Water Margin people

Gaotang state.

"What are you doing?"

The guards stopped Mrs. Gu and her party, and watched Mrs. Gu and the others and the ox carts warily.

"Master Jun, we are merchants from Laizhou. We just bought a few carts of jujubes from West Hebei Road and are going to sell them back!"

Aunt Gu put her fists together with a smile on her face, because there was a war in Dengzhou, she purposely changed her address to Laizhou, which is next to Dengzhou, and the accents of the two places are the same.

"Jujube? Search for me!"

They didn't turn their heads to look at Mrs. Gu, and waved their hands to let the soldiers come forward to search.

"Du Tou, what a jujube!"

The soldiers took their knives and stirred in the frame for a while, and finally found that it was really a few carts of jujubes.

"Are you really from Laizhou?"

They all looked at Mrs. Gu and the others, they were dressed for business, and their accent was like a Laizhou dialect.

"This is the proof, please check it out!"

Aunt Gu smiled and took out a book of proof and handed it over with a small piece of silver.

"Hmm! Mmm! Not bad!"

Nadu took the proof and the money without changing his face, and stuffed the money into his sleeves, then checked the proof in a fake manner, closed it and handed it to Mrs. Gu without even looking at it.

"Go into the city!"

Dutou waved his hand, and the soldiers let him go.

"Thank you, Mr. Jun! Enter the city!"

Mrs. Gu greeted Sun Xin, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Zou Yuan, Zou Run and a few other guys to pull the ox cart into the city.

Aunt Gu was not in a hurry to find an inn, but pulled a few ox carts to search for it in the city.

"This is the home!"

Mrs. Gu looked at the inn in front of her and said that she saw Liang Shan's secret mark on the doorpost of the inn, which should be left by Ma Ling or Shi Qian.

Sun Xin, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run took the ox cart to the backyard, while Mrs. Gu, Xie Zhen, and Xie Bao walked to the inn.

"Sister-in-law, do you want to figure it out!"

Ma Ling smiled, waved his whisk, looked at Mrs. Gu and asked.

"That's a hexagram, please, Daoist!"

Seeing Ma Ling's overjoyed invitation, Mrs. Gu got up, and the two parties sat down at a secluded stone table in the backyard.

"Sister Gu, why are you here?"

Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked.

"Brother sees that Daoist Ma and Brother Shi Qian haven't heard back for a long time, so let us come to help."

Mrs. Gu said.

"Oh, that Gao Lian is too cunning. He locked the Chai Daguan in the dungeon of the government office, with a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps. There is no way to get close."

Ma Ling shook his head and said.

"Is this going to use Chai Daguan as bait to set up a trap?"

Xie Zhen said, isn't this the trick they use for hunting?

"Strength is strong enough to be a trap. With our strength in Liangshan, a high scythe is not enough!"

Mrs. Gu said, Liangshan is not an ordinary cottage, let alone a Gaotang Prefecture with Liangshan's strength, there are three or five, and it is a matter of one word to fight.

"When will the big brother's army arrive?"

Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked,
"It should take another day or two, and it's time to go to Dongchang Mansion now."

Mrs. Gu said.

"Brother, do you have any instructions?"

Ma Ling looked at Mrs. Gu and asked.

"My brother just asked us to play by ear in the city, but there were no detailed tasks."

Mrs. Gu shook her head and said, she was also puzzled by this point, what would they do without a detailed task?

"Brother is worried about us. After all, this is the state capital. If our whereabouts are exposed, we will be in danger."

Ma Ling said, Sun Lei never liked to let his brothers perform extremely dangerous tasks. This is also the reason why the brothers in Liangshan are united. Brothers and sisters can work hard for the sake of loyalty, but they can't regard it as loyalty.

"Then what do we do?"

Xie Zhen and Xie Bao asked suspiciously.

"Do what you can while protecting your own safety. For example, brothers Xie Zhen and Xie Bao, you are proficient in hunting. This time, you can pretend to be merchants and go to the city to collect good leather goods and scout for information at the same time."

Ma Ling looked at Xie Zhen and Xie Bao and said.

"Then let's split up and I'll go buy some good wine."

Mrs. Gu also said with a smile.

Just as a few people were chatting, a rush of gongs sounded.

"The Liangshan army has entered Gaotang Prefecture!"

"The Liangshan army has entered Gaotang Prefecture!"

A burst of shouts sounded from the city, followed by the sound of the generals' war drums, and groups of soldiers appeared on the street, and the originally lively street was immediately put under martial law.

"It looks like I can't go out until tomorrow."

Listening to the sound of gongs and drums, Ma Ling smiled and said that it is impossible to keep martial law in the city. When the defense forces in the city gather at the city wall, it will be easy to move in the city.

Gaotang Prefecture Government Office.

"Sun Lei is finally here!"

Kakashi laughed ferociously.

"Decree that the four gates will be sealed off, and the soldiers will be divided into three shifts to take turns guarding."

Gao Lian said to all the people in front of him, commanding, supervising the army, commanding, controlling, and raising orders.

"Yes!"

Everyone leads.

"Brother-in-law, the thieves are here, let's run!"

Yin Tianci looked at Gao Lian with a trembling voice and said.

"Trash, what are you afraid of in Zhoucheng!"

Gao Lian was furious, and kicked Yin Tianxi away, this trash who had done more than succeed but failed still wanted to run away.

"Listen to me, this time either Sun Lei will die or Gaotang Prefecture will perish, and you will defend the city!"

Gao Lian pointed at Yin Tianci and shouted, this time he was determined to kill Sun Lei, to avenge Gao Qiu's son's murder.

Yin Tianci was so frightened that he sat here paralyzed, he would spend a lot of time on weekdays, how would he know how to defend the city, but defending the city in battle would kill people.

"roll!"

Now Gao Lian is angry when he looks at Yin Tianxi. It's fine for this little brother-in-law to idle around and act mischievously, but he can't help at all when he needs to employ people. He's really a waste.

After arranging the affairs, Gao Lian came to the city wall.

At this moment, the defenders on the city wall were panicked, all looking to the south, wary of the approaching enemy, the border of Gaotang Prefecture was only a day or two away from the city.

"What are you panicking! Light the beacon fire!"

Seeing that the defenders were panicked, Gao Lian ignited the beacon tower above the city wall with a flick of his hand.

"Don't worry, the prefects of Dongchang Mansion and Kouzhou Mansion are all recommended by my elder brother Gao Taiwei, and they will send troops to help immediately, and this time the famous mansion Liang Zhongshu will also send troops, and Lingzhou and Enzhou will also send troops. The second time is to gather the soldiers of the various prefectures on the East Hebei Road, what are you afraid of!"

Gao Lian looked at the soldiers and said loudly, now that the thieves have reached the beacon fire, there is no need to hide it.

Hearing that so many reinforcements were coming, the guarding generals were immediately overjoyed, and the rest of the prefectures were ignored. Daming Prefecture was Beijing, one of the four capitals, with strong troops, so there was nothing to be afraid of having such reinforcements.

"Defend the city."

Gao Lian looked at the soldiers with a smile and said.

Back at the government office, Gao Lian came directly to the dungeon. At this time, Chai Jin had loosened his hair and was dressed in rags. He was lying on the haystack of the dungeon in a state of embarrassment. He looks like a beggar on the street.

"Chai Jin!"

Gao Lian looked at Chai Jin and shouted, but Chai Jin who was lying on the ground did not respond at all, and seemed to be still unconscious.

"It's useless to pretend to be unconscious! To tell you the truth, Sun Lei has brought troops here!"

Gao Lian looked at Chai Jin on the ground and said.

"What! Brother Sun Lei is here!"

Chai Jin on the ground suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Gao Lian with a look of disbelief.