Xie Ming

Chapter 168: Secret Agent Qi Gang
Old Xia swore solemnly that Li Huchen was his country cousin, Li Sigou, as the neighbors called him!
"Look, I said it couldn't be wrong, right?!"

"Isn't that the person coming?"

"Hahaha"

"My goodness, this boy is really good-looking, huh?!"

"Scared me!"

Old man Xia was still being sociable and recognizing people there.

Li Huchen was sweating coldly!

I thought, why does this old man breathe so hard when he talks?
If you tell me the whole story any later, I will cut your neck with this knife!
However, I can only blame myself. When I bought the car, I was careless and did not ask the villager's name!

It was really a bit rash.
"Oh, haha, so that's what happened!"

"Oh, Master Xia, you scared me to death!"

"I thought I had run into a thief. Look how sweaty I am!"

"You have a good eye and a clear mind."

"But next time, don't breathe so hard when you speak!"

"I'm a coward, I can't stand being scared like this!"

When Xiao Shuanzi heard this, he felt relieved, but he also had some complaints.

“Roar, go go go!”

"I'll pay attention next time!"

"Eh? That's right!"

"Si Gou, your uncle said you should arrive at noon, why are you delayed until now?!"

Old Xia didn't take it seriously and turned back to ask.

"Oh, hey, uncle!"

"I, I was halfway there when the cart broke down!"

“It took a lot of effort to fix it.”

"The journey has been delayed at this time!"

"It's a blessing to meet you."

"To be honest, I was in a hurry this morning, so I didn't bring the guide with me."

"I'm still confused about this."

"If we come to the north gate and the soldiers don't let us in, then I will..."

After Li Huchen understood the details of what Old Xia said, he was able to change the words at the last minute!

Now, even the verbal address has been changed to "Uncle", which shows that this man is smart and not as stupid as his rough appearance suggests.

"Hi! Hehe."

"Not a big deal?!"

"Today, it's your turn!"

"It happened to be my shift."

"Or you can change to someone else. You can only go back the same way you came."

"There have been strict inspections into the city these past two days."

"For the sake of the neighborhood, you can go in this time. Be careful next time!"

Old Xia appears to be quite kind-hearted, but little does he know that he has a very clever plan!

Of course, this convenience was not for Li Sigou, but for the neighbor Manager Zhao.

I thought, I'll help you now, tomorrow I'll go to your shop to sell wine, and you won't be able to come back alive? !

"Oh my, what can I say about this?"

"Uncle Xia, thank you so much! I appreciate your care!"

Seeing that the plan had been accomplished, Hu Chen was delighted and hurriedly expressed his sincere gratitude with a restrained smile!
"Hahaha, hi! It's nothing!"

"Your uncle and I are old neighbors!"

"What kind of relationship do we have?!"

"It's just a small favor, and I can do it within my job. I'll help if I can!"

"Hahaha, I have to go to your uncle's place to buy some wine tomorrow!"

Following the topic, Old Xia deliberately tilted his head to make his meaning clear.

"Hey, okay!"

"I'll tell my uncle when I see him in there!" Hu Chen answered clearly.

"Hahaha, good good!"

"Oh, it's getting late. You're already late!"

"Don't waste time here, your uncle will be worried later!" "Hurry up! Go in!"

Having received Xia Xia's verbal promise, Old Xia was delighted and hurriedly urged Hu Chen to go into the city. Not to mention, they seemed very warm and familiar with each other!
Seeing the situation, Li Huchen grabbed the handlebars, feeling secretly happy, put on the grease, and trotted into the city with the cart!
After he left, the doorman, Old Man Xia, was still talking to Xiao Shuanzi!

"Oh! Shuanzi, look, look!"

"Look at this kid Li Sigou, he has such a strong build!"

"That's because there's no direction in the family, and we don't know how to find a way out!"

"This big guy, if only he had joined the army!"

"As long as he's strong enough."

"This will be the fate of the general sooner or later!"

"Can't be wrong!"

"My old eyes can't be wrong!"

"This kid, if he's willing to join the army, he'll definitely be able to become a general in the future!"

Two flowers bloom, one on each side!
Just when Hu Chen managed to enter the city by accident.

In fact, Xiao Lang's group of five people drove a horse-drawn carriage and had already arrived at Caikou Street in the city, at the home of one of Zhi Zhong's secret subordinates.

Before setting off, Xiao Jingchuan designated this place as the designated gathering point after entering the city.

At this moment, when Xiao Lang and others arrived, there were only two people who were preparing to enter the city. They were the two heads who had entered the city earlier as mentioned by Xu Jizu and were at the mound ten miles outside the north gate.

Afterwards, Xiao Lang and the other four waited in Anzhuan's house.

By the time it was six quarters past the evening hour (18:30), the sun in the sky had completely set into the mountains. When the number of people entering the courtyard was counted, there were only thirteen people in total!
This still includes the number of people Xiao Jingchuan himself.

At this moment, the evening drums are beating in the city and the city gates are about to close.

Xiao Langju was sitting at the stone table in the middle of the Anzhuan courtyard.

In front of him, Zhuanzi came over and refilled the tea in his bowl.

"Qi Gang, if we wait any longer, the city gates should be closed, right?!"

Seeing Qi Gang coming over to refill his tea, Xiao Lang asked casually.

"Oh, General, it is now six quarters of the evening hour. In just two quarters of an hour, the four gates will be completely closed!"

"If we want to open it again, we have to do it early tomorrow morning!" Qi Gang was considerate in his words and tactful in his actions.

Xiao Lang was quite uneasy about this.

When Xu Jizu arrived, there was still no sign of anyone. He didn't know whether something went wrong when he entered the city and he couldn't get in, or he was afraid that something might happen to the people outside the city, so he stayed outside and waited to enter the city tomorrow.

"Ugh!"

"Okay, no more waiting!"

"Come on, everyone gather around!"

"There is something to discuss!" Xiao Lang let out a long breath, then raised his eyes, stretched out his hand to call the people waiting in the yard to gather in the middle.

After everyone had gathered and was in front and behind him, Xiao Jingchuan looked back at Qi Gang again.

"Qi Gang, come here, you will tell Feiyu and me about the matter of Xu Baoyi at the execution ground tomorrow, and then tell everyone else!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered.

"Yes, General!"

"Brothers!"

"This Xu Baoyi the general is talking about is actually from Baoding Prefecture!"

"After investigation, it was found that his ancestor was the founding hero Xu Da, General Xu!"

"This man is usually kind and generous, generous and charitable, and a great hero."

"It is precisely because he is a man of good character and his family is quite wealthy that the people in this city, especially those who know him, are used to calling him Mr. Xu!"

"But even such a good man accidentally got into trouble half a month ago!"

"The cause was that a retainer of Xu Baoyi's mansion was wanted by the government."

"It is said that this man has gathered hundreds of people from the countryside outside the city, and secretly robbed the Dashun soldiers, grain carts and silver carts!"

"Defined as a bandit!"

"And this retainer can't be beaten either!"

"After being tortured in the prison, he confessed to Master Xu."

"He said that he was assigned by Xu Baoyi!"

"Such a commotion!"

"Xu Baoyi was implicated and thrown into prison!"

"In order to curry favor with the Dashun superiors, Li Jiantai sentenced the case to death as soon as it was tried!"

"I can't wait until autumn, I'll execute him tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)