Early morning, Chang'an Nancheng.
A carriage mixed in with the caravan, swaying towards Anhua Gate.
This place is located at the west gate of the south of Chang'an Waiguo City. In addition to the common people, there are also a large number of westbound caravans coming in and out.
Very lively.
The driver on the carriage looked like he was not awake, leaning on the carriage and squinting his eyes slightly.
At this moment, the entire caravan suddenly turned back, and the horses of the carriage also returned automatically.
The coachman woke up instantly, his face flashed with solemnity, but then he pretended as if nothing had happened and returned to Chang'an City.
…
Inside the Tubo embassy, the deputy envoy looked at the men in front of him and shouted coldly: "What's going on? Why are you suddenly not allowed to leave the city?"
"The tax collector at the city gate said that the caravan's procedures were incomplete, and the caravan's people are making up for them." His subordinates reluctantly handed over.
The deputy waved his hand impatiently and asked, "How long will it take to complete it?"
"Seven days."
"Seven days?" The deputy immediately became angry. He looked at his subordinates, put his hand on his forehead, and said angrily: "Zaraha, the day lilies have become cold in seven days."
Zaraha reluctantly held up his hands and said, "Deputy Ambassador, everything has been going well these past seven days. Although it has passed the Shangyuan period, there are still not many people in the yamen. Even if we want to do something, there is nothing we can do."
"What should we do?" The deputy immediately calmed down after saying one word, looked at Zaraha and said, "Go and take the next two roads and try them out first."
"Here!" Zaraha immediately handed over his hands and then withdrew.
Zaraha carefully closed the door, and then walked towards the front yard. However, as soon as he reached the door, a figure walked in from the outside. This person was the one who obtained the treasure from the Tubo envoy Zabala last night. Zaradon, the messenger of intelligence.
"Raha, why are you still here?" Zaraton stopped and looked at his colleagues in surprise.
Zaraha cupped his hands and said: "Brother Atun, I shouldn't have told you about this, but you are here now, and you will know sooner or later. My younger brother was unable to leave the city today, and now he is going to explore other methods."
Zaraton's eyes widened instantly, he pulled Zaraha and asked, "What's going on? Is it?"
"Don't know?" Zaraha didn't wait for Zaraton to finish speaking, then raised his hands and said, "I have other things to do, please leave."
"Well!" Zaraton watched Zaraha walk away with a trace of worry in his eyes. Then, he strode towards the inner courtyard. After knocking on the door and entering, he faced the deputy sitting behind the desk. The envoy cupped his hands and said, "I've seen the deputy envoy."
The deputy nodded slightly, then handed over a secret letter and said in a deep voice: "Zaraha was stopped when leaving the city today. It is very likely that our people have been targeted by the court, and Zaraha is still trying other methods. , but now if we want to spread the news in a timely manner, we can only rely on the power of our allies... You should arrange it now. While Zaraha attracts the court's attention, contact them immediately and ask them to give us the news. send out."
"Here!" Zaraton immediately handed over his hand, then turned around and left.
…
Li Xuan was sitting in Honglu Temple. Zhou Qian handed over the secret letter. Li Xuan waved his hand slightly and said, "Don't read it. The King of Donghai is cautious. If he really opens it, he will immediately notice that something is wrong... Besides, I have already fully learned what is in it.”
"Then I will send him back now to see how he contacted the King of East China Sea." Zhou Qian handed over his hand and immediately turned around and walked away.
After Li Xuan signed an official document in his hand, he raised his head and said, "Let's go and see if this letter can finally be delivered to the King of Donghai."
Almost everyone in the Tibetan mission has now been completely targeted, and the means they can use are extremely limited.
In this case, the only person the Tubo people could contact was the King of Donghai, and they used his channels to send this information out of the city.
But what if they were sent out of the city? The contact point outside the city had already been completely raided by the Qianniu Guards.
Li Xuan now wants to see what the King of East China Sea will do under the current situation.
Of course, given the caution of King Donghai, it is hard to say that the Tubo people would not be able to contact him at all.
But this information will eventually fall into the hands of King Donghai very quickly, through a very secret channel.
Li Xuan believes that the King of East China Sea still has this ability.
He wanted to see now, when the Tubo and the King of Donghai knew that the stronghold outside the city had been raided, what would they do to send the news back to Tubo?
This letter fell into Li Xuan's hand, and it would be difficult to get rid of it.
If the King of Donghai really got his hands on it, don't blame Li Xuan for knocking him over directly.
"Here!" Li Bi walked out of the dark shadows and left silently.
Li Xuan looked solemn. If the King of East China Sea finally started to deal with this matter, it means that everything is under Li Xuan's control.
If from now on, the Tubo people can no longer contact the King of East China Sea, it means that the power of the King of East China Sea is deeper than Li Xuan imagined.
Now everyone involved in this matter was carefully selected by Li Xuan from all over the place. Usually their actions are very small and usually not easily noticed by others. However, once they start to take action, abnormalities that are not in the plan will always easily arouse alert. Just like the sudden interception at the city gate.
Behind the scenes, Li Xuan had already arranged for the official document to be released by Honglu Temple.
If the King of East China Sea was alert, he would have immediately noticed that Li Xuan was involved in this matter.
It was Li Xuan who was trying to find him. If he was cautious enough, he would stop and do nothing at this time.
The news was fed back to Zabala, and Li Xuan's methods could immediately shake Zabala's confidence in the East China Sea King again.
At that time, Li Xuan had to think about how to send a secret letter back to Tibet.
That was already part of the secret war between Tang Dynasty and Tibet, but that was another matter.
But if the King of East China Sea still has a sense of luck, then the result may be very interesting.
…
Li Xuan put down the official document and calmed down. This was not so much that the King of East China Sea was doubting his luck, but rather that he had a heart of luck and was expecting the King of the East China Sea to take action.
Perhaps, he will definitely take action.
The King of East China Sea couldn't see that Li Xuan was forcing him to take action, but the series of methods used by the King of East China Sea had a clear purpose, which was to lure Li Jingye into the water.
While in Hangzhou, Wenxu was finally arrested in Li Jingye's Hangzhou villa, as well as the death of Leng's mother and son, and the British public villa in Taiping, all of which illustrate this point.
Li Xuan sorted it out several times and finally figured it out. But the problem is that Li Jingye himself is not clean, and he has gone too far to win over people's hearts in order to plot the East China Sea.
And Li Jingye seems to be doing something behind the scenes, but Li Xuan can't find out no matter how hard he checks.
Although Li Jingye has a high opinion, his subordinates are not that low, and he still has some tricks.
At least Li Xuan didn't find anything on his hands, maybe even the secret guards and internal guards didn't find anything.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that what Li Jingye did made the emperor even more annoyed.
Even if Li Xuan does things, he must keep a high score for the emperor. Li Jingye's work is impenetrable to needles and water, so it's strange that no one will suspect him.
The King of East China Sea may have seen this too, or maybe he knew more than anyone else.
Li Jingye, what secrets are you hiding?
…
To the west of Chang'an City, Qunxianfang.
On the watchtower, Li Xuan glanced at the entire Qunxian Square calmly, and said softly: "Their people entered the square, walked around in a circle and then left?"
"Yes." Zhou Qian, wearing ordinary black clothes, cupped his hands and said, "According to the prince's order, I can just follow you to the gate of the square. There is no need to enter."
"So where are the Wuhou people up and down this building? Have they all been checked?" Li Xuan looked at Zhou Qian with a half-smile, and said: "If I take action, then I will definitely have an informant in Wuhou, and no matter what happens in the future, No movement can be hidden from my eyes."
Zhou Qian immediately raised his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates first found the family members of Captain Wanglou, and then asked him to temporarily transfer the suspects to the inner square for patrolling. The remaining insiders all know how to shut up." people."
Li Xuan nodded gently and said: "It seems that you have learned a lot about my methods and are cautious enough. Yes...since people have already entered, let's wait and see where they go next." Where?"
Standing on the upper floor of the square, Li Xuan looked around Qunxianfang. To the west of Qunxianfang was the city wall, to the north was Judefang, to the east was Xishi, and to the south was Huaihuafang.
All nearby streets have been thoroughly cleared and there won't be any tunnels.
Although Zhou Gan and Li Xuan stood on the square building, there were Qianniu Guards' hidden lines on every street around them, keeping a close watch on them.
Suddenly, a low dog barking came from downstairs, and Zhou Qian immediately became serious: "Your Majesty, I'm going out."
Li Xuan nodded and looked downstairs as the secret envoy of the Tibetan mission came out of the square gate and walked directly into the Western Market opposite.
But at this time, there was a boy dressed in black, who happened to go out from the gate of the square, and then headed south towards Chonghua Square.
"Send someone to follow, then draw a portrait, find out the identity, and wait until the end to capture him in one fell swoop." Li Xuan waved her hand and said, "Go down and get busy."
"Here!" Zhou Qian immediately handed over his hands and hurried downstairs.
Li Xuan was still standing on the square tower. In the sky above her head, a dove hawk was flying inconspicuously, closely following the young man in black.
Li Xuan's eyes turned to look inside the square building, and his eyes swept over an inconspicuous coffin shop.
He knew that the man did not live here and was on duty at the moment, so the news could not be sent to him. Then there must be someone in Chang'an City taking care of these things for him. This man might be able to learn from this line found.
…
In Fengsefang, inside Chuping Gate and outside Changshun Escort Bureau, the boy in black has left.
A moment later, a black carriage slowly passed by the escort agency.
Sitting in the carriage, Li Xuan glanced at the muscular guard at the door of the escort agency, turned to look at Zhou Qian who was sitting on the other side, and asked, "Has the background of this escort agency been checked?"
"I've checked it out." Zhou Qian's face was a little ugly, and then he raised his hands and said: "Report to the prince, this escort agency was opened after the former Yumen Guards School Lieutenant Geng Gong became an official. It escorts business travelers to and from Yumen Pass all year round. The escorts in this escort agency Most of the divisions were retired soldiers from Yumen Pass and nearby passes. There was even the shadow of Captain Yumen Zhechong behind them. Moreover, the caravans escorted by this escort agency seemed to be many and miscellaneous, but in fact they were all franchised caravans of a trading company. "
Li Xuan's face immediately darkened, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Which trading company is it?"
"The Yingxu Trading Company is backed by the British government, and Meng Xian, the captain of Yumen Zhechong, is an old department of the British government. The Yingxu Trading Company has the shadow of the military from top to bottom."
"So that's it. I asked you why the King of East China Sea has been keeping an eye on the British Duke. It turns out that the caravan under the British Duke was able to pass through Tubo. Not only was it used by the King of East China Sea and the Tubo people, but it also involved the military. Many generals.”
Li Xuan had a sneer on her face, knocked on the car door, and shouted in a low voice: "Let's go into the palace immediately."
"Here!"
(End of chapter)
