Chapter five hundred and thirty first closing the net
As night fell, the city gates were closed, and two thousand soldiers were dispatched. In addition to Wang Qiyang's main store and two branches, there was actually an inn, Cunning Rabbit Three Cave. This was not discovered by the internal guards, and even the general spies of the Puppet Qi Army.
I don’t know, only a small boss at the level of Zhang Shun knows.
The puppet Qi army invested heavily in intelligence collection on Xihe Road. In addition to Chengji County, there were also intelligence points in Huangzhou and Lanzhou.
But Wang Hao is still a little worried. Is there another intelligence point that only the top boss knows about?
Now they have to catch the top boss as quickly as possible before they can unravel the mystery.
The intelligence chief of the Puppet Qi Army on Xihe Road is named Ren Kuang, who is the shopkeeper Ren of Wang Qiyang’s main store. From Zhang Shun’s confession, he learned that shopkeeper Ren’s wife and children are all in Chengji County, so he gave
Wang Hao brought hope of instigating the other party to rebel.
All intelligence sent to Jingzhao Mansion must have Ren Kuang's fingerprint, so Ren Kuang will be extremely important in the subsequent deception tactics.
Ren Kuang was about forty years old. He was originally a civil servant in Jingzhao Prefecture. Because he was from Chengji County, he was favored by Li Cheng and sent him to Chengji County to lurk. Ren Kuang's ability as a spy was average.
, he didn't get any top-secret information, but he did a good job in business and made Wang Qiyang Restaurant prosperous.
But the Song Army would not let him go just because he was doing well in business. At this time, Ren Kuang did not know that he had been surrounded by the Song Army.
He was cleaning up his room and preparing to leave the restaurant and go home.
Ren Kuang quickly put the thick stack of information into the secret box in the kitchen, locked the cupboard, then blew out the oil lamp and left the room.
Unexpectedly, Ren Kuang was stunned as soon as he left the door. Dozens of soldiers stood in the yard, aiming crossbows at him.
Eight waiters from the restaurant were also escorted out, including Zhang Shun. He pretended to know nothing. In fact, if he hadn't secretly hidden all the weapons in the box, how could the seven spies with high martial arts skills have been captured without a fight?
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Wang Hao walked into the shopkeeper's room, and several soldiers pushed the shopkeeper Ren Kuang in. Wang Hao laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the dignified shopkeeper Ren was actually a spy of the puppet Qi army!"
Ren Kuang snorted, "Everyone is his own master, what's the fuss about."
"That's right. Everyone has his own master. I won't make it difficult for you. You just need to tell me that in addition to the three Wang Qiyang Stores and Sihai Inn, I also want to know if there is a fifth intelligence point in Chengji County?"
Ren Kuang sneered, "Do you think I will tell you?"
"I said, I don't want to embarrass you. Those who know the current affairs are heroes!"
As soon as Wang Hao finished speaking, a childish boy shouted from outside, "Daddy!"
Ren Kuang's expression suddenly changed, "Why did you arrest my son?"
Wang Hao said coldly: "You and I are enemies now. Is there anything we can't do between enemies?"
After all, Ren Kuang was only a civilian official. When the other party caught his vital point, he immediately sat down weakly. After a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "There is an Yingxin Station outside the city!"
"We have taken control and captured two of your men."
"Since you know about the Eagle Station outside the city and the Sihai Inn, there is no fifth one in Chengji County. There is still one in Huangzhou and Lanzhou."
Wang Hao waved his hand, and the soldiers brought Ren Kuang, his wife and children in. His seven-year-old son Ren Chuner threw himself into his father's arms.
Wang Hao said calmly: "I will let you stay with your wife and children, please come with us!"
"Husband, will they kill us?" Ren Kuang's wife was trembling with fear.
"No, don't worry and go with them."
Ren Kuang has realized that there must be a reason for the other party to be so polite to him, and he must be asking for something from him.
While Ren Kuang was being taken away, the other three intelligence points also closed the net at the same time. All the fifty-five spies that Zhang Shun told him were arrested. Soon, Wang Hao searched the shopkeeper's room and found the roster and checked them one by one.
All fifty-five spies were able to match the number, and he was relieved that no fish slipped through the net.
But how to instigate Ren Kuang next became his top priority.
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The official residence of Li Jiong, the magistrate of Chengdu, is located in the south of the city. It is a house covering an area of ten acres. Li Jiong is considered the second person in Chengdu Mansion. He is well paid and has state soldiers standing guard for him.
That afternoon, a middle-aged man hurriedly came to Li's house. Two soldiers stopped him, "The official residence is an important place. No unauthorized entry is allowed!"
The middle-aged man quickly clasped his fists and said, "I am the shopkeeper of Xinhe Pharmacy. I have been asked to deliver a letter home to Li Tongpan. Please help me report it!"
"Li Tongpan is not in the mansion, so I can't inform you!"
"Then when will he come back?"
The soldier shook his head, "We don't know!"
At this moment, someone in the distance shouted, "The judge returns home, the idle people give in!"
I saw a group of people walking quickly towards this side. Someone in front was opening the way, and the followers behind were holding avoidance signs. It was Li Jiong who was back.
The drug store owner was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him...
Li Jong was Lu Wei's father-in-law and Li Mei's father. He belonged to Lu Yihao's party in his court faction.
Li Jiong's father, Li Xinglu and Lu Yihao, were from the same hometown and were Jinshi in the same discipline. They had a very good relationship and were considered family friends.
At this time, a follower came forward and said: "Master, someone has sent you a letter from home."
"Letter from home?"
Li Jiong was slightly startled, and then ordered: "Bring the messenger up!"
After a while, the entourage brought up the medicine shop shopkeeper. The shopkeeper saluted and said, "I am the shopkeeper of Xinhe Medicine Shop. My surname is Yang. Here is a letter from my master!"
After saying that, he handed over a box. Li Jiong took the box and opened it. He was stunned. Inside was a pigeon mailbox with two small characters on it, "Qinzhou".
It was actually sent from Qinzhou. His heart moved and he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Yang, please follow me into the house to talk!"
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In the outer study, Li Jong read the pigeon letter carefully. The letter was written by his son-in-law Lu Wei. He was very worried about Lin'an's grandfather and hoped that he could inform Lin'an of the situation in time.
Li Jiong immediately understood that this must be Chen Qing's request, and he was just using Lu Wei to make the request.
In fact, this is best. The correspondence between myself and my daughter and son-in-law is a normal family letter, and no one can use it to make an issue.
Chen Qing must have considered this before asking Lu Wei to come forward.
Thinking of this, Li Jiong sighed softly. The Jin soldiers captured Hanzhong and turned Xihe Road into an isolated island. I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse?
At this time, the housekeeper said at the door: "Master, shopkeeper Yang is here."
"Invite him in!"
Not long after, Shopkeeper Yang from Xinhe Pharmacy was brought in, he cupped his fists and saluted, "I see you, my lord!"
“Shopkeeper Yang, there’s no need to be polite!”
Li Jiong raised the pigeon letter in his hand and asked with a smile: "I want to know, how come this pigeon letter is in your hands?"
"It was sent by the villain proprietor from Chengji County, Qinzhou. Because of the long distance, a pigeon mail link has been established between Chengdu Pharmacy and Chengji County. The proprietor told me in another letter that in the future, pigeon mail contact will be required.
Leave it to Lord Tongpan."
Li Jiong understood. It was estimated that this pigeon message line was Chen Qing's only contact with the outside world, so he found him.
He thought for a while and said: "I will arrange for a confidant to work as a clerk in your drug store, who will be responsible for receiving pigeon letters. Externally, you and pigeon letters have nothing to do with me. Do you understand?"
"I understand that I am the only one who knows about this pigeon letter. Neither the clerk nor the doctor in the store knows about it. I must keep it strictly confidential."
"Thank you very much this time. I will make it up to you in the future."
"Where! Where! It's an honor for me to serve Tong San."
Li Jiong immediately arranged for a confidant to follow Shopkeeper Yang back and be responsible for sending and receiving pigeon letters.
He wrote the first pigeon letter and gave it to his confidant, asking him to send it to Qinzhou. The imperial court had appointed Zhao Ding, the former prime minister, as the envoy to Sichuan and Shaanxi to envoy the governor of Bashu.