"Give me a different place to eat." Liu Xiu saw that he was very attentive and prepared a first-class private room for him, and after only one glance, he shook his head.

I don't know why, but I still came to explain it: "Your grandfather likes places with a lot of people." ”

Lai Quan is a descendant of the Yin family like his father, and Liu Xiu is the uncle of the Yin family, so there is nothing wrong with Lai She's saying this.

"Thank you for the reminder."

Lai Quan glanced at Lai Shu gratefully, although he didn't know Lai She's identity, but seeing that he was inseparable from Liu Xiu, he knew that he was Liu Xiu's henchman and minions, and naturally regarded him as a distinguished guest.

"You and I have the same surname, don't be so polite, I am Uncle Liu Wen's cousin, and my name is called She." Lai Shu introduced himself.

"Hello, it turns out that we are a family." Come to the whole intention to make friends with her.

Seems very attentive.

Liu Xiu chose a position to kneel by the door, his eyes slit, looking at the guests entering and leaving the inn.

Approaching the scientific examination, many young people dressed as scholars have food and lodging here, and Liu Xiu intends to do it.

A lively place, a bustling place, is often a good place to gather intelligence.

"Have you heard? The first expedition was brought forward and scheduled for early March. A thin man at the next table whispered.

"Huh? The exam is coming up in a few days, and I haven't prepared for it, didn't I say mid to late March, why do you have to change? One of the fat men complained.

"Why? I heard a small rumor that the imperial court was preparing for a big battle, and that it was planning before the war. I've also heard—" said the thin man with a big mouth.

"What else?" The fat man asked.

"The literary test is followed by the martial arts test..."The thin man seemed to know some inside information.

"What is a martial arts test?" The fat man looked confused.

"It is a martial artist who passes the competition, takes the martial arts championship, and then is awarded a military position." One of the oldest looking men explained.

"Don't talk about it, their people are coming." A mustache booed.

Liu Xiu followed their gaze, and sure enough, a team of people in dark uniforms went directly to the private room on the second floor.

This dress can't be said to be exactly the same, but it really looks like the secret service agency Jinyiwei in later generations, and the one in black is not the person of Jinyiwei?

"They're gone, do you know what these people are doing?" The mustache said cautiously.

"It looks vicious, what are you doing?" The thin man hurriedly asked.

"I'm telling you, when I see them stay away in the future, or I'll arrest you and put you in prison at any time." The mustache warned.

"Is it so scary?" Others were somewhat unconvinced.

"Heh, when am I going to make this joke? Those people in black clothes are Jinyiwei's people, what Jinyiwei does, that's a secret service. Don't talk about us, it's the court officials, if you say something wrong, you will be arrested, and the wind has been tight recently, and many officials have been secretly killed by the people of Jinyiwei. "The mustache talks about these things behind his back, and he is guilty of killing his head.

"My mother, our Han Dynasty has been founded for more than 200 years, and this kind of thing is unheard of." The scholars began to be afraid.

They are preparing for scientific examinations, and once they jump over the dragon gate, they are protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they will be officials in the future.

But now the imperial court has a brocade guard, which makes being an official a dangerous profession, and if you are not careful, you can not save your life, and even implicate the whole family and even the whole family.

"Let's just don't do this official." Someone began to retreat.

"Look at your little bit of talent, before the exam started, you were scared and retreated? I don't think you're suitable to be an official, you're as timid as a mouse, so it's better to go home and raise pigs. The thin man sarcastically said.

"Who do you say? Who do you say is cowardly as a mouse, and who do you let go home to raise pigs? The fat man asked unconvinced.

......

Liu Xiu chatted casually with Lai She and Dian Wei, and ate most of the wine and food, but he got a lot of important information from the scholars' conversations.

Liu Xiu combed it out.

First, at the same time as the scientific examination, we should conduct military activities and select talents to prepare for the big war. The second is to set up a special agency such as Jinyiwei to supervise the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, and have the right to rectify and enforce the law. The third is that the wind is tight now, everything is cautious, and actions must be secretive.

The opening of the imperial examination, the holding of the martial arts, and the establishment of the Jinyi Guard are not something that ordinary people can do, which shows that there are high-ranking people in the Xinmang Dynasty, and they can definitely be traversers.

Emperor Wang Mang can be ruled out, even if Wang Mang is called a traverser, but he is not a real traverser in the end.

Who, exactly, is laying it out?

If the other side is going to start a war, against whom? Is it the Chungling Righteous Army entrenched in Nanyang, or the Tongma Divisions in Hebei, or the Shandong Red Eyebrows that monopolize a state and continue to grow?

Who to hit first is related to the overall situation!

In terms of the power, population, and territory of the three, Shandong Chimei is the strongest, followed by Tongma, and the Liu clan of Chungling is the weakest.

Liu Xiu now needs more information, and he discusses with Laixi, planning to use the identity of Fuhu member 011 to infiltrate the enemy's intelligence system.

"Uncle Wen, I'll go, I have a small goal and it's easy to hide." Lai Xi knew very well in his heart that the future of the Liu family in Chungling was pinned on the Liu Xiu brothers, no matter Liu Xiu or Liu Xiu, there could be no mistakes, otherwise the ideal of recovering the Han family would come to naught.

"No, I'll go." Liu Xiu said categorically.

"No, I don't agree, if something goes wrong with you, how can I explain to Bosheng?" Laishu resolutely refused.

Such an extremely risky thing, how could Liu Xiu go?

In the most straightforward words, once Liu Xiu became the emperor, Liu Xiu started as a prince, considering that Liu Xiu had no son, a hundred years after Liu Xiu, the throne will be passed on to Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu will ascend the throne and become the supreme.

Others would not be so opposed, but Lai Xi is Liu Xiu's cousin, how can he let him take risks?

"I've made up my mind." Liu Xiu didn't want to say more.

Lai Xi secretly took a deep breath, and could only pray to his uncle Liu Qin and his uncle Fan to bless Liu Xiu in the spirit of heaven.

......

The next morning, Liu Xiu changed his appearance, changed into the clothes worn by 011, put on his identity card, and found a secret intelligence point in Fuhu according to the address given by the identity card.

It's a secluded place, located in a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of Chang'an.

The temple was in tatters, covered with moss and cobwebs, the walls had collapsed, and the idols were crooked, and they were about to fall.

Obviously, such a dilapidated place is rarely populated.

"011 asks to see the stationmaster." Liu Xiu studied the various materials left by 011 and knew that this intelligence station was called the station manager. Nothing else.

The hall was empty, no one responded, only the echo of Liu Xiu's words.

"011 has something important to report, please show up." Liu Xiu repeated.

"Ahem" the sound of coughing came from behind the idol, followed by footsteps.

"I'm a black robe, and I'm going to verify your identity now. I said the first half of the sentence: The fierce carp jumped over the dragon gate, please speak to the code. A figure slowly walked out from behind the statue, and the whole person was hidden in a wide black robe, and it was impossible to see the height and appearance of this person at all.

"The fierce carp leaps over the dragon gate, and the tiger roars in the mountains and forests." Liu Xiu replied.

"You're really 011, how did you do with the task assigned to you?" This person asked Liu Xiudao in a tone with almost no emotion.