Chapter 138: The Condor

"Boom!" The soldiers pushed the siege car and crashed directly into the brick wall of the teahouse.

More than 600 people worked together to pick up tiles, tear down walls, and move bricks.

The onlookers whispered: "Why did the officers and soldiers demolish the Yuansheng Teahouse?" ”

"There must be someone who is an official who has lost all his stomach inside, and he can't be angry to take revenge!"

Shi Wenyi also came with the robes, he is a master of serving people. He set up a table across the street from the teahouse and put tea and dried fruits on it. And he put a small tent around the green yarn to cover the dust.

Chang Feng drank tea with Xu Fatzi and Wang Miaoxin in the tent and waited for the result.

The mighty "rough copying" was carried out until midnight.

A grizzled captain entered the green gauze tent: "Master Chang, you can be regarded as finding the entrance to the secret room." ”

The crowd came to the ruins of the teahouse.

I saw that there was a three-foot-square entrance to the southeast corner of the ruins. Chang Feng picked up the torch and shone it, and there were long stone steps in the dark passage.

Chang Feng raised the torch and was about to go inside.

Wang Miaoxin grabbed Chang Feng: "What if there is a hidden weapon in it?" Chang Qianhu, you are now temporarily in charge of the South Division, and you have a great responsibility. Let's find a few wrestlers to go down and explore first. ”

Wang Miaoxin is worthy of being a national player in the secluded realm of Sipintong, and her thoughts are really thoughtful.

Chang Feng said: "Well, thank you Brother Wang for reminding me." Come, who will be brave? I need five people. Ten taels of silver per person. ”

Among the brocade guards, there are many captains and wrestlers who want to show their faces in front of the emperor's celebrities. These people are very similar to the common wind of two and a half years ago.

In a short time, five people signed up.

Chang Feng said: "The five of you go down with torches." Hold the wooden shield of the Terracotta Division and beware of hidden weapons. ”

The five of them said in unison: "Obey!" ”

After a while, Chang Feng heard their shouts: "Master Chang, there is no hidden weapon underneath, but there are more than a dozen large boxes stored!" ”

Chang Feng and Xu Fatzi and Wang Miaoxin entered the secret passage and came underground.

I saw that this underground secret room was not very large. Five or six zhang from east to west, three or four zhang from north to south.

Xu Fatzi said: "I thought that the arsenal of the cowardly Xue Army could be big. ”

Chang Feng said: "I didn't listen to what the shopkeeper said." There were also three hundred cowardly Xue soldiers in the first place, how big could it be. ”

Chang Feng counted, and there were fifteen large and small boxes.

Fourteen of them were affixed with seals, and the seals read "Nanzhen Fusi Secret Pile Secret Salary" and the year and month.

When the fourteen wooden boxes were opened, they were all filled with white silver.

Chang Feng was finally able to reveal his skills in front of Wang Miaoxin. At a cursory glance, he estimated the total amount of silver: "About thirty-two thousand taels." It's not a small amount! ”

Xu Fatzi was surprised: "So much silver? Liao Ye shouldn't be greedy for personal gain, right? ”

Liao Fanyong is Wang Miaoxin's old boss. Wang Miaoxin was displeased when she heard this: "Our Liao Ye has always been a breeze with two sleeves. ”

"Many of them are in enemy territory and cannot receive their salaries. This batch of silver taels should have been accumulated by the dark piles over the years. Liao Ye only kept it for them temporarily. ”

"If not, there is no need for Liao Ye to indicate on the seal that it is a secret salary."

Chang Feng opened the wooden box without a seal, and there were many booklets in the wooden box.

One of the pamphlets was 200 pages thick. Chang Feng cautiously took a torch and took a photo, only to see that the cover of the booklet read, "Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi Dark Pile General List".

The front of the booklet is stamped with the official seal of the envoy of Nanzhen. Chang Feng asked Xu Fatzi to hold the torch, he picked up the roster with both hands and flipped through it, and the side of the roster was still stamped with a riding seal.

(Note: The Qi Fengzhang commonly used by modern people was invented in the Han Dynasty.) )

There is not only a roster of dark piles in the box. There is also a large amount of confidential information handed over by the secret pile.

In addition, there are more than a dozen copies of "Nanzhen Fu Envoy Month". It is Liao Fanyong's memory, and since he served as the envoy of Nanzhen, he has encountered major events every month.

Xu Fatzi was overjoyed: "I can be regarded as finding this box of baby bumps!" ”

Chang Feng commanded: "Come on, carry all these boxes back to Nanzhen Fusi!" ”

The second half of the night.

Nanzhen Fu envoy is brightly lit in the duty room.

Chang Feng first instructed Shi Wenyi: "You take someone to carry these fourteen boxes of silver into the private treasury." The brothers of the dark pile went deep into the tiger's den, and it was extremely difficult. We have to take care of their money. ”

The old birthday star Sun Guishou sighed: "Alas. I am afraid that there will be no two or three out of ten brothers who can return to the capital to receive these secret salaries. ”

Chang Feng asked, "What about the rest of the seven or eight out of ten?" Have they all been discovered and killed by the enemy? ”

Sun Guishou shook his head slightly: "That's not it." Many of the hidden brothers have spent most of their lives lurking in enemy territory. Most of them were married, had children, and even grandchildren in enemy territory. He will not return to the capital in this life. ”

From ancient times to the present, there is such a group of people in China.

They don't ask for it, they are incognito, and they silently guard Huaxia in secret.

Many of them will not be able to recover their original identities even after they die.

Daming also has countless Yu Zecheng and Zheng Yaoxian.

Chang Feng pointed to the box where the dark pile roster was placed: "I am the head of Nansi." Even if you get the dark pile roster, I don't know how to use it. ”

"How about three thousand households watching with me?"

Black Maitreya Zhao shook his head at the Buddha: "Never!" The dark pile roster can only be seen by those who are in charge of the South Division. Even the commander can't look at it easily! ”

"This is the rule that Jinyiwei has continued for a hundred years! We don't dare to break this rule! ”

Chang Feng was a little embarrassed: "But Datong urgently needs the intelligence of the Tartar army." I'm a new kid."

Sun Guishou said: "You just need to pick out the names of the people lurking in the soldiers and horses of the little prince of Tatar Chahar from the roster, cover identities, contact information, and contact code words, and hand them over to me." ”

"I'll do the rest."

Chang Feng nodded: "Okay!" ”

He flipped through the roster. Jot down something on a piece of paper from time to time.

There are a total of eight people lurking in the headquarters of the little prince Chahar.

Chang Feng was surprised, there were not only people with low status such as the ten-captain and the horseman, but also the Zalu Huachi (judge) and the head of a thousand households from the Little Prince's headquarters.

Chang Feng transcribed the information of these eight people and handed the paper to Sun Guishou.

Sun Guishou was like a treasure after reading it: "Wonderful! I'm going to Datong! Chang Qianhu, farewell! ”

Chang Feng asked: "Senior Sun, I'd better send someone else to Datong." You're seventy-nine. In case"

Sun Guishou said: "Don't worry! Don't look at the little old man, my hair is all white. But I can ride a little maid in the house at night, and I can ride a horse during the day! ”

At this point, Chang Feng couldn't stop him anymore: "Okay." Sun's seniors take care all the way. ”

The roster of dark piles has been found, and Sun Guishou is about to rush to Datong to contact the dark piles in the Little Prince's army to collect much-needed military information. Chang Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, we have to find the mastermind behind the assassination of Liao Fanyong and the shopkeeper Gao.

Chang Feng guessed that it was most likely the Condor Club.

He secretly said in his heart: I only took office for a day, and I found the secret pile roster. If I can uproot the vulture again, Brother Nansi, everyone will look up to me.

In addition to the roster, there are more than a dozen copies of "Nanzhen Fu Envoy Month" in the box.

The monthly record of the Chenghua Dynasty, Chang Feng didn't have time to read it. Only the monthly diary of the second year of Hongji was singled out.

The more he looked, the more frightened he became!

There is such a passage in the monthly diary: Trial 100 households Guan Gong has successfully entered the left protector hall of the Condor Society. He's about to uncover a big secret.

This secret involves whether the little prince can smoothly enter the hinterland of Daming from Datong; At the same time, it involves the safety of today!

The safety of the Son of Heaven? Could it be that the vultures are going to assassinate the emperor?

Chang Feng continued to look down: Guan Gong will go to Liao's Mansion on the night of February 16 to report this secret.

February 16 night? Isn't it the night Liao Fanyong was assassinated?

Chang Feng said these two paragraphs to everyone.

Xu Fatzi disagreed: "The emperor's safety is the responsibility of the Han generals of our Jinyi Guard." ”

"Chang Yeling used to be a Han general. You should know that the palace is heavily guarded! ”

"The assassination of the emperor is not to assassinate Liao Ye and the shopkeeper Gao, how can the vulture be successful?"

Wang Miaoxin interjected: "Maybe it's a secret method - poisoning?" Poisoning is also impossible. The palace is quite concerned about the imperial diet. It is necessary to conduct three tests and three tests. ”

What Wang Miaoxin said was the truth. At the beginning, Wan Guifei was plotting to poison Zhu Youji, but the Empress Dowager Zhou saw it strictly, and she didn't succeed for more than ten years.

Chang Feng said: "Yes." It seems that the emperor's guards are airtight. But the people have a saying, and they are not afraid of thieves stealing, but they are afraid of thieves. ”

"The Condor Society has set its sights on the emperor. If it is not uprooted, the emperor will always be in danger. ”

Xu Fatzi still didn't care: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there is no precedent for the emperor to be assassinated." ”

Chang Feng glared at Xu Fatzi: "Stupid words! Say something disrespectful. If the emperor is assassinated, our Jinyi guards will go up to the commander, down to the captain, and the wrestler, all of whom will have to cut themselves to thank the world. ”

"In short, now that I am in charge of Nansi, I have to uproot the Condor Society."

Wang Miaoxin poured cold water on the wind: "Will the vultures be uprooted?" I'm afraid it's not that easy. ”

Black Maitreya Zhao sent a message to the Buddha: "Chang Qianhu. I've been investigating the assassination of Liao Ye today. ”

"The general flag of the Liao Mansion guarding the door reported that the connection between Liao Ye and the visiting dark pile that night was 'Heaven is broken and the husband is making up', 'only for the common people, not for the Lord'."

"Nanji's joint code is specific, and each dark stake is different. You check the roster, who does this set of connector code words belong to? ”

Xu Fatzi's eyes lit up: "Clams? Use the lyrics in "Red Turban Army Song" as a code word? ”

Xu Da, the ancestor of Xu Fatzi, is a serious Red Turban Army. The military song of the Red Turban Army will be sung by the descendants of the Xu family in all generations.

"Heaven is flawed, only for the common people, not for the Lord" is exactly the lyrics in the military song.

Chang Feng hurriedly checked the roster, and then said: "This set of code words is owned by the hidden stake Guan Gong who is lurking in the official camp. ”

Wang Miaoxin said: "In other words, there is only one possibility, Guan Gong has defected!" ”

The crowd did not know about the killing of Guan Gong.

Chang Feng said: "It's not just Guan Gong who may defect. The shopkeeper Gao was killed, and Yang Chun was also suspected of treachery. Yang Chun is one of the four hemp hangers in the Yuansheng Teahouse. ”

"The roster contains the addresses of Guan Gong and Yang Chun in Daguanying. Let's go to the official camp and bring the two of them back to Nansi. The first instance will know. ”

Wang Miaoxin said: "Okay! I'll order 300 wrestlers."

Chang Feng waved his hand: "What are you doing with so many people?" If you move the people, you are not afraid of scaring these two away? ”

"It's enough to bring ten elite wrestlers, with scorpion crossbows."

Wang Miaoxin hurriedly dissuaded: "Absolutely not! There were tens of thousands of Mongolians in the official camp. Most of the Vulture Society is lurking there, and the number is unknown. It's too dangerous to take only ten people with you! ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "What kind of brocade guard should you be afraid of danger?" No matter how many Mongolian people there are in the official camp, it is also the world of our Ming Dynasty! I don't believe it, a few small nights can still be reversed! ”

"Besides, let's take the scorpion crossbow. Oh yes, check out the scorpion crossbow before you go. Don't be like Liao Ye, let people use the scorpion crossbow. ”

At this point, Chang Feng asked Black Maitreya: "Zhao Qianhu, find out who did the scorpion crossbow?" ”

Zhao Xiangfo replied: "The investigation is underway, and there will be results in a day or two." ”

Chang Feng seemed to be demonstrating to Zhao Xiangfo: "It's too slow. I found the dark stake roster in one day. Do you need a day or two to grab a small supper? ”

Zhao Xiangfo was silent.

Liao Fanyong was assassinated the night before, and Chang Feng hadn't slept for a whole day and two nights.

But he was in high spirits at the moment. At the beginning of the Nanzhen Fu Division, this first shot had to be fired.

In this state, it is easy for people to make mistakes.

Only taking ten wrestlers to the official camp is the biggest mistake!

(End of chapter)