The fourth day of the sixth month of the Wu calendar.

Wu.

Taizhou.

A scholar, dressed in a dusty white robe, his delicate face was soaked with a lot of sweat in the middle of summer. His straw sandals trampled over the fertile fields below, the grasshoppers jumped on his shoulders, the dragonflies flew over his top hats, and the mild summer wind blew through the hem of his clothes.

No one knows how long he walked like this, and his empty cuffs swayed slightly, revealing his skinny fingertips.

The scholar's expression was a little dazed, his eyes were blank, and his lips were already cracked.

He has to come here, he has to move forward, he has to face it.

He came from Hangzhou, crossed the mountains on foot, crossed the river, traveled dozens of miles, ate and slept in the open, and finally came to this place.

In the endless fields, the wheat waves rise and fall against the wind, like a gentle sea. At the end of the field, there is a crooked-necked tree, and next to the tree sits a simple thatched hut.

His sweat ran down his cheeks and drippedly from his chin to the ground. At his feet is a verdant shoot, and next to the shoot, a row of ants is carrying the food for the winter in a tight and orderly manner.

The scholar raised his feet, lest he disturb the little creatures.

At the end of the field, there stood an emaciated figure, dressed in a short-term coat, like a peasant working in the field.

The scholar looked at the man at the end of the field, his knees weakened, and he knelt down against the ground.

"Tianshu Pavilion Ma Liang, see the prince. The scholar said to the man.

The cool summer breeze blew through the wheat waves in the field, raising the man's long black hair, revealing his angular face.

The corners of Yan Wuchang's mouth rose slightly, revealing a gentle smile, and said to Ma Liang: "You are finally here." I thought you'd be scared and hide behind the shit in the Heavenly Pavilion, not daring to show your face. ”

After that, Yan Wuchang stepped forward. The next moment, he appeared in front of Ma Liang. Like a phantom.

He leaned down, approached Ma Liang's white and tender face, and said softly: "It seems that the joy of men and women can indeed affect a person's mind, and he can't extricate himself from it, forgetting what his identity is and what he is doing. ”

Ma Liang listened, his body trembled a little, and he slowly spoke: "The villain understands that according to the rules of the Tianshu Pavilion, the task is exposed, and the villain should have obeyed the arrangement of the upline, but he fled against the order, greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

"No, you're not afraid of death. Yan Wuchang smiled and said, "If you were afraid of death, you wouldn't come." You're sick, you're poisoned, you're fascinated by a piano girl. ”

Ma Liang raised his head, looked at Yan Wuchang's smiling expression, and did not answer.

"That girl's name is Liu Xiaoxiao, right? You met her by chance when you were working for the Tianshu Pavilion, and you fell in love with her, leaving the organization behind you and exposing yourself. Yan Wuchang said lightly, "Do you know the style of doing things in Skynet, and you won't be as incompetent as Tianshu Pavilion, I just slaughtered Liufu, exterminated her clan, burned her building, and cut off everything in the world, if you don't show up again, Taizhou is where she must pass......"

After hearing this, Ma Liang hurriedly bent down to kneel on the ground, and said: "I beg the prince to let Liu Xiaoxiao go, she is just an ordinary woman, and she is not involved in this matter! If the prince investigates, Ma Liang's life will be handed over to the prince! ”

Yan Wuchang looked down at him, grinned lightly, and said, "Let's talk about it, your Tianshu Pavilion is here, what are your tasks?"

Ma Liang didn't dare to raise his head, and quickly thought about it in his mind, and said, "Back to the prince, Tianshu Pavilion started this task a few years ago. After the First World War against Chu, King Yan knew that his armaments were backward and could not compete with other countries, so in order to accumulate and expand his military strength, King Yan sent people to various countries to collect a large number of armaments. However, the armament is necessary for all countries, and there is no market for it, and even if it is willing to sell, the price is not affordable for the national treasury, and the second is that our Dayan has always been backward in steelmaking and iron-making technology, and cannot be self-sufficient. ”

Yan Wuchang glanced indifferently at Ma Liang who was prostrate on the ground at his feet out of the corner of his eyes, his five fingers had already dug deep into the dirt.

"And then?" Yan Wuchang asked lightly.

King Yan immediately sent people to Wu State secretly, fornicated with the Ministry of Works, resold a large number of armaments, and shipped them to Yan State. I was the intermediary in the state of Wu, and the armaments were shipped out of Hangzhou through a large merchant, resold and re-sold, and then transported to the country of Yan under my supervision. Ma Liang said.

"Yes? That's going to cost a lot of money. I have also heard of this plan, and it has poured a lot of silver from the treasury of Dayan. Yan Wuchang said, "Now, how have you been exposed? I have also received a secret order from the imperial court, asking me to immediately lurk in Tianwang and stop all tasks." ”

Ma Liang said: "Go back to the prince." After the armament was transported out of the palace, it was transferred by a person named Niu Tao, a large household in Hangzhou, and sent out of the military equipment from the transport team through a person named Liu Zhenwei, and then secretly transported to Yan through me. But before last month, Niu Tao and Liu Zhenwei had a dispute over the distribution of the spoils, and then Niu Tao died in whose hands. Liu Zhenwei was also sent to Yamen. I'm afraid that this mission has been exposed......

"If it is exposed, I am afraid that the relationship between the two countries will suddenly become tense and the sword will face each other. Yan Wuchang said, "My people heard that Niu Tao's case has been closed, but the government is afraid that it will be traced to you, am I right?"

Ma Liang kowtowed to the land and said, "The villain deserves to die, obey the prince's fate." ”

After saying that, he raised his head again, with a little dirt on his forehead, and said: "I just ask the prince to let Liu Xiaoxiao go, the villain is willing to protect him with the clan, she doesn't know anything about this matter, and it has nothing to do with her." ”

"Of course I know that I am better informed in the Yamen than you are. Yan Wuchang said, "What's more, that county office, there are things I am more interested in." The opportunity cannot be lost, it is fleeting, and those people in the cabinet have no right to dictate to my Skynet. All who stand in my way must die. ”

Ma Liang tilted his head and looked at Yan Wuchang, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

Yan Wuchang took out a dagger with a cold light from his arms, threw it in front of Ma Liang casually, and said: "For the sake of you who have done so many things for Dayan, you have opened the blade, and if you do things here, you must have the consciousness of exposure." ”