When the lights were on, in the second courtyard of the Lu family, Lu Shaofei stared blankly at the knot on the badger's legs, and was reluctant to eat.

"Ding Yan, Ding Yan, I almost forgot that I call Ding Yan!" A bitter smile appeared on Lu Shaofei's face and he thought to himself.

Ding Yan was the original name of Lu Shaofei. In the second year of Chongzhen, he moved from Tongzhou, northern Zhili to Zhijiang. He was caught by Lin Chunhong at a glance and pulled into the logging army. Later, because of his calmness, caution, and literary works, he was selected by Lin Chunhong and trained to be a secret stake. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he returned to Tongzhou alone and was captured by the Jurchen Tartars to Chenyang, becoming a Baoyi under Zhengbai.

After becoming Baoyi, Lu Shaofei quickly gained the appreciation of his master due to his skill in martial arts. He did not disappoint his master, and he was not ruthless in killing the Han people, and was even more cruel than the Qing Tartars. It was precisely because of this that he was promoted to the rank of the assistant leader and led an Alu to fight everywhere, with his hands covered with the blood of the Han, Mongols and Koreans.

Lu Shaofei was a kind person by nature and hated the Tartars' harm to Tongzhou. However, in order to conceal his identity and to gain a higher status among the Jurchens, he raised a butcher knife to the Han people.

Because he was a Han Chinese, the Jurchens rarely interacted with him on weekdays. The Han people hated him for killing his compatriots and avoided him. Therefore, in Liaodong, Lu Shaofei was extremely lonely and extremely lonely. He once secretly wondered who the other two secret stakes sent to Liaodong were and what were their feelings?

However, this is absolutely not allowed by the stake discipline, unless the three of them don't want to survive again.

However, it was this loneliness and loneliness that well hidden his identity, and was appreciated by Huang Taiji, and included in the inner secretarial academy as a secretary, and had the opportunity to come into contact with confidential matters.

As a secret stake, Lu Shaofei was undoubtedly successful, but who could know how much suffering he suffered when he raised his butcher knife and chopped the bloody Han people to the ground.

Sometimes, he even suspected that he had a dream about traversing in Jingzhou, logging and stake training. Perhaps, he had been staying in Tongzhou until he was captured by the Tartars to Liaodong.

The habit he developed over the years has been preserved. As long as he has free time, he will go to the Yinxiang Restaurant to drink and ask for a fresh badger leg. Over the years, the badger leg that he has eaten has not less than a thousand, so that everyone in Shengjing City knows that there is a badger leg that is popular with the Zhengbai Banner.

But who knows that he chewed badger meat every day just to hang a sword of Damocles on Shengjing?

After eating badger legs for five years, he never waited for anyone to contact. He even wondered if Lin Chunhong had forgotten him? This idea appeared in his mind from time to time, making him feel confused and in pain.

In order to comfort himself, he paid great attention to Jingzhou's every move. However, in the remote Liaodong, it was not easy to understand the situation in Jingzhou? He only knew that the Jingzhou army had gone to the Central Plains to suppress bandits several times, and had almost no intersection with the Jurchens.

Until one day, Lin Chunhong sent a warship to spread the news of Ajig's battle to capture Pi Island. He keenly realized that it was not far from the day he was awakened. In those days, he went to the Sinxiang Restaurant almost every day, waiting for the contact person with the badger on his back to appear.

The result was undoubtedly disappointing, and he still didn't wait for that person.

Later, news of the Jingzhou army's activities in the Liaodong Peninsula, Jeju Island and the Jurchen area came one after another, but he still did not wait for the contact person.

Perhaps, Lin Chunhong had really forgotten him! When Lu Shaofei thought of this, his heart hurt like a knife. In the past, when he picked up the butcher knife to kill the Han people, he still had a thought in his heart to support himself. But if Lin Chunhong had forgotten him, what were the things he did before?

Just as he was about to go crazy, a agreed knot appeared in front of him, his breathing almost stopped, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Confusion is no longer there, hesitation is gone, and the rest is not only endless motivation, but also motivation.

After five years of waiting, Lu Shaofei finally got the result.

On the second day, Lu Shaofei came to the Inner Secretariat. Lu Shaofei was always full of disdain for this Inner Secretariat. As a bystander, Lu Shaofei could see at a glance that Huang Taiji was imitating the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty court, but he was imitating it inappropriately.

The most funny thing is that the Grand Secretary or attendants of the Third Inner Court sometimes lead troops to fight. For example, he is now a secretary attendant. Once there is a war, he will be under the Zhengbai Banner and go on the battle with him. However, this is considered a slight witch compared to the Minister of Personnel Dorgon leading troops to fight.

Lu Shaofei was about to enter the inner secretariat when he happened to meet the Grand Secretary Fan Wencheng. Lu Shaofei was about to salute, but was interrupted by Fan Wencheng's surprised voice: "Why did Lu's eyes turn red?"

Lu Shaofei still had the same cold expression, and bowed in a regular manner, and replied without any emotion: "Return to Grand Secretary Fan, I rushed to complete the emperor's teachings to sacrifice to heaven last night, and wait until midnight."

Lu Shaofei was quite afraid of Fan Wencheng. Although this old guy is not very literary and often makes some tricks, he is well versed in being an official, is cautious and rigorous in dealing with things, and often pays attention to details that others have never noticed. Therefore, he kept a certain distance from Fan Wencheng and would never say a word unless he had to.

Fortunately, he gave others the impression that no one likes it. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with the old fox Fan Wencheng.

Seeing Fan Wencheng smiled slightly, he said, "Thank you for your hard work at Lu. However, don't worry about the sacrifice of the sky. It won't be used until next spring... Come here, there are some documents that need to be drafted..."

Fan Wencheng and Lu Shaofei, one in front and the other behind, spoke, entered the inner secretary academy, turned a corner and entered Fan Wencheng's office point.

Lu Shaofei did not look squinted, his head with the rat tail combed in Jin Qian was slightly lowered, and asked lightly: "What are the instructions for college students?"

Fan Wencheng frowned slightly and thought to himself, "Lu Shaofei is a good player in war, but his behavior is really bad. Otherwise, he could help him to expand his speaking weight in the Qing court. Why didn't Lu Shaofei go to the Tao?"

Fan Wencheng was a little disappointed and said in an official tone: "The emperor ordered the winter solstice to go to Ningcheng to hunt in winter, and ordered the five tribes including Korqin, Chahar, Tumote, Ordos, and Bahrain in the south of the Mongolian Mongolia, including Korqin, Chahar, Tumote, Ordos, and Bahrain, to bring two thousand elite troops to Ningcheng to join, and no delays shall be delayed."

Lu Shaofei looked expressionless and bowed and said, "I will receive the order." Then he left Fan Wencheng's office point without looking back.

However, Lu Shaofei's heart was far less indifferent than he appeared. After listening to Fan Wencheng's words, he almost took a breath: How could the five Mongolian tribes, namely more than 10,000 cavalry, just for winter hunting?

Whether it is the Mongolian Tartars or the Jurchen Tartars, winter hunting is synonymous with war!

In other words, Huang Taiji launched a large number of troops and gathered in Ningcheng. His goal was self-evident: that is the Ji Liao defense line that was riddled with holes in the Ming Dynasty!

Lu Shaofei stayed in Liaodong for more than five years, and his long-term plan for Huang Taiji was as insightful as ever: Huang Taiji never thought of entering the Central Plains, he just wanted to treat the Ming Dynasty as his natural granary. When Liaodong was in short supply of food, he invaded the capital and robbed it, and obtained a large amount of population and food. Huang Taiji even wanted to argue with the Ming Dynasty, forcing the Ming Dynasty to open up the border, and recognize the reciprocal status of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, in the past, Huang Taiji plundered the Central Plains and mostly spoke in advance, claiming that if the peace was not discussed, he would attack wherever he would attack.

This time, Huang Taiji secretly gathered troops, which made Lu Shaofei instinctively feel that the purpose of Huang Taiji's invasion this time was not as simple as usual.

Lu Shaofei was puzzled and no longer thought about this problem. Now, he had only one thought in his mind: to send the news of the Tartars' about to invade back to Jingzhou, so that Lin Chunhong would prepare early to avoid being caught off guard.

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Finally, Lu Shaofei returned home until the evening. There was no one else in the house except an old servant. Lu Shaofei told the old servant while walking: "Carry up the second room in the east wing, burn Su Hexiang, where will I sleep at night."

"Here!" the old servant replied without a single redundant sentence.

Lu Shaofei did not stop at all. After entering the room, Lu Shaofei closed the door tightly with a serious expression. He took out the special water he had collected for a long time and skillfully wrote down a string of numbers.

After the number is encoded, it corresponds to more than 300 most commonly used Chinese characters, which is a unique cipher text in Jingzhou. As a hidden stake, it does not carry any cipher book on it, but keeps the numbers firmly in your head.

For more than five years, Lu Shaofei recalled the commonly used Chinese characters almost every day, for fear of forgetting a word. After five years of persistence, Lu Shaofei was finally used, so excited that the numbers were written out of shape.

The meaning Lu Shaofei wanted to express was very simple, with only one sentence: Huang Taiji ordered the five Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert to carry two thousand elite soldiers to hunt in Ningcheng in winter.

Although Lu Shaofei concluded that Huang Taiji would probably gather troops to attack Ji Liao, as a hidden stake, the best quality is to tell the truth. He would not add his own judgment unless he had to, nor would he bring a trace of his own color.

After handling the secret letter, Lu Shaofei still put the white paper into his wallet and stayed in the second room in the east wing.

I don’t know if Lu Shaofei worked overnight or forgot to blow out the oil lamp. In short, the second room in the east wing was brightly lit until the morning of the next day.

Lu Shaofei's arrangement was finally not in vain. At the end of the next day, Huang Xiaodong stepped on dew and carried a badger on his back, knocking on the door of the Lu family...
Chapter completed!