At night, a cavalry of about 30 people rushed to the city of Zhongdu, led by Liu Lancheng who held up a gold medal and shouted: "In case of emergency, open the city gate quickly!" ”

Once the city gate is closed, it is not allowed to be opened again, but everything will not be absolute, and the city gate will still be opened in two special circumstances, such as the Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Express, and the messenger can ask for the city gate to be opened. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is also the gold medal in Liu Lancheng's hand, there are only three gold medals in total, one is on Zhang Xuan, one is in Qi Wangfu, and one is in Ziwei Pavilion.

Liu Lancheng's gold medal is the gold medal of the Qi Palace, which is kept by Du Ruhui, and can only be used after the joint signature and consent of the military division and the secretary room.

The same is true for the gold medal of Ziwei Pavilion, which is kept by the ruling minister who rotates every month, and needs to be jointly signed by the Zhongshu Order, the Shangshu Order, and the Ruling Minister's Pen Xiangguo of the month before it can be used.

This gold medal can not only pass the world, but also urgently mobilize the newly formed internal guard army, that is, the former wind and thunder army, which plays a huge role.

The defenders of the city have been alarmed, and the captain on duty at the east gate shot a chirp, and in a moment, the patrol cavalry hiding outside the city galloped to the city, checked the gold medal for the cavalry, and shouted to the city head: "The gold medal is verified to be correct, and the city can be opened!" ”

The drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was slowly opened, and Liu Lancheng and his men urged the horses to gallop and galloped into the middle capital.

The new military camp of the internal guard is in the middle of the capital, close to Taixue, it was originally an abandoned temple of the community, and a military camp was built after releveling, which can accommodate 5,000 soldiers.

Not long after Liu Lancheng returned to the barracks, hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the barracks and disappeared into the darkness in a short time.

There is a wine shop covering an area of about three acres near the south gate of Zhongdu, called Fenyang wine shop, the scale of the wine shop is medium in the middle, but the location is good, there are guests from all over the world in and out every day, there are many fixed old customers, the various cuisines provided by the wine shop are also the taste of the southern part of the state, the taste is sour and spicy, from the name of the store to the cuisine, everyone naturally thinks that this wine shop is opened by the people of Bingzhou, and even many people suspect that it is the industry of the Pei family.

Not only the name and taste of the store, but even its shopkeeper is also a native of Hedong County, Bingzhou, the shopkeeper's surname is Zheng, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a smiling face all day long, and he is also very kind.

But the old drinkers never imagined that the real background of this wine shop is not trivial, it is Wang Shichong's intelligence station in Zhongdu, just as Zhongdu has intelligence networks in Luoyang and Chang'an, Wang Shichong also set up intelligence points in Chang'an, Taiyuan and Zhongdu, but Chang'an's intelligence points were eliminated because they were involved in the assassination of Sui envoys, but the intelligence points in Zhongdu have always kept a low profile, and dressing up the wine shop in the style of Bingzhou is also a means of cover-up.

Wang Shichong has a total of five intelligence points in Zhongdu, basically all of which are wine shops, inns, and shops, mainly because people come and go in these places is the norm, and they will not attract attention, and it is very convenient to collect intelligence.

During this time, Wang Shichong was also extremely concerned about the battle between the Northern Sui and the Turkic army, but he hoped that the Turkic army could defeat the Northern Sui army and inflict heavy losses on the Northern Sui.

Of course, this possibility is not great, but whenever there is a glimmer of hope, Wang Shichong will actively work in this direction, and this time the sharp rise in grain prices in Zhongdu is Wang Shichong's proud work in the Zhongdu Intelligence Station.

They took advantage of the opportunity of the assassination in the palace to secretly spread the news of the defeat of the Sui army in the rice shop, prompting dozens of shops in the rice shop to collectively raise prices, triggering a rush for rice in Zhongdu.

The liquor store was closed, but the lights were still on in a room on the third floor, but the heavy curtains were lowered so that the lights inside could not be seen outside.

There were four or five people sitting in the room, except for the shopkeeper Zheng of the wine shop, the rest were also the shopkeepers of various stores, and they were also the small leaders of the branch intelligence point, but Shen Chun, the shopkeeper of Heluomi Shop, did not come, and the shopkeeper Zheng would contact him alone.

"Let me first tell you the latest information, the Turkic army has indeed moved south, it seems that our judgment is completely correct, the Turks have been attacking Shanyang County for a long time, and they will inevitably turn south."

Shopkeeper Zheng glanced at everyone and said: "Luoyang's latest instruction to us is to try our best to spread the news of the Turkic army going south in the central capital, and do our best to cause panic and turmoil in the central capital. ”

Like the Zhongdu Intelligence Agency, Luoyang's intelligence station also belongs to the military system, led by Wang Shichong's brother Wang Shiyun, this Zheng shopkeeper's real name is Zheng Ting, it is said that he is a distant relative of the Zheng family, but his real identity is a criminal Cao joined the army, Wang Shiyun's henchman, and was sent by Wang Shiyun to be in charge of the intelligence station in Zhongdu.

Zheng Ting has a kind face on the surface, and his smile never disappears, but his nickname in the army is called Smiling Tiger, he is ruthless, and he personally executed Emperor Yang Tong in secret.

His subordinates also knew his viciousness, so no one dared to oppose his opinion.

Zheng Ting saw that everyone was silent, nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "It is estimated that the news of the Turkic army's southward movement will reach Zhongdu the day after tomorrow at the latest, I hope you will work hard tonight, each of you will write a detailed plan, and hand it over to me before noon tomorrow, once I approve it, I will implement it immediately, how much money is needed, how to spend, how to arrange, be sure to write the details clearly in the report, don't let me catch anyone's handle, understand?" ”

Everyone stood up and saluted, "Humble duty understood!" ”

"Go ahead! Go ahead and prepare a plan now. ”

Everyone turned and walked outside the house, and just then, a bartender rushed in and shouted in horror: "Something is wrong, the outside is surrounded by troops!" ”

Zheng Ting was taken aback, he suddenly understood, it must have been something wrong with Shen Chun, confessed to him, he didn't care about the other subordinates, drew his sword and rushed out, there was a secret tunnel in the backyard of the wine shop, leading to a private house a hundred steps away, this was their only chance to escape.

The other branch leaders also knew that he wanted to escape through the tunnel, and they all ran after him to the backyard.

At this time, the screams of the bartender who were eating outside, this was a bartender who wanted to break out and was shot down by random arrows.

Zheng Ting rushed to the backyard in one breath, ran to a firewood house in the corner, the entrance of the tunnel was in the firewood room, but there were more than a dozen steps away from the firewood room, and the firewood room collapsed, dozens of soldiers appeared from behind the firewood room, all half-squatting on the ground, holding horned crossbows aimed at them, and then looking around, more than 100 Sui troops with bows and crossbows appeared on the wall, surrounding them in the backyard.

Zheng Ting shouted, swung his sword and pounced, and dozens of Sui soldiers on the opposite side shot crossbow arrows at the same time, and dozens of arrows were shot at Zheng Ting at the same time, shooting him like a hedgehog, and he died on the spot.

The rest of his subordinates were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, throwing away the long sword in their hands, and at this time, Liu Lancheng appeared in the courtyard and waved his order: "Take all the prisoners away!" ”

At this time, a soldier rushed over and handed a scroll to Liu Lancheng, "General Qiyu, I found their roster, a total of one hundred and twenty-eight people. ”

Liu Lancheng looked at the roster, which had names and residential addresses, which were very detailed, and Liu Lancheng immediately handed over the roster to Zhang Li and Li Keshi and said: "Immediately arrest people according to the roster, and be sure to catch all the information points in Luoyang tonight!" ”

The internal guard army immediately took action, 1,000 internal guard soldiers were divided into 20 teams, respectively in the central capital, Xin'anyang County and Xishi to search for Wang Shichong's intelligence scouts, at dawn, the search and arrest operation began to end, a total of 122 intelligence scouts were arrested, except for the leader Zheng Ting and two of his subordinates were shot, and the other three intelligence scouts were not in the capital, the rest of the registered personnel were all captured, and none of them escaped the net.

In the morning, seven complete reports were placed on the desk of each Xiangguo in Ziwei Pavilion, and it took only one day for the Qi Wangfu to find out the reason for the increase in grain prices, and at the same time completely eliminate Wang Shichong's intelligence point in Zhongdu.

In the official room, Su Wei put the report on the table and sighed to Wei Yunqi and Xiao Yu: "The military has great talents!" The tacit understanding of civil and military cooperation, and the good way of teaching His Royal Highness King Qi is also the luck of my Great Sui. ”

Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "It should be His Royal Highness the King of Qi who will employ people, one Fang Xuanling, one Du Ruhui, although they are young, they are all prime ministers, and they should be the new prime ministers who will succeed us in the future." ”

Su Wei nodded, and asked Xiao Yu again: "Is the grain shop turmoil over?" ”

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Only the Yanshan grain shop is over, I heard that the Shuangcheng grain shop was robbed yesterday, and the loss of more than 10,000 yuan and thousands of stone grain, although the Zhangxi grain shop transported the money and grain away in time, there was no loss, but the shop was smashed to pieces, and five or six small grain shops were also smashed, fortunately, there was no arson, today the army went to control the situation, and the turmoil should be over." ”

Su Wei snorted, "Regardless of the overall situation, forgetting righteousness for the sake of profit, and not giving them a painful lesson, they will not remember their mistakes." ”

Xiao Yu groaned and said: "Actually, I'm thinking, why doesn't the government directly open a grain store, we can open the largest grain store in the capital, and we will control the price, so that we don't have to interfere afterwards after closing the position." ”

Wei Yunqi nodded again and again, "Xiao Xiangguo said that my heart is on the road, I have been thinking about this issue, not only food, such as pig iron, oilseeds, salt, which are related to the stability of the world and people's livelihood, the official should directly participate in the operation, control the price, and not only open stores in Zhongdu, but also open official stores in all parts of the world, in addition to the exchange of old and new money, etc., the official should take action, do something and do nothing, everything relies on private business, it is easy to be manipulated, we are too passive." ”

Su Wei nodded and said, "I also think it's feasible, Ziwei Pavilion will first negotiate a clear plan, and then make a final decision when His Highness comes back." (To be continued.) )