Thirty miles outside the main gate of the capital city of Kuoli, the long pavilion and the short pavilion on a continuous hill on both sides of the official road are the place where the travelers to the north parted with their relatives and friends. Under the pavilion hill, there are several wine shops and tea shops built in response to the scene, for the parting people to drink wine or drink tea, in order to comfort the sorrow and farewell. Of course, if a business traveler from the north misses the opening hours of the city gate, he can also enter the city for a while, so that he can enter the city early the next day.

No, at dusk, the city gate had just been closed, and a caravan from the northwest was late. Although the solar term is getting warmer at this time, the merchants on the camel caravan are all covered with thick cloths, and it is difficult to see each other. This situation is common, because most of the cities have access to the world, connecting the east and the west, and there are business travelers from Central Asia, West Asia and even further Europe. And many business travelers from these regions have the custom of masking masks, which has long been unusual.

The caravan was guided directly into a tea shop – a caravan who had a much greater need for tea than for a caravan who had been eating meat for a long time.

A few guys in the tea shop greeted them with smiling faces, placed vehicles, pulled camels and horses, and after a period of chaos, the guests poured into the tea shop and sat down respectively.

There were ten people at one of the tables, there were men and women, and the guy had just stepped forward to say something, and one of the sturdy men said, "Come to a pot of purple night white, don't mix it with water." ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "This guest, the small shop is a tea shop, and if you want to drink, you have to go to the wine shop opposite." ”

The other travelers laughed: "This guy must be a drunken offender, and he actually came to the tea shop to eat wine." ”

Someone else wondered: "What kind of wine is this purple night white, why haven't you heard of it?" ”

Someone on the side: "I seem to have heard of it, it seems that the specialty of Lin'an Mansion in Jiangnan is called Purple Night White ......."

"Ah, you've drunk?"

"That's not ......"

At this time, a masked female guest at the same table with the male guest said apologetically: "Don't blame me, my brother hasn't drunk for a long time, and it's a little unbearable." Just serve the best refreshments in your store, it's a reward for you, take it. ”

The man bowed down and took a few coins, thanked him repeatedly, and turned to walk into the back hall. But unlike what he imagined, as soon as this guy entered the back hall, his slightly bowed body immediately straightened up, and his courteous smile was replaced by a cold and solemn color, and his eyes flashed - at this moment, how can he still look like a tea shop guy?

This person walked quickly to a wing room in the back hall, slowed his steps, and said softly: "Sect Master, subordinate Liu Biao, there is something important to report." ”

A vigorous voice came from the room: "Come in." ”

Liu Biao stepped forward and gently pushed the door in, and then closed the door.

On the couch in the room, there was only one black-robed old man sitting cross-legged with a cold breath. When he looked up, a gloomy pressure made Liu Biao's breath suffocate, and he couldn't help bending down.

This old man turned out to be the black-robed Jiang Zongjie and the black crow sect master.

Liu Biao didn't talk nonsense, holding a few coins rewarded by the female guest in both hands and presenting them to Jiang Zongjie.

Jiang Zongjie's eyes flashed, he stretched out two fingers that were as thin as bamboo, and gently pulled them out, and the few coins were scattered, revealing the lower half of the coins.

This half of the coin is very ordinary, the notch is as uneven as a dog's tooth, and if it is thrown on the side of the road, only beggars will pick it up, but at this moment, Jiang Zongjie's expression is extremely solemn, and his two fingers are carefully raised, like a precious treasure.

Subsequently, Jiang Zongjie took out the other half of the money from his arms, and the two pairs were tightly fitted, and the points were exactly the same.

At the same time, Liu Biao said softly: "There are ten visitors in total, and the number is just right; The code words 'purple night white, Mo to water', word for word. ”

Jiang Zongjie breathed a sigh of relief, his expression was excited, and his eyes were like lightning: "It's finally here." Liu Biao, make arrangements to meet guests at night. ”

"Subordinates obey." Liu Biao's voice was also full of excitement.

……

At night, in the basement of the tea shop, a total of eleven people sat around a square table.

Liu Biao stood aside with his hands down, glanced at the ten people from time to time, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, how important this task is, but who are the people sent over there - women and teenagers account for most of them, and the only man who looks quite strong is a monk...... Fortunately, one of them knew him well and sent him, and the operation was quite reliable.

Different from the speechless incomprehension of his subordinates, Jiang Zongjie looked at it with a solemn expression, and bowed his hand: "It turned out to be Miss Xiaoyi, the little brother, and Master Jueyuan." ”

The three of them stood up and saluted, and the remaining seven people all saluted Jiang Zongjie: "I've seen Jiang Lao." ”

These ten people are the ten generals such as Jueyuan who were sent by Zhao Lie, the lord of the Song Dynasty, to go north to Dadu and perform special tasks. Among them, Ding Xiaoyi, Ding Xiaoyi, Jueyuan and others are old acquaintances with Jiang Zongjie. At this time, Jiang Zongjie and his crow organization have officially become the eyes and ears of the Great Song Dynasty, and Jiang Zongjie still has the title of commander, and his position is even higher than Ding Xiaoyi and others. However, this old man was someone who knew Ding Xiaoyi's sister and brother as early as Haifeng Motianling, and at that time, Song Lord Zhao Hunt was around, but there were only a few people such as this sister and brother. In other words, these inconspicuous sisters and brothers, but from the ministers of the dragon, in the eyes of the official family, this status is probably still above their first person in the Jiang clan, the former leader of the Zhongshun Army, and the current deputy commander of the Dragon Bird Army, Jiang Fenglie.

With such a character, imagine how dare Jiang Zongjie hold it up?

Among the remaining seven people, except for Yang Zheng, who was originally born in a black crow and is Jiang Zongjie's old subordinate, the rest of Zhang Junbao, Han Tiehu, Ouyang Luoyan, Hongyun, Peng Tumei, Li Runan and others, Jiang Zongjie is not very familiar with them. Don't look at these people as either teenagers or women, but as long as you think about their origins - the martial arts team and the Yanling team, the nature of these two troops directly under the Son of Heaven Liu Biao may not be clear, but Jiang Zongjie, who is the sect master of the black crow, knows very well, and the characters who can be sideways in the middle should definitely not be underestimated.

After seeing the ceremony, the two sides sat down again, and Jueyuan confessed a crime: "I will leave Qiong in February and go north, cross the sea with the boat, and enter Zhuo Ji from Zhigu Village (today's Tianjin) in March." For the sake of safety, go around the northwest one more time, and partner with a group of camel caravans from the Western Regions, coming from the northwest, so it is late, Lao Jiang Lao has been waiting for a long time, and Wangjiang Lao has forgiven his sins......"

"Words are heavy, the master is an old man's move, it should be so, how dare the old man blame?" Jiang Zongjie waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile, "Don't hide it from you, if you come a month earlier, the old and decayed arrangements have not yet been in place, and you are here at the right time." ”

Ding Xiaoyi's eyes lit up: "Jiang Lao has already arranged it?" ”

Jiang Zongjie did not answer immediately, but twisted his beard and groaned, "According to the secret order of the Privy Council, Lao Yu received a secret order instructing this operation to be commanded by Lao Yu, although Lao Yu is slightly higher than you in military ranks, he has not experienced battlefield killing, and the command is ......."

Before he finished speaking, Jueyuan interrupted: "Before I left, the official family personally instructed that this operation is different from the previous battlefield battles, it is a spy operation, and Jiang Lao is experienced in this regard, far better than us." We wait for everything to obey Jiang Lao's orders, please Jiang Lao don't have to worry about it. ”

Ding Xiaoyi is more simple and direct: "We only need to know two points - who is the target?" Where is it located? Nothing else. ”

Jiang Zongjie's mood was agitated, his gray eyebrows were raised, and he stroked his beard: "Okay, since you trust the old man so much, the old man will do his best this time to live up to the expectations of the king and you." ”

Jiang Zongjie said, dipped his finger in the tea and wrote down the two names on the desktop, and then flicked his sleeves and made a big cross on the two names: "Old man proposes, goals, these two people!" ”