Ancient promotion routine

Lin Xing has been waiting for news from Deng Mao these days. Originally, he thought that Deng Mao would come to take away this batch of private salt in a few days. The old buddy Lao Zhou and himself knew it, but the longer the time dragged on, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Lin Xing was not the only one who was worried. Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying stayed in the Lin mansion every day. They didn't see any movement from Lin Xing. When Li Ying and Li Ying went to the Sheriff's Mansion to investigate the situation again, Lin Xingde's change caught their attention.

"Hey, Zhang Yanjin, is this what you said that a blind cat ran into a dead mouse?" Li Ying touched Zhang Yanjin beside him,

The two of them followed Lin Xing all the way, they had nowhere to hide, they could only pick up the discarded basket beside them and cover their heads.

"We are so-called illicit salts who are so lonely and just watch, shh, don't talk." Zhang Yanjin quickly lowered his voice when he saw Lin Xing turned his head to look this way.

What Lin Xing looked at was not Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying, but the guard dog behind him. As long as someone came within three feet of the door, the big dog would bark and bark.

The place Lin Xing acquired was not elsewhere, but one of the warehouses where the army stored grain.

The military rations are divided into rations and horse rations. The rations are in charge of the army, but the horse rations are in charge of the county government.

Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying were afraid that Lin Xing would find out, so they didn't dare to get too close, but it was a coincidence that a disaster was avoided.

It never occurred to Tu Heng that the private salt he was looking for was right under his nose.

When Lin Xing came out, he was still alone. After watching Lin Xing, Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying tried to walk into the gates.

"Wang Wang Wang"

The big dog kept barking, and Zhang Yanjin couldn't get closer. Looking at the wordless door in front of him, he could only remember the mark of this place.

Somewhere in a restaurant in the city, Deng Mao looked flatteringly at the benefactor in front of him, a man dressed in black and hat was drinking tea.

The tea didn't seem to suit his appetite, and he looked very disgusted, but he seemed to have no choice, so he hesitated and drank the cup of tea in his hand.

"How's it going?" the man in black asked.

"The thing you want is in my hand, I wonder when you want to deliver it?"

Deng Mao had been waiting for the man in black for several days. After thinking about this batch of goods, the master should not blame him for his previous negligence.After all, this time is a big deal.

"Tomorrow night, in the west of the city, if you deliver the goods to the gate of the west of the city, someone will come to pick them up."

"Yes!"

Deng Mao thought that after completing this ticket, his goal for this year would be about the same. After all, he would not be much worse than those shopkeepers. If Tu Heng didn’t give him something to do, he would look down on him. Jade.

Deng Mao naturally has a talent for doing business, but he didn't have any good opportunities. These few transactions let him know what a truly capable person is.

"Master, do you want more tea?" The child's voice broke Deng Mao's contemplation,

"No need." Deng Mao looked at the empty table, waved his hand, and said that it was indeed haunted, and he had to prepare to take it.

When Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying were about to go to the Lin's house in the west of Chengxi to see if there was any other news, they were stopped by someone.

"Excuse me, are you two Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li?"

"Who are you?" Zhang Yanjin looked at the man in front of him. He was tall and big, and he didn't look like an ordinary person.

"My name is Xiao Liu. I am the grandson of the old doctor. It was my grandfather who told me that you are here."

Unexpectedly, the old doctor had such a big grandson, Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying looked at each other.

Knowing from Xiaoliu's mouth that the battle ahead seemed a bit tense, Zhang Zhongqian didn't have time to come, so he asked Xiaoliu to take his souvenir and a few of his cronies to help Zhang Yanjin.

"So it's General Zhao, sorry for being rude," Li Ying said familiarly.

"Hey, just call me Xiaoliu. It's okay. Don't take my grandfather's words to heart." Xiaoliu was originally Zhang Zhongqian's vanguard general. He was good at fighting and leading troops. He didn't want to, but seeing his grandfather's explanation and Zhang Zhongqian's order, Xiao Liu had no choice but to come back.

Dinner was especially lively. It was the first time for the old doctor to eat at the table. He changed his previous attitude of ignoring people and kept putting meat and vegetables into Xiao Liu's bowl.It turned out that this old doctor was a ranger in troubled times before, and his children and grandchildren learned his kung fu and joined the army. Although the old doctor disagreed, there was nothing he could do.

Zhang Yanjin heaved a sigh of relief. Originally, he thought that this mysterious old doctor had no ill intentions towards him, but now that he learned of such a life experience, he was undoubtedly more relieved.

"Grandpa, I'll do it myself."

"Eat more, you are doing hard work, you look thinner."

The old doctor's words spread to everyone's ears, and with Xiao Liu's mighty figure, it was naturally a bit unworthy.

"Old man, how did you know that we are at Lin's house in Chengxi?"

Zhang Yanjin asked, relieved Xiao Liu's pressure, and the old doctor put the vegetables into Xiao Liu's bowl, so the other brothers who were helping out would not be able to find food.

"Don't tell me I know the snacks you bring back to the west of the city every day. Even the storekeepers in the west of the city know you. Although there are many people in the city here, they are either passers-by or some Old neighbors, go there so often like you... hey, go there."

Hearing what the old doctor said earlier, Zhang Yanjin realized that he and Li Ying might have been fooled, why didn't he think of this, the care he thought these days was just a joke.

Xiao Liu saw Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying got up and ran out, so he called his brothers to follow. The purpose of his trip was to protect the safety of these two, and the other was to assist Erlang in investigating the private salt matter. Since Zhang Yanjin got up, he definitely did not Sit down and continue eating.

"Grandpa, you don't have to wait for us to eat first."

Seeing that he was alone, the old doctor put the bowls and chopsticks away, and wanted to go upstairs, but seeing that there was still so much uneaten food in Xiao Liu's bowl, and the other people's bowls and chopsticks didn't move much, so he put them away again.

"Where is Erlang going?" Xiao Liu caught up with Zhang Yanjin after a while and asked.

"Do you know where the wordless warehouse is"

Zhang Yanjin made some marks during the day, but she couldn't see clearly on the road at night, so some of them started to spin around.

"I know," Xiao Liu led Zhang Yanjin, flying all the way up and down the wall, his figure was unpredictable.

Li Ying naturally followed behind, but when Zhang Yanjin and Xiao Liu disappeared after taking a step, he couldn't help but sigh, "General Zhao is really brave."

Although the soldiers following behind did not have Xiao Liu's figure, their pace was not slowed down much.

Standing on a high place, Zhang Yanjin saw a flame in the distance, "Where is that place?" he asked.

"That's the horse grain warehouse, why is it on fire?" Xiao Liu looked into the distance and said.

Sheriff's Office...

"It's bad, my lord, it's not good, the warehouse is on fire,"

Tu Heng was eating, when he heard this, he put down his chopsticks and asked angrily, "Who did it?"

Although this horse food is not as important as rations, but if you entrust this general to him, you must think highly of yourself. Tu Heng still thought about getting Zhang Zhongqian's support, and he was even more grateful for Zhang Zhongqian's killing of the Turkic Khan. Seeing this urgent report, which was like bad news, naturally, my heart burned immediately.

"I don't know, everything is burned," the frightened soldier shook his head foolishly.

"I haven't started to fight the fire yet," Tu Heng walked outside quickly, thinking about when the next batch of horse rations was expected to arrive.

Just as the batch of horse grain was sent to the army this morning, the warehouse where it was stored caught fire. This coincidence caused Tu Heng's brows to twitch involuntarily.

"Someone has already passed by."

"What do you mean someone has passed by?" Tu Heng turned around and said angrily.

"That's right, that's right, the person who was on duty today asked for leave and went home. There is nothing in the warehouse recently, so no one is guarding it." But others were left behind to report the news to the adults.

Why does this unpleasant and useless job always fall on me.

Zhang Yanjin looked at the nearly burned warehouse, but couldn't figure out why Lin Xing would do this.

"Fortunately, the horse grain has already been transported out of the city. If it is burned, I don't know how much it will be delayed." Xiao Liu looked at the burned clean warehouse and said with wide eyes.

This Lin Xing knows how to count his days, Zhang Yanjin doesn't think that this Lin Xing dares to burn all those private salts, besides, the warehouse is just a temporary storage place made of wood, so it is easy to catch fire, and the several thousand catties of private salt The salt can be burnt clean within a few hours.

What exactly does Lin Xing want to do.

"Come here, surround the surrounding area, I want to see who dares to set fire."

Tu Heng said angrily, it is impossible for these warehouses to be built in less than ten days. According to his experience, the next batch of horse rations will arrive at the earliest and may be five days later, but he forgot to think, who is There are people who will stay at the scene after setting off a fire, that is, people who watch the excitement.

In the Lin Mansion in the west of the city, Lin Xing saw Deng Mao coming, and finally felt relieved. He had been watched closely these past few days, and he had no chance to find Deng Mao at all.He was anxious if Deng Mao didn't come, but he was not in a hurry when he came.

"Shopkeeper Lin, you can have your private salt delivered here tomorrow night, but someone will definitely replace you."

Deng Mao put a dozen banknotes on Lin Xing's table.The meaning is obvious, hush money.

"Then wait for Mr. Deng tomorrow night." Lin Xing said with a smile, but his heart was miserable. Who made him unlucky to accept this hot potato? He didn't want to accept the silver ticket from Deng Mao, but he had to.

Both Deng Mao and Lin Xing understood that as long as Lin Xing accepted the bank notes, they would be on the same boat. Deng Mao naturally wanted to see Lin Xing's reaction. In just a few days, if Lin Xingxiang accepts the bank notes, Deng Mao will have another helper for the money.

Those who do their job pull their teeth out of their mouths, that is, lift their heads on their waistbands.

When Zhang Yanjin asked Xiao Liu to bring him to the Lin Mansion, he happened to meet Deng Mao. They went through the backyard door, and Deng Mao also went through the backyard door.

"Follow him."

Zhang Yanjin said succinctly, at this moment he thought in his heart that it was all about the whereabouts of the private salt, so he spoke more casually.

"Okay." Xiao Liu didn't care about Zhang Yanjin's tone at all, seeing that Erlang acted like a general, and he didn't procrastinate in doing things, which was the style he admired.

Xiao Liu was able to become a vanguard general at such a young age. Naturally, he possessed courage and strategy. Although he didn't understand the cause and effect of this, but this person sneaking through the back door in the middle of the night was naturally not a decent character.

Along the way, Deng Mao led Zhang Yanjin and Xiao Liu through countless turns before entering a small backyard door.

The fire in the city burst into flames, but it was just a matter of sleep and dreams.

On the second day, Zhang Yanjin and Xiao Liu came to the gate of the courtyard last night, only to find that there was no one living there at all, and the owner of the courtyard had long since disappeared.

When others saw Zhang Yanjin asking about the yard, they all persuaded them: "There used to be a woman who was raised by the master of the mansion here, and later the wife found out about it, and brought the pot with her, and she lived in the yard later. The people in the yard are not lucky either, this yard is haunted by ghosts, so it is impossible to live in it."

Zhang Yanjin just smiled and shook his head. He didn't want to rent this yard. The theory of ghosts and gods is just pretending to be a god.

"There are often ghosts haunting this yard at night, so I can't live there."

Seeing that Zhang Yanjin didn't care, others kindly persuaded him.

"Master, have you ever seen someone here at night?" Zhang Yanjin asked, the man disappeared after entering the yard last night, he and Xiao Liu searched everywhere but couldn't find him, it seems that he It's too early to go back.

"Yeah, yesterday when I got up at night, I saw someone coming out of it. I'm afraid it was the ghost."

"Thank you, sir." Zhang Yanjin said, he turned around and left not long after. The only person who has come into contact with Lin Xing now is Deng Mao from the county guard's mansion except for the one from last night.

By the way, Deng Mao, Zhang Yanjin suddenly remembered this person. Lin Xing had acted strangely these past few days. He was so busy staring at Lin Xing that he forgot about Deng Mao.

"General Zhao, how many people do we have?" Now there are three places that need to be watched by someone. According to Zhang Yanjin's deduction, Lin Xing will definitely make a big move in the past few days, otherwise he would not dare to take the risk to burn down the official's warehouse .

The county guard's mansion, the Lin family in the west of the city, and the small courtyard all need someone to watch.

"Erlang, we have six people who can use them, and if necessary, we can go to the county guard's mansion to transfer the guards in the city.

"The Sheriff's Mansion? Are you talking about Tu Heng?" Zhang Yanjin asked. What he wanted was someone he could trust. It was really strange for General Zhao to mention the Sheriff's Mansion at this time.

Zhang Yanjin still suspects that there is something wrong with this picture, after all the Turkic people are looking for him aggressively.

"The general has given you a warrant, and you can ask Mr. Tu to transfer troops if necessary." Xiao Liu thought that Zhang Yanjin was worried that the county guard would not borrow him, so he explained.

"Although Mr. Tu is a local sheriff, he is not under the control of the general, but the general has a kindness for him, and he will definitely help when he comes here."

"Are you saying that Tu Heng is trustworthy? How does he have anything to do with my uncle?" Zhang Yanjin was taken aback.

General Zhao's words seemed to be quite familiar with Tu Heng, which reminded Zhang Yanjin of the county guard's involvement in this matter. If he hadn't taken the lead in raiding the food and grass team, the private salt might have taken the opportunity to be transported out.

But how did Tu Heng get the news, and why he was deliberately omitted from Chengxi Lin's house in the middle of the journey? There was no reasonable explanation for these issues. Zhang Yanjin remained skeptical about Tu Heng.

"General Yu Tu has the grace to save his life. Although this Master Tu is a Turk, he has a life-and-death enmity with the Turkic Khan. Naturally, he is on the side of our Great Wei."

"If that's the case, then we should have enough manpower. When the time comes, I would like to ask General Zhao to send two people to watch over the small courtyard. Three people from the Lin family in the west of the city will follow Li Ying. General Zhao and I will go to the county guard's mansion for a while. Let's go." Zhang Yanjin didn't think about Tu Heng's background, since he was someone his uncle said he could trust, it saved Zhang Yanjin a lot of manpower.

"Okay, I'll go get ready now." General Zhao is a man of action, and immediately arranged the manpower in place.

In the county guard's mansion, things were in a mess everywhere. In addition to the servants in the mansion and the yamen servants who came to report the loss, people came in and out.

"Where is Deng Maoren?" Tu Heng handles the affairs of this subordinate, and the subordinates in the mansion also come to ask him for instructions on everything, Tu Heng has a headache when he hears it.

He thought of Deng Mao and wondered what he could do to help.

"My lord, Director Deng hasn't come back since he went out today."

"My lord, someone is looking for you."

"Who?" Tu Heng asked, thinking in his heart that it was really not the right time for Deng Mao to go out. He was about to call his servants to bring Deng Mao back when he heard the report from the yamen servant in front.

He had no choice but to put down what he was doing first, and walked forward. Those who came in from the front gate of the Sheriff's Mansion were either to avenge their grievances or to be officials.

"Master Tu, long time no see." Xiao Liu greeted warmly. He hasn't come back for some days, but seeing Tu Heng's appearance, it seems that life is not particularly smooth.

"General Zhao has come back so soon, how is General Zhang doing?" Seeing Xiao Liu coming back, Tu Heng thought that there was no more fighting at the border, so he thought that General Zhang was also returning to the court, and that's why he asked this question.

"Recently, after the death of Turkic Khan, there were some changes. The general has written a letter to go to the border. Before that, I came back this time to help the general." Xiao Liu said.

Tu Heng automatically ignored Zhang Yanjin who was next to Zhao Xiaoliu. He thought he was just a soldier, so he nodded to Zhang Yanjin and asked Xiaoliu about the border war.

"Master Tu, the frontier is only in a state of regular preparations for war now. Let me introduce you. This is Zhang Ning, the counselor next to the Duke, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yanjin still kept an eye out, and then concealed her true identity. With this mask, there is no pressure to pretend to be another person.

"Master Tu, we would like to ask you to help investigate the private salt matter." Zhang Yanjin said straight to the point, he wanted to see Tu Heng's reaction.

Originally, he was investigating the matter of smuggling salt, which was a bit unfair.But as the general guarding the border, my uncle naturally has the right to supervise the local area. Now that he has his uncle's warrant in his hand, he should receive the news sooner than the court.

It's not that he's not afraid that Tuheng is hiding something, but he's worried that something will happen if time drags on.

When Tu Heng heard the word private salt, his expression changed. He shook his head, indicating that this hall is not a place to talk, and led Zhang Yanjin and Xiao Liu into his study in the backyard.

"How did you know about the smuggling of salt?" Tu Heng looked at Zhang Yanjin, knowing that this young man must have discovered it.

"I want to hear how Mr. Tu found out about the smuggling of smuggled salt." Naturally, Zhang Yanjin would not tell the story of being chased here. Can't prevent.

Turkic has made such a big move recently, whether the intention is just to purify the spirits or something else is very important to Zhang Yanjin.

Tu Heng pursed his lips, and he also didn't believe Erlang's words that came out of nowhere. Even though he was General Zhang's counselor, he was involved in a serious situation at this time. give him.

"Master Tu, your granary was burned and your private salt was robbed. Didn't you think that these things have anything to do with it?" Zhang Yanjin said lightly.

It is absolutely impossible for Tuheng to be selfish in such a cover-up.

"You mean that the private salt is hidden in the granary?" Tu Heng's eyes widened, and he understood in his heart. No wonder he asked people to search all the warehouses but failed to find them. Such a large amount of salt was transported by seven large trucks. It is absolutely impossible to be hidden without any news.

"But I guess the private salt was taken away before last night." Zhang Yanjin said, half truthful and half false.

The private salt was transported from the pocket of Lord Magistrate. If the higher-ups found out, the Master Tu would be dereliction of duty no matter how much he did in finding out the private salt.

"If Mr. Tu doesn't explain the ins and outs of this private salt clearly, those people will be able to transport that batch of private salt out of this city by air before tomorrow."

When Tu Heng heard Zhang Yanjin's words, he was not afraid, but angry. If this batch of private salt was transported to the grassland, wouldn't it give those people a chance to breathe.

"I heard about the smuggling of salt from a Turkic old man. That old man used to come to this city every month to buy official salt. Around the end of last year, he came to say goodbye to me suddenly, saying that he would not have to travel long distances in the future. Trek to buy salt, there is enough salt on the grassland for them to use."