The imperial capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, the city of Luoyang.

East Bazaar.

This market is the largest market in Luoyang City, and it is also the most prosperous and concentrated goods trading center in the entire Great Wei Dynasty.

Ten miles of long streets, one by one shops, like the sky with countless stars, very lively.

In today's world, under the serious influence of the Soochow business district, the status of merchants in the whole world has now risen to a higher level.

Especially after a unique economic war in Jizhou, the court of the Great Wei Dynasty also began to value this group of businessmen with humble and lowly status on weekdays.

When the people of the merchant class are taken seriously, they will naturally rejuvenate themselves and begin to seek progress, which will naturally lead to economic changes.

Now that the economy of the Great Wei Dynasty has begun to enter an explosive period, we can see how many clues can be seen from the prosperity of the four big markets in Luoyang City.

When the scorching sun was in the sky, the shouts and shouts of the East Market were staggered, and the traders from the southeast and northwest of the Great Wei Dynasty were noisy.

In a corner of the market, it is relatively quiet, and there is an elegant fruitless study, which covers a lot of land and sells books for a living.

Since the invention of movable type printing, books have not been as scarce as before, and the business of readers and cultural people is actually the best.

Therefore, the number of study rooms selling books has gradually increased.

The fruitless study is still a little famous among these studies in Luoyang City, because it not only sells books, but also has a bit of the library style of later generations, opening up a small room in the study, and then separating it with a bamboo curtain. Serve to rent books and read.

There is also a certain rent for reading books here, but it is much cheaper than buying a book back.

Although movable type printing was invented, books are still very expensive nowadays, and there are many poor scholars who cannot afford to buy books, which naturally attracts many poor scholars.

Even many children of the nobility like to come here to study, because the books here are relatively complete. Quiet and attentive, it is naturally very popular.

"Shopkeeper, I want a copy of "Dongguan Hanji", do you have it here?" A black-robed young man in his early thirties, wearing a long sword at his waist, and an extraordinary might, walked in and asked.

"Yes!"

The shopkeeper was an elegant scholar, in his early forties. With a goatee on his chin, his eyes lit up when he saw someone coming, and he hurriedly greeted him: "Does the guest officer want to read here, or do you want to buy it back?" ”

"It's quiet here, I'll read here for a while, and then buy it back, okay?"

"Absolutely!"

The shopkeeper called a servant. said: "Tunzi, take the guest officer to the reading room on the twelfth." Brew a pot of tea and serve delicate snacks. ”

"Yes!" A young boy walked out and led the black-robed young man into a quiet reading room.

The black-robed young man strode in, and the small space separated by this bamboo curtain was not large, a bamboo mat, and a bookcase. He unsheathed his sword and sat down on his knees.

After a while, the study maid delivered a book, a pot of tea, and then a few snacks: "Guest officer." The little ones won't bother you reading! ”

"Take it!" The black-robed young man handed over a string of copper coins and said lightly: "Don't let people disturb me!" ”

"Great!"

This little guy's eyes lit up, and he put away the reward with a smile, and said, "If the guest officer needs anything, please call me, I'll be there soon!" ”

In the quiet reading room, the black-robed young man took a sip of tea and began to open the books on the desk.

"Now Jia Xu is staring so closely, why are you looking for me!"

The black-robed young man looked at the book with a very focused expression, and then seemed to be talking to himself naturally, and lowered his voice as if he was just talking to the people in a reading room next door.

"I can't see anyone else, you're my only line of contact, I have an urgent message that I need you to pass back!" A deep voice answered in the reading room next door.

"Say!"

"Cao Chun led 30,000 tigers and leopards to ride, and now he is in Beidi County, their target is General Huang Zhong, and they plan to take General Huang Zhong by surprise, once he succeeds in his assault, General Huang Zhong is very dangerous!"

"What?"

When the brocade-robed young man heard this, his expression was taken aback, and his fists clenched slightly, a little incredulous: "Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are mobilized by tigers and leopards, why don't we ghost pawns have any rumors at all?" ”

If they come here, if they really succeed, Huang Zhong, who is encircling and suppressing Liu Bao, will not die or be disabled.

"This is to ask Jia Xu, if Jia Xu didn't personally cover up the news, their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would not have been able to meet the eyeline of the Thousand Households in Luoyang, as for why you don't know, it can only show that Jia Xu is still wary of Yingyangtang!"

"He's guarding against me?"

The young man in the brocade robe had a gloomy expression and a slightly cold gaze.

"He already trusts you, but you have made a lot of small moves during this time, which makes him suspicious of you!" A deep voice said.

"Are you saying that I intervene in the army?" The black-robed young man raised his eyebrows.

During this time, he wanted to take advantage of the great reorganization of the Wei army and insert a few people into it, so that it would be better to collect information on the soldiers and horses of all parties in the future.

"You're too anxious to hold your breath!" A deep voice said.

"I'm sorry, but I wasn't cautious enough, so it seems that he still doesn't have complete trust in my identity!" The black-robed young man said coldly: "Maybe for Ying Yangtang, he probably also suspects that I am a little precarious!" ”

"No, the most important thing is that you have to calm down, he suspects that you are actually normal, if you can't find out my true identity for a day, he won't give you complete trust for a day, this person is very cautious and scheming!"

A deep voice said: "The last time I stated, he may even have some doubts about my identity, he can be comparable to Li Dadudu, you can't underestimate him!" ”

"He actually suspects you?"

The brocade-robed young man frowned: "I can't even find your identity yet!" ”

"No, it's just that the object of his suspicion now is very close to me, among the ghosts, you have been checking my identity openly, how many suspects do you have about my identity?"

A deep voice smiled and asked.

"Four, the eunuch Ling Yu, the guard of Shangyang Palace, Hou Cao Yu, the captain of the Imperial Forest Army, Lin Song, and one ...... I feel a little conflicted about this person, logically speaking, he should not be you, but I have some feelings that it is you! ”

In fact, the black-robed young man didn't know who the public identity of the 'mouse' was, even if he was close at hand, he hadn't seen him once: "From the first year of Chuping to the present, it's been more than eleven years, I don't have a deep memory of the faces of those years, just relying on four portraits, I can't find you, I'm a little curious, who are you?" ”

In fact, he also wanted to know in his heart, who was this Jinyi guard who was hiding the deepest in Wei Ying?

"Lone wolf, I'm hiding deeper than you think!"

After a deep voice muttered for a while, he said: "You may continue to investigate, and you investigate a little harder, suspect all those who can be suspected, only if you can't find me, I am the safest, and at the same time, you can also rely on these actions to gain the trust of Jia Xu and Cao Cao!" ”

"What if I find you?"

The black-robed young man said suddenly.

“……”

However, his question was not answered.

After half a ring, he turned his head, looked at it, and couldn't help but open a bamboo curtain in the middle, and the reading room next to it was empty, leaving a cup of tea, the same book "Dongguan Hanji".

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Jiuyuan City, the camp of the Wu army.

In the middle tent, Pang Tong stood in front of the sand table, his face was already a little ugly, but now it was gloomy and dripping water, which was even more hideous.

"Ma Chao, it seems that you are really going to tear your face with our Da Wu!"

After all, Liang Guo sent troops, and suddenly sent troops at the most critical juncture of the battle against Shuofang, and did not choose to go north, but directly attacked Taiyuan County.

Ma Chao's two great generals, Zhang Heng and Cheng Yin, each led 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, and it took only one day to take the complete Xihe County, and also broke through Pingtao County, an important town of the Wu army.

Pingtao County, as the gateway city of Jinyang, once breached, Jinyang City was directly exposed to the eyes of the Liang army.

"Chief of Staff, now that the Liang army is menacing, do we need reinforcements?" A staff officer asked: "Taiyuan County is unstable, it will affect the morale of the front!" ”

"No!"

Pang Tong calmed down, waved his hand at the staff officers, and said: "Guan Jing, the governor of Bingzhou, was also the commander of one side, Jinyang Dacheng has the strength of the 14th Division of the Blood Wolf, which is enough to hold Taiyuan, as long as Taiyuan is stabilized, a few county towns of the Xihe Army, I will give it to him Liangguo first, and everything will wait until the end of this battle, and I am calculating!" ”

Although the dispatch of other Liang troops made him angry, to a certain extent, it also relieved him.

He is not afraid that the enemy is strong, but he is afraid that he will hide and hide.

The invisible force is the most terrifying.

Since Ma Chao has made a move, it means that his troops will not come north to reinforce this battle, so that he can fight a big battle with peace of mind.

"General Huang Zhong has a battle report back?" Pang Tong asked.

"Not yet, the battle report of the day before yesterday said that he had a way to lure out the Hun cavalry to fight, but it would take more time!"

A staff officer came out and said: "But Wuchenghou has news that Shan Yu Huchuquan of the Southern Xiongnu is willing to form an alliance with our Great Wu, and now he has gone out of the Bullet Sweat Mountain, and within three days, he will enter Shuofang!" ”

"Really?" When Pang Tong heard this, his eyes widened and he asked.

"Chief of Staff, this should be right!" The staff officer nodded and said, "Wuchenghou has signed a letter of state with the Xiongnu tribe, I think it can be believed!" ”

"Great!"

Pang Tong's eyes bloomed, and he laughed heartily: "If Huchuquan's troops are on our side, this battle will be won, and this time it is not only Liu Bao, it is impossible to escape from humbling, this battle is enough to defeat half of their Xiongnu army, and within five years, they will not dare to go south!" (To be continued.) )