In the marshal tent of the barracks, Qu Tutong listened to a report from a sentry with a gloomy face, "I can see it very clearly, the pigeon flew into Wang Shou's mansion and never came out again, it must be a carrier pigeon." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Sure enough, it's him!" Qu Tutong gritted his teeth.

After the rapid spread of the three news in the military camp caused a rapid decline in the morale and morale of the army, Qu Tutong has been looking for the manipulator behind this matter, and since he took office, Taiyuan has never let people into the city, so where is the source of these three news? Needless to say, it must have been through carrier pigeons.

As early as a few months ago, Pei Lin was strict that there were carrier pigeons in the city, it can't be said that there is no effect, the effect is very good, but there must be fish that have slipped through the net, as long as the carrier pigeon is found, then you can find out who spread rumors in the army.

Qu Tutong was sure that it was by no means ordinary people who could do this, he roughly drafted a list, a total of eighteen large households, and the Wang family was the first, and he sent a large number of detectives to secretly keep an eye on these eighteen families.

Now that the carrier pigeon has been found in the royal house, Qu Tutong of course regards Wang Shou as the biggest suspect, but Wang Yuanji is a county official, and Taishou is temporarily absent, Wang Yuanji is actually Taishou, and the influence of the Wang family in Taiyuan is too great, Qu Tutong did not dare to act rashly against Wang Shou without catching the evidence.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "What else have you found?" ”

"Humble ..... I also saw General Wang enter the palace. ”

Qu Tutong was stunned, "Wang Junkuo? ”

"Exactly!"

Qu Tutong was a little puzzled in his heart, "Is he alone?" ”

"He had brought hundreds of soldiers before, and then hundreds of soldiers continued to walk, and he took two soldiers into the palace."

Qu Tutong thought about it, then took out an arrow from the order barrel on the handsome case, turned around and handed it to his soldiers: "Go to the northwest military camp quickly, if General Wang is here, ask him to come over immediately, and say that I have important matters to negotiate." ”

The soldiers took the arrow and walked quickly, and Qu Tutong said to the sentinel: "Continue to monitor the palace, and if the carrier pigeon comes out, try to find a way to shoot it down for me." ”

"Obey!"

The sentinel also walked quickly, Qu Tutong gently patted the table, thinking about this matter repeatedly, he was almost certain that the three news spread in the army was done by the Wang family, although the Wang family made great contributions when the Son of Heaven raised troops in Taiyuan, but in recent years, Wang Shou has obviously favored the Zhou Dynasty, he sent his four sons to Zhongdu, and none of them were sent to Chang'an, which shows that he has chosen to be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, so, at the important juncture of the siege of Taiyuan, how can Wang Shou not want to make meritorious contributions?

At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported, "General Wang is here?" ”

"Let him in!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Wang Junkuo walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

Qu Tutong smiled, "I went to the general in the morning to discuss defense, but I didn't see it everywhere, where did the general go?" ”

"Returning to the marshal, I went to catch the deserters."

Qu Tutong smiled dumbly, "For such a trivial matter as catching deserters, do you still need the general to go out in person?" ”

"The marshal doesn't know that there are two deserters who are the family members of the head of the Wang family, and it is not easy to arrest them rashly, so I want to talk to Wang Shou about it, hoping that he can cooperate with the military."

Qu Tutong's heart was suddenly shocked, he still smiled silently and asked, "Then what did Wang Shou say?" ”

"Of course, he refused to agree to the arrest of his family, and later reached a compromise with him, and he went to inform the two family members to report back to the barracks, and the lowly post was not punished as a deserter, and was punished for not returning to the camp on time, so that the problem was solved."

Although Wang Junkuo does not understand the world in officialdom, since he has made a plan, he will try his best to protect himself, he went to the Wang family under the pretext of catching deserters, so naturally he does not have to deliberately conceal it, which will make Qu Tutong suspicious.

Although Qu Tutong initially believed that Wang Junkuo had nothing to do with Wang Shou, he also knew that Wang Junkuo had always wanted to return to the Wang family, so would Wang Shou make a fuss about this matter and induce Wang Junkuo to rebel?

The conclusion is that it is very likely that he must be prepared for this to happen.

Qu Tutong pondered for a moment and asked, "Has the Wang family accepted General Wang?" ”

Wang Junkuo's heart suddenly became vigilant, why did Qu Tutong ask this, he shook his head and said, "The head of the Wang family has always refused to agree. ”

"Do you know why?"

Wang Junkuo snorted lightly, "If my title is still there and the position of general has not been lost, he will not refuse people like this." ”

"Actually, this is not the main reason, the real reason is that the Tao is different and does not conspire with it."

Wang Junkuo had to admire Qu Tutong's vicious eyes, this was indeed the real reason, he pretended to be puzzled: "What do you mean by that?" ”

"The general will know in the future, but now the defense is very tight, the general had better not go to these families again, these families put the interests of their families first, they will not care about the rise or fall of the country, and the general must prevent being used by them."

Wang Junkuo didn't say anything, he already understood in his heart that Qu Tutong had begun to suspect the Wang family, it must be that the three news were found out by Qu Tutong?

Qu Tutong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I have written to King Qin, asking him to persuade the Son of Heaven to restore the title and official position of the general, and he will never wronged the general." ”

If it was in the past, Wang Junkuo would definitely be very moved and full of expectations, but since he understood the power struggle between the King of Qin and the crown prince, he was completely dead, not to mention that he still had the edict of the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou Empire on his chest, where could he still look down on the officials of the Tang Dynasty now?

At this time, Wang Junkuo suddenly sympathized with Qu Tutong, I am afraid that Qu Tutong is the only one in Taiyuan City who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

He sighed and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your concern, I will go to the city to inspect the defense now." ”

"Go ahead! Originally, I wanted to discuss with you how to strengthen the defense, but since you haven't seen it yet, I'll discuss it later in the evening. ”

Wang Junkuo hugged his fists and saluted, and then hurried away, looking at Wang Junkuo's distant back, Qu Tutong also sighed secretly in his heart, this is a very good general, very worthy of reuse, but why does His Royal Highness King Qin care so much about the person who was once the crown prince?

Wang Junkuo walked in a hurry, he was very nervous, he knew that Qu Tutong was already suspecting Wang Shou, Wang Shou was in a very dangerous situation now, once the evidence was caught, not only Wang Shou would be finished, but also implicated himself, how should he remind Wang Shou?

Wang Junkuo believed that Qu Tutong had already monitored the royal mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have asked himself where he had gone in the morning?

He couldn't go to the palace anymore, and he couldn't send someone to inform Wang Shou, Wang Junkuo was at a loss in his heart.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the barracks, he saw the palace housekeeper accompanying the two soldiers to this side, which should have allowed the two family members who had escaped to return to the camp.

Wang Junkuo's heart moved, and he thought of a way.

After a while, two soldiers entered the barracks, knelt down and said, "It's too late to return to the camp, please punish the general." ”

"You dare to be deserters, so bold, come here, drag me down and beat me with a hundred military sticks!"

rushed up to more than a dozen soldiers and dragged the two Wang family members down, the two of them were so frightened that they shouted, and the housekeeper who accompanied them was also stunned, this old man confessed that it was not the same thing at all, didn't he say that it would be closed for two days?

He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, they are not deserters, they are just late to return to the camp, and the general has promised the master of the family." ”

Wang Junkuo's face sank, "I don't know any family master, this is a military camp, how can outsiders be allowed to point fingers, and then dare to interfere in military affairs, beware that I will arrest your family master as well, come here, give me a stick to beat me out!" ”

A few pro-soldiers came up with sticks and hit the butler with their heads and faces, and the butler ate a few sticks before running away with his head in his arms.

Wang Junkuo didn't know if Wang Shou could understand his hint, but he didn't dare to go any further, otherwise it would be a big deal, so he turned his horse around and headed towards Xicheng with hundreds of his own soldiers.

........

The butler was beaten to the point that his head was bleeding, and he fled back to the palace full of grief and indignation, and when he entered the study, he knelt down and cried loudly, "The master is the villain's master!" ”

Wang Shou was taken aback, "You.... What's going on with you, who hit you? ”

"It's General Wang Junkuo."

The housekeeper told him about sending the family back to the barracks, and finally wept: "Not only did he admit that he had made any promises, but he still punished the two domestic servants for the crime of desertion. ”

Wang Shou was stunned, how could Wang Junkuo go back on his word, could it be that Qu Tutong did not allow him to show favoritism? But it can't be! These are just two small soldiers, where would Qu Tutong care about this kind of thing, could it be......

Wang Shou seemed to think of something, and he asked again: "Did he say anything threatening to me, tell me what he said!" ”

He said.... He said that if the old slave dared to interfere in his military affairs again, he would arrest the head of the family as well. ”

Wang Shou heard the language problem here, it should be that if the housekeeper dares to interfere in military affairs, he will arrest the housekeeper together, and it will not involve himself.

Wang Junkuo is clearly saying that if he makes any more movements, Qu Tutong will arrest him, it must be so, Wang Junkuo is reminding himself that he must be showing his feet somewhere.