Xi Zhicai didn't know that under Cao's rule, in the past half a month, Li Shimin, Yang Jian, Daoguang, Yongzheng, Yue Fei, Lin Zexu and other 'important figures' who have left a great name in the 5,000-year history of China have appeared at once. At this moment, the most difficult thing for him to decide is still the aspect of Jizhou Jing'an Cao.

Since Pang De was worshiped as the pastor of Jizhou last year, in addition to selecting talents, stabilizing people's hearts, and integrating the army, another crucial task of his appointment has been to pull out the Jing'an Cao elite left by Cao Jun in Jizhou. According to the news from Jizhou, the Ma family specially sent a shadow high-level pro-town in Jizhou, and no one in Jing'an Cao knew the true identity of that person, but that person's actions were quite delicate and sophisticated, and his spicy and ruthless methods made many wandering strongholds take the lead in being broken and uprooted.

Then, in order to put an end to Jizhou's espionage activities, the strict household registration control system implemented in Chang'an City was introduced into Jizhou. Both civilian households and military households must be registered with the local county government and reviewed frequently. This made it extremely difficult for Jing Ancao to plant new spies in, as a stranger who was not registered in the local household register would soon be discovered. Therefore, the only ones who can really play a role are the spies who were lurking before the Ma family took over Jizhou, and the former elites are dead and one less than they can replenish - this casts a shadow on Cao's intelligence activities.

But later, just after the Ma family's newly established post station system, the shadow high-level introduced it into the espionage system, and based on the intelligence transmission advantage that is always faster than Jing'an Cao, the intelligence network in the Jizhou area was further destroyed, and many underground personnel were arrested one after another. Therefore, the only remaining county officials in Jizhou have become more and more important in terms of intelligence analysis.

Xi Zhicai knew in his heart that the most important role of a spy was to always lurk in the enemy camp and continuously provide himself with the real information he could obtain. But now, Jing'an Cao's connection with Jizhou is becoming more and more loose and fragile, and he can't guarantee that even those elites who are still loyal to the Cao family will suddenly cut off contact with the Xuchang headquarters - rather than this, it is better to completely sacrifice those elites in exchange for the specific measures of the Ma family's conscription and military preparation.

Such a one-time sacrifice has no small gains: one is that it can be speculated that the Ma family has made a big move recently; Second, the lord is very concerned about any reform of the Ma family, especially such an important military reform this time. Xi Zhicai judged that there was at least an eighty percent chance that the main guild would introduce the Ma family's reform into Cao Jun's military system after repairing it this time.

However, in this way, it is obviously the defeat of the Cao family and the Ma family in another level of confrontation. Xi Zhicai is not a proud person, but he can't accept such another blow. At this moment, he faced the letter of inquiry that Cao Cao wrote to him, and he had been holding the pen for a long time, but he still frowned and hesitated, unwilling to put down the pen for a long time.

At this time, Jing Ancao's door was pushed open, and a young man with a very ugly appearance but an unusually gorgeous dress walked in, casually threw a document in front of Xi Zhicai, and said lightly: "Inform your fellows who are riding with red eagles, there are rats for you to catch now." After saying this, the man sat under Xi Zhicai, and after seeing Xi Zhicai's sad face, instead of comforting, he deliberately added an extra sentence, "I hope those cats that are tamed by you can still be competent......"

Xi Zhicai didn't react much to this person's very impolite and even provocative actions, but put down the brush in his hand, straightened his clothes and scarf and said, "Just by these names, can you judge that the Ma family has sneaked into the shadows of us?" ”

"This is Your Majesty's judgment." The man replied softly, his nose looking even more ugly with a smile.

"Pang Tong!" Xi Zhicai finally couldn't help but be angry, in fact, this is not to blame for Xi Zhicai. At present, Cao Cao, the Sikong Lord, is fighting a tug-of-war against the resurgence of the imperial power faction in the court, and Cao Cao means to let these guys jump out of the light for the time being. As a result, Jing'an Cao, which was once under the direct control of His Majesty, has become a bargaining field.

Interestingly, the current Son of Heaven doesn't seem to have much interest in the ministers in the court who lick his ass, but instead cares a lot about Jing'an Cao's department. In fact, the secret power in his hands has not completely disappeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, under the mediation of Concubine Cao, he stretched out his hand to Jing'an Cao again. And this Pang Tong in front of him is the proof that this son of heaven meddled in Jing'an Cao.

To tell the truth, Xi Zhicai thought that Pang Tong's ability was by no means below him, but the strange thing was that he never refused to be included in Sikong Mansion. So far, he has hung up an idle position as a waiter, and has been responsible for some secret matters that are not easy to explore in the drama Zhicai.

"How?" Pang Tong smiled slightly, and was not afraid of this powerful figure who made any general of the Cao clan in awe, and even directly did not even use disguise, and changed to a provocative tone: "Are you doubting Your Majesty's judgment?" ”

Xi Zhicai was silent.

"Don't be so reluctant, think about it on the bright side, if you Jing'an Cao can really crack the Ma family's event, then you still need to send the elites of Jizhou to the Ma family's prison?" Pang Tong obviously knew Xi Zhicai's current situation very well, and said step by step: "Moreover, I have a hunch that the Ma family's sudden recruitment and preparation for military forces this time is precisely playing a trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea, this kind of method, Ma Chao is really too good at it." ”

Xi Zhicai's expression moved, and he heard the deep meaning in Pang Tong's tone: "You mean, this time the Ma family's continuous actions are related to his entry into Xiangyang some time ago?" ”

"I don't know," Pang Tong spread his hands and said with a teasing smile that made Xi Zhicai punch him in the face: "Who made you Jing'an Cao more and more incompetent, and he can't even find out Ma Chao's whereabouts." ”

Pang Tong likes to use a few words every time to arouse this guy who is usually like a stone, but after he said this sentence this time, he found that Xi Zhicai gradually calmed down, and even later there was a trace of weirdness on the corner of his mouth, looking at him and said: "Not really, although it is impossible for us to track Ma Chao's whereabouts in real time, it is still okay to let go of the horse afterthought." Moreover, we found out that after Ma Chao entered Xiangyang, he deliberately went to Longzhong on the outskirts of Xiangyang. Moreover, half a month later, your uncle Pang Degong was picked up by a group of mysterious people, presumably, the destination should be Chang'an, right? ”

"Oh?" Pang Tong's eyes blinked, and he was slightly silent. After a long time, he muttered to himself: "Could it be that the little snake can't stand the loneliness anymore?" ”

"What?" Xi Zhicai didn't hear Pang Tong's words clearly, and then asked. It's not often that this guy can show such a worried look.

"You think that Ma Chao kidnapped my uncle, and I might betray Your Majesty, right?" Pang Tong sneered twice, and then didn't want to dwell too much on this issue. Then he waved his hand and continued the topic just now: "You didn't investigate the grass house in Longzhong in detail, did you?" I mean, is there a daughter of Huang Chengyan? …….”

"The boy who guarded the grass house said that Ah Chou was also picked up." Xi Zhicai smiled very easily, looked at Pang Tong's slightly flushed face and said, "Although Ah Chou's name is ugly, from our investigation, she doesn't look ugly at all.......

Pang Tong naturally understood what Xi Zhicai was laughing at again, and he didn't know if he was really stirred up at the moment, so he stood up suddenly, brushed his sleeves and said, "Hmph! Waste, sooner or later you will regret it by the ugly and the janitor who ignored it today! ”

Xi Zhicai's face was suddenly gloomy as water, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with this Pang Tong, so he directly turned the topic back to the original point, and said gloomily: "You came here just to let us Jing'an Cao find out if there is a shadow of the Ma family sneaking into Xuchang, right?" ”

"Don't make a mistake, I came to save you in order to protect your Jing'an Cao's strength in Jizhou!"

"Good!"

The smell of gunpowder between the two became stronger and stronger, and Xi Zhicai suddenly stood up and walked out in a huff. And Pang Tong looked at Xi Zhicai's back, and the corners of his mouth skimmed out a complex arc of pity and disdain: "This guy, you thought of where to start so quickly?" However, ignoring Ah Chou and Zhuge Liang is still the biggest failure in the history of Cao's Jing'an Cao! ”

At this time, the single has arrived at the Longmen Inn in Xuchang City. At this time, his figure looked a little bloated, his body was already covered with gold ornaments, his face was full of oil, and he was also dressed in luxurious but crude fur, and he looked like a wealthy foreign merchant, shouting at the top of his voice: "Come to an upper room, don't care about the price!" ”

"Okay, where is the guest from?" The guy greeted him politely.

"Oh, I'm from Jiuyuan, you can see, I have Xiongnu blood, my name is Genghis Khan!"

The guy was obviously stunned, looked at the single a little strangely, and whispered: "It's really strange, yesterday afternoon, I just entered a person named Genghis Khan, why is there another one today?" ”

The single's ears were extremely pointed, and after hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but flash with a flash of joy, and gravity patted the guy on the shoulder: "That's right, Genghis Khan is not a name, but the surname of our Huns." That man is my brother, take me to him!" ”