I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 243 Resentment and the way back (one update, maybe two)

One of the teams of the Xiao Family Army is a bit special.

"Their battalion commander's surname is Su, and the Su family was also a big family back then."

Decades ago, when it came to the Su family in Yangzhou, everyone knew about the famous family.

However, the ancestors of the Su family had a relationship with the Jin people. Before the Great Jin destroyed the Jin, the Su family and the Jin army withdrew many people, leaving only the old, the weak, the sick, and a few children. To win people's hearts, besides, Da Jingang also needs a sufficient population to establish a country, so he is merciful to the descendants of the Su family.

When Xiao Qingbai said this, he couldn't control his emotions anymore, his veins popped up, and he smashed the wine glass.

"It was the soft-heartedness towards the Su family back then that left a scourge."

As soon as the Holy Majesty's imperial decree arrived, Xiao Nansheng began to gather troops from all teams to prepare for the battle layout.

However, on the night before the attack, Su Guang led more than 300 people under his command to flee. When General Xiao found out, more than [-] people had died under his sword. There were less than [-] people, one of whom was Su Guang's bodyguard.

After some torture, I learned that Su Guang, in order to avenge his so-called family feud, had "bearable humiliation" and joined Xiao's army for ten years. After ten years of bloodshed, he won General Xiao's trust and entrustment.Unexpectedly, at a critical moment, I gave the general a blow. Not only did I become a fugitive, but I also killed hundreds of officers and soldiers in the army. I only hate that I am incompetent, incompetent in the process of chasing and fleeing... I can't kill the thief, so many people died in vain. , and in the end..." Xiao Qingbaihu had tears in his eyes, endured the pain in his heart, and explained the reasons one by one.

Lu Xizhi had already guessed that if Xiao Nansheng was wrongly accused of treason back then, it must be related to insiders and people close to him.

Runaway soldiers are always an unavoidable phenomenon in the current army, especially aliens with blood from other countries. People who are not of our race must have different hearts.

Traveling so long, she also heard from Yuan Yanxi that when he took over the 300 elites from Zhenyuan Hou, when he was transferred to the northern line via Jiangyin, nearly [-] people escaped and defected to the enemy. Relatively speaking, it is already an elite division with extremely strict discipline.In the end, nearly a hundred of the more than [-] fugitives were captured and killed by the army, and the others also sent letters to various arrest envoys and the prefecture and county yamen where the fugitive's household registration was registered, requesting cooperation in the arrest. Those who died, the rest were all captured.

Of course, all the deserters were executed on the spot, and their bodies were buried uniformly, and they were not allowed to return to the clan.

"Guard Xiao, Da Jin's laws have always severely punished deserters. Why weren't Su Guang and the 3000 people he took away given the death penalty?"

"Because they were not regarded as deserters at all!" Xiao Qingbai said bitterly.

"Su Guang was stopped by Chang Chonghu's army, but he kept accusing General Xiao of not planning to send troops to Bakka City at all, but colluded with the king of Bagan secretly. The Grand Prince of Bagan’s elite counterattacked Jingzhou, taking advantage of the fact that all the main forces of Dajin were assembled in the south, and took the opportunity to incite the Khmer army to encircle Jingzhou in one fell swoop, threatening Emperor Dajin to cede Jingzhou.”

"The emperor believed it? Just relying on Su Guang's mouth without evidence?" Lu Xizhi was puzzled.

Xiao Qingbai's face was gloomy, "At first, the emperor naturally didn't believe it, but Chang Chonghu took out a secret letter intercepted by Su Guang. It is the direct evidence of the collusion between General Xiao and the Bagan royal family, and it is the general's own handwriting!"

What do you not understand when you hear this?Why did Su Guang prefer to die rather than die, so he was stopped by Chang Chonghu on his way to Beijing to sue the court?

"Both Chang Chonghu and Su Guang have something to do with the Kingdom of Jin, why does the Emperor trust them..." Lu Xizhi murmured earnestly.

"Chang Chonghu, that bastard, and Qi Tianyin, that dog emperor, listened to the rumors and killed tens of thousands of Zhongliang in Xiao's army. I only hate that I have been incognito for many years, and I failed to kill them to avenge the general!"

Lu Xizhi hurriedly looked around at his roar, and there was also a sound of shattering porcelain from the kitchen, and he thought he was frightened by such outrageous words.

"What about Su Guang?"

"Missing." Xiao Qingbai continued to eat side dishes indifferently, "Back then, after the general fell off the cliff, Su Guang and the letter disappeared together."

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"His Royal Highness Prince Jing, Governor Yuan, the imperial decree has arrived." Just as Yuan Yanxi was staring at the chessboard, thinking about how to propose marriage to the Lu family when he went back, Lei Ming rushed to the front and reported loudly.

Yuan Yanxi smiled after a long absence, stretched out his hand to mess up the chessboard and said, "The imperial decree has arrived, let's go."

"Look at how happy you are. What important person made you wait so eagerly for the emperor's imperial edict, maybe it's not a girl?" Prince Jing Qi Yuchen watched the chessboard being destroyed, and couldn't help joking with him, I didn't bother to care about Yuan Yanxi's rare behavior, he smiled, got up, waved his hand, and motioned for a few guards around him to come up to support him, and didn't change his clothes, just walked out of the back garden crookedly, and rushed to the plum garden. He went to the gate of the garden to receive the order.

The eunuch who came to pass the decree was a young eunuch. He looked like he was dressed in the seventh rank, but his face was tight. He looked like someone who had just been promoted. Only then did he see the faces of King Jing and Factory Governor Yuan. Well, there was no pleasantries, and the imperial decree was launched in a hurry, causing Qi Yuchen to kneel on the ground as soon as he stood still.

"The emperor issued an edict saying: Prince Jing, Qi Yuchen, has worked hard for the country. He is allowed to return to Beijing to recuperate from his illness. In addition, Prince Jing and General Yuan are ordered to return to Beijing to report on their duties. I respect you!" The little eunuch's voice was loud, but there was a trace of nervousness , recited extremely quickly, but generally expressed the will clearly.

"My son, thank you Lord Long En." Qi Yuchen kowtowed his head meticulously, then barely stood up, stretched out his hand to receive the imperial decree, and at the same time did not forget to quietly stuff the "red envelope" that he had prepared a long time ago into the hand of the little eunuch , and said very politely in his mouth: "There is a father-in-law, how dare you ask him how to call him?"

The little eunuch was obviously just a baby. He was already very nervous when he went out to announce the decree for the first time. When he received the thick red envelope, he immediately showed a trace of panic on his face, and stammered back: "Your Highness, you are welcome, servant girl, The maidservant’s surname is Hu, only one name is Lin, from Yunzhou, and everyone calls the maidservant Xiao Linzi..." Well, this one is really nervous, Qi Yuchen is just being polite, this one is good, he has the whole family tree Poured out.

Although Qi Yuchen listened to it with a smile, his heart couldn't help being moved. There was no one else, the imperial decree was important, but he sent a newly promoted young eunuch to travel thousands of miles to deliver it, which shows that there have been quite a few changes in the palace.Perhaps a large number of eunuch leaders in the palace have changed. Those old and skilled old eunuchs were probably all sent away by the emperor to retire. Please take a rest inside, drink a few cups, and relieve fatigue first, Xiao Wang is injured, but he can't drink alcohol, so can we accompany him with tea?"

Qi Yuchen's reputation was greatly shaken in this battle. No one in the Manchu capital knew about it. Although Hu Lin was promoted just now, he had heard a lot about the tempers of the princes on weekdays. Seeing Qi Yuchen being polite at this time, He was even more moved, and replied politely: "Thank you for your love, Your Highness, and I will return to Beijing immediately, so I won't disturb Your Highness's recuperation."

Qi Yuchen wanted to have a good chat with this little eunuch, and listen to the details of the accidents in the palace, so he would not let Hu Lin go, so he smiled and said: "It's getting late, why don't you rest up for half a day first? Wang asked the kitchen to cook a few small dishes, and it would not be too late for the father-in-law to stay overnight."

Seeing Qi Yuchen's politeness, the little eunuch Hu Lin felt grateful, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey, and the servants will come and chatter Your Highness." Speaking of this, looking left and right, he got close to Qi Yuchen's face mysteriously. Approaching him, he said softly: "Your Highness, the road is not smooth now, Your Highness should be more careful." As soon as the words fell, Qi Yuchen didn't give Qi Yuchen a chance to ask any questions. The officers and soldiers of the Habayashi Army turned around and hurried away with the servant.

Qi Yuchen and Yuan Yanxi looked at each other, and he knew that the latter had heard what Hu Lin said just now.

Um?Uneasy?What exactly does this kid mean?Qi Yuchen was stunned for a while, but he couldn't understand Hu Lin's last sentence.It wasn't until the people from the capital had gone far away that he turned around and entered the door full of doubts.

However, Yuan Yanxi saw a fleeting look in the eyes of the lieutenant not far away who accompanied him to receive the order the moment he turned around.

(End of this chapter)