Shengshichun

Chapter 304 Big Moon
In the west wing of the house, Lu Chongyang stepped out of the house and met Pei Zhan, Du Mingqian and Fu Zhen coming from the other side.

Before they could speak, Lu Chongyang pointed behind him: "He's woken up. Except for the broken hand tendon, there's nothing serious. But it's quite fierce. Please pay attention."

The three of them looked at each other and stepped in. At a glance, they saw the person lying on the ground being escorted by the guards.

At this moment, his hands and feet were tied again. When he heard the sound, he turned his head. Under his unkempt hair, his eyes showed vigilance, fear, and doubt.

"Is this?" Du Mingqian looked at Pei Zhan in confusion, "Why is he also wet? Where did you get him from?"

"Tongzhou Pier." Pei Zhan said and waved, "Take off his shirt."

The guards did as they were told.

The man had no power to resist and lost the cover of his clothes. The tattoo on the back of his neck suddenly appeared under the light.

Du Mingqian looked at the tattoo. He frowned and took a closer look at it. Then his eyes suddenly widened and he blurted out: "He is from Dayue?!"

He quickly turned his head and looked at the magical couple in front of him: "Isn't this tattoo only for the guards of Dayue's royal family? How could you catch such a person? How could he appear in Tongzhou?"

Although Pei Zhan had given up on it before, he couldn't hold back his shock.

Dayue was destroyed by Pei Zhan. It was destruction in the true sense, the kind where he invaded the capital and captured the king alive. At that time, it was Du Mingqian's eldest brother who followed Pei Zhan into the capital city of Dayue. Although Du Mingqian did not go, he heard the story of the broken city from his eldest brother's mouth. Dazhou had been harassed by Dayue for many years, and it was at the critical moment of life and death several times. , how many generals guarding the border did not have any relatives killed or injured in the northwest battlefield? After conquering the enemy's capital in one fell swoop, how could he not do his best to eradicate the enemy?
After the Dayue royal family was destroyed, all the palace guards in the clan would not be massacred, but once their master died, the rest would naturally become a mob. Even if there were guards who survived the war, they were already running around.

Nearly a year after the war ended, another guard appeared in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty and fell into the hands of Pei Zhan at Tongzhou Pier. Isn't this surprising?
"That's right, the tattoos on his body are those of the guards of the courtyard clan. He appeared at Tongzhou Pier because Xu Yin asked He Qunying to come forward, rent two boats from the Ning family company, and quietly send him to the capital."

Du Mingqian immediately understood why Xu Yin had left the city before. He immediately said: "The water transport goes north from Hangzhou, what does Xu Yin have to do with Hangzhou?"

Pei Zhan looked at the man on the ground: "Xu Yin has nothing to do with Hangzhou, but this man was sent to Hangzhou from his ancestral home, Tanzhou. In other words, this man with the tattoo of a guard of the Dayue clan has traveled thousands of miles. Found Xu Yin’s ancestral home!”

The thoughts of those who lead troops in war are always particularly sensitive. Du Mingqian quickly understood the key point: "What is the relationship between Xu Yin and Dayue?" After saying this, he immediately turned to the man on the ground: "Why are you looking for To Xu Yin’s ancestral home? Why did Xu Yin transport you to the capital like this?”

Xu Yin was an important minister in the DPRK. He must have understood that the war between the two countries had ended less than a year ago. When a person with such a sensitive identity appeared within the borders of the Zhou Dynasty, the most normal thing to do was to immediately seize him and send him to the government for interrogation and verification. But he asked someone to bring him to the capital privately. What did he want to do?
The man closed his lips tightly, looking like he was resisting to the end.

Du Mingqian raised his head and looked at Pei Zhan and Fuzhen: "How do you know all this? How do you know that he was sent from Tanzhou?"

Fu Zhen said: "Because we sent people to Tanzhou last month, and just yesterday, the people who went there came back."

As she spoke, she handed the bronze medal from Prince Yi's Mansion that she happened to be carrying to his hand: "This thing was obtained from the steward Xu Yin sent to Tanzhou to guard the Xu family's ancestral home."

Du Mingqian had been in the northwest for many years, so he naturally had a good grasp of the history of the struggle for imperial power in Dayue. As soon as he saw this sign, he was stunned again.

But before he could make a sound in surprise, the man on the ground spoke hoarsely: "Pegasus Order!"

The three people looked at him together, and Fu Zhen said, "Are you finally willing to speak?"

The man gritted his teeth and looked forward with wide eyes. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but there seemed to be turbulent waves in his eyes.

Du Mingqian said: "Did you go to Tanzhou to find this brand?"

The man glanced at them, took a deep breath, and clenched his teeth again.

Fu Zhen and the three of them looked at each other, and then she said: "You are a guard of a subjugated clan, why are you looking for this brand? Are you from the Yiwang Palace or the Dayue Palace?"

The man looked back at her with a malicious look: "You are our Big Moon's enemy, so what if I tell you? Isn't it just death in the end?"

"But you still want to find a chance to live," Fu Zhen raised his eyebrows, "If you really think that you are certain to die, then starting from pulling off the cloth in your mouth, you have enough time to bite your tongue and commit suicide, and If I guess correctly, you still have poison in your mouth.

"——In short, if you want to die, no one can stop you. But you didn't do that, don't you just think you still have a chance to live?"

The man was stunned by what she said, and the resentment in his eyes solidified.

Fu Zhen continued: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We rescued you from Xu Yin's hands. At least we won't treat you like Xu Yin."

The man sneered: "Will you let me go?"

"If you can cooperate with us well, this is not impossible."

"Just because of your frivolous words, I believe you?" The man snorted and turned his head away.

Pei Zhan said: "Xu Yin already knows your identity, but he still treats you like this. You are not on the same page. In this case, why don't you choose to cooperate with us?
"Tell us everything you know. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is benevolent and righteous. Even if there are still fish in your royal family that have slipped through the net, as long as you can stay safe and keep yourselves, there is no chance that you will open up and let you live in the north."

The man was silent for a while and looked at him askance: "Who are you?"

Pei Zhan knelt down, grabbed his right hand that had been injured, and wrote a word on the back of his hand.

After the man saw it clearly, his whole body started to tremble suddenly. He looked at him with a pale face, and the voice coming out of his dry throat was incomprehensible: "You, you are the Marshal of Zhengxi of Great Zhou Dynasty, Pei Zhan?..."

"How dare you!" The guards stepped forward, "You are a bastard who has subjugated your country, how dare you call my general by his first name!"

Under such a sharp rebuke from the guard, the man showed no intention of resisting at all. His eyes fixed on Pei Zhan's face, and his body sank unconsciously:

"I have long seen that you are not ordinary people, but I didn't expect that you are. You are..."

He murmured to himself, then moved his arms that could still move and made an arching gesture: "Although you destroyed my country, I still admire your bravery. This gift is my gift." As a warrior, I respect you."

The guards looked at each other and backed away unconsciously.

Pei Zhan looked at him: "What's your name?"

"My last name is Tie, and my name is Tieying."

"Iron? Is your father the captain of the bodyguard of King Otsuki?" "That's my uncle."

"Who do you serve?"

Tieying lowered his head and looked at the ground. His Adam's apple rolled and he said, "I can't say."

Pei Zhan said slowly: "Our war against you Dayue is not an invasion, nor is there a conspiracy. We are to protect our country and people, and to defend our territory.

"The fault lies with your king and your court. It is your lack of virtue that has led to the destruction of the country.

"If Dazhou really wants to kill everyone, your people will never have the chance to stay where they are.

"There is absolutely no chance that people like you at the bottom will survive. It is even more impossible to directly take over your land without sending troops."

After conquering Dayue, Pei Zhan led his men to annihilate the Dayue royal family. All the members of the royal family who had inquired about it in advance, whether they committed suicide or beheaded, none of them on the list survived - of course, is this true? None of them remain, and it seems to be yet to be confirmed.

But Otsuki's army was basically destroyed, and the remaining soldiers were completely defeated because they were leaderless. After this battle, it will take at least fifty years for them to restore their national strength.

Afterwards, Pei Zhan led the remnant troops back to the pass. Since the army had suffered heavy losses after years of resistance in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was very difficult to win this battle. Where would there be any extra troops to stay in Dayue?
Therefore, the people of Dayue are still living in the same place, and their current monarch is newly established. It is said that they are a far-flung branch of their subjugated king. They once provided some help to the Zhou army when the Zhou Dynasty invaded Dayue.

This also means that the current new king of Da Yue was selected by Da Zhou.

"So you should understand that if Da Yue wants to send troops, he can raise another army at any time. You remnants of the previous dynasty have no fighting power at all. And now you have fallen into my hands. As Da Yue's famous Tie family, You shouldn’t be ignorant of current affairs.”

Tie Ying's blood surged, he bit his lower lip and looked at him: "For the sake of you being Pei Zhan, I believe what you say.

"Da Yue was indeed devastated after being beaten like that by you. Even if my master survives, he will never be able to become an enemy of Da Zhou in his lifetime.

"It's best if you show mercy."

Pei Zhan frowned: "Who is your master? Why can he hide away?"

"His surname is Lian, and his name is Lian Yang. The reason why he can escape is because he is not in the palace at all, and he is not in the clan list at all. He is the illegitimate son of our monarch——"

Having said this, he glanced at the three people in front of him and laughed at himself: "This kind of royal secret is not a big deal to you Central Plains people with a long history, right?
“Emperors are romantic and ruthless, and there are always one or two hidden gems.

"He was raised in the minister's house, and there was a tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers. Of course, he himself knew it. Otherwise, there would be nothing like this."

Pei Zhan exchanged glances with Fu Zhen and Du Mingqian, and then said, "Did you say his surname was Lian?"

"Yes." Tie Ying nodded, "On the surface, he is the adopted son of the mighty General Lian Qing. In fact, he is the prince of our monarch."

"Who is Lian Qing from Lian Ruan?"

"Lian Rong?" Tie Ying's eyes showed a trace of confusion, "I don't know this person. Have you ever heard of him?"

Fu Zhen asked: "You have found Xu Yin, but you don't know about Lian Ruan?"

"I really don't know." Tie Ying said, "In Dayue, there are many people named Lian. The mighty general Lian Qing's clan alone has hundreds of people."

Fu Zhen pursed his lips and stopped talking.

Du Mingqian was confused: "Since you have a tattoo from the palace, you can only be a royal guard. How did you end up with this Lian Yang?"

Tie Ying looked at the ground: "Originally, I was just a second-class guard in the palace and did not have a fixed master. When you led the army to break through the city, our company's general was killed by you under the palace city. I happened to be beside the king at that time. The monarch suddenly asked me which branch of the Tie family I was from? When he learned that I was the direct branch, he told me about our master's life experience, and then appointed me to go to the Lian family and take our master away.

"The Lian family are just ministers, and our master was just an adopted son of the Lian family at that time. It would be relatively easy to avoid you and escape."

Du Mingqian looked at Pei Zhan.

Pei Zhan stood up: "You are from the Dayue Royal Family, so what does Xu Yin have to do with Prince Yi's Palace?"

The man looked at them: "Why do you suspect Xu Yin? Why would you send someone to Tanzhou to check him?"

"Because we, like you, want to know who he is."

Suddenly there was sarcasm in the man's eyes. "Isn't he the Minister of Rites of your Great Zhou Dynasty? I heard that he is also the Commander-in-Chief of your Prince Rong Mansion?

"I never expected that you, Pei Zhan, would doubt him now after he has been in your court for so many years!"

Pei Zhan picked the bridge of his nose and said, "Honestly, I've only known him for a few months."

Tie Ying gritted his teeth: "I suspect Xu Yin is from Prince Yi's Mansion."

"Isn't Prince Yi's Mansion destroyed by your monarch long ago?"

"No." Tie Ying said, "Our monarch and Prince Yi's Mansion have been fighting for imperial power for so many years, how could both sides be unprepared?

"Just as our monarch left a prince in the Lian family, King Yi also released one of his sons early.

"It's just that the son was his second son who was registered. He was expelled on the pretext of committing crimes at that time. Because he was the second son, and he was beaten all over and bruised when he left the house. Especially because the struggle for imperial power had just begun at that time. So no one cared about it.

“But when we later inspected Prince Yi’s Mansion, we discovered that most of the palace’s assets and troops were transferred to Prince Yi before he lost the battle with the monarch!

"After many years of investigation, it was found that the second son of King Yi entered the Central Plains after leaving the palace and has been hiding ever since!"

Ahhhh, I didn’t catch up with the update