Zhang Deyu's personal surname is Liu Mingdan, he is in his thirties, has an ordinary appearance, and is inconspicuous when thrown into the crowd, so he is really a suitable candidate for meticulous work.

On the way to the restaurant with Zhang Deyu, he stole a gap and slipped away halfway. Although he is a Han Chinese, he spent time in Goryeo as a child, knows Goryeo fluently, and has also been to Pyongyang to familiarize himself with the streets. After separating from Zhang Deyu, he was cautious, did not act rashly, hid in a corner, waited for a long time, made sure that no one noticed, and then went to the east of the city.

Due to the implementation of Dunsher's new policy, the curfew was postponed in the city, and at this time, the streets were bustling with people from time to time.

Under the clear moonlight, Liu Dan dragged a vague shadow, did not take the avenue, avoided pedestrians, picked alleys, turned from one alley to another, and walked briskly against the corner. On both sides of the alley, there are many earthen houses and thatched houses, which are pitch black, and there is not a single figure. The cold wind swept in, whining and blowing chills on the back of people's necks.

He shrunk his head and looked behind him, faintly hearing the movement of the horses.

If you dare to travel with a horse team at a fast curfew, you will be a nobleman. Thinking of Hong Jixun's banquet tonight to invite Zhang Deyu, there must be a lot of Chinese martial arts in the city to the banquet. He immediately stopped his steps vigilantly, stuck to the end of the alley, and took advantage of the night to hide his figure, hold his breath, and cautiously probe to watch.

Sure enough, more than 100 knights surrounded one person in front and back, slowly passing by.

He glanced at the man, and saw that the man was not very old, fat and light, and heroic, and unarmoured, but there was an iron spear hanging from his mount, and he was full of bows and arrows. Regarding the dignitaries of Haidong, he had done his homework earlier and had a little understanding. The one who meets the conditions of the person in front of him is also the most likely to appear here at this time, he thought for a long time, and there was only one person.

He couldn't help but feel lucky, if he walked slowly for a while, he happened to meet on the avenue, and the end could be imagined. He waited patiently for the caravan to disappear and continued on his way.

He set out from the west of the city, almost half of the city, and when he walked here, he was almost at his destination. Among the people he wanted to meet, the first one he saw in the rouge shop, who lived in the east of the city, gave him a secret message at that time, asking him to meet in the temple of Manjushri.

The east of the city is full of high-ranking officials and eunuchs, famous and wealthy families, and there are soldiers patrolling outside the square area. Liu Dan didn't dare to come closer, bypassed it far away, and hid his head and delved into the Wenshu Temple in the suburbs.

Emperor Yuan re-emphasized Buddha, and so did Goryeo. In this city of Pyongyang, there are many temples, and there were many monks. Wenhua was born as a horse thief, killed countless lives, never believed in Buddhism, and since Fengzhou, Monk Li has offended him several times, and he is more and more undesirable to see baldness.

It just so happened that Deng She's ordered him to handle the tuntian and settle the Liaoyang army, to put it mildly, there is no barren land on the edge of Pyongyang, but if the barren land is reclaimed, it will not be effective in a year or two. A Confucian scholar gave him a suggestion, saying that monks do not give birth, and temples have many private properties, and they are actually silverfish.

When he heard this, he agreed, and simply drove most of the monks back to the world, and took the property of their temple back to the government.

He also gave an ingenious order: Lay monks who are willing to join the army can go to the government to sign up. Just as among the Confucian scholars, there are few true Confucians; The same is true for monks, there are few real monks and many fake monks. There are millions of monks in the world, and those who eat and mix account for seven or eighty percent, and there is no way out, and there are really many people who are willing to join the army, and there are two or three hundred people gathered. Wen Huaguo didn't want it himself, he sent someone to escort him, regardless of the length of the road, and the personal travel expenses were all given to Monk Li who was stationed elsewhere, and he said that he would enrich his monk team.

If you want to change someone else, you will be teased by this, and I am afraid that you will not be angry sooner.

Monk Li was not angry, because he didn't expect this to be a joke at all, so he wrote a letter of thanks for this purpose,—— one of the courses of the officer training corps is to teach senior officers to read and write. He wrote crookedly: "The monk who came accepted it, thank you brother." is that there are two old Chinese monks in it, who are affectionate and difficult to speak. If you want to have it again, you need a Goryeo monk. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, and later it came to Deng She's ears, and when he lost his laughter, he couldn't help but reprimand Wen Huaguo twice, and he was not allowed to do similar things again, so as not to hurt the peace in the army.

I won't mention this for the time being, just for now.

The Manjushri temple is located in the eastern suburbs, the temple is not big, the field is still a few acres, the monk in the temple is naturally also among the silverfish, more than a month ago, it was expelled clean, and the field property was also allocated to Tuntian. Therefore, the originally prosperous incense suddenly decayed, and gradually, almost no one came.

Liu Dan entered the temple, the black light was blind, and he couldn't see his five fingers.

He waited a moment, for his eyes to get used to it, to observe the scene in the temple. A Bodhisattva on the Buddha shrine, a horizontal case in front of the statue, full of dust, a few broken bowls made of mud, empty. The ground was dirty and messy, the pillars were covered with cobwebs, and the corners of the walls were rustling, and he hurriedly pressed the short knife in his arms, and turned his head to see that a mouse had run away as fast as he could.

The three watches that the man had agreed with him had not yet arrived.

Liu Dan walked around the temple, and saw a few straw piles and two rotten mats behind the temple, and it was expected that there were beggars living here, but they moved away for some reason. Naturally, he didn't know that the few beggars who lived here did not move away, but were hungry and cold and froze to death. Pyongyang Prefecture sent someone in charge of this work, and he was pulled out of the city and buried only a few days ago.

After seeing the temple, Liu Dan was slightly relieved, returned to the temple gate, and saw that in the dark night, the lights in the distance were sparse, and there were a few trees not far from the temple, and the north wind swept up the branches, crackling from time to time. The night was getting deeper and the chill was deep.

He saw a man sneaking around and touched it. Too far away to see clearly, he cleverly flashed behind the temple gate, and when the man came closer, he could see clearly by the moonlight that it was the person he was waiting for. But he refused to go out, and looked carefully at the place where the man had come for a while, and indeed there was no tail, and then he coughed lightly.

The man suddenly stopped, touched his waist with his hand, and whispered, "Occasionally, the two peeped at each other." ”

Liu Dan said: "The spring heart of the teasing is wild. ”

These two words in "Horse on the Wall" are used as a joint code for a meeting in the middle of the night, which is quite appropriate, even if someone hears it, they will not doubt it. As for the gender factor, since ancient times, there has been a habit of breaking sleeves, although it is not tolerated by the world, which better explains why they met so secretly.

The man stepped into the temple, Liu Dan covered the temple door, isolated from the moonlight, and the temple became darker and darker. Liu Dan asked, "How?" ”

"No one followed. When I came out, no one found out. ”

"What's the news, so anxious to see me?"

The visitor didn't say anything, but asked, "In this temple?" ”

He has eye disease, short-sightedness, that is, myopia, although he has glasses nowadays, but most of them can only correct presbyopia, and they are expensive, and only people with status can afford to wear them. At this time, there was no light in the temple, and he couldn't see clearly. It stands to reason that a person like him is not suitable for meticulous work, but firstly, he is not serious in his short-sightedness, and secondly, he has a township relationship with the Goryeo official in the Haidong Army, so he still participated in this operation.

"I've seen it, but there's no one in the temple."

"There is two pieces of information."

"Say."

"Xiao Deng personally ordered to recruit 10,000 soldiers from the homeless people."

"I know this, there is a recruitment list in the city. What about the other? ”

"It's still about recruitment. He recruited troops this time, it is said that it was not for me Shenyang, but for Goryeo and the northern Jurchens. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

The villain speculated that Xiao Deng may have plans to enter Goryeo, and there should be no intention of going north to Shenyang for the time being. However, it has been rumored in the city recently that the provincial capital of Haidong Province is set in Liaoyang. Xiao Deng has always been treacherous, whether he wants to take Goryeo, or just use it as a cover, the real purpose is still in Shenyang, and the villain can't find out. ”

Liu Dan frowned, pondered for a while, and asked, "Is the news true?" ”

"Don't worry, sir. You don't know the temper of the villain's fellow, so showy. He was a eunuch, and he climbed to such a high position, and he was especially drunk and bragged to us fellow countrymen. The villain and his family were neighbors back then, and they have known each other since childhood, especially looking at the villain differently. Therefore, this news becomes true. ”

"Very good, you're doing a good job. If this matter is true, it will be of great help to Master Zhang and Xiao Deng to sign an agreement. I'll take credit for you. ”

"The prime minister is as kind to the villain as a mountain, and the villain can't repay the kindness of the adult, even if the villain is full of liver and brain. The villain does not ask for a reward. ”

Liu Dan nodded with satisfaction and said, "The eunuch said that he wanted to recommend you to join the army, how did it go?" Is there any following? ”

"The villain has an eye disease, which is not easy to do. The eunuch knew that the villain knew a few words, and the villain had always been loyal in front of him. He plans to recommend the villain to the town management division instead. ”

Under the Fusi Division, the capital of Haidong Province, there are branches set up in 10,000 households, 1,000 households, and 100 households. Deng She's principle was that all Han people were used in the Han army, and in the Goryeo army and the Jurchen army, the chief officer was Han Chinese, and the adjutant was Goryeo or Jurchen. He said: "As long as the eunuch is willing to vigorously promote the villain, the villain is still very promising." ”

Liu Dan asked a question: "He recommended you to join the Zhenfu Division, you have never been in the army, will Xiao Deng agree?" ”

"Even if the villain joins the Zhenfu Division, he will work in a hundred households at most. There are tens of thousands of military horses in Haidong, and Xiao Deng can't manage so many. Thousands of households are so up, he looks at them; The following shall be handed over to the subordinate bureaucrats. To tell the truth, in the Haidong civil and military army, there are not many eunuchs who can afford to be eunuchs, but he joined the army early, and has a deep relationship with Xiao Deng, at least in the Goryeo camp, his words have some weight. The subordinates of the Pacification Division may give him some face. ”

Liu Dan turned around twice and said: "The pacification division is in charge of the army, and you have the right to manage all the households in the province, you have to work hard." ”

"Haidong Zhenfu Si doesn't care about the army."

"What?"

"Listen to the eunuch, Xiao Deng's order, the military is under the Privy Council. All of them calmed the morale of the wings of the commanders, taught the three armies to know the battle, and led the army to entertain. ”

Liu Dan had never heard of it, he was stunned, and said, "Isn't this idle? ”

"Not really. Xiao Deng seemed to attach great importance to this, and transferred Yao Haogu to concurrently serve as the chief of the Duzhen Fu Division. The deputy capital is Zhenfu, a Zhao Guo, and a Bi Qianniu are all his closest people. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Dan changed his contempt and paid attention to it. What the enemy values is what the enemy needs to value. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "In this case, it seems that this Du Fu Division will make a big difference, and maybe there is something else in it." You have to try your best, even if it is miscellaneous, you have to mix it in, so that you can see the reality inside. ”

"Yes."

"Is there anything you need help with?"

"The Wife ,...... the Villain's Family"

"Don't worry, the Prime Minister takes good care of them. When I return to Shenyang, I will tell them that you are safe and sound. ”

"Thank you, sir."

"Get up. …… It's not too early, you hurry back, remember, be cautious, don't miss a horse! If there is urgent information, it can be sent to the rouge shop, and someone will be responsible for delivering it. ”

"Yes. Aren't the adults leaving? There is a curfew in the city, so it's hard to go back, right? ”

"I have something else, you don't have to worry about me."

The man nodded, pushed open the door, opened his hand, bowed his hand to Liu Dan, and went quietly.

Liu Dan watched him walk away, his figure disappeared, closed the temple door again, took some weeds, swept away the footprints left by the two of them on the ground, grabbed the dust, and covered it up little by little. After doing this, he did not go back to the guest house, climbed up along the pillar, climbed up in three or two, and lay on the beam with his clothes, and closed his eyes to rest.

The temple was as cold as an ice cellar, he couldn't sleep, tossed and turned, simply got up, took out a steamed bun in his arms, and ate it slowly. While eating, he pondered the news that the fine work had just given him.

The cold wind outside the temple is getting stronger, and there are occasional night birds. Before you know it, the long night is coming, and the east is white.

Liu Dan didn't know if his peers had adapted to this kind of life, but he had already adapted. He got up when he smelled the chicken, jumped down, and took advantage of the lack of people on the road in the early morning to turn to the south of the city. Because it is close to New Year's Day, the shops on the street open early. He disguised himself as a customer and visited a few restaurants, looking for a food stall and a little bit to eat.

Until the third pole of the day, seeing that the number of people out of the city was gradually increasing, he blended in with the flow of people and went out of the city gate. He had two more people to meet, one was his subordinate, in the outcast; One is the object of his trip, which is in Tuntian District.

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1. Although there are eyes nowadays.

Marco Polo wrote: "The elderly in China wear glasses in order to read clearly" and "the elderly in China wear glasses when reading small characters". Someone once traded a horse for a pair of glasses.

Chinese archaeologists have found a crystal magnifying glass in the tomb of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which can magnify very small things four or five times. Naturally, this is not glasses, but it can also be seen that the ancient artificial mirror technology was developed.