Zhou Qian has a spy network in Guanzhong, Hexi, and the Western Regions, and knows the secrets of countless hostile people, which is a gold mine for opponents, but Zhou Qian was actually released. Including Luan Ying, the seventeen people were all dumbfounded, they didn't believe that there was still friendship to talk about on this front, there must be something unknown in it, maybe Zhou Qian had already spit out all the details.

At the moment, it is obvious that Kou Jiuhui asked them to tell their names, not to dig up secrets, but to ask for evidence of their names or betrayals, just like Luan Ying killed so many past colleagues in one go, and never looked back. With Luan Ying as an example in front, Kou Jiuheng was not in a hurry, and inspired: "Think about it, why will you be wiped out, even if you don't say anything today, I will let you go back, Chang'an will not suspect you?" What would happen if I killed five more and let the remaining eleven people go; Otherwise, we'll try, and you'll decide for yourself which five people will die. ”

Sixteen people were really frightened, according to Kou Jiuhui's method, those who returned to Chang'an alive would definitely have to be subjected to cruel scrutiny in prison, even if a few officials were reinstated, it would be more difficult to get a heavy responsibility in the future. Under the persecution of Kou Jiuhui, eleven people confessed to other people, and for each name of a person, Kou Jiuhui sent a fast horse to deliver the letter; Only five said they would rather die.

Kou Jiuheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, when your family comes to Hexi, it's not too late for you to die." Luan Ying, from now on, you are free, you are in Chang'an, you are still in the team, you are still in the team here, find a way to find the families of the five of them, take them to Hexi, and entertain them well. ”

In an instant, everyone understood that as long as the families of the five people moved, Chang'an couldn't figure out who had defected, then all the spearheads could only be pointed at the five people, even if they fled back to Chang'an later, it was impossible to say clearly. The five people turned pale, and one of them was about to bite his tongue, but he was pinched by a veteran next to him, and the veteran said viciously: "If you want to die, it's not so easy, if you are chosen, it's the same if you die." ”

Luan Ying was experienced, and immediately guessed that the real rebel should be among the so-called nine who had died and the two who escaped, and all Kou Jiuhui's actions were to cover that person, so he coughed and said: "Actually, we all understand that Hexi and Chang'an are both part of the Great Sui, don't have too much psychological burden, and only by living can you have a future." ”

Kou Jiuheng nodded appreciatively, and motioned for the soldiers to escort the sixteen people back to the prison in the barracks, and the eleven who had defected were released after Jiao Kou and the other twelve were arrested; As the case expanded, more people were involved, including the Gao family courtyard in Dunhuang, where Gao Gong lived, and Jiao Kou provided a lot of evidence of the confrontation between the Gao family and the governor's office.

Yang Chong and others have long wanted to move the Gao family, and during the trade war, the Gao family contributed money and efforts to help Chang'an, because Gao Gong's third son Gao Biaoren found his brother-in-law Wei Yuanzhao, and Yang Chong had to let go of the Gao family. The evidence provided by Jiao Kou this time was conclusive, Yang Chong immediately copied the Gao family, but he didn't expect an unexpected gain, Gao Shengdao actually came to Dunhuang, and Bai Jiong, a guest of Gao Shengdao, was a servant of Chongxuan Palace, and the Gao family was a foothold of Chongxuan Palace in Hexi. In the confiscated letters, the Chongxuan Palace's preparation to assassinate Yang Chong surfaced, which frightened Fang Xuanling, Zhang Guolao and others.

The status of Chongxuan Palace in the rivers and lakes is equivalent to that of Quentian Pavilion, and unlike Quentian Pavilion, Chongxuan Palace is more secretive, monks, Taoists, Confucian businessmen can hide, and pay more attention to secretly controlling the overall situation. Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jianli Sui Dynasty Zhou, Li Mu and Wei Xiaokuan had the shadow of Chongxuan Palace people around them; It is said that the people who negotiated for the Son of Heaven were the people of the Chongxuan Palace, and they were on the winning side almost every time.

Yang Chong asked solemnly, "Is what you said true?" ”

Fang Xuanling swallowed and spitted at the mouth and said: "Fan Yang Lu has a dossier that records major events, and Humble Jing has seen the record with his own eyes, and when he talks about the wonders of the world during his marriage, he talks about Chongxuan Palace. ”

Zhang Guolao agreed: "It is recorded in Louguandao that Chongxuan Palace is not a Jianghu sect, but a combination similar to an alliance. ”

Yang Chong was really frightened, as soon as he heard this model, it was like a certain country's communist meeting in the future, and the implied strength was amazing, even if their own pursuit was not in politics, but they still had an incomparable impact on the political arena. Zhang Guo can know so clearly, it is nothing more than that there are big people in Louguan Dao who have participated in the Chongxuan Palace, this kind of strength even if the five surnames and seven wangs join forces, Yang Chong smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect my current popularity to be so high." ”

Fang Xuanling and Zhang Guolao secretly praised themselves, unconsciously, Yang Chong's realm has reached a new level, in the face of this sudden opponent, there is no slightest worry, competing for the world, unrelenting arrogance is a very important ingredient. Tie Di hurriedly came in to report that Master Fojia passed away on the night he arrived in Chang'an, and left a poem before he died, which was the one made by Yang Chong, "Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to sweep the dust." ”

The three of them were silent after listening to this, and after a long time, Yang Chong said: "It was I who killed Master Fojia, he was originally a wanted criminal in Chang'an, and I sent him back to Chang'an." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "The manager is too careful, Master Fojia is seeking benevolence and benevolence." Master Fojia was against the Son of Heaven, and in Hexi for two years, he suddenly assassinated the governor, which was nothing more than an unspeakable hardship, and he waited until he returned to Chang'an to die, he must have met someone or completed something. What the chief manager has to worry about is the plan of the Chongxuan Palace, as soon as they make a move, they will immediately make a judgment of life and death, or will they be sentenced to Gao Shengdao and others? ”

Fang Xuanling alluded to Master Fojia as a pawn of the Chongxuan Palace, Yang Chong agreed with this opinion, and was even more afraid of the means of the Chongxuan Palace, so he agreed without hesitation. Meng Fu and Fu Qiu, who rushed to Dunhuang, tossed for three days and three nights, Bai Jiong and Gao Shengdao couldn't survive the torture, and said a name, Shenwu Gong Dou Xian, Li Yuan's brother-in-law; Dou Xian assured that as long as Yang Chong died, Gao Shengdao would be the county guard of Zhangye, and Bai Jiong would be the eagle general of Zhangye.

Meng Xuan didn't believe it and said: "Dou Xian himself is not a county guard, why should he sponsor the two of you?" ”

Gao Sachs said in his heart: "Xiao Jing, everything was arranged by Empress Xiao, and Yang Chong is only blamed for finding death by himself and revealing the secrets of him and the Son of Heaven." ”

Meng Fu said disapprerovingly: "You mean the matter of the jade pendant, it was found by the Hexi Commercial Bank when he was looking for old goods, and Manager Yang looked at the things in the Elephant Palace, so he asked Master Cui to bring them to the Holy Son of Heaven." A piece of jade pendant, what secrets can there be. ”

(End of chapter)