Chapter Twelve: Yuan Chonghuan (1)
After staying in the cold cell for nearly one night, all the people who were suspected of being arrested were taken out for interrogation, and most of them did not come back. They soon arrived at Zhu Yinglong and others. Their group was the largest group of people who were arrested, but they were not arraigned, but were directly released, which made Zhu Yinglong confused and could not understand the reason. Lu Haotian grabbed a prison guard and asked curiously: "Brother Soldier, why did he release us for no reason?"
The prison guard glared at Lu Haotian and said, "Boy, why don't you talk so much nonsense? You're still talking nonsense when you let you out. Do you want to stay in this prison cell for a long time?"
Lu Haotian was bored and bowed his head and walked out of the cell with everyone.
After being able to see the light of day again, Zhu Yinglong's mood was not getting better. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to meet Yuan Chonghuan secretly, but he avoided everything. Now he was released and went to see Yuan Chonghuan again. All his figures were exposed, so it was not difficult to arouse doubts. What should I do?
After finding an inn, everyone settled down first. Zhu Yinglong summoned Xiong Tingbi to his room and asked, "General Xiong, I have something very confused. The soldiers guarding the city gate think that we are spies, so why did they release us without any trial?"
Xiong Tingbi seemed to have expected Zhu Yinglong to ask this question and explained: "Our group of more than 20 people cannot be all spies. Even if a spy has taken us into prison, it will not be found out. If you want to know if there are spies among us, the only way is to release us."
Zhu Yinglong suddenly opened his arms and said, "So that's the case. I've known to keep Lu Haotian and the others outside the city, just be single and enter the city."
"If the expected results are not bad, this inn must be full of spies." Xiong Tingbi said.
Zhu Yinglong nodded and smiled slightly, "It's a pity that General Yuan is extremely wise, but the person who performs this mission is a fool. He actually released us directly without any interrogation. If I were a spy, how could I not see this trick of playing hard to get?"
Xiong Tingbi was surprised and exclaimed: "The prince is really a genius. If the last general is just a little bit, the prince can learn from it."
"Put this king a little too high, I don't know what you think." Zhu Yinglong said angrily.
"I know you are wrong, actually..." Xiong Tingbi hurriedly bowed to explain, but was interrupted by Zhu Yinglong and said, "I know you have a kind heart, so let's forget about this matter, but how can we meet General Yuan now and not attract the attention of others?"
"Go to the trick!" The two looked at each other and smiled, a pair of old and young foxes.
"Waiter!" Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Tingbi walked into a restaurant called "Dexin Building" together, and Xiong Tingbi shouted loudly.
The restaurant has been demolished so much that it can barely open the door to do business. When the business is in turmoil, two customers suddenly came to the door, awakening the dozing waiter suddenly. He glanced at the store in a daze and found that there were two more customers in the store. He hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Two guests, what do you want?"
"Just a pot of roasting knives and serve a few side dishes." Xiong Tingbi ordered.
The waiter ran down quickly and first made a pot of unsightly tea for the two of them. After a while, the waiter brought a pot of wine and four plates of side dishes and said, "Please use it slowly, two guests."
"I understand, you don't need to serve here, you can go down." Xiong Tingbi shook his hand and asked someone to retreat.
Everything happened next. Zhu and Xiong accidentally let it go and were overheard by the waiter hiding aside. Just after the battle of Ningyuan, the city had searched spies on a large scale, so the people in the city were still alert, so Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Tingbi checked the bill and walked out of the hotel within a few less than a hundred steps, and were surrounded by a group of officers and soldiers. They were shackled and were taken to prison again.
Less than half a moment in prison, the two were arraigned together. All the generals and officials in Liaodong had served under Xiong Tingbi. Although Xiong Tingbi's appearance changed drastically and he had left Liaodong for four or five years, and they all knew that he had been executed, it was better to be careful. So when he came, he specially dressed up and created a scar from his forehead to his eyebrows. At first glance, he felt like a fierce and evil spirit, which made people feel cold in his heart. He was a bad guy.
The trial of spies cannot be held public trials like a normal trial of prisoners, so Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Tingbi met the Ning Qiandao Censor Yuan Chonghuan in a quiet room in the prison.
As recorded in historical records, Yuan Chonghuan is indeed an ordinary person. At first glance, he looks like a mountain villager. No wonder the censor reported that he was not good-looking and was ill-watching. Zhu Yinglong was very surprised when he saw it.
"Kneel down!" Xie Shangzheng, the dead soldier behind Yuan Chonghuan, shouted sternly to the two people coming in.
Xiong Tingbi snorted coldly, ignored him, and Zhu Yinglong even closed his eyes and said nothing.
"Bold spy, why don't you kneel when you see my commander?" Xie Shangzheng said glaringly.
"We are not spies, why should we kneel?" Xiong Tingbi said coldly.
"Bold, you guys..." Xie Shangzheng stepped forward angrily, but was stopped by Yuan Chonghuan, who had been sitting there calmly, and said: "Shangzheng, you go out first!"
"Master, you?" Xie Shangzheng asked in confusion.
Yuan Chonghuan stared at Xiong Tingbi without giving any explanation. Xie Shang Zheng's opinion that the commander did not change his intention to pay attention, so he had to retreat.
"You said you are businessmen who went outside the customs to buy furs?" Yuan Chonghuan asked, staring at Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Yinglong.
"No," Xiong Tingbi's voice trembled a little. Now there were only three of them in the room, and he didn't need to control his emotions.
"What does this guy behind you have to do with you?" Yuan Chonghuan pointed at Zhu Yinglong beside him and asked.
Xiong Tingbi hesitated for a moment and said, "He is one of my nephews."
"I remember to meet each other with a smile and give me a message to talk about war at night; I have talent and civil and military talents, and my crime will be accused of being awesome.
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Taixi bow hides the dog and cooks it again. The fox and rabbit are sad about death. The family is poor and cannot be redeemed. "Bribery public" is famous for killing!" Zhu Yinglong roared at the end and suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Yuan Chonghuan.
Yuan Chonghuan was shocked after hearing this and said, "Where did you know these two poems?"
Xiong Tingbi was also shocked. The person mentioned in these two poems is very similar to his own and Yuan Chonghuan. How could he not be surprised!
Yuan Chonghuan was surprised that these two poems were about Xiong Tingbi being executed and the head was posted on Jiubian. After hearing the news, he secretly sacrificed his own sacrifices on his back late at night, crying and writing "Two Poems of Crying Bears" in grief. They were the two poems mentioned by Zhu Yinglong. Even his mother and wife didn't know. How did this young man know? How could he not be surprised? If these two poems were known by the court, his whole family would be very guilty. Although he was not afraid, he would have implicated his mother and his wife would be unable to forgive his crime.
After years of guarding the border, Yuan Chonghuan had already developed a calm personality when encountering problems. He returned to his calmness in a flash and said, "The two poems that this guy read seem to be a person with a temperament mourning him and his friend was wronged and killed?"
Zhu Yinglong smiled and asked, "Don't General Yuan want to know who wrote these two poems?"
Xiong Tingbiye's eyes were already wet. How could he not understand who wrote these two poems at this time? It was just that he didn't understand why Zhu Yinglong learned about these two poems. However, in his excitement, his question just flashed and he forgot for the time being.
Chapter completed!