From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1215

"It's moving! Finally!"

Hu Biao stood by the window on the third floor, watching the four carriages slowly passing by below, and couldn't help laughing.

He said slowly: "The Inner Court is almost unable to hold on in Jinding Temple, and Zhou Yuan really can't help but take action. Pretending to deliver food? How dare they do such a thing? Don't they know that there are special people delivering food in the monk group!"

Beside him, an old man dozed off and said in a hoarse voice: "Maybe he just wants to go to Jinding Temple to test the truth, send someone to keep an eye on them, and see if he can find their nest."

Hu Biao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Master, the moment we enter this area, someone has already been keeping an eye on us. As long as I give an order, no one can escape."

"Just from Zhou Yuan's wisdom, if he wants to follow the clues, I'm afraid it's just a fantasy. "

The old man slowly opened his eyes and said, "You mentioned more than once that he is smart, so I believe it for the time being. In this case, he will not act so rashly."

"This team of people delivering food may just be paid by them. Even if we check, it will be a waste of effort."

Hu Biao was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Master, we dare not have such a fluke mentality. Whether it is true or false, enemy or friend, we must see it clearly."

The old man glanced at him and said, "It's always right to be cautious and thorough, go and do it."

Hu Biao responded, and went downstairs with people to follow.

All the way to the outskirts of Jinding Temple, he gave an order, and dozens of people poured in from various streets and surrounded them.

So the group of people delivering food were scared out of their wits on the spot, and all squatted on the ground begging for mercy.

Hu Biao said in a deep voice: "Catch them all and interrogate them strictly."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen monks ran over from a distance. Seeing that it was Hu Biao, a middle-aged monk immediately asked: "What's going on? Are these the targets?"

Hu Biao said: "It is highly likely that they are not, but I dare not let them go. I will interrogate them first."

The middle-aged monk pondered for a moment before saying: "Zhou Yuan is challenging us. We are defending and he is attacking."

"These people who deliver food are just a cover. The purpose is to mess us up and make loopholes in our defense line."

"We must be cautious during this period. As long as we don't make mistakes, the other party will have no chance. If they don't have a chance, they will naturally make mistakes."

Hu Biao nodded and said: "I understand. His routines are too low-level. I am looking forward to his real move."

He tied up all those who delivered food and asked them to take them away. He also asked people to check whether there were any problems with the food they delivered, trying to find clues.

Before these things were done, the subordinates came with information: "Sir, another group of people came to deliver food, saying they were from Dayan Restaurant."

"A total of twelve people, three carriages, have entered the range of our close surveillance."

Hearing this, Hu Biao couldn't help laughing and said, "Why is it the same routine again? Is Zhou Yuan idle and has nothing to do, so he wants to give us some fun?"

"Whether it is Dayan Restaurant or any other restaurant, arrest them all for interrogation."

Hu Biao didn't care so much, and directly followed the same method to arrest the second group of people.

But the information came again: "Sir, it's still a group of people delivering food, this time there are more than twenty people."

This time Hu Biao was stunned, he frowned, and muttered: "What is Zhou Yuan trying to do?"

"To confuse the audience, hide his own people in, and see if he can get away with it?"

"That's not right, he must know that we are keeping a close eye on him, and it is impossible to confuse him."

"Is it to consume my manpower?"

He fell into deep thought.

There are three groups of people delivering food, a total of fifty or sixty people. It will definitely take manpower and time to interrogate these people.

The key is that there may be more people behind. How can I interrogate another eighty or one hundred people?

He slapped his thigh and said in a deep voice: "Humph! You want to use these cannon fodders to constantly grind my temper, consume my manpower, make me gradually numb, stop arresting people for investigation, and then put your own people in. This may work."

He raised his head and said loudly: "If there are more people delivering food, don't arrest them, drive them away directly, and don't allow them to approach the Jinding Temple area."

"I can't continue to invest manpower in it."

Black Mountain sent a lot of people, but the Jinding Temple section that Hu Biao was in charge of had a limited number of people.

Hu Biao knew very well that if he continued to investigate, the other party might have to find everyone in the city to deliver food.

Anyway, Zhou Yuan had money, and no one would refuse.

"We must make a clean break! No one is allowed in!"

"A thousand-foot-high wall stands firm without desire. I want to see what you, Zhou Yuan, can do!"

...

At night, Guan Lu reported the situation.

"Today, six groups of people went there. The first three groups were arrested by the Black Mountain Sect for investigation, and the last three groups were driven away directly."

"In the evening, the first three groups were released."

"What should we do next?"

Chenxi sat quietly beside Zhou Yuan, saying nothing.

Xiaoying took a bunch of grapes, eating happily, listening to Zhou Yuan and the others' discussion.

Mei Wen listened very seriously, but she didn't understand what Zhou Yuan was going to do, so she couldn't get a word in for a while.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "You see, the other party is still smart. They know that they can't keep piling people into the review area. They just cut it off. This is the safest way."

"The core is not to seek merit, but to avoid mistakes."

"But since the challenge has begun, I won't let them have it so easy."

"Continue to spend money tomorrow, continue to ask the restaurant to deliver food, and make it clear to them that even if they are intercepted, we will still pay and the mission will still be considered completed."

Guan Lu frowned and said, "Then we will be stuck in the interception area and we won't make any progress."

Zhou Yuan said, "Why rush? Play with them first, and things will change slowly. ”

“In three or four days at most, something interesting will happen.”

Xiaoying finished eating the grapes, looked up, and wondered: “Sister Chenxi is so powerful, why don’t you just lead us to kill all the old monks?”

Guan Lu hurriedly said: “Absolutely not!”

“If you do this, it will destroy the balance of the Western Region under the current circumstances, and the tacit understanding of the struggle within the rules will be broken.”

“We are few in number, and we come here to win without fighting, to make the Black Mountain Sect and the Yarkand Royal Family compromise, to make the White Mountain Sect obey our orders, and decide the direction of the Western Region together, instead of killing.”

“Once this tacit understanding is broken, the balance is tilted, and the other party is also broken, then we can only withdraw from the Western Region and wait a few years to lead the army to conquer again, and the price will be heavy. "

Xiaoying was stunned by what he said, and she didn't understand at all. She murmured: "Uncle Clown, you...you...I just said one sentence, why are you so fierce to me?"

Guan Lu was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha! Okay! Xiaoying, don't call Guan Lu like this in the future, it's impolite."

"Our every move now is being scrutinized by various forces. On the one hand, we have to do things, and on the other hand, we have to win more people's hearts, win the full trust of the Baishan Sect, and make the neutral forces lean towards us. The details cannot be controlled by violence."

"After all, the tacit understanding now is that we can negotiate, which strictly limits the actions of the Yarkand royal family against us. We can't break this limit ourselves."

"Besides, even if we don't care about anything and kill them directly, the other party may be desperate and counterattack before dying. At that time, the second senior sister and the others will be in danger."

"In any case, first ensure the safety of the second senior sister and the others, and then decide what to do next. ”

“Continue to deliver meals for a few more days.”