On the way to Guzang County, Zhong Kui expressed his concerns.

"Your Highness, it is not difficult to arrest Liu Feiteng, but the Liangzhou Army has been slow to take action and let Liu Feiteng rage the Hexi Corridor for more than ten years. Bei Zhi was worried that Zhang Baojun, the Liangzhou Army envoy, would have any collusion with the Yuan family?"

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Yuan Jin was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou three years ago, and the horse bandit Liu Feiteng appeared ten years ago. For seven years, why didn't the army wipe out the horse bandits? There are articles here, but it may not be related to the Yuan family."

"Where does Your Highness think the problem is?" Pei Min asked next to him.

"In fact, the reason is very simple. The horse bandits are raging. The military provides transportation protection along the way and collects money for a fee. In recent years, the Hexi army has made a fortune. Of course, the army does not want Liu Feiteng to disappear. As for the Yuan family, it is the backer that Liu Feiteng finds, and has nothing to do with the military."

"Actually there is another reason!"

Zi Linfeng, who had not said anything, said: "The Great Douba Valley is located in Ganzhou. The Liangzhou army cannot cross-border suppression of bandits. At most, it can only notify the Ganzhou army. The Ganzhou army is unwilling to take action, which may be what His Highness calls the interest relationship."

"Miss Zi is right. Zhang Baojun, the envoy of Liangzhou Army, is actually the emperor's member. Perhaps Liu Feiteng's ravage on the Hexi Corridor is also beneficial to him, but he will never be a member of the Yuan family, let alone be buried for the Yuan family."

The team gradually arrived in Guzang County. At this time, an army of thousands of people rushed towards him. The leader was Zhang Baojun, the Liangzhou Army envoy.

He had already received news that Li Xiu was named the Great Protector of Anxi and the Military Control Commission of Beiting. He had led his army to wipe out the army of the invading Beiting Tuqishi. This was not a prince like Li Mao who was easy to fool.

"I am not good at Liangzhou Army Envoy Zhang Baojun, who is the commander of the Liangzhou Army, and I will meet with Your Highness!"

"Thank you for coming to greet me!"

"I don't know that Your Highness will arrive, so I should welcome you earlier. The road is not safe. I am very worried that Your Highness will be attacked by horse bandits."

Li Xiu smiled faintly, "The horse bandit Liu Feiteng is in my hands, and there will be no horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor in the future."

"Ah!" Zhang Baojun also saw Liu Feiteng in the prison car. He was shocked, "Your Highness has solved Liu Feiteng?"

"It's just a little effort!"

"I am ashamed of humble duty!"

Li Xiu waved his hand, "I captured Liu Feiteng in the Great Battle Valley. It has nothing to do with Liangzhou. General Zhang doesn't have to blame himself!"

Everyone went to Guzang County and found an opportunity. Zhang Baojun whispered to Li Xiu, "I received a secret order from the emperor to ask I to cooperate with Your Highness with all my strength. I wonder what you need to do to do? "

Li Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Is Yuan Jin in Guzang County?"

"Here! I saw him today."

"If I wanted to ask him to go to Chang'an with me and go to the court to testify, would there be any difficulties?"

Li Xiu asked in a very subtle way, not pointing out Zhang Baojun, but in fact he was asking Zhang Baojun about whether he could take Yuan Jin away.

Zhang Baojun immediately understood and hurriedly said, "No one in Liangzhou will stop him, but there are risks on the road. I don't know. If your highness needs military escort, you can provide 500 soldiers to wait for your Highness to be dispatched!"

Li Xiu nodded, "There may be risks along the way. Since that's the case, I'll ask the general to provide 500 cavalrymen. In addition, I hope to get the general's supplies."

............

Upon hearing Li Xiu's arrival, Yuan Jin hurriedly led a group of officials out of the yamen to greet him.

Li Xiu is not only the thirty-eighth prince now. He has been named the champion general, the Great Protector of Anxi, and the governor of Beiting, and has a very high status.

Li Xiu asked coldly on the horse, "Who is the governor Yuan Jin?"

Yuan Jin hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Secretary Yuan Jin!"

Li Xiu pointed to the horse whip and said, "Take it!"

Several warriors rushed forward and pressed Yuan Jin to the ground. The yamen runners behind were shocked and wanted to come forward to help. The samurai drew their swords and glared at the yamen runners. Seeing that there were many people on the other side, the yamen runners dared not act rashly.

"I'm innocent!"

Yuan Jin shouted: "I am the imperial official. Even if you are a prince, you cannot arrest me at will!"

Li Xiu took out several letters and Yang Yang, "This is the letter you wrote to Liu Feiteng. You colluded with the horse bandits and the evidence is conclusive. I may convict you. Go back and explain it to the court!"

Yuan Jin recognized the letter in Li Xiu's hand, felt panic in his heart, and still said with a thorn in his heart: "I am persuading the Ma bandits to Xiangshan and asking them to surrender. No matter what, you have no right to arrest me!"

Yuan Jin was indeed right. Although Li Xiu had a high official position, he was not the boss of Yuan Jin, nor was he a censor or inspector of the Ministry of Personnel, and had no power to arrest the governor of a state.

Li Xiu sneered and took out the emperor's gold medal "If I meet me" and showed it in front of Yuan Jin, "I will arrest you in the name of the emperor!"

Yuan Jin's face was pale in an instant. The other officials originally wanted to help, but when they saw the four words "If you see me", they were immediately trembling and no one dared to say anything.

Li Xiu also said to the Chief Shi Qiao Wannian: "The Yuan and Jin suspended their post as governor, and the government affairs of Liangzhou will be fully responsible for Qiao Changshi."

"Submit the order!"

Li Xiu did not stop in Liangzhou. He drove Yuan Jin into the prison car and then led his army to set off. Zhang Baojun led his army to escort Li Xiu across the Yellow River before returning to Liangzhou.

Li Xiu did not go to Fengxiang, but went to Liupan Pass and prepared to take Jingyuan Road to Guanzhong.

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In addition to Yuan Tao as the governor of Beiting and holding military power, the Yuan family also served as the commander of the Imperial Guard Ten Thousand Cavalry Battalion, commanding 10,000 cavalry soldiers.

The Wanqi Camp is stationed in Xianyang, directly threatening the security of Chang'an.

There is also Cheng Jinfeng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. He is Yuan Biao's eldest son-in-law. Yuan Tao was repeatedly promoted in Beiting, which is directly related to him.

Eliminating Yuan Tai's military power became the top priority for overthrowing the Yuan family.

At night, Cheng Jinfeng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, returned to his mansion with concern.

Cheng Jinfeng was also a descendant of a famous family. He was Cheng Yaojin's great-grandson. He relied on his family to join the officialdom and was promoted step by step. He was fifty years old this year and has become the fourth-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War.

During this period, Cheng Jinfeng was worried about the Yuan family. His wife was Yuan Biao's eldest daughter. His career has been smooth and he has a lot to do with the Yuan family, but he has also made a lot of contributions to the Yuan family.

For example, Ma Hongyuan was transferred from Xuzhou to Yangzhou to Yangzhou, and Yuan Tao was promoted from Jianmen to Zhonglang General to Beiting Yiwu Army Envoy, etc.

The Yuan family treats him well, so of course he also reciprocates, but in the past two months, he has deeply felt the crisis of the Yuan family.

Cheng Jinfeng returned to the mansion, and the butler stepped forward and said, "Mrs. I have arranged dinner for the master. Please go to the dining hall!"

Cheng Jinfeng waved his hand, "Tell my wife, I have eaten. I am in the study. Don't bother me if I have nothing to do."

Cheng Jinfeng was a little afraid of seeing his wife, so he simply didn't eat anything, so he went to the inner study room.

In the room, Cheng Jinfeng paced back and forth. He had just received a briefing today. The 38th son of the emperor defeated the Tuqi Shi army in Beiting, beheaded the Tuqi Shixian, and completely wiped out the attempt of the Tuqi Shi people to invade Beiting.

This news made Cheng Jinfeng very worried. He knew what this meant, which meant that the secret of the Yuan family colluding with Tuqishi was about to be exposed.

Although the court revoked Yuan Tao's position as the governor of Beiting by failing to resist foreign enemies, there was no news about Yuan Tao so far, and no private news came.

Cheng Jinfeng suspected that Yuan Tao had been arrested or even killed. Once the court held Yuan Tao and even the Yuan family responsible, as Yuan Tao's recommended person, he could not escape his responsibility.

At this time, the housekeeper reported at the door: "Master, someone is here to send a letter!"

"Who is it?"

"It's a man from the palace, I'll send a letter to the master."

Cheng Jinfeng walked quickly to the door. He took the letter and was shocked. It turned out to be a letter written by Gao Lishi.
Chapter completed!