The cannon fodder fake prince at the beginning, I won by hugging thighs

Kuilang pursed his lips and wanted to complain, but swallowed his words.

He recalled the map, drove the carriage, turned the horses around at the next fork in the official road, and headed south.

We finally arrived at Dahe Village before the sun set.

It got this name because it is close to the largest river in Liangzhou City.

He drove the carriage towards the largest blue brick and tile house in the village.

Dahe Village is about twenty miles away from Liangzhou City. Merchants often miss the time when the city gates are closed, so they often come to the village to stay overnight.

The people in the village have long been accustomed to it.

Only a few nosy women poked their heads out, looked in the direction of the village chief's house, and said a few sarcastic words.

"It has to be the village chief's big tiled house. Look, another merchant has come to stay the night."

"Look at those people. As soon as they entered the village, they went straight to the village chief's house."

The carriage slowly drove into the yard, and the light cedar door kept out any prying eyes.

"Tong..." Kuilang's eyes became red when he saw the commander-in-chief whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Commander Tong, who should now be called Village Chief Zhong, patted Kuilang on the shoulder.

"You're so old, but you still like to cry!

You should call me Village Chief Zhong. There are many eyes and ears in the village. Don't call me the wrong person!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Before Kuilang could feel sad for long, he saw Lu Jiao lift the car curtain and jump out.

"Who likes to cry?"

Kuilang pinched his palm and said with a slightly nasal tone: "No one, you must have heard it wrong!"

Lu Jiao chuckled and said loudly: "Village Chief, prepare a table of food first, I'm starving!

Clear out two more rooms. My brother doesn’t sleep well at night and makes a lot of noise.”

"You are not honest!" Kuilang glared at Lu Jiao, walked past him and entered the main room first.

Village Chief Zhong looked at Lu Jiao's back with interest.

Why did he feel that Kuilang and Lu Jiao had a good relationship? It wasn't as bad as the prince said.

Lu Jiao spoke quite loudly before, and not only the people in the kitchen heard it, but also the people outside.

There was nothing unusual about the two men, so they went back home and stopped monitoring them.

The three of them walked through the main room and into an ordinary side room.

Lu Jiao looked around. Although this ear room didn't seem to be anything special, the walls were specially made hollow, so it was very soundproof.

When you speak here, you don't have to worry about the walls having ears.

Village Chief Zhong looked to be about forty years old, with a goatee and a kind face.

He doesn't look like a spy leader who is in the dark at all.

"You are finally here. Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to pretend that you have returned to Beijing tomorrow.

Then you can leave at night, and someone will pick you up on the other side!"

Lu Jiao nodded, and everything was arranged according to her requirements. Even if there were people who were dissatisfied, they would start with her like Chen Xing did, instead of questioning Yan Yuanhao's judgment.

It's normal to be wary of her as a latecomer.

Lu Jiao didn't care about this little thing at all, as long as he didn't hold them back.

Since Village Chief Zhong won’t say anything, then she will say it.

"I visited the military camp last night..."

"What! Are you going to die?"

Before Village Chief Zhong could say anything, Kuilang shouted, "What did you do while I was sleeping?"

Kuilang was like a cuckolded husband, accusing Lu Jiao of abandoning him and doing something secretly.

Even Village Chief Zhong could hear the strangeness in the words. He patted Kuilang on the shoulder and said soothingly, "Listen to Lu Jiao first."

Kuilang stared at Lu Jiao, waiting to see what tricks he could come up with.

Lu Jiao touched his nose and told Village Chief Zhong about his discovery last night.

Village Chief Zhong stroked his beard.

Since Lu Jiao was able to sneak into the camp and escape unscathed, even avoiding the secret sentries, it seems that his abilities should not be underestimated.

Originally he thought that the prince was too narrow-minded and made such a fuss, but it turned out that they were just looking down on others.

He suppressed his surprise and no longer concealed it: "Although we still have people in the Northwest Army, the management is very strict.

Except for training, eating and washing, soldiers were not allowed to walk around the camp freely, and had even fewer opportunities to leave the camp.

So we don’t know much about Guo Ping.”

"You can stay outside the camp. There are no secrets in Guo Ping's tent or the general's mansion. I think he must live somewhere else.

You don't have to go in and investigate, just tell his wife the news, and you can force him back to the general's mansion or the big tent."

Village Chief Zhong couldn't help but frowned: "If Guo Ping sent everything back to the big tent, how can we get the news?"

"Before I came, you didn't even realize that he had a house outside. I think you should not add unnecessary details.

Wait until I help your prince find his uncle from the Tong family, and then I’ll go check it out.”

Lu Jiao waved his hand. It was not that he looked down on them, but he felt that the Guo family had been deeply rooted in the northwest for more than a decade and it would not be so easy to overthrow them. There was no need to rush in these few months.

Kuilang slept very soundly that night and had no idea of Lu Jiao's whereabouts. Only after listening to their conversation did he get a little clue.

"Lu Jiao! You are not allowed to talk to...Uncle Zhong like that!"

Lu Jiao spread his hands, looking innocent: "I'm not wrong. And you'd better not get too close to the camp."

She pointed upwards: "Don't forget, goshawks can not only be used to deliver messages, but also for surveillance."

Village chief Zhong also knew about this and was very upset.

Because of the eagles raised by the Guo family, they cannot use pigeons to deliver messages, which is really frustrating.

Before Village Chief Zhong could recover, Lu Jiao continued to spread the news.

“I’ve counted, there are more than 14,000 tents in the camp outside Liangzhou City.

At least 4,000 of them are completely empty, with no signs of long-term habitation. As for whether they went out to patrol the border, I don't know, you have to check it based on the intelligence."

Village chief Zhong felt a chill in his heart. He used to be General Tong's personal bodyguard and knew the military camp best.

Each border patrol team has a fixed number of one thousand people, and usually two teams go out at the same time.

By this calculation...the number of people in the Guo family who are drawing salaries without doing any work is not small.

This is just the Liangzhou city, not to mention that there are dozens of border cities in the entire northwest!

Village Chief Zhong was so frightened by the number that he was speechless.

Kuilang looked at Lu Jiao and then at Uncle Zhong, feeling that they were talking about an important topic, but they both knew that they couldn't guess it at all!

Kuilang secretly pulled Lu Jiao and nodded to signal him to explain clearly.

Lu Jiao said casually: "Oh, nothing. It's just that the Guo family can make hundreds of thousands of taels a year just by collecting empty salaries."

"What!" Kuilang's roar was like thunder in the small ear room, scaring Village Chief Zhong so much that he shivered.

Just when I was about to beat up this brat, I heard a knock on the door.

Soon, the door opened a crack and the wife's voice came.

"Master, the meals for the two guests are ready."