Luoyang, with the end of the war, under the governance of Zeng Guofan, a famous Manchu official in later generations, the city of Luoyang began to gradually regain its vitality. People were coming and going on the streets, and some small merchants and hawkers were shouting loudly, adding a lively atmosphere to Luoyang, the thousand-year-old capital.
Among them, an old man with a somewhat stooped figure kept his head lowered and did not look either way. He drove a donkey cart slowly through the busy city and entered a small alley. He then turned around and changed four directions. After five roads, they stopped in front of a dark door.
The old man stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door was opened a crack. A young man poked his head out, took a look at the old man, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you looking for?"
The old man still lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm looking for Shopkeeper Fan."
"Please come with me!"
The young man nodded immediately, opened the door to let the old man in, led him straight into the inner courtyard, pointed to a room with closed doors and windows and said, "Shopkeeper Fan is waiting for you inside!"
"I know, you can continue to stare outside!"
The old man waved his hand, and the young man immediately cupped his hand and turned to leave. The old man waited until the young man had gone away, then walked to the door and pushed in.
Sitting in the room was a tall and thin man. This man was Fan Jun, the owner of this place. On the surface, he was the shopkeeper of a newly opened restaurant in Luoyang, but in fact, he was the intelligence chief assigned by Li Shimin in Luoyang.
When Fan Jun saw the old man coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hands, saying, "My subordinate, Fan Jun, is here to see Mr. Wang!"
After hearing Fan Jun's words, the old man slowly raised his head, and his originally rickety body became extremely straight at this moment. Then with the faint light in the room, the old man's appearance could be vaguely seen. His beard and hair were all white, he was thin, his eyes were sharp, and he exuded a chilling murderous aura.
This person is Wang Yue, the swordsman of the Three Kingdoms who was born out of chaos in the system. He was implanted as a knight errant and was recruited into the government by Li Shimin not long ago. His trip was to carry out the first task assigned to him by Li Shimin - to get rid of Princess Qin’s eldest grandson Wugou was captured by the Sui army!
Wang Yue walked slowly to the window, turned his back to Fan Jun and asked, "Have you found out the address of the princess?"
Fan Jun whispered: "The princess currently lives in the Xinhuafang area in the imperial city, but we don't know the specific location!"
"asshole!"
When Wang Yue heard this, he couldn't help but became furious. He turned around and glared at Fan Jun: "I have asked you to inquire about the information for so long, but you haven't even figured out the specific location. What do you do for food? What is the use of His Highness, King Qin, in raising you?"
Fan Jun hurriedly defended: "Mr. Wang, it's not that the little people didn't try their best. It happened for a reason. Because of the incident of Lord Changsun Wuji, the Sui army followed the lead and almost completely destroyed our intelligence network. Only a few insignificant people in the imperial city were spared. , As for inside the palace city, there is not a single one of us left, and I spent one hundred taels of gold to find out the news about the princess in Xinhuafang from an imperial city patrol."
After hearing Fan Jun's explanation, Wang Yue's face looked better. He knocked on the table hard and said coldly: "No matter what method you use, you must find out the specific residence of the princess within three days."
"Three days?"
Fan Jun suddenly looked embarrassed when he heard this, "Sir, I have told you everything about the situation of the Luoyang Intelligence Network. It is very difficult to find out the information inside the imperial city. Isn't three days too tight?"
"If you have any difficulties, just solve them. Do you think the position of the intelligence chief of Luoyang City is so easy to occupy?"
Wang Yue smiled coldly, stared at Fan Jun and said word by word: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin never raises useless people!"
"Yes, yes, I understand!"
Wang Yue's sudden murderous aura shocked Fan Jun. He nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice: "Bizhi understands. I'm going to gather people now. I will definitely find out the princess's specific residence within three days."
"That's good!"
Wang Yue slowly withdrew his murderous intent, waved his hand and said: "Hurry up and find another room for me. I'm going to have a good rest in the past two days to recharge my batteries, and then notify me after you find the whereabouts of the princess. Otherwise, don’t bother me!”
"yes!"
Fan Jun was amnesty and hurriedly surrendered and exited the room. On the one hand, he sent an order to summon all the intelligence chiefs lurking in Luoyang. On the other hand, he ordered his subordinates to prepare a clean upper room for Wang Yue to rest.
. . . . . . . . . .
At night, Wang Yue, who had been meditating in the room for almost a whole day, opened his eyes, walked slowly out of bed and walked to the window. Through the gap in front of the window, he could see that the room opposite was still brightly lit. Several figures gathered around and discussed something fiercely.
That was Fan Jun's room. It seemed that he and his subordinates were discussing how to get news from the imperial city.
Wang Yue raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but had no intention of getting involved. As he said before, if they can't handle such a small thing well, then Li Shimin's vision of employing people is really bad.
Wang Yue inadvertently suddenly thought of Li Shimin, that resolute, confident and wise young man. He, Wang Yue, had lived for more than fifty years, and this was the first time he had seen such an outstanding person. His every move showed the temperament of a superior, and every move he made was so mature and steady. Even Yang Jian, the then Emperor Wen, seemed to be inferior to him in dealing with people.
However, this time Wang Yue felt that Li Shimin was a little too impatient. The news that Li Yi came back from inquiring was only that Yang Gao had visited Changsun Wugou several times. Even the authenticity of the news seemed not to be confirmed. He couldn't wait to send himself to get rid of Changsun Wugou. Couldn't he confirm the news and then proceed? Take action? Maybe this is just a false rumor?
Perhaps no man could tolerate his wife being possessed by an enemy, but Wang Yue did not believe that Li Shimin was so easily carried away by emotions.
Looking at the night before him, Wang Yue seemed to vaguely guess the reason why Li Shimin was so eager to get rid of his wife.
Not wanting his beloved wife to be possessed by others is just one of the reasons. More importantly, Li Shimin does not allow his reputation to be stained or damaged, which will inevitably affect his inheritance of the throne.
For example, Prince Li Jiancheng, an important reason why his status was unstable and was repeatedly challenged by Li Shimin was that he was captured by the Sui army, which dealt a heavy blow to his prestige in the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Yue couldn't help but sigh: Power is indeed a terrible poison. Even a relationship that lasts for more than ten years can be abandoned in the blink of an eye as long as it affects power.
Maybe this is the so-called hero!
