The eldest princess Yang Qinyan arrived at her residence, and before entering the door, she turned her head and glanced at the Xiaoqi school guarding the door, with a sad look in her eyes. Qiu Yu, a professor of the Academy of Martial Arts, followed behind her every step of the way, looking at her with those white eyes that seemed to have insight into everything, as if they had been looking into her heart.
Yang Qinyan felt that she was a little afraid of this woman named Qiu Yu, at least she looked like a woman.
It seemed that her eyes really had magical powers, as long as she looked at her, Yang Qinyan felt uncomfortable all over, as if the things in the darkest corners of her heart had been taken out and exposed to the sun. This feeling arose on the way out of Chang'an, so she kept resisting Ke Qiu Yu's too close contact.
She was afraid that she would be seen through.
All the strength in disguise is not as easy to remember as a tear in my heart late at night. For a princess who has never left Chang'an City, and even rarely left the palace, living among a group of strangers every day is a terrifying thing in itself. The difference between men and women is that men can easily do whatever happens, but women can't, and it can be said to be difficult.
"Sir, you don't have to follow me. It should be safe here. There are people from Xiaoqi School inside and out. Could it be that Chi Haonian still has the guts to assassinate?"
She paused and said.
Qiu Yu nodded: "I'm in the yard, if your Highness needs anything, just call me."
Yang Qinyan breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and felt a little more at ease after walking quickly into the door. After leaving the palace, she found that only when she was alone in a room would she feel a sense of security. This feeling became more clear and intense after she got Luo Weiran's personal letter.
Before Luo Weiran left, Fang Xie brought her a letter, which didn't mention anything sensitive, but just told the princess that her plan had failed, Fang Xie didn't kill him, and he was going back to Chang'an City to protect the queen. Another thing is to reassure her that Fang Jie will never do anything rude to her.
This letter seemed to have pulled the last straw out of Yang Qinyan's hands. She felt like she was floating on a boundless sea, no matter where she looked, there was only water, and the waves came one after another. The slap on her face made her eyes hurt and she couldn't open them.
She felt blind and could no longer see the world clearly.
In fact, Fang Jie's prediction was good. If she hadn't learned from the young emperor that there were people like Luo Weiran outside the palace, she would never have escaped from Chang'an easily. She can't trust anyone, including Fang Jie. Relatively speaking, she is familiar with Luo Weiran. When she was young, Luo Weiran would always take care of her personally when she went out to play. Up to now, Yang Qinyan still remembers that many times when she loved her, she sat on Luo Weiran's shoulder to pick the pomegranate flowers in the imperial garden, and climbed the not very high rockery.
She still remembered the genuine concern in Luo Weiran's eyes when she climbed the rockery.
Luo Weiran's affairs failed, and it seemed that all hopes were dashed.
Yang Qinyan closed the door tightly, leaning against the door as if she was afraid of something breaking in.
This house is very strange. She has lived in many, many strange houses since she went south.
After an unknown amount of time, she sighed and walked to the bed and sat down. Everything on the bed is new, very clean, with a faint smell of new cotton, which smells good.
She lay on the bed, but dared not close her eyes.
If you close your eyes, you will think of the day in the Changchun Garden, when the little emperor smiled pitifully and admirably, with such strong pride in his self-deprecation. The picture of him falling down with blood has not been blurred until now.
The Yang family seems to be moving away from the pinnacle of power step by step. She knew that Fang Xie respected her, but she also knew that maybe Fang Xie never thought of taking back the country that belonged to the Yang family for her.
"Your Highness... Do you want to take a hot bath?"
A maid's voice came from outside the door, Yang Qinyan hummed, it seemed that only taking a bath could make her feel a little more relaxed.
When the door opened, she saw that there were many more guards outside, so she couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
"nothing."
Xiaoqi School, the leader of the team, bowed his head and replied: "Your Highness, don't worry, the Lord ordered the raid on the home of Chi Haonian, Governor of Yongbei Province. In order to prevent people from taking the opportunity to make trouble, the number of guards was increased. Now the army is maintaining law and order in the city and arresting the rebels." , I guess it will calm down at night."
Yang Qinyan was no longer surprised, and returned to her expressionless face. A voice in her heart sneered and said, look...he killed another one.
However, that joy didn't seem to have anything to do with her.
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The notice was soon posted on the streets and alleys of Crescent City. Chi Haonian, the former governor of Yongbei Road, conspired against the law. He was removed from his position as the second-rank governor of the Sui Dynasty, stripped of his titles, and immediately arrested and tried.
The news spread faster than the autumn wind, and it didn't take long for the whole city to know about it.
But people were only surprised for a while and then calmed down. Even the most ordinary people understood that the actions of the Black Banner Army were not unexpected at all. Now that Fang Jie is back, what he must do is to firmly control the entire Southwest in his own hands. It is impossible to continue to tolerate the control of the original governor. Even if Chi Haonian was not wrong, Fang Jie would make some mistakes for him. Besides, how could there be no fault in a person like Chi Haonian
Xiaoqi School sealed the governor's mansion in the afternoon, and all the people in the governor's mansion were not allowed to go out. All the middle-aged men in the mansion were taken away and put into the prison of the New Moon Mansion, leaving only a group of old and weak women and children. Before dark, the people from Xiaoqi School confiscated all the weapons in the mansion, and then sealed off Chi Haonian's study and warehouse.
A group of women were crying, but there was nothing they could do.
At night, the chief steward of Chi Haonian's mansion was carried back, and he couldn't find a good place anywhere. It is said that he had recruited everything he knew, including Chi Haonian's relationship with Nan Du Jianzhou, governor of Huizhou Road, discussed the plan to poison Fang Jie when he returned to the north. It also includes the discussion between Chi Haonian and Luo Qiu about Fang Jie's killing with a knife after he went south.
The chief steward was sent back with injuries all over his body, but was beaten again by the angry wife and several concubines, and died before he could hold the lamp.
That night, almost no one in the governor's mansion slept. When the genius was bright, a team of Xiaoqi School in fresh clothes and angry horses arrived at the door, holding the warrant of Zhen Guogong in their hands and reading out: Chi Haonian, the governor of Yongbei Province, tried to conspire with foreign countries, and committed eighteen crimes worthy of death. According to the laws and regulations of the Sui Dynasty, officials were removed from office, their titles were stripped, and they were beheaded immediately. Because his family members were ignorant, they were spared the death penalty. Everyone left New Moon City immediately and sent them to southern Xinjiang as slaves.
A big official in the frontier, just like that, the curtain of history that belongs to him has fallen.
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Dugu Wenxiu summarized all the items counted from the governor's yamen, treasury, and governor's mansion in New Moon City, and wrote a statement to Fang Jie. Fang Jie took it over and looked at it and couldn't help but shook his head. There were too many things on it, so many that people were surprised at first and bored later.
"Seal up the things and bring them back to the Suzaku Mountain camp."
Fang Jie was silent for a while and then said, "Choose the more delicate items and give two to each of the generals in the army. There is no need to register them."
Dugu Wenxiu nodded: "Of course."
Fang Jie leaned on the chair and looked at the densely packed small script on the paper, and said with some emotion: "Copying a governor's house, if these things are converted into silver, they are enough to feed the people of the entire New Moon City for a year. At least 20,000 people can be armed and equipped with the best equipment. It's a pity that Chi Haonian has no plans to take out the money after it has been put into the warehouse. He knows how to collect the money but doesn't know how to spend it... This is common problem."
Dugu Wenxiu smiled and said: "There are so many copied from a governor's family. If the twenty-four governors of the Great Sui Dynasty add up their family properties, I'm afraid it will be more than the silver in the treasury of the Great Sui Dynasty. However, most of them Some of them should have been searched after the war, when the Sui Dynasty was still at peace, even a governor would not dare to be so carefree."
Fang Jie nodded and said nothing.
Dugu Wenxiu was silent for a while and then asked: "My lord, now that the situation in Yongbei Road is under control, those people have no courage to dare to resist. After taking Chi Haonian, these people will have to worry for a while... Now the situation in Yongbei Road is basically It’s over, so is the Nanhui Road?”
"No."
Fang Jie shook his head: "I killed Chi Haonian, how could Du Jianzhou have the courage to open the door to welcome me in? When I first entered Yongbei Road, I asked Liu Enjing and Xu Xiaogong to bring 10,000 horses each, and take another road to Nanhui Got it. Twenty thousand people are not enough to take down Daozhi City, but it is enough to make other people who are about to make a move calm down."
Fang Jie got up and looked at the sky outside: "Choose some capable people to stay in New Moon City, you can find them. I will let Chen Xiaoru choose the elite cavalry school to stay, and leave an army of infantry. Let me tell you Story... Someone once put a frog into boiling water, and the frog would jump out immediately. He changed the method, put the frog into cold water, and then set fire to the water below to heat it up little by little. By the time the frog realized it, it was too late it's..."
Dugu Wenxiu was stunned for a moment, and then understood Fang Jie's meaning: "I understand... Although these people seem to be very obedient now, it's because they are afraid of death. After the army is deployed, these people will jump out to act as a threat." Blessing. If you want to deal with all of them, you can't throw them into the boiling water like throwing frogs into boiling water, which will blow them all up at once. Take it slowly, kill one at a time, kill one at a time, and not be killed People will think, oops, fortunately it’s not me, and slowly get rid of all hidden dangers.”
"These people in Yongbei Road now seem to be really afraid of the lord on the surface. They will be afraid of killing Chi Haonian for a few days at most, because they will only be lucky and gloat if they are not involved. This is the best. Let them slowly live in luck and gloating. By the time they realize it, the water has boiled... "
After pondering for a while, Dugu Wenxiu said: "The subordinates think that we can give some of them a little sweetness and free up some official positions for them to do. This is the pot of cold water. Then we can let them kill people and make them feel They are trusted and can live forever. Let them fight each other and guide them slowly. This matter should not be too urgent, the subordinates think that it will take at least a year."
Fang Jie smiled and patted Dugu Wenxiu on the shoulder: "You are also a villain."