Two maids, Xiaochun and Xiaomei, were very afraid of Yue Zhongqi. No matter how Wang Gang asked them about Yue Zhongqi, they were always timid and refused to say a word.
Wang Gang didn't want to force them, so he asked them to get foot wash first.
After the two left, Lie Zhanying walked into the camp and reported back to Wang Gang.
"Your Majesty, the people we brought have been properly placed by Yue Zhongqi." Lie Zhanying hesitated to speak.
Wang Gang took off his cloak and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
Lie Zhanying said: "I walked along the way and found that the military discipline in the northwest military camp was lax. Many people gathered to gamble. There were also rumors in some camps..."
Wang Gang saw Lie Zhanying's blushing face and couldn't help laughing: "Did you hear a woman's voice?"
"Ah! My lord, how do you know?" Lie Zhanying said in surprise.
"Hmph! Yue Zhongqi just gave me two women." Wang Gang straightened his face and said, "It seems that he has done this kind of thing before."
Lie Zhanying frowned and said: "If military discipline is so lax, how can soldiers still fight?"
Wang Gang said seriously: "Zhan Ying, I will give you a task now. You change your clothes, avoid people, and go around the military camp to inquire about General Yue's character."
"Yes." Just as Lie Zhanying was about to leave, Wang Gang stopped him again.
"Send some more people to Ye Qin to investigate."
Lie Zhanying asked doubtfully: "Your Highness is worried about Beidi?"
Wang Gang said in a deep voice: "I always feel that something is not right!"
Lie Zhanying took the order and left, and Wang Gang was also preparing to wash up and go to the banquet.
In order to welcome Wang Gang, Yue Zhongqi not only held a grand welcoming banquet, but also found a singing and dancing group from nowhere.
Wang Gang remained calm, and he and Yue Zhongqi were arrogant. They even had a drinking contest with the lieutenant generals of the Northwest Army, and drank many generals of the Northwest Army to their knees.
Many people in the Northwest Army liked Wang Gang's heroic spirit, and Yue Zhongqi finally felt relieved.
When Wang Gang drank until he was in a daze, Yue Zhongqi sent someone to take Wang Gang back to his tent, while Xiaomei and Xiaochun helped Wang Gang fall asleep.
In the dead of night, Xiaochun and Xiaomei couldn't help but fall asleep. Wang Gang opened his eyes suddenly, but they were still a little drunk.
Wang Gang changed into a set of black clothes and sneaked out of the tent like a ghost without disturbing anyone.
He carefully sneaked around the military camp and witnessed many dirty things with his own eyes.
Lie Zhanying was right. The entire Northwest Army's military discipline could no longer be described as disorganized. In Wang Gang's view, it was simply rotten.
After walking around the military camp, Wang Gang came to the top of Yue Zhongqi's commander's tent, like a big gecko, clinging to the tent.
At this time, Yue Zhongqi was holding two women in his arms and playing tricks in the handsome tent. The two women let out heart-piercing screams and were tortured to the point of being injured.
Wang Gang also discovered that the clothes the woman took off turned out to be Yeqin people's clothes.
After watching for a while, Wang Gang couldn't bear it anymore and quietly sneaked back to his tent. Xiaomei and Xiaochun were sleeping soundly and did not notice that Wang Gang had left.
Early the next morning, Lie Zhanying hurried back and brought a stranger to see Wang Gang.
"Your Majesty." Lie Zhanying ran directly into the camp, and Wang Gang glared at him.
At this time, Wang Gang was having breakfast. He put down his chopsticks and said to Xiaochun and Xiaomei: "You go and prepare two more breakfasts. General Lie will eat at my place."
Xiaochun and Xiaomei left obediently, and Lie Zhanyingcai said: "Your Majesty, as expected, that Yue Zhongqi has a big problem."
Wang Gang glanced at the stranger next to Lie Zhanying and said, "Who is this person?"
Lie Zhanying pulled the person next to him over and said, "This man's name is Pu Tang. He is Ye Lingzi from Ye Qin Kingdom. He comes here to pay homage to you on behalf of King Ye Qin."
Wang Gang asked strangely: "Since he is the special envoy of Ye Qin, why does he wear the uniform of our imperial army?"
Since the first king of Ye Qin, he would set aside a separate courtyard in the palace of the capital and set it up as the "Yeling Palace School", and send the most talented children in the country to the "Yeling Palace School"
training.
These children completed their studies through screening and became Ye Lingzi.
It can be said that every Ye Lingzi from Ye Qin Kingdom is a one-in-a-million talent.
It's just that Ye Lingzi beside Lie Zhanying, wearing the uniform of the Daliang Forbidden Army, doesn't look like Ye Qin's special envoy.
"The villain Putang, by order of the king, has come to pay homage to Prince Jing of Daliang and enclose a letter of credence." Putang knelt down on one knee and took out a sealed letter from his arms, with Ye Qin on it.
The king's private seal.
Wang Gang took the secret letter and opened it and saw that it was a pleading.
The King of Ye Qin sued Yue Zhongqi, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army. While he was in charge of the Northwest, he repeatedly oppressed the Ye Qin people and raped the female laborers of the Ye Qin people.
The letter also said that the reason why Ye Qin used the Beidi barbarians was that it could not stand the oppression of Yue Zhongqi and wanted to use the Beidi barbarians to teach the Northwest Army a lesson.
Wang Gang finished reading the letter and threw it aside without any expression.
"Why did you come to see me?" Wang Gang asked Putang calmly.
Putang, neither humble nor arrogant, said: "The king once sent people to Jinling to complain, but every time there was no news. This time he heard that Prince Jing had come to the northwest, so the king sent a villain to deliver the message."
Wang Gang said in a deep voice: "You don't count on Beidi anymore?"
Putang's breath was stagnant, and Lie Zhanying said: "Your Majesty, that Yue Zhongqi doesn't know what kind of deal he made with the barbarians in Beidi, asking Beidi to sack the city of Yeqin and spare the northwest border of Daliang."
Wang Gang suddenly said: "It turns out that you yourself led the wolf into the house, and now that the evil wolf refuses to leave, why do you think of Daliang?"
Putang said awkwardly: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing clearly knows that if Yue Zhongqi hadn't forced him to do anything, we wouldn't have wanted to lure the Beidi barbarians into the pass.
Why do I, Ye Qin, count myself as a vassal of Daliang? Do I think Daliang will just watch Ye Qin be destroyed?"
Wang Gang said indifferently: "From the day Qin lent the road to Beidi, you and Daliang are no longer subordinates!"
Putang was anxious, but he forced himself to calm down and said: "Once Ye Qin is destroyed, the northwestern border of Daliang will be as flat as a river to Beidi. Isn't it possible that King Jing is not afraid of losing his lips and teeth?"
Wang Gang laughed and said: "If Beidi stretches out his claws towards Daliang, then I will cut it off personally, but Ye Qin wants to use Daliang as his scapegoat to resist Beidi, so stop daydreaming!"
Putang frowned and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing does not know that Yue Zhongqi has reached an agreement with Beidi to release the four border cities to be plundered, as long as he retreats afterwards.
Prince Jing can disregard the life and death of Ye Qin, but can he also disregard the people of the four northwest cities?"
Wang Gang was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
Putang took out a small bamboo tube and said, "This is the secret letter that was obtained at the expense of three Ye Lingzi. Please ask Prince Jing to read it."
Wang Gang took the bamboo tube, pulled out a piece of parchment inside, and opened it. It turned out to be a secret letter written by Yue Zhongqi to Beidi coach Ashina Shabi.
It clearly states that if Yue Zhongqi opens the four border cities, the Beidi army will retreat after looting them.
"Who can prove that this secret letter was written by Yue Zhongqi!" Wang Gang put away the secret letter and said gloomily.
"As long as Prince Jing finds Yue Zhongqi's old handwriting, he can check the handwriting." Putang said confidently.
Wang Gang snorted coldly: "Handwriting can also be forged."