Li Zhang

The day after Li Zhang took Zhiqing away, Rong Xie reported the case to the government, and the entire Xiurong County was investigating the matter, and soon caught several hidden troubles, including even the county magistrate's close servant.The county magistrate lost face and forced a confession, and the servant quickly bit out another hidden stake hidden in the county magistrate's mansion, and then bit out the hidden guard.

This secret guard is a novice, he hid in the county magistrate's mansion since his debut, and was active in Xiurong County under the cover of his personal maid as the concubine of the county magistrate Xinna.Because the county magistrate has always been befuddled, she had already relaxed her vigilance in her habits, and last night she cooperated with the host event for the first time, and saw the shocking reversal of the scene with her own eyes. After returning to the residence, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.After dawn, the maid reported that the county magistrate was trying the masked man in black who was captured last night in the yamen. After everything was normal in the city, she saw that her eyes were black and tired, so she advised her to rest and catch up on sleep.She didn't take it seriously, and lay down obediently, but the benzoin that the maid lit later made her caught without warning.

Except for the first batch of dark guards personally trained by Jin Bai, the follow-up dark guards trained by Bai Yi are all limited to a strict superior-subordinate system, and they don't know that their master is actually the emperor, so even if they are captured by the government, they will not cause unnecessary trouble.However, in order to maintain the confidentiality and independence of the hidden guard system, the dark guards did not include coping strategies after being captured in their training. After being exposed, they will always have two outcomes: escape or death.

But this hidden guard failed to take the poison in time, and someone among the arresters blocked her movements very quickly, and before she could react at all, she was captured alive!She was stunned, and when she was taken to the county government lobby, she still hadn't figured out what to do next.The magistrate of the county in the hall patted Xingmu so shockingly, and the yamen guards on both sides even shook the torture instruments. She was in shock and anxious, and was completely confused under the repeated questioning of the evil ghost, but she really confessed. No one will come!

After suffering a lot of torture, she tossed and whined in the rotten and dark prison.They are trained not to be afraid of death, but they are not really not afraid after all, especially after they fail to take poison and are tortured again.Not many people can accept the reality of being tortured to death slowly, which makes her collapse even more in despair.

She began to slam her head against the wall desperately, and strangled her neck with chains, but under the effect of the loose tendons, she couldn't even touch her forehead to bleed.

In a trance and madness, someone came in and spread out a seal letter for her to identify.She recognized that it was the official seal of the secret guard, and subconsciously shrunk herself into a ball.

The man asked coldly: "Do you recognize this seal?"

She instinctively wanted to deny it, but she nodded uncontrollably under the gaze of that man.

The man asked again: "Whose seal is this?"

Her voice was barely audible: "...in charge."

"Who is in charge?"

She shook her head for no reason and breathed a sigh of relief.She didn't dare to raise her head, but the man's eyes pierced her body like thorns, making her feel like she was facing an abyss, with no way to escape.

"You met him. You were waiting outside the back alley of the Yuelai Inn the night before yesterday, didn't you?"

The man squatted down and grabbed her hair to force her to look up.She saw his flat and cold face clearly, and couldn't help but flinch again.

"...he wears a mask."

"But you recognize his body and movement."

"……Yes."

"Okay." The man said and let go of his hand, "Help me find him, if you still want to live."

She curled herself up hard, not daring to imagine that she really had a chance to live, but felt that she could have another chance to kill herself.She didn't want to be slowly tortured to death.

Li Zhang didn't know that Xiurong's secret guard had been arrested. Although the director of Yanmen County, who was in charge of Xiurong County, had arrived at Xiurong before Li Zhang's action and discovered her arrest, the secret guard was strictly guarded. However, due to the superior relationship, he neither knew Li Zhang, nor could he pass the news to him in the first place.Those night owls back then, because domestication was not easy, were only used in the first batch of dark guards. After Jin Bai expanded the dark guard network, they were only used as the connection between the capital and the governors of the states. All rely on contact points to transfer exchanges.Therefore, after the director saw the arrested guard reappeared on the street and couldn't get close to her, even though he wanted to find Li Zhang immediately, he also had no way.

But Li Zhang did not return to Xiurong.

Li Zhang has been thinking about the reason why those spies appeared in Xiurong, and after thinking about it, it is only related to himself. When it comes to the theft in the Chinese military camp, he intuitively feels that Cheng Xuan can't wait.He decided to return directly to Loufan County.

So he made a detour to find the quartermaster, entrusted Wu Zijun with the excuse of calling him back urgently, to retrieve the samples, and rushed back to Loufan County on his own.However, as soon as he arrived at the Qianfeng Battalion defense area, he was tightly surrounded by soldiers of the Chinese Army Battalion who captured him under the order of Su Qingyang!

Li Zhang was surprised by the speed of his opponent's actions, and felt sad that Su Qingyang refused to believe him.He looked around at the anger and hatred in the eyes of the soldiers, and the idea of ​​avoiding and leaving flashed in his mind, but he was quickly denied by himself.He must give himself a chance to defend himself, and he must give Xinzhen a chance to use it in actual combat!

Without any resistance, he allowed them to tie him up and escort him back to the Chinese army.

As soon as Li Zhang was escorted to the Chinese army's garrison, Wu Zijun also arrived. Before he galloped his horse to stop the crowd, he glanced at Li Zhang who was tied to the horse, and stared at the leader of the army, who did not move anymore.Even the brave general who joined the army was stared at by this stare. He forced himself to salute, and said sternly: "General Su has an order to arrest the spy Li Zhang. The last general will act according to the order. General Wu, please don't act on your will! "

Li Zhang didn't wait for Wu Zijun to explode, and said first: "Li Zhang has a clear conscience, he can explain everything when he sees General Su. General Wu, please give Li Zhang a chance to defend himself!"

Wu Zijun moved his eyes to Li Zhang, his staring eyes gradually turned red, his throat was choked up, and his emotions were agitated, and finally got out of the way under Li Zhang's appeasing and pleading eyes.He looked at Li Zhang's disappearing figure, gritted his teeth fiercely, patted his horse and ran towards Su Qingyang's handsome tent.

Su Qingyang was pacing restlessly in the handsome tent, and various news documents related to Li Zhang were placed on the table.He was waiting for Li Zhang, waiting for him to solve the doubts in his heart.He has never been so anxious and entangled like now. He faintly feels that his judgment and disposal will seriously affect the future of the Dingbei Army. This reminds him once again of the regret and self-blame brought about by Zhang Yuan's loss.

Wu Zijun was swept into the tent like a gust of wind, knelt down and clasped his fists in Su Qingyang's astonishment, and begged loudly: "Li Zhang is definitely not an enemy spy, and the general is willing to use his head as a guarantee for him!"

Su Qingyang's face sank, and after returning to the commander's case, he said in a low voice but with great pressure: "This commander will interrogate Li Zhang's matter clearly! As a forward general of the Dingbei Army, how can you use it so casually? The head is the guarantee?! You can talk about loyalty, but you must remember the responsibility you bear! You go back! If Li Zhang is clean, I will not wrong him! I don’t want to hear what I just said a second time!”

Wu Zijun wanted to say more, Su Qingyang's personal guards had come over and pushed him out half-persuaded and half-fighted.He broke away angrily, raised his head and saw Li Zhang walking towards him, looking at him with firm and warm eyes.He slowly stood up straight, watched Li Zhang step into the handsome tent, and walked away.

Su Qingyang looked down at Li Zhang who was kneeling on the ground, and remained silent for a long time.Li Zhang didn't struggle too much, he just wobbled and regained his balance after being knocked down, and kept looking up at Su Qingyang all the time.Su Qingyang waved someone to untie Li Zhang, and he still knelt down, only to scatter the crowd.

After everyone withdrew, only Su Qingyang, Li Zhang and the clerk in charge of recording were left in the tent, so quiet that everyone's breathing could be heard.Su Qingyang leaned on the back of the chair with his forehead propped up, watched Li Zhang's calmness, and knew his answer before he spoke, so he looked at the materials at hand carefully again without knowing it.

He leaned over the table, patted the paper in his hand and asked, "Who is the black figure that entered and exited your camp? Who did you meet in Xiurong? What did you do?"

Li Zhang frowned, and suddenly had a bad premonition. When he was hesitating whether to tell the truth about the secret guard, Su Qingyang pressed him and asked: "Why? Is it difficult to answer? Or should I say that this is Feng Huang's case?" A covert operation under orders?"

Li Zhang stared into his eyes in surprise, and asked sternly, "If that's really the case?"

"Ha!" Su Qingyang raised his head and yelled as if he had heard a big joke, and when he looked at Li Zhang again, his face was covered with sternness and toughness: "There is already a person sent by the emperor to participate in politics in the Wei army, and this commander doesn't know The emperor still has other spies buried in the army! It seems that the emperor is kind and generous to you, but you still harbor resentment in your heart, and you don’t hesitate to break the trust between our monarch and ministers!"

Li Zhang was dumbfounded. Looking at Su Qingyang's fierce and distorted look, he immediately understood that this moment is definitely not the best time to explain the secret guard. Otherwise, with his skeptical attitude, he could only magnify the part he doubted the most, and really destroy it. Lost the trust between their monarchs and ministers!

After figuring out this section, Li Zhang smiled wryly to himself, and slowly replied under Su Qingyang's sharp gaze: "This subordinate can't answer the first question now, but it's definitely not as the general imagined. It's a private matter for the subordinate to show off." , but on the way, he found traces of Northern Man spies in Xiurong County. He was afraid that there would be a change, so he returned first. If the general wants to punish his subordinates for the crime of false publicity and selfishness, his subordinates dare not deny it. Admit the truth!"

"Hey! Are you a fool when you think I'm handsome?! These questions are the key to your innocence! If you refuse to answer, it's no wonder that I treat you as a spy!"

Li Zhang asked back: "Who did the subordinates meet in Xiurong and what did they do? How does the general know that the information received is true?"

"Can you still be wronged by the letter sent by the governor of Yanmen?! The enemy spies captured in Xiurong County confessed your real purpose of going to Xiurong. If you can't give a reasonable self-defense, I will How can I trust you again?!"

Li Zhang immediately realized that the situation was out of his control. Xiurong County and even Yanmen County had become extremely dangerous, but the hidden guards hadn't noticed it yet!He was anxiously thinking about the countermeasures, and decided to try his best to win Su Qingyang's approval, so he said frankly: "The reason for my subordinates to show their beauty is to take Miss Song away. She and I already have a relationship as husband and wife, but we haven't married yet because the chances are not right. When the subordinates were looking for her, they discovered the activities of Beiman spies, so they secretly took her out at night and sent her away from Xiurong, never seeing anyone else!"

Su Qingyang leaned back on the back of the chair again, and his face became more and more cold: "Miss Song, Song Zhiqing, right? She went to Xiurong to meet Chengxuan's emissary! Rong Xie used his plan to set up a trap with the county magistrate Xiurong, but Being destroyed by you, how dare you say nothing?!"

Li Zhang was furious, and immediately reprimanded: "How can Miss Song be a spy of the Northern Barbarians! The real spy is Rong Xie who intends to do something wrong and bite back! Miss Song's going to Xiurong was entirely facilitated by Rong Xie. Someone should testify for Miss Song!"

"The commander-in-chief will send someone to collect evidence! But you also have to hand over Miss Song so that you can confront them face-to-face!"

Li Zhang flatly refused: "Since she has been slandered for no reason, her life is already threatened. I will not hand her over to anyone!"

"Then don't blame me for not trusting you!"

"General Su! Li Zhang has a clear conscience and is not afraid of any investigation. However, there may be changes in northern Xinjiang. I hope the general will not only focus on tracing Li Zhang, but make preparations early!"

"Presumptuous! Of course I have to prepare early! If you are really a spy, you will be the biggest blow to the Dingbei Army!"

"General Su!..."

Seeing that Su Qingyang really wanted to abandon the new formation, Li Zhang was in a hurry to persuade him, so he opened his mouth, but found that if he didn't get rid of the premise of being a spy, everything he said would be useless!He clenched his fists resentfully, blaming himself for ignoring the situation in Yanmen County, and even more regretful that he did not take precautions against Rong Xie's actions early, so that now he knew that the trick he had set for him was only to delay, but he couldn't persuade Su Qingyang to move in time strain!

He and Su Qingyang stared at each other, thinking that only Jin Bai would come to explain the matter of the hidden guards in order for Su Qingyang to clear up his doubts, so he was anxious to inform Bai Qi.So he was heartbroken, and suddenly jumped up and rushed out of the tent. Su Qingyang got up angrily after being stunned for a moment, and strode out of the tent. He saw Li Zhang who was surrounded by a group of people. upper half.Su Qingyang picked up the bow and arrow and drew the bow to shoot. He blew the whistle and rushed to a higher place with a sharp whistle, and exploded into a red cloud of smoke in the air, scattered into strange shapes under the blowing of the wind. Then slowly dispersed.

Su Qingyang stared blankly until the smoke and cloud completely dissipated, then looked coldly at Li Zhang who was tied up again, and ordered in a deep voice: "Give me a strict trial! Ask what this thing means!"

The author has something to say:

If I really want to say, here is Li Zhang's own problem, because his lack of trust in certain personnel has made things complicated.