Fenghou

[Historically, Wanyan Wushu did not spare the high-ranking officials and relatives of the puppet Qi, successively copied more than 100 million taels of gold, 300 million taels of silver, and more than [-] million taels of copper coins]

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Tang Qian did not disappoint Chen Qing. That night, he searched a large amount of wealth from the [-] pseudo-Qi high-ranking government houses in Bianliang, and the other [-] families would not be let go. Twelve search teams rushed to various places.

Unlike Qian Huang, Liu Yu sent troops to help these senior officials, their wealth could not be transported out at all, although Wanyan Wushu let them go, but Wanyan Wushu's generals were all staring at the fat!

It was also fortunate that Wanyan Wushu had been sitting in Bianliang all the time, so his generals had no chance to use their mobile phones, and the senior officials of the puppet Qi did not dare to act rashly. If Chen Qing's army came one day later, then Du Rong would definitely attack first.

Overnight, all eighteen high-ranking puppet Qi officials went bankrupt. It was not just bankruptcy. They were different from Qian Huang. Qian Huang was the head of the state. The high-ranking officials of the puppet Qi followed Liu Yu to oppress the common people. It can be said that they committed a lot of crimes. Chen Qing ordered the eighteen high-ranking officials of the puppet Qi to be taken outside the city and beheaded.

In fact, not only them, but also some small officials who committed serious crimes were also arrested, beheaded, and their property confiscated.

……

At this time, Lin'an was also making a fuss, and the city was searched.

The fire in Yangzhou completely destroyed the hope of the imperial army's northern expedition. Without food and grass, the 20 troops could not stay for a day, so they hurriedly withdrew from Xuzhou and went south.

When the news reached Lin'an, Emperor Zhao Gou was furious, and immediately ordered a thorough investigation into the arson incident, and all those involved would be severely punished.

Soon it was discovered that there was an inner ghost in the court, and Zhao Gou ordered Yushi Zhongcheng Wan Qixi to be responsible for investigating the inner ghost case, and must dig out the inner ghost.

In fact, it is not difficult to find out, and Wan Qixie soon found out the clue.

In Qin Hui's official room, Wan Qixie presented a preliminary investigation report to Qin Hui.

'Master Bo Gu Yanxin', Qin Hui drew a thick line under the name and asked, "Why is it him?"

"The humble official received the forged documents from Yangzhou, and found that a total of three people could use their power to forge them. The humble official sent someone to identify the handwriting, and found that it was very similar to this Gu Yanxin's handwriting. Then he went to the warehouse to collect a batch of official ship flags. The official ship flags are planted on those ships, so it can only be this Gu Yanxin."

Qin Hui asked anxiously: "Then where is he now? Has he been arrested?"

Wan Qixi hesitated for a moment and said: "The humble official took people to arrest Gu Yanxin in the morning, but he was nowhere to be found."

"What do you mean you can't find him? Have you ever been to his house?"

"His job is gone. His house is empty and there is dust on the table. His neighbor said that he hasn't seen his family for at least seven days."

"Bang!" Qin Hui slapped the table, gritted his teeth and said, "You idiot, you can't even do such a trivial matter, and you let someone run away. How can I explain to the emperor?"

Wan Qixie said helplessly: "You can't blame the humble staff for this matter. The humble staff only took over the investigation task two days ago, but the criminal ran away seven days ago. It is impossible for the humble staff to have the ability to predict!"

Qin Hui also knew that Wan Qixie was telling the truth, but the officials would not think so. The task was entrusted to you, but if you didn't complete it, it means that the matter was not done well, and he was dissatisfied.

Qin Hui paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to explain to the emperor?

Wan Qixie said again in a low voice: "Master, there may be a way to explain to the emperor."

"What way?" Qin Hui stopped and looked at him.

"You can make a fake scene of committing suicide in Gu Yanxin's mansion. The report said that Gu Yanxin committed suicide in fear of crime, and then focused on exaggerating the Western Army spies in Lin'an. He believed that the Yangzhou fire incident was the work of Western Army intelligence spies. The officials' attention It was transferred to the intelligence spies of the Western Army, and then Yang Yizhong was not doing well, and the intelligence spies have not been caught yet."

Qin Hui nodded. This is a good idea. As long as Gu Yanxin is dead and the officials are angry, the responsibility on his side will be cleared, and he can also wear small shoes for Yang Yizhong, so why not do it?

"Hurry up and rewrite the report. I will hand it over to the emperor in the afternoon, and he is already urging."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wan Qixi saluted and hurried down.

Qin Hui looked at his back and snorted, this bastard really has a way of deceiving others.

……

Zhao Gou was so angry that he could not sleep and eat these days. He was full of hope to launch the Northern Expedition. He used the name of the Northern Expedition to hold Chen Qing back and prevent Chen Qing's army from occupying Bianliang. However, he did not expect that Chen Qing would burn Yangzhou The food for the 20 army could only last for three days, so they had to retreat southward in a panic, and they were ridiculed by the people all over the world.

He deeply hated that his ministers were ineffective, irresponsible, and there were loopholes everywhere, so it was easy for others to succeed.

Zhao Gou was distracted and pacing in the imperial study. He didn't dare to read the "Beijing News" for the past two days, because he was afraid that the "Beijing News" would publish the news that the Western Army had recovered Bianliang.

He really hated and was afraid of Chen Qing. Why did the imperial army fail terribly against the Jin soldiers, but Chen Qing was able to win many battles against the Jin soldiers. What is the problem?In order to raise the military salary, I haven't even changed a dragon robe in the past few years. I save food and money for the army, but is this how the army rewards me?

At this time, the eunuch Kang Shun whispered: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qin, please see me!"

"Let him in!" Zhao Gou was about to summon Qin Hui to ask about the progress of the investigation.

Not long after, Qin Hui hurried into the imperial study, bowed and said, "See Your Majesty!"

"My love is free!"

Zhao Gou waved his hand and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, where has Zhongcheng Wanqi's investigation reached?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the investigation is over, here is the investigation report!" Qin Hui submitted a new investigation report to Zhao Gou.

For the first time in so many days, Zhao Gou felt pleasantly surprised, did he finish the investigation in only two days?This Wanqi Xie is very powerful!

He quickly took the report, and said to Qin Hui: "I'll take a closer look later, and you can simply tell me, who is the ghost?"

"The inner ghost is a head of the Privy Council, named Gu Yanxin. He colluded with the spies of the Western Army, forged documents, and applied for the official flag. The evidence is convincing. Unfortunately, this person knew that the matter had been exposed, and hanged himself at home."

"Dead, hum! It's too cheap for him, who recommended him?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, his recommender is Zhao Ding."

"It's him again. No wonder his son ran away from Chen Qing's side to become a high-ranking official. They both burned incense and placed bets. Do you really think that I am so easy-going?"

Qin Hui knew in his heart that the Son of Heaven called Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun back to serve as prime ministers for the purpose of the Northern Expedition and to create public opinion. Xuan Fu envoy of Hubei Road.

Liu Ziyu's son and nephew are both generals under Chen Qing, the emperor will let him take the military power?Besides, the Son of Heaven is cutting down the feudal vassal right now, and it took so much effort to get rid of Yue Fei, so how could he help another Liu Ziyu? Zhang Jun is too selfish and can't keep up with the situation, so it will be a matter of time before he gets demoted.

Qin Hui is not very concerned about Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun anymore, and now he will continue to perform in the major case in Yangzhou.

"Your Majesty, Wan Qi Zhongcheng has found out that the intelligence spies of the Western Army played a key role in the fire in Yangzhou. I even suspect that Gu Yanxin was murdered by the intelligence spies of the Western Army and made the illusion of hanging himself. I suggest a severe crackdown. Intelligence spies of the Western Army, pull out this thorn buried in Lin'an."

Zhao Gou took it for granted. He still remembered the fire in the Jin Guo Pavilion, wasn't it they who did it?The old hatred has not gone, but the new hatred has come again, I really have to make up my mind to goug out this cancer.

He immediately said: "Hurry up and call Yang Yizhong to see me!"

Yang Yizhong was patrolling near the palace at the moment, and when he heard that the emperor had summoned him, he hurried over.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Zhao Gou picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and asked, "General Yang, I remember asking you to eradicate the intelligence agents of the Western Army in Lin'an a few months ago. It seems that you haven't reported to me?"

Yang Yi stunned in the middle, and quickly said: "I have reported before that the city wall by the West Lake is not repaired, he can easily escape from Lin'an, and the city wall must be repaired first!"

Zhao Gou was so angry that he almost dropped the cup in his hand. What a shit excuse, if Yang Yizhong was not his confidant, he would have shouted and pushed it out to beheaded.

"General Yang, there is no wall in Lin'an, but the army has walls. If you send 2000 people to surround their lair, can they escape?"

Yang Yizhong was sweating profusely and said: "I implore Your Majesty to give me some more time, I will definitely find their lair and catch them all!"

"Okay! I'll give you another three days, if you can't find the old nest, don't be the one in charge of the palace."

"Humble post obeys the order!"

Yang Yi glanced at Qin Hui with great dissatisfaction in the center, it must be this bastard who picked up trouble in the middle and put on small shoes for himself.

Chapter 41 Cooperation

Yang Yizhong went back to the government office angrily, and kicked a chair to pieces violently. His aide, Su Lianggong, was surprised and put down his pen and asked, "Why is the general so annoyed?"

"How can you not be annoyed after being shot by Qin Hui in the back?"

Yang Yizhong briefly told Su Lianggong what happened today, and Su Lianggong smiled slightly: "Actually, what happened last time was not dealt with cleanly, and the officials may have forgotten, but people like Qin Hui can keep an eye on them! At critical times , he will use it as an excuse, not only escaping his own responsibility, but also wearing shoes for the general, killing two birds with one stone."

"Then what should I do now? The officials gave me three days to wipe out the intelligence spies of the Western Army. Time is running out! I have no way of doing it."

Su Lianggong smiled and said, "Didn't the general know that the Six Flavors Teahouse is the nest of Western Army spies?"

"You won't let me really do it!"

Su Lianggong suddenly understood that Yang Yizhong wanted to leave a way out for himself, and he didn't want to offend the Western Army, but he also wanted to give the emperor an explanation, and he also wanted to guard against a treacherous villain like Qin Hui, it was very difficult!

As an aide, it is my duty to share the worries of my employer, how else can I show my value?

Su Lianggong pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go talk to Hu Yun!"

……

As the special envoy of King Yong, Hu Yun's duty is to maintain the hypocritical peace between Chen Qing and the court, and save the last bit of face. Zhao Gou and the court need such face, and Chen Qing also needs it.

Therefore, Hu Yun often participated in some important activities on behalf of King Yong, and often visited ministers and celebrities of the Song Dynasty to promote mutual understanding and reduce hostility.

It can be said that Hu Yun did a very good job, and even the emperor Zhao Gou admitted that he played a huge role.

At this time, Hu Yun received Su Lianggong, Yang Yizhong's aide, in the official room. Among the many advisers Hu Yun knew, Hu Yun admired them very much. One was Wang Mu, and the other was Su Lianggong. With a sharp mind and the ability to grasp the essence when looking at problems, both Su Lianggong and Wang Mu have the characteristics of such excellent staff, so Hu Yun has always wanted to lure Su Lianggong to Sichuan and Shaanxi.

After hearing Su Lianggong's reason for coming, Hu Yun smiled and said, "Brother Su will really give me a question!"

Su Lianggong shook his head, "I didn't set the question for you, but you set the question yourself. You should be mentally prepared for burning the Yangzhou grain depot."

Hu Yun narrowed his eyes and said with a sly smile: "But there is no evidence to prove that the Yangzhou granary was burned by the scouts of the Western Army. Maybe it was burned by the spies of the Jin Kingdom? Wanyan Wushu also wanted to prevent the imperial army from going north. He burned the granary." Motives stronger than ours."

"It doesn't matter who burned it. The key is that the emperor believes that you did it. Unless you can produce evidence to prove that it was done by Jin Bing, it will be difficult to change the emperor's perception."

"Then what kind of help does Brother Su want me to provide?"

Su Lianggong was also unambiguous, and said directly: "My general hopes that you can help solve this problem. Tonight, the army will besiege Liuweiju Teahouse, and General Yang hopes to gain everything.

In addition, General Yang also hopes that Qin Hui will shut up. You should have a way. Qin Hui seems to give in to King Yong at critical times. You should have caught his sore foot. "

Hu Yun smiled and said: "Qin Hui's sore foot was his son Lin Yifei before, but now there is no need to catch him. If he dares to annoy King Yong, we will kill his son directly, or let him die suddenly. , that's what he's most afraid of."

After a pause, Hu Yun laughed again: "But General Yang can't do this kind of thing, so let me help you! Gu Yanxin didn't commit suicide in fear of crime. He took his family back to his hometown in Sichuan. The illusion of suicide in the mansion was obviously fabricated by Qin Hui. To fool the emperor, I can provide evidence that Gu Yanxin is not dead."

"What evidence?"

Hu Yun took out a letter and handed it to Su Lianggong, "This is a letter written by Gu Yanxin in Wuhu County, addressed to his boss Yang Jin, he still has some official duties to be done, he needs to explain, please Leave it to Yang Jin!"

Su Lianggong was overjoyed. With this letter, Qin Hui could only shut up.

Hu Yun said again: "Just act at night, I will make arrangements to give your General Yang some gains, but let him wear a shield, otherwise the soldiers will be injured by arrows."

……

At night, Yang Yizhong deliberately created momentum. He divided the [-] troops into one hundred teams and went to various restaurants and teahouses in downtown Lin'an to search for Western Army spies.

At one watch, Yang Yizhong personally led [-] soldiers to surround Liuwei Teahouse.

Yang Yizhong discovered that Liuwei Teahouse was an intelligence station of the Western Army, and the reason was very simple. Hu Yun often came here, and so did Wang Mu. It is determined that Liuwei Teahouse is the lair of Lin'an spies.

Five hundred soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, holding large shields and spears in their hands, and some soldiers were holding bows and crossbows.

When the soldiers had just surrounded the teahouse, suddenly an arrow shot out from the second floor of the teahouse, "Ah!" A soldier screamed and was hit by an arrow in his left arm.

Frightened, the two hundred soldiers in front raised their shields one after another. Yang Yizhong pointed with his sword and shouted, "Fire the rockets!"

Three hundred soldiers fired gunpowder arrows to the second floor at the same time, followed by arrow counterattacks, judging from the number of counterattacks.

After more than a dozen rounds of arrows, the teahouse finally started to burn. Taking advantage of the wind, the fire in the teahouse grew bigger and bigger, and the surrounding people evacuated one after another. Fortunately, the surrounding area of ​​the teahouse was very open and did not affect other buildings.

The fire continued until noon the next day, and the two-story teahouse was burned to the ground and completely collapsed. The soldiers went in cautiously and found more than a dozen charred bodies, as well as seven unburned bronze plaques with clear inscriptions. It can be seen that "Information Scout Military Envoy" is followed by a serial number without a specific name. Immediately afterwards, eight scattered bronze medals were found, and the military plaques of [-] corpses were all found.

Yang Yizhong wondered why the dozens of people who were shooting arrows disappeared, they couldn't really be burned to death!

At this time, the soldiers shouted, "Yang Dutong, there is a cave here!"

Yang Yizhong hurried forward, only to see a stone slab was lifted, revealing a big black hole.

"Throw a torch down!"

The soldier threw a torch down, only to see the flames being pulled by the wind, and the hole was open. Yang Yizhong immediately ordered a brave soldier to go in and investigate. After a while, the soldier shouted: "I found a box!"

"Go ahead and see where the exit is?"

Soon, soldiers shouted from the river dozens of steps away: "Yang Dutong, here I am!"

When everyone stepped forward, they found that the soldiers had got out of the haystack by the river, and there was a big rock beside them, which was pushed away.

A soldier said: "Last night, there seemed to be a boat in the river, and it stopped here!"

Yang Yizhong nodded, and said to the crowd: "A dozen of them were shot and killed, and the rest fled away by boat."

The soldier handed the box to Yang Yizhong, "This is it, I found it in the cave!"

The box was not big, only one foot long, and it must have been missed in a hasty escape last night. Yang Yizhong opened the box, and there were letters and documents inside, with the word 'confidential' stamped on it.

All kinds of information are basically Lin'an's people's livelihood, population distribution, etc., as well as a detailed map of Lin'an's surroundings, and an appointment letter.

"Appoint Dong An, the commander of the Seventh Battalion of Scouts, as the head of the Lin'an Intelligence Station." Yang Yizhong doesn't know who this Dong An is. Could it be the real name of the shopkeeper of the teahouse?

In fact, these are not important. The important one is that the other party cooperated very well and left the evidence to him. Now Yang Yizhong can explain to the emperor. Important information was also found.