Luoyang.

In the council hall of the Wushuang Marquis' Mansion, Li Yizheng discussed with Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others about the affairs of the territory. Suddenly, a soldier hurriedly walked in, "Letters from the Prince, Baling and Changling. ”

"Huh? Zilong and Yun Chang's letters? Li Yi frowned when he heard this, took the two letters casually, and quickly opened them and read them.

Just didn't look at it twice, Li Yi's face suddenly showed a shocked look, quickly swept the letter in his hand, and then picked up another letter and read it.

Seeing this, Xun Yu and the others looked at Li Yi suspiciously, constantly guessing what might happen in their hearts. And Guo Jia was straightforward, and asked directly, "Lord, but what's going on in Chang'an?" ”

"Hehe, but it's a big move...... Li Yi shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and then handed over the letter.

Zuo Yi took it, Xun Yu and Guo Jia didn't look at it twice, and suddenly exclaimed, "This?!" ......" And as the letter was passed down, the hall continued to hear one exclamation after another, and I don't know how long it was, and fell into an eerie silence again.

"Guys, what do you think about this?" Li Yi's voice woke up everyone who was still in shock.

"My lord, my subordinates think that we must immediately send someone to investigate the situation in Chang'an! Especially that Zhang Ning, in the information of the shadow department, except that she is Ma Teng's main room, and she was married to Ma Teng before Ma Teng joined the rebels, there is no other record. Guo Jia said in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Hmm......" Li Yi heard this, with a hesitant look on his face, but it was difficult to make a decision whether to send someone from the Film Department to Chang'an to investigate.

Speaking of which, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Li Yi sent people to Luoyang to inquire about intelligence, and then followed Dong Zhuo to Chang'an. It's just that after Ma Teng entered the imperial court, because of his close monitoring of scholars and emperors, it not only made it difficult for the shadow department to inquire about or contact those scholars, but even lost a lot of good hands.

In addition, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were later sent into the Baling and Changling Tombs, so that Li Yi finally withdrew all the shadows in Chang'an. The reason is also very simple, compared to the soldiers who continue to sacrifice the shadow department to find out information that may not be very important, it is better to leave this matter to Guan Yu and them. After all, since the establishment of the Shadow Club, the number of people has never exceeded 100, and if the loss is too great, it will be a very troublesome thing.

In the past, when Li Yi founded the Shadow Department, the number of people was set at 500, but as Guo Jia became the Sima of the Shadow Department, he began to continuously reduce the number of soldiers in the Shadow Department, and at the same time raised various standards. And in this regard, Li Yi is also very supportive, because when he founded the Shadow Department, he hoped that the Shadow Department would become a real spy, not a simple spy.

It's just that it is very difficult to meet the standards of Li Yi and Guo Jia. Because there are so many skills to master. For example, camouflage and a variety of life skills, and even have to learn various local languages to meet various identity changes, and even they have to know how to read. And this terrifying standard has made it difficult for the number of people in the film department to go up.

On the other hand, it's money. There is such a thing as squibbling in a certain place or sneaking into a certain place to investigate, but more often than not, it requires a lot of money to bribe others to provide you with information. But the problem is that Li Yi spends money too fast......

Avenue College, Hospital, Ministry of Industry, Mining Ore, Sheltering Displaced People...... Each of these is a necessity that costs a lot of money, and it is a necessity that must be spent. In this way, the relatively unnecessary shadow department can only be helplessly wronged first.

In fact, Li Yi didn't think about letting the film department make money while searching for intelligence, especially the most profitable business such as the Qinglou brothel. However, this thought was just discarded after a circle in his mind. The reason is also very simple, how can such a profitable business be done by an outsider?

In particular, brothels are basically an industry monopolized by local officials, families, and powerful people. Well, by the way, the brothels of this era are basically called fangqu, that is, the place where the maids sing. But basically, there are only a few people who are really qualified to sing, and the rest are just selling their bodies.

Moreover, the financial and human resources required to train such people are undoubtedly higher.

Just when Li Yi hesitated, Xun Yu on the side spoke, "My lord, my subordinates don't think there is any need to send people from the shadow department to Chang'an to investigate. Although things were a little unexpected, since the Holy Lord's escape from Chang'an failed, his subordinates thought that everything would be business as usual. ”

"Of course, the information about that Zhang Ning is almost blank, but now that Ma Teng is dead, even if that Zhang Ning is comparable to Xiang Yu and Zhang Zifang in the late Han Dynasty, her subordinates don't think that she can change anything in this situation." Xun Yu said in a relaxed tone, "So my subordinates think that they just need to prepare step by step." Wait until the beginning of spring next year, directly send troops to Chang'an, welcome the saint back to Luoyang, and then pacify the world Kuangfu Han room! In the end, Xun Yu's tone unconsciously became excited.

"Hmm...... What do you think? Li Yi nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Guo Jia on the side.

"Wen Ruo's words are certainly reasonable, but ......" Guo Jia said this, he couldn't help but pout, and said with a hint of complaint, "Lord, the shadow department has worked hard over the years, so why should it be expanded?" ”

"This ...... You have to ask Wen Ruo ......" Li Yi scratched his head, and then kicked the ball to Xun Yu.

And Xun Yu was also direct about this, "No money!" The simple two words made Guo Jia angry.

"Fengxiao, don't worry, when I capture Chang'an, I will definitely expand the shadow department and strive to reach the establishment of five hundred people as soon as possible." Seeing this, Li Yi hurriedly wrote a blank check.

It's just a pity that Guo Jia just rolled his eyes in disgust, "Got it." Guo Jia's tone was very perfunctory, because he himself knew that it was indeed difficult to expand the film department at present. After all, he is responsible for all kinds of government affairs with Xun Yu every day, although he is lazy most of the time, he is still very clear about what he should know.

Seeing that Guo Jia didn't speak, Li Yi immediately glanced around at everyone and said, "Then, send someone to inform Yun Chang and them, so that they don't have to pay attention to the internal affairs of Chang'an, take precautions, and wait for the spring of next year to enter Chang'an!" ”

"No!"

"In addition, Deru, you go and prepare a ceremony, and wait for the unjust dead souls in Chang'an City." Li Yi looked at Cui Lin and said in a low tone.

"No!" Cui Lin responded with a serious expression, and Xun Yu and the others on the side also looked very heavy. Zhang Ning went on a killing spree in Chang'an City, Zhang Ning did not hide the slightest bit of this news, and it was naturally impossible for Guan Yu not to know.

Subsequently, Li Yi once again discussed with everyone about the affairs of the territory, and the turmoil in Chang'an ended in a few words from the three of them. It sounded like they were underestimating Zhang Ning. But this is exactly a kind of self-confidence based on the strength of the collar after years of recuperation. Whether it is Li Yi or Xun Yu and others, they all believe that no matter what happens to Chang'an, as long as they are in the city, it is only a matter of time before Chang'an is captured.

It's just that a few days later, Guan Yu sent someone to deliver another letter.

"Alas, what does this Zhang Ning want to do? Honestly, wouldn't it be better if I waved my troops to attack? Li Yi shook his head helplessly while opening the letter.

After that day, Li Yi really recalled the name, but unfortunately, I don't know if it was because it was too long, or if he had never heard of it at all, but Li Yi had no impression of this name at all. At that time, he didn't care too much, after all, there were countless capable people who did not leave their names in history in this era, and there were several in the Great Dao Academy alone. Although Zhang Ning is a woman, she doesn't represent anything.

"Haha, if that Zhang Ning really did this, it would not be ......" Guo Jia immediately laughed when he heard this, but before he finished speaking, he saw Li Yi's solemn expression, and immediately swallowed the unfinished words back into his stomach.

"Lord, is there something big happening in Chang'an?" Xun Yu asked with some confusion, with a hint of worry in his tone.

He really couldn't think of anything else that could happen in Chang'an, could it be that there were people under Zhang Ning's command who rebelled? Although Xun Yu very much hoped for this, he also knew that this was impossible. Unless...... Zhang Ning went on a killing spree again. It's just, how long has it been? Even if those scholars and doctors weren't intimidated by Zhang Ning's bloody methods, they couldn't have launched an action immediately, right?

Hearing this, Li Yi said in an intriguing tone, "The Holy Lord feels that this Chang'an turmoil is ...... Therefore, Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, was specially named the Duke of Qin, and Jiuxi was added...... At the same time, the imperial court sent more than a dozen convoys, which carried not only the angels of the holy decree, but also clothes, mustaches, zhuhu, bows, axes and other things......"

Hearing Li Yi's words, Xun Yu and the others didn't care at first, but as the things came out of Li Yi's mouth, Xun Yu and the others' faces became more and more ugly. After Li Yi finished speaking, Xun Yu slapped the table in front of him violently, and shouted angrily, "What does that demon woman want to do?!" ”

"Gong Qin...... Nine Tin ...... and angels with holy decrees...... And there are more than a dozen......" Guo Jia muttered to himself, his face became extremely complicated, with shock, sadness, and a hint of unknown meaning.

And Xu Shu and the others on the side also looked sluggish, obviously from the conversation just now, they had already thought of something.

At this moment, Xun Yu suddenly turned his head to look at Li Yi and asked, "Lord, those angels are ...... now?"

"It's already on the way, and one of them is targeting here." Li Yi shook his head and sighed, "Because of the special people who came, Yun Chang asked Guangchao to lead the army to protect them, according to their speed, I'm afraid they will be able to reach here before the end of the month, right?" ”

"Lord, can you ......" Xun Yu said, comparing a decapitation action.

"Wen Ruo is confused! Since Zhang Ning dared to do this, he would definitely act with great fanfare. At that time, if more than ten angels have an accident in the lord's territory, the lord will not be able to explain it. Guo Jia shook his head and sighed.

"You can't just let them go around like this, can you?" Xun Yu said with some excitement, at this time, he was obviously a little panicked. But you can't blame him, because Jiuxi is too special.

Jiuxi originated from the Nine Rites of Destiny of the Zhou Dynasty, which was the nine ordination ceremonies of the Zhou Dynasty to its courtiers. Originally, it was the highest honor that a courtier could enjoy. It's just that since Wang Mang evolved it into Jiuxi, this honor has become a little different. Because, it was after Wang Mang added Jiuxi that he abolished the emperor and established a new dynasty.

And Feng Gong, it is even more needless to say. Since Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he has formulated a title system that is not Liu Buwang and follows the Qin system. Up to now, only one person in the entire Han Dynasty has been made a duke. Well, it's still Wang Mang, Duke An Han......

It can be said that whether it is Jiuxi or the Duke, it was all made up by Wang Mang. And his purpose, judging from his future actions, is undoubtedly to stand on behalf of Han.

Now, Ma Chao has been named the Duke of Qin, and Jiuxi has been added, and the purpose is obvious. But if this is the case, Xun Yu and the others will not panic at all, at most they will be reprimanded. But when more than ten angels with Jiuxi and the Holy Decree appeared, the meaning was completely different.

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Li Yi was silent, but Guo Jia on the side sighed again, "Otherwise, what else can I do?" That's an angel. ”

One sentence made Xun Yu's face even more ugly, because as Guo Jia said, what could they do? Assassinating an angel is undoubtedly tantamount to rebellion, even if the court now falls into the hands of traitors. Even like Guan Yu directly sent people to protect them without asking for instructions, Li Yi not only couldn't touch these angels, but also had to protect them through his territory safely.

Seeing this, Li Yi opened his mouth and said comfortingly, "Wen Ruo doesn't have to worry, no one will accept such a reward in the future." ”

"I hope so." Xun Yu shook his head and sighed, obviously not believing Li Yi's words of comfort.

But then again, he didn't believe Li Yi's words. Because when he saw this letter, he was already moved. Yes, he was tempted, even though he knew that he would never be able to accept it, but he was still tempted. After all, that's Jiuxi! Throughout the ages, almost the vast majority of those who replaced the emperor at the time with courtiers to establish a new dynasty have accepted this thing.

Li Yi is still like this, let alone others? And in Li Yi's heart, he also faintly hopes that someone can accept this reward, even if it is only one! Because as long as there is an acceptance, someone will follow suit! And when the time comes, it will be easier for Li Yi to be called the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Yi became more and more interested in Zhang Ning, "What is this Zhang Ning's idea?" Is it just to make the world more chaotic, so that I don't have time to go west to Chang'an? ”