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"Yang class!"

Suddenly a group of people walked out of the alley, led by a military man with disheveled hair and sloping armor.

"This is another case of defrauding a lot of people at the festival level!"

Before Yang Xiong could react, Zhang Bao led people to block the way. A group of people looked at Yang Xiong with amusement.

"Brother, what does this mean?"

Yang Xiong said with a cold face.

"Zhang Bao, who kicked the sheep to death, is here to cause trouble again!"

Seeing this, the street-watching people started whispering immediately, and they could tell that Zhang Bao, who kicked and killed the sheep, was a stinky street in the city.

"What do you mean? You defrauded me of so much money, so I can't give you an excessive amount of money!"

Zhang Bao pointed to the gifts that the prisoner was holding, including bonuses and jokes.

"This is all done by others to show off to me, so how can I deceive the people? I have a separate relationship with your military and guard, and we have no subordinates!"

Zhang Xiong immediately defended himself and drew a clear line with Zhang Bao. He was the prison guard of the two houses and a servant of the government, while Zhang Bao was a soldier and belonged to the Military Guard Department.

But Zhang Bao didn't listen to so many. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers and rogues around him rushed up and started grabbing directly.

Yang Xiong was furious, these gifts are not worth much, but face is far more important than money, how will he see others after being robbed in public like this.

Yang Xiong swung his fists and was about to hit the person who was trying to grab him, but Zhang Bao had already run forward and grabbed him directly with a blow to the chest. Two more people came behind him to hold Yang Xiong's hands, and Yang Xiong was unable to move for a while.

"Yang Jieji, don't be angry! Haha!"

Zhang Bao smiled and pestered Yang Xiong. He didn't fight, he just pestered him. The two little prisoners were no match for the rogue soldiers. The gifts in their hands, including bonuses and jokes, were immediately taken away.

Yang Xiong couldn't do anything, seeing that Zhang Bao didn't really make a move, he just stopped him with a smile.

This trick is often used by Zhang Bao. He makes a connection and grabs something insignificant. Even if Yang Xiong reports it to the prefect's Yamen, he won't be convicted. After all, he is the military health department, and he has never killed anyone. The prefect will rebuke him with just a few words. .

"These are all soldiers in the city!"

Seeing all this, Shi Xiu was concerned, but he didn't intend to do anything. He came to investigate the news this time, so he couldn't meddle in other people's business. He just stood on the side of the street and watched the excitement with the people.

"Brothers, after congratulating Yang Jie-level, it's time for us to leave!"

Seeing that Zhang Bao had grabbed the items, he laughed and asked everyone to leave.

Zhang Bao and others got into the crowd, turned into a narrow alley, and ran away. Yang Xiong was furious and chased after them, but he seemed to know that he could not catch up.

"Brothers from the Shi family!"

At some point, Ma Ling had come to Shi Xiu's side.

"Master Ma, did you find anything?"

Shi Xiu followed the horse to a secluded alley and then asked.

"The Jizhou army has recently hoarded a large amount of food and grass, and the craftsmen in the army have been building weapons and armor overnight, and it seems that there is a intention to go to war."

Ma Ling talked about the information he had obtained.

"I also found out that a horse in Jizhou now sells for 150 strings. It seems that all the horses have been conscripted for armament!"

Shi Xiu said, apart from the loss of northern territory, a more important reason for the price increase of horses is that the private horses have been controlled by Liao Ting.

"150 strings? There are a lot of horses in the military camp! I also have news. The soldiers in the military camp seem to be training some formation!"

Ma Ling said.

"Formation?"

Shi Xiu was a little surprised, he had seen the formation of the army, but it was just a simple formation, but he had also heard of the advanced formation, but he had seen the behavior.

"Yes, it seems to be called the Five Tigers Backing Formation."

Ma Ling said.

"I haven't heard of it."

Shi Xiu was stunned, he knew nothing about military formations.

"There are news from all over the country that all the armies of the Liao Kingdom seem to be practicing the art of military formation."

Ma Ling said, Liang Shanbo's spies have been sent to various places in Yanyun.

"This news needs to be sent back!"

Shi Xiu said.

"I'll send someone back later, and I'll visit the barracks tonight!"

Ma Ling nodded.

Back at the inn, Shi Xiu stayed behind closed doors. "Brother, there's something going on outside!"

A soldier whispered to Shi Xiu by the window.

"what's the situation!"

Shi Xiu walked to the window and asked doubtfully.

"It's those military gangsters during the day! For some reason, they have been wandering around the inn for a while."

The soldier pointed at a few sly-looking guys on the street and said.

"Didn't everything go well yesterday? We didn't offend anyone today, right?"

Shi Xiu frowned and said, he had just arrived in Jizhou and had not offended anyone. How could he be targeted by a group of soldiers?

"Everyone pay attention!"

Shi Xiu did not dare to be careless and said to several soldiers that it was better to be careful when going out.

But after a while, Zhang Bao and his men wanted to break into the inn.

The innkeeper obviously knew Zhang Bao, and he quickly stepped forward to stop Zhang Bao, not wanting Zhang Bao to enter.

"Get out of here! I was ordered by General Yelu to search for enemy spies! Get out of here!"

Zhang Bao pushed the shopkeeper, and the soldiers around him swarmed in.

"Master Zhang, this is my duty inn. All the people staying in the hotel have passed the registration. Where are the spies from the enemy country?"

The shopkeeper explained quickly and took out a handful of money and stuffed it into Zhang Bao's hand. He knew that Zhang Bao was looking for trouble today.

"You'll know if it's there after you search it! Follow me upstairs to search!"

Zhang Bao stuffed the money into his arms, but refused to leave, and walked upstairs with the military man.

Shi Xiu heard the commotion downstairs and searched for the enemy spies. Wasn't it obvious that they were coming for them?

"What about brother?"

Everyone looked at Shi Xiu. It would be troublesome if their identities were discovered.

"how could be!"

Shi Xiu frowned and wondered why he was recognized without doing anything.

"Climb the window and go out from the backyard!"

Shi Xiu listened to the sound of chickens and dogs jumping in the inn, and Zhang Bao had already started searching room by room.

Everyone packed up their things and turned down from the window, went directly to the backyard, and left the inn while no one was paying attention.

"Master Zhang, if you search like this, how can I do this business?"

The shopkeeper kept pleading on the side, Zhang Bao was not searching at all, every room was turned upside down, how could he still do business?

"Don't block it. I'm on official business. Are there any outsiders staying here these days?"

Zhang Bao didn't care, looked at the guest room and asked.

"There are a few people from the south, but they have to register before entering the city!"

The shopkeeper said quickly.

"Which room are you in?"

Zhang Bao asked immediately.

The shopkeeper was afraid that Zhang Bao would continue to cause trouble, so he could only point to the secluded guest room at the back of the inn.

"Brothers, where are you going to search?"

Zhang Bao greeted the soldiers and walked towards the guest room where Shi Xiu lived.

Without knocking on the door, the military gangster kicked open the door and broke in.

"Brother, there's no one inside!"

Several soldiers looked at Zhang Bao and said.

"What about people?"

Zhang Bao grabbed the shopkeeper and asked.

"This...this...maybe he went out and hasn't come back yet!"

The shopkeeper didn't know how to explain it. He remembered that those people were back, but he didn't dare to say so, so he just made an excuse. (End of chapter)