Chapter 293 One Year

"Damn it, there is such an income at the border. If it were in Chang'an or other wealthy places, wouldn't it be ten times the bribe." Wang Ning'an was very shocked.

Yuchi Gong asked: "Lao Hou, why did you take these out?"

Hou Junji explained: “Buy everyone’s lives, buy the lives of brothers, and buy peace at the border.

These money are the gifts they gave me in recent years, and they are all here. Whether there is any missing, the Prince Consort should know, even if he doesn’t know it now, it will not be difficult for the Prince Consort to investigate with his ability."

Wang Ning'an didn't answer and asked instead: "General Hou means that my behavior will cause unrest at Yumen Pass."

"The prince-in-law is pulling out a cancer, how come it makes Yumen Pass uneasy? Hou Junji, please explain your words clearly to me, otherwise don't blame me for falling out with you." Yu Chigong said.

Hou Junji smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yuchi, you may not know that there is no one in Yumen Pass from top to bottom who has not received gifts from the three powerful families.

Now, the prince-in-law is asking me to take down the three powerful families. This is tantamount to killing my brothers, and may even lead to a mutiny.

Hereby, I hope that the prince-in-law will not pursue this matter and give the brothers a chance."

"So, the soldiers at Yumen Pass are rotten to the core. Hou Junji, Hou Junji, tell me, are you still a general? Can you still dominate them?

Now they are all soldiers of the three powerful families, not your Hou Junji." Wang Ning'an roared angrily.

"You, you, you...hey." Yu Chigong pointed at Hou Junji with his finger excitedly, with an angry look on his face.

Hou Junji said: "Don't worry, Prince Consort, my soldiers and I are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. We will definitely not be soldiers of the three powerful families. They are not worthy."

"If it comes to a life or death situation, do you think they will let you punish them without any resistance?"

"I have absolute confidence that the soldiers will not resist."

"Okay, since you are so confident, let's make a bet."

"What bet?"

"I have an important mission at this time, so I won't stay long, and you have nearly a year to rectify Yumen Pass.

I will come back in a year. If you have rectified Yumen Pass, I will not deal with anyone. If after a year, someone still secretly collects gifts from the three wealthy families, or you have not made any changes at all, then you will be severely punished."

"Okay, I'm determined to make this bet." Hou Junji said very confidently.

"Okay, put your things down and you can go." Wang Ning'an said calmly.

"Farewell."

Hou Junji called his men to leave.

Yuchi respectfully waited for Hou Junji to leave before asking, "Why don't you punish them severely?"

Wang Ning'an sneered and said: "This is Yumen Pass. There must be no chaos. At least until the Turks are captured, Yumen Pass is the gateway to the Tang Dynasty. With Yumen Pass, the Turks cannot and do not dare to invade easily."

"You are right, Yumen Pass cannot be messed up." He sighed and said again: "Hey, a good general of the Tang Dynasty was harmed by some copper-stinking things."

Wang Ning'an said: "Hou Junji is okay, his majesty and domineering attitude are still there. As long as he is willing to ruthlessly rectify military affairs this year, everything will be on track. Even if the father wants to pardon him, he will have an excuse."

"You are here to prevent a big disaster at Yumen Pass.

At the same time as the chaos, it also gave Hou Junji an opportunity. If Yumen Pass is still like this one year later, then Hou Junji will be blamed.

In addition, after one year, if we can defeat the Turks, it will be too late for the three powerful families to deal with Yumen Pass." Yu Chigong analyzed.

Wang Ning'an smiled slightly and said: "Not only that, I am giving everyone a chance. From today on, everyone will be under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei. As long as they violate the laws of the imperial court, they will all be doomed in one year."

There’s no way to escape.”

Yuchi Gong, please slow down, the young man is not bad, he did not kill them all, but left a sliver of character. As for whether they will repent, we will only know in a year.

A year later, they did not repent, so no wonder Wang Ning'an.

"Then why did you accept Hou Junji's money?" Yu Chigong asked. He still wanted to ask clearly about accepting bribes.

Wang Ning'an smiled and said: "Of course it is to make them feel at ease. Only if I am like them will they not reject me and will feel at ease."

"What you said makes sense, but I still think it's not good to take this money."

"Uncle Yuchi, don't worry. I know what you are thinking about. Let's go to the backyard and have a look. The businessmen must be impatient to wait."

"It's good that you know."

…

Wang Ning'an and Yu Chigong came to the backyard.

At this time, the merchants in the backyard had already divided the food and were waiting quietly for Wang Ning'an's instructions.

They knew they were about to set off again, and now it was Xueyantuo. The Turkic weather was not suitable for them to travel, but there was a way to Xueyantuo. Although it was relatively cold there, it was not covered with ice and snow, and people and horses could pass.

"See Prince Consort, General Yuchi." The businessman saluted.

Wang Ning'an nodded and said, "Have you seen the food? I'm not lying to you." Wang Ning'an asked with a smile.

A businessman said: "Prince-in-law, we came all the way from Chang'an to Yumen Pass just because we trusted you. The food disappeared last night, so we were panicked.

In such a panic situation, the first thing that comes to mind is our most trusted prince-in-law, you."

"Okay, stop flattering, I don't blame you. I still rely on you now. Now get ready, let's leave the city and go to Xue Yantuo." Wang Ning'an said.

On the same day, twenty caravans set off again. This time their destination was not Chang'an City, but Xue Yantuo, the only road not covered by the heavy snow.

After Wang Ning'an waited for twenty caravans to leave the city, the Qian family knew about it and immediately arranged for a steward to leave the city.

Outside Yumen Pass, there was a group of people wearing miscellaneous costumes galloping on the grassland, as if they were chasing something.

"Brother, this road is to Xueyantuo. Is the information wrong?" A younger brother said to the leader.

"It can't be wrong. This is the news given by the Qian family. The twenty caravans are still the caravans of the Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty. Tell me how much they are worth. After doing this, brothers can

Find a place to be a rich man and enjoy happiness for the rest of your life." The leader said.

This team is the Wuban Bandit Group, which the Qian family has connections with outside the customs. The leader is Wuban, the leader of the bandit group.

There is a deep and long scar on Wu Ban's face, and his whole face looks particularly ferocious.

His brothers heard this and said excitedly: "Brother is right. Let's speed up and find them sooner."

"Yes." Wu Ban nodded and said, "Notify everyone and let everyone ride for another hour, then dismount and rest."

"yes."

There are nearly a thousand members of the Black Ban Bandit Group, and they include people from various countries, including merchants from the Western Regions, fugitives from the Tang Dynasty, and Turkic people.

The Turkic people were the most numerous, and Wuban was also a Turk. He was ruthless and ruthless. He was just an ordinary citizen at first, but one time someone from above came to collect taxes, and he couldn't get any. Well, the other party took all his cattle and sheep away.

Not only that, he also insulted his wife and two sisters, and was eventually insulted to death.

At that time, Wu Ban's temperament changed drastically and he killed those people. He was also injured because of this, and the scars on his face also came from that time.

Desperate, he started to engage in the bandit business, first with one person, then two, three, finally ten, then a hundred, and now there are more than a thousand people.

Wuban recruits people who are desperate. As long as you are desperate, he will accept you no matter which country you are from.

In recent years, the people of Turks who were governed by Jieli Khan were in dire straits, so he found a very good opportunity to recruit them.

And once, he robbed a caravan, and the head of the Qian family was among them. At that time, the head of the Qian family was just a small shopkeeper.

At that time, in order to avoid being killed, he cooperated with Wu Ban.

Wu Ban thought it was feasible and gave the head of the Qian family a chance. With this opportunity, the Qian family and Wu Ban formed a cooperative relationship.

The Qian family's business grew bigger and bigger, and within a few years they became one of the three wealthy families in Yumen Pass.

Wu Ban's team also doubled, because although Wu Ban was cruel, he was particularly kind to the Turkic people.

He would kill everyone, especially Turkic officials, but he would not kill Turkic caravans and people, and even helped some ordinary people.

This is also the reason why the Black Bandit Tuanfan has not been wiped out by Jieli Khan so far.

You went to beat someone, but your own people informed the other party in advance. By the time you arrived, they had already escaped.

After an hour, Wu Ban ordered everyone to rest.

After chasing for a long time, everyone was tired and needed rest. The horses needed food and water, and so did the people.

"Brother, I discovered something." A younger brother who was about to light a fire for cooking discovered something and immediately reported it.

Everyone leaned over involuntarily, and Wu Ban walked out of the crowd and asked, "What did you find?"

The younger brother pointed to the fires on the ground and said, "Brother, these are the fires left behind by cooking. They are still warm. The caravan we are chasing must be not far ahead. They have just left not long ago."

Wu Ban touched the fire and immediately ordered: "Get on your horses and chase after me."

"yes."

All the robbers mounted their horses, waved their whips, and immediately ran forward in pursuit.

"Drive, drive, drive..."

…

"Sir, why don't we go to Turks?" Wang Cheng asked the question that had been pressing in his heart for several days.

Wang Ning'an smiled and said: "Didn't I tell you that the road to Turks was covered in wind and snow, making it impossible to walk."

Wang Cheng said suspiciously: "Sir, this is not like your character. I smell a conspiracy in it."
Chapter completed!