After a while, the middle-aged man ran back, and said to himself as he ran: "It's really strange, I can't figure it out!" ”

"What, did you find out?" Ying Caihe asked anxiously.

"Girl, I've asked all the questions, and there are no twenty big wooden boxes, and there are not fifty, but there are really ships that would rather pay a high price than unload."

Ying Cai and his spirits perked up, "What kind of ship is it?" ”

"It's not a five-hundred-stone ship, but a thousand-stone cargo ship, I don't know what goods are being transported inside, there are fifteen black-clothed men and an old man on board, all of whom refuse to get off the ship, and refuse to unload the goods, and finally pay ten times the high price for everyone to pull the boat, generally pull a boat for ten dollars, but people pay a hundred, to be precise, ten taels of gold, Huang Wulang organized people to take over the ticket."

Although the stolen ship was a cargo ship of 500 stones, Ying Caihe immediately realized that the other party should have changed ships, yes, it should be this ship.

She asked again, "When did you cross the spout?" ”

"Early this morning!"

It's noon now, and half a day has passed, Ying Caihe turned over and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

The middle-aged man was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Girl, you haven't given me the silver yet!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a white thing said, 'Whew!' The ground flew and shot into his mouth with precision, and the middle-aged man coughed violently, "Cough! Cough! Cough! He almost swallowed it, but he finally spit it out, and it was a white ingot of silver, about five taels.

"Damn it, it's a god!"

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At the time of the third watch, a black shadow appeared on the corner of the thirteen squares of the new city official house, a total of 3,700 official houses in the official house area of Chang'an New Town, divided into twenty squares, there is no wall, just planting shrubs and green walls apart, some of the squares are large, some are small, the thirteen squares are big squares, there are nearly 200 official houses.

Attentive readers will ask, will there be 3,700 officials below the fifth grade under Guo Song now?

If only civil officials are definitely not, there are only hundreds of civil officials at present, but we also have to consider the military generals, Tiance Mansion has regulations, all the generals and above, the family must live in Chang'an or Taiyuan, of course, plus the military generals are far less than so many people, but also consider the expansion of the number of officials in the future, when the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an has thousands of officials, virtual officials, and retired officials.

At the time of the third watch, the official residence area was quiet, every household turned off the lights and went to sleep, there was not a pedestrian on the road, this black shadow sneakily touched in front of an official house covering an area of one and a half acres, this is the official residence of the eighth official, he did not dare to knock on the door, jumped to climb the wall, and planned to climb over the wall to enter, he just jumped into the yard, suddenly the courtyard was brightly lit, and the man in black was so frightened that he sat on the ground and trembled.

There were dozens of soldiers standing in front of him, each holding a torch, staring at him fiercely, and the leader said coldly: "Li Chao, we really thought you didn't dare to go home!" ”

The man in black was none other than Li Chao, the head of the Ordnance Administration, who received 1,500 taels of gold from Li Wujun's spies, and betrayed the secret of Tiehuo Lei to the other party.

Of course, Li Chao didn't know the formula or the process, but he knew the transportation loopholes of the iron fire thunder, and he had to screen the expired iron fire thunder every year and send it back to Zhangye for refilling.

Because I had to carry out an explosion test when I went back to see if it was really expired and useless, the fire rope was not removed, it was kept in its original state, packed in a wooden box, nailed to death with iron nails, and in case of emergency, it could not be destroyed in time, which was a loophole that was discovered by Li Chao.

He followed the collusion with Li Wujun, when he docked in Lanzhou and waited for unloading, through his dispatch, Li Wujun successfully changed a ship, because he killed three soldiers on board, he would definitely be found soon, and he also absconded, he couldn't let go of his wife and children, and secretly came to his home to deliver a letter, but he didn't expect to be caught by the soldiers in ambush.

Li Chao collapsed to the ground and cried out in despair.

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When he was asleep, Guo Song was woken up by his wife Xue Tao, "Husband, wake up!" ”

"What's wrong?" Guo Song asked sleepily, he didn't sleep all night last night, and he was really a little sleepy.

A female guard said outside the window: "There is news from the internal guard that the spy has been caught. ”

Guo Song patted his head and sat up, Xue Tao saw that her husband was really sleepy, so she asked, "Can't you deal with it at dawn?" ”

"Hey! The matter is urgent, and it can't be delayed, so we still have to hurry over. ”

Guo Song freshened up a little, put on a robe, and hurried away.

After a short time, he came to the inner guard hall with a few personal soldiers, Wang Yue greeted him, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "Where are the people?" ”

"In the side yard, crying and crying, looking for the dead and looking for the living."

"Bring him up, and I'll interrogate him myself."

"Obey!"

Wang Yue turned around to leave, but Guo Song stopped him again and asked, "Has his gold been seized?" ”

"It's seized, in an inn outside the city, and he just sees the gold being seized before he wants to die."

"Go ahead! Bring him up. ”

Guo Song sat down in the lobby, and after a while, Li Chao was carried in by two internal security soldiers, he was thin and small, and in front of the two burly men, he was like a chicken, and there was no room for resistance at all.

According to the official position system of the King of Jin, Shi Lang is the four grades, and the following orders are the five products, and then the left and right members of the Wailang, the six products, and the members of the Wailang are the various supervisors, which are the seven products, and then the records and judges are from the seven products, and then there are two agents under each prison, responsible for handling various miscellaneous affairs, and they are the eight products.

Of course, this escort to Zhangye was his initiative to apply for this escort to Zhangye, on the grounds that his family was in difficulty and wanted to earn some travel allowances, which would be approved by the general commission.

Li Chao looked up and saw that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was sitting on it, he was ashamed and cried loudly again.

"Li Chao, is this king mean to you?" Guo Song asked coldly.

Li Chao cried and lamented: "Your Highness treats humble duties as heavy as a mountain, more than a dozen yuan of money every month, as well as official houses, as well as winter charcoal and summer ice, and live sheep during the New Year, I dare not talk nonsense!" ”

"In that case, why did you betray this king and leak the most important secret to Li Wujun, don't you know that the Jin army and him are at war?"

"Humble duty.... The lowly is seduced by beauty, fascinated by gold, and the lowly is dizzy, damn it! ”

"Your crime is too big, it is indeed impossible to escape death, but if you can make meritorious service to atone for your crimes, I can spare the lives of your wife, children and parents, and give them a little money and food every month, so that your parents can support their old age and let your wife and children live, if you don't say it, I won't ask, kill a hundred people, and behead your whole family together, so that the hundred officials can see the fate of betraying me."

Li Chao knew that the death penalty was inevitable, and the only thing he couldn't let go of was his wife, children, and mother, otherwise he wouldn't have ventured back.

He kowtowed again and again: "I said! I say! I will explain whatever Your Highness asks. ”

"Let me ask you first, where are those twenty iron fire thunders now?"

"It should still be on the Yellow River!"

"Are you sure they take the waterway?" Guo Song asked.

Li Chao nodded and said: "The subordinate function is confirmed, their actions have been learned by Zhu Tao, and Zhu Tao has laid a net in Youzhou to wait for them to cross, and they can only take the waterway." ”

Zhu Tao actually participated, which was unexpected by Guo Song.

"Will they hide in a small county town and wait for the limelight to pass before leaving?" Guo Song continued to ask.

"They thought so at first, but their military advisor Luo Sinan objected, saying that His Highness might go to war after the beginning of the spring, and asked them to return to Jizhou immediately."

Guo Song frowned, and asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by this, could it be that their military advisors also follow along?" ”

"That's right, Luo Sinan is with them, everything is planned by this person, this person is very insidious and cunning."

Guo Song asked a few more questions, and then said to him: "Leave you a whole corpse, give you a cup of poisoned wine, count you as a martyr, take care of your family for ten years, and go on the road!" ”

Ten years of pension means that his wife and children can continue to take their own grain and rice for ten years, Li Chao kowtowed a few times with tears, "Thank Your Highness for your kindness, and repay Your Highness for your kindness in the next life!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, and the sergeant took him down, and after a short time, the sergeant came to report that Li Chao had committed suicide by taking poison.

Guo Song nodded, "Return the body to his family and give the funeral money according to the regulations!" ”

"Obey!" The sergeant went down.

Guo Song anxiously paced back and forth in the lobby, he was very worried about interception on the water, the other party was the military master Luo Sinan!

"What time is it?" Guo Song asked.

"Your Highness, the fourth watch is not yet yet!"

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "As soon as the morning dawns, immediately send an eagle letter to inform Huaizhou, asking them to be cautious and cautious when intercepting each other!" ”

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