Horse on the World

Chapter 179
I wanted to open a single chapter to ask for tickets, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I don’t want to waste everyone’s time. Let’s call here a few times. Monthly tickets, push tickets, the gunners want it all. The new January has begun, and the gunners want it off to a good start!
Without hesitation, Jiyue moved out of the small courtyard belonging to Qingfeng in the Statistical Investigation Department's Yamen, and when she packed her clothes, she didn't even glance at her sister who was full of sorrow.

"Yunrong!" When Jiyue was about to go out, Qingfeng called out in a low voice, and looked at her with pleading eyes, "You are the only relative I have, even you want to abandon me?"

Jiyue's footsteps paused slightly, her body stiffened, and she said after a while: "Sister, you can do it yourself!" Carrying her own small package, she hurried away.

Seeing Jiyue's back disappearing from his field of vision, Qingfeng called out: "Zhong Jing!"

"Miss!" A figure flashed in the corner of the wall, and Zhong Jing appeared in front of Qingfeng, "Follow Miss Jiyue, see where she goes and where she settles down, and then send someone to protect her, so that nothing goes wrong."

"Yes, Miss, but what if Miss Jiyue leaves Dingzhou City?"

Qingfeng frowned and thought for a while, then said: "If Jiyue leaves Dingzhou City, then she will only have one place to go, which is Chong County, where our sisters lived before. Follow her and watch her settle down. After that, I will inform the county magistrate there, um, his name is Jiewei, if my sister makes a mistake with him, then he will wipe his neck before I arrive!"

"Yes, miss, I'll go right away." Zhong Jing saluted, and hurried to catch up with Jiyue.

There was no one in front of him, Qingfeng's legs gave way, and he almost fell to the ground. He stretched out his hand to hold the door frame, and leaned against it weakly, his eyes were closed tightly, and tears seemed to seep from the corners of his eyes.After a long while, Qingfeng straightened her waist and stood up straight. She wiped away the tears from her eyes, and her face slowly returned to calm. When she walked out of the small courtyard, the previous weakness and weakness disappeared. What the staff saw was the unsmiling director they were extremely familiar with, with sharp eyes like knives who could read people's hearts.

It was late at night, and Qingfeng was still buried in the mountain of cases, reading the information gathered from all over the place one by one, hoping to find out the right Dingzhou from these irrelevant piles of things. Useful things to come.

Qingfeng was startled by a shrill Yeyuan, and listened to the faint Genggu coming from outside. It was already the third watch. She reached out to pick up the teacup on the desk, frowned, and called, "Come here!"

A guard entered the door in response, "What is the order of the director?"

Qingfeng pointed to the teacup, and said, "Change to a warmer one, thicker!" Seeing the guard go out, Qingfeng casually took out a copy from the thick file, glanced at it, hummed, and stood up , and looked at it carefully again, but there was anger on his face.When the guard came in with freshly brewed hot tea, Qingfeng slammed the table and cursed angrily, "Bastard!"

The guard was startled, his hands shook, and the scalding hot tea spilled on his hands, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth in pain, and when he let go, the teacup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"Excuse me, Director!" The guard's expression changed drastically, and he immediately knelt down on one knee.

"Come here!" Qingfeng yelled, the kneeling guards were already pale, they really didn't know what they did wrong, which made the director Lei Ting furious. Hit the board.

A few people rushed in outside, bowed and said: "Director!"

"Go, see if that bastard Xiao Yongxiong is still there, if he is here, tell him to roll over here!" Qingfeng shouted angrily.

Hearing that the director was not targeting him, the kneeling guard breathed a sigh of relief, his face turned a little pale.

Qingfeng turned his head, looked at the kneeling guard, and said, "What are you doing kneeling? Go to the next door right away and see if the commander-in-chief is asleep? If not, tell Tang Hu or Lu Dabing that I'll come over right away. It's important." Report it!"

"It's the director!" The guard on the ground stood up and walked away.

Xiao Yongxiong is the director of the Information Statistics and Analysis Department, and he was the first person to follow Qingfeng to establish the Statistics and Investigation Department. When the Statistics and Investigation Department was first established, there were very few scholars. At that time, even Li Qing was a headache for the literate people, let alone Qingfeng is a small yamen that has just started and is not well-known.Therefore, Xiao Yongxiong, who has studied and passed the scholar, has become a rare thing, and he has been trained by Qingfeng. With the growth of the Statistics and Investigation Department step by step, Xiao Yongxiong has also risen and become the director of the Intelligence Analysis Department.

This department is very important in the Department of Statistics and Investigation, because the information obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Agency and the Internal Intelligence Agency is first gathered here, and then after being screened by the Analysis Department, the valuable information will be reported to Qingfeng's desk, and then As the network of the Statistical Investigation Department grows bigger and bigger, Xiao Yongxiong's lack of ability has gradually emerged. Although he works hard, Qingfeng is still increasingly dissatisfied.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Xiao Yongxiong rushed over. Although it was the third watch, he hadn't gone to rest yet. The bags under his eyes were swollen due to severe lack of sleep. He was stuck in the room without seeing the sun all year round, and his face looked extremely pale and thin. His body was covered with a blue gown, and he looked empty. Hearing what the guard told him, he immediately realized that there must be something wrong again. I feel even worse.

Seeing Xiao Yongxiong's appearance, Qingfeng, who wanted to scold him, slowly calmed down his anger. Xiao Yongxiong is very loyal and hardworking, but the lack of ability cannot be made up by hard work, especially for them. the industry in which you are engaged.It's time to move him, if a suitable replacement can be found.Qingfeng secretly went through the people in the analysis department, and couldn't help shaking his head.

Passing the information in his hand to Xiao Yongxiong, Qingfeng said lightly: "Yongxiong, this information arrived yesterday, why didn't it be sent to me in time, instead it was buried in such a lot of inexplicable things, if I didn't accidentally If I got him, wouldn't I not be able to see him tomorrow?"

Xiao Yongxiong glanced at it. It was a piece of information about the Shiwei tribe from the far west. The people of Shiwei were thousands of miles away from Dingzhou. If there was anything important, he just glanced at it, and then He put it aside and didn't focus on it, but now it seems that it is wrong, but where did this information attract the director's attention? It just mentioned some recent situation of a woman named Mingyan there. !

Seeing Xiao Yongxiong's still confused face, Qingfeng couldn't help but sighed in his heart. This information traveled thousands of miles and took several months to reach Dingzhou. If it was just to describe the current situation of an ordinary woman, wouldn't it be statistically Are the intelligence officers of the Division crazy?Although Xiao Yongxiong didn't know about Mingyan's plan to travel to the West, but based on this information alone, he should have guessed one or two from it, and he should have discovered that this matter was unusual at the time, but he still doesn't know why.

"In the future, once the information about the Shiwei people arrives, send it to me immediately!" Qingfeng said: "You go, it's midnight, go back and rest early."

"The director is still working hard. I dare to be lazy. If I don't finish today's analysis, Yongxiong dare not rest." Xiao Yongxiong bowed and left in a hurry.

The guards who went to Li Qing rushed back, "Director, the commander just returned from the Qi Nian Division, and is waiting for you now."

Qingfeng picked up the information and said, "Let's go to the Marshal's Mansion!"

When Qingfeng arrived at the Marshal's Mansion, Li Qing had just taken a shower and changed into plain clothes. Today, he spent a day in the Qi Nian division. From general tactical changes, from on-the-spot judgment and response to decisive decision-making in critical moments, I talked for a whole morning. In the afternoon, accompanied by Wang Qinian and other officers, I watched the infantry formation drill, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated in combat. , The cavalry formation was drilled, and I was covered in sand and sweat. After I came back, I quickly cleaned it up, and then I felt a little more comfortable.

"What is Qingfeng, so urgent?" Li Qing asked, if Qingfeng was so anxious, it must be an extremely important matter.

"Please look, Commander!" Qingfeng handed the information in his hand to Li Qing. Li Qing just glanced at it briefly, then stood up, walked a few steps, and read the information carefully again. Surprised: "Mingyan is progressing so fast?"

"General, the fake identities we made up for Mingyan and the imitated keepsakes are seamless. With these as a stepping stone, she can easily attract the attention of Shiwei's interested people. After all, why do Shiwei's insightful people always want to break into the grassland? Defeating the barbarians is not coveting the wealth of the Central Plains. They also want to take advantage of the instability of the Central Plains to take a share? Unfortunately, they were blocked by Bayar, and the sudden death of the old king made them stop After a while, now that you have picked up the treasure Mingyan, why don’t you hold it tightly in your arms?”

Li Qing pondered and said: "Mingyan's progress is so fast, which is far beyond my expectation. It seems that our movement is a bit slow! If we can't own Fuzhou openly, we can't give Mingyan a large-scale Support, Shiwei people can't form a joint force as soon as possible to attack Congling Pass."

"But general, Fuzhou can only follow the steps step by step. Haste makes waste. If our actions are too big and obvious, I'm afraid it will attract people's attention. It’s not beautiful anymore.” Qingfeng said worriedly.

"You're right. I'm afraid that some people are paying attention to this matter now. Our Dingzhou army went to fight a group of bandits. We defeated them several times but couldn't eliminate them. Instead, we let this group of bandits run around and rob everywhere. Fuzhou is in chaos, this is not in line with the strength of our Dingzhou army!" Li Qing said.

"Qingfeng, you go to Fuzhou to sit in town, and you have directly commanded Shanfeng and Jiang Heiniu. It would be best if you can take it down quietly. Once you find out that there are foreign forces involved, immediately take down Fuzhou for me with lightning speed." State, form an established fact, of course, how to do it is up to you to decide."

After thinking about it, he said again: "It would be best if I could not pull down the last fig leaf!"

A gleam of joy flashed in Qingfeng's eyes, "But general, I'm going to direct the two generals this time, I'm afraid Mr. Shang will be angry again?"

Li Qing said categorically: "Urgently follow the authority. You are in charge of the restoration of the state. I agreed to not let you intervene in the military. But now there is an overall command. I am still a little worried that he will not be able to do so." Handle this matter well, and I will greet Mr. Shang about this matter, let alone just asking you to temporarily coordinate the actions of the two armies, what's the big deal."

"Qingfeng knows!" Qingfeng smiled and glanced at Qingfeng, with a charming look on his face.

Li Qing couldn't help but move his index finger, took a step forward and gently hugged her into his arms, and said in a low voice, "I'll rest here today, don't go over there!"

Qingfeng leaned his head on Li Qing's chest, hummed in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)