Chapter 20: Smoke of gunpowder (3)

Pan Dazhong stopped laughing and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will let you be an illiterate ghost today. I won't explain the many Martial Captains. Now I will only tell you one thing. There have never been many bandits in Shatuochi. Even if there are, they are also our Yibotai off-staff team. In short, the ones who have ravaged Shatuochi in the past few years have always been the brothers led by Lu Jia!"

Wu Xun's black face suddenly turned pale, and after a while, he squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "So that's really..." Old Pan smiled: "I understand now, but it's too late." Wu Xun raised his head and asked: "Then the outsourcing team, oh, no, where did the weapons used by the bandits come from? You can explain it to me clearly today, right?"

"Well," Old Pan looked at the short steel blade in his hand: "Of course they were all made here at Yibotai. Haha, let's not hide it, before you and Li Yuanfang came here, the prisoners in the underground prison were forging weapons from morning to night under the supervision of the outpost team every day. Otherwise, why should we spend a lot of effort to detain these prisoners here? Isn't it easier to kill them all? Isn't it easier to remember the four brick and stone fortresses I saw when I took you and Li Yuanfang to the wooden wall?" Wu Xun was shocked: "Is that the place where the forging weapons?" Old Pan said proudly: "That's! At that time, Li Yuanfang almost saw the flaw, but fortunately I was confused in the end."

Wu Xun gritted his teeth and nodded: "I understand... I guess Mr. Qian knows all this well, otherwise Lu Jia would never have done such a big deal here." "Well, the dying people will become smarter. Yes, all this was done under the instruction of Lord Qian. When you were yelling to suppress the bandits, Lord Qian sent you here, just to use Lu Jiazhi's hand to clean up you. Haha, I didn't expect Li Yuanfang and Meng Dan to get involved.

, The situation was complicated for a while, and I, Old Pan, became wise in a hurry, and used you to avenge Lu Jia's killing brother. As a result, you, the reckless man, believed in me, but squeezed Li Yuanfang away, and this completely fell into my trap." "Then, why didn't you kill me? You have to compromise until now?" "Well, once the commander has no orders, I can't act rashly; Besides, you are completely in my palm, so it's not a big problem to keep you for a few more days."

Wu Xun then asked, "But I still don't understand, as the fourth-rank official of the court, Lord Qian secretly forged weapons in Yibotai and pretended to be bandits to rob the caravan. What is the purpose of? Is it just to rob the goods from the caravan?" Old Pan was impatient: "Person Wu, don't you usually look like a person who likes to find the root cause, why suddenly you become so curious? I don't understand the chief's thoughts, and you dare not understand, so there is no need for you to understand! You just need to know that you are about to die, which is enough!"

After speaking, Old Pan made a move and came straight to Wu Xun's neck. Wu Xun roared angrily: "Slow!" Pan Dazhong and his two subordinates were stunned for a moment, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Wu Xun suddenly exerted brute force and suddenly shook the two who were holding him down. He suddenly pulled out his long sword from under the bedding like a magic trick, cut off the two soldiers from left to right, and jumped off the earthen kang. Before Lao Pan could react, he was kicked to the ground by Wu Xun. Wu Xun stepped on Lao Pan's back with his left foot, and stabbed him in the back of his head with his right hand. Old Pan shouted wildly: "Wu Xun! You dare to kill me! The brothers of the outpost team will immediately chop you into meat paste... Come on!"

Wu Xun sneered: "Pan Dazhong, do you think the brothers of the outpost team will come to save you? Well, let you see what's going on outside!" He picked up Old Pan like a chicken, pushed him to the barracks door, raised his legs and kicked open the door, and what he saw was the entire Ibertai's camp, which was illuminated by the bonfire as bright as daytime.

Old Pan looked around in panic, and then he found that in addition to the usual bonfires, there were also rows of soldiers in black-clothed clothes holding torches. No wonder today's night was even more brilliant than before! But something was wrong, he was shocked to see that these soldiers had wide foreheads and nose augmentation, and they were all Turkic people. The majestic man and woman standing in front of them were Hasler and Mondan! Looking further, the other three fire leaders of the outfit team were all arched and bent in front of the team by the Turkish cavalry. The confidant team that had just assembled under his command was all disarmed and surrounded in the open space in the middle of the camp.

What was going on? Old Pan's mind was crazy, why was it Meng Dan's men? Didn't she and Hasler have left? And Wu Xun's flesh in his pocket was clearly on his lips, so why did it fall out again?! Old Pan here couldn't figure it out, and Meng Dan nodded to Wu Xun over there: "Captain Wu! Are you okay?" "I'm fine!" Wu Xun pushed Old Pan to the ground, and his voice choked: "Captain Li said it is indeed correct... It is indeed correct!"

Holding Lao Pan's neck, Wu Xun's eyes were red, and he said word by word: "Pan Dazhong, you didn't expect that you, such a treacherous and cunning person, would also be trapped in my Wu Xun's trap today!" Lao Pan was about to open his mouth, but Wu Xun slapped him with a fist, then he threw Lao Pan down and ran to the high platform in front of the camp and laughed to the sky: "Hahaha, I, Wu Xun, finally suppressed the bandits, and finally successfully suppressed the bandits! Hahaha!" He laughed and screamed, bitter tears lingering on his dark face.

Looking at Wu Xun's almost crazy appearance, a slight ripples gathered in Meng Dan's blue eyes. A tall and mighty figure slowly walked out from behind her. Meng Dan called out: "Brother..." Mei Yingchun stretched out her arms and allowed her to lean on her shoulders. In front of them, the troops of the thunder cavalry team stood neatly and silently under the firelight. In the dark and boundless night desert, Yi Botai was burning red, just like the legendary purgatory.

At this time, Tingzhou City was particularly quiet and peaceful. Bazari, which was very lively during the day, is now empty, with a little strangeness and mystery in loneliness. On both sides of the winding and narrow streets, rows of shops are empty or covered, scattered on the ground that have not been cleaned. As a breeze blows, it floats into the air and falls without help. A few days ago, it was covered with snow-white pear petals. On the path like a poem and picturesque, only these dirty and dilapidated garbage are left, embellishing the helplessness and despair.

Li Yuanfang wandered alone on the bazaar in the middle of the night. After the second update, he slipped out of the back door of the courtyard, easily avoided the surveillance around him, and came here to wander aimlessly. It had been more than an hour. Three days ago, he and Mei Yingchun, Meng Dan and their cavalry said goodbye in front of the grassland camp. Calculate the time, everything should have happened to Yibotai tonight. Li Yuanfang knew very well that he was taking a big bet, and he had already given all his money, but it was still difficult to tell the good or bad. He couldn't fall asleep every night these days, and his spirit was amazingly good. Even the pain that had tortured him had been so to the point. All his body and mind were burning in the desperate decisiveness.

Looking back on the days and nights spent in Ibertae, Wu Xun, a reckless and honest guy, asked him to seek the truth hidden behind the Shatuoji bandits, that is, he suspected that Han Navy, Tingzhou government, and even the Grand Tutor Qian were the culprits of the conspiracy. Although he could somewhat agree with Lao Pan's claim that there were all kinds of suspicions buried in Ibertae, Li Yuanfang, an outsider, was unable to completely convince Wu Xun after all his words. In desperation, Li Yuanfang finally won a consensus with Wu Xun, and they both jointly implemented a strategy to lure the enemy out, so that the facts could verify everything.

The plan is as follows: First, Wu Xun deliberately showed dissatisfaction and suspicion towards Li Yuanfang in front of Lao Pan, and drove Li Yuanfang away from Yibotai on the excuse. In this way, Lao Pan would lose his guard against Wu Xun and increasingly reveal his true intentions. Wu Xun could more conveniently explore the secrets in Yibotai underground prison and wooden walls. At the same time, Li Yuanfang returned to Tingzhou to continue investigating because he insisted that most of the truth of the incident must be found in Tingzhou. They made an appointment to convey information in the cottage on the banks of the Asuguer River, and knew that there were very few people in that place. It was also located in the middle between Tingzhou and Ibotai, which was more convenient for both sides.

Sure enough, Li Yuanfang soon found out in Tingzhou, and Wu Xun also noticed more clues from Lao Pan's actions, and gradually became familiar with the structure of the underground prison and fortress. He sorted out some of the situation and sent it to the kang hole in the riverside cottage. At this moment, the opponent accelerated his movements, and the Shatuo Group was trapped as an emergency that they planned. Gao Changfu's son Gundam escaped the siege and came to Tingzhou. After discussing with his father, he decided to defect to Yibotai and report the situation to Wu Xun, the old leader of the Shatuo Group, whom they trusted. Gao Changfu had already left Tingzhou overnight, but he turned back to inform Li Yuanfang. He was accidentally discovered by Wang Qian's subordinates, and the two old men were tragically killed. However, the tragedy also made Li Yuanfang decide to enter Shatuochi and contact Wu Xun immediately.

Gundam fled to Ibertai, and Wu Xun immediately protected him witfully, without letting Lao Pan see the problem. Gundam's narrative finally made Wu Xun learn from his mistakes and decided to entrust his full trust to Li Yuanfang. That night he saw the rocket signal from Li Yuanfang from the riverside and knew that the actions of both sides were coordinated. So Gundam came to the riverside with the dangerous letter from Shatuo regiment and met with Li Yuanfang. Under Li's arrangement, he quickly went to Luoyang to deliver the military newspaper to Di Renjie. In the military newspaper, Li

Yuan Fang made a statement about everything he learned in Tingzhou. He knew how long it would take to get from Tingzhou to Luoyang. He also knew that he probably didn't have time to wait for Luoyang's reply. He also knew that this private connection was a taboo in the court. If Di Renjie took out this military newspaper in the court, how much risk he would have to take. But it doesn't matter. As long as he could warn Di Renjie in advance, he trusted Di Renjie's wisdom and courage, and knew that his hard work and efforts would never be in vain.
Chapter completed!