The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, it's really troublesome among the rear troops," Wang Meng said, but even though he was saying these words, there was a smile on his face, a smile of appreciation, "Our people went in After that, there was no talk of any news at all at first, but the people in the rear army were very united, and they didn't have a good look at this kind of people who were obviously able to be inserted in the middle of the way.

"After our brothers went in, they didn't reveal their intentions, but even so, they were 'cold' for a long time. For half a month, almost no one talked to them. Your lord has arranged some things, and this is what makes those people accept our brother, "

"Arranged some things." Hearing Wang Meng say this, even though he understood that this was just a small episode and an overtone, Zhang Fan became interested in his heart and couldn't help asking, "What kind of things did you arrange?" , actually let those people agree with us, "

"This..." When Wang Meng heard that Zhang Fan didn't ask a serious question, but asked such a question, even he was absent-minded for a while, but Wang Meng recovered quickly. Unambiguously, he said, "My lord, those who are humble are also those who come out of the army. Although they are not from the Imperial Forest Army, they are still in the army after all, and many rules are the same.

"In the army, there is no other way to be recognized by others except to show your own strength. However, if it is placed in the frontier army, it is okay. After all, although there is no war with the Tartars now, it is still A small group of Tartars came to harass the people, and if they behaved well among them, it would be fine, but on the side of the Fifth Army, the Imperial Forest Army would have no chance to fight outsiders.

"That's why I asked Mr. Zheng to arrange a martial arts competition. Although it is not formal, you can understand that a large group of elders in the army are the kind of people who refuse to obey anyone. This kind of thing It is an opportunity for them to show their strength, and it is absolutely impossible for them to oppose it.

"And the brothers also behaved just right. Although they didn't look too conspicuous, it also made those who looked down on them understand that they are all capable. It's just that this person wants to save face. These people have accepted the brothers in their hearts, but they don’t come to chat right away, they come after a while, but in short, they finally found out something now, "

"So that's how it is," Zhang Fan understood after listening to Wang Meng's explanation. Indeed, just as Wang Meng said, in the army, although it is not much different from the officialdom, there are intrigues, There are also people's various desires, but the army is an army after all, and the existence of such things as strength is naturally indispensable in it. The army, whether it is the frontier army that often talks about fighting, or the imperial forest army that has almost no enemy needs, Its essence will not change, they are all troops, and they may all encounter situations where they need to go up to fight, and at this time, if they can have a powerful companion, for the soldiers, they don't care about the outcome of the battle. They can't win, they only hope that they can survive. Of course, if they can ensure their survival, they can think about other things, such as making meritorious deeds or something.

It can be said that Wang Meng prescribes the right medicine for the case. This martial arts competition can be regarded as hitting the most practical vital point of these soldiers. Of course, Zhang Fan asked about this matter because he was purely curious, and there was no other reason involved. Going in, it's just that he personally wants to know.

"Well, since that's the case, what exactly did I find out about?" Zhang Fan satiated his curiosity, and started to ask about something serious.

Hearing Zhang Fan's question, Wang Meng didn't hesitate, and immediately replied: "My lord, that's what happened. After the brothers could talk to some of them, they began to inquire about what happened that day, but what happened that day , It seems that the imperial court has also issued a gag order, and few people are willing to mention it, so even though our brothers can already talk to these people, they haven't found much information.

"Until three days ago, our people got the news that on the day Zhuo Yang went to assassinate, among the people stationed outside that place, when the news of His Majesty's assassination came, and ordered these people When the guards were strictly guarded and no one was allowed to enter, there was a person who disappeared, "

"What did you say?" Hearing Wang Meng's news, Zhang Fan also became vigilant. "You said that someone disappeared that day. Please tell me in detail what happened."

"The higher-ups don't know about this news, and it seems to be suppressed by the people below," Wang Meng explained, "When Mr. Zheng ordered people to be stationed outside, he always patrolled the surrounding area with a team of one. It is said that When the people stationed on the periphery received the order from Yan Shou, an ordinary soldier disappeared. At that time, they didn't know what happened. They didn't report it, so they just looked for someone everywhere. After all, this kind of thing, at this time someone left Taking off is equivalent to running away. If that person is caught, there will be no good fruit to eat, not only that person, but even the leader of the team will be punished, so they did not report it immediately, but went to Looking for someone.

"In the end, until Zhuo Yang was caught by the humble staff, the person was found there. It is said that when the person was found, he was lying on the ground and was beaten unconscious. As a result, Those people thought that Zhuo Yang had knocked the man out before entering, so they were afraid that the higher-ups would know that the assassin came in from their side to assassinate His Majesty, and they were afraid of being implicated, so they didn't tell the matter."

"So that's how it is," Zhang Fan nodded after listening to Wang Meng's words, and said, "It's understandable, after all, the relationship between this matter, once the matter of these people is known, either nothing will happen, or something big will happen. , but, Zhuo Yang never mentioned this matter to me, did he knock anyone out that night?"

"My lord, this is the main point that I want to talk about," Wang Meng said, "With Zhuo Yang's skill, perhaps in terms of opponents, I can beat him steadily, but when it comes to physical skills, I am not as good as him Well, it's impossible for those soldiers in the rear army to catch him, so there's no need to ask about this kind of thing. The humble officer can be sure that Zhuo Yang won't stun anyone at all, but this matter, my lord I also told him to be cautious, so just in case, I went to Zhuo Yang to confirm it again. As I expected, Zhuo Yang didn't attack anyone outside that day. inside,"

"That is to say..." Following Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan said, "That person is talking nonsense."

"That's right," Wang Meng said with certainty, "and it couldn't be someone else. That night, Mr. Zheng gave such an order. These people would never joke around, so coaxing is basically impossible, but That night, apart from Zhuo Yang, no one else went there, so this person must be weird, "

"It seems that he played a trick," Zhang Fan said.

"No, my lord, in fact, I feel that the matter is not that simple," Wang Meng continued, "No matter what that person did that night, he should have a helper."

"Oh, how do you know that?" Zhang Fan asked after Wang Meng said that there was a helper.

"For one thing, in such a short period of time, it is impossible for him to come to the capital to report the news and then return," Wang Meng said, "so he must have someone there to meet him. He told the news to that person, and then that person came to the capital , Of course, it is also possible to use other methods, such as Feige passing on the letter, but I still feel that someone should be responding, "

"Well, how do you know that?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but become curious when he heard Wang Meng's certainty.

"Forget, my lord, I just said that that person was knocked out," Wang Meng said, "If you hit yourself, unless you use things, such as stones, scabbards, or simply However, in that way, firstly, he will not appear to be knocked out, and secondly, he himself will be injured, so this method will not work, and in order to deceive other people, he must really I'm dizzy, no matter how much I pretend, it's possible to show my tricks.

"However, in this way, you can only knock him out with your hands, with your fists, but knocking yourself out with your hands has nothing to do with martial arts. No matter how advanced the martial arts is, there is no such way, or you can do anything. No, or you will be seriously injured or even die, but if you want to hit yourself, just knock yourself out but not get hurt, no one can do it,"

"That is to say..." Hearing what Wang Meng said, Zhang Fan already understood, "This person was knocked out, so someone else must have done it, and at that time, everyone here was present, so it should There will be no other people from the rear army, and Zhuo Yang also admitted that he didn't do anything to anyone when he went in, that is to say, the person who knocked him out must be someone from outside, that is, he came to the capital The person who reported the message, "

"What your lord said is right, that's exactly what humble post means," Wang Meng said.

Zhang Fan began to think about it, and after a while, he said to Wang Meng: "This is a clue, and it is the only clue we have now, so we must not let it go, but this person is in the rear army, and he wants to find him. It’s not easy to come out with some cheating, we have to find a way to let him come out for a while and give him some freedom, so maybe he can lead us to find someone, maybe.”