Chapter 2004
Words:831Update:23/02/19 11:12:28
Seven in the morning, in Taiyuan, the sky was already bright.
Wang Liaoyuan, Wang Yu, Fang Gongteng, Li Junxian, Dugu Fei, and Hanli Zhengying were gathered in the front hall of the relay station to discuss the matter of rescuing Li Tai. Iron Egg and Mo Chui were worried about Li Tai's safety, so they were also listening in.
As the highest-ranking administrator of Taiyuan City, Li Junxian naturally sat at the head of the table. Seeing that everyone was present, he cut to the chase and got straight to the point. "Half an hour ago, this general received news from the Chang 'an Hundred Cavalry Department regarding Zhao Deyan's identity. Zhao Deyan was originally the county magistrate of Beizhou's Qinghe County. He was extremely fickle and skilled in flattery. As an official, he only cared about the common people, causing the locals to complain!
According to the investigation of the Hundred Cavalry Department, during the reign of Wude, many local officials secretly sent money to the hidden crown prince to help him develop his power. Zhao Deyan was one of them. In just two short years, he sent more than fifty thousand strings of stolen money to the hidden crown prince through the provincial governor of Beizhou. In the ninth year of Wude, the hidden crown prince was killed in a coup at the Xuanwu Gate, and His Majesty ascended the throne. Zhao Deyan was worried that His Majesty would settle accounts with him, so he left Beizhou and went to the steppe to seek refuge with Xieli!
Although this person was good at boot-licking and flattering, he also had some real ability. After escaping to the grassland, Zhao Deyan very quickly obtained Xieli's appreciation. Moreover, with Xieli's support, Zhao Deyan began to reform the official system on the grassland. Moreover, he himself was also in charge of a mysterious army, a team of experts selected from the Han captives and formed from them!
This general speculates that this army under Zhao Deyan's command should be the group that attacked the relay station last night! In recent years, Zhao Deyan has very likely used their identities as Han to plant them in various provinces of the Great Tang to gather intelligence!
Previously, when the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy left Yunshan and were preparing to go north to build a telegraph relay station, it is very likely that they had already been noticed by the spies that Zhao Deyan had planted near Chang 'an City, so he had enough time to complete this series of arrangements in Taiyuan City! "
Everyone in the room was stunned by Li Junxian's words.
Although some of this information was based on Li Junxian's conjectures, most of it was because Li Junxian had received a telegram from the Imperial Astronomer of Chang 'an this morning. The Hundred Horseman Division had used the Imperial Astronomer to send a telegram to him!
Yesterday afternoon, Li Junxian truly had sent a messenger pigeon to order the Hundred Cavalry Department in Chang 'an to investigate Zhao Deyan's identity. But given the speed of the messenger pigeon, the Hundred Cavalry Department would only receive the letter in the second half of the night. It was simply impossible for them to find out Zhao Deyan's identity in just a few hours! In truth, last night, when Li Er learned that Li Tai had been captured by a Turkic spy, he had given Zhao Song an order to use all means at his disposal, including the Hundred Cavalry Department. They had to find out Zhao Deyan's identity and background before daybreak!
After receiving the order, the Hundred Cavalry Department immediately began to move. After spending the night reading through countless files, they finally found some information on Zhao Deyan. Zhao Song brought this information to Li Er and had a junior eunuch from the Imperial Astronomer help the Hundred Cavalry Department send a copy of Zhao Deyan's information to Li Junxian so that he could rescue Li Tai!
"This Zhao Deyan used to be a local official of my Great Tang, but now he's willing to be the running dog of the Turks! Truly abominable!"
Dugu Feiying angrily waved his fist as he viciously spat.
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