The man's name was Hu Hongsi, and he belonged to the Bamian Laifeng Tower under the palace of the King of Chu, which was a building, but also an organization, and it was the Tang Dynasty's Foreign Intelligence Agency. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The eight-sided Laifeng Building was originally called Tang Feng, which was established three years ago and was supervised by the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but just three months ago, Li Yuanji was re-restored to the title of King of Chu by his father, and was in charge of internal and external intelligence.

There are two very mysterious buildings in Li Yuanji's Chu Palace, one is called the Eight Faces Wind Tower, and the other is called the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix Hall, each with hundreds of members, this Hu Hongsi is one of the three major cadres in the Eight Faces Wind Tower, and he is also the intelligence head of the Tang Dynasty in the central capital.

Hu Hongsi smiled and said: "Of course there is money, and it won't be a tael of gold for you, but what do I want?" ”

Hou Chunlai still said expressionlessly: "Where is the money?" ”

Hu Hongsi had no choice but to pick up a cloth bag from the ground beside him, put it heavily on the table, he untied the rope that was thin at the mouth of the bag, and suddenly revealed the shining gold, "Twenty taels and one ingots, a total of fifteen ingots, a full three hundred taels of gold, one tael is not less, but what do I want?" ”

Hou Chunlai took out a scroll from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to Hu Hongsi, "This is the deployment map and detailed distribution of troops of the Yangtze River Naval Army, even in the military department, it is absolutely secret, you can see for yourself!" ”

Hu Hongsi hurriedly took the scroll and opened it, looked at it carefully, and knew that this picture was true from the signature of Laihu'er, the seal of the navy, and the seal of the military department, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly put away the scroll and pushed the gold to Hou Chunlai, "This is the reward you deserve, take it!" ”

Hou Chunlai unceremoniously accepted the gold, drank a glass of wine and got up to leave, this is Hu Hongsi hurriedly said: "Please wait for a while!" ”

"What else?"

"There's still a big deal, I wonder if you want to do it?"

"What kind of deal?"

Hu Hongsi stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "We want the blueprints for the production of the honeycomb heavy crossbow, and if you can get it, we will pay five hundred taels of gold." ”

Hou Chunlai's face was full of embarrassment, and he said for a while: "I haven't even seen the honeycomb heavy crossbow, I only hear its name, and the drawings of the weapons are in the ordnance supervision, and it has nothing to do with the military department, I'm sorry, I really can't do it." ”

Hu Hongsi said lightly: "Five hundred taels of gold!" You don't want it? ”

Hou Chunlai swallowed, "How could I not want it, but the military department doesn't care about the armor, even if you Tang Dynasty is the same, what can you do for me?" ”

It's not that Hu Hongsi doesn't know this truth, it's just that Li Yuanji put a lot of pressure on him, so that he can get the drawings of the honeycomb heavy crossbow within a month, otherwise let his whole family fall to the ground, seeing that half a month has passed, he has not made any progress, he also knows that Li Yuanji is murderous, and if he wants to kill his whole family, it is not just a threat, Hu Hongsi was so anxious that he had to rush to the doctor and find Hou Chun to think of a way.

He pondered for a moment and said, "So be it! How about you help me find someone who can get the drawings, and I'll pay you an intermediary commission of 200 gold? ”

Hou Chunlai thought for a while and said, "I can give it a try, but I dare not say that I am completely sure." ”

Hu Hongsi was overjoyed, "You have a clue?" ”

"I know someone, maybe he can know a little bit about it."

"And when are you going to send me news?"

"On the third day of the first lunar month, at the same time as now."

The two made an appointment to meet again, Hou Chunlai walked out of the wine shop quickly with the gold bag, rode away on a donkey, Hu Hongsi carefully looked at the deployment map of the Northern Sui Navy again, and was secretly happy in his heart, with this drawing, he could give an explanation to the king of Chu first.

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Since Zhang Xuan's mansion was merged into the imperial palace, the Qi Wangfu brand as a mansion has disappeared, but there is also a Qi Wangfu in the imperial city, which is the highest-level military office in the Northern Sui Dynasty, and it is also the location of Zhang Xuan's court, where hundreds of officials work.

The Central Capital Intelligence Bureau is also located in the Qi Palace, and the Changshi Fang Xuanling is currently in charge of the affairs of the Intelligence Bureau.

In the inner hall of the Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Xuan sat in the dark corner of the wall, calmly looking at Hou Chunlai who was standing with his hands down, while Fang Xuanling sat at the table, patiently listening to Hou Chunlai's report on the meeting with Hu Hongsi at noon today, and finally Hou Chunlai put a bag of gold on the table, "This is the reward he gave to the lowly position, three hundred taels of gold, and the lowly position did not dare to hide the slightest." ”

Hou Chunlai was born poor, but he was gifted and intelligent, and he had a talent that he never forgets, the Zheng family of Xingyang County recruited him into the family school, carefully cultivated, and since then Hou Chunlai has become a protégé of the Zheng family, the year before last he came to the middle school to participate in the imperial examination, and the result was the seventy-fourth place in the examination, and was assigned to the Ministry of War.

Just two months ago, Hu Hongsi found him with a letter from Zheng Shanguo, asking him to provide intelligence for the Tang Dynasty, although Hou Chunlai is a protégé of the Zheng family and has a deep sense of gratitude to the Zheng family, but it does not mean that he does not have his own principles, nor does it mean that he is willing to ruin his future for small profits, Hou Chunlai immediately reported to Fang Xuanling that the Tang Dynasty had bought him, but Fang Xuanling asked him to remain silent and continue to contact Hu Hongsi.

"Did he suspect the deployment map of the trolls?" Fang Xuanling asked with a smile again.

"Qi Yu Changshi, he didn't doubt it, the seals on it were all real, he shouldn't be able to see the truth or falsehood, in fact.... Even lowly positions cannot be seen from falsehood. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly, the map of the distribution of the naval army was originally true, as long as they made targeted adjustments afterwards, the map of the deployment of troops would become a trap, as the direct leader of the Northern Sui Intelligence Agency, Fang Xuanling not only had to obtain intelligence from the outside, but also monitor the infiltration of the external intelligence agency into the Central Capital, especially the Tang Dynasty.

Fang Xuanling's style of work was different, he did not advocate the destruction of the intelligence agencies in Chang'an or Luoyang in Zhongdu, but advocated using them to transmit deadly false information, and Zhang Xuan was very supportive of him and never interfered in the operation of the intelligence agency.

Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Then what is Hu Hongsi's request?" ”

"Looking back at the long history, Hu Hongsi proposed to use five hundred taels of gold to buy the manufacturing drawings of the honeycomb heavy crossbow."

Zhang Xuan's eyelids jumped suddenly, Tang Chao actually wanted a honeycomb heavy crossbow, and an anger rose from his heart.

Fang Xuanling asked, "Then how do you answer?" ”

"Tell him that the honeycomb heavy crossbow has nothing to do with the military department, and I can't do anything about it."

At this time, Zhang Xuan slowly spoke, "Didn't he ask you for help?" ”

Hou Chunlai saw His Royal Highness King Qi sitting inside, he was so frightened that he trembled all over, and hurriedly knelt down, "Weichen didn't see His Highness, the crime deserves death!" ”

"Forgive you of your innocence, and arise to answer my question."

Hou Chunlai stood up tremblingly and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, back to Changshi, he did ask Weichen for help, Weichen's words did not say death, he said that he could inquire about the people who knew about the honeycomb heavy crossbow for him." ”

"And then?" Jang Hyun asked.

"Then if you find a clue, you will still meet him at the small wine shop at noon on the third day of the first lunar month."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "You step back first, don't leave, I have something to tell you right away!" ”

"Yes!" Hou Chunlai slowly retreated.

Hou Chunlai's figure disappeared, and Zhang Xuan finally couldn't hide the anger on his face and said: "I only use the honeycomb heavy crossbow to deal with foreign races, and I never thought of using it to deal with the Han people, they actually want to plot the honeycomb heavy crossbow, Li Yuan is too disappointed to me." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "If Li Yuan competes for the world and has the upper hand, making His Highness precarious, I am afraid that the person who plotted the honeycomb crossbow will be His Highness, and the person who said what His Highness said just now has become Li Yuan, does His Highness think it will be like this?" ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, pondered for a long time, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided, and finally he nodded and said: "You have a point, there are no saints in this world, only mediocre people, why should I bother myself?" ”

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said again: "But I am not Li Yuan after all, I will not use the honeycomb heavy crossbow on the Han people, but I will never let them get it." ”

"So can we do something at the critical point where they can't make a real honeycomb heavy crossbow?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "We can't underestimate the Tang Dynasty

As long as they get a honeycomb heavy crossbow in kind, they can imitate it, and even if they are given a fake, they can turn it into the real thing, and we can't take that risk. ”

"What does Your Highness mean by directly rejecting Hu Hongsi's request?"

Zhang Xuan took a few steps with his hands in his hands and said coldly: "There is another way!" ”

(To be continued.) )