Jiang Huaixu's face was hidden in the shadows. After a while, he suddenly smiled.

"I heard that Duke Xu still has a little grandson who has not been found. It just so happened that my men met a servant in a gray suit on Chengshui Street, sneaking with a child towards the city gate. The child had a gold lock with the word 'Yi' engraved on it around his neck."

"If I remember correctly, Duke Xu's grandson is called Xu Yi."

Xu Zhuang's heart tightened when Jiang Huai mentioned the servant, and his pupils shook suddenly after he said Xu Yi.

He gritted his teeth and denied: "Your Highness has recognized the wrong person. Where did this little grandson come from?"

Jiang Huaixu raised his eyelids and said, "Let's call him over so that Lord Xu can see it with his own eyes."

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and Jingzhe walked in carrying a little boy of five or six years old.

When the little boy saw Xu Zhuang, he was so frightened by the tragic scene that he burst into tears. He didn't recognize that the bloody old man in front of him was his doting grandfather.

Xu Zhuang looked at Xu Yi trembling all over, but he still insisted on not saying anything.

Jiang Huaixu lost his patience and ordered coldly: "Jingzhe, cut off a finger of this child and give it to Duke Xu, and ask Duke Xu to take a good look at it to see if it is familiar.

If Duke Xu doesn't say anything within a quarter of an hour, I'll chop off another one until he says something. I just don't know if this kid is tough or Duke Xu is just being stubborn. "

"I obey my orders."

As he said that, Jingzhe took out a knife from the rack of torture instruments, pressed down on Xu Yi's fingers and was about to chop them off.

Xu Yi also heard Jiang Huaixu mention Duke Xu, and realized that the bloody man was his grandfather. He cried so hard that his face was covered with snot and tears, and shouted in fear: "Grandfather, save me!"

Xu Zhuang finally couldn't hold it anymore, tears fell from his cloudy eyes, and he collapsed: "Stop! I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

Jiang Huaixu shook his head and sighed: "If Duke Xu had said so earlier, there would be no need to invite Young Master Xu to come and suffer this."

Having said that, he still asked Jingzhe to stop.

Jingzhe put the knife back on the shelf. Xu Yi was young after all, and he suddenly fainted after the crisis was resolved.

Jiang Huaixu waved his hand, signaling Jingzhe to take Xu Yi away.

Xu Zhuang withdrew his gaze only after he no longer saw Xu Yi. He no longer had the energy and spirit he had when he scolded Jiang Huaixu just now.

"Let him live, and I'll tell you whatever you want to know."

Jiang Huaixu narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are not qualified to negotiate conditions."

Xu Zhuang coughed violently, staring at Jiang Huaixu intently: "The child is innocent, he doesn't understand anything."

Jiang Huaixu said quietly, "That depends on whether the secret revealed by Duke Xu is worth it for me to let Young Master Xu go."

Listening to Jiang Huaixu's ambiguous words, even though Xu Zhuang was dissatisfied, he had no other choice.

His voice was full of vicissitudes, and he slowly told the secrets he knew.

It all started during the reign of Emperor Chongming.

When Emperor Chongming first ascended the throne, his governance of Dazhao could only be described as mediocre, with neither merits nor faults.

However, he changed when he was over 40. He became suspicious of everything and acted more and more absurdly.

Especially for ministers who hold military power, it is like a thorn in the throat, always feeling that they will rebel.

The person he was most afraid of was Yan Qing's father, General An Zexing. The An family army was loyal to An Zexing. This man also had a son and a daughter, but neither of them was sent to the capital as a hostage.

How could Emperor Chongming not be afraid without checks and balances? So after An Zexing won another victory, he actually sent people to secretly contact the defeated Turkic tribes and gave the Turks An Zexing's military camp defense map.

How could the Turks miss this opportunity? They united with other tribes, sent people to attack the military camp at night, and sent people to go around the rear to look for An Zexing's children, determined to wipe out the roots of the enemy.

That day happened to be a celebration banquet, and the soldiers were drinking and eating meat in the front. When the Turks attacked at night, although An Zexing reacted immediately and organized his men to mount their horses and fight, there were spies from Emperor Chongming in the army who stirred up trouble, and the situation became out of control.

As the Turks were well prepared and with the deliberate connivance of Emperor Chongming, the An family army lost nearly half of its troops, but still drove the Turks back outside the Great Wall once again, preventing them from crossing the defense line they were guarding.

It's just that this battle was too chaotic and unexpected.

An Zexing died in the battle, and his son An Feizhu also died in this night attack.

Only Yan Qing was left as an orphan.

Later, at the suggestion of Emperor Chongming, Yan Qing was sent to the capital. Emperor Chongming showed his grace and forgave the consequences caused by the An family army's laxity. In his words, the merits and demerits offset each other.

He even hypocritically acknowledged Yan Qing as his adopted daughter, and the half tiger talisman naturally fell into the hands of Emperor Chongming.

And he also earned a reputation for tolerance and kindness.

After An Zexing's death, Emperor Chongming set his sights on Jiang Huaixu's father, the then King of Zhenbei, Jiang Beigu.

Originally, he wanted to use this method to get rid of Jiang Beigu as soon as possible, but was persuaded to stop. Da Zhao had already lost a General An, and Jiang Beigu was still needed to deter the villains.

Emperor Chongming thought of Madam Jiang and Jiang Huaixu in the capital, and managed to suppress his emotions.

Until the tribes on the border were suppressed by Jiangbei Gu and dared not to raise their claws to Dazhao, and Emperor Chongming became older and older, and his control over power had reached a crazy level.

He couldn't wait that long, so he used a method similar to that used on An Zexing, which also resulted in a great victory, and he also united with the defeated party. However, Jiangbei Gu's military management was strict, and his men had no chance to obtain the military camp defense map.

Therefore, Emperor Chongming controlled a deputy general beside Jiang Beigu, and threatened him with the lives of his nine clans to make him betray Jiang Beigu and reveal Jiang Beigu's route back to the military camp.

Things turned out just as he expected, Jiang Bei Gu also died.

The other half of the tiger talisman should also be able to return to him.

However, what he did not expect was that after Jiang Beigu's death, those tribes that he had beaten to the point of being unable to move, immediately showed their fangs and counterattacked Dazhao.

Jiang Huaixu also came to ask for permission to go to Mobei to avenge his father.

Yes, no one suspected him of being responsible for Jiang Bei Gu's death.

Emperor Chongming was forced to agree to it. The half tiger talisman could only be handed back to Jiang Huaixu.

He hoped that Jiang Huaixu could quell the rebellion, but also hoped that he would be spoiled and useless, so that he would not be able to support the title of King of Zhenbei.

Unfortunately, things went against one's wishes. Jiang Huaixu was not spoiled by the prosperity of the capital, and he became the second Jiang Beigu when he went to the battlefield.

No, he was even more brave than Jiang Beigu. Those grassland tribes were frightened by his killing and retreated three hundred miles, not daring to attack.

At this time Emperor Chongming had run out of options. It was obvious that the only powerful general Dazhao could use was Jiang Huaixu. If he used the previous method to kill Jiang Huaixu, there was no guarantee that those people would not make a comeback, and there would be no one available in the court.

Although Emperor Chongming was absurd, he was still a benevolent monarch in the eyes of the world. He also wanted future generations to admire his good name, so Dazhao could not be cut off in his hands. He had to grit his teeth and watch the half cup of tiger talisman in the hands of others.

Tossing and turning, having trouble falling asleep.

It was not until the death of Emperor Chongming that Pei Zhuo ascended the throne.

These secrets were buried together in Emperor Chongming's tomb and disappeared in the dust of time. They were not revealed to Jiang Huaixu until today.

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