Lin Xiqi just stared at Wang Dong with a smile.
Wang Dong finally looked away and fell silent.
Lin Xiqi did not urge him and slowly drank tea.
"It seems that lord has an extraordinary origin." After half a quarter of an hour, Wang Dong said in a deep voice.
"What is the origin of extraordinary? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. This official is bought by silver. I'm just curious about you and have no other intentions." Lin Xiqi chuckled.
"I still have this vision of Bei Zhi." Wang Dong also smiled.
Lin Xiqi nodded slightly and did not speak out.
"Since the adults are a little curious, I can talk about it." Wang Dong continued, "It's been more than ten years ago, and I'll almost forget it if I don't talk about it."
"It shouldn't be forgotten, right?" Lin Xiqi asked.
"Yes, Bei Zhi just buried these in his heart, and he still can't forget them after all." Wang Dong nodded, "Bi Zhi was once a spy on the Emperor Dragon!"
After Wang Dong finished speaking, he also paid attention to Lin Xiqi's expression.
Seeing Lin Xiqi's expression as usual, Wang Dong couldn't help but say: "From the expression of the lord, I should know the identity of the lord."
"The time is limited, so I know that you should be related to the court's secret spies. I don't know what the details are." Lin Xiqi said.
Wang Dong nodded and said, "Bizhi was once a thousand households of the Emperor Long's secret spy. Ten years ago, Beizhi was ordered to go deep into the desert to spy on the military information of the "Hou Yuan".
"Ten years ago?" Lin Xiqi thought for a while, "The Battle of Shitan River?"
"That's right, because the emperor is going to be in charge of the army in person, our Emperor Dragon Spy dare not be careless. Five thousand households led their men to infiltrate in five directions to provide information for the army to set off." Wang Dong said.
"According to your opinion, the court attached great importance to military information back then. Why did he lose his life overnight in Shitanhe and more than 500,000 soldiers lost their lives?" Lin Xiqi asked curiously.
When Lin Xiqi asked, Wang Dong's breathing became a little heavy.
His hands clenched into fists and his eyes turned red.
"The eunuch party will ruin the country, and the eunuch party will ruin the country!" Wang Dong said gritting his teeth.
Wang Dong's words made Lin Xiqi roughly understand the reason.
In fact, there are rumors in the court, but the specific matters are unknown.
Shitanhe was defeated, and a large number of officials in the court were convicted of being punished, beheaded, houses were confiscated, and houses were exiled.
The emperor was in his forties, in his prime of Spring and Autumn, and had great ambitions. He wanted to solve the problem of the "Hou Yuan" dynasty's invasion of the border, so he finally led a 500,000 army to personally lead the army.
Unfortunately, the 500,000 army was defeated overnight, and the emperor fled back to the capital in a panic and changed his temperament.
Due to this blow, I was a little depressed, addicted to alcohol and beauty in the harem, and numb myself to the morning court for a few months.
I heard that a fifty-year-old man now looks like he is in his seventies or eighties and has no energy at all.
After this great defeat, the imperial court was greatly damaged and he was no longer able to conquer the "Hou Yuan". In recent years, Yuan invaded the border even more rampant. Only a few larger cities on the border could they be defended. Other places outside the city became Hou Yuan's hunting grounds.
"I had already found out that Hou Yuan wanted to attack the army in Shitan River, but after I reported this news, it was like a rock sinking into the sea, without any news. Finally, I realized that Wei Xiang, the eunuch beside the emperor, had no news. He thought it was alarmist and was afraid that such a thing would shock the emperor. It was so ridiculous and so ridiculous!" Wang Dong sighed, "Later, although we were lucky enough to escape, we were also deprived of our identity as a spy on the Dragon and were sent here. Finally, we took a job in the county government. The brothers who entered the desert to spy with me were seriously injured, and only a dozen survived."
Hearing this, Lin Xiqi suddenly felt a stir in his heart and asked, "A dozen people? Are those yamen runners?"
"It's eleven of them. When we first came to Sandao County, there were more than 30 yamen runners in the county yamen. Slowly, those people left and we had nowhere to go, so we stayed here. Otherwise, there would be no more yamen runners in this county yamen?" Wang Dong said.
Only then did Lin Xiqi understand why these yamen runners followed Wang Dong's horse.
These people were originally Wang Dong's subordinates, so it makes sense.
"That's strange. Their strength doesn't seem to be very good." Lin Xiqi asked curiously.
The strength of the eleven yamen runners was too different from that of Wang Dong. He did not think that these yamen runners could hide from their eyes.
Hearing Lin Xiqi's words, Wang Dong smiled and said, "Sir, we are secret spies."
"I asked about strength, what does it have to do with you telling you about the secret spies?" Lin Xiqi asked in confusion.
"It's okay." Wang Dong smiled, "Spying only aims to spy on intelligence, and there are many ways to spy on intelligence. Even if you don't have martial arts, you can get various intelligence information, such as beauty tricks, make friends with some important figures on the enemy, or bribing an important figure to an important figure, you can get important news. So for us, strength is not the most important thing. What is important is that people should be smart, good at disguising, good at concealing, able to deal with various emergencies, and adapt to changes. Regardless of their origin, all of them are OK. Strength is the business of the Emperor Dragon Secret Guard. They are all masters, and this is the main force to protect important figures in the royal family."
Lin Xiqi was stunned for a moment and then realized it.
There are indeed various means for secret spy on information, and strength is just an auxiliary, not the absolute key.
"So that's it. I don't know much about this." Lin Xiqi said, "You have been here for more than ten years, but have you not thought about changing it?"
"Who dares to use us?" Wang Dong smiled bitterly, "It's not easy to survive, so I dare not expect anything else."
"Do you trust me so much?" Lin Xiqi asked, "If I tell you about your identity, you may still be in trouble."
"It's not a question of believing or not, it's just an intuition." Wang Dong said, "The feeling of being humble is different from other officials."
"Haha~~" Lin Xiqi laughed, "I have also said that this official bought it."
Wang Dong shook his head and said nothing more.
"I understand. Next, you will be responsible for recruiting some yamen runners. At least the county yamen's storefront has to be supported. You twelve people are not enough." Lin Xiqi said.
"That would cost a lot of money." Wang Dong said.
"I wonder, your strength is good, it's not that troublesome to get some silver, right? You can earn a lot of money by simply sucking some goods here at the border." Lin Xiqi said.
"I don't know that this place is basically the major forces that monopolize the business roads. In addition, there are many robbers and bandits outside, and even some sects will pretend to be these people and rob past business names. A single person or some small forces cannot make money on these, unless they rely on some big business names, but most of the income is taken away by the big business names after one trip." Wang Dong said, "Because of his identity, I have never thought about this. Anyway, I can survive, so I won't think about it too much."
"So that's it. The silver is not a problem. If the court does not issue it, I will make up for it." Lin Xiqi said as he took out ten silver notes from his arms. "This is 10,000 taels. I will owed you the compensation. I will pay an additional three months of salary. The remaining county government office will be repaired and recruited people. The silver is not enough. Then you come to find me again. You can convey these things, and I will not summon others. Oh, by the way, you will discuss these things with Chen Changjie."
"Yes, if you don't say it, you will also look for Lord Chen if you are not allowed." Wang Dong said.
He can still deal with the matters of recruiting yamen runners, but he will become an amateur when repairing the county yamen.
Chapter completed!