Hearing this, Qingwuwei took out a folded letter from his bosom and handed it to Su Fengnuan.
Su Fengnuan reached out to take it, opened it, and saw that it was a secret letter with the emperor's private seal on it, it was indeed written by the emperor, the secret letter was very short, but it said something important.
Feng Yang secretly went to Xiangcheng, and found a huge armory that could hold tens of thousands of weapons in the barren hills of Zijing County, but there were no weapons in the warehouse. There were weapons in the armory earlier, and they must have been removed. As for where they were removed, it is not yet known.
And he was sure that the King of Xiangjun was not in Xiangcheng.
What the emperor meant was to ask her to find out if the King of Xiangjun had come to Yanbei.
The reason is that earlier, a large number of men in black used ingenious crossbows to intercept and kill the owner of the Ye family, and Su Fengnuan picked up a similar exquisite slingshot at the bottom of the lake in the Xiangjun Palace. He thought that the Ye family in the south of the Yangtze River had changed, but unexpectedly, something happened to the Su family in Yanbei. Son.
The emperor guessed whether the king of Xiangjun had a deeper collusion with the Northern Zhou Dynasty in order to steal the country.
After Su Fengnuan read the secret letter, he folded the letter and thought about it, thinking to himself that the emperor's guess was not unreasonable. The crossbow arrows used to attack the city in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were exactly the same as the crossbow arrows used to intercept and kill Patriarch Ye secretly. As she expected, it was one size bigger and more powerful.
Now if it is secretly found out that there is an armory in the barren hills of the main fiefdom of Zijing County, then the King of Xiangjun must be inseparable from the military.
There are millions of soldiers in the western region, and her father's border defense is extremely strict. Because it is difficult to get in, Northern Zhou only made a breakthrough from Yanbei. Therefore, the king of Xiangjun should not go to the west.
Well, apart from the west region where her father is and the east where the king of Xiangjun lives, one is south and the other is north, one is the Ye family in Jiangnan, and the other is the Su family in Yanbei. Now she is in Yanbei. Ever since she came to Yanbei, she has been with her During the battle in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they worked hard to defend Yanbei City, but no trace of the King of Xiangjun was found. Could it be that the King of Xiangjun was hiding among the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty
But now Bei Zhou has retreated!
She took the pen and ink, and briefly replied to the emperor with a confidential letter on this matter, mentioning that she had not found any trace of the King of Xiangjun in Yanbei for many days, but she couldn't guarantee whether the King of Xiangjun was hiding in the Northern Zhou army earlier. , because the siege crossbows used by the Northern Zhou army were exactly the type of crossbows used to intercept and kill Patriarch Ye, they were extremely powerful.
If the land of Huangshan, the lord of Bauhinia County, was secretly used by the King of Xiangjun to manufacture such ingenious crossbows and arrows, and now they are transported to Yanbei for Northern Zhou to use, then the time when the King of Xiangjun left Xiangcheng earlier and the time when Northern Zhou attacked Yanbei City would also be the same. match.
If the king of Xiangjun really conspired so deeply with Bei Zhou, now that Bei Zhou has withdrawn his troops, I don’t know whether the king of Xiangjun left with the Northern Zhou army, stayed in Yanbei, or moved to another place, and she will deploy another manpower as soon as possible , Thoroughly investigate the affairs of the king of Xiangjun in Yanbei.
However, she suggested that the emperor send Qingwuwei to go to the south of the Yangtze River to get in touch with her senior brother Ye Xi and find out if the King of Xiangjun is in the south of the Yangtze River. If the King of Xiang County conspired with the Northern Zhou Dynasty to steal the country, then maybe taking advantage of the situation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it might be possible to attack both the Su family in the north of Yan and the Ye family in the south of the Yangtze River.
After many days of fighting in Yanbei, Yanbei is now devastated by the flames of war. She is currently dealing with post-war affairs in Yanbei, and it is difficult to escape. , I don't know about Jiangnan.
She finished writing the secret letter, folded it, sealed it with wax, handed it to Qingwuwei, and told him, "Send this secret letter back to the capital as soon as possible and hand it over to the emperor."
Qingwuwei Yingshi, put away the secret letter respectfully, and said, "There is one more thing about the humble position, about the emperor's decree to arrest Second Young Master Chen..."
Su Fengnuan watched him put away the secret letter, and said, "As for the statement, I have rushed to deliver the memorial to the emperor, and it has been a day since I left, and it will arrive in less than two days. As soon as the statement was saved by me, he will stay in Yanbei first. After the emperor receives my memorial, he should make a decision. This matter is a small matter, and the secret letter I just replied to the emperor is the big one .”
Qingwuwei naturally knows how much the emperor trusts Su Fengnuan. Although this Miss Su in General Su's mansion is a young girl, she burned 90,000 soldiers and horses in the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the battle of Yanbei and defended the city for several days. He successfully repelled the Northern Zhou army, and he has already become famous all over the world, and no one dares to underestimate him.
He thought to himself, Mr. Chen Er had done great service in setting fire to the two granaries of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now he is putting his life on the line for the son of the Prince of Yanbei. Whether it is the Yanbei Su family or Miss Su, it seems that they want to protect Chen Er son. He bowed his head and replied, "Can I take a look at Second Young Master Chen? It will be easy to meet the emperor after returning to Beijing."
Su Fengnuan naturally agreed, and said to the outside, "Second Uncle, take Qingwuwei to the newspaper hall!"
Su Zhen responded.
Qing Wuwei exited Su Fengnuan's study, and closed the door for her casually.
Su Zhen saw that Qingwuwei's attitude in front of Su Fengnuan was very different from that in front of him. It can be seen that Su Fengnuan's status in front of the emperor has already become very important in the short period of time since he returned to the capital. He led Qingwuwei all the way to the hall of report.
Since the statement was carried back to Yanbei Palace, because of his serious injury, he has been placed in the newspaper hall and has not moved.
After Qingwuwei entered the report hall, he saw the statement. He was lying on the long couch in the report hall. The room was filled with the smell of medicine. His face was very pale and his breath was weak. As Su Zhen said, he was still in a coma.
Su Zhen ordered someone to serve tea to Qingwuwei. After Qingwuwei drank a cup of tea, he got up and left without mentioning taking away the statement.
Su Zhen personally sent Qingwuwei away from Yanbei City Gate.
After sending Qingwuwei away, Su Zhen hurried back to Yanbei Prince's Mansion, came to Su Fengnuan's study, and asked him, "Yuanyuan, has something serious happened in Beijing?"
Su Fengnuan put down his pen and ink, and told Su Zhen in a low voice about the emperor's secret letter about the arsenal of the King of Xiangjun.
Su Zhen was shocked.
Su Fengnuan said to him, "Second Uncle, don't worry about it. I'll send someone to check to see if the King of Xiangjun has come to Yanbei. It's almost late autumn in Yanbei. Once the late autumn is over, it will be winter soon. Time is tight, you have to build Yanbei City as soon as possible, otherwise once it snows, it won't be able to be repaired."
Su Zhen nodded. Since the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, the four borders of east, west, north, and south have not intersected with each other. It is really inappropriate for him to get involved in the affairs of the king of Xiangjun in the east. However, the emperor asked Su Fengnuan to deliver the matter, and he really trusted her.
After Su Zhen left, Su Fengnuan ordered someone to call Lianlian.
After the Northern Zhou army retreated, there were a lot of post-war affairs to be dealt with in Yanbei. While Su Fengnuan was busy, Lianlian was not at ease. Hearing that Su Fengnuan asked her to investigate the matter of Xiang County King, Lianlian couldn't help humming, "Is there really no one available to the emperor? Why do you ask the girl for everything? You don't give me a salary!"
Su Fengnuan laughed, "I happen to be in Yanbei. What's more, I also want to check whether the crossbows used by the King of Xiangjun to attack the city in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were made by the King of Xiangjun. , Moving a king of the Eastern Realm is no less than a war with Northern Zhou, so we must always be cautious."
Lianlian naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, nodded, and said, "Girl, as long as you give me three days, I can search Yanbei all over. If the King of Xiang County is in Yanbei, I will definitely find him out. If he I have been to Yanbei for a while, and I can also find clues and trace his whereabouts."
Su Fengnuan nodded with a smile, "I know you are good at tracking, so I leave this matter to you."
On the same day, with Su Fengnuan's order, Lianlian took ten guards from the Yanbei Palace and left the Yanbei Palace.
At noon the next day, Su Fengnuan was arranging pensions according to the list of guards who died in battle, when Qiuhua hurried over and said that the statement had woken up.
Hearing the words, Su Fengnuan left the study and came to the newspaper hall. Sure enough, he saw that the statement had woken up, and he was still lying on the bed, unable to move. Seeing Su Fengnuan stepping into the door, he blinked his eyes.
Su Fengnuan came close and asked him, "How do you feel?"
He stated that he had been in a coma for three days, his voice was hoarse, and the first thing he said was, "I woke up once yesterday afternoon, when the emperor's Qingwuwei came."
Su Fengnuan's heart was moved when he heard the words, looked at him and asked, "Do you know about the robbery and beheading of the An Guogong's mansion and Jingyanghou's mansion?"
Chen Chen's face darkened, and he nodded, "I heard what the prince of Yanbei and Qingwuwei said."
Su Fengnuan didn't speak when she heard the words, she was still thinking, if he woke up and heard that An Guogong's mansion was still being ransacked by all the families, he might aggravate his injuries, and was still thinking about whether to hide it from him or tell him, now that he She woke up once yesterday and heard her second uncle talking to Qing Wuwei. She must have been unable to bear it and passed out. Now that he knows about it, it saves her the trouble of thinking about it.
She stepped forward to feel his pulse.
The statement said in a low voice, "No wonder when Xu Yunchu led the Imperial Forest Army out of Beijing, Ye Chang asked Qianhan to tell me that he wanted me to escape, but...cough cough...how can I have the face to see him alive in the future? My father killed King Rong An and Princess Wang..."
Su Fengnuan felt that his qi and blood were unstable, depressed and stagnant, and the injury was serious. She frowned slightly and withdrew her hand, "An Guogong is An Guogong, and you are you. There are also descendants who are loyal and honest people, so you don’t have to feel ashamed to see Ye Chang. He saved you only because you could save him. He didn’t save Shen Qi, but sent him off personally because he felt that Shen Qi could save others but could not save her heart. , sending him a ride is to fulfill the friendship with his brother, you don't need to be depressed because of it."