Xie Ming

Chapter 96: Exploring the truth
"Haha, Hu Juncai, you don't have to rush to know who I am!"

"But there is one thing you'd better listen to me carefully!" Xiao Lang said sternly.

"Jizu and I are brothers with the same fate! His sister is my sister!"

"I have other important business to attend to in the city this time, but I may need your assistance in some areas."

"Today, since I have entered your house, your wife is the matter between me and my step-grandmother's sister."

"Your eldest brother-in-law Jizu and I will take care of it!" Xiao Jingchuan said with certainty.

"No matter the mountains of swords or the sea of ​​fire, I and my brothers behind me will go through it with you!"

"Although you, Hu Juncai, are a weakling, since you are someone's husband, you should act like a man!"

"Hu Juncai, what do you think?"

"Do you dare to fight with us brothers and risk your life for your wife?!"

Xiao Jingchuan's words sounded ruthless and bandit-like.

Hearing this, Xu Jizu, who was squatting on the ground behind Xiao Lang, was startled.

Hu Juncai looked in front of Xiao Jingchuan and was even more surprised and horrified. He thought that Xiao Lang must have recognized that Xiao Lang was the leader of a bandit on a certain mountain!

"Ah, I, I"

Hu Juncai hesitated, and it seemed that his lips and teeth were trembling.

Xiao Jingchuan did not force him, but sat calmly in front of him, waiting for the other party to answer seriously.

"Oh! Good!"

"I, Hu Jun, am useless and usually a bit weak, but my wife, she..."

"My uncle just gave me a good beating, so I thought it through!"

"Save my wife, even if it costs my life!"

"This big brother!"

"Save, save my wife. What do you need me to do?"

"I hope you can give me some advice!" Hu Juncai gritted his teeth, and suddenly there was light in his eyes.

"Haha, okay!"

"Since you can say so, then I will start to ask you about the next matter!"

Xiao Jingchuan breathed a sigh of relief without noticing.

"Juncai, calm down first and tell me the truth. Do you know the name of the general guarding the city of Yi County and where he lives?" Xiao Lang finally asked Zhizhengyan.

"Yes, I know. His name is Liu Jikui. Because he has a scar on his face, everyone calls him Liu Dabala!"

"Ever since he led his troops into the city more than a month ago, the wealthy and powerful people in Yi County have been in dire straits!"

"Once they were caught, they were severely tortured. Some were even beheaded!"

"All the property I accumulated over several lifetimes was confiscated by these soldiers! There's no point in arguing!" Hu Juncai replied.

"Well, bandits have always been like this, they specifically target wealthy families for their pay." Xiao Lang said.

Hu Juncai heard the man calling Li Zicheng a rebel, and his mind turned. He thought that the man might have some old grudge with the Dashun soldiers, so he felt more confident and hurriedly continued.

"Yes, brother!"

"Liu Dabala is a vicious and cruel man with a strong bandit mentality. He will rob anyone who has a high wall. If he sees women in a big house, he will kill them all without any explanation!"

"What do you mean by eat his mother, drink his mother, the rebel king comes and doesn't pay taxes?!"

"Soldiers, once they stay in the city for too long, will forget all the rules!"

"They say they never harm anyone, but they do a lot of terrible things!"

"Oh, right."

"Since Liu Dabala came to Yi County, he has been staying at the Wang family's mansion in the east of the city."

"There were fifteen people in the Wang family's house, eight of them were beheaded the next day after they entered the city. The rest were taken to the east gate to do hard labor to reinforce the city defenses."

"Liu Dabala himself led his troops to occupy the Wang family's house and treated it as his own!"

"Oh? The Wang family's mansion in the east of the city?!" Xiao Jingchuan took a breath when he heard this.

"Is his house very big?" "Juncai, have you ever been to the Wang family?" Xiao Lang asked several questions in a row.

"It's huge! The Gao family in Yi County is the richest family!"

"During the New Year, Old Master Wang from the Wang family held a birthday banquet, and I went there." Hu Jun replied.

"Well, then, I'll have to ask my dear brother Juncai to help me draw a detailed map of his house for me to see!"

Xiao Jingchuan pondered in his heart.

"Hey, that's right."

"I just heard what you and Jizu said. The officer escorting the pay is a captain named Sun. Do you know where he will stay tonight?!"

Seeing that Liu Dabala's whereabouts had been revealed, Xiao Lang put the matter aside for the time being and asked about the origin of the officer who escorted the money.

In this Yi County operation, whether these two leaders can be successfully captured is related to the overall planning and is very important.

Therefore, Xiao Jingchuan had to ask the two about their specific overnight stay.

Hu Juncai heard that the person in question was the captain named Sun, and his face was immediately filled with resentment. Before he could say anything, he spat on the ground in disgust.

spit!
"Brother, I don't know the name of the captain surnamed Sun, but tonight, in the county government office, Liu Dabala held a welcoming banquet for him. He asked the hall master in the government office to personally handle this, so I know it!"

"As for staying overnight, that's hard to say. He could be in the back hall of the government office, or after the banquet, he could go back to the Wang family's mansion with Liu Dabala. Any of these are possible!"

"He brought that nephew, the thief grandson! He's in the back hall of the government office tonight!"

"Cui Ling'er, Cui"

Speaking of his wife, Hu Juncai wanted to control his emotions, but when he really talked about it, he choked up again.

"Well, this is quite promising!"

"Juncai, are you sure that General Sun Qian and Cui Ling'er will be in the back hall of the government office tonight, right?!"

Upon seeing this, Xiao Lang increased the force of his words, wanting to finalize this crucial detail as soon as possible!

"Yes! There's no doubt about it!"

"Cui Ling'er must have been abducted into the courtyard behind the government office!"

"The county magistrate said it himself!"

"But, but now, in order to make room for the gang of thieves who are escorting the pay, even the county magistrate has asked them to leave and find another place to stay!"

"I guess by now, the whole government compound has been surrounded by soldiers."

"Those are vicious people with real weapons in their hands!"

"We need to save them. How easy is this!"

As Hu Juncai was speaking, he glanced at the dozen or so people in the yard. The courage that had just risen up in him seemed to be dispersing again.

"Humph, Hu Juncai, we, the outsiders, have never given up, so why are you acting so badly now?!"

"You don't even save your own wife, who are you waiting for?" Xiao Jingchuan said deliberately.

"I"

"Brother, I'm going. A real man is willing to die. What is there to be afraid of?" Juncai replied.

Seeing that it was working, Xiao Jingchuan nodded, patted his shoulder lightly, and was about to stand up.

"Oh, right!"

"I heard from people on the street that there are less than 200 soldiers guarding Yi County, and the number of soldiers escorting the money here is about 500. Is this number true?!"

Xiao Lang had already received this information from Qiu Zhizhong's secret sentry, so he just mentioned it casually and wanted to verify it at the same time.

"Well, it's probably not bad. The county government helps to handle most of the food and fodder supplies."

Hu Juncai affirmed the words, but as soon as he said it, he seemed to think of something else.

"Well, there is one more thing. A few days ago, Liu Dabala recruited more than 700 new militiamen. They are all waiting in the barracks east of the city. They have not yet been officially enlisted, waiting for the money to settle down!"

"I don't know, do these people count?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan was startled and stood there in a daze.
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