Chapter 4: Qiancheng (Level 6) left two close confidants to continue to deal with the aftermath. Zhang Xiu led the rest of the guards and returned to the Chinese army. At this time, everyone's attention was on the performance of Yu Wenhua and the three brothers, so
No one noticed that he had left. Zhang Xiu took a quick glance and found that most of the imperial camp generals in the Chinese army tent had been kidnapped. Only the youngest of the Yuwen family, Zhiji, refused to be kidnapped according to the order and was still crying.
Shouting for mercy
"Second brother, second brother, I beg you, my sister-in-law is the daughter of the Holy Emperor, and you are his son-in-law. You can't watch me be beheaded!" This guy's voice had already been hoarse from crying, but he was holding Yuwen Shiji's hand.
The Xiongwuying soldiers who refused to let go of their legs and came to take the man knew that the man would not live until noon, and could not bear to use force in front of their own general, so they had to wait for Yuwenshi and himself to speak, but Yuwenshi had already burst into tears.
He softened and squatted down, holding his brother's neck with his hands and sobbing, "The Holy Father personally gave the order. I, how dare I refute him in public? Your second sister-in-law is far away in Luoyang... wuwu..."
"Second brother, I know I was wrong. If I accept the punishment, you can ask the emperor to punish me, banish me from the army, or distribute me. I am willing to go to Lingnan. I am willing to go. Second brother, don't let me die!"
"If I could save you, I would naturally try my best to save Ke, but what you have committed is the crime of genocide, the crime of genocide!" Yuwen Shiji cried and recited, "You can't take those gold and silver with you in life, and you can't take them with you in death."
Our Yuwen family has never lacked your food and clothing, so what do you want gold and silver for..."
"I, I, I don't know either! I was confused for a moment!" Yuwen Zhiji was speechless and defended himself. He continued to howl with a hoarse voice and his nose and tears kept flowing, wiping a large area of Yuwen Zhiji's leg armor.
Zhang Xiu saw that the time was almost up, stepped forward, and whispered: "General Yuwen, please first ask for condolences. Your Majesty is still waiting for you in the palace. The later you pay the order, the greater the anger in His Majesty's heart!"
"Heartless Zhang Xiu! How does my second brother always treat you! Wuwuwu, if it weren't for my Yuwen family, how could you be where you are today!" Yuwen Zhiji immediately raised his head and cursed with tears and runny noses.
"Tie him up. If he talks nonsense again, plug his mouth with dried horse dung!" Zhang Xiu was not afraid of this heartless thing. He raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily.
The two guards immediately stepped forward and pulled Yuwen Zhiji away from his brother. "Second brother, second brother, save me!" Knowing that he would definitely die after entering the palace, Yuwen Zhiji struggled and called for help.
"You'd better lie down and see His Majesty later, and confess your guilt honestly. What my second brother can do for you has already been done!" In full view of everyone, Yu Wenshiji had to harden his heart, wiped his eyes, and sobbed.
The moment before covering his eyelids with the back of his hand, he quickly communicated with Zhang Xiu with his eyes. From the latter's calm eyes, he knew that the entire Yuwen family had hope of survival.
Outside the camp, Lai Huer was already waiting impatiently. When he saw Zhang Xiu tied up Yuwen Zhiji and came out, he immediately ordered his people to go to the palace to give him the order. At this time, the east began to light up, and the people who had been disturbed by the soldiers all night secretly came from behind the door.
He stuck his head out and looked around to see a long list of officials being led to the palace like sheep. He immediately put his head back into the door, bolted and locked it.
"I'm afraid you should be killed if you don't work hard in the war!" Someone secretly muttered in the room.
"It's hard to say. All the people arrested are from the same battalion. Maybe it's a mutiny!" Someone with a little more knowledge whispered to his relatives.
"That's nonsense, how do you know?"
"Look at the clothes, the clothes of the group who entered the city first are different from those of the group who entered the city last!" the person being rebutted explained with reason.
"The Turks haven't retreated yet, how is that possible?"
"The Turks have retreated! Since the afternoon of the day before yesterday, they have not thrown any big rocks into the city!"
"Isn't it? The Turks are probably gone!" Everyone instantly became happy and hid behind the courtyard wall and cheered softly. Since the Sui army has started to kill each other, the Turks must have retreated! Everyone's family property has been saved, no need to
I worry all day long about why the two groups of Sui troops are fighting outside, who loses and who wins, and what is the safety of the emperor in the palace? The distance is too far, everyone can't care about it, and I don't want to have a headache over it.
At the moment, the two most troublesome people in Yanmen City are Pei Ju and Yu Shiji. Ever since the palace general Yang Wenxuan presented the account book to the Golden Palace, the two important ministers have become angry. But facing the murderous Yang Guang
, none of them had the courage to admit that they had participated in this "big deal". The two of them wanted Yu Wenhuaji and Zhihe to stay in the dark, so they simply led the imperial army to rebel, using the help of counter-insurgents.
After that, as long as the two adults involved in the government insist that the old thief Yuwenshu committed corruption indiscriminately, no one can pin the crime on them.
Unexpectedly, the facts were contrary to their wishes. Yu Wenhuaji and Zhiji were captured without any help. Lai Hu'er and Fan Zigai, who were ordered to leave the palace, also lived up to Yang Guang's expectations. In Yu Wenshi and
With the help of the police, he successfully took over the command of all the armies in the city and quickly eliminated a storm.
"This is terrible!" Seeing the Yuwen brothers kneeling and kowtowing in front of the emperor, Yu Wen's brother, the internal history minister, took charge of the government, and Yu Shiji's official robes were instantly soaked in cold sweat. The power in his hands completely relied on Yang Guang's trust.
As long as the Yuwen brothers confess truthfully, the entire Yu family will be in doom.
He secretly glanced at Pei Ju, the Huangmen minister who was known as a wise man and was in charge of the government, and found that his face was as white as grass ashes. "There are all the witnesses and physical evidence!" Pei Ju remembered what he often said when a local official interrogated prisoners,
My legs slowly started to tremble
Yu Wenshu had already taken off his official hat and knelt in the middle of the hall to plead guilty. When he saw his son being escorted in, he walked a few steps on his knees, leaned over, and slapped him across the face, "When did our Yuwen family lack such a small amount of money?
Two worthless things! The military rations involve His Majesty's safety, can they be sold?"
Brother Huaji didn't dare to dodge, and his cheeks were instantly red and swollen, with blood flowing from his nose. After Yu Wenshu finished beating his son, he raised his arms and hit himself again, "It's me, an old bastard, who raises children without educating me. I usually indulge you too much, so I'm seeking death myself."
, no wonder others!”
He was nearly 70 years old, with white hair all over his head, and his face was full of snot and blood. He looked extremely pitiful and had only been beaten a few times. Yu Wenshiji couldn't bear it anymore, so he knelt down in the center of the golden palace and said to him.
Yang Guang begged: "Your majesty is wise, I dare not ask your majesty to forgive the Yuwen family's heinous crimes, but I ask your majesty to remember my father's many years of service in front of and behind the horse, so that he can live in his old age. All the sins and responsibilities are willing to be shared by my father."
Jia Shen, never dare to complain!"
"You live well and you are loyal to His Majesty. It's me, the old immortal, and your two lawless brothers who are causing trouble! It's none of your business!" How could Yuwenshu involve his last son, Conghua and his two brothers?
Then he climbed up to Shiji, pushed him hard, and cried:
"My second brother will fulfill my filial piety for my mother-in-law. I was confused for a moment and was deceived by others. I did something wrong. I can't atone for my sin by being cut into pieces. But I shouldn't, I shouldn't, I shouldn't have implicated my father!" Yu Wenhuaji also used
Knees crawling over, whimpering together
Seeing the brother and his son crying together, all the officials felt pity, and people kept crying with them. Yu Shiji was such a smart man. Seeing that what he was most worried about had not happened, he immediately guessed that the Yuwen family was going to take the blame himself.
Seeing that he had received such great kindness, he had no choice but to repay the favor and marched out in front of Yang Guang and said: "Your Majesty, Old General Yuwen served as a soldier in the Sui Dynasty for half his life. Even if he has done something wrong in teaching his son, the crime will not lead to death. Please ask your Majesty."
In consideration of the long-term relationship between monarch and minister, I will keep an open mind!"
"The Turks have just withdrawn their troops. If this case involves too many people, it will inevitably be misunderstood!" Pei Ju, who has always been well-rounded, followed closely behind Yu Shiji and began to play.
There were two people who were involved in the government and took the lead. Which other civil servants would dare not to follow? Moreover, Yu Wenshu's party members in the court had already planned to come forward to save the people. One after another, more than twenty senior officials of fourth rank or above stood in the court, and everyone unanimously expressed their support.
Yu Wenshu begs for mercy
Yang Guang originally had a close personal relationship with Yuwenshu, but when the old guy cried, his heart softened long ago. And seeing so many people interceding for Yuwenshu, he had even more excuses to bend the law for personal gain. He sighed and replied: "Everyone, dear friends, are you
Returning to class, as the ancients said, the crime is not as bad as that of a wife and slave, let alone Yu Wenhua and Zhiji, who are already adults, what do they do to their parents?!"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" All the sycophants sang in unison, which made Lai Hu'er and others in the queue of generals so angry that their eyes turned blue. "Why didn't I see Your Majesty be so tolerant when I killed He Ruobi?" Everyone secretly complained in their hearts,
But he can only follow the trend and praise Yang Guang for his decisiveness and sageness.
"Yu Wenji, Yu Wenzhiji, do your two brothers know their sins?" Yang Guang had enough of the sage monarch's addiction and finally focused on the business.
"I am greedy for life and afraid of death. I am afraid that if the city is destroyed, we will all be destroyed, so I exchanged military rations and arrows for a few peace orders. Zhiji is just an accomplice. He follows me as my elder brother in a daze to share the spoils. Please forgive me and give up all the blame for the crime."
I have to shoulder the responsibility. Rao Zhiji will not implicate my brothers in the camp until he dies. They don’t know anything about it and have no right to interfere with my actions as the coach!" Yu Wenhuaji kowtowed and answered loudly.
"The guilty minister is greedy for money. I heard that selling some military rations will not hinder the overall situation of the war, so I agreed in a moment of confusion that the guilty minister deserves to die. Long live the punishment!" After the torment just now, Yuwen Zhiji, this ignorant scoundrel, had already understood what he wanted.
The only way to get the family out of trouble is to take the initiative to take full responsibility for the crime, so as not to add insult to injury to others. Therefore, he changed his previous cowardly appearance and knelt down beside Yu Wenhua and confessed.
"You two idiots who cheat on others!" Yang Guang was angry and pitiful at the same time. He was angry at Yu Wenhua and his two brothers for being so bold, but in his heart he felt pity for each other because of their deep brotherly love. Unlike his own family, all the brothers turned against each other in the end.
"The guilty minister is stupid and has let down your Majesty's valued minister who is willing to receive the punishment of a thousand knives. Please be wise and find a way to survive!" Yu Wenhuaji knew that the better his confession attitude, the greater his hope of survival, so he kowtowed and begged.
"The guilty minister is willing to live and die with my brother. Please, Your Majesty, only deal with my two brothers and don't implicate the innocent!" Yuwen Zhiji also suddenly became a bachelor and shouted loudly that he was willing to live and die with his brother.
"All the brothers in the imperial camp have contributed to the defense of the country. Now that Yu Wenhua and his brothers have pleaded guilty, I ask your majesty to find out the mastermind of this matter and release other generals to return to the camp to appease the morale of the army!" Lai Hu'er did not want to be fooled by the Yuwen family and stepped forward.
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"I second the general's advice!"
"The general seconded the proposal!"
In an instant, more than a dozen civil and military officials who had always been at odds with the Yuwen family came out, openly interceding for the imperial camp generals, and secretly begging Yang Guang to investigate the matter to the end.
Yang Guang, who was sitting behind the imperial desk, rubbed his temples vigorously. He was very tired from toiling from midnight to dawn, but Lai Huer's reminder was indeed reasonable. The hidden truth behind it was by no means as simple as Yu Wenhuaji admitted.
Tens of thousands of stones of military rations was not a small amount. It was transported out of the city without anyone noticing, and it was traded more than a dozen times in more than a month. There was no careful planning beforehand, and no one cooperated closely during the execution. It was absolutely impossible.
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"How did you get in touch with Duoji? Could it be that he has an old friend with you?" After waving his hand and ordering the guardians and others to return to work, Yang Guangqiang braced himself and continued to ask questions.
"The guilty minister did not dare to deceive the Holy Lord, but Yu Wenmao, the minister's confidant, directly intervened in the matter, so he could hide it from other people in the camp. As for the person who contacted Shibi Khan, it was a brigade leader named Zheng Xin in the guilty minister's camp.
He was the spy planted by the Turks. As soon as the army entered the city, he approached Yu Wenmao. Originally, they both wanted the guilty minister to open the city gate, but when Shibi Khan came in, his conscience discovered it, so he insisted and did not dare.
Promise!" Yu Wenhuaji kowtowed again and answered without missing a beat.
"You still have a conscience!" Yang Guang sneered and cursed.
"My family has been favored by the emperor, so I dare not let it down!" Yu Wenhuaji was extremely shameless and responded without hesitation.
"Then why are you stealing and selling military supplies? General, go to the imperial camp quickly to capture Yu Wenmao and Zheng Xin and bring them to justice." Yang Guang slammed the table hard and ordered him to think that the case was clear. It was the Turkic informants who colluded with Yu first.
Wenhua and He's confidants, and then Yu Wenming, Hezhi, and their brothers embezzled the stolen goods. As for the ministers around him, they were all loyal to the Sui Dynasty, and no one participated.
Is this the truth? The moment he turned around and left the palace, Yang Guang thought tiredly that maybe all this was a lie, but what was the point of pursuing it? Which of these courtiers could live and die with him?
?If a Turkic person becomes the emperor, won't they still be running for fame and fortune?
The "fact" was just as he expected. After a while, Lai Hu'er brought back the deaths of Yu Wenmao and Zheng Xin. From the insider's mouth, Lai Hu'er learned that the two men were fighting for something with the people from Xiongwu Camp.
There were several corpses of brothers from the Xiongwu Camp beside the murdered people as evidence. How could the old general believe such a result that he knew there was something hidden at a glance? He implored Yang Guang to order the arrest of other generals related to this case. This case must be thoroughly investigated.
in the end
"This is a clear case of murder and silence. Please make a decision, Your Majesty!" Lai Hu'er started playing loudly, his face as green as the bottom of a pot.
"I heard that after the battle in Guandu, Wei Wu seized a basket of letters. Does your majesty know why Wei Wu burned them that day?" Pei Yun, a censor doctor who was involved in government affairs, quickly stepped forward and quoted scriptures.
His words made Yang Guang feel more and more tired. "What can you do if you continue to investigate and ask me to kill all possible participants?" His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty shook his head and came to the answer that seemed to be the most correct so far: "Put Yu Wenhua
He Yuwen Zhiji was pushed down and beheaded, and I will not pursue the others, regardless of whether they were involved or not!"
"Your Majesty!" Lai Hu'er took a few steps forward and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, spare your life!" Yuwen Zhiji begged while struggling.
"Thank you, Your Majesty——!" Yu Wenshu cried and thanked him, and then fell down in front of the imperial case.
