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Chapter 174 Guilty

It is difficult for a person's political position to deviate from his origin.

For example, Yila Chucai, who was born in a noble family, has been a prominent official for generations, and all the people who have been friends since childhood are the children of officials.Therefore, even if he is disappointed with the imperial court and decides to start anew, in his eyes, officials are more reliable than local powerful families. Since Guo Ning has dealt with powerful families, his first reaction is to use those officials. .

But Guo Ning is different.

The life of guarding the frontier since he was a child has left a deep imprint on him.

He has seen too many stupid officials and greedy tyrants, how many things these people have done, and how many times they have hindered the soldiers on the front line.

In the end, in the catastrophic failure, these people were slaughtered wantonly by the Mongols, such as killing chickens and dogs, but the number of soldiers killed by them was more than a thousand times and a thousand times?

Such an experience is like hacking into the body, leaving scars that are difficult to heal.What made him feel insecure, and what made him really willing to believe, were always the partners who had experienced fighting together, the soldiers who could go to the battlefield together and entrust their lives to each other.

Guo Ning did not underestimate the power of officials and powerful families, nor did he intend to kill them all.

He knew very well that no matter how strong an army is, if it has no local support, it will definitely fail.This is like a long spear and spear. It looks like the sharp tip of the spear is what kills the enemy, but if there is no gun shaft to exert force, it becomes a dagger, which is of little use on the battlefield.

The problem is that local support cannot be achieved through, at least, it cannot be achieved entirely through officials and powerful families.This has nothing to do with whether they are Jurchens or Han'er, because no matter whether they are officials or powerful families, they are used to grabbing benefits, and they don't rely on Guo Ning in the process of grabbing benefits.

So they are naturally easy to waver, at least, from Guo Ning's point of view, I think they are easy to waver.

The officials did not move one day, and rushed to Haicang Town to flatter the next day; Zhang Ruji was Xu Ruxian's good brother one day, and put Xu Ruxian's head in a wooden box to surrender the next day... It's really not hard-core.

Officials are not available, powerful people are not available, so who is available?

At this moment, Guo Ning suddenly had a new idea.

But this idea seemed too rough. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, but he didn't know how to express it clearly in words.

He stroked his mustache and hesitated for a while.

When he was about to speak, another servant rushed in from outside: "Jieshuai, there is an envoy asking to see you."

"Where did the messenger come from?"

"According to him, he is the envoy of the Shandong East Road Commander, and the subordinate of Wanyan Sala, the commander of Yidu soldiers and horses."

Come again?

But I don't know what new ideas Wanyan Sala brought with her visit this time?

To be honest, Guo Ning didn't take Wanyan Sala seriously.Before that, he had [-] soldiers in Haicang Town in vain, and the food supply had run out, so he committed suicide by Aotun Zhongxiao in protest.Thousands of troops are gathered at this moment, and the entire Laizhou is about to be pacified, and Wanyan will send people again. No matter what he thinks, Guo Ning has a way to deal with it.

Just as he was thinking, he stabbed Chucai and asked, "How many people are here?"

Jue Cong reported: "There is only one envoy, and more than ten followers. It seems that there is something urgent, and the horses and people are very tired after galloping for a long distance."

Um?so little?It's a bit weird, isn't it here to Xingshi to inquire about the crime?

Guo Ning laughed twice, looked at Yila Chucai, and turned back to take his seat: "Please!"

In an instant, there was the sound of footsteps from outside, and the messenger rushed in hurriedly.

Judging by his complexion, he was not very well, and his eyes were also bloodshot.About to see Ao Tun Zhongxiao's head at the Yuanmen Gate, but he held back his unhappiness and saluted like a ritual.

After notifying his name, he found out that this person is not a high-ranking official of the imperial court, but a close friend of Wanyan Sala.

Guo Ning supported the desk with one hand, stared at Wanyan Niangu, with a half-smile: "I'm here to discuss this, what can I teach you?"

Wanyan Niangu replied: "Aotun Zhongxiao, the envoy of Shandong East Road, volunteered to inspect Laizhou before, but he disappeared shortly after leaving Yidu. This matter is no small matter. My family's commanding army ordered me to come and investigate."

"Oh? The envoy disappeared? What happened?" Guo Ning looked surprised, "I didn't know it at all! Could it be that thieves were rampant and killed Mr. Aotun?"

Wanyan Niangu's entire face turned pale, he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened: "Guo Jiedu, where are the thieves rampant, do you dare say you don't know?"

"I really don't know."

Wanyan Niangu gritted his teeth and asked: "Then, is the head hanging on the gate a fake? Guo Jiedu, do you think I'm blind, or are you foolish to be an envoy of Wanyan Commander?"

"The head at the gate?"

Guo Ning was bewildered, and turned to ask Chu Cai, "At the gate, when did you hang your head?"

Yicha Chucai stood up and saluted, and respectfully reported: "Jieshuai, you forgot. A few days ago, we captured a group of local bandits, killed them, and hung them outside the gate to demonstrate. But we never thought that the robbers There are actually some acquaintances of Niangu Councilor, so that Niangu Councilor's mood is agitated and he talks nonsense."

Did you bite back so easily?
Wanyan Niangu held back his breath, only feeling a sharp pain in his chest, and the blood vessels on his forehead were throbbing wildly.He tried his best to calm himself down, and heard Guo Ning sneer again:
"That's exactly the reason. Councilor, be careful, if you continue to speak nonsense, the Wanyan commander will have to send another envoy. And with the new envoy, you will see one more acquaintance at the gate."

Wanyan Niangu let out a long breath.

He bowed his head for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Then, the Inspector Aotun was killed by a thief on the way to Laizhou. Who is this thief? Please trouble Guo Jiedu to arrest him, we have to give an explanation to the court. "

"That's natural, I've already caught him, and even chopped off his head." Guo Ning said seriously: "The counselor Haojiao learned that the one who killed the inspector was Xu Ruxian, a giant bandit here in Laizhou who colluded with Yang An'er. I've been here for a few days. They are all busy with the clean-up campaign, and have already seen initial results. When everything is settled, they will naturally report to the imperial court."

I didn't know it just now, but now the real culprit has been identified and his head has been beheaded.

Thinking of the scene where Aotun Zhongxiao volunteered to set out from Yidu to intimidate Guo Ning, Wanyan Niangu felt that it was not worth it.

And Guo Ning was still asking: "Are you satisfied with this result, Senator? Do you have any questions?"

If in doubt, hang your head on the pole of the gate?Wanyan Niangu smiled wryly twice, and took out the document from his sleeve:

"It turned out to be an accomplice of the traitor Yang An'er...Since Guo Jiedu said so, what doubts can there be? To tell the truth, Guo Jiedu, my family's military envoy has just killed a few people here."

Guo Ning's face remained unchanged, but his palms pressing on the table tightened slightly: "Who is it?"

"It is said that it is Xu Ruxian's accomplice. This Xu Ruxian had previously instigated both sides of the military commander and Guo Jiedu, and wanted to stir up conflict between the two. Fortunately, my family's military commander was aware of the problem and killed them all. In addition, Guo Jiedu Yang Chengzhi, the envoy sent by Du in Yidu, everything is fine. You can return to Laizhou at any time."

"So that's how it is." Guo Ning leaned back: "In this way, this Xu Ruxian has committed a heinous crime."

"Yes, my military commander also feels that this person has committed a serious crime and must be severely punished."

"Okay, okay." Guo Ning turned to Yicai Chucai: "The Commander's meaning is my meaning. I also ask Jin Qing to cooperate and get the whole thing done."

Yira Chucai nodded, and then asked: "Niangu Councilor, Wanyan Commander sent you here, what's the matter? You might as well just say it, there are no outsiders in this Chinese army tent. In such a situation, we The two families don't have to repeatedly entangle with a dead person."

Wanyan Niangu sighed.

With this breath, his whole body obviously collapsed, and the momentum he had tried to hold up just now was gone.

He took out his sleeve and took out another document.

This document has been folded repeatedly, some are damaged, and there are some black and red marks on the outside.Guo Ning could see clearly that it was blood.

"What is this?"

"The latest military newspaper on the front line."

"Frontline? Where's the frontline?"

"Jinan Prefecture."

Wanyan Niangu handed the military report to Ni Yi who came up to meet him: "Guo Jiedu, take a look. Jinan Prefecture was captured by the Mongolian army at Shenshi yesterday."

(End of this chapter)