First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 35

34. Huan Fasi, the leader of the fine work

Gao Chong was very happy to see Wang Er's appearance, "I didn't expect you to be Wang Shichong's people, Wang Shichong stretched his hand too far."

After finishing speaking, he took out Yueniang's slightly black hairpin with great interest, "Bai Yutang? Bai Yulu? If my guess is correct, Wang Shichong's fine works were all cultivated by Huan Fasi."

"Huan Fasi?" Who is this? Li Jiancheng and the others are puzzled.

And that Wang Er turned pale with shock when he heard the words Huan Fasi, and pointed at Gao Chong with trembling hands, "You...you are not human".

Then he quickly pulled out the short sword in his arms and killed himself. Wang Er's action was so sudden that it was too late for everyone to react. Liu Hongji stepped forward to check, only to see that the sharp short sword had been cut. Broken neck.

"He is a dead man," Gao Chong shook his head upon seeing this, "Even if he is captured alive, he probably won't say anything."

"What's going on?" Li Jiancheng was a little confused.

"Is he Wang Shichong's secret work? Zhu Zhijin has been bought by Wang Shichong? And what happened during the daytime that you said? Who is Huan Fazong?" Li Jiancheng and the others now have many questions.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng and the others were at a loss, Gao Chong pointed to the next door, "Let's sit down and talk."

When he came to the next door and served the food and wine again, Gao Chong told what happened during the day one by one.

"Zhu Zhijin's family is poor, his inexplicable sudden wealth, and his beautiful concubine in the south of the Yangtze River are all too suspicious. Simply put, Zhu Zhijin's huge wealth of unknown origin exposed him.

The little concubine was wearing a gold hairpin worth a hundred guan. The gold hairpin came from Baiyutang, a famous jewelry store in Luoyang. After Zhu Zhijin got rich, he often went to Deyilou. People who are used to being poor shouldn’t spend like this even after getting rich, but after going to Deyilou, there are even more doubts... ".

Gao Chong drank the weak drink and spoke slowly.

From Luoyang from Deyilou, shopkeeper Wang's hospitality, to bribes, to Luoyang's fine wine and white jade dew, to meeting late at night to test each other... Everyone was amazed.

"Then who is Huan Fasi?" Li Jiancheng asked with a frown.

"Huan Fasi is a Taoist priest of the rivers and lakes. I heard that his Taoist name is Bai Yuzi. He is very rich in the city, very utilitarian, and quite conceited." Gao Chong said quietly, "At this time, Huan Fasi is famous under Wang Shichong. It’s not obvious, but it should have gained Wang Shichong’s trust.”

"There is such an expert?" Li Jiancheng asked in surprise, "Youzhi, how did you know?"

"Scholars don't go out, they can know the affairs of the world", Gao Chong said mysteriously, he would not say that Huan Fasi was known from the film and television drama of "Thirteen Stick Monks Rescuing the King of Tang" in later generations.

Hearing these words, Li Shimin felt speechless, as if he had heard these words before.

"Since I know that this Deyi Building is Wang Shichong's secret property, I will take someone to seize it tomorrow morning," Liu Hongji scolded, "This hand is too long, he Wang Shichong is still fighting with Li Mi Well, they sent the spy to us."

Li Jiancheng shook his head when he heard the words, "At present, the focus is on capturing Guanzhong, and it is best not to conflict with it."

Hearing Li Jiancheng's words, Gao Chong disagreed a little, and immediately said: "There is Li Mi between us and Wang Shichong, in order to make Li Mi relax his vigilance towards us, he specially wrote a book to express his goodwill to him.

Now that Wang Shichong's hand has come here, we should chop it up, so that we can tell Li Mi that we have nothing to do with Wang Shichong, and it will make Li Mi concentrate on dealing with Wang Shichong in the east instead of focusing on Guanzhong." .

Li Shimin nodded in agreement when he heard the words, "The meticulous work has arrived at the door. If you don't do anything, you will inevitably be looked down upon. Send this fellow and the Deyilou to Li Mi, and then tell him about Wang Shichong's meticulous work. If Li Mi is well repaired, Wang Shichong will know how powerful he is."

Hearing what the two said, Li Jiancheng pondered for a while, and felt that it made sense, and immediately said: "I will report this matter to Jinyang overnight, and we will see how Jinyang makes a decision."

Several people returned to Daying together, but Li Shimin frowned and looked worried along the way, which made Gao Chong look puzzled, poked Liu Hongji, and gestured with his eyes, Liu Hongji was also startled and shook his head, expressing that he I don't understand either.

Li Shimin paused for a moment, "Just tell me what's going on, why are you two flirting with each other?"

Gao Chong smiled mischievously, and immediately asked directly: "Second Young Master, it has been confirmed that Zhu Zhijin is a secret agent, why do you still look so worried?".

Li Shimin sighed with his hands behind his back, "Wang Shichong is really a hero. We just raised our troops, and he has already planned carefully. He knows us very well, but we know little about Luoyang." He said and looked at Gao Chong, "You Zhi , how do you view fine work?".

Gao Chong was startled when he heard the words, thought for a while and then said: "When I was reading history books, I understood that secret agents are spies, that is, secret agents who can be secretly sent to a certain area to engage in espionage activities mainly stealing secrets. Or it can be called a spy, what is a spy, that is, a person who has undergone special training, including special tasks such as local language, combat, customs, tracking, anti-tracking, assassination, and intelligence gathering.

There is a saying in "Six Secret Teachings": "Eight travelers, the master waits for traitors and waits for changes, opens and closes human feelings, observes the enemy's intentions, and regards them as spies", such as the embroidered clothes of the Han Dynasty and the school affairs of Cao Wei".

Li Shimin listened very seriously, kept nodding his head, and then praised: "You are indeed a great talent, even the fine work is so intensive, marching and fighting, the importance of military intelligence is self-evident, so I saw that Wang Shichong's fine work has been completed. It’s so complete, I can’t help feeling impatient.”

Gao Chong's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and a bad premonition emerged.

Sure enough, Li Shimin quickly swept away his slump, and swung his fist heavily, "Fortunately, it's not too late. As long as you want to do it, it's never too late." This spy work is not limited to the enemy, it can be monitored from the princes and ministers to the common people. In short, this spy is another pair of eyes, which can see things that cannot be seen on the surface If you use it freely, it will have all kinds of miraculous effects."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and pinched Gao Chong's shoulder, "You Zhi, you have to help me."

Gao Chong was taken aback, asked me to form an intelligence agency?That's not a good thing to do, don't you see how many spy chiefs don't end well, such as Mingzhi Ji Gang, Mao Xiang and others, the kind who will be stabbed in the back when they die.

Seeing Gao Chong's hesitation, Li Shimin was a little puzzled, and Gao Chong hurriedly said: "Serving the second son, that's what I want. But Youzhi's lifelong wish is to be on the battlefield, not to be a spy behind the scenes."

After hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head and said: "You have misunderstood. If you are just a spy, you will not give up your talent. The job of a spy needs to be seen in the dark, and I can't bear to hide Youzhi in the snow. It's just right now. I only have you to help me, as long as you make a plan or two for me for the time being."

After finishing speaking, he was taken aback, pointed at Gao Chong, and scolded with a smile: "Okay Gao Youzhi, I know why you don't want to, it's nothing more than worrying about the consequences."

Gao Chong also smiled wryly after hearing this, and immediately said: "I can make a plan for the second son first, and do my best to tell everything I know, but for this information, the second son still needs to find a thoughtful, thoughtful person. People with ruthless means to operate", said for a while, "similar to Jia Xu, a poisonous man in the Three Kingdoms period".

Li Shimin nodded straightly when he heard this, and then shook his head and smiled wryly, "Jia Xu is a strategist who is born in the world, and he can be easily found."

(End of this chapter)