The Tingwei Mansion did not stop the investigation of Xue Cheng. Chen Leng advised the emperor several times to continue digging deeper, but after Xue Cheng and Chang Yueyu died, many things were actually broken.

The emperor ordered Han Huanzhi and Qingyilou to cooperate with the investigation openly and secretly. Now the most important thing is to find the person named Yuwen Xiaoce. Although Chen Leng did not have any real evidence, he firmly believed that a person like Yuwen Xiaoce should be in Chang'an at this moment.

The old dean lived in Chen Leng's courtyard and had to go to the academy every day. After all, he couldn't let it go. Fortunately, Shen Leng's General's Mansion was not far from the academy. Every day, he and Meng Chang'an accompanied the old dean to take a car back with the old dean, and then the two went to the martial arts academy opposite the academy to teach. After the two of them finished the lecture, they accompanied the old dean back to the general's mansion.

"I've been thinking about it these days."

Chen Leng and Meng Changan left the academy and walked to the martial arts academy. While walking, he said to Meng Changan: "No matter how complicated everything is, don't think about the process. Just think about what your opponent wants, just ask the result, ignore so many puzzles set by your opponent, and things will actually become simple."

Meng Changan nodded: "If Xue Cheng and Chang Yueyu were deliberately betrayed by Yuwen Xiaoce, and even Jiaziying attacked Yanshan was in his plan, and he also arranged for people to kill Xue Cheng and Chang Yueyu while the Jiaziying attacked, then Yuwen Xiaoce is indeed sinister enough."

"Even the master is killed, and old friends and brothers are killed."

He looked at Chen Leng: "That can only explain one problem."

Chen Leng replied: "Either Xue Cheng is not his real master, or he found a new master. Lin Luoyu said that Yuwen Xiaoce is the best person to divert his sight. I thought at first that he wanted to deliberately expose the private soldiers in Dakaishan and Yanshan to cut off the court's investigation."

"He exposed nearly 10,000 private soldiers. Xue Cheng had already pretended to die before, which fits my guess. He abandoned the car and protected the coach. But after I learned that Xue Cheng was really dead, I realized that I still underestimated Yuwen Xiaoce. Those ten thousand private soldiers were not the car that abandoned the car and protected the coach, but Xue Cheng was."

Meng Chang'an said: "But now there is no way to easily guess who that handsome is."

"According to the idea of ​​abandoning the car and protecting the coach."

Chen Leng continued: "All the abandoned ones are small, to cover up the bigger ones."

He glanced at Meng Changan: "Is it possible that Xue Cheng is a car, and those ten thousand private soldiers are also cars?"

Meng Chang'an's face changed as soon as he stopped.

"Serial abandoned cars to protect the handsome guy."

Chen Leng said: "Abandoned 10,000 private soldiers, and most of the 10,000 were bandits recruited by Yuwen Xiaoce. His loyalty to him was not that high. Abandoning these people was to protect more private soldiers and protect soldiers who could fight, just like abandoning Xuecheng to protect people of higher levels."

Meng Changan shook his head: "It may not be a higher-level person, or it may be that Yuwen Xiaoce found a new master. And he felt that Xue Cheng had threatened him. If Xue Cheng did not die, Yuwen Xiaoce and his new master would be implicated. Judging from the previous incident, Xue Cheng did something wrong, so many people were exposed. Yuwen Xiaoce used the help of the court to get rid of Xue Cheng to protect himself."

Chen Leng recalled how high the people of Ancheng County evaluated Yuwen Xiaoce when they were in Ancheng County?

Think about it now, people are really the most complex and terrifying thing in the world.

"Wait for the news."

Meng Chang'an said: "Mr. Han has dispatched a large number of people to disperse all over Gyeonggi Province. All the mountains in Gyeonggi Province have been carefully checked. If they want to hide their troops, they can only be in the mountains."

Chen Leng asked: "Then do you think the place where the most likely place to hide soldiers?"

Meng Changan thought for a while and replied: "It's still Yanshan." He looked at Chen Leng and said seriously: "I guess according to what you said, Yuwen Xiaoce's method and style of acting, the most likely person to hide the troops is Yanshan. He has deliberately exposed the Yanshan bandit camp, so from common sense we will no longer doubt Yanshan. Think about what you said to divert your attention. The real large group of people may be in Yanshan, exposing the small part in exchange for the big part to be safe."

Chen Leng said: "Let me tell Lord Han what you think of."

Meng Chang'an said: "Han Huanzhi may not have expected that he specializes in this, and it will be more refined than we think."

At the same time, Tingwei Mansion.

Han Huanzhi called Nie Ye over, and in the study, he handed Nie Ye a token: "I found that the Yanshan section of private soldiers belonged to Laishui County. There are endless mountains. There are too many places where people can be hidden in the mountains. Moreover, the Yanshan section of Laishui County was originally a place that military strategists must fight for. There are many incomplete fortresses and beacon towers in the mountains."

Han Huanzhi said: "During the Zhou Dynasty, Yanshan was the border. In the early days of the founding of the Zhou Kingdom, the Great Wall was built on Yanshan Mountain to resist the barbarians. Not only in the section of Laishui County, there were ancient Great Walls on the entire Yanshan Mountains in Gyeonggi Province, and under these ancient Great Walls, there were caves of hidden troops."

Nie Ye said: "My sir, I will take someone to take Yanshan."

Han Huanzhi nodded: "Don't be afraid of spending time. You go north from here and take your people. After you arrive at Yanshan Gorge, check the westward direction. After half a year, check the first one after another. I give you the token of Dutingwei, which can mobilize local soldiers and officials, officials below the third rank. If you see this token, you must cooperate with your investigation unconditionally."

He looked at Nie Ye and said, "The reason I chose you is because you have had a long experience as a scout in northern Xinjiang, and you are the most suitable."

Nie Ye leaned over with his fists and said, "I will do my best."

Han Huanzhi nodded: "In addition to your team of people, I will also ask Qingyilou to select a group of experts to follow you. Remember... If you find out, don't act rashly and come back and report immediately."

Nie Ye nodded: "I will remember."

Han Huanzhi nodded: "Go, if you have any problems, try to be as careful as possible before departure, and then tell me, I will solve it for you."

Nie Ye bowed again with his fists and turned around and went out.

During the Zhou Dynasty, the control scope of the Central Plains imperial power was not as large as it is now. Yanshan was the border line of the northern border. The ancient Great Wall stretched for thousands of miles. In order to resist the invasion of the barbarians, the Zhou Dynasty once arranged 600,000 troops on the Yanshan line. With the help of the Great Wall, the troops could be quickly supported and mobilized.

On the front line of the ancient Great Wall, there are many hidden military caves built in the mountains.

Han Huanzhi also thought for a long time, and his ideas were generally the same as Meng Chang'an. It was not impossible for Yuwen Xiaoce to save more private soldiers at the cost of sacrificing the three or four thousand bandits in Yanshan.

Although from a common sense that such a thing does not exist, Han Huanzhi no longer dares to take it lightly.

After the destruction of Zhou, the Great Chu rose, and the State of Chu pushed the northern border two or three thousand miles in one breath, so the Yanshan Great Wall built during the Zhou Dynasty lost its function and gradually became deserted.

The city walls, beacon towers, and the military caves have been abandoned for nearly a thousand years.

No matter how great Yuwen Xiaoce is, he can hide people in. How can he support him?

The military roads that used to transport food and supplies to the ancient Great Wall were gone. What would the people hidden in Yanshan eat and wear?

However, I have to be careful and have to check it out carefully.

Daning, northwest border.

Tang Family Courtyard.

Ye Fubian sat in the yard and chatted with the old lady of the Tang family. He had been in the northwest for more than ten days. He had been busy with the Anxi Protectorate these days. Fortunately, the Tang family made great efforts and the Anxi Protectorate had basically taken shape. The Anxi Protectorate was located in the border town that the Tang family was responsible for supervising the construction. The former crown prince Li Changze had also worked as a coolie here for half a year.

After the imperial court chose to place the Anxi Protectorate here, it changed the city to Xita City. The Tang family was ordered to allocate 12,000 new troops trained to Xita City.

"Before I came, Your Majesty said more than once, let me thank the Tang family for doing their best to prepare for the Anxi Protectorate so quickly."

After Ye Fubian finished speaking, Old Mrs. Tang quickly stood up: "Your Majesty is a traitor to the old minister."

Ye Fubian also stood up and helped the old lady: "Old lady doesn't have to do this. If you do this, I will panic."

The old lady said: "The Tang family dare not slacken over what His Majesty has taught me, but fortunately, they finally failed His Majesty's trust."

Ye Fubian was about to speak, but a soldier hurriedly ran in from outside and ran to the old lady not far away and leaned over and said, "Old lady, the border has sent people to send military information urgently. The remaining soldiers of Wang Duomur, a different surname in Heiwu, are still coming southwest. It seems that they want to go straight to the Western Regions from outside our border."

The old lady stood up and said, "He wants to go there? Your Majesty meant that he was not allowed to go there."

She turned around and ordered: "Girl, get me armor!"

The old lady's granddaughter Tang Guo immediately ran out: "Grandma, you are..."

The old lady said, "Why are you standing there? The enemy is going to pass outside the border guarded by our Tang family. Can you still watch them run to the Western Regions to cause disaster? Once Domuer's remaining soldiers enter the Western Regions, the Western Regions that have been destroyed by Daning cannot be stopped at all. Domuer will instantly gain a foothold in the Western Regions, and will get a large amount of gold and silver supplies, and will have a continuous source of troops. I will not agree to such a thing."

She looked at Tang Guo and said, "Get the armor."

Ye Fubian hurriedly said, "Old lady, don't move easily, just leave it to the young people in the family."

"Do you all dislike me for being older?"

The old lady snorted: "Then I want to go even more, I don't accept my old age."

She spread her arms and said, "Armor Piercing!"

She said loudly: "Send the order to the Tang family's male 16 years old, anyone who can fight, will gather on the field after half an hour. Those who have exceeded the hour will be dealt with according to military rules."

"yes!"

The personal soldiers responded and ran out to pass the order.

Ye Fubian looked at this scene and felt mixed emotions, and a sense of admiration for the Tang family arose.

This is the Tang family. The country has been established for hundreds of years. No one of the emperors has ever suspected the Tang family. The Tang family's status in the Daning family is still so important. Even if the Tang family continues to suppress the young people in their family and are not allowed to stand out, the weight of the Tang family is still unparalleled.

In less than half an hour, more than 200 men over 16 of the Tang family gathered at the school grounds, wearing neatly armor, fighting horses under their crotch, and weapons in their palms were cold and everyone was solemn.

The old lady climbed to the high platform of the colonel field, and her armor looked like she was back decades ago, and she was heroic.

"The people of the Tang family are missionary to guard the northwest border of Daning. The ancestors once said that the Tang family will never be destroyed and the northwest will not be lost. Today, the stubborn enemy of the Black Martial Arts will pass outside the border guarded by the Tang family. I ask you, what would he say if the ancestors were still there?"

The ancestors she mentioned naturally were talking about the sworn brother Tang Pidi, His Majesty Emperor Taizu.

The old lady asked, what would the ancestors say?

On the school ground, the men from the Tang family replied in unison...beat him!

The old lady laughed and stretched out her hand: "Take a horse!"

Tang Guo, dressed in military uniform, brought the war horse over, and the old lady rushed onto the horse, still agile.
Chapter completed!