Fenghou

At this moment, the eunuch at the door reported, "His Royal Highness, Xu Xiangguo has something urgent to see you!"

"Announce him in!"

After a while, Xu Xiantu hurried into the imperial study room and said, "Your Majesty, Luo Ji, the prefect of Yangzhou, sent someone across the river to report that Zhang Jun's army is gathering in Yangzhou. I'm afraid there is some conspiracy!"

Zhao Gou's eyes lit up. The news came too timely, and he guessed it right. Jiangnan West Road was false, and Zhang Jun's real goal was Zhenjiang Mansion.

He immediately ordered: "Send an order to Li Hui, requesting his army to attack the enemy with all its strength, and recover Jiangnan West Road within five days, and then the army will return immediately!"

Xu Xiantu said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you are too impatient, and accidents are easy to happen!"

Zhao Gou snorted coldly, "Zhang Jun wished that my army would drag on Jiangnan West Road for ten and a half months. My judgment will not be wrong. Zhang Jun falsely attacked Jiangnan West Road and actually attacked Zhenjiang Mansion. Mr. Xu, don't let us go again!" I was mistaken!"

Zhao Gou's words were very serious, Xu Xiantu had no choice but to sigh secretly, the emperor is always eager, the last time he was eager to attack Haizhou, resulting in the destruction of an army of [-], this time he is eager to attack Zhang Jun's army, I don't know what will happen .

But Xu Xiantu didn't dare to persuade him too much. If he persuaded too much, no matter whether he won or lost, he would be hated by the emperor.

Both Xu Xiantu and Qin Hui retreated, and Zhao Gou stood alone in front of the sand table with his hands behind his back, staring at Jiangnan West Road for a long time without saying a word.

……

In Xinfeng Teahouse, Hu Yun pointed at the newspaper and smiled at Wang Mu: "How did your Beijing News judge? Look at the headline, 'Zhang Jun is no more than Liu Guangshi's second, and he can be broken'. Zhang Jun is too confident! Jun Ke is much stronger than Liu Guangshi."

Wang Mu took a sip of his tea and said lightly: "We didn't write this, it's the letter submitted by Xiangguo Zhu Shengfei, and the left minister's letter, of course we will put it on the front page, without changing a single word, and the signature below is also his. "

"This Chang Sheng is Mr. Zhu?"

"Of course it's him. Do you think it's someone named Chang?"

Hu Yun laughed loudly, then shook his head and said: "Now the court is full of optimism, probably everyone regards Zhang Jun as Liu Guangshi's second."

"Isn't it? Without the support of the people and the gentry, can they still achieve great things?"

"of course not!"

Hu Yun looked at both sides, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Jun has the secret support of His Highness, but Liu Guangshi does not. Zhang Jun's army has tens of thousands of barrels of kerosene alone, more than 1 horses, more than 500 warships, and [-] elite soldiers. Yu Wan, how can Liu Guangshi compare?"

"Then there is a problem with this big victory?"

"Zhang Jun was just showing weakness on purpose. If he really withdrew his troops, he would definitely walk along the west bank of the Ganshui River. How could he expose a weak brigade under the eyes of the Song army and let the opponent easily win."

"You make sense, what is Zhang Jun's strategy?"

"A tactic of arrogant soldiers, luring the enemy to go deep, taking advantage of the weakness of the emperor who is greedy for merit, and leading the Song army into a place where there will be no redemption."

Wang Mu frowned slightly, "How could the Son of Heaven be so stupid?"

Hu Yun laughed, "Actually, the Son of Heaven is not stupid, he is just talking on paper, everything is taken for granted, he met Zhang Jun who was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and behind him was His Royal Highness King Yong who was far-sighted, how could he win the battle?" Pass?

For example, Luo Ji, the prefect of Yangzhou, sent someone to deliver a letter urgently, and the emperor would definitely believe it!How could Luo Ji be loyal to Zhang Jun, a traitor?

But he never imagined, what if Luo Ji's allegiance is King Yong? "

Wang Mu nodded, "Speaking of it this way, Zhang Jun and the Son of Heaven are just two pawns."

"That's right, only Your Highness is the chess player, and we are the spectators, so enjoy this big game of chess."

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Jingzhao, Lu Tang approached Lu Wei again, this time Lu Wei did not refuse, but invited him to drink tea at Qingfeng Teahouse.

"What's the matter, brother, didn't you go to Lin'an? Why are you back?"

Lu Tang drank a cup of tea, sighed and said, "Don't mention it, my father thought that he would be reused when he went to Lin'an, but he didn't expect to be unpopular at all. All the old friends in the past avoided him, and went to Qin Xiangguo's mansion to vote for his name. It was extremely humiliating to be kicked out by the housekeeper tearing up the famous post, but fortunately the eldest brother gave him a sum of money, he was disheartened and went to the countryside with his mother to retire."

Lu Wei asked with a smile, "Then why don't you go together?"

Lu Yan widened his eyes and said angrily, "I'm only under 30 years old, so tell me to go to the countryside to retire?"

"That's right! You haven't married a wife yet, and your father didn't think about it?"

"That man is very selfish. He won't spend any more money on me. My mother listens to him, so I have no choice but to venture out on my own. Fortunately, I have a few friends who found a job for me."

Lu Wei suddenly became vigilant, "Could it be your job to come to Jingzhao?"

"Don't think too much about it. It's not an intelligence secret. I'm working for a trading company to collect some commercial information, which has nothing to do with the military."

Lu Wei nodded, "So that's the case, that's a good thing, don't touch military secrets again, King Yong has already forgiven you once, if you do it again, you will lose your head."

"I promise that it has nothing to do with the military, so I just know some information, such as the price of land, the price of food, income, etc., are all normal commercial information, it should be public, and it's not breaking the law!"

Lu Wei smiled slightly: "These are not illegal. Let me give you a trick. You can buy a copy of the "Beijing News" every day. The information you want to know can be found in the "Beijing News."

Lu Tang hesitated for a moment and said: "These news are too common. We all rely on the news to get money. To provide these news, we only get two or three pennies a month. There is not enough food. We must provide a valuable one. We know that there are very few people. That way I can get a little more money."

Lu Wei shook his head, "Don't think about it, the lesson from last time was too profound, what I said was all valuable military information, once leaked out, I can't afford to go around, even if my sister is a princess, it's useless."

"Brother, you can pity my little brother! The only thing I'm worth is this surname, otherwise people wouldn't want me."

Lu Wei asked: "Tell me the truth, are you an official businessman or a private businessman?"

"Hey! It's actually an official businessman, so I want to know some valuable news, but I don't want to embarrass you, brother, just help me!"

Lu Wei was silent for a moment and said: "Okay! Just this one time, don't make another example!"

"ensure!"

Lu Wei said slowly: "Fengzhou on Lingxia Road has been captured by the northern nomadic army. The situation in Lingzhou is critical. We will soon send a large number of troops to the north. There will be a big war in the spring tomorrow, and we need to buy a lot of medicinal materials. This is an opportunity. !"

Lu Yan was overjoyed, this was important information, he hesitated and said, "Brother, I have no money for food, can you lend me some."

Lu Wei took out ten taels of silver and threw it to him, and said coldly: "If I find out, you go fooling around in the brothel again, and never come to me again."

Lu Hang patted his chest, "I've changed my mind and promised not to go again."

Lu Hang was so anxious that he ate two bites of snacks and left. As soon as he left, two inner guard spies flashed out from the next door, and Lu Wei nodded to them.

The two got into the carriage and followed Lu Yan's ox cart from a distance.

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Not long after, Lu Wei came to Chen Qing's official room and reported to Chen Qing about Lu Gang.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Are you sure he is serving as an intelligence agent for the court again?"

Lu Wei sighed and said: "There is no doubt, he himself admitted that he is working for officials and businessmen, and he is also concerned about the mobilization of the army. What is it if he is not an intelligence spy?"

"Does the imperial court know that he once worked for Wan Yanchang and was arrested? Did you ask him?"

Lu Wei nodded, "I asked specifically, and he said that his superior didn't know, and I think so, too. Lu Tang was arrested in a relatively hidden way, and he was locked up in the inner guard prison. Only the inner guard knew about it. If he didn't say anything, the court would never Yes, I'm sure he won't say it."

"It should be kept secret, otherwise the court would not use him."

Chen Qing smiled and said: "The imperial court thinks that he is from the Lu family and can get valuable information, but this is a bad move by the imperial court. They never thought that we would find out their information through Lu Yan. "

"That's right. According to His Highness's instructions, I told the army that they are about to go north to Lingxia Road. I believe he will report immediately. The inner guards are already watching."

As soon as Lu Wei finished speaking, Chao Qing reported at the door, "Your Highness, the king is in urgent need of an audience!"

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Please come in!"

Not long after, Wang Hao walked in in a hurry. He made great contributions to the timely detection of Tie Huolei by the inner guards, and was promoted to deputy capital commander by one level, and Zhong Huan was also promoted by one level, from deputy commander to commander.

Wang Hao reported: "His Royal Highness, Lu Tang just went to the Duobao Building and entered the backyard."

Duobaolou is the piece of land that Luxiu on East Street sold for 12 guan. So far, the highest land price in Jingzhao was bought by the Liu family, but the Liu family and the Gao family have already withdrawn. At present, it is owned by Shi Guangping and the other four Join hands to buy.

Shi Guangping originally wanted to build Fengle Building, but encountered the height limit order issued by the Internal Affairs Hall, Fengle Building could not be completed, and finally built a large restaurant covering an area of ​​three mu, with only three floors, named Duobao Building.

The business is certainly good, but the cost is too high. In addition to the land price, there are property prices and other costs. The cost is about 15. It will take at least 20 years to recover the investment.

This answer was within Chen Qing's expectations. Since Duobaolou was opened by Shi Guangping, it would definitely be used by the court, but there is no evidence. Now that Lu Hang's appearance is conclusive evidence.

Wang Hao and Lu Wei looked at King Yong, waiting for his next order.

Chen Qing pondered for a long time and said: "Use Lu Tang to pass on information first, and give full play to his role as a member of the Lu family. This is of course the purpose of the imperial court using him as a spy, which shows that the imperial court believes that he can get important information."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing smiled at Lu Wei again: "Except for the rejection of Tie Huolei's information, everything else is easy to talk about, so I will thank you."

Lu Wei said helplessly: "But this time, the humble job doesn't need money anyway."

"This time, we will play the family card and not talk about money."

Chen Qing said to Wang Hao again: "It's better for the inner guard to arrange someone to enter the Duobao Building, which will be more conducive to understanding him."

Wang Hao nodded, "Duobaolou is recruiting warriors for the past few days, and the humble job can just be arranged."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I was worrying about how to deliver the information they want to the imperial court, but Lu Tang appeared in time, it seems to be God's will!"

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The next day, Jingzhao's Western Army began to mobilize on a large scale. One hundred thousand troops headed northeast, followed by tens of thousands of camels loaded with supplies and food. The news was soon discovered by imperial spies monitoring the Western Army camp. Report back to Jingzhaocheng.

Duobaolou is indeed an intelligence point established by the imperial court in Jingzhao, but it is not Duobaolou itself, but the site of Duobaolou was borrowed by the intelligence point.

There is a small courtyard in the backyard of Duobao Building. There is a small two-story building in the courtyard. The courtyard door is usually closed and the curtains are drawn on the upper floor, which looks quite mysterious.

Needless to say, this is the imperial court's intelligence point in Jingzhao. The imperial court has three intelligence points in Jingzhao, one is Duobaolou, and the other two are shops and inns. But Duobaolou is the headquarters, and there are a total of more than twenty An intelligence agent.

The person in charge is Sima Hui, an official of the Privy Council, and the intelligence agency is also under the control of the Privy Council. Although Xu Xiantu will cooperate with Chen Qing at critical moments, it does not mean that he is on Jingzhao's side in everything, and he will not keep secrets of intelligence points. Leaked to Hu Yun.

Of course, Chen Qing didn't care about this. Xu Xiantu's role was at the critical moment, so he tried not to bother him at ordinary times.

Lu Tang is one of the spies, but his character is not good, he borrows money without repaying it, and hangs around the brothel all day long, which really makes the other spies despise him, and the supervisor Sima Hui also dislikes him very much. If it weren't for his surname Lu, he was a member of the princess family , Sima Hui drove him away long ago.

But this time Lu Tang made a contribution. He learned in advance the information that the Western Army went north to Lingxia Road, and also learned that Fengzhou was captured by nomadic cavalry and the situation on Lingxia Road was not good.

This information was very important and timely, which meant that Chen Qing's energy was distracted, and he couldn't take too much into account of Zhang Jun's rebellion.

At this time, the spies sent to Baqiao rushed back and reported to Sima Hui: "It is true that [-] troops left the barracks and headed northeast, and [-] camels loaded with food and supplies followed."

Sima Hui nodded. It should be going north to Lingxia Road. Only when going north would people use camels to carry goods. If they were going to the Central Plains, they must be transported by water.

"Go get Lu Yan!"

Fortunately, Lu Tang happened to be eating in a restaurant, and didn't go to the brothel to fool around.

Hearing that the supervisor was looking for him, he hurried over.

"See Manager Sima!"

Sima Hui smiled and patted his skinny shoulder, "You did a good job this time, and I will reward you with ten coins!"

Lu Tang was flattered, and hurriedly bowed and said, "It should be! It should be!"

Sima Hui remembered something, and asked with a smile: "What did you do in Jingzhao before?"

"It was arranged by my elder brother Lu Wei to be the boss in the military warehouse."

Sima Hui was taken aback, "Is Lu Wei your elder brother?"

Lu Hang smiled wryly and said: "According to seniority, he should be my nephew, but he is several years older than me, and we grew up together, and we are like brothers. I always call him big brother."

Sima Hui nodded, "So that's the case, then why didn't Bo, who is a good warehouse owner, stop doing it?"

Of course Lu Tang would not tell the truth, he had already said something, he sighed and said: "It is mainly my father's problem, my uncle Lu Qingshan is a counselor, my father is the magistrate, which made my father very dissatisfied, and later my father was dismissed. The Supervisory Office impeached me, and Chen Qing was about to demote my father as a county magistrate, but my father resigned and returned to Lin'an in a fit of anger, so I had no choice but to go back with him."

Sima Hui shook his head and said, "It's not easy for your father. You didn't make good use of such a strong relationship. You need to get in touch with Lu Wei more, understand? Buy him a drink and ask him for information. Although some information is not classified, But it's important to us, understand?"

"Humble job understands!"

Sima Hui then rewarded Lu Hang with ten guan coins, allowing him to continue to inquire about important information.

Sima Hui wrote the information about the major military situation on Lingxia Road as a letter of pigeons, and sent his men to rush out of the city to send the pigeons to Lin'an. It is not easy to go to Lin'an from the government office, and it is not easy to go through two transfers before being sent to Lin'an.

But Sima Hui didn't know that the [-] troops turned south again, passed through Shangluo Road to Dengzhou, and watched the battle situation on Jiangnan West Road closely in Dengzhou, waiting patiently for the opportunity.

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Li Hui captured Nanchang County almost effortlessly. His [-] troops were still [-] miles away from Nanchang County, and the thousands of defenders in Nanchang County abandoned the city and fled.

A mighty army of [-] soldiers approached the city. At this time, the city gate opened, and the magistrate took a few civil officials out of the city to welcome the arrival of the Song army.

"My subordinate Zhang Xin, magistrate of Nanchang, welcomes the return of the Celestial Army!"

Li Hui asked strangely, "Where are your prefects and judges?"

"Reporting to Marshal, they fled before the rebels arrived, and the other county officials also fled."

Li Hui snorted, "Then why don't you run away?"

Zhang Xin said neither arrogant nor humble: "If the humble officer also escapes, what will the people in the city do?"

Li Hui nodded, "Let's talk about the advanced city!"