Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 510: Snowstorm is coming [Thank you! Goodbye! 47k more to go]

Looking at the monk who should be,
Yelu Ying nodded and continued:
"I was previously informed that we were going to deal with the extremely powerful new leader of the Dengzhou Imperial City Division. How is that going?"

"Replying to the Grand Princess, a recent message came in saying that there is some progress, but the news of success or failure has not yet been reported back."

"What is the identity of this leader? What are his weaknesses? Have you found out?"

The monk frowned and said, "We haven't found out yet. This person seems to have appeared out of thin air. There is no trace of him in Bianjing."

Yelu Falcon looked at the monk and asked in confusion:

"Master, didn't you say a few months ago that someone of high status in the Great Zhou took the initiative to form an alliance with us?"

"The military formation map, military equipment and food supplies of the border between the two countries are more detailed than those sent by Maitreya's first disciple, but the identity of the head of the Imperial City Bureau cannot be found out?"

The monk looked up at Yeluying's expression, and seeing that she had no intention of stopping him, he said, "Your Highness, that person said he could find out the truth, but there were conditions, and the Zhuangfotai did not agree to this condition."

"What are the conditions?" Yelu Falcon asked.

The monk sat down and bowed slightly and replied, "Let me make a feint to the Southwest Recruiting Office to reinforce the city, review the army, and make a show of attacking the Great Zhou."

"Feint movement in the southwest?" Yelu Falcon thought carefully about the tricks involved.

Yelu Ying intended to train his younger brother and did not remind him.

For a moment, the hall was very quiet.

A little less than a quarter of an hour later,
"It's just a waste of money and food to feint and review the troops! I think it's not a bad idea to get rid of the evil villain in the Imperial City Department."

"As long as we get rid of that guy, we can give an explanation to Jia Liushou."

On the way to Nanle County,

On the official road,
Xu Zaijing and his entourage's carriages stopped there.

Not far away is a river.
riverside,

Zhique and Qingyun came out of the ditch carrying leather buckets.

The leather bucket is half water and half ice.

The two walked a few steps and came to a very simple earthen stove, and poured the ice water in the leather bucket into the iron pot.

The stove was burning with wood sticks they brought with them and dead branches they picked up from the side.

Ice water was poured into the iron pot on the stove, and the steam suddenly became much smaller.

There were two stoves on the side, one was cooking soup and the other was heating the staple food.

far away,

Xu Zaijing and Zhao Meifeng were walking slowly.

Glancing at the stove from a distance, Zhao Meifeng shouted, "Gao Yunqing, don't always let Zhique and the other two fetch water, help them too!"

"Yes!" Gao Yunqing's voice shouted loudly, coming from afar.

Zhao Meifeng waved his hand to indicate that he understood.

At this time, Xu Zaijing next to Zhaomei Peak continued:

"Brother Zhao, are you saying that Brother Taifeng caught a big fish not long after he went to Dengzhou?"

"Yes! Very big! After torturing the servants, they said he was the eldest son of the Jia family in Lulong Mansion, Northern Liao."

Xu Zaijing asked in confusion: "I know that there are the Zhao family of Lulong, the Liu family of Changping, and the two Han families of Yutian in Northern Liao. What does the Jia family of Lulong do?"

A sneer appeared on Zhao Meifeng's lips. "Humph! Jia family. Not many people in the court know about the Jia family. But if you ask the officials of our Imperial City Department or Military Affairs Department, they all know about it."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Brother Zhao, now that you put it like that, I know that the Jia family must be the enemy of our Great Zhou Intelligence Office. Are they the leaders of the Northern Liao Zhuangfotai?"

Zhao Meifeng shook his head as he walked and said, "No, the person in charge of the Buddha Decoration Platform is either a member of the Northern Liao royal family or a monk. The Jia family is in charge of the Northern Liao Resident Mansion."

"Many of our Great Zhou's spies and clerks have been killed in the garrison! Once they go in, no one comes out."

Xu Zaijing nodded with a serious expression: "So, catching the big fish of the Jia family can be considered as paying off some of the blood debt!"

"Ah."

Xu Zaijing asked, "Then, since the Jia family is so powerful, how did Brother Taifeng lure people here?"

Zhao Meifeng raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Bai Gaochui Huansi, the exact information of Si Xiang."

Xu Zaijing looked confused. After thinking for a moment, he said uncertainly, "Does the Jia family have a blood feud with the Chuihuan Division?"

Zhaomeifeng nodded and said:

"Yes, it can be said to be a blood feud!"

"The chief officer of the Northern Liao garrison is called the Lord of the Palace. The current Lord of the Palace has five sons. In the past ten years, two of them died at the hands of the Chuihuansi."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "That's why he died at the hands of Brother Taifeng!"

"After confirming it several times, Senior Brother finally brought the eldest son of the Jia family in Lulong to the Great Zhou."

"The eldest son of the Jia family was quite resolute. After he found out it was a trap, he swallowed poison and committed suicide."

Xu Zaijing sighed, "What a pity."

"Yes!"

After Zhao Meifeng finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Zaijing and said, "Wu Lang, after arriving in Nanle, I will go to Beizhou with Gao Yunqing and the others to check things out in advance."

After exhaling a breath, Zhao Meifeng continued:
"Let's go to Beizhou like this. Wulang, to be honest, I've been nervous all the way."

"Brother Zhao, I'll go with you."

Zhao Meifeng waved his hand and said, "No, Wulang, if you disappear among our group, it will probably alert the enemy. If you go there in advance, you won't be able to see anything."

"Brother Zhao, Zhang Shipan is in Bianjing. If something really happened in Beizhou, we would have already alerted him by the time we left the capital."

"Wulang, I'm not going there to see anything! But if I don't take a look, and we go to Beizhou together, and something really happens, I will be blamed for it."

After saying that, Zhao Meifeng glanced at Xu Zaijing again and said, "Since you, Wulang, regard this as a war, then how can we not send scouts to gather intelligence in a war?"

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing nodded depressedly.

Patting Xu Zaijing on the shoulder, Zhao Meifeng said, "Let's go, let's go eat."

Xijin Prefecture,
Northern Liao Palace,

Yeluying looked at his brother and said:
"Falcon, let me ask you, what do you think of the people from Da Zhou who have formed an alliance with us?"

Yelu Falcon said: "Sister, most of them are ambitious people in the Great Zhou, no more than the royal family of the Great Zhou or the princes of the vassal states."

"What about their plans to ally with us?"

"Sister, maybe you want us to put pressure on Da Zhou and cover up their conspiracy during the turmoil?"

Yeluying smiled and said, "Falcon, you guessed half right! Do you know who prevented me from agreeing to the conditions of the alliance?"

Yelu Falcon shook his head.

"It was Lord Jia who advised me to do so!"

"Ah? How could it be Jia Liushou?" Yelu Falcon looked surprised.

Yelu Ying nodded affirmatively: "Lord Jia said that this condition is probably intended to get the Great Zhou Yongyi Marquis to return to the Northwest Army as soon as possible."

"Do you still remember which company the intelligence sent by the alliance mainly came from?"

Listening to his sister's question, Yelu Falcon replied: "Most of them are from the Zheng family of the Marquis of Zhongjing and the Zhang family of the Duke of Yingguo!"

"Falcon, there was intelligence that the Baigao Kingdom was destroyed too quickly, and someone in the Great Zhou court wanted to go to war with our Northern Liao! You should know the attitudes of the Duke of Ying, the Marquis of Yongyi, and the Marquis of Zhongjing towards our Northern Liao!"

"Sister, I heard that the dukes and marquises of the Great Zhou Dynasty do not approve of starting a war right away. They want to prepare for war. Hiss!"

"Halcon, have you figured it out?"

"Sister, if we attack the subordinates of Duke Ying and Marquis Zhongjing according to this intelligence and some of them die, their attitudes will probably change. Marquis Yongyi has returned to the northwest, which means they are preparing for war." Yelu Falcon said with a serious look, "That's why Lord Jia suggested not to agree to this condition."

Yelu Ying nodded: "Yes! If a war really breaks out, the intelligence sent may be more and better. If the casualties are heavy, the two countries will not be able to stop even if they want to!"

"However, the Great Zhou wants to absorb Baigao for its own strength and plot against the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun; we want to use the silk, porcelain, and tea of ​​the Great Zhou to win over the Mongolian tribes and add their strength, in preparation for eliminating the Jin Kingdom."

"It's just like"

Yelu Falcon interjected, "It's like two people bowing to each other, but they are both sharpening their knives behind their backs."

"good."

"Then, sister, if we fight against the Great Zhou, the one that will benefit is the Kingdom of Jin!"

Yelu Ying smiled, nodded approvingly at Yelu Falcon, and then exchanged glances with the monk.

At this time,

An eunuch hurried into the palace.

Looking at the eunuch's expression, the atmosphere in the hall, which had just been relaxed, instantly became tense again.

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"What's the matter?"

"Replying to the Grand Princess, Your Highness, Qizhou sent a pigeon saying that the Gao family in Laizhou was confiscated by the Imperial City Bureau."

The monk who was sitting stood up at once: "When did this happen? How did the news get out?"

"The Maitreya believer's plan to eliminate the leader of the Imperial City Division was exposed and she returned to the Gao family. Yesterday morning, she discovered something strange and took the Gao family's secret passage. After escaping back to Qizhou, she quickly released the carrier pigeon!"

Hearing this, the monk shook his head and sat back on the embroidery cushion: "It's over. Qizhou's Buddha dressing platform is probably going to be over too."

Yelu Falcon said softly: "Surround three and capture one, follow the vines and find the source."

Yelu Yingwen spoke calmly, "Order the Buddhist temples around Qizhou to move to new locations immediately. I'm afraid that guy will use the same old trick again."

"As ordered!"

The monk stood up, clasped his hands together in a salute, and walked quickly outside.

night,
Xu Zaijing had stayed overnight at the Nanle County Post Station.

Xijin Prefecture Palace,
In the back hall,
Yelu Ying was having dinner with his brother.

At this time,

A lantern was carried towards the main hall.
Because the person was walking so fast, the flame inside was flickering.

After the quick transmission,
An old man in his sixties followed the eunuch breathlessly, walked in, bowed, and said urgently: "Your Highness, the Grand Princess! Urgent news from the garrison!"

Yeluying put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands with a silk towel: "Master Jia, please speak."

Yelu Falcon asked, "But is there any news about the Buddha-making platforms in Qizhou and Dezhou?"

The old man bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, no! Grand Princess, an urgent report from the garrison: this afternoon, a unit under the command of the Duke of Ying, a unit under the command of the Marquis of Zhongjing, and a unit under the command of the Marquis of Ningyuan are gathering their forces and moving south!"

"What?" Yeluying frowned and asked, "Moving south? Where are you going?"

"Replying to the Grand Princess, yes, yes, in the direction of Beizhou."

"Bang!" Yelu Falcon slammed the table. "You thief! This Maitreya's first disciple said that the Great Zhou didn't notice it?! The soldiers have been mobilized!"

Yelu Ying took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The places where the troops are being mobilized are quite far from Beizhou, and it will take more than one day to reach them! Lord Jia, what do you think we should do?"

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Grand Princess, although the timing is not right now, it will be useless if we just surrender! I think it is better to give the order to launch the attack today!"

"Even if we can't delay the Great Zhou for a long time as expected, it will definitely take up the Great Zhou's energy, military equipment and supplies, and it will take time to prepare! It's better to do something than to do nothing! Otherwise, they will sit and wait to die, wasting the gold and silver we spent!!"

Yelu Ying listened with a frown, pondering without saying anything.

"Grand Princess, the military situation is urgent. If you give the order a moment later, they will be late in preparing!" the old man advised.

Yelu Ying looked at his brother, and Yelu Falcon nodded: "Sister, what Lord Jia said makes sense! Beizhou is the center. If everyone in Beizhou is killed and their home is overturned, the other places will be helpless!"

After a moment, Yeluying pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"Order, all the people in Beizhou Zhuangfotai and Liushoufu, cooperate with Maitreya Buddha to close the gates of Beizhou, kill officials, and burn military supplies! In Hejian Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Dezhou, Qizhou, Caozhou (now Heze), and Bozhou (now Liaocheng), Maitreya followers set fire to and kill officials to create chaos."

"As ordered!"

This night,
Above Xijin Prefecture, dozens of carrier pigeons flapped their wings and flew into the cold night sky.

夜

In Beizhou City,

There is no nightlife like in the big city of Bianjing.

The city is very quiet.

There were only a few brothels with lanterns still lit.

But there was no sound of stringed instruments or wind instruments either.

"Dangdang, at the beginning of the Xu hour (after 9pm), light the charcoal and burn the stove, be careful of the fire poison!"

The night watchman's voice echoed in the cold street.

In front of a gate with a lantern with the words "Feng Mansion" hanging on it,
The gatekeeper led two sweaty horses into the yard.

It was obvious that the porter was a man who loved horses. He kept muttering as he walked, "Oh my God, what a sin! You guys haven't rested at all during the whole journey! You're sweating all over!"

"You are blessed to have come to my house. My horseman will certainly serve you well!"

In the courtyard,
Lanterns were lit in the main hall of the outer courtyard.

Zhao Meifeng and Gao Yunqing, dressed in dust, held the hot tea in their hands and took a sip from time to time.

There was the sound of footsteps.
Soon, a military officer who looked like he had been pulled out of bed, lifted the curtain and walked in.

"What happened in the capital? Why are you so anxious? It's my great grandfather."

Looking at the disheveled and anxious military officer, Zhao Meifeng put down his teacup, took off his badge from his waist and said, "Sir Feng, please forgive me! Duke Chengguo is fine! I am the head of the Imperial City Department, Zhao Meifeng!"

Hearing this, Lord Feng was stunned: "Imperial City Division?"

Then, Lord Feng took the badge and looked at it.

After looking at the seal handed over by Zhao Meifeng, Lord Feng looked at Zhao Meifeng's appearance in the candlelight and nodded, "I saw you once before in Pan Tower in the capital!"

After handing the waist seal to Zhao Meifeng, Lord Feng said, "Please sit down. I wonder what brings you here, Mr. Zhao?"

After Zhao Meifeng sat down, he said in a deep voice: "Sir Feng, you are from the second branch of Duke Cheng and serve as the military supervisor in Beizhou. I would like to ask you, is there anything unusual in Beizhou City?"

Lord Feng frowned and said, "Master Zhao, why do you say that? It's unusual. This state is the northern warehouse of the world and a military stronghold. How could there be anything unusual?"

Zhao Meifeng ignored Master Feng's tone and asked, "Then are you familiar with Zhang Shipan of the Zhang family?"

Lord Feng's attitude eased a lot, and he nodded and said, "Their family has quite a few connections in Beizhou, and I have some dealings with him! Previously, Master Zhang Shipan worked in the Imperial City Bureau and captured many Northern Liao spies. I am very grateful to him and the Imperial City Bureau in my heart!"

As he spoke, Lord Feng nodded towards Zhao Meifeng as a token of his thanks.

"Master Feng, is there anything unusual in Beizhou City that makes you confused, or is there anything unusual in the capital?"

Lord Feng shook his head at Zhao Meifeng in confusion: "No."

At this time,

Footsteps were heard again outside the main hall.

Zhao Meifeng and Lord Feng turned their heads to look over.

"Sir, is there anything in the capital that you cannot bear to talk about?"

The woman who came into the room with her personal nanny asked.

(End of this chapter)