When the emperor heard what Wang Lu said, he thought it was reasonable, so he suppressed Hejian County for the time being.
At noon the next day, Su Qing's paper was delivered to the capital as expected. After receiving the memorial, the emperor passed on Wang Lu and the prime minister to enter the palace.
After reading Su Qing's memorial, the two were puzzled for a while. Su Qing's memorial said that Ye Shizi's people found something in Qiufeng Mountain. He followed Ye Shizi's suggestion. Shelved the case and set off for Beijing. Regarding the matter of Hejian County, within these three days, Ye Shizi will assign the Hejian county magistrate to seal off Qiufeng Mountain to deal with related matters, and wait for him to bring that thing back to Beijing to explain in detail before asking the emperor to decide how to investigate and handle the matter in the future .
The book did not say what Ye Chang found.
Both Wang Lu and Prime Minister Sun have been in the official position for most of their lives. Knowing that Su Qing did not mention it in the booklet, they may be afraid of leaking it. It must be extremely important, and it may have something to do with this case.
The emperor asked the two, "What do you think?"
The two looked at each other, and Prime Minister Sun said, "Such a big case should not be taken lightly. It must be that the object Ye Shizi found is very important. Now that Mr. Su said so in the brochure, then wait two days and wait for Mr. Su to bring it to you." Bring things back to Beijing, the emperor will make a decision soon."
The emperor nodded when he heard the words, "Then just wait for two days!"
The matter was settled, the emperor said again, "Two hundred thousand Jinglu soldiers and horses were dispatched to Yanbei, and now they have been away for three days, and in three more days, they should arrive in Yanbei, right?"
Prime Minister Sun nodded, "I think it's about the same."
The emperor said, "Originally Xu Yunchu and Su Yatou's report was to send 100,000 Jinglu soldiers and horses, but Ye Chang suggested to me earlier that the Jinglu soldiers and horses were raised as waste in Beijing, so we should send 200,000 soldiers to Yanbei." Tried and tested, now there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses in the capital, plus the 10,000 imperial guards, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the five city soldiers and horses, the number is only 90,000. The soldiers stationed in the capital are weak. Now Hejian With such a big case happening in the county, I'm just afraid that if someone knows that the soldiers in the capital are weak and takes the opportunity to deal with the capital, these people may be defeated, so what should we do?"
Wang Ludao, "The emperor's worries are justified." After saying that, he said, "However, after Su Yatou left, the Military Weapons Supervision and Nufang Department continued to refine weapons according to her requirements. At the end of the day, there should be some small results. I think that first all the refined weapons and arrows will be provided to the crossbowmen of the Wucheng Bingmasi, and follow Ye Shizi's arrangement of the five cities, even if someone wants to deal with the capital , it shouldn’t be a problem in a short time.”
Prime Minister Sun took over the words and said, "Three days later, the Jinglu soldiers and horses will arrive in Yanbei, and uncle Xiaoguo will bring the Imperial Forest Army back to Beijing. At that time, with the addition of your Imperial Forest Army, the Emperor, the capital's military strength will not be considered weak, and you can rest assured. .”
The emperor nodded when he heard the words, "What you said is reasonable." After saying that, he ordered Koizumi, "I will pass on my oral order to summon the Minister of the Ministry of War and Zhou She to the palace."
"Yes!" Koizumi hurried to go.
Not long after, Minister of the Ministry of War and Zhou She hurried into the palace.
The Minister of the Ministry of War is very busy these days. The entire Ministry of War is like a spinning top. First, the war in Yanbei, and then the army in the west. The Western Territory did not rush to urge food and grass, but the Minister of the Ministry of War was almost beheaded by the emperor last time, and managed to save his old life. After a few days, I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist.
The Military Weapons Supervision and Nufang Department has been staring at Zhou She day and night, and still hasn't returned home for more than a month. Now hearing that the emperor summoned him, his heart beats like a drum. When Su Fengnuan was in the capital, he stayed at the Military Weapons Supervision Department day and night, with her pointing everywhere, so he couldn't make mistakes, but after she left the capital, the burden fell on him, although he did not follow Su Fengnuan's request. Big mistakes were made, but small mistakes were still made repeatedly, which naturally affected the process of weapon manufacturing.
The two entered the imperial study, and the emperor asked about the secret weapons and crossbows.
Minister of the Ministry of War looked at Zhou She, he really didn't have time to go to the Military Weapons Supervision these days, and he didn't know what was going on inside.
Zhou She hurriedly stepped forward to report a number, beating drums in his heart while reporting.
After the emperor heard about it, he didn't blame Zhou She, nodded, and said, "Transport these out first, and assign them secretly to 50% of the soldiers and horses. Then hurry up and supervise the work, and the next batch will be shipped to the west."
Zhou She bowed her head again and again.
After lying on the bed for three days, Su Qing was finally able to get out of bed and walk around, so she immediately set out to return to Beijing.
Ever since Su Qing was injured and killed by poisoning, Ye Chang postponed his trip to Yanbei and stayed in the Hejian County Government Office to deal with some matters. He went to Qiufeng Mountain in the afternoon when Su Qing woke up. Qiufeng Mountain had become a piece of coke, and only human bones and bones were left. For the specific number of casualties, the Hejian County Government can only calculate the casualties according to the household registration. on record.
No one survived, whether it was young and strong men, or old and weak women and children.
The bloodbath case in Qiufeng Mountain was the biggest murder case since the plague case in Lingshan four years ago. But what is different from the case of Lingshan four years ago is that the former was a plague, a major case caused by artificial ineffective control and concealment, while the latter was a purposeful and planned bloodbath in broad daylight, which resulted in the death of the imperial court. The son of the General's Mansion who was sent to investigate the case almost died.
The case of Hejian Post Station and the bloodbath case of Qiufeng Mountain in Hejian County were listed as major cases.
Ye Chang stood on the top of Qiufeng Mountain, looking down from above, he happened to be able to see the Hejian County Government Office and the Hejian Post Station not far from it. Although it was far away, he could vaguely see every movement and stillness.
He squinted his eyes, thinking that the terrain and location of Qiufeng Mountain must be the key to some people's ideas.
Master Lingyun went up to Qiufeng Mountain together with Ye Chang, and read scriptures for a day to the dead bones on the mountain to save the dead.
Su Qing took the string of Buddhist beads and set off back to Beijing. Master Lingyun entered Beijing with him, and Ye Chang also left the Hejian County Government Office and headed north to Yanbei.
At the same time, the Qingwuwei sent by the emperor to Yanbei returned to the capital and presented the secret letter written by Su Fengnuan to the emperor.
After reading Su Fengnuan's secret letter, the emperor looked more solemn than ever.
The crossbows used to attack the city in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were the same as the ones used to intercept and kill Patriarch Ye secretly. If the barren mountain arsenal in Zijing County’s fiefdom was used to store such crossbows, the king of Xiangjun secretly manufactured weapons inside and cooperated with the Northern Zhou Dynasty outside. It can be seen that the conspiracy is huge.
He is the king of the Eastern Realm. For many years, he has been praised by the people of the Eastern Realm. His reputation in the Eastern Realm is even higher than that of the king of a country. If the death of King Rong An and the Lingshan plague four years ago were both related to him, how long has he been conspiring
Imagine, if the Northern Zhou captured Yanbei and drove straight in, would he immediately turn against the Southern Qi, cooperate with the Northern Zhou, and cooperate internally and externally? If he had prepared for many years, besides the arsenal, he should also have secretly kept soldiers and horses, which must have exceeded the imperial court's 50,000 soldiers and horses, right
If so, Nan Qi would be shaken by now! Fortunately, Su Fengnuan guarded Yanbei.
The emperor put down the secret letter and said angrily, "What a king of Xiangjun, after so many years, I haven't found anything wrong with him."
Qingwuwei bowed his head, no one in the imperial study room responded, only his voice echoed in the open space.
After a while, the emperor took a deep breath and asked Qing Wuwei, "What else did Su Yatou say?"
Qingwuwei stopped Su Fengnuan and told him that he was ordered to arrest him and report back, and that they had seen Second Young Master Chen. At that time, Second Young Master Chen was still unconscious and was indeed seriously injured.
After hearing this, the emperor nodded, and softened his tone, "I stated that I set fire to the two major granaries in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and I established a great merit, and then blocked a sword for the son of Yanbei Prince. The prince of Yanbei is old, and the son of Yanbei Prince Supporting the Yanbei Palace, if something happened to him, it would be unimaginable for Yanbei. He saved the prince of Yanbei, which is also a great achievement. The prince of Yanbei, Uncle Xiaoguo, and Su Yatou all mentioned it in the letter. I also felt that It's a pity that An Guogong's government implicated him, but now he is loyal to the country, unlike his father, two major merits are enough for me to spare his life graciously. Forget it, let him stay in Yanbei first!"
Qing Wuwei nodded.
The emperor pondered for a while, and then ordered, "Just follow Su Yatou's suggestion! You immediately take a hundred Qingwu guards to the south of the Yangtze River, contact Ye Xi, and find out if the King of Xiangjun is in the south of the Yangtze River."
The leader of the Qingwu Guards bowed his head, not daring to delay, he immediately led his people out of the capital and headed for Jiangnan.
Because Su Qing was seriously injured, she didn't dare to hurry on the way back to Beijing, and she arrived in the capital two days later.
After he entered Beijing, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried into the palace.
The emperor summoned him in the imperial study, looked at the string of Buddhist beads he presented, his face was gloomy, and he threw the string of Buddhist beads on the imperial case with a "snap", angrily said, "Okay, what a Xiangjun!" King, I treat him like a brother in vain, and I have never neglected him for many years, yet he dares! He really dares! It turned out that he was the one who did the Hejian station, and he really conspired with Bei Zhou!"