Madam, go home and farm

Chapter 241: Secretly Observing
Hong Haoan walked on the street for a day and asked all the way, and then carefully collected the gossip and gossip, sorted it out carefully in his heart, and when he returned to the inn, he asked someone to bring hot water and meals as usual.At night, Hong Haoan was half asleep and half awake, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the window, calling his alias.

Hong Haoan woke up suddenly, and when he listened carefully, someone really was calling him. Hearing the voice, it seemed that the shopkeeper of the inn was calling him. In the middle of the night, the shopkeeper suddenly came to him, there must be something wrong, but What is it?
Could it be that his identity was exposed?
Hong Haoan didn't light the oil lamp, and before opening the door, he called softly, "Is it the shopkeeper?"

"Yes, guest officer, open the door, I have something to tell you." After a pause, the shopkeeper replied in a low voice.

Hong Haoan held the dagger in his sleeve, and then he opened the door latch, and saw the shopkeeper's fat body flashing in. He was wearing tights, and his body was strangled layer by layer, following his movements. Trembling and trembling.

Hong Haoan quickly bolted the door, grabbed the shopkeeper with his backhand, pressed the dagger to his neck, and said in a deep voice, "Say, why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?"

The shopkeeper was so frightened that his whole body became stiff, his eyeballs were straightened, and he said in a trembling voice: "This, this guest officer, knives don't have eyes, so be careful, I'm not here to harm you."

"Then what are you doing here?" Hong Hao'an didn't let go immediately, he couldn't feel any malice from the shopkeeper.

"You didn't come here to look for your relatives, did you? That mule belongs to old man Cao by the cableway in the canyon. I have known him for a long time, and I know his mule very well." The shopkeeper said cautiously, seeing that the dagger was still shining coldly. , how sharp it must be, he didn't dare to move around, and if he was not careful, this little life would be confessed here.

Hong Haoan frowned, but he didn't expect the problem to be here, "This mule, who else does it belong to except you?" We have to consider other ways.

"Only me, old man Cao treasures this mule very much. In the past, I was the one who took care of it for him. I don't know about those jobs." , I guess, you should come for other things, hero, are you here for this group of thieves, can you catch them all?"

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, as if he had practiced a peerless magic skill, Hong Hao'an couldn't help but blush, "What else do you have to do, if not, go back to sleep."

"Hey, come on, guest officer, hero, it's like this. There's almost nothing I don't know about this Lingshan County. I can tell you anything you want to know." If this continues, he still can't do it. If you are in business, you must not starve to death. Anyway, the thief who lives in the magpie's nest deserves to die.

Hong Haoan put away the dagger, sat down at the table, and poured himself a glass of water, "If you touch me this late at night, you won't be afraid that someone will be watching me. If I'm discovered, can you escape by yourself?"

"I know if anyone is watching you, otherwise how could I come to you?" The shopkeeper sat down opposite Hong Hao'an, feeling a little uneasy, "Guest officer, tell me the truth, is there any way to drive this living thief out?" ?”

"Why do you ask this? This is a group of rebels, with Yuntong Prefecture as their territory, and the leader of the rebels intends to ascend to that high position. It is not as simple as a group of ordinary thieves!" Hong Haoan said lightly, Putting down the teacup, he paid attention to the shopkeeper's reaction.

The shopkeeper shook his hand, and the cup almost fell out of his hand, but most of the tea in it was spilled, "Guest officer, is what you said true? Are they really going to do that?" .

Hong Hao'an nodded, "Now, are you sure you want to help me? That guy is not afraid of death."

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth. Lingshan County had little communication with the outside world. Finally, a new county magistrate came and told everyone that Yuntong Prefecture will be a major port. As long as the roads are repaired, things will not rot At home, I was looking forward to it, and even started to prepare, but suddenly, the county magistrate was thrown into prison, and none of the original masters, police officers, etc. escaped, and all of them were replaced by some vicious people. The command oppresses people, and people are not allowed to come in and out casually. The whole county is about to become a dead city.

Hong Haoan is the first person to enter the city in the past half a month, so everyone is curious. The reason why the shopkeeper said that those people will not monitor is because everyone is discussing Hong Haoan, which is equivalent to the eyeliner of those guys. , so I won't come out to seek guilt in this big winter.

"What do you want to know? I'll tell you." The shopkeeper gritted his teeth. If Hong Haoan didn't succeed, he would be disappointed at most. As long as he didn't confess himself, it would be fine. He believed in his vision and Judgment, want to gamble.

"Okay!" Hong Haoan nodded, and asked the questions he wanted to know, such as the population of Lingshan County, the layout of houses in the county seat, the situation around the county government office, and so on.

And this shopkeeper is worthy of being born and bred, and he is also familiar with all kinds of gossip and so on. He even said clearly that there is a dog hole there. He said everything Hong Haoan wanted to know. Now, I only hope that Hong Haoan is alone. With the power to bring down these more than 100 traitors.

You must know that they are strong and strong, with armor and weapons. If ordinary people fight against each other, they will have to die. Otherwise, who would be willing to be so aggrieved.

"Guest officer, do you still have backup?" the shopkeeper asked hopefully.

"Do you think it's possible?" Hong Hao'an narrowed his eyes, "Lingshan County is too remote, the imperial army has already entered Yuntong Prefecture, and is now clearing up the rebels, and there is not enough manpower. The reason why I came here is because For your magistrate."

"The magistrate? Are you his friend? Hey, he is a very good man. Everyone admires him and believes that he can lead everyone to earn money, but now he is still in prison and has no food or clothing. , maybe you will be tortured."

Hong Hao'an didn't reveal his and Hong Haoxing's identities in detail, and sometimes revealing too much is not good, "Where are the family members of the county magistrate?" I don't know if Su's mother and son are doing well.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and he shook his head, "I don't know, it seems that after the gang of thieves invaded the county government, I haven't heard any more about them. Could it be..." He couldn't help but have the worst guess.

No news?Hong Haoan frowned. If Su's mother and son are caught, then Hong Haoxing is unlikely to be in prison, and is likely to be forced to do something. Therefore, Su may have taken the child to hide or was arrested. Hong Haoxing hid, it's just that after such a long time, will they have something to do.

"Before you have definite news, don't make random guesses." Hong Hao'an said with some dissatisfaction, "Okay, you go back to rest early, I have my own plan in mind."

The next day, Hong Hao'an continued what he did the day before, continued to ask people, and at the same time stopped some gossip. In the eyes of outsiders, he looked like a madman.

Walking around the county government office, he asked all the flying people around him, no matter if they were old people or children.Such repeated questions can be repeated by almost everyone, but being restricted from communicating with the outside world, these people do not reject Hong Haoan, and sometimes ask him other things, and Hong Haoan can also say something. It's good, for most people who will never leave Lingshan County in their lifetime, Hong Hao'an is a book that can move, and everyone is curious about the outside world.

Therefore, after one round, Hong Haoan asked fewer people than the day before, and talked more. Although it seemed unnutritive, Hong Haoan had already figured out the layout of the county government, as well as the prison cells. The cell in this small county town is that kind of small earthen house with a wall built outside, which is not at all as strong as the one in Chuncheng.

In addition to the pattern, Hong Haoan also knows a lot of things, such as the current county government's every move is being watched by the people, what things are sent in every day, what is available every day, what is the next day, etc. wait.

Remembering these things, Hong Haoan had an idea in his mind, not that he didn't want to use fire to attack, but the houses here were obviously more dilapidated and densely built, which could easily cause the whole city to catch fire. At that time, his troubles would be Big, this is different from the time in Yuntong Prefecture.

However, he still has a secret weapon. Thinking of the medicine powder he insisted on with Huangfu, he had to find a way to get it to the county government. I heard that all the rebels ate meals uniformly. The boss and several capable men are separated, but without exception, they all eat the same tank of water.

But how to put the medicine powder into it, Hong Hao'an was a little worried, he must not be able to enter the county government office, so let's pretend to be in disguise, there are only a few people who deliver the food, they have already been familiar with it, it seems that they have to think of other ways , Go back and ask the shopkeeper of the inn, maybe he removed some information that he had ignored.

Winter is the time when things are the least, and the county is almost sealed off, so there are more people gathering together to gossip, even if someone drives them away, it can't stop the spread of gossip and rumors, and many of them are about This group of traitors, for example, the young man from someone’s family contradicted him and was beaten half to death, or someone from someone’s family came up to flatter him, almost even the little head of the traitor and the little concubine’s favorite position and props on the bed. Clearly.

This kind of ability has to be amazed. The deeper the gossip is dug, the deeper it is. In the ears of people who have no idea, they just listen to it, but it is different in Hong Haoan's ears. There is little information, for example, a few days ago, the little traitor was very angry when he came out of the cell, and people used wine as meat to vent. Others may not think there is anything, Hong Haoan guessed that the little leader must have something I didn't get something, I needed to get it from Hong Haoxing or others, but there was no result.

After returning, Hong Haoan asked the shopkeeper for the kitchen, and then did it himself, because there were only the shopkeeper and Xiao Er, and Xiao Er was asked to feed the mules again, not to say that he was in the mood to cook or something, but to use this to get along with him. Talk to the shopkeeper, turn a corner to get information.

(End of this chapter)