Seeing that Wen Wan seemed more solemn than before, Yang Zhen's heart also tightened, knowing that the other party was about to talk about the key issue, so he cooperated and asked: "But what?" ”

Yang Zhen still had another question in his heart at this time, those generals withheld military salaries and seized the soldiers' fields, which would certainly allow them to obtain a lot of benefits, but didn't they worry about the soldiers fleeing and causing them big trouble?

Datong, a border town, is different from other garrisons in the Ming Dynasty, and the garrisons in those places are more symbolic than useful, even if the people run out, as long as they don't check, it doesn't matter. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But it can't be done here, once the soldiers escape a certain percentage, the defense line will be stretched, and if the Tartars see the flaws, the fun will be great.

After all, if you can't even support your family, it is impossible for the sergeants to work hard just to talk about the righteousness of the family and the country. Liu Yingji, Guo Rong and the generals under them are greedy, but they are by no means fools, how can they not understand this truth?

Wen Wan hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Those great masters know that if the livelihood of the soldiers is lost, it will be impossible to defend the land with peace of mind, so they thought of another way that can not only bring them more benefits, but also allow the soldiers to get some income to support their families, that is, to transport some of the materials in my Datong City to the outside of the fortress and sell them to those tartars. ”

"What?" When Yang Zhen heard this, his body was shocked: "You mean that they sold all the materials in the city to defend against the Tartars to the Tartars?" ”

"It's ......" Wen Wan nodded with some difficulty: "It's not just iron tools used to defend against Tartars, but also salt, silk, tea, etc., but if they can be sold at a good price at the Tartars, they will have people transport them there to sell."

"Moreover, in order to prevent the soldiers from embezzling the money from the sale, they will also control the families of those people, and make them write confessions, saying that they themselves used them to transport the goods to the Tartars for their own personal gain."

Yang Zhen was dumbfounded when he heard this, these guys are really thoughtful, once the matter is exposed, they can even pull out a lot of substitute ghosts. Only those soldiers who suffered from the bottom were not only deprived of their salaries and land, but also had to risk treason in order to survive, and in the end, most of the benefits had to fall into the pockets of those adults. These people's calculations are really too fine.

Seeing Yang Zhen's shocked expression, Wen Wan sighed softly: "For a while ago, my husband has been thinking that this is really not good, and it will cause death to his brothers." Before the accident, he had already received an order from above, saying that this time in autumn, he would lead people to send the goods to the tribe of the Tartars. Maybe that's why he's messed up. After saying all this, Wen Wan lowered her head as if she had exhausted all her strength, and even her breathing was much lighter.

And Yang Zhen was speechless for a long time, he was really shocked by the boldness of those officials. No matter what era it is placed in, this kind of thing is taboo, no matter who is the emperor, once this kind of thing is discovered, it will definitely not spare them. This may be the truth that Liu Yingji and they want to cover up at all costs, no wonder they will use all their means, and even give themselves those things arrogantly, compared to their affairs, the 100,000 taels of silver and the mansion are nothing at all.

At the same time, Yang Zhen also solved a mystery in his heart before. After reading Liu Yingji's letter to the Mongolian Tartar, he felt strange how the other party could believe this empty check he wrote. Now it is clear that because the two sides have always had dealings, these words have credibility. It can be seen that this time Liu Yingji also made a lot of money to ask for what Taiji's troops did not move.

After a long while, Yang Zhen slowly exhaled and shook his head: "I can't imagine it, it turns out that the Datong army has already been corrupted to such an extent, and the truth is so terrifying. ”

Wen Wan plucked up her courage again at this time and looked at Yang Zhen: "Yang Qianhu, I told you all this, in addition to wanting to repay you for saving your life, I also hope that you can get rid of those silverfish for those sergeants and Datong." I hope you must do something......" said and stood up and bowed to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen hurriedly got up from the stool and supported Wen Wan: "Sister Wen, don't worry, I won't let these guys continue to be free, their good days have come to an end." As for the rebellious army like Zunfu, as long as this is true, I don't think the court will blame them! ”

"I hope that as the good words of the adults are, my husband and they can come back safely." Wen Wan nodded gratefully.

Because her body was already weak, and now that she had said so many words in one breath, she felt even more tired after she had her mind on her mind. Although she was strong in spirit, her eyes had a sloppy look. Yang Zhen looked at it from the side, then stood up with interest, said to take care, and walked out of the house.

Hu Ge, who was guarding outside, saw him come out of the house, so he stepped forward and asked, "My lord, have you found any clues?" ”

Yang Zhen nodded heavily: "I have a lot of knowledge of the truth of the matter, and the water here is indeed very deep." Let's go back first, and let me make a decision after consulting with Lord Zhong. After saying a few more words to Yun Xian, he was relieved and left the small courtyard.

In fact, Yang Zhen still has a small problem in his heart, that is, Wen Wan and the identity of this Yun Xian. Wen Wan only reported the name of her mother's family, but never mentioned her husband's name, which must have been concealed. You must know that women in this era generally do not easily reveal their names to others, if they are married, they only say their own certain name, then they don't even mention their mother's surname, how can Wen Wan not make people suspicious?

and Yun Xian's kung fu is by no means something that ordinary lower-level officers can master, which means that his family must also be a general with a certain strength. But I don't know which rebel general's family members the two of them are. However, since Wen Wan didn't want to say it, Yang Zhen didn't mean to ask, at least for now, it seems that their identities have nothing to do with the reason why they are tracking down the mutiny.

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After listening to Yang Zhen's instructions on everything he had mastered, and after carefully looking at the letter, Zhong Yu's whole face turned iron-blue, and the hand holding the letter trembled even more, and it took a while to spit out four words: "Crazy!" ”

After a long day of silence, he began to say something again: "They ...... They are too bold to do such a thing. They know the consequences of doing so. Once the imperial court finds out, it will be a great sin to destroy the nine clans, and there is such an enemy, and it is also raising tigers. Even if Qiu Luan did something similar at the beginning, he still had a reason, in order to protect himself. But they are good, and they have done more than Qiu Luan, but they deserve death only because of their own greed! ”

Yang Zhen didn't know who Qiu Luan was in his mouth, so he asked: "My lord, has this Qiu Luan also done such a traitorous thing to collaborate with the enemy?" ”

"Yes, that Qiu Luan is a military general of the Jiajing Dynasty, and he was also named a marquis, and he won the trust of Emperor Sejong. But this person, for his own safety, at the same time that I led the army to invade our country, as the general soldier of Datong, he did not think of leading the army but the enemy repaid the king's kindness, but paid a lot of money to buy the Tartars and let them turn around to attack Jizhen. After being exposed, such beggar-thy-neighbor and traitorous behavior naturally aroused the wrath of the Son of Heaven. Although he was dead at that time, Emperor Sejong still ordered his coffin to be opened and killed as an example. Unexpectedly, decades later, such a thing happened in Datong again, and it was even worse than when Qiu Luan was in trouble! Speaking of this, Zhong Yu's whole body began to tremble.

Yang Zhen only said that he was angry, as an upright official, after learning about such a big rebellion, he would naturally be angry and angry. But Zhong Yu knew that in addition to anger, he also had deep fear. Because it is obvious that his own family is also involved in this matter, although I don't know how deeply the Zhong family is involved in this matter, as long as it is touched a little, the end is unimaginable. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be afraid.

Yang Zhen obviously ignored this point, and just asked: "My lord, now that I have Wen Wan as a witness, and this letter as physical evidence, can I convict Liu Yingji of their crimes?" ”

"This ......" Zhong Yu looked at the letter in his hand, and couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. This is not only because he is afraid that his family will be implicated, but also because of the environment they are in, they are in Datong City, and they are surrounded by enemies.

When Yang Zhen saw him like this, he also thought of this, and smiled a little ashamedly: "It's that the lower officials are too anxious, and it is indeed a little inappropriate to expose the truth of the matter now, and it will also bring us great danger." ”

"Yes, if those people jump over the wall in a hurry, our life and death are small, so if they cover up the past, it will be a big matter. So we have to take a long-term view and see if we can better solve this problem. ”

"If this is not the case, my lord, let's go back to the capital first. They prevaricated with the argument that no more evidence could be found, and then returned to Beijing. As long as we leave Shanxi, they will naturally have nothing to do with us. But before that, we have to send the witnesses out of Datong safely. Yang Zhen proposed.

After some thought, Zhong Yu had to admit that this was the safest way, so he nodded: "Just do what you want." In two days, we will leave Datong and return to Beijing! Although he felt that if he really did this, he might bring disaster to the family, but in the face of such a serious incident that could lead to the complete collapse of the entire Ming Dynasty's northern defense line, Zhong Yushi, who has always been upright, can only choose the overall situation.

But they didn't know that by this time, they had begun to be calculated, and a conspiracy had begun to brew......