Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 239
Shen Garden, in the East Pavilion.

Only one oil lamp was lit in the room. Yao Guangxiao, dressed in black, was sitting in front of the chessboard, holding a chess record in one hand and holding on to a chess piece in the other, thinking hard about the endgame in front of him.

The door opened suddenly with a creak, and Yao Guangxiao glanced carefully, only to see Di Meng, who was all in armor, pushed open the door lightly, and called out to him, "Mr. Yao."

"General Di." The monk in black put down the chess record in his hand. "Is there any movement?"

"Yes." Di Meng said.There is no lack of admiration in the tone. "It's as expected by Mr. and Your Highness."

"After a firework was set off in the west of the city, the horse salt merchant stopped setting off fireworks and firecrackers. The lights in Ma's Humble Garden were often turned off, and there was no more sound."

"After a while, several carriages split into two routes from Xiaomenbing and headed for the center of the city."

"Heh, the refugees in the west of the city are poor, how can they have the money to set off fireworks? Such a message is really ridiculous..." Yao Guangxiao shook his head lightly, as if mocking a group of thieves for their short-sightedness and lack of wisdom.

"A group of thieves, how can His Highness and Mister plan strategies?" Di Meng said. "It's still Mister whose wisdom is as deep as the sea. Early in the morning, he knew that the Ma family must have had an affair with bandits."

"Amitabha, this is nothing unusual. Anyone who wants to create chaos depends on the chaos of the current situation." Yao Guangxiao seemed to deliberately cultivate a young man like Di Meng, and took the trouble to speak out to wake him up.

"The more chaotic the current situation is, the more followers of that generation will naturally be numerous, and they will be more comfortable. On the contrary, if the current situation is stable, people will naturally have a calm mind and ghosts will not arise."

"Now that the situation is stable, the thieves are naturally at the end of the road. Then, since there is a 'salt merchant Ma's family' who was confiscated by the court prince and took away a lot of food, grass, and goods, and has resentment towards the court, but still has a rich family. Trying to win over?"

"It's His Highness who is gifted with wisdom, and the poor monk just mentioned it, so His Highness thought of a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. He not only raised food from the merchants, but also deliberately offended the Ma family..."

Di Meng was stunned: "No wonder Your Highness wants Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on the Ma family... It turned out that he wanted to use the Ma family as bait to follow the clues to find the traces of the bandits!"

"So, Your Highness was only planning to find someone to kill chickens and monkeys, and didn't you choose the salt merchant Ma Fengsun from the beginning?" Speaking of this, Di Meng laughed and said: "So, Your Highness is also playing the wrong way. This horse is serving the sun , it turned out to be the accomplice of those thieves."

Yao Guangxiao also said: "This is better. This Ma Fengsun is a gang of thieves, and the thieves must be even more defenseless..."

"Perhaps it was His Royal Highness Tianyou who let Ma Fengsun jump out by himself that day."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Di Meng suddenly thought of something again, and asked: "Then Mr. Yao, now that the Ma family soldiers are divided into two groups, what should we do?"

"Do you need to divide the troops to watch, in case it turns to attack His Highness?"

"No need." Yao Guangxiao said. "You bastards, you must be cautious. Of the two carriages and horses, one of them is just a temporary deception."

"If those bandits want to save the situation, they must create chaos in the city. If they want to cause chaos among the refugees and people in the city, they can choose to kill many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the city, including His Highness, and paralyze the city defense of Suzhou."

"The second is to burn down the reserve warehouses in the city, causing panic among the people and chaos in the city."

"His Royal Highness is using a plan. The abrupt rise of the building, and the sudden invitation to the city's dignitaries to have a banquet, the traces are too heavy, and it will make people suspicious at first sight."

"Although if this building is taken over, Suzhou will be at your fingertips. The thieves must worry about gain and loss, and feel that there is an ambush here!"

"Then, the thieves who think they can see through His Highness' plan will definitely choose to attack the reserve warehouse! After all, everyone in the city who can talk is already in the building. Even if there are people guarding the reserve warehouse, there will be no leader!" Di Meng came to his senses. Come here and be wowed.Waking up Yao Guangxiao Xijing again, he quickly bowed his hands and apologized.

"That's right. That's why General Di asked people to continue to keep an eye on the convoy along the way, and the rest of the troops can still stick to the reserve warehouse." Yao Guangxiao waved his hand to indicate that it's okay, and continued to teach him.

"The preparatory warehouse is where His Highness pretends to be inadvertent, but actually deliberately exposed the flaws. No matter what tricks the other generation plays, they will eventually go to the reserve warehouse."

Although this General Di Meng is young, he has a rare understanding and a rare plastic talent. In the future, he may be a member of the Fifth Highness's account capable of both literary and military skills.

"The general understands! Thank you, Mr. Yao, for clarifying the confusion. Since that's the case, the general will go now." Di Meng gained a lot, and his confidence also greatly increased.Now that he understood what to do next, he bid farewell and opened the door with the long knife at his waist.

After Di Meng left, the room returned to tranquility.Yao Guangxiao lowered his head and picked up the chess book, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Show it to be weak and multiply it to be strong... huh?"

"Your Highness, you use the art of war to deliberately show weakness, and you can indeed lure the enemy hidden in the dark to take the risk of showing up..."

"But to show weakness, you also need to expose your real weakness. If the enemy guesses what you plan, wouldn't your side..."

Thinking of Zhu Su's sworn assertion that there would be no problem with the defense of the tall building, Yao Guangxiao had no choice but to suppress his worries.His Highness has pushed the surroundings of the small building to flat ground, and there is nothing to hide in the vicinity, so if someone is attacking, the guards standing on the high ground will know it at a glance.

Such an advantageous location, although there are few guards, it seems that nothing will go wrong.

However, what is going on with this unease in my heart...

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In the dark place in the west of the city, a group of people took advantage of the night to file out, sticking to the night at the base of the wall, and silently groped towards the center of the city.Today is New Year's Eve, and every household keeps their doors closed to watch the New Year, which gives them an excellent opportunity to take advantage of it.A group of people can reach their intended destination unimpeded as long as they avoid the night watchmen.

"Young master! The car is here!" Not long after entering an abandoned house, Zong Lao San, who was watching the door, saw the cars coming from Ma's house.

All the members of the Zhang family hidden in the house were overjoyed, and someone opened the courtyard door of the house.The carriage creaked and drove into the yard.

A group of people waited to close the gate of the courtyard quickly, and the driver who was the leader on the shaft jumped off.He took off the bamboo hat on his head, and the face revealed was that of the salt merchant Ma Fengsun himself.

"I have met the young master." Seeing Zhang Ren approaching, Ma Fengsun bowed his head.

"Uncle Ma, you don't need to be too polite." Zhang Ren still looked like a young master when he was not in front of Chen Hui.Hold Ma Fengsun up with both hands: "I heard that Uncle Ma was targeted by Zhu Su's children a few days ago, so I don't worry about it."

"Zhu Su's son wanted to take away the food and grass that I had saved. I really had no other choice, so I jumped out and confronted him." Speaking of this, Ma Fengsun felt his teeth itch with hatred. "But fortunately, his soldiers only took food and grass, and all the soldiers and armor hidden at home are there..."

"Where are we going? Go directly to take Zhu Su and the prefect's commander in that building, all in one pot?" Ma Fengsun is gearing up.

"No. The sister of the Chen family has already made a conclusion." Zhang Ren's tone was firm. "Let's go to the reserve warehouse!"

(End of this chapter)