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Yan Jun was taken aback for a moment, then quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness, please advise!"

Chen Qing said slowly: "You have forgotten Li Bailing!"

Yan Jun slapped his head, he actually forgot about Li Bailing, Li Bailing is a spy of the Jin Dynasty, he is still locked in the government prison, he is so confused!Ignore the important clues that are readily available.

"The humble official is confused, please allow the humble official to investigate."

Chen Qing nodded, "I'll go with you. I've been out for a long time."

……

In the back hall of the government office, Li Bailing was brought to court. He was locked in the dungeon all the time, fearing every day that he would be poisoned to death with a glass of poisoned wine. After being locked up for more than [-] days, he lost a lot of weight.

At this time, he was suddenly brought up to the court, which frightened him out of his wits, thinking that he would be executed after the sentence was pronounced, so he couldn't even walk, and was directly dragged into the inner hall by several soldiers.

Entering the lobby, he recognized the person sitting in the hall at a glance. It turned out to be Yong Wang Chen Qing. Let me die!"

Li Bailing met Chen Qing, but this was the first time Chen Qing saw Li Bailing. He was well-groomed. Although he had lost a lot of weight, one could imagine that he was still handsome and imposing before, otherwise his quality would not be as good. Use him as an aide.

"Are you Han?" Chen Qing asked slowly.

"The villain is a Han Chinese in Yanshan Prefecture. He has been Han Chinese for generations. His grandfather Li Kun also participated in the struggle against the Liao Dynasty and returned to the Song Dynasty. He was caught and executed by the Liao State."

Chen Qing snorted, "Your grandfather is a hero, but you are a spy. Do you have the face to face your ancestors?"

Li Bailing lowered his head in shame, he originally wanted to use his grandfather to mitigate the crime, but he didn't expect King Yong's words to hit his vitals, he was a little at a loss.

Chen Qing glanced at him, and asked again: "Are you the chief bookkeeper in Yi County?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the villain was once a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom, but because he was a Han Chinese and because of his grandfather's involvement, he was never appointed as an official. He could only teach at home. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, the villain was appointed by the Jin Kingdom and became the Lord of Yi County. Bo, I have been working for more than ten years, and I have never had a chance to be promoted. My daughter also married a rascal, Du Shun. He Lisa found me and asked me to lurk in Datong Mansion to collect information about Datong Mansion, not military information, but mainly population, grain harvest, officials, etc. Then someone introduced me to Orihiko as an aide."

"Who introduced you to serve as Orihiko's staff?" Chen Qing suddenly discovered the key point.

"It's a senior official from Qin!"

Chen Qing turned his head and looked at Yelu Qiyan, Yelu Qiyan said: "This man is called Qin Huairen, a well-known businessman in Datong Prefecture, with a big business, specializing in fur and medicinal materials."

"what!"

Yan Jun exclaimed, "Your Highness, isn't it right for you to do the medicinal material business?"

Chen Qing glared at him fiercely, Yan Jun quickly lowered his head because he was so impatient.

Li Bailing was an old man in the officialdom, so he immediately saw an opportunity.

He hurriedly kowtowed and begged: "Your Highness, I am willing to explain everything, I just ask His Highness to spare my life, I still have a wife and daughter, what will they do if I die!"

Chen Qing said coldly: "Are you negotiating terms with me?"

"The villain dare not, what Your Highness wants to know, I will explain everything!"

"Is this Qin Huairen also a spy of the Kingdom of Jin?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I don't know if he is. Wanyan and Lisa arranged for me to come to him. After living in his mansion for two months, he introduced me to Zhe Yanzhi. I talked with him all the time. Three times, but never about the Kingdom of Jin."

"Then what are you talking about?"

"Talking about the Western Army, about His Highness, about Jing Zhao, he is very familiar with His Highness and Jing Zhao's situation, and he even knows how many children His Highness has."

Chen Qing asked again: "Do you think he is a spy?"

"I didn't feel it at the time, but looking back now, he seems to know too much, which doesn't match his status as a businessman."

Chen Qing nodded, and asked him again: "Is there any information point about the Kingdom of Jin in Datong City?"

Li Bailing thought for a while and said, "There should be! The villains know that there is a stronghold, but they don't know where it is? They never contact me or pay attention to me."

"To be more specific, how do you know there is a stronghold?"

"About last month, the villain collected a batch of information on the population, farmland, wells, roads, officials, etc. of Datong Prefecture, and then a man found me, showed me the spy silver medal, and asked for the information I collected. After leaving, I asked him how to send the information to Yanshan Mansion. He said that he would send someone to send it. The spy of the government is probably the leader of the spy."

Chen Qing was immediately interested, and asked again: "What does this person look like? Where does he live?"

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Li Bailing confessed honestly: "I really don't know where I live. He came in a bullock cart and left in a bullock cart. He is about 30 years old, of medium build, and very strong. He is a Jurchen or A Khitan man, there is a scar above his left eye, which is shocking, he said his surname is Jin, and his name is Jin Tong, and I realized later that this is a fake name, which means Jin Guo Datong."

Chen Qing asked a few more questions, and after making sure there was nothing to ask, he said to him: "If we cracked down on the intelligence base of the Kingdom of Jin, then I will count it as your meritorious service and atonement. I don't have to kill you, but let you and your wife and daughter go away. If you still have something to hide, then you will have no way out, you have to think about it yourself, if you missed something, tell me quickly."

Li Bailing kowtowed and said: "The villain has said it all, or it is my relationship with the Du family. Du Shun's father and I are classmates and friends. The child has been engaged since childhood. Later, their family went to Yingzhou. Three years ago, Du Shun My father found me again and asked me to fulfill the marriage that I had made before. I saw that Du Shun was good-looking, tall and burly, and my daughter liked him too, so I agreed. I didn't expect to find out after we got married that this Du Shun was a A rascal, a piece of mud that can't support the wall, I regret that there is nothing I can do. In order to find him an errand, I introduced the daughter of the Du family to Orihiko. Unexpectedly, she gave birth to a son, and the Du family suddenly turned around , I was also reused by Orihiko, and then I recommended Du Shun as the county lieutenant."

"I see, take him down and change him to a better cell."

Li Bailing was about to cry, and choked up his voice, "Thank you Your Highness for not killing me, the villain is like an ox or a horse..."

"Alright! Alright!"

Chen Qing waved his hand impatiently, "You don't know whether you are dead or alive, take it down!"

The soldiers took Li Bailing down, and Chen Qing asked Yelu Qiyan, "What does the magistrate Yelu think?"

"Humble job thinks we can start with Qin Huairen!"

"How much money does he have?" Chen Qing asked slowly.

"He is one of the three richest merchants in Datong Prefecture. I don't even know how much wealth he has."

"Do you estimate there will be 35 guan?"

Yelu Qiyan suddenly understood that His Highness wanted to use this Qin Huairen to fill the huge hole of compensating the people for their losses!

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Since the fall of Datong Mansion, the Kingdom of Jin has never been reconciled. The strategic location of Datong Mansion is extremely important. To the south, you can reach the Hedong, and to the east, you can enter the Hebei Plain through the Taihang Feihuxing. Since the Han Dynasty, Datong Mansion has been the bridgehead for northern nomads to enter the Central Plains. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Datong Mansion was the capital of Xianbei people.

In the era of the Liao Kingdom, Datong Mansion was the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom and the hub for the Liao Kingdom to control Xixia. The Liao Kingdom attached great importance to the Datong Mansion. The disastrous defeat of the Sichuan-Shanxi Economic Strategy dragged down the defense of Datong Mansion, so that they retreated hastily, losing Hedong Road and Datong City one after another.

In order to regain Datong Mansion, Jin Guo first made a layout within Datong, and the deployment of intelligence agencies was the top priority.

Secondly, the Kingdom of Jin reached an agreement with the Ministry of Kelei and the Ministry of Tataer to support the two tribes to go south to attack Datong Mansion. The two parties agreed that the State of Jin would support weapons and siege weapons. The land and cities of the Ta'er Department belonged to the Kingdom of Jin.

Qin Huairen is a very important pawn in the intelligence deployment of the Kingdom of Jin. He is one of the three most powerful merchants in Datong Prefecture. His origin is closely related to the Kingdom of Jin. There are many nobles of the Jin Kingdom, and Jin Bing also needs merchants to cash in various wealth and materials for them. Of course, there are many merchants who follow Jin Bing to make money in the country, and Qin Huairen is one of them.

Jin Bing sold a large number of expensive materials to him at extremely low prices, and even gave him many materials that could not be taken away. Qin Huairen thus accumulated an incalculable wealth.

But there are gains and losses. Qin Huairen obtained a huge amount of wealth from the Jin people, and at the same time tied his own destiny firmly with the Kingdom of Jin.

Jin Guo lost Datong Mansion and retreated in a panic. Qin Huairen also wanted to follow Jin Guodong to retreat, but Wan Yanhe Lisa did not allow him to withdraw, ordered him to stay in Datong Mansion as an internal response, but agreed that his wealth could be withdrawn to Yanshan Mansion.

People are in Datong, how can wealth go to Yanshan, isn't that just giving it to Jin Bing?Qin Huairen is also very aware of this truth, he simply hid down and deliberately made friends with the officials and generals of the Western Army, his hard work paid off, he climbed the big tree of Zhe Yanzhi.

Qin Huairen is about 50 years old, tall and thin, with a long face, paired with a pair of triangular eyes and thin lips, he is not a kind person in appearance.

During this time, Qin Huairen was rather nervous because Li Bailing was arrested, he was Li Bailing's recommender, and he was afraid that Li Bailing would confess himself.

He also spent a lot of money to inquire about the news from the government office, and the news was that Li Bailing did not mention him, which made Qin Huairen heave a sigh of relief, and more than twenty days passed, no one came to him, and Qin Huairen gradually relaxed his vigilance .

In the afternoon, Qin Huairen came to Yunzhong Teahouse to drink tea as usual. Yunzhong Teahouse is the largest and most high-end teahouse in Datong Prefecture, and it is also the news distribution center of Datong Prefecture. Since Yunzhong Teahouse opened eight years ago, Qin Huairen He would always come to the teahouse to drink tea, no matter what happens, he has a special seat in the teahouse, next to the window on the second floor, with a wall behind him, so he feels safe.

Qin Huairen went up to the second floor and came to his seat, but unexpectedly found that his seat was taken by someone. Qin Huairen turned to look for the shopkeeper without saying a word. When he came to the first floor, he couldn't see the shopkeeper. He asked a waiter, "Where's your shopkeeper?"

The man pointed to a room next to him and said, "You can rest in the room!"

Qin Huairen felt annoyed, pushed open the door and walked in, only to see the shopkeeper sitting on a chair, looking at him strangely, Qin Huairen stepped forward and said angrily: "Who is sitting in my seat, go and see Look!"

He suddenly realized something was wrong, and when he turned around, the door was closed, and two burly men came from behind the door.

"Official Qin, my prefect is here to invite you!"

……

Yelu begged for Yan and was severely tortured, Qin Huairen couldn't stand the torture, and finally confessed.

Half an hour later, a thousand soldiers were mobilized and rushed to the Beihai fur shop in the north of the city. Yan Jun searched the medicine shops in the city, looking for two spies, but forgot that the other party was only carrying medicinal materials to cover his identity, and it might not be true. to sell.

Thousands of soldiers surrounded the Beihai fur shop. Dozens of soldiers with large shields kicked open the gate and rushed in.

This fur shop is Jin Guo's intelligence station in Datong Mansion. Li Bailing and Qin Huairen belong to the peripheral support. This fur shop covering an area of ​​about five acres is the real Jin Guo military intelligence station. It collects various military information about Datong. There are more than [-] intelligence spies.

The search and arrest of the intelligence station by the Western Army was met with fierce resistance from the Jinbing spies. The two sides fought fiercely in the shop and in the backyard. The dead, injured, and those who survived were all arrested.

Holding a big shield and a short spear, Yan Jun rushed into the firewood room in the yard, and saw a man yelled and swung a knife at him. Yan Jun blocked it with his shield, and with a glance, he saw the stove in the corner Li is burning documents, which should be important secrets.

He rolled over on the spot, and the short spear swept out, "Clang!" The stove was overturned, and a thick stack of documents was spilled on the ground.

The man was in a hurry, rushed forward and hacked more than a dozen knives, Yan Jun also resolved them one by one, and at the same time saw his appearance clearly, with a medium build, a full face, a typical Donghu appearance, and a shocking scar above his left eyebrow , is exactly the leader of the spies that Li Bailing told him.

At this time, two soldiers rushed in, covered the man with a large net, and dragged him back suddenly. The man lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Yan Jun rushed forward and kicked the knife in his hand, and hit him hard on the head with the shield, and the man fell into a coma immediately.

The soldiers tied him firmly behind his back, gagged his mouth with a rag, put a black bag over his head, and carried him out.

The outside of the fur shop was full of people watching the excitement. I saw Jinbing spies being tied up and carried out, with black bags covering their heads. There were about seventeen or eight people, and they were thrown into several carriages. The carriage locked the gate and drove away under the strict guard of the cavalry.

At the same time, Yelu Qiyan led dozens of officials and thousands of officials to search Qin Huairen's mansion and shop.

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Compared to Jin Guo's intelligence spies, Chen Qing was more concerned about checking Qin Huairen's property. After all, he promised to pay 35 households to demolish houses and pay [-] guan as compensation for each household. as much.

He was worried that there would be no source for this huge amount of money, and thought that Qin Huairen would send it to his door.

Datong Mansion's second-largest family in terms of wealth and strength started their business by making money from the country's difficulties. Isn't this the solution God gave him?

Qin Huairen's wives, concubines and children were taken to the guest room and locked up. Hundreds of soldiers searched the mansion. All kinds of money piled up in the large courtyard of the central hall. hill.

Dozens of officials were sorting and registering, and the lids of the large boxes were opened. Chen Qing stepped forward to investigate, and all kinds of jewelry, jade, jewelry, gold and silver, silk, satin, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings were piled up in each large box.

At this time, there was another burst of cheers in the inner house, and the soldiers found another pit of copper coins, and a whole five pits of copper coins were found.

"How many records are there?" Chen Qing asked Yelu Qiyan.

Yeluqi smiled and said: "According to their records, there are 26 to 3 taels of copper coins in a cellar. After calculation, the copper coins alone are close to 8000 taels, and the silver record is [-] taels, and the gold record is [-] taels. Four thousand hectares, twelve shops, seven houses, and tens of thousands of coins in the shops."

"Is there any money in the cabinet?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

Yelu Qiyan shook his head, "This man is a rich man, he hides all his wealth at home and never puts it in a cabinet."

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "The copper coins are all used to compensate the demolition households. I estimate that there will be a gap of tens of thousands of guan. The treasury of King Yong's Mansion, the land, houses, and shops will go to the government and county government, and the grain and livestock will also go to the government and county government."

"Will there be any objections from the Internal Affairs Hall?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Don't worry, there is a clear division between the government treasury and the temple treasury. In fact, they are both the same thing. They are both the state treasury, but the approval authority is different."

"Understood, what about Qin Huairen's family?"

"Their own belongings will not be confiscated, and then they will be given a small house, a shop and [-] acres of land, and everything else will be confiscated."

"Follow the order!"

Yelu Qiyan took another box from the small table next to him, "This is for Your Highness."

Chen Qing opened it, and inside was a three-piece set of jewellery, a Danfeng nobile, a gold bracelet and a gold chain, with a sapphire hanging on the chain, the workmanship was quite exquisite.

Chen Qing smiled and said, "You want me to give it to Xiaomei?"

Yelu Qiyan hurriedly bowed and said, "I don't dare to make decisions for Your Highness."

"Didn't you decide for me?"

Although these gold jewelry are exquisite, they may be regarded as high-end jewelry in Datong Prefecture, but Chen Qing's wives and concubines really look down on them. Their jewelry and collections are all top-notch treasures.

Chen Qing handed the wooden box to the soldiers and accepted it.

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After solving the source of the 35 yuan of compensation money, Chen Qing felt relaxed, and rode back to the barracks. When he came to his tent, he saw Xiaomei talking to the commander of the soldiers in front of the tent.

Chen Qing got off his horse and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Xiaomei was a little embarrassed and said, "I asked Brother Wu, should he return to Jingzhao directly after the year, or go elsewhere? Brother Wu said he was going to Lingzhou, but now he doesn't know."

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "I won't go to Lingzhou for the time being, I'll go back to Jingzhao directly."

Wu Duo next to him asked: "Your Highness, are you sure you won't go to Lingzhou?"

"It's not that I don't want to go, but I can't go. The snow in Lingzhou is much thicker than here, and the road is completely blocked. The snow will not start to melt until March next year. Do we have to wait two months in Datong?"

"Humble and dull!"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Don't worry about these small things, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and tomorrow night I will spend New Year's Eve with the Datong army. Don't forget to bring the brothers there together, and tell the brothers not to put on airs, and to mingle with the frontier soldiers."

"Remember the humble job!"