At noon on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month of the third lunar calendar of Zhou Xiande, two knights dressed as sergeants rode into the Dailou Gate in the south of Kaifeng City, and it can be seen from their faces and the dust on the horses that they had gone through a long journey and ran a long way to get here.

The two turned left and right in Kaifeng City, and stopped in front of a mansion after a while. There is a plaque hanging above the gate of the house, on which is written the word "Xu Fu". When the two knights arrived at the gate of the house, a family member who was waiting in the door greeted them and took their horses. The two of them did not stop when they entered the mansion, and went directly to the back hall.

After a short time, two horses galloped out of the gate of Xufu again, and went out of the Chen Bridge Gate in the northeast of Kaifeng City. It's just that it wasn't the two sergeants who entered the door just now who sat upright, but two people who looked like family members.

Around the beginning of the Shen period, these two family-like people arrived at Chenqiaoyi, which was fifty miles away from the lockdown city. The two rode into a large mansion with two big characters written on the plaque, and only came out again after a while, and returned to Kaifeng City.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of the sixth lunar month of the sixth year of the Liao Ying calendar, in the small conference room of the "Qing Garden", Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin were listening to the work report of the Ministry of Intelligence. Although the three "giants" of the Ministry of Intelligence were all present, Zhang Xiaofei and Liang Ziyue were only accompanied, and Zheng Zhiwei, who had just returned to Liangxiang from Kaifeng City, was the protagonist of this report.

At this time, Zheng Zhiwei was reporting to Wang and Zhang on the establishment of the "Kaifeng Intelligence Station" -- the Kaifeng rudder of the "Dark Feather" -- as well as the detailed process of selecting and training relevant intelligence officers during the period. Judging from Zheng Zhiwei's report, the establishment process of the Kaifeng intelligence station was relatively smooth. Whether it is the buying and selling shop as a cover, or the selection of intelligence officers, it is basically carried out according to Zheng Zhiwei's original jihua. In the same month that the intelligence station was established, it began to transmit all kinds of information and intelligence to the secret contact point "Hidden Garden" near Chenqiaoyi. At the same time, it is precisely because the Kaifeng intelligence station was established smoothly that Zheng Zhiwei rushed back from Kaifeng City so quickly, ready to start the establishment of various intelligence stations in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the selection and training of intelligence officers.

Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and Zhang Xiaofei all affirmed and praised Zheng Zhiwei's outstanding work, and encouraged him to make persistent efforts to carry out Youzhou's foreign intelligence work and provide corresponding information support for the future development of the team. The affirmation and encouragement of Wang, Zhang and others doubled Zheng Zhi's heart, saying that he would definitely live up to the trust of his brothers and would definitely do a good job in foreign intelligence work.

After expressing his determination, Zheng Zhiwei planned to report the development plan of the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures Regional Intelligence Station jointly drawn up by himself and Zhang Xiaofei to Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin, so that they could submit it to the committee for discussion. However, before Zheng Zhiwei could start, there was a knock on the door of the small conference room, and Wang Feng, who was on duty on the day of the "Qingyuan" security and the radio station sending and receiving reports, walked in. While handing over a telegram to Wang Kunjun, he said: "Brother, the tenth brother of Youzhou City 'Yanyuan' has called, saying that Feng Cheng has just informed him that the documents and official documents appointing the eleventh brother as the commander have been transferred to the left-behind mansion, and the eleventh brother needs to go to Youzhou City on the same day to complete the corresponding procedures. Brother Ten asked, how should we reply to each other. ”

Hearing that Qian Yuanshan's commander had been appointed, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin naturally welcomed it -- with this title, the team could openly gather young people in the name of training villagers in the future and conduct basic military training for them, so that it would be easier to select those from among them to join the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion."

So, Wang Kunjun asked Zhang Weixin to go to the radio room to talk directly to Zhao Dawei in Youzhou, telling him that he would let Qian Yuanshan go to Youzhou City to accept the appointment within a day or two. Zhang Weixin nodded and followed Wang Feng.

I thought that Zhang Weixin would only say a few words, but he would be able to come back soon, and everyone could continue the meeting. But to the surprise of Wang Kunjun and others, Zhang Weixin went for nearly an hour. During this period, Wang Kunjun asked people to urge more than once, and the answer they could get was the same - the seventh master and the twenty-seventh master were waiting for a very important news from Kaifeng City, so they had to delay for some time.

Wang Kunjun, who didn't understand what Zhang Weixin and Wang Feng were doing, ordered his subordinates to call Wang Feng for questioning, but after a while, his subordinates came back alone to report that the twenty-seventh master was copying the news and would come over after a while -- the transcription of the news was just the words of the traversers to the subordinates, and in fact, Wang Feng, who was on duty that day, compared the code book with Wang Feng, who was on duty that day, decoded the telegram sent from Kaifeng. ,

When Wang Kunjun heard this, he had no choice but to give up and continue to wait in the small conference room with Zhang Xiaofei and others -- Wang Kunjun did not go to the telegraph room to check the situation in person, not because he was putting up a show, but because for the sake of secrecy and security, the telegraph room was built in a secret and cramped manner, and in normal times, except for the specially trained local messengers and receivers, only the brothers of the security department who were on duty that day would go in from time to time to take a look, and even the personal guards of the "Qingyuan Guard Squad" who stood guard in the telegraph room could not enter the telegraph room. Now that Zhang Weixin and Wang Feng are inside, the small telegraph room is already overcrowded, and Wang Kunjun himself has no need to join in the fun.

Wang Kunjun and the others waited from the beginning of Shen Shi to the end of Shen Shi, and Zhang Weixin returned to the small conference room with a stack of copying newspapers. After sitting down again, without waiting for Wang Kunjun to ask, Zhang Weixin waved the newspaper in his hand and said: "I made the fifth brother, the fifth sister-in-law and the two brothers wait for a long time, but I didn't expect the telegram from the 'Hidden Garden' to be so long, and it took half a day to connect the tape and decode. If I knew that this was the case, it was better to directly let the old twelve over there make an oral report. ”

Wang Kunjun and others found out at this time that Zhang Weixin really had a lot of copied newspapers in his hand, and he had to have more than a dozen of them. Everyone was very curious about the length of this telegram from the "Kaifeng Detention Center", and Wang Kunjun was the first to ask: "Could it be that something big happened in Kaifeng, and Weishenme wants to send such a long telegram?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Weixin hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, the fifth brother is too worried." There was nothing wrong with Kaifeng, and the reason why the telegram was so long was mainly because the old twelve sent the secret letter sent back by the eighth from Huainan intact, and it was not streamlined. ”

"The old eight sent a secret message? What did the letter say, and was he still going well in Huainan? Eighteen sisters are good? Wang Kunjun heard that it was Xu Shaoan's secret letter, and asked again and again.

Zhang Weixin waved his hand and said, "Fifth brother, don't worry, listen to me slowly." ”

Then, according to what Xu Shao'an wrote in the secret letter, Zhang Weixin told the story of the Battle of Shouzhou, the recent situation of Xu Shao'an himself and Lin Xiaoyu, and the encounter with Xin Feiyu, a suspected traverser in the restaurant-although Xu Shao'an was 100 percent sure that Xin Feiyu was the traverser, the word "suspected" could not be removed before the Ministry of Intelligence's review opinion came out, and explained that Xu Shao'an hoped that the committee would send people from the Ministry of Intelligence to Kaifeng as soon as possible. A request for Xin Feiyu, who will return to Kaifeng with him after a while, to conduct the necessary review.

Hearing that Xu Shao'an became famous in the battle of Shouzhou City, and Empress Fu was in good health under Lin Xiaoyu's conditioning, everyone present was very happy - in this way, both for Xu Shao'an and for Lin Xiaoyu, it laid a solid foundation for them to gain a firm foothold in the Later Zhou court. And if Xu and Lin can become the henchmen of the Later Zhou Emperor and Empress from this, it will be quite beneficial to the team's future development in the south.

However, while everyone was happy, they were also a little worried about Chai Rong's decision to carry out the southern expedition because he saw the power of black powder - Xu Shaoan is a human being, not a god, although he only needs to command in the back, but the war is cruel, and those involved in it may face the test of life and death at any time. At this time, all Wang Kunjun and the others could do was to pray to God silently, praying that Xu Shao'an would be smooth sailing in the war behind and stay away from all dangers.

Everyone is also looking forward to the newly discovered suspected traverser. Now the team is brewing a big expansion of strength, and one more person will have one more liliang.

As for Xu Shaoan's behavior during his contact with Xin Feiyu, which did not conform to the team's regulations, everyone didn't care too much. After all, the situation was special at that time, and Xu Shaoan had no choice but to do it. What's more, before Zhou Jundu broke Xu Shaoan's identity, Xin Feiyu didn't find that Xu Shaoan was the same traverser as himself. In other words, the exposure of Xu Shaoan's identity is passive. Moreover, it was precisely because of the exposure of Xu Shaoan's identity that Xin Feiyu gave up his original intention and decided to go with Xu Shaoan. Therefore, Xu Shaoan's passive exposure of his identity still has its beneficial side.

In addition, regarding Xu Shaoan's passive exposure of his identity, Wang Kunjun also put forward his own opinions. He said: "Although the eighth child passively exposed his identity as a traverser this time, it is not his fault. In fact, since we went south to meet Chai Rong and offered black powder and flintlock pistols, we have already laid the groundwork for this incident. In a sense, our offering of black powder and flintlock pistols is equivalent to indirectly sending a signal to the world's travelers - in this time and space, there are other time-travelers like them, and they are not lonely in this time and space and this era. ,

I dare to assert that something similar to what happened to Lao Ba in Shouzhou City will definitely happen again in the future. Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation and the brothers do not know what to do with it, I feel it necessary to make a recommendation to the Committee to make certain changes to the Guidelines for the Contact of Suspected Traversers to adapt to the new situation. ”

"I agree with the fifth brother's opinion," Zhang Weixin agreed, "I will contact the eldest brother and the old twenty-five tonight to try to reach an agreement on this matter as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Weixin paused slightly after speaking, and saw Wang Kunjun nodding in agreement, so he continued: "However, before the new guidelines are introduced, we still have to act in accordance with the provisions of the old guidelines. So I think that since Lao Ba asked the committee to send relevant personnel from the Intelligence Department to Kaifeng in order to review Xin Feiyu, then we should still respect Lao Ba's opinion and send someone there. ”

"I agree," Wang Kunjun agreed, "As for the candidate for Kaifeng in the south, I think ......."

Without waiting for Wang Kunjun to finish speaking, Zheng Zhiwei interjected on the side: "I think it's better for me to run." After all, I've just come from there, and I'm familiar with both the road and the various checkpoints on the road. ”

Wang Kunjun shook his head when he heard this, and waved his hand to stop Zheng Zhiwei's argument, saying, "Brother Zhiwei, don't worry, listen to my brother." Brother, the reason why I don't agree with you to go, brother, is by no means because I don't believe in your ability, but because of the following two considerations. On the one hand, this is to be opened, and it will take at least 20 days to go back and forth. However, now that the foreign intelligence work in Youzhou is about to be launched, you, as the backbone of the business, are really not suitable to leave for a long time. On the other hand, as far as the division of labor of the Intelligence Department is concerned, it is the scope of the Internal Affairs Section to review suspected traversers, so it is better for the old twenty-eight to be responsible for solving this matter. After all, only with a clear division of labor can we have a clear responsibility, so that we will not eventually evolve into 'everyone is not responsible' because 'everyone is responsible'. ”

Wang Kunjun's words made Zheng Zhiwei wake up - as the head of the Department of Intelligence's surgery, it is not within his purview to review suspected traversers. Self-recommendation is not only an act of overstepping one's authority, but also violates the purpose of intelligence work. Therefore, Zheng Zhiwei immediately said that he was not thoughtful, and the candidates to be sent to Kaifeng should still be decided by the committee and the Internal Affairs Section of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Seeing that Zheng Zhiwei was able to immediately discover his problem and correct it immediately, the other participants no longer dwelled on this matter. After discussion, everyone decided to let Liang Ziyue personally go out and complete the audit of Xin Feiyu. In this regard, Liang Ziyue himself has no objection, saying that he will set off as soon as possible, and after meeting Xin Feiyu, he will complete the relevant review and testing procedures as soon as possible.

As for whether to bring the new traveler back to Liangxiang, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin both said that it depends on the specific situation and does not need to stick to the precedent.

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