"Then the young man of the Luo family never lied?" After recovering from the shock, Qi Yan looked at Xie Yuan suspiciously.
"His father once heard the words of the invading Rouran general. Rouran people don't like to lie -" Xie Yuan shook his head, "I think it's true."
"When the Jin Dynasty was founded, the treasury of the former Wei Dynasty was rich in silver. The soldiers guarding the frontiers used the best materials and ate the best food and grass. Why did their weapons change when they went into battle?
It has become ordinary furniture, even... bricks?"
There was a hint of unknown anger in Qi Yan's eyes.
Xie Yuan shook his head.
He hadn't even worn it at that time, and he didn't know.
But one thing he was sure of.
"General Qi's achievements are very high, which will definitely arouse the fear of those who are interested. They should all wear the best weapons. It is impossible to go to the battlefield with pots and pans, unless there is really no other way -" Xie Yuan said this
There was a pause,
"As long as we find out who purchased General Qi's military weapons, we can follow the clues to find out the mastermind behind the incident in Liangzhou City."
After listening to Xie Yuan's words, Qi Yan remembered something and said——
"That day I went to see an old friend. He said that it was the Lu family who colluded with the government to frame my father, which led to the fall of Liangzhou City and the annihilation of the entire army."
Xie Yuan was stunned.
Lu family?
How can this involve the Fan Yang Lu family?
If it was really the Lu family who did it, then who did they collude with to cover up this matter?
It was so covered up that even the emperor felt that General Qi was collaborating with the enemy and treason.
"When Liangzhou City fell, the whole city was massacred, but there were still a few surviving Liangzhou orphans. I will go look for them and ask them, maybe I can get some useful clues." After thinking for a moment, Xie Yuan spoke.
Qi Yanyan nodded.
Five days later, a carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain.
An old man over fifty years old was helped up the mountain by the diners who had been waiting for him for a long time, and soon met Xie Yuan and Qi Yan.
"Little sir." The old man bowed to Xie Yuan and said with a smile, "Thank you so much, little sir, for generously giving up your farmland so that the old man will not die of hunger."
Liangzhou City originally had a lot of fields, but they were all occupied by local officials and aristocratic families. They had no land and could only work as tenants under the aristocratic families.
Xie Yuan often went to Liangzhou City to help the people. After learning about their plight, he bought all the fields within ten miles of Liangzhou City and lent them to these landless tenant farmers free of charge.
Some tenant farmers felt sorry for them, so they said that they could just wait until 10% of the harvest came during the autumn harvest.
"Those fields were originally yours." Xie Yuan waved his hand and pointed to Qi Yan to introduce, "This is Qi Yan, after General Qi."
"He is a descendant of General Qi." The tenant farmer was shocked. He looked at Qi Yan carefully and couldn't help but lose consciousness. "There is indeed a shadow of him on him."
"Old man, I'm going to tell you the truth... I invite you here because I want to ask you some questions about the battle in Liangzhou City more than ten years ago." Qi Yan bowed to the old man.
"Young Master, please ask." The old man nodded.
"Why did my late father go to the battlefield with pots and pans?"
"Let me think about it... Oh, back then, the weapons they had were all broken during military training before they were used on the battlefield - I heard from a soldier at that time that when the weapons were broken, there were people who were responsible for escorting them.
The weapons man was present and saw that General Qi had damaged his weapons while training, and his face became extremely ugly."
There was a trace of regret in the old man's eyes,
"General Qi didn't have much military pay to buy another batch of weapons, and the war was urgent, so he had no choice but to borrow people's pots, pans, harpoons and kitchen knives to go to the battlefield. It's a pity..."
completely annihilated.
Qi Yan and Xie Yuan looked at each other and saw suspicion in each other's eyes.
The requirements for weapon manufacturing are very strict, and the weapons used in the founding of the country were all from the Wei Dynasty, and the manufacturing was even more stringent. How could it be possible that all the weapons would break down without using real strength in training the soldiers?
Someone must have tampered with the weapons while making them, just to deliberately murder General Qi.
"General Qi should be relieved to see that Xiao Lang is doing so well now. When they went to the battlefield, they were all sallow and thin." The old man couldn't help but feel happy when he looked at Qi Yan's handsome appearance.
"Sallow complexion and thin skin?" Qi Yan was stunned, "My late father's army is the First Frontier Army, how come there is no food and grass?"
"The road was far away at that time, and the people who escorted the army rations had not come to Liangzhou City for a long time. It happened to be that during that time, the Donghu barbarians were fighting extremely fiercely, and General Qi could not send people to collect the army rations. He also refused to eat what we people gave us.
They eat steamed buns and steamed cakes, dig up grass roots and tree bark, and even eat dirt to satisfy their hunger.”
When the old man said this, his eyes turned red.
To this day, he still remembers what General Qi said: Liangzhou City is an isolated city on the frontier, and it is very difficult to transport food. The food in the city is limited, so the people should be given priority.
Someone asked what these soldiers ate.
General Qi pointed to the tree bark, soil and grass on the ground——
"As long as it's not poisonous, we can eat it. If you eat well and drink well, the soldiers will definitely guard Liangzhou City and prevent barbarians from entering the pass."
But in the end, they were all buried at Yumen Pass, and Liangzhou City fell.
The few who survived cried for their own lives and the lives of those poor soldiers.
After listening to the old man's words, Qi Yan's head buzzed.
His father, a great general, ate nothing but soil and tree roots.
Those soldiers who defended the territory of the Jin Dynasty received such treatment. There is no such reason in the world.
After the old man stayed for two nights and left, Qi Yan said to Xie Yuan: "Xiao Yuan, I must find out the culprit who killed my father."
"Check." Xie Yuan nodded.
These soldiers died unjustly.
If they had a decent weapon in their hands, they wouldn't be completely wiped out.
How to check.
Naturally, we have to start with the people who sent the weapons back then.
Xie Yuan thought of something and asked Huo Qubing: "Unjust, did Governor Huo join the army more than ten years ago?"
"Of course, he joined the army with General Qi." Huo Qubing nodded.
"Can you write a letter for me and ask the governor who sent the weapons to Liangzhou City more than ten years ago?"
"Please wait a moment, my lord, I will write a letter right now."
Huo Qubing knew that they wanted to investigate what happened back then, so he immediately wrote a book and asked the Huo family governor.
After reading the letter, Governor Huo thought for a long time and went to Chang'an to read the records, then copied the copy and sent it to Longgang Academy overnight.
Qi Yan and Xie Yuan checked together and found that the people who escorted the weapons were descendants of the Lu family.
And the descendant of the Lu family turned to King Pengcheng.
Lu's, Lu's again!
Qi Yan's eyes flashed with anger.
"This man has resigned and returned to his hometown to travel around. You can start with him first." Xie Yuan pointed at the descendant of the Lu family.
Qi Yanyan nodded.
Later, Xie Yuan sent a letter to Cui Heng, and Cui Heng quickly sent the letter to Longgang Academy.
It was sent to me by the five-flowered bundle. This chapter has been completed!