Fang Jinshi, led by the leaders of the Forbidden Army, followed Zhao Gou to a small rural courtyard. The courtyard was full of officers and soldiers. Liu Guangshi stood under the eaves to greet him. He said a few words to Zhao Gou. He used a clich¨¦ and waved his hand: "Bring it up."
Immediately, several imperial guardsmen took a strong middle-aged man and walked over. The man struggled as he walked. When he arrived in front of Zhao Gou, someone had already shined a torch on his face, and there were officers and soldiers behind him who grabbed his hair. He raised his head and showed it to Zhao Gou. The man looked at Zhao Gou. His clothes were torn and blood was still flowing out from his shoulders. He must have gone through a fierce battle. There was a malicious look in his eyes. Zhao Gou turned around. Fang Jinshi asked, "Is he this person?"
Before Fang Jinshi could say anything, Zhao Gou said again: "It's him, definitely the thief, take him down and keep a close watch on him." He was deeply impressed by the Salt Owl that day, and he remembered it without Fang Jinshi having to recognize him.
The official army escorted the salt owl leader out, put him into a prison car, and took him to the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture together with his captured accomplices. A total of nearly 3,000 people were dispatched by the imperial army in this battle. Catching these more than 40 thieves was naturally a piece of cake. , the police arrested all the people in this small village, and then interrogated them carefully. Liu Guangshi said: "Prince Kang, a lot of salt has been seized here. I have people take it back together."
Zhao Gou said: "The salt can be transported away, but General Liu is not in a hurry to leave. This group of thieves must have accomplices. If we stay here and wait, we will surely gain something."
Liu Guangshi was not willing to wait here anymore. He was just joining in the fun. He was not interested in how many thieves he could catch. He said to Zhao Gou: "Prince Kang, I have something important to do tomorrow morning. I'm afraid I have to rush back to Bianliang City, so why not, how about I leave some troops and horses, enough for the prince to use them?"
Zhao Gou just waited for him. Liu Guangshi recruited seven or eight hundred people to stay. He took other forbidden troops to seize the seized salt and went back to Kaifeng City overnight.
After Zhao Gou saw him leaving, he asked some of the remaining imperial troops to ambush and rest in various households in the village, and then transferred some to hide outside the village. He also asked the police officers to pretend to be villagers, and then he rested in this farmhouse. Fang Jinshi looked at He arranged everything in an orderly manner and had a clear plan in mind. It seemed that these companions of the salt owl would definitely come, which made him feel a little strange.
Together with King Kang's entourage, he also found a place to sleep. The night passed peacefully and it was getting bright. Fang Jinshi walked to the courtyard and stretched himself. A policeman pretending to be a commoner rushed in from the door. He shouted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, someone is coming."
Zhao Gou hurriedly walked out of the house. There was a cowshed next to the wall of this farmer's house. He stepped on the trough where the cows were eating and stood up to look outside the wall. Fang Jinshi climbed up the wooden stake and stood up. He saw this remote On the path leading from the small village to the outside of the village, there were more than a dozen black spots walking in the snow. These people were too far away to see their faces clearly, but you could see that there were two or three people in front of them who had horses. Feeling suspicious, he slowly approached the village.
Zhao Gou jumped down from the cattle trough and ordered to the policeman: "Go quickly and notify the officers and soldiers to surround them. No one is allowed to leave." The policeman went out from behind and quickly informed the officers and soldiers.
These ten people walked more than ten feet away from the farmer's house. They may have noticed something strange, but they actually stood still and refused to move. Zhao Gou gave an order, and all the officers, soldiers and policemen rushed out of the village with shouts. These ten people When many people saw it, they quickly turned around and headed down the road. The officers and soldiers who were ambushing outside the village followed and rushed out from behind. The road in the village was narrow, and these people had no way to hide. They were instantly surrounded by officers, soldiers and policemen.
Someone among the dozens of people shouted: "Are you officers and soldiers or robbers" The noise of the crowd quickly drowned out the man's voice. Only a few sounds of swords and soldiers were heard. The village was full of officers and soldiers. After shouting, not long after, someone came in and reported to King Kang: "Capture them all, a total of thirteen people, and no one left."
Zhao Gou applauded the case and had the thirteen people taken into the courtyard. A strong man who was escorted in with his hands tied was struggling and yelling vulgar words. He was pushed in by the officers and soldiers. This man was so powerful. It took several officers and soldiers to hold him down, but the second person escorted in did not struggle at all and came in with his chest raised and his head raised.
Fang Jinshi stood in the crowd and looked out. When he saw these two people, he was a little stunned. The strong man in front of him was Fu Xuan, and the second man turned out to be Jin Tongda.
He looked at the people who were being escorted in from behind, but he didn't see Wang Duxian. They were all Jin Tong's subordinates. Fang Jinshi was at Chenxiang Tower a few days ago. Wang Duxian and Fu Xuan came to rescue him. They also said that Jin Tong Although he was not in Kaifeng City, he did not expect that he and Fu Xuan would go to this remote village and let Zhao Gou get it.
Jin Tongda did not know Zhao Gou, so he immediately knew that among these people, Zhao Gou was the real leader. He took a step forward and said, "Excuse me, are they the officials and soldiers of the imperial court?"
Zhao Gou shouted: "You know what you are asking, what is the relationship between you, a thief, and the thief here?"
Jin Tongda pretended to be strange and said: "What kind of thief? This"Young master, what you said is so strange. I just passed by here and I became a thief?" "
Zhao Gou sneered and said: "If you still don't admit it, well, after seeing the prison in Kaifeng Mansion, do you still want to be tough?"
He waved his hand and said to these forbidden soldiers: "Take them away together."
The officers and soldiers of the police escorted Grand Master Jintong and his men into custody, and went out shouting. Zhao Gou patted the dust on his hands and said, "Okay, let's go back."
The officers quickly packed up their belongings and left behind those who needed to deal with the aftermath. The others set off together to return to Bianliang City. Fang Jinshi followed Zhao Gou's horse. He patted his head and couldn't figure out the connection. What if? If you ask Zhao Gou about the whistleblower, he probably won't tell you.
Someone from the yamen had already borrowed some prison cars from Tongxu County. Fu Xuan and Jin Tongda took the prison cars. The other men were tied behind the horses and marched to Kaifeng together. Fu Xuan scolded him for a while, but no one paid him any attention. The voice gradually became quieter, and he stopped talking. When Fang Jinshi didn't understand the situation clearly, he didn't dare to step forward rashly and acknowledge Jin Tongda and Fu Xuan.
After walking for a while, Fang Jin crossed Zhao Gou's group and rushed to the back of Fu Xuan's prison car. He said to a policeman: "Brother, you didn't carry your knife properly."
The catcher looked down, hung up the unplaced knife again, nodded to him and said, "Thanks for reminding me."
When Fang Jinshi said this, Fu Xuan turned around to see him, with a look of joy on his face, but he still looked at Jin Tongda in the prison car in front, but Jin Tongda shook his head slightly at him, indicating that he should not recognize Fang Jinshi.
Fang Jinshi couldn't make it too obvious, so he had to wait until he entered Bianliang City. The officers and soldiers walked more than ten miles and arrived at the small hillside where they came from.
Suddenly I heard someone shouting in the forest beside the road: "Dog officers and soldiers, let Brother Jin go quickly." After shouting this, more than ten arrows were shot out from the forest. Some officers and soldiers were caught off guard and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. Seeing the situation, the officers and soldiers looked for places to hide.
After the sound of arrows, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the forest. A total of more than ten horsemen rushed up with swords, guns and weapons. The big man in the lead turned out to be Wang Duxian.
He took the lead, rushed over and chopped an officer and soldier in front of him to death with an axe, and rushed towards Jin Tongda's prison car without stopping. When Fu Xuan saw it was him, he shouted in the prison car: "Good brother."
Jin Tong's eyebrows were tightened, and he seemed unhappy. When Zhao Gou saw that there were only a few dozen people, he said angrily: "These thieves are too arrogant." Before he could give the order, the officers, soldiers and policemen saw that there were few people on the other side. Shouting to kill, Wang Du rushed to kill for a while, but there were too many officers and soldiers, and he was afraid that they would be surrounded and captured in an instant. Fu Xuan stood in the prison car and shouted: "Run quickly, leave us alone."
Wang Duxian knew that it would be difficult to rescue the two men, so he had no choice but to drive his horse down south. Not many officers and soldiers had horses. Wang Duxian's men all had horses and galloped away quickly. The officers and soldiers shouted that someone was chasing them. Go down.
Wang Duxian killed and injured seventy-eight people in the Forbidden Army, but he was allowed to run away. Zhao Gou was furious. While letting the officers and soldiers chase him, he turned back to Jintong Avenue and said, "He said that he was just passing by. This time What else can I say?"
Jin Tongda lowered his head and said nothing. Maybe he was thinking the same thing as Fang Jinshi. Wang Duxian's move was unwise and unbelievable. He knew that it was impossible to save a dozen people outside Bianliang City. Jin Tongda, Fu Xuan and others were surrounded by thousands of officers and soldiers, but he just did this. Could it be that he was just motivated.
Originally Jin Tongda and Fu Xuan still had room for maneuver, but his making such a fuss solidified Jin Tongda's suspicion that they were thieves. Fang Jinshi didn't need to think carefully to know that there must be a huge problem with the King King's system, but What was going on, he couldn't guess at the moment.
Zhao Gou sent people to chase Wang Duxian and others, and also sent people back to Bianliang and Tongxu County to report the situation. Wang Duxian made such a fuss, and the marching speed slowed down again. Zhao Gou stopped for half an hour. Then he ordered to set off again.
After walking for more than an hour, a policeman suddenly pointed to the right and said, "Why is there smoke there?"
Everyone looked together and saw a puff of green smoke rising into the sky behind a mountain in front of them. Zhao Gou followed up by saying, "I'm afraid it's not the fire behind the mountain."
Although the green smoke was blocked by the mountains and the specific situation could not be seen, it was not like smoke from the kitchen. A policeman said: "It is possible for a fire to occur even in this heavy snowy sky. That place is really unlucky."
Zhao Gou raised his eyes and asked the person next to him: "Do you know where it is?"
The man put up a pergola and took a look and said, "It looks like Chengyun Temple."
Fang Jinshi remembered that he had been to Chengyun Temple last time, and on the order of Zhang Xier, the maid of Emperor Roufu, he gave a pot of flowers and plants to Master Guanyun inside. Looking at the way, it looked like Chengyun Temple was on fire.
Zhao Gou lowered his head and thought for a moment and said: "Even if we are passing by, we have to put out the fire, for fear of losing lives, some people will go to put out the fire, and the others will go back to Bianliang City."
The officers and soldiers agreed, and the officers returned to Bianliang. The officers and soldiers sent more than a hundred horsemen to Chengyun Temple to put out the fire.