There is a pharmacy in the south of Taiyuan City, called Huichun Hall, the store has been open for nearly 50 years, replaced several generations, it is also a famous time-honored pharmacy in Taiyuan, there is a long queue at the door every day, many people are carrying the patient directly, waiting for the old doctor who sits in the hall to see the pulse.

Huichuntang is not the only one in Taiyuan, it is actually a national chain similar to later generations, with branches in Chang'an, Luoyang, Chengdu, Jiangdu and Taiyuan, and the head office is in Chang'an.

The proprietor of the Rejuvenation Hall is called Zhang Qianqiu, and the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren are all imperial doctors in the palace, and the proprietor of the Taiyuan Rejuvenation Hall is Zhang Qianqiu's third son, Zhang Jinshui, who is a middle-aged man about forty years old, and he is also a famous doctor.

At noon, Zhang Jinshui came out of the side door of the pharmacy, rode a horse, and swayed towards the West Market.

Not long after, Zhang Jinshui came to the gate of the West Market, turned over and dismounted, and led the horse to the drunken Taibai Liquor House opposite the gate, in all parts of the Tang Dynasty, there are at least thousands of restaurants with Taibai as the name, there are more than a dozen in Taiyuan alone, what Taibai Ju, Taibai Lou, Taibai Caolu, Taibai in the clouds, etc., this drunk Taibai is just one of them.

Zhang Jinshui came to the gate, and immediately a bartender greeted him, "Master Zhang, it's been a long time!" ”

"What's a long time no see, I came here only the day before yesterday, you little rabbit has itchy skin?"

"Yo! I really don't know, sorry! I'm sorry! Master Zhang, please give the horses to the villain. ”

Zhang Jinshui threw the horse to the guy and walked straight to the restaurant, and another bartender standing at the door greeted him and asked, "Does Master Zhang have a reservation today?" ”

"I have friends on the second floor."

"Understood, Zhang Ye, please upstairs."

The bartender craned his neck and shouted, "An old guest! ”

Zhang Jinshui walked up to the second floor, the second floor was basically full, he glanced at it, his eyes fell on a seat by the window, and he slowly walked over and sat down.

Opposite was a man in his thirties, with a slender face and a tall build.

The man poured Zhang Jinshui a full glass of wine, and said in a low voice: "I heard some news." ”

"How?" Zhang Jinshui asked quietly.

"That thing they call it Iron Fire Thunder, the shell is pig iron, I don't know what is inside, I only know that it is ignited with fire and exploded, it is divided into four types: miniature, small, medium and large, it is said that this is the top secret of the Hexi Army, and it is in charge of the firearms battalion directly under Guo Song."

"How do I remember when you say that?" Zhang Jinshui was a little dissatisfied.

The man took out a folded note from his arms and handed it to Zhang Jinshui, "Everything I know is here." ”

Zhang Jinshui put away the note, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

There are many such spies in Taiyuan, from various feudal towns and Chengdu and Chang'an, this Zhang Jinshui is Zhu Zhu's spy, his father is very highly regarded by Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu used their Huichun Hall pharmacy to turn it into Chang'an's intelligence center in various places.

This slender and long-faced man is called Man Wu, a scribe in Jinyang County, and one of the spies, there are more than 20 spies like him, distributed in all walks of life, and they are all under the jurisdiction of the Huichun Hall.

Zhu Zhu's intelligence agency is called Zhu Lou, which is in charge of Liu Sigu, and there are nearly 1,000 spies and assassins, who not only have to monitor the interior of Chang'an, but also monitor the main opponents, before Guo Song captured Taiyuan, Zhu Lou's focus was on Chengdu, Jiangnan and Hebei, and he did not attach much importance to Taiyuan, so the intelligence agency was relatively simple, that is, an intelligence point plus 23 spies.

Zhang Jinshui drank a few glasses of wine and got up to leave, he didn't really come to eat, he had to hurry up and send the information back to Chang'an with a pigeon letter, tomorrow is the last time to limit the delivery of information, and it can't be delayed any longer.

Zhang Jinshui went downstairs, and a person also walked out of the elegant room, he rode a donkey, followed Zhang Jinshui from a distance, and saw him enter the side door of the Rejuvenation Hall Pharmacy, and then turned back........

The internal affairs battalion of the Hexi Army currently has 3,000 people, they officially moved from Zhangye to Taiyuan three months ago, the internal affairs army is not the security patrol army in the city, they can only have two, one is to protect the outer security of Jinyang Palace, and the internal security of Jinyang Palace is responsible for Guo Song's personal barracks, internal affairs battalions, pro-military battalions and firearms battalions, this army is directly commanded by Guo Song.

Another task of the internal affairs battalion is to hoe rape, and is responsible for finding the enemy spies lurking in Taiyuan City and eradicating them.

The camp of the internal affairs army is in the west of Jinyang Palace, which is a small military camp covering an area of 100 acres, and the internal affairs officer office is in Jinyang Palace, which is next door to the Suzheng Taihedong Inspection Office.

Wang Yue stood in front of the window and listened to the report of his subordinates, they had discovered the spy Man Wu ten days ago, and Man Wu was actually inquiring about the situation of Tie Huo Lei, which was too sensitive, and was immediately targeted by the internal affairs army.

"The humble post personally went to track the people who contacted Manwu, and he has been following the Huichun Hall of Linfufang, and the lowly inquired about it, and the person who contacted Manwu turned out to be the proprietor of the Huichun Hall, called Zhang Jinshui."

"What is the background of this Zhang Jinshui, have you found it?" Wang Yue asked.

"The humble post is investigating, but I heard that their family has been a royal doctor for generations, and the Huichun Hall is only a branch in Taiyuan, and the head office is in Chang'an."

Wang Yue snorted coldly, "It's really an ideal intelligence point." ”

"Commander, do you want to do it?"

Wang Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Don't touch the Rejuvenation Hall for the time being, you can control Manwu in your hands first." ”

.........

Man Wu is a native of Taiyuan, and the main reason why he became Zhu Zhu's spy was that his brother Manwen worked under Liu Sigu and recommended him to Liu Sigu to become one of Zhu Lou's spies in Taiyuan.

Man Wu works as a clerk in Jinyang County, and he earns three yuan a month, but when he works for Zhu Zhu, he can get ten yuan a month, and if the intelligence is valuable, he has an additional reward.

Of course, Manwu couldn't refuse such a rich income, the object of his surveillance was the Yuan family before, but now it has become the Hexi Army, Zhang Jinshui has put a lot of pressure on him, and he is really restless during this time.

Manwu's home is a small courtyard covering half an acre near Xishi, and he lives with his wife and two sons.

Man Wu went to the county government again in the afternoon, and only at dusk did he ride a donkey home, and came to the mouth of an alley, his house was in the depths of the alley, he was just about to enter the alley, suddenly there was a sharp pain in the back of his head, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

When Man Wu woke up, he only felt a splitting headache, he pressed his temples, slowly opened his eyes, only to feel that the light was very dazzling, he was just about to stand up, only to find that he couldn't stand up, he was tied hand and foot.

Man Wu was shocked, and hurriedly looked around, this was a very spacious room, empty, and there were four big men standing on his left and right, shirtless, with his hands on his chest, all with his faces full of flesh, fierce and vicious.

"Isn't that weird?" Someone across the street asked him.

Only then did Man Wu notice that there was a general standing opposite, in his thirties, of medium stature, and his eyes as sharp as a knife.

"Are you..... Who? Man Wu asked nervously.

This general is Wang Yue, and he said coldly: "You don't need to know who I am, I just tell you, this is the internal guard army, why you were arrested, you should know it." ”

Manwu thought 'Buzz! At the sound of this, he was exposed, and he suddenly became extremely frightened in his heart, and stammered: "I.... I don't know what you're talking about? ”

"I don't have time to talk to you, it seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin."

Wang Yue waved his hand, "Bring them over!" ”

After a while, the cries of two children came from the door, "We want to go home, we want to find Daddy!" ”

This is exactly the voice of Man Wu's two sons, Man Wu suddenly collapsed completely, fell to his knees and cried: "Spare my child, I will say everything, explain everything!" ”

Only then did Wang Yue order: "Send their mother and son home!" ”

Wang Yue sat down and said slowly: "We know that you are inquiring about the Iron Fire Thunder, and we also know that you met with the East of the Huichun Hall at noon today and gave him a piece of information, which should be related to the Iron Fire Thunder, we first want to know, how many intelligence points Zhu Zhu has planted in Taiyuan?" ”

Man Wu lowered his head for a long time and said: "There is only the Rejuvenation Hall, the others are intelligence spies like me, and when we get valuable information, we will send it to the Rejuvenation Hall." ”

"How many spies are there like you?" Wang Yue asked again.

"I'm not sure, once when Zhang Jinshui reprimanded me, he said that he said that more than 20 of you spend hundreds of yuan a month, but you don't want to work hard."

"You mean to say that you don't know each other, and you are all in one-line contact with Zhang Jinshui, is that what you mean?"

"That's what it means!"

Wang Yue took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then asked, "How much do you know about Iron Fire Thunder?" ”

Man Wu shook his head, "Except for knowing that its shell is pig iron, knowing that it is ignition, and knowing that it has four models, I know almost nothing!" ”