Chapter 148: Prepare to meet the enemy

Wu Tong rushed to say again: "Report to the priest..."

"Stop." Chu Qin interrupted him and said, "I didn't ask you, you, as the chief clerk, always have to speak on behalf of the county magistrate. What's your intention?"

Wu Tong shrank his neck, and Chu Qin said, "Go down."

Wu Tong glanced at Zhao Kuo and bowed to respond, "I'm leaving."

Zhao Kuo's face gradually turned pale, Chu Qin looked at him until he started to sweat coldly, and said, "I reiterate that I am not here to check you, but to check the disappearance of Rizhao Guan's winter clothes. I ask you, are there any bandits in Hu Xiaoshan?"

Zhao Kuo swallowed dry mouth and replied, "No."

Chu Qin said: "The county magistrate of Lingzhang County was killed and written on the wall with blood. Isn't it done by bandits?"

Zhao Kuo said in panic: "From the priest, the matter of Lingzhang County, I am not aware of it."

Chu Qin looked at him and said, "I have said it twice. I am not here to check you, but if you hide something, once you are found out by me, do you want to know what the consequences will be?"

Zhao Kuo subconsciously raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, saying, "From the priest, there are indeed bandits in Hu Xiaoshan, and they are extremely fierce. Therefore, Hu Yi dare not provoke them. However, Hu Yi thinks that no matter how fierce this group of bandits is, they dare not rob the convoy escorted by the official army."

Chu Qin asked, "What a fierce method, let's hear it."

Without Wu Tong present, Zhao Kuo didn't know how to make up lies. He could only tell everything Gu Du did, but he certainly couldn't say what they had to share the money.

Chu Qin asked: "How much is Guo Youfu's property?"

Zhao Kuo replied: "We have all been looted by Gu Shi."

Chu Qin asked, "The house was moved away too? I heard that he has another village called Qionghua Village, right?"

Zhao Kuo's cold sweat broke out again, and his raised hands trembled a little.

Chu Qin said: "Before I came, I had sent someone to inquire. Your chief clerk Wu Tong has traveled to Hu Xiaoshan for three consecutive months. Why?"

Zhao Kuo began to tremble all over, and Chu Qin said, "I just want to know how much money Gu Shi has taken."

Zhao Kuo replied in a trembling voice: "In addition to the blackmailed salt merchants, more than three million taels."

Chu Qin stood up and walked out. He came to Zhao Kuo to confirm that the number was consistent with his speculation. Three million taels were enough to support an army of ten thousand people, but Gu Du certainly would not support ten thousand people. Too many people would be troublesome, and it would be inconvenient for both hidden and transferring.

Chu Qin thought that three to five thousand people were suitable.

In fact, after the Ling Emperor withdrew his troops, Chu Qin felt that Gu Du would come to the Ling Kingdom to station troops and wait for an opportunity to cause trouble, but there was no big news. So Chu Qin didn't tell anyone that the team escorting the winter clothes disappeared so thoroughly this time, and Chu Qin immediately believed that Gu Du did it.

Cha Xiu asked, "From the priest, are you going to Rizhaoguan to mobilize troops?"

Chu Qin replied: "No need, Gu Du ran away after he transferred his troops. Besides, you and I don't have the right to transfer troops. These two thousand soldiers are enough."

Cha Xiu frowned and said, "If it were Gu Du, how many soldiers would he have? He had three million taels of silver."

Chu Qin replied: "If you recruit, he will show him as a bandit. Even if someone seeks his favor, there will not be many. Besides, the bandits and ordinary people who have not practiced the battle formation cannot deal with the escorted army. He must have dispatched troops from Zeguo, so there will not be too many. After all, he will sneak into our country. I guess it will be only three thousand."

Cha Xiu asked, "I don't care about this Zhao Kuo?"

Chu Qin replied: "The affairs of Lingzhen County are investigated and dealt with by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Military Affairs. You and I will only deal with Gu Du and Lixia."

Cha Xiu frowned, and Chu Qin said again: "Gu Du alone gets three million taels. Zhao Kuo can't swallow so much money alone, and Qin Huo, the commander of the garrison, will not be innocent. First clear the Hu Xiaoshan Mountain, the matter in Lingzhen County is easy to handle."

Wu Tong rode alone and ran to the foot of Hu Xiao Mountain, then ran up the mountain with panting. He was seen by the patrolmen and stopped him.

Wu Tong said angrily: "Hurry... take me to see the boss... Imperial City... Imperial City is here."

The mountain patrolman asked, "Who is here?"

Wu Tong replied: "From the priest... Chu Qin... he also brought a lot of soldiers."

Someone ran back to the camp to report to Gu Du to know. Gu Du was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the first thing he did attracted Chu Qin. It seemed that Chu Qin was like Dongfang Xuan, and had long thought that he would come to Lingguo to make trouble.

Gu Du pondered that he could not escape when he heard Chu Qin's name, and Chu Qin could not become his nightmare, let alone now that he is the national uncle. If he ran away as soon as he heard Chu Qin's name, the morale of the army would be in chaos and his prestige would also be reduced.

What's more, the Spirit Emperor is also a great soul master. If you want to kill the Spirit Emperor with your hand, Gu Du also needs to practice and temper it again, so he must face Chu Qin.

Gu Du said: "Send the order and prepare to meet the enemy. He ordered the sentry to investigate in Lingzhen County and Rizhaoguan."

Feng Jiu responded and went out to send an order, and Gu Du said to Dongfang Xia Lan again: "You and Mo Xuan hide, if..."

"I won't hide." Dongfang Xia Lan interrupted him and said firmly: "I will help you, my martial arts are no worse than that of my master."

Gu Du frowned, and this was right. If you only talk about martial arts, perhaps Dongfang Xia Lan would be more than a little better than Xia, and said, "Swallow, give Xia Lan the soft scale armor, you and Mo Xuan hide."

Gongsun Yan replied: "Yes."

Dongfang Xia Lan grabbed Gongsun Yan and said, "Let's go, I'll explain to Mo Xuan."

Not long after, Wu Tong was brought in and knelt in front of Gu Du and begged: "Master, save the villain's life. The villain is willing to follow the boss to the death!"

Gu Du looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Wu Tong said, "As the priest comes, I can't hide the money from it. Everything is handled by the villain. Anyone who doesn't die will die. Please accept the villain and give the villain a way out."

Gu Du asked, "Do you have family?"

Wu Tong replied: "My parents died early, without a wife or a child, and they were alone. In order to make a fortune, the villain was afraid of being burdened, so he did not marry and have children."

Gu Du smiled slightly. Wu Tong was not only smart and sensible in the current affairs, but also good at calculating. He asked, "When the official army is coming to encircle and suppress. If you surrender to me at this time, aren't you afraid that I will be defeated?"

Wu Tong replied: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. The boss is wise and brave, and he has his own plans. As long as the boss does not let the villain carry a sword, the villain will have no worries about his life."

Gu Du said again: "You have no relatives and no reason, and no worries, and I can't control you."

Wu Tong replied: "The villain has no way out. The villain only wants to survive. Moreover, it is easy for the boss to kill the villain."

Gu Du said, "You stay first, and I will talk about it after I finish this battle."
Chapter completed!