"Grandma, is this something humans do?" After running more than thirty miles in one breath, Wang Quan and others jumped off their mounts in the woods somewhere, holding their hands on a tree trunk and gasping for air.
Everyone's mounts were so tired that they were covered in sweat, standing panting in the sharp morning breeze. However, the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone through the gaps in the clouds, illuminating everyone's dark and white faces.
At this point, if everyone still couldn't guess that Han Qing had discovered them a long time ago and used them to attract the hatred of the Red Lotus Sect, they would be a disgrace to the name of the Song Dynasty Control He Division.
However, they could neither obtain evidence that Han Qing deliberately "framed the blame", nor could they do anything to the other party.
First, they had the idea of using Han Qing to fish, followed the other party, and thought they were doing a good job without being discovered by the other party.
Second, a force like the Red Lotus Sect that has infiltrated into the local government with ulterior motives should have been the target of their investigation. Even if Han Qing did not deliberately "frame the blame" last night, they would not be friends with the Red Lotus Sect.
Third, from beginning to end, Han Qing never showed any signs that he had been followed by them, nor did he express any hostility or dissatisfaction with their behavior.
Even if they went to the Han family to argue, they still couldn't prove whether Han Qing's behavior last night was intentional or not.
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"I'm a little doubtful now, is he really Han Zhongwu's nephew?" After breathing for a moment, Zhang Shigui, the commander of the crane, said through gritted teeth, "If he really had such a scheming idea at the beginning, he wouldn't have been incited to go out on the street.
Beat up the party envoys and destroy your own future!"
"Isn't that right? Look at what this kid has done in the past few months. Doesn't it look like the work of a kid from a wealthy family? He has no use for such a deep family background. He has to imitate the scoundrels in the market and flip the table if he disagrees with you!" He is good at identifying!
Lao Yu, the controller of the Rut Trail, rubbed his belly and helped.
"I suspect Mr. Han found it too hard and ran away on the way to his appointment. He found a servant who looked like him to support him!"
"If I had so many elders serving as officials in Bianliang, I would never fight against the chief registrar of a county. I would write a letter to my family and complain. If my family uses any tricks, they can beat that person named Zhou to death.
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The other crane control envoys also spoke one after another. While venting their dissatisfaction, they all expressed deep doubts about whether Han Qing was the same Han Qing.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense. Everyone, please repeat what you just heard and summarize it. I feel like this Red Lotus Sect has a big plot!" The only one who was not fainted by the anger was
Dutou Wangquan kicked the pine tree on the roadside hard and gave stern instructions.
"Bang!" The tree trunk made a muffled sound. The frost residue that had just begun to melt fell like sand, and in the blink of an eye, it sprinkled everyone's heads and faces.
Everyone was shuddered by Shuangzhabing's "Ji Lingling" and quickly stopped condemning Han Qing. Then they began to summarize the news that they had heard among the Red Lotus cultists.
If you don’t sum it up, you can summarize it. Once you sum it up, everyone finds that the situation is indeed very serious.
The Red Lotus Sect is now an open presence at the junction of Gyeongju and Ningju. What was burned down by Han Qing last night was only the Gyeongju Lingnan Branch of the Red Lotus Sect.
However, just for such a branch, there are thousands of key believers in its name.
The five or six hundred people that everyone saw near the fire scene were just the elite of the Yeongnam Branch in Gyeongju. The number of believers who did not come to put out the fire in time because of the long distance or because they had families and businesses that could not escape in time was at least
Five times near the fire.
There are several similar branches in Gyeongju, Huanzhou, and even Gyeongjofu. The scale of each place is only slightly larger than that of the Yeongnam Branch in Gyeongju.
In addition, the reason why Han Qing was able to easily succeed in the sneak attack yesterday was that he actually took advantage of Lengxiahei to a large extent.
The main helm of the Red Lotus Sect seems to be also located in Gyeongju. The distance from the Yeongnam branch of Gyeongju is less than a hundred miles.
Therefore, none of the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in the Yeongnam Branch of Gyeongju would have thought that someone would dare to attack Crouching Tiger Ridge under the eyes of the chief helmsman and knock them to the ground.
"There are seven or eight sub-rudders, and each sub-rudder has four to five thousand backbones. One day the helmsman ascends to the top and calls out, I am afraid that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be gathered immediately!" Zhang Shigui was the timidest, holding a carbon strip to help the king.
I took notes while taking a breath of air.
"Isn't that true? I remember that Han was secretly interrogating the grain clerk in Ding'an a few days ago. He was trying to track down the whereabouts of the batch of grain that was stolen and sold from the fourth grain warehouse. Now it seems that the real identity of that batch of grain is
The buyer is the chief helmsman of the Gyeongju Red Lotus Sect!" Another crane controller named Jia Qiang added with a grin.
"It was the sub-rudder who came out to buy for the chief helm. He probably didn't pay enough money. Therefore, Liu Sicang thought that Zhou Chong had pocketed the money from selling the grain and had a conflict with Zhou Chong. Zhou Chong was afraid that Liu Sicang would discover the true whereabouts of the grain.
Just send Bai Liancheng to kill him, and then set fire to the grain and grass warehouse!" Crane Controller Lao Yu analyzed in a low voice through gritted teeth.
In this way, the context of the grain depot fire case becomes more and more traceable.
The only puzzling thing is that after Zhou Chong sent people to kill Liu Sicang and burn down the fourth grain and grass depot of the Yongxing Military Road Transfer Department, why he didn't lie dormant for a while carefully, but immediately started to join forces with County Magistrate Zhang.
Looking for trouble with Han Qing?
It stands to reason that since the two of them are the backbone of the Red Lotus Sect and have been involved in officialdom for many years, they should understand that at this time, the best choice is to cause less trouble and attract less attention from the superiors.
Joining forces to squeeze out Han Qing and triggering the latter's counterattack is definitely a bad idea.
"I understand. The boy surnamed Han once led people to put out fires. He may have discovered something!" Zhang Shigui slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted repeatedly. "Zhou Chong and Zhang Wei don't know if he has discovered anything, so they want to suppress it through
way to test what he found?"
"In the end, we found out that the person named Han really discovered something. Then, the person named Han also knew that his discovery was dangerous, so he ran away quickly."
"As a result, after he escaped, Zhou Chong became more convinced of what he had discovered. So he sent people to chase him all the way to Fangzhou!"
He has a series of "what", which if it falls into the ears of unrelated people, they will definitely be confused. But if it falls into the ears of Wang Quan and other crane controllers, it can answer the last question.
At this point, the causes and consequences of the conflict between Han Qing, Zhou Chong, and Zhang Wei are completely revealed.
It's just that neither of the two parties in the conflict thought at the beginning that their actions would cause a series of reactions that would disrupt the entire Yongxing military route.
"We are not officials and foreign ministers, and we don't care about the rights and wrongs in this officialdom!" Wang Quan, the head of the He Control Division, heard Zhang Shigui, Lao Yu and others saying that they were off topic again, and quickly frowned and reminded. "The Red Lotus Sect buys that.
What's the use of extra food? Han Qing wants to take revenge on the Red Lotus Sect, so why not? Why would he take the risk to set this fire at the gate of the Red Lotus Sect's helmsman!"
"Lao Jia just said that it was the Qingzhou Lingnan Branch who came out to buy that batch of grain for the Red Lotus Sect!" Zhang Shigui responded immediately without thinking, "As for why the Red Lotus Sect bought so much food, four or five
As for the tens of thousands of sect members, the actual amount allocated to each person’s name is less than 200 kilograms! If their leader really wants to rebel one day..."
Halfway through his words, his face instantly turned pale again, and the last half of the sentence got stuck in his throat, turning into a series of rapid gasps.
"The Red Lotus Sect buys food not because they want to rebel one day, but because they want to rebel recently! Gather food and grass to meet the needs after the rebellion!" The other Crane Controllers knew the answer without continuing to listen. They looked at each other in surprise.
Looking at each other, they both found that each other's faces had turned pale.
"Get on the horse, leave, and return directly to Jingzhao Mansion! Write eight hundred miles to report to the court as soon as possible!" Wang Quan reacted the fastest, decisively stopped summarizing the news, jumped on the horse, "Hurry up, Han is burning with fire.
However, even if the Red Lotus Sect is ill-prepared, they still have to rebel. What’s more, when he set the fire, he did it in the name of our Hekong Division!"
"Oh, my grandma, surnamed Han, lacks great virtue!"
"Go quickly, don't really provoke the crazy people from the Red Lotus Sect!"
"What's the matter? Han Zhongwu is such a kind person, how come his nephew is so evil..."
All the crane controllers were also anxious and jumped on their mounts one after another, following the king at full speed.
There are government inns along the way. They can call on the spare horses at the inn by showing their Konghesi waist badge. Even if there are followers of the Red Lotus Sect in the inn, they have no time to stop them in a hurry, let alone rush to nearby areas.
Red Lotus Church's oral message!
As long as they kept changing horses along the way to enter Jingzhao Prefecture as quickly as possible, their personal safety would be guaranteed.
No matter how bold the leader of the Red Lotus Sect is, he would not dare to openly intercept and kill the Song Dynasty's Crane Controller in a place like Jingzhao Mansion, which is close to the heart of Chang'an City!
Wang Quan's decision-making cannot be said to be un decisive.
His choice was not incorrect.
However, he still underestimated the reaction speed and strength of the Red Lotus Sect.
That evening, when they were changing horses at the inn, a group of men in black suddenly walked on the official road near the inn.
"I am Tan Yuan, the left protector of the Red Lotus Sect. I have admired the name of the Royal Envoy for a long time. I came here today to invite the Royal Envoy to my home for a few drinks. I also invite the Royal Envoy to give me some thin noodles!"
The man in black, with the tip of his sword facing down, stood on horseback and saluted Wang Quan.
