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Wang Yue considered his words and said: "I believe that the Silla people want to create instability in the Central Plains, create opportunities for Zhu Tao, and allow Zhu Tao to change the direction of his attack, so that Silla can breathe.
It can be seen that although the other party has visited locations and planned, they are still relatively hasty in the specific deployment of the assassination, leaving a lot of evidence that is difficult to erase.
For example, the fourth assassin took poison when he was caught, but the poison had no effect. The humble officer found that each of them had poison, but the poison had been stored for too long and had little effect. This was one of the reasons why they acted hastily.
Performance, the effectiveness of the poison was not verified.”
Guo Song was silent in thought. Wang Yue's inference still made some sense. He actually thought of this possibility last night, but he felt that the flaw was a bit obvious. It was possible that the planners deliberately framed the fault on the Silla people.
But the emergence of evidence from the Silla Inn turned his suspicions into reality. Just as Wang Yue concluded, the flaw was obviously due to haste, and it seems most likely that Silla arranged the assassination in order to divert pressure."
Guo Song pondered for a long time, and finally said to the two of them: "Continue to arrest the escaped Silla Innkeeper and his clerk. We must arrest them as soon as possible. Secondly, we are not allowed to mention the assassination of the Silla people. Before we get conclusive evidence, we must be strict
Confidential."
Speaking of this, Guo Song said to Zhou Min again: "Whether Wei Tang will close the case or not, this is a good frame. Many cases in the future will be put into this frame. Do you understand?"
"I understand your humble position!" Zhou Min bowed and saluted.
"Go! The internal guards will treat the arrest of the innkeeper as the top priority. Stop everything you are doing and go all out to arrest the criminal. I hope you will arrest the criminal in three days."
"Follow the order!"
Wang Yue and Zhou Min bowed, turned around and hurried away.
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, then walked to the map of Silla. He stared at the map with his hands behind his hands. Many things happened just like this. He had been looking for an excuse to attack Silla, but he couldn't find a suitable excuse.
At this time, the people of Silla actually handed the best excuse to him. It was God's will!
Guo Song immediately ordered the envoys: "Go and invite Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War!"
Not long after, Zhang Qiu'an, Minister of the Ministry of War, came to Guo Song's official room. He was called into the room, bowed and saluted, "I am here to see you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "Please sit down and talk!"
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the seat!"
Zhang Qiuan sat down, and Guo Song asked: "Where is the aid to Silla now?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the supplies and food are still at Dengzhou Port. Without Your Highness's approval, the supplies and food will not be sent."
"Freeze all supplies and food! The aid agreement will be invalidated."
Zhang Qiu'an was startled and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, what happened?"
Guo Song said calmly: "The assassination case in my palace last night, preliminary evidence shows that it is related to the Silla Kingdom. On the one hand, they asked me to support them, and on the other hand, they sent people to assassinate me. There is nothing so cheap in the world."
Zhang Qiu'an was shocked. His Highness King Jin must have caught some evidence when he said this.
Zhang Qiu'an still knows the Silla Kingdom quite well. He knows that the Silla Kingdom is now financially exhausted, its national power is declining, its army is poorly equipped, and its morale is very low. It has been defeated repeatedly in battles with Zhu Tao's army, and its internal chaos is unbearable and incompetent.
Occupying a high position, the outstanding ones have no chance to succeed. The Silla Kingdom is on the verge of being destroyed, yet they actually sent assassins to kill the King of Jin. What's the point?
As soon as he thought about it, Zhang Qiu'an understood that this was the opponent's strategy to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. If he assassinated the King of Jin and triggered chaos in the Central Plains, Zhu Tao would abandon Silla and attack the Central Plains with all his strength.
"Winter is about to begin now, and His Highness will have to wait until spring next year to clean up Silla."
"Of course we can't go out until spring, but preparations also take time, especially I need to know what the relationship is between Danluo Kingdom and Silla?
"Reporting to Your Highness, Danluo Kingdom and Silla are not subordinate countries. There is very little contact between them. However, our cargo ships often dock at Danluo Kingdom and exchange daily necessities with them for precious seashells and pearls.
Although Silla is bordered by the sea on three sides, its ships are not efficient. There are only a few patrol ships and no large ships of more than 1,000 rocks. As a result, there has been no contact between Danluo and Silla for more than 20 years."
"No contact for more than 20 years!"
Guo Song was a little surprised and asked again: "Is this news true?"
"It should be true. People from the intelligence station heard about it from the Silla court. It's not a secret. You'll know it as soon as you ask."
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said to Zhang Qiu'an: "The Ministry of War has begun to mobilize supplies to Dengzhou. I need to prepare supplies for an army of 200,000 people for a year!"
Zhang Qiu'an bowed and said: "I understand, I will try to mobilize the first batch of grain supplies from Liyangcang to Dengzhou before the Yellow River freezes."
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In an inn in the north of Xianyang County, there are several Silla people who have just escaped from Chang'an. They are the shopkeeper and several waiters of the Silla Restaurant. The shopkeeper is called Cui Wenying, who is about forty years old and looks very skinny.
, stayed in Chang'an for more than ten years, and can speak fluent Chinese. He has a long scar on his forehead. He was robbed and chopped by a group of Tian Chengsi's soldiers in Xiangzhou ten years ago. The scar goes straight to the bridge of his nose, which is very shocking.
Cui Wenying had been hiding in the Xianyang Inn for about two days and had not heard any news about King Jin's accident, so he guessed that the assassination had failed.
Cui Wenying was very frustrated. This assassination was too hasty and he was not prepared at all. The assassins all knew that he was the middleman and would definitely confess themselves once they were captured alive.
The business of Silla Restaurant and Silla Inn, which he worked hard to run, has always been very good and there are many regular customers. However, it was just because of an unsuccessful assassination that they were thrown away. It was a pity. But what made Cui Wenying even more afraid was that if
Guo Song found out that the assassination of An was the intention of the Regent of Silla. What should the Regent do? What should the Silla Kingdom do?
Cui Wenying spent the whole day in fear. He wanted to send his men to Chang'an to inquire about the news, but he was afraid that his men would be caught and betrayed him.
This inn has nothing to do with Cui Wenying. It is a very ordinary inn. The owner's surname is Niu, so it is called Niu's Inn.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the proprietor and shopkeeper of Niu's Inn came to the city gate to buy food. The guests who came two days ago booked three rooms for him, and also served meals in the inn. He could make a net profit of 600 cash a day.
Money made him very happy.
There are many farmers selling vegetables at the gate of the city, selling all kinds of fresh vegetables, all kinds of fresh chicken, duck and fish. The customer told him that he wanted to eat some fish, so he was going to buy a few big carps from the Wei River and bake them today, and buy two chickens.
, buy some vegetables.
Shopkeeper Niu bought three carps, each weighing three or four kilograms. The fish seller helped him kill the fish for free. Shopkeeper Niu stood aside and waited. At this time, he found a notice posted by the city gate, and there was a crowd around him.
There were few people around, so he curiously stepped forward to take a closer look.
It turned out to be a wanted order for six Silla people. The leader was Cui Wenying, the shopkeeper of Changan Silla Restaurant, and the other five were restaurant clerks, all from Silla.
The following are Cui Wenying's characteristics. He is six feet tall, about forty years old, speaks with a Youzhou accent, looks very thin, and has a scar about three inches long on his forehead that extends to the bridge of his nose.
Shopkeeper Niu was shocked. Isn't this Cui Wen the guest staying at the hotel? He also had five men with him, all of whom were exactly the same age and appearance. Especially the scar on his forehead was shocking and left a deep impression on Shopkeeper Niu.
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Someone continued to read: "Once discovered, please report it to the local government immediately. Anyone who provides clues will be rewarded with five hundred guan. Anyone who provides the hiding place will be rewarded with 1,000 guan. Anyone who dares to hide and conceal will be guilty of the same crime as the Silla people.
Wei hereby announces this!”
Shopkeeper Niu was confused. He even forgot about the fish, so he walked back in a daze. If he went to sue the official, wouldn't it be too rude? After all, they were his guests, but if he didn't report to the official, then he was
Are you guilty of the same crime as these people and don’t know what crime they committed?
Shopkeeper Niu was suddenly startled, what had happened to him? The other party was a wanted criminal by the internal guards! If they were murderers and were afraid of being exposed by him, and killed him, there seems to be a reward of 500 guan, no! Yes!
Reward of one thousand guan, one thousand guan!
Shopkeeper Niu began to become enthusiastic. He had worked hard for ten years but could not earn a thousand guan. Now he can get a reward of 1,000 guan all at once, and he can open a restaurant.
Thinking of this, he turned around and ran towards the county government...