In order to cover the Northern Expedition, Zhao Zhen and the ministers of the two prefectures did enough to cover up, and the entire Great Song Dynasty regarded this military exercise as a sparse and ordinary thing, and everything was as usual, but the time was a little earlier.

Even the soldiers who participated in the military exercise thought that this was just an ordinary military exercise, Zhao Zhen and the Privy Council had done enough work this time, and the army was going to Shimenpu for the military exercise as usual, and even the schedule of the military exercise was exactly the same as before.

The only difference is that this time Zhao Zhen is in charge of the troops himself! The original generalissimo was also revoked, and the White Tiger Festival Hall, which symbolized military power, was also moved to Zhao Zhen's imperial tent.

On the eighth day of the first month, the army is pulled, this can be regarded as a good day, the people of Tokyo City have been accustomed to the horn sound of the Fengqiu military camp, the horn of the military camp is blown in the hour every day, and then the whole military camp will wake up, the smoke rises at the same time the soldiers in the army begin to practice, the sound of the soldiers' horn is more accurate than the time of the head tuo, with the beginning of the day of the people of Tokyo City.

But today is a little different, the horn of the Fengqiu military camp sounded again, and the people were still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, so they naturally did not get up, but many families did not hear the accustomed sound of the trumpet, but heard the neat footsteps and the trembling of the earth......

The good deeds came out of the courtyard to see what was going on, Zhang Dashoe's shop was the closest to the barracks, so he put on the jacket he had just made for the New Year, put his hands in his sleeves and stretched out his head to look at the barracks, but there was a high wall blocking him from seeing anything.

"Big shoes! You think you can see inside with your feet crossed? The army is clearly out of the new gate, what can we see in this old Fengqiu gate! ”

"What is your name?! It's noisy early in the morning, and I can look at the colorful flags on the gatehouse? I already knew the news of the army! ”

Li Garlic showed a disdainful expression: "You already knew? I'm not afraid of cowhide blowing into the sky! ”

Zhang Dashou said unconvinced: "How can you know what is going on?" Forget it, I won't share it with you, you have leaked the news of the province. ”

Hearing him say this, Li Garlic was interested, and shouted loudly: "Come on, come on...... This winter is very cold, you can buy a pot of wine to eat some side dishes at my house, let's chatter! ”

As soon as he heard that there was food and drink, Zhang Dashoe naturally couldn't help it, the gluttonous worm in his stomach was awakened, and he said with a smile: "Okay, anyway, there is nothing to do this year, drink a pot in the morning to warm up, you wait for me to go immediately." ”

Zhang Dashoe went home and took the leftover Fugen for the New Year, put it in a gourd and went to the opposite Li Garlic house, Li Garlic hit the single, so far there is no marriage but no one cares about the master, a table of side dishes has already been cleaned up, plus the famous sugar garlic in his shop, sweet and sour, crispy and delicious very appetizing.

As soon as the wine was hot, the two began to chat, of course, continuing the topic just now.

"Zhang Dashoe, did you get any rumors? This New Year's Day has not yet come out of the New Year, what is going on with the opening of the army? ”

Seeing Li Garlic filling himself with wine, Zhang Dashoe said with a smile: "I don't tell him about ordinary people, a few days ago, a military family member of the Fengqiu military camp came to my shoe shop to buy footsteps, and I inquired about it to know that the army was going to start a military exercise today!" ”

Li Garlic nodded slightly and said: "That's the case, no wonder there is no trumpet sound in the military camp today, this is the third time, right?" ”

Zhang Dashoe took a sip of wine and nodded repeatedly: "Hmm! This is really the third military exercise on the border of our Great Song Dynasty...... If I want to say that there are no more than three things, this time I will directly hit the Liao people Nanjing Dao, and take back the sixteen states of Yanyun in our Great Song Dynasty! ”

Li Garlic's face changed, his eyes burst out with an unprecedented essence, and the momentum of the whole person was different, as if he had changed from a gentle man just now to a warrior, but his hands quietly pulled a rope under the table......

Zhang Dashoe looked at Li Garlic, who had changed dramatically, and asked in surprise: "Hey! What's wrong with you, kid? ”

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that when I heard your words, I was excited, if we can really take back Yanyun, our Great Song can be regarded as a golden Ou!"

"Who's to say it isn't!"

As Zhang Dashou's words were finished, the sturdy door was kicked open, and three or five men in armor walked in with crossbow arrows in hand, and the cold flashing arrows pointed directly at Li Garlic and Zhang Dashou, so frightened that Zhang Dashoe quickly knelt down, and the old man with a pouting buttocks: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" ”

The man in armor didn't talk nonsense with him, but looked straight at Li Garlic and said, "You just let me wait to find it, I used to buy sugar and garlic here, but now I have revealed my original form, and I don't want to be arrested?" ”

Li Garlic laughed: "Sure enough! Your Great Song is really planning to go on a northern expedition this time......"

Burst...... Burst...... Burst!

The crossbow arrows were fired, Li Garlic was suddenly pierced into a hedgehog, and he fell weakly on the small table and convulsed, Zhang Dashoe looked at the dead eyes on the wine table, and his stomach turned over for a while, and he fell to the ground and vomited.

"The black hand killed the secret agent of the Liao Dynasty, and this matter dared to leak to be punished for rebellion!"

Zhang Dashou nodded again and again regardless of the filth on the ground, this was a man with a black hand! Look at Li Garlic's corpse again, Zhang Dashoe is like a dream, who would have thought that the person who bragged and farted with himself all day long was actually a secret spy of the Liao Dynasty! It's also scary!

Tremblingly got up and walked out of Li Garlic's shop, facing a knight flying horse, almost sent Zhang Da Shoe from the Hades Palace back to the Nai He Bridge to drink soup, originally the New Year's encounter with the Liao Dynasty spy was bad enough, and now he was almost killed by someone riding a horse, Zhang Da Shoe turned his head and pointed at the knight and scolded: "The New Year's Horse is galloping, you are rushing to run...... Mourning ......"

As soon as the word ran out, the mourning word was silent, Zhang Dashoe almost bent over and rushed all the way home, and the person on the horse just now was wearing a palace uniform! Who else can wear such clothes except the palace attendants?!

Zhang Dashoe felt that today he was blind and deaf, and he didn't hear or see anything...... However, when he returned to his warm home, he remembered Li Garlic's words before he died, Zhang Dashou's heart suddenly became hot, and he took a big sip of the wine jug, no one can tell this secret, only he knows.

But he didn't know that he had been put on the watch list by the black hand, as long as he dared to speak out, the end would not be much better than the dead Li Garlic.

The black hand of the Great Song Dynasty has been fully operational, the entire city of Tokyo except for the Imperial Palace, is within the scope of their surveillance, the slightest disturbance can not escape the eyes of the black hand, this is the will of the official family, the army must block the news, eradicate the secret spies.

The system of the black hand is already quite sound, even if there is no Song Xiaoyi and Rat San, it can operate normally, not to mention that Chen Lin is personally responsible for this time, except for the ministers of the two governments, only old Chen Lin knows about this Northern Expedition, and he has long known the power of it.