Chapter 309: Closing the Net First

Things did not change as long as Li Yanqing thought, and early the next morning, Yan Jiuling came to the military camp to find Li Yanqing, and he brought an important piece of information, the principal Yang Huai had just gone to Qingyuan County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Li Yanqing secretly shouted that it was not good, they kept Zhao Yuan under close surveillance, but ignored Zhao Yuan's minion Yang Huai, and it was likely that the person who contacted Western Xia was not Zhao Yuan but Yang Huai.

"What is he doing in Qingyuan County?"

"After he came to the official office to see Zhao Yuan, he said that his uncle was sick and asked for a day off to visit Qingyuan County, but we have never heard that he has an uncle in Qingyuan County."

"How long has he been on his way?"

"Not long after leaving, he rode a donkey, and it is estimated that he has walked at most ten miles now, and it will be at least noon to reach Qingyuan County."

Li Yanqing immediately decided, since the shuai is unwilling to wait any longer, then today is the time to close the net.

"You continue to go back to the official office to do things, don't let Zhao Yuan see anything abnormal."

After sending Yan Jiuling back to the city, Li Yanqing immediately borrowed thirty cavalry from Yang Zaixing and rushed to Qingyuan County as fast as possible.

Qingyuan County is located fifty miles south of Yangqu County, a wide official road connects the two places, but in addition to the official road, there is a riverside road along Fenshui, Li Yanqing personally led thirty cavalry to run all the way along the path, less than an hour, they rushed to Qingyuan County, at this time it was still early from noon, Yang Huai should not have arrived in Qingyuan County.

Li Yanqing simply went to the city, stood on the city tower and waited, and after about half an hour, Li Yanqing finally saw Yang Huai, who was tall and thin, riding a donkey.

Li Yanqing whispered a few words to the two subordinates, and then walked to the female wall on the other side of the city, and after a while, Yang Huai rode a donkey from the city cave into the city, but he didn't know that at this time, on top of his head, his boss Li Yanqing was looking at his back coldly.

An ox cart immediately followed Yang Huai, and about a quarter of an hour later, the soldier in charge of monitoring Yang Huai ran back and reported in a low voice: "He entered a leather shop called Yinchuantang, about two miles from here. ā€

Listening to the name, it was opened by the Xixia people, and Li Yanqing was almost certain that Yang Huai came to this store to meet with the Xixia spies.

Li Yanqing immediately decided: "Block the front and back doors to arrest, and you can't let go of any of them." ā€

Yinchuantang leather store is located in the downtown area of Qingyuan County, less than 100 steps away from the county government, covering an area of about two acres, opened by a Western Xia merchant.

Most of the time, the Song and Xia countries were peaceful coexistence, the merchants of the two countries were endless, the Western Xia medicinal materials, furs, livestock and woolen fabrics were exported to the Song Dynasty in large quantities, and the Song Dynasty's silk, porcelain, rouge, paper and other materials were very popular with the Xixia people, in the cities along the Song-Xia border, you can see the shops opened by the Tangut people everywhere.

Only during the war will these Western Xia shops be temporarily closed, but once the war is over, the shops will reopen, as for the Western Xia spies pretending to be merchants to take the opportunity to infiltrate the Song Dynasty, it is actually quite normal.

At this time, dozens of heavily armed soldiers suddenly appeared at the door of Yinchuan Hall, and before several men could respond, the soldiers rushed in, pressed down the three men in the hall, and quickly tied them up.

Li Yanqing led more than a dozen soldiers to rush into the inner hall, and the sudden incident caused a great chaos at the door of the store, and everyone dodged to both sides, but soon gathered again, surrounded the gate, and looked inside one by one.

The Song soldiers soon met resistance, and three big men blocked the gate of a house, wielding knives and fighting fiercely with the soldiers who rushed in through the back door.

Although these three Han men were strong in martial arts and very strong, these soldiers were the own soldiers of the master's way, and they were also brave and good at fighting, and the two sides were evenly matched, and the Song army soon gained the upper hand and gradually suppressed the three big men.

Li Yanqing didn't have time to delay, he waved his hand, and the three stones hit out one after another with great speed, hitting the foreheads of the three big men, and suddenly hit their heads and blood, making it difficult to continue fighting, and the soldiers rushed up and tied up the three big men.

Li Yanqing kicked open the door, only to see that the room was in a mess, and two men were burning documents in a panic, one of whom was Yang Huai.

Without Li Yanqing's orders, the soldiers rushed forward, knocked Yang Huai and another man down, extinguished the fire that had just burned, and dug up a large number of documents from it.

"Director Yang, I didn't expect us to meet here!" Li Yanqing sneered.

Yang Huai's face suddenly turned pale, and he sat on the ground with weak legs, he knew that he was finished, and let the soldiers tie him with his backarms, but his whole body began to tremble, and he couldn't say a word.

Li Yanqing walked in front of another person, and saw that he was about thirty years old, he should be the shopkeeper in the store, a typical Xixia person, with a cunning face, Li Yanqing flipped through the thick stack of documents on the table again, it turned out to be the Linzhou inspection report he wrote last month, Li Yanqing hated it so much that his teeth itched, and his backhand was a few slaps and slaps were slapped, and Yang Huai's mouth and nose were bleeding.

"Betray your country, you are dead this time, take it all away with me!"

The soldiers covered everyone's heads with black pockets and escorted them out of the store, at this time, the county lieutenant came with more than a dozen officials to hear the news, and Li Yanqing showed his military badge in front of him, "I came to arrest the Western Xia spy on the order of the commander!" ā€

The county lieutenant was so frightened that he hurriedly asked the official to get out of the way, and Li Yanqing immediately said to him: "This house is immediately sealed, dig three feet into the ground for me, seal the items found, and send them to the Taiyuan military camp." ā€

"Obey!"

The soldiers put seven or eight spies in several donkey carts, while Yang Huai was kept alone in an ox cart, and the soldiers escorted the carts back to the Taiyuan barracks.

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In the military office, Zhao Yuan, who joined the army, paced back and forth restlessly, his subordinate Yang Huai had been to Qingyuan County for most of the day, but there was no news, an inexplicable uneasiness made Zhao Yuan very worried, in fact, Yangqu County also had a Xixia stronghold, but for the sake of safety, he still chose the Xixia fine work point in Qingyuan County.

Zhao Yuan walked to the window with his hands in his hand, looking at an apricot tree outside the window, he couldn't help but think of the unbearable scene three years ago.

Three years ago, he was still serving as a priest in Shizhou, and got acquainted with a bold Western Xia Dajia, who was generous and often brought him to Taiyuan to spend all his days drinking and living a luxurious life, and soon he became infected with the vice of gambling, and the Xixia Dajia continued to provide him with money, which made him fall deeper and deeper, and eventually became in debt.

At this time, the Western Xia Dajia showed his true colors, forcing him to become a Western Xia spy, under the temptation of money and beauty and the weight of huge debts, he had to succumb, and finally became a fine worker installed in the border officialdom of Western Xia, providing a lot of information about Shizhou, but the real purpose of the Xixia people looking at him was not for the intelligence of Shizhou, but the relationship between him and the seed master.

Zhao Yuan sighed lowly, Li Yanqing's arrival certainly disrupted his plan to control the three divisions of soldiers, armor, and cavalry, but more importantly, Li Yanqing brought him a huge threat, and even the magnates in the capital also found him, and they actually knew their relationship with Western Xia, which really made Zhao Yuan deeply frightened.

At this time, a sound of footsteps interrupted Zhao Yuan's train of thought, and when he turned around, he saw a soldier standing at his door, "What's the matter?" Zhao Yuan asked with some displeasure.

"Zhao joins the army, the marshal invites you to come over."

Zhao Yuan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Did the big marshal say anything?" ā€

"It seems to be a report, and the marshal has questions."

Zhao Yuan suddenly remembered a report from the commander that he had handed over to the marshal two days ago, maybe the marshal had any questions about this report, he nodded, "I'll go right away." ā€

Zhao Yuan cleaned up a little, and followed the soldiers to walk quickly towards the marshal's office.

But when he walked into the official room, Zhao Yuan immediately felt that something was wrong, and there were soldiers standing on both sides, and the master was wearing armor and helmets, sitting on a handsome chair, looking at him with anger on his face.

Zhao Yuan's twin strands began to tremble, and he stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Subordinates see the big handsome!" ā€

Seed Master Dao threw a thick stack of documents on the table in front of him, "This is the report of the Eight Divisions found in a shop in Qingyuan County, you explain to me, how can these top-secret documents be in the shop of the Xixia people?" ā€

Zhao Yuan's mind was 'Buzz! With a bang, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and finally the incident happened, he gritted his teeth and said hard: "This.... This one.... Humiliation is also not clear. ā€

"Humph! It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin. ā€œ

The planter waved his hand, "Bring it up!" ā€

Several soldiers escorted Yang Huai up, followed by Li Yanqing, holding a few letters in his hands, Yang Huai pointed at Zhao Yuan as soon as he entered the door and shouted: "It was he who pulled me into the water, he is a spy of Western Xia!" ā€

Zhao Yuan was so frightened that he couldn't speak, Li Yanqing walked up to him and showed a few letters in front of him, "You should know these letters!" ā€

This is a letter written by Zhao Yuan a few months ago, he never dreamed that the letter was not sent away, this is his handwritten letter, ironclad evidence, Zhao Yuan can no longer deny it, plop down and kneel, kowtow, remorse in his heart, tears and said: "I am guilty, I have lived up to the expectations and trust of the handsome!" ā€

Seed Master Dao suddenly felt tired and abnormal, he wished that he still had a glimmer of hope, Zhao Yuan may not be meticulous, now the truth is revealed, that means that Zhao Yuan really provided a lot of information to Xixia, he used the wrong person, and he can't shirk this great responsibility.

After a while, the seed master Dao asked coldly, "You honestly confess, who is the mastermind who wants to frame Li to join the army?" ā€

Zhao Yuan lowered his head and whispered, "It's Gao Yu, Captain Gao!" ā€

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