Chapter 889
The sunset is setting, it is dusk.
Zheng Zongnan walked towards his residence with a slightly heavy footstep. In the past two days, the orders of the Yanmen Pass garrison, the civilians who had been lingering here before had to withdraw from the south gate and station them again. This naturally caused many people to complain. In addition to suppressing the guards, he, the manager of the gatekeeper who was in charge of logistics such as grain, rice, cloth and other logistics items in the pass, had a great responsibility. He needed to allocate corresponding items in time, and at the same time he had to comfort the people with kind words. After two days, not only did he run away in a thin and his voice was hoarse.
Fortunately, by this time, everything was settled and I could finally breathe a sigh of relief. However, unlike the relaxation of his colleagues and subordinates, he felt a little uneasy. He didn't expect that his hard work would be discovered and solved so easily, and he actually made a lot of effort in this. It was ironic to think about it.
Yes, Zheng Zongnan was a detailed work of the Liao Kingdom hidden in Yanmen Guanzhong. The old Guan was the news that he had been passing on the outside on his order. But, two days ago, the guy actually exposed his identity, causing all the arrangements to fail. At least it was impossible to take advantage of the chaos inside the pass to cooperate with the Great Liao elite cavalry outside.
He sighed in a little annoyed, and said in his heart that he was even more resentful: "This Sun Tu is indeed awesome. When Dashi Linya mentioned him before, I felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but unexpectedly, he had only been at Yanmen Pass for three days, and I had no choice but to do anything." If he hadn't known that the power of a man could not get rid of Sun Tu, he would have wanted to take the risk of assassination.
Thinking about these things in my mind, Zheng Zongnan had arrived in front of his residence. Although he was deeply tired, his alertness had not diminished at all. He did not rush to enter when he got to the door. Instead, he first looked at the position of the half leaf sandwiched between the crack of the door. After confirming that there was no problem, he opened the door and entered, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. Only by entering this space that belonged only to him could he completely relax.
But just when Zheng Zongnan was planning to cook some food randomly to deal with it, the door was slapped, and then a familiar voice came: "Brother Zheng, are you back? I got a bottle of good wine today and dare not eat it alone. I'm here to join you in a drunken relationship."
When he knew that the person was his colleague Mai Liang, Zheng Zongnan relaxed again and went out to open the door. They both drank a lot on weekdays, so it was reasonable for this person to come today. As soon as the door opened, Mai Liang walked in naturally and raised the bottle of wine in his hand and the paper bag on his other hand: "There are wine and food, we brothers must drink it for a while today."
Zheng Zongnan smiled and said, "I'm really having a headache about what to eat tonight. Brother Mai, you are here just in time. Then I'm not polite. You invite me today, and I'll go find a good wine in the jar to invite you back and forth."
"You and I have to worry about what to do, go and eat and drink first, and wait for tomorrow." Mai Liang smiled, and had already pulled the other party back to the house, then skillfully found the wine bowl and chopsticks, and sat at the guest seat.
At this time, some wealthy families were still accustomed to the habit of eating separately from the table that had been passed down for thousands of years, but Yanmen Pass was located in a remote place and there was not so much attention. The two of them sat face to face at a small table, and drank the bottle of good wine in a few dishes.
The wine tastes really good. It doesn’t have much bitterness when it’s full. This makes Zheng Zongnan, who has always been a little greedy, eats it and drinks more than Mailiang.
After getting a little drunk, he asked curiously: "By the way, Brother Mai, where did you get this wine? If you get the chance, I want to buy some."
"Well, have you been putting up the civilians for several days? This wine was bought from one of them. I heard that it was brewed from his ancestral prescription, which is much better than the wine outside."
"So that's the case. Why don't we go to him tomorrow..." As a detailed work from Liao Kingdom, Zheng Zongnan has no other hobbies, but only good wine. After eating such good wine today, he really couldn't stop, and he felt that drinking other wine would be tasteless in the future.
"It's true, I...I will take you to see him tomorrow." Mai Liang was drunk as he spoke, his tongue became big, and his eyes became a little confused. This made Zheng Zongnan feel a little laughed. When did this guy's alcohol tolerance become so poor, he only had a few drinks, and he was actually drunk? Isn't this a cheap self? There is still half of the wine in the bottle in front of him that has not moved.
Thinking of this, he reached out to get it. Unexpectedly, the first time he didn't touch the bottle, and the second time he knocked over the bottle. It was not until this time that Zheng Zongnan suddenly realized that he was drunk, not only was he dazzled, but he didn't even obey his hands.
"This alcohol is too strong... not right!" Zheng Zongnan, who was still maintaining the Qingming Festival, suddenly woke up. How could he be drunk by half a bottle of wine if he could drink dozens of glasses in a row? There must be something strange about it! In an instant, his vigilance as a Liao people had returned. He pressed the table and wanted to get up and go there to get a weapon to defend himself.
But at this moment, a few cracks came, and the doors and windows of the small room were shattered at the same time, and several figures were rushing towards him like leopards pounced on their prey. This made Zheng Zongnan even more panicked and wanted to resist. But together, he felt a dizzy turn, his feet softened, and his eyes turned black, and he fell down again with a buzz, and in an instant, he completely lost consciousness.
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It took a long time before Zheng Zongnan felt a cold head, and his body suddenly shook and woke up. Then he was frightened to find that he was tied to a large wooden pillar, and fire was flashing around him, illuminating dozens of people. He actually took the other's way and completely fell into the hands of Song Jun!
At this moment, he was really panicked, and he didn't know where he had revealed his flaws. He would actually let the other party use such a trick to capture him. The only way now is to pretend to be stupid and hope to deal with it. Thinking of this, he pretended to shout: "What are you doing? I am the official of the gouzheng Zongnan, but the official of the court..."
"Zheng Zongnan, at this time, don't try to use this statement to get away with it. If we hadn't had conclusive evidence, how could we suddenly take you?" A voice with a hint of hatred sounded from the side. Zheng Zongnan turned around and saw that Tian Boyuan, the garrison of Yanmen Pass, was staring at him.
Even at this time, Zheng Zongnan was still making the final efforts: "General Tian, why can't I understand what you said at all? I have always been diligent and hardworking, and have never done anything to embezzle and deduct it. How can you wrong me so much..." "Don't pretend anymore, let's see what this is?" With a shout, a blood-stained thing was thrown to his feet. When he saw this object, he subconsciously licked deep into his teeth, but after licking it in vain, Zheng Zongnan finally changed his face and gave up.
In order to prevent being captured, he would be tortured after being captured. If he couldn't hold on, he would confess the key things. The secret spies all had poison sacks in their mouths, and they would be fatal in an instant. But now, the poison sack was no longer in his mouth and fell to the ground ahead. At this moment, no matter how many explanations he had, it would be completely useless. This thing is the best proof of his identity as a secret spy in Liao people.
At this time, Sun Tu, who had thrown things over, took another step forward and sneered: "Do you know why we easily see through our identity?"
This was the biggest question in Zheng Zongnan's mind. He subconsciously asked: "Why? Where did I reveal my flaws?"
"That's it." Sun Tu took the secret letter that had not been ejaculated and shook it open in front of him.
"This is impossible! I deliberately hid my habits in the handwriting on it, and I used my left hand..." He was extremely careful about this and immediately argued loudly.
Sun Tu laughed again and shook his head: "I didn't say that the words above betray you. To be honest, I'm the same as you, and I ignored the more important clue from the beginning, that is, this cloth."
Zheng Zongnan stared at the cloth, but he couldn't understand what was wrong with the half piece of cloth he pulled. Seeing that he was in doubt, Sun Tu said again: "Don't you figure it out yet? As the saying goes, the net of sky is vast and sparse. Do you know that this piece of cloth was sent to Yanmen Pass just two days ago, and it was a batch of new cloth made in Jiangnan, and it was not too late to send it to the army. In other words, this piece of cloth would never appear anywhere outside the warehouse, unless someone in charge of the warehouse pulled it out."
This sentence finally reminded Zheng Zongnan of his behavior at that time. At that time, because he felt the pressure from Sun Tu, he took advantage of the fact that there was no one around and pulled a piece of cloth that had just been given to him by his subordinates, and then wrote the secret letter on it.
At that time, he thought there was no flaw in everything - in fact, if the secret letter was shot out of seclusion, there was no flaw in it - but in the end, he fell into this small omission.
It was through this that Sun Tu quickly locked in his identity as a detailed work in Liao Kingdom. It was not until this time that Tian Boyuan suddenly realized that in addition to Du Changguo and those counselors, Zheng Zongnan, the official who was in charge of gouging, could also know the exact time of the Song army's grain delivery team and army leaving the seclusion at the first time. Needless to say, the former had to be in his hands, and the latter had to prepare food and grass when the troops went to war. After being a official of gouging for many years, he could even calculate the number of troops by calling the amount of grain.
It can be said that he is an important person who is completely ignored. If Sun Tu had not been careful enough, he would have not been able to find his exact identity until today and lay hidden dangers for the future.
But now, Sun Tu wanted to know more: "Tell me, what are the spies of Liao Kingdom hiding in the civilians and guarding the passmen? Also, what are your plans? Are you planning to cooperate with the inside and outside to seize Yanmen Pass? How should you contact the Liao soldiers outside?"
Chapter completed!