Fenghou

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"Brother... have you surrendered to Qi?"

Liang Sen laughed, "What does it mean to surrender to the Qi State? I have been a Jinbing commoner for ten years. Our entire Xiangzhou, the entire Linzhang County, our village, your second uncle, cousin, my parents and brothers , are the people of the Kingdom of Jin. Isn’t it normal for me to do things for the State of Qi? I want to do things for the Song Dynasty. Whether the Song Dynasty wants me or not is one thing, but what about my family? My parents, wife, children, brothers, nephews are all there Linzhang County, who will support them? Uncle is eagerly looking forward to seeing my brother!"

Li Qiong felt uncomfortable. His father died in Xiangzhou five years ago, but he couldn't go home to see his father for the last time.

"Did Brother Xian come to persuade me to surrender?" Li Qiong asked with a sigh.

Liang Sen shook his head, "This kind of persuasion is the most useless. I don't persuade you brother. I'm here to build a bridge for you. If you want to know about the situation in Jiangbei, I'll contact you. If you want to know about the situation in the Song Dynasty, I can do it too." Find out through the intelligence service."

"That's good!"

Li Qiong nodded and said with a smile: "Young brother, why don't you tell me about the financial situation of the imperial court first, I really want to know."

Liang Sen picked up his wine glass and said slowly, "The imperial court's financial resources start with the officials sending envoys to the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate a peace. Why do they need to negotiate a peace? It sounds complicated, but it's actually very simple. The imperial court has no money, and the war cannot continue."

……

It has been almost half a month since Chen Qing returned to Jingzhao City. In the past half month, two major events occurred in Guanzhong. One was the parade in the five counties of Fengxiang. More than [-] people marched in Jingzhao City in a mighty manner, opposing land After investigation, this matter is very serious, but Chen Qing always felt that something was wrong, so he sent the inner guard to investigate the matter.

The second incident is the Zhaoling Blood Monument incident. Five days ago, farmers in front of Zhaoling on Jiujun Mountain in Liquan County dug up a huge stone tablet from a wheat field. When it was drilled out, the stone tablet was two feet long and eight feet wide, with only one mottled Dong character written on it, and the whole body was brownish red, as if it had been soaked in a pool of blood for hundreds of years and then dried.

This blood stele was a bad omen. It caused a sensation in Jingzhao. Various versions were popular in Jingzhao City. One of the most popular versions was that the character on it was actually a Chen character, half of which was corroded.

The blood stele, half old, was obviously alluding to Chen Qing.

The parade incident was gradually forgotten by the common people, but the blood monument was mysterious and filled people's imaginations, so it attracted a lot of attention. Even Lu Xiu and other sisters heard about the blood monument incident.

During the meal, Lu Xiu couldn't help but said to her husband: "Husband, what does the tablet say? Has the government investigated it?"

Chen Qing glanced at his wife and said calmly, "Don't take this kind of nonsense at all. Even if it is an ancient object, it has nothing to do with me at all, let alone he may not be an ancient object."

"What would it be if it wasn't an ancient object?" Lu Xiu asked urgently.

Zhao Qiaoyun said from the side: "It's either ancient or man-made! I just think it's so strange. It only took two days from discovering it to being known all over the city. You know, it takes more time to walk from Liquan County to Jingzhao. Two days!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Is Qiao Yun implying me?"

Zhao Qiaoyun was a little embarrassed and said: "Actually, I think if this matter needs to be investigated, the channel of news transmission is one direction."

Chen Qing nodded, "It makes sense!"

Chapter 738

In the official room, Zhang Miao put two pieces of information on Chen Qing's desk, "Jun Wang, these are the two pieces of news that I just received. Wanyan Nianhan led an army of [-] troops into Hedong Road. At present, the army has entered Taiyuan and took over the The military power on the East Road."

"Then who sits in Hebei?"

"It's Wanyan Nianhan's son, Wanyan Xiebao. I heard that Hezhameng'an Army is stationed in Hebei."

Chen Qing took two steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Hedong Road is Wanyanchang's power site, and it was forcibly taken over by Wanyan Nianhan. It is estimated that this is a deal between the Emperor of Jin and Wanyan Nianhan. He used Wanyanchang's Hedong Road in exchange for Wanyan sticky Hezha Meng'an army."

"Emperor Jin wants to use Wanyan Nianhan to keep the East Road?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Wanyan Yinkeshu's ability is not as good as Wanyan Nianhan's. In addition, he is already disabled and can't keep the east road, so the emperor of Jin transferred Wanyan Nianhan, who is good at fighting, to the east road. Using Wanyan Nianhan to protect the Hedong Road, taking away the Hezha Meng'an army, and weakening Wanyanchang, it can be said to kill three birds with one stone, this new emperor is powerful, at least he has capable people around him."

"What about Wanyan Wushu?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "If I were the emperor of Jin Kingdom, then I would definitely do everything possible to adjust the relationship between Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Nianhan, and then stabilize Wanyan Wushu."

Chen Qing already realized in his heart that in history, shortly after the new emperor of the Jin Kingdom ascended the throne, Wanyan Nianhan was deprived of his military power, and soon died of depression. It may be because of his own existence that history has changed. Certain changes have been made.

"Any other news?" Chen Qing asked again.

"There is also news about the Song Dynasty. First of all, the emperor appointed the county king as the general of the country. This is a second-rank military official. This should be the emperor's favor to the county king."

Chen Qing sneered, "He's implying to me that he wants me to quit Jinghu South Road. Don't worry about him, just follow our original plan."

Chen Qing's original plan was to train the militia, and then the navy would control the Jinghu section of the Yangtze River, and then use resources to buy people's hearts. With a strong foundation of public opinion, it would be easy for him to take down Jinghu South Road in the future.

However, in Chen Qing's original plan, he wanted to withdraw troops from Jingnan South Road. With the base of the militia and the control of the Yangtze River, there was no need to garrison troops on Jingnan South Road. However, a large number of troops must be stationed in Xiazhou to support Jingnan South Road. militia.

Chen Qing smiled, and said to Guan Shigu who was on the side: "It seems that the imperial court is not at ease. The Secretary of the Military Department sent a withdrawal plan to the Privy Council to let the imperial court understand our withdrawal plan. Don't think about it."

"Humble job understands, let's deal with it!"

Guan Shigu saluted and left, Chen Qing asked Zhang Miao again, "Is there any other important news?"

"Another important news is that the emperor appointed Zhang Jun as the marshal of the defensive center, and Wu Jie became Zhang Jun's subordinate."

Chen Qing was startled, "Is it already decided?"

Zhang Miao nodded, "The decree has been promulgated."

Chen Qing was really speechless. Originally, there were three famous anti-gold generals, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, and Han Shizhong, defending the front line of the Huaihe River. point.

Zhang Miao said again: "The imperial court's arrangement is probably to weaken Yue Fei's military power in a disguised form!"

Chen Qing nodded, he also realized that originally Wu Jie was keeping Yue Fei's restraint, which meant that both the central and western defense lines were under the unified command of Yue Fei.

However, Chen Qing was no longer interested in these messy matters of the imperial court, and he continued to make intensive preparations for his battle on the East Road.

Zhang Miao went down, Chen Qing walked a few steps inside the official room with his hands behind his back, and said to the outside: "Chao Qing come in!"

Chao Qing came in and saluted, "Please order from the county king!"

Chen Qing took a letter and handed it to him, "You are on a business trip, go to Liquan County and give this letter to Wang Hao, stay there for two days, and read it for them. I guess the Fengxiang people's parade incident and the blood monument There is some connection between the incidents, let them check the two incidents together."

"Understandable!"

Chao Qing took the letter and left quickly.

In fact, Chen Qing also understands that this is the result of the land inspection. Some hidden opposition forces are firing at him. This is not a bad thing. civil strife.

It is also because the land investigation touched their vital interests that they jumped out. If they do not take the opportunity to catch them all, it will be difficult to find them in the future.

This time, Chen Qing also made up his mind to wipe out all the hostile forces lurking inside before the war in Hedong.

……

Liquan County is located in the northwest of Jingzhao City, about a hundred miles away from Jingzhao City, and belongs to Qianzhou. To the north of the city, backed by mountains and facing water, it is a place with excellent geomantic omen.

Zhaoling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. There are dozens of tombs of imperial concubines and dignitaries buried around him. Because there are too many imperial mausoleums in Guanzhong, Zhaoling Mausoleum has been unknown in recent years.

But no one could have imagined that a blood stele incident would make Zhaoling once again attract attention.

The place where the blood stele was found was located outside Ganbei Town. It was originally a piece of wasteland. Because of the implementation of the reclamation order, as long as the wasteland is reclaimed and cultivated for more than five years, then this wasteland belongs to the reclaimer, and all harvests for five years are tax-free.

So many farmers reclaimed wasteland near Ganbei Town. As a result, a farmer surnamed Wang dug out this blood tablet from a piece of wasteland.

But the farmer who dug up the wasteland has been frightened away, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and his family does not know his whereabouts.

At present, the internal guards are taking over the investigation of Fengxiang people's parade incident and the blood monument incident. The internal guard general responsible for investigating the blood monument incident is Han Zhengfu, who has just been promoted to the commander. He also brought Zhong Huan to Liquan County.

At this time, Wang Hao also rushed from Fengxiang Mansion to Liquan County to learn about the progress of the investigation.

"Control, how is the investigation progress at Fengxiang Mansion?" Han Zhengfu asked with a smile.

Wang Hao waved his hand, and said annoyedly: "Don't mention it, the twenty or so organizers knew they were about to be retaliated, and they ran away long ago. When they asked those farmers, they all didn't know what to do. Most of them were arrested. Tricked to go to Jingzhao parade."

"How to cheat?" Zhong Huan next to him asked curiously.

Wang Hao snorted, "Those organizers told the farmers that the government will confiscate all the land in Guanzhong as military land, and the farmers in Jingzhao Prefecture and other prefectures are being liquidated and confiscated. The next step is Fengxiang. Incited to go to Jingzhao City to protest against land liquidation.”

"We should track down those who pretend to be farmers in northern Shaanxi and occupy the land! I feel that the instigator is among them."

Wang Hao sighed, "A total of more than 2000 households invaded the land, but they all honestly withdrew the land, or paid for it at the market price, and none of them resisted. How do you investigate these 2000 households?"

After the organizer ran away, it was indeed difficult to find out, and Han Zhengfu also knew about this problem.

Wang Hao waved his hand, "Let's not talk about Fengxiang, let's talk about your investigation here, how is the progress of the blood monument?"

Han Zhengfu also smiled wryly and said, "I've already confirmed that the blood stele was buried artificially, but it wasn't buried recently. It's been a while, at least two or three years ago. The key is that Zhang Baoer, who dug up the stele, must have been encouraged by someone. It was dug, Zhang Baoer disappeared on the night when the stele was dug out, and his family didn’t know anything about it, so I guess he’s already in danger and was silenced.”

"So you haven't made any progress here either?"

Han Zhengfu shook his head, "Xiaozhi is also looking for new clues!"

At this time, the soldiers outside the door reported, "The king of the county has sent someone to deliver the letter."

Chapter 739 Clues

Not long after, Chao Qing walked in, and Zhong Huan said pleasantly, "Why are you here?"

Chao Qing said with a smile: "The king of the county asked me to deliver a letter, and let me see if there is anything I can do to help you."

After finishing speaking, Chao Qing handed the letter to Wang Hao. Wang Hao quickly took the letter and read it carefully. After reading the letter, Wang Hao slapped his head and said angrily, "Why didn't I think of it?"

Han Zhengfu hurriedly asked, "What did the prince say?"

"The king of the county asked us to investigate in two directions. The first direction is that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. The second direction is how the blood stele incident spread in Jingzhao, and investigate the original spreader."

Han Zhengfu nodded, "The king is right, there must be someone who knows the clues, but they think it is risky and dare not say it. If the reward is high, they are willing to take the risk."

Zhong Huan also said: "The dissemination is really strange. The blood stele was discovered on the same day, and it began to spread in Jingzhao City that day. It is obvious that someone is responsible for disseminating the news. Both directions are worth investigating."

Han Zhengfu made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to gather all the people in Ganbei Town. He placed a big table in the square in the middle of the town, surrounded by more than 2000 people on three floors and three floors outside.

Han Zhengfu put four piles of silver on the table, one pile of 500 taels, one pile of 200 taels, one pile of 50 taels, and one pile of ten taels.

"Fathers and folks, we are here to investigate the blood stele incident, but there are no clues, so I am going to offer a huge reward for clues. Everyone has seen it. This is a lot of money. The lowest reward is ten taels of silver. Everyone Think about it, only the clues are useful, that is, the fifty pennies! How long will it take to earn the fifty pennies, and we will keep it absolutely confidential, and will never disclose who provided the clues."

Suddenly there was a murmur of discussion around, and many people stared at the silver on the table, their eyes were a little red.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Han Zhengfu led his people back to the station.

In the afternoon, Wang Hao returned to Jingzhao to investigate the dissemination, and Zhong Huan took Chao Qing to the place where the blood stele was found.

Chao Qing walked around the blood stele and said with a smile, "This place is still three miles away from Gangu River! How did you get it here?"

"Put down a row of logs below, pull them with ropes, and they can be transported here, but I don't understand, what's the point of putting them here? Since I'm looking for a random place, wouldn't it be more convenient to put it by the river?"

"There must be some purpose, and I found that the so-called blood monument was painted on with a brush."

Chao Qing pointed to the side and said: "The side is especially obvious. They are all painted vertical stripes. The color is much lighter. It should be in a hurry. Maybe there will be no blood behind."

Chong Huan gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sure enough, it is very smart. There is no blood on the back. Let's turn it over and see."

At this time, they heard someone hiss not far away, and they looked around, only to see a thin man hiding by the woods and waving to them.

They were followed by three soldiers. They were not afraid. They stepped forward and walked into the woods. A thin man came out with a long scar on his face. He looked fierce. He looked around and said in a low voice: "Does your reward count?"

Chong Huan and Chao Qing looked at each other, and the reward really worked. Zhong Huan nodded, "Of course it counts, but it depends on whether the information you provide is valuable?"

"It must be valuable, I know where Zhang Baoer is?"

Chong Huan was overjoyed, "Is Zhang Baoer not dead?"

"How could he die! Tell me first, how much is my information worth?"

Zhong Huan said: "If we find Zhang Baoer, your information is worth 100 taels of silver."

"Only 100 taels of silver? It's too little!"

"If you take us to find the person who buried the stele, it's worth 300 taels of silver, and if you find the mastermind, it will be 500 taels of silver, understand?"

"You're right, how can I get the money?"

"You go to the barracks, take us to find Zhang Baoer, and give the money on the spot."

The thin man looked at Zhong Huan for a while, then turned around and ran away. He heard him shouting from a distance: "I'll come at night!"

……

Chong Huan and Chao Qing returned to the barracks, and Han Zhengfu greeted him with a smile: "The first reward is given, ten taels of silver, let me know the origin of this stele. This stele was transported to Zhaoling 30 years ago. One of the ten steles was stolen one after another, and this stele was also hidden by the river, ready to be transported away, but for some reason it was not transported away in the end.”

Chao Qing said from the side: "If there is no risk, why didn't anyone talk about it before? It is unreasonable to be so fast, and it obviously has a certain impact on the reputation of the county king, so the matter is not that simple, and the person who took away the ten taels of silver did not tell the truth, at least concealed something."

Han Zhengfu's face changed, and he ordered the soldiers behind him, "Go and capture the person who received the reward just now!"

Several soldiers rushed away immediately.

Zhong Huan also said: "In fact, this person just explained the source of the stele. He didn't find someone to chisel it, but transported it from Zhaoling. As for why these people hid the stele three miles away from the river, it is estimated and found the stele. Zhang Baoer is related, the key is this Zhang Baoer."

Han Zhengfu frowned, "But where can Zhang Baoer find him?"

"General, we met a man just now. He said that there is news about Zhang Bao'er and that he will come to receive the reward tonight. I don't know if it is true, but he just said it casually."

Han Zhengfu sighed, "The higher the expectation now, the greater the disappointment. I don't dare to have too much hope."

At this time, several soldiers brought back the old man who had just received the reward, and the old man said angrily, "Did the general keep his word?"

The soldier handed the ten taels of silver to Han Zhengfu. Han Zhengfu took the ten taels of silver and asked the soldier to find a pair of large scissors and cut the ten taels of silver into two. He handed the other five taels of silver, "You only said half of it. So I can only give you half."

"But I told you everything I know!"

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