In the East Market, the chaos gradually stopped. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three Zhaodi merchants were captured by the soldiers who rushed in, and the three craftsmen arranged by Li San were all injured, and at the same time, news came that there was also chaos in the West Market, and the craftsmen were also injured.

"What the hell is going on?" At this time, Li San frowned and said that everything was in his plan, but things seriously exceeded his expectations.

"Immediately inform all the craftsmen to return to the Instrument Division, we may be fooled." After thinking for a while, Li San exclaimed.

He turned his head to look at the Wei family restaurant, only to see Zhao Kuan turn around and enter the restaurant.

He continued, "What is the situation in the restaurant?" ”

"There are two guards who don't know where they went?" A shopkeeper in the restaurant said.

Li San felt more and more that something was wrong, "Go quickly, I'll go see Your Highness." ”

A group of secret guards responded and dispersed one after another, and Li San immediately went to the palace.

"What, the craftsman was beaten?" When Li San told the situation in the east and west cities, Xiao Ming was slightly surprised.

To be on the safe side, he said to Zhao Long: "You immediately go and inform the soldiers defending the city to close the city gate, and you are not allowed to open the city gate without my order." ”

Then he said to Li San: "Let's go, let's go to the equipment department now." ”

The two went out, and at this time, the bell rang in Qingzhou City, which was an order to urgently summon the craftsman to return to the equipment division.

When I arrived at the equipment department, some craftsmen had already returned one after another, and after waiting for an hour or so, basically all the craftsmen had arrived.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Chen Wenlong also rushed to the equipment department, looking nervous.

"I'm afraid something happened." Xiao Ming has seen these craftsmen one by one, and always feels that there is one less person, he often goes in and out of the equipment department, and he is naturally familiar with the craftsmen here.

"Your Highness, Zhang Liu is gone." A craftsman suddenly shouted.

Xiao Ming nodded, it was this Zhang Liu.

When Chen Wenlong heard this, his expression suddenly sank, and he understood that now all forces were staring at the Instrument Division, and this craftsman was the target of their hunting.

"Your Highness, is it ......?" Chen Wenlong hesitated.

"Zhang Liu is afraid that someone has taken him, this king really underestimated the courage of these people, I thought that they would only use the method of bribery, but I didn't expect them to arrest people directly." Xiao Ming said in a solemn voice.

Li San's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Who is following Zhang Liu." ”

"Li Dutong, it's me who followed Zhang Liu, I didn't follow Zhang Liu anymore when I saw Zhang Liu enter the street in front of Duanjiafang, after all, we used to follow like this." One of the guards said fearfully.

"How can Zhang stay in Duanjiafang and be arrested?" Li San said confusedly.

A craftsman said: "Unless the fangding is handing over at that time, there will be no fangding patrolling the street in front of Duanjiafang at that time." ”

"It's really a careful plan, it seems that they have been preparing for this matter for more than a day or two." Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.

Speaking of which, the secret guard has not been established for a long time, and Zhao Di has been passed down from generation to generation, and King Zhao naturally has a mature intelligence system, and his secret guard is still a little tender.

Zhang Liu is one of the core craftsmen of the equipment department, not only involved in the refining of steel, but also the core personnel of the production of artillery, and he also participated in the production of hydraulic forging machines.

If Zhang Liu is taken captive, it will mean that all the techniques that Zhang Liu has mastered will likely be obtained by others, and this will lead to serious consequences.

"Find it for me, even if you turn Qingzhou City upside down, you have to find people for me." Xiao Ming said.

Li San said angrily: "Your Highness, it is better to directly arrest Zhao Kuan and interrogate him strictly." ”

"Do you have proof? Which force did Zhang Liu capture, are you sure? Xiao Ming asked.

Li San looked ashamed and shook his head.

Xiao Ming said: "The work of the secret guard is still not rigorous enough, and you are responsible for Li San's matter." ”

Li San knelt down and said, "Please also ask Your Highness to punish you." ”

"Whether you are punished or not depends on whether you can make meritorious service with your guilt, and Zhang Liu must not leave the king's fiefdom." Xiao Ming said in a solemn voice.

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll do it." Li San was annoyed in his heart, he was tricked this time, this was a provocation to him.

Getting up, he looked at the secret guard who lost Zhang Liu and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, immediately notify all the secret guards, use all your eyeliner to find Zhang Liu, Your Highness cut off my head, and I will cut off your head." ”

The guard shuddered and immediately left the Instruments Division.

Li San also turned around and left.

Chen Wenlong sighed at this time, "Your Highness, there are so many craftsmen, the manpower of the secret guards is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to keep an eye on it so carefully. ”

Xiao Ming nodded, "You're right, it's just too difficult." ”

Since ancient times, this spy has been a group of people who are very difficult to guard against, and the most effective way to deal with spies is still spies, that is, secret guards led by Li San and Wang Xuan.

In addition, whether it is the equipment department, the military workshop, or other workshops, the craftsmen who hold the core secrets will sign a confidentiality contract, and the contract clearly stipulates that anyone who leaks Qingzhou's secrets will be punished harshly.

This is to prevent being bought by spies from the craftsman level, but this time he and Li San didn't expect that this time the meticulous work would be so bold and take people away directly.

He was worried, and suddenly Li San came back, and Wang Xuan came in with him.

I saw Li San's face unhappy, and Wang Xuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, the person who plundered Zhang Liu was caught by me, but this person claimed to be the prince of Zhao, and I hope His Royal Highness will deal with it." ”

"Caught? How did you catch him? Xiao Ming said confusedly.

The secret guards are now divided into left guards and right guards, and at present, Li San is responsible for the affairs of the fiefdom, while Wang Xuan is mainly responsible for external intelligence spying.

Wang Xuan said: "Your Highness, this matter is also a coincidence, Li San has never absorbed the ruffians in the market to fill the secret guards, but in my opinion, these people are the most suitable to act as eyeliner, so a group of people have already been introduced into the secret guards, the same way, the merchants of Zhao Di seem to be the same as I thought, they also bought some street ruffians, but there is one person in this who is the secret guard, after learning about this, I will let him count and see what these Zhao Di merchants want to do?" I never thought that today they would temporarily get the order to kidnap Zhang Liu. ”

After a pause, Wang Xuan continued: "At this time, time was already very urgent, so I didn't inform Li San, so I took the secret guard to hijack the carriage on the way. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, he invested a lot of money and manpower, and this secret guard had some effect after all.

"Wang Xuan, you deliberately want me to be embarrassed in front of His Highness." Li San looked aggrieved, and he had no chance to make meritorious contributions.

(To be continued.) )