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Wang Hao stood up and said excitedly: "The humble official has two things to report. The first thing is that we have found out the intelligence point of the Puppet Qi Army in Chengji County, and we haven't made a fuss so far."

"where is it?"

"It's also in Simaqiao, Wang Qiyang Restaurant."

Zhang Xiao next to him was also surprised: "It turned out to be seven sheep. Yesterday my family and I were having dinner there. His sheep soup is very famous!"

"How did you find out?" Chen Qing asked.

"The humble official has been investigating the eagle letter and the pigeon letter during this time. I found a letter eagle point outside the city and found three letter eagles, but no one claimed them. The humble official sent people to ambush outside the city, and finally discovered that someone came out to release the eagle letter. , Followed him all the way, only to find out that he is a buddy of Wang Qiyang Restaurant, and we intercepted this letter eagle, which was to deliver food to Pingliang City for us."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Don't startle the enemy, continue to monitor, and after we have a full grasp, we will catch them all in one go, and let the intelligence points be used by us!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wang Hao said again: "The second thing is about external contact. When we checked pigeon letters, we found that a medicinal material dealer had a special carrier pigeon to contact Chengdu."

This is also a relatively important matter. After the Jin soldiers captured Hanzhong, they cut off all ties between Xihe Road and the Song Dynasty. Chen Qing didn't want to have any contact with the court, he wanted to know about the court's movements.

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "We can use this line to let Lu Wei establish contact with his father-in-law and understand the court's movements."

Zhang Xiao thought for a while and said, "Dutong, in fact, this isolation is also a good thing. At least the imperial court will no longer have the idea of ​​Xihe Road, and it will no longer be able to send civil servants to pick peaches. If we can reach some kind of tacit understanding with Jin Guo , For example, Jin Guo will not attack Qinzhou from Hanzhong, and we will not attack Hanzhong for the time being, so the pressure on both sides will be reduced."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "It's more difficult, but Wan Yanchang will understand sooner or later, let's not consider this matter for now."

He immediately ordered: "Go and find Lu Wei for me!"

……

Wang Qiyang Restaurant is a well-known restaurant in Chengji County. It is famous for its mutton. No matter it is roasted lamb, roasted lamb or mutton soup, it is very good, and it is very popular among the people of Chengji County.

For this reason, Wang Qiyang Restaurant has opened two branches, and it is quite ready to enter the number one restaurant sign in Chengji County.

But no one would have guessed that this popular restaurant turned out to be the intelligence point of the Puppet Qi Army on Xihe Road, and naturally also the intelligence point of Jin Bing on Xihe Road.

The inner guards of the Song army have been watching this restaurant. They need to know how many branches this restaurant has in total, so that they can catch them all in one go, prevent anyone from escaping, and prepare for the continued use of this intelligence point.

Wang Qiyang Restaurant is also located in the busiest Simaqiao, not far from Yi'an Teahouse. Opposite him is an inn called Gaofeng Inn. The inn is run by a local, so there is no problem.

The inner guard has reserved three guest rooms facing the Wang Qiyang restaurant, and has been monitoring the restaurant day and night.

After three days of monitoring, they finally found a small breakthrough.

In the afternoon, a young man walked out from the alley next to the restaurant. He looked around for a while, then turned and left in a hurry.

The head of the inner guard who was in charge of monitoring pointed to the back of the man and introduced to Wang Hao: "This man is called Zhang Shun, and he is a buddy of Wang Qiyang Restaurant. It is certain that he is also a potential spy. We found that he is obsessed with gambling during this time."

"gamble?"

"Exactly! He has been going to Wanjia Gambling House every day these days. Needless to say, he must be going again now."

People who are addicted to gambling have poor self-control. This person is indeed a breakthrough. Wang Hao thought for a while and said: "Just find a place in the gambling hall and detain him for interrogation!"

"Humble job, let's arrange it!"

……

Zhang Shun came to Chengji County the year before last, and was a small leader in the restaurant. He got addicted to gambling last winter, and soon sank into it.

Not only did he lose all his money, but he also owed a whole lot of debt to the casino. He was worried every day, for fear that the shopkeeper would know that this was a serious violation of military regulations.

He didn't come to gamble today, but begged the gambling house to give him a few days off. Tomorrow is the day when he pays the debt. How can he have the money to pay it?

He lingered at the door of the casino for a long time, but he still bit the bullet and came to the door.

When Zhang Shun happened to enter the door, he met the manager of the gambling house. He quickly laughed and said, "Manager Li, can we discuss something?"

Li Guanshi glared at him, "If you want to renege on your debt, you are the one to look at!"

Zhang Shun hurriedly nodded and said, "Don't dare! Don't dare! I just beg for a few days' extension."

"Another extension!"

The steward was about to be furious, at this moment, a clerk stepped forward and whispered something into the steward's ear, and the steward said with a gloomy face, "Excuse me, come with me! Go through the formalities."

Zhang Shun was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed the steward to the backyard. He walked into a room and couldn't help being stunned. There were eight burly men standing inside, lined up on both sides. Blocked.

"You guys clearly agreed to my extension for a few days, and besides, it hasn't expired yet, so you can't mess around!"

Wang Hao, who was sitting opposite, smiled and said, "Sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly!"

Zhang Shun sat down nervously. He felt like he was being interrogated. After all, he was also a scout, very sensitive, and he already faintly felt that something was wrong.

"You... who are you?"

"I am Wang Hao, the commander of the inner guard!"

Zhang Shun's expression changed drastically, he jumped up and wanted to run, but two knives were placed on his neck at the same time, scaring him to sit down slowly again.

"You are all spies of the Puppet Qi Army in Chengji County. In fact, we have discovered it a long time ago, but we didn't alarm you."

Wang Hao smiled lightly: "You are a small boss with five subordinates, right!"

"Since we know everything, what is the need for interrogation?" Zhang Shun said dejectedly.

"I'll just ask you a question, and then I'll let you go, and I'll help you pay off the casino debt, so you can act as if nothing happened."

Zhang Shun bowed his head and said nothing, Wang Hao laughed again: "If you cooperate well, I will not only spare your life, but also make you a fortune, and you can even change your name and surname to live a rich life. "

"How much money can I get?" Zhang Shun finally couldn't help being tempted.

"300 taels of silver, this is our rule, for major meritorious service, the minimum reward is 300 taels of silver."

300 taels of silver is [-] guan, Zhang Shun really can't resist this temptation, he can't earn this money in his whole life!

Zhang Shun sighed, "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know how many intelligence points you have in Chengji County, and how many spies you have in total?"

Chapter 529 Receiving the Net

As night fell, the city gates were closed, and two thousand soldiers were mobilized. In addition to Wang Qiyang's main store and two branch stores, there was actually an inn, the Three Caves of the Rabbit. I don't know, only the small bosses at the level of Zhang Shun know.

The puppet Qi army spent a lot of money on intelligence collection on Xihe Road. In addition to Chengji County, there are also intelligence points in Huangzhou and Lanzhou.

But Wang Hao was still a little worried. Could there be another point of information that only the top leader would know?

Now they have to catch the top leader as quickly as possible to solve the mystery.

The intelligence leader of the puppet Qi army on Xihe Road is called Ren Kuang, who is the treasurer Ren of Wang Qiyang's main store. From Zhang Shun's confession, we know that the wife and children of the treasurer Ren are all in Chengji County. Wang Hao brought the hope of turning the other party against him.

All information sent to Jingzhao Mansion must have Ren Kuang's handprint, so Ren Kuang is extremely important in the following deception tactics.

Ren Kuang was about 40 years old. He was originally a civil servant in Jingzhao Mansion. Because he was from Chengji County, Li Cheng took a fancy to him and sent him to Chengji County to lurk. He didn't get any top-secret information, but he did a good job in business, making Wang Qiyang Restaurant prosperous.

But Song Jun would not let him go just because his business was doing well. At this time, Ren Kuang didn't know that he had been surrounded by Song Jun.

He is tidying up his room, ready to leave the restaurant and go home.

Ren Kuang deftly put a thick stack of information into the dark box in the kitchen, locked the cabinet, and then blew out the oil lamp and left the room.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ren Kuang came out of the room, he was stunned. There were dozens of soldiers standing in the courtyard, pointing their crossbows at him.

The eight staff of the restaurant were also escorted out, Zhang Shun was among them, he pretended to be ignorant, in fact, if he hadn't secretly hidden all the weapons in the box, how could the seven highly skilled spies have been captured without a fight .

Wang Hao walked into the shopkeeper's room, and several soldiers pushed the shopkeeper Ren Kuang in. Wang Hao said with a smile, "Unexpectedly, the dignified shopkeeper Ren is actually a spy of the puppet Qi army!"

Ren Kuang snorted, "Everyone is their master, what's the fuss about?"

"That's right, everyone is their own master, and I won't make it difficult for you. You just need to tell me that besides the Sanjia Wang Qiyang Store and the Four Seas Inn, I would also like to know if there is a fifth information point in Chengji County?"

Ren Kuang sneered, "Do you think I will tell you?"

"I said before, I don't want to embarrass you, those who know current affairs are brilliant!"

As soon as Wang Hao finished speaking, a young boy shouted from outside, "Daddy!"

Ren Kuang's face suddenly changed, "Why did you arrest my son?"

Wang Hao said coldly: "You and I are enemies now, what can't be done between the enemy and the enemy?"

After all, Ren Kuang was only a civilian official. When the other party grabbed his vitals, he sat down weakly. After a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "There is an Eagle Letter Station outside the city!"

"We've got it under control and captured two of your men."

"Since you know the Eagle Station outside the city and the Four Seas Inn, there won't be a fifth one in Chengji County, and Huangzhou and Lanzhou each have one."

As soon as Wang Hao waved his hand, the soldiers brought Ren Kuang, his wife and children in, and the seven-year-old son Ren Chun'er threw himself into his father's arms.

Wang Hao said lightly: "I let you stay with your wife and children, please come with us!"

"Husband, will they kill us?" Ren Kuang's wife was trembling with fright.

"No, feel free to follow them."

Ren Kuang has already realized that the other party is so polite to him, there must be a reason for the incident, and there must be something for him.

When Ren Kuang was taken away, the other three intelligence points were also closed at the same time. All 55 spies Zhang Shun confessed were arrested. He was relieved that the spies could all match the numbers, and no fish slipped through the net.

But how to counter Ren Kuang next has become his top priority.

……

The official residence of Li Jiong, the judge of Chengdu, is located in the south of the city. It covers an area of ​​[-] acres.

This afternoon, a middle-aged man came to the Li Mansion in a hurry, and two soldiers stopped him, "The official residence is an important place, no trespassing!"

The middle-aged man hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I'm the shopkeeper of Xinhe Pharmacy. Someone asked me to deliver a letter from Li Tongpan's family. Please inform me!"

"Li Tongping is not in the mansion, so I can't report it for you!"

"Then when will he come back?"

The soldier shook his head, "We don't know!"

At this moment, someone shouted in the distance, "The judge will return to the government, and the idler will give in!"

I saw a group of people walking towards this side quickly, someone in front opened the way, and the followers behind were holding avoiding signs. It was Li Jiong who had returned.

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy was overjoyed, and rushed to greet her...

Li Jiong was Lu Wei's father-in-law, Li Mei's father, and belonged to Lu Yihao's party in his court faction.

Li Jiong's father, Li Xinglu, and Lv Yihao were both from the same hometown and Jinshi in the same discipline. The relationship between the two was very good, and the two families were considered family friends.

At this time, a follower stepped forward and said, "Master, someone sent you a letter from home."

"Letter from home?"

Li Jiong was slightly taken aback, and then ordered: "Bring the messenger here!"

After a while, the attendant brought up the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, and the shopkeeper saluted, "The villain is the shopkeeper of Xinhe Pharmacy, surnamed Yang, here is a letter from the master!"

After speaking, he presented a box, Li Jiong took the box and opened it, he was stunned, it turned out to be a pigeon letter box with two small words 'Qinzhou' on the letter box.

It was actually sent from Qinzhou, and his heart moved, he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Yang, please follow me into the mansion to talk!"

……

In the study outside, Li Jiong read the pigeon letter carefully. The letter was written by his son-in-law Lu Wei. He was very worried about Lin'an's grandfather and hoped that he could inform Lin'an of the situation in time.

Li Jiong immediately understood that this must be Chen Qing's request, and he just borrowed Lu Wei to make the request.

In fact, this is the best way. The correspondence between myself and my daughter and son-in-law is a normal family letter, and no one can use it as an argument.

Chen Qing must have considered this point before letting Lu Wei come forward.

Thinking of this, Li Jiong sighed softly. The Jin soldiers captured Hanzhong and made Xihe Road an isolated island. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse?

At this time, the butler said at the door: "Master, shopkeeper Yang is here."

"Please come in!"

Not long after, the shopkeeper Yang of Xinhe Pharmacy was brought in, and saluted with fists cupped, "Xiaomin sees your lord!"

"Shopkeeper Yang, don't be too polite!"

Li Jiyang raised the pigeon letter in his hand and asked with a smile: "I want to know, why is this pigeon letter in your hands?"

"It was sent by the owner of the villain from Chengji County, Qinzhou. Because of the long distance, a pigeon letter link has been established between Chengdu Pharmacy and Chengji County. The owner told me in another letter that in the future, the pigeon letter contact Hand it over to the judge."

Li Jiong understood. It is estimated that this pigeon letter line is the only way for Chen Qing to contact the outside world, so he found himself.

He thought for a while and said, "I will arrange a confidant to work as a buddy in your pharmacy, who is responsible for receiving pigeon letters. To the outside world, you have nothing to do with pigeon letters and me, understand?"

"The villain understands that only I know about this pigeon letter. Neither the clerks in the store nor the doctor know about it. The villain must keep it strictly confidential."