Song Qingyuan looked at Chunyu Bu and asked: "Chun Yubu, do you really reward him with antique treasures?"

"Sir, this...!" Chunyu Bu was extremely brave and knowledgeable in military strategy. He was also very shrewd even in his worldliness. However, after all, he was born in the army and was still a bit tough in his bones. He was not unaccustomed to the things he had done.

He had the courage to admit it, thought for a moment, and then said: "Sir, it is true that he was rewarded with antiques and treasures, but it was not because he obeyed the order of the general to secretly transport ordnance. He has always been in charge of the grain and fodder logistics in Yuguan, and so has the general.

I hope the logistics will go smoothly, so I will give him something from time to time...!"

Gao Rang sighed: "General Chunyu Lang means that you have been bribing officials?"

Chunyu Bu's body was shaken.

He suddenly realized that he might not be able to escape completely this time. Even if he avoided a serious crime, he would not be innocent.

Although some things are known to everyone in the officialdom, they cannot be said on the table. Under the table, it is just human nature. Once it is brought to the table, it will be illegal everywhere.

Bribing officials to form cliques for personal gain is certainly not a small crime.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Tian Shichao, let's not talk about Chunyu Bu secretly concealing weapons and killing good people and taking credit." Song Qingyuan stared at Tian Shichao's eyes and asked: "I want to ask you, you are the chief officer of Hu Cao and you are only in charge of the granary. Where did you get the weapons? The grain truck.

Where did the horizontal sword hidden in the sword come from?"

Chunyu Bu was framed by Tian Shichao and was already furious. Hearing Song Qingyuan's question, he felt happy and thought to himself that Mr. Song was indeed a master of punishment. This question hit the nail on the head.

"That's right. The Guangning Armory has always been managed by the Junfu. Without the consent of the Junfu, it is impossible to take out a weapon from the armory." Chunyu Bu's eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "Sir,

Tian Shichao was slanderous. Before this time, he had never sent a weapon to Yuguan. It was impossible for the county lieutenant Qiao Mingshui to let Hucao's people transfer weapons from the armory. If Tian Shichao fell into trouble, someone in the county captain's house would secretly provide him with weapons.

, we can send someone to take Qiao Mingshui to court and confront everyone face to face." He looked at Jianjun Gao Rang and sneered: "Master Supervisor, I heard that the armory is now under the supervision of Long Ruijun, and it was your Lordship who issued the military order.

When Tian Shichao was adjusting food in the city, the armory happened to be in the hands of Long Ruijun, so who provided these knives? Do we need to investigate carefully? "

Gao Rang was calm and composed, and said with a smile: "General Chunyu Lang, don't you suspect that Long Ruijun secretly allocated this batch of ordnance to Tian Shichao? If you say so, then you are testifying against Long Ruijun." Hold out your hand.

Said: "Do you have any evidence?"

Chunyu Bu was startled, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak. He thought to himself, if I really had real evidence, I would still be talking nonsense to you here.

"Chun Yubu, there is no evidence, don't implicate innocent people." Song Qingyuan coughed, then looked at Gao Rang and asked: "Master Supervisor, please forgive me for speaking frankly, what Chunyu Bu said is not unreasonable. Don't misunderstand me, I am not

It is said that Long Ruijun provided ordnance, what do you mean by this officer, is there any loss of ordnance at the armory?"

Gao Rang stood up, took out an account book from his arms, presented it to Song Qingyuan and said: "This is the list that Long Ruijun obtained from the armory officials when he took over the armory. The swords, guns, bows and arrows in the Guangning Armory are all

It is a clear record. I was worried that someone would slander Long Ruijun for taking the ordnance without authorization, so I counted the ordnance in the warehouse with several officials in charge of the armory according to the account books. After checking, there were no problems. The armory

All the officials also signed and stamped their signatures on this list, proving that this list is completely consistent with the number of weapons in the armory."

Song Qingyuan took the account book, flipped through a few pages, and then said: "Since the Lord Supervisor said so, there must be no problem. The weapons hidden in the grain truck must not come from the armory." He looked at Tian Shichao and asked, "Tian Shichao

, there is a knife hidden in the car, no matter who instigates it, you are guilty of an unpardonable crime. If you can get it from the truth without any deception, I will try to give you a lighter sentence. You confessed truthfully, where did you get the horizontal knife?"

Tian Shichao hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Reporting to your lord, I dare not deceive you because of my humble position. Those horizontal knives were all...all obtained from the hands of Captain Xianyu."

As soon as this statement came out, many people present changed their colors.

During the trial of Song Qingyuan's case in the court, the cold night fell and the city of Guangning fell into deathly silence.

In the elegant room, Qin Xiao poured tea for Huo Mianzhi and said with a smile: "Tian Shichao was promoted by the county magistrate. He has shown kindness to him again. Now he is involved in a major case. We promise to ensure the safety of his family."

In order to repay the kindness of the county magistrate and save the lives of the whole family, he will naturally do what we ask."

"It turns out that your target is not just Chunyu Bu." Huo Mianzhi sighed: "General Qin, the viciousness of your design is really surprising."

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "The biggest problem with hiding knives in food is to explain where those horizontal knives came from. In this case, of course, we can make a fuss about the origin of the horizontal knives. Although Qiao Mingshui was imprisoned, the Guangning Army

They were all disarmed, but the Duhufu will definitely not give up. With Gao Rang's military orders alone, it is still not justified for Long Rui Army to garrison Guangning. If you want Long Rui Army to replace Guangning Army and stay in the city, you must naturally

It is not easy to purge or even disband the Guangning Army, but it is not easy to achieve this goal."

"Of course it's not easy." Huo Mian said: "There are two thousand Guangning garrison, which belongs to the Duhufu. Many of them are generals from the Liaodong Army. Qiao Mingshui was convicted, but he cannot represent the Guangning military capital.

Guilty, they are still the officers and soldiers guarding Guangning. Even if the court wants to remove them, they must come up with a reasonable reason, otherwise how can they be convincing? There is no reason to disband the Guangning Army, both the Duhufu and the Liaodong Army will

Protect with all your strength.”

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, this is exactly what I am worried about. Although the Guangning Army has been temporarily disarmed, its establishment has not been cancelled. If you want to clean up this army, of course you need a reason." Picking up the tea cup,

After taking a sip, he stared at Huo Mianzhi and asked: "Master Huo, does he know that in recent years there have been bandits in Liaoxi County who have robbed homes and tortured the people? The Guangning Army, under the leadership of Qiao Mingshui, has frequently attacked. Although they failed to conquer Liaoxi County,

All the bandits were wiped out, but they also made repeated military exploits?"

Huo Mianzhi said: "Of course I know. Although Qiao Mingshui committed a serious crime this time, he did indeed lead troops to suppress bandits. If he hadn't often attacked and suppressed bandits, the number of people who would suffer would have been even greater."

"It seems that Mr. Huo really knows nothing about the hidden story behind this." Qin Xiao sighed: "When I was in Kyoto, I had already heard that the officers and soldiers in the Northeast were guilty of killing good people and taking merit for their merits." His eyes became sharp.

He stood up and sneered: "Does Mr. Huo know Wsha Town?"

"Wsha Town?" Huo Mianzhi obviously didn't remember it for a moment. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly remembered and said with a slight change of color: "I know, less than a year ago, Wsha Town was bloodbathed by Black Mountain bandits, and many people were killed.

Common people. Wusha Town is more than a hundred miles away from Heishan and less than fifty miles away from Wusha Town. There happened to be a group of Liaodong cavalry training in the summer. They got the news in time and quickly sent out troops. They almost killed the Black Mountain bandits and suffered heavy losses.

"

Qin Xiao calmly said: "Then let me tell you, in fact, the Black Mountain bandits who entered Wusha Town were disguised as soldiers of the Liaodong Army, and they were under the military orders of Huangfu Yunzhao. They attacked Wusha Town at night, pretending to be Black Mountain bandits, and burned and killed them.

They looted and took away many heads. After leaving, they changed their clothes on the way and returned to the military camp. They told the outside world that they had received news of the Black Mountain bandits' harm and sent troops to kill them. The so-called bandit heads they took out were actually from Wsha Town.

The head of the townspeople."

"call!"

Huo Mianzhi stood up abruptly, his pupils shrank, and he said in horror: "General Qin, you...are you telling the truth?"

"Even the saints are aware of this matter." Qin Xiaodao: "When the Bohai delegation entered Beijing and passed through the Northeast, the Anton Protectorate sent 500 soldiers and horses to escort them. Among them was a guerrilla general named Wu Xingzhong who participated

In response to the massacre in Wsha Town, Ziyi Prison secretly arrested him and learned the truth about the whole thing from him."

"Wu Xingzhong?" Huo Mianzhi nodded and said, "I have heard of this man." Thinking that the Liaodong Army guarding the four northeastern counties actually pretended to be bandits and massacred the people in order to take credit, Huo Mianzhi felt cold in his hands and feet.

Qin Xiao sighed: "When I first heard about this, I was shocked. In fact, when I thought about it later, it was completely reasonable for the Liaodong Army to do this. The power of the Tang Dynasty is still there, and the surrounding forces dare not invade our Tang Dynasty. Liaodong Army

Naturally, it is difficult for the Liaodong Army to have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. If they want to ask for merit and reward from the court, they can only use the name of suppressing bandits. In the early years, the Liaodong Army benefited a lot from suppressing bandits, but for their own interests, they naturally did not

I would like to see that the Northeast is really full of bandits, and many small and weak bandits have been almost wiped out by them, and the rest are all relying on each other, such as the Black Mountain bandits, where several groups of bandits have gathered together."

Huo Mianzhi nodded and said: "Liaoxi County has actually been relatively peaceful these years. Business in the Fucheng Trade Market is booming. The Liaodong Army wants to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes, so naturally it has to deal with bandits who pose a threat to the trade routes. The four northeastern counties,

Nowadays, only Xuantu County in the east is not at peace, with many bandits and bandits."

"Almost all the weak bandits have been wiped out. After being killed by the army, the remaining bandits have rich experience and are not weak in combat power. Most of them occupy the mountains and cause trouble." Qin Xiao said slowly: "That's it.

As a result, it will naturally become much more difficult for the Liaodong Army to suppress a few groups of bandits successfully. Even if they succeed in annihilating a few groups of bandits, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Under such circumstances, pretending to suppress bandits and killing good people has become an option." Clenching a fist with his right hand.

Said: "The massacre in Wsha Town happened because of this."

Huo Mianzhi also said bitterly: "Since the imperial court knew this, why didn't they send someone to investigate thoroughly?" As soon as he said this, he immediately understood that the perpetrator was the Liaodong Army. Even if the imperial court had a witness, it had no other more conclusive evidence.

, if they really want to send personnel here, they will definitely not find any clues. On the contrary, it will arouse the alert of the Liaodong Army. The court obviously does not want to arouse the Liaodong Army's vigilance towards the court at this time, let alone because of the massacre in Wusha Town.

The army was furious.

Qin Xiao smiled lightly and said: "The massacre in Wusha Town is not an isolated case. What goes up and what goes down, of course, Qiao Mingshui also knows the secret. There is a saying that raises bandits to respect themselves. If Liaoxi County is really free of thieves, how can they get rewards for their merits?

Qiao Mingshui and many people in the Guangning army raised a lot of bandits in western Liaoning. Those bandits were fat sheep in their eyes. When they needed to perform meritorious deeds, they would send troops to kill them. In fact, the bandits they raised were

He's really not a ruthless bandit, he's just a sheep with a knife in his hand, just waiting to be slaughtered by the Guangning army." He picked up the tea cup, shook it slightly, and chuckled: "Your Majesty, the Lord Commander must be right.
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