GBP Chapter 133 Follow Me to Raid the Xu Family Compound
Chapter 133 Follow Me to Raid the Xu Family Compound
After Ling Chuan and others escaped from Siwang Mountain, they only had two days to rest before they were soon found again.
The most important thing is that this time, in addition to the masters of the Xu family, there were also people from the Inspection Office who came to find them.
Chu Yi didn't take ordinary soldiers seriously, but the other side actually had an organized group of archers. If they were not afraid of Xu Lang's life or death, they would probably be killed or injured with just a few rounds of archery.
In the end, it was Lingchuan who threw a clay pot mine, which scared off the pursuers and allowed him to escape.
However, their way to Yuzhou Prefecture was also cut off. In other words, they were driven back to Ruyin County.
"Something's wrong. How come the pursuers found us so quickly?" Ling Chuan looked at Xu Lang.
Xu Lang shuddered when he saw Ling Chuan's unfriendly look: "Why are you looking at me? It has nothing to do with me."
Ling Chuan looked at Leng Wushuang again, and Leng Wushuang slowly shook his head at him.
He thought for a moment and waved at the two men: "Those people just now were regular soldiers. Now the road ahead is blocked. What should we do?"
The three of them looked at each other, and none of them could come up with any good ideas. Ling Chuan analyzed, "Now they have even sent out people from the Inspection Office, which means they are anxious. It is very likely that Duan Xifeng went back to get reinforcements."
He gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't we go back to Ruyin."
Chuyi frowned and Leng Wushuang waved his hand.
Ling Chuan squatted on the ground and drew a semicircle on the ground with a branch: "Let's take a detour, first go north to Taihe County, and then go back."
He looked at Chuyi again and said, "I thought I'd ask you to be a scout and explore the way ahead. How about that?"
Chu Yi nodded in agreement, and Ling Chuan said to Leng Wushuang: "Hang all your luggage on him. Yes, and the bundle, let him hold it with his hands. If it falls to the ground, stab him with a knife."
Xu Lang was about to cry. Over the past ten days, there was not a single piece of healthy flesh on his body. His clothes were all torn and tattered, like fishing nets.
They didn't know at the time, but this change of route would cause a bloody storm throughout Ruyin County.
Even though Tu Yuan had made careful arrangements and assigned many people to keep an eye on the Xu family, three days had passed and still no clues were found.
The Xu family is the number one family in Ruyin County and it is no exaggeration. No matter how small the movement is, they can see it.
Tu Yuan was still thinking about starting with other local noble families, but he didn't expect that after he visited several noble families in a row, when they heard about Tu Yuan's purpose, they didn't even let him in. Some of the noble families that welcomed him in even bowed and kowtowed to him and begged him to leave quickly.
Finally, the soldiers would bring back some different news every day. Based on this news, Tu Yuan was able to figure out the movements of Ling Chuan and others.
At the same time, he also understood the dilemma Ling Chuan was facing at the moment. There were at least hundreds of people chasing and intercepting Ling Chuan, and even the Inspection Department was dispatched.
When Tu Yuan heard the news, he was furious. He had thought County Magistrate Luo was an honest man because of his timid appearance, but he didn't expect him to be so cruel behind the scenes.
However, he quickly calmed down. He was on someone else's territory. If he turned against them rashly without evidence, he would be the only one to suffer in the end. So he couldn't force the matter and could only use indirect means.
In the back hall of the county government office, Tu Yuan was drinking tea with County Magistrate Luo with a smile on his face.
"Because of the pressure from the higher-ups, I was a little impolite the past two days. I apologize to Lord Luo. Please forgive me."
"How dare I? Of course, it's my official duty. As a local official, it's my job to cooperate with you."
"Lord Luo is very wise and I, Tu, feel deeply ashamed." After exchanging a few polite words with the other party, Tu Yuan began to chat about this and that, sometimes asking about the people's conditions, sometimes asking about interesting things in the yamen, and the atmosphere soon became harmonious.
County Magistrate Luo had been worried these days because Lawyer Yao had run away. When Tu Yuan suddenly came over to show his goodwill, he was still worried until Tu Yuan asked a question that suddenly made his heart skip a beat.
"According to the court regulations, the number of soldiers equipped by the inspection offices of each county is based on the autumn grain. I heard that Ruyin County has been paying a lot of autumn grain for many years, so the number of soldiers in the inspection office is also quite large. To be honest with you, Lord Luo, our inspection office was established not long ago, and the skills of these soldiers in the yamen are really not good enough. I was thinking whether I could ask the inspection officers of your county to help train them."
"Oh, Master Tu, you are joking. Our local soldiers are just some farmers who have put down their hoes. How dare they train the elite soldiers of the Judicial Bureau? Master Tu is really too kind to them."
Tu Yuan came here today for this purpose. How could he let Magistrate Luo fool him so easily? He immediately stood up and said, "Lord Luo, why are you being so modest? Although the soldiers of the Investigation Department have some skills, they are quite lacking in archery. The archers of the Inspection Department must be good at archery. Why don't you give them some pointers? Lord Luo, you can't just ignore this little bit of face."
County Magistrate Luo thought to himself, where can I get archers for you now? They have all been sent out. There are probably only three or five old and weak people in the Inspection Office now. They are okay at guarding the door and sweeping the floor, but shooting arrows is nonsense.
But seeing that Tu Yuan had come over to support his arm, he could only make up an excuse and said, "It's not that I don't give face to Master Tu, but there were bandits near Siwang Mountain, so all the soldiers of the Inspection Division went to arrest the bandits."
"There are still bandits in Yingtian Prefecture? This is a big deal. It just so happens that arresting bandits is one of the responsibilities of our Investigation Department. I will send some people to Lord Luo to help him. It will also be a training for them."
Magistrate Luo panicked, wondering why he had come up with such a lame excuse. "Thank you, Lord Tu, for your kindness. Inspector He came to report a few days ago that the bandits have been brought to justice. I estimate that they will be back in two days."
"What a shame, we missed this opportunity. Let's wait for the soldiers from the Inspection Office to come back and then ask Inspector He for advice."
"It's easy to talk about."
County Magistrate Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he also knew that Tu Yuan would not give up easily, so he had to quickly send someone to recall Inspector He, and at least make the matter go away.
In the next two days, Tu Yuan came to see County Magistrate Luo every day, either to drink tea and chat, or to go to the restaurant to drink. In short, he just wanted to keep him from leaving alone.
But after two or three days, the people from the Inspection Office did not arrive, but Shi Xing did.
Shi Xing took on a huge responsibility this time, and he used the excuse of training troops to transfer three teams of troops.
The commander of the Zhongcheng Bingma Division is only a sixth-rank official, but he has 500 soldiers under his command. These three teams have more than 300 people in total, and the three centurions leading the troops are all his trusted men.
Because there was no official document, he could not enter the city directly with so many people, so he had to bring two guards into the city to find Tu Yuan first.
Tu Yuan was surprised when he saw Shi Xing. You are a military commander in the capital, and you brought your troops to Ruyin County?
But Shi Xingcai didn't have time to talk to him, so he asked him directly if he had found Ling Chuan. When he learned that Ling Chuan's whereabouts had not been found yet, Shi Xing became anxious.
"Then why are you still dawdling here? If you do this according to the rules, my brother Lingchuan will probably be dead. Come on, gather your men and follow me to raid the Xu family compound."