Chapter 1666: Taking Action Against the Neighboring County
With a soft 'click' sound, the wall to Shu Yu's left slowly pushed back about a meter, revealing the secret passageway below.
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng exchanged a glance, then asked the bandit to lead the way, and together they went down into the secret passage.
The secret passage is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side; it's not very spacious, but it looks very long at first glance.
The group cautiously made their way forward, and Meng Yunzheng also gleaned a considerable amount of information from the bandits.
They were assigned four guards to watch over the mansion, but three of them had already been killed, leaving only him.
They rotate every three days, and today happened to be their turn. Yuan Gui wanted to take this opportunity to escape, but unexpectedly, he exposed his whereabouts instead.
They rotate every three days, which means that barring any unforeseen circumstances, no one will come up for these three days, and they still have time.
As for the secret passage in front of him, it led outside the city. Meng Yunzheng thought, no wonder this mansion was not far from the city wall.
At the end of the secret passage lies the black market that everyone is looking for.
That's right, the black market of Changjin Prefecture is located in a large manor not far outside Chenggu County.
Unlike the black market in Jiangyuan County, the black market in Chenggu County is underground, involving countless transactions. It's not like the one in Jiangyuan County where you can enter simply by having a sign; anyone with a bit of influence knows the address.
The black market here is secretive and dangerous, so anyone who wants to enter or leave needs an introduction from an acquaintance. They are all either rich or noble, and those who want to enter must undergo strict screening.
According to the bandit, the black market hasn't been open recently, and there haven't been any customers. However, there are quite a few people in the black market, all of whom are disguised as bandits and have come from various places.
Therefore, when unfamiliar faces like Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu appear, unless they encounter their leader or are from the same team, others may not be able to recognize them.
However, some people have been transferred away in the past two days. Chenggu County has already experienced the chaos caused by mountain bandits, and the people in the town are still in a state of panic but are under the control of the higher-ups, so there is no need to worry about them for the time being. Therefore, some people have gone to the neighboring county, and in a couple of days, the neighboring county will experience the same chaos as Chenggu County.
Upon hearing this, both Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng's expressions changed.
Is this an attempt to completely disrupt the entire Changjin Prefecture, so that General Huang and the soldiers from the capital will be overwhelmed?
Meng Yunzheng asked the bandit, "Does the neighboring county also have a secret passage that leads directly into the city?"
“No,” the bandit said. “We plan to fight our way in from outside the city gates.”
Fight their way in from outside the city gates? These days, all the county towns are heavily guarded, but manpower is indeed insufficient. However, there will definitely be many people stationed at the city gates. If the bandits concentrate their attacks on one city gate, the government troops will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
The destruction in Chenggu County occurred from within, so neither the soldiers nor the government suffered many casualties.
Of course, that was also because the officials of Chenggu County were all on their own.
Is the reason why the attitude towards the neighboring county is so different now because the neighboring county... hasn't been turned against them by the Second Prince and his group yet?
As they spoke, the group had already walked quite a distance when Meng Yunzheng suddenly noticed another fork in the road. His lips tightened, and he asked, "Does the black market lead to another path?"
“Yes, this path leads to…” The bandit hesitated for a moment, then, thinking of the poison he had ingested, said somewhat reluctantly, “to the private residence of the magistrate of Chenggu County.”
(End of this chapter)
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