The Hidden Dragon Out of the Water Chapter 2 Section 18 Sneak Attack on the Ferry (Middle)

The blue-faced beast and his party came back very late, and it was almost dark by then, but he did bring back two of Ren Tianqi's slightly red men: one was a sentry standing guard by the horse farm, and the other was a pro-soldier captain near the big tent of the Chinese army. The reason why the blue-faced beast came back late was to capture this lieutenant.

Ren Tianqi was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly called to bring the sentry over first.

Through the torches, it can be seen that this is a loyal and honest soldier, who was tied up and fell to the ground; he was in his early thirties, covered in dust, gray-haired, and his face was pale and colorless; his lower body was obviously wet and he didn't know if it was because he was frightened and wet his pants; his big frightened eyes looked at the cave in confusion, especially Ren Tianqi and Nanzi, who were wearing masks, couldn't help but be a little weird, which made him even more frightened.

Of course, Ren Tianqi knew the hardships and hardships of those who served as soldiers in the army, but in fact, they were just for a livelihood, and how many people in history were able to become prosperous and wealthy as soldiers? It was not easy! Ren Tianqi was a person who did not want to be embarrassed to be a soldier in his heart; Ren Tianqi waved his hand and asked the blue-faced beast to pull him up, and ordered him to loosen his bonds.

The green-faced beast did as it was done, and kicked the creature to his knees with another kick.

The soldier kowtowed in horror and begged for mercy, but his eyes were brighter and calmer.

Ren Tianqi got up and said with a smile: "You don't need to be so alarmed, as long as you know everything, you will definitely let you live!"

The soldier said: "Thank you for the forgiveness of the good man, even if the good man asks, the villain must know everything; the villain only asks the good man to leave the villain a dog so that he can go back to support his parents!"

Ren Tianqi nodded. He smiled: "Hey, you are still a dutiful son, so how did you get into the barracks and become a soldier?"

The soldier said: "The villain originally farmed honestly at home and honored his parents. Later, when I saw that there were people in the neighborhood who joined the army and made a windfall, I couldn't help but be moved, so I thought about it and was on an errand in the army related to the general, dreaming that one day I would be able to glorify my ancestors! I don't want this wealth to be earned, but I want to give it to the good man, you have been caught here!"

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "This soldier is originally a drudgery of licking blood with a knife. Besides, if you often say that a good man is not a soldier, I am afraid that you have chosen the wrong profession! Tell me how much money you spent on the common money before and after becoming a soldier?"

The soldier smiled and said: "The villain is still lucky, in order to enter the military camp only turned into ten taels of silver, and then in order to enter the cavalry guard camp spent another hundred and twenty taels of silver;

Ren Tianqi was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "What kind of person is your relationship, you actually have so many ways to make money? How did you come up with so many ways to make money? Tell me quickly, listen to it, and let me open my eyes!"

The soldier said: "My relationship was originally my cousin from afar, and he was originally a gangster in the family who had no climate; he joined the army as a soldier a few years ago, and I heard that he had fought a lot of vicious battles, first because of his merits to get the official name of a school captain, and then he listened to errands in the general's palace; he was very powerful, and all the big and small figures in Yangzhou City sold his face; he bought land and built a house at home, and he was proud of his concubine and property. About a year ago, I heard from my cousin that the general wanted to establish a lineage guard army formed by the sons of the city of Yangzhou, and he was among the people who were preparing for it. My cousin told me that I didn't need the money. But because there is a greater lieutenant general above him, the lieutenant general has specified in advance that he will receive forty taels of filial piety silver for a soldier; in addition, the villain is confident that he can still speak a few words, and at first the errand was in the general's mansion, not only did there be many rules and there was not much oil and water. He also asked people to enter the cavalry camp of the personal guards, although it was all an easy job of attracting and sending messages and carrying messages. But he has seen a lot of worldliness and handled a lot of money. It also takes up a lot of oil and water!"

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "In this way, you are a clever person, and you don't match your honesty.;However, your kid has also changed his career! In this way, your kid must know a lot of allusions in the army!

The soldier kowtowed and said: "I just ask the good man to reward the villain with a dog's life, and the villain will never dare to hide it!"

Ren Tianqi said: "How many people are like you who are on errands in the military camp?"

The soldier said: "There are not a few people, the villain's personal guard cavalry battalion has a total of about 500 people, I am afraid that there are 400 people with the same ideas and circumstances as the villain! Anyway, in the villain's opinion, the so-called personal guards, either relatives or money to come in, are all carried by white flowers and silver; perhaps only those generals and colonels above have followed the general to live and die together!"

Ren Tianqi frowned slightly, he looked up at Nanzi, and then looked around at the blue-faced beast and the others.

The crowd couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Ren Tianqi shook his head, sighed secretly, and said, "That master asked you, do you know who your family's boss is?"

The soldier said: "I know, the commander of our family is Wen Tingyu, who is in the position of general, under the second lady and above 10,000 people!"

Ren Tianqi glanced up at Nanzi and said, "Who is the second lady?"

The soldier said with a smile: "The second lady is the lord of the Xuzhou soldiers, the wife of Ren Tianqi, the former Xuzhou conquest envoy, and the wife of the general's brother-in-law! Although the lady is in the position of the general king, she is extremely noble and respected by the people, but it is a pity that she is only a woman and how can she sit in the Chinese military tent, so the major affairs in the army are all decided by the general!"

Nanzi snorted when he heard this, and Ren Tianqi hurriedly raised his head and smiled at him when he heard the sound.

Ren Tianqi said: "Do you know how many generals there are in the Xuzhou army?"

The soldier said: "I heard that the Xuzhou soldiers are extremely powerful, famous all over the world, of course they are gathered by famous generals; but I heard that there are not many people in the position of generals, and there are only four people in Xuzhou Yingguiquan, Tongzhou Yuan Ren and the Huaihe Estuary Boss Battalion Black and White Double Eagle; the villain has never seen the other four generals; but the villain has heard that the generals do not agree with each other, do not interact with each other, and guard against each other. In particular, Yingguiquan and Yuan Ren were the most noisy, and they repeatedly wanted to raise troops to make trouble. After all, it was the second lady who mediated before the matter was settled!"

Nanzi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but let out an "ah". He didn't expect Dongxue to have such ability, but he underestimated her maid's ability.

Ren Tianqi sounds very enjoyable, he has always come to see the winter snow!

The soldier said: "In particular, our General Wen has special respect for the second lady, and he obeys his words, and he sees him every ten days, greets him every three days, and states everything big and small, and he has made all the ladies jealous, and I have heard that all the ladies have been punished by the general for this." Kill one of them for the general!"

Ren Tianqi and Nanzi were shocked when they heard this.

Ren Tianqi smiled: "Then how has your general treated you sergeants?"

The soldier said angrily: "Extremely harsh, very stingy, the villain is only three taels of silver per month, and only two sets of winter and summer clothes, how can this satisfy the desire of everyone to join the army, for this reason the villain broke their heads and fought to transfer this rich cavalry battalion! However, the luxury and grandeur of his general's mansion have already surpassed that of the general's mansion, and the general also marries concubines every once in a while, and the bureaucrats and gentlemen in Yangzhou City complain bitterly, and the sergeants also scold him for his banditry after his death. Insulting to righteousness!"

Ren Tianqi was taken aback and said, "How do you say this, you say it slowly and carefully!"

The soldier said: "The villain heard that before the general started his family, he was a swordsman in the rivers and lakes who was looking for flowers and asking willows, and when he was down, he was rescued by Tianqi, the director of the Xuzhou soldiers. The two of them became Jinlan and galloped in the north, made great achievements in the Dajin country, and later followed Tianqi to the south to create the Xuzhou soldiers. Ranked among the former generals, but when Ren Tianqi's life and death were unknown, he did not loyally support Ren Jiabao, but had the intention of peeping into the position of the great general from the position of the former general. Later, when he saw that the hundred officials were not convinced, the generals wanted to raise troops to fight before they gave up, so they vigorously expanded their subordinates. It is said that his respect for the second lady is also his secret admiration for the beauty of the second lady, and it is also the purpose of secretly provoking the second lady and the eldest lady and the county lord; it is said that his killing of his wife and concubine is that the wife and concubine peeped into the general's love for the second lady. ”

Ren Tianqi smiled faintly and said, "It's just a rumor! Do you know the purpose of this army going south?"

The soldier said: "I know, this time the army went south to cooperate with the imperial court to use troops against the Nanling savage tribe, and the general took the initiative to ask for help in order to express his loyalty to the imperial court!"

Ren Tianqi said: "Then where are the soldiers and horses mobilized by this army, and how many people are there?"

The soldier said: "They are all the military horses of Yangzhou's headquarters, and the generals of the military horses elsewhere cannot be recruited, that is, if the tiger guards in Yangzhou City do not have the double tiger talisman of the second lady and the county lord, no one can use it!"

Ren Tianqi nodded, secretly thinking about what Dongxue had done right, and said, "Then how much do you know about this arrangement?"

The soldier kowtowed and said: "How can the villains know about that, those are all things that the generals and adults worry about, and the villains are just running errands before and after!"

The soldier turned his head and said: "But I heard that this time the imperial court sent a Hou Ye with full command, and I also heard that this Hou Ye came to the camp at noon today to discuss with the general about sending troops to war!"

Nanzi said: "Then where is the Hou Ye at this time, is he still in the army?"

The soldier shook his head and said, "Before the villain was arrested, the Hou Ye should still be in the ferry camp, and at this time, half a day has passed, and I am afraid that he is long gone!"

Nanzi looked up at Ren Tianqi, and Ren Tianqi knew that this person could no longer ask anything, so he waved his hand to take this person away.

When the soldier saw that he had two big men with disheveled hair, he grabbed his arms and dragged them out, and shouted in fright: "The good man spares his life, the good man spares the villain's life!"

Ren Tianqi smiled at the blue-faced beast and said, "We can't be untrustworthy, let's let it live!"

The blue-faced beast said yes, raised its legs and followed.

The three men escorted the GIs out.

One said: "Big head, what should this kid do?"

The green-faced beast raised its hand and wiped its neck.

The men understood that they had carried the soldier out of the cave, and one of them struck hard, breaking the soldier's neck, and throwing the soldier's body out with a flick of his hand. (To be continued......)