Among the bad news brought by Commander Zhu, losing the Prince of Pingliang was not a big deal.

No matter where King Pingliang goes, he will eventually return to Shaanxi and Gansu, and what he ultimately wants is to return to the capital and seize the throne.

The fact that all the members of the Luo family had left Beijing did not surprise Su Fengyi too much. They left, and even if they didn't leave, she had never thought of winning by kidnapping other people's families.

It just so happened that all the members of the Luo family left Beijing at this time, which just verified her guess that this Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who was a civil servant but was keen on suppressing bandits, was indeed problematic and was on the side of Prince Pingliang.

It is always better for the enemy to emerge into the open than to hide in the dark.

As for the last piece of bad news, Su Fengyi poured the ginkgo nuts in the envelope into her hand, looked at the ginkgo nuts in her palm, and asked Zhu Zhihui Tongzhi:

"Only this one? Tell me in detail how you got it."

Commander Zhu brought so much bad news today. He was very worried and came to report with the intention of coming in upright and leaving sideways.

He used to work under Qiao Gui. If he had done a job like this, Eunuch Qiao would have been furious on the spot, and there would have been no way for Zhu Qi to survive.

But looking at His Majesty's expression, he seemed calm. This calmness made Zhu Qi suppress his uneasiness and reported in a deep voice:

"This was sent by a secret agent in Weinan. He opened a shop selling liquor on the street in Weinan. When he was closing the shop, he found this ginkgo nut on the counter.

The first time he encountered it, he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a mistake by a customer who bought wine. But when it happened three times in a row, he realized something was wrong, so he reported it to me through a secret line.

Su Fengyi held the ginkgo nut in her hand and observed it carefully. It was an ordinary ginkgo nut and there was nothing strange about it from the outside.

She put the ginkgo nuts back into the envelope and handed it to Dangui:

"Let Liao, the judge, investigate. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Dangui took the order and left. Su Fengyi motioned for Zhu Qi to continue:

"Did the spy see who released it?"

This really exists.

After the undercover agent discovered that ginkgo nuts appeared twice in the same place on the counter of his shop, he realized that something was wrong. He was afraid that someone was spreading the message the previous time and he was not sensitive enough and missed the opportunity, which might ruin Shangguan's plan.

When the Jinyiwei passed on information, especially the secret agents through secret lines, they would sometimes use secret codes or secret objects known only to specific people in order to avoid leaking of information.

So although this secret agent didn't know what it meant that someone secretly sent ginkgo nuts, out of the professional ethics of a secret agent, he classified it as a hidden object.

Any news that needs to be conveyed through dark matter is a big deal!

The opportunity to redeem oneself for meritorious service has come!

The secret agent was very patient. In the following days, he kept secretly observing the customers who came to buy wine. He really waited for the third time for the ginkgo fruit to appear.

Zhu Qi said:

"There are many mountains near Weinan, and banditry has suddenly increased in recent years. However, these bandits are relatively moral. They only rob passing merchants and are only interested in money, not life. They release people after a ransom is paid, and they do not cause much trouble to local residents. They often send people down the mountain to buy daily necessities, and get along well with local residents."

Su Fengyi smiled:

"The bandits don't rely on robbing to buy what they want. It's interesting. No wonder Lord Luo can't completely eliminate this kind of banditry."

Zhu Qi scratched his head:

"That is to say, he behaved very strangely. The liquor store of Anzhu's family was handed down from their ancestors. There was a bandit named Erdangjia in the nearby mountains who liked to drink his liquor and often asked people to buy it. Anzhu saw clearly that it was Erdangjia's people who came to buy liquor. When one of the old men secretly put ginkgo nuts in it."

When Zhu Qi mentioned the old man, Su Fengyi thought of a person and asked him:

"What kind of old man? Sixty years old? Dark and thin?"

Zhu Qi was shocked:

"Your Majesty, you are truly the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, who can foresee the future! Exactly! The secret agent said that this old man has just appeared recently. I have never seen him when I came to buy wine before. He might be someone the second in command has recently recruited."

Su Fengyi walked out and said to Zhu Qi:

"You follow."

……

Su Fengyi entered the study room of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity again. The cabinet ministers were arguing about how to deal with the flood in Shaanxi and Gansu. When they saw Su Fengyi coming in, they put aside their arguments, bowed and stood aside.

Su Fengyi first called Xue Yu:

"Bring me the map."

Xue Yu took the map and spread it on the desk in the study of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. Su Fengyi casually took a black chess piece from the chess table next to it, walked to the desk, and placed the chess piece on Weinan first.

The cabinet ministers all gathered around, and Su Fengyi asked Xue Yu:

"Where was Lord Lei's whereabouts cut off?"

Xue Yu probably knew what Su Fengyi was going to do. He took the chess piece box from the chess table to the desk, then took out a chess piece and handed it to Su Fengyi:

"The last time Lord Lei and his party sent a message was at Fenglingdu. They were going to take a boat from Fenglingdu to leave Shanxi, cross the Yellow River, and go to Shaanxi."

Su Fengyi took the chess piece, placed it at Fengling Ferry, and asked Lord Xu:

"Where did the news about the Ministry of Revenue's team going to the Shaanxi-Gansu grain depot go missing?"

Lord Xu replied:

"Your Majesty, in Yulin."

Yulin is an important border area, also located on the Yellow River, with Shanxi facing it. It is only three miles away from Baode, Shanxi by water.

Yulin is also the hometown of Xiu Gu's husband, and it is also plagued by rampant banditry.

Su Fengyi used her finger to trace the line from Yulin to Weinan, and then said to Xue Yu:

"Let's go and look for it. Where did the imperial court send the military supplies to when Lord Luo usually suppressed the bandits? Are they all in these places?"

Previously, Su Fengyi asked Xue Yu to find the memorials submitted by Lord Luo for her. Since Su Fengyi wanted them, Xue Yu went a step further. Not only did he copy Lord Luo's memorials for Su Fengyi, he also spent a lot of effort to find all the memorials written by other people related to Lord Luo and studied them day and night.

Unexpectedly, it would be used now, so Xue Yu didn't even have to go back to the Imperial Household Department to look through the old memorials. He reported a few place names on the spot.

Su Fengyi placed the black chess pieces one by one. From Yulin to Weinan, the chess pieces were densely arranged in a line along the Yellow River on the border of Shaanxi.

Pei Yu looked at the densely packed Shaanxi side, then looked at the empty Shanxi side, and frowned:

"These are all ferry crossings. If bandits start an uprising in Shaanxi and rush to cross the Yellow River, Shanxi will not be prepared and will be attacked at the same time. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it. If Shanxi is lost, the capital will be in danger."

Su Fengyi took another white chess piece from the white chess box and placed it at Fenglingdu in Shanxi, replacing the black chess piece.

One person can defeat thousands of troops.

Su Fengyi said:

"Xue Yu, pass on the order. Lord Luo has worked hard for the country and the people, controlling floods and suppressing bandits. It is not easy. You can open the warehouse and pick out some cloth and tea to reward Lord Luo for his loyalty. Every three days, you can give him some gifts."

Lord Luo asked for money and food, but Su Fengyi gave him nothing and just perfunctorily dragged him along with a pile of cloth and tea.

Some people didn't want anything, but Su Fengyi arranged it for them in advance and ordered:

"Master Xu, Master He, the battle in Shanxi is imminent. Please each write a memorial regarding the military supplies for the Grand Marshal of the Army. This matter needs to be resolved within three days."

Lord Xu and Lord He looked at each other, not knowing where this great commander-in-chief had suddenly appeared from.

Su Fengyi thought of something and said with a smile:

"I forgot to mention that I appointed General Shen as the Grand Marshal of the Army a few days ago. With the fish token, he can mobilize troops from all over the world. General Shen should be mobilizing troops now."

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