northernbook Chapter 145 Capture the Spy
Chapter 145 Capture the Spy
Chapter 145 Capture the Spy
Li Deju said pleasantly: "In this way, none of the women in Yixiangyuan are from the Tang Dynasty. And their prices are so cheap, we will come here next time!"
Lin Xuan patted his forehead, a little speechless.
He co-authored so much, but Li Deju didn't understand what he meant, and thought he had taken advantage of it.
"Prairie people eat mutton all the year round, and their bodies have a strong smell of mutton. The smell of rouge on that purple dress is very strong, which should be to cover up the smell of mutton on her body. With her bowed legs and calluses on her hands, I think she It is very likely that they are grassland people."
"But I asked her, and she said she was from the Tang Dynasty. In places like brothels, the price of women in the grassland is obviously higher than that of women in the Tang Dynasty. Why do you think she pretends to be from the Tang Dynasty?" Lin Xuan asked.
He guessed that if he didn't explain it very clearly, Li Deju would not be able to understand it at all.
"You mean that Ziyi is a spy sent by the grassland?" Li Dezheng asked.
Lin Xuan made it so clear, if he didn't understand it, he would be an idiot.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "That's right, although I can't be sure, but there is a high probability that she is a spy of Grassland, and it is possible that Yixiangyuan is the stronghold of Grassland to inquire about news in Datang!"
"Then what are you waiting for, we will immediately report to the police to arrest them!" Li Dezhen said hastily.
This is all credit.
"Why are you so anxious? They don't know that we have guessed their identities. Can you be sure that there are no spies in other places? If you report to the officials like this and make them run away, you will not only get no credit, but you may even be questioned." Lin Xuan said angrily.
If Yixiangyuan was really opened by grassland people, and it has not been discovered for so long, there must be many news channels.
If he rushed to report to the official, he would probably run away long ago.
"Then what should we do?" Li Dezheng asked.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Go to Chang'an Mansion to explain the matter to His Highness the Crown Prince, and ask His Highness to send the guards of the East Palace to arrest him."
Yixiangyuan may send people to monitor the movements of various government offices, but they should not be able to monitor the East Palace Six Command.
"I'm going? Aren't you going? Besides, can His Royal Highness listen to me?" Li Deju asked.
Lin Xuan said: "Don't you want to be a knight? If you want to be a knight, you need to make more contributions. I am already a Marquis, so I don't want this credit. As for whether His Royal Highness will believe it, you will know if you tell me. "
He has just been promoted to a noble, this little credit means little to him, it is better to give Li De Award.
As for whether Li Chengqian will send someone there, it depends on his courage.
"What? When did you become a Marquis?" Li Dezhen asked in surprise.
His father is the Dai Guogong who is known as the military god of the Tang Dynasty. He is useless now, and Lin Xuan has become a marquis. He couldn't accept it for a while.
"Your Majesty just sealed it today. The opportunity is in front of you, and it's up to you whether you can seize it." Lin Xuan patted Li Dezheng on the shoulder, opened the door and left.
Li Dezhao's complexion changed, he gritted his teeth, went downstairs and rode away.
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"What, you said that there are grassland spies in Yixianglou, and Yixianglou may be the stronghold of the grassland?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Deju in shock.
Li Dezhen nodded, and repeated what Lin Xuan said to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Deju in surprise, and asked, "You discovered all these?"
What Li Deju said, if it weren't for very careful people, they wouldn't have noticed it.
If Li Deju really found out, then he would have to get to know Li Deju again.
Li Dezheng scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "I knew I couldn't hide it from His Royal Highness, Lin Xuan discovered it!"
Li Chengqian looked at Li Deju angrily, and said, "Did you instigate him to go to the brothel?"
Lin Xuan is his future brother-in-law, and Li Lizhi is his most beloved sister.Li Dezheng knew that Lin Xuan and Li Lizhi were already engaged, yet he dared to ask him to go to the brothel.
"Your Highness, we are talking about spies now. If I hadn't asked Lin Xuan to drink in Yixiangyuan, I wouldn't have found out that there were spies in Yixiangyuan." Li Dezheng smiled sarcastically.
"Why didn't Lin Xuan come?" Li Chengqian asked.
Li Deju said: "Lin Xuan said that he has just been promoted, and it is useless to ask for credit. Let me come to His Highness!"
Li Chengqian thought for a while, then shouted: "Helan Chushi!"
Helan Chushi, who was guarding outside, pushed the door in, cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate is here!"
"You transfer 1000 people from the East Palace, arrest all the people from the Yixiangyuan in Pingkangfang, and search the Yixiangyuan carefully." Li Chengqian handed over his token and ordered.
He originally planned to send people to monitor Yixiangyuan first, but he was worried that they would be alerted, so he decided to send people to arrest them directly.
Although there are tens of thousands of people in Donggong Six Rate, he can only mobilize a maximum of 1000 people.
"Yes!" Helan Chushi took the order and left.
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"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Helan Chushi to remove 1000 people from the East Palace." Li Mu reported.
As soon as Helan Chushi mobilized his troops, Li Mu got the news.
Li Shimin's face darkened: "Do you know why he transferred people?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, Helan Chushi didn't say anything. He just took people to Chang'an City. The old slave has already been watched by people. I believe there will be news soon." Li Mu said.
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and said: "As soon as there is news, report it immediately, and I want to see what he wants to do!"
"Yes!" Li Mu replied.
……
Helan Chushi brought a thousand guards from the East Palace and rushed to Yixiangyuan without stopping. He waved his big hand and said, "Enclose Yixiangyuan and don't let anyone go!"
"Yes!"
Ziyi was reporting the situation to a middle-aged man in a room, when suddenly a middle-aged woman rushed in and shouted: "It's not good, it's not good. Many soldiers came outside and surrounded the entire Yixiang Courtyard. "
The middle-aged man's face changed, and he said: "No, it should be exposed. I feel that I should get rid of important things. I tell everyone to find a way to escape. If they can't escape, let them commit suicide."
"Yes!" The middle-aged woman and Zi Yi agreed and left in a hurry.
After the two of them left, the middle-aged man took out some sheepskin and paper from a hidden compartment and threw them into the brazier.
After seeing the parchment burning, the middle-aged man took a knife and left the room.
Seeing that Yixiangyuan was surrounded, Helan Chushi walked in with the remaining soldiers.
……
"Your Majesty, the investigation has been clear. His Royal Highness has received news that there are spies from the prairie in Yixiangyuan, and special agents are sent to arrest them!" Li Mu reported.
Li Shimin felt relieved and asked, "Is the news true?"
"Return to Your Majesty, it is not clear yet, but according to the news from Baiqi, it is very likely to be true." Li Mu said.
Li Shimin said with a sullen face: "It's normal to have spies from other countries in Chang'an, but the crown prince has found out, and you haven't received any news. What are you doing? Once, directly execute!"
Li Mu was sweating coldly, knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave is also responsible, please punish me!"
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu coldly, and said after a while: "Get up, I hope this is the first and last time, understand?"
"Yes, yes, yes! This old slave understands, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!" Li Mu said hastily.
Even though he has been with Li Shimin for many years, if he makes Li Shimin dissatisfied, Li Shimin will not be soft.
"Go down!" Li Shimin said lightly.
"Your Majesty, if His Highness the Crown Prince catches a spy, will Baiqi need to intervene?" Li Mu asked.
Li Shimin said: "No need, let the prince handle this matter."
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"Reporting to His Royal Highness, a total of 130 people were arrested, and 14 people chose to commit suicide because they could not escape!" Helan Chushi reported.
"It seems that there is really something wrong with this Yixiang Courtyard. Immediately arrange for people to interrogate. I just want to know which of them are spies from the grassland!" Li Chengqian said.
"Yes!" Helan Chushi replied.
Finally, after some interrogation, most of the people caught went to Yixiangyuan to play, and only three people had problems.
One is the woman named Ziyi who drank with Lin Xuan before, and the other two are guards.
After extorting confessions by torture, Zi Yi confessed their identities.
Yixiangyuan was opened by people sent by the Western Turks, and it has been open for several years.
Specially responsible for monitoring the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty.
There is no way to hide the big transfer of soldiers and horses, so their task is very easy.
They don't need to investigate anything particularly secret.He seldom interacts with outsiders, so he has not been noticed by Baiqi all these years.
Some time ago, the drunken gods flowed into the grassland, and the grassland people had a great demand for wine, especially spirits.
So let the spy hidden in Chang'an find a way to get in touch with the person in charge behind the Zuixian Tower to see if there is a way to buy some immortal drunks to go back.
The owner behind Zuixianlou is no secret, they found it out with a simple search.
Lin Xuancheng and the others had been in the barracks all the time, so they set their sights on Li Dezheng.
He was unwilling to sell the dancers from the Western Regions to Li Deju because he was worried that he would not go to Yixiangyuan after buying the dancers.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xuan discovered their identities by accident today.
After reading the confession, Li Chengqian was very happy. This is a secret work that has been hidden in Chang'an for many years, but he was caught by him. Presumably, the emperor will be very satisfied with him after knowing about it.
"You follow Gu into the palace, Gu must report this matter to the emperor!" Li Chengqian said to Li Deju.
Since Lin Xuan wants to give credit to Li De Award, he must of course take Li De Award with him.
The most important thing is that Li Deju is the son of Li Jing.
Although Li Jing has resigned from his post in the army since he destroyed the Eastern Turks.
But his influence in the army is not small at all.
Moreover, Li Jing is still Shangshu Youpushe. (The Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty left and right servants shot, also known as the prime minister.)
If Li Jing can befriend Li Jing well, it will be of great benefit to him.
"Yes! Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Dezheng replied excitedly.
He was already thinking about whether Li Shimin would knight him.
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