Chapter 25: The First Mission
After eating the dog meat hot pot, when he went out, a person who looked like a shopkeeper bumped into Lin Qinghuan, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, although he lowered his head and didn't see his appearance clearly, but Lin Qinghuan always had a familiar feeling with this figure.
Returning to the residence of the Dusk Spring Pavilion, sure enough, Lin Qinghuan found that there was an extra folded piece of paper in his pocket, and when he opened it, it was densely packed with small characters and symbols, and the text was arranged irregularly.
This is the code word of the reef, and after it is unraveled, it is a person's name, Zhu Longsheng.
This Zhu Longsheng, Lin Qinghuan has seen, the son of Zhu Xian, the general of Pingxi of Yunshui Kingdom, on the first day of Lin Qinghuan's fame, he took five or six people to pull Lin Qinghuan to drink, and said with a smile that he asked Lin Qinghuan to help him write two love poems.
Lin Qinghuan listened to the miscellaneous servants and said, in addition to a few princes in the palace, these people are the most powerful sons of the young generation in the entire Dianzhou City, and it is not possible to do all evil, after all, the capital is heavy, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, no one can cover the sky with one hand, but secretly, everyone's hands and feet are not clean, it is said that several people have been saddled with murders, relying on the relationship of the family, or looking for someone to take the blame, or take money to seal their mouths, as long as the matter does not come to His Majesty the Emperor, no matter how big things can be turned into small things, of course, these things are not new in the capital。
Lin Qinghuan naturally didn't know what the moon shadow had planned, but since he came, he could only obey his orders, this bamboo dragon ascended to his first target, but what was indicated on the note was just staring and collecting intelligence, and Lin Qinghuan did not let anyone kill.
It may be that the timing is not right, but Lin Qinghuan has to be prepared, after all, Lord Moon Shadow's thoughts, Lin Qinghuan can't guess it, if the next order is to let him kill, then he has to be in a hurry.
There is a saying on earth that opportunities are reserved only for those who are prepared.
The current Lin Qinghuan, although his martial arts are slightly weak, is still quite sure of the assassination, after all, he has been tortured by the four members of the coral team on the island for several months.
Lin Qinghuan burned the note and shook the ashes, this action made him feel quite like acting in a movie.
Next, it's impossible to be idle, these people, Lin Qinghuan can't get too close, in case he is detected, he can't eat and walk around, he can only knock on the side, put words out of other people's mouths, and then piece together bits and pieces of information to get a whole piece of information, and he has to compile this information into a reef code, if Moon Shadow wants to, he can hand it in at any time.
Tracking, Lin Qinghuan didn't dare, after all, several people had seen him, and to explore his course of action, he could only take one step at a time. In addition, those who are close to him also have to be checked.
In the first task, Lin Qinghuan himself felt that he could work harder, he was not afraid of death, he was afraid of killing innocents indiscriminately, people like Zhu Longsheng, even if he killed, Lin Qinghuan would not have too much psychological burden.
Zhu Xian, in Yunshui country is a well-known figure, it is said that he was born in Pingtou, with a good martial arts, dare to fight and dare to fight hard, and repeatedly made military exploits in the army, it is said that when he was awarded the title of General Pingxi, he was only thirty-five years old.
At that time, he was only a small general, with only a few thousand soldiers and horses in his hands. The original disputed area with a radius of more than 100 miles, the terrain is dangerous, and it has always been a place for soldiers to fight, because there is a Jianghu sect sitting in the town, it is a large force, relying on the natural danger in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, gathering in the mountains and forests, both sides want to win over, they are afraid that this Jianghu force will suddenly fall to the other side, and they did not make a big move, blame it on the stunned Qing in this Jianghu sect, and robbed the illegitimate daughter of the emperor of Nan'er in the west, the emperor of Nan'er was furious, and the army pressed the border, forcing him to hand over people, but although this woman was not from the right background, she had a strong temperament, and when she saw that the general received herself, she wanted to retreat, and directly drew her sword in front of the army to kill herself, and did not even leave a last word。
This sword went down and smeared it on the neck, and the general who led the troops to save people and the mountain master of the Jianghu sect were all startled, stunned in place, knowing that blood was gurgling out of their necks, so they chased and ran away.
Originally, this Jianghu force had sent people to Yunshui to ask for help, in order to protect himself and have the intention of taking refuge, Zhu Xian was appointed as a pioneer and led 3,000 cavalry to rescue, but Zhu Xian disobeyed the battlefield and did not lead the troops to rescue, but took advantage of the fact that the army of Nan'er was pinned down in the mountains, and directly led 3,000 cavalry to attack the rear of Nan'er, relying on the strong mobility of the cavalry, using guerrilla tactics, cutting off grain and grass, and plundering everywhere, so that they did not care about each other.
The army of Nan'er could not be broken for a long time, and the grain and grass in the rear were cut off, so they could only be forced to retreat......
When the emperor of Yunshui heard about this, Zhu Xian, who was supposed to be punished for the crime of disobedience on the battlefield, was not only not guilty of disobedience, but also was vigorously commended, and was crowned as the general of Pingxi for his three merits, such as recovering the "lost land", thwarting the Nan'er Kingdom, and suppressing bandits to eliminate harm for the people.
And this former top boss, after being verbally reprimanded by the emperor of Yunshui State on the Jinluan Palace, was transferred to the north, and the descendants who had been trained for many years were also taken over by Zhu Xian.
One praise and one depreciation, the hundreds of military officials in the Jinluan Hall are silent.
And now the small wars of dozens of people that often occur on the western border are just Zhu Xian's training by relying on natural dangers, and he even has no requirements for the soldiers sent out.
Zhu Xian's move was not without official opposition, but almost all the pieces were rejected by the emperor of Yunshui Kingdom one by one, and even praised Zhu Xian for showing the heavenly power of Yunshui Kingdom, so that he would never dare to violate the border, and sent a thousand taels of gold and 100 brocades and 100 pearls to the Zhu family on the same day.
What shocked Lin Qinghuan the most was that Zhu Xian wrote a book to intercept the taxes of the three states on the western border and use them as military salaries, grain and grass, and the emperor of Yunshui Kingdom actually settled the accounts in court, and concluded that the taxes in the three states did not have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he happily agreed, and even praised Zhu Xian's good governance of the army, so that the household department in charge of money should study hard.
Lin Qinghuan came to inquire about the news for a few days, which made him feel incredible, the handling of national affairs is so absurd, this emperor of Yunshui Kingdom can still feel good about himself, and he doesn't know how many historians will be scolded after his death.
I'm afraid that the prosperity of this Dianzhou City is just the appearance, and the real situation is far from so simple.
Eyeing Zhu Longsheng and contacting all kinds of information, things became complicated. There are countless reef killers, and they must be more than just sending themselves, Lin Qinghuan feels like being in a fog at this time, this mission is only afraid of the overall situation.
The wind rises at the end of duckweed, a butterfly flutters its wings, maybe it can roll up a strong wind, and it is already in it, Lin Qinghuan, a small chess piece, does not know when it will be abandoned.
After thinking about it, Lin Qinghuan decided to follow Qi Fugui to participate in the Tianchi Feng Zen, since he couldn't get out, instead of waiting for fate to come, it was better to try his luck and seek a glimmer of life for himself.
Maybe all the struggles are in vain, but resigning to fate has never been Lin Qinghuan's style, when he was on earth, he was terminally ill and unable to struggle, since he had a second chance, he would never give up. Even if the moth that pounces on the cobweb, even if it can't break free, it will flapp its wings with all its strength before dying, disrupting the layout of the cobweb.
Young people never know what they can't do! People are like this, and so is life!
Tianchi Feng Zen Festival, presumably the princes and nobles are there, and they may be able to get useful information for themselves.
It's just that he pretended not to understand the pull that he revealed intentionally or unintentionally, and now he has to lick his face and get up.
However, there is a girl in colorful clothes who wants to hear the story all the time, and Lin Qinghuan has regained some self-esteem a little.
But then again, life is almost gone, so what are you talking about self-esteem.
Lin Qinghuan suddenly felt that he was too sensitive and thought too much, so he arranged the first task, as if he was preparing for the future.
In the future, how can I live this life of licking blood from the knife edge.
Lin Qinghuan felt that his reading was blurry, his eyes were a little dry, and when he went out, the stratus clouds were lower, the night was about to fall, and the lights around Dianzhou City were gradually lit up.
At this time, it was the busiest time for the handymen, so they didn't go to join in the fun, and it was too early to go to bed at this time, a down-and-out scholar, it was even more inconvenient to meditate and practice, and he was not used to reading under the oil lamp, so Lin Qinghuan put on a newly bought coat that cost several taels of silver and went out for a stroll.
It's getting dark, the street is more lively than the day, a lot of children are playing and playing, the hawker business selling sugar gourds should be good, there has been a smile on the face, ordinary women, holding lanterns, traveling together, meet some selling jewelry or rouge gouache, they stop to watch and choose, some women next to them, but also follow a young man, if he doesn't understand the woman's mind, he can only hold the lantern in his left hand, after paying with his right hand, he takes what the woman has just bought, hurriedly follows the footsteps of the pouting woman, and casts envious eyes on the laughter of other couples......
The cold can't resist the joy and excitement on the street, and tonight's Dianzhou City has quite a New Year's atmosphere.
This festive atmosphere made Lin Qinghuan have a desire to buy New Year's goods, buy some things, and after shopping for three whole streets, Lin Qinghuan took away a pot of green ants and half a roast chicken.
The back door of the Dusk Pavilion was reserved for the miscellaneous maids, so there were no extra lanterns hanging on the roadside. After closing the door, a cool breeze blew from which direction, Lin Qinghuan hurriedly wrapped his clothes tightly, and his blurred figure disappeared into the night.