Lin Xiqi just stared at Wang Dong with a smile.

Wang Dong finally looked away slightly and fell silent.

Lin Xiqi didn't urge, and drank the tea slowly.

"It seems that the adult has an extraordinary background. Half an hour later, Wang Dong said in a deep voice.

"What's the extraordinary origin? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, this official was bought by silver. I'm just curious about you, and I don't mean anything else. Lin Xiqi chuckled.

"There is still a vision of lowliness. Wang Dong also smiled.

Lin Xiqi nodded slightly, but did not make a sound.

"Since the adults are a little curious, they can talk about it. Wang Dong continued, "It's more than ten years ago, not to mention the humble position, it's almost forgotten. ”

"You can't forget it, right?" asked Lin Xiqi.

"Yes, the humble duty just buried these in the bottom of my heart, and I still can't forget it after all. Wang Dong nodded and said, "The lowly position used to be an agent of the Imperial Dragon!"

After Wang Dong finished speaking, he also paid attention to Lin Xiqi's expression.

Seeing Lin Xiqi's expression as usual, Wang Dong couldn't help but say: "Looking at the look of the adult, I should know the identity of the lowly position." ”

"Time is limited, and this official knows that you should be related to the secret agents of the imperial court, but it is not very clear how it is. Lin Xiqi said.

Wang Dong nodded and said: "Beizhi used to be a thousand households of the Imperial Dragon's secret agent, and ten years ago, Beizhi was ordered to go deep into the desert to spy on the military situation of the 'Houyuan'. ”

"Ten years ago?" Lin Xiqi thought for a while, "The Battle of the Shitan River?"

"That's right, because today's saint wants to drive the expedition in person, our Imperial Dragon spy does not dare to be careless, and there are five thousand households leading people to infiltrate in five ways to provide information for the army to open. Wang Dong said.

"According to what you said, the imperial court also attached great importance to the military situation back then, why was it defeated overnight at the Shitan River, and more than 500,000 soldiers lost their lives?" Lin Xiqi asked with some curiosity.

When Lin Xiqi's words came out, Wang Dong's breathing became a little heavy.

His hands clenched into fists, and his eyes turned red.

"The eunuch party misleads the country, the eunuch party misunderstands the country!" Wang Dong gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Dong's words made Lin Xiqi probably understand the reason.

In fact, there are rumors about these things in the court, but some specific things are unknown.

The Shitan River was defeated, and a large number of officials in the imperial court were convicted of it, and those who killed their heads were killed, those who raided their homes were raided, and those who were exiled were exiled.

The emperor was in his forties at the time, in the prime of spring and autumn, and had great ambitions to solve the problem of the 'Later Yuan' dynasty invading the frontier, and finally personally led an army of 500,000 to conquer in person.

Unfortunately, after the 500,000-strong army was defeated overnight, and the emperor fled back to the capital in embarrassment, his temperament changed greatly.

Hit by this, some of them fell into a slump, indulged in wine, and were nostalgic for the beauty of the harem, so as to paralyze themselves, and they did not see an early dynasty once in a few months.

I heard that a fifty-year-old person now looks like he is seventy or eighty years old, and he has no spirit at all.

After this defeat, the vitality of the imperial court was greatly damaged, and it was no longer able to conquer the 'Later Yuan', and the Houyuan invaded the border more rampantly, and only a few larger cities on the border could not hold on to it, and other places outside the city became the hunting grounds of the Later Yuan.

"Back then, I had already found out the news that Hou Yuan wanted to attack the army in the Shitan River, but after I reported the news, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news. In the end, I learned that Wei Xiang, the great eunuch beside the saint, had no news to report, he thought it was alarmist, and he was afraid that such a thing would shock the saint, so ridiculous, so absurd!" Wang Dong sighed, "Later, although we people escaped death, we were also deprived of the identity of the imperial dragon's secret agent and were assigned here. In the end, he got a job in the county office. The brothers who went with me into the desert to spy were killed and wounded, and only a dozen survived. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiqi's heart suddenly moved, and asked, "More than a dozen people?"

"It's eleven of them, when we first came to Sandao County, there were more than 30 officials in the county government, and slowly those people left, and we had nowhere to go, so we stayed here, otherwise how could there be any officials in this county government?" Wang Dong said.

Only then did Lin Xiqi understand why these officials would take Wang Dong's head at that time.

These people were originally Wang Dong's subordinates, so it makes sense.

"That's weird, they don't seem to be very good. Lin Xiqi asked with some curiosity.

The strength of those eleven officials was too different from Wang Dong, and he didn't think that these officials would be able to hide from his eyes.

Hearing Lin Xiqi's words, Wang Dong smiled and said, "My lord, we are secret agents. ”

"I asked about strength, what does it have to do with you talking about secret agents?" Lin Xiqi asked with some puzzlement.

"It doesn't matter. Wang Dong said with a smile, "Secret agents are only for spying on intelligence, and there are many ways to spy on intelligence, even if you don't have martial arts, you can also get all kinds of intelligence information, such as beauty tricks, befriending some important people on the enemy's side, or bribing an important person's housekeeper in the house to get important news." So for us, strength is not the most important thing, the important thing is that people must be smart, good at camouflage, good at disguising, able to deal with all kinds of emergencies, and able to adapt to changes. Regardless of background, it is okay to teach three religions and nine streams. Strength, that's the matter of the Imperial Dragon Guards, they are all masters, and this is the main force to protect the important people of the royal family. ”

Lin Xiqi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized in his heart.

Secret agents do have various means to spy on news, and strength is only an auxiliary, not an absolute key.

"I see, I don't know much about this aspect. Lin Xiqi said, "You've been here for more than ten years, and you haven't thought about changing it?"

"Who would dare to use us?" Wang Dong said with a wry smile, "It's not easy to survive, so I don't dare to expect anything else." ”

"Do you believe in this official so much?" Lin Xiqi asked, "If this official tells you your identity, I'm afraid you will still have some trouble." ”

"It's not about believing or not believing, it's just an intuition. Wang Dong said, "The feeling of being a humble person is different from that of other officials. ”

"Haha~~" Lin Xiqi laughed and said, "The official also said that this official bought it." ”

Wang Dong shook his head and didn't say anything more.

"This official understands, next you are responsible for recruiting some officials, at least the façade of the county government has to be propped up, relying on the twelve of you is not enough. Lin Xiqi said.

"That's a lot of money. Wang Dong said.

"I wondered, your strength is good, it's not so much trouble to get some silver taels, right? Lin Xiqi said.

"Your Excellency doesn't know that the major forces here basically have a monopoly on the trade routes. In addition, there are many robbers and bandits outside, and even some sects will pretend to be these people to loot past businesses. A single person or some small forces can't make money from these at all, unless they are attached to some big businesses, but most of the income is taken away by the big businesses in one trip. Wang Dong said, "Because of the problem of identity, I haven't thought about it, and if I can live anyway, I don't think about it so much." ”

"I see. The silver taels are not a problem, the court does not issue them, and the official will make up for them. Lin Xiqi said and took out ten silver tickets from his arms, "This is 10,000 taels, I owe you to make up for it, and then issue an extra three months of silver, and the rest will be repaired by the county government up and down, and there is also recruitment, the silver taels are not enough, and then you will come to the official." You can tell these things, and the official will not summon anyone else. Oh, by the way, you can discuss these things with Chen Changjie. ”

"Yes, if you don't say it, you will also find Lord Chen. Wang Dong said.

He can still deal with these things such as recruiting officials, but if he repairs these things of the county government, he will be a layman.

These things have to be done by Chen Changjie, which is more appropriate.