Wen Yanbo came to his brother Wen Daya's house at dusk, Wen Daya is currently serving as the Huangmen squire, in charge of secrets, is one of Li Yuan's most trusted henchmen, Wen Daya's mansion is located in Xuanyangfang, is a middle house covering an area of eight acres, because his parents have died, there are only six people in the house, Wen Daya and his wife and children, and more than 20 servants. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The arrival of the brother made Wen Daya very happy, although Wen Yanbo had already had dinner, Wen Daya still drank two glasses of wine with the brother.

In the inner hall, Wen Daya's wife Wang brought a bottle of warm wine, and Wen Yanbo hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, sister-in-law!" ”

Wang pursed his lips and smiled: "My brother is polite, you drink first, and I will bring the dishes immediately." ”

The Wang family walked quickly, Wen Daya poured a glass of wine for his brother and said with a smile: "I heard that you have been transferred to the Ministry of Rites, and I want to congratulate you for my brother!" ”

Wen Yanbo shook his head, "To be honest, I have only just achieved some achievements in Hejian County, and it has been less than two years, so I have a good qualification, but it's a pity." ”

Wen Daya smiled and said: "Many people have made a mistake, always compare it with a few years ago, a few years ago the Great Sui was relatively stable, promotion does depend on seniority, how many years of county order can be promoted to the next level, and how many years of being a taishou can be promoted to another level, but now is a period of war, there is no need for any local official qualifications, Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing have been officials, not the same as Xiangguo, I have never been an official in a local area, and I have been promoted to the Yellow Gate Squire." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled bitterly, "Chang'an may be like this, but Zhongdu still depends on qualifications, mainly because our King Qi is a hands-off shopkeeper, and in recent years, he has thrown all government affairs to Su Xiang and Pei Xiang, they value qualifications very much, and now they have established Ziwei Pavilion Senior Minister, except for Wei Yunqi, who else is not a veteran official for decades, but there is no seniority in the army, and everything is based on merit and promotion, which is not bad." ”

"It's only been a year, you seem to have a bitter stomach, come! We drink. ”

The two drank a glass of wine, and at this time, the Wang family came up with a few side dishes, Wen Yanbo grabbed the wine jug and filled it for the eldest brother, Wen Daya picked up the wine glass and said in a deep voice: "Can you tell me, why does King Qi want to sign an armistice agreement?" ”

Wen Yanbo thought for a while and said: "It's okay to tell the eldest brother directly, anyway, the eldest brother will know in the next two days, because the Turks are going to attack and annex the state on a large scale, and we need to avoid being attacked by the enemy." ”

Wen Daya was taken aback, "The Turks are going to attack and annex the state, can you be sure?" ”

Wen Yanbo nodded, "Cui Junsu has already been to the Turks, if we can't be sure, we won't come." ”

Speaking of this, Wen Yanbo asked, "I wonder who is in charge of negotiations on the side of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"The main envoy is Chen Shuda, and the deputy position was originally me, but the saint heard that the deputy envoy of the Sui side was a virtuous brother, so he asked Li Wenhe, the secretary of the state to replace me, he happened to report on his work in Chang'an, Li Wenhe has been the governor of the state for many years, he is very familiar with the situation in the state, do you understand what I mean?"

Wen Yanbo nodded silently, of course he understood what his brother meant, his brother was hinting to himself that Li Yuan's goal was to merge with the state, but this was not a leak, as long as they investigated Li Wenhe's background a little, they would understand.

After a moment of silence, Wen Yanbo asked, "How is my brother doing now?" ”

"How so? The saint is quite important to me, and actually made me a Huangmen squire, maybe in two years, I will enter the picture, but for some reason, I don't have the passion I had at the beginning, I feel very flat, and I have no confidence in the future. ”

Wen Daya sighed, and said in a low voice after a moment: "Now there are two theories in Chang'an, one is that the Sui and Tang dynasties will be like the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, and they can maintain a confrontation for at least several decades, and the other is that the world will be unified again within five years, and at present, the former theory has the upper hand in Chang'an, and everyone thinks that it will last at least twenty years, which one does the third brother think?" ”

Wen Yanbo said lightly: "Most of the officials of the Zhongdu Imperial Court believe that the world will be unified within five years, although it cannot be said all, but this view is the mainstream. ”

Wen Daya nodded, "It seems that the imperial court is different, and the position will be different, and the Sui attack on Tang Shou has become a trend!" ”

The two brothers drank a few more glasses, Wen Yanbo got up and said goodbye, Wen Daya was a little reproachful: "It's not even half an hour, are you leaving?" ”

Wen Yanbo said apologetically: "Negotiations will start tomorrow, we have to prepare tonight, and I will come to visit my eldest brother another day." ”

"It's okay, business is important, I won't keep you, you can take my carriage back!"

"My carriage is waiting outside, so I won't bother my brother."

Wen Daya sent his brother out of the door, patted him on the shoulder and said, "There was an assassination of the envoy in Luoyang, you must be careful yourself, don't go out alone." ”

"Big brother, rest assured, we will not put ourselves in danger."

Wen Yanbo got into the carriage, waved his hand to the eldest brother, and the carriage moved slowly, and twenty warriors rode to guard around the carriage. ”

"Enlighten the envoy, no one is following."

The hundred warriors sent to protect the envoys of the Northern Sui Dynasty this time were the elite drawn from the guards of the Three Thousand Ziwei Palace, all of them were strong in martial arts, and their detection ability was far beyond ordinary people, since they said that there was no monitoring and tracking, then there would be no problem, Wen Yanbo immediately ordered: "Go from the southwest gate of Dongshi, there are people waiting for me over there." ”

The carriage turned a corner and headed in the direction of Higashi.

The east market is very close to Xuanyang Fang, covering an area equivalent to a square, the surrounding walls are towering, it has eight gates, four are positive and four biased, the southwest gate belongs to the partial door, it is rarely opened at ordinary times, and there is basically no one here.

After a short time, the carriage arrived at the southwest gate and slowed down, at this time, a black shadow flashed from behind a stone lion and rushed towards the carriage, several escort warriors stopped him, and the person who came hurriedly shouted in a low voice: "Lotus bloom!" ”

Wen Yanbo smiled: "Let him get in the car!" ”

When they set off from Zhongdu, Fang Xuanling gave Wen Yanbo a letter, explaining that he passed through the southwest gate of Dongshi on the night he arrived in Chang'an, and someone from the Chang'an Intelligence Agency would contact them, and the password was that the lotus flower bloomed, so the deeper purpose of Wen Yanbo's visit to the eldest brother tonight was to come to Dongshi to meet the intelligence agency and see what news he could get from them.

The person who came got into the carriage turned out to be a young scribe, and he bowed to Wen Yanbo and said, "Gao Jin, who is in the army of the Inferior Intelligence Agency, see Wen Shilang!" ”

"It turned out to be Gao Joining, please take a seat!"

The person who came was not a rude samurai, but a well-mannered scholar, which made Wen Yanbo like it very much.

After Gao Jin sat down, Wen Yanbo asked with a smile, "What kind of information does the Intelligence Agency provide us?" ”

"As long as the negotiation is needed, we will do our best, we will slowly find the information that the envoy wants from some clues, there is currently a piece of information, which is related to the negotiation mission, Wen Shilang may consider using it."

Wen Yanbo heard him say it clearly, and couldn't help but secretly admire, and said with a smile: "Tell me, what kind of information?" ”

"Wang Shichong's intelligence point in Chang'an suddenly increased by twenty martial arts people, which is quite impatient, and it is estimated that their target is the mission."

Wen Yanbo was taken aback, did Wang Shichong really want to sabotage this negotiation? He asked, somewhat puzzled, "How do you know?" ”

"There are our people in Wang Shichong's intelligence point, and we have always controlled the other party's every move, and it may not be convenient for us to come forward to protect the mission, but we can provide information."

Gao Jin handed a small note to Wen Yanbo, "This is the address of the intelligence point, if necessary, Wen Shilang can ask Tang Jun to take them off." ”

Wen Yanbo put away the note, Gao Jin looked outside, and said with a smile: "I'm going to your hotel soon, I have to go." ”

"How are we going to get in touch then?" Wen Yanbo asked anxiously.

"Starting tomorrow, we will have our people in the kitchen of your hotel."

At this time, the carriage stopped, Gao Jin got out of the carriage, walked quickly to the opposite side of the street, got into another carriage, and the carriage sped away.

Not long after, Wen Yanbo's carriage also arrived at your hotel, they did not stop, the carriage drove directly into the building, stopped in front of the wall, Wen Yanbo got out of the carriage, at this time, a subordinate hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Our people found that someone was watching on the other side, and they confirmed that it was not the Tang Dynasty that was monitoring us, it was a person of unknown origin." ”

Wen Yanbo suddenly woke up to the fact that it should be the Wang Shichong person Gao Jin said, and they really had to be vigilant.

Wen Yanbo is not only the deputy negotiator, but he is also responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the entire mission, including security.

He immediately decided: "Tell all the brothers to be vigilant, there are likely to be assassins during this time!" ”

"Obey!" His subordinates bowed.

Wen Yanbo was just about to return to the room, when a Tang Army guard at the door ran to report: "Qi Wen Shilang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." (To be continued.) )