Chapter 305: The Killer Outside the Station
Compared with when he entered the palace, Zhao Xiaoxi was taken into the palace in the carriage of the Empress Dowager of Western Xia. Zhao Xiaoxi, who left the palace, rejected the enthusiasm sent by the chief manager of Wang, and asked him to take him outside the imperial city, and soon disappeared under the corner of the imperial city.
It is clear that this conscription of the horses not only has to deal with the suppression of Liao and various countries, but also has a lot of complaints in China. Although Zhao Xiaoxi felt that Zhao Xu should not turn his face with him over this matter.
But since ancient times, the emperor's mind is unpredictable, and Zhao Xiaoxi, who has not returned to the dynasty for a long time, how can he confirm that Zhao Xu is now or Zhao Xu who left that day? Moreover, the imperial grandmother is now getting more and more unbearable, and the power in Zhao Xu's hands is getting bigger and bigger.
This time, Zhao Xiaoxi wrote to inform Zhao Xu that he did not inform Zhao Xu about the selection of horses in Western Xia. His relationship with Li Qiushui's classmates tells more about the stakes of this matter to the Great Song Dynasty.
But even so, some of Zhao Xu's newly promoted confidants have already begun to talk about suppressing Zhao Xiaoxi's strength. Even many ministers feel that the dignified prince of the county is losing his royal majesty when he mixes the rivers and lakes.
Although he hasn't said anything to turn the two brothers against each other, who dares to guarantee what will happen in the future?
In fact, for Zhao Xiaoxi, against the forces of Liao or Tubo, Zhao Xiaoxi has never had anything to worry about. What he really worries about and doesn't want to see is the endless infighting within the Great Song Dynasty.
Now that Zhao Xu is in power, the imperial grandmother has not yet died, and he has shown a tendency to suppress conservative forces. During his father's reign, trusted officials returned to the court.
These conservative and innovative courtiers are now fighting equally in the court. If it weren't for the army of the Great Song Dynasty, which still maintained a steady and rising situation, Zhao Xiaoxi was really worried that if he continued to fight like this, he would not have to be beaten by others to mess up first.
Although Zhao Xiaoxi understands that this is a trade-off technique often played by emperors. But now in this situation, Da Song really can't stand the toss. It is not easy to make a little improvement in the affairs of the army, and if there is a real problem, the disaster of losing the country is not far off.
With this heavy heart, Zhao Xiaoxi, who was walking alone on the streets of Xingqing, the imperial city, also began to think. If Zhao Xu really turned his face with him. And how should he deal with himself then?
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, unlike the ancients, Zhao Xiaoxi has his own limit. Although he was determined not to take control of the empire with Zhao Xu during his reign, it did not mean that he would be willing to die.
At present, the Great Song Dynasty can't be messed up for the time being, and one of the two brothers must make forbearance. Zhao Hyo-seok, who also felt that the time was not yet ripe, felt that maybe he should make some arrangements earlier. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would regret it in the future!
Cho Hyo-seok walking on the street. Looking at this imperial city, the Han people and the nomadic people lived together. The shouting on the street came and went, and I understood that it was not that the Han people could not get along with other ethnic groups.
It's this fucked-up era, with those ambitious kings, deliberately forming this kind of national antagonism. If the current Western Xia Law belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, there might not be such a thing at all.
In last year's battle of Lanzhou, there were also many nomads who participated in the war. In order to protect their homeland, they are not also people of the same clan as the Western Xia. Did you fight to the death? The Fan and Han are not opposed, but the monarch deliberately caused the antagonism.
Despite Cho Hyo-seok's ambitions. More focus on regions outside of China. But he knew very well that Huaxia had not completed unification, and his heart that wanted to expand the Yanhuang bloodline outward had to stop here.
Looking at a restaurant on the street, although there was still a meal at this time, Zhao Xiaoxi resolutely walked in. The shopkeeper who is resting in the lobby. looked at Zhao Xiaoxi, who walked in, and also got up very quickly.
smiled and said: "Guest officer, several!" ”
Zhao Xiaoxi looked at the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "One, let you be in charge of the shop." Prepare a cloth space for me. ”
As soon as these words came out, the shopkeeper's expression froze, but he quickly said: "This guest officer, I'm very embarrassed, our restaurant doesn't have a cloth room." But there is a space between the words and the words of the earth, I don't know what kind of private room the guest officer wants? ”
Soon Zhao Xiaoxi said: "Then bring me a private room in the Supreme Pavilion!" ”
In the eyes of others, this is a bit confusing dialogue, but it makes the shopkeeper look very shocked. quickly said: "Okay, guest officer, please come with me, and I will take you into the private room." Guest, please take a seat with the little one! ”
beckoned Zhao Xiaoxi Ji to walk to the private seat set upstairs, and soon Zhao Xiaoxi came to a relatively quiet private room. The shopkeeper seemed very enthusiastic and brought him a teapot and chopsticks.
While pouring tea for him eagerly, Zhao Xiaoxi turned the bowl over and covered it, and put the two chopsticks into a cross. Seeing this, the shopkeeper looked very excited and said, "Wait a minute, I'll call the shopkeeper over." ”
As the shopkeeper respectfully exited the private room, and when he trotted downstairs, he was in the back kitchen to tell the shopkeeper who prepared the ingredients for the cook. looked at the shopkeeper's panicked expression, and asked very puzzled.
When the shopkeeper led him to a slightly hidden corner, he said excitedly: "Head, a distinguished guest from the Supreme Pavilion has arrived!" ”
As the secret stronghold of the Cloth Pavilion , most of the people who came here to make contact were members of the martial arts department of the heavenly character and the earth character position. I had already received the above news that the pavilion master would also come to Xixia this time, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.
The shopkeeper knew the secret word of the Supreme, except for the young pavilion master, no one in the entire martial arts department dared to use this title. He was also a little excited: "Are you sure that what you just said is true?" ”
The shopkeeper said with a wronged face: "Head, since I beat me and you have been here for almost three years, when did you see me, you made a mistake in this kind of thing." That man even put out the cross chopsticks code of the cloth pavilion! ”
With this sentence, the shopkeeper quickly said: "Okay, you go to the door and keep an eye on it, and remember to come up and inform me if there is any situation." I'm going to meet the Pavilion Master now, and I think that when the Pavilion Master comes suddenly, there must be confidential things to confess. ”
understands that these dark piles of the Cloth Pavilion have been sent to set up a stronghold outside the Great Song Dynasty, and they have few opportunities to meet the pavilion master. For this reason, the shopkeeper also seemed very cautious, changed into clean clothes and went to meet Zhao Xiaoxi.
When they entered the room, they saw this young man dressed in ordinary clothes, who was the same Cho Hyo-seok they had seen when they were on assignment. The shopkeeper also looked a little excited and stepped forward to salute, and Zhao Xiaoxi also said his code name.
The shopkeeper who was told the secret signal was also very excited, and soon opened a mechanism in the dark room, and immediately invited Zhao Xiaoxi to the dark room for a secret talk. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Xiaoxi and the shopkeeper are still in the private room.
In the secret room, the leader of the Cloth Pavilion handed over all the information he received to Zhao Xiaoxi for review. Even the confidential information sent from the Great Song Dynasty was also handed over to Zhao Xiaoxi for review and approval, and then it was sent back to other Buyige strongholds.
This kind of information transmission is also prioritized, and the most urgent is the use of flying pigeons to pass the book. Most of the secret letters tied to the flying pigeon need to be deciphered by a special person. Even if ordinary people get it, they can't understand what is written on it.
From this point, it is enough to prove that Zhao Xiaoxi is many times ahead of this era in terms of intelligence transmission. It is almost impossible to break into the interior of the cloth pavilion and steal secrets.
After reading these confidential reports, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly wrote a few more secret letters, and asked the shopkeeper to send them all in the form of flying pigeon letters. Knowing such an emergency, the leader of the Cloth Pavilion also knew that this matter was very important.
After doing what he wanted to do, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly said: "Xisan, in the next period of time, you will send more people." Investigate the movements of the kings and princes and find out their every move.
In addition, during this time, the Western Xia are afraid that they will make some small moves, and their troop movements also need to be more vigilant. If there is an emergency, you can send someone to pass the code outside the Dali Station. I'll send someone to get the information! ”
Xisan is the code name of this leader, which means that on top of him, there are two big leaders. In general, the larger the stake, the lower the status. Of course, there can be a code name to prove that he has become the backbone of the cloth pavilion.
After explaining these things, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly went out of the secret room with the shopkeeper. As the shopkeeper exited the private room with a smile on his face, a few exquisite side dishes were soon served up by the shopkeeper one after another.
After eating in the private room, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly followed up with the guests who ate at the restaurant, and quickly left the restaurant satisfied with the warm greeting of the shopkeeper. All this will not make people feel that Zhao Xiaoxi has made so many arrangements inside.
Not long after leaving the restaurant, Zhao Xiaoxi walked in the direction of the post station. On the side of the street that entered the post station, he suddenly felt that on the street outside the post station, there seemed to be several dark piles staring at the post station in front of him.
Although these secret agents were discovered, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't take them too seriously. After all, in Zhao Xiaoxi's opinion, these spies are afraid that Western Xia is afraid to come, collect information about these princes, and go out to avoid them in the future.
What made Zhao Hyo-seok a little unexpected was that these spies watched him appear. Suddenly, two of them were revealed, very hostile. Even two hands began to grope their way to the stall in front of him.
Although I don't understand what is under that stall, in Zhao Xiaoxi's opinion, it must be some kind of weapon or hidden weapon. Quickly mobilize your upper body and prepare for an attack that can occur at any time.
What surprised Zhao Xiaoxi the most was that he could clearly feel it from the eyes of these two. These two men seemed to know him, otherwise they wouldn't have lost their minds for a moment when they saw him.
seemed to be shocked by his appearance, and the ensuing killing intent indicated that these two people should be coming for themselves. It's just that Zhao Xiaoxi thinks that although he has killed a lot of people, he won't make enemies as soon as he enters Western Xia, right?
It stands to reason that in addition to the Dali guards, there is also Li Qiushui in the imperial city, who knows his true identity. No one in this Western Xia knows his identity, so what kind of power are these two killers who seem to be very good at assassination? (To be continued......)