Looking out of a picture window at Tokyo's Zitokuden Temple, two young boys are lying behind a peach tree, their clothes covered in dirt. Guo Zhang loves to be clean, and he lay there with a reluctant look, but he was pressed by his brother Guo Hong on the shoulder and did not move. That kid Guo Hong couldn't sit still very well, but at this time he was very attentive lying there staring ahead.

In a brick and stone clearing, an upside-down basket is supported by a branch; Under the basket is a bowl of rice. A hemp rope was tied to the branch, and the other end was dragged in Guo Hong's hand.

Guo Hong stared at the bowl in the basket for a while, and then looked up at a few sparrows hovering in the treetops.

Guo Shao looked at the affairs of the two of them, and also looked up to observe the birds in the sky. After a long time of no movement, he left the viewing window.

The immaculately cleaned room looks a little messy because of the many notes pasted on the walls and the random placement of many files. Guo Shao sat down on the soft couch and continued to look at the notes on the wall, all pasted with people's names. Some such as Yeluxian, Xiao Siwen, Yeluxian, etc. are celebrities, but there are also many very unfamiliar names, and even Guo Shao is not very familiar with them.

"That Xiao Siwen is thinking about His Majesty all day long, I don't know if I should feel honored." Fu Jinzhan's soothing voice came from behind.

Guo Shao turned his head and saw her smiling face. After a long time, Guo Shao's health has improved a lot, and he has not been going to court recently, but he is pretending to be sick; Fu Jinzhan is not most concerned about Xiao Siwen now, but him, so he looks very good.

Guo Shao touched the light hair on his head and said, "Xiao Siwen harmed me with treacherous tricks and made me half dead, and so many people died because of it. It's just a matter of doing it, and the trick actually succeeded, this is humiliating and playing with me! I repaid him once, and I was really aggrieved! ”

"Will Xiao Siwen be fooled?" Marigold asked softly, looking with interest at the scraps of paper on the wall and the scribbled things on the drawings.

Guo Shao was speechless, and even he himself was not completely sure.

The waiting time passed very slowly, and the more I looked forward to the announcement of the results, the more anxious I became. Although he didn't play in person, he only felt that it was more difficult than those who carried out the conspiracy. Guo Shao couldn't help but stand up and paced in the room.

Seeing Marigold silently watching him, he spoke, "I have tried my best to be thorough and meticulous, but this kind of thing ultimately depends on the opponent's reaction......

Guo Shao walked to the front of the case and looked at it for a while, and then said, "Liao Guo learned my method, and there is a special spy yamen; But now it seems that it is far from mature. The main reason is that the organizational form is too poor, and there are acquaintances between the spies, who know each other and can also contact each other! Therefore, when the inner factory was investigating the poisoning case, almost all of them were found out. I didn't give the order to move those people, and I came up with this layout at that time. ”

Fu Jinzhan listened with interest, "At the beginning, His Majesty asked the spies not to know each other and could only contact one person alone, and he took precautions from the beginning of the selection, which was really far-sighted. ”

Guo Shao didn't think he was very clever, this kind of thing was really basic insight. At that time, the elementary school texts popularized the foundation of espionage, which was to commemorate Li Dazhao's article, and put a pot of flowers on the windowsill as a secret description.

"The Liao people didn't think of this, and they didn't have any experience." Guo Shaodao, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Marigold knows that the most feared thing of the spy yamen is not to be arrested, but to expose it and not know it, and to believe it when you get fake news!" ”

Marigold looked up at the tall Guo Shao with some eyes, "Is it the details from the beginning that are in His Majesty's layout?" ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "Exactly." There are not a few Liao spies left in Tokyo, when Yang Ye fled from Tokyo, the place to rent a horse, the route out of the city, and the outfit to escape must be noticed by the other party, otherwise how can Xiao Siwen be sure that Yang Ye is running away?

There is also the party member Brother Zhe Hei next to Zhi Deran, who is a person trusted by Zhe Deran, without him taking the initiative to give the Liao State a chance to spies, how can he be easily bribed?"

Marigold nodded: "Rao is like this, and it is just some circumstantial evidence of clues." His Majesty thinks that this matter is feasible, mainly because Xiao Siwen is willing to believe it. ”

Guo Shaozan said: "Marigold said the key point. Xiao Siwen was originally talented, but the root cause of the civil strife in Liao was too deep, and it was the first time for him to preside over the situation of the entire Liao State, so he was not very stable in that position, and he seemed impatient. Otherwise, with his status, how could he even use such a conspiracy as poisoning? and when Li Chuyun was leading the troops outside, Xiao Siwen also sent someone to send a letter to encourage Li Chuyun to rebel. I look at Xiao Siwen's actions, as long as there is a little chance, he will try, and he will not give up if he doesn't bring us down. ”

Marigold's smile disappeared, and she said softly, "Such people harboring evil intentions really need to be eliminated as soon as possible." ”

Guo Shao nodded, wandered for a moment, and pondered the various details in the deployment...... His way of thinking is different from that of the world, and people at this time often think from the perspective of the big truth; But Guo Shao is different, he often combines from specific things. Probably because he has been brainwashed since he was a child, and everything is made up of particles.

Jin Zhan couldn't help but say: "Yang Ye and Zhe De are completely credible? ”

Guo Shao felt very credible in his heart, but he also had a reason: "Yang Ye knows that I am fine, why should I rebel?" ”

However, there is a problem with all premeditation, that is, there are always uncontrollable accidents, and maybe a small thing can change the whole strategy. Guo Shao pondered for a long time, picked up a new note on the table, walked to the wall and pasted it, with two words written on it: Yang Gon.

……

In the military mansion of the former camp of Daizhou, Yang Gon wore a robe and a hood, and together with the Han Fan Zhongyi, he followed Yang Ye quietly.

At this time, a large group of officials poured out of the lobby, and someone said, "General Yang is here." "What does he mean by that......

"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient!" Yang Ye raised his hands, and the guards around him put their hands on the hilt of the knife.

Yang Gon didn't say a word, and observed the group of people in front of him intently, most of them had clean fingers and no dirt on their nails...... Han'er's civil officials have not touched the spring water with their fingers since they began to study for the imperial examination, and if they don't work at all, they can see it with their hands.

And the skin on those people's faces is quite white, not like people who have been exposed to the wind and sun for a long time. Yang Gon even paid attention to the belts, jade pendants, temperament and demeanor of the officials.

"General Yang put us under house arrest like this, have you thought about the consequences?" A red-robed official said coldly, and asked loudly with great momentum, "Which law gave you this power, and which person gave you this power?!" ”

Yang Ye said well: "Wang Changshi's words are serious, where is it considered house arrest?" The Liao army is gathering in the north, and there are Khitan spies in the east of the river, and the general is also just in case......"

"What? General Yang is suspicious of us? The red-robed official said.

Immediately, someone scolded: "You're polite, Yang Ye's intentions are obvious!" ”

Yang Ye stared at the person just now and asked, "What kind of intention, did you say to hear it?" ”

The man said: "What kind of intentions do you not know, and you still come to ask the old man?" ”

Yang Ye frowned and said: "It's a good thing to stay here and plan to deal with the southern invasion of the Liao army." Then he turned and left.

The crowd shouted: "General Yang should think more about how to explain today's events to the imperial court!" ”

The group retreated quickly, and the group chased after them, but were stopped by the guards. After all, he is a civil official, and his pen and ink and tongue are very sharp, so he can't use force.

They left the military mansion and returned to Yang Ye's courtyard. After retreating, Yang Ye asked, "General Yang, do you think there is anything strange?" ”

"Dashuai Haihan, I don't believe you." Yang Ye bowed and said, "It's just that the stakes are very high, let's wait and take a look at it, and I can go back and explain." ”

Yang Ye snorted: "I will see that you just don't believe it." This kind of thing, everyone wants others to do it first. ”

Yang Gon shook his head in denial, no longer arguing, and watched it anyway.

"When will the Liao army leave?" Yang Ye said in a low voice, he was a little anxious, "The matter has come to this point, you have also seen it, Ben Shuai is afraid that Ye Changmeng will not be able to control the situation." ”

Fan Zhongyi replied first: "Gong Xiao has been prepared in Fengzhou (Hohhot), and the general Xiao Duli will lead an army of 100,000 (claimed) to wait!" ”

Yang Ye frowned and said, "How many people are rushing to help?" ”

Fan Zhongyi pondered for a moment and said: "There should be more than 30,000 foot riders, including more than 10,000 Khitan elite riders, and 20,000 Xi and Jurchen infantry troops. Xiao Gong personally sat in Fengzhou. The marshal only needs to send a trustworthy messenger to Fengzhou with our letter, and he will be received by Xiao Gong; As soon as Xiao Gong got the news, he transferred troops to Yunzhou, and the marshal was able to stick to Yanmen in the name of handing over Yunzhou to Daliao, so that the Liao army could get closer. ”

Yang Ye nodded slightly while thinking.

Fan Zhongyi said again: "The two of us will stay in Daizhou for the time being, so that we can communicate with Xiao Gong about the situation between the north and the south." ”

The three of them then agreed, and Yang Ye asked them to go back to their residence to write a letter.

…… Half an hour later, the secret letter signed by Yang Gon and Fan Zhongyi together was first taken to Yang Ye's upper room.

At this time, there were two more people in the room, one was Lu Duoxun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the assistant minister of the cabinet, and the other was Yang Chongxun, the second brother of Yang Ye.

Yang Chongxun has been serving the Central Plains Imperial Court since the opening of the (later) Zhou Dynasty, and he is Yang Ye's brother, which is a more credible person, and he presided over the defense of Yanmen Pass at this time.

When the Northern Han Dynasty was not destroyed, the two brothers of the Yang family were each their masters, because the ancestors of the Yang family wanted to bet on both sides. The Yang family lives in Linzhou, a border place, and is a local hero. During the Zhou Dynasty, Yang Chongxun was ordered by his father to vote for the Great Zhou; Yang Yeze was sent to the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty when he was a teenager, and he served before and after the saddle. As obviously, it depends on which side can win...... Although the Northern Han Dynasty is in a safe corner, after all, the emperors of the five dynasties are all successful in Hedong, and it cannot be said that there is no chance at all.

Later, the Central Plains Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and when Guo Shao destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, he let Yang Ye surrender, mainly relying on Yang Chongxun to pull the strings.

Yang Ye first read the content of the letter of the second envoy of Liao, which wrote that everything was as expected, there was no problem, and asked Xiao Siwen to take over Yunzhou and enter Yanmen, and when the second envoy and Yang Ye agreed properly, they would return to Liaoying and enter Yanmen Pass.

There was nothing wrong with the letter, but Yang Ye couldn't help but say: "Yang Gon may have seen some clues, I always feel that he is very suspicious of us." ”