The winter of the nineteenth year of Yongning was really eventful for Dayan.

In early October, a Khitan cavalry of about 3,000 rushed into Liucheng County, Jizhou to burn and loot, the fire continued for three days, Liucheng County Taishou was shown to the public, and the people were killed and injured more than 30,000, shocking the world.

Fortunately, Lu Yuanke, the "King of the North Sea", personally led 20,000 elite soldiers from Beihai in Qingzhou to Jizhou, Lu Yuanke personally went to the front line, commanded the troops to besiege the Khitans, and personally shot to kill the leader of the Khitan team, 3,000 Khitan iron cavalry suffered heavy damage, and only a few hundred horsemen fled back to the Khitan.

The form of Liucheng County can only be stabilized.

And Goryeo, a neighbor of Dayan who is usually inconspicuous, took this opportunity to amass troops outside the city of Liaodong, and apparently had reached a tacit understanding with the Khitan and was preparing to attack Liaodong, and the war was about to break out.

In addition to various external troubles, there are also internal worries.

In mid-October, a snowstorm broke out in many places in Dayan, Yongzhou and Jizhou were seriously affected, the people were displaced, and hunger was everywhere.

The people who had no way to escape fell into the grass one after another, robbed their homes and houses, and many squires and tyrants in various places suffered great disasters, their families were ruined, and the people's resentment boiled for a while.

Relatively speaking, Kyoto Chang'an Castle is relatively clean, but there are many things.

The martial arts conference is approaching, Chang'an is mixed, and people from all over the country often gather to learn from each other, and it is common for conflicts to occur in the end, and there are major gangs in other places taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Let's not talk about it, let's just say that recently, more than a dozen gangs of the Hanshui Gang kidnapped Lang, the secretary of the former imperial court, and were killed by the Praetorian Guards.

And in the past few days, the ghost shadow disciples went to the martial arts pavilion to steal, and after two days of pursuit by Du Chengye of Dali Temple, he caught up with the seriously injured snitch in Yiyangfang, killed him on the spot, and saved the face of Dali Temple.

Recently, someone also heard that a Khitan spy was caught in the palace.

And so on and so forth.

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Li Wuchang walked on the street, many Dali Temple catchers posted victory notices on the wall, telling the people that Dali Temple had cracked the theft of the Wudao Pavilion, and many pedestrians gathered around to watch the excitement and discussed in a whisper, and most of the words revealed their admiration for the "cold-faced god catch" Du Chengye.

Looking at the vivid avatar in the notice, Li Wuchang remembered the man in black who he met a few days ago.

"Alas, it was really him, and he was still dead after all. ”

Li Wuchang retracted his gaze staring at the notice, a little embarrassed, and sighed at the fragility of life, he had only met once a few days ago, and now he was dead.

To be honest, Li Wuchang didn't have much ill feeling towards the black-clothed snitch who only had a one-sided relationship, and judging from his face that day, he was by no means a big traitor.

"Everyone gets acquainted, don't worry, after I have internal skills, I will study your "Ghost Shadow Body Method" well, and I will also find a chance to read the geography book carefully. ”

Li Wuchang secretly decided in his heart, smiled freely, turned around and went into a tavern.

He inquired, his weird-tempered uncle Li Hu likes wine, he is here today to choose a few bottles of good wine to give to Li Hu, since he has decided to pay attention to Li Hu to teach the internal skills of "Cangyan Jue", of course, you must get acquainted with him first.

The backstreet of Li Mansion, the courtyard of Li Hu, and the secret dungeon.

Li Hu held the flask, frowning, thinking about the case at hand.

Not long ago, a spy was caught in the palace, a little eunuch in the imperial study, who wanted to secretly deliver news outside the palace, but was discovered by the Ouchi guards and found a letter from him.

The letter recorded the recent events in the palace and guessed what the emperor was thinking, and the content was mixed with Khitan script.

In recent years, there have been constant conflicts between Dayan and Khitan, and it is not new that spies often sneak into Chang'an City to investigate news.

However, it was the first time that a spy was found in the palace, but unfortunately the little eunuch was killed on the spot, and I don't know who he sent the message to.

This matter is not trivial, and the emperor ordered Li Lingwu to investigate, so as to wipe out all the spies.

Li Lingwu's most powerful assistant, Li Hu, through the clues in the little eunuch's room, led people to secretly investigate, worked hard for nearly half a month, and caught a suspect from Xingyefang in Chang'an City.

This person is a businessman who came to Chang'an from Yangzhou half a year ago, Li Hu sent someone to investigate, he is innocent, his ancestors are honest mountain people for several generations, and he wants to do some business, so he came to Chang'an to do some business.

However, Li Hu didn't believe it very much.

First, this person has a rough face, thick cheekbones, and a clear outline, a typical Khitan face, and secondly, his ancestors lived deep in the mountains, and there are not many outsiders in contact, and it is very easy to fake his life experience.

Li Hu tried to torture him, but he didn't do it, he only said that he was a good citizen.

Li Hu didn't want to wronged a good person, but he couldn't find evidence, so he was extremely annoyed, so many days have passed, if he can't find any evidence, then he can only be released.

I worked hard for half a month, started the investigation from a little clue, and finally caught this person, but there was no progress, so how to explain to my eldest brother Li Lingwu?

Looking at the dying strong man in the cell, Li Hu was a little upset.

"Uncle Hu, Uncle Hu, are you at home?" the voice sounded from outside.

Li Hu frowned and instructed his subordinates: "Look at it, don't let him die." ”

Put down the flask, get up and walk out of the dungeon, to the living room.

The person who came was Li Wuchang, Li Hu felt strange in his heart, and asked, "Why did Impermanence come, is there something wrong with me?"

He didn't want to pay attention to this nephew who only knew how to mess around all day, a few days ago he heard that Li Wuchang was still arguing with the third prince for jealousy and dispute, and he was very disdainful.

This kid is really useless, and he has lost the face of the Li family.

Li Wuchang smiled and said, "I got two bottles of good wine and sent them to Uncle Hu." With that, he raised the two flasks in his hand and patted them gently.

Li Hu said: "You kid knows what kind of wine, put things down, you can go." ”

Li Wuchang did not leave, but grinned, found a chair to sit down, and said with a smile: "I know that Uncle Hu is busy, this is not the hard work of Uncle Nursing, I have come to see you? In addition, the martial arts conference is coming, I want to find Uncle Hu for guidance, no one in the family knows that except for my father, our Li family belongs to Uncle Hu's highest martial arts." ”

Seeing that Li Wuchang was not as afraid of himself as usual, and would flatter himself, Li Hu was a little interested, picked up a pot of wine, sat down and took a sip, and said, "It's so light, it's also a good wine?"

"Just point out the martial arts, you can talk about it when you get to the fifth grade, I don't have time now, I'm busy." Li Hu put down the flask and raised his hand to see off the guests.

"Uncle Hu, don't drive me away, if you are busy, you don't need to instruct me in kung fu, the so-called close to Zhu is red and close to ink is black, you just let me follow you to do things, maybe after staying with you for a long time, I will suddenly open my mind, besides, I can help with you, right?" Li Wuchang looked dead-skinned.

Li Hu sneered: "Help me?"

Li Wuchang Li Hu's tone relaxed, and he hit the railway while it was hot: "My uncle is tired and worried, he must have encountered some difficulties, the so-called fool must have a thousand worries, maybe I have a way." ”

Li Hu saw that Li Wuchang was talking one by one, and he would quote scriptures for everything, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you will still drag the text?"

Li Wuchang said unashamedly: "It's not popular to be both civil and military now, I have to try to lean in that direction." ”

Li Hu looked Li Wuchang up and down, and said lightly: "That's it, don't say that I won't give you a chance, now I really have a trouble, if you can help, I will consider instructing you in kung fu."

Then his face suddenly turned cold, and he continued: "Ugly words are said first, if you can't help, be careful of your skin." ”

Li Hu looked at Li Wuchang coldly, scaring him with cruel words, and wanted to send him away as soon as possible.

"Is this a test of my guts? I'm not scared. ”

Li Wuchang thought so in his heart, and said solemnly: "I can make a military order, if I can't help, I can do whatever I want to do with my uncle." But if you can help, please keep your promise. ”

Li Hu didn't expect Li Wuchang to really dare to take the offer, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he frowned and said coldly: "If you can't help, get out of me immediately." Also, what you see must be kept secret, or I'll really pick you off. ”

Li Wuchang achieved his goal, and immediately raised his hand and said yes, honestly.

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Outside the dungeon, Li Hu talked about the Khitan spies.

Li Wuchang smiled and said, "Let me summarize, half a month ago, the Ouchi guards caught a Khitan spy from the palace, who was a little eunuch, but died before he could be interrogated. Uncle Hu, you took over, by searching the little eunuch's room, found clues, and then secretly investigated, caught a suspect, Uncle Hu, you suspect that this suspect is a Khitan, and used a lot of torture to serve, but the suspect failed to confess. ”

"The current situation is that Uncle Hu is sure in his heart that the suspect is a spy from the Khitan, and there are still comrades in Chang'an City, so he needs to open his mouth through this suspect, and then follow the vine to find out all of them, is that so?"

Li Wuchang summed up the whole incident in one go.

"It sums it up well, that's the way it is. Li Hu spread his hands.

"If I can make that person show his feet, can Uncle Hu really guide me in kung fu?" Li Wuchang stared at Li Hu and said seriously.

"You can do it. Li Hu sneered.

"I'm relieved to have your words, if that person is really a Khitan, as long as I meet a few conditions, I'm eighty percent sure that he can show his feet. Li Wuchang smiled.

Li Hu nodded, waiting for the following.

"First, I need a translator...... Uh, it's the tongue man, teach me a few words of Khitan dialect"

"Second, from now on, I am a messenger sent by the emperor to inquire about the progress of this case, and you will cooperate with me to play a play. ”

"Third, Uncle Hu, you go in now and continue to interrogate the suspect and torture him. ”

"Fourth, when I wait to go in, I am the greatest, and you need to listen to my orders. ”

Li Hu glanced at Li Wuchang strangely, agreed to cooperate with the acting, and found another tongue man to hand over to Li Wuchang, and entered the depths of the dungeon according to the arrangement to continue the interrogation.

The tongue man is very professional.

Li Wuchang followed the tongue man to learn a few words of Khitan dialect, and repeated it many times, until the tongue man said that Li Wuchang's accent was very pure.

After explaining the tongue man again, Li Wuchang tidied up his clothes, and said with a serious face: "Lead the way, my father-in-law will personally interrogate the prisoner." ”

"Yes, sir. The tongue man replied respectfully.