Although the war against the Turkic invasion was taking place in Bingzhou and Youzhou, the war did not have a great impact on Zhongdu, the prices were stable, the people were at peace, and most people still lived in the early and late as usual. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the effects of the war still existed, first of all, everyone was talking about the war that was going on, what victory the Sui army had achieved, how the Hugu Pass was so tall and strong that the Turkic army was helpless, and so on.

The second is that the public security is obviously stronger than usual, and the soldiers patrolling can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Although Luo Shixin was very depressed in his confidence, the trust of the lord also made him dare not take it lightly, especially after the Turkic cavalry lurking incident, Luo Shixin was afraid that where else would he kill a cavalry.

More than 10,000 scouts were broken up into hundreds of scout teams and assigned to various counties in Hebei to monitor the situation in each county, also to prevent civil strife in Hebei.

There is an alley called Wuhuai Lane in the north of Zhongdu, because there is a very small locust forest at the mouth of the alley, the locust forest covers an area of about two acres, and there are more than a dozen large locust trees with lush leaves, and on the opposite side of the locust forest, that is, on the other side of the alley mouth, is a small inn, called Pingyuan Inn.

Due to the outbreak of war in the spring of this year, the imperial examination originally planned to be held in the spring was postponed to the autumn, which had a great impact on the inns in the central capital, many inns in order to cope with this year's imperial examination have deliberately expanded their reception capacity, and the postponement of the imperial examination has made the wishful thinking of these inns come to naught, and more than a dozen small inns were forced to close their doors due to difficulty in maintaining them.

The business of Pingyuan Inn is also very bad, it can usually receive seventy or eighty guests, and now there are only a dozen guests living in the inn, most of them are local petty officials who come to China to find a relationship, which is also one of the advantages of this inn, close to Ziwei Palace, but this year's business is really light, so that the guys and shopkeepers are listless all day long, looking forward to the arrival of autumn.

This morning, a guest came from outside the inn, and the man hurriedly greeted him, the guest was a man in his thirties, wearing a short coat, wearing a black and red wool coat, growing tall, riding a jujube red horse, it could be seen that he was a person who was outside the rivers and lakes, his thin face was covered with wind and frost prematurely, and he wore a long sword at his waist, the hilt was sharpened, and the leather on the edge of the scabbard fell off, and he was a little gray and old.

The man was well-informed, and when he looked at the man, he guessed that he might be a ranger, but he had a long scar on his face, and he knew that he was not a good person.

However, the man adheres to the principle that everyone who comes is a guest, as long as it is not a person on the wanted notice by the city gate, he will welcome him warmly.

"Welcome to the shop!"

The man nodded and asked, "I'm here to find someone, there are three Longxi guests living in your shop!" ”

"I came to them! They're in the little shop. ”

When the guy heard that he didn't come to stay at the hotel, he was disappointed, and his enthusiasm just now quickly faded.

The man threw the reins of the horse to him, "I also came to live in the hotel, I want an upper room, feed the horse well, and I will be rewarded when I turn back!" ”

The man was overjoyed, and he agreed repeatedly, and he led the man into the lobby first, and then went to lead the horse.

The man simply registered, Zhao Shuang, Huangshui County, Xiping County, Longxi County, a businessman, he threw five taels of gold to the shopkeeper, and then carried a heavy horse bag and went upstairs with the shopkeeper, he wanted to find three companions first, and then go back to his room to live.

The shopkeeper led him to the easternmost side of the second floor, pointed to the innermost two rooms, and said, "They live there, and I am usually not allowed to approach, so the guests can go in by themselves!" ”

The three companions that this man is looking for have been living here for a few months, saying that they are Taoist priests, but they usually go out early and return late, and they are mysterious, and they are not seen to engage in any Taoist activities, but the inn rules are not allowed to ask about the privacy of the guests, and more importantly, the three guests are generous and pay three times the room price, so the shopkeeper never asks about the true identity of the three guests, and many years of inn experience tells him that only by asking less and participating in the affairs of mysterious guests can he keep himself safe.

When the man saw that the shopkeeper was gone, he went to the door, knocked regularly, and the door opened, and the man entered the room in a flash, and the door was closed.

The room was very dim, with thick curtains drawn, an oil lamp lit, and a dozen weapons, swords and bows, and even horned crossbows that were strictly forbidden to be used by the people.

There were three people standing in the room, two men and one woman, all about thirty years old, all dressed as Taoist priests, and the three of them looked eagerly at the man who pushed the door in.

"It's been a long time for everyone to wait these months."

The man put down the horse bag, and the eyes of the three of them focused on the horse bag on the ground, and it could be seen that the horse bag was very heavy, and the items inside weighed at least dozens of pounds.

"Did you bring it?" The female Taoist priest asked.

Although she is a woman, she does not have the slightest taste of a woman, she looks dark and thin, with a brain, a pointed nose, a slender horse face and a pair of vicious triangular eyes, it is estimated that the three of them will be safe even if they live in the same room.

"Let's talk about your situation first!" The man was dodging her question.

"If you don't have gold, it's superfluous to talk about anything." One of the male Taoist priests said coldly.

The scar-faced man had no choice but to lift the horse bag, and with a bang, dozens of ingots of gold rolled out of it, "Okay, this is a deposit of five hundred taels, and two thousand five hundred taels will be paid after the matter is done." ”

The female Taoist priest's eyes shot a greedy look, and she stepped forward and quickly counted it, ten taels of gold, a total of fifty ingots.

She turned around and nodded to the Taoist priest at the head, who eased up a lot, waved her hand and smiled: "Please sit down!" ”

The scar-faced man sat down at the small table with the three of them, and although the scar-faced man looked like a Han Chinese, he was actually a Turkic person, a Turkic Han to be exact.

This person's Turkic name is Gulin Tren, and he gives himself a Chinese name called Zhao Shuang, he is the confidant of the high priest Mo Aaron, and he is also the deputy head of Jinshan Palace.

In this Turkic southern expedition, Mo Aaron and Chuluo Khan reached a cooperation agreement, and Jinshan Palace was responsible for creating chaos within the Northern Sui and cooperating with Chuluo Khan's southern expedition, but a few months ago, more than 500 elite soldiers in Jinshan Palace were wiped out by the Northern Sui army.

Although Mo Aaron suspected that it was Chu Luo Khan who borrowed a knife to kill people and eradicate the power of Jinshan Palace, he had no evidence, and the internal power struggle of the Turks was very fierce, and various forces were intricate, even if he borrowed a knife to kill people, it was not necessarily the hand of Luo Khan.

However, if Mo Yalun wants to reap the abundant spoils of war, he must continue to fulfill the agreement he reached with Chuluo Khan, and the assassination of Zhang Xuan's family can also disrupt the deployment of the Northern Sui army.

Mo Aaron handed over this task to his henchman Tren, but there were no Han warriors in Jinshan Palace, and it was really inconvenient to send Hu people to Zhongdu to assassinate.

Tren secretly found Liang Shidu, and Liang Shidu introduced him to three rangers, the three rangers are two men and one woman three Taoist priests, they are nominally Liang Shidu's worship, but in fact, they are independent and unique, and are not controlled by Liang Shidu, mainly in the area of Longxi Hexi, specializing in collecting money to kill, and their martial arts are very strong.

The three of them are indeed Taoist priests in Wuwei County, and they have been monks since they were children, but they are ruthless and have long lost the compassion of monks.

The three of them heard that they were going to assassinate the family members of the regent of the Northern Sui Dynasty, and the price was 3,000 taels of gold, and 500 taels of gold were paid first, which was guaranteed by Liang Shidu, and the remaining 2,500 taels of gold were paid at once after the matter was completed.

Now that the deposit of five hundred taels has been paid, the two sides can talk about business.

The leader of the three Taoist priests is called Li Qingshan, the other is called Wang Baiyue, and the female Taoist priest is called Zhao Huangquan.

"You should have figured out the way in the past few months!" Zhao Shuang asked straight to the point.

"Huang Quan, you come and tell him!" Headed by Li Qingshan, he instructed the female Dao Gudao.

Although Zhao Huangquan looks ugly, she is a woman after all, and it is more convenient to investigate information, so she is responsible for finding out the news.

She nodded and said: "King Qi's wife and daughter do not live in the palace at present, but in the palace, it has been a few months, even if the king of Qi comes back, he will live in the palace, only before the New Year, the princess has been out of the palace a few times, and then she has never left the palace again,"

"No, it won't! Didn't you say that the prince of Qi was going to come out to study? ”

Zhao Huangquan shook his head, "It was in the Qi Palace, but after moving into the palace, a few old guys who taught him to read were also going to enter the palace, and he would no longer go out of the palace." ”

"Do you have a plan?" Zhao Shuang asked a little uncontrollably.

The three Taoist priests glanced at each other, and Li Qingshan said slowly: "We do have a plan." ”

"If you have a plan, why don't you do it all the time?" Zhao Shuang asked dissatisfiedly.

The eyes of the three of them turned to the five hundred taels of gold on the table, and the yellow gold shimmered with an alluring light. (To be continued.) )