Yan Chu has practiced martial arts since he was a child, but to become an excellent general, it is not enough to have military strength. He must also be quick-witted and familiar with the art of war. Therefore, when Yan Chu was still very young, as his biological mother , Mrs. Yan San had already begun to enlighten him in literature.
Mrs. Yan San was born in the Zheng family in Handan. The Zheng family was not a noble family, but they had a lot of status among literati, especially Mrs. Zheng, the father of Mrs. Yan San, who was good at ink painting, which was hard to find.
The daughter who came from such a family, Mrs. Yan San was also obsessed with books and paintings, and after the death of her husband, she even put her love in paintings and calligraphy.
When the third master Yan was still alive, in order to compensate his beautiful wife who stayed alone all year round, he often searched for some rare books, or gave her some precious paper and inkstones.
Those things were never used by Mrs. Yan after Mrs. Yan left, and she would only take them out to relieve lovesickness and sorrow when she missed them occasionally.
As the only son of Mrs. Yan San, the original body has become a person who can often touch those things.
The reason why Yan Chu could perceive the problems in that paper was thanks to the few memories in his mind now.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a master ink maker named Qin Qiuzi. The ink developed by him was like lacquer, not fading, and good water resistance. These are not the biggest features of Qiuzimo. fragrant.
It is similar to the aroma of medicinal ink, but it is also mixed with the smell of other wood spices. Written on paper, the fragrance will last for a hundred years.
After Qin Qiuzi became famous, the inkstones he produced were very few, and it was almost hard to find a lot of money. He was from the Ming Kingdom, and people from the Zhou Kingdom and the Jiang Kingdom wanted to use Qiuzi ink, and they had to have those who traveled between the Three Kingdoms. As a merchant, usually after changing hands several times, the price will be higher.
Therefore, even for a dignified family, having a piece of Qiu Zimo is a precious treasure, and they will not use it lightly.
Just like Yan's family, there is only one piece of Qiu Zimo, which was collected by Mrs. Yan for his wife during his lifetime.
The reason why this memory is so clear is because when Yuanshen was seven years old, he threw the whole piece of Qiu Zimo into the water tank because he thought the fragrance was good, and when it was finally discovered and fished out. , leaving only a small part, and a tank full of ink-scented water.
Perhaps for the person who framed him, Qiu Zimo was just something that could be used at hand. Now that he was used to it, he would not find it strange. When imitating his handwriting, he ignored this fatal problem.
Firstly, did Yan Chu carry a piece of Qiu Zimo with him when he joined the army? The second reason is that the Jiang Kingdom royal family has its own special inkstone, and Qiu Zimo will not appear in the Jiang Kingdom royal family. If this is the case, why do both parties in the correspondence use Qiu Zimo
When Yan Chu raised this question, everyone in the Xuanshi hall was stunned.
Because although the fragrance of Qiuzimo is unique, but the smell is light, you can only smell it if you smell it carefully. What is written in ink.
King Zhou hurriedly asked someone to bring a letter, put it under his nose and sniffed it carefully. Although it was light, it was indeed Qiu Zimo's smell.
"Who knows if you just like that Qiu Zimo, the one who has been with you all the time, and the person who contacted you may not be a member of Jiang Guo's royal family."
The prince blushed and said, his remarks made the king of Zhou very angry. Why does his own son have the feeling that he wants to put Yan Chu to death.
The prince represents the entire royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he can't wait so impatiently, will people think that all this is his intention, that he is afraid of Yan Chu's great achievements and united with others to frame him
King Zhou was alert and rang the alarm bell a few times.
Qiu Zimo is not extremely rare in the palace, at least the king of Zhou himself has two dollars, the crown prince is the heir, and the king of Zhou also bestowed it on him, besides that, the empress and the second princess Zhou Mingzhu also have them.
Thinking about it this way, after Yan Chu raised this doubt, would the courtiers doubt him as the emperor
"Qiu Zimo only pays ten yuan a year, five yuan goes to the royal family of the Ming Kingdom, and whoever sells the remaining five yuan, and then to whom, everything can be traced."
Mrs. Yan San hurriedly stood up and knelt down: "I beg your Majesty, please don't take the villain's favor and chill the heart of the hero."
Now she is extremely regretful. After her husband died, she should not have given her son to her parents-in-law to teach her, and let him take on the heavy responsibility of the entire Yan family.
These days, his son was imprisoned in the sky prison, his life and death were uncertain, and he was under the reprimand and insults from the people of the whole Zhou Dynasty.
Mrs. Yan San was originally a relatively quiet temperament, and she was quite aloof. She couldn't stand such a huge difference, and she suddenly became leftist in her heart.
Her husband and son risked their lives to protect such a group of people. If that is the case, why should the Yan family stick to their original promise? She hates those ungrateful people, and also hates the Great Zhou royal family. She will never let her son go to the battlefield again.
Those people are not worthy, nor worthy of his protection.
"Your Majesty, there is something suspicious about this matter. Why don't you bring General Fu up and ask him how he found these letters."
Prime Minister Guo stepped forward. Before, he was wise to protect himself, but since he has doubts now, it is only right for him to help the Yan family.
Behind the screen, Zhou Mingli looked at the sister-in-law who was still smiling slightly, lowered his eyelids, wondering what he was thinking.
Fu Cong is a tall, handsome young man, he seems to be training soldiers, when he was summoned, he was still wearing silver armor.
"I refer to the emperor, my emperor, long live, long live."
Fu Cong knelt beside Yan Chu on one knee, and after paying his respects, he carefully glanced at Yan Chu with a trace of apology in his eyes.
"General Fu, please tell me how you found these letters. It stands to reason that if General Yan is really collaborating with the enemy and treason, these letters should not be easily found."
Prime Minister Guo asked Fu Cong.
Fu Cong's expression was very serious: "The day General Yan led his soldiers to fight against the Ming Dynasty, a suspicious assassin suddenly appeared in the camp. In case the important letters were taken away by the assassins, the subordinates and several lieutenants had no choice but to check General Yan's camp account. These letters were found from under General Yan's mattress, because the handwriting on them was exactly the same as the general's, and it was related to the matter. It's important, and the final general dared to take advantage of the general's return when he was unprepared, detain him, and write a letter to His Majesty."
He recounted what happened that day intact, and it was exactly the same as his previous confession.
"General Fu has a good memory. It's hard for you to remember the whole story so clearly. If you don't know it, you think you have memorized it in advance."
Mrs. Yan was very dissatisfied with this junior whom her husband-in-law was optimistic about before. She felt that her grandson must have been framed by the other party. After all, he was the biggest beneficiary now. Being imprisoned, now that the entire Yan Family Army is under his control, I am afraid that it will be renamed the Fu Family Army in a few years.
"Old lady, every word of mine is true, and there were many people who could testify for me that day."
Fu Cong's expression was somewhat helpless, but Mrs. Yan was the wife of his mentor, and he could only tolerate this old man.
Yan Chu looked at the people around him, his memory stayed at the age of sixteen, and the person in front of him never appeared before he was sixteen.
Feeling his gaze, Fu Cong turned his head, without any guilty emotion between his brows and eyes.
"At that time, the situation was urgent. Your Majesty, there seemed to be doubts in this matter. However, under such circumstances, my subordinates did not have time to think about it. I would like your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter as the old lady said."
Fu Cong kowtowed three times: "The Yan family's army is the Yan family's army, and the last general cannot take on this important task. The little general is loyal and courageous. These days, the last general always thinks about it. There are still many doubts in it. Explain that once the little general is cleared of his crimes, the subordinates are willing to return the position of head coach and still serve the little general."
The Yan family's army is the Yan family's army, this sentence is not pleasant to the ear, Zhou Wang didn't feel anything, anyway, His Royal Highness, who is narrow-minded, is not feeling well.
"His Majesty."
Mrs. Yan stood up tremblingly and knelt down, "Just now General Fu also said that there were assassins in the camp that day, those letters were most likely left by the assassins, otherwise it would not be able to explain Qiu Zimo's problem, please return it to my Yan family. A justice."
King Zhou already felt that Yan Chu was innocent. After all, the flow of every piece of Qiu Zimo can be found. The things in Yan Chu’s camp that day are still stored in the palace as evidence. There are only ordinary inkstones in them, but no The famous Qiu Zimo.
However, now the people outside are full of resentment. Even if he is cleared of the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, the relatives of the 30,000 fallen soldiers may not forgive the person who initiated the war. Moreover, the ten ceded cities are also the king of Zhou. The pain in my heart.
As for what Yan Chu said, he was originally determined to win, but now that things have come to this point, no one knows what would have happened if the collusion with the enemy and treason hadn't happened.
The charges that do not meet the requirements will be dismissed, but those who should be punished must also be punished.
"Yan Chu, you privately dispatched troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and caused me to lose ten cities in Dazhou and sacrifice nearly 30,000 generals. I will punish you for removing the post of commander-in-chief of the Yan family army and demoting you to a fifth-rank ranger general. Are you willing to accept one hundred thousand taels of silver from the families of the fallen soldiers?"
For the entire Yan family, one hundred thousand taels is more than enough, and although the fifth-rank Ranger General is not as good as Yan Chu's previous position as the second-rank Hussar General and Yan's Army Commander, but for his age It is said that in the future, relying on credit to slowly climb up, sooner or later, you will be able to climb back to your original position.
Based on his crime of privately deploying troops, the king of Zhou has already made a decision after pity on his talent.
Unfortunately-
"Your Majesty, Yan Chu's limbs are broken now. I'm afraid I've failed His Majesty's love." Yan Chu raised his arms, and the loose cuffs slipped off naturally, revealing two severe wounds on his wrists, as well as deep or shallow whip marks on his arms.
"what!"
Old Madam Yan and Madam Yan San almost fainted when they saw this scene.
King Zhou stood up even more out of composure. Who would have the guts to pick Yan Chu's tendons? It's God who made Da Zhou lose a good general.