Chapter 725: Activities in the Shadows
A big war is imminent, and during the war, it is, of course, the army that decides the outcome of the war, but in secret, the two sides make detailed espionage reports, and naturally there are frequent activities.
Assassinating key players on the other side and then influencing the situation of the war is also a plan that is often implemented.
Qinzhou, Duwei Battalion.
At such moments, Liang Yuan was at his busiest, not only to secretly protect the ministers of the court, but also to do his best to investigate the assassins of the enemy country.
In the past few days, after widely spreading eyeliner, he has almost locked on a nest of assassins, but the other party acts in secrecy, lives in seclusion, and changes the hiding place from time to time, making it difficult to find out the specific location.
This net couldn't be collected for a long time, and Liang Yuan's brows were also locked.
At this moment, a small leader with the captain's emblem embroidered on the collar of the brocade walked in quickly, clenched his fists and bent over, "My lord, there was an unexpected discovery." ”
"Oh?" When Liang Yuan heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he immediately motioned for him to continue.
The team leader said: "Eyeliner report, near the old wine lane in Dongcheng District, I found this." ”
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over a crossbow arrow.
"This is ......" Liang Yuan took it, looked at it carefully, and suddenly widened his eyes: "Wuwei Mansion!?" ”
"That's right, this crossbow arrow is specially assigned by the Wuwei Mansion, and it is also left by the assassins who evacuated in a hurry." The squad leader said.
Liang Yuan couldn't help but gasp, near the arrow of the crossbow arrow, there was indeed the word Wuwei Mansion engraved, which was set up to distinguish the transfer of armaments.
And the crossbow is a military thing, different bows, Qin crossbows are well-made, it is impossible to appear in the people, because of its firing speed and lethality, it is also forbidden for the people to wear it, especially in Qinzhou, where the capital is located, it is extremely strictly prohibited.
Now that it appears here, it can only mean that someone is going to carry out an assassination operation.
And the assassins were mixed in Qinzhou, when they entered the city, how could they bring the crossbow in, they could only ask for help in the city.
Could it be that the Wuwei Mansion is secretly communicating with the assassins?
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan took the crossbow arrow, looked at the team leader again, and asked in a condensed voice, "What do you think?" ”
"This ......" The squad leader pondered for a while, and said: "Except for army battles, my Qin crossbow generally does not appear, although the Wuwei Mansion has some equipment, but it is rarely used, even if it is transferred, it will be registered with the ordnance officer of the Wuwei Mansion." ”
"That is, the problem may arise with the ordnance officer." Liang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he waved his hand and said, "Go!" Take a trip to Wuwei Mansion! ”
"Yes!" The team leader hurriedly followed, and subconsciously asked, "My lord, do you want to transfer more manpower?" ”
"No need, Ye Cheng won't have a problem, Wuwei Mansion won't have a problem, it's just someone who has a problem." Liang Yuan's footsteps did not stop.
Half an hour later, Wuwei Mansion.
"Lord Liang, Lord Liang, and let me repay you with humiliation......"
There were officers and soldiers who wanted to stop them, but Liang Yuan had already forced his way in.
Not long after, Ye Cheng, who received the news, also came quickly, first waved his hand at the officers and soldiers, signaled to retreat, and then looked at Liang Yuan, and said with a displeased face: "Lord Liang, Wuwei Mansion is not an inn restaurant, you can come if you want to, but you have to say something, right?" ”
"Hehe, where it's rude, I still look at Lord Ye Haihan, but the incident is urgent, and I'm afraid that Lord Ye will also say that he is sick and won't see it." Liang Yuan said with a smile.
Wuwei Mansion and Duwei Camp are a little contradictory.
This is mostly due to the fact that Liang Yuan poached people several times and took away important prisoners, and each time he would say: Duwei Ying's handling of the case is a state secret, and he has the right to take away felons who are unfavorable to the imperial court, interrogate them individually, and also have the right to seconded elite personnel from various ministries.
Ye Cheng was speechless every time he was overwhelmed by his high-sounding reasons, thinking that he had been robbed of his work several times, so he naturally didn't have a good face for him. In the past, when Liang Yuan visited, he didn't pretend to be sick less.
Now seeing that he broke in, Ye Cheng didn't bother to care, so he mocked implicitly: "Lord Liang led the Duwei camp, such a busy person, how can he have leisure today, he came to this Wuwei Mansion, I don't know what to see." ”
Liang Yuan couldn't hear his sarcasm, nor was he angry, and said seriously: "I have come to arrest a person, and I also ask Lord Ye for permission." ”
"What did you say!?" Ye Cheng was almost laughed at angrily, and said unceremoniously: "Liang Yuan! What do you think Wuwei Mansion is! Are there criminals here! The arrest is here! ”
"Lord Ye, don't get me wrong." Liang Yuan said, also stretched out his hand slightly, took the crossbow arrow handed by his subordinates, and sent it to Ye Cheng: "Let's take a look at this first." ”
Ye Cheng glanced at him, subconsciously took it, and then frowned: "This is ...... Hey, my crossbow arrows from the Wuwei Mansion!? ”
"That's right."
"How can I be with you?"
"Then I'll have to ask Lord Ye."
"What do you mean?" Ye Cheng had already faintly felt that something was wrong.
Liang Yuan explained: "Don't hide it from Lord Ye, recently the Duwei camp is tracking down a group of people with suspicious identities, they are secretive, suspected of being assassins, and often change dens, resulting in the failure of capture, this crossbow arrow is also when they evacuated in a hurry, accidentally left, I think, they don't know yet." ”
"What do you mean......" Ye Cheng asked in a condensed voice.
Liang Yuan smiled and asked rhetorically, "Dare to ask Lord Ye, has the Wuwei Mansion ever used a bow and crossbow in recent times?" ”
Ye Cheng shook his head slightly: "Crossbow arrows are not used often, and they have not been deployed for more than half a year. ”
He is right, Qin crossbow is a kind of thing, unless it encounters a crowd of people to resist and encircle and suppress mountain bandits, otherwise, it is enough for officers and soldiers to catch murderers and thieves on weekdays.
After listening to what he said, Liang Yuan smiled again: "Since it hasn't been used for half a year, how can it appear here?" ”
"You mean, someone in my Wuwei Mansion secretly gave the bow and crossbow to the assassins?" Ye Cheng said.
"Or else?" Liang Yuan asked rhetorically.
"Hiss......" Ye Cheng gasped, and his face changed suddenly. This is no small matter! If this is really the case, not to mention that Wuwei Mansion is implicated, he will have to be reprimanded by Xiao Yuan!
The matter shows that Liang Yuan has also stepped into the topic: "Now, the Duwei Battalion wants to take away your ordnance officer, and I also ask Lord Ye to make it convenient." ”
As he spoke, he also waved his hand forward, and several of his subordinates behind him understood, and they were about to stride forward and go straight to the ordnance.
After Ye Cheng reacted, he hurriedly said: "Wait!" ”
"Lord Ye." Liang Yuan's face was a little gloomy, and he said lukewarmly: "You are my Great Qin Wuwei General, the commander-in-chief of the Wuwei Mansion, when you know the seriousness of this matter, if you obstruct it and shield your subordinates, I'm afraid it will not be easy to explain it to the king, right?" ”
"No, no, no, that's not what the official meant." Ye Cheng hurriedly said: "Ordnance Officer He Shun, who has served for many years, has been in the Wuwei Mansion since the beginning of its establishment, and can be said to be the oldest old man, how could he do such a thing?" ”
Liang Yuan said: "Is there a problem, it's not something that can be explained now, only after checking." ”