Fenghou

Chapter 1578 Hidden danger
The dormitory area of ​​the craftsmen is outside the construction site, and more than 100 tents were temporarily set up in a large open space.

Zhong Huan hurried to the dormitory area with his men, only to see hundreds of craftsmen enclosing a large tent with three floors inside and three floors outside. clue."

The craftsmen dispersed one after another. Zhong Huan walked into the lobby, and saw a man lying on the ground with a flying knife stuck in his vest, which was exactly the same as the poisoning flying knife handed by the guards. There was a pool of blood on the ground, and he had already passed away. .

The soldiers of the inner guard carefully turned the dead body over, and the craftsman and chief manager was taken aback, "Ah! It was made by Hu Supervisor."

"Who is he?" Zhong Huan asked.

"His name is Hu Zhen, and he is the technical supervisor of the East Palace. There are three supervisors in total. One of him is responsible for supervising the construction of the craftsmen. By the way, he arranged to put the wooden shelf next to the palace wall."

"Is he an official of the craftsman?"

"No, it was invited from outside."

At this time, Xu Cheng asked next to him: "Has he participated in the supervision of the Taiji Palace?"

The chief steward nodded, "Participated, he is one of the five supervisors of Tai Chi Palace."

Chong Huan and Xu Cheng glanced at each other, it was right, the assassin could be so familiar with this person if he could provide the blueprint of Tai Chi Palace.

"General, obviously, the other party silenced him."

Zhong Huan nodded and asked again, "Where is his home?"

"Reporting to the general, he is not from Chang'an, but from Sichuan Road. Three years ago, the Taiji Palace started construction and recruited a group of craftsmen. He was here to apply for the job. He passed the exam and was appointed as the supervisor."

"Then where does he live? He won't be living in the dormitory on the construction site all the time!" Zhong Huan asked again.

"He has indeed been living in the dormitory. After the Taiji Palace was completed, we built a new warehouse. He was also the supervisor. After the warehouse was completed, he was transferred to build the East Palace. He has been living in the dormitory in the Craftsman District for the past three years. As far as we know, he Did not rent a house outside."

Chong Huan looked at the big tent and asked, "Does he live here alone?"

"Exactly, he is the supervisor, and he lives in a single house!"

Zhong Huan immediately ordered his subordinates, "Pack up all his things, check slowly, and look for clues!"

"Follow the order!"

Several subordinates agreed and started packing.

At this time, a soldier of the inner guard hurried over with a craftsman, "General, I got some news!"

"what news?"

The soldier beckoned to the craftsman, "Come on!"

The craftsman stepped forward and bowed: "Last night, Supervisor Hu found a prostitute. The prostitute left at noon. After a short walk, he found that Supervisor Hu was dead!"

"What kind of whore?"

"A very thin young woman. I don't know where I found it. He used to like white, plump and plump women. The few of us even laughed at him for changing his taste."

Zhong Huan's heart moved, the thin woman reminded him of the assassin last night, he asked again: "What else?"

"We asked him, where did he find the woman?"

"He said that all the women in Tsing Yi Pavilion are like this."

"Where is Tsing Yi Hall?"

"Reporting to the general, Tsing Yi House is a nearby brothel. We often go to it. It's cheap but not good in quality. But we have never seen that woman, and we can't understand the few words she cursed."

"What do you mean? Why don't you understand?"

"I don't know where the accent is. It's very weird. We didn't understand it. We just felt very fierce. Then Supervisor Hu hurriedly dragged her into the tent."

Returning to the inner guard from the construction site, Zhong Huan sorted out all the clues today. First of all, the three assassins had ambushed in the construction site beforehand. The evidence is that the dog is far away from the main road and the palace wall. If the assassins came to kill it , then it wouldn't just bark twice, the assassin must have passed by the dog, so he killed it casually.

Secondly, Hu Zhen must have arranged for the assassin to ambush in the construction site, and the woman in Hu Zhen's big tent was supposed to be in charge of responding. When she found out that the inner guard came to investigate, she killed Hu Zhen.

Third, it is very likely that the person is not a Han Chinese, and I am not sure if he is a foreigner.

At this time, Xu Cheng said in a low voice: "That woman is very likely to be from Korea. We are at war with Korea, and they are very likely to attack."

Chong Huan shook his head and said, "I'll tell you why they're not from Korea. Those people planned and plotted for at least half a year, and this Hu Zhen was loyal to them at least a year and a half ago. If they were from Korea, Yao Kaishan I won’t be unaware, and I won’t hide it for them, so I can be sure that they are not Korean.”

Xu Cheng frowned, "Where is that from?"

"It's all possible. The remnants of the party, the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, the Tubo people, the Xiliao people, the Nanzhao people, the Japanese, the Jiaozhi people, and even some wealthy families who were wiped out have endured for many years and trained a group of assassins. So based on a few unintelligible words, it's hard to tell where they are from? But what?"

"But what?" Xu Cheng and several inner guard generals asked anxiously.

Zhong Huan said indifferently: "But I personally prefer Japanese people!"

"General, why are you Japanese?"

Chong Huan said slowly: "After we caught those three Japanese students in Luoyang, we didn't have anything to say. I knew that those three Japanese students were just a patch of aquatic plants out of the water, and there must be a huge root system hidden underneath. Luoyang There are spies from the Japanese country, so is there no Jingzhaohui?"

The three Japanese spies have always been a thorn in Zhong Huan's heart. After interrogation, I found out that they are really three Japanese students. They are studying at Luoyang Guozi Academy and collecting intelligence for their country. Every one or two months, someone will come to the door Get information, who is the other party?The three Japanese students knew nothing about it. They only knew that with a sign, they would hand over all kinds of information to each other.

To put it bluntly, the three Japanese overseas students are an intelligence transfer station, and they know nothing about the real Japanese intelligence spies.

In fact, as soon as the assassination case happened, Chong Huan immediately thought of the Wa Kingdom, but he had no evidence, so he couldn't jump to conclusions, but he always regarded the Wa Kingdom's intelligence spies as a great hidden danger.

"General, where should we start next?" Xu Cheng asked again.

Chong Huan sighed, "I'll go to ask His Majesty first to understand His Majesty's attitude."

At this time, what Chen Qing was concerned about was not the assassination case, but the flood. There was too much rain today, all the rivers were flooded, and a large area of ​​farmland was flooded. It was inevitable that Guanzhong would reduce its grain production this year.

But the danger now is not the farmland, but Jianzhang County, the original Han Chang'an City.

Back then, Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was prone to waterlogging because of its low-lying terrain and poor drainage. The Sui Dynasty only found a new place to build Daxing City, that is, Chang'an City.

The weather in Guanzhong has been relatively dry and cold for decades, so Han Chang'an City has not felt any crisis, but this year is different.

The most worrying thing now is the skyrocketing of the Weishui River. Once the Weishui River breaks its embankment, Jianzhang County will be wiped out, with a population of several 10!
Chen Qingzheng and the ministers gathered together to discuss water control strategies.

Zhang Yuanlang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was born in water control and has extremely rich experience in water control. He said to everyone: "Looking at the current trend, there will be heavy rains. I have visited the Weishui River in my humble job. The Weishui River can only last for two days at most. The only way now is to Flood discharge is to lower the water level of the Wei River, and if we don’t blow up the embankment to discharge the flood, Jianzhang County will be in danger.”

Chen Qing said slowly: "Flood discharge is fine, but where do we put it?"

Zhang Yuanlang pointed to the map with a wooden pole and said: "The topography of Guanzhong is high on both sides and low in the middle, and it can discharge floods to the south or north. Wei Chen has inspected both sides of the Wei River, and there are two places that can be considered as flood discharges. One is Jiangjiawa, between Xianyang and Xingping County, is low-lying and full of farmland. There is only one village. The village is still high enough to form a large lake. We don’t need to relocate people, but we need to compensate for the farmland.

The other flood discharge site is between Lintong County and Weinan County, but there are three towns and more than a dozen villages here. Thousands of households need to be relocated, and there may not be enough time, so I prefer Jiangjiawa for flood discharge. "

Chen Qing nodded and said, "Instead of working behind closed doors here, why don't we go to the field and see the current situation in Weihe and Jianzhang County."

(End of this chapter)