Outside the west side of the camp wall of the Wendeng camp, less than fifty steps apart, there is a newly built large courtyard, which is covered with a high brick wall, which is not much different from the ordinary courtyard except that it occupies a larger area and has a higher wall.

After entering the outer wall, there is another enclosure inside, and two men without military uniforms stand guard at the door, and behind this enclosure is a heavy number of houses, in which no huā grass and trees are planted.

To the west there was a high wall, and at the four corners there were watchtowers, among which there was a row of monotonous houses.

Underneath the middle room was a gloomy cellar, the floor and all sides reinforced with stones, and a few flames danced on the oil lamps, casting a man's figure on the stone wall, black projections swaying with the lights dancing.

Zhou Shifa smiled, stared at a person on the ground and said calmly: "Mr. Yang, why is it like this, he is also a person who knows books and etiquette, but if Mr. makes up his mind not to speak, he has to be embarrassed, and he has to be embarrassed Mr. Sù, you can tell Mr. Sù first, until now, no one has been able to resist three times." ”

The man was lying on a slightly sloping wooden plank with his head and feet firmly tied, and he listened to Zhou Shifa's words, revealing a mixture of anger, disdain, and fear.

Zhou Shifa squatted down, clamped the head of Mr. Yang with his two knees, prevented him from shaking, and covered his face with a few pieces of cotton cloth, Mr. Yang's face was covered, he couldn't see, and his heart was even more frightened, he didn't know what Zhou Shifa was going to do, his mouth let out a rapid whining sound, and the cotton cloth on his mouth rose and fell with his breathing.

Zhou Shifa shook his head with pity, lifted a wooden scoop and slowly poured the water from it on the cotton cloth at the mouth position. Mr. Yang didn't seem to expect it to be just some water, and after being quiet for a while, he suddenly struggled violently, Zhou Shifa's face became cold, he pressed his forehead with his left hand, and continued to fix the position of his head with two knees, and then made a scoop of water with his right hand. Slowly pour it onto the cotton cloth that has been soaked in water.

Mr. Yang's body shook violently, the blue meridians on his neck burst out, and his waist was tall. Zhou Shifa calculated the time in his heart, and said with pity: "This is the waterboarding invented by the adults of my family, you think it is the same as drinking saliva." In just a short period of time, it can make you feel suffocated. ”

After a while, he finally stopped pouring the water, and ripped off the pieces of cotton cloth, revealing Mr. Yang's distorted face, Mr. Yang's eyes were wide open, and he desperately lifted his head a little, spit out a large mouthful of water, and then coughed violently, and only put his head back on the plank in exhaustion. His head was covered with water stains, and his eyes were panting blankly.

Zhou Shifa himself tried this kind of waterboarding, which seems to be a simple technique, but it is particularly cruel, completely different from holding breath in the water. In a very short period of time, it can make people feel suffocated, and at the same time, the tortured person can clearly feel the proximity of death, and few people can hold on twice, obviously this Mr. Yang will not be an exception, Zhou Shifa let him recover for a while. Squatted down and said to Mr. Yang: "Mr. Yang, I just said, the three of you who tell the truth first, who can live, I think you are a fellow villager of Hejian Mansion, give you a chance, but you have repeatedly spoken ill of you, have you thought about it now?" To say or not to say? ”

Mr. Yang no longer had the disdainful expression just now, and cried loudly: "I...... Master Sun has the grace of knowing me......"

Zhou Shifa directly put the cotton cloth on his face again, Mr. Yang let out a terrified howl under the cotton cloth, Zhou Shifa did not pour water this time, but took off the cotton cloth again, and said coldly: "Someone told me that as long as you are a human being, you can't survive this kind of waterboarding, I advise Mr. not to be lucky, just ask you what Lu Chuanzong told you for the last time." ”

Mr. Yang's face was full of water droplets, and at this time he was even more tearful, and he said intermittently: "He said that he would not go to Dengzhou and Dongjiang, or give him a general on the side of the canal." ”

Zhou Shifa's eyes flashed, "What about Mr. Dai Qian?" ”

"Dai, Dai Qian didn't see it, he threw the worship post out directly, the guerrilla of Wendeng Water Master saw it, he had a good attitude, but he said that he didn't go to Dengzhou Water Camp for any amount of silver, and he didn't die if he took it."

"Who else did you see in Wenden? What else did you do? ”

"Huang Gongcheng of Jinghaiwei and one of his uncles, Wendeng Zhixian, Jinghaiwei Deng Tongzhi, Weihaiwei Zhang Tongzhi...... As for these people, Sun Dehai went to the tobacco factory and the vicinity of several tunbao here, saying that there were five or six thousand soldiers in the Wendeng camp, and he wanted to go back to report to Lord Sun, saying that Chen Xin was going to rebel, and in addition, Lord Sun also explained that we wanted to collect the smuggling situation in the Wendeng camp, but we didn't find it. ”

Zhou Shifa smiled proudly, it was the first time he had heard that Chen Xin was going to rebel, and after asking a few more words, once Mr. Yang opened. , regardless of the grace of the encounter, honestly explain one by one, Zhou Shifa got up after listening, opened the door and walked up the stairs, and when he reached the upper floor, he saw Chen Xin sitting next to a copper pipe with a sea dog, the sea dog was blocking a wooden plug to the mouth of the pipe, and Chen Xin was looking down and thinking about something.

Zhou Shifa said in a low voice: "My lord, as explained by the other two, our generals are fine. Sun Yuanhua sent them to buy our generals, and secondly, to collect our private military training, tobacco-making, salt-making, and smuggling. After collecting all these things, plus Huang Gongcheng's impeachment of us for forcibly occupying the land and causing trouble to the township, the court will definitely be dissatisfied with us, and the emperor will naturally not believe it if we impeach him for deducting food and salary. ”

Chen Xin raised his head slowly, but what he said was something completely unrelated: "Does Da Linghe have any new information?" ”

"I just received it today, seven days ago, the Guanning army fought with the Jiannu sentinels in the Thirteen Mountains and Yizhou respectively, and they also made a slight gain, if nothing else, the Jiannu will march separately from Yizhou and Guangning, and converge in the Daling River or Jinzhou, the current number of troops is unknown, but the subordinates think that since there are Mongolian tribes sending troops, their strength will not be less than 40,000."

"Can you inquire about the troops, weapons, and grain and grass in the city?"

Zhou Shifa shook his head, "The troops know that there are about six thousand to eight thousand soldiers, and the white pole soldiers have been withdrawn to Shanhaiguan. The total number of troops in Dalinghe City is about 40,000, but the grain, grass and weapons are not easy to calculate, our people are relying on the market to listen, the specific number is not clear, only that the carriages and horses transporting grain and grass some time ago are endless day and night. ”

Chen Xindao: "Transfer this military information to the General Staff Department of the Central Military Department, and do you have any news from the Beijing Division?" ”

"Zhang General Assembly came back with a message, saying that Lu Zhi and our impeachment have moved. The emperor became more and more dissatisfied with Sun Yuanhua, and basically decided to send personnel to Dengzhou to verify, mainly the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In addition, there will be a squire above the Beijing official, and perhaps a minister, and the two factions of Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are currently fighting for the candidate for verification. ”

Naturally, the candidate for the Chin Cha is to be contested. This is directly related to the final conclusion, Chen Xin doesn't know how long they will be arguing, and Zhou Yanru will definitely drag on as long as possible. Now that there is an opportunity provided by Lu Zhi and Chen Xin, Wen Tiren will definitely identify Sun Yuanhua as a target as the first step to defeat Zhou Yanru.

Chen Xin's eyes rolled, "If the imperial history comes, what other handles does the Intelligence Bureau have prepared for Sun Yuanhua?" ”

"The list of smuggling merchants in Dengzhou, several of whom are relatives of Sun Yuanhua, and the second is evidence that Huanglong resold the military rations of Dongjiang Town, and the Dengzhou Navy Division transported the military rations from Shuicheng. Sometimes I didn't go to Dongjiang Town at all, but resold it to several Dengzhou grain stores in a nearby private port, and some bought it to Laizhou and Qingzhou grain stores. Just arrest and interrogate people as they are. ”

Last time, Song Wenxian gave Wen Tiren Denglai the number of virtual soldiers, and Chen Xin was basically satisfied with the new evidence prepared by the Intelligence Bureau.

Zhou Shifa raised his head and continued: "Right now, Liang Tingdong has fallen to Lord Wen, and Wen Tiren has a lot of support for him, but on the matter of Da Linghe, Wen Tiren has not expressed his position. ”

Chen Xin smiled and said, "Cultivating the Great Linghe was not his attention in the first place, and he saw that he was going to war. This old fox naturally won't take a stand, in case he is defeated, he will be implicated by Liang Tingdong, this Da Linghe is related to many people's official hats, Sun Chengzong, Liang Tingdong, Qiu Jiahe, and maybe Sun Yuanhua. ”

Zhou Shifa has long been surprised that Chen Xin calls the names of the adults, and he is doing this now, learning more about the private things of these adults, and he has long been in awe of the mysterious. He just thought about it: "That means that in case the Great Linghe falls, Liang Tingdong still has to go to work?" This time, there was a person surnamed Shui who was ready to impeach Liang Tingdong in the matter, but the evidence was stolen by Zhang Dahui and them, and Mr. Song personally went to Liang Tingdong, he owed us such a big favor, and it was a pity to be dismissed. ”

Now that the relationship with Liang Tingdong can be so close, Chen Xin didn't expect that it would be best to keep Liang Tingdong, Chen Xin thought about it and said lightly: "Liang Tingdong can't be regarded as Wen Tiren's person now, Sun Chengzong is only the emperor's person, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru don't pay too much attention to Da Linghe, because it has little to do with them, and it is far less important than the battle between them." If Da Linghe wins, Wen Tiren will officially pull Liang Tingdong. If he loses, Liang Tingdong can't count on Wen Tiren. ”

Zhou Shifa was not surprised by the state of the imperial court, and sighed: "We soldiers are fighting around, those adults are full of morality, and they want the people to be loyal to the king and serve the country, but in fact, they have never taken the struggle for victory to heart, but they are thinking about how to use the final outcome, whether they win or lose, if those people who are full of corpses on the battlefield know, they are afraid that they will not be blind." ”

Chen Xin stared at Zhou Shifa twice, this spy leader still retains at least a little sadness, not a completely cold-blooded animal, Chen Xin nodded approvingly, and then put away his smile and said to Zhou Shifa: "Since Jiannu has come, the time for you adults to have a headache has come, we can let go and do things, and Huang Gongcheng will kill him immediately." ”

Zhou Shifa agreed, and asked back: "To deal with Huang Gongcheng, we have drawn up three plans, using poison and creating a drowning ......."

Chen Xin shook his hand lightly and interrupted lightly: "Proper planning and caution are right, but now Sun Yuanhua is too busy to take care of himself, Huang Gongcheng has no effect, he can only be regarded as a small role, and it is on the territory of our Wendeng camp, so I don't have to work so hard, I will send someone to kill it directly." ”

"Yes...... What about the three people who are locked up? ”

Chen Xin had a professional smile on his face: "I've changed my mind now, Master Sun has spent so much effort to get evidence, not only to stink my reputation in Wendengying, so as to get rid of my impeachment against him, I think he may also impeach us for colluding with Lu Zhi, the internal official of the prison army, to use the defensive psychology of the civilian officials to the internal officials, and lure all the neutral civilian officials to stand on his side, so as to achieve the effect of reversing the predicament." These three people are relatives and praise paintings of Lord Sun, but many people know it, don't be busy killing it first, Lord Sun dares to be ruthless to me, and even stopped a merchant ship on the sea of Dengzhou, and the official has to give him a ruthless one. ”