hsntnovel Chapter 2428 2 Intelligence Systems
Chapter 2428 2 Intelligence Systems
In the Liangyi Hall, Li Chengqian was processing official documents. The hall door opened and the cold wind blew in directly.
"His Royal Highness."
Wang Zhong walked in hurriedly.
"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian shivered in the cold wind and looked up at Wang Zhong.
The Liangyi Hall has been renovated by Li Shen, with warm walls on both sides. Fortunately, the Liangyi Hall is not too big.
If this is the Taiji Hall, the heated walls won't work, so we'll have to use floor heating.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have received secret information that His Highness Prince Ji has returned." Wang Zhong handed a note to Li Chengqian.
"The tenth prince is back?" Li Chengqian took the note with some surprise and took a look at it. There was only one sentence on it: Prince Ji was leaving for the capital and there was still time.
Li Chengqian frowned. Li Shen had agreed with him to come back next year and asked him to send troops to help escort the prisoners, and also gave him 350,000 copper coins.
But now Li Shen actually came back by himself.
"Do you know why Prince Ji came back in such a hurry?" Li Chengqian asked. After all, it was winter now, and there must be something wrong if he came back in such a hurry.
"Your Highness, the spy didn't find anything either, but could this be a decree from His Majesty?"
Wang Zhong shook his head and guessed.
Li Chengqian stood up, stretched his muscles, and thought.
"It's possible. When I went to the harem half a month ago, my mother said she wanted Old Ten to come back for Yuanzheng.
Perhaps it was Mother's idea." Thinking of this, Li Chengqian sat down again. As long as it wasn't a big deal, it would be fine.
But thinking of his 350,000 strings of cash, he began to ponder again.
"Wang Zhong, do you think Old Ten will regret it when he comes back?"
"Your Highness, I don't think that's the case, is it? Your Highness has already informed Guazhou, Yizhou, Suzhouzhou, Ganzhou, and more than ten other states.
If Prince Ji regrets his decision, wouldn't His Royal Highness be ridiculed by others? "
Wang Zhong thought for a moment and replied that he felt that Prince Ji would not go back on his word.
Li Chengqian shook his head:
"That's hard to say. For someone as shameless as Lao Shi, what can't he do?
This is not the first or second time that he has deceived me.
Didn't you say he also sent a letter to His Majesty that day?"
"That's right. On that day, His Royal Highness Prince Ji did send a letter to the palace." Wang Zhong nodded.
"What on earth is Old Ten planning to do? Is he going to ask two people to do another thing? That's exactly what he said last time.
After he finished speaking to me, he told His Majesty that I would intercede for him in the court, and His Majesty would intercede for him in private.
He is quite capable, making the Emperor and the Crown Prince work so hard for him."
Li Chengqian remembered the letter Li Shen had written to him, the letter that begged for wealth and honor in the face of danger.
He got into trouble in Xizhou and had two people clean up his mess.
"Your Highness, Prince Ji won't do this this time, right?" Wang Zhong asked uncertainly.
"Hmph, if he deceives me again this time, I will follow His Majesty's example and punish him with family discipline.
Your Majesty is right. To deal with him, you have to beat him every now and then until he behaves for a while."
Li Chengqian snorted and spoke angrily. The Li family rules were established specifically for Li Shen.
It can also be said that it was enjoyed exclusively by Li Shen, and later developed to Li Zhi and Li Tai.
Li Chengqian also admired Li Shen very much, as he actually forced their father to come up with the family rules.
Fortunately, I am older and there were no family rules when I was a child.
"Send someone to check if Old Ten returned because he received an imperial edict. This is the condition for negotiating with Old Ten.
Thirty-five thousand strings of cash will allow me to do many things."
After thinking about it, Li Chengqian still wanted to find out why Li Shen came. He really needed money.
His intelligence department invests a lot of manpower and financial resources every year.
"Your Highness, this is probably difficult. We don't have anyone in Prince Ji's Mansion, let alone in the palace."
Wang Zhong was in a dilemma because the intelligence organization he was in charge of had just been established and was not very perfect yet.
There are no people deployed in important places.
"Asshole, I've already said that we can't place anyone in Prince Ji's mansion. Do you think Old Ten is a fool?
If he finds out, how can I face him?
And there must not be any of our people in the palace. You must remember that I am the crown prince, not the emperor."
Hearing Wang Zhong's words, Li Chengqian immediately became angry and asked, "Is he crazy to place people in Prince Ji's Mansion and the Imperial Palace?"
These two people are not people he can deal with now, not to mention that they are the people closest to him now.
"Yes, yes, it's my fault. It's my crime." Wang Zhong quickly apologized.
"Forget it. In the future, you should be more careful when doing things and don't make decisions on your own." Li Chengqian waved his hand. Wang Zhong had been with him for many years.
Although he was placed here by His Majesty, he is absolutely loyal to him.
"But... Your Highness, the people below have discovered that Prince Ji's mansion also has a group of spies, and they are very secretive."
Wang Zhong changed the subject and replied.
"You mean the newspaper." Li Chengqian said indifferently. Not only did he know that the newspaper was gathering information, but their father also knew about it.
Wang Zhong shook his head:
"Your Highness, it's not the newspaper office. This was discovered by someone below us by chance when we were in Xizhou. These people are very good at disguising themselves.
They were just passing information through the newspaper. I originally thought they were from the newspaper, but later I found out they had nothing to do with it."
"Oh? You mean they use the newspaper as a cover, but are actually another group of spies?" Li Chengqian became interested after hearing this.
"That's right. That's what I meant. I just don't know how many people there are in this group."
Wang Zhong nodded.
Li Chengqian frowned when he heard this. The Prince Ji's Mansion actually had two intelligence systems, one in the open and one in secret, using the newspaper as a cover to show others.
Or it is very likely for His Majesty and him to see.
And in the darkness, there is another intelligence system that is gathering intelligence and delivering it through newspapers.
In this way, everyone will think that this is someone from the newspaper and will not associate anything else.
Even though Li Chengqian trusted Li Shen, he was still worried when he heard about this. Li Shen is about 20 years old this year.
He has a large family and wealth that rivals a country, and he is talented and highly respected among the people.
"Wang Zhong, can our people track down the movements of this group of people?" Li Chengqian suddenly spoke.
"Your Highness, we cannot trace them. They are better at disguising themselves than our people. They must have received training.
Our people wouldn't have known about this unless they stumbled upon it by accident." Wang Zhong shook his head in denial.
"Haha, no wonder Lao Shi keeps saying he has no money. These two spies cost more than a million dollars a year, and all his money goes to this place."
Li Chengqian chuckled. He knew too well how much it cost to build an intelligence system.
He had just formed a spy team with only a few members, and it cost a lot of money to manage it in a year.
"Your Highness, let's find out about Prince Ji..." Wang Zhong asked.
"I don't need you anymore. I can ask His Majesty myself and find out. Let's go to the harem."
(It’s so hard to see a doctor nowadays. I went to the city hospital to see a doctor for a rotator cuff injury, and it took three days to diagnose it.
If this were universal free medical care, I wouldn't even be able to see a doctor for a month.)