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Chapter 663 The Countryside
Tianshui Well is located in the southwest of Chang'an City, not far from the Division of Procuratorate.

Hu Zhixuan originally served in the Judiciary, so he chose to settle in this area.

"Familiar places make people feel safe."

This sentence came to Lin Zi's mind again.

It's very simple to find here, just send someone to observe which spies are staring at the general.

As a spy, the feeling in his body and demeanor cannot be hidden from his eyes.

"The way is shallow."

At this time, Hu Zhixuan was captured, Lin Zi glanced around again, and waved his hand.

He didn't believe that there was only such a young person in charge as Hu Zhixuan.

A line of soldiers with knives rushed into the courtyard and kicked open the doors of each room.

"Commander, I found two secret passages."

"A few of you go in, and the rest, surround the alley."

Now Li Xia has officially established the "Military Intelligence Department" and "Public Opinion Department".

The Military Intelligence Department led by Lin Zi is in charge of intelligence in the north, and most of its subordinates are the elite of the army.

This time to capture Hu Zhixuan, many of them were even wearing leather armor, holding long weapons, bows and crossbows, and carrying shields.

After all, the northerners are also brave, and the dead are all Guanzhong Han and Uighur Gaochang people.

The armored soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department did not go down the secret road, but strode forward in a file, and soon heard the shouts of killing.

"Fight with Song Kou!"

"Don't leave them..."

Lin Zi strode through the alley, and when he turned a corner, he saw more than a dozen big men in another courtyard who were fighting stubbornly. He swept his eyes, but he didn't see the person in charge.

"Leave us alive... Where is the other secret exit?!"

"Commander, over there!"

"Chase……"

Turning around another alley, I suddenly saw three dead soldiers standing there, raising their crossbow arrows.

"Song Kou is dead!"

Lin Zi was startled, avoided the corner of the wall, waved his hand, and ordered the shield hand to go first.

After a while, only three screams were heard, and he quickly chased through the alley again, but there was no one in front of him, and after more than [-] steps, he saw West Street in front of him.

Lin Zi squinted his eyes and wandered around for a while. There were people coming and going on the street, people pushing carts, people pulling carriages, and even business travelers with camels... There was no suspicious person at all.

He grinned and wiped the blood spattered on his face.

"Don't worry, I caught one, and the rest can't escape..."

~~
Hu Zhijuan woke up leisurely, raised his eyes and knew that he was in the Jingzhao government office.

I didn't see Yelu Youshang, that kind of naive approach made people quite worried.

On the contrary, Hu Zhiyu didn't care much about his own safety, and seemed to have anticipated this situation, and began to think about the many words he was going to say to Li Xia.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Hu Zhixuan said: "Song Kou Li Xia, don't even think about it..."

Turning his gaze, he saw that it was only a young man with an unattractive appearance who came in, holding a bench in his hand, and sat down in front of Hu Zhixuan with a click.

Hu Zhi was slightly embarrassed, and his tone calmed down.

"Li Xia dare not come to see me?"

"I'm here to watch you and not let you sleep."

Strong Shu accent.

Hu Zhiyu had no choice but to say: "Who are you?"

"Wang Dog."

"What's your job?"

"Ah, I'm carrying sacks and luggage."

Hu Zhiyu was a little caught off guard. He thought that Li Xia would come over for interrogation impatiently, but unexpectedly he sent a civilian husband over.

Looking up at Wang Gou'er's silly face again, he had a thought, smiled slightly, and asked, "May I ask where Brother Wang's home is?"

"Why do you ask my family? I just came to watch you and not let you sleep."

"I know, I'm not sleepy yet." Hu Zhizhen laughed again, "Brother Wang can't sleep too?"

"Are you stupid? I'm sleepy. Let someone else come to see you."

"So that's how it is. Brother Wang is so smart, I admire..."

Outside the house door, Lin Zi listened for a while, recruited one of his subordinates, and asked him in a low voice to write down all Hu Zhizhen's words, then turned around and walked towards the lobby.

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"Master."

Li Xia was calculating with an abacus, without raising his head, he said, "Let's talk."

"Hu Zhiyu didn't panic, and tried to instigate the person I sent to watch him."

"It's a talent, have you checked your experience?"

"I checked." Lin Zi took out a copy of the information and put it on the desk, "33 years old, from Cizhou, Hebei, who once studied under Xu Heng, and after Lian Xixian took office, he was appointed to be in charge of criminal matters."

"Let me look back. Lian Xixian's detailed work in Chang'an City is definitely not limited to this group. He retreated calmly, and at least he can arrange thousands of people just to take my life." Li Xia said, "If it was me, I would do the same. Do it."

"If the commander-in-chief buried gunpowder in this government office, Lian Xixian would have died."

"Where's the clue?"

"There is also a person in charge of Hu Zhiyu's line. A brother took a look at him from a distance. He is in his 20s and is quite tall. As far as the handsome eyebrows are concerned, he has a bit of a beard but is very elegant..."

After Lin Zi described the opponent's figure and appearance, Li Xia thought about it.

"There is a man under Lian Xixian who looks a lot like him, Yelu Youshang. Go check it out and take it down as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"If these snakes, insects, rats and ants are removed, Chang'an will be our Chang'an."

"Yes."

Lin Zi felt deeply, if the commander-in-chief couldn't move around in Chang'an City with peace of mind, how could it be regarded as taking Guanzhong?
……

Li Xia immersed himself in counting the acres of land again.

Until the evening, Liu Yuanzhen came in with a few heads and threw them into the hall.

"Satisfied?"

"Ok?"

Liu Yuanzhen raised his foot and kicked angrily, bringing a head to Li Xia's case.

"Dalu Huachi Tohe was lost. He was married to the Mongolian clan, and his daughter was married to Tu Erjian, the grandson of Wokuotai."

"Did Lian Xixian take him away?" Li Xia asked casually.

He took out a map and marked it in the northeast of Chang'an and north of the Weihe River. The ten thousand hectares of land was not plowed or cultivated, and it became a large plain, and Tohe's lost tent was in it.

"Lian Xixian is not stupid. How can he do things with this kind of person around?"

Liu Yuanzhen was indeed not very happy, knowing that Li Xia deliberately asked him to kill the Mongols to show his position.

Liu Heima hesitated at first, thought it over and over again, and finally decided to appease the people in exchange for some reputation, and let Liu Yuanzhen lead his troops to attack the lost pasture of Tohe.

From this moment, it can be seen that Li Xia has scheming intentions and deliberately uses Liu Heima to govern Chang'an...

"Is there a lot of casualties? The Mongols are probably not easy to fight."

"It's just mediocre." Liu Yuanzhen said calmly: "Lian Xixian reported the news that Tohe was lost and didn't even know that Chang'an was lost. He was drunk like mud. I led 2000 people to surround him, and it was solved in one round."

Li Xia asked: "Then it seems that the Mongols are not invincible?"

"Divide people." Liu Yuanzhen said, "These are just worms."

"Yes, the Mongols are always considered invincible, but counting the Golden Family who can still fight, Batu, Kuoduan, and Mengge are all dead. Kublai Khan, Alibuge, and Xu Liegu have made great achievements , but apart from these people, there are countless beetles in hundreds of clans and countless princes and nobles."

Liu Yuanzhen froze for a moment, but never thought about it from this angle.

The strength of Mongolia made him ignore this problem all the time.

"The commander-in-chief always seems to be able to see what others can't see?"

"Isn't it to make the Liu family feel at ease?" Li Xia rubbed his forehead, pulled out the map, and said, "Since you're here, let's talk about the defense of Guanzhong."

"it is good."

"I plan to call out all the troops from the Qinling Mountains to guard the cities in the pass. Gather your and Liu Yuanli's troops, and then we can take Tongguan..."

Neither of them cared about the bloody head on the ground.

Liu Yuanzhen wiped his hands and sat down, thinking that if he could defeat Lian Xixian and Shang Ting in the first battle and take Tongguan, he would be called a famous general in the world, so he couldn't help being excited.

After talking for a long time, the sky became darker.

Liu Yuanzhen saw the information about Hu Zhixuan on the case, and asked with a smile, "Did the commander catch him?"

"Ah."

"A trial?"

"No."

"Why no trial?"

"Hu Zhizhen is not difficult to deal with, but Lian Xixian is not easy. He must have thought that Hu Zhizhen might fall into my hands." Li Xia said: "Then we can't rush to trial, we have to wear down Hu Zhizhen's will."

Liu Yuan shook his jaw and asked, "Is the commander in a hurry?"

He pointed to the official document on the table, and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief is busy with these all day long, isn't he worried that he will miss the beautiful woman?"

Li Xia thought Liu Yuanzhen was being long-winded.

He is a good person, generous and enthusiastic, so he can persuade Liu Zheng to surrender alone, but it is a bit annoying if he gets along for a long time.

"I said, I'm sober."

"The commander-in-chief should know that this is not your private matter." Liu Yuanzhen said: "As it concerns the Zhang family, it is related to the future situation in Henan and Hebei, and it is related to the future strength of the commander-in-chief..."

"Do you know why Sun Tzu said that the way of espionage is 'the key to this soldier, and the three armies rely on it to move'?"

"Why?"

"We are like a wooden barrel. Lian Xixian is holding a dagger and is about to pry the wooden barrel open. He needs a gap. If my mind is messed up, this is one of them, but he won't just stare at this One crack. People in Guanzhong are upset, and he will take advantage of it. If our deployment of troops goes wrong, he will take advantage of it. Spies attack everything, so it is very difficult to prevent spies. Everything needs to be done well, so that they cannot appear short board."

"In a word, he only needs to kill you with all his strength, and you have to guard against them all?"

"That's right. As long as Lian Xixian's killer is still in Chang'an City, he will keep attacking me. When will it end? The dagger will stab me, or we will tighten the wooden barrel in Guanzhong and break his dagger..."

~~
A cart was pushed into the courtyard.

Yelu Youshang crawled out from the hay, and saluted the man who covered him.

"Thank you fellow."

"Your benefactor, don't be polite, Song Kou is really abominable, he has only been in the city for two days, killing people everywhere."

Yelu Youshang nodded, and warmly praised the other party, only saying that when the imperial court draws its hand, Guanzhong will be regained.

"Benefactor, more than 30 of us moving goods in the grassland want to contribute to the benefactor, kill Song Kou, and welcome Lianxiang back, okay?"

"Thank you fellow, I'm really ashamed."

"It should be. If it wasn't for Lianxiang back then, the whole family of the villain would have been beaten to death."

"..."

When Yelu Youshang left the small courtyard again and reconnected with the dead soldiers left behind by Lian Xixian, his eyes became more confident.

He knew that he was right, more right than Hu Zhixuan.

The heart of Chang'an City to drive away the Song Kou can be said to be united, these ordinary people can't resist soldiers and horses, but they can provide enough help for his assassination.

That's what spies are supposed to do, the country is the way to go...

What's more, Zhao Song traveled south for 130 years. For the people of Chang'an, apart from the catastrophe brought about by "Duanping's entry into Luo" more than [-] years ago, there is nothing but hatred.

Thinking of this, Yelu Youshang has learned the way of "countryside" more and more.

This is Chang'an, which has been governed by Prime Minister Lian for six years. Zhao Song has too much to say, which makes the people of Chang'an hate more and more.

"Put Li Xia to death early and get rid of the Song Kou, so that the catastrophe of the past will not happen again..."

(End of this chapter)