Datang traitor

"My God, there is so much fire oil!"

Wen Yanbo was surprised by what he saw.

Changsun Wuji then leaned over to take a look, also showing surprise.

At this time, the little official caught a young man behind the thatched house and escorted him over.

Qin Yuan took a look, but he was familiar with this person, it was Zhang Yuan, the clerk in the No. [-] Restaurant.

Zhang Yuan has worked in the No. [-] Restaurant for many years, because the restaurant is always patronized by dignitaries, so he knows all the officials in Chang'an City.When Zhang Yuan saw Qin Yuan, Changsun Wuji and others, his legs went limp immediately. He fell to the ground, crying and kowtowing while pretending to be scared, explaining his injustice.

"The whole thing has nothing to do with the villain. The villain is just entrusted by relatives to come here to feed the rabbits."

"What's the matter?" Qin Yuan asked Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and only then realized in annoyance that he slipped a word.Zhang Yuan bowed his head in resignation, sobbing in grievance.After being urged sharply by the little official, he whimpered and explained the process.

Zhang Yuan said that he is a stubborn person, besides working in a restaurant, he doesn't know what else he can do.After Sui Fengyun's accident, he was arranged here by Mrs. Ma. On the one hand, he was grateful to Mrs. Ma, and on the other hand, because Mrs. Ma gave him enough rewards, he followed Mrs. Ma wholeheartedly.

"It's all because the villain is greedy for money, he is stupid, he moves around and thinks wrongly, and the villain is convicted!" Zhang Yuan repeatedly kowtowed, reflected, and had a very good attitude of admitting his mistakes.

Qin Yuan then asked Zhang Yuan if he had any accomplices, and if he was the only one in this place

"There is no one else, only the villain himself. A few days ago, Mrs. Ma ordered me to guard here, as long as the secret is not discovered. I will guard obediently and wait for news from her, but I haven't seen it until now. Who did she send to find me?" Zhang Yuan quickly explained to Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan looked at Zhang Yuan with two eyes. He was in his early twenties, with an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were full of intelligence.At this moment, although he showed fear on his face, he spoke very fluently.He had worked as a waiter in the No. [-] Restaurant for many years and had seen a lot of things in the world.

"Call for the apology." Qin Yuan looked at Zhang Yuan suspiciously again, not intending to talk nonsense, and directly asked the apology for interrogation.

After the apology came, he took Zhang Yuan to the thatched cottage to smoke the incense, and then the interrogation could take place.But at this time, there was a sudden tremor, and the rabbits circled on the grass ran wildly, and the thatched house over there also began to shake.

The fierce fire oil in the pit caused waves due to the shock.

"What's going on?" Changsun Wuji frowned.

Qin Yuan looked at Zhang Yuan: "He's lying, there are his accomplices underground here, and they've already sensed our arrival, and they're planning to open the gate to release oil."

Although the underground drains in Chang'an City have been sealed, there are dozens of households two miles northwest of this slope.Once those people release the fire oil and ignite it, these people will all be buried in the sea of ​​flames caused by the explosion.

"Everyone! Withdraw! Quick!"

Qin Yuan shouted suddenly.

Everyone froze for a moment, then hurriedly retreated under Qin Yuan's urging.

Changsun Wuji saw that Qin Yuan was holding a torch and understood what she was going to do, so he went to grab it.Seeing this, Wen Yanbo didn't leave.

"Hurry up!" Qin Yuan shouted at the two of them.

Fang Ding ran over at this time and took the fire folder from Qin Yuan's hand, please leave the matter to him.

"Yes, he runs fast, let's go." Time was running out, Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo didn't care what Qin Yuan did, they directly carried Qin Yuan and ran away.

"Run to the southeast!" Qin Yuan shouted to Fang Ding.

The purpose of Princess Anping was to burn down the city of Chang'an in the northwest. There were no drainage pipes in the southeast, so once it exploded, the southeast would be the least affected.

Fang Ding nodded, he held his breath, and opened the fire folder.The fierce fire oil in the pit has seen a vortex, indicating that the gate over there is already opening.Fang Ding saw that everyone ran more than ten feet away, so he blew on the torch without hesitation, and threw it into the pool...

The kerosene in the pit touched the fire and burned rapidly, and the flames quickly spread to the entire oil surface like a tide.In the blink of an eye, the fire was raging, emitting black smoke, and suddenly there was a 'boom', and it exploded!

Suddenly, the earth trembled and the mountains shook, heat waves hit everywhere, and earth and rocks flew up...

Qin Yuan and others were in a very shallow ditch. Everyone was shaken violently and fell to the ground. When sand and flying stones came, everyone subconsciously hugged their heads and lay down on the ground.The surrounding temperature was very high, and the dusty air carried heat waves, which burned his face.

But in an instant, his body was so hot that he was sweating.

Qin Yuan didn't see Fang Ding, so he immediately climbed up the slope and ran back to find Fang Ding.Everyone reacted and followed suit.At this time, I saw that the big oil pit was burning ragingly. Because of the explosion, the pit was bigger than before, and there were many gravel slabs around the pit.Due to the flying of the explosion, part of the kerosene was splashed and scattered around, so many plants and trees on the slope were on fire.

Qin Yuan found Fang Ding lying on his head in the grass six feet away from him, with burning kerosene sticking to his back.Qin Yuan immediately took off his clothes to fight the fire, and asked someone to cut off the clothes on Fang Ding's back with a knife. It can be seen that Fang Ding's back was severely burned.After Qin Yuan confirmed Fang Ding's pulse, he ordered the guards to escort him immediately for treatment.

Changsun Wuji stood on the spot with his hands behind his back, staring at the fire pit in a daze.The fire burning in the pit passed through the newly blasted ditch and burned to a distance of more than 20 feet to the northwest.The ditch that was blasted more than 20 feet away was the underground drainage channel that originally connected the oil pit and Chang'an City.The thatched house ten feet west of the oil pit was also burned, and the fire was raging.

Wen Yanbo wiped his face with his sleeve, but it was blackened.

"I don't think this fire will be extinguished for a while." Wen Yanbo said to Qin Yuan, "Why don't we go back first, let people guard here first, and come back after the fire is extinguished."

Qin Yuan was still worried about Fang Ding's injury, so he nodded in agreement with Wen Yanbo's words.Then the three returned to Chang'an City first, and Changsun Wuji naturally wanted to go to the palace to report the situation to Li Shimin.Qin Yuan and Wen Yanbo stayed to preside over the situation.

Qin Yuan didn't care about anything else, he stayed in front of Fang Ding, watched the doctor treat him, and waited for the diagnosis.At this time, Wen Yanbo took the lead and was in charge of holding the lineup, and in charge of the big and small matters after the explosion.

After applying medicine to Fang Ding, Imperial Physician Sun told Qin Yuan: "The most feared thing about burns is that the skin, the flesh, and then the viscera will be damaged. If the fire poison enters the blood, it will eventually hurt the viscera, and it will be very difficult to revive."

Qin Yuan simply understood what Dr. Sun said: Burns are most afraid of infection.

Qin Yuan saluted Grand Doctor Sun and implored him to treat Fang Ding well.

"This scorched skin and meat roll is the easiest way to cause fire poison to invade the internal organs, which is difficult to save. But I will do my best, please Qin Siqing to be prepared." Sun Taiyi told Qin Yuan that he would treat both internal and external, and promised to use it The best method and the best medicine are to save Fang Ding's life.

Qin Yuan agreed, and then silently sent away Doctor Sun.

Wen Yanbo came over to ask about the situation after finishing the chores, and when he learned that the diagnosis result was not good, he patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder, wanting to comfort him.At this time, even though he was very talented and eloquent, he still couldn't say anything after thinking about it for a long time, and felt that it was inappropriate to say anything.

Wen Yanbo even felt very scared, even Fang Ding, who had extremely fast legs and feet, could hardly escape from such a serious injury.If Qin Yuan had come to do this at that time, Qin Yuan would have turned into a charred corpse at this moment.

"I hope he can survive." Wen Yanbo sighed.

"At times like this, people and their lives are fighting. I will ask my sister-in-law to bring the children to accompany him. Let the children laugh in front of him more, read to him more, so that he can hear him more or less, and want to survive desperately. With willpower, it is easy to overcome difficulties, even diseases." Qin Yuan said to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo sighed that Qin Yuan's idea was good.When a person is sick, in addition to the bad disease itself, there are actually bad emotions.When the mood is good, you can go to three points if you are not sure about the disease.

"Look at your clothes are still dirty, go clean them up, and come here to see your brother Fang Ding again, so that when he wakes up, he will see you clean and feel better." Wen Yanbo urged Qin Yuan to go Freshen up and rest for a while.

The case is not over yet, the scene of Huoyoupit needs to be investigated later, Zhang Yuan is still being interrogated, Princess Anping is also being interrogated, and finally there is the issue of Princess Anping's disposal.

"En." Qin Yuan's eyes were cold, and he became even colder.

Wen Yanbo saw him like this, and realized that the most terrifying time for a person is not the time of rage, but the time of deathly indifference.

After Changsun Wuji rushed back from the palace, he told Wen Qinyuan and Wen Yanbo that Li Shimin was very angry, but he was also very pleased that Qin Yuan and everyone could find out the case and prevent the danger in time, which made the entire Chang'an City, the imperial court and the Li family are free from danger.

"The sage learned that Fang Ding was seriously injured, and specially ordered the imperial government to take out all the precious medicinal materials for Fang Ding's treatment."

Qin Yuan thanked Changsun Wuji for speaking for Fang Ding.

Changsun Wuji saw that Qin Yuan was not in a good mood, and knew that he was thinking about Fang Ding very much, but he admired Qin Yuan for being so affectionate and righteous.I heard that Qin Yuan had a good relationship with Fang Ding when he was an official in the Hongwen Museum. Earlier, Qin Yuan insisted on recommending Fang Ding so that he could come back as an official.Now Fang Ding saved his life again.The two supported each other, and the brotherhood was amazing.

Changsun Wuji was very pleased that he chose to support Qin Yuan at the beginning.Thinking about it now, the original decision was not to recommend Qin Yuan, but to save himself. .In fact, the longer he gets along with Qin Yuan, the more Changsun Wuji realizes that Qin Yuan is completely different from the treacherous and sycophantic person he showed at the beginning.He flattered because he really wanted to make Li Shimin happy, and he worked hard to get promoted because he really didn't do it for himself, but just wanted to do more practical things for the country and the people.

It is very fortunate that the imperial court has Qin Yuan.

Changsun Wuji finished with emotion in his heart, and he did not hesitate to praise Qin Yuan for being very good this time, which is tantamount to saving Li Tang Tianxia.

Qin Yuan had been in a low mood because he was worried about Fang Ding's situation, but when he heard Changsun Wuji's words, his eyes became flexible.He turned his head and asked Changsun Wuji seriously: "Then can I be promoted to a higher rank?"

Changsun Wuji was stunned.

"When someone praises you, you should be humble. Why would you ask yourself if you can get promoted? How shameless are you?" Changsun Wuji suddenly felt that he was out of his wits before, thinking that Qin Yuan's striving for promotion was for the sake of the country.Look at him now, obviously for himself.

"What is your purpose for wanting first grade so much?" Changsun Wuji decided to give Qin Yuan a chance to explain, hoping that he had misunderstood.

"Can my contribution be equal to the Duke of the founding state? I don't want too much, as long as I can be a first-rank marquis." Qin Yuan was still immersed in the question of promotion, completely unaware of Changsun Wuji's emotional changes and He asked empathetic questions.

Changsun Wuji stared back at Qin Yuan with furious eyebrows, telling him to shut up and stop thinking about it.

"It's what you said, I've saved Li Tang Tianxia." Qin Yuan muttered unconvinced.

Changsun Wuji was speechless, "Don't you look at how long you have been promoted and how long you have been an official, how dare you put on a big face and want to be a knight? What about Li Tangtianxia, ​​I think you may kill yourself West Heaven!"

Qin Yuan gave Changsun Wuji a blank look, since it was impossible to advance to a higher rank, he didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

After Qin Yuan changed his clothes and took a shower, he fell asleep.After waking up to see Fang Ding's situation, Qin Yuan was very happy to learn that he was awake.

Fang Ding suffered from burns all over his body, but he couldn't bear to cry out, only occasionally when he couldn't help it, he let out a low moan.Because the burns on his back were the most serious, Fang Ding lay on the bed to recuperate, with his face sideways on the pillow.When he saw Qin Yuan coming, he tried his best to smile, with relief in his eyes.

"I'm relieved to see that you're fine." Fang Ding's voice was very small because of his weakness.

"But I'm worried! You need to get better soon, and I'm counting on you to continue running errands for me in the future." Qin Yuan half-jokingly said.

Fang Ding agreed and told Qin Yuan that he would work hard.

Qin Yuan looked around, leaned closer, and said in a low voice, "coercion and lure" Fang Ding said: "You have made a great contribution this time, you must get through it and survive. In this way, you will have the opportunity to be promoted, to your children It’s an excellent thing to say. Since ancient times, this orphan and widow have been bullied by others, even if they have money, they can’t do it. Whether it’s for me or for your family, you must cheer me up and take good care of your body.”

Fang Ding agreed.

Not long afterward, the Imperial Palace sent the first-class scald ointment as a tribute from the Borneo Kingdom.

After Fang Ding applied the ointment, the pain did not hurt so much, and his complexion improved significantly.After that, Fang Ding's wife and children came to accompany Fang Ding.

Because of Qin Yuan's careful explanation before, Fang Ding's wife tried her best not to be sad, and did not allow the children to be sad, but only taught them to read and play in front of their father as usual.

Qin Yuan saw that Fang Ding's side was okay, so he was willing to leave.Qin Yuan asked his servants to take good care of him and never let Fang Ding suffer at such a time.

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Dali Temple Court.

Qin Yuanduan sat on the top seat, dressed in a noble purple robe, coupled with his unparalleled icy jade face, it was pleasing to the eye, but his cold and indifferent aura made people feel uncomfortable.

"These are the bodies found at the oil pit site."

Wang Zhen ordered people to bring up six charred corpses. Not long after, the burning smell from the corpses was everywhere in the courtroom.

Zhang Yuan was kneeling next to these corpses, and he peeked at them from the corner of his eye.

Qin Yuan asked Zhang Yuan who these people were and what was their relationship with him.

Zhang Yuan bowed his head and remained silent.

"You lied before, claiming that you had no accomplices, and now you still refuse to confess. Your performance makes me happy." Qin Yuan asked Wang Zhen that a vicious criminal like Zhang Yuan can serve him with torture.

Zhang Yuan agreed, and then asked Qin Yuan which one to choose.

"My subordinates suggest using castration first. There are not many injuries, and the pain is still in the body and in the heart. Let's use acupuncture first, then stick it with bamboo sticks, peel the skin one by one, and then completely remove it..."

Zhang Yuan's whole body trembled like a sieve.He was terrified just hearing these tortures, let alone suffering.

"Sure." Qin Yuan replied simply.

Immediately, the little official brought a roll of leather, opened the leather, and placed bamboo sticks, steel needles, machetes and other things neatly on it, and the handle of the machete was still clinging to dried and blackened blood.

"I say, say!" Zhang Yuan kowtowed to Qin Yuan again and again in fright, "The villain dare not extravagantly ask for his life after committing such a thing, and only asks Qianqin Siqing to give the villain a knife after someone confesses. "

Qin Yuan nodded, indicating yes.

Zhang Yuan stated what he knew one by one.

Like Zhang Yuan, the six charred bodies found at the oil pit site were all employees of the No. [-] Restaurant.

After Sui Fengyun's accident, the No. [-] Restaurant was closed, and the seven of them had nowhere to live.At that time, a Taoist nun suddenly appeared and kindly placed them outside the city.Ma Shi went to find them after that, and Ma Shi told Zhang Yuan and others that her real identity was Princess Anping.

At first Zhang Yuan and the others didn't believe it, but after hearing that Princess Anping was able to say something unusual, and his vision was beyond the reach of ordinary people, Zhang Yuan and the others believed it.

Princess Anping told Zhang Yuan and others that Li Tang was not orthodox, and her mother, Empress Xiao, had secretly returned to Datang with the emperor's grandson.Now she only needs to burn Chang'an City, kill the royal family of the Li family, and kill all the important officials in the court. The dragons of the Tang Dynasty will have no leader, and the name of the emperor's grandson will be justified, so that the Sui Dynasty can be restored.Zhang Yan and others can become the founding heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty, enfeoffed as princes, and enjoy endless glory, wealth and honor, unlimited scenery, and extreme dignity.

Ma Shi's words were extremely convincing, and Zhang Yuan and the others were instantly boosted.Those who achieve great things must have courage, and they can become great achievements of the Sui Dynasty if they take a brave step forward.

Zhang Yuan and others, because they have worked as waiters in the No. [-] Restaurant for many years, are used to the decent life of rich people.Compared with ordinary people, they are more likely to envy and envy those rich and noble lives, so their desire for these things is stronger than ordinary people.Ma Shi's temptation is fatal to them.On the one hand, it is because Ma Shi's words are convincing, and on the other hand, Zhang Yuan and others have long been able to make up their own imaginations.

The seven like-minded people got together and talked about it every day, imagining that one day they could live a life of a prince who spends money like water and is rich and prosperous.The more I think about it, the more hope I have in my heart, and the more determined I am to serve Ma Shi and seek meritorious service.

So the seven of them stayed in the thatched cottage, waiting to do great things.

"Where did all this fire oil come from?" Qin Yuan asked Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan shook his head, expressing his ignorance.

“When the seven of us went, the thatched house and the oil pit were already there. Under the stove in the thatched house, there was a tunnel leading to the gate of the oil pit. The oil in it can flow out along the drainage channel. The gate is cast by a huge stone, and it is very laborious to pull the mechanism, and it takes four or five strong men to work together." Zhang Yuan explained.

"Then after you went there, did anyone else come to you?"

Zhang Yuan: "Yes, Taoist Miaoshan came here. When she came, she brought her luggage with her. She told us that she has become our own business. She told us to guard this place and wait until the gates are opened, and then things can be done."

"Wait until the gate is released? Which day?" Qin Yuan asked again.

"The fourth day of June." Zhang Yuan hesitated.

On the fourth day of June, the change of Xuanwumen, this is the most taboo day for Li Shimin, and it is also the easiest thing for the conspirators to talk about.The purpose of Princess Anping's choice of this day is obvious. The fire in Chang'an can be explained as "a lot of evil, and the dead appear to retaliate".

Changsun Wuji immediately narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, his eyes were fierce.

"You guys really know how to calculate!"

Zhang Yuan tightened his neck in fright, and didn't dare to raise his head again.

Qin Yuan felt that he had nothing more to ask Zhang Yuan, so he ordered people to hold Zhang Yuan aside, and asked them to bring Princess Anping up.

Seeing Princess Anping, Zhang Yuan shrunk his neck even tighter.

When Princess Anping saw the captured Zhang Yuan and the six charred corpses above the Tang Dynasty, she panicked for a moment, but then she recovered her indifferent expression to deal with Qin Yuan.

"Why are you taking me up here?" Princess Anping looked at Qin Yuan, Changsun Wuji and the others with dignity.

"Looking at this, you should understand that your plan has been exposed." Changsun Wuji got angry when he saw Princess Anping's arrogance, and wanted to suppress her.

Princess Anping laughed, trying to suppress her flustered emotions, but she didn't know that her unnatural facial muscles had betrayed her.

Changsun Wuji also sneered, and suggested to Qin Yuan: "Why don't you take Princess Anping to see the 'grand event' outside the city, after all, this one won't give up if she doesn't see the Yellow River."

Qin Yuan sighed that this was a good idea.

Afterwards, Qin Yuan, Changsun Wuji and Wen Yanbo went to the oil pit together with Princess Anping.

At this time, it was already dark, but the fire in the oil pit was still burning, as if illuminating half the sky.The drains that were blown up before have all been extinguished and cleaned up.

Seeing this scene, Princess Anping panicked. She knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the oil pit she had painstakingly created.

This is years of painstaking efforts, burnt to the torch.

Why does Qin Yuan sabotage her good deeds every time?

Princess Anping's face was full of tears, and she stared at Qin Yuan with red eyes.

"Why? Why are you always in the way!"

Qin Yuan didn't say anything, but ordered someone to pull Princess Anping up.

Princess Anping wobbled to her feet, and suddenly sneered at Qin Yuan, Changsun Wuji and the others: "You won! But so what if you win? You are Li Tang, who is dishonorable, and Li Tang who steals the country. Tang is a joke, a joke ridiculed by the world, and he, Li Shimin, is a bastard emperor who killed his own brother!"

"Shut up!" Changsun Wuji really wanted to kill Princess Anping immediately to relieve his anger, but this guy couldn't kill him.

"The princess of the former dynasty wanted to restore the restoration. From your reasoning, it makes sense. But for revenge, you regard the lives of the entire Chang'an city as worthless. This makes people understand the real reason why you lost to the Tang Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty. ! In fact, you don’t even know what is the real righteousness, it’s the heart of the world, the heart of the people!”

After Qin Yuan finished speaking, his eyes swept to the silver needle on Princess Anping's head.

"Nirvana rebirth, the soul is still there, so naturally it will not die. If the soul flies away, it is considered dead."

"What do you mean?" Princess Anping suddenly stared at Qin Yuan with wide eyes.