When the country and the family, the law of the country and the interests of the family are placed in front of a person and he is asked to make a choice, many people will not hesitate to say that they choose the law of the country, because the country is far greater than the family. But when it all happens to you www.biquge.info the choice isn't so easy.

At least for Zhong Yu. In the past, when he pursued the truth of the Datong Mutiny, he only considered his own gains and losses at most, so he could quickly accept Yang Zhen's persuasion, even if he knew that he would offend all the officials in Datong, and even some powerful people in the DPRK and China. But now, when things do have to do with their own family, it's a different story.

Do you continue to devote yourself as fully committed to finding out the truth as before, or do you stop there?

In fact, judging from the current situation, he still has no clue despite his best efforts, and it seems that it is enough to give an explanation to himself and the imperial court, or is the truth of the mutiny indeed as Liu Yingji said, just because of the shortage of food?

Zhong Yu wanted to convince himself like this, but there was a voice in his heart that kept ringing: If things are so simple, how can the family send Uncle Thirteen to me? If it was so simple, how could Datong officials use all their methods and spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to win over Yang Zhen? This kind of self-deception is not convincing at all.

“…… My lord! Yang Zhen's call beside him finally woke up Zhong Yu, who was in a hesitation and entanglement, and the former was looking at him with a puzzled gaze at this time, and he didn't know why he suddenly lost his mind.

Just now, not long after returning to Huayan Temple, Yang Zhen rushed to report to Zhong Yu what he had seen and gained that day. But when listening to what Yang Zhen said was almost no different from what he had reported a few days ago, Zhong Yu's mind couldn't help but wander to this difficult matter again.

Seeing that Zhong Yu finally had a reaction, Yang Zhen said with some concern: "Are you too tired?" Or did you encounter some difficulties that you should be so untrustworthy? ”

"I ...... I'm fine, I'm just looking through the official documents for days, and I'm really a little sleepy. Zhong Yu swallowed the truth in his mouth. Yang Zhen's attitude is very clear to him, telling him will only make him more entangled, so it is better to wait until he thinks things clearly first.

"If that's the case, then please rest well, and retire." Yang Zhen hugged Zhong Yu and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Yang Zhen was leaving, Zhong Yu couldn't help but feel a trace of shame in his heart, the other party had done his best to help him, but his own envoy was retreating and hesitating at this moment, this is really not a son of man. So subconsciously, Zhong Yu shouted: "Yang Qianhu ......"

"Do you have any other commands?" Yang Zhen, who had just walked to the door, was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Zhong Yu with some expectation.

“…… No, nothing. I want to say that you've been working hard these days, don't work yourself too hard, and take a good rest. After all, Zhong Yu couldn't talk about his troubles, so he had to say perfunctorily.

"Yes, my lord, let's rest, everything is with me." With a slight fist hug, Yang Zhen walked out of the house. As soon as he left Zhong Yu, Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed, and his expression became very serious: "It seems that things have changed, I didn't expect those Datong officials to have such a ability, and even Qin Cha can be moved by them." ”

Yang Zhen is not an ordinary person, how could Zhong Yu's strange appearance escape his eyes today? Since there was only one thing they were doing at the moment, he could naturally think that Zhong Yu's embarrassment had a lot to do with the mutiny.

Originally, Yang Zhen felt that as long as Zhong Yu was behind him, he would have a lot to do, and he would always find out the truth. But things are not so rosy now. Now Zhong Yu is just hesitating, but who can guarantee that he will completely fall to the same side next? Once he did make this choice, it would be very difficult for him, the deputy, to investigate as before. So even if the clue found at the moment is not too strong, it has to be tried.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen had already turned back to the Zen courtyard where he was staying, and called Hu Ge: "You go to Dongcheng with me now." ”

"Now?" Hugo looked up at the sky outside, somewhat surprised. At this time, it is the time of the unitary card, the sky is completely dark, and the sky above the head is also covered by dark clouds a lot, it seems that there will be a thunderstorm in Datong City after a while, this time to go out, not very right?

Yang Zhen nodded without hesitation: "Yes, it's now." While it was dark, we went down the hill just in time to avoid those eyes and ears. ”

"Yes." Since his family had made up his mind, Hu Ge stopped talking, hurriedly returned to his residence, took a short knife with him, and then followed Yang Zhen and walked out. There is a curfew in the city, and even if they are brocade guards, they have to carry a weapon.

Under the cover of night, the two quickly came out of this Zen courtyard quietly, and then shuttled through the shadows of the temple, and went directly out of the mountain gate of Huayan Temple.

"My lord, we just went to Dongcheng today, and you want to rush there at night, but did you find any clues?" After being convinced that there were no tails behind the two, Hugo couldn't help but ask. At the same time, he also had some doubts in his heart, if Yang Zhen found any important clues during the day, he had to go again at night, why didn't he find it when he followed him?

Yang Zhen nodded his head: "Yes, do you remember the beggar we saw in the alley east of the city at noon?" I think there's something strange about this guy. As he spoke, he didn't slow down at all.

"Huh? Is it him? Could such a beggar have anything to do with the mutiny we investigated? Now Hu Ge was even more puzzled, and at the same time remembered what had happened a few hours ago.

Yang Zhen had figured out that it was difficult to gain anything in Beicheng before, so he expanded the scope of his visit to the entire Datong City. And this time, it is naturally more difficult for them. Hundreds of thousands of people, countless buildings and streets, but let them find clues in them that they don't even know what they are, which is a little more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack.

But now that Yang Zhen has made a decision, as his loyal subordinates and brothers, Hu Ge and Cai Yingyang have to follow, and at the same time use their own experience and vision to judge everything they see.

It's just that after a few days, they still got nothing, except that they were very familiar with Datong City, and the others were to buy some Shanxi and Saiwai specialties that they needed to spend a lot of money to buy in Beijing.

For example, in front of him, Yang Zhen was squatting in front of a leather merchant on the street, talking with this Mongolian man with great interest, looking at the furs of foxes and wolves and other animals on his stall.

Although the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol tribes have been in a state of hostility, and the conflict between the two countries has been shut down for a long time, the trade between the two sides has always been uninterrupted. Even in the city of Datong, which is located on the front line, there are always Mongolian men who bring their cattle and sheep or furs obtained from hunting to sell them in exchange for some daily necessities. Now after all, it is not more than 100 years ago, this kind of private communication between the people is still allowed by the government, as long as there are no prohibited weapons and other things on the body, it is not difficult for the Mongols to enter Datong.

"Guest, you are really good eyesight, this white fox skin is indeed the best of my goods, if you really want, I can sell it to you cheaply......" Because he often comes here to do business, this Mongolian man's Ming official also speaks extremely fluently, and he can hardly hear any accent.

Yang Zhen was holding a white wild fox skin in his hand, and there was also appreciation in his eyes. But then, his eyes flashed, and he thought of something, so he asked, "Do you have another similar white fox skin in hand?" If I had, I would have bought it, and the price was not an issue. ”

"Huh?" The merchant didn't expect Yang Zhen to be a big customer, and a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face: "I did hunt two white foxes in the field that day, and I planned to sell the skin of one and make the other as a dowry for my daughter......

"Three hundred taels of silver, and two skins for me, how about it?" Yang Zhen stretched out three fingers and shook in front of the merchant.

As soon as he heard that Yang Zhen's price was several times his psychological price, the merchant immediately nodded again and again: "Deal." But I left the skin at home not far in front, and the guests came with me to pick it up? ”

"Yes." Thinking of the joyful expressions of Zhang Jingyun and Luo Yueying's two daughters when they accepted this gift from her, a gentle smile appeared on Yang Zhen's face.

"Hey, why did Qianhu buy two white fox skins? This fox fur is only suitable for women, and adults can't use it themselves. Hugo was on the sidelines, full of doubts.

"You don't know this, the second brother has two confidants." Cai Yingyang, who had been following Yang Zhen for a long time, saw that he had questions, so he said proudly.

"In addition to Miss Zhang, do you have a confidante? So who is she? How does it look? The fire of gossip in Hu Ge's heart immediately burned. Zhang Jingyun has seen him several times, and he feels that this girl is very compatible with his love for Qianhu regardless of her appearance and character, and he doesn't know what about the other one.

"Miss Luo, that's as beautiful as a fairy, but it's not much worse than Miss Zhang, and I still call him the second sister-in-law." Cai Yingyang hurriedly spoke for this second sister-in-law.

Hearing the two subordinates muttering these things behind his back, Yang Zhen couldn't help but be angry and funny: "What are you all talking about, hurry up and follow." ”

The two hurriedly agreed, and followed Yang Zhen and them through the streets and alleys to a relatively remote alley in the east of the city. When Yang Zhen bought a fox skin and wanted to walk out of the alley, he heard a few noises, and then saw several beggars in tattered clothes chasing a teenager who was also dressed.