Chapter 241 Unhindered Espionage
There are five recognized top fighters in the Tang Dynasty. The undisputed first is the Master of Tianji Pavilion of the Academy. Everyone respectfully calls him the old immortal, and calls him an old madman behind his back.
There is no clear order for the other four. Everyone has their own strengths and rarely competes with each other, but currently no hero dares to challenge the top five.
Yan Hui, the abbot of Dabei Temple, Dugu Jiansheng, the head of Shushan, Zixiao Zhenren of Kunlun, and Zhang Tianshi, the contemporary Tianshi of Longhushan Tianshi Mansion.
Zhang Tianshi's beloved disciple was once severely tricked by Lao Zhao without his knowledge. It is absolutely impossible to say that Zhang Tianshi has a good relationship with the academy.
At this time, the emperor invited Zhang Tianshi to come to the capital. Even a fool would know that he wanted to check and balance the teacher.
What did they want to do to themselves? That they needed two top-level inner scenes to restrain the teacher?
If he was only exiled to the border for two years, I would think that this was definitely a light sentence, not to mention others. There was no reason for the teacher to make trouble.
Does the emperor really want to kill me?
Zhao Yushu couldn't help but bite his fingers. There was too little information and he couldn't figure it out.
The old eunuch sighed and said, "In any case, we have to set off."
Zhao Yushu nodded and calmly got into the carriage. It seemed that there was nothing he could do now. He could only believe that the teacher was truly invincible, even if there were two of you.
Hu Shang was taken back to Tongguan by General Wang, so Chen Zhuo had to lead the others back to Chang'an first, and Hu Shang's team was temporarily settled in a small town between Tongguan and Chang'an.
After all, he is my business partner, so I still have to take care of him.
Hu Shang couldn't come back for a while, so his subordinates were less restrained. So, taking advantage of the night, a skilled Kunlun slave who Hu Shang had hired for a lot of money outside Chang'an city a few days ago disappeared quietly.
The city gate officer let the young man, who looked like a Kunlun slave in both skin color and appearance, into the city with a conflicted look on his face. There was nothing he could do as the young man actually had a certificate from the White Horse Academy.
"The academy really accepts everyone."
"You know nothing. This is called teaching without discrimination."
The dark-skinned Kunlun slaves are naturally Black Deer.
Black Deer followed his memory to an inn and knocked on a door.
"I, see, my friend!"
The inn's most upscale Tianzi rooms not only have more luxurious facilities and better services, but also a more quiet location.
Four people were sitting around a square table, two girls and a bald man, quietly watching Heilu drink up a whole pot of water. He was exhausted after running all night.
"Tong, Tongguan, I saw it!"
Black Deer wiped his mouth, looking excited.
A few days ago, when Zhao Yushu and the old eunuch were still robbing tombs in Mangshan, Lan Ling and Sanniang arrived in Chang'an first, and then immediately met Hei Lu who was squatting under the city and was almost captured as a Kunlun slave.
With the academy certificate sent by Gu Changfeng, the two easily rescued Hei Lu, and then met an old monk.
Lan Ling saw with her own eyes that two monks were imprisoned together with Zhao Yushu in Dongdu, and she guessed at that time that they were probably one of Zhao Yushu's friends. After some probing, the four-member team successfully gathered together.
Lan Ling, who had the best brain, came up with several plans, but in the face of the powerful deterrence of Neijing, the success rate of these plans was extremely low, and they couldn't even decide whether to take action outside or inside the city.
"Why don't we ask Zhao Yushu? He is so smart." Sanniang made a suggestion that seemed ridiculous but was very feasible in practice.
Sanniang and Bujie had both shown their faces to the old eunuch. Lan Ling had also taken action when he artificially created snow to confuse the old eunuch's mind. There was no guarantee that the old eunuch had seen her, so the only undercover candidate fell on Heilu, who was as blank as a piece of paper.
Lan Ling had fought side by side with Hei Lu before, and she knew that this guy was good at fighting, but it was a bit outrageous for him to do espionage. So Hei Lu was stuffed into a Western Region merchant caravan heading to Tongguan by various coincidences, with only one mission: listen!
Lan Ling believed that as long as Zhao Yushu saw Hei Lu, he would definitely be able to guess that the group had already arrived in Chang'an. After all, with Hei Lu's brain and temperament, it was impossible for him to think of sneaking into the caravan.
So things went smoothly. After Zhao Yushu caught a glimpse of Hei Lu, he was surprised and immediately thought that there was someone behind Hei Lu. It was most likely Lan Ling, after all, the others didn't know Hei Lu.
He originally wanted to get some information about Lan Ling from Hei Lu, so he contacted Hu Shang under the pretext of treasure hunting. When he saw that Hei Lu did not show any reaction, Zhao Yushu realized that it was Lan Ling, not him, who wanted to get the information.
"Boy, behind the scenes, inside, the general, keep an eye on it." Hei Lu tried hard to reproduce Zhao Yushu's words.
He followed me!
The three of them looked at each other. An old eunuch had already left everyone helpless, and now General Wang had actually followed him from Dongdu. Moreover, Zhao Yushu used the word "stare", which meant that the other party was no longer just responsible for interception like Dongdu.
If they rushed forward rashly, they might be attacked and killed by the two inner scenes together.
"There's more!" Hei Lu swallowed his saliva and said, "Let's talk about it when we get to Xijing."
Don't do it on the road.
Lan Ling understood what Zhao Yushu meant, but how could she do anything in Xijing? Xijing was the emperor's territory!
"What else did he say?"
Hei Lu thought about it, and tried hard to tell him about Zhao Yushu buying the glass cup, including the sentence that gave him a better chance of escaping calmly.
"With the two internal scenes next to it, it is impossible not to see the grade of the glass cup. That cup is useless." Bujie concluded.
"Maybe it's not the cup itself that's useful." Lan Ling thought for a moment and looked at Hei Lu: "You weren't discovered when you escaped, right?"
Black Deer smiled foolishly: "Big Beard, General, he's been captured."
Big Beard is what Black Deer calls the Hu merchants.
Lan Ling's eyes suddenly lit up: "What did the general say?"
"Broken cup, useful."
With a snap, Lan Ling couldn't help but slap Sanniang's thigh, making Sanniang grimace in pain.
"He was fooled!"
Bujie also laughed: "It's a pity that we can't seize this opportunity."
"As long as there's an opportunity."
"Then what should we do now?"
"Wait!" Lan Ling stood up and opened the window, looking at the solemn and prosperous Chang'an City: "Wait for him to come in, we will fight in Chang'an!"
The escort convoy drove out of Tongguan. The princess's carriage was filled with more than a dozen small barrels of the finest Western wine, which were secretly arranged by the Tongguan garrison commander.
With the summer breeze blowing, I poured the ordinary wine into the yellow-grade glass cup I bought for free and brewed it for a while. Then I poured it into two cups and shared it with the old eunuch. Perfect.
"When we get to the next town, get me some beef and I'll fry it for you to a medium rare steak. I'm sure you've never experienced it before, even with red wine."
The old eunuch's eyes narrowed with laughter: "You are young, but you know a lot. This way of eating has never been seen in the palace."
Zhao Yushu waved his hand shamelessly: "Alas, the curse of knowledge is not something that everyone is qualified to experience. When the time comes, we can eat meat and drink wine together to make that great general envious to death."
The old eunuch laughed: "Then you may be disappointed. General Wang left Tongguan last night and has not caught up yet."
"gone?"
"I went after the caravan and brought the Hu merchant back in the middle of the night. Your little plot was successful."
Zhao Yushu raised the corner of his mouth and raised his glass: "Congratulations, Cheers!"