readx; Chang'an Pingkangfang, here is famous for the foreign population settlement, here is also the largest entertainment place in Chang'an, with hundreds of Qinglou of various records, wine shops, inns are countless, there will be hundreds of thousands of scholars from all over the country gathered here during the imperial examination every year, that is, the usual long-term population also has more than 100,000, it is the most populous square in Chang'an City, the fish and dragons in the square are mixed, the government is extremely difficult to manage, there is a green building called Qiancui in Pingkangfang, it is an old green building with a history of nearly 100 years, the reputation is very good, It is also one of the best in Pingkangfang, but in the spring of this year, this green building secretly changed owners. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the evening, the flow of people in Pingkang began to soar, the business of the major green buildings began to improve, the gate of Qiancui hugged was also full of people, most of them were the children of the rich and noble families with bright clothes, a few old bustards smiled like flowers, and enthusiastically solicited customers at the door, the lights in the Qiancui Building were bright, and the warblers and warblers in the lobby were very lively.

On the fifth floor of Qiancui Building, the curtain of a window was slightly pulled up a corner, and a middle-aged man was looking downstairs, the main building of Qiancui Building was very high, which was one of its major features, and on the top floor you could look far away, any wind and grass in Pingkang Fang could be seen clearly from here.

The man lowered the curtains, turned around and said slowly: "This is the order of the commander, do you dare not obey?" ”

This middle-aged man is Zhang Tongru, who has just come from Youzhou, was originally An Lushan's intelligence chief, but was dismissed by An Lushan because of the explosion in the gunpowder factory, and was sent to Chang'an to carry out the plan to retaliate against Li Qing'an.

It is precisely because of the success of the ordnance prison that Zhang Tongru was promoted to the head of intelligence by An Lushan and became one of his henchmen, although Zhang Tongru has been replaced by nobles, but An Lushan still gave him a chance and ordered him to enter Beijing to plan a revenge against Li Qing'an, An Lushan was angry, and if he did not come out, it would also affect the morale of the Yan army, An Lushan attached great importance to this matter, and sent Zhang Tongru to take charge of the security of the security power.

There are two other people in the room, one is called Xu Yingjie, is An Lushan's intelligence chief in Chang'an, more than thirty years old, square face and big ears, military appearance is still there, looks dignified, he was An Lushan's pro-military captain, was appointed to Chang'an at the end of last year, this time Zhang Tongru came to Chang'an, in fact, it was to replace his position, although it was only temporary, but this matter still made Xu Yingjie extremely uncomfortable, he had a bad relationship with this Zhang Tongru in the past, and now his top boss has been replaced by noble, let alone sell Zhang Tongru's account, As soon as this Zhang Tongru came, he put on the boss's shelf, used An Lushan to suppress people, pulled tiger skin as a banner, and ordered him to immediately plan revenge, although Xu Yingjie did not dare to oppose it openly, but he resisted with silence, he sat in a corner against the wall, and said nothing with a gloomy face.

Another is called Gu Wendao, that is, the big shopkeeper of Qiancui Qinglou, in his early forties, white and fat, with a kind face, he is not from a military background, nor is it Fan Yang's civil official system, but An Lushan's personal staff, An Lushan opened a big money village in Luoyang, it is this Gu Wendao is responsible for taking care of it, this time An Lushan bought Qiancui Lou, on the one hand, in order to make money, on the other hand, it is also set up as an intelligence base in Chang'an, this Gu Wendao is responsible for both sides.

It is precisely because Gu Wendao does not belong to the two major systems of military and political affairs, so he has become the lubricant of the contradiction between Zhang Tongru and Xu Yingjie.

He saw that the atmosphere in the room was tense, so he smiled and said: "General Zhang doesn't know, now Chang'an is not as easy to get hold as it was in the previous two years, and now in addition to Qianniuwei, an internal guard has also been established, and it is almost impossible to enter the imperial city to do things, and Commander Xu is worried that once he fails, he will destroy the intelligence network that we have built up with great difficulty, and it will be worth the loss." ”

Zhang Tongru didn't buy this explanation, he snorted heavily and said, "Hmph! Is it hard to be sad that I burned down the armory back then? I can do it, why can't you? ”

"Really?"

Xu Yingjie, who had been silent, sneered: "Then I don't know, when I attacked Huaqing Palace, hundreds of elites were killed and wounded, but I don't know whose masterpiece it is?" ”

The fiasco of Huaqing Palace has always been a great shame for Zhang Tongru, he is not allowed to be mentioned by others, and Xu Yingjie's words just poked his sore spot, Zhang Tongru was suddenly furious, stepped forward and said angrily: "The surname is Xu, this matter is the order of the handsome, you have to do it, you have to do it, if you dare to refuse, I can immediately behead you!" ”

"I didn't say I wouldn't do it, but if I want to do it, you must do it according to my will, you must not interfere, otherwise, I can give way to you, and it has nothing to do with me if I fail."

"You ....."

The two did not give in to each other like fighting cocks, and they were deadlocked, which was actually an improper handling of An Lushan, he appointed Zhang Tongru to take charge of the retaliation operation, but at the same time he did not remove Xu Yingjie from his official position, or secretly gave him an order, so that he could fully cooperate, An Lushan did not give this order, so that there were two intelligence chiefs in Chang'an, and they did not buy each other.

But An Lushan gave Gu Wendao a secret decree, asking him to monitor Zhang Tongru's actions, Gu Wendao also knew that An Lushan had given this task to Zhang Tongru, if it really made trouble, I am afraid it would be unfavorable to Xu Yingjie, Zhang Tongru would really kill Xu Yingjie, he and Xu Yingjie had a good personal relationship, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "It's better like this, since General Zhang is ordered by King Yan, Commander Xu will temporarily retreat for a while, for the sake of the overall situation, everyone take a step back!" ”

Xu Yingjie saw Gu Wendao glaring at him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knowing that this time he was defeated, he took the gold medal from his arms, slapped it on the table, got up and left the room.

Zhang Tongru unceremoniously picked up the gold medal and examined it carefully, he couldn't help laughing proudly, with this gold medal, all the three hundred spies in Chang'an would belong to him.

Gu asked and smiled: "Congratulations to General Zhang for returning to power, I wonder if General Zhang has a specific plan?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Tongru took out a booklet, sighed and said: "The handsome ordered me to make achievements within three days, the pressure is very high, I have a preliminary idea, the Gu shopkeeper might as well discuss it with me!" ”

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Xu Yingjie handed over the gold medal for the transfer of troops to Zhang Tongru, and immediately left Qiancui Building, he rode slowly on the street alone, feeling extremely lost, in fact, he also knew that An Lushan handed over the power of this operation to Zhang Tongru, although An Lushan did not let him delegate power, but the word 'full power' in the order is enough to explain everything, this full power includes Zhang Tongru's right to kill him.

Xu Yingjie is not reluctant to let go of this right, but he opposes An Lushan's action, if he makes this decision just for revenge, it is too rash, and more importantly, this decision is likely to expose their power in Chang'an, and was uprooted by Li Qingan, Xu Yingjie's heart is full of worry, this Zhang Tongru is arrogant, and his incompetence has been fully exposed in the failure of Huaqing Palace, how can he fight the Northern Tang Intelligence Hall that has been upgraded to internal guard?

The glory of Zhang Tongru's repeated burning of the arsenal was only because Li Longji was in power, and if there was no assistance from Lang Jiwen, the military servant, how could they have entered the imperial city? Now he still uses this matter as his capital to show off, and the handsome man is also confused, why can't he see through this incompetent Zhang Tongru?

Xu Yingjie is a native of Yizhou, Hebei Province, his family is poor, he joined the army at the age of sixteen, saved An Lushan's life in Tianbao's triennial battle against the Khitans, and was incorporated into the pro-army team by An Lushan, Tianbao became An Lushan's pro-soldier captain for ten years, he was loyal to An Lushan, but two years ago he was squeezed out by another An Lushan's henchman Li Zhu'er, and lost An Lushan's absolute trust, in February this year he was sent to Chang'an to form An Lushan's intelligence agency, and with his efforts for more than half a year, Chang'an intelligence agency began to take shape, The scale of three hundred and fifty people was formed.

Now An Lushan's order has made him lose everything, and Xu Yingjie's heart is full of dissatisfaction and loss.

Xu Yingjie lives in Jing'anfang, about seven or eight miles away from Pingkangfang, Xu Yingjie is a little worried that Zhang Tongru will not let go of himself after taking power, he decided to leave Chang'an temporarily, first avoid the limelight for a while, Xu Yingjie hurried back to his residence, his residence is a small house, four or five rooms, in addition to him, there is also an old servant who cleaned up the room for him, Xu Yingjie has not yet married, only an old mother lives in his hometown.

He pushed open the courtyard door, the courtyard was very quiet, when he came back in the past, he always saw the old servant cleaning up in the courtyard, but today he was nowhere to be seen.

"Uncle Xia! Uncle Xia! ”

He shouted twice, no one answered, according to the time, it should be his old servant who went out to buy vegetables and did not return, but the sensitivity of the profession immediately made Xu Yingjie feel wrong, he turned around and was about to run, just the moment he turned around, his head suddenly had a sharp pain, he only felt that there seemed to be someone behind him, so his eyes were dark, and he fainted on the ground.

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I don't know how long it took, Xu Yingjie finally woke up, the dazzling light made his eyes can't open, narrowed into a slit, vaguely, he found himself in a large room, tied to a wooden pillar by a thick iron chain, with an iron ring under his feet, and a circle of biao-shaped men standing beside him, one by one with crossed hands on his chest, looking at him coldly.

"Commander Xu, are you awake?"

The voice came from above his head, he struggled to raise his head, there was a sharp pain in his head, and he realized that there was a second floor above his head, and there was a person sitting on the side of the stairs, about the same age as him, also in his thirties, holding a cup of tea in his hand, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"What, Commander Xu doesn't know me?"

Xu Yingjie suddenly recognized this person, Hu Peiyun, the master of the Internal Defense Intelligence Hall, the former intelligence leader of the Anxi Army, "It turned out to be you!" ”

"It's me!" Hu Peiyun put down the teacup, walked down step by step, walked up to him, and said in a tone of pity: "Poor man! A Zhang Tongru beat you to the point of losing your army and disarming, and actually took the initiative to give up military power, so that the 350 brothers under your command are embarrassed! ”

Hu Peiyun's words made Xu Yingjie seem to have fallen into an ice cave, he only handed over the military power to Zhang Tongru an hour ago, how did they know? And their every move seems to be under their control.

Xu Yingjie closed his eyes in pain, a deep sense of defeat pierced his heart, the intelligence network of 350 people he had worked so hard to organize had been making trouble for a long time, and it had always been meat on someone's chopping board.

"Commander Xu, do you want to know who betrayed you?"

Xu Yingjie asked in a deep voice: "Is it Wang Hong, Zhang Liubo or Xu Le?" ”

These three people are the three principals under him, and in such a short period of time, Zhang Tongru can only discuss with these three people, 'Bang, Bang! Hu Peiyun gently applauded his hands twice and smiled: "Clever! Immediately the scope was right, yes, it was one of them, but he didn't betray, he was ours all along. ”

"It's Zhang Liubo!"

Xu Yingjie guessed him at once, this person was originally a spy left in Chang'an by Ge Shuhan, and later defected to him, and was promoted to the chief because of his shrewdness and ability, and the other two were brought by him from Youzhou, and he was very trustworthy.

"Hmmm! Basically correct. ”

Hu Peiyun nodded, and said with a faint smile: "Does Commander Xu want to know, where is Zhang Tongru's plan going to start?" ”

Xu Yingjie smiled bitterly, does Zhang Tongru still want to talk about any actions? It was already clear to others, and he shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Let's put it this way! If it were Commander Xu, where would you start? ”

"Xianyang granary!" Xu Yingjie said in a low voice.

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing!"

Hu Peiyun gave a thumbs up and praised: "If it were me, I would choose there." ”

The Xianyang granary has 200,000 stone of grain, and it is not as tightly guarded as Chang'an, not only is it easy to get it, but the Anxi army camp is located in Xianyang, if a fire burns down the Xianyang granary, it will also be a heavy blow to morale.

Hu Peiyun shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity! An Lushan used people improperly, and he didn't let Commander Xu preside over this matter, but let Zhang Tongru's straw bag take full responsibility, he would eventually lose An Lushan's last bit of strength in the capital, does Commander Xu know? Zhang Tongru's plan turned out to be to burn Dongshi. ”

Xu Yingjie lamented in his heart, Zhang Tongru, a fool, actually wanted to burn the East City, you must know that Qianniuwei stationed two thousand troops in the East City and the West City, and closely protected the East and West Cities, not to mention that they were difficult to do at all, even if they lit the fire, they would be quickly extinguished by the soldiers, maybe Zhang Tongru thought that the fire in the East City had a great impact, but in fact, the fire in the East City had no impact on the army, at most some businessmen were damaged.

"Forget it, I'm not going around in circles with you, I want your full list of three hundred and fifty people, and I'll let you live afterwards, otherwise, I'll let you die!"

Hu Peiyun installed an important person in An Lushan's Chang'an intelligence network, this person's name is Zhang Liubo, as the head of the second group, there are 80 spies under his command, the list of these 80 people Hu Peiyun has mastered, but the other 270 people have not been listed, if all these 270 people are not arrested, there will be endless troubles, and if you want to arrest everyone, you can only start from Xu Yingjie.

Xu Yingjie sneered and said, "Do you think I will tell you?" ”

"Yes, you will definitely tell me, I have your bottom line, if you don't believe it, let's see......"

Hu Peiyun glanced at dozens of big men and left the room, and in the distance, he heard Xu Yingjie's scream. He shook his head and walked away quickly.

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Two hours later, a presiding judge hurriedly walked to Hu Peiyun's door, bowed to him and said, "Report to Hall Master Hu, he has already recruited!" ”

"Hmm!" Hu Peiyun stopped the pen in his hand and asked, "Is it a move?" Or is he blackmailing his mother? ”

"Returning to the hall master, this person is extremely hard-boned and not afraid of our torture, but after we let him see his mother, he collapsed, and he confessed all our problems."

"What about the roster?"

"It's in his house, very hidden."

"Go! Send someone to fetch the list at once. ”

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A quarter of an hour later, dozens of Tang soldiers rushed to Xu Yingjie's house, they searched this house three times, but found nothing, and now they know where the roster is hidden?

They went straight to the study, found the table by the window, they turned the table over, and used a knife to pry down the whole tabletop, behind the tabletop, they carefully cut it with a knife, only to see that there were five white plain towels in the mezzanine of the tabletop, each of which was covered with dense words, this is the list of all the members, including names, addresses and identities.

Hu Peiyun got the list, and hurried to the generalissimo military office located in the imperial city, the generalissimo military office was changed from the original Jin Wuwei general Yamen, and is now in Li Qing'an to deploy the command center of the world's armies, Li Qing'an is in this office, there are thousands of guards inside and outside the military office, heavily guarded, Hu Peiyun has the identity gold medal issued by Li Qing'an, no need to report, you can directly enter the internal audience, he went all the way unimpeded, and walked quickly to the door of Li Qing'an's court, but was stopped by Li Qing'an's own soldiers, "Master Hu, please wait!" ”

Li Qing'an's court room consisted of five rooms, including a library, a map room, a conference room, a dormitory, and an office room, as well as a staff room, and several of his staff members were responsible for sorting out the documents sent from various places for him.

At this time, the soldiers entered the door and reported: "General, Master Hu has arrived!" ”

"Let him in!"

Hu Peiyun hurriedly walked into the room, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Hu Peiyun see the general!" ”

Li Qingan was writing a letter to Li Guangbi, so he put down his pen and said with a smile: "Is An Lushan's intelligence network cracked?" ”

"Yes! The lowly has already obtained all the lists, and they can be arrested at any time, and the lowly officials have come to ask for instructions, should they be arrested immediately, or will they be arrested when they burn down the East Market? ”

Saying that, Hu Peiyun presented a thick roster of copied reputations to Li Qing'an, Li Qingan opened the roster and flipped through it, and said with a mocking smile: "I actually want to burn Dongshi, it's time to wake up from my dream." ”

He returned the roster to Hu Peiyun and said: "I plan to use these people to exchange for the members of the Hebei Intelligence Hall who were arrested by An Lushan, and I can't wait for me, arrest them immediately!" ”

"Obedience!"

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Chang'an suddenly became nervous, all the city gates, the fang gate was temporarily closed, tens of thousands of internal guard soldiers rushed to the street, one by one with the identity of merchants, soldiers, residents and so on hidden An Lushan spies one by one arrested, less than an hour, all three hundred and fifty-three members were arrested, in addition, about three thousand soldiers rushed into Pingkangfang, instantly surrounded the Qiancui Building, there was a big chaos inside, the soldiers rushed into the Qinglou, began to search and arrest people.

Hu Peiyun personally led hundreds of soldiers to rush to the fourth floor quickly and agilely, almost silently, at this time, a guy tremblingly pointed to a small door, several soldiers with shields kicked open the door, all the soldiers rushed in, in the room, Zhang Tongru was convening a meeting of seven or eight backbones to discuss the plan to burn the East Market, the doors and windows were closed, the thick curtains were lowered, they did not realize that something had happened outside.

"Bang!" There was a loud bang, the door was kicked open, and hundreds of soldiers rushed in together, each with a crossbow arrow in his hand, and quickly formed a circle, and the cold arrows were aimed at them.

Everyone stood up slowly, their eyes were full of horror, Zhang Tongru was even more dumbfounded, he still held his detailed plan to burn the East Market in his hand, his mouth was wide open, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

At this time, Hu Peiyun slowly walked in and smiled at him: "General Zhang, don't come unharmed!" ”

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(To be continued)