After listening to what Lu Ping said, Qi Yan's eyes were already red.
His father...those soldiers, they were all really framed.
The boy's steps were unsteady and he almost fell to the ground.
Xie Yuan stretched out his hand to hold Qi Yan and looked at Lu Ping: "Since you said that King Pengcheng and the head of the Lu family exchanged weapons, where did the weapons that were originally supplied to General Qi go?"
"It seems...it was taken away by King Pengcheng." Lu Ping thought for a moment and said softly.
The head of the family was not interested in these weapons, so after uniting with the family to suppress the Qi family, he just embezzled the Qi family's property and took away most of the land in Liangzhou City.
It is said that in order to show his benevolence and righteousness, the head of the family seemed to have taken Mr. Qi Xiaolang as a knife catcher, but I don't know if it is true or not.
Anyway, he didn't know. After all, after the incident in Liangzhou City, he chose to resign and go into seclusion to travel around the mountains and rivers because he didn't want to cause death.
But he didn't expect that he would be found by the Cui family's children and tied to Gada.
Speaking of which, what is the relationship between the Cui family's children and this Xie Yuan?
Or are the Cui family's children acquainted with Qi Xiaolangjun?
Xie Yuan always felt that something was missing, so he thought of ways to add some words, but Lu Ping couldn't say anything.
He knew that Lu Ping only knew this much, so he patted Qi Yan on the shoulder: "It's up to you how you want to deal with it."
Then left.
Lu Ping caught a glimpse of Qi Yan glancing at him lightly.
There was no expression on his face, but his whole body was trembling.
"Young man from the Qi family...please have mercy on me. I also obey orders, and I also have a family." Lu Ping said tremblingly.
"Have mercy? My father is dedicated to guarding the border and the land of the Central Plains. The Lu family put my father and an army of 300,000 to death for a mere thousand hectares of fields in Liangzhou City - I pity you, who will pity me?
Father, who will take pity on the innocent dead people all over the city and the 300,000 soldiers?!"
Qi Yan seemed to have heard a big joke, his sharp eyes looked directly at Lu Ping, making him dare not look at him.
Lu Ping felt guilty and dared not speak any more.
Because back then, he received a lot of benefits from the head of the Lu family. If you ask yourself, he was also greedy for the fields in Liangzhou City, so he listened to the words of the head of the Lu family and King Pengcheng and secretly exchanged arms.
At night, a cylindrical straw mat was thrown into the barren mountains and dense forests. The strong smell of blood soon attracted countless jackals.
In the small pavilion on the top of the mountain, Qi Yan looked at the bright moon in the sky with an expressionless face.
At this moment, the young man's mind was constantly replaying what Lu Ping said during the day.
The Lu family...King of Pengcheng...
The young man's fists clenched tighter and tighter, and under his plain brows, there was a raging fire that he didn't even know he had.
At that time, a hand suddenly patted Qi Yan's shoulder.
Qi Yan turned his head and looked coldly. When he saw the person coming, he immediately frowned with anger.
"Xiaoyuan?"
"Brother, do you want to take revenge?" Xie Yuan asked.
"I wonder why I don't want to take revenge. But now, I am just a down-and-out poor man. To fight against the gentry and the government is to overestimate my own capabilities." Qi Yan loosened his clenched fists and sighed deeply.
"After dinner, I received another letter from Cui Sanlang, about King Pengcheng." Xie Yuan raised his head and looked at the bright moon,
"The letter says that King Pengcheng, King Langya and King Hejian are secretly doing arms trading and quietly making money."
Qi Yan was shocked.
Weapons trade?
Isn't this something the emperor has issued a strict order to prohibit?
Emperor Tianwu took over the world from the Wei Dynasty, and with the help of the Qi family and other aristocratic families, he finally conquered the Jin Dynasty after a series of conquests in the north and south.
However, in order to prevent rebellion among the ministers and to prevent local officials from showing evil intentions, he enfeoffed the children of the Sima clan and made the county the country.
In order to prevent them from rebelling, they were stripped of their right to raise large soldiers, and each county was only allowed to raise a maximum of 5,000 soldiers.
He had heard his mother speculate that the policy seemed to be changing again in the past two years. Emperor Tianwu was going to send all the princes to Chang'an for easy surveillance, and at the same time take away the right to raise troops, and then set up a new law.
"Well, it was King Pengcheng and King Langya who assassinated Duke Cui. The Cui family was also thinking of ways to get them to step down." Xie Yuan nodded,
"Brother, don't be impatient. When the time comes, I will join forces with the Cui family to make the two kings step down."
Qi Yan felt warm in his heart.
He knew that Xie Yuan was afraid that he would go astray and end up being a mantis trying to use his chariot and die without a burial place, so he reminded him here.
"I know." Qi Yanyan nodded.
When the evidence is conclusive, he will clear the name of his father and the 300,000-strong army.
Not only the prince who had harmed his father, but also the head of the Lu family.
One day, he would also like the head of the Lu family to taste the bark of a tree to satisfy his hunger.
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The Jin Dynasty was really unlucky, with natural and man-made disasters happening year after year.
In June, there was a severe drought in the Central Plains. The people watched helplessly as their crops withered and cried.
Taxes will be collected in July soon. If there is no food, what taxes will they get?
This drought was so severe that the Prime Minister couldn't suppress it, so he told Emperor Tianwu.
Emperor Tianwu thought this was a good opportunity to win over the people, so he took the prince on a tour from Chang'an to the Central Plains.
Every time he visits a place, he will give some symbolic food to comfort the people and reduce local taxes.
The common people were used to suffering, so they were flattered by the rare sweetness.
Such a small benefit is not enough to fill the gap between their teeth, but they are grateful to Emperor Tianwu.
And directly called the Heavenly Family benevolent.
Emperor Tianwu was very satisfied, and then asked his son, who was diagnosed as mentally retarded by the imperial doctor, to go out and eat together.
To accumulate prestige and reputation for himself so that he will not attract criticism when he ascends to the throne in the future.
The prince behaved well at first and attracted many praises from the people.
But then, what he said caused the people to break their defenses and lose their lychees.
The prince saw that the people were not eating enough, digging grass roots from the ground to satisfy their hunger, and some even slaughtering the elderly. He felt it was very cruel, so he asked Emperor Tianwu: "The people have no food, why don't they eat minced meat?"
Emperor Tianwu: "..."
This is his son, this is his son, this is his good son who will inherit the throne.
You can't fight, you can't fight, and you can't be disappointed in him because of such retarded words.
He took a deep breath and wanted to reply, but the official serving next to him burst out laughing.
Emperor Tianwu's face suddenly darkened.
Finally, the official stepped into the carriage with his left foot and was beheaded for disgrace in front of the emperor.
But the saying why not eat minced meat is still spread.
People: "..."
Damn it, with such a retarded prince, how can they lychee!
How could such a person deserve to be the emperor of the Jin Dynasty!
He couldn't bear it anymore, his grandma couldn't bear it anymore.
So the people rioted and ambushed Emperor Tianwu with pots, pans, knives and harpoons, catching him off guard.