First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 215 Xie County
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Gao Chong knew that it would be difficult to have a chance to fight, so he thought about making contributions from other places. You must know that the contributions made during the Wude period were all for the founding of the country, which is completely different from the contributions during the Zhenguan period.

It happened that Gao Chong had a slight impression of Dugu Huai'en's treason case. Although he didn't know who was involved, it was definitely not just Yuan Junbao.

"The man is locked in the back camp, and I will ask Rentai to bring him here," Li Shimin said straightforwardly.

Gao Chong chuckled, "Don't worry, Second Young Master, I will do it myself later, and there will be absolutely no scars."

Li Shimin was startled, "You don't think you want to use torture in my Chinese army tent?"

"Second son is serious, how can it be called torture? I just asked Yuan Junbao." Gao Chong laughed when he saw this, and then stopped Li Shimin's curiosity, "Second son, sit down and watch a good show. ".

Li Shimin had no choice but to ask Zheng Rentai to go to the back camp to bring Yuan Junbao over, then he ignored Gao Chong and went back to the desk on his own, taking his pen to review the mountain of military affairs.

Not long after, Zheng Rentai carried Yuan Junbao, who was bound hands and feet, into the tent, then bowed and retreated outside the tent to be on duty.

"What are you going to do?" Li Shimin asked with a frown as he watched Yuan Junbao struggling on the ground with his hands and feet bound and his mouth shut.

Yuan Junbao was originally the chief bookkeeper of Wuyuan County in the former Sui Dynasty, and later defected to Dugu Huai'en as a doorman, advising Dugu Huai'en, and acting as a dog-headed military adviser.

"Trouble second son, hold it down," Gao Chong grinned, walked to the desk, picked up a few pieces of high-quality paper and said.

Li Shimin was speechless when he heard the words, "Direct me, a first-rank prince, to do things, Gao Youzhi, you are very good."

Gao Chong hurriedly said with a smile: "Isn't this to find out the rebellious party?"

Li Shimin rolled his eyes, rolled up his sleeves, and stepped forward to hold Yuan Junbao tightly, not letting him move a bit. Li Shimin was already strong and strong, and Yuan Junbao, a scholar, was held down by him even though he struggled hard, but he still couldn't break free.

Gao Chong picked up the water bag hanging on the side, poured it on the paper, and then covered Yuan Junbao's face with the soaked paper. : "Ren Tae came in to help".

Zheng Rentai hurried in and assisted Li Shimin to hold down Yuan Junbao tightly, then Gao Chong put another piece of paper on Yuan Junbao's face and drenched it with water.

Yuan Junbao had even more difficulty breathing, panting heavily, Gao Chong said directly: "If you are willing to cooperate, just nod."

After finishing speaking, another piece of wet paper was placed to cover it. Yuan Junbao seemed to be engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, but the struggle was no longer intense. Just when Gao Chong was about to put the fourth piece of paper, Yuan Junbao desperately raised his head and nodded.

Gao Chong flipped the paper aside, "You can let him go now."

Li Shimin was very surprised, and shook his sore arms, "This guy is quite strong, what does this mean?"

Zheng Rentai was thoughtful, "It looks like he is about to suffocate to death."

I saw Yuan Junbao was terrified, panting heavily, looking at Gao Chong as if looking at a devil, "You...what are you going to do?"

"This wet paper covers the mouth and nose, and it is like drowning. You can't breathe. If you don't surrender, you will be layer by layer. In the end, your face will be distorted and you will die of suffocation." Gao Chong threw down the wet paper and laughed. "This method is the best. The best point is that there is no wound, but the whole body can be obtained, and the worst point is that it is extremely painful and painful before death, I believe this guy has already experienced it."

After the words were finished, Yuan Junbao hurriedly struggled and said, "I'm all surrendering. If you want to know what's going on, I'll tell you everything. I just want to give you a good time."

Seeing Yuan Junbao like this, Li Shimin and Zheng Rentai were very surprised.

"Second Young Master, you can ask," Gao Chong reminded, and waved the paper in his hand by the way, Yuan Junbao was shocked when he saw this.

Li Shimin asked directly: "Dugu Huaien seeks rebellion, who else is rebellious?"

"Rong Jing," Yuan Junbao said hastily, "Besides me, there is only Rong Jing. It was Rong Jing who proposed to donate Jie County as the foundation, and Dugu Huai'en made up his mind to seek rebellion."

"Xie County?" Gao Chong was startled, Xie County is a county under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou, and it is currently under the control of Tang Jun, "Who is Rong Jing?"

Without waiting for Yuan Junbao's response, Li Shimin's face was gloomy, "Xie County magistrate".

Gao Chong felt a sudden shock, only to see Li Shimin hurried back to the desk, wrote a secret order, and handed it to Zheng Rentai, "You hurry up and hand over this letter to Cheng Zhijie quickly, and you must be quick." Zheng Rentai knew Light and heavy, turn around and leave quickly.

Li Shimin asked sharply, "Is there anyone else?"

Yuan Junbao hurriedly shook his head, "The guilty minister dare not lie, there really are none."

Seeing this, Li Shimin turned around and pulled out the horizontal knife hanging in the tent, waved and chopped Yuan Junbao to death.

"This... Second Young Master, won't you take him back to Chang'an and hand him over to the saint for execution?" Gao Chong asked in astonishment.

Li Shimin shook his head and said bluntly: "Dugu Huai'en is my cousin, this matter should not be publicized."

Gao Chong immediately understood that Dugu Huai'en was a member of Dugu's family after all, but Li Yuan's cousin. If it spread and even his cousin rebelled, the impact would be bad.

In the past, cousin Li Yuan rebelled against cousin Yang Guang, and later cousin Dugu Huaien rebelled against cousin Li Yuan?Doesn't that mean that Li Yuan is no different from Yang Guang, so this matter can only be handled in a low-key manner.

At this time, Gao Chong didn't know that when Li Xiaoji, Tang Jian, Dugu Huai'en and others arrived at Changchun Palace, Dugu Huai'en, who didn't know what was going on, was killed by Li Yuan on the spot at the age of 36.

"It's fortunate that you brought this up tonight, otherwise I would have almost harmed Yizhen," Li Shimin sighed with some fear.

During the day, Li Shimin had just dispatched Cheng Zhijie to lead [-] light cavalry to cruise around Yuzhou, waiting for an opportunity to attack the grain road in Xizhou.

Xia County has just experienced Lu Chongmao's rebellion, and there is not much food and grass, and Wenxi is the land of the Pei clan in Hedong. It is not appropriate to forcibly collect food. There is a high probability that Cheng Zhijie will go to Xie County. Jing already has a different heart, and Cheng Zhijie is in danger.

Gao Chong also said with a smile: "Yizhen is a lucky general, he will definitely turn misfortunes into blessings." For Cheng Zhijie, Gao Chong is not worried at all. In my mind, how could Rong Jing, an unknown person, be able to play Cheng Cheng's "fairy".

At the same time, by coincidence, Cheng Zhijie happened to be on his way to Xie County. During the day, he went outside Xi County to scold the battle. After a busy day, Cheng Zhijie led Qingqi straight to Xie County, and the guards of Prince Qin's Mansion sent by Zheng Rentai rushed to the whip , It is possible to catch up with Cheng Zhijie outside Xie County.

After handing the secret letter to Cheng Zhijie, the guard turned and returned.

Cheng Zhijie opened the secret letter and looked at it, his expression changed, and he was also afraid for a while, Nian Xu muttered: "Thanks to the reminder from the King of Qin, otherwise Rong Jing might have poisoned my old Cheng to death."

Then Cheng Zhijie rolled his eyes, raised his spear and shouted: "Brothers, follow me into the city to camp."

(End of this chapter)