The Neiwei Mansion is located next to the Jiuyuan County Government. It covers an area of ​​ten acres, with high walls and deep courtyards. It has a secret prison inside. Once it is taken into the Neiwei Mansion, it will be difficult to get out unless it is very innocent.

Li Shouzhong walked into the gate of the inner guards with the inner guards uneasy and into a small room where an officer sat, and four strong men stood beside him, staring at him fiercely.

"Kneel down!" a big man shouted.

Li Shouzhong had no choice but to kneel down. The officer glanced at him, "What's the name? Where did you come from? What business do you do?"

"The villain Li Shouzhong, a merchant from Lishi County, Hedong, came to Wuyuan County to sell goods."

"What goods are sold? Where are the tax bills?"

"It's all daily foods, tea, sugar, paper, pen and stationery."

Li Shouzhong took out a tax bill from his arms. This was the certificate he obtained when he first entered Wuyuan County. A big man took it and handed it to the officer. The officer took a look and said, "The soldiers guarding the city said that you have not paid enough taxes and are suspected of tax evasion, so I will review you."

Li Shouzhong's heart suddenly relaxed. It turned out that it was because of this matter. He thought that his identity had been leaked. It was probably because there was no benefit from the officers guarding the city when they entered the city, so they took revenge on themselves. He hurriedly said, "Mr., when we pay taxes, we put all the goods down and the tax officials checked and approved it before paying taxes. I absolutely did not deliberately evade taxes."

"It's hard to say that some businessmen still have jewelry on their bodies. When we verify it clearly, if there is no problem, we will naturally let you go."

The officer winked at the big man next to him, and the big man walked forward. "Come with me!"

He took Li Shouzhong to the next room to imprison him. The officer immediately got up and walked towards the inner courtyard. In the lobby of the inner courtyard, more than a dozen officials from the inner court were surrounded by a table. There were three horizontal knives on the table. These three knives were the horizontal knives that Li Shouzhong and his men were confiscated when they entered the city. Generally, there would be no problem with swords, but Li Shouzhong and his group of eight carried three horizontal knives, and they were numbered continuously, which aroused the vigilance of the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

All three horizontal knives were numbered. A civilian officer was checking the source of the number. He had a thick ordnance numbering book in his hand, which was a copy they bought from military weapon supervisors for a lot of money.

The Neiwei Prefecture is also the general intelligence agency of the Fengzhou Army. The commander was named Wei Ben. He was one of Yang Yuanqing's iron guards. His chief was Xie Sili. He was a scholar who joined the army in Dunhuang. He was born in the famous Xie family in Jiangnan. The eighteen young civil officials who joined the army in Dunhuang then gradually became important civil officials in the army and took on the responsibility.

The officer who interrogated Li Shouzhong came in and saluted the governor Wei Ben. Reported: "The businessman has brought him, and he has temporarily stabilized him."

Wei Ben nodded, "Continue to stabilize him, don't let him be suspicious. Send someone to check his goods, and do it a little more like it."

"Yes!" The officer turned around and went down.

At this time, Xie Sili, who was looking for the number, smiled, "I found it!"

He put the numbers together at the corner and closed it: "These three horizontal swords are all from Taiyuan County soldiers, and are one of the two thousand horizontal swords sent to Li Yuan in January this year."

Wei Ben pondered for a moment, "You must report this matter to the general manager immediately!"

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A quarter of an hour later, Wei Ben and Xie Sili appeared in the office of Yang Yuanqing of the General Administration Office. After listening to the two of them report the situation, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "Where are other weapons with three horizontal knives?"

"Other weapons are very ordinary. Although they are well-made, they are not items from military weapons prisons."

Wei Ben hesitated for a moment and said, "I am also worried that these three horizontal swords would flow out of the military camp. It is very common for mainland soldiers to steal and sell weapons."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Taiyuan Mansion doesn't. Li Yuan has always been cautious and has been very strict with this kind of matter. More importantly, this is a knife with a number of numbers. The two thousand knives led by Li Yuan are ranked in the top ten, which means that this is likely to be used by his personal guards."

Yang Yuanqing pondered again, "There are ways to determine that there are many differences between soldiers and ordinary businessmen, such as horse riding postures, walking postures and his words and behaviors, etc., so you can observe them."

Xie Sili asked: "Master, if you can be sure, should you take the opportunity to pull them out?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled, "Put out the old ones, the new ones will come. Actually, I know very well about that grocery store. If it is really a piece of information point in Fengzhou, why can't it be used for us?"

Wei Ben and Xie Sili looked at each other. They understood what Yang Yuanqing meant. They hurriedly saluted, "Then let's make arrangements now!"

"Si Li stayed for a little while!"

Wei Ben went first, Xie Sili stood aside, waiting for Yang Yuanqing's orders. Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and said, "Your clan brother has done a good job in Shangluo County and has been promoted to Guoyi Captain."

Xie Sili's clan brother is Xie Yingdeng, both of whom are descendants of the Xie family in Jiangnan. Their fathers are brothers. After Nanchen was destroyed, Xie Sili's father was exiled to Dunhuang, while Xie Yingdeng's father was escorted to Chang'an. The two families often had contacts. Xie Yingdeng lived in the Xie family in Dunhuang County for three years when he was a teenager. Two years ago, Xie Sili introduced Xie Yingdeng to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing asked Xie Yingdeng to follow Yang Wei to Hongnong County and saved Yang Xuangan at the most critical moment. Now Xie Yingdeng has become Yang Xuangan's confidant general.

Xie Sili was extremely smart. He immediately guessed what Yang Yuanqing meant, "Does the manager want me to go to Luo County too?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded in appreciation. Xie Sili was indeed smart and immediately guessed his thoughts. He pondered: "I received information from the capital. Yang Guang ordered Yundingxing to build a new ship within two months. I guess he was going to Jiangdu to arrange his own retreat. If Yang Guang went to Jiangdu, then my father's chance to make a comeback will come. However, most of the Yang family members are stupid people and cannot achieve great things. You will join Xie Yingdeng as the Dunhuang Xie Yingdeng and ask Xie Yingdeng to introduce you to my father. I will let Yang Wei speak for you and strive to become my father's confidential person after the uprising, and entrust with important tasks."

Xie Sili nodded silently, and he gave a deep bow, "The humble position will not disappoint the general manager!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled again and said, "You can bring more than a dozen military guard soldiers to come and pretend to be the generals of the Xie family. In the future, they can become your helpers."

"Thank you, General Manager, I will get up immediately!"

Xie Sili left, Yang Yuanqing slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back. More than a dozen chrysanthemums in the yard were blooming brightly, pure and elegant, grinding and colorful. There were still a few plants in bud to bloom. They had to undergo another severe frost before they could show their charm. In a few months, the eleventh year of Daye was about to end.

The situation in the Central Plains is becoming clearer and clearer. Li Yuan has accumulated strength in Taiyuan and is ready to move; Li Mi conquered Li Yangcang and shocked the world; Dou Jiande is powerful and swept Hebei; Du Fuwei is traversing the Jianghuai River and is showing his domineering spirit; Xiao Xianlong is about to roar into the sky, and Yang Guang fled to Jiangdu, which means the beginning of the world's hegemony. This day is getting closer and closer.

Yang Yuanqing only felt a heat in his chest surging, and he had been waiting for many years at this moment.

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On the grassland south of the Turkic Tooth Treasure on the Egen River, a team of more than 100 Sui soldiers guarded several civil servants slowly walked in the north. The civil servant was over thirty years old, with deep eyebrows and deep eyes and bright eyes. It was the military householder Cao Sen of Fengzhou who served in the military service of Wei Zheng. He was ordered by Yang Yuanqing to go on a mission to the Turkic. After more than ten days of long journey, he was about to arrive at the important place of the Turkic Tooth Treasure.

At this time, a group of more than a thousand Turkic cavalrymen rushed over from a distance, instantly surrounded the Sui army and pointed their bows at them. The Turkic commander drove his horse out and shouted loudly: "Why did the bandits in the Sui Dynasty invade the Turkic territory!"

After the Yanmen battle, the Sui and Tu families had completely broken their faces and became enemy countries. The trade between the Turks and the Sui Dynasty was cut off. The Turkic soldiers were extremely hated when they saw the Sui army, and their attitude was no longer as respectful as before.

Wei Zheng said calmly: "I am the envoy of Fengzhou, and I will go to the Turks under the order of General Yang to meet you Khan!"

Wei Zheng spoke Chinese, and a person next to him was engaged in the translation into Turkic language. When Turkic soldiers heard that it was the Sui army in Fengzhou, they were frightened and retreated one after another. The Turkic people believed in the strong and their strength. At this time, Yang Yuanqing's reputation in the Turkic period was far greater than that of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

When the commander of the thousand-man heard that it was an envoy sent by Yang Yuanqing, he did not dare to do anything randomly, so he said, "There is a restricted area in front of him. Please follow us. If you break freely, you will be killed!"

After being engaged in translator, Wei Zheng smiled slightly, "Then please!"

The commander of the thousand-man waved his hand and the Turkic soldiers were divided into two teams, monitoring the Sui army toward the Turkic tent.

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During the battle of Yanmen, although the Turkic army lost nearly 200,000 people, it did not hurt the Turkic energy. Most of the nearly 200,000 troops were Tieler's servants, and the Turkic army had only more than 40,000 deaths, and was killed by Yang Yuanqing in Guanxi.

The biggest loss of the Turks was Shibi Khan's prestige. On the way back, the Turkic Mengwu tribe was extremely dissatisfied with Shibi Khan's command. The great chief Wanda and several other tribal chiefs prepared to attack Shibi Khan at night to welcome Wutu as Khan. However, the matter was leaked, and Shibi Khan took the lead and killed Wanda and annexed 20,000 troops of the Mengwu tribe.

Although this is just a small episode, it indicates that Shibi Khan's status began to shake and his prestige was greatly damaged. The Turks themselves were a large group composed of countless tribes. The Turks did not rely on benevolence to maintain the system, but rely on military merits, interests, and the prestige of the strong to make the major tribes surrender. Once the Turks Khan loses these three things, his status will be in danger.

For the past ten days, Shibi Khan Duji was extremely worried. The defeat of Yanmen made him unable to explain to the Turks. His generals were also dissatisfied. This time he went south to lose a large amount of cattle and sheep, but he did not get any benefits.

In the tent, Duji paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He had to do another big thing to restore his damaged reputation and maintain his Khan's position.

Attacking the Western Turks, attacking the Wutu tribe, then attacking the Sui Dynasty, or attacking the Khitan in the east were nothing more than these four choices, and he was unsure of his mind for a moment.

At this time, a guard outside the tent reported: "Yang Yuanqing of Fengzhou sent an envoy to come!"

Duji was stunned, and he hurriedly said, "Please come in."

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