Chapter 12: Spy Shadows
At that time, Tang Xidong walked out of Kang's Mansion in silence, in addition to the guards, there were also cautious and flattering Kang Xuqian and the housekeeper.
The carriage started, far along the street from the Fumen.
"Please rest assured, Lord Tang. Tomorrow's small ones must be thoroughly investigated and detailed and reported to adults. Kang Xuqian lowered his head and said loudly as the carriage passed by.
In the distance of the carriage, Kang Xuqian raised his head and looked at the direction in which the carriage disappeared, for a long, long time.
Bow down and slowly straighten up.
At night, Binh Duong Mansion is half lit and half dark, and the ghosts are longing.
In the carriage, Tang Xidong closed his eyes and thought, Kang Xuqian had just ordered the housekeeper to go down to investigate, those outsiders hiding in the city had indeed entered Pingyang City with various caravans in the past half month, how many people? What identity? What purpose? But it is still unknown, because the stewards of the caravans who concealed and coerced these people into the city have all left the city.
The caravan seems to be just a carrier for the other party, and the heads of each family seem to be deaf and blind, and they don't know anything.
Tang Xidong opened his eyes, and a sneer appeared on his face.
Peekaboo? Doing something?
Then let him take a good look at who it is? What exactly do you want to do?
It's just that there has always been an uneasiness in his heart, which makes him always feel that a heart is clenched and difficult to put down, and it seems that there is always something wrong.
Now, Cao Ran can only increase his efforts to investigate in the city, and he also hopes that Kang Xuqian can really provide favorable information, and cowardly people are more trustworthy than those smart family heads.
Early in the morning, Tang Xidong woke up early and sat in the room of the intelligence bureau, waiting for the latest news to come.
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Ning'an Fang, with the knowledge of Liu Befang's car and the general judgment Wang Ye's car met, since the beginning of the work of household registration improvement in the city, because Tang Xidong needs to rely on the assistance of these officials, so the two people began to go out of the house busy, after more than a month, the household registration reform was finally completed, only the last bit of sweeping work, the two lords have been a little idle recently, and they are out of the house today, and they don't want to meet in this Ning'an Fang.
The two colleagues met, the car fell, and exchanged greetings, Liu Bebian invited Wang Ye to sit together, and the group went to the restaurant in the city, Zuixianlou, which seemed to be to have a good time.
In the carriage.
"Things have been arranged, then sit back and wait for the show to be staged, after today, the Tang thieves will be exterminated, and Pingyang City will be returned to the hands of my Daming." Wang Ye leaned on Liu Bebian's ear and whispered in a low voice, with a trace of excitement on his face that he tried his best to suppress.
Liu Bejian's face was expressionless, and his brows furrowed slightly: "Are you sure that the matter is in order?" ”
Wang Ye smiled and nodded, looking confident.
"The plan is the plan, forgive that Tang thief will only be led by my nose and turn around, and when he finds out, I'm afraid he will already be dead." A sneer appeared on Wang Ye's face.
"It's a pity that I'm tired of you and me, and that...... But the two of them only drink and have fun all day long, as if they have nothing to do with themselves. Liu Bejian was dissatisfied.
Wang Ye was relieved: "Brother Yu, don't say much, this thief strategy is still thanks to ...... Otherwise, how could things have gone so smoothly? ”
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Time passed little by little, the sun was rising, and the long wait made Tang Xidong's inner irritability more and more intense, and Tang Xidong's face gradually became gloomy.
For some reason, the inexplicable uneasiness and urgency in his heart became stronger and stronger, making him gradually restless.
At this moment, Cao Ran and Kang Xuqian appeared in the courtyard, and when they saw the two of them coming in together, Tang Xidong knew that there had been a major breakthrough.
After standing up suddenly, he restrained the anxiety on his face and sat down slowly.
"My lord, there is a change in Pingyang City." As soon as Cao Ran entered the door, he bowed and saluted, and at the same time replied urgently.
Kang Xuqian on the side lowered his head, looking frightened and urgent.
Tang Xidong frowned and motioned for Cao Ran to continue.
"Today, after investigation, the head of the Kang family found that a caravan steward was involved in coercing and abducting me, and after torture to extract a confession, the steward has confessed. There are about 2,000 people in the city now, all of whom are Jinyiwei, Dongchang and border troops, and these people have quietly entered the city in an attempt to cause chaos, intending to regain control of Pingyang City from my Luoliangshan, and the time is set for tonight. ”
Tang Xidong changed color when he heard this, frowned and thought for a while, and asked: "Have you ever asked who is the person in the city?" ”
Cao Ran hesitated for a moment and returned: "That housekeeper claimed that he didn't know either. ”
Tang Xidong took a deep breath: "Continue to follow the clues provided by the steward." ”
Cao Ran took the order and left.
"My lord, the little one really doesn't know, please raise your noble hand." After Cao Ran left, Kang Xuqian suddenly knelt on the ground and begged in panic.
Tang Xidong smiled, stepped forward to help Kang Xuqian, and said with relief: "Kang family master, you have made a great contribution today, how can you blame the family owner before Tang has time to reward him, Tang is not a person who can't distinguish between merit and fault, Kang family master can rest assured, assist Cao Ran to investigate, and wait for Tang to lead the troops to crush the thieves tonight, and he will definitely reward the Kang family master." ”
When Kang Xuqian heard this, he looked up and saw that Tang Xidong was indeed not angry, so he let go of the fear on his face: "Don't worry, the little one will definitely cooperate with Lord Cao's investigation, and the other small one has also sent a steward in the family to serve the adult, if there is new news from the caravan at home, he can convey it to the adult as soon as possible." ”
"Kang Zhu, come and see Lord Tang, remember if there is any news, convey it to Lord as soon as possible, I missed a big thing, I want your life." Kang Xuqian called a young man outside the door and reprimanded him sternly.
Tang Xidong glanced at the young man, and the other party was also cautious, about the same age as himself, so he smiled and relieved.
Watching Kang Xuqian leave, the smile on Tang Xidong's face slowly converged, and the urgency in his heart came again, there was chaos tonight, and time did not wait for people to prepare early.
"Kang Zhu, don't be afraid, you just stay outside the door and the news comes in to convey it." Tang Xidong glanced at the young steward with his head down, and motioned for the other party to go out and guard.
Sitting on the chair and thinking for a while, Tang Xidong asked the guards to go out of the city and ordered Zhang Sanshi and Li Shangquan to enter the city to meet them.
Li Shangquan and Zhang Sanshi hurriedly entered the city, and after discussing with Tang Xidong in the house, they hurriedly went out with solemn faces.
Tang Xidong sat in the room, staring at the beams and pillars above his head, the uneasiness in his heart had not subsided, and he called a guard again and ordered him to go to Luoliang Mountain to give orders, strengthen vigilance, and increase vigilance.
Watching the guards leave, Tang Xidong was a little relieved in his heart.
Then he summoned Liu Lianqing and Liu Dagou, who were in charge of finance and personnel in the city, to come and warn the two to be quietly vigilant, strengthen their guards, and not leak the news.
Everything was arranged, and Tang Xi sat in the intelligence bureau at the east end, secretly thinking about it, checking and filling in the gaps.
Drunken Immortal Building, Tong Ju and Tongzhi, who were already drunk, walked down the stairs with each other's arms, and a scholar dressed as a scholar at the bottom of the stairs looked up at the two of them, and nodded quietly.
So Liu Bebian and Wang Ye's faces were even more joyful, and the two of them got drunk and went home separately.
Along the way, the surveillance team members followed, but they were unaware.