"Captain Pei is here, and you are a messenger from the Yamen, so why don't you dare to say something?"
Kang Meng thought that Shi Jing was talking nonsense, and hurriedly urged: "No matter which noble family you are from, just say it!"
Shi Jing thought for a while but still didn't dare to take the risk: "This case is of great importance and involves a Shangguan. I am a humble person and cannot speak nonsense."
Kang Meng was stunned: "Shangguan? Your Shangguan is me, Aye. When did I have a servant like Lu San in my family?"
Shi Jing hesitated before speaking, and whispered: "More a little more..."
Kang Meng froze for a moment, and after a while he squeezed out three words: "County Magistrate Cui?"
Zhang Huanhe's expression suddenly changed. Lin Wuzuo, who had been standing aside, was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, officials of the seventh rank could be in charge of one side. Cui County Magistrate, the magistrate of Guzang County, was already in charge of the administrative and civil affairs of a side from the sixth rank.
After checking and checking, it was found on him?
Kang Meng was white, but his father Kang County Wei Ke served under County Magistrate Cui, and he immediately looked to the larger leader Pei Sijian for help.
Pei Sijian looked calm. He took the account book and looked at it carefully. Then he called his subordinates for questioning and said slowly: "This bookstore is located in a remote location in the east of the city. The shopkeeper once acted in resistance and then attempted suicide. He has been confirmed to be a secret spy.
That Magistrate Cui who bought the pen..."
Li Yan asked: "If both the buyer and the seller are spies, why should this transaction be recorded in the account books?"
Pei Sijian said: "Because lower-level secret agents are not qualified to know the true identity of high-level secret agents. A high-level secret agent is valuable, and the fewer people who know his true identity, the better."
"They went to the bookstore to inquire, but they all refused to remember that there was a customer buying a pen. This was also the merchant's tacit understanding, but they did not expect that Zhang Huan and He would directly take away the account book!"
Li Yan was still confused and said: "But Magistrate Cui is already a Ming government official in the county, so there is no reason to be a thief!"
And as someone who works overtime, Li Yan still remembers that when he first went to the government office to interrogate Shi Ming, he was very moved when he saw the county government office still lit up with candles in the night and Magistrate Cui working overtime inside.
What an official!
It is ridiculous to think that such an official would defect to Tibet and become a traitor.
Pei Sijian said: "I don't believe it either, no matter what, I must check it out!"
After the county magistrate came to take office, the accompanying servants would also handle the transfer of residence. Zhang Huanhe rushed back to the county office again to adjust the household registration. This time, he was much more careful. He Jing, who was good at painting, even specially painted a
Portraits of people.
Shi Jing took the painting, summoned the bad guys, and walked through the streets, looking for witnesses to determine the specific actions of the wealthy pen-buying slave these days.
Kang Meng went home and reported to Kang County Lieutenant to take countermeasures if necessary.
Pei Sijian's status is too high, and some things are difficult to deal with, but they are the local snakes in this county.
In comparison, Magistrate Cui, an outsider, has not yet established a firm foothold.
…
soon.
Everyone reunited at the Dudu Mansion.
Zhang Huan opened the household registration: "County Magistrate Cui is very simple. He has only two attendants, one is the old slave Tian Gong, and the other is Lu San who buys pens."
He Jing said: "They and Magistrate Cui are both from Huzhou (Wuxing), and they also speak Huzhou dialect with a strong accent, which is easy to distinguish."
Shi Jing nodded: "That's true. My brothers checked the streets near the Yamen and determined that Lu San often hung out there. He wrote down all the shops where he liked to eat. And County Magistrate Cui often worked late, so he
I have been waiting at the yamen gate until Magistrate Cui comes out, and hold the horse lantern in front."
Li Yan asked: "In addition to buying five wolf-hair pens, has Lu San also bought other Four Treasures of the Study?"
Shi Jing said: "I bought it. He is a generous person. Magistrate Cui also seems to like to practice calligraphy. He consumes a lot of pens, inks, paper and inkstones. He seems not used to using the ones in the yamen, so he often buys them in big shops."
If the other party had already planned, then doing things this way would be seamless.
Li Yan asked: "Is there any shop that Lu San is accustomed to going to?"
Shi Jing shook his head: "It seems not. There are several hotels in morning and evening markets that have received this person."
Kang Meng immediately said: "Isn't this right? If you have the pen tools you are used to, why would you go to other shops?"
"Don't suspect someone of stealing an axe. Maybe they are used to using pens from their hometown, but those from Liangzhou just don't feel comfortable, so they keep replacing them?"
Li Yandao: "At least from the current point of view, just the fact that Lu San bought a pen does not mean that he had evil intentions and used it to make murder weapons."
Kang Meng looked like he was being taught, but he was a little unwilling to do so.
They didn't dare to doubt Magistrate Cui before, but once they did, they naturally hoped that the target was really a spy.
They are both secret agents. The meaning of arresting a county magistrate is completely different from that of arresting a civilian woman.
Because the danger brought by County Magistrate Cui may be a hundred times that of Liniang!
Li Yan was not disappointed: "A county magistrate defecting to an enemy country is definitely not something worth looking forward to. Besides, County Magistrate Cui treats people well. I am quite grateful for the free buttermilk he provided...wait a minute..."
Li Yan's voice paused, his pupils contracted, and he called the guards: "Go to the academy and bring those jars of buttermilk!"
After hearing this, Pei Sijian stood up suddenly, her expression slightly changed: "Go through the back door of the Governor's Mansion and go quickly!!"
The inner guard took the order and left, and soon brought five tall jars.
There are five schools in the school, and these jars are placed at the entrance of each school for students to quench their thirst.
"Drain the jar of buttermilk."
Li Yan squinted his eyes: "Shi Jing, go check inside and see if there is a killing mechanism similar to the Langhao pen!"
Shi Jing was stunned.
Li Yan said: "These pulp buckets were set up by Magistrate Cui in the school to quench the thirst of students. Just treat me like a villain and judge the belly of a gentleman. Please check them carefully."
Shi Jing understood. After the inner guard drained the slurry in the bucket, he put the upper half of his body in it and knocked it with his hands from time to time, making a thumping sound.
After a moment, his voice came from inside: "It seems something is really wrong!"
He straightened up, turned the jar upside down, pried open the bottom, and said in shock: "It's a hidden slot used for poisoning!"
Pei Sijian's voice was as cold as the biting wind: "Are you sure?"
There was both fear and uncontrollable excitement on Shi Jing's face: "Absolutely yes, this kind of secret slot is extremely sophisticated. The poison sac can be inserted when necessary, and the poisoning time can be set, making it difficult to trace."
"So vicious!"
Kang Meng was furious.
His younger brother Kunta is studying in the academy!
Even when the relationship between the two brothers was at its worst, he never thought about harming his younger brother. How could the dignified county magistrate be so vicious as to tamper with the buttermilk in the school?
But the next moment, he reacted and looked at Li Yan.
According to his younger brother Kunta, this guy seems to like to go to the school early in the morning and drink buttermilk from the jar, right?
"What's free is always the most expensive! What a wise saying!"
Li Yan's face looked extremely ugly.
He, the dignified Li Yuanfang, ordered a drink from a prostitute for nothing, and actually walked away at the gate of hell?
Fortunately, these cans have not been actually poisoned. The reason is simple: no one drinks from them.
He is the only child from a poor family who drinks it every day. Other children from high-ranking noble families have no interest in this kind of free buttermilk.
There is poison in it, and it is obviously meaningless to kill one person.
Otherwise, the first chapter is over.
Pei Sijian bent down and identified the secret slot. Then he compared the spy list and found that there was indeed a secret spy working as an attendant in the academy. He immediately connected everything:
"Magistrate Cui is waiting for an opportunity to find out which drink is more popular on the market. When the time comes, he orders the secret agent in the academy to change the buttermilk in the jar and add poison. The young man will be greedy, and he will
At that time, the consequences would be disastrous!"
"Compared with Tubo's all-pervasive penetration, our Tang Dynasty is too weak in this regard!"
Li Yan took a breath.
He realized that he had underestimated Tubo after all.
In fact, foreigners are quite good at espionage.
For example, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when Yelu Deguang occupied Kaifeng and changed the name of the Khitan state to Daliao, he said this to the old officials of the later Jin Dynasty: "I know everything about China, but you and Cao don't know about my country's affairs."
At that time, the Liao State was crushing the later Jin Dynasty in all aspects of intelligence organization capabilities. Later, when Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, he immediately established the Wude Division of the intelligence agency with his trusted people. During Taizong's reign, it was renamed the Imperial City Division, and the relationship with the Liao State began.
Intelligence struggle.
This is also recorded in official history as China's first full-time spy agency.
Due to the lack of historical data, the Liao spy organization can confirm its existence, but its name is unknown, but its pervasive infiltration has undoubtedly created huge troubles for the Central Plains.
The Tubo in this world should never be underestimated. After all, there were internal guards in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which dealt huge blows to the surrounding foreign races. They learned from the experience and would naturally retaliate.
On the other hand, the current internal guards are not professional enough. After this encounter, Li Yan completely gave up on luck and looked at him coldly:
"In this case, we will fight for our respective countries!"