The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 457
The flute complains and the flute is clear, but the old rain in the rivers and lakes disperses into dust.

There are only two lines of tears in my life, half for the common people and half for the beauty.

——Wang Shinai's "Flute Complaints"

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Princess Qingluan said: "Master Fu, how do you know?"

Bai Fudao: "On the way back from Suiyang to Fengxiang, when I was interrogating An Lushan's confidant eunuch Li Zhu'er, he told me that before An Lushan rebelled, he had bought a group of spies with a lot of money to lurk in Chang'an city.

These spies had different identities: some were eunuchs and maids bought by An Lushan to take advantage of the convenience of entering and leaving the palace;

After the puppet Yan army captured Chang'an, this group of spies took advantage of the gold medal of secret orders from Anlu Mountain to seize a lot of wealth, supplies and sophisticated weapons.

After the liberation of Chang'an, they disappeared out of thin air, lurking without anyone noticing. "

Princess Qingluan asked: "Then Li Zhuer has confessed the names of these people?"

Bai Fu shook his head and said, "These people are all in direct contact with An Lushan, and only An Lushan himself knows about it.

Before An Lushan left Chang'an and returned to Fan Yang, he had to tell his eldest son An Qingzong about the spies lurking in Chang'an.

But if An Qingzong left a list, he was afraid that the list of spies would be accidentally discovered by An Qingzong's wife, Princess Rongyi.

Finally, An Lushan came up with a way to hire a skilled painter with a lot of money to paint the portraits of these spies on the walls of a temple in Chang'an.Of course, the murals have been specially treated, and ordinary people cannot see the real faces of these people.

Only through a method of viewing paintings called "picture identification key" can the spy's appearance, identity and activation method be found from the murals.

Before returning to Fanyang, An Lushan passed on the method of "appraisal key" to Anqingzong.An Qingzong could find the characters he needed from this mural according to the "picture appreciation key", and send these spies at any time.

After Fan Yang raised troops in Anlu Mountain, the Supreme Emperor killed An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi.Later, An Lushan was murdered by Li Zhuer, An Qingxu, and Yan Zhuang.

Since then, the mural clues and the "picture identification key" method of viewing paintings have been lost, and the identities of these spies have disappeared, and no one knows them anymore.

Now, Shi Siming, An Qingxu and other snobbish parties are inquiring about the method of using these hidden spies.As long as they exist, the Li and Tang Dynasties will have no peace.

When An Lushan was alive, because these spies were holding the handle, they swore allegiance to the puppet Yan to the death, and they dared not have second thoughts.But once An Lushan died, these people were like wild horses and kites with broken strings, and they no longer had any scruples.

At present, these spies are observing in the dark, so as to make a choice: to cover up their identities and hide in the city from now on, or to seek refuge with the new leader and wait for the opportunity to seize Li Tang Jiangshan.

Because they hold a lot of wealth, materials and sophisticated weapons in their hands, they can become the rich and powerful in just one change.

Or, take refuge in a certain force, follow the example of Wu Zhao's father, the warrior Xun, and hand over military supplies and sophisticated weapons to fund the rebels in exchange for the founding of the country. "

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Princess Qingluan said: "Then Mr. Li Mi didn't look for this mural?"

Bai Fu said, "Of course I did. But there are hundreds of temples and thousands of murals in the city of Chang'an, so it's not easy.

What's more, the other party has tampered with the murals, and without the "picture identification key", they will not easily learn the secrets.That's why Mr. Li Mi invited Mr. Shuliu, the "spirit catcher", to come out of the mountain.

It has to be said that Mr. Daozi is really a genius, and he came up with such a way to hide people.If it hadn't been for a mistake, no one would have been able to find out this batch of lists.

In this mural, the immortals in the painting are not inconsistent with the Daluo Jinxian in the murals we usually see.Even if you lie on the sidelines and watch it for ten years, you still won't be able to discover the secrets hidden in it.

Only by copying the painting intact, through the sunlight, can we see the clue from the back of the scroll.

The 87 characters on the back of the scroll should be the portraits of these lurking spies.Although I don't know some people, I can roughly judge their identities from their clothing, accessories, and objects in their hands.

Those who wear the golden crown are either relatives of the emperor or princes and nobles.Those who play the piano and play chess are nothing more than famous families; those who have an ax and saw in their hands are either woodcutters or carpenters.The person holding the weight should be a merchant in the market.The one who fiddled with the abacus is probably the shopkeeper of a certain shop..."

"So, Wu Daozi should also be one of the spies?" Princess Qingluan asked.

Bai Fu shook his head and said, "Probably not, otherwise he wouldn't expose his identity just because of Aunt Gongsun."

"If it wasn't for the spies, how could An Lushan have survived?" Princess Qingluan was puzzled.

Hearing this, Bai Fu felt as if struck by lightning.

Bai Fu pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Highness, you asked a good question! I may have guessed wrong, and I was preconceived from the beginning.

Let us reproduce and restore the scene at that time:
If I were An Lushan, first of all, I would find someone who apparently has nothing to do with me to handle this matter.

Second, I'll make the request: 'Hidden real people'.It is difficult for ordinary people to find out, and An Qingzong can use a certain "key" to grasp the true identity of the spies, so as to send them.

Therefore, I guess Wu Daozi may not know that An Lushan is behind the scenes, but he just came up with a solution.Through this whimsical conception and ingenious painting skills, he successfully won the job. "

"If this is the case, then An Lushan should have found someone else." Princess Qingluan guessed along Bai Fu's train of thought.

"That's right, who will be the other loser? Is it Huangfu Zhen?" Bai Fu said to himself, "No, if Huangfu Zhen loses the election and Wu Daozi wins the first prize, then Wu Daozi, as the winner, has already proved that Knowing that he is the number one painter in Chang'an, he has no motive to kill Huangfu Zhen?

Could it be that what Wu Daozi said before was all false?The real reason is that Huangfu Zhen won, won the errand, and let Wu Daozi lose face?

If this is the case, then the murals painted by Huangfu Zhen are the key to hiding these spies, and the murals that really hide the secret.

So, the death of Huangfu Zhen was not killed by Wu Daozi, or Gongsun Jiao, but by An Lushan? "

Bai Fu was so dizzy thinking about it, he didn't know what to do.

Bai Fu asked Princess Qingluan to go back to the palace first, and he would think about it carefully.

After sending off Princess Qingluan, Bai Fu came to an independent courtyard in the southwest corner of the Bashu Guild Hall.

After Bai Fu knocked on the door, a man in his thirties welcomed Bai Fu into the courtyard.This person has a fair complexion, and his appearance is not good, but his eyes are piercing, and he looks like a shrewd person.

Bai Fu cupped his hands and said, "Please trouble Brother Tang Wu."

The visitor smiled back.This person is Tang Kui, the fifth son of Tang Gu, the head of the Tang Sect in Central Shu, and the fifth elder brother of Bai Fuxiao Tang Li.

The current situation is difficult and delicate, and the head of Tang Gu sent Tang Kui to Chang'an to take charge of intelligence work.At the same time, assist the leader of the Sichuan Gang, Huang Zhen, to integrate the forces of the rivers and lakes in Chang'an.

Bai Fu briefly recounted the previous situation, and said, "Fifth brother, I want to check Huangfu Zhen's origin, the process of becoming famous in Chang'an painting circles, and the specific details of his assassination.

I want details, as precise as possible, even if they seem to be completely irrelevant to the case. "

(End of this chapter)