I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Not too long.

A ranger came out of the valley and glanced at the bush where He Ri was squatting just now, but instead of going over, he turned around, went to the next bush, and kicked him.

He Ri rolled over and dodged.

"How did you find me?" He Ri tilted his head, looking at the ranger, a little puzzled.

You Xia'er curled his lips in disgust: "It's too lame, even Gun Gun from Dalang's family is better than you in hiding."

Can't you compare to that foodie?
While leading He Ri into the cave, You Xiaer introduced the situation: "There are a total of 25 people inside, all with guns, but they don't seem to know how to use them."

"The fight was quite fierce, but looking at them, they couldn't hit anyone from ten steps away without taking cover."

"In addition, they also have gunpowder."

"A special person was also arranged to stand next to the gunpowder, waiting for any accidents to ignite the gunpowder directly."

"We really almost let that person set the gunpowder on fire."

He Ri nodded, he wasn't interested in what had happened, and asked a question he was very interested in: "Are you sure about the identities of those people inside?"

"Is it related to the Meng family?"

You Xia'er paused, turned around and gave He Ri a strange look: "Investigating cases is not your business?"

He Ri held back, sighed, and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Forget it, you have to hold back, they are too numerous to fight by themselves.

In the middle of the night.

The Jianning county government sealed off the intersection, and the watchmen took to the streets to patrol the streets. The curfew here still exists, and the curfew in small places has always been lax, except for Jianning.

Residents and merchants here are used to this situation.

No one would think of breaking the curfew - although the business here is prosperous, places like gambling houses and brothels have not been able to catch up with the economic development and have not yet been built.

Only today is an exception.

Outside the city, someone called the door.

Jianning's city wall is not high, and someone outside the city can be heard screaming loudly.

The general guarding the city stood on the city wall, looked at the people below the city and the light source in their hands, and heaved a sigh of relief. Judging by this posture, he didn't look like a horse thief who came to rob the city.

Just some travelers who couldn't keep up with time.

The archer next to him got ready and set up his bow. The general shouted back: "The time to enter the city has passed, you can enter the city tomorrow."

"If you continue to yell and disturb others, I will stop you from breaking into the city..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the people in the city immediately said, "I am Yingzheng... I am here to investigate the case at the order of the imperial court and Duke Zhengyang."

"Open the door immediately, otherwise you will be interfering with the court and Duke Zhengyang."

The general guarding the city was taken aback for a moment, a little uncertain.

He couldn't judge whether these people were real—of course, he had indeed heard such rumors these days.The imperial court sent a person to investigate the counterfeit banknotes.

Soon, he made up his mind.

Can't let go!
Regardless of whether these people are real or not, they cannot be let go.

He was also one of the beneficiaries of the counterfeit banknotes. These people came to investigate... If something good or bad is found out, he can't get away with it.

"I'll give you one last minute." He Ri narrowed his eyes slightly, yelled, and retreated to a safe distance.

Behind him, a knight-errant sneered, and glanced at the man carried by one of the knight-errants: "Your Meng family really has hands and eyes, have all the defenders of the city been bribed by you?"

The man who was being carried didn't speak—he couldn't speak now, his nose and face were swollen from the beating, and even breathing became a painful thing.

"I told you earlier, it's fine if we don't make a move." Another ranger muttered, "It's a waste of time to talk nonsense with him."

He Ri waved his hand and waved forward: "I didn't expect that either."

"It seems that the court is going to have a headache."

Several rangers exited the light source and disappeared into the darkness.

The general guarding the city stared at the light source. He didn't answer the question of what day, but he was calculating the time in his mind, one minute, sixty counts.

If you don't open the door yourself, what will happen after these sixty counts?
I counted silently in my heart, but when the torment passed for a minute, the light source under the city didn't move at all, and the figures inside didn't seem to change at all.

The deputy general took a deep breath: "These people from Chang'an are not very capable."

"That is to say harsh words?"

He laughed, but didn't get a reply from the general. He was a little strange, and when he glanced back, his body froze.

The general was being held around the neck with a knife.

And the other person was holding the thing called "gun" and pointing at himself.

When did it come up?

When did you touch your own group of people?
Why is there no movement at all?
"Why disobedience?" A ranger asked.

The generals and lieutenants defending the city were silent and did not dare to speak.

"Can you open the door now?" the ranger asked again.

The generals defending the city nodded repeatedly: "Yes, of course it is possible."

"I just suspect that someone pretends to be an official of the imperial court and wants to sneak into the city. Since a few of them have such extraordinary abilities, it is naturally impossible for them to be those thieves."

As he spoke, he hurriedly turned around and shouted to the herald at the side: "Quick, open the door quickly and let County Captain He enter the city."

He dared not summon his soldiers to resist.

This is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that killing these few people will end this matter?
You Xia'er had a half-smile: "Captain He County? Do you already know that there is such a character?"

The guarding general suddenly felt a chill down his back.

You Xia'er flipped his wrist, and tapped the general's neck with the back of the knife, scaring him into a shudder, then exerted force with his feet, knocked him down, and then tied him up with the rope he carried with him.

"I suspect that you have something to do with the Meng family. In the past few days, I will be in control of the defenders in the city." While talking, You Xia'er groped for the general, and took out the tiger talisman after a while.

The general who defended the city gritted his teeth as if he was ashamed.

The Meng family...

How could they say so bluntly that the Meng family did it? Did they find evidence?
When He Ri walked into the city, instead of going up the tower, he went straight to Meng's house. Now he was worried that someone would tip off Meng's house.

His concerns are real.

There was already a soldier rushing towards Meng's house. He didn't know the news that the generals defending the city had been controlled by You Xiaer, but he knew... when that group of people came back from outside the city late at night, it would definitely not be a good thing.

He had just entered the Meng family's mansion.

He Ri brought this group of rangers to the door of the Meng family's mansion.

Meng Ansheng was awakened from his sleep, and saw this flustered soldier in the study.

"Why, what happened?"