Dugu Yu didn't answer, and took Yang Chong to a secret room with a triple gate, and all his followers were left outside the first gate, Dugu Yu closed the door and said: "Now Tuguhun and the Western Turks are also buying iron, our strength in the Western Regions is not enough, and it is difficult to import a large number of them." In fact, there are other ways, last year Wei Jie went to the Western Regions to pick up a person, a person who escaped from Persia, but failed. ”

Yang Chong remembered the handwritten book in Greek with the nest and asked, "Could it be someone who escaped from the iron factory?" ”

Dugu was stunned for a long time before he exclaimed: "Yang Chong, you are really smart, to be honest, I don't know, this is an action that Wei Jie and Du Xingman are responsible for, and the purchase of iron from the Western Regions is the business that the Wei family and the Yuan family are responsible for, and I am only responsible for receiving the goods." Wei Jie's trip to the Western Regions arranged an eight-month trip, and half of the purpose was for this person. More than a year ago, a monk from Samalgan brought the news to China, and the Son of Heaven asked us to take him back, but unfortunately Wei Jie failed, the monk and the four officers brought into the city all died, and Shi Daqian's receiving team also lost half of its men. ”

Yang Chong thought for a while and asked, "Sama Ergan, is it a city in the Nine Cities of Zhaowu?" ”

Dugu nodded and said, "Samalgan is the capital of Kang. ”

Yang Chong asked curiously, "Don't we have any merchants in that city?" It doesn't have to be such a risky method. Also, why didn't this person escape at the same time as the monks? ”

Dugu replied with satisfaction: "The man named Gui Niao has a secret recipe for the steelmaking of Uzi Steel, and the monk who passed the message has waited for this matter in Kang for fifteen years. They are all masters sent out by the Holy Son of Heaven or the King of Jin, the monks are Gui Niao's subordinates, Gui Niao is informed by someone, and the monks are not clear about some things. ”

Yang Chong asked sharply: "In fact, whether the people who fled to Kangguo are Guiniao, whether Guiniao is still alive, the monks don't know, from the beginning, this is a shadowless thing." ”

Dugu said solemnly: "But the Son of Heaven wants to find out the truth, Gui Niao is one of the people he believes in the most, and the imperial court has decided to send a team to re-enter the Western Regions, and the leader of the group is you." ”

Yang Chong once again felt the inequality between the commoners and the scholars, the Wei family and the Yuan family had ready-made manpower in the Western Regions, and they had to send another person to the country, just to avoid damage to the business of the gate lord clan. Yang Chong didn't squeak, just sat quietly, there was no fear or sadness in his eyes; This made Dugu very uncomfortable, and scolded Wei Jie and Yuanwen in his heart. Dugu Usur can't let this situation go on for a long time, which will make the two of them more and more resistant, Dugu U said dryly: "Actually, you can also refuse." ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "This is a yin and yang situation, and everyone who goes is likely to die." And if I refuse, I will become the subject of investigation for leaks, and I will be interrogated in the hands of the scholars, and I will die the same. ”

In later film novels, there are too many such spy war episodes, and Yang Chong hardly needs to think about anything, and he easily outlines the prospects. Dugu Yu was very embarrassed, waited for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Yang Chong, do you have any better ideas?" ”

Yang Chong said unabashedly: "I need to think about it, let them send some wine and meat in." ”

This is not a high requirement, Dugu usurped out for a while, and then brought in a pot of wine and a pot of mutton with a food cage, the level of the cooks in the army is limited, and the mutton is salty in addition to salty. Dugu put down the chopsticks after tasting it, Yang Chong ate with relish, and drank two sips of wine from time to time, until he was really full, Yang Chong asked: "You can call the shots in everything, or do you need to report to the Holy Son of Heaven and get a plan in the court?" ”

Dugu Yu is also a smart person, and he said: "Are you afraid that there will be spies in the court?" ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "It doesn't have to be a spy, maybe it's people from several parties who are tearing each other down, there should be more than just the Wei family and the Yuan family in the Western Regions, right?" ”

Dugu Chong's mind flashed the list he knew, and he didn't dare to take Yang Chong's words, according to Yang Chong's meaning, this matter can rise to the height of the struggle between the forces of the DPRK and China, and it will set off a battle and bloodbath, which is not what Dugu Chong wants to see. Yang Chong stood up and asked, "Guogong, do you still want me to find out the truth and hope that I will come back alive?" ”

Dugu Yu was almost speechless, and reluctantly said: "All the truth needs evidence. ”

Yang Chongzhen wanted to scold, but forcibly said: "All the evidence will be ignored, you should send someone you trust." ”

"You are the one trusted by the Son of Heaven." Dugu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and emphasized: "For the prestige of the imperial power, dare to step on the five surnames and seven looks, he doesn't believe you, who do you believe." ”

Yang Chong put forward the condition noncommittally: "I need to form a team of five or six people, and each person must be reviewed by me; Give me another public appointment from the imperial court, twenty cavalrymen, and go to Kangguo to look for sweat and blood horses; In addition, prepare five hundred taels of gold and silk for me. If you have the contact method and address of Gui Niao in Kangguo, I can take the risk of giving it a try, otherwise, there is nothing I can do, however, I have a worry, if that person really has the so-called thing in his hand, but it is difficult for the person to bring it back, what should I do? ”

"Get the things back first, and then figure out a way later." Dugu Yu gave the answer without hesitation, his heart was full of surprise, Yang Chong was only twenty years old, and he was so sophisticated in grasping things, could he be born to do this kind of thing? Dugu pondered the time of a stick of incense before he said with certainty: "What you need, I will ask the Son of Heaven for instructions, you tell me first, what kind of person you want." ”

Yang Chong said without hesitation: "Shi Daqian, I also want two officers who can speak the Zhaowu language, and an expert who knows horses and a jewelry expert; I also have to do some personal preparations, which will take about seven days. If everything is ready, after seven days, we can set off, except for Shi Daqian, the others have arrived in the Western Regions, and I will tell them the task of finding people. ”

Dugu immediately decided: "That's it, I'll find a way to do it." ”

On the day that Emperor Yang of Sui drove to Chang'an, he issued a holy decree ordering Yang Chong to lead a team to Kang Guo to find a bloody horse; When the news came out, Chang'an was a sensation, is it so easy to find a bloody BMW? If Kang Guo is willing to give it, Wei Jie will give it when they go. For a while, people were full of words, some said that Emperor Yang of Sui was insatiable, and some said that Yang Chong's errand was the end of offending the Pei family. Dugu usurped Yang Chong to the prince's mansion, and first gave Yang Chong a thorough understanding, no more than ten people in the court knew Yang Chong's purpose, if something happened to Yang Chong, he would investigate them one by one.

Then Dugu usurped Yang Chong to a remote office, Shi Daqian sat in it dejectedly, Yang Chong smiled and said, "Brother Shi, so coincidental? ”