Chapter 37: Xuanwu
In the twenty-third year of Yongjia, the foreign enemy invaded, and the emperor sent elite troops to resist, and the first commander of the Qingyi Wei at that time made Xuanwu and the second son of the prime minister, Bai Shaoqi, and others as the vanguard, and set off with strong ambitions and full of confidence. Emperor Yongjia personally conferred the seal in the Fengtian Temple and sent the army to the battle.
The army left Beijing to the north, and before the battle was fought, the emperor received a secret report, saying that the vanguard had been rebelled, and the books and printed documents were readily available, and the king was furious. At this time, the 800-mile expedited army reported to the imperial court, saying that the vanguard troops were about to arrive in Xiaogu City, and Shao Bao Rongzhen advised that Xiaogu City was a place where soldiers would fight, and there would definitely be a war, so it was better to send reinforcements to wait to see if they really rebelled.
Later, I only heard that the two armies met, and the vanguard force was determined to rebel, and the reinforcements raised troops to resist the enemy, and finally killed the foreign enemy at Kotani Castle and wiped out all the rebels.
In the battle of Xiaogu City, the vanguard troops were completely annihilated, and the light clothes guard suffered heavy losses, and the first-class commander made Xuanwu and many second-class Tongzhi die in battle, and the second son of the prime minister who volunteered to go out to the vanguard also ended up with a corpse.
However, the emperor was still not satisfied, and ordered that the corpse should not be collected, and issued an edict to violently corpse for three days. Xiaogu City is a wild place, with a herd of wild beasts, and when it comes to collecting the corpses, most of the corpses are eaten miserably, where can you tell who is who?
After this incident, no one dared to mention Yongjia for twenty-three years, and it took several years for Qingyiwei to regain his vitality after that heavy injury.
Now that Wu Xuan mentioned this matter again, it made Feng Xiuyun a little more confused.
Seeing that Feng Xiuyun and Jun Hao were silent, he closed his eyes as if he was a little painful, and then said: "There are clouds in the army, if the realm of a person who practices martial arts is extremely high, every time he shoots a sword mark that hurts someone, he will carry his own mark. And the mark on this wound belongs to the commander of the light guard who should have died in Kotani City, the former Xuanwu, Kong! ”
Feng Xiuyun had also heard of this statement, but he had never believed this unfounded statement, raised the corner of his lips on one side, and sneered, "Oh? Just a sword mark, you can recognize it? This person has been dead for more than a year or two, could it be a mistake? ”
"His subordinates have followed him to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he naturally knows a lot about the traces of his shots." As he spoke, he lifted his sleeves and showed a scar on his arm to the two of them, "Look, this is the mark left by Sora back then. ”
The two compared the innocent scar with the scar left on the corpse, and they didn't know how to refute it.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Wu Xuan said with a somewhat solemn face: "Your Highness may not know that although Kong's kung fu is very good in the light guard, he is not famous for his kung fu, but for his extremely proficient skillful skills and various secret words. ”
Feng Xiuyun immediately remembered the large number of strange words he found from Zuo Bu's political envoy He Xu, and his face darkened, "You mean, if this empty is really alive, then Shenwei is very likely to obey him." ”
"It's more than that." Wu Xuan stared at Feng Xiuyun with straight eyes, "This person is a first-class commander of the Qingyi Guard, and he is well versed in the style of the imperial court and the Qingyi Guard, if Shenwei has his help, it will be very disadvantageous to the imperial court." ”
"So, it's possible that he also knows about this secret pile?"
"Probably knows some people, but he shouldn't have a roster."
Feng Xiuyun was not sure when he saw Wuxuan, and continued to ask, "Is there anyone else who died in Xiaogu City that time?" ”
Wuxuan knew the meaning of his question, but shook his head and replied: "There were heavy casualties that time, but even if some of the second-class Tongzhi of the Light Guards survived by luck, and even entered Shenwei, it would only add a few points of combat power to them, and the second-class Tongzhi would not know too many secrets."
If there are any other people who are more prominent, there are two people, one is the second son of the prime minister who is determined to have died, who has just been promoted to general Huaiyuan before the expedition, and the other is Du Chengzhe, who is known as a miracle doctor in the palace. ”
Du Chengzhe? Feng Xiuyun smiled, the quack doctor who judged that Diexi's lifelong cold illness would not be cured, he was also dead, it was really an eye-opener.
Seeing that nothing could be solved at the moment, the group was about to leave Yizhuang, planning to go to the state capital to learn more about the situation. Unexpectedly, the same acquaintance in the state capital came to inform him that the governor had gone out and had not returned.
The group looked at each other and went back to the inn without making a fuss.
It was already late at night, and Feng Xiuyun had been looking at "Leaving the Soul" for some time, and this book was still put in the bag by Diexi before departure, saying that it was to write some grotesque things, and it would be more able to solve some emotions after reading it.
He brushed the corner of the book, leaving a smile on his lips, and was even more surprised by this little girl, good books never come into view, just to read these bizarre and ridiculous idle books.
Still thinking about it, there was a slight but rhythmic knock on the door outside the house, he didn't lock the door, his fingers knocked on the table a few times in response, and finally looked at the book, and closed it a little reluctantly.
There was already a man in a night suit in the room kneeling respectfully on one knee in front of him, the door lock had been closed, Feng Xiuyun moved his neck and asked, "What did you find?" ”
"Back to His Royal Highness, after Na Zhizhou left Yizhuang, he looked panicked, and sent his henchmen to leave the state capital immediately, and his subordinates have asked Zeyang to continue to follow, looking at the direction where the guy went, I am afraid that he is going to He Xu."
Feng Xiuyun stretched out his finger and shook it, and said a little lazily: "Hanri, this king has always taught not to make assertions, he went there, and he will know when Zeyang comes back from the message." ”
When Han Ri heard this, his exposed eyes dodged for a moment, and he immediately bowed down and pleaded guilty, "Subordinate...... Reckless, I hope His Highness will atone for his sins. ”
"That's it, you've worked hard in Jinyang these days, and things here are coming to an end." Feng Xiuyun stood up and turned to the window, no matter whether he would continue to take over the matter in the future, Daning would leave a bloody memory in the future.
There was no need to stay in Qinzhou, and in the early morning of the next day, the group hurried to Jinyang's political secretary's mansion, and only after a short rest, Zeyang brought good news.
Feng Xiuyun played with his fingers and looked at the letter intercepted by Zeyang and asked him, "You said that He Xu wants to take this letter to Jingshi?" ”
"Not bad." Zeyang replied respectfully, "The person from Qinzhou suddenly, the two of them said something like the secret after King Rui arrived, then He Xu's face suddenly became not very good-looking, and he wrote this letter overnight, and as soon as it was dawn, he sent someone to find a messenger to pass this letter to Jingshi." ”
Feng Xiuyun looked at those strange letters again, the strange words in them were still the same as the words reported before, it seemed that although He Xu was flustered, he still did things in a measured manner, but he was just ...... What was written in such an emergency should not be difficult to decipher...... bar.