Mr. Yangui

Chapter 10 Eventful Autumn
The winter of Yongning's 19th year was indeed an eventful one for Dayan.

In the first ten days of October, a cavalry force of about [-] from Khitan rushed into Liucheng County, Jizhou to burn, kill, and loot. The fire continued for three days.

Fortunately, the "King of the North Sea" Lu Yuanke personally led [-] elite soldiers from Qingzhou Beihai to Jizhou. Lu Yuanke went to the front line and commanded the troops to surround the Khitan people. Hundreds of cavalry fled back to Khitan.

The form of Liucheng County can only be stabilized.

However, Goryeo, a neighbor of Great Yan who usually does not show its mountains or dews, took this opportunity to hoard troops outside the city of Liaodong. Apparently, it had reached a tacit agreement with Khitan and was preparing to attack Liaodong, and the war was imminent.

In addition to various external troubles, there are still internal worries.

In mid-October, snowstorms broke out in many places in Dayan, and Yongzhou and Jizhou were severely affected. People were displaced and starved to death everywhere.

The people who had nowhere to escape turned into bandits one after another, looting their homes and homes. Many gentry and local tyrants in various places encountered catastrophe, their families were destroyed, and public resentment boiled for a while.

Relatively speaking, Chang'an City in Kyoto is relatively clean, but there are many things.

The Martial Arts Conference is approaching, Chang'an is mixed with fish and dragons, students from all over the country often gather to compete, and conflicts are common in the end, and there are also major gangs in other places taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that recently, more than a dozen members of the Hanshui Gang hijacked Secretary Lang, the former court official, and were all shot dead by the imperial guards.

Also, in the past few days, the disciples of Ghost Shadow went to Martial Arts Pavilion to steal. Du Chengye of Dali Temple chased him for two days, then caught up with the seriously injured snitch in Yiyang Square, shot him dead on the spot, and saved Dali Temple's face.

Recently, some people also heard that Khitan spies were captured in the palace.

And so on, to name a few.

……

Li Wuchang was walking on the street, and many police officers from Dali Temple posted victory notices on the wall, telling the public that Dali Temple had cracked the theft case of Wudao Pavilion. He expressed his admiration for Du Chengye, the "cold-faced god catcher".

Looking at the vivid portrait in the notice, Li Wuchang thought of the man in black who met a few days ago.

"Oh, it's really him, he's still dead after all."

Li Wuchang withdrew his gaze from staring at the notice, feeling a little bit embarrassed, lamenting the fragility of life, seeing him only a few days ago, and now he just died like this.

To be honest, Li Wuchang didn't have much ill feeling towards the black-clothed snitch whom he only met once. Judging from his appearance that day, he was by no means a villain.

"Let's get to know each other once, don't worry, after I gain internal strength, I will study your "Ghost Shadow Body Technique" carefully, and I will also find a chance to read that book of geography."

Li Wuchang secretly decided in his heart, smiled freely, turned around and went into a tavern.

He had inquired about it, his eccentric family uncle Li Hu liked wine, and today he came to choose a few bottles of good wine to give to Li Hu. Get to know him first.

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The backstreet of Li's mansion, Li Hu's yard, and the secret dungeon.

Li Hu held the flagon, frowned, thinking about the case at hand.

Not long ago, a spy was caught in the palace. He was a young eunuch in the imperial study. He wanted to secretly send a message outside the palace, but was discovered by the guards in the palace, and a letter was found from him.

The letter recorded what happened in the palace recently and guessed what the emperor was thinking, and the content was mixed with Khitan characters.

In recent years, there have been constant conflicts between Dayan and Khitan, and it is not new for spies to infiltrate Chang'an City to investigate news.

However, it was the first time that a spy was found in the palace. Unfortunately, the little eunuch died of poisoning on the spot. I don't know who he sent the letter to.

This matter is no small matter, the emperor ordered Li Lingwu to investigate and make sure to catch all the spies.

Li Lingwu's most capable assistant, Li Hu, led people to investigate secretly through the clues in the little eunuch's room. After nearly half a month of hard work, he caught a suspect from Xingyefang in Chang'an City.

This man was a businessman who came to Chang'an from Yangzhou half a year ago. Li Hu sent people to investigate and found that he was innocent. His ancestors were honest mountain people for several generations. He wanted to start a career, so he came to Chang'an to do some business.

But Li Hu didn't quite believe it.

Firstly, this man has a rough face, thick cheekbones, sharp outline, a typical Khitan face, and secondly, his ancestors lived deep in the mountains, and he didn't have many contacts with outsiders, so it is very easy to cheat.

Li Hu tried to use torture, but he refused to recruit, only saying that he was a good citizen.

Li Hu didn't want to wrong the good man, but he couldn't find any evidence, so he was extremely troubled. After so many days, if he couldn't find any more evidence, he had to be released.

I worked hard for half a month, started to investigate from a few clues, and finally caught this person, but there was no progress, so how can I explain to my elder brother Li Lingwu?

Looking at the dying strong man in the cell, Li Hu was a little upset.

"Uncle Nu, Uncle Nu, are you at home?" A voice sounded from outside.

Li Hu frowned, and ordered his subordinates: "Be careful, don't let him die."

Putting down the jug, got up and walked out of the dungeon to the living room.

The person who came was Li Wuchang, Li Hu felt strange, and asked, "Why did Wuchang come here, do you have anything to do with me?"

He didn't want to pay attention to this nephew who only knew how to mess around all day long. A few days ago, he heard that Li Wuchang had a dispute with the third prince because of jealousy. He was very disdainful.

This kid is really useless, and he has completely embarrassed the Li family.

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "I got two bottles of good wine and brought them to Uncle Nu." After saying that, he raised the two jugs in his hand and patted them lightly.

Li Hu said: "What kind of wine do you know, kid, put your things down, and you can go."

Li Wuchang did not leave, instead he grinned, found a chair to sit down, and said with a smile: "I know that the nurse is busy, but it's not that the nurse is working hard. Shall I come and see you? Besides, the Martial Arts Conference is coming soon, I think Ask Uncle Hu for advice, no one in the family knows that apart from father, our Li family belongs to Uncle Hu who has the highest martial arts."

Li Hu saw that Li Wuchang was not as afraid of him as usual, and would flatter him, so he got a little excited, picked up a jug of wine, sat down and took a sip, and said: "It's so light, is it good wine?"

"It's fine to give me some advice on martial arts. Let's talk about it after you reach the fifth rank. I don't have time now. I'm busy." Li Hu put down the wine pot and raised his hand to see off the guests.

"Uncle Hu, don't drive me away. If you are busy, you don't need to teach me kung fu. It is said that those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. Just let me do things with you. Maybe I will stay with you for a long time. You suddenly got the hang of it, and besides, I can help if I follow you, right?" Li Wuchang had a deadpan look on his face.

Li Hu sneered: "Help me?"

Li Wuchuang saw that Li Hu's tone was loosened, and he said while the iron was hot: "My nurse looks tired and worried, he must have encountered some difficulties. The so-called fool will gain something if he thinks about it, maybe I have a solution."

Li Hu saw that Li Wuchang had a way of talking, always citing scriptures in everything, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you still drag the text?"

Li Wuchang said boldly: "Isn't it popular now to have both civil and military skills, I have to try my best to rely on that."

Li Hu looked Li Wuchang up and down, and said lightly: "Well, don't say I won't give you a chance, now I really have a troublesome thing, if you can help me, I will consider teaching you kung fu.

Then his complexion suddenly turned cold, and he continued: "Speak the ugly words first, if you can't help, be careful with your skin."

Li Hu looked at Li Wuchang coldly, frightened him with harsh words, and wanted to dismiss him as soon as possible.

"Is this testing my courage? Leng Shao, I'm not scared."

Li Wuchang thought so in his heart, and said solemnly: "I can issue a military order. If I can't help, I can deal with Uncle Nu at will. But if I can help, Uncle Nu can keep his promise."

Li Hu didn't expect that Li Wuchang would really dare to accept the move. He narrowed his eyes slightly, frowned and said coldly: "If you can't help, get out of here immediately. Besides, what you see later must be kept secret, otherwise, we will It will really take your skin off."

Li Wuchang achieved his goal, and immediately raised his hand to say yes, very honestly.

……

Outside the dungeon, Li Hu briefly talked about the Khitan spies.

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "Let me sum it up. Half a month ago, the guards of the Ouchi captured a Khitan spy from the palace. He was a young eunuch, but he died before he could interrogate him. Uncle Nu, you take over. In the eunuch's room, we found clues, then secretly searched and caught a suspect, Uncle Nu, you suspected that the suspect was a Khitan, and even tortured him, but the suspect failed to confess."

"The current situation is that Uncle Nu is sure that the suspect is a spy from Khitan, and there are accomplices in Chang'an City. He needs to speak through this suspect, and then follow the vine to catch them all. Is that right?"

Li Wuchang summed up the whole incident in one breath.

"That's a good summary, that's how things are." Li Hu spread his hands.

"If I can make that person show off, can Uncle Hu really teach me?" Li Wuchang stared at Li Hu and said seriously.

"You can talk about it after you do it." Li Hu sneered.

"With your words, I am relieved. If that person is really from Khitan, as long as I meet a few conditions, I am [-]% sure that he will be able to show his feet." Li Wuchang smiled.

Li Hu nodded and waited for the next sentence.

"First, I need a translator...uh, it's a tongue person, teach me a few words of Khitan dialect"

"Secondly, from now on, I am the imperial envoy sent by the emperor to inquire about the progress of this case. You all play a show with me."

"Third, Uncle Nu, go in now and continue to interrogate the suspect and torture him."

"Fourth, when I wait to go in, I am the biggest, and you need to obey my orders."

Li Hu took a strange look at Li Wuchang, agreed to cooperate with the acting, and found another tongue-in-cheek and handed it to Li Wuchang. He entered the deep part of the dungeon according to the arrangement to continue the interrogation.

Tongue people are very professional.

Li Wuchang learned a few words of Khitan dialect from the speaker, and repeated it many times until the speaker said that Li Wuchang's accent was very pure.

After explaining to the tongue man, Li Wuchang straightened his clothes, and said with a serious face: "Lead the way, my father-in-law wants to interrogate that prisoner himself."

"Yes, my lord." The tongue man replied respectfully.

(End of this chapter)