In the heavy snowfall, Wang Song came to Difu.

He had important information to report, so important that he had to return to Beijing in person. The two privy envoys, one is Di Qing and the other is Wang Deyong, both of whom were born as military generals, and Wang Deyong is also regarded as a military general of the Northwest faction, but he has not been to the Northwest for a long time, and Di Qing and Wang Song have several acquaintances. So Wang Song came to Di's house.

The entire capital was in a heavy snowfall, turning into Qionglou Yuyu.

Di Qing politely received Wang Song.

After sitting down, Wang Song complained: "Didn't you say that you want to keep it secret, why do you publicize it?" In the past few months, the Northwest has lost more than 30 secret agents. ”

Under the vigorous search of Western Xia, many scouts were discovered, and some were forced to move back. This has brought serious obstacles to Wang Song's work. Now the Western Xia knew that the Song Dynasty had set up a special battalion and sent scouts to the south and Western Xia to inquire about the news. Fortunately, he did not scout to the Khitan faction, otherwise he would have attracted the wrath of this powerful opponent if he spread it.

Di Qing spread his hands and said, "Wang Song, what can I do?" ”

"You are a privy envoy."

"I, the privy envoy Zheng Xianggong, is right......," Di Qing said with a very unhappy face. The arrogance is still very heavy, Wang Deyong is by his side, Di Qing also sees that Wang Deyong is being a good grandson, but Di Qing doesn't like it.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't worry about this, what do you have to report back to the capital on this snowy day?"

"News came back from the front, saying that there was no discord between brothers and sisters."

"Really?" Di Qing stood up in surprise and asked. This is a great news, although the external troubles are serious, but there are also internal troubles that are more violent, these two people are in charge of the entire Western Xia, if there is no harmony, there will be civil strife in the Western Xia.

"It's true, so I went back to Beijing and wanted to ask Di Xianggong, what should we do?"

Dick Che pondered.

This news came too timely, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Assist is not hiding a false face, he is not orthodox, but a relative." Let him gain power, and his position is not right. If she supports the Wuzang clan, she is the queen mother, her son is the emperor, and she occupies the name of orthodoxy. ”

"Whoa." Wang Song replied. This is the general policy, the general policy is clear, and the following is just cāo.

"But Di Xianggong, this matter can't be reported to the imperial court again, let us solve it ourselves, otherwise it will be leaked again."

"Don't worry, it's been a hard journey, so stay and have dinner."

"Thank you to Di Xianggong", Wang Song was not formal, and replied.

Mrs. Di was preparing dinner, and Wang Song asked hesitantly, "Is there any news of Zheng Xianggong?" ”

Wang Song was very worried, the spy battalion was raised by Zheng Lang, although the role of the spy battalion was shown, but if something happened to Zheng Lang, if he let other civil servants handle it, God knows.

Di Qing frowned.

Zhao Zhen issued an edict, and the barbarians were terrified.

Jinghu South Road was also in chaos, and after looking for several days, Zheng Lang could not be found, and the generals on the front line were angry. Some Meishanman saw where the Song army turned to Ximan, and took the opportunity to attack the people who were building the road. Zhang Chen was enraged, led the army to the east suddenly, and annihilated all three tribes, which was a complete annihilation, and not a single tribe remained. I also heard that the imperial court promised to allocate the surplus money and silk accumulated in Liangguang to Jinghu South Road, and the funds were sufficient, so I levied more than 7,000 people to forcibly open the horizontal road from Tanzhou Qixing to Chenzhou.

This is also part of Zheng Lang's plan.

But this year's plan is only to build the Qixing Road to the foot of Meishan Mountain, not to open it up.

Zhang Kang sent people to inform the tribes along the way that Shunchang was against the odds, and if he dared to plot against him, the fate of the three tribes would be their fate.

That is, the generals of the entire Jinghu South Road have lost their proportions.

In fact, whether it is Ximan or the Tian barbarians on the west side, they are also trembling.

Now the monarchs and ministers of the court all judge that it was the chiefs of the big tribes who plotted to kill Zheng Lang, and the chiefs of the small tribes did not have this vision and wisdom. But the unusual vote of the imperial court made most of these chieftains aware of another problem.

In the past, it was like this since ancient times, it was not the Song Dynasty, and it did not violate the bottom line of the Song Dynasty. However, the most important prime minister of the imperial court has violated the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and 200,000 forbidden troops have come.

Actually, Di Qing saw it very clearly.

It's really 200,000 forbidden troops going south, not to mention the Tian family, Ximan, including Meishan Man, all of them are fierce and auspicious. But how easy is it?

For example, there are now 30,000 forbidden troops on Jinghu South Road, because they are stationed in the south, the cost is higher, and the imperial court needs 2 million yuan a year to support these 30,000 forbidden troops. The cost of a fragmented battle may cost five million a year. It's just that except for grain and grass, the others are all allocated by the imperial court, and Jinghu South Road does not bear economic pressure.

Once the 200,000 forbidden troops go south, Jinghu South Road will not be able to bear so much grain and grass supply, and it must be allocated from other places, and the cost will be higher, and the consumption of weapons and materials in the battle, the pensions of the sacrificed soldiers, and the rewards of meritorious soldiers will be astronomical.

Just like the three small tribes that Zhang Kangxing's division moved to exterminate, they are actually three villages, with only more than 200 households, that is, more than 200 households, and the cost of marching, the consumption of weapons, rewards and pensions, grain, grass, materials, etc., will cause at least an economic loss of nearly 200,000 yuan. Besides, if you want to be buried with the big Ximan, and the Tian barbarians, whose terrain is more complex and the area is no less than that of Meishanman, how much will the imperial court spend in the end.

But it can't be said that it doesn't work.

As soon as the edict was written, the barbarians were shocked and assisted the imperial court in searching.

So many soldiers, so many elite scouts, and so many barbarians participated in the help, but there was no news at all.

It was definitely not to kill Zheng Lang, if so, he would have killed Zheng Lang by the bamboo forest a long time ago, instead of leaving only four corpses of guards. A living Zheng Lang is far more valuable than a dead Zheng Lang.

But so many people participated, but they didn't find any clues, where did Zheng Lang go?

The longer the time dragged on, the more worried Di Qing became.

He sighed and said, "Zheng Xianggong is too careless. ”

This is a nice saying, but the bad saying is that Zheng Lang doesn't know the importance and advances bravely. However, in the cave, Zheng Lang also knew that because of his carelessness and recklessness, he made the Xixia people and Zhang Pingmeng have no tricks.

I know it's wrong, but I'm stuck in a cave, and who do I tell to go?

There is no need to ask again, Wang Song also knew that Zheng Lang's whereabouts continued to be unknown, and sighed slightly: "If Zheng Xianggong has an accident, I will also resign from this position." ”

"Wang Song, no."

"I was originally a wild monk, and now that I have fame and fortune, it is better for me to retire early than others to humiliate me."

This sentence gave Di Qing some touch, but after thinking about it, he couldn't let it go after all, what was he fighting for, not for glory and wealth, if he lost his fame and fortune, what was the point of working so hard? Do you want to learn Zheng Lang's noble feelings? Ask yourself, Di Qing is really difficult to do.

He said: "Wang Song, there are always a lot of helplessness, such as Wang Zhongyi, he is a good official, because the Xiangyi case was unsolved and the matter of Her Royal Highness the princess happened, so His Majesty was sent to Dingzhou. ”

Wang Su did a good job as the governor of Kaifeng, and the people of the capital praised him, calling him a prince. Two major cases can occur in succession, leading to tragedy. In fact, Wang Su is still one of Zheng Lang's friends, he did not participate in the Fan Lou banquet, but was named by Zheng Lang.

So Zheng Lang's other friend Zeng Gongliang served as Kaifeng Mansion.

As the princess has not been heard from for a long time, the Xiangyi case has not been solved, which also puts Zeng Gongliang under tremendous pressure.

Speaking of which, he is still one of the emperor's teachers, otherwise he would be sad.

"Xiangyi case?" Wang Song stayed in the northwest and didn't know much about it.

Di Qing simply said what had happened.

"There is also a secret agent in the special agent camp who is also from Xiangyi, and his performance is very good, this time Xixia killed many secret agents in the special agent camp, and only this person escaped."

"Who?" Di Qing also didn't know, he was a privy councilor, and these details would be handled directly below, and he would not bother the Privy Council to deal with them.

"Zhang Pingmeng, I heard that he is also doing well in the south." Wang Song replied. At the beginning of the establishment of the special service battalion, he and Wang Yong presided over it, but he and Wang Yong are getting older and older, and they also begin to plan to train successors. Some scouts with good performance are paying attention one after another, and Zhang Pingmeng is also one of their targets.

"Why is Zhang Pingmeng so familiar......", Di Qing said strangely.

"Di Xianggong has also heard of his deeds......", Wang Song said, Zhang Pingmeng showed bravery, and he was also the pride of the special service battalion.

"No", Di Qing shook his head, suddenly grabbed Wang Song's hand and said, "You go to Zeng's Mansion with me." ”

The case has nothing to do with the Privy Council, the Xiangyi case is a matter of Kaifeng Mansion, or the Chinese book can intervene, and the Privy Council has no right to interfere.

When he came to Zeng's mansion, Di Qing said: "Ming Zhong, I want to take a look at the case file of the Xiangyi case. ”

Zeng Gongliang was very strange.

Di Qing explained: "It is possible that the special battalion is involved. ”

"Secret Service Battalion?"

"Ming Zhong, I can't tell you clearly for a while, you let me take a look and explain to you."

It's all dinner time, but the business is important, and this case has not been solved for a long time, and Zeng Gongliang can't make a difference, so he took Di Qing to Kaifeng Mansion. Di Qing opened the case file, and there were many suspicious objects listed on it, and the results were excluded one by one. also includes Zhang Pingmeng, who said that Zhang Pingmeng's brother died of a violent illness, and the people surnamed Zhang refused to accept it and fought a lawsuit but did not win. Then Zhang Pingmeng went home and did not make a sound. Later, the others were in the northwest and turned to the south, and did not return to Xiangyi at all, so they were excluded.

Di Qing said: "Ming Zhong, you immediately send someone to see if his brother really died of a violent illness, and then send someone to ask his wife." Wang Song, you come with me to the Privy Council. ”

Zeng Gongliang grabbed Di Qing and asked, "Han Chen, could it be that this person colluded with outsiders to do it." ”

"Not necessarily, I'm just suspicious, you send someone to check." After Di Qing finished speaking, he quickly took Wang Song to the Privy Council, where is the detailed life information of Zhang Pingmeng, every spy camp scout must be prepared.

Opening the file, Di Qing looked at it, then handed the file to Wang Song and said: "Wang Song, you look at Zhang Pingmeng's record on the file, he and his brother relied on each other for their lives, why did his brother die a little suspiciously, but he was very calm after he went back?" Is he really a cold-blooded man? ”

Wang Song shook his head after reading it and said: "No, Zhang Pingmeng voluntarily joined the forbidden army, and also paid off his brother's debts, and then saved money to get married, proving his feelings for his brother." No wonder, no wonder he was able to escape back. ”

I don't doubt that Zhang Pingyong can escape back is brave, that is, excellent, if I doubt it, it is not right, from the Xingqing Mansion in the Western Xia, under the discovery of the Xixia, break through the heavy arrests, and be able to escape back to the security army, how difficult it is Wang Song estimated in his heart that he couldn't do it himself. Then he lost his voice and said, "Xixia." ”

"That's what I'm worried about, if Xixia supports him, he is moving around Zheng Xianggong again, and he is in danger."

The loophole that Zheng Lang said was finally caught by Di Qing, but it was still very difficult to rescue Zheng Lang.

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