Chapter 52: Covert Operations

Chengdu Bafang Dart Bureau station, Zhao Zhen and his entourage temporarily live here. Although their identity as a dart master is impersonated, they are indeed recorded within the dart bureau, and strictly speaking, they are not impostors.

The non-stop rush for several days also made Zhao Zhen, a person who had not trained for many years, suffer a lot of crimes, so he chose to rest here for a night.

The next day, at three o'clock in the morning, Zhao Zhen got up from the quilt, and just after getting dressed, Zhan Zhao walked in with toiletries and breakfast.

After Zhao Zhen cleaned himself up, while eating breakfast, he asked, "How is the matter going?" ”

Zhan Zhao: "Back to the emperor, your will has been delivered. Early this morning, General Fan went to Maozhou with Master Gao. ”

Zhao Zhen: "Very good! You send a team to infiltrate Maozhou, and as soon as General Fan and the others arrive, they will control a guy named Zhang Tianshi. Tell them to do their job nicely and try not to let anyone else know. ”

Zhanzhao: "Yes, Your Majesty!" Your subordinates dare to ask a question, did you come all the way to this Zhang Tianshi? According to your subordinates, you don't have to bother so much, isn't it over if your subordinates arrest him for you? ”

Zhao Zhen: "I know you're very good, but don't underestimate others." Do you know, this product is known as boundless mana, and in just half a year, tens of thousands of believers have been developed, including many of my officials. ”

Zhanzhao: "My subordinates know, I don't know what the emperor plans next?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Let's continue to dress up as a team of darts and hang behind General Fan and them." ”

Zhanzhao: "Yes, Your Majesty!" The subordinates will go and prepare. ”

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The road from Chengdu to Maozhou is still the original dirt road, and the marching speed has been greatly reduced, and it took nearly two days to complete the road of more than 200 miles, and when Fan Ke and his party arrived, it was already sunset the next day.

Liao Wei, a native of Hengshan, was admitted to the Jinshi in the second year of the Tianxi of Song Zhenzong (1018), and he was also a talented man who liked to read and write articles. However, because of his birthplace, he is more sensitive to ghosts and gods. As we all know, Hengshan is the holy place of the Quanzhen Sect, the mainstream sect of Taoism, and its representative Nanyue Hengshan Junshen is a god widely worshiped by the people. And Liao Wei has lived in Hengshan, where ghosts and gods are prevalent since he was a child, and he has been exposed to it, so he naturally has little resistance to those guys who pretend to be ghosts.

Therefore, Zhang Tianshi showed a little in front of Liao Wei, and Liao Wei fell very simply, and it was precisely because of his acquiescence or support that Zhang Tianshi developed so rapidly in the Maozhou area. However, he also knew that this kind of thing was generally not liked by the emperor, well, except for individual emperors. Therefore, he has been trying his best to cover it up, but he didn't expect Zhang Tianshi's appetite to grow bigger and bigger, and he was a little unable to cover it up.

And when he went to Chengdu Mansion to report on his work this time, Gao Jixuan's last question also made him chuckle in his heart. So, as soon as Liao Wei came back from a meeting in Chengdu Mansion, he hurriedly invited Zhang Tianshi to his home, ready to talk to him and let him restrain a little.

In half a year, Zhang Tianshi's heart has changed against the sky, and his attitude towards Liao Wei has become more and more sluggish. In his opinion, he now has so many loyal believers, or he will be able to start a sect and become a generation of grandmasters in a few years, and then a small prefect will be a fart!

Liao Wei waited for a long time, and then Zhang Tianshi walked in slowly and leisurely with a whisk in his hand, and said lazily: "This master is diving into the Dao Method, why is Liao Jushi looking for this master urgently?" ”

Liao Wei: "Heavenly Master, this mansion went to Chengdu Mansion two days ago to report on work, and I feel that the envoy seems to be aware of your mission, you see if you have paused for a while!" ”

Zhang Tianshi said disdainfully: "Why? If you know, you know, and it is his honor to be able to listen to the teachings of this teacher! ”

Liao Yan said: "Heavenly Master, this mansion just heard that the Lord of the Scriptures does not believe this, and I am worried that it will have a bad impact on you, so I ......"

Zhang Tianshi waved himself to whisk the dust, and said lightly: "The layman doesn't need to worry, the master has his own plans, you said that the master of the scripture does not believe in this, it is because he has not seen the skills of the master, as long as the master shows his hand slightly, he is guaranteed to be convinced!" ”

"Master, it's not good! Oh no, sir! Master ......" A series of loud shouts, accompanied by the crisp sound of breaking the door, completely destroyed Zhang Tianshi's bragging aura.

Liao Wei showed an apologetic smile at Zhang Tianshi, and then shouted at the family who broke in: "Didn't you see that this mansion is discussing with Heavenly Master!" Why so reckless? ”

"Heavenly Master forgives sins!" Jia Ding apologized to Zhang Tianshi first, and then said to Liao Wei: "Master, something happened!" Not long ago, an army suddenly appeared, claiming to be a forbidden army to support the Japanese army, and without saying a word, the defenders of the city were disarmed and took control of the city defense. ”

"Forbidden Army?" Liao Wei wondered: "How is this possible! The capital is so far away, how can it be possible to send a forbidden army here, can you see clearly? It can't be a fake, right? ”

Jiading: "Master, I didn't believe it at first, so I went to the city gate to take a look." Seeing that the leaders of those forbidden armies were indeed holding holy decrees and appeasing the people's hearts there, it should not be wrong. ”

"But how did the Forbidden Army come here? It's so remote here, and there's nothing big about it......" Liao Wei said this, casually glanced at Zhang Tianshi, sighed in his heart again, and asked tentatively: "Heavenly Master, you said that these forbidden troops won't come at you, right?" Aren't you supernatural, what the hell is going on? ”

When Zhang Tianshi heard him say this, his face turned pale, but soon he returned to his original appearance, crossed his fingers, pretended to calculate, and then said to Liao Yan: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal, this master will accompany you to meet this forbidden army general!" ”

Seeing Zhang Tianshi's calm eyes, Liao Wei was really relieved, and arched his hand at him: "There is Lao Tianshi, let's go!" ”

Zhang Tianshi: "Layman, please!" ”

Liao Wei: "Heavenly Master, please!" ”

The two were still humbling each other over who was going ahead, but an arrogant voice came from the door: "Don't be humble two of you, you can't go anywhere!" ”

"Who?" Liao Wei would have been in a bad mood, but there were still people who dared to be presumptuous, and roared angrily: "Dare to be wild in this mansion, live impatiently!" ”

At this time, three people appeared at the door, led by a young man, who stared at the three people in the room with an evil smile, and said to the roaring Liao Wei: "It seems that you just say Lord Prefect!" For your question just now, I can only say that I am not living a bad life, but you have the final say! ”

Liao Wei trembled and pointed at him and shouted: "You dare to be so rampant in this mansion, come here!" Arrest all these thieves in this house! ”

With a bang, the hand holding the knife was lucky, and the blade of the knife instantly popped out half, which frightened Liao Wei: "I advise you not to work in vain!" Don't shout badly! ”

Liao: "You...... You...... What do you mean? ”

"Shaft daring! How dare you commit murder under the nose of this Heavenly Master, believe it or not, this Master has received your soul, so that you will not be able to live forever? In the face of this group of unkind comers, Zhang Tianshi couldn't help but shout.

"Phew! You are Zhang Tianshi! I'm so scared! This year came to Zhang Tianshi and said exaggeratedly: "Xiaosheng Wei Liuyi, don't be mistaken, it's not good to find the wrong person when the time comes!" ”

At this time, another person walked in and whispered a few words in Wei Liuyi's ear. Then, Wei Liuyi waved his hand to a few of his entourage and said, "Trap both of them for me!" ”

"Yes!" The two entourages answered, and they prepared to take down Zhang Tianshi and Liao Yan.

Liao Yan shouted sharply: "Wait for bold! I am an official of the imperial court, and if you and other thieves dare to attack the official of the imperial court, you are not afraid that the imperial army will all die and have no place to be buried? ”

Wei Liuyi: "Do you still know that you are an official of the imperial court?" Then you are still pretending to be a ghost here with this thing, defrauding money, and making the whole Maozhou into a miasma, are you such an official? ”

Liao Wei shouted and scolded: "Why don't you need you to teach you to be an official in this mansion, who are you?" In broad daylight, you dare to commit murder in the government office, who gave you the courage? ”

Wei Liuyi: "You will know this question later, so let's go with us obediently now!" ”

After speaking, Wei Liuyi glanced at the two subordinates, and the two of them understood, knocked the two unconscious with lightning speed, put them in a sack, and then disappeared into the streets and alleys......

It is said that Fan Ke came to Maozhou in a daze, and controlled the state city in a daze. Although he was working according to orders, this kind of work was unprecedented in the history of the Song Kingdom, so he still kept beating the drum in his heart.

So, Fan Ke found Gao Jixuan for the first time and asked, "Lord Gao, what do you think we should do next?" ”

"Hey!" Gao Jixuan sighed: "Actually, the official hasn't figured out what happened until now!" ”

Fan Ke responded and said: "Yes! What's the point? ”

Gao Jixuan: "Yeh? Why does this official think something is not quite right? ”

Fan Ke: "Lord Gao, what's wrong?" ”

Gao Jixuan: "You said that we made such a big move here, why didn't we see that the governor of Benzhou had made negotiations?" ”

Fan Ke: "That's right! Strange! ”

Just when the two of them were staring at each other, the guards walked in and said to Fan Ke: "Report to the general, someone asks to see you!" ”

"Oh?! Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive! Fan Ke muttered a sentence before he commanded the guards: "Spread quickly!" ”

However, what he was waiting for was not the "Cao Cao" they said, but another person he didn't expect - Zhanzhao.

Fan Keleng paused for a moment and said in surprise: "Captain Zhan, aren't you protecting the emperor?" How did you get here? Is it ......?"

"Xiaguan see Lord Gao, see General Fan!" Zhan Zhao saluted the two before saying, "There are some things that General Fan himself knows, and the lower officials are also acting on orders!" Now the lower official conveyed the holy edict to the two adults, after investigation, there are people in the Maozhou area who pretend to be gods and ghosts, gather believers, defraud money, and seriously affect social stability. ”

"The minister (the last general) obeys the order!"

The appearance of Zhanzhao made Gao Jixuan and Fan Ke set off a huge wave in their hearts, Gao Jixuan hesitated for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Captain Zhan, I don't know where that one is now?" Can you please see me? ”

Zhan Zhao: "Lord Gao, please don't be impatient, when the time comes, it will be natural and clear, and the lower official will retire first." ”

In a secret residence of the Guoan Temple in the city, Zhang Tianshi woke up to find himself tied to a chair, and across from him sat a young man, staring at him as if he were scrutinizing.

Zhang Tianshi: "Who are you?" Why did you kidnap this celestial master? ”

"I heard that your mana is boundless, and you can summon souls, how about performing one?" Zhao Zhen said as he stared at him, trying to find a clue. (To be continued.) )