Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 519 Replacement 2.0

More than a hundred torches were erected in the open space in front of the camp, illuminating the entire camp brightly.

The [-] soldiers of the Wangxin Town Garrison gathered in the open space. When they saw the people tied to the pillars, some soldiers who had ghosts in their hearts and couldn't hide their affairs began to lose control of their bodies. Shaking non-stop, and some even limp on the ground, Song Qiyun didn't need to bother to find them, they exposed themselves.

"Tie it up!" Song Qiyun waved his hands, looked at these twenty-odd people, and sneered, "Look at your cowardly appearance, with your virtue, you are worthy of being our soldiers in Daxia? Captain Dai, be careful Judge, you can't let go of any details! This king wants to see how many bastards there are in the Wangxin Town garrison!"

"Yes, the order of the last general!"

The whole interrogation went smoothly, and in less than an hour, the eyeliner that the magistrate Niu had placed in the garrison of Wangxin Town was found out without hesitation.

Song Qiyun looked at the hundred or so people kneeling in front of him, and at the thick stack of confessions in his hands, and remained silent for a long time without saying a word.

He was so shocked that he never expected that so many people would willingly work for magistrate Niu.

"Magistrate Niu's skills are really not small, and his methods are also very good. He actually bought so many people to work for him!" Song Qiyun clapped the paper in his hand vigorously, "You are eating Daxia's food and drinking Daxia's. Shui, who received the salary from the Ministry of War, but secretly colluded with people with bad intentions, you are really kind, and you are really very loyal to His Majesty! When you do this kind of thing, don't think about it, in case something happens in the future, Will it implicate the Nine Clans to suffer together with you?"

"Back... Back to Vice General Song!" A school lieutenant surnamed Dong kneeling at the front said tremblingly, "The lowly officials don't know that the county lord has evil intentions, he...he was directly appointed by His Majesty, the humble officials I thought it was His Majesty's acquiescence, so..." He swallowed twice, "If he knew that this was his conspiracy, no matter how lowly he would not be used by him."

"You don't know anything, you don't understand anything, you just follow orders, right? Okay, you listen to the orders of Niu County Magistrate, why don't you listen to General Wu? He is the top general of the garrison, right?" Song Qiyun sneered With a sigh, he handed the confession in his hand to Dai Yi, "Send it back to the commander-in-chief. Please show me how to deal with these people."

"Yes, I will retire at the end."

Dai Yi took the four shadows and galloped back to the post house.

"General Wu!" Song Qiyun turned around and looked at Wu Fei, "Why didn't you report such a big thing? A few days ago, the Grand Commander returned to Beijing from Jiaping Pass, why didn't you report this to the Grand Commander? Is there any unspeakable secret?"

"Returning to the prince, I have to defend myself. It's not because I've neglected my duty, but because I'm powerless."

"Willing and powerless? This word is used well, so why don't you talk about it?"

"Yes, my lord!" Wu Fei knelt down on one knee, "The change of the county lord began two years ago. At that time, the county lord had a serious illness. After he recovered, his whole person changed drastically. Before Although the county lord is strict, he is also approachable, but the county lord after recovering from illness is completely like a different person."

"It's a different person?" Song Qiyun recalled what Ying Shi Fifteen said, "Is it his looks or his temperament?"

"It's a big change in temperament. He treats his subordinates extremely harshly, and even cuts off the subordinates' contact with the outside world. In the past, soldiers could write family letters once a month, but now without the permission of the county lord, even the county magistrate Meng I don’t have the right to write letters to my family, let alone submit a statement to His Majesty, there is no such possibility.” He raised his head to look at Song Qiyun, who had a serious expression, “The prince said that the commander-in-chief had passed through Wangxin Town when he returned to Beijing, and I also think that It was an opportunity, but the county lord did not let the minister see the commander-in-chief at all. The minister repeatedly asked to see him, but was blocked by the county lord. He said that the commander-in-chief had worked hard, so don't disturb the commander-in-chief to rest if there is nothing important to do .”

"General Wu, what you said today must be true, otherwise, you will be charged with false accusations, do you understand?"

"I understand that I can be responsible for what I say."

"My lord, what General Wu said is true!" The general who knelt behind Wu Fei bowed his hands to Song Qiyun, "In the past two years, the general has written many memorials, but none of them can be heard by the heavens. These memorials are sealed in the general. If the prince wants to check it, he will be able to pick it up at the end."

"No hurry." Song Qiyun waved his hand, "If the commander, general, or commander needs it, you can submit it."

"Yes!"

"Apart from this, did Magistrate Niu have any other abnormal behavior?"

"Back to the prince, there are many. It stands to reason that the general is a fourth-rank, and the county lord is only a sixth-rank. When he sees the general, he has to salute, but the county lord always asks the general to salute him. The general must be scolded head-on and face-to-face. Several times, the general was punished in front of the people."

"There is such a thing?" Song Qiyun frowned and looked at Wu Fei, "Why didn't you say it?"

Wu Fei shook his head, expressing that he didn't care about such trivial matters.

"My lord, you know our general well. You don't like to fight in everything, and you don't really care if you are wronged. But it is the general's temperament that fuels the arrogance of some people and makes them insult the general even more! "The more the general said, the more angry he felt, and he felt worthless for Wu Fei.He turned around and pointed to a few people kneeling in the crowd, "These people are in charge of the dining room of the camp. Every time the general offends the county lord, they will either refuse to eat the general, or give him cold or bad food. Your lord Well, our general is a fourth-rank member of the imperial court after all, and our life is not as good as that of a commoner in Daxia!"

"Is what he said true?"

Song Qiyun never listened to one side's words, since both parties are here, let them confront each other face to face, so as not to wrong someone.

"It's...it's true." The people who were pointed out didn't know Song Qiyun's identity, but hearing that Wu Fei and his generals treated him with respect and called him "Prince", they also knew that this person had a lot of background. The surname is Song, and nine out of ten are children of the royal family, let alone talking nonsense, so I can only honestly explain all the immoral things I have done. "The reason why the lowly officials did this is because the county officials told the lowly officials that General Wu has evil intentions and he needs to teach him a lesson. If the humble officials knew that this was a conspiracy by the county officials, it would not be wrong to give them a hundred courage. How dare you do that!"

"Very well, this is putting all the blame on County Magistrate Niu." Song Qiyun nodded and looked at the general, "If there is anything else, let's talk about it today, don't hold it in your heart."

"Thank you, Lord, for your understanding!" The general cupped his hands, "Just now our general said that he wanted to meet with the commander many times, but was rejected by the county lord. The general's statement was more euphemistic, and he left it to the county lord. A little bit of face, the attitude of the county lord at that time was extremely arrogant and very rude. He said that our general's rank is too low, and he is not worthy of seeing the commander-in-chief, so don't dirty the commander-in-chief's eyes."

Song Qiyun wanted to ask if these were the original words of the county magistrate Niu, but before he could speak, he heard a rush of horseshoes from a distance. When the sound of horseshoes approached, he took a closer look and saw Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao galloped with Dai Yi, Mei Lin and Mei Zhu, and they slowed down when they approached them.

"Commander, General!" Song Qiyun walked up to Shen Haolin's and Shen Cha's horses, and nodded towards the few people who dismounted from the horses, "I'm still asking questions, why don't you all listen together?"

"That's exactly what I mean!" Shen Haolin walked in the front, and Shen Cha and Song Qiyun followed behind him, "However, we have to wait a little while, and I will send someone to invite County Magistrate Niu to come over. Since County Magistrate Niu made such a reasonable decision If it is something that cannot be tolerated, then, everyone should confront it face to face. All the soldiers can also serve as witnesses and testify, lest someone turn their backs and deny it in the future."

"The general doesn't have any objections, the general is willing to confront the county lord, everything depends on the commander!"

(End of this chapter)