Chapter 741: Police everywhere
"Is it really okay to attack rashly?"
Standing on the city tower with only a few torches lighted, the little fat man couldn't help wrapping his cloak tightly, but he still felt a little cold all over. This was not because the weather was cold at night, but because he already knew that Zhu Hanqing was quietly sneaking to the temporary camp of Beiyan with one by one with a few death soldiers. After muttering to himself, he could not help but turn his head and look at him when he heard no answer beside him.
I saw Zhou Jiyue, like a clay sculpture, without even blinking her eyes, staring straight at the lights not far away. If Yue Qianqiu was here, he would definitely sigh that there were no high-power searchlights these days. No matter how much grease the torch or the fire plate was added, it would not be possible to emit too much light and heat, but she only hoped that the lights would be darker.
Until now, she didn't understand why Master Yueda actually supported Bai Bufan's suggestion that he was obviously reckless and greedy for merit! Although there were few people in the city, Bazhou City was one of the strong cities in the northern border. As long as he could stick to it, the Northern Yan army would definitely be unable to overcome the lineup. Compared with the current hundreds of dead soldiers who followed Zhu Hanqing to attack, the risk of doing so was much smaller!
She was slightly distracted until the fat man called out twice before she came to her senses. She realized that the young prince beside her wanted to get some confidence and encouragement from her. She knew that she should say something to him motivated, but when she spoke, it turned into a sigh.
Immediately afterwards, she whispered: "I hope it doesn't matter..."
Of course this is not the answer that the little fat man hopes to hear. Therefore, he could only cheer himself up and encourage himself: "It must be okay! Zhu Hanqing is a general, and Bai Bufan used to go to the battlefield with his grandfather and father. In addition, the people were very angry before. As long as this battle could bring out the might of Bazhou City, then this Beiyan army that came out from unknown places was the same as the previous Beiyan pseudo-emperor, and he would get out wherever he came!"
The little fat man spoke very domineeringly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the unison of several young guards from the East Palace coming from beside him, and he was even more excited. So, when the little monkey's waist quietly flashed over, he didn't notice at all. Until he heard someone muttering with Zhou Jiyue, he turned around and looked over.
"Little monkey, what are you doing there secretly? I can't listen to anything?"
The little monkey was a little embarrassed, but what made him feel relieved was that Zhou Jiyue patted his shoulder lightly, then stepped forward and blocked him, just holding back the fat man's rather angry gaze.
"After the prince, General Zhu's departure, the city defense and garrison were all handed over to his deputy general. But at best, there were only more than a thousand people left, and it was difficult to cover everything. Therefore, Master Yue asked the little monkey to come over and pass me a message, asking me to pick a few people and lead the team to patrol the city in person to avoid people's hearts from turmoil."
Zhou Jiyue didn't have to look back and knew how shocked the little monkey behind her was, but she couldn't say anything about her suffering. Although the news was not confirmed, it was just the little monkey who heard from Feng Zhen. Feng Zhen even savored the signs when she was rebuilding the market and dealing with merchants from all sides. However, when Zhu Hanqing left the city to attack, she did not dare to take it lightly.
Therefore, she tried her best to face the little fat man's suspicious look, until the other party made a gesture with some difficulty. She breathed a sigh of relief and gave a wink at the little monkey after the salute. After taking a few steps, she realized that the little monkey was chasing her, and her pace became faster. When she came down the stairs, she said without looking back: "Don't tell the prince in advance."
The little monkey just found Zhou Jiyue talking lies with her eyes open, and when he heard her say this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Why? It's obviously a big deal that someone might collude with the enemy in the city, why don't the prince know about it, and you can make some preparations in advance?"
"If it were General Zhu's attack, of course His Highness the Crown Prince should know, but now General Zhu has brought people to attack. If such news is spread, it will only make people's hearts fluctuate and even cause a big mess." Zhou Jiyue said, then turned around and faced the little monkey with sharp eyes, as if it was a knife, "Where is Miss Feng now? She wouldn't spread the news, right?"
The little monkey realized the seriousness of the matter and said pitifully: "She said she accidentally eavesdropped on several merchants' secret discussions, so she hurried over and tells me. Master is not here, I will come to find you and His Royal Highness and let her meet Master Yue Da. I don't think she is so big that she is yelling around."
If it were normal, Zhou Jiyue would definitely feel relieved when she heard Feng Zhen go to find Master Yueda. But now she only felt that her heart, which was already in the air, suddenly became completely tense. Master Yueda agreed to Bai Bufan's suggestions for the first time today and instigated Zhu Hanqing to lead people to attack at night. This very abnormal behavior revealed a little strangeness. How can people feel at ease?
Therefore, she immediately said without thinking: "Let's go, let's go to the prefect's house to meet Lord Yue!"
However, when Zhou Jiyue took the little monkey and hurried to the gate of the prefect's mansion, he saw that at night, Feng Zhen was turning back and forth at the door. When she jumped off the horse, Feng Zhen, who heard the movement, quickly raised his head. When she found that they were coming, the little girl rushed over like a gust of wind.
She grabbed Zhou Jiyue's arm affectionately: "Mr. Zhou, the people in the prefect's house said that the more Mr. Da was not here, they would not see me! But I really didn't have anything to disturb me, I had something important..."
Before Feng Zhen finished speaking, Zhou Jiyue pulled her to the side, then lowered her voice and asked, "Did you tell the matter clearly to the people at the prefect's door?"
"How could that be! Even if I'm stupid, I'm not so serious!" Feng Zhen saw that the little monkey was chasing her, and turned his eyes to her and made gestures, meaning that she would tell the truth. She knew that Zhou Jiyue had already known it, and quickly argued, "I just said that there was an important thing to report to the master, but the door insisted that the master was not here, and I could only wait for him to come back here."
After learning that the news had not yet spread, Zhou Jiyue felt a little relieved, and then immediately asked: "How did you find out that someone was in Beiyan?"
When Zhou Jiyue heard Feng Zhen whispering about the incident, she gradually frowned.
Of course she knew that the little girl in front of her was the daughter of Feng's family in Daming Mansion. She was innocent. She finally had some hardships because she had some interactions with Peng Ming, the leader of the Iron Cavalry, but no matter what, if those who wanted to betray Bazhou City would be so uncautious that such a little girl would find clues... Could it be that those guys who plot against rebellion were all idiots?
Sure enough, what Feng Zhen said was like a joke, and he simply heard a conspiracy in a restaurant next door!
Fortunately, he stopped the little monkey and immediately expose the news to the prince three times. Zhou Jiyue breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Who are those people who are talking? Have you seen it clearly? Have you inquired about it later?"
"There are a few businessmen. I have seen them on the way to Bazhou!"
That was even more wrong! Zhou Jiyue became more vigilant. After asking a few details, she instinctively felt that there was something wrong with it. However, she did not think that Feng Zhen was lying, but only felt that the little girl saw and heard it was probably someone else's design. But following the few words Feng Zhen said accidentally made her feel a little unable to calm down.
"Mr. Zhou, what I said is true! Moreover, the people in the box were very loud at that time. Even if they were drunk, this was too much, right? Besides, they also said that the soldiers and horses in the city would definitely attack at night, and it was just right to open the city gate! They also scolded General Liu for being capricious and said that they would kill him this time! By the way, there were other people passing by outside, and maybe I could hear it alone..."
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Someone might hear it, Zhou Jiyue felt her mind almost burst. She no longer cared about Feng Zhen, turned around and jumped onto the horse like a gust of wind, and rushed to the previous city tower.
While rushing forward, countless thoughts flipped her mind. It would be best if someone deliberately released the news and disrupted the military and public opinion in the city, but if it wasn't... If it wasn't, then why would the news leak early? Could it be that it was because of the leaking news that some people had to act immediately?
Although the night wind was slight cool, Zhou Jiyue felt that she was extremely hot. When she saw the city tower where the fat man was located was right in front of her, she suddenly heard a dull sound of war drums. At that moment, she felt her hair stand up one by one, and her teeth were even trembling unconsciously.
She was already a very bold person. Even though she had been wandering and lost her only sister, she was not as panicked as she was now. When she thought that the city gate not far away might be about to open the next moment, even the long sword she wore in her waist could not give her more confidence. At this moment, she heard the rushing sound of horse hooves coming from behind.
She thought it was the little monkey chasing him, but the shouting of the person who came broke through the quiet night sky.
"The De'anmen next to the quiz are opened!"
It was De'anmen in the northern yard, not Wanshengmen where the little fat man, the Prince of Wu, was now? When this thought came to his mind, Zhou Jiyue turned his horse head almost without hesitation and rushed towards the person coming. Then he jumped away from the horse and directly pulled the sergeant off the horse's back. She grabbed the sergeant's collar with her left hand, then stretched her right hand and locked his throat tightly.
"Who made you yell like this?"
The soldier wanted to yell, but was almost vented by her throat. The fear of hypoxia and suffocation, coupled with the murderous eyes, finally said involuntarily: "It's Captain Chen, and it was bribed by those businessmen... He disliked General Liu for suppressing him after taking office, and wanted to go to Beiyan..."
Hearing this, Zhou Jiyue no longer had the intention to talk to this guy who was most likely a traitor. With a neat cut, she knocked the person to the ground. She turned back and turned her mount. When Fengchi arrived at the bottom of the city tower at lightning, she saw the little fat man pushing several guards desperately, trying to get off the stairs, but was stopped by Liu Fangyuan. She immediately jumped off the horse and rushed up.
"Where is Your Highness going?"
"Is this more necessary? Of course it's De'anmen! I can't hear such a loud sound?" The little fat man shouted in anger, and he was almost crazy. "Someone has opened the city gate, so of course I have to go over..."
"What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince do in the past? He presided over the defense? He calmed down the morale of the army? Or did he fall into the trap?"
The three replies made the fat man stunned on the spot. Zhou Jiyue said to the others who were also awakened from a dream, "Look at the Prince's Highness, this is not an impulse time! I'll go to De'anmen to take a look!"
When the fat man saw Zhou Jiyue turning around and leaving, he hurriedly wanted to chase him, but everyone around had already rushed forward and completely blocked his way. He was so angry that he could only shout loudly: "It's already this time. What's the use of me, the prince?" If he had known this, he would have implemented his persistence from beginning to end and should not let someone attack!
"Just opening a city gate is far from the time to break the city. Besides, it may not be a collusion between inside and outside..."
When Zhou Jiyue said this, she suddenly saw a firelight in the city soaring into the sky, as if it was some kind of special message fireworks. Faced with this scene, she was not like the panic she heard from a little monkey before and the panic she heard the yelling. Stimulated by this series of news, she felt as calm as ice and snow.
Master Yueda's strange attitude, Feng Zhen heard the plot like a child's play, the soldiers who had just been taken down yelled everywhere that the city gate had been opened, and the fireworks in front of him... as if everything was revealed to the situation in Bazhou City was about to lose control, and told the Beiyan army outside the city that immediately rushed up. But is there really such loopholes in the city?
At the critical moment, Master Yueda, who acted as the prefect, was not in the prefect's mansion. Where is the person?
She had already reached the side of her mount and then turned slowly, and returned to the thunderous little fat man. She then glanced at the guards around her, who were shocked, angry, fearful, or resentful, and showed a calm smile on her face: "Your Highness, the prince, don't worry, the overall situation has been decided, and the Yan army has fallen into the trap!"
"What?" The fat man's eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't believe his ears. Although he guessed some possibility from Zhou Jiyue's words, he swallowed hard and asked stammered, "Is this... a trap?"
"Eight out of ten." Although I was unable to confirm at all, Zhou Jiyue's tone seemed calm and calm in front of so many people. She took a light breath and said word by word, "If a person as cautious as Master Yue, if he had not been prepared for it, how could General Zhu lead his troops to attack at night?"
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, there was another sound of horse hooves. The fat man hurriedly looked up and saw Xiao Zhouzi and Feng Zhen riding towards this side. Before she could dismount, the little monkey shouted loudly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Master Yue, Lord Yue is back. He said that the rebels in the city are not afraid. De'anmen deliberately let people in and catch turtles in the jar!"
At that moment, the little fat man with his legs weakened almost sat on the ground, his forehead was covered in oil and sweat!
With such great ups and downs, do you think his heart is iron-clad?
Chapter completed!