Volume 1: Young Ambition, Emerging Chapter 92 Mu Huang's idea, Haichuan spies
"Duan Qingcheng discussed the matter of the inner ghost with the last general before the expedition, and the two of us analyzed the identity of the inner ghost and the next move, and formulated a corresponding action plan. After that, our two soldiers divided into two routes, Duan Qingcheng led the troops to the battle, and broke the enemy army, and wiped out all the bandits. As for the last general, I was left in Linhai Castle to monitor the movements of suspicious characters to determine his inner ghost. This thief is extremely cunning and good at concealing his whereabouts, fortunately, the last general still has some skills, and finally found out his identity and designed to capture him. ”
Under the order of King Guhong, Mu Huang told her and Qingcheng about the plan. During this period, Qingcheng stood aside and listened carefully to Mu Huang's words, and did not interject. It's just because she just sent a signal to Qingcheng without anyone noticing, signaling that she has her own arrangements.
However, listening to her account, it seems that it is indeed based on the truth, and there is no discrepancy with the facts. However, Qingcheng carefully tasted her words, and couldn't help but light up, and quickly caught what Mu Huang was slightly hiding.
She didn't say that the inner ghost was Brother Liang. And she shouted outside the house that she had caught the ghost inside, obviously to distract these people, if it was just to tell the truth, why bother? It seems that Mu Huang should have understood my thoughts. ”
Thinking of this, Qingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, after all, such a big thing was carried by one person, and in such a short period of time, he really hadn't figured out how to deal with the aftermath. And now that there is one more person to help him, coupled with Mu Huang's special identity, even to the point that even Xu Lin deliberately maintains it, Qingcheng believes that King Guhong should not be too difficult for her. Then there was a turning point in the matter.
As for King Guhong and the others, after listening to Mu Huang's words, they couldn't help but fall into a deep thought. After a while, King Guhong and Zhenhai Hou, who were still most concerned about the result, asked in unison, "Who is the inner ghost?" ”
"Come on, bring the ghost in."
The inner ghost is Liang Feng, and he is dead, but Mu Huang asked people to bring the inner ghost in, hearing this, Qingcheng is completely convinced that Mu Huang is indeed planning to transfer flowers and trees. And after she said hello, sure enough, someone came in, and it was Thunder Shadow and Wind.
At this moment, the two of them walked into Liang Feng's study with an old man dressed in cloth, and after seeing the three of them come in, everyone present was stunned. King Guhong, Zhenhai Hou and others, surprised that the inner ghost was not Liang Feng; And Qingcheng was slightly surprised that he had seen this person, and he knew him.
"Isn't this Brother Liang's butler? Why did Mu Huang arrest him? ”
Mu Huang saw Qingcheng's expression, as if he had guessed what he was thinking, and explained with a chuckle: "I haven't had time to explain it to you, so I just explained it together." ”
As he spoke, Mu Huang turned to look at King Guhong and explained, "Lord Wang, this person is an inner ghost. ”
"Oh? Just such an old man, he was able to hide in Linhai City for half a year, and he still has the ability to spy on the intelligence in the army, and even have the ability to pass it on to Haichuan? Hmph, this king is really an eye-opener. ”
King Guhong obviously didn't believe Mu Huang's words, but Qingcheng was surprised, and even a little surprised that with King Guhong's temperament, in the face of such a clumsy trick, he didn't get angry, but was a little helpless. Is this matter more special, and it is inconvenient for King Guhong to get angry, or is Mu Huang's identity so that he does not dare or is unwilling to reprimand?
Mu Huang naturally heard the suspicion in Gu Hongwang's tone, but she didn't panic, and she didn't explain anymore, but nodded at Lei Ying, and they seemed to have a plan, Lei Ying immediately understood after seeing Mu Huang's movements, and then kicked the old man's leg and forced him to bend his knees.
"You dare to play prestige in front of the prince, what kind of place are you? On your knees! ”
Everyone didn't understand what Mu Huang and Lei Ying wanted to express, and at this moment, the old man was forced to kneel down by Lei Ying and Wind, and then he shouted "bastard", which completely shocked everyone, and understood some of Mu Huang's intentions.
"Who is this man...... Haichuan's? ”
This sentence was asked by Zhenhai Hou. Among the people present, if you want to talk about the understanding of Haichuan, except for King Guhong, no one can stand out. And why did he ask that? Just because the man shouted a "bastard", it was actually said in Haichuan language!
This person can speak Haichuan?! In addition, Mu Huang claimed that he was the ghost in Linhai City, and the Marquis of Zhenhai naturally deduced that this person was a spy of Haichuan. And Gu Hongwang and the others, who originally thought that Liang Feng was the inner ghost, seemed to be even more surprised, because they always thought that the inner ghost was within the Great Qi, but they ignored this. That's right, why can't the inner ghost be a Haichuan person?
And also surprised, there is Qingcheng. He had met with this person a few times, because every time he came to Liang Feng, he was the one who received and introduced him, but he didn't see anything wrong, let alone arouse his suspicions. But Qingcheng never expected that he was not a person from Daqi.
"Lord Wang."
Mu Huang looked at everyone's reactions, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and then called out to King Guhong, and continued to explain: "In the process of thoroughly investigating the identity of the inner ghost, the last general discovered the suspiciousness of this person, and then ordered someone to spy on him. Although he is very good at stealing, it is finally the last general who finds an opportunity, and this is how he really is. He was the spy sent by Haichuan to my Daqi, and secretly spied on the secrets of our army as the housekeeper of the Liang Mansion, which caused Linhai City to lose consecutive battles and be controlled everywhere. ”
Listening to Mu Huang's words, the man snorted coldly, and said something in Haichuan again, which seemed to be cursing. And Zhenhaihou, who was familiar with Haichuan culture, listened to him and explained to everyone: "He said: 'The general of Daqi is so stupid that he has been lurking here for many years without noticing, and he should be replaced by Haichuan'. He also said that we Han people have a saying, called the husband is not guilty, and we are not worthy of this great river and mountain. ”
After listening to Zhenhaihou's explanation, King Guhong also snorted coldly, and then ordered: "The general of the defeated army still dares to speak bravely, slap his mouth!" ”
"Whoa."
Xu Lin got the order, walked over and slapped the man twice. He used his strength, so the old man's mouth was covered with blood after he slapped his mouth, and a few teeth were lost. But his expression became more and more hideous, and at last he laughed out loud and shouted: "Long live Haichuan!" Long live the Emperor! ”
Looking at his appearance, Zhenhai Hou raised his eyebrows, hurriedly stopped, and said, "Stop it!" He has a poisonous sac in his mouth! ”
Hearing Zhenhaihou's reminder, Lei Ying hurriedly pinched his chin to stop him. It's a pity that it's too late, he has already bitten through the poison sac hidden in his teeth. And this poison was violent, and I saw that the man kept vomiting blood after being poisoned, convulsed all over his body, rolled his eyes, and finally wailed, fell to the ground, and no longer moved. Thunder Shadow probed his breath and found that he was dead.
"So decisive?"
Zhenhaihou looked at the man's death, stepped forward and tore off a piece of his clothes, then dipped the poisonous blood in the man's mouth, and after smelling it cautiously, he said: "It's 'Bird Pocket Pill', also known as 'Broken Intestine Grass', after eating it, it will be poisoned within three steps, and it will die within seven steps. ”
Zhenhaihou claimed that the poison ingested by this person came from Haichuan, which further confirmed the identity of this person, and King Guhong did not suspect it. However, Qingcheng, who had never spoken, saw the problem.
"This person is Haichuan's spy, he has been lurking by Brother Liang's side for many years, and he speaks Chinese very well, why would he expose his identity after the mission failed, and curse me Daqi in Haichuan language, aren't you afraid of causing trouble for Haichuan?"
Although Qingcheng was puzzled, it was all arranged by Mu Huang at the moment, and in this way, he could also transfer flowers and trees for Liang Feng, so he did not mention this matter. Seeing that the man was dead, King Guhong frowned, pondered for a moment, and then looked at the dead Liang Feng, and asked, "Then what's the matter with him?" ”
Mu Huang listened to King Guhong ask about Liang Feng, and seemed to be prepared, only to see her sigh lightly, with a regretful expression, and said: "Back to the prince's words, after Duan Qingcheng and I found out the truth, we rushed to the Liang Mansion to arrest people, and in order to let Liang Xianfeng cooperate, I told the truth." Who would have thought that Liang Xianfeng was loyal, and after learning that the inner ghost was actually his housekeeper, and all the information was spied out by him, he said that he was not strict in discipline and had no way to rule, and he was sorry for the trust of the Marquis of Zhenhai, and even more sorry for the dead people and soldiers, so he swung his sword and killed himself. ”
Listening to Mu Huang's explanation, Qingcheng was completely relieved. Although her remarks are not rigorous and impeccable, but the two parties are dead, and there is no investigation, even if King Guhong doesn't believe it, there is no way to verify it, then this matter is over, even if the aftermath is completed, Qingcheng is finally the best of both worlds.
"Hey, this time it's really thanks to Mu Huang, I didn't expect her to be so powerful, and even found out this Haichuan spy, just to save Brother Liang's affairs. Thank her afterwards. ”
Thinking of this, Qingcheng saw that King Guhong was still silent, and it seemed that he did not believe Mu Huang's words, but seemed to be looking for suspicions in this matter, and hurriedly added: "This matter has happened, it is indeed as Mu Zhongzhen said, please check it out." ”
After speaking, Qingcheng turned to look at Zhenhai Hou again, then clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and said: "Please also ask Hou Ye to atone for his sins, Brother Liang moved too quickly and too suddenly, and the last general really didn't have time to stop it, so he died in vain." However, Brother Liang is good, which shows that Hou Ye is well-governed, and Linhai City is united. This is the luck of the Hou Ye, the luck of Linhai City, and the luck of the prince. ”
Qingcheng and Mu Huang sang and harmonized, even if they confirmed the identity of the ghost in that person. Listening to Qingcheng's words, Zhenhaihou looked at Liang Feng, sighed after a while, and said: "I can't blame you, I know him, if he is bent on death, others really can't stop him." If you want to blame, you can only blame me, who is the coach, because I failed to find out the truth early, which affected Liang Feng and made him take this life in vain, and he was almost misunderstood. Hey, I'm sorry for him. ”
Zhenhaihou's words seemed to mean something, and after hearing it, King Guhong naturally understood that he was knocking on the side to warn himself and wronged Liang Feng. And although he didn't believe the words of Duan and Mu, he really can't verify it at the moment, if he insists that Liang Feng is an internal ghost, it seems that he is deliberately framing and maliciously planting it. In desperation, King Guhong had no choice but to give up.
"Hmph, it's not much wronged, after all, this person has been by his side for many years, and he didn't notice it at all, causing Linhai City to be disturbed by the Haichuan bandits, and it should be the same for the crime. However, there is no point in pursuing these when people are dead. Wu Jing, this king has allowed you to bury this person, no need to thank you. The hour is not early, this king has to go back to rest, and the detailed process will be reported tomorrow. ”
With that, King Guhong turned around, walked straight towards the door, and left with Xu Lin and Wan Lijun's people.