Outside the city of Xiangyang, Wu Qun, the Taishou of Xiangyang County, personally led more than 500 county soldiers to surround the Southern Han Shipping Company, which is a large shipping company with nearly 1,000 cargo ships, controlling nearly half of the cargo transportation in the Han River.

After Wu Qun's report to the Nanhua Society was rejected by the imperial court due to lack of evidence, he went crazy to collect evidence from the Nanhua Society, and his efforts paid off, and Wu Qun captured a member of the Nanhua Society, who could not withstand the torture and confessed, and confessed that the Nanhan Boat Company was the stronghold of the Nanhua Society in Xiangyang.

Wu Qun was very excited at this time, he received a report from the spies that there might be a big man in the South China Society hidden in the ship, and he immediately led the county soldiers to arrest him.

"Rush in! Arrest everyone and collect paperwork and letters! ”

Dozens of county soldiers slammed the door with a giant log, and with several shouts of 'Boom!' There was a loud bang, the gate was slammed open, and five hundred soldiers swarmed in.......

In the past two years, the Nanhua Club has developed rapidly, up to the county officials and wealthy families, down to the soldiers and traders, and has more than 100,000 congregations.

In the past few days, he happened to be in Xiangyang County, but he was betrayed, and at this time, he could hear the gate being slammed 'Bang!' Boom! Straight sound, Xiao Mo and a few entourages quickly sprinkled fire oil all over the room, the room was full of all kinds of letters and documents, he couldn't take them away, he could only burn them down.

At this time, just listen to 'Boom! There was a loud bang, and the door was slammed open, and one of the attendants hurriedly said, "Master, let's go!" ”

Xiao Mo nodded, he walked to the corner of the house, lifted an iron plate, and below it was a dark stone staircase tunnel, which was a secret passage for the boat, about 100 steps long, leading directly to the dock, and there would be such an escape secret passage in every stronghold of the South China Society.

Xiao Mo walked into the secret passage, and the last attendant lit the fire oil on the ground, he quickly drilled into the secret passage, covered the iron plate above his head, and the fire in the room spread rapidly, the smoke was billowing out, and the fire was fierce, engulfing the entire room in a moment.

In less than half an hour, the county soldiers fled from the boat in embarrassment, they found nothing except for a dozen guys, and even the shopkeeper did not know where to go, at this time the fire had engulfed the entire boat line, thick smoke filled the sky, and Wu Qun was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded the county soldiers for being incompetent.

On a boat on the Han River in the distance, Xiao Mo looked at the smoke billowing into the sky with his hands behind his back, his eyes were full of complicated expressions, Xiangyang County is an important area of the South China Society, and the congregation alone has nearly 20,000 people, if something happens to Xiangyang County, it will affect his entire plan.

At this time, Xiao Yan, the big shopkeeper of the boat company next to him and the branch master of Xiangyang County, persuaded him: "Leader, now that the world is in chaos, even the Yuan family and Yang Xuangan have rebelled, can we also consider starting an incident?" ”

"No!"

Xiao Mo shook his head without hesitation: "The time is not yet ripe, the Sui army is still strong, with the unified command of the central court, we are not ordinary rebels, if we rebel, we will inevitably be valued by the Sui Emperor, and we still need to wait patiently when we send a large army to destroy us." ”

"However, the situation in Xiangyang is not good, the government is investigating, and the lowly official is very worried that something will happen to Xiangyang County."

Xiao Mo sneered, "Don't worry! The affairs of Xiangyang County will not be resolved. ”

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After a busy day, night fell, Taishou Wu Qun returned to his home exhausted, Taishou Wu Qun's home is not far from the county government, it is an official mansion covering an area of nearly ten acres, where Wu Qun and his wife and concubines and several children live.

"Master, where's the child?" As soon as he entered the house, his wife asked him.

Wu Qun's eldest son is called Wu Shu, eighteen years old this year, studying at the official school, Wu Qun was stunned, and asked strangely: "How do I know where he is?" Isn't he studying in the government? ”

"Master, didn't you send someone to ask him to go to the county office in the afternoon to help sort out the paperwork?"

Wu Qun's face turned pale and he took two steps back, barely standing firmly, holding on to the door.

"Master, what's wrong, what's wrong?" His wife also sensed something bad and panicked.

At this moment, a subordinate ran in in a panic, "Master, the little boy was taken away by a carriage, and the gentleman was knocked unconscious to the ground." ”

Wu Qun's third son, Wu Han, was only seven years old, and he studied with Zhang Jie, a famous Confucian in Xiangyang City, and returned every morning and evening.

"Sir! Master! "There is chaos in the Taishou Mansion.

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Early the next morning, more than a dozen men of the Southern Han Boat Company were released, Taishou Wu Qun ordered the county soldiers to return to the camp, Xiangyang County's investigation of the Nanhua Society came to an abrupt end, everything was as if nothing happened, a month later, Taishou Wu Qun's young son returned home, but the eldest son did not have any news.

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The Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiyuan is also drizzling, at night, the sky is dark, the rain and fog fill the fields, and in the gray rain and fog, a team of cavalry came to the Jinyang Gongcang City north of Taiyuan City.

Pei Lian, the eunuch of Jinyang Palace, who had been waiting at the gate for a long time, greeted him and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for the envoy for a long time." ”

The person immediately is Taiyuan left behind Li Yuan, he was awarded the title of Zijin Guanglu Doctor, the right Xiaowei general for his meritorious service in killing Yuan Shangwu, the official is high, he is too punctual in Loufu County, and Pei Lin who was the Sima of Dingxiang County at that time has a very good relationship, Pei Lin was recommended by his old boss Zhou Fashang, and was reappointed as the palace supervisor of Jinyang, and the two were officials in one place, and their friendship became deeper and deeper.

Tonight, Li Yuan was invited by Pei Lin to visit Jinyang Gongcang City on a rainy night.

Li Yuan turned over and dismounted, and returned the salute, "Trouble the palace eunuch, there is no problem tonight!" ”

"It's okay! Tonight it is my man on duty, so that you can rest assured. ”

Pei Lin bowed his hand to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who were following Li Yuan, "The two Linglang are also here." ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin bowed down together, "I'm in trouble with Uncle Shi tonight." ”

Pei Lin smiled, "Come with me!" ”

Everyone put their horses at the door and followed Pei Lin into the warehouse city on foot, and under the cover of night, huge warehouses stood in the rain and mist.

Everyone walked into a grain depot, and the mountains of grain made everyone amazed, but Pei Lin smiled and said: "There are actually only 20,000 stone of grain here, and there are a total of thirty such warehouses in Cangcheng. ”

Li Shimin asked: "Speaking of which, there are a total of 600,000 stone grain in Cangcheng, has it been kept so much?" ”

Pei Lin shook his head, "Actually, Cangcheng can hold up to one million stone of grain, and it is generally stored for 500,000 stones, but because of the Battle of Goryeo, most of it was transported to Zhuojun, and now there are only 100,000 stones in Cangcheng." ”

Li Yuan didn't say a word, only nodded, and Li Jiancheng asked again: "What is the geometry of that armor?" ”

Pei Lin smiled slightly, "Don't worry, eldest son, please come with me!" ”

Pei Lin led them out of the granary again, walked another two miles in the dark, and came to the armor storehouse area, where a handyman pushed open the warehouse door.

From the outside, the warehouse is not big, but when you enter the warehouse, everyone finds that the warehouse is huge, about five zhang high, a total of five layers, stacked with armor, mainly based on two-gear armor and Mingguang armor, Pei Lin patted the dust on a bundle of armor, and then turned around and smiled at everyone: "A pair of armor, a set of armor, a spear, a horizontal knife, a pair of bows, a pot of arrows, plus a round shield, this is a soldier's complete equipment, there are 400,000 pairs of armor in the entire Jinyang Palace Cangcheng, placed in twenty warehouses, Each pair of armor has a number, the Weiwei Temple and the military department come to check once every six months, since the Qi King incident, the inventory is more strict, one less, Ku Cheng should be beheaded. ”

Pei Lian's implication was to tell Li Yuan that now was not the time to move them, Li Yuan understood his implication, nodded and said to Li Jiancheng: "You take Shimin around to have a look!" ”

Li Jiancheng understood what his father meant, and pulled Li Shimin towards the warehouse, "Let's go and see the weapons." ”

Li Yuan saw that there was no one next to him, so he asked Pei Lin in a low voice, "I received the Holy Lord's order today, asking me to recruit a militia group and prepare to participate in the suppression of rebels, what does the public think?" ”

Pei Lin squinted his eyes and brushed his beard and asked, "What does Brother Shude think?" ”

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I think this is an opportunity, and recruiting the militia can be used by me." ”

Pei Lin shook his head, "I understand what the envoy means, but the Yuan family also recruits private troops, and Yang Xuangan also recruits county soldiers privately, both of them have tens of thousands of people, but are their private armies useful in the end?" It's the same rout, so what's the point of making the king recruit one or two hundred thousand militias? ”

Pei Lin looked at both sides, and whispered again: "The Holy Lord has destroyed the Yuan family, who will be the target?" ”

Li Yuan was shocked and blurted out, "Dugu Clan! ”

Pei Lin reminded him again, "After all, the Dugu clan is a relative, and it is not good for the saint to start directly, so go around in a circle and start with the envoy, if the handle of the envoy is caught, not only will the whole family of the monarch be beheaded, but the Dugu clan and the Dou clan will not be able to escape, one arrow can be three eagles!" ”

Li Yuan suddenly realized that he was at the intersection of the Dugu clan and the Dou clan, and if he attacked himself, he could eradicate the Dugu clan and the Dou clan in one fell swoop, and Yang Guang really made a good move.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan said to Pei Lian gratefully: "Thanks to the reminder, Li Yuan almost made a big mistake. ”

Pei Lin smiled slightly, "I still have a good eagle there, so you might as well dedicate it to the saint, and also, you might as well occupy more farmland, drink more wine, and do government affairs!" Don't ask. ”

"I see!"

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Half a month later, the carriage of the imperial historian Pei Yun was stopped by a group of people in front of the imperial city.

Dozens of people kowtowed and shouted: "Ask Pei Yushi to be the master of the small people!" ”

Pei Yun frowned, leaned out of the car window and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

A well-dressed old man stepped forward and said tremblingly: "Pei Yushi, we are from Taiyuan, and we want to sue Li Yuan to stay in Taiyuan and forcibly occupy the people's land!" ”