There is no such thing as an impermeable wall.

After only a few days of investigation, Xu Han, who has always been known for his shrewdness, ability, carefulness and stability, has a large number of clues about Tong Guan's death and Liu Yanqing's disappearance.

Although there is no very strong evidence to clarify the truth of the facts, the spearhead of these clues all points to a "small role" that should not be very conspicuous - Chu Tianya!

Xu Han was somewhat shocked.

Before leading the army to "rush" to Taiyuan, he was secretly received by the official family and accepted the official family's "focus on investigating Wang Yu's abuse of power and secession".

Therefore, the biggest purpose of Xu Han's trip was not to target the sovereignty of Taiyuan or the Jurchens, but to thoroughly investigate the "internal thieves".

Initially, their spearhead was naturally directed at Wang Yu, the commander of the Hedong Xuanfu Division, who led the Battle of Taiyuan, and then Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan. These two people are the "big guys" in Taiyuan's military and political circles, and it is natural that they should be designated as the number one suspects.

But after some investigation, although the truth of the facts has not yet fully surfaced, all the clues and evidence pointed to Xu Han amazed - it turned out that behind the "big shots" such as Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun, there was a thread leading. Including the Taihang giants who helped Taiyuan and the bandits in Xishan, they were all strung together by this thread!

And the person who dragged this line to perform all kinds of puppet operations was actually a little-known Xiao Xiao character!

The more he investigated, the more shocking Xu Han became. It seems that everything that happened in Taiyuan is inseparable from this little character. So, Xu Han simply conducted a thorough investigation of the little character Chu Tianya, tracing the roots, and directly checked the details of his ancestors and eight generations!

After finding out, Xu Han was confused. Because Chu Tianya's family background can be described as a blank, his resume in the past few years can only prove that he is a little hooligan who wanders around the Taiyuan market, and there is nothing worth paying attention to. It seems that recently, this little person suddenly broke out, and the big waves were turned up three feet on the ground, and finally affected the political relations, diplomatic relations, and military duel between the two countries of the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State!

Originally, after taking over Taiyuan, driving away Yan Zonghan, and putting Wang Yu's father and son under house arrest, Zhang Xiaochun and others, Xu Han thought that it was a great success, and it was time to go back to the official family to surrender his life. Unexpectedly, after this investigation, he felt a little scared - he almost leaked the culprit behind the scenes!

During the last battle in Huanglong Valley, Xu Han sent Yao Gu to deal with the aftermath and successfully brought Wang Xun and his men back. At that time, Wang Xun and the sergeants insisted that Chu Tianya had died in the melee, but Yao Gu, Xu Han and others didn't pay much attention to it at the time, so they didn't investigate it again. Now Xu Han realized the weight of Chu Tianya, so he issued a strict order - to see people in life and to see corpses in death!

As a result, Wang Xun and many soldiers who went out together that day became the objects of trial. After several rounds of hard and soft torture, Xu Han finally learned that Chu Tianya had fled to Qixing Mountain!

"You must not get away with this giant traitor!" Xu Han was furious, an unknown Xiao Xiao actually played many court officials in the palm of his hand, and also single-handedly directed the political game and military contest between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State, which made them embarrassed by these generals?

At that moment, Xu Han was going to crusade against Taihang Qixing Mountain, first, to capture the culprit Chu Tianya, and second, to solve the biggest horse force entrenched in Hedong!

In Xu Han's view, Qixing Mountain is just a reckless cottage, and it can't be seen by him at all. Compared with the 200,000 imperial court princes under him, it is not worth mentioning at all. In the light of a day, it can be extinguished with a snap of a finger.

However, Xu Han has always been cautious. Because he didn't know much about the situation in Taihang, before officially ordering the use of troops against Taihang, Xu Han specially asked Zhang Xiaochun's opinion.

Although Zhang Xiaochun is under house arrest, Xu Han has a friendship with him, and Zhang Xiaochun's son is now serving as a general under Xu Han. Therefore, Xu Han did not make Zhang Xiaochun too embarrassed. When he has nothing to do, Xu Han will also chat with him to learn about some of the situation in Taiyuan.

So Zhang Xiaochun's words changed Xu Han's views and ideas, and he decided to change the martial arts to the civil fight, and used the two magic weapons of the Great Song Dynasty officials' best at power strategy and unification warfare to divide, recruit and incorporate the powerful "righteous army" of Qixing Mountain.

This is obviously more effective than the use of force with white knives in and red knives out.

The plan has been decided, Xu Han immediately sent an envoy to Tokyo to report to the official family, and at the same time, he also sent an envoy to Qixingzhai to show goodwill and convey this intention first, so that the people who will stabilize Qixingshan will be the first to speak. As for the arrest of the culprit Chu Tianya, he decided not to mention it for the time being, so as not to startle the snake.

In battle, most of the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty who led troops to the battle were not good; But with the power and conspiracy, they have definitely cultivated to perfection. Xu Han is one of the few good officials in the Song Dynasty who has the reputation of courage and integrity, but he can't take off the coat of this era.

At this time, there was no peace in Qixingzhai.

Chu Tianya resigned at the celebration banquet, and asked the people of Qixingzhai to rescue the Wang family and his son. This move is like throwing a torpedo into the turbulent deep pool of Qixingzhai, and the hidden crises and contradictions before are touched at once.

Just when Chu Tianya and the Meng De brothers were secretly discussing how to use their own strength to rescue the Wang family's father and son and rebuild Qingyun Castle, the several big leaders of Qixingzhai were not idle for a moment. Guan Shan, Jiao Wentong and Bai Xu, the three core bosses of the cottage, talked about Bingzhu on the night of the celebration banquet and talked all night. What was discussed was about Wang Yu and Chu Tianya.

To be able to sit in today's position, these three are not idle. What Chu Tianya and Meng De could see and think, they could also see and think. Especially Bai Xu, his wisdom is beyond ordinary people and he has a unique vision, he did not directly express his opinion on whether to rescue Wang Yu, but expressed his opinion as a military advisor at a strategic level.

His views are strikingly similar to Chu Tianya's. He believed that although it would be very difficult to deal with Xu Han and deal with the imperial court, and if he wanted to use force, he would incur great losses, but the battle of Huanglong Valley made Qixingzhai famous. At such a time, if Qixingzhai raises the banner of righteousness to rescue the Wang family and his son, it will impress the heroes of the world, thus winning the support and good reputation of many people. This can make Qixingzhai undergo a radical change - from a bandit ringing horse, to a real transition to the National Salvation Army!

Therefore, Bai Xu believes that saving Wang Yu should not be Chu Tianya's personal matter, but a historical turning point related to the fate of Qixingzhai.

Bai Xu's words have always been very important in Qixingzhai. Guan Shan and Jiao Wentong, the two big bosses, have always obeyed him.

But this time, Bai Xu did not directly state whether he should save people, nor did he set a plan on how to save people, but only said a little about his vision for the future. He wants to completely hand over the decision-making power to the two big bosses.

Guan Shan and Jiao Wentong finally could no longer avoid the biggest disagreement between them, and it can be said to be the only disagreement - whether to accept the government's recruitment?

As early as a few years ago, the government of Taiyuan issued an "invitation to Zhao'an" to Qixingzhai and Taihang Mountains. Especially for Guanshan, Taiyuan Mansion has made a lot of efforts to lobby. Because Guan Shan was the chief catcher of Taiyuan Mansion before falling into the grass, he was already famous at that time, known as the 'first hero in Hedong'. The former Taiyuan prefect was very kind to Guanshan.

Therefore, Guan Shan is personally still very willing to accept Zhao'an in Qixingzhai. He believes that the bandit rings horses can't be a lifetime; Let all the brothers be good citizens again, which is the best destination.

His ideas, there is no shortage of supporters in the cottage.

But Jiao Wentong disagreed. He used to be an official in Tokyo, and as a personal bodyguard with imperial equipment (the emperor's personal bodyguard), what he saw most was the mediocrity of the official family and the corruption and darkness of the official government. If he hadn't been disheartened, he wouldn't have abandoned his official position and walked up the hill and fell into the grass. If he wants to return to the old place before, Jiao Wentong will not be killed!

The two bosses of the cottage had a disagreement on this point. Over time, Qixingzhai formed two different factions because of these two "trends of thought".

This time, in response to the question of whether to save Wang Yu, the two currents of thought in Qixingzhai collided heavily. In fact, Guan Shan and Jiao Wentong, two heroes who pay attention to righteousness, still unanimously believe that Qixingzhai should save people. But how to implement it is a problem.

If you want to save Wang Yu, you can't bypass Xu Han. Xu Han represents the official family and the imperial court, and if Qixingzhai wants to talk to him, he must have his own position. So, whether to stand on the opposite position with the imperial court and negotiate with Xu Han with a tough attitude; Or stand on the position of supporting the imperial court and discuss with Xu Han?

Guan Shan believes that as long as Qixingshan is willing to stand on the side that supports the imperial court and accept Zhao'an, then Wang Yu will not have any suspicion of colluding with Xiangma and separating power, but will also have merit in protecting the country. The problem of saving people can be solved naturally. And in doing so, it doesn't cost a single sword, and the brothers can still be good citizens and join the official army to resist gold and save the country.

Jiao Wentong didn't think so. He believes that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty have always been very cautious, and they can't tolerate the slightest derailment of military generals. Since Wang Yu has already done such a thing as seizing military power and advocating for himself, no matter what his starting point is and what the final result is, the court will definitely not let him go! -- If you don't kill them to set an example, it is simply contrary to the purpose of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty!

At this time, Qixingzhai put itself on it again, it was like a moth to a fire! Once all the brothers have returned to the court, what awaits everyone is not only not to reward them for meritorious deeds and return to good people, but will be classified as accomplices to the king and be liquidated, and sooner or later they will end up with a cut of grass and roots, and they will end up with their own destruction!

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The two big bosses have their own reasons and insist on their own words, and the all-night deep talk cannot convince each other. The more they talked, the more tired and helpless they felt, and they were a little worried that the brotherhood would be ruined because of such an argument. In fact, they also know that on the surface, it is a difference of opinion between the two of them, but in fact, it represents the two different opinions of everyone in the cottage.

So they had to listen to a compromise plan proposed by Bai Xu - first send someone to contact Xu Han and find out his tone!

Xu Han and Qixingzhai, who were pregnant with ghosts, actually coincided and stretched out tentacles to each other at the same time.

On the day that Xu Han's envoy entered the cottage, Chu Tianya, who was sandwiched between the two parties, felt a strong crisis, like Mount Tai pressing on the top!

Meng De's reaction was even more intense than Chu Tianya's. Just when the envoys and the leaders of the cottage were "drinking and talking" kindly, he rushed into Chu Tianya's room and shouted indignantly: "Brother, we are going to be betrayed!" ”