In a small courtyard outside Chang'an City, a bearded young man sat at a small table, with a steaming hot pot on the table, and a table full of side dishes next to it, except for a few meat dishes, most of the rest are all kinds of fresh vegetables, even if it is no secret to grow vegetables in a greenhouse, but it is still a very luxurious thing to be able to eat vegetables in this midwinter weather. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Li Xiu came here, he saw this bearded young man gobbling up a feast, and he only ate vegetables and not meat, and even those green vegetables were not thrown into the hot pot to shake them, but directly stuffed the green vegetable leaves into his mouth, chewed a few times and swallowed them, looking as if he had never eaten green vegetables in his life.

Looking at this gobbling young man, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile slightly, and didn't disturb the other party, until he was almost finished, then he stepped forward with a smile and said, "You are the one who desperately brought back the news of the snow disaster from the Turks, right?" ”

The bearded man's attention just now was all on vegetables, after all, he had been in Turkia for several years, and he was beef and mutton every day, and he had already eaten it and wanted to vomit, so he naturally couldn't care about anything else when he saw vegetables today, so he didn't notice Li Xiu's arrival, until he heard Li Xiu's voice, he jumped up very alertly, and his hands also made a defensive posture.

Seeing this bearded man suddenly jump up, the guards around Li Xiu also reacted immediately to prevent him from doing anything wrong to Li Xiu, but then he scratched his head with some embarrassment and smiled: "This noble man is not strange, villains are used to being in the Turks, and they will be ready to do it once they are frightened!" ”

The bearded man didn't know who he was going to see today, in fact, he only knew that he had been informed by the superiors to wait for a noble person in this courtyard, and then answer the nobleman's questions honestly, and when he came here, he found that he had prepared a diet, and it was a very rare vegetable, so he was naturally not polite.

Li Xiu could also understand the bearded man's actions, and he pushed away the guards at the moment, stepped forward with a smile and said, "You're welcome, you are satisfied with these meals, do you want people to prepare more?" ”

The hot pot was naturally prepared by Li Xiu, and he also admired this spy who desperately brought back the news, so he specially ordered someone to prepare some valuable vegetables to treat him.

"Thank you to this nobleman, the villain is already full, and there is no need to prepare any more!" The bearded man said very restrainedly at this time, although he didn't know Li Xiu's identity, but seeing that the other party was gorgeously dressed and protected by guards, he didn't need to ask and knew that it must be the powerful of Chang'an City, he was a small spy, and he would never come into contact with such a person at ordinary times.

"Don't be too restrained, I invited you to come this time, in fact, to ask you for some news, let's sit down and talk!" Li Xiu also stepped forward with a smile at this time, and then sat down first, and made a hand gesture to the other party.

The bearded man saw that Li Xiu didn't have the slightest shelf, so he hesitated and sat down, and then Li Xiu looked at the dishes on the table, and found that the vegetables had been eaten by the other party, but the mutton didn't move at all, which made him smile slightly, and then ordered someone to send a few large plates of vegetables, and also added a pair of chopsticks to himself.

"You don't have to be polite to me, if you like to eat vegetables, eat more, in addition, this mutton is a local sheep in Guanzhong, not as big as the smell of mutton on the grassland!" Li Xiu smiled at this time and pointed to the dishes on the table, and after speaking, he personally sandwiched a piece of mutton, soaked it in the hot pot and put it in his mouth, and the spicy and fragrant taste immediately filled his mouth, making people feel appetizing.

Seeing that this noble man not only did not have the slightest shelf, but also really ate hot pot with himself like a dinner between friends, which made the bearded man quite moved, and the whole person relaxed, and immediately picked up the chopsticks and ate with Li Xiu, until he finally ate most of the dishes served for the second time, he was full of burps, and this time he was really full.

"By the way, I don't know what your name is or where you are?" Li Xiu saw that the other party was finally full, so he put down his chopsticks and asked with a smile.

"Qi Yu nobleman, named Xue Qing, is a person from Jiangzhou, Hedong, and is currently a flying slave of the first class of Feinu Sijia!" The bearded Xue Qing immediately reported his name and hometown. The spies of the Fei Nu Division are divided into four classes, the highest in the fourth class, and the lowest in the D class, and the flying slave is the name of the spy, he can do the first class flying slave, which has already shown his strength, and after this reward, I am afraid that he can also get an official official title, so as to get out of the rank of ordinary flying slaves.

"Hedong people, and your surname is Xue, so you must be from the Xue clan in Hedong?" Li Xiu couldn't help but look at the other party in surprise when he heard this, the Xue family in Hedong is also a famous family, and there have been many dignitaries, such as the famous Xue Rengui in the early Tang Dynasty, who was from the Xue family in Hedong, but now Xue Rengui should still be just a teenager, until later when Li Shimin attacked Goryeo, it was Xue Rengui's fame.

"The noble guess is right, the villain is indeed from the Xue clan in Hedong, but there are many people in the Xue clan, the villain was born in a side branch, his parents died since he was a child, and he didn't read any books, so he couldn't take the official career, and then he entered the Feinu Division as a spy by chance!" Xue Qing explained again at the moment that even if he was born in a big family, not everyone could have the opportunity to study and pursue a career.

Hearing Xue Qing's explanation, Li Xiu also nodded clearly, the family clan is a very broad concept, and truly enjoying the rights of the clan is only the core blood of some clans, of course, if someone in the side branch can enter the career with their own efforts, they will also be taken care of by the family, but this kind of person is often rare.

Li Xiu asked a few words about Xue Qing's life experience, and then waved his hand to let the guards around him retreat, and then asked solemnly: "Xue Qing, I know that you have been lurking in the Turks for several years, and you are still one of the few spies who know the true identity of the prime minister, so I want to ask you about the prime minister's situation!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu mention the code name "Prime Minister", Xue Qing suddenly became alert, and his eyes looking at Li Xiu were also full of vigilance, after all, the code name "Prime Minister" is also a top secret in Feinu Division, except for a very few of them, no one else has even heard of a code name, but now the young man in front of him asked him about the Prime Minister, which made him have to doubt the other party's intentions.

Seeing the suspicion in Xue Qing's eyes, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile again: "You don't have to doubt my identity, in fact, the prime minister was recommended by me to His Majesty, and I and the prime minister are also old acquaintances, every time he sends back information, I can watch it in person, and now I just want to ask you about his current situation as a friend!" ”

Xue Qing was shocked when he heard that the prime minister was recommended by the young man in front of him, as one of the few people in the Feinu Division who knew the identity of the prime minister, he naturally knew the importance of the prime minister to the Tang Dynasty, and the other party could see the information sent by the prime minister, and even arrange for himself to come here to see him, which showed that the other party's identity was extraordinary.

Thinking of the above, Xue Qing finally dispelled the doubts in his heart, and said solemnly at the moment: "It's the villain who is too worried, I don't know what the noble person wants to know about the prime minister's situation?" ”

"I don't know what to ask, so tell me what you know about him!" Li Xiu thought about it and finally showed a helpless smile and said, saying that he was a friend, but he and Zhao Deyan had only met once, and then the other party was taken away by Li Shimin, and Li Xiu never saw each other again.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Xue Qing immediately agreed, and then after thinking about it, he opened his mouth and introduced: "The prime minister is now extremely trusted by Jieli, and almost all the government affairs in the Turkic country are handled by the prime minister, and the prime minister also wants to control the Turkic military, but Jieli is very sensitive in this regard, and he is not willing to let go of the military power in his hand at all, so the prime minister has no way to ......"

At the beginning, he mainly talked about Zhao Deyan's status and power in the Turks, which is what Datang needs most, and he also talked about some of the experiences of this year's snowstorm, such as his desperate return to Lingzhou from the grassland this time, and the tribes he encountered along the way were almost all suffering heavy losses, and the camps of some tribes were silent, because everyone and livestock were frozen to death.

In addition to these official affairs, Xue Qing also talked about some private things about Zhao Deyan, in fact, he was originally a personal soldier by Zhao Deyan's side, and this time he could only come back to deliver the letter by cheating his death, so he was also very familiar with Zhao Deyan's affairs.

According to Xue Qing, Zhao Deyan has also worked very hard in recent years, although he is a spy of Datang, but in order to gain Jieli's trust, he also goes out early and returns late every day to deal with government affairs, and even falls ill several times tired, which also makes Jieli trust him more, but this also makes Zhao Deyan's physical condition very bad, for example, before Xue Qing's arrival, Zhao Deyan fell ill again, and now I don't know if it's okay?

Hearing that Zhao Deyan's health was so bad, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, in fact, when he first saw Zhao Deyan, the other party was very thin, it is estimated that when he was a slave on the grassland before, his health had been damaged, and now he went to the bitter cold place of the grassland, I really don't know how long his body can last?

"The prime minister usually doesn't talk much, and in order not to show flaws, he rarely talks to me, and usually sends out information through me, but this time the matter is urgent, and the prime minister feels that this is a great opportunity to attack the Turks, so he temporarily arranged for me to cheat to death and leave the Turks, but unfortunately our Datang has also suffered disasters before, I'm afraid the prime minister's plan will be frustrated again!" Finally, Xue Qing sighed again and said.

Li Xiu also sighed when he heard this, Zhao Deyan and the Turkic hatred are as deep as the sea, I'm afraid he dreamed of destroying the Turks as soon as possible, but unfortunately this time he will be disappointed again.

"By the way, just half a year ago, I went to meet a person with the prime minister, and I think the noble person will definitely be interested!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Xue pat his head and smile, as if he had thought of something interesting.