Chapter 285 Returning to the old place

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 285 Returning to the old place

Geng Shu wanted to say more, but Zhang Yue stopped him.

"This is that person's request!"

Geng Shu was shocked when he heard this, "But the great general..."

Zhang Yue neither nodded nor shook his head, just smiled.

Geng Shu already understood in his heart at this time, and then he cupped his hands and turned back to his car.

This time Zhang Yue returned to Chang'an with more than 70 four-wheeled carriages and goods worth up to 150,000 gold.

He wants to use facts to prove that war is not just a waste of wealth and national strength. In fact, war can bring huge amounts of wealth as long as it is done properly.

He also had another purpose in doing this, which was to find allies in Chang'an to support his external expansion.

Going all the way east, Zhang Yue and his party had arrived at Loulan, the easternmost city in the Western Region.

After the Battle of Tianshan, Loulan fell into the control of the Han army, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

After ten years of development, Loulan is now the largest city in the territory directly under the Han army, second only to Luntai.

Nowadays, the permanent population of Loulan has exceeded 20,000, and the number of people including the garrison and business travelers has reached no less than 30,000.

With this kind of population, it would be a big city in any region.

You must know that Rome, now known as the first city in the West, only has 50,000 people.

When passing a pier by the Kongque River, Zhang Yue couldn't help but stop.

It was here that he and Li Si formulated the Luntai development plan.

At the beginning, there were no fortresses for the Han army here, and King Loulan was quite hostile to the Han.

Zhang Yue suddenly seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago.

He clearly remembered the details of the first time he came to Loulan.

I clearly remember every issue and every sentence that Li Si discussed with me.

Now, after more than ten years of development, the plan made by the two of them has been realized step by step.

Zhang Yue sighed and said, "Yang You, go with someone for a walk!"

"promise!"

Yang You agreed and took Wu Zheng and Su Fei to escort Zhang Yue to the Peacock River.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Zhan and his men planned to follow, and the motorcade also stopped.

Zhang Yue waved his hand, "Zhang Zhan, let the convoy continue to move forward, and come back as soon as you go!"

"promise"

Zhang Zhan looked around, agreed, and then returned to the convoy.

When the motorcade continued to move forward, Zhang Yue took Yang You and the others to the Peacock River.

"Young Yang, do you still remember this place?"

Zhang Yue asked, pointing to a mangrove forest by the river.

Yang You nodded and said, "Remember, in the past, this was where the princes discussed matters with Duke Li about the Western Regions..."

Yang You thought for a while and then said, "Does the monarch want to avenge Li Gong during this trip?"

Zhang Yue didn't say anything when he heard this, but silently swore in his heart, "When I return east this time, the people who murdered the Duke will have to pay the price..."

Zhang Yue and Yang You silently paid homage to Li Si, then mounted their horses and headed for Loulan City.

When Zhang Yue and four others arrived outside Loulan City, a group of people were already waiting outside Loulan City.

"Greetings to the Lord!"

When everyone saw Zhang Yue, they bowed down from a distance. Zhang Yue looked around and saw that the leaders were Dong Fei and King Shanshan.

When Zhang Yue saw the two of them, he smiled and said, "It turns out to be His Highness King Shanshan. His Highness is not here to receive blessings from Janni City, so why are you here?"

King Shanshan smiled and said, "It is rare for a prince to come here... How dare the little king not come to greet..."

Zhang Yue smiled and asked casually, "I haven't been to the skewer for many years. How is the skewer now?"

King Shanshan said, "Thanks to the blessings of the great Han Dynasty and the princes, although Shanni is not as rich as Loulan, he can still be considered rich..."

Zhang Yue had a brief conversation with King Loulan, and then turned to Dong Fei and said

"How is Loulan doing now?"

After the Battle of Jingjue, Dong Fei was sent to Loulan by Zhang Yue, and served as the general of Loulan as a Sima from another department.

But he also has a secret mission, which is to lead Loulan's Qianniu Guards to investigate Li Si's matter.

Dong Fei heard this and said, "So that the Lord and Lord will know... I also ask the Lord and Lord to go to the lower official's house to rest for a few days..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yue already knew that Dong Fei might have made a new discovery.

Zhang Yue said, "Let's go to your house first..."

Several people immediately headed to Sima's residence in Loulan Department under the leadership of Dong Fei.

As for the large group of troops, Dong Fei placed them in the military camp in the west of Loulan City.

That night, Dong Fei held a small banquet in his residence to entertain Zhang Yue and his party.

After the banquet, Dong Fei led Zhang Yue and Yang You into a secret room.

After the three of them sat down, Zhang Yue took the initiative and asked, "Did Dong Fei make a new discovery?"

Dong Fei nodded and said, "Not bad..."

Dong Fei then reported to Zhang Yue in detail the investigation conducted over the past year.

"This is the situation of the king..."

According to Dong Fei's investigation, Li Si's death was not caused by the princeling Du Ling and others as previously speculated.

It was the Linzi Wang family and the Qinghe Zhang family. In fact, including Zhang Yue’s second assassination, the real masterminds were the Linzi Wang family and the Qinghe Zhang family.

Zhang Yue pondered for a while and said, "Are you sure Dong Feier is the Zhang family in Qinghe and the Wang family in Linzi?"

Dong Fei said firmly, "Is there anything wrong?"

Yang You also said at this time, "Qianniuwei also discovered that Li Gong entered Yunyang in the past...Does it have something to do with the Linzi Wang family?"

Zhang Yue nodded, but in his mind was the situation when he met Li Si during the meeting.

As the young prince of the Li family, Li Si actually entered the remote Yunyang County... This itself has many unreasonable aspects.

Now combined with Dong Fei's investigation, Zhang Yue secretly guessed that Li Si entered Yunyang back then to avoid Linzi Group.

As for why people from Qinghe Zhang were involved, Zhang Yue speculated that it had to do with himself.

Back then, Zhang's people in Qinghe attempted to murder Zhang's father. After seeing his status increasing day by day, he must have become uneasy.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue felt extremely angry in his heart. However, more than ten years of military career had allowed him to calmly keep his emotions and anger a secret.

Zhang Yue took a deep breath, turned to Yang You and said, "Yang You, I will immediately order people to investigate Qinghe Zhang... let someone keep an eye on them..."

Yang You said with a serious face when he heard this, "The Lord is ready to take action..."

While he was talking, he made a motion of slitting his neck.

Zhang Yue said, "Not bad!"

Dong Fei heard this and said from the side, "It should have been like this a long time ago... If the Lord had not allowed me to take a few people to Qinghe..."

Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "There is no need for this... I want these people to die clearly this time..."

Yang You said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy for you, Lord. The Qinghe Zhang family and the Linzi Wang family both have big trees with deep roots in the court... I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to act!"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "We are not the only enemies of Qinghe Zhang and Linzi Wang in Chang'an..."

Yang You said thoughtfully, "Could it be that that person actually intended to take action..."

At this time, Yang You thought of something Qianniuwei accidentally investigated.

Zhang Yue said, "Although the man from Chang'an appears...but in fact he has always worshiped his brother extremely..."

"In the past, after the former emperor granted Zen to Mount Tai, his nephew suddenly died suddenly. He never gave up the investigation..."

Dong Fei said in shock at this time, "Could it be that the Linzi Wang family also committed that person's death?"
Chapter completed!