At night, Fan Jun's room was still brightly lit, and the four intelligence directors of Luoyang City were discussing with him how to complete the task assigned by Wang Yue in three days.

"Three days is too tight."

One of the intelligence directors said with some embarrassment: "Since the last incident with Lord Changsun Wuji, the original intelligence network has basically been paralyzed. We have only been infiltrating Luoyang for three or four months on the orders of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, how can we infiltrate the imperial city? ”

"Yes, in addition to the residence of the princess in Xinhuafang, there are many other captured court officials, guarded by the Yulin army, and the defense is extremely tight, not to mention us, even the ordinary city defense army is only allowed to patrol outside the fang." The other intelligence director also nodded with a sad face.

"But we don't have a choice!"

Fan Jun stood up slowly, his eyes swept over the four principals in front of him one by one, and said in a deep voice: "You should know what this matter means to His Royal Highness King Qin, we can't afford to drag it out!" ”

These intelligence directors were all Li Shimin's personal soldiers, and they were loyal to Li Shimin, and they nodded together when they heard the words.

"I thought of someone who might be able to help us."

Several people in the room turned their eyes to the person who was speaking, and found that it was the person in charge of the official's intelligence in Luoyang Chengnei.

The principal said unhurriedly: "Recently, I have been in charge of collecting information on new and old officials in Luoyang, and I have found that there is a person who may be of use to us. ”

Fan Jun asked in a deep voice, "Who?" ”

"Yang Guozhong. This person was born in Hongnong Yang's partial house, it turned out to be Wang Shichong's subordinate of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Xuanying was put in prison by Meng Gong after the failure of the mutiny, and then in order to survive, Yang Xuangan's treasures buried in Pishan were all dedicated to Yang Gao. ”

"It's him!"

Another intelligence director said: "This person's ability is mediocre, although he escaped from prison by offering treasures, but the original waiter of the Ministry of Rites is gone, and now he can only follow behind the Luoyang Taishou Zeng Guofan."

But this person is unwilling, I heard that he has been jumping up and down recently, and it seems that he is planning to send his sister to the palace. ”

"His surname is Yang, Yang Gao is also surnamed Yang, and there is no intermarriage between the same surname, how can he send his sister to the palace?"

Fan Jun sneered disdainfully: "And with one woman, can Yang Gao Xiao'er reappoint him as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites?" This guy is so stupid! ”

"It's not very clear how to do it."

The intelligence director who first proposed Yang Guozhong said in a low voice: "But since this person is an official in Luoyang, I think he should have a way to find out the news of the princess." I had dealt with this person several times before, and found that this person was greedy for money and lustful, and it was very easy to win over. ”

Fan Jun nodded slowly and said, "Although this person is a complete idiot, it is precisely because of such a fool that we can have a chance." Without further ado, since you know him, take me to meet this Yang Guozhong tomorrow. ”

。。。。。。。。。。

After the Luoyang war was pacified, Yang Gao dug out the treasures buried by Yang Xuangan from the depths of the mountain according to Yang Guozhong, worth more than 20 million yuan, which greatly alleviated the predicament of the imperial court that was originally financially tight due to the war.

Yang Gao was delighted, and immediately pardoned Yang Guozhong's previous crimes, arranged him to work under Zeng Guofan, and rewarded him with a large amount of property.

However, Yang Guozhong was obviously dissatisfied with this, thinking that he was a dignified waiter of the Ministry of Rites under Wang Shichong, although Wang Shichong appointed him privately, he was not recognized by the imperial court, and he was also an idle official who had nothing to do, but he was also an official, and he looked good when he said it.

And now, after following Luoyang Taishou Zeng Guofan busy all day long, although those officials respectfully called themselves adults, Yang Guozhong knew in his heart that where he was an adult, His Majesty the Emperor just arranged himself to work under Zeng Guofan, and did not give himself an official position at all. If you want to be more serious, your status is not even as good as those errand soldiers.

After all, Yang Guozhong is also a person who has been a prime minister in history, although his ability is mediocre, he still has some vision.

Now that Luoyang is newly determined, in addition to the Taishou Zeng Guofan, the rest of the official positions such as Changshi Sima and the following county orders have not been appointed, and those who follow Zeng Guofan are all those who have not been appointed to the imperial examination. Yang Guozhong probably guessed that they should be the ones who took over, and as for the specific appointment, I am afraid it depends on the political achievements in the recent period.

If it were someone else, I would definitely feel that this was a good opportunity. Luoyang is the imperial capital, and the political achievements made here are ten times more prominent than in the local states and counties, as long as you are willing to work in a down-to-earth manner, step by step, you will definitely be able to enter the court within ten years.

But Yang Guozhong is anxious for quick success, where is he willing to wait so long, he hopes to climb to the sky in one step, and he is thinking about how to find another shortcut all day long, especially after his sister Yang Yuhuan rushed to Luoyang from his hometown to join him, after seeing this sister who is beautiful and fragrant, he jumped up and down hard, spent a lot of money to open up multiple joints, and tried to send his sister to the palace.

On this day, Yang Guozhong planned to go to the palace as usual, but unexpectedly, the porter came to report, saying that there were guests visiting outside, and handed over the name post.

Yang Guozhong had dealt with the intelligence chief before, and he also got some benefits from him, and after seeing the name post, he ordered the porter to invite someone in.

Fan Jun and the intelligence director were invited in by the porter, and the two sides introduced each other and gave each other a salute, and then sat down as guests and hosts.

Yang Guozhong glanced at the two of them, waved his hand and smiled: "I don't know what the two of you are looking for Yang?" ”

Fan Jun took out six cakes of gold weighing fifty taels each, put them on the table and pushed them in front of Yang Guozhong, and said with a smile: "It's a little trivial and I want to ask Lord Yang for help, and a little caution is not respectful." After the deed was completed, the villain had another thanks. ”

The yellow-orange gold suddenly attracted Yang Guozhong's attention, his breathing became short, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his eyes still did not leave the golden ground and asked, "What does Shopkeeper Fan want me to help you do?" ”

Seeing Yang Guozhong's greedy appearance in front of him, Fan Jun's eyes flashed brightly, this person was really a complete fool, just three hundred taels of gold made him so ugly in front of the guests, and he was already eighty percent sure of this trip.