Three Kingdoms

Hussar General's Mansion.

Derun means that the Five Fighting Sect is resurrected. Is it possible that it is caused by spies?

Fei Qian sat among them, frowning slightly.

Kan Ze lowered his head and said: Lord Qi, that's exactly what happened. Although the Five Fighters Sect has declined, it is like charcoal that can easily rekindle. Now there is a secret report that the Wudou believers have built a fornication in a secret place and gathered to worship. The worshipers may be Shandong spies.

Fei Qian turned over and looked at the report submitted by Kan Ze.

Fei Qian really didn't expect this.

Fei Qian always thought that the Five Fighters Sect should have died out with Zhang Lu's escape, Zuo Ci's change and comfort, and the subsequent annexation of the Five Directions Catholic Sect, but he did not expect that it would resurrect.

The Five Dou Rice Sect was a religion that was popular in Hanzhong during the reign of Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu, the sect leader, called himself the master, the middle managers of the Five Dou Rice Sect were called sacrificial wine, and the ordinary believers were called ghost soldiers. When the religion flourished, believers spread throughout Hanzhong and even hoped to develop in other areas. It can be said that its influence is widespread and deep-rooted.

After Fei Qian made a surprise attack on Hanzhong and defeated Zhang Lu in Nanzheng, although Fei Qian did not forcefully arrest and kill the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, he instead used two people, Zuo Ci and Zhang Ze, one in charge of the religion and the other in charge of the local big family, to carry out the operation. To appease and incorporate, and gradually change the original worship of Zhang Lu in the Five Dou Rice Sect, the doctrine was newly revised, and after the establishment of the Five Directions God Sect in the later period, the Five Dou Rice believers were also transferred to the Five Directions God Sect.

As a result, it now seems that although the foundation of the Five Dou Rice Sect has been severely hit, it has survived tenaciously among the people, or it has survived. In the Shangyong area of ​​Hanzhong, there are still some believers who are secretly practicing They held an underground gathering and came to worship Zhang Lu, who had become an immortal, and refused to convert to the Five Directions Catholic Church.

Now based on the results, it is actually not difficult to understand.

Things like belief are sometimes really strange and cannot be analyzed with complete rationality. Fei Qian was thinking now that he was a little careless about the Five Dou Rice Cult.

And because of Zhang Ze, the development and construction in the Hanzhong Shangyong area is not as good as in Guanzhong Sanfu, and the infrastructure cannot keep up. This naturally leads to insufficient information for many villages or people's settlements to interact with the outside world. These villages may have thought that the outside world just changed their flag, and had no idea what the changes were.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that a part of the Five Dou cultists remain in the cracks of Hanzhong Shangyong.

After all, even in the era when communication was developed in later generations, information transmission was convenient, and online knowledge search was very convenient, there were still followers of this or that weird sect. Today, there are still followers of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect in the Hanzhong area of ​​the Han Dynasty. It's also reasonable.

If Fei Qian had not established the Youwen Department, which was responsible for conducting inquiries and collecting various types of intelligence at the middle and lower levels, events like this did not cause much turmoil, or were still in the development stage and did not show signs of chaos. Generally, it will be filtered and will not be reported directly.

After all, for many middle-level officials, the belief that doing more is worse than doing less is still enshrined on the side of the desk. Even if you report it to the police and say that you can't do it, you still have to find something to do, so why bother?

What's more, Hanzhong has just been pacified, and many officials are still in shock and even panic. Who will have the leisure to take care of the obscene shrines in the countryside? As long as the people in the countryside don't make trouble, don't gather together, and don't besiege the county government, it's not a big deal for these villagers to dance in that corner, hold a concert, or something like that.

Of course, what Kan Ze wants to report is not just this one thing.

To inform my lord, Kan Ze also said that there are some abnormalities in Guanzhong. I am afraid that they are coming for the new warships. I think they are mostly Jiangdong spies.

Kan Ze sat calmly, his voice was also very calm, and he spoke slowly one by one. He didn't look like a young man at all, but more like a middle-aged man in his forties.

Fei Qian, a new type of battleship, looked at Kan Ze and saw that someone deliberately displayed it.

Kan Ze's expression moved slightly, did the Lord want to lure him into the trap?

Fei Qian nodded.

Kan Ze understood and nodded in reply.

Fei Qian lightly knocked on the desk, and now he will settle the matter in Guanzhong first. As for the Hanzhong Five Pecks of Rice Sect, let's put it aside for now.

On the one hand, it was because Hanzhong Shangyong had just been pacified, so it was not the right time to stir up trouble. On the other hand, it was troublesome to track down things like the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, which were religious beliefs.

After all, these mediocre followers of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect are not Fei Qian's enemies in a sense, but just ignorant people. They may be exploited, but that is not the focus at the moment.

In addition, there are many folds in the mountains between Hanzhong and Shangyong, and the transportation is not as convenient as in Sanfu, Guanzhong. If we really want to investigate, we will definitely need a large number of manpower to go deep into the countryside, which will affect the situation to some extent. The layout and arrangement of Sanfu in Guanzhong.

Fei Qian thought about it and gave Kan Ze a suggestion. Does Derun know that there is a new dish called Chumi Duck recently?

Kan Ze nodded, indicating that he knew, but for a moment he couldn't figure out how this was related to what he reported.

Chumi duck, which is mainly made of rice, Derun might as well send someone to visit secretly. In restaurants around Chang'an, those people like this dish the most. It is not easy to eat dishes with Jingchu taste in the northwest. The thing is, after all, the soil and water nurture one people, and Guanzhong cuisine still tends to be northwest-style.

Kan Ze suddenly understood, then he said goodbye and left.

Pang Tong, who was sitting next to him, chuckled twice. I knew that my lord, you must be thinking about something when making this new dish. I really didn’t expect that it could be used in this way.

Fei Qian also laughed twice and said, what were you originally thinking?

For most people, they may only consider one aspect of the problem, but for people like Fei Qian and Pang Tong, it is certainly impossible to have only one way to eat a duck.

Pang Tong smiled, and his little eyes were almost slits. The rise of cannonballs before was just a bunch of pigs, and later, there were a bunch of chickens in the Western Regions, and there was a bunch of chickens. I originally thought that the master would let these guys go again. Raising ducks

Hahaha Feiqian nodded and said, there are also considerations in this regard, but Shiyuan, you missed one thing. This Chumi duck is mainly based on Chumi, and this rice is not found only in Jingchu.

Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, Jiaozhi?

Fei Qian smiled and nodded. There is a lot of rice in Jiaozhi in southern Sichuan and Sichuan to feed them. Of course, some leads are needed.

In addition to Chumi Duck, Fei Qian also plans to launch more dishes with rice as the main food or condiments. On the one hand, it will increase the happiness of the people, and on the other hand, it can also promote the sales of rice in Guanzhong, thereby increasing Increase its sales price to gain more economic benefits.

To put it simply, it is not about killing two birds with one stone, but about killing three birds with one stone.

In Tongguan, there is also such a duck.

Fan Cong.

Tongguan is undoubtedly the most solid barrier in Guanzhong. In front of this barrier, all the passes seem to be inferior. The defenders in Tongguan, even if there is no war, continue to drill every day, which makes Fan Cong feel worried. sad.

In particular, Fan Cong discovered that the wooden box he buried had been used, and he found contact marks in Xintongguan City.

Tongguan was once known as the fortress of peach groves, so there were many peach groves on the plateau.

As for why it is not in the city, that is because New Tongguan City is different from other counties in Sanfu, Chang'an. Almost all the facilities in Tongguan are for military use. It is a slightly safer place. In addition to Fan Cong's residence, there are also other places in the city. There was a restaurant, but since the last incident, Fan Cong felt as if someone was watching him everywhere in the city, making him afraid to meet in the city at all.

The peach groves in Tongguan are large or small. The large ones stretch for miles, which are the joy of literati. The small peach groves are scattered scattered, and few people go there. In addition, the peach blossoms have now reached the end of their flowering period, and there are far fewer gentry children who come to enjoy the flowers. For example, there are not many peach trees in the dense forest, and they will not set foot at all.

Fan Cong took a close guard to a forest. He looked at the yellow cloth tied to the branch of a tree on the outer edge of the forest, and then couldn't help but look left and right.

Lord Fan Cong's confidant's hand was in his arms, as if he was holding something. Is this where the man said he was?

Fan Cong nodded, with some worry in his eyes. It seemed that it was almost the time, and it should be here.

The two of them were in no mood to continue talking, so they just looked around uneasily. A gust of wind blew by, and the leaves in the forest swayed and rustled, making the two of them feel an uneasy feeling of emptiness.

Fan Cong is an undercover agent. At first, Fan Cong didn't think there was any difficulty in such a position. Wouldn't it be convenient to be an official in another place and secretly provide some information? He is also a civil servant. He will not be asked about killing enemies in battle or setting fire to the city. At most, he will find an opportunity to instigate some people to rebel. As long as he is careful, he may be more prosperous than serving as a local official in Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

But after the last incident of Tongguan's suppression of spies, Fan Cong truly realized that his career was not as beautiful as he imagined. Although he could receive two amounts of money, he would lose his head if he was not careful!

That day under Tongguan, the severed heads were piled up to form the Jingguan. The bloody heads either closed their eyes, stared, opened their mouths, or stuck out their tongues, dirty blood clots, scattered hair, and yellow and white bone marrow. , these scenes will appear in Fan Cong's dreams from time to time.

This kind of psychological pressure forced Fan Cong to write a letter to find some brothers from his hometown to serve as his bodyguards. Only by having similar blood can Fan Cong feel more at ease and have a moment of relaxation. Otherwise, the nerves that are tense all the time will simply kill you.

Fan Cong's close guard looked around uneasily. Although he held a sharp blade in his hand, he still didn't feel at ease. He originally thought that by joining Fan Cong, he would be able to eat, drink, and have meat and wine, but he didn't expect that his brother would be an undercover spy! He didn't dare to report it, because in the current era of the Han Dynasty, the emotional ties within the clan were far more important than the laws of the family and the country. But knowing the truth, he also had a potential anxiety disorder. He asked Fan Cong when he could go back. Fan Cong said that he always had to accumulate some merits before leaving, otherwise even if he went back, he wouldn't have a good position.

Therefore, after discovering the emergence of new contact signals, both of them had very complicated emotions.

Maybe after waiting for a long time, or maybe just waiting for a moment, the latest contact person finally appeared. Seeing the man wearing a familiar brocade robe walking over step by step, Fan Cong couldn't help but lick his dry lips, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Brother Fan, are you okay?

Fan Cong was silent, and then he saw a jade plaque in the visitor's hand. It is different from the jade Zhang that Fan Cong put in the wooden box, but a jade token that represents a certain identity.

The increased vigilance relaxed slightly. Fan Cong signaled to his confidants to take charge of the vigilance, and then took a step forward. I wonder what he called this gentleman?

My surname is Wei

Wei? Fan Cong frowned. He knew that this last name was probably fake. In Guanzhong, Wei Duan's surname is Wei. If he pretends to be a member of the Wei clan, there is a high probability that he will be discovered. Once discovered, he may be implicated. Therefore, Fan Cong was very rude and directly He said, I’m afraid this surname is not very good.

Mr. Wei who Qin An turned into seemed to understand Fan Cong's thoughts. He smiled and said: Don't worry, you won't be implicated.

Um? Fan Cong was stunned for a moment.

Although there are no traces of people around, the shorter the time between meeting, the smaller the risk of being discovered. Therefore, there is no time for small talk, so we can directly get to the point in a concise and concise manner.

What does Wei Langjun want? Fan Cong just reminded that he couldn't make any decisions for Wei Langjun.

Wei Langjun handed over a note and asked for a way out.

Fan Cong took it and looked at it. Is there anything else?

Wei Langjun shook his head and said: No more.

Fan Cong exhaled, OK. When it's done, I'll put it in the same place.

Wei Langjun nodded, yes.

Fan Cong put the note in his arms and left.

Wei Langjun watched Fan Cong leave, something seemed to be flashing in his eyes.

In Tongguan New City, the county government center is different from ordinary county towns. First of all, it is separated from the outside world by tall walls. The outside of the walls is made of four-finger-thick green bricks, and the inside is made of mixed rammed earth. It is unusual thick. There are also observation decks and walkways on the inside of the wall, with doors on three sides, connecting all the main thoroughfares in the city. There are also eight tall sentry towers at the four corners of the wall, which are manned by soldiers day and night.

This is the last line of defense for Tongguan New City. Of course, this is only for prevention and we do not hope that this line of defense will actually be used.

Within the county government office, Xu Huang and Ma Yue were working there.

Seeing that Xu Huang was about to be transferred from Tongguan and go to Sichuan to take up his post, Ma Yue became even more reluctant to leave Xu Gongming and wished he could be with Xu Gongming twelve hours a day.

Well, this has nothing to do with homosexuality or anything, it's just that the more Ma studied with Xu Huang, the more he discovered his own shortcomings, and then found that there were more things to learn. Xu Huang himself is quite a good person, and he is not bored by Ma Yue's advice. In addition, Xu Huang himself is also a military commander, and his methods of solving problems are basically close to actual military combat, unlike some literary works. Officials like that can't fart for a long time, or they beat around the bush and don't talk about practical operations. Therefore, it makes sense that Ma Yue is reluctant to leave Xu Huang.

However, the military order of General Hussar has been issued. This time Xu Huang and Wei Yan changed defenses. In a sense, it was more than a simple swap. Xu Huang also had some speculation in his mind, so it was impossible to postpone the departure date.

Although it was already approaching dusk, Ma Yue was still busy, while Xu Huang was more leisurely holding a book and sitting aside. Since some time ago, all the affairs of Tongguan, large and small, have been handed over to Ma Yue. Xu Huang just watched and let Ma Yue make decisions on general matters without giving any guidance.

Unless there are some problems with the handling of some incidents, or some relatively important matters, Xu Huang will have suggestions.

What does Brother Gongming think about this matter? Ma Yue asked, holding the latest report. The thief finally made a move.

Fan Cong's suspicion in the city was not groundless. Someone was indeed watching him. When he went out of the city to see Wei Langjun, Ma Yue naturally knew about it.

What are you going to do? Xu Huang did not answer, but asked instead.

Ma Yue frowned and thought for a while, then naturally he kept a close eye on them, and then found an opportunity to catch these two thieves in one go!

Xu Huang smiled and shook his head.

inappropriate? Ma Yue pondered for a moment. Is it possible to let the man named Fan go and catch the new one?

Xu Huang put down the scroll, looked at Ma Yue and said: Think about it, why did the lord leave such a hole before?

Ma Yue blurted out, naturally to lure the snake out of its hole! Isn't the thief here now?

Xu Huang nodded, shook his head again, and said: This is one of them.

Ma Yue took a breath, frowned and began to think deeply. He had no idea for a while, then he handed over his hands to Xu Huanggong and asked Brother Gongming for advice.

Xu Huang thought for a while, sighed slightly, looked at Ma Yue and said, "There are basically no mistakes on your side regarding military orders. But when you encounter such a spy, my suggestion is to write a secret letter first." Report it directly to the lord, and then take action according to the lord's order. Do not act rashly. If what I expected is correct, this is just a trial.

Sometimes some gaps cannot be completely bridged by hard work. Ma Yue's military ability was okay, but in terms of strategy, there was a gap between him and Xu Huang.

Test? Ma Yue raised his eyebrows.

That's right, just like a fish always touches it a few times before eating the bait