serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 80 The Hostage Incident 4
There was silence in the military tent.

Jia Zheng stared blankly at the night sky outside the tent, sighed deeply, turned around and sat down on the chair.

Jia Hu, Feng Tang, Xie Qiong and Shi Nai sat there quietly.

There was a sound of horseshoes, and after a while, a whistle came in and knelt down to Jia Hu: "Report! A group of unidentified men in black are approaching the deserted village, there are about a hundred people."

Jia Hu: "Explore again."

Sentinel: "No!" He ran out again.

Jia Zheng couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and asked, "Baoyu and the others will be safe!"

Xie Qiong also stood up, and said to Jia Hu: "Commander, I will take people to intercept these people immediately."

Shi Nai said, "No matter what identities these people are, they will threaten the safety of Baoyu and the others."

Feng Tang nodded.

Jia Hu: "Okay. You lead five hundred cavalry to intercept and try to catch as many as possible."

Xie Qiong: "No!" Turning around and striding out.

At this time, another sentry rushed in: "Report! General Yang has cut off all roads within a radius of ten miles."

Another sentry came in: "Report! A team from the sentry camp successfully infiltrated the deserted village, took control of a house around the target, captured a thief alive, and confirmed the identity of the other party. They just sneaked into the capital. Full of meticulous work.

There were 37 people in total, three of them went to Tongzhou, and the rest stayed in that courtyard and surrounding thatched huts.The other teams also began to march towards the target, and after controlling all the surrounding thatched cottages, they immediately launched a surprise attack on the target courtyard. "

Jia Hu: "Okay. Uncle Feng and I will pick up Baoyu and the others." Then he said to Shi Nai, "Uncle Biao will stay here with Uncle Zheng."

Shi Nai: "OK!"

Jia Zheng: "You must pay attention to your own safety."

Jia Hu was slightly taken aback, then laughed: "Uncle Zheng, don't worry, Baoyu will be fine." He strode out.

Qianqing Palace

Dai Quan walked to Emperor Jianwu holding a bowl of tea, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, nothing will happen."

Emperor Jianwu stood by the door, looked into the distance, and said worriedly: "I am worried about the Lianghuai."

A dark cloud floated over Dai Quan's face. The secret agent of the Jinling Town Guard Mansion had arrived, and no problems were found in the Cao Gang, but everyone knew that there was a problem with the Cao Gang, but the court had no evidence.

Thinking of this, Dai Quan couldn't help complaining in his heart that King Zhongshun was always scheming against others, but now the emperor needed him to solve problems, not only had no idea, but was also being schemed.

Emperor Jianwu recovered from his contemplation: "After this war is over, the Cao Gang must be liquidated, and we can't drag it on like this."

Hearing this, Dai Quan was shocked.

Emperor Jianwu continued: "Canal water transportation has always been a fatal weakness of the imperial court. Once the two Huaihe Rivers change, seizing the water transportation is tantamount to choking the imperial court's throat; in addition, in order to ensure the safety of water transportation, the imperial court allocates 600 million yuan every year. The taels of silver are used to control the silting of the river."

Having said that, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "When will the Dazhigu Wharf be repaired?"

Dai Quan quickly replied: "I just came to report the day before yesterday. The pier has been repaired, and the fort at the mouth of the sea is being rebuilt."

Emperor Jianwu nodded: "Send more people to watch the Cao Gang, and draw up a secret decree for Ouyang Lin, asking him to transfer [-] elite soldiers from the Jiangnan camp to Yangzhou."

Just as Jia Hu was heading towards the deserted village, the sentry camp had already taken control of several surrounding thatched cottages, and was sneaking cautiously towards the courtyard in the middle.

These people are all dressed in black night clothes, wrapped in soft armor, the soldiers walking in the front are holding crossbows and arrows in their hands, and the rest are using knives. The selected masters can all block ten with one, and Jia Hu is sure to win this rescue operation.

At [-] o'clock, the courtyard was very quiet. Since there was an action at midnight, everyone was resting except for the tartar guarding the door. If it was an ordinary village, the dogs, geese and other poultry would have been alarmed.

The villagers here just came here from Shaanxi, not to mention raising poultry, and they didn't even have time to clean up the weeds in the village, and these half-person-high weeds became the most favorable cover for the sentry camp.

Gradually, they were less than twenty steps away from the gate. These scouts were very experienced. They all lay on the ground and slowly crawled forward. Soon, the distance between the two sides was only five or six steps away. On the ground, bide your time.

They have already got the news from the captured Tatars. In another quarter of an hour, a team of 12 Tartars will come out to replace them and go back to rest. There are two people at the gate, ten people in five thatched huts, that's 24 people, kill them Of them, there are only ten people left in the courtyard.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the two lanterns in front of the door were blown on and off by the night wind. Two night watchmen were leaning against the wall and discussing something in a low voice.

With a creak, the door opened, and a group of Tartars came out with lanterns, and the two Tartars came to meet them.

When the opportunity came, he shouted in a low voice: "Shoot!"

The crossbows and arrows were fired, and the fourteen Tartars were caught off guard, and they all fell to the ground screaming, and before the Tartars in the courtyard could react, everyone rushed up with long knives, at this moment, someone in the courtyard shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The courier who was resting rushed out with a knife in his hand. Looking at the man in black who rushed into the front yard, he first thought of Shui Rong, and then he realized something was wrong. These people were marching in small groups, they were soldiers. , the people from the Jia family have arrived.

In a battle without any suspense, the messenger was killed and the deputy was captured. Except for the military doctor who was making ginseng soup for Xue Pan, all the Tartars died under the knife of the sentry camp.

It wasn't that the Tartars underestimated the enemy, but that they didn't expect that their position would be exposed, let alone that the five guard posts around the courtyard would be wiped out so easily.

Soon, Jia Hu and Feng Tang arrived here with a thousand cavalry, without comforting the poor Baoyu, they went straight into the room where the deputy envoy of the Tartars was being held.

Looking at the closed door and the group of soldiers blocking the door, Feng Tang silently retreated to the side and waited.

Half an hour later, there was a scream from inside the thatched cottage.

The door opened, and Jia Hu came out with money in his hands and the head of the envoy, and threw it on the ground casually. Not to mention Baoyu and others, even Feng Tang took two steps back in fright.

Jia Hu smiled, stepped forward and said to Feng Tang: "Uncle Feng's opportunity has come." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is the man lurking in the capital, Tongzhou, and Gu'an. Waiting for the hiding place of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect."

Feng Tang's eyes lit up, he took it and took a closer look, "Then I won't be polite." Then, he took a deep look at Jia Hu, who was soft-spoken and short-handed, and immediately smiled and said: "You write the booklet. , I sign."

Jia Hu saw it in his eyes: "Thank you, Uncle Feng." Then he said to Lin San: "You take someone to report to the palace, and then go home directly, there is no need to come here."

Lin San: "No." With a wave of his hand, he led several soldiers away in strides.

"General Xie is here!" A report came from afar.

There was a sound of hoofbeats, and Xie Qiong galloped forward with four soldiers.

Jia Hu and Feng Tang looked at each other, Xie Qiong's horse was dragging a corpse.

"Old Xie is back." Feng Tang said to Xie Qiong who got off his horse.

Xie Qiong responded, stepped forward and said to Jia Hu: "General, all killers will be wiped out." Having said that, she turned her head to look at Feng Tang.

Feng Tang knew it, and immediately said: "Since Lao Xie has brought people here, I should go and arrest the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, and I will borrow my nephew's thousand cavalry for use."

Jia Hu: "Share Your Majesty's worries." He took out a token from his bosom and handed it to him.

Looking at the figure of Feng Tang going away, Xie Qiong said quietly: "I have seen this person before, he is from Beijing Palace."

Jia Hu was startled, looked at the dragged corpse beyond recognition, then at Xie Qiong, secretly startled, what Liu Fang said was right, Xie Qiong's character seemed rough, but he was rough and subtle.

No matter what role Beijing Wang Shui Rong plays in this matter, he cannot be caught by the palace. To the emperor's suspicion.

If the guess is correct, the prince that the envoy spoke of just now is water-soluble.

The deputy envoy explained three things: the purpose of entering Beijing, the stronghold of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, and several secret locations of the Cao Gang in the capital.

This made Jia Hu see the possibility of quickly setting up an intelligence network, take down these secret points of the Cao Gang, and then infiltrate the intelligence network of the Cao Gang. The Cao Gang is different from the White Lotus Sect. With Qian Quanquan in place, they will obediently listen to their own words.

Thinking of this, he said to Xie Qiong: "Uncle Xie has a heart."

Xie Qiong grinned: "I call it brave and resourceful."

"Ah"

Jia Hu laughed: "Go, see Baoyu and the others."

Beijing Palace
The study room is brightly lit.

Shui Rong's face was abnormally pale, and he sat silently in front of the desk, staring at a small piece of paper in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, Shui Rong sighed deeply, picked up the note and stretched it over the candle.

The note ignited, floated on the ground, and gradually turned into a piece of paper ashes.

Shui Rong closed his eyes, news came from the palace, Jia Hu successfully rescued Jia Baoyu and the others, I just hope they don't run into Jia Hu's hands
(End of this chapter)