When Kong Qian was woken up by Yan Chixia, he was still confused and didn't know what happened.

It wasn't until Yan Chixia told him that the traitor in the army had been caught and he saw the pile of unrecognizable ashes on the ground that he nodded subconsciously.

At that time, when the paper-jabbed person was about to harm him, Kong Qian didn't even feel it at all. The paper-jabbed person was instantly burned into a pile of ashes and residue by the magic talisman activated by Kong Qian's sea of ​​consciousness. He kept making sounds while he was sleeping. Didn't even hear it.

"Hmm...have you been caught yet? Thank you, Taoist Master Yan, for your hard work."

Kong Gan raised his hand and rubbed his face, regaining some consciousness, then stood up, grabbed the python robe on the screen stand beside him, put it on his body, and invited Yan Chixia to go with him to interrogate the team of traitorous vigilantes.

The two of them left the camp and came to the field. The vigil team had been subdued by General Xue Qiang's sergeants and fell to their knees with a look of despair on their faces.

"I see His Majesty King An that the traitor in the army has been captured by the last general and Taoist Master Yan. I would like to ask Your Majesty King An to tell you how to deal with it." Xue Qiang saluted.

Kong Gan waved his hand, indicating that Xue Qiang didn't need to be polite, and then turned to look at the traitors kneeling below, his eyes finally stopping on their captain's face.

"Li Hai... I didn't expect it to be you."

Kong Qian said with emotion that this Li Hai was an old man under his command. Before he got help from Lu Zhi, Li Hai was already his brother Pao Ze, but he didn't expect that Li Hai would betray him. Among people, there is actually him.

Li Hai didn't say anything, he just lowered his head, not daring to meet Kong Qian's eyes.

Kong Qian pursed his lips and said with some disappointment: "Forget it, I won't ask you why you betrayed me. I only want to ask you one thing. The person who instigated you...is it Gong Lanqing?"

The Gong Lanqing he mentioned was one of his important ministers and a member of his staff who had been with him from the very beginning.

At that time, Gong Lanqing was just a failed scholar. Later, he gained the attention of Kong Qian and was recruited by him to become his staff.

Later, he raised an army to conquer Guanzhong, promoted Gong Lanqing to the high position of state pastor again, and divided several counties for him to govern. It can be said that he took great care of him.

Li Hai and Gong Lanqing had a long-standing friendship and grew up together. It was only on Gong Lanqing's recommendation that Kong Qian recruited Li Hai into his staff. Therefore, after Li Hai's identity as a traitor was exposed, Kong Qian was the first to suspect. Naturally, It's Gong Lanqing.

Years ago, the White Lotus sect witch sneaked into his house and wanted to harm him. Later, the matter was exposed. Lu Zhi investigated for him and found out that the person who was cooperating with the White Lotus sect behind the scenes was one of his cousins.

But his cousin, who was ambitious but not talented, could be considered a complete idiot. Moreover, when he sent people to arrest him, his cousin had already committed suicide by taking poison.

Kong Qian felt strange at the time and suspected that his cousin was just a chess piece that was pushed to the front desk to support the package.

Behind this incident, there may be a deeper hidden person behind the scenes. After all, his cousin's brain could not have planned such an exquisite plan, and it was too late for him to commit suicide.

But in the memory of the White Lotus Witch, there was only the memory of contact with his cousin, and his cousin was also dead. With no evidence of his death, the matter suddenly stopped here.

Unfortunately, Lu Zhi had already gone to Hongzhen County to deal with the White Lotus Sect. Kong Qian could only wait until he returned before telling him about the matter. But by then, the body of Kong Qian's cousin was missing. .

It was not until today that the person behind the scenes couldn't help but take action again, and they found the flaw again and locked his identity in one fell swoop.

Li Hai raised his head, glanced at Kong Qian, and sighed: "Since His Highness Prince An has already made a conclusion in his mind, why bother asking again?"

"At the end of the day, I can't stand against King An, and I just want to die. I hope His Highness, King An, will do it."

Kong Qian sighed deeply and waved his hand half-heartedly: "Pull it off."

Half a month later, Guangping County.

When Kong Gan led his people to the Prefecture Mufu, Gong Lanqing had already prepared a banquet and was waiting for him.

"His Royal Highness Prince An, I feel relieved to see you return safely." Gong Lanqing said, with a bit of happiness and a bit of regret in his tone, which seemed extremely contradictory.

Kong Qian narrowed his eyes slightly: "I didn't expect that you would actually surrender and wait for me to come."

Gong Lanqing smiled and raised his hand to signal Kong Qian to take a seat: "Thanks to the grace of His Royal Highness King An, I have allowed a humble minister to grow from a low-ranking scholar to a powerful official in the frontier...Before he dies, he must always repay Your Majesty, Prince An."

As he spoke, he stood up and took out a tray from behind the screen. On the tray were placed a folded apricot yellow dragon robe and a stack of memorials.

"This dragon robe and this memorial are the last gifts given by the minister to His Highness Prince An."

"Ha... if His Highness Prince An cannot come back, this dragon robe will probably be worn by the ministers, and this memorial will also be burned."

"Fortunately, Your Highness Prince An, you are auspicious and a wise king. You have divine blessings. Naturally, the conspiracy and calculation of the humble minister cannot hurt you."

Kong Qian said nothing, he just frowned and looked at Gong Lanqing. He seemed to have never seen this person clearly from beginning to end, and could not understand his extremely contradictory thoughts at all.

Gong Lanqing smiled, shook his head and said, "Okay, Your Highness Prince An, why do you have to make such an expression? Wei Chen just wants to say goodbye to you."

He picked up the jug on the table, got himself a glass of wine, and said, "Your Highness, Prince An, can you have a farewell drink with Wei Chen?"

Kong Qian was silent for a few seconds and nodded.

Only then did Gong Lanqing smile again on his face, then he picked up another wine bottle on the table and filled Kong Gan with wine.

Noticing Kong Qian's scrutinizing gaze, Gong Lanqing said: "Prince An need not be confused. Wei Chen's glass of wine was laced with 'Drunken Life, Dreams of Death'. Naturally, His Highness Prince An cannot be allowed to accompany Wei Chen to death."

Kong Gan's frown deepened: "You...?"

"Weichen is afraid of pain." Gong Lanqing looked up at Kong Qian and said, "Whether it is beheading or execution, it is too painful, and even the whole body cannot be left, so please forgive Weichen for making his own decisions and let him die in a dream. "

"——His Royal Highness Prince An won't even refuse this request, right?"

Kong Qian didn't say anything, he just picked up the wine glass and raised it to Gong Lanqing.

Ding... there was a gentle clinking of glasses, and the two of them drank the wine in one gulp.

Kong Qian was not worried that Gong Lanqing would poison the wine he gave him, although he didn't know what Gong Lanqing was thinking, whether he really died a free and easy death, or whether it was another conspiracy.

But with the green lotus protecting him, even if he drinks Hedinghong as wine, he will feel that the wine tastes a bit bitter at most.

"His Royal Highness, Prince An, I will take the first step..."

Seeing Gong Lanqing's slowly losing life, Kong Qian sighed inaudibly, summoned two guards from outside the hall, and ordered them to take Gong Lanqing down for burial.

"Hold on." He suddenly thought of something. He turned around and glanced at Gong Lanqing's body. After a flash of expression in his eyes, he said, "First find a good coffin, seal it with iron nails, and seal it with tung oil." Sew it on with paint and wait for seven days before burying it."

"Here!"

After waiting for the people to leave, Kong Qian turned his attention to the dragon robe and the memorial left by Gong Lanqing.

He just took one look at the dragon robe sewn with gold threads and then ignored it, and he probably would not look at it again in the future, but he wanted to take a closer look at the memorial.

After opening the memorial and looking at it for a few times, Kong Qian immediately understood the purpose and intention of Gong Lanqing's leaving this memorial.

In the memorial, there was a list of people who were all under his command with ulterior motives. Some were his people, some were his collaborators, and some were suspected to be secret ploys planted by other forces under his command.

The crimes committed by those people are all clearly listed in the memorial. Kong Qian only needs to follow the list in this memorial and deal with them one by one, not to mention that he can completely eliminate the rebellious and ambitious people under his command. , but it can also clear out most of the restless people.

After spending nearly a quarter of an hour reading the contents of this memorial in detail, Kong Qian closed the memorial, got up and left.
Chapter completed!