Chapter 17: Arrested
Bai Yilan pressed his bleeding right hand, gasped sharply while stopping Wei Rong, and said with difficulty: "General Wei, there is no need to drink. But now can I talk about me?"
"Uh......" Wei Rong was a little disappointed when he heard this, but since he recognized Bai Yilan, he would not refuse his request again, "Okay, what is the matter with Dong Chun, and he still wants to invite you to come so powerful?"
Bai Yilan smiled bitterly, handed the handwritten letter in his arms to Wei Rong, and said, "Lord County Cheng suspects that the failure to suppress bandits for many years is due to the obstruction of Kong County's order. The evidence contained in this epistle is currently available. ”
Wei Rong's face changed slightly, and he stopped the pace of entering the account. Although he has always disdained to be in the company of those "literati" in the yamen, Wei Rong has never slackened in the face of major rights and wrongs. The words just now caught his attention, so he took the handbook and opened it immediately. Looking at the suspicious incidents about Kong Hui above, I thought carefully about the five years I had tried my best to suppress bandits, but I always ended up in nothing.
Wei Rong's expression changed completely, the frankness of the people in the army, without any heart, all the emotions were expressed on his face, after reading the letter, he was even more furious, dropped his helmet, and scolded: "His grandmother's Kong Hui, Lao Tzu worked hard to suppress bandits, every time he was assigned by him, he listened to his dispatch." Tired and tired before and after. He's just playing Lao Tzu!" After that, he was about to leave the barracks with his sword, Bai Yilan wanted to stop him, but he was a step too slow, but fortunately, he was desperately stopped by the big strong outside just after leaving the barracks.
Bai Yilan hurriedly dragged the remnants and followed, and now Bai Yilan's injuries. In the eyes of outsiders, it is just a hole in the arm, but only he understands that the battle just now almost ruined his life's martial arts path. Forced luck not only abolished his right hand, but also made the Jade Mansion shake, and it was difficult for the body to support it. But he has no regrets in his heart, because the goal has been achieved, and there is only one last step left to rescue Ying'er.
"General Wei, don't get excited, listen to me, I already have a plan that can make Kong Hui unable to deny it and confess his guilt. ”
Wei Rong gradually calmed down, "What plan?"
"Why don't you go into the tent?" Bai Yilan looked around at the soldiers around him and gave Wei Rong a look, "There are a lot of people here, and Lord County Cheng hopes that nothing will go wrong this time." ”
After the two of them entered the account, Bai Yilan didn't want to delay for a moment, and said: "General Wei, the letter should have already mentioned the matter of the Shilipo official post, and the county lord will inform Kong Hui tomorrow morning that you will investigate there then." If Kong Hui really had a ghost in his heart, he would definitely arrive as soon as possible.
"I'm a rough man, I don't understand your crooked minds, just tell me what to do. ”
"Since this is the case, then I will say it directly, what General Wei needs to do is to immediately send troops to clear Shilipo now, and then ambush there. I'll take care of the rest. Because there is another crucial step in the future, Bai Yilan has been holding a breath to prevent herself from falling, but in the eyes of others, the situation is getting worse and worse......
"I'll leave it to you, are you okay looking like this?" Wei Rong looked at Bai Yilan, who was almost crumbling, and was inevitably a little worried. immediately beckoned his subordinates to come in and wanted to help Bai Yilan bandage.
"Don't worry, but I need you to go now, as soon as possible. Strive to win the official post tomorrow morning. ”
"This ......" Wei Rong was embarrassed, "our barracks have inspectors, if we send troops to Kong Hui, we will know." ”
"I've already thought of this, as long as I use any means to delay the Inspector until dawn, I can let him go to Kong Hui. I don't know if you can do it?"
Wei Rong suddenly laughed again, "Hahaha, of course it's okay to delay until dawn, I started to think that I was going to kill him." ”
"Good ......" Bai Yilan pressed the wound hard, wanting to use the pain to ensure that he would not faint, and followed Wei Rong out of the military tent step by step.
Half an hour, everything was ready, Wei Rong personally got on the horse to lead the team, Bai Yilan and Da Zhuang followed. And the inspector who had never met Bai Yilan had already been tied up and locked up in the firewood room.
In the middle of the night, an elite cavalry galloped past and went straight out of the east gate.
Along the way, Da Zhuang was really uneasy, "Bai Daxia, what if Lord County Cheng didn't tell Kong Hui?"
"Rest assured, this will not happen. ”
"Then what if the Inspector tells Kong Hui that he won't come?"
"So I secretly asked the soldiers guarding the city to keep an eye on him, and let him out after Kong Hui left the city. ”
Throughout the night, Bai Yilan tried to keep himself from falling, and kept riding his horse and whipping, hoping to reach Shilipo before dawn.
Time passed slowly, and the moon faded from the night sky, revealing a glimmer of dawn in the east. Because of the crotch of the horse, people are proficient in riding. At dawn, it was there. At the same time, Dong Chun, who had not slept all night in the city, had already come to Kong's house before dawn. Slammed the door......
"All the soldiers listen to the order! Surround the Shilipo official post, and even one can let go, charge!"
Bai Yilan, who was standing in place, was strong, feeling the magnificence of a hundred horses, his morale was high, he raised his sword and went straight in, not giving the other party any chance, and he could only hear the screams of the fighting in the post station from afar. After a while, the only person escaped through the window of the back door, but as soon as he went out, he knelt on the ground in despair when he looked at the iron horsemen surrounded by the group.
After receiving Wei Rong's instructions, Bai Yilan rode forward. And Kong Hui had already gone out in a panic after hearing Dong Chun's words.
Everything is going smoothly, and this is the only thing that Bai Yilan is gratifying. He changed into the costume of the post shop junior, and controlled the shopkeeper, and then arranged for Wei Rong to ambush the officers and soldiers upstairs. The rest of the officers and soldiers were already hiding around the official post.
The shopkeeper is still the same, looking up the accounts on the counter with an abacus, and behind the shopkeeper, Bai Yilan holds a dagger against his back, always reminding him not to act rashly. The post station personnel who were killed were also replaced by new faces in the barracks, and there were basically no flaws.
They squatted from early in the morning to the afternoon, and the big man upstairs moved his already numb legs, yawned, and muttered: "I really don't know why I have to make Kong Hui confess, waiting for this day in vain." With this time, if you had attacked Shangjiang Water Village, Ying'er would have been rescued a long time ago. ”
Wei Rong on the side couldn't help it, and punched Da Zhuang's head, "How can there be such a stupid person as you around Brother Bai, even my martial artist knows, if we go directly to Shangjiang Water Village, what if Kong Hui gets in the way and reports the news, since he can fool me for five years, there must still be a means." ”
The brothers behind him looked at the embarrassing statue of Da Zhuang rubbing his head, and they all couldn't help laughing.
As soon as the laughter stopped, I saw a seven-pin Wusha hurriedly entered the post station, and he didn't have time to notice anything wrong around him, and when he saw the shopkeeper, he wanted to grab a life-saving straw, and hurriedly ran to the counter, and before he had time to catch his breath, he said, "Hurry up...... Hurry up and report to Jiang Shanglong, Wei Rong has found the post station, let him hurry up and take the horse away, destroy the evidence, and return to Beijing soon, I can't give up all my efforts......"
And after he finished speaking, he found that the shopkeeper was motionless, so anxious that he slapped the table and shouted: "Hurry!" Then he glanced at Bai Yilan, and then pointed at Bai Yilan and said, "Then you go, ...... quickly" and said back and forth several times, Kong Hui was about to collapse, but he couldn't move anyone present.
"Go now!"
"Lord County Commander, why don't you let me go?" Wei Rong held the sword on his waist and walked down from the upstairs step by step. Immediately afterwards, the shopkeeper who cleaned up the table also took out a steel knife from his arms, and the officers and soldiers rushed up and surrounded Kong Hui.
"You ...... Are you going to rebel?"
"You're the one who wants to rebel, right?" Wei Rong couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled out his sword and put it on Kong Hui's neck.
"No...... No way...... I'll ...... right away I'm about to return to Beijing to take up my post...... No...... Impossible......"
Kong Hui's eyes were already bloodshot, he couldn't believe the current situation, he couldn't allow his dream of returning to Beijing that he had arranged for five years to be shattered on the last step, he was completely stunned, shaking his head vigorously, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing. Mixed with joy and sorrow, tears flowing......
Seeing Kong Hui being taken away by the officers and soldiers, the previous plan to rescue Ying'er was guaranteed. Then Bai Yilan took out a drawing and handed it to Wei Rong, "This is the map I have drawn on the other side of the river, where the Shangjiang Water Village is located, the route of this reed is also clearly marked, and I have also marked it at the entrance......
Wei Rong looked at the map and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Great, now I can finally wipe out those bastards." ”
Bai Yilan interrupted: "A friend of mine was captured by them, so we still have to think about some details of the attack on Shangjiang Water Village." ”
"What's going on, friend?"
Da Zhuang said with a displeased face: "Ying'er from our village was arrested and sent to Jiang Shanglong to be the wife of the village. Said they would be married in six days!"
"Isn't that right? Since she was arrested to be a daughter-in-law, it definitely won't hurt her. Let's just go in and get people out. ”
Bai Yilan cut gold and cut iron, "No, you must be cautious, you can't make any mistakes......"
Wei Rong looked at Bai Yilan, who was anxious, and couldn't help but smile evilly: "Oh, it seems that the relationship between this hostage and you is not ordinary." ”
Bai Yilan was about to explain, but what he said just now angered Da Zhuang, he pulled Bai Yilan in front of him and reasoned with Wei Rong: "Don't talk nonsense, Ying'er is my daughter-in-law who has not passed the door......"
"Uh...... Then I can't figure it out. Wei Ronghu glanced at Bai Yilan behind him suspiciously, and said, "This has nothing to do with you, so you have to work so hard to save her?"
"Cause...... Because ......" as she spoke, Bai Yilan's vision became more and more blurred, and gradually she couldn't hear the sound, and finally her eyes were dark............