The capital city, the mansion outside Wang Zhencheng.

As the sun sets, the faint afterglow spreads throughout the courtyard. On the martial arts training ground in the backyard, Wang Zhongshu's green steel sword was flying in his hand.

There is a saying that the gun comes from the overlords of weapons, the sword is the king, the sword is the emperor, or the symbol of the emperor. Therefore, since ancient times, kings have been equipped with long swords. At the same time, there is also a saying of a gentleman. However, the long sword in Wang Zhongshu's hand now does not show any gentleman's style. His sword technique is not a light route, but very tricky. The sparkling long sword in his hand is like a poisonous snake, spitting out long letters and revealing fangs.

After practicing a sword technique, sweat couldn't help but appear on Wang Zhongshu's face. He adjusted his inner breath and then walked to the sidelines. He handed the sword in his hand to a guard. At the same time, he took the towel from another maid and wiped the sweat.

After the guard put the sword into the scabbard, he flattered and said, "My swordsmanship is getting more and more sophisticated. There are not many people in the world who are your opponents."

He threw the towel in his hand to the maid. Wang Zhongshu frowned, took the tea handed over by another maid, took a sip of moistening his throat, and asked, "Stop flattering, I know what power I have."

The guard's face showed a hint of embarrassment and kept silent.

After drinking the water, Wang Zhongshu asked, "How is the situation over there?"

The guard came back to his senses and immediately said, "Sir, according to the news from the spies, after they summoned some people in Datong, two hundred of them ran to Huailai directly. There was no delay on the way. According to the itinerary, they should have arrived in Huailai today."

Wang Zhongshu nodded and then asked, "Who are they selected?"

"Mr.!"

The guard immediately said, "The guys selected were all chosen, and my subordinates were also surprised by this. Could it be that the Jinyiwei lacked a guy?"

Wang Zhongshu was also strange, but his eyes were farther away. I think Jiang Lang was also a kid, but his performance was good, which made people look at him with admiration. Now he has selected a group of kids, which seems to mean that these kids are not ordinary people?

After pondering for a while, Wang Zhongshu asked, "Is there anything special about these guys?"

The guard shook his head and said, "It's all ordinary people, they're just bigger. The rest are no different from other people. The military camp is also secretly circulating, saying that Wang Dacai wants these brothers to enjoy the happiness with him, so he recruits all the kids, and most of them are from the same house as him."

"Is there anyone in there?"

Wang Zhongshu asked immediately.

The guard shook his head and said, "No one thought that Wang Dacai would go to the kitchen to recruit people, and he chose people, so we didn't have the chance to put people in."

Wang Zhongshu couldn't help but feel angry, but he was immediately a little depressed. There were not many people in the gang, and it was irrelevant. Not to mention the guard, he would not even insert people into it. After all, the number of spies was very limited, and even if they were inserted, they might be removed in the end. Wang Zhongshu still remembered the loss of several good players who had been tracking the man.

"Forget it, forgot!"

Wang Zhongshu waved his head and said, "It's too late to put it in. Ask people in Huailai to keep an eye on it. Report any actions immediately. At the same time, ask them to be careful. Wang Dacai is not simple, don't accidentally say it to others. Anyway, the purpose is to keep him in Huailai."

The guard immediately bowed and said, "Yes, but should we send someone to kill him more easily?"

Wang Zhongshu turned his head to look at the guards, sighed, and said, "That is the future, and now is not the time. Just do what I said, and don't make any troubles. If something goes wrong, I'll ask!"

The guard couldn't help but feel a chill and immediately said, "Yes!"

Wang Zhongshu waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go and arrange it."

After saying that, he ignored the guards, put on the maid and handed over his long clothes, and then walked towards his bedroom. Someone had prepared hot water in the bedroom. After exercising, he took a bath. It was also a pleasure.

But after just a few steps, someone shouted loudly behind him: "Wang Zhongshu, stop!"

Wang Zhongshu, who had just taken a few steps, knew who the person was without turning his head. It was Wang Lin, the nephew Wang Zhen, who had known all day long.

Eating well, dressing well, and enjoying well, Wang Lin had already had a fat body. When he walked, he was like a meat mountain, and his face was full of fat, which made his two eyes, which were not big, look smaller. Now he was full of anger and running along the corridor with breathlessness. Behind him, he was following several other friends with alcohol and meat. Seeing that Wang Zhongshu ignored him, Wang Lin became even more angry and shouted: "Wang Zhongshu, stop for this young master!"

Wang Zhongshu couldn't help but get angry, but Wang Lin was Wang Zhen's nephew, so he turned around, turned his head, and said coldly: "What's the matter with me?"

In the entire palace, except for Wang Zhen, Wang Zhongshu did not buy Wang Lin's account very much. In his heart, he often despised Wang Lin and naturally would not be very polite. Although Wang Lin was angry, Wang Zhongshu was very favored by Wang Zhen, and he couldn't do anything about it.

"Don't pretend to be confused for me!"

Wang Lin put his hands on his hips, looked at Wang Zhongshu angrily, and said, "You said, what did you say to Zi Yu? Now she ignores me!"

"Purple Jade!"

Wang Zhongshu couldn't help but sank, and looked at Wang Lin with a cold look, saying, "What do you mean?"

Frightened by Wang Zhongshu's eyes, Wang Lin couldn't help but shrink back, but when he thought that he was verified, it was a good reason. Naturally, he wouldn't be afraid of him, so he put his hips on his chest and said, "What do I mean? You must know that Zi Yu was good to me before, but that time he didn't respond to me with a smile? But after you met her a few days ago, she ignored me. If you hadn't said bad things about me in front of her, how could she ignore me?"

Those who know that they meet Zi Yu are all confidants. Wang Lin now knows that he meets Zi Yu, which means that there is an insider in his heart. Thinking of this, Wang Lin's heart sank. Zi Yu's identity is very special and he is a person who must not be exposed. So he didn't ask the truth, but calmed down and said, "You may have misunderstood that Zi Yu is just a bitch. She will go and have to go and have sex with others. Maybe she will have sex with others. You should ask her, why do you come and ask me."

"No!"

Wang Lin stretched his fat neck forward and said, "Ziyu is not the person you mentioned. She is selling her skills but not her body. When I planned to redeem her, she just refused. She can't compare with ordinary brothel women. It must be you. She ignored me after you said bad things about me."

"Pig brain!"

Wang Zhongshu couldn't help but cursed in his heart that Ziyu was a chess piece placed by Wang Zhen next to the Third Prince. For the Third Prince, this Ziyu is also a chess piece to inquire about the news. Through Ziyu, Wang Zhen can know the movements of the Third Prince or the secret contact with someone. Such an important person can be redeemed by saying that you can redeem yourself? Moreover, Wang Lin is Wang Zhen's nephew. Ziyu accommodates you just acted on the scene. Do you really think others are moved by you?

However, Wang Zhongshu now wants to know how he and Zi Yu were leaked when they met. If the third prince knew about this news, Zi Yu would completely lose its value. Maybe he would be reasoned by the third prince. The spy was a double-edged sword. If it was manipulated by the opponent, it would become a weapon to deal with him.

So he asked in a deep voice: "How did you know? Do you have any credentials for speaking?"

Wang Zhongshu's heart is like a pig's head, and he will definitely say who said it.

Sure enough, Wang Zhongshu was still quibbling, and Wang Lin turned his head to a person next to him and said, "Zhao De, do you think you saw it?"

Zhao De was called a thin man with a blue-white face. He looked like he was overly addicted to alcohol. Now, when he heard Wang Lin calling him, he couldn't help but shrink back. Wang Zhongshu was also Wang Zhen's godson, and he couldn't provoke him.

Wang Zhongshu looked up at Zhao De and said coldly: "When did you see it? Explain it clearly. I don't want to be wronged, but you can also think it clearly before you talk about it."

How could Zhao De not understand the meaning of Wang Zhongshu's words? A chill rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but blame himself for talking too much. If he hadn't spoken after drinking, this would have happened? Now he was in a dilemma and he was trapped in.

So when facing Wang Zhongshu's question, he kept silent and just stopped talking.

Waiting for Zhao De to speak, Wang Lin couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw this. If Zhao De hadn't said that Wang Zhongshu had seen Zi Yu, he wouldn't have come to Wang Zhongshu for reasoning. But now it's a critical moment, Zhao De didn't even speak, which made Wang Lin feel very embarrassed, so he said anxiously: "Zhao De, you are mute. Didn't you say that you have seen him meet Zi Yu? You are afraid that he will not dare to do anything to you with me, just say it out."

Zhao De raised his head, looked at Wang Zhongshu's cold eyes, and couldn't help but tremble, saying, "No, I saw it wrong. I thought it was because I drank wine. Now when I looked, I realized that the person was not Prince Wang, but because I saw it wrong, I was because I was stupid!"

Wang Lin looked at Zhao De in surprise and said anxiously: "What are you?"

Zhao Deze hurriedly bowed and said, "Young Master Wang, I have an urgent matter at home. Let's leave first, and there will be a date later!"

After saying that, he hurriedly left Wang Lin and left the yard.

Wang Lin stayed there, not knowing what to do, then waved his sleeves and shouted: "Go!"

Wang Zhongshu looked at Zhao De's back coldly, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

A few days after arriving in Huailai, the bandits who were originally harassing everywhere disappeared, as if there had been any incident of bandits and robberies in Huailai at all.

Jiang Lang was also quite strange about this. He couldn't figure out the real purpose of these so-called bandits. He also asked He Yong, a thousand households here, and got the reply that there were indeed bandits harassment, and there were a large number of people.

However, Jiang Lang was still suspicious and sent people to the city to inquire. At the same time, he also sent several teams of dozens of people out of the city to inquire. At the same time, he told him that if he found the traces of the bandits, he would report them immediately and not take the initiative to pursue them without authorization.

The people sent out went out one after another. The first person to return the news was the people investigated in the city. The results were indeed bandits, and many people were injured, some of which were still in the clinic in the city.

Huailai City is not big. Except for a thousand garrisons, most of the people inside are the families of soldiers, etc. There is only one clinic. Jiang Lang found it very easily and did not take much effort. After going in to check the injured, Jiang Lang found that those were indeed on the knife, and many people's wounds were concentrated on their backs, and the wounds were from top to bottom. This caused such wounds. The big reason was that they were caught from behind when they were running away.

If we look at the people in the city and the wounded in the clinic, there are indeed bandits here, but Jiang Lang is still suspicious. After leaving the clinic, he rode on a horse and covered the city wall and walked slowly. Sun Yuanbiao, Qian Zhengbang and others followed him. Now they have become Jiang Lang's personal guards. As for Zheng Baichuan, they processed the collected information at the residence. The Jinyiwei of Huailai City did not arrange spies, so many situations need to be investigated now.

Beside the city wall is a road, about three or four meters wide, all paved with gravel, and now it has become very flat. In wartime, this will become an important way for soldiers to go up to the city wall and retreat. There is also a arch-shaped hole at the bottom of the city wall, probably for storing arrows, etc. Now these holes are locked tightly by a large lock, and the locks are covered with dust. It seems that no one has touched it for a long time.

The soldiers patrolling around the city wall saw Jiang Lang leisurely looking at the city wall, somewhat strange, and some laughed secretly: After all, the entire city wall is the same as the other city walls, and there is no point in sight, but the head of the Jinyiwei looked at it with relish. Is it a broken mind?

Of course they didn't understand Jiang Lang's mind. Jiang Lang now thought that if Yingzong entered Huailai City in history, according to the walls of Huailai City, could he resist Yesian's army? According to historical records, when Yingzong went to war, there were a total of 500,000 troops, but many people thought that this was an imaginary number, estimated to be about 200,000. As for Yesian's army, there were only tens of thousands of troops in history. This is also what puzzled Jiang Lang. How could tens of thousands of troops win hundreds of thousands of troops?

China's history is mostly recorded by the Han people. Whether it is official history or unofficial history, not to mention personal feelings, the Tumubao incident was the turning point of the Ming Dynasty's prosperity and decline. At the same time, this is also a famous battle of winning the more with less. However, in history, most of the blame was attributed to Wang Zhen, but there was no praise for Yexian and others who won this battle, probably because Yexian was also a Mongolian no matter what. At the same time, these historians probably thought that if Wang Zhen had not caused trouble, this battle would have been won.

However, relatively speaking, Jiang Lang did not have the kind of mentality of many historians. In the future society, Mongolia was also part of China, not a Gentile, and this war was just an internal strife of his own family. For this reason, Jiang Lang was somewhat curious about Yesen and others. However, when he came to this dynasty, Jiang Lang had not even involved the political arena of the court, so he naturally did not know about the court's affairs.

With these thoughts, Jiang Lang still slowly circled the city wall. Although Sun Yuanbiao and others were strange, they followed honestly. After walking through the west section of the city wall, Jiang Lang turned to the north. When he was walking to the city gate, he found that Zheng Baichuan and several of his guards were waiting at the city gate. He quickly clamped his legs and rushed to Zheng Baichuan, and then said with a whisper: "Brother Zheng, why are you here?"

Zheng Baichuan smiled slightly and said, "I went to find you, but your people said you went to see the city wall, so I waited here."

Jiang Lang showed a hint of apology and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't know if you are looking for me. You should find someone to notify me, I'll just go. Why bother you to come in person."

"Let's go and chat!"

Zheng Baichuan pointed at the other end of the city wall with a horse whip and said, "There are people standing at the gate of the city now, which somewhat hindered the passage. Zheng Baichuan also felt that this was inappropriate."

Jiang Lang nodded, rode his horse and walked through the city gate. Zheng Baichuan stretched out and said, "I stayed in the house for a day, and this person was tired. It would be better to move my muscles and bones when I went out for a walk."

"That's true!"

Jiang Lang smiled and said, "Is there news outside?"

Zheng Baichuan was stunned, then nodded and said, "I came back just now. According to their investigation, there were indeed bandits. The number of people was similar to He Yong's words. They were close to a hundred people. They robbed each time and then evacuated immediately. At the same time, they also injured a lot of people. However, they didn't know where to hide in the recent period."

Jiang Lang hesitated and said, "In this way, are there indeed bandits in Huailai?"

Zheng Baichuan nodded and said, "Yes, as far as the current information is concerned, but the places they hide are interesting. More than one hundred people are not a minority, and every time they come out at night, no one notices where they are going."

"It should be in the forest area."

Jiang Lang thought for a while and said, "As far as I know, there are many mountains in Huailai. If they hide in it, it will be difficult to find their traces."

Zheng Baichuan also knew about this. When they came, they had walked through many such mountains. After hearing what Jiang Lang said, he also asked: "Then are we sending people to check now?"

Jiang Lang immediately shook his head and said, "There is no need for that. The terrain in Huailai is very complicated. It is not a small matter to find more than a hundred people from this vast mountain. Moreover, if they are willing to play some cat and mouse game with us in the forest, we will not get any benefits except being exhausted. Instead of being exhausted by them, we might as well wait for the rabbit."

"Wait for the rabbit?"

Zheng Baichuan said: "What is the effect?"

Jiang Lang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is basically no effect, but we should send the letter to the court in advance, and we said that there was insufficient staff and the court should send additional staff."

Zheng Baichuan now didn't understand Jiang Lang's intentions and said, "Will the imperial court win?"

"Of course I won't agree."

Jiang Lang immediately said that he had already had an idea in his mind. After he had been waiting for someone here for a long time, He Yong would definitely give the court a memorial first, saying that he would not look for bandits, but he was idle here. When he waited for someone to report that he would not have enough staff, the court would definitely be angry and wanted to wait for someone to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. Moreover, such small things would generally not be reported to the emperor, so there would naturally be someone below to do it for him, and he was about to have such an effect.
To be continued...