After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 154 Spy
Tongchang has been placed under martial law, with layers of checkpoints at the city gates, allowing only entry but not exit.

When Tang Xiao and Pei Lan arrived, exhausted, they saw a rough man being driven away by soldiers.

"My wife is about to give birth in the city! Please let me in!"

The soldier had obviously lost his patience at this point. "I've told you many times that your name is not on the Tongchang household register, and you don't have a pass, so I can't let you in!"

Tang Xiao and Pei Lan's travel passes were issued in Yanjing, along with an imperial decree from His Majesty. After they were submitted, the team leader came out with their belongings.

"Please forgive me, this is a special period. Please wait a moment. After I report, Yu Hou will take you to see General Jin and General Yin after checking."

Pei Lan waved his hand, "Nothing."

The man almost jumped up when he saw that he had talked so hard but the two men went in effortlessly.

"How come they can go in, but I can't! If anything happens to my wife, I will fight you!"

The soldier looked a bit troubled. "How come you don't understand what I'm saying?"

"There are so many spies now. If something goes wrong when you go in, you will be punished with death!"

The man had a bitter face and said, "I'm really not a spy. I just want to go pick up my wife. You can follow me and I'll pick her up!"

Pei Lan noticed the commotion here when he got off the car.

Very typical border herdsmen.

The herdsmen of Daqi were different from those of the Western Jin Dynasty. They did not mainly engage in animal husbandry, but rather raised sheep and farmed.

Pei Lan said, "Brother, your wife is about to give birth. Where are you going to take her?"

The man immediately turned around and said, "Go to Wushan. My elder brother has settled down in Wushan. I'm going to join him."

Wushan is at the junction of Tongchang and Tongzhou. If Tongchang is lost, Wushan will fall the fastest, because Tongzhou is mountainous, while Wushan is much flatter.

Pei Lan didn't continue talking.

The man, however, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. "Sir, you look like an lord. Can you ask them to be flexible? I really need to pick up my wife. She is about to give birth and she is alone at home. If she is about to give birth and I am not by her side, what will she do!"

The soldier who had been harassed just now breathed a sigh of relief and gave him a look that said "May the best of luck to you".

This guy looks like an unruly and uninhibited man, but he is actually very difficult to deal with!

Pei Lan didn't care and could only give the man a helpless look, "I can't do anything. Military orders are as strong as mountains. Those who violate them will be beaten to death."

"Everyone cherishes their lives, and no one dares to disobey military orders for you."

Pei Lan looked at him and said, "How about this, where is your wife? If I go in, I can find a doctor for her."

The man looked embarrassed. "I'm afraid that's not possible. My wife got sick two years ago, and no one can get close to her..."

The soldier was furious. "What's wrong with you? You can't do this or that. You want to get in so badly? I think you are a spy! If you don't leave, don't blame me for arresting you!"

The man was so anxious that he almost cried, "I don't want to trouble any of you, I can go pick it up myself, I've already told you, can't you just send someone to follow me?"

At this time, Yu Hou and Jin Shaoyi both came.

Jin Shaoyi knew Tang Xiao, but when he saw Pei Lan next to him, he didn't react for a moment.

Pei Lan clasped his fists and bowed, "Pei Lan greets General Jin."

He really couldn't get used to the androgynous voice.

After a long while, he chuckled twice, "Mr. Pei, please. Mr. Tang, please."

The man saw that the people were about to leave and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by several soldiers.

"My lord! My lord!!"

Jin Shaoyi turned around and asked, "What's going on!"

The soldier immediately knelt on one knee and said, "General, this man is not listed in the household registration, and he does not have a pass."

"He claimed that his wife was about to give birth in the city and he wanted to go in to pick her up."

Jin Shaoyi showed displeasure, "Can't you even do such a simple thing? Call a few people to pick up his wife." The soldier couldn't help but complain in his heart, if it was so easy, why would he have spent so much time with him at the door?

"General, this man won't tell me where he lives, and I'm in a difficult position."

Jin Shaoyi's eyes slowly narrowed.

Pei Lan, however, put his hands behind his back and said, "General, I am deeply moved by your sincere love for your friends in times of trouble. I have already agreed to let him in."

"Ah?" The soldier was stunned.

The man's eyes immediately burst into joy, "Thank you, sir! Thank you, general!"

Jin Shaoyi looked at him in astonishment, "???"

Pei Lan turned around and whispered, "Let him come in safe and sound and leave safe and sound."

After saying that, he walked inside.

Jin Shaoyi pointed at Yu Hou and said, "Go and watch it yourself."

"Yes." Yu Hou was also confused. What was this military advisor sent by the court going to do?
Jin Shaoyi followed. He had a lot of questions to ask, but he opened his mouth and decided to ask the question at hand first.

"You let him in like this, aren't you afraid that he might be a spy from the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Pei Lan didn't stop or look back, and only replied with three words, "He is it."

After hearing what he said, Jin Shaoyi almost fell down.

"No! Then you, you...he, he..."

Pei Lan turned around at this time and said, "Just let them take the information back."

"what?"

Pei Lan looked up, his voice was not loud, but something was fluctuating in his eyes.

“How can you lure a wolf without bait?”

Jin Shaoyi opened his mouth slightly, and just as he figured out what was going on, Pei Lan had already walked away, so he immediately followed.

Tang Xiao, who had been following him, couldn't help but feel shocked.

Just now, with just a few words, he determined the identity of the spy and in a short time had already made a plan to lure the wolf.

When he followed Ji Hou in his early years, Ji Hou followed his father's wish to join the army. Although he was a scholar and had no boyhood skills, he managed to become an expert in the偃月刀.

Ji Hou is best at strategy, so there is no marching staff officer in the Northwest Camp, and Ji Hou alone serves in this position.

In Marquis Ji’s camp, the most numerous items were military books and diagrams of troop formations.

Just now, he actually vaguely saw the character of Ji Hou when he was young in Pei Lan.

It snowed heavily at night.

A man and a horse stopped in front of an inn in Tongzhou in the wind and snow.

Ji Yunzhang dismounted from his horse, and immediately a waiter came up to take the reins.

He stepped over the threshold panting, shook off the snow on his body, took out two pieces of silver from his pocket and placed them on the counter.

"Come to the upper room, and bring a pot of hot wine, a plate of beef, and a pork elbow."

The shopkeeper raised his head, collected the silver and said, "Go up to the room!"

"Would you like to eat here or in your room?"

"Right here."

Ji Yunzhang took off his cloak, and the shopkeeper could see his face clearly. Although he was dusty and had a face full of stubble, he felt as if he had seen him somewhere.

The next morning, the young man had been gone for a long time before the shopkeeper remembered that this was Ji Hou when he was young!
(End of this chapter)