Jiang Hu Qi Gong Lu

Chapter 136
Lin Xiqi just stared at Wang Dong with a smile.

Finally, Wang Dong averted his eyes slightly and fell silent.

Lin Xiqi didn't rush, and drank tea slowly.

"It seems that your lord has an extraordinary background." Half a quarter of an hour later, Wang Dong said in a deep voice.

"What's the extraordinary background? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, this official was bought with silver taels. I'm just curious about you, and I have no other intentions." Lin Xiqi said with a chuckle.

"There is still a sense of inferiority." Wang Dong also smiled.

Lin Xiqi nodded slightly, but did not make a sound.

"Since my lord is a little curious, you can talk about the humble job." Wang Dong continued, "It happened more than ten years ago, and I almost forgot about the humble job."

"Shouldn't you forget it?" Lin Xiqi asked.

"That's right, Humble Job just buries these in my heart, and I can't forget them after all." Wang Dong nodded and said, "Humble Job used to be an agent of the Emperor Dragon!"

After Wang Dong finished speaking, he also paid attention to Lin Xiqi's expression.

Seeing Lin Xiqi's expression as usual, Wang Dong couldn't help but said, "Looking at the expression on your face, you should know the status of a humble job."

"The time is limited, so I know that you should be related to the secret agents of the imperial court. I don't know exactly how." Lin Xiqi said.

Wang Dong nodded and said: "Beizhi used to be a thousand households of Huanglong's secret agent. Ten years ago, Beizhi was ordered to go deep into the desert to spy on the military situation of the 'Houyuan'."

"Ten years ago?" Lin Xiqi thought for a while and said, "The battle at Shitan River?"

"That's right, because the Holy Majesty wants to personally conquer, our Huanglong spies don't dare to be careless, and five thousand households led people to sneak in in five ways to provide information for the army to move out." Wang Dong said.

"According to what you said, the imperial court paid great attention to the military situation back then. Why was it defeated overnight at Shitan River, and more than 50 soldiers lost their lives?" Lin Xiqi asked curiously.

When Lin Xiqi asked, Wang Dong's breathing became a little heavy.

His hands clenched into fists, his eyes turned red.

"The eunuchs are harming the country, the eunuchs are harming the country!" Wang Dong gritted his teeth.

Wang Dong's words made Lin Xiqi probably understand the reason.

In fact, there were rumors about these things in the court, but the specific things were not known.

The Shitan River was defeated, and a large number of officials of the imperial court were convicted, beheaded, ransacked their homes, and exiled.

The emperor was more than 40 years old at the time, and he was in the prime of his life. He had great ambitions and wanted to solve the problem of the "Later Yuan" dynasty's invasion of the frontier. Finally, he personally led an army of 50 to march.

It's a pity that the 50 army was defeated overnight, and after the emperor fled back to the capital in embarrassment, his temperament changed drastically.

Affected by this, some fell into a slump, addicted to wine and sex, nostalgic for the beauty of the harem, so as to numb themselves, and did not see the morning court once in a few months.

I heard that a 50-year-old person now looks like he is 80 or [-] years old, and he has no energy at all.

After this defeat, the imperial court was severely injured, and was no longer able to conquer the "Houyuan". Over the years, the Houyuan invaded the border more rampantly. Only a few large cities on the border could not hold on. hunting grounds.

"Back then, I had already inquired about the news that Houyuan wanted to sneak attack on the army at the Shitan River, but after I reported the news, it was like nothing was heard, and there was no news. Only then did I find out that Wei Xiang, the great eunuch next to the Holy One, had no news to report , He thought it was alarmist talk, and he was afraid that such a thing would shock His Majesty, so absurd, so absurd!" Wang Dong sighed, "Later, although we were lucky enough to escape death, we were also deprived of our status as agents of the Emperor Dragon. , was dispatched here. Finally, I found a job in the county government. The brothers who followed me into the desert to spy suffered heavy casualties, and only a dozen of them survived."

Hearing this, Lin Xiqi's heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "A dozen people? Those government officials?"

"It was eleven of them. When we first came to Sandao County, there were still more than 30 servants in the county government. Gradually, those people left. We had nowhere to go, so we stayed here. Otherwise, the county Where will there be any servants in the Yamen?" Wang Dong said.

Only then did Lin Xiqi understand why these yamen servants followed Wang Dong's lead.

These people were originally Wang Dong's subordinates, so it made sense.

"That's weird, their strength doesn't seem to be very good." Lin Xiqi asked curiously.

The strength of those eleven yamen servants was far from Wang Dong's. He didn't think these yamen servants could hide it from his own eyes.

Hearing Lin Xiqi's words, Wang Dong smiled and said, "My lord, we are spies."

"I asked about strength, what does it have to do with you talking about secret agents?" Lin Xiqi still asked a little puzzled.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Dong said with a smile, "Spies are only for spying on information, and there are many ways to spy on information. Even if you don't have martial arts, you can still get all kinds of information, such as beauty tricks, making friends with some important figures of the enemy, Maybe bribing an important person in the mansion of a housekeeper can get important news. So for us, strength is not the most important thing, the important thing is that people must be smart, good at disguising, good at covering up, and able to deal with various emergencies. Be able to adapt to changing circumstances. No matter where you come from, you can be of any religion. Strength is a matter of the Imperial Dragon Secret Guards. They are all masters, and this is the main force to protect important figures in the royal family."

After Lin Xiqi was stunned for a moment, she finally understood.

There are indeed various methods for spies to spy on news, and strength is only an auxiliary, not the absolute key.

"So that's the case, I don't know much about this aspect." Lin Xiqi said, "You have been here for more than ten years, and you haven't thought about changing it?"

"Who would dare to use us?" Wang Dong said with a wry smile, "It's not easy to survive, so I don't dare to expect anything else."

"You trust me so much?" Lin Xiqi asked, "If I tell you your identities, I'm afraid you will still be in some trouble."

"It's not about whether you believe it or not, it's just an intuition." Wang Dong said, "My lord's feeling of inferiority is different from that of other officials."

"Haha~~" Lin Xiqi laughed and said, "This official also said that this official is bought."

Wang Dong shook his head and didn't say anything more.

"I understand. Next, you will be responsible for recruiting some yamen servants. At least the county yamen has to stand up. Twelve of you are not enough," Lin Xiqi said.

"That would cost a lot of money." Wang Dong said.

"I'm just wondering, your strength is good, so it's not that troublesome to get some silver, right? You can make a lot of money by bringing some random goods here at the border," Lin Xiqi said.

"My lord, I don't know that the major forces here basically monopolize the business. In addition, there are many robbers and bandits outside, and even some sects pretend to be these people to rob the past companies. A single person or some small forces There is no way to make money from these, unless you are attached to some big companies, but most of the income after the trip is taken away by the big companies." Wang Dong said, "Because of the status of the humble job, I haven't thought about it. Anyway, I can Live and don't think about it so much."

"So that's the case. Silver taels are not a problem. If the court doesn't issue them, I will make up for it." Lin Xiqi took out ten silver bills from his pocket as he spoke, "This is 1 taels. If you are in arrears to make up the money, I will issue three more. Yue's salary, the rest will be repaired up and down the county government, and there is recruitment, the silver is not enough, then you can come to the official again. You can convey these things, and the official will not summon other people. Oh , By the way, you should discuss these matters with Chen Changjie."

"Yes, my lord doesn't say anything, even a humble job will look for Mr. Chen." Wang Dong said.

He can still handle things like recruiting yamen servants, but repairing county yamen, he is a layman.

It would be more appropriate for Chen Changjie to do these things.

(End of this chapter)