Zhang Bojian raised his glass and laughed, Yang Chong was really cunning, knowing that even if Jiangnan was conquered by force, the wealthy warriors of Wu County and Huiji would not bow their heads all of a sudden, but the soldiers who defeated Jiangnan needed to be rewarded, and it was undoubtedly a novice to establish two counties at the entrance of the Yangtze River and promote trade with maritime merchants in exchange for money. Once the climate is formed, it is the wealthy families of Wu County who are uncomfortable, Zhang Bojian is a pirate and a giant businessman, and naturally knows that the profits of sea trade are thousands of times that of farming.

However, there are still thieves who dare to enter and leave the Thunderbolt Camp, a military powerhouse, which shows that Yang Chong's current situation is not as easy as he imagined, and the hostile forces are still very strong. In the next few days, Zhang Bojian found that there were a lot of disguised spies in Chang'an City, running around the streets and alleys, and it was obvious that Yang Chong wanted to pull out these nails. After cleaning over and over again, the monitoring in Chang'an City became more and more perfect, and sensitive residents found abnormalities.

In an independent house in Chang'an Rail Lane, the owner Lao Sun Tou closed the doors and windows, opened the door of the secret room of the storage room, and walked in with the food cage; There are twenty-two spiral staircases leading down to the chamber, and at the end of the staircase is a candle-lit living room, beautifully decorated, with four doors leading to the other rooms. There are not many furnishings, two pine tables, six chairs with yellow pears, and calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, which look a little strange and incompatible with the style of decoration.

Three guests were gathered around a table in the middle, looking at the map and pointing; The old grandson took out eight plates of food from the food box and put them on another table one by one. The high-roller in the middle of the three looked like a smuggler of salt, with a strange smile at him, and said gloomily: "Old Sun, we have all looked at the map for a few days, and you don't give any opinions?" ”

A young man on the left is very burly, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes, although he is coarse cloth, he still can't hide his heroic and indomitable spirit; The swordsman on the right is proud, his face is extremely unique, giving a feeling of iron casting, and the steel knife behind him is not separated from his body in the secret room. When they heard this, they both looked at the old grandson; Lao Sun Tou is an old man in his fifties, and he can't see anything unusual on the street, so he looked at the three of them and said: "The world is a conflict of interests, and the people want it, Li Yuan has no way to provide benefits, who will work hard for him." ”

The young man said dissatisfiedly: "Where the righteousness is, we can't help it, Yang Chong killed the warrior clan in vain, and he is destined to be our enemy." ”

Old Sun Tou sneered and said: "If Li Yuan gains power, he will not kill less than Yang Chong, and the life of the scholar clan is still not easy." Since Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, proposed to use official positions to determine respect and inferiority, the conflict between the scholars and the imperial court was inevitable, and it was the same for whoever came to power. In fact, there is no need to look at the map, Yang Chong blocked the palace, many places are open to the common people, and there are many fewer forbidden places in Chang'an; If you want to steal military or workshop technology, I advise you to forget it, we won't have a chance if we can't take down a Shannan Courtyard with all the strength of the Quentian Pavilion back then. ”

The high roller let out a piercing laugh, nodded at the old grandson, and said, "The palace master is here with us, don't be bored yourself." ”

Old Sun Tou nodded and said, "Thank you for the reminder." But I tell you, today the Camp of Perak sent out hounds to search the outside of the camp; If your guess is correct, you provide the analyzed information, and the palace master will enter and leave the corresponding place. But you must know that Yang Chong's subordinates are as masters as clouds, and the martial arts of Gong Yi and Zhang Guolao are not under the palace master, once they are surrounded by the palace master, it is difficult for the palace master to get out. ”

The swordsman asked, "Then according to the meaning of the seniors, what should I do?" ”

Seeing that there was another person who understood, Lao Sun Tou smiled and said, "Two words, withdraw." We were originally selling intelligence, and we were not Li Tang's subordinates, so let's not do it anymore, so let's leave it to the Fearless Sect to do it. ”

The three high-rollers were silent, and the old grandson's statement was to the point; The high roller looked up at the stairs and said in a deep voice: "Old Sun, have you forgotten what happened back then, Li Yuan is an insider." ”

The old grandson said disdainfully: "So what? Yang Chong will not investigate this matter, if Li Yuan says it, we don't need to do it, and several major families will kill him. Li Yuan didn't dare to say that in the future, if he failed, he still hoped that we could provide shelter. ”

The young man was irritable for a while, and said angrily: "Why do you think that Li Tang will be defeated? ”

The old grandson said leisurely: "You are Li Yuan's clansman, don't be excited, all the way to Chang'an, you should have seen Yang Chong building, and there was no full mobilization to start the war; If Yang Chong were to start the war machine, it would not be a problem to expand the army by 200,000 to 300,000 in one go. Do you still think Li Tang can hold on? You are here just to think that Li Shimin will have a big operation in the north, and he is ready to wait for an opportunity to create chaos, but in fact, it has nothing to do with the palace master's affairs. ”

Where did an old man who guarded the house come from to be so arrogant, and the high roller asked in a trembling voice: "You, you are not an old grandson, who are you?" ”

Old Sun Tou coldly removed the human skin mask, and the high roller and the swordsman exclaimed at the same time: "Palace master." ”

The palace master said expressionlessly: "The old grandson is still taking care of it, this is Li Ming, the king of Lujiang County, you are doing a good job, secretly connecting with Li Tang's people, taking outsiders in and out of the contact point, and all of them don't remember the rules of the palace." ”

The high roller and the swordsman were sweating profusely, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy, they were all second- and third-rate masters in the rivers and lakes, and they couldn't make three moves in front of the palace master; Li Jin, the king of Lujiang County, was also frightened, but he still insisted on standing still and said: "Everyone is an ally, and some things should not be too careful. ”

The palace master sneered: "Ally, will Li Tang join me in the future?" You should learn more from Yang Chong and Li Shimin, don't talk empty words. You all get up, don't study the map of Chang'an anymore, that will be two years from now for Li Tang at the earliest, and it will be meaningless. You will go out of the city tomorrow, escort the king of Lujiang County to Beiping, hand over a piece of information to Li Shimin, and tell him that Tianlei cannot get it, and bring back 5,000 taels of gold back to Chang'an, I will be of great use. ”

What intelligence is worth five thousand taels of gold, could it be that the people around Yang Chong were bought, or did they need money to find the assassin? The three of them were still confused, the palace master was still gone, and there was an extra bamboo tube on the table; The swordsman followed the high roller and stood up and asked, "The palace master still trusts us with a fake hand." ”

The hawker shook his head and said, "The palace master does not trust us, but we have suffered heavy losses in Chang'an, and there are not many people who can be dispatched; The palace master himself has something important to do, perhaps his current hidden identity does not allow him to leave Chang'an. ”

Some identities are very important, every day around the big shots, a little away for a few days, someone will fill the position, the swordsman and Li Ying both nodded, reality is very important, and now this trust is needed.

(End of chapter)