The moon is like a hook.

On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, the moon is bent in the middle of the sky, the window is cold and the candle is fired, and the shadow is sparse and thin.

This is the inner hall of the "Left Prime Minister's Mansion", and it is also the important place for the Left Prime Minister Li Gang to deal with government affairs and military aircraft.

The subordinates of the prime minister's government who can be qualified to enter the "Wuwei residence" do not exceed the index of a pair of hands, and at this time, the Qingxiu scholar Zodiac Sword standing beside Li Gang is one of these ten people.

Xiao Jian, 28 years old, was born in a scholarly family in the "south of the Yangtze River", is good at gongbi painting, proficient in the art of disguise, and is known as "a scholar of all kinds of changes".

He was once ordered by the emperor to live in the "Power Gang" of the four major forces of the "Jingshi" in the name of "Ethereal Jian", and did several big things for Cai Jing, the minister of power, to show his face, which was deeply appreciated and reused by Cai Jing, and hired him as one of the six righteous sons; (See Chapter 7 of Blood Iris.)

Xiao Jianqi was extremely intelligent, scheming, and drew inferences from one case to another; his martial arts were also quite complicated and could not be verified, and with Li Gang's experience of nearly 40 years, he could not even be sure of his school of school.

At the beginning of his entry into Li Xiang's subordinates, Xiao Jian single-handedly broke into the "Tsing Yi Building" and detained Hu Ling'er, a "thousand-faced fox" who kidnapped the family members of the four Shangshu families of Li officials, households, rites, and workers; he also inflicted heavy blows on the royal street to Tong Guan, the adopted son of Tong Guan, the eldest boss of the "rich clique" and the 11th Taibao Huo Kunlun, who tried to snipe at Li Xiang's previous dynasty; and within seven days, he smashed the "100 orders and eight guards" that the "Power Gang" came to provoke them.

Three battles and three victories, his reputation has been greatly enhanced, and he has gradually approached the trend of "the top ten gentlemen of Beijing".

However, Xiao Jian is quite humble and humble, never arrogant in his achievements, and not arrogant in his talents.

This point may be the biggest reason why Xiao Jian can be deeply loved and reused by Li Xiang.

Li Gang often admonished Li Yizhi and other sons: "Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things have all been obscure, and they can't bear the loneliness between heaven and earth." ”

Xiao Jian is a person who can endure thousands of years of loneliness, 10,000 years of loneliness, and 10,000 years of loneliness.

At this time, Xiao Jian saw that Li Xiang was looking up at the moonlit sky, his face was worried, and he was a little uneasy, so he paused and asked in a low voice: "Is Ming Gong worried about the safety of the third girl?"

Li Gang did not answer.

Default, in fact, is also a silent answer.

Xiao Jian's mind is extremely meticulous and thoughtful, and wherever Li Xiang thinks, he can trace it.

-- Leng Ruoya, the third girl of the "Four Beauties of Liangcheng", was ordered by Leng Beicheng to send a top-secret "handwritten letter" to the "Beijing Division", and informed them in the early hours of this morning with a flying pigeon message: "The "handwritten letter" is already on the way, and it is a starry night rushing to the "Beijing Division", and it is estimated that it will be delivered in three days.

It was a piece of evidence of rebellion written by the traitorous minister Cai Jing to the "Blood River Sect" suzerain, the "Blood River Dragon King" Shen Tu Turtle, who had an army to rise up during his lifetime. In order to protect this evidence of the crime, the daughter of the Dragon King, Blood Iris, exchanged identities with the maid Xiaohong, leading away the killer chasing soldiers, Xiaohong was strangled by the official army in "Beiliang Town" and the anti-tax army was killed, Li Gang coerced Cai Jing to withdraw his troops with a "handwritten letter", and this crucial "criminal evidence" was changed to the "Liangcheng Inn" to send someone to escort him into Beijing instead, in order to bring down the traitorous party. (See the volume of "Blood Iris" and the volume of "Da Diao Min")

This is what Li Gang is most concerned about and deeply worried about at this time.

Xiao Jiankuan explained: "Why should Ming Gong worry about this? With the skills and minds of the three girls, the three-day journey will not be a big problem, not to mention, today's 'Jingshi', 'Power Gang', 'Dafengtang', 'Tsing Yi Lou', 'Fugui Group', these four major forces are competing for power, every inch of land must be fought for, and each of them is fighting for their own affairs, presumably no one has the leisure to care about the 'handwritten book', right?

Li Gang turned his face, looked at Xiao Jian's delicate face, nodded slightly, and remained silent.

In the candlelight, there are two faces, one is the old Li Gang, the virtuous minister who balances the major forces of the "Beijing Division" and the major forces of the government and the opposition, and is concerned about the safety of the country and the well-being of the people, and the young one is Xiao Jian, the most agile head of the "Tencent Hall" under Li Xiang, but at this time, the faces of the two people are faintly worried.

Zuo Xiangfu, in addition to the "Wuwei Ju", which is in charge of the important things, also has a "Tencent Hall" organization below, which is responsible for assisting the center to deal with Li Xiang's daily affairs.

This organization was set up for hundreds of civil and military officials in the court, black and white forces in the rivers and lakes, foreign hostile neighbors, and ordinary people, to supervise the malpractices of hundreds of officials, handle gang affairs, collect intelligence on enemy countries, and observe the people's feelings.

Xiao Jian, by virtue of his excellent performance over the years, became the person in charge of this large auxiliary organization.

Li Gang pondered for a moment before he spoke: "The third girl's trip is absolutely secret, including you and me, there are no more than seven people who know about it. ”

Xiao Jian's tall and thin body, in the moonlight, involuntarily shook slightly, seven people, naturally Li Xiang, Xiao Jian, Leng Beicheng and the "Four Beauties of Liangcheng".

Xiao Jian thought to himself, "Since Miss Leng Ruoya's actions are so secretive, what else is there to worry about?"

However, he just thought in his heart, he didn't say anything.

This is what Li Gang appreciates about him, saying what should be said, half nonsense that should not be said, and not saying a word.

Li Gang said slowly: "Have you heard of the organization 'Zero Zero Seven'?"

"Zero Zero Seven" is a "secret spy" on Li Xiang's side, planted in the rest of the forces of the "Beijing Division", specializing in spying on hostile secret information, and Xiao Jian, who participated in the Prime Minister's secrets, certainly knew about it. ，

Thinking about this, Xiao Jian's mind flashed, since he had "Zero Zero Seven" on his side, then how could the four major gangs of the "Jingshi" not have their own "secret spies" lurking in their own camp?

Seeing Xiao Jian's eyebrows, Li Gang was already smiling, and talking to smart people was the most worry-free and effort-saving.

Li Gang continued: "Then you should have heard of the name 'Infernal Affairs', right? They are the 'secret spies' arranged by Cai Jing and his party within the hostile forces, and the 'Three Corpses and Nine Lives' Leng Chong Leng Shuke, the former head of 'Tencent Tang', is very likely to be one of the 'three dead' placed by Cai Jing and Tong Guan's party beside me (see Chapter 6 of "Overlord's Life"). ”

Xiao Jian looked into the eyes of the lord and did not answer.

In fact, he had a lot of questions in his heart, such as: Who exactly are the people in the "Infernal Affairs"? Which department of the Zuo Xiangfu Mansion are they lurking in? How many secrets do they have in possession of Li Xiang's side? In addition to the dead stunned, who are the other two dead people......

Soon, Xiao Jian read the answers to these questions from Li Gang's eyes.

The answer to all these questions is-

- There is no answer.

Li Gang didn't know who those "dead spies" lurking around him were, so he was more worried about the safety of Leng Ruoya and her "handwritten book".

This top-secret "handwritten letter" is related to the life and death of Cai Jing, the minister of power, and even the life and death of thousands of officials and thousands of heroes of the entire "power gang" faction.

Li Gang instructed Xiao Jian at the end: "The birthday of the Empress Dowager Chu is approaching, and the old teacher of Chu, Lord Taibao, and the 'Marquis of Anle' Zhao have entrusted me with the errand of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and I can't leave the palace these days; ”

Xiao Jianli said: "For the country and the people, students do their best, and they will not give up." ”

As soon as he returned to the "Tencent Hall", Xiao Jian immediately summoned a person overnight.

He turned around and shouted, "Haruka?"

Yaoyao is a person's name, that is, Xiao Jian's most trusted confidant.

At any time, in any place, as long as Xiao Jian is called "Yaoyao", he will appear in Xiao Jian's sight without delay.

That's right, it's him, not her.

Many people think that "Yaoyao" is a girl, not only because he has a girl's name, but also because he has a girl's appearance.

His full name is Haruka Ranxi.

This boy is very thin, very well-behaved, very beautiful, skinny, well-behaved, beautiful like a skinny, well-behaved girl.

Dye Xiyao has a very good relationship with his equally handsome boss Xiao Jian, and they are almost inseparable, so much so that many colleagues in Li Xiangfu have secretly speculated that there is an ambiguous fetish between the two of them.

As expected, with Xiao Jian's call, Dye Xiyao immediately appeared quietly.

"Every time I come back so late, have you ever considered my feelings?"

Xiao Jian smiled and said, "Yaoyao, why haven't you rested late?" His smile is the best comfort for Dye Xi Yao, and Dye Xi Yao is so well-behaved and sensible, Xiao Jian, who loves him deeply, how can he not soothe this darling.

Dye Xi Yao smiled shyly: "Brother Xiao hasn't rested yet, how can Yao Yao sleep first?"

Xiao Jian looked at him dotingly: "Yaoyao, Brother Xiao called you late at night, is there something to ask you......"

Dye Xiyao said meekly: "Big brother, please speak." ”

Xiao Jian retracted his affectionate eyes and asked, "Do you know what dangerous and secluded places you have to pass through during the three-day trip of the 'Jingshi' North Road?"

Dye Xiyao thought about it seriously before replying: "There are four places that can be called dangerous and critical, namely 'Baidu Pavilion', 'Sina Station', 'Sohu Bo', and 'Netease Lane'. ”

"Good. Xiao Jian gently stroked Xi Yao's forehead and hair, and said in a rewarding tone: "Where is Leng Ruoya now?"

Dye Xiyao's thin and handsome cheeks flushed with two clusters, and he replied in a hoarse voice: "At dawn, you can arrive at 'Netease Lane'." ”

Xiao Jian replied softly, "Oh".

The night was cold, the two bodies were gradually close together, and the air was full of ambiguous smells......