Chapter 139 Catching the Spy
Linjiang City, a three-story attic, covers an area of thousands of ordinary, located in the most prosperous area of Linjiang City.
On the plaque of the attic, there are three gilded characters [Yingbin Pavilion].
This was built by Linjiang City specifically for people coming down from the upper level.
After all, Linjiang City is also a county city. Every once in a while, people at the state level or the road level will come down to inspect the situation.
People from the royal city only come once a year at the end of the year.
At other times, unless there is a war, the royal city will send people to collect war taxes and recruit soldiers.
Of course, war taxes are collected extra, and the annual fixed taxes still need to be paid.
In a house on the third floor of [Yingbin Pavilion], the majestic purple-clothed man in the daytime has been lying on the bed to rest.
Suddenly, the empty room is white, and a pair of bright eyes opened.
"Who is it?"
The majestic man quickly stood up, and then stared at the window of the room with his eyes fixed.
"Master Kong, it's me, I'm Su Han."
The voice was very small, but it was clearly audible in Kong Tianyang's ears.
"Su Han? Didn't he go to Linshan City? Why did he come to me at this time? And in this way?"
A bunch of questions popped up in Kong Tianyang's mind instantly.
"Come in."
At this time, he already had some bad guesses in his mind.
"Okay, Master Kong."
"However, please open the window from the inside. It would be bad if I broke the window with my rough hands and feet."
Kong Tianyang frowned slightly when he heard this, but he still stepped forward and opened the window.
When Kong Tianyang opened the window, a figure came in through the gap in the window.
However, before he could say a word, an invisible airflow wrapped around his body, restricting his movements.
"Let's see if you are disguised first."
Then the airflow covered the entire body of Li Yan's clone, including the head. After about a breath of time, the airflow faded from Li Yan's whole body.
"There is no human skin mask on the face, the scalp is intact, and there are no abnormal knife wounds on the body."
"Tell me, didn't you go to Linshan City? Why did you suddenly come to me in the middle of the night? And use this method of a thief on the beam?"
After confirming that Su Han was not disguised by others, Kong Tianyang asked directly.
They didn't have a secret code, which can be said to be the easiest to crack.
After being tossed by Kong Tianyang, Li Yan became more cautious.
"Lord Kong, it's like this. I did go to Linshan City. If nothing unexpected happens, I am already resting and enjoying myself in Linshan City."
"But just when I was about to arrive in Linshan City, I was suddenly attacked by a group of people. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and avoided the attack in time, and killed three of them."
After speaking, Li Yan put the package on his back on the ground.
After opening the package, three heads appeared.
On top of the head, there was also a shirt of theirs, which was the shirt embroidered with the unique blood-colored mark of [Red Blood Covering Zhou Army].
The original appearance of this blood mark should be a blood-red sword, which is the military emblem of the [Red Blood Army].
Later, the [Red Blood Army] rebelled against the Great Zhou, and a blood-stained bird appeared under the original blood-red sword, and the sword was inserted into the bird's head.
This bird symbolizes the Great Zhou, because the family emblem of the Ji family, the royal family of the Great Zhou, is a black bird.
Kong Tianyang picked up one of the blood-stained shirts, and when he saw the [Red Blood Covering Zhou Army] mark embroidered on it, his originally peaceful eyes suddenly became sharp.
"It turned out to be the remnants of the [Red Blood Army]. No wonder someone dared to attack you envoys."
"But, isn't their base camp in Lingshan Road? How could they appear in Shannan Road? There is a whole Black Wind Road between them."
Kong Tianyang said to himself with a hint of doubt.
Then, he did not continue to investigate further, because without other information, no matter how much he thought, he would not figure it out.
"You did a great job. Not only did you kill these remnants of the Red Blood Army, but you also rushed to tell me. Otherwise, I would still be in the dark."
"Don't worry. When I get back, I will ask the court for your merit."
Kong Tianyang looked at Li Yan with appreciation.
"Thank you, Lord Kong, for your kindness. But I wonder if others would have the same experience if I was attacked by these remnants of the Red Blood Army."
"Moreover, they were lying in ambush on the road that I had to take to get to Linshan City. They were obviously keeping an eye on our movements, which means that they have spies in Linshan City."
"That's why I quietly entered the city and came to see you, because I was afraid of alerting the enemy."
After thanking him, Li Yan continued to answer Kong Tianyang's third question.
This made Kong Tianyang appreciate Li Yan even more.
"Not bad. I didn't expect that you are usually not very noticeable in the team, but you can be so thoughtful when encountering emergencies. You are a talent."
Kong Tianyang couldn't help but feel a little bit of appreciation for talent.
However, now is not the time to cherish talent, but to immediately determine whether the other ten people have been attacked in the same way.
"Go to the second floor and find a room to rest. I will take care of the rest."
Seeing the fatigue pretended on Li Yan's face, Kong Tianyang was very reasonable and let Li Yan rest.
He himself, carrying the three heads on the ground, flew towards the direction of Jin Mansion.
Looking at Kong Tianyang flying away from the window, Li Yan couldn't help but show a yearning look in his eyes.
Flying into the sky and hiding in the ground is something everyone has fantasized about.
Although Xiantian can only float in the air and move with the help of true qi, it can't be considered a real flight.
And it can only be used to hurry on the road, not for fighting.
However, this is still an important step for humans to fly high in the sky.
Li Yan didn't go out afterwards. He honestly chose a room and lay on the bed and closed his eyes.
Because Linshan City didn't have Li Yan's clone, what Li Yan didn't know was that the head of the Jiang family, with Li Qinggan and others, waited in the city lord's mansion for a night.
That night, the head of the Jiang family was in a roller coaster mood.
From the previous uneasiness, after all, it was the first time to welcome the envoy as the city lord, fearing that there was something wrong.
To the later uneasiness, waiting for no one, anyone would feel uneasy.
Then there was the later panic. Because he couldn't wait for anyone, he sent people to wait for the messenger along the official road, fearing that the messenger would get lost. Then they found three headless corpses and a dead [horned horse].
When he learned the news, the head of the Jiang family felt like he was falling into an ice cellar.
If the messenger died around his Linshan City, no matter what the cause was, he would be jointly responsible.
Those who have connections can use connections and spend a lot of money to make arrangements, and they can still get away with it.
Those who don't have connections can just wait to die. After all, every family is a fortune. If there is a chance, many people will take a bite.
The head of the Jiang family has connections, but even if he has connections, he will not spend less money.
You know, in order to collect the tax silver for this year, the Jiang family has already taken out a lot of family wealth, almost one-tenth.
Don't look at this one-tenth as not much, but it is all cash, one-third of the cash flow of the Jiang family.
Without this one-third, the Jiang family will start to tighten their belts for a while next year.
If more than half of the remaining two-thirds of cash flow is used for management, the Jiang family may not be able to maintain it.
Of course, the Jiang family will suffer more, and the people of Linshan City will suffer even more.
And the next afternoon, the head of the Jiang family, who had not slept all the time and had bloodshot eyes, got good news.
The envoy who came to collect taxes from him was not dead.
This made him laugh three times on the spot, releasing the pressure that had accumulated in his heart all night.
Then, when he learned that five of the twelve envoys who came to Linjiang County were abducted, three were killed, and only four were left.
The smile on his face stopped again.
Anyone who heard this news would think of a sentence in his mind: something big happened.
It was indeed a big thing. Eight envoys were gone overnight, and it was done by [Red Blood Covering Zhou Army], the number one anti-Zhou force.
As the county lord of Linjiang County, the Jin family cannot escape blame.
Therefore, the head of the Jin family, Jin Fenglin, who was suddenly blamed, and the current county magistrate of Linjiang County, quickly ordered to seal off the city for three days and search the city for spies planted by the [Red Blood Army].
This was the last effort Jin Fenglin could make to reduce his guilt.
In the end, the spies of the [Red Blood Army] would definitely be found, and they would be admitted by the spies themselves.
As for the members of the [Red Blood Army] who killed and captured the envoys, Jin Fenglin only symbolically sent half of the city guards to search.
Because the previous style of the [Red Blood Army] was to hit the target with one strike and then flee thousands of miles away.
Therefore, Jin Fenglin did not have any hope for these city guards.
Sure enough, after three days, hundreds of city guards, with the full cooperation of various local counties, did not find any traces.
On the contrary, Linjiang City, which had been sealed off for three days, found hundreds of spies from the [Red Blood Covering Zhou Army], and then after screening and torture, selected fifteen "real" spies.
As for the remaining "fake" ones, no one asked about them except their family and friends.