The expressions of everyone in the hall were astonished. Although Brother Richard was hated by others, he was not to the point of being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. Everyone's eyes were focused on the bag in Xia Jinfeng's hand.
"Why did Xia Shangshu say this?" Li Kan asked uncontrollably.
Xia Jinfeng sighed and said, "Everyone will know after taking a look at this."
Xia Jinfeng poured out the contents of the bag, and there was a sound of "crash!". They were all bronze medals, twenty or thirty in total.
Everyone came forward one after another and recognized at a glance that this was the waist badge of the servant in the mansion. Basically, every mansion had its own waist badge. The imperial censor, Bali Zuren, suddenly exclaimed, "This is the waist badge of my mansion."
Card."
He looked at Xia Jinfeng with wide eyes, "Where did Xia Shangshu get it from?"
Xia Jinfeng said slowly: "This is what my brother Xia Jintang gave me this afternoon. He left his property late, and hundreds of mutilated corpses were found on the road. They were all dug out from the ground by wolves. The corpses were so horrible that they could not be seen."
, he didn’t dare to touch them, so he collected these signs and was so frightened that he immediately turned around and fled back. Do you understand what I mean?”
Xia Jinfeng made everyone's faces turn pale. There has been no news about his belongings being transported to Montenegro for more than half a month, which made everyone worried. Everyone was afraid that the most terrible thing would happen and they were unwilling to go there.
Thinking about it that way, I would rather think that it was just a long journey, and now Xia Jinfeng had broken through their weakest line of defense in an instant.
Bali Zuren sat down on the ground and burst into tears. Not only was he heartbroken about the wealth he had accumulated for most of his life, but also his eldest son, who was responsible for escorting the property to Montenegro and would never be able to come back.
There was a chaos in the lobby, and everyone was terrified. They were also the same, and sent their nephews and servants to protect their property northward. If something happened, it would be unbearable for them.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
Li Kan yelled, and the hall suddenly became quiet, with more than twenty pairs of eyes staring at him.
"Everyone, listen to me. Rushing is not the answer now. You need to calm down."
Li Kan asked Xia Jinfeng again, "Excuse me, Xia Shangshu, where did your brother find these badges?"
"On the Gobi Desert about fifty miles north of Keyimen!"
Keyi Gate is the headquarters of the Youxiang Dynasty Shun Military Division. There were originally 5,000 troops stationed there. In order to quell Xiao Heda's rebellion, the troops had been transferred back long ago and the military camp was abandoned. However, everyone knew the location of the incident.
It is located in the middle of Xingqing Prefecture and Heishan, where there is more than 200 miles of uninhabited Gobi Desert.
Li Kan turned around and looked at Cao Baozong. Cao Baozong suddenly said with a straight face: "Don't doubt that it was my brother who did it. He would not do such a thing that would make people and gods angry!"
"I'm not doubting your brother, I just want to ask Brother Cao Xian to contact him to see how many other people's teams have arrived in Montenegro?"
Cao Baozong nodded, "Okay, I will send out the Eagle Letter at dawn."
After speaking, he turned his head away, avoiding Li Kan's gaze, and tried his best to hide his uneasiness.
In fact, Cao Baozong knew the result several days ago. He received a letter from his brother Cao Baohui that none of the family's team had gone to Montenegro. Cao Baozong knew that something had happened, but he did not dare to say anything. After all, it was he who proposed going to Montenegro.
It was a plan, and his own property did not go north. If he told it, he would be lost to everyone.
Li Kan didn't pay too much attention to the uneasiness in Cao Baozong's eyes. His mind was still on Brother Richard. Li Kan turned back to Xia Jinfeng and asked: "Why did Xia Shangshu say that Brother Richard did it?"
Everyone looked towards Xia Jinfeng, hoping that he could produce concrete evidence.
Xia Jinfeng sneered and said: "I made a special investigation this afternoon. Brother Richard's second son Li Hanzhong and the two thousand Tianlu army left the capital two days before our team set out to go north. They have not come back so far. Where have they gone? They
What did you do?"
The Two Thousand Heavenly Deer Army was Brother Richard's personal guard. The massacre at the Chu Palace was caused by this army disguised as thugs. They actually set out to go north. The timing was so coincidental that everyone exploded with anger. I don't know who shouted.
He shouted, "Go to Brother Richard and ask for an explanation!"
More than 20 people turned around and walked outside. Li Kan couldn't stop shouting, so he had to follow them.
Not long after, more than twenty dignitaries came to Brother Richard's house, only to see thousands of troops protecting the house. Everyone was carrying a spear, looking murderous.
No one dared to go out to make trouble, so Li Kan stepped forward and shouted to the guard at the door: "We have something to ask King Jin, please go and report it!"
Seeing that the other party was a high-ranking official, the two guards did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly ran back to report. Not long after, Li Quanzhong, the eldest son of Brother Richard, came out and clasped his fists and said: "My lords, my father is currently in charge of the military camp and not in the mansion. If there is something urgent, please go.
Find him in the military camp."
Li Kan felt a little bad. He was actually sitting in the military camp, and there were countless soldiers standing guard around the mansion. Is Brother Richard going to rebel?
However, Bali Zuren ignored the deep meaning of the other party's words and walked out and said loudly: "Excuse me, where is my brother Li Hanzhong? I have something to ask him."
Li Quanzhong shook his head, "He is not in the capital at the moment. I don't know where exactly he is."
Bari Zuren was not willing to comply. Just as he was about to speak again, Li Kan stopped him, cupped his fists and said to Li Quanzhong: "Since the prince is not in the house, I won't disturb him."
He turned around and said to everyone: "Let's go!"
After leaving Prince Jin's Mansion, Li Kan said in a low voice: "The situation is not right. The emperor wants to remove Prince Jin from military power. I'm afraid he will resist. In this limelight, everyone should bear with it for the time being."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Although Bari Zuren was angry in his heart, he was also afraid that he would be targeted by Brother Richard and become the second king of Chu, so he had to suppress his hatred in his heart.
On the morning of the next day, Emperor Li Qianshun temporarily canceled the military and political affairs, and at the same time issued an order to remove Richard from the post of marshal, but he continued to retain his position as commander of the army on the right wing and ordered him to lead the army to sit in Dingzhou.
Brother Richard took 20 large ships and 50,000 troops to the north that day. The large ships were filled with the wealth he had accumulated for many years. At the same time, he also took away 200,000 shi of grain and 500,000 copper coins.
Just after Brother Richard left, Emperor Li Qianshun immediately appointed King Li Kan of Changping as the Marshal of the Army to lead the 150,000 troops that Brother Richard had withdrawn from.
Two days later, Cao Baozong received an eagle letter from Montenegro. The letter clearly told everyone that not a single transportation team had arrived in Montenegro.
Only then did the dignitaries of the Xixia Manchu Dynasty realize that all their wealth had been intercepted by Brother Richard, and all the nephews and nephews they were escorting were killed, leaving no one alive.
When the news spread, the whole court was in a state of excitement. Everyone in the court and the public hated Brother Richard so much that they wanted to skin him, cramp him, crush his bones and spread his ashes.
But hate turns to hate, and no one can do anything to him, so they have to go home and use various witchcraft to curse him
At the same time that Brother Richard was dismissed as generalissimo, a Jurchen cavalry of 30,000 people left Taiyuan and headed towards Xixia. This Jurchen cavalry was not the Jin soldiers from Hedong, but came from Bianliang and was led by Ten Thousand Soldiers Changwu.
Commander Yan Puluhun.
The Jurchen court finally agreed to assist Xixia, but Hedong did not have enough troops. Under Wanyanchang's suggestion, the Jin court decided to send 30,000 cavalry to Wanyan Wushu to rescue Xixia. At the same time, Hedong sent 30,000 auxiliary troops and was responsible for all logistics supplies.
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Although Wanyan Wushu was very reluctant, this was the decision of the Jin court, and unless he wanted to confront the court, he had to obey.
Now the person in power was Wanyanchang, and Wanyanwushu had no choice but to agree and send his trusted general Wuyan Puluhun to lead 30,000 cavalry to support Xixia.
At the same time, Marshal Wanyan Yinkeshu of the West Road ordered the forced conscription of 50,000 carts and cart drivers in Taiyuan Prefecture, Fenzhou, Lanzhou, Shizhou, Xizhou and other places, and transported 300,000 shi of grain and supplies as logistics
The team also ordered Han Chang to lead 30,000 auxiliary troops as logistical support and follow Wuyan Puluhun to support Xixia.
Sixty thousand troops and 50,000 carts left Taiyuan Prefecture, passed through Lanzhou, and marched for more than 20 miles to Linzhou, preparing to enter the eastern border of Xixia from Linzhou.