Chapter 313: We Have Moles
"Shut up! You are so noisy in front of me, you are too presumptuous! Chen Xu slammed the table again and scolded loudly.
"Your Majesty, Erchen definitely didn't despise such a big Chen soldier, it's just that this Xiao Yao is really full of nonsense and strong words, and he uses this as an excuse to mobilize the army privately and gather people to make trouble! Xiao Shilang's sharp teeth and sharp mouth are well known to everyone, and Erchen really can't say anything about him, but this time he smashed the Four Seasons Restaurant, the evidence is conclusive, and Xiao Yao can't help but quibble! Erchen implores His Majesty to severely punish Xiao Yao and correct the law of the country! Uncle Chen said righteously.
"Xiao Yao, what else do you have to say?" Chen Xu still looked at Xiao Yao with an iron face, and asked coldly.
"What the last general should say has already been said, what His Majesty wants to do with the last general, and the last general will never regret what he did today! can be angry for our Dachen soldiers and maintain their dignity and morale, even if His Majesty wants to behead the last general to show the public, the last general will definitely not have half a complaint! Xiao Yao said fearlessly.
"Hmph, if you want to advance or retreat, do you really think I won't dare to kill you! Wu Mingche is right, you are a little fox! Chen Xu suddenly sneered, pointed at Xiao Yao and scolded with a smile, and then asked the old eunuch: "Father-in-law Gao, this time Xiao Yao gathered a crowd to make trouble and smashed the Four Seasons Restaurant, did there be any injured and dead?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, according to the briefing submitted by Jing Zhaoyin, who stayed at the scene to investigate and collect evidence, this time General Xiao only smashed the Four Seasons Restaurant, but he didn't hurt anyone, even the people who served wine and food were not injured, but this Zhang Dai Zhang Boss was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and fell into a coma!" The old eunuch Gao Gonggong said in a low voice.
"If there are no casualties, that's good! If someone dies, the public is turbulent, and everyone is targeted, at that time, even if I intend to forgive, it will be difficult not to punish you severely! Chen Xu immediately showed his attitude towards Xiao Yao, that is, to cover up!
After all, Xiao Yao made great achievements on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, and it took him nine deaths to escape back to Jinling, if Chen Xu now severely punished Xiao Yao just because Xiao Yao smashed the Four Seasons Restaurant, then who else would be willing to die for him Chen Xu in the future! And the size of this incident, Xiao Yao also grasped it very well, although it was very arrogant, it was not serious, there were no casualties, and if a building was smashed, it would be enough to lose money to rebuild!
The reason why Chen Xu was so angry just now was because Xiao Yao privately led troops into Jinling City, as the emperor, his first reaction was of course to worry that Xiao Yao would rebel, because after all the more than 1,000 soldiers who had been on the battlefield entered Jinling City, if they really tried to do wrong, it would indeed be a very strong force!
But just now after Xiao Yaoyi's explanation, Chen Xu seemed to feel that his reaction was indeed too sensitive, after all, these more than 1,000 soldiers were wearing civilian clothes and did not enter the city with weapons in their hands, although a thousand people sounded a bit much, but they knew that in their own palace, but there were more than 10,000 elite forbidden troops stationed there, if they dared to rebel, their more than 10,000 well-equipped forbidden troops to deal with these more than 1,000 unarmed soldiers, it would be easy to do, So it's impossible for Xiao Yao to do these stupid things!
And Xiao Yao also said very reasonably, these thousand soldiers are indeed not his Xiao Yao's soldiers! Wu Mingche sent 5,000 guards to protect Xiao Yao's return to Jinling City, which had already been reported to Chen Xu, and the more than 1,000 people left behind were also led by Wu Mingche's own nephews and grandchildren, most of them were soldiers from Jinling, Wu Mingche's reason for reporting was that he had been on the expedition for more than a year, and it was rare for these meritorious soldiers to return to Jinling, so let them stay in Jinling in the form of vacation, and let them go home to visit their relatives casually, but because it was still during the Northern Expedition, they had to gather in the military camp outside the city to live!
According to this statement, this time Xiao Yao let them all enter the city, it is not a private transfer of troops, after all, their commander is Wu Mingche's nephew Wu Dexun! Moreover, they are all on leave, and they have no combat mission, so the crime of desertion is not counted.
Therefore, the current Chen Xu believes that Xiao Yao brought more than 1,000 people into the city to attend the banquet, even if Xiao Yao deliberately went to the Four Seasons Restaurant to drink and took the opportunity to find fault and make trouble, it would not touch Chen Xu's scales!
In addition, Chen Xu has always been very curious about Xiao Yao, and he also admires the army he created that uses new weapons, so since Xiao Yao is just to take revenge on Zhang Dai of the Four Seasons Restaurant this time, Chen Xu naturally does not want to severely punish Xiao Yao, after all, the people in the entire Jinling City know that General Commercial Bank and Yinhai Commercial Bank are mortal enemies, and Chen Xu is also very concerned about Xiao Yao, so he also received a secret guarantee, saying that the reason why there are so many rumors about Xiao Yao in Jinling City this time, This Yinhai Commercial Bank is suspected of fueling the troubles inside, so now Xiao Yao is going to take revenge on this Zhang Dai and smash his Four Seasons Restaurant, in Chen Xu's eyes, it seems to be a very natural thing!
Chen Xu, who was bent on forgiving Xiao Yao, seemed to feel the prince's dissatisfied eyes, so he deliberately changed the topic and said, "Why is this Zhang Dai also so angry that he vomits blood and falls into a coma?" Hehe, such a coincidence, Xiao Yao, do you remember that day when you were here in my imperial study, you suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma in front of me, I haven't even asked you yet, why did you suddenly vomit blood and fall into a coma at that time? Is it really because you heard that the prince newly accepted Xiao Moke's daughter as the crown princess, and it made you angry? And recently, there have been all kinds of rumors about you, saying that you have been unconscious, saying that you are in danger, and even that you have died violently! But these days there has been no news of you, I heard that Zu Yuan took you to the general sugar factory outside the city to take care of, even the people of the Xiao family don't know your specific situation, mysterious and secretive, no wonder the people of Jinling City are spreading all kinds of rumors about you! How's it going, have you recovered now? But judging by what you've done today, it's estimated that you've almost recovered! As soon as he appeared, he gave such a big surprise to the people of Jinling City, and even I was shocked, you, Xiao Shilang, are really a troublemaker! ”
"The last general has been on the run in Qi and Zhou for more than half a year, and he has always lived a life of high mental tension, for fear of revealing flaws, being recognized by the enemy, and he has never slept peacefully! So the body and mind are extremely tired! The last general can return to Jinling safely, naturally it is safe, and the string that has been taut in his head can finally be relaxed, so when he heard that his sister-in-law had become a noble princess, he was overexcited for a while, which made his body that had reached the limit unbearable, and he vomited blood and fell into a coma! The last general thanked His Majesty for his concern, and it was the last general's sin to make His Majesty worry about the last general for so many days! However, Zu Yuan has never told the public about my specific situation, and even the father-in-law of the last general does not know the situation of the last general, in fact, this is also for a reason! Xiao Yao said calmly, he had already calculated that Chen Xu would not severely punish himself for the smashing of the Four Seasons Restaurant, after all, he just smashed things, and did not hit people, this is just a small mistake, compared to those officials who bully the weak and the rich second generation often bully the weak and make trouble, Xiao Yao's gathering of people to make trouble this time is simply insignificant! 53 Chinese Net
"What is it that makes you so secretive about your situation that you can't even tell Xiao Moke?" Chen Xu is really interested!
"The reason is that the last general thinks that there are still spies of the Qi people lurking in Jinling City at this moment! And the last general asked Zu Yuan to keep the news about me tightly sealed, this is to guard against the assassination of the last general by the Qi assassins! Xiao Yao looked serious and said solemnly.
"There are spies of Qi people in Jinling City?" Chen Xu was really taken aback, after all, the two countries were still at war, and hearing these sensitive words of spy assassin would of course make Chen Xu nervous.
"The two countries are at war and send spies to each other to collect intelligence, this is a normal thing, I believe that Your Majesty also sent a lot of Chen State spies to Yecheng of Qi State! It's just that the last general found out that there seems to be someone here in our Chen Kingdom who is colluding with these spies and betraying all kinds of information about our Chen Kingdom! Xiao Yao looked at Uncle Chen and said coldly.
Chen Shubao was a little flustered by Xiao Yao's intentional or unintentional eyes: colluding with Qi people? Did he really find out about his collusion with Gao Changgong? And during this time, Qi Guo also received the news that Xiao Yao had returned to Jinling safely, and Gao Changgong also sent a secret agent to contact Chen Shubao, asking Chen Shubao to continue to cooperate with Gao Changgong and work together to eradicate Xiao Yao!
Chen Xu, who was nervous, didn't notice the change in Chen Shubao's face, and frowned and said in a deep voice: "What does Shiro mean, our Chen country has a traitor?" How so? ”
"Your Majesty, do you know that Zhang Dabao was once kidnapped by Gao Changgong of Qi State?" Xiao Yao asked.
"Well, when Wu Mingche reported on your defeat, he specifically mentioned Zhang Dabao's treason and defection to the enemy, so I also asked people to investigate thoroughly, and found that when Zhang Dabao returned to Jinling to visit his sick father, he was targeted by Gao Changgong, and then when he left Jinling, he took the opportunity to rob Zhang Dabao and go to Xuyi County! Then there is you, Xiao Shilang, who captured Xuyi County, which was garrisoned by tens of thousands of people with a thousand soldiers, became famous in a battle, and rescued Zhang Dabao from Gao Changgong, but he didn't expect that he had been rebelled by Gao Changgong and became a traitor to our Da Chen, and he also murdered Shiro, which led to Shiro's fiasco in Linying County! Chen Xu said coldly, he is still angry about Zhang Dabao's treason and defection to the enemy, after all, Xiao Yao's defeat completely disrupted Chen Xu's plan for the Northern Expedition to Qi!
"When the last general rescued Zhang Dabao in Xuyi County, he once interrogated him, and he said that Gao Changgong quietly robbed him in the fleet of our Chen Guo to Shouyang to transport supplies, Gao Changgong's plan was very thorough, and Zhang Dabao didn't even have a chance to resist! The last general believed that at that time, Zhang Dabao had not yet committed treason to the enemy, so he would not take the initiative to leave the fleet with Gao Changgong and flee to Xuyi County! Therefore, Gao Chang planned this careful operation, then he must have known all the information about our fleet of ships transporting supplies this time in advance! And this plan to transport materials, I believe that even in our Chen Kingdom, few people know the specific situation! Therefore, the last general dared to conclude that in this Jinling City, there were traitors who colluded with the Qi State! Xiao Yao suddenly raised his voice and said, startling Chen Shubao, who was thinking about whether he had revealed a flaw.
"So who is this mole? Does Shiro have a clue? Chen Xu asked with a grim face, he also felt that Xiao Yao was very reasonable, after all, Zhang Dabao was robbed by Gao Changgong on his own territory, and this matter was indeed full of suspicions!
"The last general suspects that it is the people of the Yinhai Merchant Bank who are colluding with the Qi State to betray our confidential information!" Xiao Yao said loudly.
Chen Shubao, who was so frightened that his face turned pale, hurriedly shook his head and denied it: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yao is a bloody spurt, deliberately framed!" Zhang Dai of Yinhai Commercial Bank is loyal to our Da Chen, and the Sun and Moon can be seen, and Yinhai Commercial Bank has always contributed a lot to our Da Chen treasury, and they have also contributed a lot of strength in this Northern Expedition against Qi State, so how could he betray our Da Chen's intelligence? ”
"Shiro, Yinhai Commercial Bank is the largest trading house in our Chen Kingdom, and it controls all kinds of bulk businesses such as salt and iron in our Chen Kingdom, and this matter is very important! You said that Yinhai Commercial Bank was colluding with Qi State and betraying the intelligence of our Chen State, what evidence do you have? Chen Xu was also taken aback by Xiao Yao's words, he knew that Yinhai Commercial Bank, as the largest trading house in Chen State, had a very important status and influence in Chen State, if he really colluded with Qi State, then if this matter spread out, the blow to Chen Guo would be very serious!
"There is no evidence for the last general!" Xiao Yao shrugged, very casually, and shook his head very easily.
As a result, Chen Xu and Chen Shubao, father and son, and even Gao Gonggong were instantly petrified!