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"Reporting to the general, Tsing Yi House is a nearby brothel. We often go to it. It's cheap but not good in quality. But we have never seen that woman, and we can't understand the few words she cursed."

"What do you mean? Why don't you understand?"

"I don't know where the accent is. It's very weird. We didn't understand it. We just felt very fierce. Then Supervisor Hu hurriedly dragged her into the tent."

……

Returning to the inner guard from the construction site, Zhong Huan sorted out all the clues today. First of all, the three assassins had ambushed in the construction site beforehand. The evidence is that the dog is far away from the main road and the palace wall. If the assassins came to kill it , then it wouldn't just bark twice, the assassin must have passed by the dog, so he killed it casually.

Secondly, Hu Zhen must have arranged for the assassin to ambush in the construction site, and the woman in Hu Zhen's big tent was supposed to be in charge of responding. When she found out that the inner guard came to investigate, she killed Hu Zhen.

Third, it is very likely that the person is not a Han Chinese, and I am not sure if he is a foreigner.

At this time, Xu Cheng said in a low voice: "That woman is very likely to be from Korea. We are at war with Korea, and they are very likely to attack."

Chong Huan shook his head and said, "I'll tell you why they're not from Korea. Those people planned and plotted for at least half a year, and this Hu Zhen was loyal to them at least a year and a half ago. If they were from Korea, Yao Kaishan I won’t be unaware, and I won’t hide it for them, so I can be sure that they are not Korean.”

Xu Cheng frowned, "Where is that from?"

"It's all possible. The remnants of the party, the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, the Tubo people, the Xiliao people, the Nanzhao people, the Japanese, the Jiaozhi people, and even some wealthy families who were wiped out have endured for many years and trained a group of assassins. So based on a few unintelligible words, it's hard to tell where they are from? But..."

"But what?" Xu Cheng and several inner guard generals asked anxiously.

Zhong Huan said indifferently: "But I personally prefer Japanese people!"

"General, why are you Japanese?"

Chong Huan said slowly: "After we caught those three Japanese students in Luoyang, we didn't have anything to say. I knew that those three Japanese students were just a patch of aquatic plants out of the water, and there must be a huge root system hidden underneath. Luoyang There are spies from the Japanese country, so is there no Jingzhaohui?"

The three Japanese spies have always been a thorn in Zhong Huan's heart. After interrogation, I found out that they are really three Japanese students. They are studying at Luoyang Guozi Academy and collecting intelligence for their country. Every one or two months, someone will come to the door Get information, who is the other party?The three Japanese students knew nothing about it. They only knew that with a sign, they would hand over all kinds of information to each other.

To put it bluntly, the three Japanese overseas students are an intelligence transfer station, and they know nothing about the real Japanese intelligence spies.

In fact, as soon as the assassination case happened, Chong Huan immediately thought of the Wa Kingdom, but he had no evidence, so he couldn't jump to conclusions, but he always regarded the Wa Kingdom's intelligence spies as a great hidden danger.

"General, where should we start next?" Xu Cheng asked again.

Chong Huan sighed, "I'll go to ask His Majesty first to understand His Majesty's attitude."

……

At this time, what Chen Qing was concerned about was not the assassination case, but the flood. There was too much rain today, all the rivers were flooded, and a large area of ​​farmland was flooded. It was inevitable that Guanzhong would reduce its grain production this year.

But the danger now is not the farmland, but Jianzhang County, the original Han Chang'an City.

Back then, Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was prone to waterlogging because of its low-lying terrain and poor drainage. The Sui Dynasty only found a new place to build Daxing City, that is, Chang'an City.

The weather in Guanzhong has been relatively dry and cold for decades, so Han Chang'an City has not felt any crisis, but this year is different.

The most worrying thing now is the skyrocketing of the Weishui River. Once the Weishui River breaks its embankment, Jianzhang County will be wiped out, with a population of several 10!

Chen Qingzheng and the ministers gathered together to discuss water control strategies.

Zhang Yuanlang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was born in water control and has extremely rich experience in water control. He said to everyone: "Looking at the current trend, there will be heavy rains. I have visited the Weishui River in my humble job. The Weishui River can only last for two days at most. The only way now is to Flood discharge is to lower the water level of the Wei River, and if we don’t blow up the embankment to discharge the flood, Jianzhang County will be in danger.”

Chen Qing said slowly: "The flood can be released, but where should it be released?"

Zhang Yuanlang pointed to the map with a wooden pole and said: "The topography of Guanzhong is high on both sides and low in the middle, and it can discharge floods to the south or north. Wei Chen has inspected both sides of the Wei River, and there are two places that can be considered as flood discharges. One is Jiangjiawa, between Xianyang and Xingping County, is low-lying and full of farmland. There is only one village. The village is still high enough to form a large lake. We don’t need to relocate people, but we need to compensate for the farmland.

The other flood discharge site is between Lintong County and Weinan County, but there are three towns and more than a dozen villages here. Thousands of households need to be relocated, and there may not be enough time, so I prefer Jiangjiawa for flood discharge. "

Chen Qing nodded and said, "Instead of working behind closed doors here, why don't we go to the field and see the current situation in Weihe and Jianzhang County."

The first thousand and 570 chapters and seven floods

The rain started to fall heavily again. Dozens of horse-drawn carriages stopped at the pier of the Weihe River. Sergeants, holding umbrellas, guarded the emperor and dozens of high-ranking officials to inspect the Weishui River. collapse, the river is about to overflow, and the situation is precarious.

The guards were also terrified, and several guards kept persuading the emperor to leave quickly.

Zhong Xiangguo was also shocked. He was still thinking about the plan while sitting in the court hall, but with the current situation, there was no time for them to continue discussing.

Zhou Kuan said loudly: "Your Majesty, the rain will not stop, there will be heavy rain, we can't delay any longer, we must make a decision immediately."

Jiang Yanxian also said: "The situation is indeed critical. The embankment collapsed within a day or two. If it is not rescued in time, not only Jianzhang County will be destroyed, but a large area of ​​land around Jingzhao will be flooded. Your Majesty, act immediately .”

Chen Qing nodded, "Then let's vote! Xiangguo, who agrees to release the flood in Jiangjiawa, please raise your hand!"

The seven prime ministers all raised their hands at the same time, and Chen Qing himself raised his hand. He immediately said: "Since everyone agrees, let the flood discharge in Jiangjiawa. In addition, the 30 garrison troops in Jingzhao must all go into action and use mud bags to reinforce the flood." Embankment, warehouse, take out all the sacks!"

Chen Qing immediately mobilized 30 troops to the banks of the Weihe River and raised the embankment with mud bags. Busy, using all animal power to transport dirt and mud bags.

At the same time, on the north bank of the Weihe River, about fifty miles west of Xianyang County, soldiers from the Firearms Battalion ignited two huge iron fire mines.

"Boom! Boom!" There were two violent explosions, mud splashed, and a gap of tens of feet was opened in the river embankment. The ferocious river water poured out, roaring and galloping towards tens of thousands of mu of low-lying places.

At night, a large lake formed to the west of Xianyang County, and the Wei River gradually dropped below the warning line.

But the rain was still falling, and at night, the warning water level was exceeded again. The court quickly adopted a second flood discharge plan to discharge flood in the depression east of Mei County, and the Weihe River poured out again, and the water level began to drop rapidly.

Although the two floods flooded nearly [-] mu of farmland, it also kept millions of mu of farmland in Guanzhong and the safety of millions of people. Six consecutive flood peaks were able to pass through the border safely.

Three days later, the rain gradually subsided, and Chen Qing led the senior officials to inspect the Weishui River again. The Weishui River had dropped below the warning line, and the current was not as fast as before. The pontoon bridge was rebuilt.

Chen Qing then went to Jiangjiawa area to the west of Xianyang to inspect. A large lake with a width of five miles from east to west and a length of more than [-] miles from north to south appeared in front of them.

A few days ago, it was still a wheat field, but the terrain was low-lying. Due to the continuous rain, the wheat was basically destroyed, and a pool of water was formed here, but now it has simply turned into a large lake.

This is the vicissitudes of life. I wonder if this lake will still exist hundreds of years later?

"Has the official path been broken?" Chen Qing asked looking at the vast water.

Zhang Yuanlang hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the official path is at a high place. Although it is underwater, it is only one foot deep. After a few days, the official path will be exposed. It should not affect the official path."

"You mean the lake will get smaller?"

"Exactly, the lake has just been formed. It is a lagoon. When it stabilizes, it will be reduced by about [-]% compared to the current one. Weichen inspected the surrounding area yesterday and found that two small rivers have flowed into it, thus replenishing its water source. On the one hand, the sun will evaporate, and on the other hand, there is a steady stream of running water, so it will form a balance in the end."

Chen Qing nodded, turned to Jiang Yanxian and said, "Notify the government to register the submerged land, and the government promises to pay twice the market price!"

Jiang Yanxian quickly laughed and said: "My minister simply calculated that about [-]% of the submerged land in Xianyang County is official land, and there are not many private lands. In Mei County, it is mainly military land, and there are not many private lands either. .”

"That's the best. The continuous rain this time has brought great losses to today's farmland. We must plan ahead and mobilize grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River and Sichuan as soon as possible to prevent food prices from skyrocketing. In addition, we must organize farmers to build water conservancy and water storage lakes." , to give farmers a chance to earn money.”

"Wei Chen understands!"

Chen Qing said to Zhang Yuanlang again: "Although the flood has gone down now, we must prevent it from seeming, especially now that the rain is not clear. I hope that the Ministry of Industry and the Metropolitan Water Supervision will closely monitor it and find a new flood discharge plan."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will closely monitor the water situation and have sent people to find a better flood discharge point."

After finishing the arrangements, Chen Qing returned to Tai Chi Palace.

……

When he returned to the imperial study, he saw Zhong Huan sitting outside waiting, Chen Qing smiled and said, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have just arrived!"

"Come in and talk!"

Chen Qing walked into the imperial study and sat down, and asked with a smile, "Is there any clue about the assassin's investigation?"

"Weichen preliminarily judged that it was the work of the Wa Kingdom!"

"Really? Is this your inference, or is there any solid evidence?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's just an inference. I haven't found conclusive evidence yet, and I haven't caught the assassin."

"Okay! Then tell me how to deduce it. The deduction also needs a basis, and you can't just imagine it."

"Weichen went to investigate the Donggong construction site the day after the assassination, and found that Hu Zhen, the supervisor, was an internal response, but he had already been murdered, but the other party killed him hastily and did not search his belongings carefully, leaving behind clues , we searched his belongings by ourselves, and found that he had a booklet, he was learning Japanese, second, we found that he left a bag of gold, 100 taels, and there was a note in it, which should be an IOU, 'Pay for gold One hundred taels, still owed one hundred taels, based on this." The person who signed the money is Yuan Benyi; third, we found a letter he wrote to his family, in which there was a sentence, "The Japanese forced me to be very urgent, and I regretted it." !' Weichen believes that this sentence is the most direct basis, and based on this sentence, the humble official can deduce that the assassin is a Japanese."

Chen Qing nodded. The second and third items are indeed more solid evidence. The original meaning should be the Genji family in Japan. It has a huge power and has trained a large number of warriors. The so-called bushido spirit and ninjas of the Japanese are all from the Minamoto family. create.

"So is there any information about the Jingzhao Wa people?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister is still investigating closely, but not yet!"

"Where did you investigate?"

"Weichen mainly comes from two aspects. One is Hu Zhen's contact with him over the past year. His friends and family members. It is the Japanese students studying in Jingzhao and the Japanese businessmen, I believe that they must have had contact with the spies."

"How many Japanese students and businessmen are there in Jingzhao?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are very few foreign students, only seven of them, all of whom are studying at Guozixue, but there are more than forty Japanese businessmen, and they have also established a Japanese chamber of commerce. These are the targets of our investigation."

Chen Qing nodded, "The 10,000+ Japanese army has been trapped in Koryo, and their escape route has been cut off. They will inevitably launch crazy assassinations to disrupt our court and force us to withdraw from Korea. Therefore, I must strengthen my guard with all my strength. Not only me, but also the seven ministers."

"Weichen understands that Weichen has stopped everything and is doing his best to strengthen security to prevent the second assassination by the Japanese."

The first thousand and 570 eight chapters of prevention

There is a big house in the east of Lintong County. The big house covers an area of ​​five acres, with high walls and a deep courtyard. The gate is usually closed and does not communicate with neighbors, but the neighbors know that the big house is rented by a businessman. Usually, the businessman is rarely at home. Part of the time is empty.

But the neighbors didn't know that this mansion also had a back door, which led out from a separate alley, leading to the street.

At night, several men in black quickly walked into the alley at the back door, and entered the mansion directly from the back door. In front of the steps in the back yard, several men in black knelt down and saluted, "My lord, the emperor of Yongchao is closely guarded. Let's do it!"

Standing on the steps was a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, short in stature, with a square face and extremely thick eyebrows. He was the third member of the Genji family in Japan, Minamoto Yoshi. Goryeo's lieutenant vanguard.

Minamoto Yoshi is responsible for training the Minamoto family generals. After ten years of hard training, he has trained a team of dead soldiers with high martial arts skills. About 50 people. The dead men sneaked into Jingzhao, assassinated the emperor of the Yong Dynasty, and caused chaos in the Yong Dynasty, preparing for the Japanese army to land on Goryeo.

Occupying Koryo was a unanimous decision of Japan. Regardless of factions or conflicts, the opinions on the invasion of Koryo were highly unified. The Japanese nobles were also worried that the Yong Dynasty would send troops to interfere. The only way was to create civil strife in Yong. It will cause great chaos in the Yong Kingdom, and the successor will be unable to take into account the Koryo Kingdom for the first time.

Assassination and assassination have always been the traditional culture of the Japanese, so that a secret assassination organization such as the ninja was born, and the assassination of the Emperor Yong Dynasty became the consensus of high-level Japanese officials.

Yuan Benyi's face darkened, and he said coldly: "In the past two days, the emperor of the Yong Dynasty went out to inspect the flood every day, so there is no chance yet?"

"Reporting to my lord, it is true that the emperor of the Yong Dynasty inspected the flood, but there were inner guards blocking it outside. No one was allowed to come within [-] paces. Many people were not allowed to approach and talk. There were guards holding up shields inside. Chance."

"Useless idiot!"

Yuanben cursed out of righteousness, "Get out!"

Several subordinates quickly retreated.

At this time, a scribe stepped forward to persuade: "My lord, don't be too anxious, because the opponent must have tight defenses after the assassination just now. If you are too hasty, you will easily be caught by the opponent's inner guard."

The scribe is called Wuan Qingyuan, a retainer of the Yuan family, proficient in Chinese, he is in charge of external relations, and is also the counselor of Yuan Benyi.

Yuan Benyi sighed and said: "We all know that Yong State has sent troops, but the news can't get out, how can I not be so anxious?"

Japan did not establish its own information transmission channel in the Yong Dynasty, but used the intelligence channels of Li Zhen and Goryeo to pass the news on their behalf. Therefore, when Li Zhen was arrested and the Goryeo intelligence network was completely destroyed, the news of the Japanese intelligence spies could not be transmitted. out.

Either go to Quanzhou, take a merchant ship to Japan, and deliver information, but since this year, there have been no trade ships to Japan.

Therefore, a lot of extremely important information could not be passed on, and Yuan Benyi was very anxious and helpless.

Wu An Qingyuan pondered for a while and said: "There is no chance, so I should find a way to find an opportunity. I will go and discuss with Yihe-kun and see if they have any solutions. After all, they understand the situation better."

"Yes! Report to me anytime."

……

Japan has been collecting in the Central Plains since the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, their intelligence base was in Bianliang, Tokyo. After the Northern Song Dynasty fell, Japan’s intelligence agencies were also divided into two, with one part retreating to Luoyang and the other retreating to Lin’an.

About five years ago, Luoyang's intelligence agency moved to Jingzhao, but there was still one point left in Luoyang, which was the three foreign students who were arrested by the inner guard before.

It's just that they used a single line to communicate, and the three Japanese students in Luoyang did not know any information from the intelligence agency.

Japan's intelligence agencies are relatively low-key in Jingzhao, not as ostentatious as Koryo, and very covert.

The head of intelligence is called Iga Tetsuya, a big Japanese businessman who also assisted the then Yongguo to buy a large amount of silver from Japan, so the relationship with the Yongguo Trade Supervisor is very good.

In fact, this is because Yongguo did not understand the national conditions of Japan. Iga Tetsu was also sent by the Japanese imperial court, but he bought silver from various local vassal states. This did not affect the interests of the imperial court. On the contrary, the Japanese imperial court also used the silver trade Obtained a lot of armor.

There are also differences between the Japanese intelligence agencies and the Koryo intelligence agencies. The Korean intelligence agencies tried their best to obtain the advanced military technology of the Yong State, while the Japanese intelligence agencies tried their best to obtain the pig iron and bow and arrow armor of the Yong State.

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce is located in Xuanyangfang, close to Dongdawazi. It is a building covering an area of ​​three acres and two courtyards. The Chamber of Commerce is a meeting place and an inn, which serves Japanese businessmen.

Iga Tetsuya is the founder of this chamber of commerce. His business industry is also in the chamber of commerce. He is mainly engaged in import and export trade. He will transport copper ingots, pearls, ambergris, and precious shells from Japan, and then export porcelain to Japan , silk, tea, rouge, face powder and other things, these are high-end products sought after by the Japanese upper class.

Of course, he will also apply to the Trade Supervisor for the export of old weapons and armor. Once approved, he will get silver from Japan to trade. According to the rules of the Yong Kingdom, the export of old weapons and armor can only be exchanged for silver.

His behavior is completely compliant and legal, but he will also collect the "Beijing News" at the same time, and transport the old "Beijing News" in bundles to Japan, and Japan will extract information from them.

So in the past five years, his low-key and legal business activities have not been noticed by the inner guards at all. How could the inner guards have never imagined that the Japanese Chamber of Commerce is actually a Japanese intelligence agency?

In fact, there are only two intelligence spies of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, one is Iga Tetsuya, and the other is his deputy Kobayashi Tokuhiro. The other dozen or so guys are doing business normally, and none of his subordinates know that he is actually a Japanese national. intelligence spies.

Wu'an Qingyuan found Wu'an Qingyuan, and in the inner hall, Yihezhe also drank tea and said: "The assassin you sent should have committed suicide, otherwise you would have been arrested long ago. I heard that Hu Zhen is also dead, so you should have nothing to worry about." .”

Wu'an Qingyuan smiled wryly and said: "It's not a question of whether it will be found, but to complete the task. My master is in a hurry. Japan has sent troops to Goryeo, and the Yong army has also sent troops. As long as the Yong Dynasty is in chaos, we will have a chance .”

"There is no way!"