What happened in the first year of Yongning has already changed the fate of countless people.

The first Duke Pei Zhen went to the Western Region to die in a foreign country, and the most powerful family in the Liang Army existed in name only. After several turbulent struggles, the army gradually formed a three-legged situation. Wang Pingzhang suddenly emerged, leaving all the competitors behind him.

Become the first person in the military worthy of the name after Pei Zhen.

In the opinion of some insiders, Wang Pingzhang's decision in the first year of Yongning was very courageous. Very few people dared to risk their lives and wealth when the slightest mistake would be infamous for thousands of years. However, Wang Pingzhang never regarded those things as an honor, and did not even allow his relatives to do so.

Mention it at home. Some younger members of the Wang family will think that he is too cautious. Only his eldest grandson Wang Jiuxuan understands what his grandfather is thinking.

That was not glory, but a huge stone that had weighed on Wang Pingzhang's heart for fifteen years.

The history books may be beautified, especially as long as Emperor Kaiping can realize his long-cherished wish to unify the world, then in the future he will probably be rated as wise and powerful, and his temple and posthumous titles will be perfect. But through the auspicious light in the long history, future generations can still

Discovering all kinds of weirdness in the first year of Yongning, Wang Pingzhang's role in it is self-evident.

Sitting in the palace at this moment, Wang Pingzhang frowned deeply when he heard Emperor Kaiping's confused words.

Emperor Kaiping looked aside indifferently, and the eunuchs and maids left the Nuan Pavilion quietly.

He retracted his gaze and looked at Wang Pingzhang's eyes, which were bowed in thought, and asked again, with increasingly cold words: "Are all the people back then dead?"

Wang Pingzhang has aged quite quickly in the past two years. In the third year of Kaiping, he still looked like a middle-aged man, but now his beard and hair were all white. No one knew the reason, even Emperor Kaiping was a little confused about this outsider.

The most capable loyal dog in my eyes.

Faced with Emperor Kaiping's slightly angry questioning, Wang Pingzhang said slowly: "Your Majesty, what happened back then has been settled long ago, and the damned people are all dead. Even if there are one or two fish that slip through the net, they will not be able to cause any trouble."

Emperor Kaiping was noncommittal and said in a deep voice: "What I want is a definite answer."

Wang Pingzhang shook his head and replied: "Some things don't have exact answers."

The attack on the Chen family mansion in the autumn of the first year of Yongnian was planned by him. In addition to his own soldiers that night, there were also experts sent by the seventeen founding princes. This was his contribution to the connection. But the Chen family back then

He is a behemoth. Even if his organized power is already very large, it is impossible to kill them all.

Emperor Kaiping said: "I am not referring to the descendants of the Chen family. After the banditry in Hengduan Mountain, the descendant of the Chen family has been exposed. Now it is stirring up trouble in Lingzhou, and my people have been secretly watching her."

Wang Pingzhang sighed softly: "Your Majesty has foresighted and allowed Pei Yue to lead the front guard just to deal with that woman named Chen Xizhi?"

Emperor Kaiping nodded slightly, and then said: "Pei Yue's ability is indeed outstanding. What he did in Lingzhou is remarkable. He did not waste the opportunity I gave him."

Wang Pingzhang's face was calm, and he already knew in his heart that this emperor who was extremely controlling must have placed his eyes and ears around that boy Pei, otherwise he would not have promised the official position of a commander so easily.

He didn't care about Chen Xizhi, but any enemy who exposed his traces would not worry him too much, especially since the appearance of this woman directly caused Emperor Kaiping to rely more and more on him. After all, even the emperor who kept his word would not want to

Too many people knew about the sins he had committed back then, so he had to discuss some matters with Wang Pingzhang.

Chen Xizhi never expected that the plot she worked so hard to plan in the Hengduan Mountains not only did not create any rift between Emperor Kaiping and Wang Pingzhang, but actually made the connection between the two closer.

Wang Pingzhang skipped the topic about Pei Yue and asked with a sincere face: "Your Majesty, I don't understand why I suddenly mentioned this matter?"

Emperor Kaiping stood up, took a memorial from the table next to him, placed it in front of Wang Pingzhang and said, "Take a look."

This memorial is a secret book. Judging from the neatness of the handwriting, it should be a copied version. The real secret book will obviously not be placed in front of him. Wang Pingzhang carefully looked at the content of the memorial, which described in detail Pei Yue's entry into the spiritual world.

The actions behind the state and the local situation seemed to have been written by Pei Yue himself, which also confirmed his inference just now.

After a while, Wang Pingzhang respectfully handed the memorial back and said: "Your Majesty, I have finished reading it."

"What do you think?"

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"There is someone behind Chen Xizhi."

Emperor Kaiping nodded with satisfaction. If Wang Pingzhang couldn't even see this, then he was really old.

"Previously, Xifu and Taige investigated the banditry in Hengduan Mountain for so long, and only found Pei Rong and a few insignificant middle-level officials. I felt something was wrong. Although Hengduan Mountain is a hundred miles away from Kyoto, it is still within your borders.

With such a huge formation under your nose, how can it be accomplished just by relying on an uncle Dingyuan who has no real power? I don’t believe it.”

"Your Majesty, Pei Rong may be a cover-up deliberately thrown by them."

"Keep talking."

"Although Pei Rong has no real power, he is the eldest son of Pei Zhen and the head of the Dingguo Mansion. He has many connections in the military, and with the bonus of the flag of the Pei family, no one is more suitable to be a cover than him. The veteran believes that,

Chen Xizhi is able to make it big in Lingzhou, and the progress is so smooth, there must be someone behind the scenes to help her open up the joints."

"Who is this person?"

"The Marquis of Guangping Guliang, the Marquis of Cheng'an Lu Min, the Marquis of Qiyun Yinwei, the Marquis of Xiangcheng Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Wuwei Ningzhong and the Marquis of Jining Tang Youzhi are only among these six people."

Emperor Kaiping did not ask for the reason. In fact, he had already suspected him. There were not many people who could do this, and he had to hide it from the detectives of Taishitai Pavilion and another secret force in his hands.

The people are definitely top nobles who hold real power. Civil servants are not able to do it, not even Luo Ting, because they are not like Wu Xun who can legitimately cultivate the bodyguard forces.

"Wei Guogong, I leave this matter to you. We must uncover this evil hidden in the dark."

"Old minister, I obey the order."

Seeing Wang Pingzhang stand up and respond respectfully, the anger in Emperor Kaiping's heart dissipated a lot. The reason why he asked Wang Pingzhang to investigate this matter was firstly to see what this old dog was thinking, and secondly because the matter involved the military.

It is no secret that the military and Taishitai Pavilion are intertwined with each other. It is far less convenient than the Xifu's own manpower. The third reason is that he knows the capabilities of Wei Guogong better than anyone else.

Wang Pingzhang said again: "Your Majesty, I have a request."

"Tell me."

"I am very old, so I want my eldest grandson, Wang Jiuxuan, to go to the Western Region. I beg your Majesty to give him a secret edict. It will definitely come in handy at the critical moment."

"What secret order?"

Wang Pingzhang explained in detail, and Emperor Kaiping pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"The Xifu is free to check the military merits, but there is one person you don't need to worry about. I will watch him personally."

"Your Majesty is referring to Pei Yue?"

Emperor Kaiping nodded slightly.

Wang Pingzhang agreed, but felt a little strange in his heart. The emperor's attention to that boy Pei was a little strange. Is it just because he had hidden eyes and ears around Pei Yue, so he didn't worry about him falling out of control at all?

I just don't know whether being so simple in the emperor's heart is a blessing or a curse for that young man who is ready to fly into the sky.
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