Zhou Qian swallowed a piece of beef, raised his head and said, "I activated all the hidden piles this time, and the thirty-six killers entered Zhangye City almost without concealment, just to find an opportunity. ”

The boss laughed, as if he was talking about family life: "Lord Zhou, you saved my life, so I came to Zhangye willingly, I thought that the Great Sui occupied the six counties of the Western Regions, and I could live a peaceful and stable life in this life, but I didn't expect you to come at this time." Say, what do you need me to do? ”

Zhou Qian smiled calmly and said, "Kill Yang Chong." ”

The boss heard that Zhou Qian's tone was full of baldness and helplessness, and asked regretfully: "Why, he is the best official I have ever seen in more than 20 years, not only capable, but also very good to the people." In the past two years, the lives of the common people in Zhangye have become more and more prosperous, and the contradictions between the Hu and the Han have been greatly weakened. ”

Zhou Qian said bitterly: "Yang Chong may subvert the Great Sui, I have to do this." ”

The boss shook his head disdainfully and said, "According to your Han people, this is called self-destruction of the Great Wall." Yang Chong's army has six military rules, all actions are under command, do not take things from the people, borrow things to pay back, compensate for damaged things, do not damage crops, and do not molest women. The Great Sui army came and went, and only Yang Chong's army could do it, and at the door of the teahouse on the north side of this street, the official killed two soldiers who violated discipline on the spot. ”

Zhou Qian was speechless, how could he not know these circumstances, but the more Yang Chong did this, the higher his prestige among the people, and the greater the threat to the Holy Son of Heaven and the Great Sui, not to mention that killing Yang Chong was Empress Xiao's will. Zhou Qian buried his head in eating the mutton in the bowl and drank half a bowl of soup before he looked up and said, "I need your help." ”

The boss got up and put away the dishes and chopsticks and said, "I understand, including you are bait, someone is coming." ”

Before the words fell, a guest walked into the store, looked at Zhou Qian and said: "Uncle Zhou, it's rare to come to Zhangye, how can you deal with it in the small shop, Yang Chong misses you so much, and often talks about you." ”

The person who came was slender, and the jade tree was in the wind, it was Kou Jiuhui. Zhou Qian said with a smile on his face: "I'm here to do some private things, I don't want to disturb you." ”

Kou Jiuhui motioned for the boss to sit down, sat down next to Zhou Qian and said, "Uncle Zhou, it's okay to say it, Yang Chong is the chief manager, and most people in Hexi still give face." To be honest, Yang Chong told me at the beginning that you were coming, and I didn't believe it yet; But I was overjoyed to hear that you had entered the city this morning. ”

It seemed too quiet outside, so quiet that you could hear the footsteps of pedestrians on the street, cold sweat oozed from Zhou Qian's back, Kou Jiuhui would never come alone, maybe the whole street had been surrounded. If you are targeted when you enter the city, it means that Lao Hu's shop is also targeted, and the list of people involved in the operation this time may have been leaked, and you really only have one last chance.

Zhou Qian deliberately asked, "How did you find me?" ”

Kou Jiuhui didn't hesitate at all, and replied casually: "You shouldn't go to Lao Hu's shop." Zhangye County has registered civilian and military households, Lao Hu came after we occupied Zhangye, and he purchased goods from Chang'an, and he was in the investigation list; Hexi Commercial Bank and Northwest Commercial Bank adopted a dumping policy, and Lao Hu a foreigner who sold department stores could still struggle to support, which had to make people admire and doubt, and we even investigated Lao Hu's channels for purchasing goods in Guanzhong, and found the source of porcelain. ”

Zhou Qian's face changed, this is a fatal negligence, in order to allow the shop to survive in Zhangye, the last choice is the porcelain in the south of the Yangtze River, Lao Hu's source of goods can only be the Xiao family, the Zhang family and the Gu family are trapped in Dunhuang because of the clan, and they have arranged shops to do business in Wuwei and Dunhuang. Although Zhou Qian's subordinates have done some cover-up for this, it may be a bigger flaw in the eyes of professionals.

Kou Jiuhui didn't seem to notice Zhou Qian's abnormality, and said to himself: "Yang Chong thinks that this is a normal method and measure, and the central and Chang'an's monitoring of Zhang Ye's movements is actually helpful to Zhang Ye's development, so we didn't move him, and we didn't even tell Du Yan." It wasn't until we heard that Uncle Zhou was missing that we began to pay attention to him, and luckily found that many people came to look for him, including people I had seen in Chang'an, so Yang Chong was sure that you would come sooner or later. ”

Zhou Qian looked at Kou Jiuhui and said to the boss: "Another bowl of beef offal, I want a small bowl." ”

The boss was about to stand up, Kou Jiuheng clapped his hands and said, "Come on, go and serve a small bowl of beef offal for Lord Zhou, and put some pepper." ”

Four masters squeezed into the house, and suddenly the beef hall seemed small, and one of the thin masters walked to the stove, grabbed a spoon, and scooped the beef offal; The boss spread his hands indifferently and said, "Master Kou, you have such a sensitive mind." ”

Kou Jiuhui found pepper, the identity of the boss is self-evident, pepper is more expensive than gold, not to mention sprinkling some for ordinary guests, the owner of the general restaurant himself will not be willing to eat, unless the person who comes is a nobleman. In Zhangye, those who can regard Zhou Qian as a noble person are not Zhou Qian's subordinates, but also Zhou Qian's friends; The boss has been lurking in Zhangye for many years, and he is an experienced person, and he doesn't want to hide his face and be laughed at anymore.

Kou Jiuheng made an expression of understanding, turned his head and asked Zhou Qian: "Uncle Zhou, it's okay not to eat the offal, there are a lot of new dishes in Yang Chong's mansion, why don't you go and taste them, if it's convenient for this boss, let's go together?" ”

Zhou Qian glanced at the four masters and said, "You once sneaked into Chang'an with twenty masters, and the four of them are not among them?" ”

Kou Jiuhui smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou is really well-informed, but the four of them are not here. ”

Zhou Qian stood up and muttered: "Yang Chong has been online with many people in the past five years, and no one will believe it if he has no intentions. ”

Kou Jiuhui stood up with the boss and said, "Li Yuan recruited three thousand dead soldiers in Hedong, and I didn't see how worried Uncle Zhou was, we just recruited dozens of masters. ”

Zhou Qian and the boss were stunned, this matter is not trivial, why don't they have any news at all; Kou Jiuhui showed enough kindness, and even just searched his body, and let Zhou Qian and the boss sit in a carriage alone, without even handcuffing the bracelet, as if he was inviting Zhou Qian to be a guest. After getting into the carriage, facing the suspicion of the boss, Zhou Qian smiled bitterly: "After all, I am a court official, there is no evidence of guilt, Yang Chong will not do anything to me, and the biggest loss today is you." ”

Since Yang Chong has implemented strict household registration control, it is easy to find new people like Lao Hu who have registered in the country, and in the long run, the only people who can really play a role are the candidates who were arranged when Yang Chong did not enter Hexi.

The boss stretched out his finger, wrote in Zhou Qian's palm, and asked, "If you kill Yang Chong while you meet?" Zhou Qian's heart was pounding, Kou Jiuhui casually gave himself a chance, Zhou Qian looked at the boss and nodded, for the sake of the task, the two of them had put life and death aside.

(End of chapter)