Three Kingdoms

You Wensi.把

An expanded meeting on the Yu Zhangcun case is in progress.

After Kan Ze summoned Li Zheng, he also summoned Ma Gang and some related staff from the Youwen Department.

People like Zhang Cun, to say they are stupid, are really stupid, but that does not mean that stupid people can die at will, or be deprived of their lives.

Zhang Cun did cause trouble to Qiusi, but doing trouble did not mean that he had to die.

Perhaps on a certain level, whether Zhang Cun lives or dies, it is more like a provocation to the hussar.

Seeing that Zhang Cun was still alive and failed to provoke Hussar on the Western Region matter, was he going to use his death to frame Hussar and use him as trash?

"There is a loophole in this thief's plan..."

Kan Ze said with bright eyes, "If Zhang Shizi is arrested and imprisoned on the spot in Zhijian Court, then the person hiding behind Zhang Shizi will be exposed..."

It's just that it is not a good thing for the Zhijian Yuan to arrest Zhang Cun on the spot, especially in front of such onlookers, and to torture him to extract a confession. This will lead to worse effects, so this loophole is not big, even if it is If you have doubts, you won't do it.

After all, it feels like the gain is not worth the loss, in order to catch a suspected spy and then use Qiusi's name on it.

"It's just that a mistake is still a mistake. In order to make up for this mistake," Kan Ze said slowly, "Zhang's son must die." But this time it was our negligence... From Zhang Shizi, it can be seen that the enemy has changed from the activities of spies themselves to using instigation, inducement and other means to let ordinary people act as their minions... This is The latest changes have been heard by everyone in the department and they need to be cautious. If we want to investigate from now on, we must also investigate behind this person..."

"Otherwise, there may be a second Zhang son..."

Kan Ze emphasized.

The people sitting around nodded.把

This is indeed a new change.

The spies who came to Chang'an before, whether they were instigating or sabotaging, were basically "hands-on" by themselves. At most, they bribed some greedy people as subordinates, but most of these temporary bribed subordinates would not be involved in the core issues. In many cases, It's a strike. But this time the incident is different. Zhang Shizi participated as a major figure and absorbed most of Youwensi's attention.

Because Zhang Cun's personal file was relatively clean, the Youwen Division's alarm was not triggered as soon as Zhang Cun appeared.

Most people's evaluation of Zhang Cun is like an advocate who wants to impress the public.

This was the first judgment made by Youwensi after discovering some unusual behavior in Zhang Cun.

It was this judgment that led to the Youwen Division not following up on Zhang Cun in a timely manner.

It wasn't until Zhang Cun died that Youwensi smelled the familiar smell hidden behind Zhang Cun.把

Ma Gang coughed slightly, and then glanced at Li Zhigang on one side, "Director, is this... the outside chess piece... maybe exposed?" Or maybe the chess piece regretted it again? 』

"impossible! ” Li Cheng, who was mainly responsible for the cordon and perimeter defense, frowned and retorted, “Ma Zuoshi, you were also promoted from Tongguan. Do you think there is a loophole in the layout of Tongguan? If there are loopholes, where are they? How can you just talk nonsense? 』

Ma Gang coughed again, "I'm just guessing..."

Ma Gang was previously in charge of Fan Cong's case, so if Fan Cong really missed someone or something happened, he would be somewhat jointly and severally responsible, so he must clear up these relationships first.

"guess? snort! Random guesses can kill people! "Li Zhizhang looked at Ma Gang with disdain and said, "My suggestion is to strengthen observation and re-examine the words and deeds of the chess piece in the recent period. If there is conclusive evidence, we can deal with it instead of making random guesses! 』

Kan Ze stopped such meaningless accusations and shirks, and gave the two men corresponding warnings with his eyes, "Ma Zuoshi, you are responsible for Mao Ling." Li is engaged, you are responsible for the outside line. Now it’s not about whose responsibility it is, but about solving the problem. It's okay to speculate, but in the end it has to be grounded in facts and evidence! 』

The next two people responded in unison.把

Indeed. The game of espionage has always been a combination of intelligence and force. It is not a big problem to use intuition or guessing occasionally, but if all actions are supported by intuition and guessing...

The greater the authority, the more caution is needed.

Moreover, the chess pieces in Tongguan are only people from Shandong. If the people coming are from Jiangdong, they will naturally not know. Of course, there is also a possibility that the Shandong forces discovered that Fan Cong might have a problem after Cao An's death, so the newcomers to Chang'an bypassed Fan Cong and did not contact Fan Cong, so they were not exposed.

"Now that Dali Temple has closed the case on the grounds that the thief was greedy for money, in order to calm down the matter, the spy will definitely be dissatisfied..." Kan Ze said in a deep voice, "Zhang's son dies, and if the spy is hiding here, there will be no follow-up, I will It will be difficult to search for it...but now..."

Kan Ze became serious and said, "Starting immediately, send out more secret guards and spies!" Follow the clues, look for anomalies, and report them if you find anything! No delay, no slacking off! If anyone makes another mistake and loses the face of Youwen Secretary... please take care of yourself! Do you understand? 』

Including Ma and Li, everyone in the hall stood up one after another and responded in unison.

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Dali Temple.

"My lord, is this clan case really settled like this?" ” Sima Yi’s confidants were a little puzzled, “Will this make people think that Dali Temple... this... has been a little careless in settling the case... How much will it hinder the reputation of the Lord? 』

"Fame?" Sima Yi smiled and said, "Dali Temple... doesn't need a good reputation..."

Sima Yi may have originally been a person who attached great importance to practicality, or his style of doing things was formed under the influence of Huqi after coming to Chang'an. Sima Yi's attitude towards personal fame was actually not as important as his uncle Sima Hui's.

In other words, as long as Sima Hui is still there, then Sima Yi does not need to make too much effort in this area.

Just like this time.

It can be said that the case was decided in a confused manner.把

After all, it is not true that he should be executed immediately after being executed in prison. If the spy cannot be caught by autumn, Sima Yi would have to change the verdict.

And Sima Yi didn't think You Wen Si was that incompetent. It may have been calculated in the beginning, but if the spy can't be caught with Sima Yi's cooperation, then... it's time to take a beating.

What's more, Sima Yi just arrived in front of Fei Qian and made a wave of presence. Now it is most important to calm down and do things immediately, instead of continuing to jump around and make people disgusted.

In Chang'an, Sima Yi felt that he couldn't just bow his head and do things. Although everyone would say that it was within their duties, they couldn't really do everything "within their duties", otherwise they would be easily ignored. Even if No matter how much you do, you may not be able to make Qiao Qi remember it. After all, there are too many capable people in Chang'an.

But you can't show it too much all the time...

Just like Yuwenji.

In the past, when Wen Si was unknown, no one would be on guard against anything he collected, but it's different now. Although you Wensi doesn't have rats on the street and everyone shouts and beats them, there are more and more cases where they just hide and run away when they see them.把

The qiusi must have noticed this, so he pushed the examination department to the front...

How many corrupt officials were investigated some time ago, and Sima Yi knew it best in Dali Temple. These corrupt officials don't dare to have too many complaints against Qiusi. Well, even if they have any resentment, they can only be kept in their stomachs, but most of them are not friendly towards Youwen Si's words. .

Yuwen Si is indeed too jealous.

Now Kan Ze needs an opportunity to change everyone's attitude towards Youwen Si.

For example, what happened in Zhangcun.

Therefore, if Dali Temple behaves stupidly and gives the stage to Youwen Si, it will not damage Dali Temple's impression in the hearts of the Hussar. On the contrary, it will increase his points. At the same time, he can get a favor from Youwen Si. Why not? Why not?

"Spies, naturally they want to cause chaos in Chang'an..." Sima Yi smiled and said softly, "If it were me, I would definitely think so and do it... Well, at least I would send someone to do it... 』怊

"Shandong is too far away from the Western Regions... If they want to get the news, they can't send people to the Western Regions to check in person, so they can only use the spies sent to Chang'an to understand the true changes in the Western Regions..." Sima Yi touched his eyebrows. It seems to be a matter of course that it is as simple as one plus one equals two. "Instructing Zhang Shizi to directly remonstrate is to test... The test failed, so I attacked Zhang Shizi. This is also to test..."

"In order to disrupt Chang'an, he did not hesitate to put himself in danger. This spy is really..."

"Do your best! 』

Sima Yi was obviously in a good mood, so he gave his confidant a little explanation.

As a spy, one is to obtain information, and the other is to cause damage. There are many forms of destruction, such as assassination, confusion, incitement, arson, etc.

Moreover, Sima Yi also speculated that it was Zhang Cun himself who was a petty official who came back from the Western Regions that was targeted by spies. Perhaps at the beginning, the spy just wanted to obtain some information about the Western Regions from Zhang Cun, but to his surprise, the spy discovered that Zhang Cun himself was so stupid, so he followed the trend and made an additional plan...

In Zhang Cun's direct remonstrance, he undoubtedly exaggerated the disaster situation in the Western Regions, and then pointed the finger directly at the Hussars. This behavior was undoubtedly extremely stupid, but it was extremely misleading. The spies can take advantage of this to test the true situation in the Western Region.把

If the Western Region is safe, or if the problem is not serious at all, then Zhang Cun's so-called exaggerated description will be exposed immediately and unceremoniously, and he will not even be able to reach the Zhijian Courtyard...

Of course, there is another situation, that is, the problem in the Western Regions is too big, and Chang'an needs to cover it up. But if it is covered up, another discussion, an incident, or something else will happen in Chang'an, and then the Western Regions will be covered up. The matter must be covered up, so it will inevitably be delayed first, and then handled as quietly as possible.

Now Zhang Cun's direct remonstrance, as well as the relevant officials' reactions, show that there is indeed a problem in the Western Regions.

At the same time, during Zhang Cun's direct remonstrance, it was also revealed that Chang'an still did not have an accurate plan for the Western Region strategy. Of course, this can also be learned from the actions of the Senate or other institutions. This is not a great secret. The core issue is what the Hussars are going to do and what is going on in the Western Regions.

Zhang Cun did not complete the corresponding task well. He was easily sprayed out of his mind by Mi Heng and returned home defeated. Zhang Cun lost his value, and there was a hidden danger of exposing the spy himself, so the spy killed Zhang Cun and then made more noise to test the Hussar's response and deduce the status of the Western Region...

Making trouble by the way.

"So the Lord has closed the case," Sima Yi's confidant asked, "and then the spy has to jump out again?" 』怊

Sima Yi smiled and nodded.

The laws of the Han Dynasty were relatively rough, and there was no information on what to do if an official misjudged a case, or how to compensate for it, so Sima Yi directly decided to close the case within the "reasonable" range.

This judgment obviously dissatisfied the spy. It took a lot of effort to get Zhang Cun to make a big fuss in the Zhijian Yuan, and then killed Zhang Cun and wrote the words pointing to Hussar. How could Sima Yi make the whole incident so simple based on the so-called "killing for greed of money"? An end?

What's more, if it's "killing for money", then how to explain the most important words written in blood?

Sima Yi smiled and looked forward to it, "The more you do, the more marks you will leave..."

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Liu Ci realized something was wrong...

There was such a big movement in the inn, it was impossible to even think about it.

Liu Ci wanted to jump out angrily and shout at those guys who were chattering about ghosts and gods. Could this be ghosts and gods? Can't you see the big and spicy words "Hussar harmed me"?

But he knew he couldn't jump out, or even stay by the inn and talk too much.

There are people from Wensi over there.

Inside the inn, outside the inn.

so many people……

Liu Ci used his real name. His real name was Liu Ci. So he can only act like a really curious person, listen, oh, forget it, and can't say more.把

His place of birth, origins, and so on are all true, so he is not afraid of anyone checking them.

The only thing hidden was Liu Ci's identity as a school official.

It is not difficult to conceal this, because the school affairs organization is small and has few personnel, and there are not many connections between them. Many people under Cao Cao do not know who else is the school affairs minister besides Lu Hong and Zhao Da. Or a few more people.

This world is very unfair.

It is unfair to be born. Some people will be born in Yingchuan, while others will be born in Guangling. Some people will live in Chang'an, and some people will live in Luoyang.

Liu Ci lived in Luoyang before. It is impossible to say that he would have been in the same family as the imperial relatives of the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago. But the same surname is Liu, and they may have the same bloodline, but some Liu family members can be happy, wealthy and calm, but he has to struggle constantly since he was a child, climbing up to avoid falling into the quagmire...

Would you rather die to keep your bones?把

Wouldn't it be better for him to be alive and drag his tail in the middle of the painting?

Zhuangzi said, "I will drag my tail in the paint." 』

Everyone sighs that Zhuangzi's character has been passed down through the ages, but how many people know that Zhuangzi was born into a noble family of Chu State, and came from a famous family? Zhuangzi could be fishing in the Pu River while thinking about the world, imagining Kunpeng and butterflies, feeling that he was dragging his tail in the middle of Tu, but Zhuangzi really knew that he was in the middle of Tu, and his mouth, eyes, ears and nose were buried and blocked by sand. The pain caused by the sand and gravel on the body?

We don’t have to worry about food and clothing. Naturally, the days are sweet and the sky is blue.

Worrying about food and clothing will naturally lead to stumbling forward and a long way to go.

If Zhuangzi was just a fisherman in the state of Chu, who had to support his family every day. A day without fishing meant a day without food. He had to pay taxes from time to time every year, month and month, and had to take care of the young and old at home. Then would Zhuangzi still lament? Heaven and earth, when the officials of the Chu State came to invite him to serve, he would still say that he would not wear a long robe and not be an official, but would rather drag his tail in the middle of the painting?

Liu Ci didn't know what Zhuangzi would think if he became a poor family instead of a noble. He just knew that if he wanted to live a better life, he had to work hard, even more than those children of high families and surnames. , exceed ten times, twenty times, a hundred times the effort.把

Among these efforts, of course, life, one's own or others', is included.

Even so, it still may not be able to catch up with those who are superior from birth...

Liu Ci didn't mind killing Zhang Cun, or even killing a few more Zhang Cun. What he cared about was whether he could achieve results.

In the beginning, the effect was pretty good.

As expected, Zhang Cun was so fooled by Liu Ci that he ran to remonstrate with him. As long as the remonstrance is successful, Zhang Cun will definitely get some information, such as participating in some strategic discussions in the Western Regions, arrangements for officials, etc., and he may even be enraged by Qiusi and imitate Emperor Xiaowu and dispatch him to In the Western Region, Liu Ci can then use the excuse of advancing and retreating with Zhang Cun to get more accurate information about the Western Region from Zhang Cun...

It is not difficult to get to Chang'an from Luoyang. It was not difficult to go to the Western Regions from Chang'an before. However, since some changes in the Western Regions, it has become more difficult to go to the Western Regions.

One is the reduction of caravans, which makes it more difficult to pretend to be a businessman. Merchants are the ones who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Although the Western Region seems to have a lot of profits due to the high prices, the risk level has also skyrocketed. I heard that many goods have been detained directly in Xihai City, and they have lost all their money. What businessman dares to go? A strange businessman suddenly appears and insists on going to the Western Regions. Doesn't it arouse suspicion?把

On the other hand, there are fewer ordinary people going to the Western Regions...

In Liu Ci's original idea, he originally planned to go to Longyou, because Longyou might have some connection with the Western Regions and was also closer to the Western Regions, so he might not be able to find out more news about the Western Regions. But then he discovered that, It was already too late, Longyou began to implement military control, and he could not go without the relevant documents.

This is very wrong.

From this, Liu Ci believed that something big had happened in the Western Regions, but in Chang'an, there was very little relevant news.

Of course, Liu Ci could choose to say that he had tried his best, and then stay in Chang'an, waiting for further changes in the Western Regions before passing it on to Shandong, but Liu Ci knew that if that time came, ordinary people in Chang'an would know the news. , what’s the use of passing it back? What can be proved? Can he add merit to himself?

Now, it seems that it is time for him to work hard to live and prove himself. Even if he knows that there are thorns and traps on the road, what can he do?

Should we climb to the shore or continue to drag our tail in the mire?把

Liu Ci wanted to do more and try harder, but he was obviously not strong enough alone. He couldn't gain anything from the Zhangcun incident, which was currently being turned to the aspect of ghosts and gods, so he needed extra manpower and more financial support.

Try again.

Breaking through is a step up.

If you can't get through...

Liu Ci thought for a long time and decided to take some risks and contacted Fan Cong.

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