Song Mingyue

Chapter 239 Rat Catching
"Shiqian, force 62, intelligence 61, politics 25, command 45, health 93."

The four attributes queried by the system cannot reflect all the abilities of a person, and Shi Qian's special ability is not included in these four attributes.

He has a flea on the drum, has a wretched appearance, and is a lowly person who steals chickens and dogs, and even digs graves and robs graves, but his light-handed skills, hidden skills, and empty-handed skills are unparalleled in the world.

If this person reuses him, he can become the number one spy. If he can't be used by others, he can only do some tricks.

However, Zhao Hao at this time was not interested in Shi Qian himself, but in his move to enter Xiangcheng.

In one day and one night, Jin Yiwei was in the dark, and the forbidden army was in the open. The secret investigators turned the whole Xiangcheng upside down, and really caught several spies of the Liangshan bandit army, but they didn't even see Shi Qian's shadow.

The spies who were caught lived scattered in the inn, they were all young people, their actions were to be on standby at any time, to listen to Shi Qian's instructions, as for the purpose of Shi Qian's trip and what action he was going to take, no one knew.

The entire county is only a few miles away, and the Clairvoyance Talisman can see things within a radius of ten miles, and it is not affected by obstacles. It is indeed a magic search tool.But the Clairvoyance Talisman only lasts 10 minutes. Tens of thousands of people and soldiers all over the city are looking for Shi Qian, who is as skinny as a monkey. Not to mention looking for a needle in a haystack, at least 10 minutes is not enough.

Moreover, the Clairvoyance Talisman can only be used once a day.

Being as thin and small as a monkey, it is obviously impossible to blend in with the crowd with this obvious feature. The Imperial Army and Jin Yiwei have arrested hundreds of thin people in a day and a night, and even many of them are of medium stature.The biggest possibility is that the guy hid and slept in some inconspicuous corner, maybe on a big tree, or under the eaves of someone else, or even in someone's closet or rice barn...

Zhao Hao let go of the last batch of captured thin men, and fell into deep thought.

It seems that if you want to catch Shi Qian, the only chance is the Clairvoyance Talisman.

However, the clairvoyance talisman only lasts 10 minutes. Unless you know the approximate direction, the 10 minutes will fly by and you will not be able to find the time-shifting hair.

Just as he was thinking hard, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind and he changed his mind.

What did Shi Qian come to Xiangcheng for?
Jail?

With his little ability, the helpers he brings are cats and dogs. Even if they get into the prison, they can't save the Liangshan Qixiong who are locked in the prison. After all, Lu Junyi is seriously injured now, and the rest of them want to break through the heavily guarded cell to escape. impossible.

Steal something?
This guy is good at stealing. Zhao Hao thought that even if he wanted to steal his underwear, it would be possible for him to do so, but what good things could he steal for him?It's impossible for this guy to just steal some valuables to buy wine.

Finally, two words popped into his mind.

set fire!

It must be arson!
He jumped up suddenly.

Shi Qian is best at two things: one is stealing things, and the other is setting fires... Even setting fires is better than stealing things.

After confirming Shi Qian's action intention, Zhao Hao sat down slowly again.

Now we have to figure out two things: first, what kind of action is the purpose of setting the fire, robbing the prison or attacking the city... probably there are only these two purposes, and the possibility of setting fire to Zhao Hao to death is relatively small; second, Shi Qian where will set fire.

When Shi Qian came to think of it, even if he set fire to the city, it was almost impossible for him to rob the prison alone, unless he wanted to burn Lu Junyi and others to death with a single fire.

Then, the remaining purpose is to cooperate with the siege!
What the hell!

Zhao Hao became excited again.

Setting fire to cooperate with the siege must be a surprise attack, and it must also be a night attack.

Since it was a night attack, how could the 5 soldiers and horses marching towards Xiangcheng in a mighty way?

In an instant, Zhao Hao only felt that his brain was opened by himself, and he began to analyze layer by layer.

Since it was a night attack, there must be another surprise soldier, the large group of troops killed in such a mighty manner, it was just a cover... to build plank roads openly, and to hide Chen Cang in secret!

So, where did the raiders come from?Xiangcheng has 500 elite imperial troops, and more than 500 white stile cavalry. It is a joke to send 3000 people to surprise Xiangcheng. If you want to surprise Xiangcheng, you need at least [-] people.

Where did 3000 people come from?

With a jump in his mind, he hastily summoned Daoist Qingmu, and hurriedly said: "Quickly pass down the order to investigate the upper and lower reaches of the Yingshui River. If there is a large group of ships approaching, the investigation range must be extended to fifty miles away!"

"Here!" Daoist Aoki ordered him to leave.

Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and began to think about another question.

If Shi Qian set the fire on fire, where would he start the fire?
A place suddenly came to his mind, he jumped up immediately, took down the hundred-refined steel sword hanging on the wall of the study room, and strode out.

……

Outside the county government office, hundreds of Jinyi guards gathered, Wu Song and Fang Baihua were already waiting outside with their horses, Zhao Hao took the reins, got on the horses, and shouted in a deep voice: "Go to the White Horse Temple quickly!"

White Horse Temple, the only temple in the city, is also one of the largest buildings in the city. There are many wooden buildings in the temple, which are suitable for hiding and setting fire.Once a fire is set off, the buildings outside the temple will be connected, and the entire Ximen Street will be engulfed in flames.

Zhao Hao led the crowd towards the White Horse Temple non-stop, and when they got outside the temple, Zhao Hao ordered two hundred brocade guards to surround the White Horse Temple, and everyone was only allowed to enter but not to leave.

Seeing Zhao Hao rushing into the temple aggressively with hundreds of guards in brocade, the abbot of the temple led all the monks to come out to greet him, while all the pilgrims were in a panic.

"Call all the monks and pilgrims in the temple to gather here. There must be no mistakes. If there is any disobedience, they will be punished as spies and executed on the spot!"

Zhao Hao shouted an order, and the abbot froze in fright. He turned his head and said to the little novice behind him, "Hurry up and ring the bell!"

"Slow down!" Zhao Hao sternly shouted, "Don't ring the bell to alert the spies, only summon by word of mouth."

The abbot even claimed that it was true, and urgently ordered several young monks to go to the temple to call people.

After a while, twenty or thirty monks in the temple had all gathered at the front gate.There are not many pilgrims in the temple, only three to fifty people, standing together with the monks.

Zhao Hao's eyes were like lightning, and he scanned them one by one, not even letting go of some fat and big people, including the abbot and monk.

After repeatedly confirming that there was no abnormality three times, Zhao Hao signaled all the monks and pilgrims to leave the temple for a while, leaving only the abbot and four fat monks as guides.

Under Zhao Hao's order, all Jinyi guards divided into four groups, led by four fat monks, and searched separately.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, it was more than half an hour. Everyone searched the Daxiong Hall, the East and West Side Halls, the Four Halls, the Sutra Pavilion, and the Zen Room, but still found nothing.

Zhao Hao's face was full of disappointment.It seems that after all, I can only fight the clairvoyance charm for 10 minutes.

"Where are the fewest people on weekdays?" Zhao Hao asked the abbot coldly.

The abbot scratched the back of his head, thought for a while, and said, "The Sutra Pavilion is an important place in our temple. Not only is it not open to the public, even the monks in the temple are not allowed to enter without permission."

Zhao Hao thought for a while, and immediately shouted: "Let's go, go to the Sutra Pavilion!"

All the guards in Jinyi followed Zhao Hao and the abbot, rushing towards the scripture storage pavilion.

Before arriving at the Sutra Pavilion, Zhao Hao waved his hand, and all the guards surrounded the Sutra Pavilion. Zhao Hao was still uneasy, and ordered the crossbowmen to aim at the windows of the three-story Sutra Pavilion, in case of accidents. Qian jumped out of the window.

After finishing the arrangements, Zhao Hao clicked on a Clairvoyance Talisman and started searching from the first floor.

The first floor, searched from the ground to the ceiling, found nothing.

On the second floor, there is still no one.

The third floor... Zhao Hao started to scan from the roof this time, from top to bottom, not letting go of every part.

Finally... He saw a black shadow behind a large pile of scriptures in the scripture room on the third floor.

The black figure huddled into a ball, like a black cat, hiding in a corner of the scripture room, with a large pile of scriptures in front of him, even if he walked up to him, he might not be able to find him.

The Sutra Pavilion is indeed a good place. Not only are few people coming, it is suitable for hiding, but there are so many scriptures, it burns quickly...

Zhao Hao smiled coldly, waved his hand, and led the crowd into the Sutra Pavilion.

Everyone tiptoed along the way and walked slowly, trying not to make a sound, from the first floor of the Sutra Pavilion to the third floor.

As soon as they reached the stairs on the third floor, Zhao Hao waved his hand, and all the Jin Yiwei immediately moved quickly to guard the windows on all sides to prevent that guy from jumping out of the windows.

The rest of the people followed Zhao Hao and ran straight to the door of the scripture room, and their footsteps were no longer concealed, and there was a clattering sound.

Fang Baihua leaped forward, kicked open the small door of the scripture room abruptly and viciously, a black shadow suddenly sprang out from inside like lightning.

It's just a pity that what was waiting for him was a big net, and that black shadow jumped straight into the middle of the big net, and was caught by several Jin Yiwei like a fish in a net.

"Let go of my father!"

The black shadow yelled loudly while struggling desperately in the net.

Zhao Hao felt relieved, and laughed: "A strong man from time to time, it's hard for you to find me!"

……

The moonlight is like water, and the moon is as round as a disk, illuminating the surrounding fields like daytime.

On the Yingshui River, under the shining of the bright moonlight, the waves are rippling, which looks very quiet and beautiful.

Whoa!Whoa!Whoa!
Suddenly, there was a sound of paddling water on the misty river, and the sound became louder and louder. Suddenly, a large black boat appeared on the river under the night, and it was very strange to slowly go upstream in the direction of Yingshui River. and horror.

On each of the big ships, there was a big flag flying, with the words "Huaixi Liangbang Huang" written on it.

Just looking carefully, I saw that the big ships were full of people, and each of them was armed with soldiers, but they couldn't see half a bag of food!
The big ships gradually covered the entire river, and there were more than a hundred big ships coming all over the river. Each ship had 100 to [-] soldiers, and there were tens of thousands of horses!

A man in armor and holding a sword stood proudly on the largest merchant ship in the middle, with murderous intent and confidence in his eyes, it was Song Jiang, the leader of the Liangshan Army.

Standing behind him are Wu Yong, a military adviser, and Ling Zhen, who is known as Thunderbolt, the gunpowder expert of the Liangshan Army.

Behind them, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Liangshan Army stood proudly. Under the moonlight, their faces were raised proudly like iron, and the fighting spirit in their eyes was as fierce as fire. It seemed that only iron and blood could stop them.

These tens of thousands of soldiers are the elite soldiers of the Liangshan Army, and each big ship is equipped with a capable and capable general of the Liangshan Army.

He wanted to take this elite Liangshan army up the river, and then landed upstream, avoiding the sight of the Song army, and headed for the empty north gate.

At that time, once Ling Zhenhong opened the north gate with fire and thunder, even the gods would not be able to stop the fate of Xiangcheng being destroyed.

Looking to the right from the river, and following the bright moonlight, the majestic city wall of Xiangcheng could be faintly seen standing in the night, everyone cheered in a low voice, and they traveled day and night along the way, hurrying and hurrying, and finally arrived soon, how could it be do not like?
Song Jiang was also in high spirits, and with one stroke of the sword in his hand: "Go to the left and go to the bank!"

With the sound of rushing water, hundreds of merchant ships floated to the right bank of Yingshui like dark clouds.

With the sound of orderly footsteps, teams of brave Liangshan troops boarded the Yingshui River bank and quickly assembled on the bank of the river.

Song Jiang and Wu Yong slowly boarded the river bank, standing in front of tens of thousands of Liangshan elites, and pointed the long sword in the direction of the north gate of Xiangcheng: "A person holds a prize, a horse picks a bell, don't make noise, let's go!"

Tens of thousands of Liangshan troops moved slowly towards the north gate of Xiangcheng with Song Jiang and Wu Yong. Like a group of black ghosts, they landed lightly one by one, and the rustling footsteps could only be heard carefully.

(End of this chapter)