amaotonovel Chapter 324 God is chasing after me to feed me.
Chapter 324 God is chasing after me to feed me.
This person actually tracked down Luo Tong's hiding place. It has to be said that the secret agents of the Imperial Academy were indeed more professional than Zhu Kang's group of ordinary soldiers when it came to surveillance and tracking.
Zhang Jing asked, "Did you notice anything unusual when you entered the city? Has the city increased its security?"
The spy nodded and said, "Yes, there are several times more patrol teams in the city than yesterday, and they are strictly checking travel permits when entering and leaving the city. Anyone without a travel permit is detained on the spot. Even if you say you are related to Guan Xing, it won't work. Fortunately, we bought travel permits at a high price when we passed through Fuchun, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get in."
"After entering the city, I made a special trip to the school where Wang Bin's son is studying and to the Feng family's residence. Security has been increased, and it is even highly likely that the birthday banquet of Feng Fei's father-in-law will be canceled as a result."
Zhang Jing slammed his fist on the table and cursed under his breath, "Damn Luo Tong, a good-for-nothing who's more of a hindrance than a help."
Caravan leader Li Sheng said, "What should we do? Our travel permits will expire in five days. If we don't leave the city by then, we'll be investigated."
The travel permit has time and location restrictions; you can only go to the places written on the permit, and you must return within the specified time. If you dare to wander off, you will be arrested immediately.
Without these restrictions, what's the point of having a travel permit, right?
Zhang Jing frowned and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he slowly said, "Feng Fei's father-in-law's birthday banquet is the day after tomorrow. If Wang Bin captures Luo Tong and the others before the day after tomorrow, can we lift the guard and hold the banquet as scheduled?"
Li Sheng exclaimed with delight, "Does the clerk mean to sell Luo Tong to Wang Bin? Once Wang Bin captures Luo Tong, he will mistakenly believe that the crisis is over and thus relax his guard to celebrate the victory?"
Zhang Jing nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm wondering if we should inform Luo Tong. What if the plan fails? We might still have to cooperate with the Luo family. If Luo Tong is arrested, who will we turn to?"
"By the way, were you discovered when you were following Luo Tong?"
The soldier keeping watch shook his head and said, "Absolutely not, I guarantee it."
Li Sheng continued, "Since we haven't been discovered, we shouldn't contact him. Wang Bin won't let his guard down if Luo Tong escapes, so we must get Luo Tong caught by Wang Bin. Once Luo Tong is caught, we'll take action. If we succeed, we'll leave immediately, but if we fail, we'll try to rescue Luo Tong and use the Luo family's power to formulate a new plan."
Zhang Jing's eyes lit up excitedly, and he said, "That's a good idea, let's do it."
After saying that, he looked at the soldier keeping watch and instructed him: "You have to go through the trouble again and tell Wang Bin about Luo Tong's whereabouts at Jitou Ridge. Since these stupid Han soldiers can't find Luo Tong's hiding place, we'll help them out. But we can't tell Wang Bin directly. To avoid arousing Wang Bin's suspicion, we have to take a roundabout approach."
"Guan Xing is best at inciting the people to do things, euphemistically called mobilizing the masses. So you go out of the city and find a household living near Jitou Ridge who has received Wang Bin's reward notice. Pretend to casually tell them about Luo Tong and let them go to collect the reward."
"Look..." The soldier keeping watch took a sip of water, beckoned his comrade, and turned to leave.
Zhang Jing, Li Sheng, and others patiently awaited news of Luo Tong's capture.
Poor Luo Tong, he probably never dreamed that instead of being captured by the Han army, he would be betrayed by the Cao Wei military headquarters.
Wang Bin and Luo Tong were busy with school affairs, and all parties were busy at once.
Time flies when you're busy, and before you know it, it's late afternoon. On the official road leading to Wushang, Cheng Li, the old man who is also the magistrate of Wushang County and the Sima of Kuaiji, is riding his horse leisurely towards the county town, pondering the way to maintain health as he goes.
He used to be indifferent to life and death, but now...
He rekindled his ambitions and wanted to advance his official career, even aspiring to be ennobled as a marquis. Therefore, he needed to focus on health preservation, since building a career takes time, and he didn't want to die before achieving his goals.
As I was searching my mind for medical texts to concoct a health-preserving prescription, I suddenly heard someone call out, "Cheng Sima, Cheng Sima..."
Cheng Li turned his head in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged farmer running towards him with a hoe on his shoulder. He quickly reined in his horse and waited where he was.
The farmer ran up to the horse, panting, and said, "Commander Cheng, it's so good to see you here. We met during the land reform. Do you remember me?"
Cheng Li pondered for a moment and said with delight, "I remember now, you're Xiao Wang, the village chief of Jitou Village, right? Is there something you need from this old man?"
The farmer nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, you have a good memory. I discovered Luo Tong's whereabouts and came here specifically to report to you."
Cheng Li was stunned and asked in astonishment, "Commander Luo has returned to Wushang?"
Upon hearing this, the farmer was stunned and asked in surprise, "Didn't your county government issue a reward, saying that anyone who saw Luo Tong should immediately report to the county government? You didn't know that?"
Cheng Li's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked, "When was the bounty issued?"
The fact that a reward has been offered proves that Luo Tong has returned and must have caused trouble; otherwise, the county government wouldn't have taken notice, let alone been forced to issue a reward.
That damned Luo Tong, he's only been gone a few days and he's already causing so much trouble. Does he want to die even faster?
The farmer replied, "Just a few hours ago... ah..."
Old Cheng had no time to listen to the farmer's rambling. Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly grabbed the farmer by the collar, pulled him onto the horse, and then whipped the horse, heading straight for the county town.
He had to rush back to the county government office as soon as possible to find out what was going on, and then mobilize people to arrest Luo Tong based on the clues provided by the farmer. If he was too late, Luo Tong might escape.
Cheng Li was frantic and spurred his horse to gallop. The farmer he had dragged onto the horse was in a terrible state. Unfortunately, his abdomen was pressed against the saddle ring. With the rise and fall of the warhorse, his abdomen kept hitting the iron ring, and the pain almost made him faint.
Fortunately, he wasn't stupid. He used the jolting motion of his warhorse to adjust his body with difficulty. After several attempts, he finally managed to turn sideways and wed himself inside the iron ring. Only then did he look ahead and frantically complain, "Damn old man Cheng, what the hell did you eat to grow up like this? You're sixty years old and your strength is still so great?"
He could understand if a young man had pulled him onto the horse, but Cheng Li was already quite old, so it was surprising that he was still so agile.
Cheng Li had no time to pay attention to the farmer's inner thoughts. He kept whipping his horse and rushed to the city gate as fast as he could. When he saw the city gate under martial law and the crowds caused by the martial law, his heart sank. It seemed that the situation was more serious than he had imagined.
Without thinking twice, Cheng Li hurriedly shouted, "I am Cheng Li, the Sima of Kuaiji. Whoever is at the city gate, come and see me immediately."
Hearing the shout, everyone turned around at once. Soon, the garrison commander in charge of the city gate jogged over, bowed, and said, "Magistrate Cheng, you've finally returned! Something terrible has happened at the county office..."
Without waiting for Cheng Li to ask, she took the initiative to tell him everything about Wang Bin's meeting and Wang Bin's current location.
Cheng Li breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said with a look of relief, "Fortunately, nothing irreparable has happened. You continue with the martial law. I'm going to the steel mill to find Registrar Wang."
After saying a few more words, he turned and left. Not long after, he appeared at the entrance of the steel plant and was spotted by Wang Bin and Zhu Kang, who were patrolling the entrance.
The two men immediately went out to greet him, and ran up to Cheng Li, saying, "Commander Cheng, you're finally back! Something terrible has happened at home."
Cheng Li waved his hand casually and said, "Don't make a fuss. It's just that Luo Tong tried to seduce you with his beauty, but you only enjoyed the beauty and didn't take the bait. It's no big deal. Xiao Wang, didn't you say you found Luo Tong's whereabouts? Tell me where he is."
Wang Bin subconsciously glanced at the farmer next to Cheng Li, then looked at Cheng Li with eyes full of admiration.
We wasted so much manpower and resources, and after all that trouble, we couldn't even find a trace of Luo Tong. Yet, Cheng Sima just returned and discovered Luo Tong's whereabouts?
Indeed, experience is the best teacher!