Chapter 350: Murder with a Knife (I)
When the servants of the family came in to report that Song Qianhu from Dongchang was out asking to see him, Liu Yingji was feeling a headache about the lack of progress in quelling the chaos. www.biquge.info Since Nie Fei's troops rescued Hongtong 1 on that day, the two combined armies have fled without a trace again, and even though the officers and troops who have quelled the rebellion have sent many more men and horses, they still have not found their traces. This is the last thing Liu Yingji wants to see, because they really can't afford it.
And when he heard that someone from Dongchang was out to see him, Governor Liu frowned, and panicked: "Didn't they find out something?" That's not right, Gonggong Feng shouldn't trouble me with this matter. He had already begun to guess in his heart the intention of the thousands of households in the East Factory, could it be that Zhong Yu and Yang Zhen, the two main and deputy Qin Messengers, were just tricks, and it was the thousands of households in the East Factory that really died?
Although he had the intention to avoid it, after thinking about it for a while, he still gave up the idea of escaping, and ordered someone to invite this Dongchang Qianhu in, anyway, it was a knife to stretch out his head and shrink his head, maybe things were not as bad as he thought.
However, after seeing Song Xueqiao's pale face, Liu Yingji's heart rose again. Because he remembers the face, the man. He was one of the Qincha team who came to Datong with Zhong Yu and them, but he didn't meet him again after seeing the city gate. Now it seems that what he was worried about is about to come true, which makes Governor Liu's face a little pale.
Especially when Song Xueqiao spoke, Liu Yingji was even more frightened: "Liu Futai, you are really so bold, are you really a fool in the world?" ”
"What does Song Qianhu mean by this?" At this time, Liu Yingji could only pretend to be stupid and stunned, hoping to pass perfunctorily.
"Hmph, what's the matter, does Liu Futai have to ask me to make it clear? Your relationship with the North has already happened. Song Xueqiao smiled coldly, lowered his voice and said, "Do you still need me to speak more clearly?" ”
Hearing this, Liu Yingji's body shook violently at that time, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent, fear, suspicion and other complicated looks, and he was speechless for a while.
The old god Song Xueqiao was serving tea and drinking water on the ground, looking like he had mastered everything. In fact, he just got a little bit of information by sending someone to spy on Yang Zhen, and he didn't even know what was written in the letter that was intercepted by Xiang Ying, but this did not prevent him from putting enough pressure on Liu Yingji.
Liu Yingji is not an ordinary person after all, although he was shocked by Song Xueqiao's words, but he quickly thought of a point, since this person knew that he was related to the Tartar but came alone, he didn't come to take himself. Thinking of this, his face looked a little better, but his hands were still a little trembling, and he wanted to pick up the teacup and drink saliva to suppress the shock, but he accidentally poured the water on himself.
Under the light of Song Xueqiao's slightly sarcastic eyes, Liu Yingji finally stabilized: "Song Qianhu, you say, what is the purpose of coming here?" Do you want the old man's life, or do you want something else? "Now that it's all over the place, there's no need to say anything superfluous, let's get straight to the point.
Song Xueqiao hid the sneer on his face at this time, and said with a straight face: "Liu Futai, do you know how much trouble your actions will bring to Gonggong Feng?" You, as well as Mr. Guo, all relied on the operation of Gonggong Feng to sit in this position, and now it's good that such a thing happened. Once it is found out by the imperial court, your death is just a trivial matter, and even if it affects Gonggong Feng, it is not a dead word that can afford it. ”
Hearing him say this, Liu Yingji felt relaxed for a while, and at the same time more nervous than before. The reason why these two diametrically opposed thoughts occurred was because he had heard that Song Xueqiao would not be unfavorable to him because of this, but if he couldn't solve the matter satisfactorily, offending Gonggong Feng would end up worse than death!
But he really has a last resort, otherwise how dare he do such a big rebellion, and even implicate the nine clans. If it weren't for the fact that he, the governor of Datong, needed to give a considerable amount of filial piety to Feng Bao, who was promoting himself, every year, if it weren't for the greed of those generals under his command, how could he make such a decision? However, the large amount of benefits he received because of this were selectively ignored by him, and all he thought about was his own grievances.
However, he also knew that it would be useless to say this in front of Song Xueqiao, Feng Bao's cronie, it would only provoke ridicule and disgust from the other party. So after being silent for a while, Liu Yingji said with difficulty: "The incident has happened, and the old man did regret it a lot before, but it is useless to say it at this time." I don't know if in Song Qianhu's opinion, does the old man have any remedy? ”
Seeing him like this, Song Xueqiao finally showed a satisfied smile: "Actually, it wouldn't hurt if I only found out about it, the problem now is that it's not just you and me who know about it, but also Zhong Yu and Yang Zhen!" ”
"What?" Liu Yingji was really shocked by these words, his face changed again, he almost jumped up from his seat, and subconsciously exclaimed: "How can this be, how can they know about this?" It was enough for him to be frightened when Dongchang found out about this, and he was still thinking about how to bribe this person and let him keep it a secret for himself. And now, things have deteriorated again, and they have reached a point of no return.
"If no one knows, he must not do it. Didn't you send a message to the north, and now it is in their hands. So if they want to report you to the court, they even have evidence. Song Xueqiao continued to put pressure on him.
Sure enough, after learning about this, Liu Yingji's face turned completely gray, and his whole body fell on the chair as if he had been pulled out of his muscles: "This ...... How is that good...... It's over, it's all over. He knew very well that if it was something else, maybe Zhong Yu would let him go because he was afraid of family feelings or something, but this thing is different, even if Zhong Yu has the intention to hide it, he will be afraid of being leaked by others and affect himself, and the only choice is to do business.
And once this matter is known to the imperial court, his life will naturally not be saved, and it will implicate the people in the family. As soon as he thought of this result, Liu Yingji's body trembled.
"If you knew today, why bother in the first place? You are too bold, but you know that this will implicate Gonggong Feng, and when the time comes, ...... Hum! ”
Song Xueqiao's threatening words actually had little effect on Liu Yingji, who was already thinking that he would die. But suddenly, Governor Liu thought of a question that he had overlooked-what was the purpose of Song Qianhu's visit? If you just came to bring such bad news to yourself, you don't have to, it's to remind yourself not to talk nonsense in the future, and drag Feng Bao in? He and his family are doomed, will there be any concerns about this?
"He keeps mentioning Gonggong Feng, which means that he is also worried that Feng Bao will be affected because of my accident, so he is not only here to bring news, but also to remind me and help me solve this crisis!" Huo Di figured out the problem, Liu Yingji immediately got up from his seat, and then knelt in front of Song Xueqiao: "Please also ask Song Qianhu to save me!" As he spoke, he bowed his head even more.
Since Liu Yingji was appointed governor and came to this Datong, it has always been others who worship him, and the number of times he kneels to others is really only a handful, and he knelt once when Zhong Yu came with a will. I don't want to kneel again after a short time this time, and the kneeling is only a thousand households in Dongchang.
Song Xueqiao sat in his position and accepted his big gift, and then said slowly: "I really don't want you to fall off the horse because of this, but if I want to save you, I don't have the ability." After a pause, he looked at Liu Yingji, who was obviously a little disappointed, and said, "However, you can still save yourself." ”
"Self-help?" Liu Yingji repeated a sentence blankly, and thoughts quickly turned in his mind. Do you abandon your official position and run away, or go to the Zhong family to beg Zhong Qincha for mercy, or is there another way? But after he thought about it again, he vetoed all these countermeasures, none of these are reliable, he can only escape for a while if he abandons his official position, and his family can't run away from his hometown. If you plead, I'm afraid that Zhong Yu won't agree......
Looking at his confused expression, Song Xueqiao felt angry: "Governor Liu, so far, are you still ruthless?" This is Datong, it's your Liu Futai's territory, can't you still deal with those officials and their subordinates? This is no longer a hint, but a thorough clarification of his own meaning.
"Senhu means...... It's calling me ......" Liu Yingji understood, but except for the words of Zhong Yu and others, he didn't dare to say it. This is a great crime of rebellion, Qin Cha is equivalent to the Son of Heaven, killing Qin Cha is the most serious crime in the world. Did he really want to cover up his previous sin with such a felony crime?
Seeing the other party's hesitation, Song Xueqiao just smiled faintly: "Do you still have a choice?" If you want to stay alive and keep what you have, you have to! I won't force you, it's all up to you. Leave! After saying this, Song Xueqiao had already stood up and walked past Liu Yingji, not even interested in looking back at him.
And Liu Yingji was obviously surprised by the other party's proposal, and he didn't mean to get up to see off the guests, but just knelt on the ground in a daze, falling into deep thought.
It wasn't until Song Xueqiao left for a while that he came back to his senses because of the soreness of his legs and feet, and after quickly getting up from the ground, he shouted outside: "Come on, change clothes and prepare a sedan chair for the official" When he couldn't make a decision, the only thing he could do was to ask for help from others!