"Such a coincidence?" Fang Xiaoyu's eyebrows drooped slightly, and he continued to ask, "If you think about it carefully, what else is abnormal about him?" It's about his life, it's about the country, and if what you say is the key clue, I'll count you as a great contribution. ”

Fang Xiaoyu used some small temptations, which was undoubtedly a guarantee for Li Lu, who was already half-disabled. Even for the sake of his family, he must know what kind of choice is better for him.

Li Lu's pupils were slightly dilated, and although he returned to normal in an instant, he still couldn't escape Fang Xiaoyu's eyes. His heart was moved.

What's more, just answering some questions, and not involving the category of harming nature and reason, why wouldn't he do it?

Now that I think about it, after that person came to see Mu You, Mu You began to become a little abnormal, often in a daze, and his thoughts were written on his face, but when he asked him, he smiled and prevaricated. I always felt like he was hiding something, but for no reason, I couldn't guess why. Then one day, he looked in good spirits, and his face, which had not been smiling for a few days, regained its brilliance, and we all thought that something good had happened to him, and even guessed whether he was promoted by General Hong and was about to be promoted. But around noon on the second day, he changed into that muddy appearance again, with an expression of wanting to die generously, and every movement with an extremely heavy feeling, which made people dare not approach. That is, two or three days later, he talked to me about his hometown, said seemingly inconsequential words, and left the barracks the next day. Li Lu said, and suddenly said as if he had thought of something: "By the way, on the second day when he was refreshed, he received a letter from home, and it seems that after reading the family letter, he became the one who was about to die again." At the same time, it was as if he had made up his mind, otherwise he would never have said anything close to his last words to me. ”

"He received a letter from home?" Fang Xiaoyu silently wrote down this matter, and wanted someone to check it later, so he asked, "Do you know who sent that book to him?" ”

"He himself said that his old father sent it to him, but I don't know what the truth is. After receiving the letter, he entered the account alone, and when he came out again, he looked like he was going to die. He never heard of the family letter again. It's just that when he talks to me about his hometown, he always sighs. When I asked about his father, he always had a sad look on his face. By the way, he also sighed several times that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. He also asked me if I had to choose between my family and my father, which one would I choose. ”

"And how did you answer?" Fang Xiaoyu asked suddenly.

Li Lu hesitated a little and replied, "I told him that I should choose my father." After all, he is the one who is really connected to my flesh and blood. The affairs of the family and the country are too ethereal. In front of the country, I am just a small speck of dust, no more than me, no less than me. Even if I die on the battlefield one day, except for my father and mother, who will worry about me, who will remember a little person like me, the emperor who is far away in the sky, and the ministers in the capital? What's more, my father is just an old farmer, who has been facing the loess with his back to the sky all his life, and he has never even seen the county official. How can it go against the affairs of the family and the country? The question itself is meaningless. ”

Li Lu seemed to be a little afraid of Fang Xiaoyu. After all, when choosing between the country and relatives, most people will actually choose their relatives. It's just that the superior may not want to hear such an answer.

Fang Xiaoyu didn't take it to heart. He didn't think that Li Lu's choice was wrong. Those who give up their small family for everyone are great, but it does not mean that those who choose their relatives are dirty.

Fang Xiaoyu was very clear, at least if she was given a choice, she might make the same choice as Li Lu.

As she once said to the emperor, if the country does not betray her, then she will do something for the country where she can, and that is what she willingly willing. But if the state betrayed her. She wouldn't be stupid enough to pay for someone else's country at will.

If one day, if she really had to make a choice between the Dacheng royal family and General Zhenyuan's mansion, she would definitely choose the latter.

Fang Xiaoyu was a little glad that Fang Jianzhang was a good minister who was loyal to the country and the royal family, at least it would save her from a lot of messy troubles.

Without **, there is no strife. If Fang Jianzhang has a heart of disobedience. I'm afraid she won't have much to live in the future.

"Where is Muyou's hometown? Do you know the address? Fang Xiaoyu asked again.

"Mu You and I are fellow villagers, we are both from Jinping Township, Luchuan County, and I know his address. He said that if he died on the battlefield, he would ask me to help take care of his family, so he told me the address. I sewed all the things he gave me into the corners of my clothes, thinking that it might be useful in the future. With that, Li Lu told Fang Xiaoyu Mu You's address.

Fang Xiaoyu firmly remembered the address. But his thoughts were completely attracted by Li Lu's other words, and asked, "You just said that Mu You gave you something else?" ”

Li Lu nodded and said, "It's a piece of paper, it looks like something has been rubbed in, like a map, it's full of messy lines, I can't understand it." That night, he handed this thing to me, saying that if he died on the battlefield, he would give it to General Miao. I went back and studied it for a night, but I didn't see any reason, and I wanted to ask him what it was, but the next day he had an accident and escaped from the barracks, and since then there has been no whereabouts, and I can't ask anything more. But I felt that this thing might be very important to Mu You, and when I didn't hear anything about him or his death, I didn't dare to act rashly, so I sewed this thing on my body and carried it with me, just for fear of accidentally falling into the hands of others. ”

Fang Xiaoyu's eyes narrowed, and he noticed the hidden clues in Li Lu's words.

Namu lobbied that if he died on the battlefield, he would hand over the things to General Miao. In the entire northwest, there is only one general surnamed Miao, who is the original commander of her 100,000-strong army.

This General Miao is a diehard loyalist of the emperor, and I am afraid that Mu You also knows this, so he said such things to Li Lu. So, why General Miao?

General Hong is also the emperor's person, at least to the outside world, so good, in this case, why did Mu You go far and choose to target General Miao and deliberately stagger General Hong?

Did you know that in addition to framing the crown prince, he would also frame General Hong together, so he was ready to hand over the things to General Miao? Or is there something wrong with General Hong himself that Mu You knows?

The crown prince was probably framed. This, if the wings of the butterfly she reborn did not completely change something, then this should not be wrong. However, was General Hong really wronged?

She didn't know, she hadn't noticed much of this General Hong in her previous life. After all, everything in the previous life was hearsay. If it wasn't for the big trouble, it would generally not reach her ears, and she was not interested in taking the initiative to understand it herself, which caused many people and things that she didn't have much impression of in this life.

"What Mu You handed you is still on you?" Fang Xiaoyu asked.

"In. I'm afraid that this important thing will be taken by someone else. It was sewn into the corner of the garment. Li Lu pointed at the crappy needle and thread at the corner of his clothes with his somewhat crippled finger. Because one hand had three fingers broken, and it was tightly wrapped by the military doctor like a steamed bun, he couldn't disassemble the needle and thread at the corner of his clothes, so he had to signal Fang Xiaoyu to the location of the piece of paper and let her take it out and look at it herself.

Fang Xiaoyu's gaze followed Li Lu's mummy-like hand to the corner of his bloodstained clothes. Between there are densely sewn with off-white threads. It's ugly.

Her fingers attached to the internal force gently cut through the stitched needles and threads, and then took out a slightly wrinkled piece of paper.

This piece of paper is a little thick, and there are many lines drawn on it with a black substance like charcoal, the lines are crossed and horizontal, some of them are disorganized, and a certain part of the messy line seems to be dotted with blood, so that Fang Xiaoyu can't tell whether this blood point is original, or whether Li Lu was injured and accidentally stained.

"You've seen this piece of paper before, so come and see, this blood idea was there when Mu You handed it to you. Or did it come later? Fang Xiaoyu remembered that Li Lu said that he had studied this paper for a night the night he got it, so he should know when this blood idea was stored.

"This bloody idea was there from the beginning. Mu You lit this thing there when he handed it to me. Li Lu replied in the affirmative.

Fang Xiaoyu carefully observed the thick paper that seemed to be a map, pursed his lips, and always felt that this chaotic map seemed to be seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

She put the piece of paper in her arms and said to Li Lu: "This thing will be placed here for me first." I have something to ask you. ”

"Eun Gong, excuse me." Li Lu endured the pain, but he couldn't sleep. The medicine given to him by the military doctor was meant to force him to stay awake. If he had fallen asleep from his injuries while he was being treated, he might never wake up alive and never wake up alive. That's why he was given drugs to keep him awake. And now the effect of this drug has not passed, even though he is already very painful and tired, he still can't sleep.

"How are you General Hong?" Fang Xiaoyu paused, and then suddenly asked.

"General Hong?" Li Lu was stunned. I don't know why, the topic suddenly shifted from Mu You to General Hong, but he still replied honestly: "General Hong is very stable, although he looks fierce, but he has a good temper. On weekdays, you can also mingle with the soldiers. General Hong always eats and lives with the soldiers, and if he is rewarded by the imperial court, he will not be stingy and enjoy with the soldiers, he is a good general. ”

"Oh? That's what you think. Is it true that Mu You pointed out that General Zhenghong and the prince embezzled military salaries? Fang Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows and asked.

Li Lu immediately made a mistake: "This ...... How can such a thing be known to shrimp soldiers and crabs like us? It's just that I don't believe it in my heart. As far as the matter of military salaries is concerned, the amount of silver allocated by the imperial court every year is so much, the large and small expenses in the army, the regular silver issued to the soldiers, and the compensation for the dead brothers, large and small, are not a small number. If it is embezzled by General Hong and the crown prince again, does it mean that all the silver allocated by the imperial court to the Northwest Army every year has gone into the pockets of General Hong and the crown prince? But if this is the case, how can the other armies not react at all? ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded. When she first came to the northwest, she had already investigated the matter in her own army, and it was obvious that Zhou Chengqian and the old men in the army were completely ignorant of this matter.

Just like Li Lu said, the annual salary allocated by the imperial court to the northwest is just that, and it must be evenly distributed to each team, plus a series of expenses such as procurement, pension, and silver, there is not much silver left, even if the prince really wants to embezzle the military salary, this bit of silver is not enough to even stuff his teeth, and he has no need to dirty his hands because of this matter.

There are too many flaws in the embezzlement of military salaries, and a check shows that there are loopholes everywhere. Therefore, Fang Xiaoyu felt that the so-called embezzlement of military salaries was a bait, a bait to lure the emperor to the bait.

As a result, the emperor thoroughly investigated a qiē related to the crown prince, which naturally led to the Songhe Tower. And Songhelou was originally Ye Shu became the storage zài established by framing the prince. From the beginning of its construction, it was under the banner of the crown prince. No matter what channel others use to check, they will find out that Songhelou is the power of the prince.

And at this time, what will happen if Songhelou is found to have fornicated with foreign enemies? Didn't you unknowingly blame the crown prince for a qiē?

It's just that Fang Xiaoyu didn't understand. Ye Shucheng established Songhe Tower under the banner of the prince. But she didn't believe that the prince would know nothing about it.

Wouldn't he suspect that someone else was using his name for some purpose when an intelligence organization appeared in the capital that was acting under his banner but was completely kept in the dark? Is he defenseless?

Fang Xiaoyu didn't believe it. Even if the prince was negligent in this matter, then Ye Xici, as the prince's number one think tank, would ignore such a suspicious place?

"How much do you know about General Hong?" Fang Xiaoyu also asked casually. Li Lu's level was too low, and it was impossible for him to know anything important.

Sure enough, Li Lu frowned, tried hard to think about it, and said with some frustration: "I don't know much about General Hong. I only know that he lost his father and mother when he was young, grew up eating hundreds of family meals, and later joined the army. Because he is very ruthless in killing the enemy on the battlefield, he has risen all the way to the top with his military exploits. Later, he was promoted by General Jane, and he really took root in this northwest. Later, General Jian handed over his military power and went to settle in the capital, and the original Northwest Army was divided. The emperor seemed to have remembered General Jian's meritorious service in guarding the northwest, so he listened to General Jian's recommendation and promoted General Hong to this point. The rest, I really don't know. ”

Fang Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly enlarged, and he asked eagerly: "You mean, General Hong was promoted by General Jian?" ”

Li Lu nodded, not knowing what Fang Xiaoyu was excited about.

Fang Xiaoyu was of course excited. This General Jian is none other than Princess An's father, Jian Zhengyan. General Hong is a hand-picked by Jian Zhengyan, so this General Hong may not be as simple as it seems.

Fang Xiaoyu was suddenly stunned, and then quickly took out the paper that Mu You handed over to Li Lu from his arms, and stared at the messy map above.

She suddenly remembered where she had seen the map. She felt so familiar, she had really seen the exact same route as this map before, but she hadn't remembered it for a while.

She carefully took out a piece of jade pendant from her bosom. It was the jade pendant that Ye Xici gave her in the middle of the box of silver tickets. It is a jade pendant that Princess An has always worn on her body.

The jade pendant jade quality is a little rough, isn't the hollow map in the pendant exactly the same as the map that Mu You handed over to Li Lu? It's just that Mu You's map is crooked, not as neat as the jade pendant, so she didn't think about it for a while.

Yu Pei → map→ Princess An, → Jian Zheng, → General Hong, → Muyou, → Zhou Xiang→ Zhou Guifei→ Second Prince Ye Shucheng.

This line is perfectly connected. And the dividing point of a qiē is on Mu You's body. (To be continued.) )