Chapter 813: Plotting against each other!

When he thought of this last possibility, Zhang Chengzhe couldn't help but shudder, and a chill rushed straight to his head from behind...
He has been in the Coordination Office for many years and knows very well how ruthless these spies are. Yi Jing is under the feet of the "Son of Heaven" and it is not easy for them to do it directly. Once they leave Yi Jing, they will not have so many concerns. The more Zhang Chengzhe thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was the greatest, and his expression became very complicated.

After an incense stick of time, Zhang Chengzhe finally calmed down and began to think about what to do next.

Although he was aware of the danger, Sun Taihai had already given him an order. If he did not leave for Liaoyang after five days, he would be disobeying the order. Sun Taihai could then kill him with justification, and no one would be able to find fault with him.

I am now in a dilemma, and the only good news is that I still have five days!

Although five days is not a long time, it is not a short time either. If you plan carefully, you may be able to survive and fight your way out of this Shura field!
Since everyone says that I am an internal guard, then what if I just become an internal guard?
Thinking of this, Zhang Chengzhe's eyes became firm. He was only 23 years old this year and had just married a wife. He still had two shops and two hundred acres of fertile land waiting for him to inherit. The most important thing was that he had elderly parents waiting for him to support them, so he must not die now·····································

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Yijing, Ye Mansion Study

As soon as Huo San entered the room, he bowed and greeted Ye Mingsheng in the room:
"I am Huo San, your Excellency!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly at Huo San, then asked calmly:
"What's matter?"

Listening to Ye Mingsheng's calm voice, although it sounded no different from usual at first glance, but for some reason, these words sounded different to Huo San. Huo San also felt that he might be a little too sensitive, and immediately continued to introduce:
"Sir, our Coordination Office has recently implemented a double sword plan. The plan has achieved some results, so I came to report to you!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded with interest after hearing this. With Ye Mingsheng's permission, Huo San also began to preach:
"About half a year ago, in order to steal our military's operational secrets, the Supervisory Department specifically instructed the Supervisory Department spies lurking in Yijing to infiltrate our military's general staff. Soon they set their sights on a third-class staff officer named Liu Zheng!"

“This Liu Zheng is from Posuo Prefecture in Liaoyang. He joined our army when our army was suppressing bandits in Posuo Prefecture. He once served in the Second Division. Although he was punished for being lazy and gluttonous during his tenure in the Second Division, many families wanted to recruit him as their son-in-law because of his handsome appearance and tall stature, including the elder of the Ye Deshan clan…”

"Three years ago, Liu Zheng officially married Ye Zhen, the daughter of Ye Deshan's clan elder. In the same year, Liu Zheng was recommended by the Second Division and passed the relevant assessment to be transferred to the General Staff!"

When Huo San got to this point, Ye Mingsheng frowned and interrupted him and asked:
"I remember Ye Deshan had a daughter. It seems that she broke her leg when she climbed a tree when she was young. Now she is lame and looks very ugly. Is she the Ye Zhen you are talking about?"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng asking this, Huo San nodded and said:

"Your Excellency, this person is Ye Zhen!"

After getting a positive answer from Huo San, Ye Mingsheng completely understood what was going on.

As the highest decision-making department of the Fengwu Army, the General Staff had very high requirements for the quality of its staff. In order to prevent the staff of the General Staff from becoming only armchair strategists like Zhao Kuo, Ye Mingsheng issued an order as early as the establishment of the General Staff that the staff of the General Staff must have more than three years of field force experience.

Three years of field troop experience is only a selection qualification. To become a member of the Fengwu Army General Staff, one needs to be recommended by the original unit and pass multiple assessments. According to the principle of "better to have nothing than to have something unqualified", those who fail the first round will be eliminated. According to the promotion ratio in previous years, only one person out of ten applicants can enter the General Staff...

Liu Zheng had received a disciplinary warning when he was in the Second Division, so according to the relevant regulations of the Fengwu Army, he was not qualified to be recommended. However, he ignored the relevant regulations and not only was recommended by the Second Division, he also successfully joined the General Staff. I think he also made a lot of efforts and sacrifices!

But unlike others, his efforts and sacrifices were probably used in the wrong place, on Ye Zhen and her father Ye Deshan!

Ye Mingsheng waved his hand to signal Huo San to continue speaking:
"In his first year at the General Staff, Liu Zheng made several mistakes in a row and was reprimanded by Deputy Chief of Staff Zhao Han. He was originally going to be sent back to the Second Division, but under the guidance of his father-in-law Ye Deshan, Deputy Chief of Staff Zhao Han gave Liu Zheng a chance. After that, Liu Zheng behaved well in the General Staff and did not make any big mistakes!"

"Because his wife was ugly and fierce, she would beat or scold Liu Zheng at any time, and she did not allow Liu Zheng to take a concubine, so Liu Zheng bought a prostitute from Hongxiu Tower as a mistress. Although Liu Zheng had a lot of food and salary in the General Staff, he had a lot of living expenses in Yijing, so his financial resources gradually became insufficient."

“It was at this time that Li Baolin, a spy from the Supervisory Department, began to approach Liu Zheng and proposed to make money together with Liu Zheng. The two hit it off, and under Li Baolin’s leadership, Liu Zheng also made a lot of money. Just when Liu Zheng was satisfied, Li Baolin showed his fangs and asked Liu Zheng to collect intelligence from the General Staff for him, otherwise he would report him to the Coordination Office…”

"Under Li Baolin's coercion and inducement, Liu Zheng quickly gave in and began to work for the Supervisory Department. However, when he was trying to steal confidential information, he left traces and was caught by the Coordination Office. In order to play the long game and catch the bigger fish, our Coordination Office did not arrest him directly, but kept him as a double agent!"

"In the past two months, our Coordination Office has sent two pieces of intelligence to the Supervisory Department through Liu Zheng, which made the Supervisory Department think that they had gained a small advantage. Now the Supervisory Department has gradually begun to trust Liu Zheng and even plans to support Liu Zheng to continue to grow in the General Staff so that the General Staff can obtain more valuable intelligence!"

After listening to Huo San's story, Ye Mingsheng completely understood his thoughts and could not help but look at him deeply. Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Huo San lowered his head humbly, not daring to meet Ye Mingsheng's gaze at all.

"Who did you hear the news from?" Ye Mingsheng asked calmly. When Huo San heard Ye Mingsheng ask this, he spoke honestly without any hesitation:
“Director Ji’s methods are very clever, but I’m not bad either. He has investigated so much, and if I didn’t discover anything, it would mean that I, the deputy director of the Coordination Office, have failed in my duty…”

After hearing Huo San's answer, Ye Mingsheng looked at him again before saying:
"When Ji Xian came to report before, I said something to him. Today I want to say the same thing to you!"

"You must learn to unite with your colleagues in the Coordination Office. Only by sincere cooperation can you develop the Coordination Office as strong as possible!"

After saying this, Huo San's expression also became solemn and he bowed and said;
"I will follow your instructions, and I will cooperate sincerely with Director Ji and serve you wholeheartedly! I will do my best until my death, and I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life for you!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded when he heard this and comforted Huo San with a few words, then asked Ye Cheng to send Huo San away.

After Huo San left, Ye Mingsheng shook his head helplessly. Although Huo San did not mention Ji Xian at all in his report, it was obvious that the Liu Zheng he mentioned was the third-class staff officer of the General Staff who was infiltrated in Ji Xian’s last report!
This was most likely a trap set by Huo San for Ji Xian to intimidate him!
But I have to say that Huo San's move was very clever, and he really trapped Ji Xian!

Judging from Huo San's tone today, he still has some resentment in his heart about Ji Xian's arrival. As a superior, he cannot just emphasize authority, but also needs to use both firmness and flexibility, and apply both kindness and force!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng thought for a while, then called Ye Cheng and instructed:

"Huo San's son is weak and sickly. Please prepare some supplements and send them to him in the name of the old lady..."

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Jingchu, Shimen County
Shimen was originally a small county town in Jingchu. At most, there were no more than three to four thousand people in the city. People usually earned some hard-earned money by farming and raising livestock. The folk customs were relatively simple. Generally speaking, it was a quiet small county town.

However, just three days ago, the tranquility of the small county town was broken by a group of Zhennan Army soldiers in full armor. They searched house by house, took away all the food, livestock and other things in the people's homes, and only left some food rations for the people of Shimen to survive.

Naturally, the people of Shimen were unwilling to accept such banditry, and some brave men chose to resist. However, facing the armed and sharp-armed soldiers of the Zhennan Army, their resistance was tantamount to a mantis trying to stop a chariot and an egg trying to hit a rock.

Just when the people of Shimen thought that these evil bandits would leave after looting, the soldiers of Zhennan Army stationed here. And today, another army holding the flag of Chu Army came to Shimen in a mighty manner. The people of Shimen were full of expectations for the arrival of this Chu Army.

They simply and naively believed that these Chu troops were their own people of Jingchu, and that they could uphold justice for them and drive away the evil bandits of the Zhennan Army!

However, what disappointed the people of Shimen was that the Chu army that arrived at Shimen immediately joined forces with the Zhennan army. Both sides even held a celebratory banquet tonight, enjoying together the fat and blood plundered from the people to fill their horrible bloody mouths...

"Lord Xu, I, Wang Dayu, toast you a glass!" At the banquet, a bald general with a fat body smiled and toasted to Xu Zhaojie who was sitting in the main seat:
"Lord Xu, you are my timely rain. If it weren't for your help, I, Wang Dayou, would have had my head hung on the city wall of Hanyang by the father and son of the Sun family!"

"I, Wang Dayou, have sacrificed most of my life for the Sun family father and son. Now they want to get rid of me. This is really despicable!"

"If they had killed me alone, I would have just given them my head, but they wanted to kill my entire family, not even sparing my newborn grandson who was crying out for food. This is truly intolerable. Fortunately, Lord Xu came to my aid this time, and I must settle all my grievances with them!"

Seeing Wang Dayou, who was in grief and anger, accusing the Sun family father and son in tears in front of everyone, Xu Zhaojie sneered in his heart, but on the surface he also preached with a common hatred of the enemy:
“Brother Wang, the disloyal, unjust, unkind and unfilial villains like the Sun family father and son should be punished by all knowledgeable people in the world. Now that I, Xu Zhaojie, have come to Jingchu this time, I will work together with you, Brother Wang, to make the Sun family father and son pay the price…”

Xu Zhaojie and Wang Dayou's statements immediately set the tone for the banquet. At the banquet, the generals of both sides were toasting each other and having a great time, looking like brothers who wished they were real brothers.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Wang Dayu, who had drunk a lot of wine, leaned back in his chair, but his eyes kept looking towards the west sky. Seeing Wang Dayu like this, Xu Zhaojie sneered even more in his heart, and a hint of murderous intent emerged in the depths of his eyes.

About another stick of incense passed, and seeing that there was no signal, Wang Dayu simply gave up waiting. Just as he was about to smash the cup as a signal to start a rebellion, he heard Xu Zhaojie's voice.

"Brother Wang, are you not going to wait any longer?"

"Maybe if you wait a little longer, you'll be able to see our ammunition depot being blown up!"

Wang Dayu was stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at Xu Zhaojie with shock·············`··········
(I started writing this chapter today at 6 o'clock, and my thoughts are still clear, but my body still can't take it, so it's an hour later than the normal publishing time. It's still a bit bad. Next, I will return to the normal rhythm as soon as possible!)

(End of this chapter)