Chapter 228

Chapter 228 Mantis Catches Cicada

Qiao Xinyu had suffered for two days and rested at Xu's house.

The hot water took away her fatigue, and she fell on her back on the soft bed, applying medicine to the wounds on her body caused by insect bites and water blisters.

The maid put a few basins of water in her room and set up the window.

The wind from the lotus pond was sent in, and it was not stuffy.

Qiao Xinyu finally had a good sleep.

In contrast, the disaster of King Wei had just begun.

Lin Gu ordered people to hang him on the top of the city for half a day.

Basking in the scorching sun, hungry and thirsty, the rope was so tight that his hands were about to break, leaving blood marks.

He cursed all the dirty words he could curse in his life.

When he was put down, he looked like a broken gong.

"This method is useless, no one cares." The soldier reported to Lin Gu.

Lin Gu: "..."

The soldier said again: "The previous water diversion attack must have scared them and made them flee back to Xingzhou."

Lin Gu frowned: "Even so, they should have left two or three spies."

The soldier thought for a while: "Does that mean they don't care about the life or death of the King of Wei?"

The King of Wei was extremely ashamed when he heard it.

"If there is really no one nearby..." Lin Gu pondered for a moment, wishing that he could have a smooth journey and fight to the Emperor of Liang Dynasty as soon as possible.

He turned to Yao Minghui and asked: "Have all the people you arranged gone to Xingzhou?"

Yao Minghui said: "Well, they should have met the Anxi Army."

The King of Wei felt even more depressed when he heard it.

They still want to unite with the Anxi Army?

Block the army completely in the middle?

"This King of Wei..."

"Hang for a few more days." Yao Minghui said.

Lin Gu was puzzled and said: "It's useless now..."

Yao Minghui said coldly: "I hate the Emperor of Liang Dynasty, including his son."

The King of Wei's eyes went dark when he heard it.

What does it have to do with me if I hate my father?

But he had nowhere to appeal, so he was dragged away again.

On the outskirts of Xingzhou.

An old man and a young man, wearing shorts, pulled a donkey cart.

They walked around the Anxi Army camp three times and finally attracted attention.

"You are so bold, don't you know this is an important place in the military camp? Even if you are beheaded and shown to the public, you have no grievances to complain!"

The old man hurriedly begged for mercy: "I am in trouble for my livelihood, so I go to the streets to sell some goods."

The soldiers guarding the camp naturally did not listen to his sophistry, and said with a smile: "I have never seen you sell goods in the military camp."

The soldier's face sank: "Who knows if you are here to spy on the military situation?"

The old man knelt down and said: "Really, seriously! Please take a look at the goods here before you get angry."

The two soldiers looked at each other.

I thought, is it to bribe with money?

That's fine.

Wouldn't it be better to kill people after taking the money!

"What goods? Bring them here for a look. If your grandfather doesn't like it, do you see that manure ditch?"

The manure in the camp was usually buried there.

The soldier threatened him, "We'll throw both of you in there and bury you alive."

The old man showed fear and trembled as he returned to the young man, "Son, take the things out."

The young man took a box from the donkey cart and handed it to the old man.

The old man held it in front of the soldier.

How could the soldier dare to touch it? He was afraid that there might be hidden weapons inside, or that the lid was smeared with poison.

So he said, "Just open it and show it to me."

The old man thought that the Anxi Army was not as stupid as he imagined, and he opened the lid.

In the box was a booklet.

The soldier sneered, "You're playing tricks on your grandfather, right?"

The old man said repeatedly, "I dare not."

Then he took out the booklet and opened it, and saw that it was full of young girls as beautiful as flowers and moons.

He flipped through the booklet and showed about ten of them.

The soldier's eyes were immediately attracted, and he touched his chin and smiled: "What? Are you going to propose marriage to me?"

"No, no, these are all Yinghua... I thought that you have been in Xingzhou for some time, and you must be bored on weekdays, so I dared to come to your door..." The old man smiled awkwardly.

The soldier showed his interest: "I have been bored for most of the past six months, not just these few days... Let me take a closer look..."

The old man pointed inside: "I wonder if those masters..."

The soldier smiled: "Isn't it enough to do business with our brothers?"

The old man smiled: "You have to feed so many people, and don't you all rely on you to give the food?"

The soldier said with satisfaction: "You are good at talking, I will go there for you later. But this money..."

"Why do you need money?"

"That's right!"

The soldier took the book and said He turned around and was about to go inside, but another soldier grabbed his sleeve fiercely: "No."

"What?"

"We are now under the jurisdiction of His Royal Highness King Xuan. He is very strict in managing the army. The first thing he did after taking over us was to let the military girls receive money and go home. How could he allow us to play this in the camp?"

"But King Xuan is not in Xingzhou now..."

"But the Black Armor Guards are still here!"

"The Black Armor Guards won't come to deal with our little things, right?"

The two soldiers actually started arguing, and neither could convince the other.

The old man's eyes darkened, and he cursed in his heart that things were not going well.

"I am also afraid that His Royal Highness King Xuan will punish me, so why not pack up and leave first..." The old man showed a panic, deliberately making a move to retreat in order to advance.

How could the soldier who had been tempted for a long time allow him to leave?

He grabbed him and said, "I want to have a taste of this today. Don't you know what a Xingzhou woman tastes like? Just wait!"

After he said that, he pushed the soldier next to him and strode into the camp with the book in his arms.

The other one hurriedly chased after him: "Stop!"

Now there were two guards at the door.

A smile flashed in the old man's eyes.

A little wary, but not much.

The young man lowered his voice, stepped forward and asked, "Go in?"

The old man said: "Don't worry, we have to meet an older official to be useful."

The young man thought so, nodded and waited there.

Two soldiers in this compartment entered the team leader's tent one after the other.

In fact, he is no more than an official of the ninth rank.

But this is already a "big" official that the gatekeepers can come into contact with.

The soldier entered the door and bowed first, then said eagerly: "Didn't the team say that the camp was boring that day?"

Captain Zhang, who had a beard on his face, said in a low voice: "I never said that."

The soldier was stunned.

Then he discovered that there was one more person in the tent...

The man wore black armor and carried a dragon bird knife at his waist.

Xuanjiawei? !

The soldier suddenly trembled, turned around and wanted to leave.

The Xuanjia Guard said, "Why are you leaving? Tell me, what did the father and son tell you?"

The soldiers were so frightened that they had to tell the story from beginning to end.

Xuan Jiawei sneered: "What idiot? You see him dressed like a farmer. Since he looks like this, how can he raise a dozen beautiful girls under his command?"

The soldier stood there stunned.

"Bring this person in." Xuan Jiawei said in a deep voice, "There is no doubt that he is a spy from the Meng clan."

The team leader hurriedly praised him: "Your Highness is so wise that he had known that a Mongolian spy would come."

He happened to be able to guard someone in his camp!

What?

Your Highness also knows?

The soldier holding the book suddenly panicked.

Xuan Jiawei took his look into his eyes and said, "Don't go out. It's easy to miss the mark with your appearance."

He turned to another soldier and said, "I see you are smarter. Do you know how to bring people in? I will report to His Highness one day and remember your merits."

The soldier said excitedly: "The villain knows."

Report it to His Highness and mark him with merit! How virtuous and capable is he? His name can reach the ears of His Highness King Xuan!

He quickly turned around and went out.

The one who was still holding the book was left, his face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground, not even daring to defend himself for almost luring a wolf into the house.

The old man didn't expect that two people went in, but only one came out in the end.

And this is someone who keeps saying that military discipline is strict and will not be violated.

The old man was wary and was about to retreat.

But when he saw the soldier coming forward, he rolled his eyes and said, "Our team is about to see you... He is very interested. My brother is reading a brochure to the team inside."

Seeing the soldier saying this, he was full of resentment but had to obey.

The old man relaxed and walked in. As he walked in, he said, "How about my son staying outside and waiting?"

The soldier sneered: "It's up to you. If my other brothers catch me later, they might be treated as spies and executed on the spot."

The old man's eyes flickered, completely dispelling all doubts in his mind, and turned around and waved to the young man.

In this way, they were led slowly into the team's tent...

In a blink of an eye.

The king of Wei hung on the city wall for another two days.

The skin all over his body was sun-dried and cracked with stripes.

In the past, when he failed to deliver gifts to Xue Qingyin on the boat and threw the things into the lake in anger, he did not remember the victims who were suffering from the drought at all.

What's more, he didn't expect that today, the lines like cracked fields would finally fall on his body.

"King Xuan still hasn't moved... If this continues, King Wei may die," the soldier said.

Lin Gu lowered his head and glanced at the motionless King Wei who was lying on the ground.

He said: "Carry him down to hang himself... Wouldn't it be easier for him to die easily? In the future, every time we conquer a city, we will hang him on the city gate and let the soldiers and generals of the Liang Dynasty take a closer look. The emperor of the Liang Dynasty What a loser your son is!”

Fortunately, King Wei had passed out by this time.

Otherwise, after hearing this, you will eventually be stunned.

After King Wei was taken away, Lin Gucai frowned: "What's going on? The people you sent out, one after another... there was no reply at all."

Yao Minghui also frowned: "Is it King Xuan?"

"You mean, they were all intercepted by King Xuan?"

Yao Minghui did not answer Lin Gu's question, but turned to deny: "His wife disappeared, and just when he was angry, he was seized by the King of Wei, and then the King of Wei was captured again... There is a lot of mess waiting for him to clean up. . How can he separate? Wait a minute..."

Lin Gu wants to say, can you trust the people under you like that?

He said nothing.

The soldier came to report: "A letter has arrived."

"Who's writing?"

"Vulture."

The vulture is a bird specially raised by the Mon people, used to send messages and attack enemy troops.

Upon hearing this, Lin Gu smiled: "Aren't those the first people sent out by General Yao? They infiltrated into King Xuan's army, right? It's just that Dou Ruyun ran away... How did they do it without making King Xuan suspicious? "

Yao Minghui opened the letter, read it, and said with a smile: "They revealed their identities."

"oh?"

"The pretense was instigated by King Xuan. King Xuan wants to use their hands to deliver false news to us..." Yao Minghui smiled confidently and spread the paper in front of Lin Gu.

Lin Gu looked down.

Under the Central Plains characters, a string of words was written in very small Meng characters, which was exactly what Yao Minghui said.

Lin Gu also laughed: "It was indeed a good idea to let them learn Meng characters! It seems that we can go out of the city to attack King Xuan tomorrow."

They smiled at each other, both of them were confident.

The Meng king ordered to set off and move the camp to Yizhou.

Xue Qingyin was surprised: "Finally, you decided to take me to Yizhou?"

The Meng king said: "If I am not here, how can the state teacher have the opportunity to disrespect me?"

Oh, you are fattening me up and ready to kill me?

Xue Qingyin was happy to see it happen.

The Meng king stared at her and said in a deep voice: "I only hope that when we get to Yizhou, you can fulfill your promise as you said."

Xue Qingyin pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay."

She made sure that everyone wanted to pick up a knife to chop him.