Water Margin set the country

Chapter 40

Sun Erniang said to the crowd: "Walk a few miles forward, there is a barren village store, which is also opened by us in Erlong Mountain. I have arranged for a few fast horses in it, everyone can go back to the cottage earlier!"

Chao Qing said to Yang Lin: "Brother Yang, you and Second Brother Wu go back to Erlong Mountain first."

"Young leader, don't you want to go with us?" Yang Lin asked curiously.

Chao Qing said: "Think about it, now Qingzhou City is heavily guarded and the prefect's mansion is heavily guarded. If Murong Yanda's head is taken off at this time, how exciting it would be! It will definitely become a legend in the world."

Yang Lin was startled and said: "Why, young leader, you still want to go to the city to assassinate Murong Yanda?"

Wu Song also persuaded: "Last time they didn't succeed, but this time they are prepared, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to strike. I think it's better to look for opportunities next time."

Su Liang and others also came to persuade him.

However, Chao Qing insisted on his own opinion and said: "Now that this matter has caused a lot of trouble, Murong Yanda and the others must have thought that we must hide and dare not show our faces again at this time, but I just wanted to catch him by surprise and catch him off guard."

Yang Lin said: "No, no, this is too risky!"

"Don't worry, this matter seems to be risky, but it's actually not dangerous. This time we can leave the city smoothly, which means that the guards of the officers and soldiers are actually full of loopholes. These Xiang troops have no training on weekdays. What can they guard?"

Everyone still expressed some concerns.

Chao Qing said: "The last action failed, if you just leave like this, wouldn't it be too embarrassing, and get up wherever you fall."

Yang Lindao: "Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, don't rush at this moment."

"I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore!" Chao Qing said firmly.

Seeing that Chao Qing insisted on going, Wu Song said, "In that case, I will go back to the city with you."

Yang Lin also hurriedly said, "I'm coming too!"

"No, I can do this alone, it will be inconvenient if there are too many people!"

"But the city is heavily guarded. How can we kill Murong Yanda and ensure your safe retreat?" Su Liang asked.

"I've already made up my mind on this matter." Chao Qing seemed confident.

Afterwards, everyone argued again, but in the end they had no choice but to let Chao Qing go back to the city alone to assassinate Murong Yanda.

In the end, Sun Erniang hid Chao Qing in the pile of fruits and vegetables and pulled them back to Qingzhou City, while Wu Song and others returned to Erlong Mountain.

In fact, Chao Qing didn't want to show off his abilities, or deliberately took this risky thing in order to gain fame, but had more far-reaching considerations.

Right now, Liangshan and Yuanbizhai's beams have been formed, and this battle will come sooner or later. If this is the case, it is better to fight early than late.But since the Yuanbi Village is going to be attacked, the masters behind the Yuanbi Village must be alarmed. How could Murong Yanda sit back and watch Liangshan destroy the Yuanbi Village? At that time, as the magistrate, he will dispatch officers and soldiers to cooperate with the Yuanbi Village. Then Liangshan will be attacked on both sides , is very dangerous.

Therefore, in Chao Qing's plan, Murong Yanda was killed first, and Qingzhou City was in chaos for a while, so that Liangshan could concentrate its forces to deal with Yuanbi Village.When the new prefect of Qingzhou appointed by the imperial court came to take office, there must be a time difference of several months. During this time difference, Liangshan should have ended the battle against Yuanbi Village.

Killing Murong Yanda alone can reduce the pressure on the battlefield where Liangshan faces enemies on both sides. This is a top-notch deal, so Chao Qingming knows that this is risky, so he is still willing to try it.

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In the barracks, a bearded man shouted cursingly: "What, old Qintou was too drunk to come here, so I asked you to replace him? He's about to go to the prefect's mansion for a shift. It's really going to bother me!"

A simple and honest young man said humbly: "My second uncle said that there is nothing wrong anyway, so let me report for him!" How much money. .

One person laughed and said: "This old man's hair is almost gray and he still goes to that kind of place to have fun."

Another laughed and said, "Old Zheng, it's as if your mother didn't go!"

Chief Shi interrupted their laughter and said: "Recently, the higher-ups have been strict in checking food and vacancies. If there is really a shortage of people, the higher-ups will definitely take responsibility. He still has a bit of conscience and knows to find someone to replace him."

Chao Qing looked honest and said, "My second uncle said that it is best to grow your heart. He will definitely make amends for you next time and buy you a drink."

Shichang waved his hand and said: "Forget it, you don't seem like a troublemaker, go and change your clothes, and enter the mansion later, don't look around like you haven't seen the world, firmly Follow us! If you get into trouble, you will be unlucky, and I will follow you to be unlucky."

"I won't cause trouble, I won't cause trouble!" Chao Qing repeatedly patted his chest and promised.

Of course, Chao Qing didn't have a second uncle whose surname was Qin in Qingzhou. That poor second uncle was just a relative he forced to recognize when he was caught from the land of fireworks.At this moment, the second uncle is being "warmly" received by Zhang Qing and his wife.

So Chao Qing changed into the clothes of an ordinary soldier, followed the elder, and entered Murong Yanda's mansion again at dusk.Fortunately, the last time Chao Qing sneaked in, he wore night clothes and covered his face, so no one could recognize him.Now he just needs not to speak in front of Jin Chengying and Wei Yangyin, and not to expose his voice.

Their post will start at dusk and last until dawn the next day.Considering that people are prone to sleepiness and exhaustion at night, the prefect of Murong showed mercy and stipulated that the personnel on duty at night can go to have a supper in batches.This made everyone very happy. They had a supper at the prefect's mansion, and they would brag about going out after that.

When Chao Qing and the others arrived at midnight, Shi Zhang led them to the designated place to enjoy supper.It has to be said that the supper at the prefect's mansion is good, even if it is used to entertain these low-level soldiers, it shows the luxury of the prefect's mansion.After all, Murong Yanda still counted on these people to protect his own life, so of course he wouldn't treat them too badly.

After enjoying supper, Chao Qing excused himself to go to the latrine, and asked the chief minister and the others to come to work first, and then he would come later.

Shi Chang scolded, "Lazy cows and lazy horses have a lot of shit and pee, get out of here quickly after the convenience is over!"

However, Chao Qing did not obediently listen to what he had to say. Instead, he swaggered around the sentry posts, pretending to be inspectors. All big leaders are greeted carefully.Chao Qing enthusiastically asked if there was any abnormality at each sentry post, and asked them to be more vigilant. The more likely to get sleepy, the more likely an enemy would appear. He also severely criticized several sentry posts for dereliction of duty.

After some walking around, Chao Qing was finally able to set out Murong Yanda's resting place tonight.So Chao Qing went straight to Murong Yanda's sleeping place.

Sure enough, there were more than a dozen soldiers standing at the door of this room, Chao Qing stepped forward and asked, "Is the prefect Murong asleep?"

The soldiers didn't recognize Chao Qing, and saw that although he was young, he had an irresistible demeanor of a general, and he looked like a leader, so they immediately replied respectfully: "Master Zhifu came in an hour ago. There was no movement in the morning and evening, and I think I have already fallen asleep."

Chao Qing stood at the door and listened for a while, but there was no movement inside.He asked again: "You are only standing guard at the door, is there someone on duty inside the house?"

The soldiers looked distressed, and said: "Master Zhifu's resting place, how dare you little ones let people in there."

Chao Qing immediately scolded: "A group of idiots, those assassins are thieves who can fly over walls, will they obediently enter through this gate? They must have sneaked in through the window, or sneaked in from the beam. You just guard the gate. Ass."

The soldiers were scolded so badly by him that they didn't dare to make a sound.This scolding posture is more like a leader.

After scolding for a while, Chao Qing softened his tone a little, and said, "I'll go inside and check it myself. If there's nothing wrong, I won't alarm the magistrate. If there's something wrong, everyone can't eat and walk around."

As he spoke, he opened the door, walked in swaggeringly, and then came out quickly.

"Master Zhifu slept very peacefully. You all cheer up and take care of the guards. I'll go to another place to check." Chao Qing educated them again, and left without looking back after speaking.

When Chao Qing returned to Shi Chang's place, more than half an hour had passed, and Shi Shi inevitably scolded him in the end.

"I see that you are honest and honest, so I let you take the place of Lao Qin's head. I didn't expect that you would cheat, rape and play tricks. You didn't cause trouble for me, did you?"

Chao Qing quickly said: "No, no, it's just that my stomach was ruined by eating, and I stayed in the latrine for a long time."

Nothing happened overnight.It wasn't until the next morning when someone else came to change shifts that Chao Qing came out with Chief Shi, and then bid farewell to Chief Shi, saying that he was going to find his second uncle, Lao Qintou.

Besides, prefect Murong is not dealing with government affairs or entertaining guests every night. He goes to bed late and wakes up late the next day. His family has already gotten used to it, and they know that he doesn't like to be disturbed when he sleeps, so no one Go wake him up.

In the morning, everyone is busy with their own affairs, but they are also in good order.

But Murong Yanda hadn't gotten up until the sun was high, when it was time to have lunch, which was a bit unusual.Mrs. Murong wondered if she was bedridden by a sudden illness?So he sent a boy to check.

As soon as the boy entered the room, he screamed in fright, scaring everyone into the room.

I saw that Murong Yanda's head had been beheaded and hung under the beam of the house with a hemp rope. On the wall were written the crimes he committed during his lifetime in big blood red characters. At the end there were a few big characters on the wall, which read, "Walk for the heavens, The murderer is Chen Xizhen from Yuanbi Village."

At this moment, the entire Murong Mansion exploded, everyone couldn't understand, there were so many soldiers on duty at the mansion, and there were people standing guard at the door of the bedroom, how did this thief get in and commit murder.

This explosive news quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Qingzhou. All the officials and soldiers in Qingzhou were dispatched to hunt down the murderer everywhere.

At this time, Chao Qing was drinking and dining in Sun Erniang's shop, acting as if nothing to do with him, calm and calm.

(End of this chapter)