Late at night, just after the curfew, a carriage slowly drove into the Laolong River, and the sound of horses' hooves 'clattering' disturbed the tranquility of this area, and then stopped in front of the Qingguang Temple.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy got out of the carriage with two young men in white, knocked on the courtyard door, and walked in.

"Young Master."

The maid who opened the door saluted the boy respectfully.

The young man named Kang Yu nodded slightly, although he was young, his face, which was still a little immature, showed a mature scheming and city government.

Kang Yu asked the maid beside him as he walked towards the courtyard, "Mother and Mr. Wei haven't rested yet, right?" ”

The maid hurriedly replied: "The old lady and Mr. Wei are still waiting for the young master." ”

"That's good." Kang Yu nodded.

Soon, Kang Yu walked through the deserted courtyard corridor and came to the courtyard in the depths, where the dim light of the courtyard looked extremely lonely in the night.

Kang Yu stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Mother, the child is back!" ”

Then the door of the hall opened, and a woman showed a kind smile: "Yu'er is back, come in." ”

Inside the house, except for the old lady, there was only one middle-aged man in white who closed his eyes and recuperated on the side, and there was no breath flowing, as if he was settled.

Kang Yu also hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Wei." ”

The middle-aged man Wei Lie slowly opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief: "Young Master Kang, can things go well today?" ”

Kang Yu nodded hurriedly: "It's quite smooth, Mr. Tong was very excited after learning that all the Honglu Temple envoys died in the hands of the Northern Liao people, I look at his appearance, and he is very willing to avenge the loss of his son back then." ”

"That's good!" Wei Lie gradually smiled: "Back then, the Honglu Temple Mission Chongguan intercepted the Northern Liao army, headed by your father Kang Qirui, a total of twenty-eight people, aside from your two elder brothers, and the other twenty-five people were also killed, their twenty-five families are the same as you, if they know the truth, they must be very willing to take revenge!" ”

Kang Yu nodded, and an unspeakable anger appeared on his young face: "My father, if my brother is killed by the Northern Liao, it will be fine, it is their martyrdom and loyalty, but if someone in the court interferes with it and wants them to die, even if I do my best to the Kang family, I will take revenge." ”

Kang Yu's performance made Wei Lie very satisfied: "Don't worry, as long as you help me, I will definitely help you, we will benefit each other." ”

Mrs. Kang, who was listening on the sidelines, hurriedly said: "Mr. Wei, due to the suddenness of this incident, we don't know the detailed process, only that the Northern Liao people killed the envoy group and hung up their heads to demonstrate, and you are now telling us that this matter is because someone in the court interfered with it back then, which led to the death of all the envoys. ”

"Mrs. Kang, you can rest assured, I will show you the evidence, and when the time comes, I will give you the evidence first, and it will not be too late for you to help me." Wei Lie was full of confidence.

Old Madam Kang nodded lightly: "If you can get justice for your late husband and the two dogs, the old woman can also be blind." ”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Kang showed a trace of doubt: "But this matter was decided by His Majesty himself, if there is something wrong, Your Majesty will definitely investigate it to the end." ”

"How can the old lady think of His Majesty so simply?" Wei Lie snorted with some contempt.

Mrs. Kang looked at him puzzled.

Wei Lie said slowly: "Old lady, let me ask you, when did the Northern Liao Tu Liangzhou City divide troops to the south, when did you arrive at Chongguan?" ”

"Half a month later." Mrs. Kang hurriedly replied.

Wei Lie said again: "Then when did Your Majesty decree the Privy Envoy return from the east?" ”

"It was five days after the Northern Liao people slaughtered Liangzhou City, and the Northern Liao army had only marched for five days at that time." Mrs. Kang replied again.

Wei Lie nodded again: "The edict is only a three-day journey from Bianjing to the east, if the envoy of the Privy Envoy Wen marches normally, he can also arrive at Chongguan after five days of negotiation, but he only arrived after ten days, you said that the Northern Liao people have reached Chongguan, can he delay for five days like this?" ”

Mrs. Kang explained: "Privy Envoy Wen explained at the beginning that they met the North Liaodong Route Army heading south halfway through the march, and then fought a battle, so they delayed the trip. ”

Wei Lie shook his head: "If he didn't say so, he would have been cut down a long time ago, the Northern Liao Third Route Army, the main force of the Middle Route Army led by Yelu Jilu 150,000 people went to Chongguan, the East Route Army was 50,000 people led by Yelu Baobao, and the West Route Army was 70,000 people led by Xiao Cheng, the general of the Northern Liao, when the Northern Liao army slaughtered the city, Zhang Jian, the commander of the Northern Foot Army, hid in Dingzhou for a few days because he was afraid, and did not go back to the rescue, Zhang Jian knew that after Liangzhou was slaughtered, he had no choice but to go back, and on the way back, he met Xiao Cheng's West Route Army, when he only brought 20,000 people, So he left his lieutenant Xiao Ming to lead 17,000 people to deal with Xiao Cheng, and he took 3,000 fast troops to Liangzhou to rescue. Just didn't arrive, seeing the siege of 70,000 Northern Liao troops outside the city, Zhang Jian only saved dozens of people outside the city, and he also lost more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and then fled all the way east with the remaining hundreds of soldiers and horses and those rescued people, Yelu Jilu led the troops to catch up, so let the East Route Army's Yelu Baby lead the troops to intercept, so at that time, Yelu Baby took the East Route Army to chase Zhang Jian's hundreds of remnants of the defeated general, until Yelu Jilu's Middle Route Army arrived in Chongguan half a month later, Zhang Jian had been chased by Yelu Baby to the Heishui Mountain of Dongyan, So at that time, there was no obstacle at all for the Privy Counsellor to march from east to west. ”

Mrs. Kang was a little shocked in her heart: "How did Mr. Wei know about these things?" ”

Wei Lie said slowly: "Does the old lady know the Zhending Army of the Yuandu Mansion? ”

"Yes." Old Madam Kang nodded hurriedly: "The Zhending Army is the defender of the western part of Southern Chu, commanding Sun Qing, garrisoning the Yuandu Mansion and resisting Xijin. ”

Wei Lie said: "Wei and General Sun have some friendship, when the Northern Liao people went south, 300,000 Northern Foot Army was scattered, so General Sun received a secret edict, transferred 80,000 Zhending troops from the Yuan Capital Mansion to rescue, General Sun led the troops through Dingzhou, then met the Northern Liao Xiao Cheng's West Route Army and Zhang Jian's deputy general Xiao Ming led the 17,000 Northern Foot Army, General Sun told me that he was a step late, when he arrived, Xiao Ming had been besieged by Xiao Cheng, and then Xiao Ming surrendered to Northern Liao with these soldiers and horses, at that time General Sun was not angry, So he led the troops to fight with them, and the deputy general Pei Qing was also killed on the spot, and then the Northern Liaoxi Route Army was defeated, and gradually retreated, General Sun was anxious to save Liangzhou, and he didn't chase it, so he just asked people to return to Beijing with a secret order, and told His Majesty that Xiao Ming had rebelled. ”

"After General Sun went to Liangzhou, the Northern Liao army had already gone south, so he had to send 20,000 people south to make a detour to Xuanzhou Mansion on Hedong Road to find troops to help, and he took 50,000 people to gather those scattered Northern Foot Army along the east, and he also knew that Yelu A Baby chased Zhang Jian all the way to the east, and he also wanted to rescue Zhang Jian, but he didn't know where to go, and then finally gathered the 100,000 Northern Foot Army that was scattered before he went south to chase the Northern Liao Army."

"The privy envoy Wenbo has actually already assembled 150,000 Beilu troops in the territory of Hebei West Road, but at that time the Northern Liao army was strong, he did not dare to march for a while, just waited and watched, so it was delayed for several days, and then he heard that General Sun took 100,000 Beilu troops and 50,000 Zhending troops from the north, so he had the courage to take the 150,000 detour to Xuanzhou Mansion to the north to attack, but when they met the Northern Liao army, it was too late, and the envoy group of Honglu Temple had been killed."

After Wei Lie said this in a flat tone, the little prince Kang Yu and Mrs. Kang were completely suppressed.

This is the first time they have heard of such a thing after so long, and no person like them knows the details of the war back then.

Wei Lie said eloquently, the two mothers and sons, who are not deeply involved in the world, have actually believed seventy percent.

Mrs. Kang said slowly: "If the envoy of the Privy Envoy Wen hadn't been afraid at that time and arrived at Chongguan a few days earlier, maybe the envoy group would not have died." ”

Wei Lie nodded: "Of course, at least the Southern Chu army is in front, and the Northern Liao army does not dare to act rashly for a while, and there is no Southern Chu army, and the Northern Liao army is also unscrupulous." ”

After finishing speaking, Wei Lie's tone changed and said: "Of course, what I said to the old lady, what I said before was told to me by General Sun himself, if the old lady doesn't believe it, you can go to General Sun to confirm that General Sun has been fighting horses and resisting Xijin for decades, and the old lady should be credible!" As for the delay in the march of the envoy Wen, in fact, there are some speculations of mine, the envoy group went to negotiate with the Northern Liao people back then, just to delay some time for Southern Chu, although it dragged on for ten days, successfully let the Southern Chu army arrive and drove away the Northern Liao, but it also led to the killing of all 28 people of the envoy group, if the envoy Wen led the army a few days earlier, there would not have been such a situation, I am also thinking, the envoy Wen may also want the envoy to delay a little longer, so he did not arrive early. ”

"So it's just your suspicion?" Mrs. Kang asked.

Wei Lie smiled and said, "Otherwise, I will find evidence for the old lady!" And I'm not afraid to tell the old lady that Your Majesty knows it in her heart, if there is really something wrong with it, how can Your Majesty not know? Zhang Jian has died because of the delay in the military plane that led to the fall of Liangzhou, it is impossible for the envoy of the Privy Envoy Wen not to even understand this truth, right? ”

"And why is he?"

"Because he has no fear, the old lady might as well think about it, Zhang Jian is dead, who is the most profitable? It must be the envoy of Wen Shu, in the army, the only people with the most prestige on his head are Zhang Jian and Sun Qing, Sun Qing is far away in the Yuan Capital Mansion, and he is not a threat to him, Zhang Jian is in charge of 300,000 Beilu Army, close to Bianjing, and is also His Majesty's most trusted general, if Zhang Jian dies, who else is the most qualified person in charge of the Beilu Army in the army? His expectations were not disappointed, Zhang Jian was indeed dead, and he was also in charge of the Beilu Army, so even if His Majesty knew in his heart that he deliberately delayed time and did not save the envoy group, he would not be afraid in his heart, because all the charges had been taken by Zhang Jian, and no one would pay attention to him. ”

"At the beginning, if he was not afraid of death and started a war with the Northern Liao army in advance, it would be good to win, if he lost, he would have lost, all the prestige in the army would be gone, and it was difficult to say whether he could keep the position of privy envoy, so he didn't dare to gamble, and hoped that the envoy group could delay a little more time and wait for rescue, even if the envoy group died, he could not be blamed. So after learning that General Sun led the troops from the north to the south, he had the courage to attack, so he won, the credit is all his, he is right, in this war, the biggest benefit is he, not only got rid of Zhang Jian, a big trouble, but also in charge of the strongest Beilu army, even if His Majesty knows that he deliberately delayed time not to rescue the envoy group, that merit is too great and will forgive him, turn a blind eye, after all, Zhang Jian is dead, and indeed only he is the most qualified to be in charge of the Beilu army and continue to resist the Northern Liao. ”

"Mrs. Kang, this is the emperor's mental technique, and it is also a battle for the court game, in such a game, only good people like Lord Kang will become victims, and people like them will not feel distressed in the court, Mrs. Kang should weigh what I said!"

"Of course, I also said, this is just my speculation about the envoy of the Wen Privy Envoy, and there is no actual evidence yet, I will find evidence to Mrs. Kang, and it will not be too late for Mrs. Kang to promise to help me at that time, and I advise Mrs. Kang, don't go to Your Majesty for verification before you have evidence, this will only cost the lives of your Kang family..."