Liu Xin glanced at it, then turned his head disdainfully. There are some things similar to English letters written on the parchment, it is estimated that it should be Daqin's words, otherwise Cleya would not know it, and she would not be so excited. But these characters are like piles of earthworms, where there are square Chinese characters that look good, especially regular script, which is Liu Xin's "great invention".

Cleya stretched out the parchment in front of Liu Xin again, and her mouth just kept repeating the sentence: "Master, look! Look, host! ……”

Seeing Cleya's solemn expression, not like she was showing off their words, Liu Xin couldn't help but get serious, it seemed that there was some important secret recorded on this parchment. Thinking of this, Liu Xin suddenly had an idea, pointed his right hand towards the crowd, and said loudly: "He, he, and him, all arrest and send them to the military mansion!" ”

The crowd of onlookers suddenly dispersed, and several people who were ordered by Liu Xin wanted to escape, but they were already thrown to the ground by the Flying Tiger guards. These people were the accomplices of the young man, and although they could also do some small kung fu, they were the opponents of the Flying Tiger's personal guard.

Before they could escort the four thieves to the military mansion, a group of soldiers patrolling the streets had already heard the news and rushed over. The guards stepped forward to reveal their identities, and the soldiers did not dare to slack off, so they led the way and took them to the military mansion.

The military palace is in the center of Wuji City, occupying a large compound of dozens of acres. The reason why it is necessary to occupy such a large place is because this is not only the office of Wujicheng to join the army, but also the place where the army is garrisoned, and there are 3,000 soldiers stationed in it all year round, so the military palace is actually a small military camp.

The current Wujicheng army is called Zeng Lie, he is a native of Liangzhou, lived in Jingzhou in his early years, and later joined the Han army, because he studied for a few years, he was appointed as a military scribe. The scribes of the Han army also had to participate in training and battles like ordinary soldiers, and Zeng Lie successively participated in the Battle of Xiangyang and the Battle of Pingding Jiangnan, accumulating military merits to achieve the position of general. Liu Xin set up the military government in Wujicheng, and needed a person who could be civil and military to preside over the affairs of the military office, so Zeng Lie was sent over.

Last night, Zeng Lie got the news that Liu Xin had arrived in Wujicheng, and he wanted to go to meet him, but because Liu Xin gave an order to let him settle down on his job, he had to give up. Now, when he suddenly heard that Liu Xin had come in person and had caught a few thieves, Zeng Lie was taken aback and hurriedly rushed forward. He was the supreme governor of Wujicheng, and the security in the area was also an important aspect of his performance. It doesn't matter if there is a thief, what matters is that he was actually arrested by Liu Xin, how could Zeng Lie not be surprised?

To Zeng Lie's surprise, although Liu Xin's face was solemn, he did not reprimand him, but just asked him to quickly find someone who could understand Daqin's characters.

The merchants in Wuji City come from all over the world, and there are people who speak various languages, and the military government often has to deal with them, and it is inevitable that there are talents in this area. But Daqin is too far away, and there are a few who can understand Daqin's dialect, but none of them can understand Daqin's language.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, before the invention of paper, the classics of the Han people recorded that there was no bamboo in Daqin, and they could only write in sheepskin. Whether it is bamboo slips or sheepskin, it is not affordable for ordinary people, and reading and writing was indeed a relatively luxurious thing at that time.

Liu Xin suddenly had an idea, picked up the parchment and handed it to Cleya, and said while gesturing, "You read it to them." ”

The method worked, and soon, the content of the parchment was translated by Clea and several people from the military office. It records some recent events in the Han Dynasty, including the news of the truce between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the entry of Liu Xin to emperor, Xianbei and Wuhuan into the Central Plains, and so on. What made Cleya anxious was that the news of Liu Xin's westward journey was recorded on the parchment.

Knowing what was recorded on the parchment, Liu Xin was relieved. He left Chang'an this time to drive the expedition, although there was no fanfare, but there was no special secret, there are many people outside who know about this matter, but it is not a big deal. Liu Xin is concerned about whether there is any content on this parchment about paper, porcelain, tea and sericulture.

Hearing that these things were not recorded on the parchment, Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief. But Liu Xin didn't take it lightly, he waved the parchment in his hand and said, "Zeng Lie, you immediately send someone to conduct a surprise interrogation of those thieves, find out where this parchment came from, as long as you have someone involved in this parchment, arrest all of them!" ”

Zeng Lie promised with his hand: "The minister obeys the order." ”

After this incident, Liu Xin was not interested in playing in Wuji City anymore, so he took Clea and several guards back to the military camp outside Wuji City. At this time, another guard came to report, and another battle report came from the front.

Cao's army carried out a strong attack on Tiger Pass for a day and a night, and the soldiers guarding the pass suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and Ma Yun had ordered all the 30,000 engineers assigned to the Fourth Army to reinforce Tiger Pass. In addition, Xu Huang was notified that, if conditions permitted, part of the troops would be transferred south to fight and put pressure on Cao Cao's rear.

This is actually a countermeasure that the cabinet left behind in Chang'an, although Liu Xin had already authorized Fu Xu, Tian Feng and others when he left Chang'an, they still refused to give orders directly, and would rather convey them through Ma Yun.

The battle situation in the Tiger Prison Pass was the most worrying for Liu Xin, and now it was no better than when the Kwantung princes were crusading against Dong Zhuo. At that time, although the Kwantung princes had many soldiers and horses, they had different intentions and were hesitant. Now the 300,000 troops under the Tiger Prison Pass are all Cao Cao's descendants, and their combat effectiveness is many times stronger than that of the princes' coalition army. If Liu Xin was in Chang'an, he could come up with a strategy, that is, to let Huang Zhong's Fifth Army move north, which could have the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao.

However, Liu Xinyuan is in Wujicheng, and the news he has received now has happened at least three days ago, and when he makes arrangements based on the information he has received and transmits it back to Chang'an, the situation on the battlefield has already undergone many new changes. Therefore, no matter how much Liu Xin thought, he could only hide it in his stomach, but he didn't dare to command indiscriminately.

Zeng Lie's efficiency was still good, and he sent the owner of the parchment to the barracks outside the city at noon. These are two Great Qin merchants who were covered in bruises, and they were caught in the Qinglou. When they were caught, they didn't know that their belongings had been stolen, otherwise they would have fled if they hadn't looked for them.

These two people are spies sent by the Great Qin Empire, and there are more than 20 of them in total, and their mission is to collect all kinds of intelligence about the Great Han. However, these two people have a low status among the spies, only equivalent to the role of messengers, after being arrested, they couldn't withstand Zeng Lie's torture, and they all confessed in half a day.

Because the Yumen Pass has been closed for many years, these Great Qin spies have been lurking in the Western Regions and surrounding countries in the past, and can only indirectly collect some news, until the recent reopening of Yumen Pass and Yangguan, and the frequent exchange of caravans, these Great Qin spies gradually infiltrated the territory of the Great Han. Because Liu Xin had taken precautions, their activities in the Han Dynasty were strictly restricted, and they could only reach Maoling as far as the future, and they could not penetrate the level of the Han government, and could only collect information through hearsay. What made Liu Xin laugh and cry was that their most important source of information was actually Dahan Express.

Liu Xin knew very little about the situation of the Great Qin Empire, and even Ma Yun, who had studied world history, did not know much. All they know is that this is a slave state, they like to expand through war, and although they also have emperors, it is the House of Elders who holds real power.

Although the Phantom Secret Spy in the Western Regions had also inquired about the situation there through the merchants of Great Qin, they could only get some superficial information. The status of these two Great Qin spies is too low, and they also only know some superficial things, and they don't know the real inside information. However, they are not all useless as messengers. These two Great Qin spies almost mastered all the hiding places and activities of the remaining twenty or so Great Qin spies, and under torture, they immediately confessed without reservation.

This situation was very important, and Liu Xin immediately ordered Zeng Lie to arrange a meteor fast horse and report it to Ma Yun, Fu Zhu and Jia Xu respectively.

Ma Yun has been working on building a police force to break away from the military system. In the past, Liu Xin did not support her idea, one reason was that the police were his natural enemies, and the more important reason was that he always believed that it was enough to arrest thieves and maintain law and order, and if necessary, the army could be mobilized to assist. It is precisely because of Liu Xin's low enthusiasm that Ma Yun's plan has not been realized. But this Daqin spy incident made Liu Xin change his mind, and he turned to support Ma Yun to form a police force, whose responsibilities include counter-espionage work in addition to arresting thieves and maintaining law and order.

In fact, the current counter-espionage work is also done by the Phantom Spy, and in this way, the Phantom Spy's power is quite large, not only collecting intelligence, but also catching spies, and the organization and personnel are getting bigger and bigger. Now that Frustration is in charge of the Phantom Spy, there is no doubt about his loyalty, but if Frustration retires in a few years, who can guarantee that there will be no problems with his successor? At this time, the newly formed police force can play a role in counterbalancing with the Phantom Spy.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Now that the spies of the Great Qin people have all moved to their homes, and they don't know much about the situation in Great Qin, this is not a good sign. Therefore, Liu Xin wanted to inform Fu Zhi to strengthen the collection of intelligence on the Great Qin Empire.

And the top priority at the moment is to eradicate all the spies lurking in the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions according to the confessions of these two Great Qin spies. Jia Xu is in charge of the nature lurking in the Western Regions, and the rest can only be done by phantoms before the police force is formed.

Wuji City merchants gathered, and the sources were the most abundant, so it was naturally indispensable to have the stronghold of the Great Qin spies, and this stronghold was also their center. Watching several teams of meteor fast horses leave separately, Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Zeng Lie, you lead the way in front of your head, let's take their nest!" ”