Chapter 106: Recourse

"Does Fei Xiling think that I have no one in Dongping?" Tan Xiaopei lovingly hugged Tan Weixin's head, and said with a little annoyance: "I want to let Xiling know that this method is ...... Hey, hey, this means,."

Among the lords of the four countries of the Central Plains, Tan Xiaopei is the only one who rarely calls himself "I", but every time he calls himself "I", it means that he is really angry.

By the time he received the report from Nie Rui, the forbidden army had already temporarily taken over the defense from the city guards and closed the four gates.

Due to the fact that the troops of other aspects of Dongping have not yet been deployed on the front line of Xunshan Pass, a large number of troops of the forbidden army are still stranded there. At present, the forbidden army remaining in Danyang is only in the early 40,000s. According to the rules of the forbidden army, one-third is always on duty, one-third is staying in the camp for drills, and one-third is resting and on vacation.

Without hesitation, Tan Xiaopei sent all the forbidden troops who stayed in the camp to join the ranks of the whole city to track down suspicious characters. The soldiers of the Praetorian Army, who had gone out on vacation, were recalled, regrouped and left behind the necessary guards of the camp, and the rest of the sergeants were immediately sent out to carry out their duties.

As for the city guards, half of them went to the city to defend against the unexpected, while the other half were organized into several search teams and began to search the surrounding area of Danyang.

But what was even more effective was the family of those officers of the Blood Qi Army who launched an exhaustive search for all aspects of Danyang almost at the same time. Knowing that in the plan of Xiling's spies that almost succeeded, Chi Yun and Chi Lei, who were with Ye Tao, Tan Weixin and others, were almost affected, and Chi Xianping was furious. In the process of organizing clan soldiers to rescue the Blood Qi Army before, the major families have realized the role of the Blood Qi Army in uniting the major families of the government and the opposition, and what the continuous achievements of the Blood Qi Army mean to the major families, and everyone has reached an agreement in private to fully support the Blood Qi Army. And this threat made everyone a little angry.

The city guards and forbidden army may not be able to make almost all the restaurants and hostels in Danyang. All the Qinglou, all the people from all walks of life, big and small, are willing to help, but the major families have such energy when they join forces. A large number of well-informed figures provide all kinds of details, and only the families of the major families, the clan soldiers and those martial arts masters who have a good relationship with the major families can gather so abundant manpower and material resources to investigate one by one.

Lao Feng had no chance to leave Danyang at all. As the foreman in charge of the construction of the top floor, he was very suspicious, and the investigation of him was carried out from the beginning. Two hours later, Lao Feng, who had nowhere to hide, was caught.

There are also a large number of assassins and dead soldiers in Xilingdi who have been arrested one after another. It is necessary to maintain such a group of people who can carry out tasks at any time. They must be kept "normal" at all times, after all, except for a few paranoids, most people still cherish their lives very much. And in order to keep these people in a normal mood, the usual expenses, entertainment, food, and drinking are not small. And all these expenses, all these strange people, are the easiest to trace by infiltrating people from all walks of life, from all walks of life.

It's not dinner time yet, in the prison of the command post of the forbidden army. Under the torture of some masters with peculiar hobbies in Ouchi, the name Sun Xiaofan surfaced.

"Sun Xiaofan?" How is the name so familiar? Silently reciting this name, Zeng Man's mind had such an impression. Yes, he's a little old. It is no longer possible to know the contents of every report they are entitled to read, and every name that appears, as the young men of the new intelligence scene do. He looked up at the assistants beside him, and soon, the assistants found a thin page from the vast amount of information.

That was what FedEx collected in Xiling when it was conducting a high-risk smuggling delivery business. The content is roughly a young man named Sun Xiaofan, who learned that a wealthy family bullied the villagers in Suoshi Town, and the road was uneven. At night, he burst into the house of a rich man, destroyed the rich family, and scattered all the valuable things in the rich family's house on the street. Although the local government basically determined that Sun Xiaofan did it under the recourse, and sent a large number of people to round up Sun Xiaofan, in the end, Sun Xiaofan was imprisoned without resistance. However, things have taken a turn for the worse. This Sun Xiaofan is actually a closed disciple of the Daoming Sect Master, and he is walking the rivers and lakes for training. The status of the Daoming Sect in Xiling is high. And the power branch of Daoming Sect is in the Xiling government and the opposition. It has a great impact on Xiling. After that, it was over. But two months later, Sun Xiaofan changed. became a minor official in the ministry.

It should be this person, no matter from the name, resume, and qualifications of the Xiling spy who commanded the activities in Danyang, I am afraid there will be no second Sun Xiaofan. So Zeng Man reported the situation.

"Daoming Sect ......" Tan Xiaopei sighed, this world is changing too fast. Back then, when he was fighting at the border, he also met the master of Daoming Sect, and after a bloody battle, his subordinates almost died before killing that guy. Since then, Daomingzong has left a deep impression on his heart. Time has passed, and now he is the lord of a country, and Daomingzong has become a force that can almost dominate the Xiling Dynasty. In the Xiling Imperial Court, there were two ministers who openly declared that they were members of the Daoming Sect, and those who secretly fell to the Daoming Sect did not know how many. Some ordinances involving the people's livelihood would not have been able to be implemented at all if they had no Daoming Sect, which had a great influence among the people of Xiling and had a very high reputation and appeal.

If, such a scenario happens in Dongping. Tan Xiaopei must be unable to sleep and eat, and he must find ways to weaken the Daoming Sect, control the Daoming Sect, or simply get rid of the Daoming Sect, but the Lord of the Xiling Nation controls the current number one power in the world, but he relies more and more on the Daoming Sect to solve his problems. Those ministers who saw the misfortune were either suppressed and unable to express their intentions directly, or they were simply excluded from Xiling's power center.

If Daomingzong's ambition was only to control the Xiling Dynasty, then Tan Xiaopei didn't care. The more messy Xiling is, the more in line with the expectations of him, a Ming monarch with the ambition of unifying the world. However, the Daoming Sect is a religious, economic, and political expansive organization with strong corrosive power and expansion, and the tentacles of the Daoming Sect have quietly penetrated into Dongping, and it has already caused considerable damage.

"Call Cha Ziming, in addition. Let Zeng Man and Dou Anqi also come. Let Tao Ze, the envoy of the southern kingdom of Chun, meet immediately. Tan Xiaopei did not shy away from the family who were gathering together to appease Tan Weixin, and after discovering that Tan Weixin was in a good mood, he began to play cards and chess, and a series of orders were issued.

Now, the first family in Dongping has actually been completely captured by Ye Tao's sugar-coated cannonballs. Even the ritual utensils used for royal sacrifices are now supervised by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, and built by Ye's workshop. The entire palace, except for the throne of the lord that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and the set of tables and chairs in the imperial study. Almost all of them are furniture of all levels in the production area of Yip's Workshop. Even the usual pen holders, document boxes, sorting filing cabinets, pencil cases and other things are all produced by Yip's Workshop.

Two months ago, the new windproof lamp produced by Yip's workshop has fully laid down the big list of palace lighting. The Department of Construction of the Inner Government is discussing with Yip's Workshop the comprehensive project of improving the daytime lighting and nighttime lighting of the Yizheng Palace, and Ye Tao is afraid that the responsibility will be too great to take over. It can be used in integrated lighting. In this era, I am afraid that there is no one else who can make full use of the existing technical means to make such a large space light up in an economically reasonable way.

As for the boiler bathing equipment that is now in a lot of trouble in Danyang, how can the palace fall behind those big families? A total of six of the most high-end boiler units were installed throughout the palace. The daily coal consumption is more than 2,000 catties.

These items that are usually not too rooted in your eyes if you don't think about them are not mentioned. Just by looking at the table game of the first family in Dongping, you can realize how deep the "aggression" of Ye's workshop is. The prince talks about Weiming and the prince talks about Weiran are both marching chess, especially the masters of the grand strategy game are not mentioned, now. Even Queen Zhuo Xiu was hooked on that kind of game called chess.

Yip's Workshop is not a copy of Chinese chess, but a local version of chess. It's not because Ye Tao has any prejudices about Chinese chess, but just because Ye Tao thinks that the production of chess pieces in Chinese chess is very boring, and the revision of chess is not as good as making him "show off his skills". I have to admit that the chess pieces carved from ivory and black crystal are hard to put down, and the chessboard made of obsidian and white marble is built into a chessboard, the chess clock with the first-generation anti-seismic system is installed, and the space where the chess pieces are placed is integrated. The delicate and concise chess tables are so lovely, and even the two "game soft chairs" made by Ye Tao that can be put into any shape and make people feel so comfortable that they don't want to get down have become an indispensable part of the daily life of Dongping's first family. can make the family happy, Tan Xiaopei is not dissatisfied, but when he thinks that all these things come from Ye Tao, and they are all tricks made by Ye Tao alone, he is upset.

Finally, several people summoned by Tan Xiaopei came. He instructed: "Let Tao Ze go to the Fengxian Palace." I'll be there. ”

Tao Ze was the second resident envoy to Dongping after Luo Pingdi Chunnan. Right now. State-to-state relations remain at a fairly simple level, with the exception of those temporary envoys with plenipotentiary to deal with important matters. This kind of permanent envoy is already a very advanced diplomatic method, and as for dividing it into different levels, I don't know how many years later.

Unlike Luo Ping, Tao Ze's family background is much deeper, he doesn't need to forge ahead, he doesn't need to deliberately make achievements as a promotion rank, Tao Ze is much more likable than the original Luo Ping when dealing with many courtiers in Dongping. He is more like a Chunnan gentleman who lives in Danyang, he can play whatever he wants, occasionally complaining that Danyang's eating, drinking and entertainment are far from Yuhang, and even calling chefs from Yuhang for thousands of miles, making indelible contributions to the exchange of catering industry between the two countries......

was suddenly summoned by Tan Xiaopei when the atmosphere in Danyang was quite tense, and Tao Ze didn't figure out what it was for. After saluting Tan Xiaopei, he fell silent and respectfully waited for Tan Xiaopei's instructions.

Tan Xiaopei smiled faintly and said, "I came to you for a few things. First of all, it's a good thing. Concubine Lian is already pregnant with my child, you should already know about this, right? ”

Tao Ze hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Majesty." This is a good thing for both countries and you. While sending out a bunch of sycophants according to the custom, Tao Ze was even more puzzled, he knew that Tan Xiaopei would never be summoned for this matter.

"yes. This is, of course, a great thing. The birth of Concubine Lian, whether it is a man or a woman, will be given according to the practice of my Dongping. But...... There is one thing that needs to be reported to Chunnan. ”

"Your Majesty, please." Tao Ze bowed.

"In order to ensure that the child in Concubine Lian's womb can be born safely, I want to replace the lady-in-waiter Han Qihan, the attendant next to Concubine Lian." Tan Xiaopei said lightly.

"Mrs. Han has been widowed for many years, her conduct is dignified, and her temperament is gentle and virtuous, but is there anything that has disobeyed Your Majesty?" Tao Ze hesitated. From Princess Bailian marrying Tan Xiaopei to the present day. Tan Xiaopei has always been very generous in his arrangements for the people around Concubine Lian, and even if there are any transfer arrangements, he will let Chunnan know in advance. In fact, even if he wants to remove the female official Mrs. Han, who can be regarded as Concubine Lian's closest, he doesn't need to let anyone know in advance.

Tan Xiaopei shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you don't know that Mrs. Han is now a meticulous work of the Daoming Sect, right?" ”

At the moment of Tao Ze's shock. Tan Xiaopei instructed: "Zha Ziming, the commander of the Xuan Forbidden Army, Dou Anqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zeng Man, the deacon of the Inner Palace." ”

After the three of them came in to greet him, Tan Xiaopei said, "Zeng Man, tell me what's going on." Let everyone understand. ”

"Yes." Immediately, Zeng Man began to recount a series of recent investigations. In this operation against Xilingdi, due to the obvious leakage of information, Zeng Man took the lead. A range of possible scenarios were investigated. During the investigation, a very strange situation was discovered: a deputy general of the forbidden army who knew the specific situation had an affair with Mrs. Han. Zeng Man investigated the adjutant general, and even asked the military department to transfer the adjutant general through Tan Xiaopei and left the field of vision of the forbidden army commander Zha Ziming, and then secretly interrogated the adjutant general, and the adjutant general also confessed to leaking information. This kind of thing that was blown by the pillow wind, although not intentionally, is equally unforgiving. And what made Zeng Man even more curious was Mrs. Han, who was only a little bit old in her early thirties. When he was having an affair with the lieutenant general, he was elusive in the arrangement of time and place, and he didn't let anyone else know. This is not something that ordinary people can do. As for how Mrs. Han sent the information and why she fornicated with Xi Ling, it is another question that makes people puzzled. Zeng Man sent people to conduct a background investigation on Mrs. Han's situation in Chunnanguo, and sent experienced subordinates to monitor and control Mrs. Han. There was finally a breakthrough. A spy discovers. It is a little strange for Mrs. Han to burn incense and chant Buddha twice in the morning and dusk, from reading her lips. What Mrs. Han was silently chanting was not a Buddhist scripture or any related prayer at all, but a prayer of the Daoming Sect. Subsequently, the spy infiltrated Mrs. Han's residence again when Mrs. Han was doing things during the day, opened the Guanyin statue on the wall, and found the statue of the Daoming Sect's Sect Master on the wall behind the Guanyin statue, and also found an order written in secret script from the Daoming Sect that was similar to that of the regional head in the middle of the jewelry box hidden by Mrs. Han in the room.

has already controlled Mrs. Han, Zeng Man has saved the mind of putting a long line to catch big fish. Originally, Tan Xiaopei also agreed with Zeng Man's opinion. But the sudden "skyscraper explosion case" made him have to reconsider the matter. Although Sun Xiaofan and Mrs. Han belong to different channels, they both belong to the Daoming Sect. And now the Daoming Sect has taken actual actions against Dongping to destroy and kill. Controlling Mrs. Han, but also making Mrs. Han not jump over the wall and threaten the child in Concubine Lian's belly under any circumstances, is really too much beyond the ability of any secret spy system. At this time, Tan Xiaopei felt that it was more important to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and to comprehensively attack the power of Daoming Sect in Dongping with complete recourse. While it is important to eliminate those who operate, it is equally urgent to make it clear to those who are lurking in the intelligence gathering.

"Your Majesty, the minister is overlooked." Cha Ziming immediately fell to his knees. The deputy general under his command leaked information, which led to the annihilation of the first batch of reinforcements, and made the entire battle situation fall into passivity for a while, which is not a small crime.

"Get up! If you want to be held accountable, you will be held accountable a long time ago. Tan Xiaopei didn't take this matter too seriously.

Tao Ze also understood why Mrs. Han, the lady-in-waiting official who had removed Concubine Lian, had to communicate with him first. Tan Xiaopei is not just as simple as removing Mrs. Han, but also interrogating her later, torturing her, and pulling out a series of Daoming Sect people from her. Mrs. Han was just a widow with no background in Chunnan, otherwise, she would not have been sent to be this lady-in-waiting, who had almost no hope of returning to China for the rest of her life and was destined to die of old age in a foreign land. But Dongping came to deal with Mrs. Han, after all, it was an issue involving diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Tao Ze pondered for a moment and said resolutely: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent. Madame Han should be placed at the disposal of His Majesty. Wei Chen will naturally clarify this matter to the Lord, but the issue of this evidence is ambiguous. ”

Tan Xiaopei said with satisfaction: "Naturally, Zeng Man will hand over the previous investigation documents to you, and then you can send someone to follow the arrest of Mrs. Han and the search of her residence." But those in the Golden Valley Garden, those in your country, shall also be restrained by you. ”

Tan Xiaopei looked at Dou Anqi who was standing on the side and said, "Lord Dou, I summoned you today, do you understand why?" ”

Dou Anqi touched his beard, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Yuhang in person and tell the Lord of Chunnan about this matter." ”

"Well, I wanted you to send someone, but it's better if you run it yourself. Thank you. Tan Xiaopei nodded and said, "However, it's not just that. It would be great if it could be said that the Lord of the Moving Chunnan Country was consistent with our country on the issue of clearing the Daoming Sect. ”