The night was quietly shrouded in the sky over Chang'an City, the night sky was still clear, as if the blue velvet was tiled on the endless sky, decorated with dots of gems, but the temperature in the night dropped suddenly, and the cold was bitter, this kind of cold that penetrated deep into the bones, so cold that it seemed that the blood was going to coagulate.

Pingkangfang, the street in the night is still full of people, very lively, it is close to the New Year, most people are not affected by the temperature, busy with the preparations before the New Year, especially the major hotel business is very hot, the scheduled banquet has been scheduled to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Du Restaurant is no exception, the Pei family's secret agent base camp is also prosperous, the carriage of diners is parked in front of the gate, there are still guests coming from all sides, the guys are so busy that they are not on the ground, and they greet the guests at the door.

A shopkeeper sent away a carriage with a smile on his face, he pinched his cheeks that were already souring from laughter, and quickly looked around, trying to find a place to rest secretly, a wide carriage fell into his eyes, he remembered that the car seemed to have stopped from the morning to the present, maybe it was the carriage of the Hedong Restaurant next door, he just had the idea of sneaking to the back to rest, but there was a sudden explosion behind him, "Wang Balang, do you want to shrink your neck again?" Don't come and help! ”

The guy sighed helplessly, "Here we are!" Here it comes! It's really not going to let people live, the old cow still has to eat grass and drink saliva! He muttered a few words and dragged his tired body towards the store.

Just as he walked away, a pair of eyes quietly appeared behind the window of the wide carriage, staring sharply at the gate of the restaurant, only to see that at the gate, a drunken man was pulled out, he was about thirty years old, and his body was strong. was shouting and laughing and going drunk, it was Cui Xiong, the son of Cui Qinggong, and the person who supported him was handsome and slender, and at first glance he seemed to be a woman, but his clothes were clearly men. This person is Cui Xiong's confidant Liu Xia'er.

Liu Xia'er covered her nose with a handkerchief, frowned and said: "You drank too much, your wife will be blamed again when you go back, didn't she let you go back for dinner today?" ”

"What does that yellow-faced woman do with him? Let's just be happy. Cui Xiong looked up to the sky and laughed. But he didn't pay attention to his feet, stepped on the air, and almost fell down the steps, and several guys hurriedly put him in the car, at this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant gave Liu Xia'er a look and ordered him to send Cui Xiong back.

Liu Xia'er said with a sad face: "Recently, his wife has become more and more fierce, and he threatened to beat me once when he saw me." I'd better not go! ”

"You can do it yourself!" The shopkeeper sneered, turned around and went back to the restaurant, Liu Xia'er had no choice but to help Cui Xiong into the carriage. The carriage started and soon disappeared into the dark night, sending Cui Xiong away, and almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The guy looked at him again and wanted to slip away to rest, but when he looked up, he was stunned, and the wide carriage just now was gone.

"What a hell of a life!" The guy scratched the back of his head, and he was very surprised.

Cui Xiongdi's horse-drawn carriage traveled quickly in the night, and there were many horse-drawn carriages on the street, and pedestrians were constantly coming and going. Snoring thundered in the carriage. Cui Xiong had slept like a dead pig, and Liu Xia'er had already gone all the charms at this time. There was a manly cold color in his eyes, he sat in the corner of the carriage with a gloomy face, and looked coldly at this man who disgusted him incomparably, it has been a few years, and it seems that his life has been determined, and he will accompany this stinky man through his life, at this moment, he has a sharp dagger on his waist, just a light stroke on Cui Xiong's neck, he can be completely freed, Liu Xia'er pulled out the dagger, stared at Cui Xiong's thick neck with disgust, the blade flashed a faint cold light in the dark, for a long time, he still put the knife back, If he kills this man, will he really be free? Liu Xia'er sighed helplessly, since he had eaten this bowl of rice, he had already been unable to help himself.

Just when Liu Xia'er's heart was in turmoil, he didn't notice that dozens of steps away, a wide carriage was quietly following him.

After about four or five miles, the carriage came to Cui Qinggong's mansion located in the same square, Cui Qinggong has not yet entered Beijing, only Cui Xiong and his wife and a few concubines live in the house, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the house, the door is very deserted, the lantern hanging is lifeless, there is no light, Liu Xia'er jumped off the carriage, dragged Cui Xiong up the steps with difficulty, threw it at the door, hesitated for a long time but did not dare to knock on the door, he just walked down the steps, dozens of black shadows suddenly appeared around, surrounded Liu Xia'er and the entire carriage.

"I can't think of it! You have finally fallen into my hands. In the dark, a young woman walked out slowly, only to see her willow eyebrows upside down, a pair of murderous eyes, she is Cui Xiong's wife Wang Tian, the daughter of Wang Ang, the Ministry of Works, Wang Ang made a special trip to visit their little couple today, Wang Tian greeted Cui Xiong early in the morning, let him go home early, Cui Xiong's usual lewdness she also endured, at least in front of her father to give her this face, but until Wang Ang left, Cui Xiong did not even see the shadow, Wang Tian ordered someone to find it in anger, It turned out that he was drinking with the man who was neither a man nor a woman again.

New hatred and old hatred finally broke out in her heart, Wang Tian pointed a sword at Liu Xia'er and shouted angrily: "Kill him!" ”

Liu Xia'er's years of training played a role at this time, he jumped into the carriage with a backflip, pulled out a dagger and stabbed the horse's buttocks with great speed, pulled the horse with a long neigh, rushed forward like crazy, and instantly hit the two of them, and rushed to ten zhang away in the oblique stab, Liu Xia'er grabbed the long whip, and whipped it twice, and the carriage accelerated, and disappeared into the night in a moment.

"Liu Xia'er, let the old lady catch you again and peel your skin!" The silence echoed in the night, and Wang Tian roared viciously.

Fifty paces away was a carriage parked, and the people in the carriage had been watching it coldly

Yongle Fang, Zhang Huan's mansion, Zhang Huan stood in front of Cui Ning's couch, silently watching the imperial doctor from the palace was diagnosing Cui Ning's pulse, at noon, Cui Ning was full of fever not long after he came back, and slept until dusk, not only did he not get better, but his body became hot, and he finally fell ill.

"Imperial Doctor Liu, how is Neiko's condition?" Zhang Huan saw that the imperial doctor's face was gloomy, and he was really worried in his heart.

The imperial doctor's surname is Liu, and he has been in the palace for nearly thirty years, although he has not seen a few serious illnesses, but he is still an expert. After checking his pulse, he stroked his long beard, shook his head, and said, "The cause is very simple, I have been treating my wife in various provinces in one afternoon, and it is all the same. Dressed too little and cold, but the lady's pulse is weaker than others, indicating that she lacks vitality and is a manifestation of a weak foundation. Therefore, her illness is a little heavier than others, and there is no good way, just rest for a few more days and make up for her body. ”

After speaking, Imperial Physician Liu came to the table, wrote down a prescription with a stroke of his pen, handed it to Zhang Huan and said with a smile: "Actually, it's just a minor illness, take the medicine according to the prescription." Just rest for three to five days. ”

Zhang Huan was overjoyed, and hurriedly gave Yang Chunshui a look, Yang Chunshui immediately took a red envelope, Zhang Huan stuffed the red envelope into his hand and said, "A little heart." If you don't pay respect, please accept it by Imperial Doctor Liu. ”

"Nope! No! No! Imperial Physician Liu felt that the red envelope was heavy, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly pushed it away, "If the Queen Mother knows." You have to kill me, the rules in the palace are strict, please forgive Zhang Shangshu. ”

Zhang Huan saw that his attitude was resolute, not hypocritical and polite, so he had no choice but to put down the red envelope and said, "Then I'll send Imperial Doctor Liu out." ”

All the way to the door, Imperial Doctor Liu repeatedly arched his hand and said, "I really don't dare to do it." Shangshu, please stay. ”

"Then I'll be in trouble today." I watched him get into the carriage. That's when I'm ready to go back, at this time. In the distance, several fast horses suddenly galloped, and they rushed straight to this side.

Zhang Huan was slightly surprised, the knight was clearly in the cavalry uniform of Longyoudi, could it be that something happened to Longyou?

"Stop!" More than a dozen guards rushed up, stopped the fast horse, and immediately jumped off the ground with cavalry, and reported to Zhang Huanyu from afar: "The road is icy, and it is very difficult to walk, Mrs. and Gongzi will temporarily rest in Wugong County tonight, and they will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, and Madame ordered us to report first." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, and then said to Li Dingfang, the captain of his own soldiers: "Zhu Ye has also entered Beijing these days, don't meet him on the road, you take five hundred brothers to Wugong County overnight." ”

"Yes!" Li Dingfang gave a military salute and quickly ran to the military camp next door to order troops.

Zhang Huan walked into the house, and he was about to go to see Cui Ning again, when suddenly a personal soldier stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Hu has urgent information to report to the governor!" ”

The shopkeeper Hu is the shopkeeper of Wu Zhuyue Baoxing, and Zhang Huan is the intelligence head of Chang'an.

Since he has urgent information, something must happen, Zhang Huan immediately ordered: "Take him to my study!" ”

He temporarily suppressed the idea of visiting Cui Ningdi, and walked quickly to the study, for a moment, the shopkeeper Hu was taken into Zhang Huandi's study by the soldiers, since Zhang Huan went to Dongshi to inspect the intelligence center, the shopkeeper Hu rushed back to Jincheng County, with the strong support of Du Mei, his career began a huge change, opening a restaurant, buying a brothel, buying an inn, in just one month, a new intelligence center under the cover of the industrial cluster was formed, and more than 200 people were brought from Longyou, and the strength was unprecedentedly strong.

Shopkeeper Hu stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Subordinates see the governor!" ”

Zhang Huan waved his hand, "No need to be polite, you can say it quickly, what kind of urgent information?" ”

"It's not urgent information, it's just an accidental discovery, and my subordinates feel that the matter is very important, so they rushed to report it to the governor."

Shopkeeper Hu paused, he sorted out his thoughts a little and continued: "When my subordinates bought a restaurant in Pingkangfang, they found that the Li Du Restaurant next door was quite weird, there were always people in and out in the middle of the night, and the pigeons were released, and I didn't pay attention to it at first, until a few days ago, someone finally recognized it, one of the midnight visitors was actually a child of the Pei family, called Pei Danming, last night, the subordinates ordered someone to shoot down a pigeon from afar, and then I realized that this Li Du Restaurant turned out to be Pei Jundi's intelligence base. ”

Speaking of this, he took out a tube of pigeon letters and handed it to Zhang Huan and said: "This is from the pigeon that was shot, please take a look." ”

Zhang Huan took the pigeon letter and unfolded it, and there was only one sentence on the note: Li Zhengji killed the deputy general Sang Ping yesterday by borrowing the grain loss, and appointed his henchman Liu Wenxi as the deputy.

Zhang Huan looked at it and couldn't help but smile understandingly, "Yes, it is indeed Pei Jundi's intelligence base, and it is actually next door to you, which is really interesting." ”

Zhang Huan put the note away, and when he saw that the shopkeeper Hu wanted to speak and stopped, he said: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hide it." ”

"Yes!" Shopkeeper Hu hurriedly reported: "Just half an hour ago, my subordinates discovered a suspicious thing. ”

"What's suspicious?"

"The subordinates found Cui Qinggong's son Cui Xiong drinking in Li Du Restaurant this afternoon, and finally got drunk. No! A man with a feminine demeanor sent him back, and his subordinates followed him all the way, in front of Cui Qinggong's mansion. Cui Xiong's wife actually set up an ambush to kill the man, as if he was jealous, and finally the man escaped in a carriage. ”

Zhang Huan smiled, Cui Xiong has a habit of breaking sleeves, and he has also heard of it. If it is in normal times, this is not surprising, but Li Du Restaurant is actually Pei Jun's intelligence base, which is a bit intriguing. "And where is the suspicious thing you say?"

"Something suspicious is in the man." Shopkeeper Hu recalled Liu Xia'er's extremely beautiful volley, shook his head lightly and said: "He is by no means an ordinary person, he reacts very quickly, he is also very clever in light skills, and he is decisive and fast, he is obviously a trained master, Du Du, I'm sure." This man has a lot to do with Li Du Restaurant. ”

Zhang Huan nodded, and he understood that the man was sent by Pei Jun to Cui Xiong's side to go undercover, and he groaned and said, "You go to find out the details of that man thoroughly." As soon as there is a result, it will be reported to me immediately. ”

"Yes! The subordinates will go. The shopkeeper Hu was just about to leave, but Zhang Huan stopped him again, "You don't want to come to my mansion in the future." I'll send someone to contact you specifically. ”

Shopkeeper Hu agreed and left in a hurry, while Zhang Huan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and discovered Pei Jundi's intelligence stronghold, which was an unexpected gain, but Pei Jun sent someone to keep an eye on Cui Xiong, which is something worth scrutinizing. If you're not mistaken. Pei Jun must have used Cui Xiong to do a lot of things, and even Cui Qinggong's betrayal of the Cui family is very likely to be done by Pei Jun using Cui Xiong. After all, Cui Yuan completely collapsed in this matter.

Cui Xiong is an out-and-out idiot, he already knew it when he risked his own merits, in this case, can he also use this person once?

"Fang is ruthless."

"The subordinates are here!" An unusually majestic man appeared in front of Zhang Huan like a ghost.

Zhang Huan stared at the heavy night sky with his hands behind his back, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You kill someone for me."

Early the next morning, after waking up, Cui Xiong hurriedly came to find Liu Xia'er, he learned about last night's incident early in the morning, and immediately rewarded his wife with two loud slaps in public, which made Wang Tian cry, and he issued a strict order, whoever dares to make trouble with his wife will be killed.

Cui Xiong is no longer in vain, because he is in a sense Cui Qinggong's hostage in Chang'an, and the court named him a member of the Taifu Temple Shaoqing.

With this brand, he seems to be an important minister of the court, picking quarrels and provoking troubles everywhere, and his notoriety is better than before.

"What about Liu Xia'er?" Cui Xiong rushed into Li Du Restaurant and pounded his fists on the counter! Straight sound, the guys were frightened by his evil appearance, and they didn't dare to step forward to answer, and finally the shopkeeper had to step forward and salute: "Cui Shaoqing, please calm your anger, Liu Xia'er went out to avoid trouble, and he will be back in two days." ”

"Avoiding trouble?" Cui Xiong was furious and kicked over the counter, boom! There was a loud bang, the dust was flying, and I saw Cui Xiong roaring in the dust: "Damn it! It was that stinky woman who did a good deed, and Lao Tzu went back to kill her. ”

He turned around and rushed out, and the shopkeeper saw that the matter was a little big, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran to Pei Danming to report the matter.

At this moment, Liu Xia'er was standing in front of a window on the third floor, and he watched Cui Xiong go away in a hurry with a gloomy face.

That's enough! He secretly shouted in his heart, he had enough of this kind of life, and sooner or later he would die on Cui Xiong.

He touched his arms, there were 30,000 tickets for Wang Baoji, which he had accumulated little by little over the years, Pei Jun rewarded him, and Cui Xiong flattered him, and this money was enough for him to spend the rest of his life comfortably.

At this time, he suddenly saw the shopkeeper also hurriedly walked out, knowing that he was going to report to Pei Danming, and if he didn't leave, he would have no chance, Liu Xia'er's heart was cross, he packed a package in three or two, and didn't dare to go to the main door, but turned out of the back window, hooked his feet to the eaves of the second floor, and gently leaned over, like a civet cat quietly landed, he identified the direction, and quickly ran to the alley behind the restaurant.

But as soon as he turned a corner, his neck suddenly tightened, and he was strangled by a man's arm and hung in the air, and his feet kicked wildly, without the slightest force, and then his eyes went dark, and he knew nothing.