Deciding to save those innocent people in that stockade, Xiao Zimo quickly arranged it.

He asked his subordinates to pass the news that he had arrived at an inn outside Yangjiang Province and would arrive in Yangjiang Province tomorrow to Tang Maode, and wanted to use this lie to lead Tang Maode out of Yangjiang Province.

Xiao Zimo analyzed from the information he had found before, and judged that Tang Maode was a person who did things without compromise and did not leave room for leeway. Once the other party knew that the emperor had sent him to Yangjiang Province to investigate him, Tang Maode would definitely be unable to help himself. Start, and the inn outside the city is a good choice for Tang Maode.

.Because the place where Xiao Zimo's accident happened was not in Yangjiang Province, so even if the emperor blamed Tang Maode, he could not blame Tang Maode. Secondly, Tang Maode did not know that the emperor sent someone to investigate him, so Xiao Even if something happened to Zimo, it has nothing to do with Tang Maode. Thirdly, after Tang Maode has dealt with Xiao Zimo, he can continue to be the king and hegemon in Yangjiang Province. Judging from these advantages, Xiao Zimo analyzed that Tang Maode knew his news. In the future, I will definitely take my men to the inn outside the city to kill him.

Xiao Zimo's plan could be regarded as a mistake, and it happened to hit Tang Maode's bosom.

.What he didn't know was that Tang Maode had heard that he would appear at sea by boat before, and he had sent people to keep an eye on the passing ships. Once he found his trace, he would disappear. Unfortunately, Tang Maode stared for a long time and did not find Xiao The trace of Zimo, but this does not mean that Tang Maode gave up like this. He still secretly sent people to inquire about Xiao Zimo's whereabouts.

Sure enough, when Tang Maode learned once again that Xiao Zimo appeared at the inn outside the city in Yangjiang Province, he thought it was a godsend opportunity, and he didn't think much about it. As soon as it got dark, he brought his confidants with him, quietly went out of the city, and moved towards Touch the direction of the inn.

Most of Tang Maode's confidants are generals in the navy. After all, as a confidant, he can't let others be a small navy soldier or a corporal, a centurion, and other small leaders.

.Here, Xiao Zimo, who sent people to pay attention to Tang Maode at any time, learned that the other party had sneaked out of the city with his confidant generals, and he knew that the other party had taken the bait. He did not dare to delay such a good opportunity, and immediately brought his men to the naval barracks.

Xiao Zimo’s trip to Yangjiang Province was personally dispatched by the emperor. As the emperor’s confidant, the emperor also trusted him very much and gave him the tiger talisman of the navy. The governor's, after all, Tang Maode does not have a tiger talisman, and the other party usually relies on the governor's order to dispatch these sailors.

Before this tiger talisman was kept close by Xiao Zimo and sewn into the clothes, so it was not washed away by the sea.

.Since Tang Maode wanted to kill Xiao Zimo, an official sent by the emperor, it was relatively secretive, and he did not dare to tell others with great fanfare, so he only brought confidants and generals, and even these confidants, he did not fully believe , but used another excuse to take them out of the city.

And it is precisely because he took away all the confidants and generals under him. At this moment, the generals left in the naval camp to guard the camp are not die-hard fans of Tang Maode. They saw Xiao Zimo took out the tiger talisman and checked it. , After discovering it was true, he immediately welcomed Xiao Zimo and others in.

The navy had a total of ten thousand people, and Xiao Zimo ordered a few generals who were still in the barracks to call all of them to the training ground.

.When Tang Maode was away, he held the tiger talisman again, and quickly gathered these people in the square. Xiao Zimo handed over the people of the generals who followed Tang Maode to the generals who were still here to manage.

His subordinates have also investigated these generals. He knows that the rest are not Tang Maode's confidants. After all, he knows that these people will need to be used one day, so he will investigate these people to see which ones can be used by him. And which are Tang Maode's people.

After arranging these things, he asked these generals to select 5,000 trusted people to follow him out of the barracks, while the rest stayed in the barracks, and ordered them to take Tang Maode's confidant as soon as he returned. Grab it and take control.

And he took 5,000 people straight to the residences of various officials in Yangjiang Province, as well as the Governor's Palace.

.There are not many people around these officials in Yangjiang Province. With just a few yamen and family guards, they have no resistance at all. In addition, it is night, and they are also defenseless. They were caught and locked in the prison of the magistrate's yamen. There were too many of them. Only the prison of the magistrate's yamen could hold these people.

Hai Shi of the Governor's Mansion was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, thinking about how to please Tang Ling tomorrow.

He originally thought that after he rescued Tang Ling this time, the other party should no longer doubt his sincerity for him, but Tang Ling still avoided him like a snake. Hai Shi knew that if Tang Maode had not already explained Tang Ling, Don't be rude to yourself, I'm afraid Tang Ling has already brought someone to beat him, just like last time.

.Hai Shi knew that he was in Tang Maode's eyes now, and the other party was planning to betroth Tang Ling to him, and he had a promising future, so he recently tried his best to please Tang Ling, hoping that Tang Maode could see his sincerity towards Tang Ling, and then Let the marriage be settled as soon as possible...

He was full of thoughts about all kinds of sea stones under the moonlight and suddenly heard the noise in the house. His mind jolted, and an unpleasant feeling came to him. He quickly got up from the bed, quietly opened the crack of the door, and turned towards the door. Looking outside, I saw many people in navy costumes with weapons in their hands, searching from room to room in the mansion. As long as they saw someone, they would immediately arrest them.

Seeing this, Hai Shi was horrified, and at the same time, he was full of doubts. Are these navies not Tang Maode's subordinates? Why do you do this in the Governor's Palace with such fanfare? Could this be Tang Maode's order? But why would he do this? .What is this trying to do?

Hai Shi, who was full of various doubts, endured these doubts and did not run away for the time being. He never thought about Tang Maode's loss, so he guessed that these navies might have been ordered by Tang Maode, so they acted like this. It took a few days to save Tang Ling, and he didn't think Tang Maode would attack him, so he just hid in the room and observed.

Just looking at it, Hai Shi suddenly stopped, and then looked at Xiao Zimo who was walking in his direction not far away with a shocked expression.

"Why is he here?" Hai Shi's mind was filled with this matter.

"Sir, there are only two rooms left, and the search of the Governor's Mansion has been completed." A navy said respectfully to Xiao Zimo.

.Hearing the navy calling Xiao Zimo this way, Hai Shi, no matter how stupid, knew something was wrong. Seeing that Xiao Zimo and the others were about to search for him, he was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed onto the bed. He remembered that there was a window there. A bamboo forest, as long as he climbs out of the window and hides in the bamboo forest, no one will be able to find him at night.

"Squeak~" The door was pushed open.

Xiao Zimo brought people in.

The navy searched the room and replied to Xiao Zimo, "Sir, there is no one in the room."

The navy, who had searched from another room, also came to report: "Sir, there is no one in that room."

.Xiao Zimo knew that Hai Shi was in the Governor's Mansion. He was worried that the people in the navy would go wrong in their search and let Hai Shi run away, so he did not go to other officials' mansions to arrest people, but sent his subordinate Xiao Er and others. I went to other officials' mansions to arrest people, and I came here to arrest Hai Shi with my own hands, but now the Governor has finished searching, and he has not seen any trace of Hai Shi, which is a bit strange.

After thinking about it, he asked a navy to find a servant from the Governor's Palace.

"Do you know where Yan Shaoyuan lives?" Xiao Zimo asked the servant.

This guy just happened to be here to take care of Yan Shaoyuan, so when Xiao Zimo asked, he knew who the other person was asking, and when Xiao Zimo even said in a place like the Governor's Mansion that he would arrest someone, he didn't immediately stop. Dare to hide it, he was so scared that he quickly replied: "Sir, he lives in this room."

."What about the others?"

"I don't know about this slave. I went back to the house to rest after watching him fall asleep. Maybe he went to the thatched hut and didn't come back?" The servant asked uncertainly.

Xiao Zimo carefully observed the room again and touched the still warm bed. Suddenly, he looked at the window and asked the servant, "Where does this window lead?"

"Go back to your lord, lead to a bamboo forest."

"Xiao Yi, you quickly lead people to search this bamboo forest, and make sure to catch Yan Shaoyuan." Xiao Zimo ordered.

Xiao Yi is the leader of Xiao Zimo's subordinates. Hearing this, he immediately said, "Yes, my lord."

Xiao Zimo sat in the room and waited silently.

It was not until it was almost dawn that the other party caught the embarrassed sea stone and brought it back.

.No way, that bamboo forest was really too big, and the lights were dark. They really couldn't find anyone. It wasn't until the sky was a little bright that they found the sea stone hiding under the pile of bamboo leaves.

Hai Shi was frightened for one night. He saw those people walking past him countless times. He never dared to close his eyes. He was worried that once he closed his eyes, others would find him. When he was about to give up looking for him, he froze for a whole night because of his fear. He caught a cold. He sneezed, revealing his position.

After being caught, Hai Shi's heart sank, and he followed those people to Xiao Zimo.

The Xiao Zimo at this time is very different from the time when he saw it before. At that time, Xiao Zimo looked gentle and elegant, but now he is full of authority and seriousness.

.Xiao Zimo glanced at Yan Shaoyuan, nodded to confirm that he had not caught the wrong person, and said to the navy who caught him, "Take him down."

"Yes."

After Hai Shi was taken down, he hadn't recovered yet. He didn't understand why Xiao Zimo was staring at him, and he didn't offend Xiao Zimo.

Xiao Zimo didn't know what he was thinking, and of course, knowing it would not change anything.

Xiao Zimo is now busy with how to catch Tang Maode. He counted the time. Tang Maode should be coming back to the city soon. Thinking of Tang Maode arriving at the inn, but finding that he was empty, he wanted to laugh.

That's right, that inn has long been deserted, and there is no one at all. .