Turbulent Times Chapter 251: The discovery of Guoer

Winding upwards along a cobblestone road in Shibeng Town, both sides are densely covered with wine shops, inns, brothels, gambling halls, cabinet shops, grocery stores, mules and horse shops, mansion shops, etc., almost everything that one expects to find. There are as many as seven or eight.

The ethnic groups in Shabang Town are very diverse, with Han being the most, and there are also Tuyuhun, Turkic, Tubo, Qiang and so on. Affected, these people make a living in this city, and under the maintenance of law and order by the officials sent by Zhangye County, they are generally in peace. , People are chaotic, fights and fights on the street happen from time to time, but murders on the street rarely happen.

The largest shops in the town are naturally on the main street. The seventh weapon shop from the west has not been open for a long time, less than a year, but it is the largest weapon shop in the town. However, it closed down and went out of business, which disappointed many men who came to buy weapons and cursed.

"My lord, have you come back from the capital?" In the backyard of the armory shop, the shopkeeper, who was regarded as the No. 1 figure in Shibeng Town, knelt down at Wang Junlin's feet excitedly, and said respectfully.

"Okay, get up! I've only been away for a few months, and you're starting to bow down again." Wang Junlin helped the agitated shopkeeper to his feet, and asked with a smile.

"Isn't this the momentary excitement of watching the lord?" The shopkeeper was selected by Wang Junlin from the refugees in Gaotai City last winter. He had done business before and traveled a long way. Rich, so it was selected by Wu Si to be the shopkeeper here. Like the shops opened successively in Gaochang, Shazhou, and even the counties and counties in the northwest, they were naturally not only for making money, but also for him to inquire about information. Now that Wang Junlin has set up Ghost Eye, the next step is that these shops will receive double ownership, the intelligence system will be assigned to Shen Guang's Ghost Eye, and the business will be managed by Wu Si and Deng Yuzhuo, one inside and one outside.

"Okay, arrange for people to prepare enough water, dry food and fodder, prepare a rest place and prepare meals for the people who brought me, we will rest for an hour and then set off for Zhangye County. Give me the information." Wang Junlin instructed Shangguan Huniu Jinda who came in with him to sit down.

The shopkeeper agreed and went out to make arrangements. Not long after, he brought over a pamphlet, which recorded the recent war in Xiping County.

Seeing that Wang Junlin handed the pamphlet to Shangguanhu, the shopkeeper said at the right time: "My lord, news has been sent by flying pigeons from Gaotai City that Jiang Mulang, Li Xiang and Su Changqing, three captains, led three thousand cavalry. On the way back, it is estimated that we will arrive at Zhangye County City in the next day, and meet our lord, Captain Zhou Hu will lead the remaining 2,000 people to stay in Gaotai City."

Wang Junlin nodded, expressing his understanding. He received a warrant from Yujuluo yesterday, asking him to lead 3,000 cavalry under Gaotai City to deal with a grain-robbing cavalry pretended by Turkic people. Three thousand against five thousand, and knowing that the latter is the Turkic Silver Wolf King Cavalry, my master and the three old fellows Liu Fang and Wang Tong really have confidence in me. What Wang Junlin didn't know was that the reason why Yu Juluo and the others had so much confidence in him was because his deeds over the past year were too brilliant, each time a miracle of winning more with less.

"What is General Ying Yanglang Li Fengyun in Zhangye City doing recently?" Wang Junlin asked after thinking about the imperial decree and documents from the Ministry of War that he had brought this time to succeed Li Fengyun as General Ying Yanglang of Zhangye County.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and said: "I have neglected my duty, the Fourth Master of the Wu Dynasty did not arrange for us to inquire about General Li Fengyun, so I do not have any recent information about Li Fengyun here, and the brothers in Zhangye County may have information about this."

Wang Junlin sighed in his heart, Wu Si is also qualified as a dead soldier, a guard, or a general who charges into battle, but as an intelligence leader, he is obviously not enough. Thinking of Wu Si, he thought of Wu San again.

At the beginning of the year, in Gaochang City in the Western Region, Wu San once thought that Wang Junlin was killed by the Nestorian Bo Duo Fawang, so he led more than a hundred brothers to stay in the Western Region, and turned himself into a horse thief to avenge Wang Junlin. Later, Wang Junlin survived After coming over, with Wu San's consent, he simply let Wu San continue to be a horse thief in the Western Regions, but moved the scope of activities to the east, operating in the area between Shazhou City and Gaotai City, secretly accepting the personnel, weapons, Funding with food and grass, developing power, as a hidden flag for oneself.

Wang Junlin frowned and said: "Use a pigeon to pass on an order, and order our people in Zhangye County to keep an eye on Li Fengyun and send his information to me at any time."

"Here!" The shopkeeper solemnly agreed, and quickly wrote down what Wang Junlin said verbatim.

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After resting for an hour, Wang Junlin and his party of more than 200 people set off again. The Shabang Pass was in front of them. After passing the Shabang Pass and passing the Gansha Road for two hundred miles, Zhangye County City could be seen.

But on the road five miles away from Shabeng Pass, Wang Junlin, who was riding a blood-maned horse at the front, stopped suddenly, and everyone behind him also stopped.

"Shangguanhu, you have a lot of experience in the world, what have you discovered?" Wang Junlin glanced at the city wall of Shabengguan, which was already faintly visible, and turned to ask Shangguanhu next to him.

Shangguan Hu thought for a while, and said: "Yesterday, I heard from Lord Hou that this road is the largest commercial road leading to Zhangye City and even the Western Regions. Although there are not many caravans in normal times, there are still many, but today we Since leaving Shibang Town, it seems that I have not encountered any oncoming caravans or pedestrians along the way."

Wang Junlin nodded. He also suddenly felt something wrong just now, so he stopped.

"Master Hou, there is something wrong with the caravan following us from Shiping Town." Shen Guoer who was also riding a tall horse said suddenly.

Wang Junlin narrowed his eyes and said, "What did Guoer find?"

Guo'er turned her head and glanced at a group of businessmen who were four or five hundred steps away from them, and said slowly: "When we passed by these people before, I smelled them and felt that these people did not look like good people. "

Shangguanhu and other Feihuzhai brothers couldn't help but show kind smiles when they heard this, but Wang Junlin, Niu Jinda, Zhan Peng and others looked serious, and when they looked at the caravan behind, their eyes were wide open. Get up.

They know that Guo'er has a strange ability. Just by smelling it, they can tell whether the other party is hostile to them. This kind of strange ability is indeed absurd, but Guoer's ability has been verified.

PS: Sixth watch tonight———