Jao Hyun took a sip of tea and asked, "Are there any high-level officials?" For example, Taishou, Juncheng and the like. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"There is no evidence for the two counties for the time being, they are very cautious, but Liang Yili, the county of Changping County, is obviously loyal to Chang'an, and he still reports to Chang'an for all the Changping County documents, and he does not report to Zhongdu."

A trace of anger flashed in Zhang Xuan's eyes, and then he asked coldly, "What is the background of this Liang Yili?" ”

"Weichen has investigated, he is a Jingzhao person, his family background is mediocre, he ranked fifth in the Jinshi in the second year of the Great Cause, and then married the daughter of Zhao Hong, a huge wealth in Chang'an, this Zhao Hong should be a member of the Zhao clan of the Guanlong noble."

"Should it be?"

"Wechen can't be sure, Zhao Hong usually has close contacts with the Zhao family, but it may be a relative, but last year's Zhao clan festival, Zhao Hong also participated, so Wechen is ninety percent sure that Zhao Hong is also a member of the Zhao clan."

Zhang Xuan snorted coldly, "Regardless of whether this Zhao Hong is from the Zhao clan or not, but Liang Yili is loyal to Chang'an, we can't tolerate it, and immediately dismiss him, if the evidence is conclusive, he can be beheaded for collaborating with the enemy." ”

"Your Highness, Weichen suggested that the Imperial Historical Observatory should handle this matter."

Zhang Xuan nodded, Fang Xuanling is in charge of the intelligence system, although he also has the function of eliminating traitors and killing enemies, but Liang Yili is a Wupin Juncheng after all, so it is more appropriate for the Yushitai to investigate and punish, and at the same time, it can also deter Xiaoxiao.

Zhang Xuan immediately wrote an edict, stamped it, called a practitioner, and said to him: "Go to the Imperial Historical Observatory, hand over the edict to Dr. Yu, and tell him that I want to file a case today." ”

Engaged in a salute, took the edict and hurried away, at this time, Fang Xuanling said again: "There is another important matter to report to His Highness." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Wechen received an urgent piece of information at noon today, which is about Dou Jiande."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "What's wrong with him?" ”

Fang Xuanling took out a piece of information and presented it to Zhang Xuan, "This is the information sent by the surveillance soldiers with flying pigeons, and someone went to visit him and encouraged him to raise troops again." ”

Zhang Xuan read the information, his face immediately became gloomy, and Fang Xuanling said in a low voice: "This person can't be Liu Heimin, right?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's this person!" ”

Liu Heimin is a huge hidden danger in Zhang Xuan's eyes, when Dou Jiande surrendered, Zhang Xuan searched everywhere for this Liu Heimin, but learned that he had led the soldiers to leave in advance, and his whereabouts were unknown, Zhang Xuan had been worried about this person, and sending soldiers to monitor Dou Jiande was also somewhat related to Liu Heimin, and this Liu Heimin really came back.

Zhang Xuan took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and immediately ordered: "Give an order to the soldiers who are monitoring Dou Jiande, if this Liu Heimin comes again, no matter whether he lives or dies, he is not allowed to escape." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly, "It may be a little late!" ”

"Why?"

"Your Highness will know if you turn over the information."

Zhang Xuan turned over the information, and wrote a line of small characters on the back, which could be seen to be written in a hurry, Dou Jiande was going to enter the central capital, and the soldiers would escort him to come, Zhang Xuan didn't speak for a long time, so he was startled.

Fang Xuanling said again: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that Dou Jiande will not rebel again, he has a son, this son pinned all his hopes, from his initiative to ask to enter the capital, it can be seen that he wants to break off the relationship with Liu Heimin." ”

"He's actually afraid that I'll kill him!"

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "If he is the slightest waver, I will never let him come back, and I will definitely kill him to get rid of the troubles, this person is very smart, and he knows that he fled to Zhongdu to avoid trouble." ”

Zhang Xuan thought about it again and said to Fang Xuanling: "This Liu Heimin is likely to seek the support of the Tang Dynasty and order the intelligence point in Chang'an to collect all the information about the Hebei bandit rebellion for me, and there must be information about Liu Heimin." ”

"Does Your Highness think Liu Heimin will rebel in Hebei?"

"Definitely!"

Zhang Xuan found another personal soldier and ordered him: "Quickly go find the scout army General Shen to meet me!" ”

"Your Highness thinks the problem is serious?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "The problem is not ordinarily serious, Hebei is our foundation, it is related to the stability of the imperial court, if there is chaos in Hebei, then all our plans will be disrupted." ”

"Your Highness might as well have a good talk with Dou Jiande, maybe he knows about Liu Heimin's situation, and in addition, I suggest that His Highness immediately send troops to protect Dou Jiande and prevent him from being victimized by Liu Heimin and provoking the hatred of Dou Jiande's old department."

Fang Xuanling's reminder was very timely, and Zhang Xuan also had a trace of worry in his heart.

At this moment, Shen Guang hurriedly came, bowed and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

He saluted Fang Xuanling again, "See the military advisor!" ”

"General Shen, I have an important task entrusted to you." Jang Hyun said.

"Please command!"

Zhang Xuan told him in detail about Liu Heimin, and then walked to the map by the wall, and pointed to the counties in Hebei with a wooden pole: "The problem now is that we don't know where Liu Heimin will raise troops in Hebei, I think there should be a foundation somewhere, you can send five hundred scout teams, each team of five people, to investigate all parts of Hebei, to find Liu Heimin's hiding place, I will talk to Dou Jiande when I go back, and I will inform you if there is further information." ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Xuan said again: "There is another thing, Dou Jiande is already on the way to Zhongdu, it is very likely that Liu Heimin's people will come to chase and kill him, you can send three hundred scout cavalry to protect him, and set off immediately, and, try to catch a few live mouths for me, maybe they know where Liu Heimin is hiding?" ”

"Troops will be sent immediately."

Shen Guang bowed, turned around and walked away quickly.

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Because the northern rivers have frozen, navigation has been interrupted, the northern traffic can only rely on carriages and horses, Zhangnan County is located in the northernmost part of Qinghe County, it takes about six days to go from Zhangnan County to Zhongdu, more than a thousand miles away, Dou Jiande also knows that Liu Heimin is decisive and cruel, once he refuses his request, he will never let himself go, so Dou Jiande ordered the carriage to travel day and night, along the official road on the north bank of the Yongji Canal to Zhongdu, fifty cavalry followed closely to protect the safety of Dou Jiande's family.

At noon that day, the carriage arrived in Guantao County, Wuyang County, where they had missed the lodging last night, and had eaten all the dry food they had brought with them, and were anxious to find a place to rest and replenish the dry food.

Wu Zheng remembered that there was a tea shed nearby, he put up a curtain to look around, and suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Dou Gong, the tea shed is in front, let's rest there for a while!" ”

Dou Jiande was hungry and thirsty, and the horses were tired, so he really needed to find a place to rest for half an hour, so he nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

The carriage continued to move forward, about two miles, there was a tea shed in front, because it was almost the New Year, the tea shed was empty, there was no guest, several men were lazy and lazy lying on the table and napping, the arrival of Dou Jiande's team made the tea shed lively all of a sudden, and fifty Sui cavalry went to the well to fetch water to feed the horses.

The shopkeeper ran forward and nodded and said, "Everyone, let's have lunch!" ”

Dou Jiande threw a gold ingot to the shopkeeper, "We have packed all the ingredients in your store, and we have brought out all the food as much as we want." ”

When the shopkeeper saw that the gold was five taels, his face was about to explode with joy, and he urged the man repeatedly: "Quickly move out all the food!" ”

Along the way, Dou Jiande made a generous move, got along with the soldiers very well, everyone also stained his light, ate well and slept well, everyone was in a good mood, sitting at the table to eat and drink, talking and laughing, Dou Jiande's family sat on the other side, the child was asleep, his wife Li was depressed, had no appetite, only drank a little rice soup, Dou Jiande wrapped mutton in flatbread rolls, poured a bowl of wine, and ate and drank.

But Dou Jiande is not an ordinary person after all, although he also eats and drinks like a soldier, but at the same time he is very vigilant, constantly looking at the official road in the distance, he knows in his heart that they will enter Wei County after walking more than 100 miles, which is close to Zhongdu and has a tighter defense, if Liu Heimin wants to do it to himself, then he only has the opportunity for this hundred miles.

At this moment, more than a dozen small black dots suddenly appeared in the distance, Dou Jiande stood up suddenly, staring intently at the dozen or so black dots in the distance, and the soldiers also noticed the abnormality and got up one after another.

After another moment, the black spots in the distance gradually became denser, and Dou Jiande immediately shouted: "There is a situation, everyone hurry back to the war horse!" ”

The soldiers rushed towards their horses, and Li Shi's voice trembled with fright and asked, "What is the master?" ”

Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and said, "It's my good brother who came to kill me!" ”

He took his son in his arms and ran to the carriage with his wife, and when he got into the carriage he shouted, "Go! ”

The coachman waved his long whip, the carriage galloped forward, and Wu Zheng shouted: "Prepare for battle!" ”

Fifty cavalrymen raised their lances and shields and lined up in two rows on the official road, and the men and shopkeepers in the tea huts were so frightened that they ran towards the frozen river.

At this time, the pursuers had already killed three hundred paces away, the sound of hooves was like thunder, the dust was flying, there were as many as five or six hundred people, and the first black-faced general was Liu Heimin. (To be continued.) )