The king behind the empress

Chapter 392
"Find someone to find a way?"

Xu Boyuan didn't quite understand what Lu Dafu meant, and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

"Liu Rugan, governor of Yuanling County."

Lu Dafu didn't show off, and directly said a name that surprised Xu Boyuan, "Although he doesn't care about things now, he must know how to deploy the ordnance in the city."

"At this stage, if you want to get the defense map, I think the best way is to start from him."

"Liu Rugan?"

Xu Boyuan couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard this name. Although he knew that Liu Ruqian was squeezed out by Hu Ming and basically didn't do much in Yining City, he was still the highest official in Yining City in name, and he was the highest official among these rebels. people.

And now that Mo Zizai is attacking Yining City, and as Mo Zizai's internal response, isn't it a bit inappropriate to contact this nominal anti-thief leader?

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu."

Seemingly seeing Xu Boyuan's concerns, Lu Dafu said, "I have dealt with Liu Rugan several times, and according to my observations of him, he should have nothing to do with rebels like Hu Ming."

"In order to test this person, I specially sent someone to the Sheriff's Mansion to check the situation, and it turned out that he was actually being monitored by someone sent by Hu Ming. I think this is enough to prove that he and Hu Ming are not all the same."

Hearing what Lu Dafu said, Xu Boyuan couldn't help but fell into deep thought. There were only three ways he could think of to get the military deployment map in the city.

The first one is to start from Hu Ming, he must be clear about the situation of deployment in the city, if he can be caught, he can probably be questioned.

It's just that this way is obviously unrealistic. If he can be caught, then what kind of defense plan do I need, and it's not good to just stab him to death.

The second way is to find out the situation of armament deployment from the aristocratic families who are in charge of armaments, but firstly, the family members of those aristocratic families are very strict about this, and secondly, it is easy to startle the snake. If Hu Ming notices their behavior If there is no intention or trace, even if he gets the deployment map, it is useless, because people can change the deployment location at any time.

As for the last way, it is to go to the sheriff Liu Ruqian.

Of course, in addition to these three methods, there is another stupid method, which is to check bit by bit to find out the specific location of these ordnance, but this method is too time-consuming and obviously unrealistic.

So Xu Boyuan thought for a long time, and finally found that the most reliable solution was to go to Liu Ruqian.

"Are you sure Liu Ruqian is not a traitor?"

This matter is of great importance, so Xu Boyuan asked Lu Dafu to verify it again very carefully.

"No."

Seeing Xu Boyuan's serious expression, Lu Dafu shook his head helplessly, "According to my observations, I'm about [-] to [-]% sure that he and those rebels are not of one mind, but no matter how specific, I can't guarantee it. "

"Sixty to seventy percent sure..."

Xu Boyuan pondered for a moment, finally clenched his right fist and slammed it hard on his left palm, "Such a big confidence is enough!"

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for this matter. I hope you can finish the matter of sending the news to the prince as soon as possible."

"clear."

Lu Dafu nodded slightly, seeing that Xu Boyuan didn't intend to ask him for help regarding the matter of contacting Liu Rugan, he understood that Xu Boyuan didn't want to intervene himself, so he didn't say much at the moment, he just saluted and bid farewell to Xu Boyuan, saying: "If there is nothing else, I'll take my leave first."

"Okay, Mr. Lu will see you later."

Seeing the figure of Lu Dafu disappearing outside the courtyard, Xu Boyuan couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. After wondering for so many days, he suddenly got an answer, which made him feel relieved.

However, there is nothing wrong with Lu Dafu's performance for the time being, but Xu Boyuan has never been a person who puts all his eggs in one basket.

After Lu Dafu left for a while, he took his people out of the current courtyard again and changed to a new location. At the same time, he also sent people to find a way to go out of the city at night and get in touch with Mo Zizai.

As for Liu Ruqian, after Lu Dafu mentioned this name, he already had a rough plan in mind. After he changed to a new foothold, he re-examined the plan several times and made up the footnote. , he immediately sent someone to implement it.

……

In Liu Ruqian's mansion, Liu Ruqian, who would be watched whenever he went out, also went out dryly. He just stayed at home and fed the fish, letting the disputes outside, and he didn't care about it.

"Master, there is a civilian man looking for you outside, he said his name is Old Wutou."

Although most of the people in the Sheriff's Mansion betrayed Liu Ruqian, there were still some loyal old servants in his own family. Although these people had no power or strength, it was still possible to help Liu Ruqian with some chores, so Liu Ruqian Apart from not being able to take care of things, my life has not been greatly affected.

"Old Wu?"

Hearing the concierge's report, Liu Rugan, who was sitting on the veranda spreading fish food, couldn't help but pause, "What is he here for?"

Liu Ruqian muttered softly, a little confused about the purpose of old Wutou's visit. Through his observations these days, he can be sure that there must be something wrong with old Wutou and others, but why did he come to him?
"Could it be to assassinate yourself?"

Thinking of this possibility, Liu Rugan's fat body couldn't help but tremble, logically it couldn't be, everyone in the whole city didn't know that he couldn't control his shit now, even if he assassinated, he would assassinate Hu Ming instead of looking for him.

"Could it be that you feel like a soft persimmon that you're easy to bully?"

Although Liu Ruqian felt that this guess was a little unreliable, but out of consideration for his own safety, he still asked the door cautiously: "How many people are here?"

"Go back to the master, he is alone."

The concierge looked at Liu Ruqian and felt that his reaction was a bit strange, but he didn't ask any more questions, but answered Liu Ruqian's question respectfully.

"Oh, just one person, that's okay."

Hearing that it was a person, Liu Ruqian immediately felt relieved, "Then what, then let him in."

"Oh, right."

After telling Old Wutou to come in, Liu Ruqian added: "Let Guard Zhao and the others bring two teams over and stay here to protect my safety."

"Ok?"

Hearing Liu Ruqian's words, the concierge's expression became very strange. That old Wu Tou is just an ordinary bad old man. Seeing such a man, the master has to bring more than 20 guards to protect him, which is a bit too big a fuss.

But who made Liu Ruqian the master, so he didn't say much, and honestly Liu Ruqian's order was passed on.

After seeing the two teams of guards around him, Liu Rugan felt much safer in his heart. In this way, even if the old Wu Tou came to assassinate him, he didn't have to worry too much.

It's just that he is relieved, but Old Wu is very worried.

Originally, Xu Boyuan told him that Liu Ruqian was not a traitor, and that he would have no problems coming this time, and promised him a lot of money, and didn't ask him to make his words clear, so he mustered up the courage to come to such an encounter .

As a result, as soon as he arrived at Liu Ruqian's mansion, he found that Liu Ruqian had summoned two teams of guards with great fanfare, which frightened his legs limp, because he thought he had exposed himself, and Liu Ruqian sent someone to arrest him. If it weren't for these people It wasn't for him, he probably collapsed on the ground long ago.

"That...that, I've seen... I've seen the Sheriff."

Old Wutou was in a very nervous mood now, while saluting Liu Ruqian, he stole a glance at the guards behind Liu Ruqian, for fear that they would suddenly get violent and arrest him.

Seeing the trembling look of old Wutou, Liu Ruqian felt a little funny, but there was no door for him to withdraw the guards. What if the old boy was pretending, when his guards left, the old boy came up to give himself If I ended up killing myself with one knife, I would be so wronged.

So although he couldn't bear it, Liu Ruqian decided to pretend he didn't see it, and said lightly, "Old Wu, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"

"Oh, there is... something, something."

Hearing Liu Ruqian's words, old Wutou came to his senses, turned his eyes away from those guards, and said in a low voice: "That's right, my lord, today a lord asked us to go to the north city wall to maintain an ordnance, but that The adult did not explain the specific location clearly."

"The little one was afraid that the lord would turn around and punish him, so he had the cheek to come to the sheriff, and hope that the sheriff would be kind enough to tell the little one where the North City Armament is."

Old Wu had practiced this passage many times before he came here, so as soon as he said this word, he immediately found the feeling, and directly threw his fear aside, what he said was called tears, and the guards next to him were all shocked. Some sympathy.

"Ordnance location?"

Unlike those guards, Liu Ruqian obviously thought more. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at Old Wu, and said with feigned anger: "You also came to ask me about such a trivial matter. What are you doing as an official?" What? Also, if you are afraid of his punishment, are you not afraid of my own punishment?"

Liu Ruqian, who looked a little angry, waved to the guards behind him and said, "You all go down first."

"Here."

It wasn't surprising that the guards responded, because my master usually put on such an angry look, probably because he wanted to extort money, and it was obviously inappropriate for them to be present for such a thing.

What puzzled them was that usually the master blackmailed rich people, how did he change his temper today? no more?
A group of guards slandered Liu Rugan in their hearts, and then filed out from the garden.

After they left, Liu Ruqian put away the furious expression on his face, and said, "The people behind you want the defense map of the ordnance, right?"

"Ok?"

Hearing Liu Ruqian's words, Old Wu couldn't help being startled. He still had a lot of hints to say. As for the fact that there was someone behind him, he didn't even intend to hint. How could Liu Rugan know all of a sudden? .

"Elder... my lord, what do you mean by that? I don't understand the little one."

"I don't want to go around in circles with you."

Looking at the old Wu head who was pretending to be stupid, he said straight to the point: "I can give you the defense map, and even if you have other requests, as long as I can do it, I can agree to everything."

"But you told the person behind you, I have a request, and he must agree to me!"

"This……"

Seeing Liu Ruqian's determined tone, Old Wutou knew that he couldn't be fooled, so he had to say vaguely: "What do you want, sir?"

"The Qianlang River cannot be diverted, and Yining City cannot be flooded."

When he said this, Liu Ruqian stood up directly, his whole body was shaking non-stop, "There are a total of more than 37 people in Yining City. If the city is flooded with water, these people will not be flooded." If you die, they will all starve to death in the coming year!"

"This crime, he can't afford it, and neither can the court!!!"

When Liu Ruqian said this, his expression was very excited. A bunch of small eyes that usually looked very peaceful now seemed to choose someone to eat, "You tell the people behind you, if Mo Zizi dares to flood you, I, Liu Ruqian Even if he is a ghost, he won’t let him go!!!”

A few days ago, when he knew that Mo Zizai was going to divert the Qianlang River to flood Yining City, Liu Ruqian, who had been watching the play, became furious instantly, although he guessed that Mo Zizai might be planning to use this method to force Hu Ming to lead his troops out for a decisive battle , but what if Mo Zizai really dared to do it?
With Mo Zizai's reputation, if there is no hope of attacking by force, who can guarantee that he will not flood Yining City in the end?

Therefore, Liu Ruqian, who was not going to intervene, could not sit still for a long time, so when Old Wu came this time, he readily agreed without even asking for it.

"Your Majesty, don't worry."

Seeing Liu Ruqian's excitement, Old Wu couldn't help being silent for a long time. After a while, he replied in a low voice: "Someone assured me that the army outside would never put water on the city regardless of our lives and deaths." .”

"I hope so."

Liu Ruqian shook his head weakly, obviously he didn't trust the words of old Wutou very much, but he had no other choice now, he could only hope that after Hu Ming left the city, Mo Zizai could easily take down Yining City, otherwise, this Yining City may still be lost.

"Forget it, don't move around here."

Liu Ruqian sighed, and had no desire to continue the conversation, "I'll go get you a defense plan right now."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ruqian asked someone to put some food on Old Wu's head, and asked him to fill his stomach in the garden first, and then went back to his study by himself, and took out the city defense map he had drawn a long time ago.

In addition to this city defense map, he also took out two thin booklets, which were densely filled with information about the generals defending the city, including strength, garrison locations, and the number of commanders. As long as he knows, nothing will happen. The size is all counted down.

This was the painstaking effort he had prepared for three days, and what he was waiting for was that Mo Zizai's internal response would come and take the initiative to ask him for it.

"Hopefully, they can win."

Liu Ruqian hesitated for a while holding the booklet, and finally put it together with the city defense map, wrapped them all up and stuffed them into his arms.

"These are what you want."

Liu Ruqian handed the cloth bag to Old Wu, and then said: "In addition to the city defense map, there are two booklets in it. In the first book, I wrote down all the generals I know, and in the second booklet , is the general who will stay in the city at that time."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ruqian seemed to think of something, and added: "By the way, Hu Ming's plan is to go out of the city to attack in three days, but I don't know if it will change later, you can mention it when you go back. "

(End of this chapter)