In the north town of the capital, Luo Sigong, the commander, was accompanying Yang Cheng, the secretary of the ministry, the first assistant Shen Shixing, and the prince of Dongchang, Wang An, the prince of Dongchang, were talking.

"Cao Shi's appointment with Lord Cao has been solved, and I invite you to come over today, just to hear your opinions." Commander Luo said sincerely.

Ge Lao Shen Shixing looked left and right, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he cleared his throat:

"Then the official will say a few words first. Regarding the matter of Lord Cao's internal people joining the church, this matter can be said to be big or small. After a pause, seeing that no one answered, they were all waiting for his next step.

He continued:

"Xiang Dali said that his insiders joined the cult at the behest of Lord Cao and were his agents. Otherwise, if his own insider enters the church, how can he not notice it with a third-grade master? Of course, saying this is obviously a deliberate attempt to embarrass Lord Cao. But if you want to add to the crime, why not? ”

Taking a sip of tea, he continued:

"To Xiaoli, the insider was deceived by thieves and strayed into the cult without her husband's knowledge. Moreover, as an ordinary religious member, there is nothing harmful for him. Lord Cao is only responsible for negligence. ”

"Shen Ge Lao's analysis is reasonable and well-founded, which makes the lower officials admire!" Yang Shangshu said.

"Later, I will go to the back cell to meet Master Cao, after all, I have been an official in the same dynasty for so long, no matter what the future holds, I should still try my best to take care of it." Shen Ge said again.

"This case should be handed over to the three law divisions for trial, Lord Hai Ruihai of Dali Temple, Lord Zhao Jinzhao of the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Pan Jitao and Pan Shangshu of the Criminal Department, they are all impartial and meticulous people, and they will give a reasonable verdict on this case." The prince is fair.

Everyone nodded yes.

"There is another thing, Ding Yushi not only bit Mrs. Cao's entry into the church, but also blamed the death of several bandit leaders in Jiangnan on Governor Cao and Du Wenlin. Yang Shangshu said again.

"This matter is easy to do, since the thieves are all dead, who can prove that they are the ones who killed them?" Locke commanded.

"Du Wenlin is assisting in the suppression of bandits at this time, if he is distracted by such trivial matters, or even recalled, what good will it do to Sheji?" The prince is fair.

"Alas, the court is unstable, and it is most likely to cause turmoil. I only hope that all of you can work together and work hard to help the court get through the difficulties! Shen Ge said with his hand.

Yan'an City, Ningxia Bandit Provisional Governor's Palace, Governor Ye Mengxiong, Supervisor Mei Guozhen, Shanxi Soldier Li Rusong, Ningxia Commander Ma Gui, are in a meeting.

"It's halfway through July, and it often snows in August and September, so there's not a lot of time for everyone. Everyone gathered today to discuss when it is appropriate to start attacking. Ye Mengxiong said.

"My team is ready to attack at any time." Li Rusong was an anxious man, and he said in a rough voice.

Ma Gui also said that there was no problem.

"If you want to strike him on the body, you must first cut off his wings and cut off his claws. Jingbian in the north and Guyuan in the south are both barriers to Ningxia, should we consider starting with these two places first? Mei Guozhen looked at Ye Mengxiong and said.

Ye Mengxiong thought for a moment and picked up the token:

"The governor of Pontus ordered, Li Rusong and General Li, lead your subordinates to be responsible for recovering Guyuan. Ma Gui Ma General Soldier, lead your subordinates to be responsible for recovering Jingbian. I led the trilateral garrison to monitor the enemy in Ningxia City and temporarily respond. The attack was scheduled for ten days later. ”

Li Rusong and Ma Gui received orders separately.

Ye Mengxiong turned to Du Wenlin again:

"Lord Du Wenlin, in addition to being in charge of the security affairs of the Mei Supervision Army, you also have to work a little harder, temporarily taking charge of intelligence gathering during the war. Recently, our scouts in Yinchuan, Guyuan, and other places have been arrested one after another, and the source of intelligence has been almost cut off. The situation is urgent, and you must get back to work on intelligence gathering as soon as possible and find out what went wrong. Because you are a subordinate of the prince of Dongchang, intelligence gathering is more professional for you, so this job will be handed over to you for the time being. ”

Du Wenlin originally wanted to say that he was a layman in intelligence work, but since Ye Mengxiong arranged it like this, he should have his deep meaning, and if he refused in person, he would not be able to get off the stage, so he nodded and agreed.

After the meeting, Du Wenlin found Jin Youzhong, who was originally in charge of intelligence, and took over the entire intelligence work of suppressing bandits.

Kim Youzhong served as his deputy and cooperated with his work.

Jin Youzhong is about 40 years old, lean and capable, with bright eyes, and at first glance he is the material for intelligence.

His intelligence agency has more than 200 people under its jurisdiction, and it is divided into two departments, one to fight against internal traitors and the other to collect intelligence externally.

Among them, there are more than 150 foreign agencies, and they are located in almost all the towns and cities in the northwest.

Recently, something has gone wrong, and many regional contact points have been destroyed by the intelligence agencies of the other side, and some personnel have been arrested.

Now that a major war is imminent, a new intelligence system must be immediately reconstructed to ensure the smooth progress of the war.

"Guyuan, how many scouts are left with Jingbian?" Du Wenlin asked Jin Qianhu.

"It turns out that there aren't many scouts sent to the two places. There are five people in Guyuan and seven people in Jingbian. However, recently, the entire army in Guyuan was wiped out, six people in Jingbian were arrested and killed, and one person lost contact. ”

"Oh, are the personnel of the two places managed separately, or is it managed by one person?"

"What do you mean?" Jin Qianhu was puzzled.

"I'm asking, are the scouts of Guyuan and Jingbian managed by one person or an organization, or are there special people to manage them separately?"

"They are all under the unified management of Jiang Baihu."

"What about Jiang Baihu?" Du Wenlin asked.

"In the backyard of the Governor's Palace, there is a special place, which is our office. He should have been there at this point. ”

"Please take me to see it!"

At the west end of the backyard of the Governor's Palace, there are more than a dozen bungalows, which are the source of information needed for the entire anti-bandit operation.

"What's the name of your office?" Du Wenlin asked as he walked.

"No name to the outside world. Internally, it's called 'Scout Management', which is a pretty simple name. Jin Youzhong said with a smile.

Jin Youzhong gathered everyone together:

"This is our new head, Lord Du Wenlindu."

"Xia Guan is just a 100 criminal household in Dongchang, serving as the security of the prison army. Today, Lord Mengduduye's love has asked the subordinate to temporarily manage the scout office, and I hope that all colleagues will support you! Du Wenlin arched his hand.

The managers here perform their duties, and most of them have 100 military positions, which is much tougher than his 100 households in the East Factory.

Therefore, it can be seen that everyone is not particularly enthusiastic about it, and they all look like they love to answer.

After the simple meeting ceremony, everyone went back to their rooms to work.

He left Jiang Baihu behind and carefully inquired about the losses of the scouts sent to Guyuan and Jingbian in advance.

Jiang Baihu is in his thirties, with a big belly and a round waist, and at first glance he is a master with an excellent appetite.

He said that the scouts sent to Guyuan and Jingbian were all experienced people personally selected by him, but it didn't take two months for the whole army to be wiped out, and he guessed that there was a traitor inside, otherwise there would not have been a problem in both places at the same time.

At the same time, the scouts in other places, including Ningxia City, were also hit to varying degrees.

After Du Wenlin inquired, he told him to keep the content of today's conversation confidential.

Jin Youzhong took him to a small military camp next to the military camp outside the city, where all the scouts were stationed.

Du Wenlin selected eight people and told them to hurry up and pack up and set off with him in the evening.

The specific destination of departure, he didn't even tell Jin Youzhong.

He knew that the reason why Governor Ye Mengxiong asked him to manage the intelligence work was because he was afraid of leaking secrets, because he was already wary of Jin Youzhong and his subordinates.

After evening, Du Wenlin came to the barracks with Wang Ling and Rong'er, took the eight scouts out of the barracks, and headed straight to the southwest.

After walking for less than an hour, Du Wenlin stopped everyone.

He divided the eight scouts into four groups of two.

Three of these groups infiltrated Guyuan City after dawn to collect intelligence.

The remaining group was responsible for liaison and sent the information collected in the city directly back to Du Wenlin's hands.

The next day, he did the same and sent four groups of scouts to Jingbian City.

In the days that followed, he came to the barracks every day to select scouts and send them to different places.

Ningxia City was relatively large, and sent fifteen groups of scouts.

Since then, the people who were in charge of managing the scouts and gathering intelligence have nothing to do. Including Qianhu Jin Youzhong, they all complained about Du Wenlin's approach.

They didn't want to deal with Du Wenlin in person, so they asked Jin Youzhong to go to Ye Dudu to complain, accusing Du Wenlin of being arbitrary and making them old people an ornament.

Governor Ye listened to it, but he also had kind words for him:

"Master Du doesn't have enough work experience, so I'll talk to him about it when I find time."

Having said that, I admire Du Wenlin's approach in my heart. At this critical moment, the secrecy work of the intelligence departments is the top priority, and there must not be the slightest sloppiness. Otherwise, we will repeat the mistakes of the past.

The "Xia Ji Leather Goods Store" near the south gate of Yan'an Mansion is also quite famous in the leather industry in the northwest. It is said that his family's leather goods have reached Persia in the west and Lingnan in the east, and almost everyone knows the name of the boss Xia Tiejun.

His housekeeper Xia Futian is even more shrewd and capable, hard-working, and has made great contributions to the Xia family's business.

No, as soon as it got dark, he worked hard, took advantage of the cool night, and rode straight to Ningxia City alone.

Less than twenty miles out of the city, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves behind him.

He looked back and saw two horses hurrying in the night.

In my heart, although the border area is desolate, the road is not very peaceful, and there are often horse thieves robbing the road.

Ordinary people walk this road during the day and are still afraid, and even more so at night. The people who appeared on this road at this time must have been ordinary people.

He put his hand in his arms.

The two horses were very fast on their feet, and in a blink of an eye they caught up with him.

By the light of the moon, he could see clearly that three people were riding on two horses, one of which was riding two pretty girls.

He moved the horses out of the way, trying to get them over.

When the two horses arrived, they suddenly stopped together, and one of the young men said with a sneer:

"Hello Steward Xia! Where are you going to go this big night? ”

Xia Futian said in his heart, what are you afraid of, these three people seem to be coming for him.

"Haha, how did Childe know the villain?"

"Who doesn't know the name of Steward Xia?"

"Please forgive the villain's clumsiness, may I ask the son's high surname? Where is the immortal dwelling? What's the cost of tonight? ”

"I'm Du Wenlin from the Governor's Mansion of the Bandit Governor's Mansion, and I'm here for you tonight." Du Wenlin didn't want to waste time talking nonsense with him anymore.

As soon as he heard that the other party was Du Wenlin, Xia Futian's head instantly buzzed.

Although he had never met this man, he had heard people tell him about his origins.

"Oh, it turned out that Master Du arrived, disrespectful, disrespectful!"

Du Wenlin's face turned pale:

"Xia Futian, we suspect that you are colluding with the traitors, so we will dismount and be examined."

Xia Futian looked aggrieved:

"Lord Du has wronged the villain! The villain is just a dog of the owner's family, responsible for running errands and doing some hard work, how can he collude with the traitors. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, get off the horse!"

Xia Futian's little eyes were dripping, and he suddenly jumped up from the horse, flew more than two meters high, turned around in mid-air, and rushed straight towards the two girls.

Although Du Wenlin looks young, he has heard that this young man has some real kung fu and is not easy to deal with.

Therefore, he wanted to pick up the weak ones and catch the two girls, so as not to worry about Du Wenlin's disobedience.

Like an eagle pounceing on a chicken, he stretched out his hands and grabbed Wang Ling and Rong'er directly from top to bottom.

He had even begun to fantasize about the girl's soft body in his hands.

Suddenly, there was a flash of silver light in front of him, and there was a biting cold in his hands, and the figures of the two girls were no longer visible, and his falling body fell heavily to the ground.

At this time, I found that my hands had been shaved off at the wrists, and blood was spraying out. The two severed palms landed not far away.

Suddenly, his eyes went black and he passed out.