Chapter 428
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Flutter Rang!
A pigeon with snow-white feathers swept past the ridge of the roof and threw itself into a small building with open windows. Immediately, a beautiful face poked out of the window, and waved to the two young women who were talking to each other on the lotus pond downstairs, and their voices were like yellow birds: "Eldest sister, second sister, there is a secret letter." ”
The two young women looked back, it was Zhen Qin and Zhen Rong.
This is the west courtyard of the back hall of the General's Mansion, and the hostess is the three Zhen sisters. On the surface, it seems to be just a residence for the general's dependents, but in fact, it is ...... It is true that it is only a dwelling place for inner dependents, and the only difference from other places is that there are many birds. Some of them are pigeons, and these are not ordinary pigeons, but trained carrier pigeons.
In Xiangping, Liaodong, Zhen Qin used carrier pigeons to provide intelligence for Ma Han in western Liaoning, and he was quite experienced in this area. While vigorously developing the eagle, Ma Han has not forgotten the carrier pigeon that has made a great contribution to the early development of its career. Although carrier pigeons are not as reliable as letter eagles in transmitting messages and are difficult to use in military affairs, they also have their advantages and can be used in intelligence.
Unlike the carrier eagle thousands of miles to transmit, the range of carrier pigeons is only in one city. As of the sixth year of Jian'an, the entire division has been under the school department, and 18 counties have set up pigeon points, the most complete of which is Luoyang. And the pigeon headquarters in Luoyang is in this seemingly inconspicuous back hall west courtyard.
Ma Han put the carrier pigeon headquarters here, not only because of Zhen Qin, but more importantly, because of the separation of military and espionage. Unrelated to each other, not subordinate to each other. Accountability is limited to him and to a few senior personnel. The best thing about this is that all eyes are drawn to the military's eagles, and they ignore the pigeons. In the whole Luoyang, many people know that the general's relatives like to raise birds, but no one knows at all that those birds that fly in and out are mixed with a small number of carrier pigeons with a "special mission".
The three Zhen sisters are only responsible for sending and receiving confidential letters, but they do not have the right to open and unpack the contents of confidential letters. In other words, they are equivalent to sending couriers, without the right to know. Such. It is equivalent to removing the three girls from the spy system and only being a simple "courier girl", ensuring confidentiality to the greatest extent.
An important node of the Luoyang Intelligence Network is exposed to the sun at will, but it does not attract attention at all, which is probably dark under the light.
Hearing the call of the little sister, the two daughters returned hand in hand, lifted their skirts upstairs, and pushed open the attic door. I saw the girl smiling like a flower feeding the pigeons. The snow-white pigeon tilted its head from time to time to look at the girl, and then lowered its head to peck at the pigeon food in the girl's palm. The pigeon's white palm is like jade, and the people and pigeons look at each other, constituting a picture of youth and agility.
Zhen Qin smiled and shook his head: "Don't care about teasing the carrier pigeon." What about secret letters? ”
Zhen Luo spread out his other palm, and the palm of his hand was a bamboo tube half a finger long and as thin as a chopstick.
Zhen Qin took it, inspected the sealing mud, and his face changed slightly: "It's an urgent letter." I want to give it to Jia Lingjun immediately. Then he turned and hurried away.
Zhen Rong approached the little sister, picked up a freshly completed painting of water and mountains on the table, and suddenly said, "This is not like the landscape of the northern country." ”
Zhen Luo grinned: "I heard Mrs. Mi, who just came back from the East China Sea, talk about the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. I was fascinated for a while, and I didn't know if I painted it with my imagination, so I would ask my wife later. ”
Zhen Rong rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Actually, Mrs. Mi has never been to the real Jiangnan, if you want to ask if the painting looks like, it is best to ask someone." ”
Zhen Luo Yixi: "Who?" ”
"Of course, it's the one who is leading troops to fight in Jiangnan."
Zhen Luo was stunned and bowed his head shyly: "Second sister......"
Zhen Rong gently held up the little sister's soft chin, stretched out his fingers to wipe the slender willow eyebrows, and sighed: "Little sister, you are almost twenty-nine years old, you can't be delayed, when he comes back, I will talk to the eldest sister ......"
Zhen Luo shook his head in a panic: "Ah Weng won't agree......"
"Ah Weng, my eldest sister and I will go and talk." Zhen Rong gently took the little sister into his arms, "Okay, the three of us sisters will always be together." ”
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A moment later, the secret letter was placed on Jia Xu's desk, and when Jia Xu opened it, a cold sweat came down, and the secret letter was intercepted and deciphered! Looking back, his brows tightened more and more, and he muttered: "What a plan, in the Three Dukes' Mansion, there are really talents." ”
Putting down the secret letter, Jia Xu's eyes seemed to be closed, he stroked his beard with one hand and tapped lightly on the desk with the other. ”
Xu Taichang is Xu You, who served as Taichang Cheng at this time; And Hua Yilang is Hua Xin, after he returned to the north, he was appointed as Yilang. Yilang is a Lang official in the Han Dynasty, equivalent to a reserve cadre, before there is no formal position, it is only 400 to 600 stone per month, but if once released, it is not surprising to be a county commander, a long history, a cavalry lieutenant and other thousand-stone officials.
Hua Xin lost Yuzhang, and it is normal to be able to get a Lang, but if you don't find a big backer, it will be a Lang for a lifetime, and you don't want to jump into the dragon gate. And the biggest force in the court at the moment is none other than the general. As a plain man, it was difficult for the Manchu Dynasty to find Hua Xin of the township party, and he had no choice but to take the carriage of the general.
Xu You and Hua Xin are both assistants selected by Jia Xu from his own forces. It is true that Jia Xu is a wise man, but a wise man has a thousand worries, and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes, and he needs some talented assistants to pick up and fill in the gaps. The previous assistants were Guo Jia and Xun You, but now these two have followed the general's southern expedition, so they can only retreat to the second best place, and let Xu and Hua go up.
Jia Xu handed over the excerpted copy of the secret letter to the two: "Ziyuan, Ziyu, take a look." ”
Xu and Hua took it, their eyes swept away, and they were all stunned: "The captain of the eighth pass changed guards?" ”
Xu Youcai is high, Hua Xin has a keen sense of politics, combined with the previous information, after being stunned, he immediately sniffed out the crisis.
Hua Xin thought thoughtfully: "Recently, I have always seen the three princes and Zhuqing going in and out together, and they have very close contacts, will it be ......?"
Xu You was puzzled: "The Son of Heaven collapsed, and such a move by the imperial court was obviously aimed at the general." It's just that I don't understand it very much, if the queen really makes an edict and issues the tiger talisman, the matter must be agreed by Yang, Zhang, Liu Sangong and Fu Gong, but the princes have always been friendly with the generals, and Fu Gong is even more friendly. Why not stop it this time? If the general returns, what will be the faces of the princes? ”
Xu and Hua are not qualified to participate in the election of the prince, but with the wisdom of the two, they can guess that the next son of heaven will be elected among the princes and kings, but I don't know who it will be. They didn't even know that Jia Xu had sent a secret letter with amazing content. Since he didn't know the ins and outs of the incident, he had no way of understanding why the courtiers who had greeted him with a smile before turned their faces.
Jia Xu knows it. But it didn't break it, but just put forward a possibility and let the two deduce: "If the princes want to take advantage of the death of the Son of Heaven and the general has not returned, they have a suspicious intention for us, how many soldiers and horses do you think they can mobilize?" ”
Xu You and Hua Xin were extremely shocked, had the situation deteriorated to such a situation? Why didn't you feel anything before?
In any case, if Jia Xu asks the question, they have to continue.
Hua Xin preemptively said: "Eight passes." There are two levels of Fu Gong's Northern Army, and my Dragon and Wolf Army can't move the six levels, and his Northern Army can't move the two levels either. Then there is the 1,000 Northern Army of Dongguan Pavilion, and if the queen decrees that the defenders of Zhuguan are not allowed to step into Luoyang for half a step. Fu Gong will not dare to disobey. In this way, the three thousand northern army can be picked out and counted. The only ones who can really move are the Southern Army, which serves as the defender of Miyagi, and the two armies of Huben and Yulin. Let's talk about the Southern Army first, the guard captain of the Southern Army is Ma Shoucheng, the former general of Zhenxi. He is the brother of the general, but unfortunately he is still in Xiliang and has never arrived. Otherwise, it will be a big help. Having said that, the Southern Army has the duty of guarding the palace and will never dare to leave its post without permission; Tiger Ben and Yulin are restrained by my dragon wolf guard...... Judging from Xin, Luoyang can't transfer troops and horses. ”
Xu You waited for Hua Xin to finish chattering before he said indifferently: "If you want to take people, why do you need soldiers and horses?" Just a few riders. ”
Hua Xin was stunned, his face was red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Ti Cai refers to Jin Wuwei, who can walk horses in Luoyang and do things that are wanted by lawbreakers. Jin Wu arrested civilians, and the division was subordinate to the powerful, and these two departments were the organs that legally arrested people.
Jia Xu smiled, indeed, if you want to take people, just dispatch a few Jin Wuwei. But of course, things won't be so simple, if the balance of power between the two sides is not balanced, how many people dare to do it? Aren't you afraid of the dragon and wolf army coming in? Therefore, Hua Xin's analysis is also very reasonable, precisely because the two sides are equal in strength, contain each other, and add all kinds of scruples and constraints, neither side can use the army. In this way, it was possible for Jin Wuwei to make a move.
Jia Xu smiled: "What the two of you said is reasonable and thorough, but don't forget, he has Jin Wuwei, and I have Si Lizuo - another draw." ”
Xu and Hua looked at each other, and it was really another tie.
At this time, Hua Xin suddenly said: "It's not good, we still have a disadvantage!" ”
Jia Xu was about to ask, but saw a burst of reports from outside the mansion: "The middle palace has passed the decree, announcing that Jia Lingjun and Xu Taichang will come to see him." ”
Hua Xin blurted out: "The disadvantages that Xin said refer to this!" ”
Their backers are the great generals, and the great generals are thousands of miles away; The backer of Fu Wan and the princes is the queen, and the queen is close to a thousand steps. If the princess is a fake queen, there is only one will - even the cavalry is saved.
Xu You and Hua Xin's faces were miserable, this disadvantage was almost irreparable. Think about the two important ministers who were invincible before: the former general He Jin and the former prime minister Dong Zhuo, didn't this be how they were destroyed? Yin Jian is not far away, and the lesson is bloody!
Jia Xu's face was gloomy, but he was not flustered, and only ordered the servant to fetch something.
Xu and Hua saw that what the servant brought was a palm-sized bag, floating lightly as if there was nothing.
Jia Xu said while dismantling: "This is given to me by the general before leaving, stating that if there is a very urgent matter, you can open this bag, and all problems can be solved." I thought I wouldn't need it, but I didn't expect it...... Hey! ”
After Jia Xu opened the bag, he took out a letter, opened it, his face became more and more strange, he seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, surprised and delighted, and finally sighed: "The general is the general, what a good means!" ”
Hua Xin looked anxious: "What is the general's plan?" ”
Jia Xu laughed loudly: "There is no clever plan in the bag, only wonderful people!" Hahahaha! (To be continued......)