Inside the Yanmen Pass, before dawn.

Du Changguo, the supervising army, sat in front of Sun Tu and a few people with a bad face, and listened to them explain their intentions. Anyone else would be unhappy to be called out of bed in the middle of the night, not to mention that he was sick and had to cough low twice from time to time.

And when he finally understood their intentions, Du Jianjun's face was even more gloomy: "Are you two suspecting that this official is a Liao spy?" ”

"I don't dare, but the matter is big, and the lower officials can only do business, and I hope the prison army can understand!" Tian Boyuan spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, facing the other party's unkind gaze, but also a little bold and responsible.

And this naturally made Du Changguo more and more annoyed, and slammed a few cases: "Bold, do you know what you're talking about?" Dare to frame this official like this without evidence and no evidence, is it really that there is no royal law in this Yanmen Pass? How do you want to? Take down the official on the spot, and then torture it can't be done? Do you have the guts? ”

The barrage of questions kept falling on Tian Boyuan's face, which made him feel a little weak, and his momentum weakened a lot in an instant. He really thought about things simple just now, now that the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty are in charge, the military generals can only bow their heads and obey orders, and there are really few people who can not take these civil officials too seriously like Sun Tu. What's more, he really didn't dare to bite the other party's problem, and there was no evidence in his hand, so why should he start?

But the words were already full, and he couldn't just shrink back, so he could only say with a straight face: "Du Jianjun, the lower official didn't say what he really wanted to do to you, didn't he come to discuss with you?" You don't want someone outside to make irresponsible remarks about you being related to the Liao people, right? Therefore, Xia Guan thinks that it is better to let my people check it, such as taking a look at all the documents here to see if there is anything suspicious, and then ......"

"Presumptuous! This officer, here are you free to search? Is it true that the official is a suspect? Tian Boyuan, if you ask if this official is a spy of the Liao State, I can tell you now, no! This official is from a dignified Song Jinshi, how can he have anything to do with such a barbarian? Also, really, this Yanmen Pass is still under my control, and you have no right to search me at all......" Indeed, in terms of the official positions and status of both sides, he, the prison army, is a lot higher than Tian Boyuan, and even Tian Boyuan has to listen to his orders.

At this time, Tian Boyuan is completely out of choice, although he really wants to give an order, he is the main general of the two who is more prestigious, but this is to completely tear his face, if the other party is not a spy, it will really be endless trouble.

Seeing Tian Boyuan's helplessness, Sun Tu knew that this wicked man had to be the one to blame. Immediately, he coughed lowly: "Du Jianjun, Ben Hou has heard that the reason why this city is so messy is all thanks to you, I don't know if you have anything to explain about it?" ”

These words made Du Changguo, who was still aggressive, suddenly stunned, and he was still quite afraid of this Sun Tu. Even though it was only the first time I met him, Sun Tu's name had been heard for a long time, and he knew what he had done. It can be said that among the hundreds of military generals in the Great Song Dynasty today, this Sun Tu may not have the greatest credit, but his reputation among civil officials is the greatest, of course, this is all notoriety.

Du Changguo was a little wary in his heart just now, but now when he saw Sun Tu really speak, he felt even more heartbroken, but his face was still that imposing look: "What, do you want to interfere in the affairs of my Yanmen Pass?" Aren't you afraid that this official will accuse you of a crime of trespassing to the court? ”

There is nothing wrong with his response, the most criticized thing in officialdom is to act as a substitute, unless the status is high to a certain point, almost no one dares to ask about things that are not within your position. In Du Changguo's view, this kind of officialdom taboo, no matter how bold Sun Tu is, he doesn't dare to touch it.

But the truth was unexpected, Sun Tu only stared at his eyes and said: "Benhou came north by order to help my army break through Liao, as for where to start, at least no one has mentioned it yet." Yanmen Pass is now in a predicament, and it is related to the safety of the Central Plains and the victory or defeat of the front line, Ben Hou thinks that at least at present, there is nothing more important than finding out the traitors of the Liao State. So now that I know about this matter, I will investigate it to the end, no matter who the spy behind the scenes is or what his identity is, don't try to escape my investigation! ”

Sun Tu's words were not big, nor were they in a hurry, but the tone of Senran, the powerful aura, and the cold killing intent that he had been carrying suddenly made Du Changguo's heart cold, and his complexion finally changed: "You ......"

"Du Jianjun, you are not afraid of shadows, if you are not a spy, how can you be afraid of me to investigate? Unless you have ghosts! Moreover, the chaos between the military and the people in the Guannei is indeed caused by you, and this is exactly what the Liao people outside the city want to see, your suspicion is not small, do you really plan to carry it to the end? Sun Tu continued to put pressure on him, and as he said this, several of his subordinates in the room had already put their hands on their swords at their waists, and it seemed that they might be difficult to move at any time.

"You ......" Du Changguo's face was full of confusion, after all, this is a matter of his own dignity, if he let these Qiu Ba search his residence indiscriminately, once it spreads, it will really become a big joke in Shilin.

But in the face of Sun Tu's aggressive rhetoric and momentum, his persistence has collapsed. He could see that Sun Tu was by no means just talking, this was a master who really dared to kill officials. After a long time, he finally bowed his head and confessed: "Since you want to investigate, this official will let you investigate." But there is one thing, if there is something missing in my room, I will only ask you! This official is innocent, how can he be afraid of you, but it is just for the safety of my Yanmen Pass. ”

Seeing that he finally relented, Tian Boyuan was greatly relieved, he was really at a loss just now. At the same time, it also made him pay more respect to Sun Tu, this is the real hero in the army, compared to Yi, he is so useless and small.

Sun Tu frowned and glanced at Du Changguo, who had already gotten up and walked out, and the other party's attitude made him begin to feel that this person was innocent. Because if he really has a problem, he should be more persistent, at least until he really turns his face and does it. Of course, it is not ruled out that he has already cleaned up all the clues, so he is not afraid to search by himself at all, but in this way, why block it like just now? Anyway, either way, it's hard to find anything from the search here.

As a result, as Sun Tu expected, although his subordinates had searched very carefully, they almost turned the courtyard upside down, but they still failed to find any valuable clues. As for comparing Du Changguo's handwriting, it made these warriors feel even more headaches.

This sounds like a lot of fun compared to handwriting, but in fact, if you are not a master, you can see the subtle similarities between the two texts from the details such as the movement of the pen and the pen, otherwise as long as the other party deliberately makes a little cover-up, it is enough to hide from the eyes of most people.

And the text on the cloth in Sun Tu's hand looks very different from Du Changguo's usual calligraphy, and it is completely two styles. In this way, it is even more certain that this matter has nothing to do with him, at least not because he handed over the cloth to Lao Guan.

It wasn't until he confirmed that he was innocent that Du Changguo's momentum was enough: "Now I know that this official has nothing to do with this, Yue Hou, this official has already written down this matter, and he will report it later." Today, he was disgraced, and he naturally hated Sun Tu greatly.

Sun Tu didn't care too much, but just replied: "It's easy to say." However, the gathering of the people in Guanzhong is your intention, and there are many inappropriate things in this matter, and Benhou will also report it truthfully. In addition, today we will completely clear this hidden danger from the customs, and hope that the prison army will not hinder it. ”

"You ......" Du Changguo was immediately annoyed, but Sun Tu didn't mean to talk to him at all, turned around and left. At this time, the sky was already clear, and they still needed to check a few other suspicious people, so naturally they would not delay here any longer.

With this experience, it was much easier to interrogate several other military counselors. They didn't dare to disobey, after all, even the dignified Du Jian army had their residences searched, what were the few of them? Even these people are worried that once they get a little hindered, they will be labeled as suspects, so they naturally cooperate very well, not only let them search their residences and public houses at will, but even cooperate with writing words with their left and right hands at the same time to let people inquire, and the result is the same, there is no problem, they are all innocent.

After such an inquiry, half a day passed, and seeing that it was close to noon, even those people were arranged by the guards to start going out of the south gate and settled down outside the gate.

After such a toss, he didn't get anything, which made Tian Boyuan a little deflated: "This guy hides so deeply, I have spent so much effort, and I still haven't found anything...... General Sun, isn't it true that Lao Guan is just that person, but there is no more important spy? Or maybe the spy is actually hidden among those people, if this is the case, it is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

Sun Tu was also full of doubts at this time, the cloth in his hand had been turned over and over for a long time, and the words on it had been imprinted in his heart, and he could recite it backwards, but there was still no gain. Hearing the question, he tightened his eyebrows: "It's difficult to do both of what you said." After all, Lao Guan is just an ordinary soldier, and he has responsibilities at all times, how can he know the time of all the military ration routes? Also, it is even more impossible for those people to grasp these military affairs, and even the time of their arrival is random. There must be something that we have overlooked, the fox's tail is clearly in front of us, but we have unconsciously ignored it......"

Sun Tu said, his hand tightened, and he crumpled the cloth into a ball. And at this moment, his eyes flashed, and a key point came to mind......