Now that the Foreign Intelligence Bureau has killed a governor, even if he has resigned, he was still a second-grade official. Yang Yuan felt in his heart that the governor was just a seventh-grade civil servant, far behind a second-grade official, so he would just kill him.
"Don't mess around." Zhao Yutu was startled and looked at Yang Yuan nervously.
Yang Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said: "As long as this Wang Xinyi dares to do harm to our Tiger Flag, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau will be the first to let him go."
"He is a patrol officer, guarding the place on behalf of the emperor. He cannot be killed." Zhao Yutu warned.
Yang Yuan said calmly: "I have already killed one governor, but I still care about killing one more little patrol officer."
"It's different." Zhao Yutu shook his head and said, "Xu Tong has resigned, and he has offended people. Even if he returns to the capital, the end will not be too good, so if he dies, no one will care, but this Wang Xinyi is different. He has just taken office. If he dies while in office, it will be a matter of honor for the court. Regardless of whether it is an accident or not, the court will send people to investigate."
"Is it that serious?" Yang Yuan frowned, still unwilling to believe it.
Zhao Yutu said: "The imperial court is not all trash. The former governor of Datong who just resigned was killed, and then the governor of Datong died. The imperial court will definitely send people to conduct a thorough investigation. By then, our tiger character flag will most likely be involved."
Yang Yuan frowned.
At this time, Liu Heng said with a smile: "We haven't reached that point yet, so there is no need to kill Wang Xinyi."
"The several large camps add up to tens of thousands of people. It is difficult to send them all to the grassland at the moment. If you are not careful, you will be targeted by the patrol officer Wang Xinyi." Zhao Yutu said worriedly.
Liu Heng did not answer Zhao Yutu's question directly, but said: "Have all our soldiers on the mountaintops withdrawn to the grassland?"
"Everyone has evacuated to the grassland. Calculating the time, we should arrive at the Dahei River." Yang Yuan said.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "The most important thing in Datong is mountains like Hutou Village and mountains like Daliang Mountain."
"Do you mean to place several camps on the tops of mountains?" Zhao Yutu suddenly said.
Liu Heng smiled and nodded.
"It's not impossible to get there, but except for Daliang Mountain, it's difficult to accommodate a large military camp in other places. If you forcefully install a large military camp, it will easily arouse suspicion from others." Zhao Yutu said what was in his heart. worries.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "If you can't accommodate a large army camp, then place a thousand-man team. If that doesn't work, place a large army of soldiers. If the mountains in Datong are not enough, then place it in Xuanfu or Taiyuan. As long as there are suitable The top of the mountain can be used to place the military camp of our Tiger Flag."
"We can use the banner of bandits to the outside world so that no one will suspect our tiger character flag." Yang Yuan added.
"If this arrangement is really made, soldiers from several large battalions can indeed be accommodated, but the logistical pressure will be great." Zhao Yutu said with a bitter look on his face.
Once several battalions of soldiers are dispersed, for him, the director of the Logistics Bureau, the logistics support of the several battalions will become complicated and troublesome.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "The Logistics Bureau has worked hard in the past year, but it won't have to work so hard in a year."
Zhao Yutu smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately, there is Zhang Sancha's baggage team. Otherwise, according to the scattered placement of several military camps, the Logistics Bureau may not be able to guarantee the logistics of each camp in time."
Liu Heng smiled and said, "Go back to the Logistics Bureau and make a logistics support plan and leave it to me."
"Yes." Zhao Yutu agreed.
Liu Heng turned to look at Yang Yuan and said, "It's about time Xu Tong's death letter reached Datong, right?"
Yang Yuan thought for a while and said: "My subordinates have been sending people to keep an eye on it. I believe that as soon as there is news, someone from the Foreign Intelligence Agency will send it immediately."
Just as he was talking, he heard someone outside say: "I am from the Foreign Affairs Bureau. This is my bronze medal to prove my identity. Please go in and report that there is an urgent call from the capital."
Hearing the voices outside, Yang Yuan said: "Master, please go out to see him and see what news there is in the capital?"
"No need to bother, let him come in!" Liu Heng said outside the room.
The guard outside the house could naturally hear it, and let the person blocking the door in.
"My subordinates have met the master."
As soon as the visitor entered the holding room and saw Liu Heng, he bowed and saluted.
Liu Heng asked: "I just heard you say that there is an urgent report coming from the capital, please submit it!"
"Yes." The man agreed, untied the bamboo tube on his back, and handed it over with both hands.
Zhao Wu came over, took the bamboo tube, pulled out the stopper, took out a note from it, and handed it to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took the note, opened it and took a look at it. After reading it, he said with a calm expression: "I was talking about Xu Tong just now, but now the news is coming, you should take a look too!"
With that said, he handed over the note.
Yang Yuan stood up, took the note, read it in front of his eyes, his expression changed, and he hesitated before handing it to Zhao Yutu on the other side.
After both of them read the contents of the note, Zhao Wu took the note back to the desk and handed it to Liu Heng, but his expression became heavy.
"It says that the imperial court will send Jin Yiwei to investigate the cause of Xu Tong's death. What do you think?" Liu Heng asked.
At the same time, he took out the fire folder and lit the note.
Yang Yuan said: "I can guarantee that even if the Jin Yiwei people investigate, they will only think that Xu Tong died of drowning."
"What if Xu Tong's body is found?" Zhao Yutu reminded, "Xu Tong's body was washed away by the river after his death. Once it reaches a place where the water flow is gentle, it is easy to find the body."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao." Yang Yuan said confidently, "There are no traces on Xu Tong's body that shouldn't be there. He was drowned in the river, so no matter how we check, he died of drowning."
Zhao Yutu added: "There is no evidence found on the body. We can also start from other aspects. We have to be on guard."
Yang Yuan shook his head and said: "Xu Tong's death was seen by many people. If you ask casually, you will know that no one will doubt our Tiger Flag. Mr. Zhao can rest assured that the Foreign Intelligence Bureau has done this matter cleanly." , leaving no trace at all.”
"But the imperial court sent Jin Yiwei." Zhao Yutu looked worried.
Liu Heng, who was behind the desk, frowned and said, "I didn't expect that even though everyone in Xu Tong is dead, there are still people in the court willing to take care of him."
"It is said that people go away after drinking tea. It seems that Xu Tong still has some close colleagues in the court." Zhao Yutu added.
"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be!" Yang Yuan frowned and said, "I haven't heard of anyone in Beijing having a good relationship with Xu Tong."
Liu Heng said seriously: "No matter what the reason is, since the Jin Yiwei is here to investigate Xu Tong's case, we must be more cautious. We must not let Xu Tong's death point to our Tiger Flag."
"Yes." Yang Yuan nodded solemnly.
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The governor's Yamen of Datong Mansion also received news that Xu Tong had drowned.
The governor's yamen received the news from the capital, asking Liu Hong, the governor of Datong, to assist the Jinyi Guards in investigating the cause of Xu Tong's death.
"I can't believe that Xu Tong fell into the river while crossing the river and drowned."
When Liu Hong received the official document from the court, he looked incredulous.
The death of a high-ranking official who returned to Beijing to report on his duties is not a small matter.
Du Wanyuan said with a smile: "Maybe Mr. Xu did too many evil things and suffered retribution, so he fell into the river and died."
"Do you think Liu Heng had something to do with Xu Tong's death?" Liu Hong suddenly asked.
