In the Donghai Paper Store in Xishi, Hou Zheng and Yang Chonglan of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency and Gao Jin, a member of the army in charge of the intelligence department, both had solemn faces, and they were listening to a report from one of their subordinates. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This subordinate is named Ma Yaozong, about twenty-four or five years old, a native of Pengcheng County, a crossbow brigade commander carefully selected from the scouts of the Sui army, with the magic skill of piercing Yang in a hundred steps, he is lurking in Chang'an as a Xuzhou ranger, nicknamed the star picker, this is because of his extremely long arms.

It was this subordinate who got the news that the Heng'an Martial Arts Hall recruited high-level warriors, and actually gave a high salary of one or two gold per month, and the scout's unique sensitivity made Yang Chonglan a little vigilant, so he asked Ma Yaozong to also apply to see what was going on?

"The recruitment background of the Heng'an Martial Arts Hall this time is by no means simple, I heard that only twelve people were hired, including three women, all of whom are of unknown origin, but the lowly feeling that this Heng'an Martial Arts Hall is just recruiting for people. The people recruited are actually not related to them. ”

"About this martial arts hall, has Gao Senjun found anything?" Yang Chonglan turned around and asked Gao Jin.

Gao Jin nodded and said: "The predecessor of this martial arts hall is called Shengchang Martial Arts Hall, which is famous for cultivating archers in Chang'an, and it was opened by Sun Sheng, the first arrow in the world, and after the death of Changsun Sheng, the martial arts hall was renamed Hengan Martial Arts Hall, which is said to have been taken over by his second son, Changsun Wuao, this rumor should be correct, because the word of Changsun Wuao is called Heng'an." ”

Yang Chonglan frowned, "Eldest Sun Wuao is currently the general of the Left Prison Guard, what is he going to recruit twelve warriors for?" ”

At this time, Ma Yao Zongyu reported: "Maybe it has nothing to do with the eldest grandson Wuao, it is another person from the eldest grandson's family." ”

"Why?"

"A young man came this afternoon, the owner of the pavilion was very respectful to him, called him the fourth son, he will examine everyone hired, and then ask us to go back and think about it for a night, once we decide, we can't go back, humble intuition, this person is the real behind-the-scenes leader."

Gao Jin blurted out, "Could it be that he is the eldest grandson Wuji?" ”

"Are you sure he's called the Fourth Prince?" Yang Chonglan asked.

"You can't be mistaken."

Yang Chonglan paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he seemed to see something, but he couldn't see it thoroughly, he seemed to have caught a clue, but there was a mess in front of him.

Gao Jin cautiously reminded: "I think that the key is to confirm whether this fourth prince is the eldest grandson Wuji. ”

Yang Chonglan nodded, but Gao Jin still saw it thoroughly.

The eldest grandson Wuji's mansion is located in Anye Fang, it is a small mansion covering an area of five acres, after his sister married Li Shimin, Li Shimin gave this small mansion to him, and now the eldest grandson Wuji lives here with his wife and several sons, in addition, there are more than a dozen servants.

At night, the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been busy all day, rode home on horseback, and because he was extremely important to Li Shimin, Li Shimin specially sent two personal guards to protect his safety.

The eldest grandson Wuji turned over and dismounted, his eldest son Changsun Chong ran out of the gate and threw himself into his father's arms, the eldest grandson Wuji carried his son and laughed into the gate, and the guards also led the horses into the house, and the gate was closed immediately.

At this time, Yang Chonglan, who was hiding on a high wall across the street, asked, "Is he the one who is examining you today?" ”

Ma Yaozong nodded, "You can never make a mistake in looking at people in a humble position, this is the person!" ”

Yang Chonglan patted his forehead lightly, he didn't know if he should be glad that he had inadvertently discovered a secret of the Tang Dynasty, needless to say, the eldest grandson Wuji was preparing to establish a killer organization, who the killer organization serves, no need to think about it, it must be Li Shimin.

Fortunately, their people were also recruited by the eldest grandson Wuji.

Yang Chonglan pondered for a moment, his top priority was to build a fake origin and a fake growth record for Ma Yaozong, and the eldest grandson Wuji would definitely check his background.

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At present, Zhang Xuan did not return to the central capital, but in the north of Mayi County in the area of the Purple River, this area is gentle, the north of the Purple River is an endless grassland, and the south of the Purple River is a mountain range of mountains, the towering Great Wall is built on the mountains close to the Purple River, after seven hundred years of wind and rain erosion and war damage, the Great Wall of Qin has long collapsed and damaged, and there are countless mountain passes between these mountains, for hundreds of years the grassland nomads have gone south from these mountain passes to the Central Plains.

Eight years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, who had realized that the Turks had begun to invade the south, forcibly requisitioned 300,000 people from four counties and rebuilt the Great Wall from Zihe to Yulin in order to block the Turkic cavalry from going south and merging the state.

However, after Liu Wuzhou ruled Mayi County, at the repeated requests of the Turks, Liu Wuzhou demolished a section of the Great Wall of about 30 miles in the Zihe Pass, so that the Turkic cavalry could drive south along the Zihe Pass.

The Purple River Pass is actually the Purple River Channel, the Purple River that originally flowed from east to west turned to the south and became the north-south flow here, and the long-term erosion made the Purple River flowing between the mountains rush out of a valley with the widest part of more than 20 miles, this valley that is tens of miles long is a famous Mayi trade road in peacetime, and Zhang Xuan passed through this trade road when he first went to the grassland.

And the Sui army's ambush of the Turkic cavalry a month ago also occurred in this valley road.

The Great Wall built by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty also passed through this valley, and built the Great Wall of more than 20 miles on the low flat land, forming a pass, called Ziguan, and sent heavy troops to garrison here, but unfortunately this pass of more than 20 miles was demolished by Liu Wuzhou.

In order to restore this pass, Zhang Xuan recruited 30,000 people in the three counties of Mayi, Loufan and Yanmen, and together with 20,000 Sui troops, he rebuilt a Great Wall of more than 20 miles to reconnect the Great Wall on both sides of the mountain.

Although it was the busy season of autumn harvest at this time, in order to defend against the Turkic invasion, the people of the three counties still enthusiastically signed up, and they could also cover food and lodging, as well as a daily salary of 500 Wen, in addition, all the young and strong people who participated in Liu Wuzhou's army, as long as they participated in the construction of the Great Wall, they would no longer be held accountable for the crime of being a thief.

Many people went by mule carts, and the Sui army lacked means of transportation, so they promised to rent the people's animal carts for 300 wen a day.

The construction site for more than 20 miles is particularly lively, full of the sound of ding-dong chiseling, mule carts lined up in a long line, transporting a large amount of stone from the south, carpenters making large defensive weapons, stonemasons chiseling ashlars, masons building city walls, there is really no craftsmanship and can only sell coolies to carry ashlar green.

50,000 soldiers and civilians worked day and night to transport stones and build city walls, fortunately, although Liu Wuzhou destroyed this section of the Great Wall, most of the city bricks are still there, which can be used, and the people have quarried large stones from the nearby mountains and chiseled into large square stones to ram the foundation, so that this section of the Great Wall is more solid than the original, but the Sui army not only has to build the Great Wall, but also every thirty miles, build beacons on the mountain, the beacons are divided into two roads, all the way to Shanggu County, all the way to Shanyang County, and five beacons should also be built on the Wuzhou Mountain in the north, responsible for monitoring whether the Turkic army is going south.

Despite the huge amount of work, with the full cooperation of the military and the people, it took only half a month for the Great Wall and Fengsui project to come to an end.

At this time, it was the end of September, the autumn wind was bleak, the trees withered, the frost rose in the morning and evening, the cold was pressing, on the grassland on the north bank of the Purple River, an endless tent was built, and within dozens of miles in the north, the Sui army deployed thousands of scouts, paying attention to every move in the north.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Xuan stood in front of the sand table and silently watched the counties of Bingzhou, he had received information from Chang'an, Li Yuan and Wuchuan would reach a compromise, suspend the plan to open up Nanxiang Road, send people to Luoyang to reconcile with Wang Shichong, and the Tang army would go all out to compete with the Sui army for the annexation of the state.

This result made Zhang Xuan a little disappointed, he hoped that the Tang army would fight on two fronts, the southern front and Wang Shichong to compete for Xiyang County, and the northern line and himself in Taiyuan to confront each other, so that the Tang army fell into a huge national attrition, so that in just one year, the Tang Dynasty's economy and civil power would be dragged down by the war.

But Zhang Xuan didn't expect that Li Yuan was not fooled, but reconciled with Wang Shichong, and would rather endure the great shame of the envoy being killed, and instead concentrate on dealing with himself, although it will also consume national strength, but specializing in the front line will make good use of resources, with the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty and the support of the Guanlong nobles, they can still afford to confront each other.

However, Zhang Xuan himself will face a serious situation, that is, the Turks, and if it is not good, it will form a situation of being attacked by the enemy, which makes Zhang Xuan really worried.

(To be continued.) )