Chapter 85: The Return of the King (II)
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Lu Bu and his entourage drove their horses leisurely in a shaded path not far from Luoyang City, the surrounding environment was leisurely and quiet, making it difficult to imagine that this was near Luoyang City in chaos, in the middle of Henan County, where the disaster of war was brewing.
However, there are no people in the surrounding area, which seems to prove the threat and harm brought by the war to the people, making them uprooted from their homes and afraid to gain a foothold.
Autumn should be cool, but the sun is high in the sky, and the scorching breath causes the creatures in the nearby woods to be restless, but Lu Bu's group traveled lightly, not feeling hot, but by the sun outside, driving the horses in the shade of the trees to move forward with a leisurely pace.
At this time, with such a sensitive situation as Luoyang, it was of course not suitable for Lu Bu's identity to appear here with such a small number of people, but don't look at the fact that this place is quite close to Luoyang, but there is a stronghold of the spy group nearby, and the surrounding area is even more impenetrable, and no other forces want to get any useful information here, so Lu Bu and the others don't have to worry about being discovered by others; Second, Lu Bu felt that he needed to come and go on such a trip, after all, no matter what, Jia Xu's purpose was to consider himself, although this method was indeed extreme, some of which were like Dong Zhuo's almost successful burning of Luoyang before he left Luoyang, and therefore Xun Yu and others had some opinions about him.
But because of this, Lu Bu was reasonable to help him, and decided to go to this dangerous place himself. Even if Xun Yu and the others knew that with Lu Bu's strength, even if they were trapped in the midst of thousands of troops and horses, under the protection of the battle-hardened soldiers of these entourages beside them, they could still retreat calmly, but they still couldn't help but worry, so they were panicked in their hearts, as if they were the real party at fault, and the complaints against Jia Xu would naturally be almost reduced.
Lu Bu is not a person who loves to kill, but if he really wants to say that he has any feelings for the people of Luoyang or even the people of this era, it may not be, or it sounds better. Follow Jia Xu's plan. These people are equivalent to dedicating themselves to Lu Bu's great cause, and if Lu Bu finally realizes the unification of the country and the peace of the world in the future, then their sacrifice can also be valuable in the end, at least Lu Bu will feel more comfortable when he thinks of these.
About where Zhang Liao was at this time. Even Jia Xu didn't know it. Of course, Lu Bu didn't know about it from him. Rather, it is from the spy group's set of contact methods.
Along the way, there are special contact marks, and they are hidden enough not to be discovered by others. Speaking of which, although Lu Bu will not deliberately look down on the "ancients" here, and many times he admires and even fears their wisdom, but he also has to say that maybe it is limited to the limitations of the times, maybe there is indeed zĂ i but he never knows, in short, as far as he knows, many means and methods of espionage and espionage in this era are very scarce, not to mention that Diao Chan's thriving women's group has achieved greater success than Jia Xu's spy group in some aspects. Naturally, it is also the secret force that surpasses many other forces at the same time, just the various means of communication and signals in the spy group are already far beyond this era, I am afraid that there is really no second person except Lu Bu who can think of it.
Lu Bu has always been very precious to the secret forces in the hands of the spy group and the women's group, and the most precious thing is, of course, the way they are formed, which has become the biggest secret, and it is absolutely not allowed to be leaked, and the requirements are naturally very strict in this regard, even if these people are unfortunately not in the hands of the enemy, they must hang themselves and hide all the secrets underground as soon as possible.
Of course, there are not many elite spies like dead soldiers Lu Bu's subordinates, after all, the people who train them are Wang Yue and Diao Chan, and it is Jia Xu who carries out "ideological education", after all, the three of them have limited energy, and there may be other things, so they are only specially trained for those core members, and then most of them are sent to various strongholds, and according to the size and difficulty of the strongholds, it is decided that one person or several people are in charge of it, In addition to sending some people who have only been selected and not specially trained to be led by them, other things such as laying intelligence channels are carried out by themselves, and there are rewards for good implementation, and they may even be transferred to the "headquarters" to follow Jia Xu, Diao Chan or even Lu Bu's side, so not only do they not need to get involved in danger, but they also have a great chance of promotion, which can be said to be a dream path for these people who were originally born at the bottom of society.
The management model of the two spy group "headquarters" and each stronghold is naturally different, one adopts an elite policy, strict secrecy but mutual communication, and the other is an extensive general strategy, which is naturally because the secrecy of the elite is relatively strong, but it is easy for those people at the bottom to hold on, especially women, who are inferior to men in terms of natural toughness. The upper echelons and other members generally arrange their actions in a way that only issues tasks without covering their faces, and even in the Kabuki Hall, which is also a stronghold, the female members in it may not know each other's true identities, which is to minimize the possibility of leaking too many secrets, and at the same time, they can also know where, which link, and which character is wrong at the first time, so as to make the most appropriate response.
Of course, there are not all female members in these singing and dancing courtyards, and there are some real ordinary people, some of them are deliberately arranged to be inserted, in case of need, most of these people are slaves, as a price in exchange for freedom, and some actually have nothing to do with it, and they were recruited one after another, if something goes wrong, they will also be spared, but this can also see the cold side of Lu Bu and Jia Xu, they know so, Just to better hide in front of people and involve these innocent people.
In short, in order to keep the core secrets of the spy group and the women's group, just like the people who died in Luoyang in the past few days. Even losing those lives is nothing.
There are many things in the spy group and the women's group themselves that come from Lu Bu's transcendent vision and ideas, and there is no reason for Lu Bu to be unclear about the way they communicate as the person behind the scenes.
Speaking of which, Lu Bu left Luoyang this time, and it took him more than a month and nearly two months to come back, although there were no major changes in Luoyang during this period of time, but coming back again made him feel that things were wrong, even if this place could only be said to be close to Luoyang.
In fact, the scenery itself has not changed, only the mood of the person has changed.
But it doesn't matter what the mood was before. At the moment when I finally met Zhang Liao. Lu Bu's heart was all left with the joy of reunion.
After leaving Luoyang for such a long time and not seeing Zhang Liao for the same long time, Lu Bu also missed this subordinate general as a brother very much, and he was in a state of turmoil. I don't care about any respect and humility or Zhang Liao's feelings. As soon as he got off the horse, he rushed forward with a brisk stride. gave Zhang Liao, who was about to salute when he was at the forefront of the camp like Jia Xu before, was just about to salute when he approached.
Zhang Liaoying's purple face was suddenly embarrassed, and there was still a bit of panic and difference in his eyes, obviously frightened by Lu Bu's sudden behavior. lost his usual calmness and steady.
Whether it was the personal soldiers who followed Lu Bu or the generals who followed Zhang Liao to greet Lu Bu, they were all shocked at first, and then reacted, but they all let out a burst of good-natured laughter.
Zhang Liao's face was even more embarrassed, but fortunately, his complexion was darker, if he was as fair as Ma Chao or Zhao Yun, I am afraid that his complexion would be red and oozing blood at this time; Although he later felt that his actions were too Meng Lang, and it was really not what he wanted to hug a big man, and a sense of awkwardness rose in his heart, but he came from the later generations, and he had seen no matter how weird and disgusting things men did in front of the public, but at that time, people changed to themselves, and the time was changed in the late Han Dynasty, and he could still face it calmly, and then asked Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan seems to have lost weight recently, When I hugged it, I felt panicked. â
Zhang Liao: "......"
Everyone's laughter became louder, even if Lu Bu deliberately scolded them with a tiger face, he couldn't stop, and in the end he laughed with them, leaving only Zhang Liao crying there with a face, not understanding who he was provoking whom, and it turned out to be everyone's laughing stock.
Without further ado, after laughing, everyone also returned to the topic, and while walking in the direction of the camp, Lu Bu asked Zhang Liao: "I have been here these days, Wen Yuan knows the enemy's movements better than anyone else, I don't know what he thinks?" â
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "Wen Hou has just come from the military division, and there are a few of them who analyze Wen Hou, how can Liao's shallow views get into Wen Hou's ears?" â
Lu Bu looked at him with blazing eyes, and said with a light smile: "If this is what Wen Yuan said in his heart, it would really disappoint me." â
Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment, his lips moved a few times, as if he was thinking about what to say, and finally spoke: "Although those people are innocent, it is precisely because of this that the resentment in Luoyang City is boiling, most of them are for foreign invaders, but there are also many of us who withdrew in advance, if it is not handled well, even if it is successful this time, Wen Hou will bury a hidden danger when he enters Luoyang." â
Lu Bu nodded, although he was a little surprised that Zhang Liao had been doing it for so long and was actually holding back such words, but it was not surprising to think about it again, Zhang Liao's integrity was not in vain, it could be completely reflected in this trivial matter, it was completely just a matter of facts, and he would not deliberately mention anyone.
And the point he mentioned is also on the point, when they were on Jia Xu's side before, they also mentioned this, as Zhang Liao said, he may be better at the actual use of troops than Jia Xu, but if he is really not good at observing and analyzing the situation and making suggestions, Lu Bu can't give up the near and far, the reason why he asked Zhang Liao like this, in addition to wanting to know Zhang Liao's true inner thoughts, is also because Zhang Liao is here, and observing the situation is sometimes not just a bystander, It is also necessary to experience it carefully in the game, and the two are related to each other in order to determine the conclusion.
However, Lu Bu then smiled and said, "It can't be just that, right? â
Zhang Liao didn't hesitate this time, but his face suddenly became extremely calm, and he said in a deep voice: "In addition, Liao also met an assassin before, who blended into the guards and waited for an opportunity to murder, if it wasn't for Liao Fuzhi's soul to avoid that at that time, maybe Wen Hou wouldn't have been able to see me here." At the end, he couldn't help but smile bitterly again.
And when Lu Bu heard this, his face also changed slightly, after all, he himself had experienced assassination several times, and he had also seen a lot of methods of such assassins, such as Wang Yue and Li Jin before, Li Yan later, etc., but they all belonged to the top group of assassins in today's world, especially Wang Yue can be called the ancestor of assassins, and he has been immersed in this road for decades, and he has enhanced a lot of his sense of assassin lurking in Lu Bu, which is also the key to being able to find Tong Yuan in time before.
If those first-level assassins came over, even if Zhang Liao was vigilant, he would probably be recruited when time was pressing, and maybe he would really explain it here.
However, this is enough to be vigilant, after all, the assassin is lurking around, and he still appears in the disguise of his own henchman, which really makes people shudder just thinking about it.
After all, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, and the same is true for assassins, but they may not stop there, if only one person is okay and they are afraid that they are organized, it will be like an appendage, and it will be difficult to get rid of it in the future, and maybe they will run into it again and may not have such luck again.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu's face became extremely gloomy, and he was a little afraid when he looked at Zhang Liao, who was intact in front of him at the moment, and roared behind him at random: "I ordered that you must investigate it, if there are any fellow party members, you must find out, otherwise you must also see how he got in and who he has been in contact with, and you must find out who is behind the scenes." If you can't, then you don't have to come to see me again. â
"Don't come back to see you", which already contains the meaning of threat, which means that if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and at this time, except for four people who were following Lu Bu who were pro-soldiers, the others were all elites of the spy group arranged by Jia Xu, of course, they could all hear the meaning of this, and they hurriedly stepped forward to promise in their hearts.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and said, "Xie Wenhou......"
"Haha......" Lu Bu laughed heartily, patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and said loudly: "You and I have brotherhood, and there is more comradeship, it is definitely not an ordinary relationship between the upper and lower levels, how can it be so angry?" â
Zhang Liao also felt that he was hypocritical like this, so he smiled and simply said nothing.
At this time, the group has come to Zhang Liao's tent, although the spy group stronghold here is fixed, but the fixed range is the range, itself can be moved, this is also to prevent being discovered, causing speculation and suspicion, although this is a little troublesome, but as long as it can be kept confidential and safe, it is not too cautious.
Everyone followed and entered the tent, Lu Bu saw three figures in the tent at a glance, one of them was kneeling on the ground with his backhand, his face was gloomy, this was a man who was about to stand up, thin and even a little short, a pair of eyes were also slightly cloudy, and it was absolutely difficult to find the public face and ordinary body shape when thrown in the pile, but maybe it was precisely because of this that he was good at camouflage, and his body was tied tightly, it seemed that he had good means, and even Zhang Liao was a little jealous; Needless to say, the two who followed behind him, that is, the people left by Zhang Liao to guard them, their faces were also ordinary, but their figures were five big and three thick, burly and powerful, and sturdy military wrestlers.
However, the moment Lu Bu saw their hands, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, just a flash, and then he remained silent, walked to the top and sat down first, regardless of Zhang Liao and the others, put on a posture of a big horse golden knife, leaned forward slightly, stared at the assassin who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you, and who sent you to do this unconventional assassination of the general?" (To be continued......)