"And then?"

After listening to the content of the Tang family's personal soldiers eavesdropping narrated by her brother Haijiao, Haitang couldn't help but ask.

Hai Jiao showed a helpless expression: "Later, according to what Xiao Cui said, they traced the whereabouts of the accomplice, and it was indeed a fish that had not been found before, but the clues were also interrupted here." ”

Begonia blinked, a little confused: "What do you mean by this?" Now that the person has been found, it's good to continue to check along the vine, why is the clue still broken? Could it be that this man is dead? ”

Haijiao shook his head: "Of course he didn't die. Whether it was this person, or the group of Grandma and Xiaocui, they didn't know that the Tang family had discovered their identities. In order to catch all of them, the Tang family acted in secret from beginning to end, so as not to startle the snake. The foothold of the fish that slipped through the net is currently quietly monitored by the Tang family's personal soldiers, just waiting for them to make any more movements, so they can catch it. ”

Haitang couldn't understand it even more: "Since you didn't alarm the spies, why did you say that the clue was interrupted?" ”

"Because that accomplice is a pigeon breeder." Haijiao spread his hands, "Except for going to the tavern to get information, he hardly goes anywhere, and if he has something to contact, he only goes through pigeons." The pigeon is flying in the sky, can the people who monitor it keep up? Now it is only known that the pigeon flew out of the city, and the people who connected it may have lived outside the city, but in which area, no one knows. The pigeon keeper has released the pigeon twice in the past few days, the Tang family missed the first time, the second time was lost, and the next time there is a chance to embellish it, I don't know when. ”

The Tang family probably knows that it is too difficult to find out the fish that the Sun family has planted in the Chang'an area with their own strength. And many people in their family are about to leave Chang'an and go to other places to take up their posts, so they really don't have much energy to spend on tracking down spies, but if they leave it alone, they are unwilling.

The Tang family has been calculated by the Sun family for so long, and they thought that their family was too peaceful, and they stood by and watched the excitement of the Zhou family. If it weren't for Du Boqin's arrest and confession of a large number of spies, Mrs. Tang would have discovered the abnormality of raising her grandmother, but she was afraid that the whole family would be used by the Sun family to death, and she didn't know what happened. The Tang family still doesn't know how much black material the Sun family has mastered of them, how can they let go of the clues so easily and wait for the other party to make trouble in the future?! Even if the Tang family left the power center of the Northwest Frontier Army, they might no longer be the target of the Sun family's hostility, and there was no reason to hope for the benevolence of the traitors and villains.

In order to thoroughly understand the spy placed by the Sun family in Chang'an, find out the bargaining chips in the other party's hands, and try to counteract the Sun family, the Tang family chose to share their investigation results with the Zhou family and work together with the Zhou family to investigate. They probably figured out how often the pigeon keeper released the pigeons, and guessed that he would release them again tomorrow. At that time, the combined manpower of the Tang and Zhou families, coupled with the eyes of the soldiers in the city and the veterans outside the city that the Zhou family can command, how can they figure out which area the pigeon flew to. As long as you get your bearings, it's much easier to go door-to-door.

In addition, they also have a clue, that is, Xiao Cui, a girl who lives with the nurturing grandmothers, seems to have some kind of sneaking skills over the wall, and can pass through the deep house compound at night without barriers. She said that in the middle of the night when she had tracked the connector, she had climbed over the wall to leave the small mansion given by the Tang family to the nurturing grandmother, and went to the tavern to investigate.

Of course, Xiaocui failed to find the shopkeeper of the tavern, who had already been arrested, but she had apparently found more clues during the time she had been keeping an eye on the tavern. Using these clues, she opened a small cellar under the pyre in the firewood room in the backyard of the tavern and took a bag of things from it.

After the Zhou and Tang families learned the news, they couldn't help but curse. The people of Shaanxi Dusi have obviously searched the entire tavern inside and out, but they have not found any useful clues, only knowing that the shopkeeper of this tavern is only responsible for preserving information, which is just a transit point. It was a remiss that so many people didn't even notice the existence of that little cellar! Even if there was a large pile of firewood on top of the small cellar, which was very hidden, how much trouble would it take to remove the firewood? It's just carelessness.

At the moment, no one knows what Xiao Cui took from the small cellar. The person who followed her only knew that when she came out of the firewood room, she had a small dark cloth bag in her hand. Even the small cellar was discovered later when they entered the firewood room. Xiao Cui estimated that she was not strong enough, and after taking the things, she did not completely move the firewood back to its original place, leaving traces. The people who could be watched were afraid of being discovered, so they didn't dare to get too close, and naturally there was no way to know what was in the dark bag.

The two nurturing grandmothers with the two girls have been staying in the inner courtyard of the small house and have not left. The people in the underground tunnels can only eavesdrop on their conversations, and there is no way to run to the ground and get the small bag in their hands.

At present, from their occasional conversations, they can roughly deduce that there is very likely a list in the small bag, which records the names and addresses of some of the ears and eyes installed by the Sun family in Chang'an, or contact information. The nurturing grandmothers only know that some of them have been arrested, but whether all of them have been arrested or not has to be investigated and confirmed one by one. And this process is undoubtedly risky, and they are still thinking about how to act, whether they should contact the connector that Xiaocui has met first? At least where that person is going, Xiao Cui knows.

Judging from the conversation between the two nurturing grandmothers, they were forbidden to have private contact with other spies. The people planted by the Sun family in Chang'an probably don't know their identities. This was an order given by the Sun family to protect them, but now it has brought them unexpected trouble.

They need to weigh whether they risk angering the Sun family to contact other spies, contact the Sun family's remaining manpower in Chang'an City, and then provide them with help and strive for meritorious service to return to Beijing, or do nothing, and wait for the Sun family in the capital to hear the news, and then send others to contact them?

Although the two girls have some special skills, the two nurturing grandmothers have survived in the deep palace or inner house all their lives, and they have not experienced any storms and waves, and they are not expert spies. When there is no order from above, they need to make their own decisions, and they will inevitably look ahead and hesitate.

Their hesitation brought plenty of time for the Zhou and Tang families to set up. At present, an all-round monitoring and tracking team has been formed for the upbringing grandmothers and girls, as well as the pigeon breeders, and they are constantly watching them day and night, and if they make any moves, they will immediately follow, and will definitely not let them have a chance to escape.

It's just that God knows when they'll make a move?

The Zhou family is still waiting, and the Tang family is now waiting anxiously. They had already urged the two family members who left with their grandmother, hoping that the latter would be clever and try to sneak into the inner courtyard to investigate or steal the dark bag, but they were stopped by the Zhou family so as not to startle the snake. Next, it depends on which side is more composed.

After listening to the explanation of the reef, Haitang understood what was going on.

The spies of the Sun family actually use carrier pigeons to contact people?

She couldn't help but ask: "Pigeons can fly dozens or hundreds of miles in an hour, right?" In case this pigeon flies far away, will the person who is following it be able to keep up? ”

Haijiao said: "Tang Jiajiu has been in the army for a long time, and he has also used carrier pigeons, and he has already asked someone who knows how to do it." The pigeon keeper released the pigeons, are not the type of long-distance flight, it is estimated that the person receiving the letter will not be more than 100 miles away from Chang'an, and the fast horse can go back and forth. It's not easy to keep up, so they're looking forward to making progress in raising their grandmothers. ”

Haitang raised his eyebrows: "My brother is very powerful, I even heard this information." Is this what your cousin told you, or did Tang Meng of the Tang family tell you? ”

(End of chapter)