On the 25th day of September in the lunar calendar of the eighth year of Xiande, Fan Xiaowu was ordered by Fan Wucheng to transfer the news about the recent movements of the Beiping Army to Shi Then, without saying a word, he left the "Koufuju" restaurant where the two of them connected, and went back to report to his master. And Shi Ran silently recited the news dictated by Fan Xiaowu in his heart again, and after confirming that he had completely remembered it and had not missed anything, he also paid the wine and meal money to the shopkeeper, returned to the inn where he lived, and prepared to pack up and rush back to Lu County immediately.

The reason why he was in such a hurry to leave Beiping City and return to Lu County was mainly because Shi Ran felt that the news passed on by Fan Xiaowu was very important, and the sooner he reported it to the head hall master, and the sooner he reported it to the Kaifeng head hall through the head hall master, the better. Because according to the news given to him by Fan Xiaowu, the Northern Expeditionary Force of the Beiping Army has begun to retreat, and the Northern Expedition has ended. Moreover, since the Beiping Army is likely to make a major adjustment to the defense areas of the prefectures and garrisons in the near future, it will certainly not take any large-scale military action against the outside world. The attitude towards the political situation in Kaifeng has not changed significantly from before, and it is still a manifestation of not caring about oneself and hanging high. However, there is one thing that needs to be reminded of Mr. Zhang, that is, the brothers of the Beiping Army are very affectionate, and although Lin Xiaoyu, the current concubine of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has left Beiping for many years, the brothers still regard them as their sisters. Therefore, no matter how turbulent the political situation in Kaifeng is, we must ensure the safety of Lin Guifei and her young son, and the freedom of movement, and there must be no offensive or harmful actions. Otherwise, the brothers of the Beiping Army will inevitably change their previous policy of indifference to the Central Plains, and it is only an overnight matter to wave the army to crusade and the army to Kaifeng.

It is precisely because of this zuihou that was not in the previous news that Shi Ran was so anxious to rush back to Lu County, report the latest changes to Zhang Yan, and pass it back to Kaifeng Hall through Zhang Yan. But as the so-called "jihua can't catch up with the changes", just when Shi Ran was hurriedly packing up his salute, a "Feiyantang" messenger from Lu County and a secret letter completely disrupted his scheduled itinerary, so that he had to postpone his return to Lu County, and go to Huairou City, which he had visited a few days ago.

The secret letter was written by Zhang Yan himself, and the content of the letter was about the contradictions and serious infighting between the spies of the "Feiyan Tang" who were lucky enough to get through the second large-scale northward journey, and were later placed in Huairou City and recently established the "Feiyan Tang" Huairou Branch. The root cause of the contradictions and infighting is the conflict between the shallow Huairou branch hall master and the senior backbone spies.

It stands to reason that with the mature promotion mechanism formed by "Feiyantang" over the years, there should not have been such a situation where members with little seniority are leaders and members with deep seniority are subordinates. But the problem is that there are exceptions to everything, and this branch hall master in Huairou is one of them. This He Ping He Hall Master is only twenty-five or six years old, although he also worked in the main hall of the "Feiyan Hall" before, and has been working for four or five years, he can be regarded as an old man. However, because he has always been a scrivener in the secretary office of the main hall, and every day he does some work such as sorting out information and copying materials, and has never been a spy or a meticulous worker in the front line, and has no experience in field work, so he is a pure novice in dealing with the affairs of the branch halls abroad.

The reason why He Ping was able to become the head of the second batch of northbound spies and group D, and finally became the hall master of the Huairou branch, was that he trusted the door of Zhang Neng, who had been the hall master of the Youzhou branch of the "Feiyan Hall" and was now the deputy hall master of the main hall, and became the only member of the five directors of this group of northbound spies who had never done field work and had no experience as a secret agent -- the reason why this He Shuban did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to dredge Zhang Neng and strive to get a place in the north was not because he was loyal to the "Feiyan Hall". , I want to do my part in this matter that is of great significance to the church and is a matter of life and death, nor does he want to earn fame and prestige for himself by coming out in major actions, but purely because Zhang Yongde, the behind-the-scenes boss of "Feiyantang", provided a high reward and a promise of rapid promotion for the members who were willing to go north, so that this He Shuban, who had been dealing with pen, ink, paper and inkstone all day long, and felt that he had no future, saw the opportunity to climb to the sky, so he desperately wanted to get in. As for the dangers and difficulties hidden in this operation, they were affected by the confidence of the spies in the main hall who were above the top, and they were not taken to heart by He Shuban, who had no experience in field work.

Second, it is also the luck of this He Shuban. Although this guy has never been out in the field, he deals with the news and materials handed over by the branch halls in various places every day, so that he not only knows the specific situation and operation methods of the main hall and the branch halls in various places, but also knows the few news from the Beiping Army in detail. Therefore, when Zhang Neng recommended him to the head hall of Kaifeng to advocate Fei, in the face of Zhang Fei's examination, especially when talking about the situation of the Beiping Army, this guy was able to answer fluently and have unique opinions, which won Zhang Fei's favor. It was a pity that this hall master Zhang was buried in the pile of old papers for such a "talent", and even if he approved Zhang Neng's recommendation, He Ping was appointed as the head of the second batch of northbound spies D group - it was precisely with this title that he was able to become the hall master of this small hall formed with the members of the original D group as the backbone after the establishment of the Huairou branch of the "Feiyan Hall".

It's just that Zhang Fei has a limited understanding of He Ping, and he believes that this person is talented based on the recommendation of his relative Zhang Neng and the other party's high-minded talk on paper, so he has a good eye for him. But those senior spies who have been dealing with the various rooms of the main hall all the year round and know a lot about the members of each room know He Ping's details very well, knowing that this is a guy who has no field experience, can only memorize information and write notes, and only relies on spending money to go to the door of Zhang Neng, an uneducated and unskilled guy who relies on nepotism, to have the opportunity to show off in front of the head hall master. Therefore, since he left Kaifeng, the two old spies in the D group who far surpassed He Ping in terms of qualifications and experience were very incompatible with him, and from time to time they would sing against him, or they would not work hard when doing things, and the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and quarreled over trivial things a few days ago, which led to the final outbreak, and the two sides even began to meet each other.

Although the battle between He Ping and his subordinates was persuaded and persuaded by other members of the Huairou Branch, and did not really escalate this contradiction between superiors and subordinates to the point of being out of control, such a fierce conflict was the first time in the history of "Feiyan Hall". Therefore, Zhang Yan's confidants and cronies who were planted in the Huairou branch hall secretly reported the conflict in the branch hall to the hall of Lu County, and to Zhang Yan, the commander and head of the "Feiyan Hall" with the largest local rank. After receiving the relevant report, Zhang Yan was angry and angry at this serious threat to the behavior of the Huairou branch that had just been established and even the entire Beiping branch of the "Feiyan Hall". She immediately sent someone to find Shi Ran and ordered him to rush to Huairou immediately to deal with this problem, which seriously affected the normal operation of the Huairou Branch and also posed a real threat to all the members of the Beiping Branch.

On the one hand, it is very important information, and on the other hand, there is the Huairou branch that is about to fall into infighting, which makes Shi Ran in a dilemma for a while and has no choice. However, Zhang Yan obviously took this into account before sending someone to deliver the letter to him. Therefore, at the end of the secret letter, Zhang Yan also thought of a way to deal with Shi Ran. She ordered Shi Ran to write the news provided by Fan Wucheng into a secret letter and bring it back to Lu County by the messenger she sent, while Shi Ran himself rushed to Huairou to deal with the chaos there.

Although he felt a little regretful that he could not personally hand over such important information to the head hall master, an order was an order, and Shi Ran had to follow it no matter what he thought. So, while writing the news provided by Fan Wucheng into a secret letter in accordance with the special skills and format of the "Feiyan Hall" main hall, he secretly scolded the subordinates of the Huairou branch hall in his heart for being too uncompetitive and adding chaos to himself at such a critical moment. However, speaking of which, it is no wonder that Shi Ran is angry. He had just been to Huairou two days ago, and he also had some understanding of the contradictions between the hall master and the spies there, and he explained some reason to them and resolved them for this. At that time, those subordinates also admitted their mistakes to their faces and accepted criticism with humility. Unexpectedly, after only a few days, there was another mess, and it reached the point of swords and guns facing each other, which was really uneasy.

On the 26th day of the ninth lunar calendar of the eighth year of Xiande, Shi Ran left Beiping City again and went north to Huairou to deal with the "public case" that upset him.

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