The four sides of the Bafang Liquor Store are important information places, and it is impossible to go up from the liquor store, and the stairs have been demolished, and you can only go up from a secret staircase behind the liquor store.

The spy went upstairs and pushed open a door, behind the door was a corridor, and there was a big man standing at the entrance of the corridor, mainly because outsiders were not allowed to enter at will, and the big man smiled: "Coming back from Pingyuan County?" ”

"Alas! Rushing all the way and just rushing back. ”

The spy sighed and walked briskly down the hallway to a door.

He knocked on the door, "Chief, it's me!" ”

"Come in!" A low voice came from the room.

The spy pushed the door and walked in, and the room was lit with a lamp, the light was dim, the curtains were covered all year round, and it was not ventilated, so that the room had a faint musty smell, which was very uncomfortable.

There is only one couch and one table in the room, the table is full of all kinds of information, an oil lamp is bright and dark, and a man in his thirties is writing something at the desk?

The man is tall and sturdy, with thick eyebrows and heavy eyes, and a cold gaze, this person is Li Shouzhong, Tang Feng's intelligence leader in Taiyuan, Tang Feng was established in July last year, less than a year, and Li Shouzhong only officially took office at the beginning of the year.

Although he was only in office for five months, he also obtained a lot of information from the Sui army, such as the murderer of the princess of Chu was a Goryeo, such as the Sui army launched the Liaodong Campaign and captured the Goryeo Yuan Xiangguo Taizuo, etc., these information were reported to Chang'an in time, which made him highly praised and established his status.

The spy walked into the room and bowed, "See the chief!" ”

Li Shouzhong put down his pen and asked, "Is there any news from Hebei?" ”

Li Chongshou received a task from Chang'an, Li Shimin asked him to investigate the incident in Pingyuan County, mainly the life and death of Taishou Liliang and Tang envoy Wang Shou and others.

"Report to the chief, the humble post inquired in many places in Ande County, and they all said that they had killed many people, and later they were confirmed by the residents near Taishou Mansion that night. The officers and soldiers entered the Taishou Mansion, and except for the officers and soldiers, no one survived. ”

"What?"

Li Chongshou was taken aback, and he suddenly realized. It should have been all killed, and after a while, he sneered, "Liu Wenjing, a fool, actually went to Pingyuan County to rebel, and finally put his daughter's life into it." ”

"Chief, is there anything else?"

Li Chongshou waved his hand. "Stand down!"

The spies retreated, Li Chongshou took a piece of silk paper, wrote down the information, Li Chongshou sent the information to Chang'an also with eagles, but they did not dare to release eagles in Taiyuan City, but in a farm thirty miles west of the city.

Li Chongshou waited for the information to dry up, then carefully folded it and stuffed it into a letterbox. At this time, the shopkeeper of the wine store hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words to Li Chongshou. Li Chongshou's eyes lit up, "Really? ”

"It's true, he came for the second time, the last time it was someone else's treat, and this time he took the initiative to treat."

Li Chongshou pondered for a moment, then immediately stood up and said, "Now that I am the proprietor, I will meet him as the proprietor, and I must make him a regular customer of our wine shop." ”

Li Chongshou stood up and walked quickly downstairs...... In a separate private room on the second floor of the wine shop, several court officials were gathering to drink. The laughter continued, and from time to time there was the soft singing voice of the singer.

Today is the Chu Wangji Office to join the army and join the army Xiao Jin invited five or six colleagues with excellent relations, they are all companions who came out of Dunhuang that year, most of them have been promoted to high-ranking officials, and there is Xie Sili, the squire of the military department. Wang Yuan, the head of the household department, Luo Bingguo, the supervisor of the Shaofu, Shen Xiangshan, the Taishou of Jiangjun, and two senior civilian officers of the army.

Because they often met together, they were gradually divided into a faction within the imperial court: the Dunhuang Party, although they did not have the idea of forming a faction themselves, but over time, they naturally took care of each other in many ways, which was actually a kind of faction.

Like Shen Xiangshan, the Taishou of Jiangjun, he is also the Shen family of Dunhuang, the younger brother of Shen Chun, the former Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yang Yuanqing is ready to let him serve as the Taishou of Yanmen County, but Shen Xiangshan does not want to go to Yanmen County, so he asked Xiao Jin and Xie Sili to help, and finally through their activities, Shen Xiangshan was reappointed as the Taishou of Jiangjun, which is a relationship of interest.

Today happens to be Xiao Jin's thirty-second birthday, so he set up a wine and entertained guests, and chose to eat at the Bafang Wine Shop, which is the second time he has come to eat at this wine shop, and he feels very good.

"Life flies!"

Xiao Jin picked up his glass and said: "When we joined the army in the four years of the Great Cause, we were all young, and almost ten years have passed, and everyone here has been mixed into three or four high-ranking officials, but the younger brother is still a fifth-grade official, and he is the most unsatisfactory." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Sili immediately grabbed him and smiled at everyone: "Look at what this guy is talking about, he actually said that he was the most unsatisfactory, and he was not satisfied when he joined the army as a bookkeeper, so what are we, we are all called Huazi, do you think we should be punished?" ”

"Deserve the punishment! Three glasses of wine. ”

Everyone held Xiao Jin to pour him wine, Xiao Jin desperately dodged, and there was a mess in the elegant room, at this time the door opened, and the shopkeeper walked in from the outside with Li Chongshou, and everyone saw the shopkeeper come in, and then they remembered their identity, and they all sat down a little embarrassed, Xiao Jin said apologetically: "We are a little carried away, arguing with the shopkeeper, I'm really sorry!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "It's okay!" It's okay! Everyone is having a good time drinking in the shop, which I can't ask for, so I am here to introduce you to the proprietor of our restaurant. ”

He waved his hand to Li Chongshou, "This is our proprietor Li, and the Bafang Liquor Store also has a store in Chang'an and Luoyang, both of which are the property of proprietor Li." ”

Li Chongshou hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "All the high-ranking officials come to the small shop to drink, it is the small shop that is full of brilliance, and the money for today's wine and food is my treat, I just hope that everyone will come often in the future." ”

"Hey! Li Dongzhu's words were seen. ”

Xiao Jin waved his hand and smiled: "We came here to drink, because we think the wine and food here are good, very good to taste, not to be greedy for cheap to come, if Li Dongzhu doesn't charge us for wine, next time we won't come again, everyone said, right?" ”

Everyone echoed, "Brother Xiao said very well, if you don't charge us money, won't you give us face?" ”

"Nope! No! No! ”

Li Chongshou hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't mean that, I just had a little heart." ”

"We have received the heart of the proprietor Li, and we will come often in the future." Xiao Jin said with a smile.

Li Chongshou took out a bronze medal and handed it to Xiao Jin, "Xiao joins the army, this is an old customer card of the small shop, with this bronze medal, you can reduce forty percent at the checkout in the future, which is very cost-effective." ”

Xiao Jin happily took the bronze medal and smiled at everyone: "I've only been here twice, and I've become a regular guest, I'm really embarrassed!" It looks like I'll have to come here more often in the future to be worthy of this old guest card. ”

Li Chongshou smiled and said: "The small shop attaches the most importance to repeat customers, as long as Xiao Senjun often comes, we will definitely leave the best seat for Xiao Senjun and cook the most delicious dishes, so as to ensure that Xiao Senjun is satisfied." ”

Xie Sili patted Xiao Jin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "See, the proprietor only recognizes you, which means that you have the highest status, and you also said that you are the most unsatisfactory, can you have an old guest card if you are not satisfied?" We can only touch your light. ”

Li Chongshou hurriedly said: "Everyone has it!" Both! ”

He hurriedly ordered the shopkeeper, "Go and get four old guest cards again, no!" Take five bucks and go! ”

The shopkeeper rushed away, and Li Chongshou apologized to everyone, "I don't mean to despise everyone, today is Xiao Senjun's birthday, so I prefer him a little, in fact, everyone is the same, the same!" ”

The shopkeeper brought five bronze medals again, and Li Chongshou handed them to everyone one by one, and said with a smile: "I hope everyone will give the shop more publicity, and it is best to let all the officials come to the shop to eat, haha!" ”

Everyone laughed, Li Chongshou said goodbye, walked out of the private room, Li Chongshou whispered to the shopkeeper: "Stay for a while, let the carriage of the wine shop send Xiao to join the army home, and let the coachman be sure to pay attention to see where he lives?" ”

Li Chongshou knew in his heart that if he could win Xiao Jin over, it would be his great merit...... On the morning of the next day, a group of about 100 Sui cavalry came from the direction of Lishijun, getting closer and closer to the west of Taiyuan City, and the person headed by the cavalry team was Su Dingfang, who had returned from Dunhuang, and he was returning to Beijing to report on his work.

Su Dingfang was named the governor of Hexi, the prince of Dunhuang County, under the jurisdiction of 12,000 troops, in charge of Dunhuang, Yiwu, Shanshan and the last four counties, the territory of thousands of miles, it is his southern conquest and northern war, so that the four counties of the Western Regions are still in the territory of the Great Sui, not detached.

Since last winter, it has only been seven months, but when he returned to Taiyuan again, Su Dingfang actually had a sense of being separated from the world, and his mind was still reflecting the long wind and sand of the desert, thousands of miles of desolate Gobi, and he had not fully adapted to the prosperity of the Central Plains.

"General Su, have you ever thought that after coming back this time, you will stay in Taiyuan?" Shen Chunxiao, who was returning to Beijing with him to report on his work, asked.

Su Dingfang shook his head, "I don't know, it's up to the manager to decide, he asked me to stay in Dunhuang, and I will take root there and stay, if you want me to come back, I can't do it." ”

Su Dingfang already had a deep affection for the Western Regions in his heart, he didn't want to leave the Western Regions, Su Dingfang sighed and said: "I hope to stay in the Western Regions, so I will continue to expand westward, as long as I stay in the Western Regions, one day, I will drive all the Western Turkic forces out of the Green Mountains, I hope to get the support of the governor." ”

Having said that, he was very worried in his heart, if he stayed in the Western Regions for too long, would the governor suspect that he would become the veritable king of the Western Regions, and the dilemma in his heart made him a little anxious, and he didn't know how to convince the governor.

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped from afar, rushed to Su Ding's side, hugged his fists and said: "Report to General Su, the chief manager has been waiting for the general's return at the Chengxi Post Station!" ”

"Ahh

Su Dingfang was taken aback, there was a post station in the west of the city in front of him, was the chief already waiting for him there? His heart suddenly warmed up, and he whipped his horse violently and galloped towards the post station several miles away......