Late at night, Wang Xun opened her eyes and saw a figure in the darkness.
He was startled and sat up suddenly.
Taking another closer look, what I saw in the moonlight was Zhang Hongdao's tired face.
"Huh... Wulang, why are you here? You scared me."
"Everyone here is my man, what's so strange about that? Look, I can kill you at any time."
Wang Xing said: "I mean, don't you even need to sleep? You didn't sleep last night."
"How can you sleep so deeply?" Zhang Hongdao said in a cold tone, "You are linking up everywhere to plot rebellion, and yet you dare to sleep soundly? It's ridiculous."
"Otherwise? Why don't you go to sleep in order to rebel?"
Wang Xun yawned with a scary big mouth, and asked with a smile: "Scaring you like this just because you saw me? It's too cowardly. Don't worry, you know that I know, and it won't be spread to the Khan's court.
of."
"Hmph, I am loyal to the Khan's court, so why should I be afraid? Let me ask you, what is the status of Zhao Song's detailed work?"
"I've told you all." Wang Xing said: "We gave the information to an old man in his forties or fifties. He is easy to recognize. He has a big scar on his face. You can arrest everyone with scars in the city. I will do it."
I'll identify it for you. If you really can't find it, I'll ask you..."
"Is that person called Lao Gui?"
"Maybe, I don't care what his last name is... Hey, you've actually found him?"
"How is he going to pass the information back?"
"Could it be that Goro is stupid? Isn't it the same group of agents you are tracking who came north to meet him?"
Zhang Hongdao asked: "Doesn't he have other channels to pass on information?"
"Ha, how easy is it to deliver news to Zhao Song? How should I put it..."
At this point, Wang Xun patted the quilt and said: "Song people are also interesting. Over the past fifty years, first the Kaixi Northern Expedition and then the Jiading Peace Conference, they were finally forced to join forces with Mongolia to exterminate the Jin Dynasty. First, they entered Luoyang for peace.
Withdrawing from the three capitals again. Whether it is war or peace, wavering, until now, the words 'recovering the Central Plains' have become a delusion for them..."
"I know, it's useful."
"According to that person... his name is Lao Gui, right? Lao Gui said that in the past two years, Song Ting would send people to find ways to contact him, but now that he has stopped coming, it is difficult to spread the information he has obtained."
"Then what?"
"That night, it must have been late March." Wang Xun recalled, "We gave him the information and asked him if he could pass it on to the Song Dynasty. He said that at the end of last year, he had told the Song Dynasty to send someone to get it.
He must have set off at the beginning of the new year, and he will arrive soon, and this time he will go back to his hometown with them."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I also said at that time that, logically speaking, Zhao Song should have sent someone to wait for such a big event. Oh, what a waste of time."
Zhang Hongdao frowned and thought.
Wang Xin laughed and said: "What? They have run away? I told you that it has been three months since the incident. Maybe people and information have arrived in Lin'an long ago..."
"Lao Gui must be dead."
"died?"
"Otherwise?" Zhang Hongdao said calmly: "The Song Ting sect's detailed work has just arrived now, can he still run back to the Song Dynasty alone?"
"Ha." Wang Xun spread his hands and said with a smile: "If you die, just die. It seems that I couldn't help Wu Lang this time, which is a pity."
"Where did you meet Lao Gui?"
"Goro wants to know?"
"The man I'm looking for is probably going to be there."
"Li Xia?" Wang Xun said: "I have heard this man's name many times in the past two days. I wonder why Wu Lang worked so hard to find him?"
"Official business."
"Then you are really dedicated to serving the public good."
"Tell me, where did you meet Lao Gui?"
"Can Li Xia really find it?"
"He'll be found soon."
"Okay, it's okay to tell Wulang. On the bank of Longting Lake, to the west of the former site of Fan Tower, there is a garden called 'Knowing the Time Garden', which means 'good rain knows the season'..."
"Zhishiyuan?"
"Yes." Gao Changshou said: "This matter is not difficult to find out. I asked several sandalwood merchants in succession. The only one who uses high-grade ambergris in Kaifeng City is Zhishiyuan."
Li Xia asked again: "Whose garden belongs to it?"
"I can't find out." Gao Changshou said: "But the north bank of Longting Lake is the original Song Dynasty Palace. Now Kublai Khan's palace, Henan Jinglue Mansion, etc. are nearby, and Zhishi Garden faces it across the lake."
"Just looking at this location, the owner of the garden has an unusual identity."
"Yes, I wanted to inquire more carefully, but thinking that the pursuers would probably guess that we would ask the sandalwood dealer, I only took a look from a distance and came back. Sure enough, it seemed that I was being followed when I came back, and I went around for a while.
It took a big circle to get rid of it. Also, Kaifeng City is blocked today."
After Gao Changshou finished speaking, Li Xia's eyes turned thoughtful.
"Is the city closed? Prepare to move..."
"Xiao Langjun, if we can find Zhishi Garden, others can also find it." Han Chengxu said: "I'm afraid I can't go there."
"Um."
Han Chengxu turned his head and glanced at Liu Jinsuo in the distance, and whispered: "Zhao Xin disappeared three or two months ago, and it is possible that he is dead. It is difficult to investigate this matter, let alone under layers of containment? From what I can see,
The imperial court doesn’t pay much attention to this matter, otherwise it wouldn’t have sent just us people here. Why don’t we just go back to Song Dynasty?”
As he said that, he and Li Xia subconsciously walked a few more steps, walked a little further, and then said: "Go back now, and Mr. Cheng will give you a lot of money."
Li Xia asked: "Why doesn't the court pay attention to this matter?"
"I'm afraid we have to start with 'Duanping enters Luo'. After the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the officials wanted to implement a recovery plan. The courtiers all said that the territory was vast and at least 150,000 elite troops were needed to hold the Yellow River defense line.
, the Song Dynasty was unable to bear it. Due to constraints from all sides, the last 60,000 infantry advanced into Henan, but failed... half of them returned. After that, the Mongols went south, but fortunately Meng Shaobao and Du Xianggong..."
"Tell me the name."
"Yes, fortunately, Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Du Gao, Zhao Kui and other famous generals control Sichuan, Shu, Jinghu, Jianghuai battlefields, and guard the country's borders. But the ambition to regain the Central Plains is..."
"I'm afraid it's impossible to recover the Central Plains?"
"Yes, in the past few years, Meng Gong, Yu Jie, and Du Gao have passed away one after another. Zhao Kui stayed away from the court with the name of 'the ruiner of the three capitals'. Among the famous generals of the Song Dynasty, only Lu Wende was left in charge... In short, during the Duanping period, everyone
The Central Plains cannot be restored, and it is even less possible now.”
When Han Chengxu said this, he shook his head and sighed: "The defenses of Jianghuai, Jinghu, and Sichuan are there. We already know that the Mongolian army is going south. What is the use of sending this information back from the north?"
Li Xia asked: "Didn't you say that there is a great prince in the north who wants to rebel?"
"Who knows whether it is true or not? Even if it is true, can the imperial court still send troops to the north? There are even people in the court who are worried that if there is really information sent back, if someone takes the lead in the battle, there will be another 'Duanping into Luo'."
"After all, it's an opportunity. Shouldn't we get the news first?"
"Pian'an, Pian'an... I'm afraid I still don't understand the various thoughts behind the word 'Pian'an'."
When Han Chengxu said this, he stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said: "Of course, these are all my speculations. Maybe the imperial court attaches great importance to this information, so it sent me here. I just told you what I know. How?
The decision is made by Xiaolangjun..."
Gao Changshou turned his head to look, his eyes filled with thought.
He couldn't hear the whispers between the two people, but he could keenly feel... Han Chengxu's attitude towards Li Xia was completely different.
The difference between "Li Langjun" and "Xiao Langjun" in Han Chengxu's words clearly conveyed the difference between inside and outside, as if he was serving Li Xia as his master.
I took advantage of today to go out with Lin Zi...
An old man takes a young man as his master. What are two humble people going to do? Are they a prince?
Gao Changshou thought of the destruction of Dali and the "local generals" he heard Li Xia talk about before, and suddenly felt a little confused...