ”
Shen Shifang's fingers tapped rhythmically on the tabletop, his eyes closed, and he was planning in his heart.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Get ready tonight for them to have an unforgettable dawn." ”