"Guiyun Manor?" Sun Lang's expression changed. He smiled and asked, "What is it?"
Lady Zhao pursed her lips and smiled. "The order given to Guiyun Manor's chief general, Bai Feng, was to send elite soldiers to seal off all the important places from Da Sheng Guan to Yundu Pu. Increase the intensity of inspection and patrol, and monitor the movements to the west of Guiyun Manor. Be prepared to mobilize the troops at any time …"
She raised a finger and shook it. "Although that Bai Feng is greedy and lustful, he is still a qualified general. Otherwise, Qi Guanyan would not have allowed him to hold such an important position … This means that since the order has been given, he will carry it out wholeheartedly. He will not abandon his duty for personal reasons."
Sun Lang nodded and asked, "Then where did he go?"
Lady Zhao replied, "The messenger pigeon said that this morning, when the Marquis' Manor's spies were monitoring the Guiyun General's Manor, they found someone sneaking in and passing in a letter. Not long after, Guiyun Manor's chief general, Bai Feng, disguised himself and left through the back door …"
Sun Lang's expression changed. "Where did he go?"
Lady Zhao looked apologetic. "I don't know. Bai Feng's martial arts are not weak and he is a general. Moreover, it is obvious that he is working in secret. He must be very vigilant. Our men were afraid of alerting him, so they did not dare to act rashly. Therefore, they did not follow Bai Feng …"
Sun Lang was not disappointed. He nodded. "That's true. His judgment is correct. Your ability to train your subordinates is not bad. You are able to remain calm at crucial moments and not act rashly. Very good."
Zhao Feihuang was delighted. He said proudly, "Of course. Sun Lang, you are right. Although our men did not choose to follow Bai Feng, it was not like they did not come out empty-handed. They followed the person who delivered the letter and after confirming his identity, they captured him. As expected, the person who delivered the letter was just a hooligan on the streets of Guiyun Manor!"
Sun Lang thought for a moment and smiled. "In other words, the person who came looking for Bai Feng should not be a local acquaintance of his in Guiyun Manor. For example, his lover or asshole friend?"
"Indeed!"
Young Mistress Zhao nodded and said, "They went through a preliminary interrogation and got all the information they could. That scoundrel said that the person who instructed him to deliver the letter to the Guiyun Manor was wearing a black cloak and had a hoarse voice. It was hard to tell if the person was a male or female. He was given five taels of silver and told to deliver a letter to General Bai Feng at the Guiyun Manor. He said that General Bai would reward him with silver after the matter was settled …"
Sun Lang shook his head and said, "He actually did something so suspicious."
"He was probably threatened or blinded by greed. After all, five taels of silver are nothing to us, but to these hooligans, it is enough for them to look for that half-closed door that they have been drooling over for a long time and enjoy the life of an emperor for a few days. Or perhaps they can go to a gambling den and enjoy the life of a rich man …"
Young Mistress Zhao said with a smile, "Everyone has desires. It is just that different people have different statuses, so the cost of their desires is different as well. Just like how hooligans on the streets do not want to be appointed as generals or ministers and leave their names in history, the officials of the imperial court have no interest in being the banker in front of a bunch of hooligans and gamblers. Different people have different desires. When dealing with people, you have to look at their dishes and understand what they really want. Only then can you handle it with ease."
Sun Lang said with a smile, "Good, good, good. You know a lot. You are amazing."
Young Mistress Zhao said with a smile, "Of course. If I don't know a lot, how can I be of help to you?"
Sun Lang smiled and changed the topic again, "Since the person who came to look for Bai Feng is not a local, there are only two groups of people in the current situation.
First, it is a foreign general who sensed that there is something wrong with the so-called Great General's orders and came to contact him. This is also not very likely. If it is really a general from another army, regardless of whether he sent someone or came personally, he would have an entourage. He would not come alone. Second, this person is hiding his head but showing his tail. His voice is hoarse, and he has specially come to look for someone like Bai Feng who has a stain on his character … "
Young Mistress Zhao continued, "It is most likely the Wang family and the Blazing Angel's group."
Sun Lang nodded and then sighed, "It is a pity that messenger pigeons are too slow. If there is a more efficient method of transmitting information, then after we receive the news, we can immediately issue orders to Courrier and Long Wande to intercept them immediately. I will set off at the same time. As long as the Death Messenger and the Lone Wanderer can delay the other party for a moment, that Blazing Angel will not be able to leave no matter what … It is too late now."
Zhao Feihuang asked in surprise, "A faster way of transmitting information?"
Sun Lang nodded and pondered, "I talked to Courrier about the Morse code a few days ago. I was just joking before, but now it seems that it is indeed necessary to make a telegram first …"
He thought about it and felt that the farming genre was also good, especially through the description of 'the foreign country bumpkins are shocked by the modernization and development of the protagonist's territory', which was a lot of fun to play with, to increase the word count openly without having to worry about being looked askance by the readers. Furthermore, it could also be more enjoyable and advance the plot. It was simply wonderful.
Therefore, he said, "Well, Ming is about to become my territory anyway. According to the general law of the farming genre's plot development, it is natural to climb the technology tree bravely. When the matter here is over, I will send people abroad to bring back a batch of skilled immigrants. Humph. In any case, for those foreign devils, Houtu is the beacon of human civilization. As long as they show their green cards and promise a high salary, they will fly over even if the world is covered …"
Young Mistress Zhao was indeed a female Zhuge. Relying on her intelligence and her love for Sun Lang, she forced herself to understand more than half of her lover's words. When she understood the meaning, she could even tease him, "When those foreign scholars step onto the land of the Empire with their admiration for the Celestial Empire and their yearning for a better life, I wonder what kind of expression they will have when they find out that the people who hired them are thieves who harbor ill intentions toward the Empire."
"What thieves?" Sun Lang smiled proudly. "They are called vassals!"
"Alright, alright, my lord."
Zhao Feihuang asked, "It's definitely too late to go to the Cloud Gathering Mansion to stop the Seraph, but Bai Feng is still there. She can run away, but the temple can't. Do you want to go there?"
Sun Lang thought for a moment and shook his head. "Forget it, in case we alert them. After all, it's easy to know what the Wang family and the Seraph are up to. Or rather, everything is under our control. Even if we capture Bai Feng and interrogate her, the answer we get will be exactly the same as our conjecture and plan. It will only increase the variables of the matter and raise the enemy's wariness …"
He paced a few steps and said casually, "Our plan is to make the generals suspicious by forging Qi Guanyan's orders, so that the Wang family and the Seraph will see an opportunity to counterattack. Today, they took the bait so easily. What a pleasant surprise. Their motive for meeting Bai Feng in private is obvious. It's probably to ask Bai Feng for the so-called letter of the great general's orders …"
Zhao Feihuang nodded and said, "That's right. Although I can imitate the charm of Qi Guanyan's handwriting and the habit of using words and forming sentences, even if I can hide it from his generals, I can't hide it from his wife. Wang Shi must have already seen some clues from it … Haha, I'm afraid she would never have dreamed that all of this was Sun's plan."
Sun Lang only smiled. Back then, he was an unparalleled general who led the six armies to fight against the Sky Demon. He was a powerful figure who fought against a group of extraterrestrial visitors who could sweep through an entire world. He did not feel any sense of accomplishment at all by taking care of a Hedong lion, so he did not feel any pride at all.
He said, "Since this woman has gotten into the act ahead of time, let's add some icing on the cake and add some fuel to the fire.
Write another letter and ask the generals of Mingzhou to come to Mingzhou in … Well, in three days. Tell them that the great general wants to talk to them in person and explain some of the recent events. "
Zhao Feihuang immediately understood Sun Lang's intention. He clapped his hands and said with a smile, "The Wang family must have seen the opportunity. In the past two days, she should have started to collude with the generals to accuse us of putting the great general under house arrest and instigate the Qiu family to lead the troops to besiege Mingzhou to save the great general. The generals were already suspicious, and with the madam's personal explanation, they probably believed 70% of it. When they read this letter, they probably believed 90% of it. How would they be willing to come?
Even if they did come, they would have to gather the troops before coming … "
Sun Lang smiled. "Then it's our turn to perform."
Miss Zhao nodded and was about to write a letter when a thought flashed through her mind. "Wait."
Sun Lang asked curiously, "What is it?"
Zhao Feihuang asked, "I suddenly thought of something … Since we've already guessed that the Wang family has already colluded with the generals, she will most likely return to the great general's residence. If that's the case, why should we wait for her to make a move?
Sun Lang, you can go to Hongcheng and capture her directly. "
Sun Lang shook his head. "The Wang family is not stupid. She's smart and knows her advantages and disadvantages.
Her advantage is that she can use her identity as the great general's wife to take advantage of the situation and use the strength of the Mingzhou army to deal with us. Her disadvantage is that her personal safety is not worth mentioning in front of our military force. "
"Therefore, the first thing she has to be on guard against is our decapitation operation."
"Therefore, the possibility of her swaggering back to the great general's residence is not high. She must have first colluded with the generals of Mingzhou in a secret location before standing out to raise her arms and call for action. When the time comes, she will be surrounded and protected by many powerful generals and the Mingzhou army. Only then will she feel a sense of security."
Sun Lang smiled and said, "Although it won't be too difficult to capture her even with the protection of the army, it will be hard to avoid a fight with those bandits … I'm already tired of gang fights, not to mention this kind of random gang fight. It's so annoying."
"Besides, Qi Guanyan, that pretentious b * tch, is unwilling to do anything. If I directly capture his wife, I'm afraid he'll be a b * tch again. I have to let him see the danger of the enemy at the gate and the vicious heart of a woman. Only then will he know what it means to have his eyebrows on fire …" Sun Lang snorted disdainfully. "I think his brain has been blown silly by the spring breeze of reform."
Zhao Feihuang smiled.
"Alright, go write the letter."
Sun Lang said. Then he suddenly thought of a small matter. "By the way, has the letter been delivered?"
"Is it a letter addressed to the old housekeeper of the great general's residence, Qi Chong?"
Zhao Feihuang replied, "The person who was sent to deliver the letter has returned. He said that the old housekeeper was very polite to him and did not make things difficult or interrogate him. He also asked him to come back and report that he was indebted to Qi Chong. He already knows and will definitely comply."
She blinked. "What's wrong?"
Sun Lang nodded. "It's fine as long as it's delivered.
That old man has some brains and seems to have guessed that Madam Wang has betrayed him. If he hears the news and wants to do something, I'm afraid he'll be killed.
I think he's very close to Qi Guanyan. If he dies because of this, Qi Guanyan will definitely hold a grudge. So, I might as well do him a favor at little cost so that Qi Guanyan will also be grateful to me. "
A smile appeared on his face, as if he was thinking of the conversation he had with Qi Guanyan the day before. There was no sense of accomplishment in scheming against a mere Wang family, but it was very interesting to press on step by step and throw a major general of a province into a state of confusion.
Given that Master Sun would soon roar in the Golden Palace and dominate the capital, it was also a good thing to use the great general of Mingzhou as a rehearsal.
"So, after writing the letter, I asked Qi Guanyan to add a secret code that only he and Uncle Chong could understand so that I can win his trust. The reason why I didn't let Qi Guanyan write the letter himself was that I was afraid that he would leave a hint and ruin my plan."
Sun Lang smiled and said, "In this way, that old man should believe it. Now he has probably arranged an excuse to get away and then ran away …"
"Send the person who delivered the letter to Qi Guanyan so that the great general can rest assured. Now that the letter has been delivered, unless that old man wants to die, his life is definitely safe."
At night …
After going through so many incidents, the Hucheng garrison had already reached the point where they were flustered and exasperated. Huge cases happened one after another right under their noses. This was practically the most insane provocation to the soldiers of the Empire. Even without the scolding and punishment from their superiors, this group of soldiers was already fuming in their hearts.
However, even though the intensity of the patrols had increased by several times compared to usual, and the soldiers were also holding back their energy. They couldn't wait for the thieves to jump out so that they could immediately raise their swords and chop them into minced meat, but … it was still useless.
In the darkness, Madam Wang and the Seraph King appeared in a residential building.
"I've been in charge of the general's residence for many years. It is even safe to say that I am the real master of this city. I know multiple secret tunnels that even Qi Guanyan doesn't know about," Madam Wang said casually.
Wang Shi said leisurely, "What surprised me was that you were able to squeeze in despite being so big."
"The Blazing Angel Battle Armor is ever-changing. Your secret passage isn't that narrow."
After a soft hum, the Seraph Armor returned to the magnificent human form. "Cut the crap. Go and find the seal of the great general … By the way …"
Complicated feelings were beaming out of Madam Wang's eyes in the darkness.
By the way —
Kill him.