Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven Trap and Game

On March 4th, Xun Xu found nothing in the general affairs of the military weapon workshop. The only thing he can comfort himself is that he succeeded in preventing Wei Guo's spies from stealing the blueprints, and the two sides were considered a tie.However, under such a careful arrangement, he was still escaped by the opponent, which made Xun Xu feel a lingering sense of frustration. Fortunately, one of his men did not disappoint him. Today, Gao Tangbing and Liu Ying went to the government-run winery outside the city to get wine as agreed, in name to protect her from being entangled by others, but both of them knew the actual meaning.Liu Ying is still wearing a plain long skirt today, the only difference is that she specially adorned the skirt with two pink ribbons, and tied a treasured camellia on her hair.Gao Tang held his breath nervously, not daring to think whether it was the fragrance from Liu Ying's skin or from the sachet around her waist.

The warm sunshine of March shone on the road, and there were no pedestrians around.The two walked side by side on the road, and at first they were a little stiff with each other, and they were silent.Gao Tangbing recalled some skills his colleagues taught him in his mind, but none of them seemed to suit the current atmosphere; while Liu Ying just walked with her head down, turning her face to glance at the man beside her from time to time, twisting her skirt with both hands keep silent.She is used to seeing eloquent apprentices, but she finds this dull and taciturn person in front of her more attractive.

But the two of them stayed on the surface of the emotional water all the time, drawing a few vague traces, but neither of them was willing to dive into the bottom of the water first. "General Gaotang...is he busy in the army?" In the end, Liu Ying spoke first.Gao Tangbing let out a "huh" and felt relieved. This question was easier for him: "I'm not a general, just a small village chief." "But you look like a general." Liu Ying giggled, and Gao Tangbing replied seriously: "If I can make military exploits, maybe I can become a general in a few years. "

"With your good martial arts, it's a pity not to be a general." Liu Ying knew that the person in front of her was hardly interested in anything other than military affairs, so she deliberately turned around this topic.She was surprised by her state of mind. In the past, many men in the wine shop were struggling to find a topic to chat with her, but now she was desperately trying to cater to this man.Just to have a few more words with him?She herself could not answer. "General..." Gao Tangbing frowned and sighed softly.This small detail was keenly captured by Liu Ying, and she asked curiously, "Why? Don't you like being a soldier?"

Gao Tangbing knew that Liu Ying had fallen into the trap designed by Jing'an Division in advance.He is not good at being fake, especially in front of such a woman, so he can only maintain an unchanging serious expression. "How should I put it, I don't want to be a soldier, I just want to be able to live with my parents..." "What about your parents? Are you also in Nanzheng?" Liu Ying asked. "He has passed away..." Gao Tangbing's voice was as steady as ever, which convinced Liu Ying even more. She said "Oh" softly, her eyes full of sympathy.Gao Tang looked straight ahead and continued, "...they were executed in the name of believing in a cult."

Hearing this, Liu Ying's shoulders trembled slightly, her breathing became rapid for a moment, and her originally rosy face seemed to turn pale.She tried her best to pretend nothing had happened, but her voice contained shock that couldn't be concealed. "You mean, your parents are followers of the Five Dou Rice Cult?" Gao Tangbing nodded silently, then looked around, and made a stop gesture, indicating that this topic is over.Liu Ying closed her mouth knowingly, but her heart was like a turbulent Han River, with thousands of thoughts bumping back and forth, making sonorous and chaotic sounds in her heart. "His parents are members of the Five Dou Rice Cult, just like me and my father...he doesn't want to be a soldier..." Liu Ying has always been vaguely worried. In terms of identity, Bing is irreconcilable; this time, he accidentally glimpsed the depths of Gao Tang Bing's innermost being revealed for a moment.Liu Ying seemed to feel some uncertain hope from the clues - only one thing was certain, Gao Tangbing became closer in her eyes, they both came from the same family.

What she didn't know was that all of this was planned by Pei Xu, and Gao Tangbing was just a loyal executor.Pei Xu knows that the inner world of women who are in love is full of fantasies. They will guess each other's psychology from some tiny details, and then enrich themselves into stories, and they believe in it.So he made up a family background of a Wudoumi believer for Gao Tangbing, and instructed to stop at the end, and Liu Ying will fill in the rest with his own imagination, which can achieve better results than telling her directly. Gao Tangbing strictly followed this principle, and at the same time felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

"Liu..." Gao Tangbing spoke again, but he didn't know how to address her.Liu Ying saw through his embarrassment, raised her slender hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Just call me Yinger, that's what my father called me." Gao Tangbing felt that his shoulders also emanated a faint fragrance for a moment, he pretended to ask casually clumsily: "Ying'er, you seem to be very popular in the wine shop." "Hey, of course, what's the matter? Do you feel a little uncomfortable?" Liu Ying's words were straightforward, and she looked at Gao Tangbing with interest. feel very happy.

"No, no, why would I feel uncomfortable... Yinger, you are so beautiful, there must be many suitors, right?" Liu Ying stopped, crossed her waist, turned around, looked directly into Gao Tangbing's eyes, and asked: "A lot, but General Gaotang, why do you want to ask this question?" "Just ask, just ask..." Gao Tangbing scratched his head in embarrassment, and continued to walk forward.Seeing his embarrassment, Liu Ying couldn't bear it, so she comforted her and said, "Don't worry, General Gaotang, although there are usually a lot of guests there, they are just guests. I, Liu Ying, am not the kind of casual woman. "

"This is Ying'er's private matter, why tell me to rest assured..." As soon as Gao Tang Bing said that, both of them blushed immediately.Liu Ying lowered her head and said quietly, "Yes, why should you worry about these things..." This is not part of the plan, but Gao Tangbing's lack of experience in dealing with women.The embarrassing silence lasted for a while, Liu Ying wanted to stimulate the elm bump, she swung her head intentionally or unintentionally, a few strands of hair fell on Gao Tangbing's face, and a trace of fragrance radiated from his cheeks.The shortness of breath mixed with the strands of hair tickled past his ears, and the warm feeling made his heart rippling.

"However, it cannot be said that there are no suitors in the true sense..." Gao Tangbing raised his head, his eyes were wider than usual.Liu Ying was very satisfied with his reaction, and continued: "That person is also an official... His position is much higher than that of General Gaotang..." "Oh? Who is he?" "I'm only telling you one person quietly, please don't say it out..." Liu Ying raised her toes, leaned on Gao Tangbing's ear and whispered two words.Gao Tangbing's expression froze when he heard it - not because of jealousy, but pure shock... Pei Xu reined in the reins in front of the "Taoist Temple" exhaustedly, and the petty official next to him quickly came over to hold the horse, put the dismounting pedal to the side, and helped the dusty captain down.Pei Xu landed on his feet, patted his sore thighs, and walked straight into the "Taoist Temple". He had just rushed back from Liaoyang County, where Pei Xu had been investigating Yu Cheng's identity and background the day before.This is a complicated job, not only needing to check Yu Cheng's household registration information, but also his relatives, friends, companions and other social connections.It's a small miracle that Pei Xu can finish it in one day and one night. Xun Xu was sitting in his room at this moment drafting a report on last night's action. This action could be regarded as a failure for Jing'an Division.He was drawing a pen and hesitating about how to phrase it when Pei Xu pushed the door open and walked in. "Yo, you're back?" Xun Xu's expression could not conceal the tiredness, after all, he didn't sleep all night yesterday. "Well, I'm back." Seeing Xun Xu's complexion, Pei Xu knew that the action must have failed that night, "... Xun Zong, would you like to take a break and listen to my report?" Xun Xu waved his hands helplessly: "Anyway, I can't fall asleep at all now. After listening to the report, I might fall asleep. Tell me." Pei Xu knew that this was not the time to be polite, so he asked the servant for a cup of tea to moisten his throat, then took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and said, "Through the investigation of Yu Cheng, I found a lot of interesting things." "Oh?" "First of all, he himself is an underground Five Dou Mi Cultist." "As expected, what then?" "Yu Cheng has a distant relative who works as a craftsman in the Sixth Crossbow Machine Workshop. It's a pity that because of incomplete household registration, the name of that craftsman cannot be known." "This coincidence is really worth pondering..." Xun Xu picked up the brush holder and tapped on his brain, trying to keep himself awake. "Huzhong's people have already drawn up a list of craftsmen who are most likely to defect, and we can compare them at that time." "It's even more coincidental than this. On February 28 and March 2, Liaoyang County, where Yu Cheng lives, delivered materials to the Sixth Crossbow Machine Workshop twice. Yu Cheng participated in the transportation as a corvee. .” Xun Xu raised his head with a puzzled look on his face. "Twice? Why is the interval between two material deliveries so short?" "According to the county magistrate of Liaoyang County, the second transportation was proposed by the local Baojia Huang Yu, saying that it was to reward the army; the county magistrate saw that the farmers were voluntary, and there was no need to spend any inventory in the county, so he agreed." Pei Xu added, "Huang Yu also participated in these two transportations." Xun Xu clasped his hands in front of his chest, and tapped his shoulders rhythmically with his fingers: "There are still such self-conscious farmers...Hmph...Have you investigated Huang Yu's background as well?" "Yes, this person is from Liaoyang County. He has a lot of contacts and is quite popular in the local area. There are rumors that he often organizes a group of people to perform sacrificial activities in his home. This guy is most likely an underground Wudoumi believer. And the level is not low." Xun Xu fell into deep thought. "I have already circled the people who are in close contact with him. There are more than 20 people in total. They are all suspected of being followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect. In fact, Liaoyang County was one of the most prosperous places of the Five Dou Rice Sect back then." "The conclusion is?" "In connection with the recent small actions of the Five Dou Rice Sect, these people in Liaoyang County are likely to be the core of the plan. We must conduct a large-scale raid on these twenty people and their relatives." Pei Xu said here, looking a little embarrassed, "Xun Zong, such a large-scale search and arrest operation cannot be completed independently by the Jing'an Division. Can Master Feng agree?" Xun Xu's immediate boss, Feng Ying, has always opposed their campaign against the Wudoumi Cultists, on the grounds that stability is paramount. Hearing Pei Xu raise this question, Xun Xu couldn't help laughing.Pei Xu looked at his officer inexplicably, not understanding what was so funny about it.Xun Xu laughed enough, and then he straightened his body and said: "If it was a day ago, I would worry about this problem, but now I won't." "Oh?" Pei Xu didn't know what medicine Xun Xu sold in his gourd. Xun Xu picked up the peacock and tapped on the incense burner next to him, and immediately walked into the room by himself.Pei Xu looked back and found that it was Gao Tangbing.After he sent Liu Ying home, he left with her reluctant eyes saying goodbye, and then immediately returned to the "Taoist Temple". "We got some interesting intel from 'Phoenix' today." Xun Xu signaled Gao Tangbing to continue. "Phoenix" is the code name for Liu Ying on the fifth station, and the name of the whole project is "Feng Qiuhuang". Gao Tangbing looked at Xun Xu, hesitated for a moment, and said in a purely business-like tone while standing at attention: "Today Liu Ying mentioned that there is a senior official who has been pursuing her, and this person is Feng Ying." "What?" Pei Xu was so surprised that he almost fell on his back, "It's actually Feng Ying, doesn't he already have a wife?" "That's right, so the whole pursuit has been underground. According to Liu Ying, Feng Ying took a fancy to her a year and a half ago, and went to Liuji Restaurant a few times; later, because of his identity, he was afraid of being recognized, so Feng Ying decided to Did not go again, but kept asking someone to give her gifts secretly. Once a civil official asked Liu Ying, who had reached the marriageable age, to marry someone. Let it go, and win the reputation of a filial daughter for Liu Ying." "Our Master Feng is really infatuated." Pei Xu sighed with a hint of mockery. "Feng Ying seems to have been aware of the identity of the 'Phoenix' Wudoumi Cult for a long time. He refused to let us investigate the Wudoumi Cult, probably because he was afraid of affecting his dream lover." Xun Xu thought of the surveillance record about Ma Dai, which recorded the process of Liu Ying going to lobby Ma Dai, but was criticized by Feng Ying as: "Read, not up", and sealed it up.It now appears that his critique is not meaningful. "This is one of the gifts Feng Ying gave Liu Ying." Gao Tangbing took out a gold inlaid jade bud from his bosom, this is a very exquisite jewelry, the body of the hairpin is gold, engraved with plum blossoms on it, connected with two pieces of folded flowers made of silver and silver wire, There are jade pieces inlaid on the top, and two small jade beads hang on the left and right.When Xun Xu and Pei Xu saw each other, they were all overwhelmed; Xun Xu couldn't help sighing secretly when he thought that Mrs. Xun had only had one piece of copper hairpin jewelry since they got married. Pei Xu stared at this Bu Yao, and said to Gao Tang Bing with great satisfaction: "She is willing to give you all of this, it seems that she has completely trusted you." There is no doubt that Liu Ying gave this thing to Gao Tang Bing It was to show him that he had nothing to do with Feng Ying, so as to dispel his possible suspicions.As the planner of this plan, Pei Xu is very happy to have achieved so many results. Gao Tangbing blushed when he heard Pei Xu's words, and immediately replied with a straight face: "Everything is for the revival of the Han Dynasty." "You've done a good job. This information is quite valuable. But this is just an unexpected gain from 'Feng Qiuhuang'. There must be other important information hidden behind 'Phoenix'. Don't relax." Xun Xu felt very relieved, what was lost was the east corner, and the mulberry elm was harvested. Although the general affairs operation failed yesterday, there was a new breakthrough today.He hoped that this was an omen of Jing'an Division's turnaround. Gao Tang clasped his fists at the two officers, and said in a firm tone: "This subordinate must do his best to live up to expectations." After Pei Xu and Gao Tangbing left, Xun Xu took a good nap and didn't get up until the afternoon.He washed his face, changed into formal court clothes, and took the written report to Feng Ying's place to report on his work. He already knew how to deal with this boss. When he entered Feng Ying's room, Feng Ying was reprimanding a small official of the military adviser because the latter gave Wang Ping the information of the military adviser without authorization, which made Yang Yi very dissatisfied.Now the confrontation between the military and Si Wencao shows no signs of easing. As a member of the military adviser, Hu Zhong also stood beside the stern Feng Ying and listened.When he saw Xun Xu coming in, he didn't say anything, but just gave him a wink.Xun Xu gestured at him, meaning it's okay.Feng Ying glanced at Xun Xu, turned around and scolded the little official again, telling them to leave first.Hu Zhong and the little official bowed to Feng Ying, and then left the room. Xun Xu closed the door and handed the report to Feng Ying respectfully. Feng Ying didn't open the scroll either, but just weighed it back and forth with both hands. Xun Xu quietly watched him frivolously fiddle with it, without saying a word.Feng Ying felt that the time was almost up, raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with an obvious mocking tone: "Xun Zong, I heard that your people had an operation in the general affairs of the Military Weaponry Workshop yesterday?" "Yes, we judged that Wei Guo's spies would sneak into the general affairs to steal the blueprints, so we made an ambush." "Oh? So what happened?" "Unfortunately, the ambush failed and he escaped." "That is to say, even though you knew in advance that the enemy would come and mobilized twenty times the manpower to encircle you, you were still escaped by him?" "Yes..." Xun Xu replied sadly, there really was no excuse for this. Satisfied with Xun Xu's answer, Feng Ying leaned forward a little and looked down at Xun Xu.The height difference between the host and the guest in his room is deliberately made large, so that as long as the body leans forward, it is easy to become a posture of condescending and looking down on others. He enjoys this very much. "Xun Zong, when you took over Mr. Wang's work, I have always had great hopes for you, and I believe that your ability will definitely benefit our country's intelligence work. However, judging from the results of this series of work so far, I have no choice but to Not to mention, it is very unsatisfactory." Feng Ying took his official accent slowly. "Sorry, I will improve." Xun Xu answered briefly. "It has been ten days since we received the information. Instead of obtaining any valuable clues, Jing'an has missed an excellent opportunity. You let that Wei spy come and go freely in the key areas of our country. But they couldn’t do anything about it. Do you know how the military laughed at us? They said that we, Si Wencao, are a group of persecution lunatics that everyone but the enemy should suspect.” Facing Feng Ying's reprimand, Xun Xu accepted it calmly, and did not show the slightest sign of intending to defend himself, which surprised Feng Ying somewhat. "Xun Zong, do you have any explanation for Jing'an Division's poor performance?" "Well... no, but I think we should broaden our intelligence channels and try to obtain information from all aspects—without any preconditions." Feng Ying crossed his hands under his chin, and looked at this subordinate who spoke with a little bit of a needle in his mouth with great interest: "It looks like you have something to say, Xun Zong?" "Yes." Xun Xu raised his head and looked straight at Feng Ying, "I hope you, Mr. Feng, can approve Jing'an Division's investigation and arrest of the Five Dou Mijiao. According to the investigation, we have every reason to believe that it is related to Wei Guo's spies. There is a close connection between them.” Hearing these words, Feng Ying stood up abruptly as if his tail had been stepped on, and shouted, "What did you say? Are you recklessly provoking the Wu Dou Mijiao without permission?" "No, I just made some peripheral investigations cautiously." "Whether it's my memory error or you acting recklessly, I should emphasize that you are not allowed to act on your own initiative!" Feng Ying's forehead seemed to be flushed with anger. "I think it's necessary..." Xun Xu's words were cut off by Feng Ying's roar: "Necessary? Xun is engaged, do you think the overall situation is the same as the previous stage of work of your Jing'an Department, and it is dispensable?" "If what you mean by 'big picture' is this, then I have to admit that the work of our company is relatively important." Xun Xu replied calmly, then took out the gold inlaid jade walking stick from his bosom, and gently put it on the table.As soon as Feng Ying saw this step, the raging anger stopped abruptly, his flushed expression quickly faded, and finally only a mass of paleness remained on his face.He stared blankly at this thing, motionless and silent, like a stone statue frozen by the wind from Xiliang. Xun Xu didn't make any further explanations, this move is enough to explain everything. "You, what do you want..." Feng Ying knelt back on his blanket in a slump, the arrogance he had just dissipated, replaced by a frightened expression that had been completely seen through the secret, with a little flattering taste.This small step shattered his psychological advantage. "I hope you can approve the Jing'an Division's search and arrest of Wudou Mijiao believers. The specific list and reasons are in that report." Xun Xu made a request. "I see……" Feng Ying felt that he had no choice, so he nodded weakly, picked up a writing brush tremblingly, signed a command arrow, and handed it to Xun Xu.Feng Ying still wanted to take back the walking stick, but just as he stretched out his hand, Xun Xu had already taken a step ahead, and naturally put the thing back into his arms. "Xiaohe..." Feng Ying didn't care too much, and said in a flattering manner, "Next time, I will say a few more good words for you in front of Yao Caoxuan and Yang Canjun." Xun Xu grinned and said, "Thank you, Mr. Feng, for your help." After speaking, he walked out of the room without turning back, leaving Feng Ying lying on the desk with his head in his arms, in vain. Terrified. The victorious Xun Xu walked out of the house, just in time to see Hu Zhong standing at the other end of the corridor waving at him.Xun Xu walked over, Hu Zhong glanced over his shoulder at Feng Ying's room, and said with a smile, "Xiaohe, it seems that you have caught a big fish." "It's all thanks to you." Xun Xu's words were quite meaningful. In fact, if Hu Zhong hadn't reminded him to read last year's surveillance records, he would not have doubted Liu Ying, and would have been unable to find out the relationship between Liu Ying and Feng Ying. relationship.Xun Xu suddenly thought of what Hu Zhong said at that time: "That is a world full of insinuations and gossips, just waiting for us to dig." At first Xun Xu thought this was referring to Ma Dai, but now it seems that this sentence seems to have a deeper meaning.The people in the Military Counselor have always had vicious eyes, and Hu Zhong followed Feng Ying all day, so I'm afraid he already knew about it.Thinking of this, Xun Xu couldn't help muttering in his heart: "This guy wouldn't have noticed it long ago, but he just kept silent and waited for me to make a move..." "Hey, what's the matter? Why are you suddenly in a daze?" Hu Zhong asked.Xun Xu just woke up like a dream, smiled apologetically, and said to him: "There are too many things recently, and there are thousands of threads." "Hehe, don't forget, the day after tomorrow is when those craftsmen will go to the safety and epidemic hall for physical examination. You have to prepare for the interrogation, we don't have much time." "Oh, I almost forgot..." Xun Xu patted himself on the head. According to the resolution of the meeting of Feng Ying, Xun Xu, and Hu Zhong on March 2, since the military refused to allow Jing'an Division to enter the Sixth Crossbow Machine Workshop to question the craftsmen, they would ask the Safety and Epidemic Center to come forward in the name of inspecting Luso (now smallpox) Call the ballista craftsman out, and then make a surprise interrogation. "So, have you got in touch?" Xun Xu asked.Hu Zhong is very familiar with the people in the epidemic prevention center, and he is responsible for the liaison work in this area. "Well, I have already discussed with the people in the epidemic prevention center, and the notice has been sent to the military." "Hey, if it wasn't for the military's obstruction, why bother to go around such a big circle." "Hehe, don't complain, we haven't had a drink for a long time. By the way, call Cheng Fan. His wife has been sick recently, and he has started to be happy again." Hu Zhong patted him on the shoulder, as if he was very satisfied with Xun Xu's just now. Inner activity is unaware. "Let's talk about it after these things are resolved..." Xun Xu smiled wryly, and at the same time touched his face in self-deprecating, "...if it can be resolved." In the afternoon of the same day, Xun Xu, who had obtained Feng Ying's approval, returned to the Jing'an Division and immediately launched a large-scale raid on Wudoumi believers in Liaoyang County.In order to cooperate with the operation, Xun Xu also went to Cheng Fan, who was in charge of the garrison, and asked him to send troops to assist.The latter was watching a kabuki performance when he received the official document, and his eyes widened in confusion when he heard Xun Xu's request: "You want to catch Nanban elephants? Mobilize so many people." "It's scarier than that. They're followers of the Five Dou Rice Cult." Xun Xu made a serious face on purpose. "Those extreme guys are not so easy to catch." When Cheng Fan heard it, his facial muscles twitched.He waved his hand to tell those kabukis to retreat, then turned around cross-legged and said solemnly: "Xiaohe, it's not that I don't want to borrow your soldiers, but you have to think clearly. If this causes a civil uprising, you and I will I can’t afford to suffer.” "This is naturally my responsibility." "Hey, that's not what I meant..." Cheng Fan scratched his head in embarrassment, "I'm sure I'll lend it to you, it's business. But it's time-consuming to gather so many people in a hurry. I have to rearrange the defensive configuration of Nanzheng. You also know that the main corps of our army has begun to gather, and there are not enough soldiers in the city now." "Then hurry up, this kind of thing can't be delayed." Xun Xu threw the official document into his arms, "Anyway, I'm going to see two hundred soldiers gather at the north gate of the city at 1:00 tonight, otherwise the prime minister and his wife will not be spared. Yours." After he finished speaking, he glanced at the side door where the kabukis disappeared, Cheng Fan could only agree angrily, unable to utter a single rebuttal. In the evening, it was half an hour and a half at You hour, and the two hundred garrison troops were assembled.Xun Xu didn't bother to scold Cheng Fan for his slow efficiency. He rode on his horse and led two hundred soldiers and more than thirty people from the Jing'an Division's operation group to Liaoyang County.He also sent a quick horse to notify the Liaoyang county magistrate first, and asked him to mobilize reliable people to control the main roads in the entire county first, so that no one would escape. When Xun Xu's large army arrived in Liaoyang, it was already the turn of the Chou Yin on March 5.The lieutenant of Liaoyang County had already been waiting at the edge of the city. As soon as he saw Xun Xu, he came forward and reported that as soon as he received the order, he immediately sent people to blockade the entire county of Liaoyang.Xun Xu took out the list of the twenty-odd people that Pei Xu delineated for Wudoumi Cultists and handed it to the county magistrate, asking him to send local soldiers who were familiar with the roads and residents as guides, and lead the search force to arrest them. As a result, the 230-strong search and arrest force was divided into more than 20 units under the leadership of local guides, and rushed to the residences of more than 20 target persons listed on the list at the same time.Xun Xu sat in the county seat, waiting for news.After about an hour or so, the search and arrest detachments reported that they had controlled the target. Xun Xu was very satisfied when he heard that, and thought to himself that our Jing'an Division had finally started to have a smooth wind. But as the search and arrest detachments returned more and more returns, Xun Xu felt something was wrong.Because the believers sent to the county government office are all "ghost soldier" level believers, kneeling down on the steps of the government office, there is no one at the "sacrificial wine" level.After waiting for another half an hour, the last three search teams returned empty-handed and reported to Xun Xu that Huang Yu and the other two "jiujiu" level believers were missing. Xun Xu patted the case bitterly, feeling very annoyed.Unexpectedly, these guys have such a keen sense of smell, and this time they ran away through their fingers again.At this time, the captain who was in charge of hunting Huang Yu came over and said to Xun Xu: "We found some medicinal residues and bloody cloth belts in Huang Yu's home. There were obviously injured people lying on his bed." trace." "There is also a set of black straight crotch pants and a mask." After the captain finished speaking, he moved these things in front of Xun Xu.Xun Xu picked up the two pieces of clothing and looked at them, and immediately recognized that they were the clothes that the black shadow was wearing when the General Affairs Office stole the blueprints. "Ask those believers where Huang Yu has fled to." Xun Xu stood up with his clothes in hand, and gave orders coldly. The captain took the order to go out, and soon there were screams outside. It was obvious that the people from the Jing'an Department were using "unbenevolent" means to question these believers.In Siwencao, ruled by Legalist disciple Yao You, there was no room for Confucianism.One of Yao You's favorite sayings is: "Now is not the time to talk about benevolence."Therefore, this style of work has become a common practice in Si Wencao—especially Jing'an Si. After about three sticks of incense, the team leader returned to the office, the whip in his hand was already stained with blood. "Report, none of them will say anything." Xun Xu let out a "huh", these underground Wudou Mijiao believers are all extremely pious and firm people, and they cannot be subdued by torture.The captain asked him what to do, Xun Xu threw his clothes back on the ground, stood up, and ordered loudly: "Go back to the city immediately and declare martial law in Nanzheng!" Although Xun Xu has never met these opponents hidden in the dark, through the cliff jumping incident in the General Affairs Department the day before yesterday, he began to understand: These are a group of stubborn people who will never give up until they achieve their goals. They will use all means to achieve their goals , No matter how bad the environment is, I will never give up easily. Therefore, Xun Xu judged that they would not flee north to the Longxi area controlled by Cao Wei, but would go south into Nanzheng City, waiting for an opportunity to attack any of the blueprints, craftsmen, or actual crossbows—they have not obtained any of them so far. Although the early morning of March was still full of spring, Xun Xu felt the blood in his body start to boil.He looked at the fish belly looming in the east, and murmured a sentence that did not fit the style of the secret intelligence department: "It's finally time for a head-to-head confrontation..."