Although Bianliang in Tokyo is known as the city that never sleeps, it is not as lively as during the day all night long. Especially after the third watch and before dawn, the whole city will still fall into a short period of tranquility. Because at this time, those who were looking for fun had either gone home or stayed directly in the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion. Apart from the night watchmen and watchmen, there was almost no trace of anyone on the street.
However, after the fourth watch, although the sky was not bright, some people still went out early. If there is an official day for court meetings, there will naturally be a lot of people and cars on the street, but on other days, only the small traders who are busy making a living and must open their doors early to do business will be so diligent.
Guan Laoshi, who lives in Tofu Fang in the west of the city, is one of these people. Every day before dawn, he will push his own car along the empty and quiet streets to various parts of the city, hand-made The tofu is delivered to every customer. It is precisely because of this diligent and down-to-earth style, coupled with his really good tofu-making skills, that although he has only been in Tokyo for two or three years, Guan's Tofu Shop has gained some reputation in the city, and its business is naturally considered It's passable.
But even so, Guan Laoshi still didn't change his original intention and still delivered goods to his door early every day. Especially the few regular customers in the south of the city are the most important to him. They can almost deliver the tofu to the customers in time for dawn.
Today was just like normal. Guan Laoshi walked quickly through the streets and quickly arrived at the south of the city. After hand-delivering several portions of tofu to the hotel clerk who had just opened the door, and casually chatting with him for a few words, he quickly set off on the road again, and finally turned into a darker alley.
The alley was really deserted, and there were no houses in it. But the people watching on the side didn't find it strange, because Guan Laoshi pushed the cart into it every day, and those who knew him well knew that he sent the tofu to the Shuijing Temple deep in the alley. There is nothing wrong with the act of giving tofu to family members.
Guan Laoshi's actions today were no different from those in the past. He still delivered the tofu to the back door of the nunnery at about the same time and handed it over to an old nun who had been waiting there. After collecting the money, we walked back. But when he came to a bamboo forest not far from the nunnery, he stopped unexpectedly. He glanced around and made sure that there was no problem before he lowered his head and got into it.
After a while, he came back again. If someone really saw this scene, they would just think that he ran into the bamboo forest to relieve himself because of internal distress, and no one would take it seriously. But only Guan Laoshi knew that when he came out again, he would already have an extremely precious box close to his chest.
After coming to the capital of Song Dynasty for three years and four months, he worked hard, looked for opportunities, successfully sent many materials back to the Liao Kingdom, and then attracted the crossbow master of the Gongnuyuan to take the bait and get the crossbow from him. He really spent a lot of money. Too much effort, too much risk. Unexpectedly, everything went wrong a few days ago. The batch of crossbows that were supposed to be sent out safely were actually intercepted by the Imperial Army, making his many years of hard work almost in vain.
Fortunately, he did not give up. After some emergency changes, he got a more detailed crossbow map from the crossbow master. As long as he sends it out of Tokyo, then he will really be
Daliao made great achievements, and it was not in vain that he lurked in Tokyo for several years and worked hard.
At this moment, the originally humble and hunched body suddenly straightened up, and an even brighter light flashed in his eyes. How can Guan Laoshi still look like an honest and responsible person at this time? But this edge was only fleeting. He knew very well that it was not the time to be happy yet. He would only wait to hand over the things to those people and wait for them to leave Tokyo safely. That would be the time to be truly happy. .
His pace suddenly quickened, and he continued to push the cart out, through the alley, and continued walking along the street as he had done hundreds of times before. He even delivered the tofu that came with the cart to every customer. There is absolutely no difference at all.
It wasn't until after noon that the entire cart of tofu was delivered before we returned. At this time, there were more and more pedestrians on the street, so even if people kept following from behind, Guan Laoshi didn't notice anything strange.
On the street about twenty steps away from him, several men were staring at his slowly walking back with some anxiety. They glanced at Sun Tu, who was confident: "General, why don't we take action? Everyone has already followed. He's been there for a long time, and there are more people on the street..." After the previous misses, they were really worried that the other party would repeat their same tricks to escape their tracking.
Guan Laoshi had no idea that since he turned into the alley, all his actions would have been under the watchful eyes of many eyes hidden inside and outside the bamboo forest. These people were all soldiers who followed Sun Tu to fight in Jiangnan, Shandong. A good player, both in terms of skill and eyesight are first class.
But when he got the box from the bamboo forest, Sun Tu was not busy taking it. Because he knows very well that only by casting a long line can he catch big fish. This is just a Liao spy, but there must be many spies lurking in Tokyo. Only by following him can we find their whereabouts and catch them all.
So Sun Tu issued a strict order early on. This time he could only follow, but not take action. At least before he gave the order, everyone could only follow him from a distance to see where he would go.
As for the worries of his men, Sun Tu smiled nonchalantly: "He pushed such a big car, so the target shouldn't be too obvious. Not to mention that he would never expect that our identity has been revealed. Even if he was aware of it, it would be impossible. It's easy to get rid of the spies we set up along the way. As long as you follow them, you can capture these spies today." As he said that, he moved and followed.
Guan Laoshi did not realize that he was being followed, just because Sun Tu's tracking method this time was much better than before. He divided the people under his hands into several groups, and then each group crossed and followed him. Some were behind him, some were in front of him, and some were staring at him from the other end across a whole street. In this way, no matter how vigilant he was, he would never have imagined that he was being targeted from all directions. He was like a fish in a net, with no chance of escaping.
As for Sun Tu himself, he was far behind, controlling everything through a series of eyes and gestures. Only these veterans of the Shandong Army could command him like an arm and a finger. If they had been replaced by the Forbidden Army who were still in training and had no tacit understanding, there would have been many mistakes along the way. Either they lost someone, or they had already lost their way.
The other party noticed something was wrong, so he had to take the person by force.
Before the cards were drawn, Guan Laoshi returned to the west of the city. And when he stepped into a street, Sun Tu, who was following him from a distance, had a strange look on his face. Because he had quite some memories of this road. Ahead was Kaiyuanmen, where he took advantage of the opportunity to intercept the batch of crossbows. Immediately, he turned his eyes and saw the cloth of Guan's Tofu Shop swinging in the wind not far away...
It turns out that everything that I did to get someone was done under the eyes of the other party. This guy hid deep enough and was brave enough to actually stand in front of him the whole time. But this is not important anymore. The most important thing is where the other spies besides him are.
Then, he discovered that Guan Laoshi did not go straight to his store, but turned around and walked to a small hotel diagonally opposite. Judging from this posture, it seemed that he had a good relationship with the hotel. When the waiter and the shopkeeper saw him coming, he immediately greeted him with a smile and quickly prepared food and drinks for him. It seemed that everything was without any problems.
But Sun Tu still keenly captured something else in the middle - the moment before Guan Laoshi came in to greet him, he first gave the waiter a subtle wink and nodded slightly. In addition, the shopkeeper actually glanced at the waiter for a moment. It was not until the waiter lowered his eyes that he greeted Guan Laoshi with a smile and then prepared the food and drinks for him...
Although the movements in these eyes and expressions were extremely small, they still did not escape Sun Tu's gaze, allowing him to quickly make a judgment that these people were Liao spies. It turns out that the person I want to find is always in front of me, this is Da Yin Yu City!
Thinking of this, he suddenly made a gesture, it was time to take action.
At this time in the store, at some point, the box had fallen into the hands of the shopkeeper. With a flip of his hand, he gently took out the scroll inside, and when he pulled it again, the contents were revealed. But the moment he saw the content on it, his rather proud expression quickly disappeared—the scroll did not contain the imaginary details of making the crossbow, only one sentence dripping with ink: I caught you!
"No, I've fallen into a trap!" He growled, quickly raised his head, and saw more than a dozen men running towards the store door with knives. The people on the street were so frightened that they screamed and ran to both sides. Escaped.
Guan Laoshi had just put a chopstick of noodles into his mouth and was chewing it. When he heard the noise and saw the people rushing towards him from outside the store, he was also frightened. Without any hesitation, he turned his hand and threw the wooden stick in front of him. The table was lifted up completely and hit the door. At the same time, he shrank and retreated back. That was the back door of the hotel, and it was also the escape route he had set for himself early in the morning.
The shopkeeper's reaction was not much slower than him. He pressed the counter with one hand and the person flew out like a kite. At the same time, the abacus he had been holding in his hand shot out and flew from the top of the table. Everyone coming through the door.
By now, they knew very well that their identity had been exposed, so they only thought about escaping capture. As for hiding anything, they didn't dare to think about it at all. The guy, on the other hand, was standing there blankly at this moment, as if he was stunned by everything in front of him...