Wang Yue handed over the burden of hoarding military rations to Chang Feng, who did not dare to slack off.

At dawn the next day, Chang Feng came to the granary in the north of Yanchi City again to inspect. The main thing is to deploy fire protection matters.

More than 200 subordinate officials, government officials, and people of Yanchi County were assembled in the granary and were inspected by Governor Chang.

Chang Feng took a look at it and was a little surprised. He asked Lu Gan: "Lu Zhixian, half of the two hundred people under your command are not Han." ”

Lu Gan replied: "Admiral Chang doesn't know. Ningxia is a place where Han and Yi live together. There are not only Han Chinese, but also Mongolian and Hui people. ”

"These Mongolian and Hui people have lived in our Han land for many years. Knowing Chinese characters and speaking Chinese, they also use Daming Tongbao. ”

"They are extremely loyal to Daming. Half of the officials in the county are Mongolian and Hui. ”

Chang Feng has always had a bit of a grudge against aliens. If one of these people had been the work of a little Tatar prince, the consequences of setting a fire in the granary would have been unimaginable.

Time is pressing, and in two days, grain and grass from all over the country will be transported to Yanchi one after another. Chang Feng didn't have the energy to screen the more than 100 foreign-ethnic officials in the county government one by one.

So Chang Feng said: "Lu Zhi County, bring your people back to the county office." The guards of the granaries were to be taken over by the border troops I had brought with them. ”

Lu Gan said: "Governor Chang, the subordinates and subordinates also want to contribute to the army's direct attack on Helan Mountain. ”

Chang Feng said with a smile: "If you want to contribute, take the officials and the people to repair the city wall." On the side of the granary, its own border army is in charge. ”

Speaking of which, Lu Gan can only take people back to the county office.

Xu Fatzi asked: "Master Chang, you are not at ease with these aliens." ”

Chang Feng nodded: "In case there are one or two Tatars in it, then a fire will burn the military rations." You and I can only judge ourselves to thank the world. ”

Among the 3,000 border troops, the leader was Qiu Yue, the commander of the Ningxia avant-garde.

This man is in his early thirties. He is a well-known young warrior in the Ningxia border army.

Many years later, Qiu Yue's son gave birth to a grandson. Because Qiu Yue dreamed of Luan Bird on the night he gave birth to his grandson, he named his grandson Qiu Luan. Naturally, that's all for later.

Chang Feng instructed Qiu Yue: "Qiu Yu, the three thousand border troops we brought, two thousand are responsible for the city defense." One thousand is responsible for the protection of granaries and fire prevention. ”

"Remember, no one is allowed to bring a fire breaker into the granary. Lanterns are lit during night inspections, and the lanterns are counted. After the inspection, they were extinguished one by one. ”

"The granary is most afraid of fire. We're going to have to cut off the fire. ”

Qiu Yue arched his hand: "Obey orders, often admiral." ”

Chang Feng went up to the watchtower in the granary again.

He put his hands on the pergola and looked out. Suddenly he frowned.

Near the granary, it is densely packed with houses.

If there is a person with a bad heart, he shoots a rocket with a rag tied to it and smeared with fire oil in the house. The granary must have caught fire.

The hoarding of military rations is a major matter, and it is necessary to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Chang Feng went down to the watchtower and ordered a soldier: "Go and call the Lu County Order back." ”

Not long after, Lu Gan was called back by the soldiers.

Chang Feng instructed him: "All the dwellings within half a mile around the granary should be vacated. Suffer the people for the time being. Let them find another place to live. ”

Lu Gan was stunned: "Dare to ask Admiral Chang, how long do you want the people to leave home?" ”

Chang Feng replied: "For the time being, it will be four months." Each household receives a subsidy of ten taels of silver. This money came from the military expenses of the trilateral general system yamen. ”

The military admiral and the Jinyi guard boss ordered, and Lu Gan did not dare to slack off. Immediately, he took the officials and went door to door to persuade the people to move out.

Naturally, some elderly people are reluctant to leave their homes. The officials could only forcibly drive them away.

Over there in the granary. Chang Feng patrolled back and forth, carefully looking for any other mistakes.

Chang Feng even thought of preventing rats and insects. Strive to be foolproof.

A few days later, the military rations collected from various places were transported to Yanchi City one after another.

Chang Feng carefully checked the number and condition of military rations.

Because the amount of 50 stone of grain did not match, he even cut off the head of a governor in Shaanxi who was in charge of collecting grain.

This is an example of the chickens.

On this day, Chang Feng was sitting in the granary, checking the number with an official of the Yamen of the governor of Hexi.

Qiu Yue walked over: "Master Chang, there is something strange. ”

Chang Feng asked, "Oh? What's up? ”

Qiu Yue said: "A ragged Tatar has entered the city. This person is sneaky and asks everywhere where Chang Ye is. ”

"The brothers who patrolled the city were suspicious, and they arrested him."

Chang Feng was puzzled: "Tatars? Inquire about me? How did he know I was in the salt pool? Bring him to me. ”

A short time later, several soldiers brought a Tatar in his fifties to Changfeng.

The Tatars knew at a glance that they had gone on a long journey, and that they still had stab wounds and arrow wounds on their bodies, and that the blood scars had not yet dried.

Chang Feng asked, "Who are you?" ”

The Tatars pulled out a wooden card.

There is no inscription on this wooden plaque, and there is no graphic on it. The wooden plaque is made of willow wood, black and black.

He handed the wooden card to Chang Feng with both hands.

Chang Feng checked it in his hand, and his face changed. He said something that he didn't know: "The tea leaves in the capital Deyuan are getting worse and worse." ”

As he said this, Chang Feng looked directly into the eyes of the Tatars.

Xu Fatzi was confused: "Master Chang, what nonsense are you talking about?" The Deyuan went out of business more than a decade ago. ”

Chang Feng didn't pay attention to Xu Fatzi. He held his breath and waited for the Tatar answer.

Tatar said: "Yes, the tea before the rain has attracted tea worms." ”

Chang Feng said again: "The old man has taken the yellow crane." ”

The Tatars answered: "Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March." ”

These two poems are about the Yellow Crane Tower. But it's not from the same poem.

The last sentence is from Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower", and the next sentence is from Li Bai's "Yellow Crane Tower to Meng Haoran's Guangling".

Chang Feng was talking to the Tatar about the secret stake.

Chang Fengyi grabbed the Tatar's hand: "You are. Black Willow? ”

The Tatars cried: "In the Lower Jinyi Weinan Town, Fu Si Baihu, Bale Mengyan, Nan Si is secretly known as Heiliu, meet Shangguan!" ”

"Woo woo, it's been thirty-six years! Finally see the Shangguan of Jinyiwei again! ”

Jinyiwei dispatched a large number of dark piles in the grassland.

Among them, there were two of the highest positions in the Tatar Ministry.

A secret name (i.e. code name) "Black Willow".

A secret name "The Rock".

The identities of these two people are the top secret of Jinyiwei.

Only Chang Feng, Wang Miaoxin, and the late Sun Guishou know.

"Black Willow" Bal Mengyan, lurking in the Tatar Department for 36 years. He has served three Tatar Khans. All the way up to the Daru Huachi in the Chahar steppe.

This official position is equivalent to the governor of Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty.

"Rock" Hada, lurking in the Tatar Ministry for thirty-one years. When it came to the little prince's tent, ten thousand households.

These two dark piles were sent to the grassland by Sun Guishou more than 30 years ago. Only Sun Guishou had seen them.

Over the years, they have sent important information to the Nanzhen Fusi.

Chang Feng respects these hidden piles that lurk in the tiger's den regardless of life and death.

He lifted Balmengjan into his chair: "Why did you come to the salt pond to find me?" ”

Balemunjan replied: "The little prince has hatched a shocking conspiracy. He deliberately put on a posture of encroaching on Helan Mountain. ”

"Actually, it was a false shot. His real goal is Datong! ”

"The main Tatar forces near Helan Mountain have already withdrawn after bluffing. Only a few thousand suspicious soldiers remained. ”

And near Datong, the little prince gathered 120,000 horses. He will enter the Kou from Datong, drive straight in, and attack the capital! ”

The distance from Helan Mountain to Datong is 1,500 miles.

According to what Bal Mengyan said, the little prince played the Ming army around this time. The mobilization of the Ming army is in the opposite direction!

Now the attention of the entire Ming court is on Helan Mountain in Ningxia. Datong was not aware of the hostile situation at all. Not to mention that the whole army is on alert and waiting for it.

Bal Mengyang continued: "I am appointed by the little prince, the commander of the suspicious soldiers of Helan Mountain! ”

"I saw that our Ming army was frequently mobilized in Ningxia, and I knew that the court was in the hands of the little prince. Only then did he risk his life to escape from the enemy camp and come to report to you! ”

Chang Feng asked, "How did you know that I was in Yanchi?" ”

Bal Mengyan said: "Nanzhen Fusi has sent a secret stake in the Tatar Ministry. Similarly, the Tatars also sent hidden stakes in the Ming army. ”

"It was the Tatar Dark Stake who told me that you were in the salt pool!"

Chang Feng patted Bal Mengyang on the shoulder: "In the past thirty-six years, you have been fortunate in the wolf's den and tiger's den. ”

"You've brought back such important information this time. If you don't say it, I will guarantee to the emperor and promote you to the hereditary commander of the border army. ”

Bal Mengyan said: "I don't care if the official position is not official. Under the little prince, I became the Daru Huachi of the Chahar steppe. ”

"If I am obsessed with official duties, I can stay in the Tatar Ministry and be my high-ranking official."

"I fled back to Daming for two reasons. First, I am afraid that the little prince will drive straight in, and Daming will stage an orthodox story. ”

"The second reason is that I miss home! Thirty-six years! My father, mother, and brother are all in the capital. They may not be there anymore."

Speaking of this, Baalmengjan wept bitterly again.

Chang Feng said: "You have traveled a long way, go down and rest first." ”

But Bal Mengyan said: "Always know and listen to me!" And even more sensational! ”

"Zhang Jian, the chief soldier of Datong, has been bought by the little prince. When the little prince led an army of 120,000 to the south, Zhang Jian would order his border troops to get out of the way of Datong Pass. Capture the Trap! ”

"If the little prince succeeds in recovering against the Ming Dynasty, he will crown Zhang Jian as the king of Jin!"

Chang Feng gasped when he heard this.

Zhang Jian is a famous general in the border town, and has been guarding Datong in the Tianshun, Chenghua, and Hongzhi dynasties. The official to the governor of Tongzhi, the general army of Datong, and the seal of the general of Zhenxi.

Datong's 50,000 border troops were all in the hands of Zhang Jian.

If he betrays the country, I'm afraid that the Ming Kingdom will be in danger!

Xu Fatzi was dumbfounded: "Master Chang, this matter is too big!" It's about the survival of Daming! ”

"You have to tell the information to the king immediately. Let Wang Zhishuai take the northwest border army to reinforce Datong. Send someone to Datong again to arrest Zhang Jian's gang. ”

Chang Feng bowed slightly: "This is nature." Black Willow, you go down and rest first. In the evening, I will hold a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash the dust. ”

Balmenjan was carried down by several soldiers.

Qiu Yue asked: "Admiral Chang, I'll send someone to inform Wang Zhishuai of this information?" Or did you go back to Lingwu to tell me in person? ”

"According to the secret stake of your brocade guard, there is no need to stock up on grain in the salt pond."

Xu Fatzi said: "Yes, Chang Ye." Let's hurry back to Lingwu? ”

Chang Feng kept his sanity.

He said: "A Tatar came to us and told us two pieces of information. Let's rashly report to Wang Zhishuai and let Wang Zhengshuai go to Datong with 80,000 troops? ”

"Do you want to catch a town marshal who has been in Datong for decades? Too sloppy, right? ”

Xu Fatzi said: "Isn't the joint code saying that you are against Heiliu?" ”

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Have you seen him before, or have I seen him before?" ”

"The only person who has ever seen him, Sun Guishou, has passed away."

"Just by virtue of this set of codewords, we are gullible about him?"

Xu Fatzi thought for a while and asked: "The joint code is only known to the dark pile himself, you, and Xiao Guoshou." Can't be wrong, right? ”

Chang Feng said: "If, I mean if." ”

"If the Black Willow is too big on the Tatar side. I can't look down on the identity of the hundred households in Nanzhen Fusi. Betrayed the Nanzhen Fuji"

"All he needs to do is send one of his subordinates to pretend to be himself to find us, teach his subordinates to connect with the code, and then bring us false information"

"If so. Our 80,000 frontier troops will be led by the Tatars for 1,500 miles. ”

"Datong will also lose a famous general."

Fat Xu stared at a pair of bull's eyes: "Yes." It's too big. We can't jump to conclusions. ”

Chang Feng said: "That's it." In the evening, let's set up a bureau for Heiliu to find out his true identity. ”

Chang Feng explained to the two of them like this, and so and so.

That night.

Chang Feng set up a banquet in the hall of the county government where he temporarily lived.

Chang Feng is the east, and the "Black Willow" Bale Mengyang is the guest. Xu Fatzi, Qiu Yue, and Lu Gan were accompanied.

Chang Feng filled Bal Mengyan with wine: "Come, old-timer, this glass of wine is your dust-washing wine." ”

"Congratulations on restoring your identity as Nanzhen Fuji."

Bal Mengyan said: "Thank you for your knowledge. Then he drank it all.

Chang Feng asked: "You are Mongolian." I don't know at the beginning."

Balemunjan seemed to know what Chang Feng wanted to ask. He said: "My grandfather is a hundred households of Duoyan Sanwei. At the beginning, it was difficult to go south with Taizong Ye. ”

After moving the capital, my grandfather took the whole family to settle in the capital. Don't look at me as a Mongolian, I'm a native of the old capital. ”

"Later, because I was the son of a veteran of military merit, I was selected to join the Jinyi Guard. Sun Guishou was an old Qianhu, and it was precisely because of my Mongolian appearance that he sent me to the Tatar Department to lurk. ”

Balemunjan's answer was watertight.

Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Oh, I see." ”

"You have brought us such important information this time. Almost saved the court! You have another thirty-six years of lurking in the enemy camp. ”

"I think the emperor will reward you greatly."

At this moment, a group of men in black rushed into the back office with steppe scimitars in hand.

When Chang Feng and the others first entered the table, they instructed Lu Gan that the granary guards were important. Let him send all the county officials to the granary.

At this moment, there is not a single guard in the back dining room!

There were seventy or eighty men in black. surrounded Chang Feng and the others.

They did not have a black veil to cover their faces, and they all looked like men.

The short and fat man in black at the head said to his companion in Mongolian: "I can catch a few big fish now!" ”

Xu Fatzi pulled out his waist knife and wanted to resist. Immediately three or four scimitars were laid across his neck.

Chang Feng said to Xu Fatzi: "A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Don't trespass! ”

Xu Fatzi sighed: "Ah! I want to be a fat man, I have been a hero for half my life. Nanshan has beaten wolves, Beishan has beaten tigers, and hedgehogs have been caught in pumpkin fields. ”

"I didn't expect the gutter to capsize today and fall into the hands of the Beiyu!"

(End of chapter)