Although Yu Shinan is Yu Shiji's brother, his character is completely different from Yu Shiji, or even diametrically opposed, Yu Shiji is corrupt, Yu Shinan is incorruptible, Yu Shiji is sleek and treacherous, but Yu Shinan is upright and resolute, and is highly praised in the government and the opposition.

However, Yu Shiji is not optimistic about his brother's trip to Qingzhou to investigate the Bohai Society case, Yu Shiji knows his brother very well, he is too upright and not flexible, and he may be able to be a county guard, but if he is too strict and does not know how to be tactful, it will make things worse, and Zhang Xuan will not pay attention to him at all.

Yu Shinan and his entourage of more than 20 people entered Yidu County and came to Beihai County, Wei Yunqi had already received the news and was waiting here, he hurriedly stepped forward and smiled: "Brother Boshi, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come to harm?" ”

"It turned out to be Brother Wei Xian, and he met an old man in another country!"

Yu Shinan had a very good relationship with Wei Yunqi, but he had not been in touch for many years, and the relationship was slightly weaker, he hurriedly dismounted and saluted Wei Yunqi, the two exchanged a few words of greeting, said a few interesting things about the past, and immediately laughed together, Wei Yunqi hurriedly invited them into the county office, and arranged for his entourage to take Yu Shinan's men to rest.

In the inner hall, Wei Yunqi invited Yu Shinan to sit down, and let people serve tea, Yu Shinan took a sip of tea and asked, "Isn't General Zhang in Beihai County?" ”

Wei Yunqi smiled slightly: "This is a misunderstanding of many people, thinking that General Zhang will be in Beihai County, in fact, although General Zhang's private mansion is in Beihai County, after all, he is the Qinghe Tongshou and Hebei envoy, if Brother Boshi wants to find him, I think it is better to go to Qinghe County." ”

"I see, I thought he hadn't opened up the situation in Hebei yet, and he was temporarily living in Beihai County."

"The situation was not opened before, but after Jibei County completely annihilated Dou Jiande with 20,000 troops, his army had already entered Qinghe County and established a foundation in Gaotang County. Therefore, stabilizing Qinghe County is his top priority, he spends most of his time in Qinghe County, and our side is just a logistics powerhouse. ”

Yu Shinan pondered for a moment and asked: "I came to Qingzhou this time to learn about the situation of the Bohai Society by the order of King Yan, and I heard that General Zhang had ambushed the old nest of the Bohai Society and forced Gao Lie to withdraw his troops from Youzhou. Is there such a thing? ”

Wei Yunqi said lightly: "I am not the person concerned in this matter, we can talk about it privately, but if Brother Bo Shi is formally inquiring, I'm afraid I won't be able to answer." ”

Yu Shinan understood what Wei Yunqi meant, and hurriedly said: "Of course, it's just a private chat, I know that this matter has nothing to do with Yunqi, and I won't formally ask Yunqi." ”

Wei Yunqi nodded and said, "Actually, I understand what His Royal Highness King Yan wants to check on?" However, I don't think Brother Bosch's investigation is actually meaningful. ”

"Why?"

"What can you do if you find it, but if you can't find it, it destroys the harmony between the monarch and the minister, and there is a gap between the empty space. Why bother? ”

Yu Shinan was silent for a while, and said after a while: "Anyway, Bohai will be the number one enemy of the Great Sui, no matter what, General Zhang has no right to dispose of them without authorization, if it is found, I will take all these people away, if it can't be found, I will also find out the facts." It is my duty to give an explanation to His Royal Highness King Yan. I must be faithful. ”

Wei Yunqi laughed, "Since that's the case, I won't persuade Brother Boshi, although there are many rumors, some people say that General Zhang captured all the members of the Bohai Society, and some people say that even Gao Lie, the leader of the Bohai Society, was also captured by General Zhang. But these are just rumors, not the real situation. ”

"And what's really going on?"

"The real situation is that General Zhang did take the logistics of the Bohai Society, but it was not a nest, he captured more than a thousand soldiers and burned the food of the Bohai Navy. As a result, the Bohai Navy ran out of food and grass and was forced to retreat. ”

Yu Shinan didn't believe it, he sneered and asked, "Where are these prisoners of war?" Does Brother Yunqi know? ”

Wei Yunqi sighed, "This is just a trivial matter, General Zhang thinks that there is no need to even write a military newspaper, these prisoners of war and Dou Jiande's prisoners of war have been disbanded and returned to their hometowns according to the custom, nearly 20,000 prisoners of war, we don't have so much food to feed them." ”

Yu Shinan couldn't say a word for a long time, and after a while he smiled bitterly: "According to Yunqi, I went north to investigate this time, can't I find anything?" ”

Wei Yunqi smiled, "To put it mildly, if Brother Boshi wants to collect some rumors and rumors without evidence, you can receive a lot, but if you want to find any evidence, I think it can only be in vain, Brother Boshi said right?" ”

Yu Shinan understood what he meant, Zhang Xuan would not leave any evidence for himself, he secretly thought in his heart, it seems that he can't find anything on the surface, he can only see if Qian Changping has any gains?

Qian Changping's secret investigation in Licheng County has been carried out for two days, and a lot of information has been collected, including that Qi County Prison has received some special prisoners, including Gao Hui, an important figure in the Bohai Society, has come to Licheng County more than once, and many people have heard that many important people have been arrested, although there is a lot of information, but what makes Qian Changping distressed is that he did not look for any evidence, even including the jailers of Qi County Prison, none of them can be found, if there is no evidence to support it, then all the information is rumors.

In the evening, Qian Changping returned to the inn sullenly, just arrived at the inn, but found that the inn was full of Sui soldiers, he was shocked, and hurriedly squeezed into the inn, but saw that his men were tied up and sitting in the courtyard, their eyes were blindfolded, and their mouths were blocked by rags.

"What happened?" Qian Changping asked anxiously.

At this time, a large group of soldiers walked out of the inn, and when the man saw Qian Changping, he hurriedly pointed out: "This person is the leader!" ”

Waved his hand for the first lieutenant, "Grab it!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers rushed up, pressed Qian Changping to the ground, and tied him firmly, Qian Changping was so anxious that he shouted, "I am a guard sent by His Royal Highness King Yan, you can't arrest me!" ”

The captain stepped forward and slapped him in the face, and said coldly: "Nonsense, you are obviously spies sent by the Bohai Society to spy on the military situation of the Sui army, and you dare to pretend to be a court guard and take it away for me!" ”

A cloth bag covered Qian Changping's head, and he was pushed into a carriage along with his men, which quickly disappeared.

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The fleet of the Son of Heaven had already crossed the Huai River, and it was less than a hundred miles away from the river, and everyone was packing up their belongings and began to make preparations before getting off the boat.

Yang Qi followed a eunuch to the living cabin of the Son of Heaven, and this was the second time Yang Qi saw the emperor's grandfather after leaving Luoyang, and the first time he saw the emperor's grandfather was in Chenliu County. After that, he never saw the imperial grandfather again, but he heard that the imperial grandfather was not in a good state, which made him very worried.

Walking into the cabin, Yang Qi respectfully knelt down and kowtowed in front of Yang Guang, the son of heaven, "Grandson to meet the emperor's grandfather!" ”

Yang Guang's face was pale and he looked very tired. He waved his hand, "Flat!" ”

Yang Qi stood up and stood with his hands down in front of his grandfather, he didn't know why the imperial grandfather was looking for him, maybe he was going to Jiangdu, what did the imperial grandfather need to explain?

"I want to know, what happened along the way?"

"Returning to the emperor's grandfather, it is not a big deal, that is, the emperor's grandfather decreed that Luo Yi was appointed as the governor of Youzhou. Other than that, there is nothing else. ”

"What about Jang Hyun?"

Yang Guang said coldly: "I heard that you sent Yushi to Qingzhou to investigate Zhang Xuan, why?" ”

"My grandson saw that Luo Yijun's newspaper said that Zhang Xuan took the old nest of the Bohai Society, so he forced the troops of the Bohai Society to withdraw from Youzhou."

"I've seen this military report too, what does it mean?"

Sun Er suspected that Jang Hyun had captured an important member of the Bohai Society, but he concealed it, and Sun Er was worried that he would make some kind of deal with the Bohai Society, so he let them go. This will defeat the opportunity to completely wipe out the Bohai Sea. ”

Yang Guang nodded, "Did you think of it yourself?" ”

"Returning to the Emperor's grandfather. It was Li Gang, the prince's guest, who thought of him, and he is now an important staff officer of the child. ”

"Did he also ask you to send someone to Qingzhou to investigate?"

Yang Qi didn't know what the emperor's grandfather meant, he nodded timidly, "Li Gang suggested that Sun Er investigate from both light and dark aspects in order to find out the truth." ”

Yang Guang snorted coldly and said to the left and right: "Spread my will." Removed Prince Li Gang from his position as a guest and demoted to Pengcheng County! ”

Yang Qi was shocked and fell to his knees, "Imperial grandfather, Li Gang is not guilty!" ”

Yang Guang said angrily: "He taught my grandson to do extremely stupid things. Can such a person still stay in the East Palace? ”

"My grandson doesn't know what stupid things I've done, so I beg my grandfather to make it clear!" Yang Qi said in a trembling voice.

"Humph! Then let me ask you, did Yu Shinan go to Qingzhou and find something? ”

"Not yet."

Yang Qi said in a low voice: "Grandson feels that it still needs time. ”

"Then you tell me, if you find evidence, what are you going to do with Zhang Xuan?"

"The grandson will remove him from his military position."

What if he won't accept it? What are you going to do? Yang Guang stared at the eldest grandson with blazing eyes.

Yang Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Then he is a rebellion, and Sun Er will send an army to exterminate him." ”

"If the army you sent is defeated by him, and he leads a large army to Jiangdu instead, what do you think we should do? Give him the Great Sui River? Don't you think so? ”

Yang Qi was speechless, Yang Guang was so angry that he paced back and forth in the cabin, pointing at Yang Qi and angrily scolding: "It's stupid! Do you think Zhang Xuan will let Yu Shinan find any evidence? I can tell you clearly, I can't find the fart, not only that, but I will startle the snake, I will summon Zhang Xuan to Beijing to report again, he will definitely not come again! One day he will support his own army, what will I do? ”

Yang Qi's eyes were a little red, he finally realized that he had made a big mistake, and he didn't dare to say another word.

Yang Guang continued: "Lai Hu'er did not comply with the order of Goguryeo, I pretended not to know anything, and I didn't do anything until he entered Beijing, Yujuluo suppressed the duplicity of bandits in Jiangnan, and I arrested him and sent him to prison under the pretext of summoning him to Beijing to report on his work, and Yang Yichen was the same, sealing him as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then completely depriving him of military power, and dealing with these generals in charge of the army must not be done directly.

It's the same with Jang Hyun, do you think I don't pay attention to Jang Hyun? He gave birth to a son but refused to send him to the capital as a hostage, don't you think I know? Luo Yi's report I read it more carefully than you, if the grain and grass were burned, would Gao Lie withdraw the army? Zhuo County has food supplies.

It must have been Zhang Xuan who caught the important members of the Bohai Society, but I pretended not to know anything, and when Zhang Xuan came to report on his work in the autumn, I would clean him up well, but how did you do it, and actually sent someone to investigate? also sent a straight person like Yu Shinan, doesn't this just tell him that I want to kill him? You, you've disappointed me. ”

Yang Qi was remorseful and hateful, and finally couldn't help sobbing, "Grandson is stupid, he ruined the emperor's grandfather's big thing." ”

"You're not stupid, you don't understand, you always think that Yu Shiji is a traitor, think that Yu Shinan is upright, think that Li Gang is upright, and I also admit that they are upright and upright, but many things are bad in the hands of these upright ministers, forget it, I don't want to talk about you anymore, I hope you remember this lesson, immediately call Yu Shinan back, don't let him cause a big disaster in Qingzhou."

"Grandson, I'm going to give the order."

Yang Qi got up and walked a few steps, and asked timidly: "Imperial grandfather, will Zhang Xuan rebel?" ”

Yang Guang sighed, "If Yu Shinan can't find anything, then it won't be for the time being, but he won't be loyal to the Great Sui anymore, so he can only find a way to slowly cut his military power." ”

(To be continued.) )