Watching Zhu Meng lead the people away, Sun Tu not only wasn't very proud, but instead frowned slightly, feeling that this was a bit strange.
In fact, when he learned that Zhu Meng had arrived and wanted to lead his army to rush in, Sun Tu was still quite angry, so he led his people there in time to forcefully stop them. Doing this can naturally vent his anger and increase his prestige, but it is also somewhat contrary to his previous strategy, because if Zhu Meng really leaves in anger and only waits for other soldiers to arrive, he will have to do it if he wants to succeed. It took a lot of effort.
But when it comes to the morale of the army, Sun Tu can only hold on. But with the sudden softening of the other party's attitude, he saw something else. It seemed that Zhu Meng had another purpose in rushing to lead only his own troops this time. For this reason, he could even put aside his face for the time being. This is worth pondering.
After pondering for a moment, Sun Tu turned to a soldier beside him and said: "You guys should follow quickly and see where they go and what they do. Also, go and change the time of the scout camp. Come here, I have something to tell him to do."
When Sun Tu returned to his command post, Shi Qian was already waiting there. After seeing the ceremony, he smiled and asked, "I wonder if Qian Jia has anything to give you?"
"Find a few clever and reliable brothers in the scout camp to keep an eye on Zhu Meng and others who have just returned. I always feel that they have some ulterior motive for coming back this time." Sun Tu casually ordered.
"I obey, I'll make arrangements right away!" When Shi Qian heard that it was something like this, he immediately became interested and secretly decided to go there to watch in person. This was much safer than sending his brothers to keep an eye on him.
Sun Tu didn't pay much attention to this person's thoughts. He just gave him a few words of encouragement and sent him away. Shortly after Shi Qian retreated, Dong Ping and Zhu Wu came together again. Their faces looked a little solemn: "Qian Ji, I heard that Zhu Meng led troops into the city?"
"Well, but I only let 200 of his people enter the city." Sun Tu responded and looked at them again: "What, is there anything wrong?"
"Qianjia, please take a look!" Dong Ping stepped forward and sent Zhang Jietie over: "This is something that was torn off in the past few days. On it are written many of Zhu Meng's crimes for causing harm to all places in the south of the Yangtze River. Frankly speaking, We must kill Zhu Meng to seek the right path."
Sun Tu took the sticker and scanned it quickly, snorting: "This must be a trick of the rebels in the south, right? Are they planning to use this to sow discord and disrupt the morale of our army and the people?"
"This should be the case, but this is a conspiracy, which is not easy to deal with. And now Zhu Meng has returned to Suzhou by chance. Once the people are reminded of the past, and some people with ulterior motives fan the flames, I am afraid it will lead to another disaster. There's a civil uprising." Zhu Wu looked worried, "So I think we should be on guard, but we can't cause any more trouble."
"Don't worry, there won't be any big trouble." Sun Tu waved his hand nonchalantly: "I think it won't be long before Fang La regrets this trick."
Dong Ping was a little confused. Just when he was about to say something, Zhu Wu came to his senses, his expression changed, and he whispered: "Could it be that Qianjia has decided to settle things once and for all?"
Sun Tu smiled unpredictablely: "Some things must be done by someone. Now if we want to pacify Jiangnan, Zhu Meng is the biggest hidden danger. I
For the sake of the court and the people of Jiangnan, I should give it a try even if it will attract some criticism! "
Now Dong Ping also understood, his expression changed quickly, and he said uneasily: "Qian Ju, have you really decided? But if this happens, what should I do if the court pursues me?"
"Isn't there a ready-made reason for this?" Sun Tu took a picture of the unveiling post, "If Zhu Meng is not dead, Jiangnan will be difficult to determine. This is the best explanation."
Even though the two of them were used to seeing the wind and waves of life and death, they were already extremely courageous. When they heard these words, they were a little short of breath. After a while, they whispered: "I'll just follow Qian Hao's orders. Why don't we just take advantage of the fact that there are only two people around him today?" There were only two hundred people guarding him, but other soldiers and horses were killed before they arrived?"
"No rush, now is not the time." Sun Tu had already considered further at this time, and immediately waved his hand and said: "After a while, when other people from all walks of life arrive, it will not be too late to take action."
"This..." The two of them were immediately dumbfounded. They really couldn't understand why Sun Tu had to sacrifice the easy and the difficult. When other troops arrived in Suzhou, wouldn't there be many more variables if they took action again? But looking at his confident and confident look, it was hard to say the doubts that came to his lips, so he could only respond in a low voice without saying more.
It wasn't until they retreated that Sun Tu smiled and whispered: "If we attack now, Zhu Meng must be on guard, and he may not be able to kill him. But when other people from all walks of life arrive one after another, and other generals enter the city, he will have So relaxed…”
As Sun Tu expected, the Zhu Mansion, which had welcomed back its master at this time, was heavily guarded. Almost all two hundred personal guards had been placed on the surrounding area to guard the house. No one was allowed to get closer than three feet to the house. It was really like A copper wall is like an iron wall. Coupled with Zhu Meng's always bad reputation, the people in the city took a detour, and no one was seen near the house.
Shi Qian, who was watching from half a street away, laughed out loud when he saw this: "It's just as Qian Hao expected. This Zhu Meng has some shameful deeds, otherwise he wouldn't have betrayed everyone." If you come out to guard, this is called hiding something!"
Although it was expected that something was going on inside the house, Shi Qian could not get close easily. Because although the house occupies a large area, there is no obstruction around it. Two hundred people guarding it are enough to notice the movement in all directions.
But this is not a problem for the famous thief in the world. Even though he has not done this kind of work for many years, his skills are not unfamiliar. After the sky darkened, he moved quickly. In just two jumps, he was on the roof, and then walked toward the Zhu Mansion from the roof above as if walking on flat ground.
All these movements were smooth and smooth, but there was no sound at all. Unless someone deliberately looked up, his presence would not be discovered at all. After a while, Shi Qian had arrived at the top of a house only three feet away from the side wall of Zhu's Mansion. Under it, there were three or four military masters standing with swords and guns in their hands, patrolling around.
After just estimating the distance, Shi Qian was already on tiptoe, and he jumped up high and flew straight towards the high wall over there. Although he was very good at lightening his body, it was still difficult to fly three feet away. He was still a few feet away from the top of the wall, and his body was already falling straight down.
But at this time, Shi Qian waved his hand, and a thin line
The black shadow flew out like a snake, and immediately landed on a small branch that had just protruded from the wall ten feet away. Although it was only a branch as thick as a thumb, Shi Qian calmly borrowed his strength. The sinking momentum suddenly stopped, and he was lifted up again. In another step, he had landed on the wall only one foot wide without any pause. , he turned aside and fell inside again.
All these actions were like flowing clouds and flowing water, and they reached their climax. In just a blink of an eye, Shi Qian had fallen from the roof several feet away into the courtyard of the Zhu Mansion, and he also landed silently. It was only then that the two soldiers below noticed movement above their heads. They looked up and found nothing unusual except for the slight trembling of the branch. They thought they were too sensitive.
Shi Qian, who had landed safely, smiled softly inside, very satisfied with his performance tonight. Then, he continued to bow forward and walked forward. This Zhu Mansion was much larger than imagined. It was not easy for him to find the target in the seven or eight acres of the mansion.
But one thing is good, that is, Zhu Meng has left almost all the people under his hands outside, so there are no guards inside, and Shi Qian no longer has to distract himself from avoiding. Walking so quickly, he soon found his target.
It wasn't that Shi Qian was very good at finding people, but that the target was too conspicuous - in this dark environment, there were only a few torches in the west corner, and it was obvious that everyone was gathered there. Shi Qian didn't hesitate and rushed over immediately, and then saw a scene that surprised him -
I saw Zhu Meng and seven or eight of his men gathered around a big tree that was about ten feet thick. Following Zhu Meng's order, those guys with high status actually waved their shovels and pickaxes. Digging under the tree. These people were all practitioners, and their hands and feet were very nimble. In just a moment, they had dug several feet down, and then they stopped and some people jumped into the pit.
After a while, I heard a greeting from inside, and someone threw the rope down. Then as everyone exerted their strength, a huge camphor wood box was pulled up by them. Just looking at the performance of several big men trying their best to pull the box up, you can know that this box is extremely heavy.
But that wasn't the end, they actually pulled up two more boxes of the same size from below. When Zhu Meng stepped forward to open one of the boxes, all the confidants around him showed greedy expressions. Even Shi Qian, who was far away, almost looked at the box full of gold and jewelry shells under the firelight. Shout out. That box full of treasures, even if he, an inexperienced person, estimated it, would probably be worth dozens or even millions of dollars.
"I didn't expect that Zhu Meng actually left such a large sum of money here. No wonder he would take the risk to enter the city even if he was tried to make things difficult for him." Shi Qian sighed inwardly. Zhu Meng also breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing that all the belongings he had accumulated over the years were intact. That day when the rebels entered the city, he was in such a hurry to escape that he didn't have time to bring so many treasures with him. He just buried them here. Now that he can find them back, it's a worry.
"Carry the things back. You will all be rewarded when the time comes. I will never treat you badly." Zhu Meng hurriedly ordered. Little did he know that every move he made would fall into Shi Qian's eyes...