Li Dejiang said in surprise: "So, none of the women in Yixiangyuan are from the Tang Dynasty. And their prices are so cheap, we will come here again next time!"

Lin Xuan patted his forehead, a little speechless.

After he said so much, Li Dejiang didn't understand what he meant and thought he was taking advantage of him.

"People in the grassland eat mutton all the year round, and they have a strong smell of mutton. The rouge smell on Ziyi's body is very strong, probably to cover up the smell of mutton. Plus her bow legs and calluses on her hands, I think she

It's very possible that they are grassland people."

"But I asked her, and she said she was from the Tang Dynasty. In places like brothels, the price of women from the grasslands is obviously higher than that of women from the Tang Dynasty. Why do you think she pretended to be from the Tang Dynasty?" Lin Xuan asked.

He estimated that if he didn't explain it very clearly, Li Dejiang wouldn't understand it at all.

"You mean that Ziyi is a spy sent by the grassland?" Li Dejiang asked.

Lin Xuan made it so clear. If he doesn't understand in class, he would be a fool.

Lin Xuan nodded and said: "That's right, although we can't be sure, there is a high chance that she is Grassland's spy. It is possible that Yixiangyuan is Grassland's base for gathering information in the Tang Dynasty!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's call the officials immediately to arrest them!" Li Dejiang said hurriedly.

This is all credit.

"Why are you so anxious? They don't know that we guessed their identities. Are you sure there are no spies elsewhere? If you go to report to the officials like this and alert the snakes and let them run away, not only will you get no credit, but you may also be accused." Lin

Xuan said angrily.

If Yixiangyuan is really opened by grassland people and has not been discovered for so long, there must be many sources of information.

If you had rashly reported it to the official, they would have run away long ago.

"What should we do?" Li Dejiang asked.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Go to Chang'an Mansion to explain the matter to His Highness the Crown Prince, and ask His Highness the Crown Prince to send the guards from the East Palace to arrest him."

Yixiangyuan may send people to keep an eye on the activities of various government offices, but Donggong Liu and others should not be able to monitor them.

"Shall I go? Aren't you going? Besides, can His Highness the Crown Prince listen to me?" Li Dejiao asked.

Lin Xuan said: "Don't you want to be knighted? If you want to be knighted, you have to perform more meritorious services. I am already a marquis, so I don't want this credit. As for whether His Highness the Crown Prince will believe it, you will know if you go and tell him.

"

He had just been promoted, so this credit was of little significance to him. He might as well give it to Li De Award.

As for whether Li Chengqian will send someone, it depends on his courage.

"What? When did you become a marquis?" Li Dejiao asked in surprise.

His father was Duke Dai, known as the Military God of the Tang Dynasty. Now he didn't even have a title. Lin Xuan actually became a marquis. He couldn't accept it for a while.

"Your Majesty just sealed it today. The opportunity is right in front of you. It's up to you whether you can seize it." Lin Xuan patted Li Dejiao on the shoulder, opened the door and left.

Li Dejiang's expression changed, he gritted his teeth, went downstairs and left on horseback.

…

"What, you said that there are spies from the grassland in Yixiang Building, and that Yixiang Building may be the stronghold of the grassland?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Dejiang in shock.

Li Dejiang nodded and repeated what Lin Xuan said to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Dejiang in surprise and asked, "Did you discover these?"

Those things Li Dejiang mentioned could not be discovered at all unless someone is very attentive.

If Li Dejiang really discovered it, then he would have to get to know Li Dejiang again.

Li Dejiao scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "I knew I couldn't hide it from His Highness. Lin Xuan discovered this!"

Li Chengqian looked at Li Dejiang angrily and said, "Did you instigate him to go to a brothel?"

Lin Xuan was his future brother-in-law, and Li Lizhi was his most beloved sister. Li Dexuan knew that Lin Xuan and Li Lizhi were already engaged, yet he dared to go to a brothel with him.

"Your Highness, what we are talking about now is about spies. If I hadn't asked Lin Xuan to go to Yixiangyuan to drink, I wouldn't have discovered that there were spies in Yixiangyuan." Li Dejiang smiled sarcastically.

"Why doesn't Lin Xuan come?" Li Chengqian asked.

Li Dejiao said: "Lin Xuan said that he had just been promoted and it was useless to ask for credit. He asked me to come to His Highness!"

Li Chengqian thought for a while and shouted: "Helan Chushi!"

Helan Chushi, who was guarding outside, pushed open the door and entered, cupping his hands and saying, "My subordinates are here!"

"Deploy a thousand people from the East Palace, capture all the people in Yixiangyuan in Pingkangfang, and search Yixiangyuan carefully." Li Chengqian handed over his token and ordered.

He originally planned to send people to monitor Yixiangyuan first, but he was worried about alerting them by alerting others, so he decided to send people directly to arrest them.

Although Donggong Liuzhi has tens of thousands of people, he can only mobilize a thousand people at most.

"Yes!" Helan Chushi took the order and left.

…

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince caused Helan Chushi to lose a thousand people from the East Palace." Li Mu reported.

As soon as Helan Chushi mobilized his troops, Li Mu got the news.

Li Shimin's face darkened: "Do you know why he transferred people?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Helan Chushi didn't say anything. He just took people to Chang'an City. The old slave has already asked people to keep an eye on him. I believe there will be news soon." Li Mu said.

Li Shimin pondered for a while and said: "As soon as there is news, report it immediately. I want to see what he wants to do!"

"Yes!" Li Mu responded.

…

Helan Chushi and a thousand East Palace guards rushed to Yixiangyuan without stopping. He waved his hand and said, "Surround Yixiangyuan and don't let anyone escape!"

"yes!"

Ziyi was reporting the situation to a middle-aged man in a room. Suddenly, a middle-aged woman barged in and shouted: "It's not good, it's not good. Many soldiers came outside and surrounded the entire Yixiang Courtyard.

"

The middle-aged man's expression changed, and he said: "No, it must have been exposed. I feel like I need to get rid of the important things and tell everyone to find a way to escape. If they can't escape, let them commit suicide."

"Yes!" The middle-aged woman and Ziyi responded and left in a hurry.

After the two of them left, the middle-aged man took out some sheepskins and papers from a hidden compartment and threw them into the brazier.

After seeing the parchment burning, the middle-aged man took a knife and left the room.

Seeing that Yixiangyuan was surrounded, Helan Chushi walked in with the remaining soldiers.

…

"Your Majesty, the investigation has been clear. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has received news that there are spies from the grassland in Yixiang Courtyard, and special people have been sent to arrest them!" Li Mu reported.

Li Shimin felt relieved and asked: "Is the news true?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know yet, but according to the news from Baiqi, there is a high possibility that it is true." Li Mu said.

Li Shimin said with a sullen face: "It's normal to have spies from other countries in Chang'an, but the prince has discovered it, and you haven't received the news. What do you do for a living? The person in charge of the news in Chang'an receives fifty military sticks. If there are any more

Once, directly executed!"

Li Mu was sweating coldly, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this old slave is also responsible, please punish me!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu coldly, and after a while he said: "Get up, I hope this is the first and last time, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes! I understand, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!" Li Mu said quickly.

Even though he has been with Li Shimin for many years, if he makes Li Shimin dissatisfied, Li Shimin will not be merciful.

"Go down!" Li Shimin said calmly.

"Your Majesty, if His Highness the Crown Prince catches a spy, does Baiqi need to intervene?" Li Mu asked.

Li Shimin said: "No need, let the prince handle this matter."

…

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, a total of 132 people were captured, and 14 of them chose to commit suicide when they saw that they could not escape!" Helan Chushi reported.

"It seems that there is really something wrong with this Yixiang Courtyard. Arrange people for interrogation immediately. You want to know which of them are spies from the grassland!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Helan Chushi responded.

Finally, after some interrogation, it was found that most of the people arrested were those who went to Yixiangyuan to play, and only three people had problems.

One is the woman named Ziyi who drank with Lin Xuan before, and the other two are guards.

After being tortured and forced to confess, Ziyi revealed their identities.

Yixiangyuan was opened by people from the Western Turks and has been open for several years.

Specially responsible for monitoring the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty.

A major movement of troops and horses cannot be hidden from anyone, so their task is very easy.

They don't need to investigate anything particularly secretive. They rarely have contact with outsiders, so they haven't been noticed by Baiqi all these years.

Some time ago, Immortal Drunk flowed into the grasslands, and people in the grasslands had a great demand for alcohol, especially spirits.
To be continued...