"No, it's not."

Liu Dao shook his head repeatedly and said with difficulty: "Wu Song is the only one in the Wu family who knows our identities, and no one else knows.

As for why he works for our Yuan family, I don't know. Maybe he made some deal with us, but they definitely don't belong to our Yuan family."

"Oh? Really?"

Huangfu Yanling's eyes narrowed, as if with deep distrust.

"Really, really! I would never dare to deceive you!" Liu Dao's face became anxious and he kept defending himself.

Huangfu Yanling was thinking rapidly in his mind. Maybe the Wu family entered Beiliang under the instruction of the Yuan family of Longxi. But that was seven or eight years ago, and there was no Beiliang Road at that time. Could it be that Longxi had entered Beiliang at that time?

Started the layout?

Without thinking too much, Huangfu Yanling asked the last question:

"How many people like you are there in Yangchuan County, or in the whole of Beiliang? In other words, how many people do you know?"

How many spies from Longxi there are in Beiliang now is the question that Huangfu Yanling and Chenyue are most concerned about.

Liu Dao's eyes flickered slightly, he shook his head and said: "This little guy really doesn't know~"

Huangfu Yanling's eyes instantly turned cold and he shouted softly:

"Zhuoyi!"

Zhuo Yi, who had been standing beside him, saw a flash of cold light in his hand, and a long and narrow dagger instantly slipped from his sleeve into the palm of his hand.

"Chi~"

Without a moment's hesitation, Zhuo Yi slashed Liu Dao's thigh with his knife, and a thin piece of flesh was cut off directly.

The tip of the knife was gently lifted in the air, and the flesh and blood on the blade flew into the brazier, burning and stinging.

"ah!"

"Ahhh!"

"I said it, I said it!"

The severe pain made Liu Dao scream at the top of his lungs, and the veins on his forehead had swelled.

After finishing all this, Zhuoyi was very calm, and the expression on his face did not fluctuate at all.

Zhuo Yi, who seems weak, is actually an absolutely dangerous person.

"I gave you a way to live, but you chose a dead end." Huangfu Yanling said calmly:

"Let me ask you one last time, how many people like you are there?"

Liu Dao replied with his whole body trembling:

"I really don't know how many people there are. I only have one-way contact with my boss. He has twenty or thirty people under him."

"Oh?" The corners of Huangfu Yanling's mouth turned up:

"Come and tell me their whereabouts."

…

After a while, Huangfu Yanling walked out of the cell with a note in his hand.

It records in detail the physical characteristics of Liu Dao's boss, the scope of his activities, and their contact codes.

This so-called immediate boss is hidden in a market town less than twenty or thirty miles away from Yangchuan County.

He's quite courageous.

Zhuo Yi walked slowly with Huangfu Yanling and asked doubtfully:

"Why are you so sure Liu Dao has clues about other people?"

"Haha~"

Huangfu Yanling smiled slightly: "This Liu Dao seems to be just a small fish now, how can he report the news directly to Longxi?

At the very least, there will be a contact person, and then the contact person will summarize the information from all parties to Longxi."

"That's it~" Zhuo Yi nodded in sudden realization and said:

"After all, it's the leader of Wentiansi who thinks about things in detail."

Huangfu Yanling grinned. He came from an intelligence background, so he was naturally very familiar with these aspects.

The two slowly walked out of the dark cell and finally saw the relatively bright sun.

In the middle of winter, it is indeed not easy to see a ray of warm sunshine.

"Hoo~"

Huangfu Yanling breathed a sigh of relief and muttered:

"The cell smells like blood because of you. It's so unbearable to treat others!"

Zhuo Yi said slightly dissatisfied:

"Tch, you're still talking about it. Don't you think I have a strong backbone? I haven't shown my true ability yet and he can't handle it. It's really disappointing.

Originally, I could have cut his thigh with three hundred cuts, but in the end, I only cut it more than a dozen times, which is so boring!"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Huangfu Yanling directly covered Zhuo Yi's mouth, really not in the mood to listen anymore.

Although he had seen Zhuo Yi execute executions many times, he still couldn't resist the chill and didn't dare to think too much.

Just now in the cell, Huangfu Yanling had the courage to ask questions.

That’s right, Zhuoyi’s specialty:

Lingchi!

Zhuoyi's great-grandfather was an expert in Lingchi in Tianlao, and this skill has been passed down from generation to generation.

What Ling Chi pays attention to is slowness and stability.

Not only must the number of cuts be large, but also the prisoner must not die and he must live to feel the pain.

However, Zhuoyi's highest record in Wentiansi was less than a hundred cuts. The person he caught at that time was a spy from the Yan people, who was very tough-talking.

It's a pity that Zhuo Yi died without being able to practice his sword practice more.

"What do you think about this matter?" Zhuoyi asked softly.

Huangfu Yanling glanced at the cell behind him with a cold face and said casually:

"The Wu family has been in Liang for seven or eight years, and Liu Dao only entered the Wu family two years ago. Calculating this, the Wu family should have only worked for Longxi in the past two years.

I estimate that there is a high probability that the Yuan family promised Wu Song benefits and persuaded the Wu family to become the eyes and ears of Longxi."

Although the Wu family is just an ordinary merchant's home, Yangchuan County is an important transportation area with a large flow of people and a large number of merchants.

With more people, there will naturally be more news of all kinds. News from all over the world will gather here and then disperse to other places.

Maybe you can hear the secrets of a certain big family in a roadside tea shop.

Therefore, with the Wu family covering people's ears, it is easier for them to find out information.

"So far apart, what benefits can the Yuan family bring to the Wu family?" Zhuo Yi scratched his head.

He actually couldn't figure it out. Although the Wu family was not a wealthy businessman, they still made enough money that they probably wouldn't be able to spend it all in a few lifetimes. So why would they help Longxi do such a stupid thing?

Huangfu Yanling put his hands behind his back and said softly:

"According to the intelligence we have collected in the past two days, this old guy Wu Song wants his son to enter the officialdom.

But considering his son’s virtue, it is a foolish dream to serve as an official in Liangdi. Maybe the Yuan family promised him some high-ranking official position and generous salary."

Huangfu Yanling no longer looked down upon the Wu family. He was concerned about the power behind Liu Dao.

Zhuo Yi understands that it is human nature to want power after getting rich.

"Then what are you going to do about this?" Zhuo Yi pointed to the information that Huangfu Yanling had tortured out of his hands.

Huangfu Yanling's eyes turned cold: "Of course we have to capture them first. Now that we are here in Beiliang, there is no reason to take it easy!"

Liangzhou is the base camp of Wentiansi, and the spies who dare to go deep here are indeed very bold.

"Don't you need to report it to the prince?" Zhuoyi asked.

"If it's too late, something will happen if it's too late. If the Wu family's affairs are leaked, these people will definitely escape." Huangfu Yanling said decisively:

"Call all the secret guards in Yangchuan County immediately and follow me! Notify the patrol battalion and ask them to cooperate!"
Chapter completed!