Chapter 1217: Cleaning up injustice and overcoming injustice
Xuzhou is very close to Suzhou. Almost after both the northern and southern emperors received the news, Xue Wei had already arrived in Suzhou with two thousand-household battalions of troops.
Although Suzhou is a state city, a force of 2,000 men is enough to completely siege the city.
At this time, Mr. Shen finally regained some energy. He no longer had to lie on the bed and could get out of bed to move around. Except that his right arm was hung by a white cloth, he was no longer much different from ordinary people.
Xue Wei hurried back. After seeing Shen Yi, without saying a word, he half-knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, the general's protection is not good enough!"
"Please punish Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi shook his head and said calmly: "It has nothing to do with you, and you are not responsible for protecting me."
"In fact, the captain of the personal guard who was responsible for guarding me that day was none other than Chang Lie himself."
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said helplessly: "My arm is injured, do you still want me to help you?"
Xue Wei then stood up and gritted his teeth and said: "Those bastards are already using despicable methods! I heard someone said the other day that this beast Chang Lie deceived Shen by pretending to be a general's voice. Open door, if something happens to Mr. Shen, he will die forever!"
Shen Yi still looked calm.
"It's not surprising that a secret agent knows some strange skills. There are also many strange people in the inner guard who know some unique skills. His good ventriloquism is his skill and has nothing to do with you."
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei and said, "Where is the vanguard army? When will it arrive at Runing Mansion to participate in the Battle of Henan?"
Xue Wei lowered his head and said, "Wan Zhong is already in action. It will probably take about a month."
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "If you really hate the Qi people, kill a few more Zhu Li masters in Runing Mansion and take it out on my behalf."
Xue Wei bowed his head deeply: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will definitely vent this bad breath on your behalf!"
Shen Yi sat on the chair and said: "Furthermore, since I have Qi Ren's spies around me, so do you. I have already sent a letter to Ling Su and Su Ding, asking them to set up picket camps in their respective armies. In order to cleanse the army of thieves and at the same time improve military discipline."
"The vanguard army must also do the same."
He looked at Xue Wei and thought for a while.
"If Wan Zhong is more careful, you can leave this matter to him."
Xue Wei immediately lowered his head: "I will obey your orders."
After he said this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Shen, were the personal guards who were on duty for you that day..."
He looked at Shen Yi and said softly: "Change?"
Master Shen looked calm.
"They all know the basics and have no proof. What would they do in their stead?"
Xue Wei whispered: "That Chang Lie also knows the roots..."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly.
"The internal guards will conduct another round of investigation, and Chang Lie does not know everything."
He sighed slightly: "Just because he was a member of the anti-Japanese army, we were less prepared for him."
Birth and qualifications are indeed very strange things.
Some young people may not take these things seriously, but when you are involved in them, you will naturally be affected by them.
For example, if you meet someone from the same hometown or even the same village in a foreign land, you will naturally feel some intimacy, and you may even subconsciously feel that the other person is not a bad person.
The same is true in the Huai'an army.
Back then, especially the more than a thousand people who joined the Anti-Japanese Army in the first batch, everyone basically knew each other. They were all from Zhejiang and had been on the battlefield together. When they looked at each other, they would naturally have more thoughts. Feeling of closeness will naturally lead to teamwork.
Even Shen Yi might unknowingly put some filters on when looking at his old anti-Japanese army subordinates, let alone Taizhou natives like Xue Wei Lingsu.
For example, for Chang Lie, the situation before he joined the Anti-Japanese Army was actually unclear, and no one would trace his hometown.
Because he joined the Anti-Japanese Army very early and was part of the second batch of the Anti-Japanese Army, that is, an "old man" during the period of the 5,000 Anti-Japanese Army, no one would doubt him.
Xue Wei was startled, as if he had figured out something. He lowered his head slightly and murmured: "Yes..."
"Sometimes when asked about his hometown, he only said that he came to Zhejiang from the Huguang area as a businessman. Every time he was vague..."
Xue Wei and Chang Lie were relatively familiar with each other, and the two of them drank in private, otherwise Chang Lie would not be able to learn how Xue Wei spoke.
Mr. Shen rubbed his temples and said, "While the vanguard army hasn't arrived yet, there's something you can do for me."
Xue Wei immediately clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen's orders."
"Chang Lie said before he died that the last time someone in our military tent set off fireworks with arrows to send a message to the people of Qi, it was him who set off them."
"Later I sent people to investigate the matter."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen's face became a little ugly: "Chang Lie was one of the people who went to investigate. He killed one of my guards and stuffed the remaining loud arrows into the man's arms."
"I have read the records in the past two days, and the man who died in his hands was named Zhang Yun."
"In other words, we wrongly accused Chang Lie when he was framed."
"Moreover, this matter should have spread to his hometown, and it will probably affect his family members."
"I will write you a warrant later and stamp it with my seal. You send someone to his hometown, find the local government office, rehabilitate him, and make proper arrangements for his family."
"In terms of pensions and the like, compensation will also be provided to his family."
Having said this, Shen Yi was silent for a while and continued: "I will personally pay another five hundred taels of silver to compensate their family."
Xue Wei lowered his head.
"I obey my orders!"
Mr. Shen closed his eyes and said silently: "There is nothing else to do. Henan will start fighting soon, and the vanguard army will cooperate as soon as possible."
"Waiting for Qi's troops to be trapped in Henan."
Having said this, the young Lord Shen opened his eyes, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"This is the time for me to vent my anger."
………………
In early February, in the city of Yandu.
A piece of news spread like wildfire in Yandu City.
Shen Yi, one of the commanders of the Southern and Northern Expeditionary Army, was stabbed by an assassin in Suzhou and was seriously injured. He had been recovering in Suzhou for ten days and had never left his residence during these ten days.
Many people said that this assassination took half of his life.
Where did this news come from?
Naturally, it came from Suzhou.
Someone's relatives were doing business in Suzhou. It is said that the city gates of Suzhou were blocked that day, and no one was allowed to enter or exit for several days.
Some people said mysteriously that it was someone close to Lord Shen who did the trick. If Lord Shen hadn't been prepared in advance, he would have died in Suzhou this time.
Various rumors, with noses and eyes, are brewing in Yandu City.
In fact, although the inner guards released news in Yandu, they did so very restrainedly and only said in Yandu that Shen Yi had been assassinated and seriously injured.
As for the fact that Shen Yi was prepared in advance, the Yandu people came up with it when they were bragging.
Why is there such a conjecture?
Because when everyone brags, they make their own guesses.
It just so happened that last month, there were rumors everywhere in Yandu that Zhou Yuanlang, a former favorite of the imperial court, had corresponded with that man when he was in Shandong.
Anyone who has some contacts in Yandu and has good ears and eyes knows who was in charge of the Purity Department in the past two years from the first year of Zhaowu to the end of the second year of Zhaowu!
It's none other than Zhou Yuenlang!
In other words, as Sizheng of the Purity Department, it was very easy for Zhou Yuanlang to obtain the top secret information of the Purity Department.
If he had colluded with Shen Yi, it would seem reasonable to remind Shen Yi.
Because it was too reasonable, this "conclusion" was quickly "speculated" by the people at the base of these imperial cities.
In fact, precisely because they had guessed it themselves, they believed it more sincerely.
After all, no one doubts his own intelligence.
Especially the common people at the feet of the emperor. On weekdays, everyone feels that they know everything about the imperial court.
As a result, this rumor, which was not a rumor, spread wildly in Yandu in just a few days.
On this day, Zhou Yuanlang, who had been confined at home, welcomed a special guest.
The current head of the Cleansing Department is Xu Ke.
Han people.
A staff member of the original Wei Palace.
After seeing Xu Ke, Zhou Yuanlang quickly stood up, raised his hands and saluted: "Xu Sizheng."
Xu Ke bowed his head and returned the courtesy.
After a few polite words, Zhou Yuanlang invited Xu Ke to sit down. After Xu Ke sat down, he looked at Zhou Yuanlang and sighed slightly: "There have been rumors circulating in the capital recently. Sir, you must have heard about them?"
Zhou Yuanlang was silent for a while, then laughed at himself.
"Zhou will die, and he is no longer afraid of it."
Xu Ke looked at Zhou Yuanlang and said softly.
"Sir, what do you think about stabbing Shen?"
"It's nothing more than using the stone buried next to Shen Yi."
Zhou Yuanlang poured Xu Ke a cup of tea and said, "That stone has been buried for too long."
Xu Ke thought thoughtfully: "Sir, what you mean is that the assassination failed because of Shaoping's disloyalty?"
"The person is no longer here, so it's inappropriate to say that."
Zhou Yuanlang said softly: "However, in my opinion there is indeed some suspicion."
"That's why I didn't use him before. I kept him by Shen Qi's side. He may have other uses in the future."
Xu Ke was silent for a while and then said: "The Emperor is still waiting for my reply."
Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and drank tea.
"No matter what the truth is, if the emperor needs my life to calm people's hearts."