"There are only three parts of the secrets stolen by spies: one is the secret name of Brother Pei, who moved to Guangling as the prefect the year before last. He passed by Qiaocheng and visited the Temple of Emperor Wu of Wei with Pei Guang, who was the prefect of Qiaocheng at that time... Later, Brother Pei and Pei Guangyu
An oath was sworn under the temple: Xiao Yan stole the country by pretending that his ministers were regicides, but he was actually a rebellious minister and a traitor, and everyone would kill him if he found it...
The second is the secret of General Cheng... General Cheng said: In order to take revenge for killing Chang Yong and Yixue for killing his father, he was forced to kill the governor of Sucheng, and then surrendered the city... In the past two years, he
He spent all his family wealth to raise dead soldiers, secretly purchased assassins, and assassinated Guang Chang Yonghe's son and nephew, and his family of 12...
The number three is Brother Chang's secret. In order to prevent being spied by his subordinates, I kept it secret... The above are all brothers and brothers, and Brother Pei. General Cheng met secretly in Hanzhong and made an oath to start a war.
If this situation reaches the hands of the Southern Emperor or reaches his ears, my brother, Brother Pei, and General Cheng will be in danger..."
Chang Yizhi read every word and every sentence very carefully. The cold sweat on Pei Sui's forehead also seeped out faster and faster. Then it formed into beads as big as beans and rolled down his cheeks.
One look at his expression, Chang Yoshizhi can make a conclusion: "Is this really happening?"
Pei Sui gritted his teeth, hesitated for a while, and then nodded imperceptibly.
Chang Yizhi took a sharp breath: "How could I not know?"
"Don't talk about you. Pei Guang and I are the only two people in the world who know that we have made a poisonous oath. If this is passed down to six ears, I will not die well in the next nine lives..."
Chang Yi's eyes bulged out: "Did you really swear that you would kill the emperor?"
"Kill a bird feather... If I really have this intention, I will not abandon the dark side again after being coerced by my clan uncle to lead the Yuan and Wei Dynasties in Beitou..."
Pei Sui was so furious, "It was originally a drunken joke, but after Pei Guang's confidants alerted me, I realized what kind of consequences this joke would have if spread to the world... Therefore, I swore to Pei Guang not to spread it outside..."
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"Is that what Pei Guang's cronies passed on?"
Pei Sui sighed sadly: "After leaving the Temple of Emperor Wu, Pei Guang and I killed the confidant, and then threw him into the river to avenge his death by drowning..."
Chang Yizhi was not surprised: "Then how did Li Chengzhi know?"
"God knows?"
After a pause, Pei Sui said urgently, "It seems that what was said in the letter about Cheng Jingjun's affairs is not groundless. I'll summon him as soon as possible..."
"Yes!"
Chang Yizhi nodded solemnly and shouted outside the tent, "Come here, summon me as a general, and say that an old friend is visiting, and invite him to meet..."
Li Chengzhi and Cheng Jingjun have a bird-feather story, and the only thing that can connect them is that they are both from the Wei Dynasty.
Outsiders don't know this, so they assume that even if Cheng Jingjun is not an official in the same palace or in the same camp as Li Chengzhi, he should at least be familiar with Li Chengzhi's father and brother. Therefore, there is no one who listens to Chang Yi's call to Cheng Jingjun.
Suspicious.
After giving the order, Chang Yizhi glanced at Li Rui, who was standing motionless under the case, pretending he didn't exist, and then looked at his confidant who was still kneeling on the ground, sweating profusely.
That's all, it's not too late to deal with it after asking Cheng Jingjun...
Not long after, Cheng Jingjun arrived as promised.
But he was brought in: his face was smeared with plaster, and his body was wrapped in medical cloth. He may have drunk a lot of wine to relieve the pain, and he seemed a little drunk.
Cheng Jingjun summoned up his energy to greet Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui: "I have seen the county magistrate, the county son!"
Chang Yizhi just said "hmm" softly, and then stared at Cheng Jingjun with eyes as bright as lightning.
He just stared without saying a word, his eyes were majestic and cold, just like looking at an enemy.
Cheng Jingjun was only a little drunk, but not drunk to death, so after only a few breaths, he noticed something was wrong and asked suspiciously: "I dare to ask the county magistrate, but... where is the mistake in the next word?"
"Haha..."
Chang Yi Zhi Tu sneered, "Recruiting dead soldiers, secretly summoning assassins, assassinating Poyang County Magistrate Chang Yonghe's family... Jingjun, Jingjun, do you know that murdering an official of the imperial court is an accomplice to treason?"
To commit such a heinous crime, how could you have the heart and courage to ask me: Where did you go wrong?"
As if a thunderbolt hit his head, Cheng Jingjun suddenly stood up, his eyes staring like bull's eyes, staring at Chang Yizhi in shock and fear. But in just an instant, his originally dark and red face turned as white as a
piece of paper.
It’s over...Is this really happening?
Pei Sui wailed secretly and wanted to hit his face with his palm.
Chang Yizhi secretly sighed and picked out the piece of Cheng Jingjun's secret from the case: "When you killed the prefect of Sucheng and surrendered the city, was it because you were avenging Xue's murder of your father?" p>
When Cheng Jingjun thought that the incident had already happened and the official arrest document from the court had been sent to the Changyi case, Cheng Jingjun felt that all thoughts were lost:
"Now that the matter has come to this, I have no excuses for you. The revenge for killing my father is irreconcilable, so I have a clear conscience... I have pitied my wife and children in the capital, and I have failed to live up to the expectations of your majesty and the county magistrate... I have no other choice.
He just begged for a quick death and hoped that the county would be fulfilled..."
Saying that, Cheng Jingjun knocked his head heavily on the ground.
Pei Sui grinned as if he had a toothache.
In comparison, his crimes are even worse. Even Sung Kyung-joon just wants a quick death, so is he going to wipe his neck too?
"Are you panicking?"
After scolding, he asked again, "Let me ask you, have you ever confided this matter to anyone besides you?"
"Such secrets can lead to death if the news comes out. How can a subordinate be so ignorant? My mother died early, before my father. All the sons are young and have nothing to do, and Zhuo Jing is only a housewife.
It’s useless to say it, it’s so annoying...
Therefore, except for the lower officials, no one else knew about this matter... Even those dead soldiers and assassins have dealt with them many times, and they only kill people, not at the mercy of anyone..."
At this point, Cheng Jingjun raised his head fiercely and asked in fear: "So the general is brave enough to ask the county magistrate: How did the imperial court find out? There was no clue in advance, let alone the slightest rumor.
?"
It would be great if the court found out?
Chang Yizhi seemed calm and calm. But Pei Sui was beside him, so he could see very clearly: Seeing Cheng Jingjun's confession, Chang Yizhi put down the pages of letter paper. But the case was put down.
Before, those thin pages were shaking like chaff?
Pei Sui wondered if Chang Yi was hiding a huge secret in his heart, thinking that Li Chengzhi had discovered it, so he was worried about what happened?
In fact, he only guessed half of it right.
Everyone has secrets, and Chang Yizhi is no exception.
In the first year of Tianjian, Xiao Yan proclaimed himself emperor and rewarded meritorious ministers. Chang Yi was Xiao Yan's confidant, so naturally he was among them.
In addition to conferring titles and official titles, Xiao Yan had a sudden idea and also granted marriage to Chang Yi. At that time, Chang Yi was already in his forties, and he had one wife and two concubines in their prime.
Naturally, the emperor's concubine cannot be a concubine, nor can she serve the same husband with others.
However, in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, this was not uncommon. Not to mention the emperor's grant of marriage, if there was a commoner or a poor family, once they became prominent, they would often be married to aristocratic families, and most of them would gladly agree, and then either give their wives a glass of poisonous wine, or
One foot of white silk may sink into the lake and drown.
However, Chang Yizhi had a deep love for his wife and concubines, and since they were all adults, he was afraid of leaving hidden dangers, so he politely refused.
But when he returned home after seeing the emperor, his wife and two concubines committed suicide by hanging from the beam.
No one knew the details, but they were kept secret by both the government and the public. Two months later, Chang Yizhi married Princess Changxing and gave birth to a son the following year.
Two years later, Xiao Yizhi, the emperor's uncle and the father of Princess Changxing, died of illness. The next month, Princess Changxing missed her so much that she accidentally fell into the water and drowned.
It was rumored by both the government and the public that it was Chang Yi who drowned Princess Changxing to avenge the death of his wife. The Xiao clan was aggrieved and requested the emperor to investigate thoroughly.
But finding no clue is like fishing for the moon in the water, and in the end we can only let it go.
However, it may not be without reason. Princess Changxing was indeed drowned by Chang Yizhi. But this is not what the world has said. It was because Chang Yizhi avenged the death of his wife.
As the saying goes, every grievance has its own owner, and every debt has its own owner. Princess Changxing is just a weak woman who acts according to the orders of her father and brother. Even if Changyi's hatred is grievances, she cannot be blamed on him.
But Chang Yi's actions were not secretive, and Princess Changxing inadvertently found out about the poisoning of Xiao Yi, the king of Yicheng'an, and she had no choice but to keep silent.
Therefore, in terms of crimes, Pei Sui and Cheng Jingjun together are not as good as one of his ten...
Chang Yi was surprised and wondered whether this secret had also been known to Li Chengzhi. Just like a knife and an ax on the neck, the most frightening moment is when the solution is unresolved, so Li Chengzhi did not write it in the letter.
But this is only secondary. After all, nearly six years have passed to catch cheaters and doubles, and thieves and stolen goods. How can there be any evidence?
Even after being introduced to the Emperor's country, Xiao Yan's indulgence in his confidants and his nature of cherishing feathers, at most, gradually left him in the cold, but his life was still safe.
Chang Yi was horrified: How did Li Chengzhi know such a secret?
Chang Yizhi's heart tightened when he thought of Yuan Li and Yu Zhongyu's words in the account.
God-given person...
Able to pinch and calculate, a miraculous calculation...
What’s more, what does Li Chengzhi mean by doing this?
Chang Yizhi calmed down, narrowed his eyes slightly, and revealed two cold gleams, piercing Li Rui: "At this time, it seems that it is not that Duke Li's cronies stole the secret and fled south, but that Duke Li secretly sent his confidants to build a Is Kang Xing making countermeasures?"
"The County Marquis Mingjian!"
Li Ruigong replied, "It's not just Lang Jun's confidants... Last night, due to lax supervision, several military generals from your dynasty escaped from their camp and have disappeared..."
Are you afraid of missing a bird feather?
Fearing that he had been bribed by Li Chengzhi, or that he had secretly used tricks to make the captive generals think that I was doing justice, Pei Sui and Cheng Jingjun were secretly trapped in Li Chengzhi's trap, so they fled south overnight and went to the capital to report to the emperor. .
Chang Yizhi chuckled: "I just left last night, and it was only a day before I set off. I immediately sent my horse to Jiankang. How could I know that I couldn't be one step ahead of schedule and intercept the trusted general outside the capital?" /p>
Li Rui looked at Chang Yizhi as if he were a fool: Lang Jun said he sent people to Jiankang just last night, do you really believe it?
"It is true that the captives of your dynasty just left last night, but Lang Jun also said: If the thief dares to risk everything to steal the secret, he must have planned it for a long time. He must have seen the county magistrate and the county son and other secrets before...
Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that the person who committed the theft would not have sent someone to Jiankang to report it earlier... Maybe by this time, the Southern Emperor had already known everything about it, and Jiankang had already spread rumors about it. What's more, he might have removed the military power of the county magistrate and escorted him to the capital for questioning. The imperial envoy has already set off from Jiankang... Therefore, Lang Jun sent his servant to advise the county magistrate: Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to give it a try..."
Sit back and wait for death...give it a try?
"Hahahaha..."
Chang Yi burst out laughing wildly, "Li Chengzhi, a young boy with a yellow mouth, dares to do anything to me? I have been in high and low officialdom, conquering for half my life, and I don't know how many storms and waves I have experienced.
He also knows that I and Your Majesty have known each other for decades and have known each other for decades. Your Majesty and I are in love with each other, and our love is as deep as the sea. How can it be that these trivial tricks of his can drive a wedge between me and my ministers?"
"What the County Marquis said is true... Lang Jun once said: With the friendship between the County Marquis and Your Majesty, it is impossible to sow discord with just a few words..."
Li Rui did not argue, and carefully recalled the various explanations Li Chengzhi gave him before coming here: "But what if His Majesty is forced to kill him as a warning to others?"
Hearing the words "use as a warning", Chang Yi suddenly paused, but Pei Sui was so shocked that his hair stood up.
It is also strange that Pei Sui spoke without restraint. His words "Xiao Yan is a rebellious minister and a traitor, everyone will find him and punish him" are really taboo. As long as the news spread to Jiankang and the emperor summoned Pei Guang, the truth would come to light with a simple deception. But ask yourself, he, Pei Sui, does not have such a deep friendship with the emperor as Chang Yizhi. Even if Xiao Yan's magnanimous temperament will not kill him, he will definitely kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
At least he's done being handsome...
Furthermore, judging from the words of this servant of the Li family, it seems that Li Chengzhi has some back-ups left?
Chang Yizhi breathed out slowly: "If there are any other tricks that Mr. Li has, please tell us about them all?"
"Okay!"
Li Ruilang responded and said four words in a leisurely manner: "Wang Meng, golden sword!"
Just like the bells in the morning and the drums in the evening, their ears are buzzing. Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui were shocked at the same time, shocked and angry.
Both of them are well-read history books, how could they not know the famous golden sword strategy in history?
When the Five Hus were fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, there was internal strife in the former Yan State. Murong Chui, the king of Wu, betrayed the former Yan State and defected to Fu Jian of the former Qin State.
Murong Chuitian used his talents, was both civil and military, and had a reputation as a virtuous man. When Huan Wen went on the Northern Expedition, he was the leader who defeated Fangtou. When Fu Jian learned that Murong Chui had come to surrender, he was overjoyed and came to greet him personally. p>
At that time, Wang Meng, the Prime Minister of the former Qin Dynasty, warned Fu that Murong Chui was definitely not someone who was dependent on others, and would eventually become an enemy of the former Qin Dynasty. He therefore advised the King of Heaven to get rid of Murong Chui to avoid future troubles.
However, Fu Jian had a kind and kind temperament, and although Wang Meng repeatedly remonstrated, they were all ignored. Wang Meng was not discouraged, thinking that if you don't kill Murong Chui, I will create opportunities for you to kill him.
The next year, Fu Jian and Fu Yan worshiped Wang Meng as the general. Fu Jian also recommended the five fierce men and appointed Murong Lingchong, the eldest son of Murong Chui, as the guide of the army and appointed him to join the army.
Then, the most exciting scene came: on the eve of the expedition, Wang Meng paid a visit to Murong Chui on the pretext of asking for advice. Murong Bu doubted that he had it, and he talked about everything he knew. He also hosted a banquet in honor of Wang Meng.
After thirty years of drinking, he was already half drunk. When saying goodbye, Wang Meng took off his jade pendant and gave it to Murong Chui as a sign of friendship. Murong Chui was flattered and immediately took off the golden knife beside his waist as a return gift.
Later, when the army set off for the expedition and was about to arrive in Luoyang, the capital of the former Yan Emperor, Wang Meng bribed Murong Chui's cronies with high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and awarded them with golden swords. He ordered them to deceive Murong Ling, saying that Murong Chui had regrets and wanted to abandon the dark side and join the bright side.
Shi.
There was a personal golden sword that his father regarded as a treasure as proof, and it was his father's close confidant who came with the sword. Murong Ling didn't know what the plan was, so he turned against him in front of the formation.
It's a pity that he only joined the army and had no soldiers. He only fled back to Qianyan with dozens of soldiers.
News that Murong Ling rebelled against Murong Chui's order spread back to Chang'an. Murong Chui knew that he had been tricked, and even more so that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to escape, so he defected overnight.
Later, he was captured alive by the pursuers sent by Fu Jian, but even so, Fu Jian did not kill him. Instead, he comforted him with gentle words, saying that even if they were father and son, they were not guilty. Afterwards, he treated him as before...<
/p>
And after that, it was true as Wang Meng said: after Wang Meng died, no one could dissuade him, and Murong Chui became more and more powerful. Finally, after Fu Jian defeated Feishui, he led his army to rebel, which became the last straw for the former Qin Dynasty. p>
If Fu Jianquan had knowledge, he might even regret it in his intestines, right?
The reason why Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui changed their expressions in horror is because they knew that this plan was vicious and incomprehensible.
The secrets Li Chengzhi said in the letter were just like Wang Meng begging Murong Chui for the golden sword. Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, Cheng Jingjun and other three people gave it to Jiankang's family, just like Murong Chui's son Murong Ling
.
As long as Li Chengzhi sends his confidants and uses the three people's secrets as evidence, he will most likely be able to gain the trust of their families.
There is no need to encourage Murong Chui's family to rebel as he did. Just saying that Chang Yi and others knew that someone had told the emperor this secret could make him flee like a frightened bird overnight.
After he escaped from Jiankang, Li Chengzhi's confidants either spread rumors or sent people to report him, claiming that Chang Yi and others had defected to Wei.
At that time, it was seen that even his family members had fled the capital. The question was, how could the emperor trust Chang Yizhi, and how should he treat him?
Moreover, people say that gold is like gold, and gold is like gold, and the emperor is not the only one who has the final say in such a huge court!
This is a conspiracy, and Li Chengzhi has already made up his mind: Even if the whole story is revealed, there is nothing Chang Yizhi can do...
Pei Sui was so anxious and hateful that he wished he could call someone to pull Li Rui down and cut him into pieces.
He thought about it in every possible way, thinking that it would be Chang Yizhi to change his place, so now he had no other choice but to retreat as soon as possible.
And they have to retreat as fast as they go. If they miss tonight, the three of them will definitely regret it for the rest of their lives.
As for Cheng Jingjun, it was only now that he finally got over his feelings. He glanced at Li Rui from time to time, and then at the pages of stationery in front of Chang Yizhi.
It turns out that it wasn’t the imperial court that took his official documents?
At this time, he had no time to care about how Wei Shuai learned about it, and he only had one thought in his mind: How to escape this disaster?
It's not about living, but he can't die until his enemy is dead and his revenge is not avenged...
But Chang Yizhi was shocked and angry.
What’s surprising is how did Li Chengzhi learn about such secrets?
Is he really a gifted person? Can he pinch and calculate?
The angry one is that this plan has no solution, it can be called poison after poison...
He took a few deep breaths to force himself to calm down, then slowly closed his eyes, calculating the gains and losses.
But after thinking about it, I can't find even half a good idea except retreating the troops?
After hesitating for a long time, Chang Yizhi opened his eyes and suddenly sighed: "Send the order, retreat immediately!"