Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 700: Human Heart is Difficult

A letter was in Yang Yuan's hand.

However, because of the blood, the words in some places are completely unclear.

From the intermittent text, one can tell that this letter was written to Qiu Pier by Shi Han, the first general under Yang Zheng, and several important generals.

Although some of the words were smeared with blood and could no longer be seen clearly.

However, by linking the above and the following, we can probably understand that these people are against Yang Zheng's idea of ​​"submitting" to Wu's army, and want to unite and implement "military remonstrance" against Yang Zheng!

"This is treason, this is blatant treason!"

Chen Zhuoguang was furious and roared at the top of his lungs.

"How can a public property of the state be passed on privately? Yang Taiwei is in his post, making plans for his policies, and being loyal to the court!
He wanted to use the power of General Wu to suppress northern Sichuan because he was concerned that these arrogant and brave generals would be insolent and no one would be able to control them after a hundred years.

These people actually colluded in secret, intending to force the general to surrender. What are they trying to do? They are rebelling against the Song Dynasty!"

"Secretary Chen, you lost a lot of blood, don't get excited!"

Yang Yuan saw that his lips had turned white and he was still shouting at the top of his lungs. He was afraid that he might not be able to catch his breath and die, so he hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

Chen Zhuoguang was still very excited: "These people are going to rebel. The Grand Commandant values ​​them so much. If it weren't for the Grand Commandant's promotion, they wouldn't be where they are today. Now, they actually want to use military force to remonstrate with the Grand Commandant..."

Chen Zhuoguang struggled and said, "No, I have to go back to Nanzheng immediately. I want to report this to the Grand Commandant..."

"Secretary Chen, the matter is still unclear. If this letter is fake, it will ruin the friendship between General Yang and his brothers."

Yang Yuan held Chen Zhuoguang down and said, "The letter is obviously hidden in the floor-standing vase. It is very difficult to take things out of such a high vase, unless you lift it up and turn it upside down. Who would hide a secret letter in it?"

Chen Zhuoguang's eyes flashed slightly. He naturally thought of this flaw.

However, for a scholar like him, it was extremely difficult to hide a secret letter in Qiu Pier's study without anyone noticing.

Chen Zhuoguang said: "Perhaps, Qiu Pier had an accident when he was reading this letter, and he was afraid that the secret letter would be seen by others, so he forced himself to throw the letter into the vase!"

After hearing this, Chen Zhuoguang suddenly understood: "Yes, that's right. Maybe the letter from the general that has disappeared is actually this letter!
Shi Han and his men used the name of the Grand Commandant to write here in the name of military documents, so as not to attract attention. This must be the case."

Chen Zhuoguang became more and more excited as he spoke, and even he believed it himself.

"This is a serious matter, Secretary Chen, please allow Yang to..."

"I can't wait any longer. These people have evil intentions. I must report this to the commander immediately!"

Chen Zhuoguang struggled to get down from the half door panel that was lifting him.

As he stood up, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and stumbled to the ground.

Seeing that his face was about to touch the ground, Yang Yuan quickly bent down and pulled him up.

Chen Zhuoguang's lips were pale, his face was blue, his eyes were closed, and he was unconscious.

Yang Yuan shook his head helplessly and said loudly: "Xiaoshou!"

Yang Shou ran over with a sledgehammer in his hand: "Uncle."

"Secretary Chen has lost too much blood and is seriously injured. Take him away quickly and let him rest. Ask the military doctor to stay by his side and monitor his condition at all times."

Yang Shou was shocked: "Huh? Uncle Chen is injured?"

Yang Yuan: …

The unconscious Chen Zhuoguang was carried away. At this time, Han Jinxun came over with a serious face and clasped his fists and said, "General Yang Fu, my men have checked carefully with the people in the general's residence. These soldiers are not on the roster."

"what?"

Yang Yuan's eyes flickered, and he said thoughtfully: "Private soldiers?"

He looked at Madam Xu. Madam Xu now only wanted to take over everything and save her son. Seeing this, she just sneered and said nothing.

Han Jinxun said: "Someone recognized two of them. One was a waiter at the wine shop at the foot of the mountain, and the other was a soldier at the foot of the mountain."

"Oh?"

The inexplicable feeling in Yang Yuan's heart became stronger and stronger.

He thought about it, and suddenly walked towards the captured soldiers who were lying on the ground with injuries on their bodies.

Yang Yuan's eyes swept across their faces one by one, and suddenly he said, "Take off their helmets and hats, mess up their hair, and make them show their faces!"

He Yunsheng didn't know what Yang Yuan was going to do. Was he going to humiliate them?

What's so great about letting your hair down? What's the big deal about shaving your hair into a boiled egg shape?

They are all damn bastards. Isn't this just taking off your pants to fart?

Scholars like to get things that are not available.

Although he didn't agree with it in his heart, he still waved his hand and immediately rushed over some soldiers, knocked off the helmets of the wounded, ruffled their hair, let their hair hang naturally, even covering their faces.

Yang Yuan glanced at them coldly again, and suddenly smiled and said, "Look at how embarrassed you are. There shouldn't be any Xixia 'Flying Kites' among you, right?"

Among the group of wounded soldiers, a few of them suddenly looked up and looked at Yang Yuan in surprise.

Although they immediately concealed their actions, Yang Yuan still caught their momentary shock.

Han Jinxun asked in surprise: "'Flying Harriers'? General Yang Fu, are you saying that they are from Xixia?"

Yang Yuan looked at the hair of these people.

After Yuanhao founded the country, he issued a "bald order", requiring all men in the country to shave the hair on their foreheads within three days to highlight their unique national symbol.

Therefore, the Xixia people had bald foreheads.

Being sent to the Song Dynasty as a spy, of course you have to grow your hair first.

However, since Han people all tie their hair up, the hair on the forehead grows longer and is tied into a bun, so it is impossible to tell which side is shorter.

Therefore, as long as the Xixia secret agents could wear their hair in a bun and not reveal any flaws, they could be sent here. If these people were from Xixia, not all of them had been in the Song Dynasty for a long time.

For some of them who have not had this condition for long, once they let their hair down, the hair on their forehead will be shorter than the hair on the other three sides.

Yang Yuan had already become suspicious of them, so he scattered their hair and examined them one by one, and indeed found two with abnormalities.

Yang Yuan used deceptive words again, and some of them lost their patience and were exposed.

Yang Yuan nodded slightly and said to Han Jinxun: "Yes, these people should all be Xixia secret spies."

Among the captives, one of them made up his mind and said loudly: "Yes, we are from the Great White Gao Kingdom."

Yang Yuan smiled even more happily: "Who is your leader? Kou Heiyi?"

The man had already admitted his identity, so he no longer concealed it and said proudly: "It's not Kou Heiyi, it's Tuoba Heiyi. Our leader is from the royal family of the Great White Gao Kingdom!"

Upon hearing this conversation, Madam Xu couldn't help but take two steps forward and asked anxiously, "Tuoba Heiyi? Is he using the alias Yi Heizi?"

"So what?"

Mrs. Xu took two steps back, feeling lost for a moment.

It turns out that his name is not Yiheizi, it turns out that he is not a hunter of Qiang and Tibetan descent, it turns out... he is a member of the royal family of Western Xia.

So, was there any truth in his promise to stay with me forever and his sweet words to me?
Could it be that he was just using me?
For a moment, Mrs. Xu was extremely sad and angry.

When Yang Yuan saw Mrs. Xu's reaction, he immediately resolved a doubt that had been on his mind.

He originally thought that Madam Xu was a secret spy from Western Xia, just like Miss Shui Fu in Cuiyu Tower in Lin'an, and had infiltrated the Song Dynasty long ago.

Judging from the looks of it, he was probably just being used.

Used by Kou Heiyi!
He could guess Xixia's purpose immediately without much guessing.

So, is there a conclusion to Qiu Pi'er's death?
Seeing Mrs. Xu, who had been calm all the time, suddenly showing such grief, Yang Yuan had some vague guesses about the relationship between them.

Yang Yuan decided to strike while the iron was at hand and figure out everything: "Someone, clean up the study. I want to interrogate Madam Xu alone!"

Soon, the study was cleaned up, which actually meant clearing out all the broken items.

Yang Yuan walked into the study.

Yang Shou took Madam Xu into the study, holding a sledgehammer and looking at her fiercely.

Yang Yuan laughed: "Xiaoshou, go out, it's okay, she is a weak woman, are you afraid that she will hurt me?"

Yang Shou said seriously: "Uncle, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Maybe she is still strong enough to tie up a chicken."

Yang Yuan rolled his eyes at him: "You can hurt me like that? I'm not a chicken, get out!"

"Oh!"

Yang Shou agreed and walked out in a daze.

The gate was gone, so Yang Shou stood in front of it and blocked it tightly.

Yang Yuan looked at Madam Xu and said with a smile: "Madam Xu..."

Xu Weining knew that she could not escape, especially when she found out that Yi Heizi, whom she loved so much, had actually deceived her. She felt extremely sad.

She turned her head away and said calmly, "Kill him if you want to. No need to ask any more questions."

Yang Yuan seemed not to have heard him, and continued: "You have two sons and one daughter. You should know what will happen to them if they commit treason. How about we make a deal?"

Madam Xu's gaze fell on Yang Yuan again.

……

Outside, a soldier suddenly hurried to the gate of the courtyard, but was stopped by the guards led by Yang Shou.

The messenger bowed and said, "The commanders of the four routes of Dingjun Mountain have arrived and want to see General Yang Fu to inquire about the situation."

The guard said sternly, "Since they are here, just let them in."

The messenger looked slightly embarrassed. With such a thing happening in the general's mansion, who would dare to come in easily?

The four commanders each brought with them two hundred personal soldiers.

The transfer of less than 300 people does not require an imperial decree.

However, these people were still concerned about Yang Yuan's reaction, but they were also afraid that they didn't bring enough people and it would be difficult to escape if something went wrong.

So, each of them picked two hundred of the most elite guards to follow him.

"Well, can I inform Marshal Yang first and then make a decision?"

After hearing this, the guard came in and asked Yang Shou for instructions.

Yang Shou was defending this place because he was afraid that someone would harm his uncle. He didn't care if a messenger came in.

So he asked the man to come in.

The messenger was Commander Chen Songqing's personal bodyguard, and Han Jinxun also knew him.

As soon as he came in, he greeted Han Jinxun, He Jinyun and He Yunsheng and explained the situation.

Han Jinxun felt relieved when he heard that the other four commanders had arrived.

Han Jinxun said loudly: "Marshal Yang is interrogating an important prisoner. Tell them to wait at the foot of the mountain and wait for news from Marshal Yang."

After that, he quickly lowered his voice and said hurriedly: "Tell your commander to send someone to Nanzheng immediately to tell the cavalry commander Shi Han that the letter he and Boss Qiu conspired to persuade General Yang to surrender has been discovered by Chen Zhuoguang."

After that, Han Jinxun raised his voice again and cursed: "What the hell are you still standing there for? Do you want Fu Shuai to listen to their instructions? Get out!"

Yang Shou was standing guard at the door of the study room with a sledgehammer in his hand. When he heard this, he stiffened his neck and thought to himself, "That's right, you're here, so my uncle has to see you right away? What the hell, you're waiting at the bottom of the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)