What was the name of a spy in ancient times? It was called a spy.

The espionage agencies in the Tang Dynasty were actually bad people. In the Tang Dynasty, the officials responsible for investigating and arresting cases were actually carried out by officials such as county lieutenants. At that time, there were a large number of government officials under the county lieutenants in large counties who specialized in investigating cases and arrests.

In small counties, the county lieutenant directly carries out the investigation and arrest through the elders, Li Zheng, village chief, security chief, and neighborhood chief. Wucheng is a small county, and the county lieutenant of course has to do everything himself, leading the county government officials to handle the cases.

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Before going to Wucheng, Lu Hechang carefully planned with his two confidants Hu Yuan and Yao Mingyang. They considered various factors and formulated a strict action plan.

The first was to find a way to get rid of the troublesome Shang Jiuqing. For this reason, he also put some thought into taking care of the face of the Minister of Punishment and avoiding a stalemate in the relationship between him and Lai Junchen. Lu Hechang understood that from the perspective of interests,

In general, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice is very important to the people below. If he had a quarrel with the cruel official Lai Junchen and was demoted and killed, then the fate of his subordinates would be equally tragic. Therefore, Lu Hechang naturally felt sorry for this.

A lot of effort.

Lu Hechang took the advice of Governor Yao Mingyang and first asked the cook in the house to make a dish of cornmeal mixed with mother-in-law's dices, add vinegar and sourness to steam a few steamed buns, and then add a bowl of stew with rotten cabbage, frozen radish and the like.

I made the soup and put it in my living room.

After that, he asked the palace staff to invite Shang Jiuqing and ask him to sit down opposite him.

"Shang Yuan," Lu Hechang smiled respectfully: "The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment asked you to take a team of troops to Wucheng County to handle the case, and asked me to assist you."

Yuanwai, which should be Yuanwailang, was an official position in the Tang Dynasty. However, Shang Jiuqing was not a registered official and could not obtain it through the imperial examination. In this regard, the Minister of Punishment was really powerless. However, in order to please Lai Junchen, he ignored the objections of his subordinates and

I just gave this street gangster an honorific title.

"What is this?" Shang Jiuqing asked curiously, pointing to the corn buns and rotten vegetable soup on the table.

"When we go to the countryside, we have to live like country people for ten days and a half, or even several months. But country people mostly eat food like this." Lu Hechang said with a smile: "I specially asked people to get some from there. You

Try it first, and if you think it’s okay, we’ll set off tomorrow.”

"Oh," Shang Jiuqing picked up the plate of steamed buns, sniffed and said, "Eat this? I've never eaten it before, and I won't eat something like this that even dogs don't want to eat."

"But when we get there, we have to eat this kind of food." Lu Hechang said with a bitter look on his face: "I don't want to go either, but the minister has to let me go. There is no other way."

"Then why don't you bring the rice, noodles, meat and vegetables here?" Shang Jiuqing said disapprovingly.

"How can this be done? If we go, we have to stay at a farmer's house, right? The farmers' pots are full of food like this. Can we make delicious food in front of them? At the same time, we can't bring so many things."

"Then I won't go." Shang Jiuqing said angrily.

"But the Minister of Punishment is not allowed." Lu Hechang said with a look of helplessness.

"I'm not going anyway. I can tell the minister through my brother-in-law."

"That's okay." Lu Hechang secretly rejoiced.

In this way, they got rid of Shang Jiuqing as they wished, and avoided the trouble of coming to Junchen to find the Minister of Punishment.

After hearing what Lai Junchen said, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment understood that these were all tricks set up by Lu Hechang. Although he was angry, it was hard to get angry.

Anyway, he himself felt that letting Shang Jiuqing go was just to show off and let Lai Junchen appreciate it. What Lu Hechang said made sense. If something happened to the trouble-making Shang Jiuqing and Cui Jianfeng took advantage of it,

This is no joke.

No, as soon as Lai Junchen interceded on behalf of his brother-in-law, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment also came along and accepted it immediately. As a result, Lai Junchen also said a lot of polite words with a smile on his face and left.

In this way, Lu Hechang took his troops and headed straight for Liuhe Village, Huainan Township.

Naturally, they were received by Lu Tong, the highest official of Liuhe Village. Because Liuhe Village is a large village, it does not just have a village leader like an ordinary small village. Instead, it is based on the village organization of the Tang Dynasty (four households are neighbors, five neighbors are the protector, and hundreds of households are the protectors).

A household is a li, and five li is a township. There is one person in each li. A natural village is a village.) There is also a lizheng above the village, who is mainly responsible for investigating household registrations, arranging agricultural mulberry purchases, checking illegalities, and urging tax payments.

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Listening to Lu Hechang's self-introduction and seeing the fish charms they displayed, Lu Tong began to murmur in his heart. Ever since the murder occurred in his village, he had been restless, feeling that a disaster was imminent.

Now that officials from the Ministry of Justice were here, he didn't dare to neglect him and asked the civil servants inside to hire a chef to host a sumptuous dinner.

"Don't be nervous." Lu Hechang saw Lu Tong's mentality. He patted Lu Tong who was toasting at the banquet, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "We are here to investigate the case of gods descending to earth. It has nothing to do with the rape and murder in your village.

relation."

"Are you here for this matter?" Lu Tong's anxious heart finally calmed down a little. He smiled and said, "Isn't Mr. Cui here to investigate this case?"

Lu Tong was just a small Li Zheng from a remote mountain village, so of course he didn't understand the official routines of the Tang Dynasty capital. Seeing that they were also important court officials from Luoyang, he treated them as if they were from the same group.

"We are not from the same government as Cui Gong." Lu Hechang glanced at the entourage sitting at the table and the civil servants from the village who came to accompany the drink, and said in a low voice: "You must keep our coming here a secret. Don't tell anyone, including

Duke Cui and the officials he brought with him."

"As ordered." The village officials who were seated responded in unison.

"Find us a large household with better living conditions and let us live in quietly without making any noise." Lu Hechang whispered in the ear of Lu Tong, who was coming to toast him, while drinking and eating.

"Okay, I'll send someone to make arrangements soon." Lu Tong nodded and responded quietly.

"No, no," Lu Hechang shook his head: "You should arrange this kind of thing yourself and don't let anyone know."

"Okay, I'll go now." Lu Tong nodded knowingly and said.

"Don't be busy, you can go after the banquet is over." Lu Hechang shook his head with a smile and whispered: "After the banquet is over, the two of us should have a good chat."

"Okay." Lu Tong was flattered.

At this time, Cui Jianfeng was still in the Chunlai Inn in front of the county government office. At this time, Zhu Guangcai had returned to Luoyang to look at the relevant criminal case files.

As for Zhu Guangcai going to steal the case files, Cui Jianfeng did not object. Although they were both agencies engaged in investigating and arresting cases, they were different inside and outside and bound each other. In order to handle the case, he had to do the same.

As for Lu Hechang's secret move into Liuhe Village, Cui Jianfeng had no idea and was still kept in the dark.

Cui Jianfeng didn't know that Lu Hechang had quietly moved into the scene of the crime, but Lu Hechang had already learned that Cui Jianfeng's subordinate Zhu Guangcai quickly returned to Beijing through the 800-mile express channel.

Just because the document about the structure and personnel of the bad guys that Chu Jianfeng wanted to know was precisely the secret managed by the Ministry of Punishment of the Tang Dynasty. And the bad guys themselves were a branch under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment. It was equivalent to today's department engaged in espionage work.

Of course, Lu Hechang had not yet connected the reason for Zhu Guangcai's urgent return to Luoyang with Cui Jianfeng's desire to steal their confidential department and personnel documents.

Ever since Zhu Guangcai returned to Luoyang to work on writing documents for a bad person agency, Cui Jianfeng has been worried about something happening to him and has been restless.

As soon as Zhu Guangcai passed the 800-mile mark and rushed to a relay station in the northern part of Jiangnan East Road, he was targeted by bad people there.

When he first arrived in Luoyang Imperial City, his horse was stolen at the inn. It is unknown whether this matter was related to the Ministry of Punishment.

However, Di Renjie only responded with a smile.

"I think the stealing of our horses must have been done by bad people from the Ministry of Justice." Zhu Guangcai said angrily at that time.

"Why do you say that?" Di Renjie asked.

"In order to prevent us from confronting them." Zhu Guangcai said angrily.

"is this necessary?"

"Yes, without the horse, we can't go back. This is not an ordinary horse, but a backup horse for the eight-hundred-mile emergency relay."

"Can't an organization like ours even solve the problem of two horses?" Di Renjie asked rhetorically.

"This," Zhu Guangcai was asked.

"If they want to stop you and prevent you from confronting them, why don't they wait until you get to the capital to steal the horse? They can shoot your horse with arrows while you are running in a hurry."

"Oh," Zhu Guangcai seemed to have realized something, nodded and said, "What Mr. Dee said makes sense."
Chapter completed!