Chapter 240: Spreading Rumors and Waiting for Rabbits

It was not until half an incense stick of time after the man left that Pei Zisu and the other two came down from the tree. They were very curious about this group of unfamiliar faces, and Yue Sheng asked as soon as he landed.

"General, how about I follow him?"

"It's been half an incense stick. Where else can you look for them? Besides, it's obvious that these people came prepared. Maybe they will change their faces after entering. Instead of hiding here and there to find them, it's better to wait here. Didn't that person just say that we should gather here in ten days and then we can catch them all in one fell swoop."

Maybe he could find out some more forces behind the scenes. Thinking of this, Yue Sheng was eager to try. They had not returned to the army for a long time, so they should stick to the original plan. Soon, the three of them sneaked into the city and then returned to the mansion of the general of Fancheng, where Pei Zimiao had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as he saw the three of them returning, he finally felt relieved and immediately asked.

"How is it? Is there a chance of internal rebellion?"

Pei Ziyao shook his head and snorted coldly.

"All the power of the entire Southern Tang is concentrated on these dozen cities on the border. The advantage is that as long as we break through here, the future will be easy. The disadvantage is that the power is too concentrated, so we can't find any powerful characters to cooperate with us."

Pei Zimiao was not surprised to hear such a conclusion.

"In that case, let's just attack head-on. We have been preparing for this opportunity for so many years. We should kill him while he is weak! It is only right!"

The opportunity that Pei Zimiao mentioned was that there was some trouble in Southern Tang.

The eldest prince and the third prince were fighting each other, and both sides used deadly moves. One cut off his brother's descendants, and the other poisoned the other's entire family. So now in the political situation of Southern Tang, both sides are trying to protect themselves and persecute each other.

The Emperor of Southern Tang also had a terrible headache, as if he had cut off both of his arms.

Although the Southern Tang royal family kept this news secret, some news still leaked out. So when Pei Zimiao heard the news, he felt that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But Pei Zisu didn't think so.

During the days of fighting with Southern Tang, he got to know the royal family very well. Although there were conflicts between the eldest prince and the third prince, neither of them dared to kill the other.

Firstly, the forces of both sides were balanced, so they were not completely sure of hitting the target with one strike; secondly, the foreign enemy was powerful, and they were afraid that if the situation became out of control, the people of Dasui would take advantage of the opportunity.

Although they were preparing to attack Southern Tang, they did not release much information to the outside world.

There was a mixture of truth and falsehood, so Pei Zisu felt that such a big party strife happening in Southern Tang at this time was indeed an attempt to lure the enemy deeper, so he said.

"No hurry, soldiers, continue training as usual. Today we met a group of people outside the city. They seem to be very good at gathering information. If they are spies sent by Southern Tang, they might be able to help us a lot! So wait and see. In the next few days, you guys spread some news and say that I am sick."

sick?

The war is imminent, and the commander-in-chief of the entire army is sick?

How come this news sounds so fake?

However, such false news could easily fool those spies who were suspicious by nature and liked to pursue clues. Pei Zisu wanted their attitude of being suspicious but not wanting to miss this opportunity.

The other party threw a smoke bomb, and he treated it in the same way. As for secretly, he gave a few instructions to Pei Ziyao alone, and she saw her eyes light up, and then she left. When she left, Pei Ziyao and Yue Sheng didn't know what secret order she received!
In the following days, Fancheng remained as peaceful as ever.

The guards of the city remained the same as before, with nothing different. It was just that it had become difficult to make an appointment with some of the city's medical clinics. The doctors who usually saw patients were either busy with family matters or visiting relatives in their hometowns, and suddenly there were fewer people.

And those people happened to be famous doctors, so when the news fell into the ears of the spies who came to investigate, there seemed to be another explanation.

The ten-day period passed quickly.

When the big fish was caught, on the day when Pei Zisu and others returned to Fancheng, many spies in the army were lurking in the place where they had been hiding before.

They all have the same skills, so covering their tracks is a piece of cake.

Since the eighth and ninth days, people began to quietly return one after another, but they did not stay for long. Instead, they came and left, as if they were testing the waters.

It was not until the evening of the tenth day, when the group arrived at this place under the pretext of leaving the city, that everyone looked cautious.

The leader did not take off the human skin mask, but asked a question instead.

"How is the information gathering going? Is Pei Zisu really ill?"

"I can't find any concrete information, so I can only make indirect inferences. I visited the hometowns of several doctors who disappeared from the clinic, but I couldn't find any trace of them."

"Not only that, but Deputy General Tang's residence in Fancheng has not let servants out for quite some time. I heard that they ordered a large batch of food half a month ago, and have been closed ever since."

It is normal to stock up on goods during the New Year holidays.

But what is abnormal is that stockpiling should be done before the New Year, not after the New Year!

Moreover, he closed the door tightly and did not allow servants to go out without permission, simply because he did not want the news to leak out. Such a countermeasure showed that there was probably a problem in the mansion.

Everyone corroborated the news that "Pei Zisu was ill" from different sources. The leader also listened with a frown. In his opinion, Pei Zisu was like steel, so how could he be ill?

Even if it is an illness, there is no need to be so cautious and deliberately cover it up.

As if afraid that outsiders would know!
So he had reason to suspect that the news was fake and was deliberately released, but what was Pei Zisu's intention? Could it be that he had seen through the Southern Tang's plan?

Thinking of this, his suspicious mind had not yet decided whether to send the message back, but he found himself surrounded. He had prepared himself to not be able to go back before coming here, but he did not expect that he would be wiped out here.

Facing the people confronting him were Pei Zisu's entourage, the other party immediately realized that this was a trap. As a result, before he could react further, he was surrounded by more than a hundred people.

It was obvious at first glance that those people were elite soldiers. They could not be defeated, and the only way to prevent the secret from being revealed was to die.

But these people had no such intention. Instead, they surrounded their leader, acting as if they could die but not their leader. Upon seeing this, Yue Sheng understood that this leader might be a fat sheep, so he waved his hand and said calmly.

"Catch them alive."