For the next three days, Chang Yu did not step out of Zhangjiakou. He got up early and went to bed early every day, ate, practiced boxing and played chess. He drank tea leisurely in the house or went out for a walk on the streets. He completely entered a life like the sunset.
Although he could hardly leave home, the situation of the entire Xuanfu and the center of public opinion were under his control. Shi Kefa took charge of the Zhangjiakou area to rectify military affairs and adjust the border walls. He Chengxin inspected the seven routes under his jurisdiction to stabilize and appease the military morale. Laiyuanbao was still The market is not opened after customs clearance. Those who come in can bring goods but are not allowed to carry weapons. Those who go out must be found empty-handed and arrested immediately. In addition, due to the night attack on Yuanbaoshan, there are only a few people who come out of the customs, but they are some Mongolian caravans and gangs. Swarm in and sell goods at the market near Laiyuan Fort. You can go back empty-handed after selling the goods, but if you want to buy goods and sell them out, you have to wait.
Many people were waiting, so the inn business became even more popular.
Of course, the busiest people in the past few days are the Jinyiwei and Dongchang policemen in the area. They are intensively carrying out various intelligence gathering and arrangements to prevent the Tatars from retaliating after the Yuanbaoshan attack. The man behind the two night attacks on the Great Eunuch's troops, Chang Yu's removal of the Tatar's detailed stronghold in Yuanbaoshan was retaliation for these two attacks, but the man behind the scenes and their domestic forces are still being traced.
Hundreds of people died in Yuanbaoshan overnight, but it was as calm as a pool of stagnant water. But it is also expected. After all, the Tatar stronghold has been almost uprooted. Even if there are a few fish that slip through the net or the Tatars work in the periphery, they have to hide with their tails between their legs or rush to report the news. Chang Yu deduced that It will be quiet here for at least half a month.
But it also happened to be the best time for the Jinyi Guards to evacuate some people who were at risk of exposure first. The spies hidden in the depths stayed put, leaving only some peripheral personnel, namely those Tatar informants who had developed, and sent more than 20 people at the same time. People pretend to be wall climbers and lurk in caves in the West Taiping Mountains. They can be called upon directly when necessary.
There are also clues about the team that ambushed Chang Yu. First of all, it has been ruled out that Wang Chengyin was the instigator. It was a Manchu Qing who had been lurking deep in Xuanfu for a long time and planned it. Although this person had no direct contact or friendship with Wang Chengyin, he was on the sidelines. The army did make friends with many military attachés, and they even turned into Tatars.
This clue was not obtained by Jin Yiwei alone. It was at best an assist. The main attacker was Dongchang Fanzi, who had just arrived and was running in Xuanfu. It was definitely not Jin Yiwei who deliberately gave up the credit. The attack on the eunuch was their job. , I wish I could take the credit and come to forgive my sin. There is no need to give credit to please the Dongchang people, but the Dongchang people actually found the clues before the deeply rooted Jinyiwei. It is not because they are superior, but... they are willing to spend money. !
Information trading has been popular throughout the ages. There are many types of transactions, such as exchanging useful information. There is also a more direct way, which is to buy with money. It is simple and crude but more effective!
But the prices are very high!
However, under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man!
Dongchang let it out, and those who provide clues will be rewarded heavily! Sure enough, someone sold the Tatar as a big boss for profit.
Of course Jin Yiwei also knows that buying information is the most direct and quick way and wants to do so. However, their operating funds are really stretched thin and they are far less generous than Dongchang's, so this time their luck was stepped on by Dongchang's first!
Overtly and covertly, the Jin Yiwei and the border troops have begun to search for this Manchu and Qing spy boss and his minions throughout the country.
eliminate! Chang Yu said these two words after listening to the report.
But these two words set off a huge wave in the Xuan Mansion. The officers and soldiers were in the light, and the Jin Yiwei was searching for rat tail braids all over the dark side. As long as rat tail braids are found in the search, no matter what business you are engaged in openly, you will be killed! Those outside the customs dare to give you shelter, and those inside have no scruples about closing the door and beating dogs. At the same time, the permanent Mongolians in the territory must also be registered and filtered over and over again. If they are found to be suspicious, they will be directly imprisoned. "Foreigners" are panic-stricken.
In addition, we will strictly investigate those traitors who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country to collect intelligence for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Whether they are border troops or civilians, we will arrest and kill every one of them!
The entire Xuan Mansion is shrouded in white terror!
This was done deliberately by Chang Yu, the purpose was to shock! He must use iron-blooded methods to cure the serious illness that has accumulated for more than ten years!
To use his previous words, bloodbath!
People outside were panicking, and Shi Kefa and the Jin Yiwei were extremely busy, but the little eunuch in Fan Mansion looked like he was living a peaceful life, almost never leaving the house, drinking tea, practicing martial arts and playing chess every day. Princess Kunxing also had a cool and quiet temperament. Chang Yu told him that there were some dangers outside and it was best to stay in the mansion and not move around. She wrote and drew obediently in the mansion, and asked Chang Yu to play chess with him. However, Chang Yu couldn't play Go, and neither could she. Chess, and no one wants to teach anyone, and no one wants to learn it, so everyone plays their own game.
Chang Yu was in the mansion, so Su Jing no longer had to follow Princess Hu Kunxing all the time. She finally had freedom and leisure. She was always dejected after leaving the house and returning home at night. Chang Yu asked her what was wrong, but was so shocked by what she said that he could not speak for a long time. It turned out that he was here I searched for Tatars outside the city and wanted to kill one, but I couldn't find them. I secretly went up the mountain and climbed over the wall to Yuanbao Mountain for a walk, but came back empty-handed...
Chang Yu was speechless, but there was nothing he could do about it. Su Jing was the only person in the yamen who regarded rules as air, and he was also the only one who gave Chang Yu a lot of headaches and made him very uneasy.
He was able to manage hundreds of people in the East Factory and order hundreds of thousands of troops. The court's expression changed after hearing this, and even the prince and princess had to be obedient in front of him, but there was nothing he could do to this charlatan.
Seeing how obedient the prince Zhu Cihong is, he is more restless than Kun Xing and can't sit still. He always wants to go out for a walk and see the world. He likes the kind of hearsay that is fresh and interesting. Chang Yu said that these two days are dangerous, so you should just stay calm. But Zhu Cihong He said that the streets were full of officers, soldiers and uniformed guards taking people, and even the gangsters and gangsters had their tails down and didn't dare to say anything. What danger could there be?
Seeing that he really wanted to go out, Chang Yu agreed after thinking about it. He just asked the bodyguards to break into pieces and turn light into darkness. After all, it would be too irritating to go anywhere with a bunch of big men at this juncture. Don't let some dogs jump over the wall. If someone thought it was him and then assassinated him, that would be a big deal.
Zhu Cixiang has really been having fun these days. He goes out early every morning and takes Wang Zhengnan for a walk within a few dozen miles of Zhangjiakou. He even went to Laiyuan Fort and stood in front of the West Gate for a long time. He really wanted to leave. He went out, but finally held back, not because he was afraid of something happening, but because he was afraid that Chang Yu would be angry.
Don't look at the fact that he only has Wang Zhengnan as his retinue. Wherever he goes, dozens of warriors can secretly rush out at any time to protect him from wind and rain.
There was no point in wandering around. It was windy and cold outside, so Zhu Cihong went into the teahouse and the wine shop, looking for a corner to listen to the chatter of the travelers. He kept Chang Yu's advice in mind, listen more, read more, talk less, and he was like this every day in the blink of an eye. Three days passed.
These six days were the whitest period of the Xuanfu. Every day, you could hear that the border troops or the Jinyiwei had caught a spy or a traitor, which family's cook or clerk he was... But it was also Chang Yu's most leisurely day. In his memory, He had never been idle for such a long time. He lived in seclusion in Fan Mansion. There were rumors that the Great Eunuch and Shi Kefa had come to Zhangjiakou, but few people had seen the Great Eunuch, and even fewer knew that he lived in Fan Mansion. , Octopus's Lu Abacus knew it, but he didn't dare to tell the second person even if he was beaten to death. Even the servants and maids who served him didn't know the true identity of this group of people. They really thought it was Octopus' young master's family who came here. Wandered.
On the seventh day after the night attack on Yuanbaoshan, He Chengxin arrived.
