So I play chess

Chapter 186 Come Again

After hearing this answer, everyone felt somewhat puzzled, but it was Mr. Tang's subordinates who reported back and forth, and it was hard for everyone present to ask because of various considerations, but Tang Mingyi asked first.

"How come it's so far away?"

"My lord, this bandit has calculated it."

The subordinates who reported back and forth simply explained the reason directly.

According to the original description in the letter, it is not very far to go north from Lingguangjun Temple, at most it is a distance of one or two miles, but because the letter specifically explained the types of trees, there are two identical trees in many places in the middle In fact, they were far apart, which created a situation where the distance cannot be accurately judged from what the letter said.

At the same time, the letter only stated the number and direction, but when we got to the place, we found that many trees were not in the direction of true south and true north. If you make a mistake, you will go wrong all the way until you can't find the next moment marker, and you don't realize that it's time to turn around.

In this way, if there is not a large number of people acting at the same time, I am afraid that it may not be possible to find the correct place in a day or two.

After the subordinates roughly said this, everyone knew in their hearts that this was a fairly useful method of delaying time and concealing information.

These bandits seem to have done it at will, but in fact they must have thought it out.

At the same time, the guard said that because more than a dozen groups of people acted independently, most of them finally gathered there, and the scenes on the spot were enough to show that the location was not wrong.

Therefore, everyone didn't bother with this point any more. After the Tongcheng Army confirmed that there was no other danger around them, they divided their troops into two groups. The Tongcheng Army led most of the soldiers to stay in place and garrison. Jin Wan led the patrolmen and some soldiers to the place agreed with the bandits for further investigation.

And Tang Mingyi had already obtained a lot of information, so it would be of no benefit to stay here any longer.So he said that his mission had been considered a failure, and although he and everyone present could not be blamed, he still had to report back to the prefect aunt as soon as possible.

The commander of the Tongcheng army originally wanted to express some politeness and planned to send two teams of soldiers to escort them back, but Tang Mingyi directly refused, saying that he could just concentrate on this matter.

That being the case, the three leaders led their own people to act separately.

Jin Xunjian and the commander of the Tongcheng Army had their own explanations, and when Tang Mingyi and his party went south and passed the Lingguangjun Temple, the guard who stayed here in advance had already packed up everything, except for the things they found when they came. In addition, more than ten traces of temporary residence were found.

Tang Mingyi took him to look at these places one by one. The situation was the same as the one they found at the beginning. At that time, they used the name of Orion to fool others. In fact, Tang Mingyi probably had a guess in his heart, that is, the two places The place where the girl who was photographed last time lived.

The latter places are not close to each other, but a place that is only enough for one or two people to sleep has been simply opened up, and some places are even covered with blankets. For the time being, it is not possible to judge whether it is the girl's three caves or there are many people. Live in hiding here.

It's not easy to worry too much here, so Tang Mingyi ordered the guards to cover up these traces before continuing on the road.

There is nothing left to say, no one else is following, the guards can finally show their skills with peace of mind, and they will go back to the city much faster than when they left the city. When they approach Tongcheng, there will be about half an hour before the city gate will be opened. .

There are usually no refugees at the North City Gate, and even if there are, they usually wait until after noon, when there are too many people at the East City Gate, and those who still have energy come here to enter the city.

However, at this time, two or three figures could be vaguely seen under the city, probably arriving early and waiting to enter the city later.

Tang Mingyi stopped about a hundred steps away from the city gate, but a guard came up and said, "My lord, I'll call the gate."

Although the guard didn't know the reason, he could also see that His Royal Highness was a little impatient.They hold the badge of not losing their home, which is recognized by the city defenders in Tongcheng.

However, Tang Mingyi only looked at the common people in twos and threes, and finally shook his head: "There is no rush at this moment, just wait for the city gate to open."

The guards only felt that His Highness the Second Highness did not want to show any special case in front of the common people. Tang Mingyi was indeed thinking this way, and of course he wanted to show the prefect's aunt.

At this time, the few commoners in the distance also saw them, and as soon as Tang Mingyi finished speaking, a person walked towards them.

Just now they couldn't see clearly when they were far away, but now that they were getting closer, everyone finally saw that something was wrong.

These people are too clean, how can they look like refugees?

The guards immediately became nervous, and secretly touched their weapons, but the man who came was ignorant, and looked around furtively while walking, and finally opened his mouth when he reached a convenient distance for talking.

"How many are you going to the city?"

The guard thought it sounded familiar, but before he could react for a while, he replied, "I want to go in."

But just after I finished speaking, I remembered that this was very similar to the behavior of the person who helped them change their identities to get a guide when they first entered the city.

Even including Tang Mingyi, everyone had a look of embarrassment on their faces. The guard gritted his teeth and said "Go" several times, trying to drive that person away.

But the man didn't give up, and he didn't care about the expressions on their faces. He just told them how strict Tongcheng is when entering the city. It can also help to introduce, and if it is not possible to rent a yard, or stay in a hotel, you can also lead it, and so on.

All in all, even in Tongcheng, they couldn't handle everything they asked for.

Tang Mingyi was finally annoyed by his pestering, and he didn't bother to speak, so he simply took out the waist card issued by No Loser and threw it into this person's hand, which meant to show his identity.

However, the man looked at the badge and did not move away, but was even more enthusiastic: "A few gentlemen are going to work for our prefect aunt? Then the journey must have been hard, so why are you tired outside the city? I will go and give it to you." A few call the door, hurry back and rest."

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and made a gesture with the other "common people". It was probably an indication of whether the business of these people could be done without guessing.Afterwards, regardless of the attitude of this group of people, he ran back and called them the door.

Only then did Tang Mingyi recall that the North City Gate is now Zheng Tong's business, and none of those outside the city are ordinary people, they are all sent by the Zheng family to wait for the business to come to the door.Although he was helpless, he didn't stop him.

Sure enough, not long after, the city gate officials opened the city gate ahead of time, and they didn't care too much, and went directly into the city.

(End of this chapter)