The reason why Ling Jing did not ask the county government for help was because the county magistrate was still the original official. Liu Lancheng believed that someone in the county government must have been bribed by the Bohai Association.

But how to find out whether the Ming Guangkai is still in the warehouse is another problem. If you sneak in at night, you will be alarmed once you are discovered.

Liu Lancheng observed in the tavern opposite the warehouse for a whole day. He found that the guards in the warehouse were very vigilant and that anyone who entered and exited the warehouse gate had to check their waist cards.

But he still found that one target was a young man with a greasy head. This man seemed to be a local and had a waist brand, but he went in and out of the warehouse very frequently. He seemed to be responsible for purchasing mules and horses, and kept seeing him leading different mules into the warehouse.

In the evening, when the man came out of the warehouse again, Liu Lancheng led three subordinates to stare at him from behind.

In an alley, Liu Lancheng and his men blocked the man.

"Give me your life! Please spare me your life! I'll give you money."

When the man saw the sharp dagger in Liu Lancheng's hand, he thought he had encountered a thief who was blocking the road and robbing.

At this time, a carriage was parked at the entrance of the alley, and Liu Lancheng dragged him into the carriage, and the carriage immediately ran away.

"I'll give you my life if I answer my words honestly, otherwise you will have a way out."

The man's face turned pale. He realized that he had not encountered a thief and had a big deal.

"May I have your name?"

"The villain is called Wang Shun!"

Liu Lancheng pulled off his waist card, which indeed said Wang Shun, No. 26.

"How many numbers are there in total?" Liu Lancheng shook his waist card.

“There are 28 numbers in total.”

"It seems you're not doing well! You're in the back."

"The villain is just a little man, responsible for purchasing mules and horses, and ignores other things."

At this time, the carriage was used out of the city and galloped on the official road outside the city. Liu Lancheng asked coldly: "What's your warehouse?"

"There are silk, tea, spices, oils, sheepskin, horse cowhide, probably just a few of them."

"What else? Like armor."

Wang Shun was shocked, and his eyes showed fear. Liu Lancheng's dagger pressed against his throat, "Do you say it?"

"Since you know, ask me what I'm doing?"

"How much armor is there?"

"I don't know the specific number. I only know that there are fifty bags, placed in a warehouse made of bluestone. The guards are very tightly. I accidentally realized that there are armor inside."

"When will the armor be sent away?"

"I don't know that the mules and horses have been prepared for a long time, but the superiors have been reluctant to leave. I heard that it seems to be checking it strictly."

Wang Shun was so scared that he stammered: "Don't kill me, I still have children at home, I'm only three years old, and my old father, I have to support me."

Liu Lancheng was about to kill him and defeat him. When he heard his words, he changed his mind and shouted, "Take us to your house!"

At night, Liu Lancheng returned to the inn, and when he entered the door, he saluted to Ling Jing and said, "You have gained something from joining the army."

"Sit down and have a tea and say it slowly!"

Ling Jing asked him to sit down. Liu Lancheng took a sip of tea and then told him in detail about the arrest of Wang Shun. Ling Jing frowned, "Wouldn't you betray him when you let him go back, aren't you afraid that he will betray us?"

"Reported to join the army, his son is in our hands, and I promised him that if he cooperates with us to do things, he will not pursue his work for Bohai afterwards, and will also reward him with fifty taels of gold. I believe he will not betray us."

"This is a good way to use both soft and hard skills!"

Ling Jing praised and asked again: "When will they be sending their armor away?"

"Wang Shun said that because the road was checked very tightly, they were waiting for the opportunity."

Ling Jing walked a few steps behind his hands. He knew that because of strict control of pig iron smuggling, all checkpoints along the way were strictly checked. It seemed that he needed to send a pigeon letter to Fang Xuanling.

Just after the New Year, another heavy snow fell in Hebei. The whole city was covered with white snow, and the gullies were filled with heavy snow. On the houses, palaces, rivers, and small bridges were filled with foamy white snow, and the trees were made into ice strips, which were particularly crystal clear.

Carriages drove past the street, crushing the snow on the road into black mud. On both sides of the street were children and young people playing snowball fights, laughter and noise echoed throughout Zhongdu City.

At this time, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the Qi Palace. The door opened. Fang Xuanling came out of the carriage and walked towards the mansion. The housekeeper happened to be cleaning the snow on the steps with several servants. Seeing Fang Xuanling coming, the housekeeper quickly saluted.

"Is Your Highness here?"

"In the room, I'll inform my husband, and Mr. Fang went to the study room outside to warm up."

This is Fang Xuanling's privilege. He can go to Zhang Xuan's outer study room first to wait. Fang Xuanling rubbed his hands, "Okay! Please inform me."

In the study, Zhang Xuan was leaning against the soft couch to read a book. It was rare to have such a rest time. He also tried his best to relax himself, not consider anything, and quietly enjoy the peace of this moment.

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and the butler reported outside the house, "Master, Mr. Fang is here and said he has something important to look for. He is waiting outside the study room."

"I get it, go right away!"

It may be a little unhappy if others come to disturb Zhang Xuan, but Fang Xuanling doesn't. He knows that Fang Xuanling will not enter the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. At this time, there must be something important.

He put on a fur coat and went out to the study.

Walking into the study outside, Fang Xuanling, who was drinking tea, quickly got up and saluted, "I'm disturbing your highness to rest!"

"Aren't you the same? There's no rest time."

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly, "I happened to receive a pigeon letter from Ling Chanjun!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Let's sit down and talk."

The two sat down. Two days ago, Yin Hongzhi came from Luoyang and brought Ling Jing's handwritten letter to Fang Xuanling. They knew that Ling Jing, who was going to Luoyang to investigate, had found clues. Zhang Xuan was very concerned about this matter. He knew that Fang Xuanling must have made progress on Ling Jing's side.

A maid came in and served them with tea again. Fang Xuanling said: "They have found the batch of armor in Chenliu County, but the other party has been reluctant to set off."

"Why?" Zhang Xuan asked in confusion.

"It is probably because we strictly investigated pig iron smuggling some time ago, and all checkpoints were checked extremely strictly, so that the other party did not dare to go on the road."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "What do you mean is that we will relax our investigation for the time being?"

"Not necessarily, the key is that we need to know the other party's northward route and then relax in a targeted manner."

Zhang Xuan got up and walked to the wall, pulled open the curtain, revealing the map of the world on the wall.

Fang Xuanling walked to the map, picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Chenliu County: "There are two roads from Chenliu County to Hebei. One is to go north to Dongjun and the other is to Xingyang County. It just so happened that Wang Shichong was pardoned by the world, and there were no checkpoints on the roads. I guess the other party must go to Xingyang County, cross the Yellow River to Henei County, and then enter Bingzhou."

"Mr. I mean, will they re-enter Hebei through the Eight Passes of Taihang?"

"If they don't leave like this, they will have to pass through Wei County, but I believe they will definitely not go into Wei County to take risks, or they will bypass Wei County and head north from Wuyang County."

Zhang Xuan took a few steps behind his hands and turned around and said, "If they walk the Eight Xings of Taihang, it will be more risky, especially Jingxing and Fuyang Xing. He could not escape the inspection of the defenders, so they would still enter Hebei and bypass Wei County to go north. We must create opportunities for them, and it would be better to relax the inspection."

"But what excuse does Your Highness use?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "With the Queen Mother's birthday, three days later will be the Queen Mother's birthday. We will also pardon the world, and the military and civilians will celebrate ten days."

Fang Xuanling nodded, "This excuse is good, just give them ten days to see if they will seize the opportunity."

"I believe Gao Hui will seize the opportunity."

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan came to the military camp outside the city. This was the main camp of the Sui army, with 100,000 troops. At present, the total force of the Sui army has reached 350,000, and is stationed in Bingzhou, Central Plains, Liaodong, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jianghuai and Danyang County in Jiangnan.

As the territory continues to expand, the number of troops required is increasing. According to the plan, after capturing the Jianghuai River, his troops will be expanded to 400,000, which can ensure that he controls half of the country.

The barracks in the military camp were neat. Although it was New Year's Day, the army was still as strict as usual. However, many soldiers were on holidays, and the barracks seemed relatively deserted.

As soon as he walked into the camp, Zhang Xuan faintly heard a thunderous shout, "What's going on?" Zhang Xuan asked the lieutenant on duty next to him.

"It seems to be a competition, on the other side of the school grounds."

Zhang Xuan suddenly became interested and walked quickly towards the schoolyard. He saw that the two sides of the schoolyard were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. The soldiers kept applauding and applauding. He passed over the soldiers' heads. He saw two big knives, Su Dingfang and Wei Wentong, besieging Yuwen Chengdu. The sword light rolled, the cold light was like lightning, and the two big knives danced like wheels, one on the left and the other on the right surrounded Yuwen Chengdu in the middle.

Although Yuwen Chengdu fought two powerful generals, he was not in a hurry. He blocked the opponent's attack with a few simple moves. At this time, when! With a loud bang, Wei Wentong's big knife flew out of his hand. Wei Wentong had to admit defeat and retreat. Only Su Dingfang was left on the school field fighting fiercely in Yuwen Chengdu. However, in less than three rounds, Yuwen Chengdu's phoenix winged gilded bored held Su Dingfang's chest, "General Su, you lost!"

"good!"

Zhang Xuan applauded and applauded. The soldiers realized that the general was standing with them, and everyone stopped.

Zhang Xuan walked into the schoolyard, Yuwen Chengdu and Su Dingfang quickly turned over and got off the horse, stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "Meet the Grand Marshal!" Not finished
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