Chapter 904: Bloodshed
Yingyuan's temperament, Chu Huan did not have a real conclusion, but from Yingyuan's bits and pieces and witnessing the ear dye, he knew that Yingyuan was a very murderous person in his bones, if it was said that before the founding of the country, the world was full of hegemonic spirit, and there were signs of Mingjun at the beginning of the founding of the country, but many things that happened later gradually revealed the cruelty in Yingyuan's bones.
Yingyuan's temperament is violent, and quite capricious, and many founding heroes were ruthlessly eradicated by Yingyuan because they accidentally angered Yingyuan.
But Chu Huan faintly felt that the emperor was not a stupid and incompetent person, he set up a shocking situation, annihilated the Anguo Gong party, and swept away a major force in the dynasty with the momentum of wind and thunder, with a careful plan and a clean and neat plan, which of course is not something that an old and mediocre person can do.
Chu Huan even felt that Yingyuan's purpose in killing his courtiers was not to be tyrannical and moody, he once suspected that this was just Yingyuan deliberately putting on a layer of tyrannical clothes, but in fact he was killing him in order to stabilize his power, he was the founder of the country, and his courtiers came from all directions, there were old ministers who had been with him from the beginning and shared weal and woe, and some later defected to him, and there were even those who surrendered to the generals.
We can share weal and belong, but we may not be able to share prosperity.
Yingyuan's descendants, thinking that they were born from the dragon, must have an arrogant and arrogant heart, the emperor sees it in his eyes, his heart may not be comfortable, and for those ministers and generals, Yingyuan is naturally even more jealous.
Chu Huan was not very clear about Lin Qingyuan's affairs before, but when Lin Dai'er said it slowly at this time, Chu Huan sighed a little, and he even realized that Lin Qingyuan's death probably had a lot to do with the King of the Western Tang Dynasty.
"Although Yingyuan dog thief pretends to be benevolent, his heart is as poisonous as a snake and scorpion." Lin Dai'er's eyes were cold, "The King of the Western Tang Dynasty is in Luo'an Capital, in fact, he has no quarrel with the world, and he doesn't want to fight anymore, he just wants to spend his old age well." ”
Chu Huan sighed lightly: "The King of the Western Tang Dynasty was the monarch of the Western Tang Kingdom back then, he will not die for a day, just wait for the Western Tang Kingdom not to be truly destroyed, what is even more terrifying is that your father General Lin was the general of the Western Tang Kingdom Tianbao back then, and he was the powerhouse of the Western Tang Kingdom, the king is not dead, the minister is not dead, plus you just said that many of the generals of the Western Tang Kingdom are still under your father's command, if you are the emperor, do you think you will be calm?" ”
"Yingyuan wanted to find an opportunity to weaken the soldiers and horses of the Western Tang Dynasty back then." Lin Dai'er said: "At that time, the terms of the peace agreement had also made a resolution on the aftermath of the Western Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, at that time there were still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Western Tang Dynasty, and the Qin State agreed to take out the pension silver, disband the Western Tang army, let them cultivate the land, only keep a part of the army, and transfer the defense to the northwest to guard. But the army has not been disbanded, there was a great chaos in the northwest, when the Western Tang City was not broken, there were many anti-Qin forces in the northwest began to gather, especially the remnants of the Lu State led by the prince of Lu, gathered together, plus the remnants of other countries, there were a lot of people, when the Western Tang State was attached to the Qin State, the Prince of Lu led the army to raid the rear of the Qin army, and even several cities, the Qin army under Feng Hanxiao and the Western Tang Dynasty fought fiercely for several months, the loss was not small, and the morale was low, Yingyuan made an order at that time, the Western Tang Army was not disbanded, and it was under the command of Feng Hanxiao, to quell the rebellion of the prince of Lu in the northwest. ”
Chu Huan let out an "oh" and sighed, "Ling Zun has followed General Feng since then? ”
"Yes. At that time, the prince of Lu Guo also sent someone to secretly find his father, and asked his father to join forces with Lu ** inside and outside the team to annihilate Feng Hanxiao in one fell swoop. Lin Dai'er said softly: "It's just that there was already a peace agreement with Qin at that time, my father kept his promise and did not break it, and Yingyuan was worried that his father had other ideas, so he let Feng Hanxiao send the King of the Western Tang Dynasty to Yingyuan's side, and my father led the Western Tang Army to follow Feng Hanxiao, and then put down the rebellion in the northwest, I only know that in the end, my father personally beheaded the head of the prince of Lu, but the pacification process seems to be very difficult...... That was more than twenty years ago, and I don't know much. ”
Chu Huan nodded, and Lin Dai'er continued: "After the northwest was pacified, Feng Hanxiao's original intention was to let his father stay in the northwest and guard the northwest together under his command, but Yingyuan was worried about his father's prestige in the northwest, so he transferred his father to the capital. My father was cautious in Beijing, and he also obeyed the will of Yingyuan dog thieves several times, went out of Beijing to quell the rebellion, and made many contributions. After several years in Beijing, my father was very worried that Yingyuan would settle accounts with the Queen of the Western Tang Dynasty, but when he saw that there was no movement for several years, he felt that Yingyuan was broad-minded. Until one time, there was a fight in the capital, which killed people, and things began to become serious. ”
Chu Huanqi said: "Fighting? ”
Lin Dai'er bowed slightly, her expression became a little embarrassed, she hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Is it ...... It's in that kind of place, two gangs of people ...... for a courtesan! Seeing that Chu Huan listened to himself carefully, his expression was serious, and his expression was a little embarrassed: "They were jealous, so they fought in the brothel and killed one person, do you know who was killed?" ”
Chu Huan shook his head.
"The person he killed is nothing in himself, but the master behind him is Huang Ju, the Duke of An Guo." Lin Dai'er sneered: "Since you are a Beijing official. Naturally, I know that Zhang Douli, the general banner of Wujingwei Xicheng before! ”
Chu Huan was stunned and nodded, this person really remembers, when he first arrived in the capital, he stayed in Wujingwei for a while, the commander of Wujingwei at that time was Huang Tiandu, Wujingwei was the security force of the capital, Luo'an City was divided into four cities, the city has a fang, almost every square has set up a guard office of Wu Jingwei, and of the four cities, Xicheng is the place where the market gathers, so Xicheng has the most oil and water, and the position of the Xicheng General Banner is even more fat, Chu Huan knew that Zhang Douli could sit in the position of the Xicheng General Banner, and he must be the henchman of Huang Tiandu.
However, in the Tongtian Temple incident, An Guogong and his party forced the palace, Huang Tiandu led Wu Jingwei's henchmen to rebel in Tongtian Palace, Zhang Douli is Huang Tiandu's henchman, backed by the Huang family, and Wu Jingwei is second only to Huang Tiandu's general banner, that rebellion was also involved in it, but it is a pity that in the end An Guogong's party was crushed by the emperor, and Zhang Douli also ended up in defeat and death.
"Zhang Douli was just a guard by Huang Tiandu's side back then, and his brother Zhang Fuli was also on an errand by Huang Tiandu's side." Lin Daier recalled: "In the brothel brawl, it was Zhang Fuli who was killed. ”
Chu Huan frowned and asked, "It was Zhang Fuli who died, but what killed him?" ”
Lin Dai'er smiled bitterly: "The murderer is called Qiu He, this person's name, you won't hear it, he was a commander of the Youtun Guard back then, and he was a general under my father......!" After a pause, he said slowly: "But he was also an old general of the Western Tang Kingdom back then!" ”
Chu Huan's brows suddenly tightened.
"When my father found out about this, he immediately tied up Qiu He and sent him to the Criminal Department." Lin Dai'er's expression was indifferent, but her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, these were the past things she hid in her heart, but now it is clear and clear, so many years have passed, and there is no trace of forgetting.
"It was an accidental fight, both sides drank too much at the brothel, and Qiu He didn't intend to kill at the time, he told his father that he killed by mistake." Lin Dai'er's expression became grim: "Father is worried that someone will take advantage of this matter to play, and Zhang Fuli's master is Huang Ju, the Duke of Anguo, Huang Ju was very powerful in the court at that time, and Yingyuan dog thieves were very fond of him, my father knew that things were not easy to do, and he was most afraid that this matter would involve the King of the Western Tang Dynasty, so for the sake of the King of the Western Tang Dynasty, he wanted to make this matter a big deal, so he went to the Huang Mansion in person to explain the matter to Huang Ju. ”
Chu Huan bowed slightly, thoughtfully, it was late at night, the streets were very quiet, the carriage turned left and right, shuttling through the city, and the sound of the wheels crushing the ground could even drown out the sound of the two talking.
Huang Ju also laughed at the time and said that it was just the fault of the people below, and comforted his father that he didn't have to think about it. Lin Dai'er had a sneer on her lips, "That old fox said one thing and did another, my father didn't favor Qiu He, and sent Qiu He to the yamen of the Criminal Department, but ...... The father didn't know that it was this move that gave the other party a chance. A few days later, my father suddenly learned that Qiu He committed suicide in fear of crime in the prison of the Criminal Department, but before he died, he wrote a confession and even put blood fingerprints. ”
Chu Huan's heart suddenly hung up, he knew that the tragedy that happened later was probably on that confession, and asked softly: "What did that confession say?" ”
Lin Dai'er bit her red lip, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "On the confession, she confessed to killing Zhang Fuli, but before she was handed over to the Yamen of the Criminal Department, Qiu He told her father that after being drunk, he fought for a courtesan, and killed Zhang Fuli by mistake, but on the confession, the confession was completely different. On top of the confession, the two sides did not do it because of the courtesan! ”
"What's the reason for that?"
"Rebellion!" Lin Dai'er sneered: "The confession said that Qiu He's group of people were plotting against him, but unfortunately Zhang Fuli heard it, and Qiu He found Zhang Fuli and immediately took action, and the people around Zhang Fuli heard the movement and immediately rushed over, but when they arrived, Zhang Fuli had been smashed on the head by a chair and lay on the ground as a corpse ......!" ”
Chu Huan sighed: "Since the Criminal Department has taken out this confession, Qiu He committed suicide in fear of the crime, and it is not easy to overturn the case. ”
"My father didn't expect that the Criminal Department would come up with such a confession, nor did he expect Qiu He to die in prison like that." Lin Dai'er sneered: "Father knew that something was wrong, so he asked the Criminal Department to hand over Qiu He's body to see how Qiu He committed suicide in fear of crime." However, the Criminal Department did not hand over the corpse, but said that Qiu He's comrades robbed the prison of the Criminal Department, took away the corpse, and the whereabouts of the corpse were unknown, and the prison officer who guarded the prison of the Criminal Department was immediately ordered to be executed......! ”
Chu Huan's eyes flashed, and he said softly: "They are well-planned, General Lin is afraid that it will be difficult to escape." "I thought that according to the later results, the emperor had long been jealous of Lin Qingyuan, and finally found an opportunity, so naturally he would not let it go easily, on the surface, Lin Qingyuan and Huang Ju were fighting, but behind Huang Ju, it was His Majesty the Emperor.