Fenghou

Chapter 1568 Confession
Soon, Xu Cheng jumped onto the boat wearing the boatman's clothes, and he saw the boatman's boss, Lao Fang, a middle-aged man with gray beard and hair.

He walked up to the old side and said in a low voice: "Don't say anything, I'm the inner guard!"

He took out the inner guard's silver medal, the boss of the boat was startled, and quickly asked in a low voice: "What happened?"

"These people are Korean spies who came to Jingzhao to steal military secrets."

"I mean, why can't I understand what they are saying?"

Xu Cheng whispered: "From now on, I will be Wang Ping. Tell some of your subordinates not to be spotted by the other party, or your life will be in danger."

The boss of the boat nodded and asked again, "Where's Xiao Wang?"

"My men have brought him back to the city."

The boss of the boat went to gather several boatmen and told them a few words, and Xu Cheng stayed on the boat under the pseudonym of Wang Ping.

At the middle of the night, at the request of the other party, the ship left the pier and set sail towards Tongguan.

Not long after the ship set sail, Zhong Huan got the news that the commander Xu Cheng had boarded the ship, disguised as a boatman, and would leave a message at the Huayin County wharf.

Zhong Huan immediately arranged for his men to follow the big ship from land, and ordered the commander Chu Guangya to lead more than 100 inner guards to Huayin County by land.

Zhong Huan continued to stare at Pei Qiushan, Yao Kaishan and their accomplices.

Pei Qiushan found a troublesome thing, Sifang City suddenly stepped up its security, and drove all the small merchants out of the city. The gate was full of soldiers, and a pass was required to enter and exit.

It should be that they kidnapped Huang Qing and his wife last night, which triggered a security alert.

If so, how did they take Gunpowder Master away?

Pei Qiushan was a little embarrassed, so he immediately found the county captain Yao Kaishan.

"You have to think of a way. This is a plan presided over by the king himself. We must not go back empty-handed."

Yao Kaishan shook his head, "Gunpowder and firearms smiths have always been the most strictly controlled. In the morning, there are special carriages to take them to the firearms supervisor, and there are cavalry guards. The same is true at night. You don't even know their names and where they live? Unless you can buy a firearms warrant, it's pretty much impossible."

Pei Qiushan said unwillingly: "Is there any low-level official like Kong Yuan who has important information at the same time?"

"Some have also been brought under control. To be honest, I am very worried that Kong Yuan will be watched by the inner guards. He is in control of the list. Now that Huang Qing is missing, the inner guards will definitely start investigating. They will definitely focus on suspecting Kong Yuan. A little bit of Kong Yuan If I'm under investigation, I'm about to be arrested, have you found out where Kong Yuan is hiding, and kill him quickly!"

"Don't worry! If you can't find out about you, it should be Huang Qing's son who leaked it. I asked him. Several of his classmates knew about his father's situation. The inner guards usually start with the family members around them, and then they will suspect it at the end. To the officials, think of a solution now, what about the gunpowder maker?"

Yao Kaishan thought for a moment and said: "The only way is to fight on the road, you kill thirty escort cavalry, and the craftsmen in the carriage are up to you to choose."

"Don't say such stupid things. We only came 15 people in total. Five people left last night, and there are still ten people left. Ten people fight against thirty cavalry?"

"Then we can only wait patiently, the opportunity is waiting!"

Pei Qiushan pondered for a moment and said: "Think about what you can do. Let me know at noon tomorrow. If it really doesn't work, we will evacuate to Luoyang first and contact you in three months."

Pei Qiushan left in a hurry, Yao Kaishan was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he was also upset, Kong Yuan was like a knife hanging above his head, he didn't know when it would fall.

At this time, a subordinate said at the door: "Just now Liu Sima of Jingzhao Mansion sent someone to urge the report, let us send it over quickly."

Xianyang's [-] militia soldiers are managed by the county captain Yao Kaishan. They have to write a militia report every month, and they are ready to write, but Yao Kaishan has been very annoyed these two days and has no time to send it.

It was due the day before yesterday, no wonder the Jingzhao Mansion urged, "Get me a carriage, I'll go to the capital!"

Yao Kaishan took the documents and went to the capital in a carriage. Xianyang County is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture. Although Yao Kaishan's boss is the county magistrate, he also has to report to Sima of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Jingzhao Mansion is located in Wannian County, the carriage stopped slowly in front of the steps, Yao Kaishan got off the carriage, and told the driver: "Wait for me for a while, I will come out right away!"

Yao Kaishan would come to Jingzhao Mansion every month. He was already familiar with the road. He walked all the way to the backyard and came to the door of Sima Liu Jiang's official room. The little tea boy said at the door: "Sima invites you in!"

Yao Kaishan quickly walked into the official room, only to see a tall man standing in the room, looking at him with a half-smile, this is not Sima Liu Jiang.

Yao Kaishan felt something was wrong, turned around and left, the door was already closed, and two burly men leaned against the door with their arms folded on their chests, looking at him coldly.

"Who are you and what are you going to do?"

The man said indifferently: "Xia Zhonghuan, the chief of the internal guards, you know better than anyone else what you are looking for!"

Yao Kaishan's eyes darkened, and the thing he feared the most had finally happened. He quickly calmed down and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about? I'm an official of the imperial court, you can't doubt me like this!"

"I don't want to talk nonsense with you, I'll cut straight to the point. I want to know where there are other intelligence points in Goryeo besides Gong County. You just need to explain this clearly, and I can keep your son safe. If you don't tell me, wait until we collect it." After the netting of Pei Qiushan, you will be beheaded by the whole family, and both sons will be beheaded together, and your descendants will be cut off."

Yao Kaishan couldn't stand anymore, leaned against the wall and sat down, his eyes were full of despair.

"It seems that you are toasting and not eating fine wine. Let me tell you, now is your last chance. If you can't stand the beating and you are forced to confess, the whole family will be beheaded. Take it down!"

Two big men stepped forward to pick up Yao Kaishan and left, Yao Kaishan shouted in fright, "Let me tell you, there are three more places, one is in Pingzhou on Yanshan Road, one is in Luoyang, and the other is in Penglai County."

Zhong Huan asked: "Do you know the exact address? This is your last chance. Tell me, and your two sons will live."

"Although I don't know, I know who the leader is and where is he? The leader knows everything."

"Who is the boss and where is it?"

"The boss is my mentor Li Suanzi. He is now a professor at Luoyang Official School, and his alias is Li Zhen. There are five people around him who are responsible for long-term intelligence collection. I am the intelligence director of Jingzhao. There are three people around him who are responsible for collecting Jingzhao's information."

This was beyond Zhong Huan's expectation. He suddenly realized that his judgment was wrong. Goryeo actually had two lines in the Yong Dynasty, one was the information line and the other was the task line.

Gong County belongs to the task line, and he ignored the intelligence line.

Zhong Huan grabbed his lapel and said: "You tell me everything honestly, and I will report to the emperor and spare you!"

Yao Kaishan nodded, "I said, I can say anything!"

An hour later, Zhong Huan came to the imperial study to report the latest situation to the emperor.

Chen Qing is also very concerned about Goryeo's intelligence agencies. He is about to use troops against Goryeo. Before using troops, he must completely pull out Goryeo's intelligence network.

"How did they pass the information to Korea?" Chen Qing asked.

"From Penglai County to Koryo with eagle letters, they also transported various materials to Korea from Penglai County through trading ships."

Chen Qing nodded, "Then close the net, and we must catch the intelligence leaders in Luoyang. I will give you two months to wipe out all the Korean spies in the territory of the Yong Dynasty, leaving no trace of evil!"

"Wei Chen obeys!"

That night, the inner guards began to collect the net.

(End of this chapter)