The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 644 Xilin Secret Agent

The Wulianglou is less eerie during the day than at night. Compared with an ordinary restaurant, the light is just a little dimmer, which is not a big difference.

After Yan Wu sent the person there, he took his brother back.

Outside the Wuliang Tower, there was a beautiful maid waiting. When she saw Jiang Suining and the others, she led them into the building and went straight to the second floor.

Wen Yan was sitting by the window on the second floor drinking. She was wearing a bright red dress with large peonies embroidered with black and gold silk threads. She looked luxurious and charming.

Seeing someone coming, his eyes first swept over Shen Yanxi and Jiang Suining, and finally stopped on Pei Zhaozhi.

"I guess this is Master Pei. It's a pleasure to meet you for the first time."

Pei Zhaozhi had heard from Shen Yanxi and the others before that the owner of the Wuliang Tower was a woman. He did not look surprised at all and nodded slightly at Wen Yan.

"Wen Louzhu."

Looking at Pei Zhaozhi's serious expression, Wen Yan's smile became even more intense. She tapped the wine glass in her hand with her long nails from time to time and looked at Pei Zhaozhi with interest.

"As expected of the Minister of Justice, if the prisoners saw this serious look, they would probably be scared out of their wits."

Pei Zhaozhi frowned, ignored the teasing in the words, and just glanced sideways at Shen Yanxi.

Seeing that Pei Zhaozhi didn't respond, Wen Yan lost some interest and turned his gaze back to Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi.

"Lord Shen and Madam Shen, oh no, Lord Shen and Lady Jiang, must have other reasons for coming here today, so why not get straight to the point."

"Master Wen is a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush." ​​Shen Yanxi said, "I came to the black market today to ask Master Wen about a few people."

"who?"

"People from Xilin Country."

Shen Yanxi's answer made Wen Yan frown. "What does Prime Minister Shen mean by this? What does the people of Xilin have to do with my black market? Could it be that the Prime Minister still suspects that my black market is colluding with other countries? This crime is too serious. We can't bear it."

"Please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Wen. I didn't mean that. It's just that since the last time the Xilin envoys arrived, the Xilin spies hiding in the imperial city have been making a lot of moves. The court spent a lot of effort to confirm their identities. But just when they were about to arrest them, they all disappeared. The last whereabouts that could be found pointed to the black market."

Beiyang and Xilin are bordering each other, and the relationship between the two countries has always been delicate. Although the two countries have maintained superficial peace since the destruction of Dongyuan Kingdom more than ten years ago, there have been constant small moves in private.

Such a thing as sending secret agents to the other side's imperial city is naturally not uncommon.

In order to catch the spies from other countries hiding in the imperial city, the imperial court spent a lot of effort. This time, they took advantage of the opportunity of the Xilin envoy's visit to successfully find some clues.

But just as they were following the clues and confirming their identities bit by bit, the spies probably realized that they had been exposed and disappeared overnight.

A lot of effort was spent on secret searches both inside and outside the imperial city. If they had escaped in the direction of leaving the city, it would be impossible not to find their whereabouts.

If there is any best place to hide in or outside this imperial city, it is probably the black market.

Wen Yan put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Shen Yanxi coldly, "Prime Minister Shen, even if there are clues pointing to the black market, I am afraid it does not mean that the person is in the black market. Although my black market has its own set of rules and does not follow the laws of the court, I am not in the habit of causing trouble. We don't want to provoke this Xilin spy. Of course...if there are really spies from Xilin who have infiltrated the black market, we will never protect them."

"We are relieved to hear what Mr. Wen said. However, in order to verify the truth of this matter, we hope that Mr. Wen can help and cooperate."

"What if I don't want to get involved in this mess?"

"That might be a bit troublesome." Shen Yanxi paused for a moment, "After all, the emperor already knows about this matter and has ordered that the Xilin Kingdom's spies must be captured at all costs."

"Prime Minister Shen, are you threatening me?" Wen Yan stood up, the look on his face turning completely cold.

The peony embroidery on the hem of her skirt emitted a black and gold glow as she moved, like a danger signal.

Pei Zhaozhi said, "You have misunderstood. The Prime Minister was not threatening, but just stating the facts. I was present when the emperor gave the order, and I heard it clearly. After all, this matter involves the secret agents of Xilin State. The emperor attaches great importance to it. The government does not want to make things difficult for the black market. I hope you can cooperate."

The Xilin Kingdom is good at training secret agents. The spies they train and place in other countries are generally difficult to detect.

I heard that when Dongyuan Kingdom was destroyed more than ten years ago, Xilin's secret agents played an important role.

Not only did he deceive and confuse the then Minister of War, and obtain the border defense map through the Minister of War, which led to the defeat of the border army of Dongyuan Kingdom, but he also persuaded the then imperial city defender of Dongyuan Kingdom to surrender, and opened the city gate at the critical moment to welcome the enemy army into the city.

In the end, the emperor and empress of Dongyuan both committed suicide on the palace gate and city wall, and Dongyuan Kingdom was completely destroyed.

It can be said that Xilin’s spies played a huge role in the destruction of Dongyuan.

Originally, Xilin Kingdom had a small territory and its national strength was not very strong. It was only by annexing Dongyuan and occupying most of Dongyuan’s territory that it became a great power and could stand shoulder to shoulder with Beiyang.

Perhaps having tasted success, Xilin State has since put more effort into cultivating secret agents, and Beiyang has also had to work extra hard on guarding against Xilin secret agents.

Pei Zhaozhi's explanation did not ease Wen Yan's expression. She still frowned and looked unhappy.

However, Cheng Du, who had been standing behind them without saying a word, spoke at this moment.

"Sister, since Prime Minister Shen and Lord Pei have said so much, I guess there is no better choice. Why don't you just agree to it?"

Pei Zhaozhi couldn't help but look at Cheng Du a few more times when he was called "Sister". "So you are actually the younger brother of Master Wen."

Cheng Du smiled but said nothing.

Wen Yan glared at Cheng Du. "You are usually idle and careless, and you are unwilling to participate in the affairs of the building. Now you are even helping outsiders to speak."

Cheng Du smiled and defended himself, "Sister, didn't I just act as a middleman to facilitate the cooperation and get Yan Qi back? As for helping outsiders, that's even more impossible."

After taking a look at Shen Yanxi, Jiang Suining and the others, Cheng Du continued.

"After all, I have been in contact with Lord Shen and his people for some time. Since they can come here in person and ask us to cooperate, I think they will not treat us unfairly in the exchange conditions."