Yuwen Chengchao threw the big knife back into the wooden box and said, "Are you saying that he didn't have patience and did it in advance?" ”

"If he is really waiting for the so-called good opportunity, he should not act rashly, let alone set a trap for the eldest prince to fall into a trap." Fat Yu said: "There are so many weapons in stock here, and Jigong Gorge is only a hundred miles away from Fucheng, and the choice of a foothold here has already proved that Ding Zixiu is aiming at Fucheng." If the people behind the scenes really had their hands and feet in the sky and secretly laid out in Xiling, Ding Zixiu should know that the time had not come, and if he acted rashly, he could only destroy the plan. ”

"Because his tracks have been exposed." Yuwen Chengchao said in a low voice: "Or, his luck is really bad, an accident disrupted his position." ”

Fat Fish said: "The eldest prince is talking about robbing the horse farm?" ”

"Fat fish, how do we know that Ding Zixiu is hiding in Jigong Gorge?" Yuwen Chengchao asked.

Fat Yu thought for a moment before he said: "After the horse farm was robbed, the Hou Mansion decided that Ding Zixiu did it, and the old Hou Ye ordered Uncle Meng to send someone to search for Ding Zixiu's whereabouts. ”

"So the information we got was provided by Uncle Meng." Yuwen Chengchao sneered: "It is precisely because we learned that Ding Zixiu robbed the horse farm and got a place for him to stay, so we will discuss a countermeasure to exterminate Jigong Gorge." ”

Fat Fish nodded.

"Let me ask you again, does Ding Zixiu know the news that we are going to exterminate Jigong Gorge?" Yuwen Chengchao looked at the fat fish and asked.

Fat Yu did not hesitate: "Zhang Shubao confessed that someone had secretly contacted Ding Zixiu before, and he had carefully arranged it, and he was naturally well aware of the news of our attack on Jigong Gorge." ”

"That's right." Yuwen Chengchao smiled coldly: "Ding Zixiu learned that we are going to encircle and suppress Jigong Gorge, and there are two ways to go. One is to abandon the mountain before we can do it, but he must bring the weapons with him, or he will reveal secrets that we don't know. The second way is to stay in the mountains, stick to Jigong Gorge, and be confident that with the moat, we can't help him. ”

"He chose the second path."

"I did choose the second path, but the second way, there are also two choices." Yuwen Chengchao said slowly: "Either defend the Jigong Gorge and never go down the mountain, just wait for us to hit the mountain." Either that, or set a trap to lure me into a trap. ”

Fat Fish said: "He hates the eldest prince to the core, and has the opportunity to kill the eldest prince to take revenge, so he takes a risk." ”

"Exactly." Yuwen Chengchao said: "If it weren't for Brother Wang's desperate counterattack, Ding Zixiu's plan would have been successful." After a slight pause, he said: "So he set a trap and took the initiative to lure us into the bait, not because of a flaw, but in a careful plan, as I just said, because of his bad luck, he met Brother Wang, so that his originally very careful plan had a huge flaw, and this is why we will discover the secret here." He looked at Qin Xiao and said, "If it weren't for Brother Wang, we wouldn't have been able to save our lives if we found the knife storehouse here." ”

Qin Xiao bowed his hand slightly, knowing that at this time, he must not be arrogant and appear humble.

"The eldest prince, from the robbery of the horse farm to the fact that we fell into the trap today, was it a designed trap early on?" The fat fish hesitated, and finally said.

Qin Xiao knew that if Fat Fish could say this in front of him, then he really regarded himself as his own person, otherwise with Fat Fish's cautious character, he would never export it easily.

"If everything is done by Uncle Meng behind his back, things do make sense." Yuwen Chengchao's eyes were sharp, and his eyes were murderous: "I don't die for a day, and his heart is uneasy for a day." First, he hired Tusun people to attack and kill us, but he didn't succeed, and quickly changed his methods and teamed up with Ding Zixiu to set a trap. ”

Fat Fish's expression was grim: "Eldest Prince, if this is the case, Uncle Meng will kill you step by step, and this matter must be reported to the old marquis .....!"

"If there is no evidence, how can we prove that he is behind it, and how can I report it to my father?" Yuwen Chengchao clenched his fists and said: "Everything is just our speculation, and there is no evidence in hand." Originally, I wanted to catch Ding Zixiu's mouth and interrogate evidence from his mouth, but I didn't expect this person to bite his tongue and commit suicide ......! ”

"In this way, Uncle Meng and Ding Zixiu have already secretly colluded." Fat Fish thought thoughtfully: "Then the weapons here ......!" ”

Yuwen Chengchao shook his head and said, "It's not him, and he doesn't have the guts." ”

"Oh?"

"The financial power of the horse farm and the Hou Mansion is almost controlled by them, but they can't get their hands on forging weapons." Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "The forging of weapons requires the permission of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the large and small forging offices are all registered in the Metropolitan Protectorate, and it is also a crime of rebellion to create one more weapon." ”

The fat fish bowed slightly, and said: "Just Ding Zixiu has a lot of ore to repair the weapons here, and he needs a large amount of ore, and he has to transfer a large number of ores, and he also has to secretly build weapons, so he can't hide it at all, and Uncle Meng doesn't have the guts." ”

"So it's two things." Yuwen Chengchao said: "Ding Zixiu has collusion with Uncle Meng's side, and their purpose is to get rid of me. Uncle Meng thought that Ding Zixiu was his tool to kill people with a knife, but he didn't know that he was being used by Ding Zixiu. Uncle Meng shouldn't know that Ding Zixiu secretly stored a large number of weapons, he thought that Ding Zixiu only wanted my head, but he didn't know that Ding Zixiu and the person behind him probably wanted the head of the entire Yuwen family, including him Meng Guangchu. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that this matter seemed to be getting more and more complicated now.

Before, I only thought it was a struggle for power within the Yuwen family, but now there are even more amazing forces.

Ding Zixiu is hiding in Yuwen County, obviously preparing for a riot, who is behind him? In addition to Ding Zixiu, how many other people are involved?

Speaking from his heart, Qin Xiao did not have any good feelings about the Xiling Gate Valve.

When he was in the Duwei Mansion, the enemy he faced was the Zhenhou Mansion, one of the three major lords.

The existence of the gate valve has made Xiling almost an extralegal place in the Tang Dynasty, these people have looted the people's fat and ointment, and the children of the gate valve are arrogant and arrogant, although the law of the Tang Dynasty still exists in name in Xiling, but as long as it involves the children of the gate valve, the law is equivalent to ornamentation, useless.

If the forces behind Ding Zixiu wanted to eradicate the Xiling Gate Valve, Qin Xiao really didn't think there was anything wrong.

Yuwen Chengchao treats him well, he also regards Yuwen Chengchao as a friend, but this does not mean that he accepts the existence of the gate valve in his heart, under the influence of Han Yunong and Meng Zimo for several years, Qin Xiao has always thought that the gate valve is a tumor that grows on Xiling's body, the tumor is not clear, and the people will never have a good life.

So when Yuwen Chengchao and Fat Yu were talking, Qin Xiao didn't say much, but he couldn't help but think in his heart that if he didn't know Yuwen Chengchao first, but Ding Zixiu first, he might not follow Ding Zixiu to fight against the gate valve forces.

Yuwen Chengchao naturally couldn't know Qin Xiao's thoughts, and he couldn't guess where the backer behind Ding Zixiu was for a while, and when he got out of the cave, before he returned to Ding Zixiu's wooden house, he saw a group of people in front of him hurrying over, and the first one was the young son Yuwen Chengling, who saw Yuwen Chengchao, showed joy, and stepped forward quickly, saying: "Big brother, it's okay if you're fine, I'm worried about death." ”

Yuwen Chengchao saw that the young prince was followed by the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion, so he was down-to-earth.

Since Yuan Shangyu took people and horses across the bridge, then chickens

Gongxia is completely under control.

"How's it going?" Qin Xiao saw Dapeng following behind Yuwen Chengling, and immediately asked.

Dapeng stepped forward and said: "Eldest prince, after Chen Zhitai passed, he let people put down the drawbridge, and Commander Yuan immediately led people to rush over, and the mountain bandits did not dare to resist, so they all abandoned their weapons and surrendered." Now that the bandits on the mountain have been disarmed, Commander Yuan asked people to collect their weapons, but according to the orders of the eldest prince, he did not harm them, but tied them all up. ”

"That's very good." Yuwen Chengchao didn't talk nonsense, and walked forward quickly, Yuwen Chengling saw that he didn't say a word to himself, and he was a little embarrassed, but he still followed behind.

Yuan Shangyu ordered hundreds of bandits to be tied up, and the weapons were also collected and piled together, and when he saw Yuwen Chengchao coming, Yuan Shangyu also stepped forward and said, "The eldest son!" ”

Yuwen Chengchao knew that he had changed his plan temporarily and almost died here, he had palpitations, but he was also a little ashamed, and said: "Commander Yuan, I temporarily changed my plan, and I wanted to capture Ding Zixiu directly, and I almost caused a .....catastrophe!"

"The lowly general already knows." Yuan Shangyu sighed: "The eldest prince, forgive the humble will be blunt, you should not be like this in public and private, in case you have a mistake, the humble will die without forgiveness." Fortunately, the eldest prince is auspicious, and there is no danger, which is a fortunate thing. ”

"This is not the auspicious nature, this is my life, there is Wang Xiao by my side." Yuwen Cheng beckoned to Qin Xiao and said, "Wang Xiao, come here!" ”

Qin Xiao immediately came over, Yuwen Chengchao patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder, and smiled at Yuwen Chengchao: "Commander Yuan, what I sent to your White Tiger Camp is a big baby, fortunately he has been promoted to a riding school, otherwise I wouldn't be able to ask you for my merits this time." ”

"The eldest prince is laughing." Yuan Shangyu said with a smile: "Wang Xiao is young, but he is outstanding, and after a few more years of training in the White Tiger Camp, he will definitely be able to take on a great responsibility." Raising his hand and pulling his beard, he looked at Qin Xiao and said with a smile: "Wang Xiao, although you have made meritorious contributions, I really don't want to reward you." You are already a riding school, and if you want to be promoted, you will have to pull Deputy Commander Su down from his position. ”

"Don't dare!" Qin Xiao thought to himself that Lao Tzu had only been in the camp for a few days, Su Chao was deeply rooted in the White Tiger Camp, and he could barely stay in a riding school, if he really took Su Chao's place, I am afraid that many people in the camp would regard him as an enemy.

He never thought that he would continue to be in the White Tiger Battalion Commander's expectations, and he would be able to hold on smoothly for a while longer, and just find an excuse to leave, but he didn't have to make enemies because of promotion.

And Yuan Shangyu's tone obviously won't really let him replace Su Chao.

Fortunately, Yuan Shangyu had already changed the topic and said: "Eldest son, Ding Zixiu committed suicide, I heard that the second master, Zhang Shubao, has been captured, and it is good to take it back and hand it over to the Duhu Mansion for disposal." But..... The third master, Chen Zhitai, claimed that the eldest prince had made great contributions, and said that the eldest prince would reward him heavily, and I would not be able to deal with it, so please let the eldest prince fall. He turned his head and said, "Bring Chen Zhitai over!" ”

"The eldest prince, you are wronged!" Before Chen Zhitai arrived, he had already howled: "I abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, helped you arrest Zhang Shubao, and helped you put down the suspension bridge, you can't do this to me, this is really not righteous, walking the rivers and lakes, you have to talk about Cigna, I Chen Zhitai is the first word, you can't harm good people." ”

In the midst of the howl, I saw Chen Zhitai, whose arms were tied behind his back, being pushed over by two soldiers.

Yuwen Chengchao was calm, glanced at Qin Xiao, and said: "Wang Xiao, before he plundered the grain team, you took him, how to send it, leave it to you to decide." ”

"Big brother, raise your noble hand." Chen Zhitai immediately looked at Qin Xiao, "I live and die with you, you can't help but be righteous!" ”