当时我送往交州的探子全部被杀
“was that all the spies I sent to Jiaozhou were killed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The real reason your mother sent you away”
当时我送往交州的探子全部被杀
“was that all the spies I sent to Jiaozhou were killed.”
我急需一名
“I urgently needed”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Imperial factions frequently relied on secret networks of scouts (探子), whose destruction signaled total informational blindness and severe crisis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scout / spy
A traditional historical term for covert scouts or intelligence agents.
to be killed
Standard passive structure denoting death by external violence.