In a small street called Dahuaishu Lane in the east of Yangqu County, there is a big house covering an area of ten acres, usually the door of the house is closed, even the neighbors in the alley do not know who lives in the house, everyone only vaguely remembers that this house is related to a deceased official. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At night, the alley is silent, and most of the people rest early, and occasionally the screams of wild cats from some unknown corner make the night seem extraordinarily quiet.

At this time, a man in black hurriedly walked from the mouth of the alley, until he came to the door that was closed all the year round, he looked at both sides, and patted the knocker rhythmically, and after a while, the door creaked open, and the man in black flashed into the courtyard door, and the door was closed again.

The faint light in the courtyard illuminated the face of the man in black, and I saw that his face was dark and thin, his chin was slightly long, he was only in his early forties, and his face was gloomy.

Zhao Yuan had just listened to Yang Huai's report, and he was a little uneasy in his heart, so he came to discuss it overnight.

"Is Steward Zhang gone?" Zhao Yuan asked urgently.

"Not gone yet!"

Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly towards the mansion.

The lobby is full of more than a dozen cages, large and small, it can be seen that the owner here is going to go out of the door, a man squatted in front of the big box to pack something, he looked up, saw Zhao Yuan walked in, then got up and smiled: "Zhao joined the army to send me good news!" ”

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Steward Zhang."

"What do you mean by that?"

The man's face changed, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, "Are you trying to tell me that things didn't work out?" ”

"It should have succeeded, but the fight was so fateful that he escaped from the sword of the Tanguts, and the Tanguts were too stupid to kill him with two hundred people, but in the end the whole army was wiped out."

The man was extremely disappointed in his heart, hugged his head and squatted down, and said hatefully for a while: "I can't do this little thing, how can you explain to the captain if you let me go back?" ”

"It's probably not my responsibility! I have arranged everything, but the Tangut people are not doing things well, how can they blame me? Zhao Yuan said with some dissatisfaction.

The man's face sank, and he said coldly: "Is that the responsibility of the captain?" ”

"I didn't mean that, I just said that now is not the time to be held accountable, we should consider the next move, while Li Yanqing has not discovered the truth, we can attack again, and we will definitely be able to put him to death."

The man shook his head, "You don't understand the Taiwei's intentions at all, if it's just to kill Li Yanqing, then why wait for him to go to the frontier to make an opponent?" Find an assassin, it can be solved tonight, Taiwei wants him to be killed by the Tanguts, and the cultivation master Dao will have an unshirkable responsibility, you can't just think about your own interests, and ruin Taiwei's big thing. ”

Zhao Yuan lowered his head and said for a while: "I hope to get further instructions from the Tai Lieutenant." ”

The man looked at him for a moment and said, "I will send a pigeon letter back early tomorrow morning, and I will give you an answer by the evening after tomorrow at the latest." ”

After a pause, the man said again: "In addition, you and the line of Western Xia must be kept unblocked, maybe next time, we will need to cooperate with the Western Xia people." ”

"I understand, then I'll take my leave."

Zhao Yuan got up and left, the man walked to the front of the lobby with his hands in his hands, looking at Zhao Yuan's back and walking away, he also felt that his head was big for a while, and he actually failed, how could he explain to the captain?

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The barracks under the cover of night was also extremely quiet, most of the soldiers had fallen asleep and rested, only a few big tents were still flashing lights, Yang Zaixing hurriedly walked into Li Yanqing's big tent, the big tent was brightly lit, and Li Yanqing was sitting on the desk to deal with the things that had accumulated some time ago.

"Yanqing, there's news!" Yang Zaixing said excitedly when he entered the door.

Li Yanqing put down his pen and smiled: "There is news so soon?" ”

Yang Zaixing handed a piece of information to Li Yanqing, "Just half an hour ago, Zhao Yuan went to a house in Dahuaishu Lane, where he stayed for less than a quarter of an hour and left in a hurry. ”

Li Yanqing got up and took a map of Yangqu County, put it on the table and spread it out, he soon found Dahuaishu Lane in the east of the county seat, he drew a mark here with a pen, and said to Yang Zaixing: "Send two brothers to dress up and rent a private house nearby at a high price, and the people here must be closely monitored." ”

"Spy on what?" The planter strode in from outside the tent.

Yang Zaixing hurriedly bowed down on one knee to the big handsome, Li Yanqing also bowed, and the planter waved his hand so that they didn't have to be polite, and asked with a smile: "It seems that there is a harvest?" ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "General Yang's subordinates have found people who are in contact with Zhao Yuan, and I want people to monitor them." ”

Li Yanqing pointed to the map, "In a house at the mouth of Dahuashu Alley." ”

The seed master was stunned for a moment, "How could it be here?" ”

"The marshal knows about this mansion?"

Seed Master Dao nodded, "This is the private residence of Liu Zhongwu, the second person in the original Northwest Army, and after Liu Zhongwu died five years ago, this mansion has been empty. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing took a blank piece of paper and drew five circles on it, one was Western Xia, one was Zhao Yuan, one was a certain force in the capital, and the other two were Seed Master Dao and him Li Yanqing, but he drew himself in the middle.

He said to the planter: "This is the situation map that someone wants to borrow the hands of the Tangut people to get rid of me, I will re-sort it out, I was captured by the Tangut people in the Great Song Dynasty, which will inevitably cause great public opinion in the court, and those who have a heart will take the opportunity to impeach the marshal, and actually let the Tangut army enter the Great Song Dynasty to arrest the soldiers, no matter how the marshal explains, the responsibility of serious dereliction of duty is unavoidable, if the marshal is deposed, then who will succeed as the commander of the Northwest Army?" I think that's the crux of the whole situation. ”

Li Yanqing drew the sixth circle on the white paper, "Dashuai should know who this person is, right?" ”

The seed master understood what Li Yanqing meant, he pondered for a long time, glanced at Yang Zaixing, Yang Zaixing immediately bowed and retreated, and the seed master said slowly: "After Liu Zhongwu died, his son Liu Jian continued to be a general in the Northwest Army, he was very young, only in his early twenties, but he rose very fast, he was promoted to three levels in five years, and now he is from the fifth rank of infantry Du Yuhou, only half a grade lower than me, he led 10,000 troops currently deployed in the front line of Yan'an Mansion, is the first fierce general under me, but if he is in collusion with the Western Xia people, I am absolutely not convinced, and ..... He is too young and he is nowhere near qualified enough to take over the managerial position. ”

It turned out to be Liu Kuang, a famous anti-gold general in history, of course Li Yanqing knew that he would not collaborate with the enemy, but on the matter, the officialdom has nothing to do with the enemy for the time being, but this person is too young, there should be someone else, Li Yanqing groaned and asked: "In addition to Liu Kuang, who else is involved in that house?" ”

"Either Liu Yanqing, Liu Zhongwu's younger brother, he was also an important general of the Northwest Army, but he was transferred to suppress Fang La's rebellion last year, and he is Tong Guan's person."

Li Yanqing didn't speak for a long time, in fact, he suspected that the person above was Tong Guan, and only Tong Guan had the motive to kill him.

Li Yanqing wrote the three words Liu Yanqing in a blank circle, which was actually the same as his name.

This time the order was very clear, and the cultivator Dao stared at the paper for a long time, and then asked, "What does Li Senjun think they will do next?" ”

Li Yanqing pointed at Zhao Yuan with a pen, "This is a big hidden danger inside, this person, he has been following Dashuai for ten years, it can be said that Dashuai's right-hand man, if he is caught with evidence of fornication with the Xixia people, I'm afraid Dashuai will not be able to wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River."

Seed Master Dao's face became very pale, this was actually what he was most worried about, if Zhao Yuan really fornicated with Western Xia, I am afraid that he would have to take the blame and resign.

"What did this Zhao Yuan do before following Dashuai?"

"He used to be a man in Shizhou, ten years ago I recruited scribes, he came to apply, I felt that he was very shrewd and capable, so I kept him, but during this period he was not always by my side, he had served as a Shizhou priest and literature, about six years, he actually spent less than four years with me."

Speaking of this, the seed master Dao sighed low and said: "I know that you were ambushed by the Tangut people and were wronged, and you want to fight back against them, I can understand your feelings, but the longer Zhao Yuan's matter drags on, the more passive I become, once someone else captures him first, just like you said, I can't wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River, the top priority is to control him, and I can't let him be captured by others, what do you say?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, "I can understand the difficulties of the great marshal, but we don't know now whether it is Zhao Yuan who fornicated with the Western Xia, if it is not Zhao Yuan, once we arrest someone, we will startle the snake, and it will be difficult to catch the person who fornicated with the Western Xia, the marshal, please give me another day or two, because the Western Xia people are all wiped out, there must be someone who also wants to know the attitude of the Western Xia people, if Zhao Yuan is really a spy of the Western Xia people, then I infer that he will definitely contact the Western Xia people in the past two days." ”

Although the Seed Master Dao was anxious and wanted to arrest Zhao Yuan now, he still restrained himself, nodded and said, "Then I will give you two more days at most!" ”