Chapter 96

In the evening of the same day, Tang Yin found Lotte and Ai Jia to download TXT. The intelligence organization formed by the two of them has been established for more than a month. Tang Yin wants to know how it is progressing and whether it can be put to use now.

Not long after, Lotte and Ai Jia arrived one after another. After greeting Tang Yin, they both took their seats. Tang Yin was wearing casual clothes, a fitted silver-white brocade suit, which made his figure appear more slender and well-proportioned, and also made him look more elegant. Seeing that he had a faint smile on his face and was not nervous at all about encountering a powerful enemy, Letian and Ai Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Tang Yin looked at the two of them with a smile. Compared with when they were in Yancheng, they have both lost a lot of weight now, and their skin has become tanned. It can be felt that both of them are very dedicated to the training of Tan Ma, and even work hard. Trying his best, he asked with a smile: "Lotte, Ai Jia, you two have been training Tanma for more than a month. How has the result been?"

Lotte and Ai Jia looked at each other and both replied: "Sir, we have begun to see the effect, but if it is to be put into practical use, I am afraid it will have to wait for a while." As they spoke, they both lowered their heads and looked at each other. Showing shame. It stands to reason that now is the time when the two of them are needed the most. The barbarian soldiers may lead the army to invade and retaliate at any time, and the intelligence is even more crucial. But now they are unable to do anything, let alone help Tang Yin solve his problems.

However, Tang Yin was not too disappointed with their answers. It seemed that he had expected it. As the saying goes, slow work leads to careful work. Lotte is an extremely rigorous person, while Ai Jia has a strong nature and is unwilling to give in easily. Both of them have the same intention. Build their respective intelligence organizations into the best and strongest ones. Tang Yin nodded and asked, "How long do we have to wait for it to come in handy?" This was the question he was most concerned about.

Lotte and Aijia frowned, and the former was the first to say: "It will take another three months."

Hearing what he said, Ai Jia, who was about to give the same answer, immediately changed her mind and said, "I still need two months."

Hearing this, Lotte looked at Ai Jia strangely, somewhat dumbfounded. From the day he and Ai Jia accepted Tang Yin's order to form intelligence units, he had felt that Ai Jia had to compete with him in everything. He trained for five hours every day, and Ai Jia trained for six hours. He trained his subordinates every day. Ai Jia ordered her subordinates to run twenty-five miles with heavy loads. There were countless things like this. Now she even had to compare herself with the time it took to complete the training, a month earlier than herself. Lotte was mature and steady, so he naturally didn't take Ai Jia's childish comparison to heart. He smiled and said nothing.

Tang Yin's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them. After a moment, he smiled on his back, stood up straight, and said, "Don't stay in the border town for a long time, and hurry back to Hengcheng as soon as possible."

Letian and Ai Jia were also anxious to rush back to Hengcheng to train their subordinates, but at this critical moment, they were worried about Tang Yin staying in the border town. The two of them looked at Tang Yin with troubled expressions and hesitated to speak.

Tang Yin understood their thoughts, smiled, and said: "Fortunately, we are on the defensive this time, and the intelligence is not that important. When we take the initiative to attack the barbarians in the future, that will be the time for you two to show off your skills."

Take the initiative to attack barbarians? Lotte and Ai Jia were both shocked. It was always the barbarian countries that crossed the border to invade Fengdi, but the Fengguo side had never taken the initiative to attack the barbarian countries. Both of them felt incredible about Tang Yin's remarks.

Lotte seemed to suddenly remember something, reached into his arms, took out a folded piece of cowhide, and handed it to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin took it curiously and asked, "What is this?"

"Sir, this is what my subordinates found from the captives of the barbarians. It should be a map of the city-state of Morpheus Bessa!"

"Oh?" Tang Yin's eyes suddenly lit up, he took the cowhide and took a closer look. Sure enough, this is indeed a map. It is well-painted and very detailed. There are mountains, water, towns, and roads on it. However, the handwriting on it is in Besa script like ghost drawings. It is not clear whether this is from the city-state of Besa. map.

Seeing Tang Yin frowning while looking at it, Letian hurriedly explained: "Sir, I can't understand the map now, but I will find someone who can speak Besa as soon as possible to translate."

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, folded the map up again, and returned it to Lotte. At the same time, he warned: "This map is very important. We will definitely use it in the future. Draw a few more copies to prevent loss!" As he spoke, he Seeing Ai Jia stretching her neck and staring at the map with wide eyes, she secretly smiled in her heart and added: "By the way, I'll also draw one for Ai Jia!"

"Yes! Sir." Letian bowed his head in response.

Ai Jia suddenly showed joy. You must know that Tang Yin ordered her and Lotte to train the scouting horses. They were not to be used in Pingyuan County, but to secretly sneak into Bessa City State to spy on the movements of the barbarians. If you have the map of Besa City State, A lot of trouble will be saved in the future, and the exploration of barbarian lands will become more effective with half the effort.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. You two should rush back to Hengcheng as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Letian and Ai Jia agreed in unison and both left.

After the two of them left, Tang Yin couldn't stay in the room anymore, so he took the two Shangguan brothers with him, left the house, and headed to the North City Gate.

Now, the top of the northern city wall is crowded with people and there are forests of torches. The officers and soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Corps stationed in the border town, under the command of Zhang Zhou, are strengthening the city defense overnight, carrying rolling logs and stones, and installing strong bows and hard crossbows. , to deal with the barbarians who may come at any time.

There was still some distance from the city wall, so Tang Yin stopped and raised his head to watch.

Upon seeing this, the Shangguan brothers came forward and asked, "Sir, why don't we go up and take a look?"

Tang Yin shook his head and said calmly: "No need, going up will only cause more trouble."

He didn't know anything about city defense matters. Once he went up there, he wouldn't be able to help, and would only add to the chaos. He withdrew his gaze and looked around, and found a tavern with lights on not far away. This was really rare. The border towns were almost deserted. There were actually taverns open at night. Tang Yin walked over curiously. .

The tavern is not big, with only one floor, and the space inside is not very spacious. It can barely accommodate fifty or sixty people. At this time, there are more than a dozen people sitting scattered in the tavern, more than half of them are officers and soldiers, and a few others The first one is a commoner-looking person wearing casual clothes.

After Tang Yin and Shangguan brothers arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern, especially Tang Yin. His face was as white as jade, he was dressed in brocade clothes, and he was young. The door god looks just like a domestic thug.

Tang Yin turned a blind eye to everyone's gazes, walked to an empty table, and slowly sat down, with the Shangguan brothers sitting on his left and right.

Not long after we sat down, the waiter from the tavern came over and asked with a smile: "You three gentlemen, what would you like to eat?"

The waiter is young, in his late twenties. He has pretty features and is very pleasing to the eye. Tang Yin smiled and asked, "Do you have any wine?"

"Of course. What would you like to drink, sir?"

Tang Yin turned to look at Shangguan Yuanbiao on his left, indicating that he would order the wine.

Shangguan Yuanbiao understood and said in a low voice: "First, let's bring a jar of white shochu."

"Okay, sir, wait a minute!" the waiter agreed, turned around and walked away neatly.

While the waiter was serving wine, Tang Yin leisurely looked at the guests in the tavern.

There were six officers and soldiers sitting at the table near the window. Judging from the military uniforms, they were all ordinary soldiers at the lowest level. Maybe because the six of them were new recruits, they did not recognize Tang Yin. They ate and drank and made noises as if no one else was watching. There were four people sitting at the other two tables. They were all dressed in coarse clothes and looked a little old-fashioned, just like ordinary people.

After a while, the waiter brought a jar of white soju. Tang Yin poured half the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

The wine from Fengguo was strong, but the wine from Pingyuan County was even stronger. After half a bowl of wine, Tang Yin felt like he was about to burst into flames, and his pale face suddenly turned red.

He covered his mouth and nose, coughed lightly, then took a deep breath and smiled at Brother Shangguan: "Good wine, refreshing!"

The Shangguan brothers looked at each other and smiled, imitating Tang Yin's example and pouring all the wine in the bowl into their stomachs.

The three of them went back and forth and quickly drank more than half of the jar of soju. At this time, the three of them were all a little tipsy.

Tang Yin looked at the drink in the glass, his thoughts swirling, and he suddenly thought of Wu Mei and Yin Rou.

I don’t know what Miss Wu is doing now, or whether Yin Rou’s mediation in Ningguo’s capital went smoothly, and whether those mysterious killers have assassinated Yin Rou again. Tang Yin knows nothing about all of this. Pingyuan The county is too remote and the information is too limited.

When you have time, you should write a letter to Deng Mingyang and the others to ask clearly. Tang Yin sighed secretly in his heart, picked up the wine bowl, and was about to drink, when bursts of laughter came from his ears. He turned around and saw that the soldiers were laughing together for some unknown reason, in the clean tavern. Inside, the laughter seemed extremely harsh.

He pursed his lips, put the wine bowl down again, cleared his throat, and asked loudly: "Brother, why do you have so much time?"

Several soldiers were stunned and turned to look at Tang Yin, not sure if he was speaking to them.

Seeing their eyes turning towards him, Tang Yin nodded affirmatively.

At this time, the six officers and soldiers knew that he was asking a question to them. One of them, an officer in his early twenties, sneered and said, "What does it have to do with you whether we have time or not?"

"How brave!" When Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao saw each other's rude words, they immediately became angry and prepared to stand up and teach each other a lesson.

Tang Yin shook his head and smiled at the two of them, indicating that there was no need for them to be angry. He said calmly: "Just now I saw that the officers and soldiers on the top of the city were preparing for city defense. They were extremely busy. How could you all take the time to come here?" Drinking and talking?"

"Hmph! Do I still need to report to you about the military master?" The officer and soldier who spoke obviously did not take Tang Yin seriously and said with a sneer: "Boy, you'd better stop making trouble and make the military master unhappy. Be careful. Arrest you as a spy of the barbarian soldiers!"

What a loud tone! Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and was about to speak. At this time, the drinker at the other table suddenly said: "While you are still alive, drink as much as you can. Once the barbarians come, you will be killed by others." Damn it, I can’t drink even if I want to.”