The first thing Wen Yanbo did after taking over with confidence was to strictly enforce the law. It is said that those caravans that relied on the accommodation of the staff to do the smuggling trade immediately fell into trouble.

However, Wen Yanbo forgot that the staff department was not only responsible for checking those caravans, but they also had a very important task, which was to obtain information from neighboring countries from those caravans.

Even when necessary, they will directly disguise themselves as caravans to enter other countries. That is, they were the foreign intelligence agencies of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, together with those smugglers, the Great Song Dynasty did not receive any information about the surrounding countries in the past month.

Two days earlier, Renzong had been shocked by a piece of news from the party that Li Yuanhao had sent troops westward and captured the three important military positions of Guazhou, Shazhou and Suzhou in Tibet within two months. This also means that the party members have already fought their way out of the squeeze of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and in the future, I am afraid they will not be able to control it.

And Wen Yanbo didn't know anything about it, and when Renzong asked him, he didn't receive any news.

Renzong was furious and summoned Lü Yijian and Xia Zhu to advise at the same time to discuss how to adjust the strategy against the party members.

When Bao Zheng came to see Renzong, Xia Zhu was exonerating Wen Yanbo.

Xia Zhu once led troops in the west, and also fought with the party members, Renzong just said the matter, Xia Zhu immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Lord Wen is not at fault in this matter. ”

Renzong glared: "He's right?" You say he's right? If it weren't for the letter sent by the party member himself and was discovered by the local postman, I still don't know that the mouse next to me has turned into a tiger! ”

Xia Zhu glanced at Wen Yanbo, who was kneeling beside him, and signaled him not to be afraid, but he continued: "Your Majesty, the main responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to check foreign trade and obtain information about the surrounding areas from the merchants. These two tasks, the minister thinks, Master Wen has done a very good job. Since Bun-sama took over the division, the amount of smuggling we have seized has increased dramatically, and this shows the merits of Bun-sama. Moreover, for those businessmen who are properly selling goods, Master Wen also routinely interrogates them, and it is those businessmen who deliberately conceal them for the party members. Therefore, the minister thought that Master Wen was not at fault. ”

Renzong's angry fingers were raised, pointing at Xia Zhu, and the muscles on his face trembled sharply. But in the end, Renzong still put down his fingers, flicked his sleeves and sat down.

Xia Zhu continued: "The minister thought that this news was not smooth, and it was completely because the merchants were arrogant, and deliberately concealed it for the enemy for their own selfish interests, so the minister suggested that the emperor decree that those merchants should be severely punished. ”

Renzong looked at Bao Zheng, who had just come in, waved his hand and said, "Bao Aiqing, you take a rest first." Lu Xiangguo, what do you think about this matter? ”

Lu Yijian hadn't spoken yet, only to see Bao Zheng take a step forward: "Long live the minister's performance, the matter that the minister wants to play is extremely urgent, please ask the emperor to let the minister talk first." ”

When Renzong heard this, he immediately nodded: "Okay, you say it first." ”

Bao Zheng immediately told what happened last night, and then said his own judgment and analysis, and finally asked: "Please ask the emperor to order a strict investigation of Xiangguo Temple." ”

Strictly inspect Xiangguo Temple? This is not a joke, even Renzong didn't dare to give an order easily, and said with some suspicion: "Bao Aiqing, you don't even know what Yelu has done, so please go to Xiangguo Temple, if there is anything wrong, even I can't afford it." ”

When Bao Zheng saw Renzong's hesitation, he suddenly felt a little anxious in his heart, but he still insisted that his inference was completely correct, hoping to move Renzong.

At this time, Lu Yijian spoke unexpectedly: "Your Majesty, what Lord Bao said, the old minister may guess a thing or two." ”

Renzong hurriedly said: "Speak quickly! ”

Bao Zheng also hugged his fists: "Dare to ask Xiangye for advice." ”

Lu Yijian said slowly: "Half a year ago, the old minister was still presiding over the work of the Ministry of Affairs, and at that time I heard that the Liao State sent a group of meticulous works to go deep into the territory of our Great Song Dynasty to draw a map of the border passes and defense maps of our dynasty. Lao Chen once ordered his subordinates to work carefully to find out the list of those people in the Liao State, but unfortunately, when the matter was about to be completed, he actually encountered a group of horse bandits and killed one of my subordinates. ”

When he said this, Bao Zheng seemed to understand something, and immediately said: "What does Xiangguo mean is that Yelu pinched Gulu originally came to draw a map?" ”

Lu Yijian clenched his fists: "What Lord Bao said is exactly what the old minister guessed. If the Liao people complete the mapping, they must be handed over to a reliable person to bring back, and then Yelu pinches and purses, thinking that he has come for this matter. ”

Renzong immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, if the Liao people really knew everything about the border passes, then the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger.

The whole person also stood up from the dragon chair, looking a little uneasy: "Bao Aiqing, I will make up for you, go to Xiangguo Temple immediately, and give me a careful search." ”

Bao Zheng received the order: "Minister, obey the order!" ”

"Try again!" Chen Yuan's mouth was sour, and he finally proved one thing, that is, human teeth are much sharper than swords.

The rope on Hu Jing's shoulder was gnawed out by him, and less than a third of it was still connected.

How long has it been gnawed? Chen Yuan didn't know that there was no sun in this house, anyway, his teeth were sore, and his gums were also painful, if it wasn't okay. He's still going to gnaw, but of course, he's going to have to rest his teeth first.

Hu Jing strained his arms, but after a moment, he heard "Boom!" With a bang, the rope on his body finally broke.

Hu Jing immediately shook off the rope, turned around and untied the dead knot behind Chen Yuan, and an extremely excited feeling surged into Chen Yuan's heart.

At the very least, I now have the ability to try to open the door.

After the two broke free, Hu Jing immediately used his hands to pull the simple cell door. The cell door was small, but strong. Hu Jing exerted all his strength, but he didn't break it.

Chen Yuan thought for a while, thinking about every detail when the monk reflexively closed the door after he was thrown in. It was as if the door was plugged in from the outside.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, picked up the rope that bound him just now from the ground, bolted it to the window, and said to Hu Jing: "It may not work to push it outside, let's try to pull it from the inside, let's work hard together, come, try it." ”

The two of them tied the rope and pulled hard from the inside, but the door still didn't move at all, and after pulling more than a dozen times, Chen Yuan finally gave up this method.

Hu Jing also sat softly on the ground, and the heavy wheezing voices of the two people mixed together, making the atmosphere in the darkness even more depressing.

After a while, Hu Jing actually began to sobble again, this time, she actually stretched out her arm, took the initiative to hug Chen Yuan's waist, and murmured extremely gently: "Brother Chen, I'm sorry." ”

(Lao Hei begged for votes, brothers, my chrysanthemum was blown up by "Rebirth America" yesterday, I thought, he must be very cool now)