The four directions of the restaurant in the Bafang are important information. They cannot get up from the restaurant. The stairs have been demolished and can only go up from a secret staircase behind the restaurant.
The spy went upstairs and opened a door. Behind the door was a corridor. A big man stood at the entrance of the corridor. The main reason was that outsiders were not allowed to enter at will. The big man smiled and said, "Have you returned from Pingyuan County?"
"Oh! I've rushed all the way and just rushed back."
The spy sighed, walked quickly through the corridor and came to a door.
He knocked on the door, "Chief, it's me!"
"Come in!" A low voice came from the room.
The spy pushed the door and walked in. The light was lit in the room. The light was faint, and the curtains were covered all year round and were not ventilated, which made the room feel a faint musty smell, which was very uncomfortable.
There was only one couch and one table in the room, and the table was filled with all kinds of information. An oil lamp was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. What was a man in his thirties writing at his desk?
The man is tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and cold eyes. This person is Li Shouzhong, the intelligence leader of Tang Feng in Taiyuan. Tang Feng was founded in July last year, less than a year, and Li Shouzhong was officially launched at the beginning of the year.
Take office.
Although he had only been in office for five months, he also obtained a lot of information from the Sui army, such as the murderer who assassinated the Princess of Chu was a Goryeo, such as the Sui army launched the Liaodong Battle and captured the Gaoliyuan Prime Minister Taizuo, etc., and these information was reported in time.
The reason for Chang'an won him a lot of praise and also established his position.
The spy walked into the room and bowed, "See the leader!"
Li Shou Chongping asked: "Is there any news about Hebei?"
Li Chongshou received a task from Chang'an. Li Shimin asked him to investigate the Pingyuan County incident, mainly the life and death of the prefect Qu Yan and Tang envoy Wang Shou and others. Li Shouzhong inquired about this matter but could not get information, so he had to
Send people to Ande County to investigate the information.
"Reported to the leader, Bei Zhi asked in many places in Ande County, and they all said that many people were killed. Later, they were confirmed by residents near the prefect's mansion, saying that that night, the officers and soldiers rushed into the prefect's mansion. No one except the officers and soldiers survived."
"What?"
Li Chongshou was shocked. He suddenly realized that all of them must have been killed. After a while, he sneered, "Liu Wenjing, this idiot, actually went to Pingyuan County to rebel. In the end, he also lost his daughter's life.
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"Chief. Is there anything else?"
Li Chongshou waved his hand and said, "Get back!"
The spy retreated, and Li Chongshou took a piece of silk paper and wrote down the information. Li Chongshou used eagles to send the information to Chang'an, but they did not dare to put eagles in Taiyuan City. Instead, they were in a farm thirty miles west of the city.
Let the eagle go.
When Li Chongshou waited for the information to be thorough, he carefully folded it and stuffed it into a message tube. At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant hurried in and whispered a few words to Li Chongshou. Li Chongshou's eyes lit up, "Is it true?"
"It's true that this is the second time he's here. The last time it was someone else's treat, and this time it was him taking the initiative to treat him."
Li Chongshou pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "Now I am the boss. I will meet him as the boss. I must turn him into a regular visitor to our restaurant."
Li Chongshou stood up and walked downstairs quickly.
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In a separate elegant room on the second floor of the restaurant, several court officials gathered together to drink. There was constant laughter, and the soft singing of the singer came from time to time.
Today is Xiao Guan, the King of Chu, who joined the army and joined the army. He invited five or six colleagues with good relationships. They were all companions who came from Dunhuang back then, and most of them have been promoted to high-ranking officials. There are Xie Sili, the Minister of War, and Wang Yuan, the Minister of Revenue.
The prefectural supervisor Luo Bingguo, the prefect of Jiang County Shen Xiangshan, and two senior civilian officers from the army.
Because they often gather together, the court has gradually classified them as a faction: the Dunhuang Party. Although they do not have the idea of establishing a faction, as time goes by, they will naturally take care of each other in many aspects. This is actually A kind of clique. My confidant, formerly the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yang Yuanqing was preparing to let him serve as the prefect of Yanmen County, but Chenxiangshan did not want to go to Yanmen County, so he asked Xiao Feng and Xie Sili to help, and finally through their activities, Chenxiangshan The re-appointed prefect of Jiang County is a kind of interest relationship.
Today happened to be Xiao Feng's thirty-two, so he arranged a drink and chose to have a dinner at the Bafang Restaurant. This was his second time to have dinner at this restaurant, and it felt very good.
Young, almost ten years have passed. All of you here have become high-ranking third and fourth-rank officials, but I am still a fifth-rank official, and I am the most unsatisfied."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Sili immediately pulled him and smiled at everyone, "Look at what this guy is talking about, he actually said that he was the most unsatisfied. He was not satisfied with joining the military as a record room. Then what are we? They all become beggars. , Do you think you should be punished?"
"It's time to punish you! Three glasses of wine."
Everyone held Xiao Feng to drink him. Xiao Feng tried his best to dodge, and the room was in a mess. At this time, the door opened, and the shopkeeper took Li Chongshou and walked in from outside. When everyone saw that the shopkeeper had come in, they remembered their identity. They sat down a little embarrassedly, and Xiao Feng apologized: "We are a little lost and we are clamoring for the shopkeeper. I'm so sorry!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "It's okay! It's okay! Everyone has fun in the shop. I can't ask for anything. I'm here to introduce to you the owner of our restaurant."
He waved his hand to Li Chongshou, "This is our Li Dongzhu. The Bafang Restaurant has a store in Chang'an and Luoyang, which are all Li Dongzhu's industries."
Li Chongshou hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Dear senior officials come to the small shop to have a drink, the small shop is full of bright colors. Today's money for the wine and food is considered to be a treat for me, I just hope everyone will come often in the future."
"Hey! Master Li said this."
Xiao Feng waved his hand and smiled, "We came here to drink because we thought the wine and food here were good and very good, not to come for cheapness. If Lord Li didn't charge us for money for wine, we would never come again next time, everyone said yes no?"
Everyone agreed, "Brother Xiao said it very well. If you don't charge us money, wouldn't you give us face?"
"No! No! No!"
Li Chongshou waved his hand in a hurry, "I don't mean that, I just have a little bit of my heart."
"We have received Master Li's intentions, and we will come often in the future." Xiao Feng smiled.
Li Chongshou took out a bronze medal and handed it to Xiao Guan, "Xiao Shenjun, this is the old customer card in the shop. With this bronze medal, you can get a 40% discount when you check out in the future, which is very cost-effective."
Xiao Feng happily took the bronze medal and smiled at everyone, "I have only been here twice and I have become an old guest. It's so embarrassing! It seems that I have to come regularly in the future to be worthy of this old guest card."
Li Chongshou smiled and said, "The shop attaches the most importance to repeat customers. As long as Xiao Shenjun comes frequently, we will definitely leave the best seat for Xiao Shenjun and make the most delicious dishes to ensure that Xiao Shenjun is satisfied."
Xie Sili patted Xiao Feng on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Did you see, the boss only recognizes you, which means you have the highest status and you also say that you are the most unsatisfactory. Can you get old guest cards if you are not as good as you are not as good as you are? We can only benefit from yours.”
Li Chongshou hurriedly said, "Everyone has it! All have it!"
He quickly ordered the shopkeeper, "Go and get four old cards, no! Get five, go quickly!"
The shopkeeper ran away, and Li Chongshou clasped his fists to everyone and apologized, "I don't mean to despise everyone. Today, because it is Xiao Shenjun's student, I prefer him a little. In fact, everyone is the same, the same!"
The shopkeeper brought five bronze medals, and Li Chongshou sent them one by one to everyone, and said with a smile: "I hope everyone will promote the store more, so it is best to let all the officials come to the store for dinner, haha!"
Everyone laughed, Li Chongshou said goodbye and left, walked out of the single room of the elegant room, Li Chongshou whispered to the shopkeeper: "I'll let the carriage in the restaurant take Xiao Shenjun home later, so that the coachman must pay attention to where he lives?"
Li Chongshou knew it well. He joined the military in charge of the secrets of the documentary. If Xiao Feng could be won over, it would be his great contribution.
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The next morning, a team of about a hundred Sui cavalry came from Lishijun and was getting closer and closer to the west of Taiyuan City. The leader of the cavalry team was Su Dingfang who returned from Dunhuang. He returned to Beijing to report his duties.
Su Dingfang was named the governor of Hexi and Dunhuang County Duke. He was under his jurisdiction. He was in charge of the four counties of Dunhuang, Yiwu, Shanshan and Qiemo. His territory was thousands of miles. It was his war in the south and north that he was able to do so.
The four counties in the Western Regions were still within the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty and did not leave.
It has only been seven months since he went to Taiyuan again, but when he returned to Taiyuan again, Su Dingfang felt a sense of being a different world. His mind was still reflected in the desert, the desert was full of wind and sand, and the desolate Gobi, and he had not yet fully adapted to the Central Plains.
Funny. Asked with a smile.
Su Dingfang shook his head, "I don't know. The general manager will decide. If he lets me stay in Dunhuang, I will take root there. If I want me to come back, I have no choice."
Su Dingfang had already had a deep affection for the Western Regions. He did not want to leave the Western Regions. Su Dingfang sighed and said, "I hope to stay in the Western Regions, so I will continue to expand westward. As long as I stay in the Western Regions, one day,
I will drive all the forces of the Western Turks out of the Pamirs, and I hope to get the support of the general manager."
Even though he said so, he was very worried. If he stayed in the Western Regions for too long, would the General Manager suspect that he became the true king of the Western Regions? The dilemma in his heart made him a little anxious and didn't know how to convince the General Manager.
At this moment, a cavalry rushed from a distance and rushed to Su Ding's side and clasped his fists and said, "Report to General Su, the general manager has welcomed the general back at the West Post Station in the city!"
"ah!"
Su Dingfang was shocked. The west post station in front of him was already waiting for him. Has the general manager been waiting for him? His heart suddenly became hot, and he whipped his war horse and ran towards the post station several miles away.