Steward Jiang's body was dug up from the backyard, the body had just been buried, and there was still body temperature on his body, and the soldiers searched his body carefully, and one soldier got up and reported, "General Qiyu, this person has wax shavings in his mouth, as if he has swallowed something." ”

"Find out what he swallowed!"

Wei Ben gave an order, and he walked into the house again, and all the suspicious items found in the house were placed on the ground, which were identified by the landlord one by one, including dozens of knives and more than a dozen crossbows.

"Did you find anything?" Wei Ben asked as he entered the room.

A civilian officer was checking the number of the crossbows, he stood up and said, "General, these crossbows were all transported to Liaodong during the Battle of Goryeo, and they were all new crossbows back then. ”

"Liaodong?"

Wei Ben's brows furrowed slightly, and at this time, a soldier hurriedly walked in, holding a small wax pill that had been washed in his hand, "General, this is found in Steward Jiang's stomach." ”

Wei Ben perked up, and immediately pulled out a knife to cut the wax pill, and inside was a small note, with only four words on the note, 'Liaodong Pharmacy'.

"General, this Liaodong pharmacy seems to be a pharmacy in Beishi." A soldier said nearby.

Wei Ben immediately ordered, "There are only twenty people left here, and the rest of the soldiers will go to Beishi to arrest them, and none of them are allowed to run away." ”

Three hundred soldiers quickly lined up and rushed towards the North City.

The medicine store is located in the northwest corner of the North City, consisting of more than 20 pharmacies, Liaodong pharmacy is only one of the small ones, covering an area of about half an acre, consisting of a shop and several warehouses, and is famous for selling ginseng in the pharmacy store.

It was the best time of the afternoon business, and the store was crowded with customers who had come to buy ginseng, just when a large group of soldiers rushed into the hall, and one soldier shouted, "All squat!" ”

The lobby was quiet for a moment, dozens of guests looked at each other, and a guy saw that the situation was not good, and ran to the backyard, just ran to the door. A bolt of lightning struck the guy in the back, and the guy fell to the ground with a scream.

The screams frightened the guests in the hall into dissipation, and they all squatted down with their heads hugged. The soldiers rushed forward and knocked several other men and the shopkeeper to the ground, and at that moment, the backyard was followed by shouts of killing and sword clashing, followed by several screams, and the backyard gradually fell silent.

Wei Ben walked into the backyard, and there were more than two dozen crossbowmen of the internal guard standing at the head of the backyard wall. They had already finished the battle, and there were several men in black lying on the ground, all of whom had been hit by arrows, and a young and bewitching young woman squatting in the corner of the wall, with a look of horror and despair in her eyes, and several Sui military knives on her neck.

Another tall, lanky young man sat by the wall, with an arrow in his leg and his arms tied behind his back. The gaze in his eyes was extremely vicious, and a soldier handed a few waist cards to Wei Ben, who glanced at a few waist cards. With a wave of his hand, "Take them all...... The internal guard military office is located outside the southern city, is a military camp covering an area of hundreds of acres, and the military office is also in the military camp, and the soldiers' military camp is separated by a wall.

Yang Yuanqing, under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, rode to the Inner Guard Army, and the general Wei Ben was already waiting at the door, seeing Yang Yuanqing coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the chief!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted. "Where are the prisoners?" he asked. ”

"Inside the dungeon, please go this way, Steward."

Wei Ben led Yang Yuanqing into the military office, the dungeon is located in the backyard of the military office, the ground is a white building, there are stone steps leading to the underground after entering, and the entire dungeon is built with large bluestone. Extremely rugged.

The dungeon is dimly lit, gloomy and miserable, and terrifying, with a total of forty cells, mainly for the captured spies, and some important Jiangyang thieves, who have to pass through three iron doors to enter and exit the dungeon, and once they enter, they do not want to escape.

Wei Ben led Yang Yuanqing to two cells, one for the tall and thin man, and the other for the bewitching woman, with heavy shackles on her hands and feet.

The man had lost too much blood and was still in a coma, Yang Yuanqing came to the woman's cell and looked at her, the woman was curled up together, her face buried in her legs.

"This woman is ruthless and uses spunlace as a weapon, and Steward Jiang was stabbed to death by her."

When the woman heard the voice, she slowly raised her head, and in the dim light, she saw a large group of Sui soldiers standing in front of her, and a young officer in the middle, the woman was startled, "You are.... Yang Yuanqing. ”

"You know me?" Yang Yuanqing felt a little strange in his heart.

The woman suddenly laughed sharply, she stopped laughing, gritted her teeth and said: "When you killed Gai Jiaojiao, you escaped three people, and I was one of them, how could I not know you, even if you are burned to ashes, I will know you." ”

"Bold!" The soldiers shouted angrily.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to stop the angry reprimand of the soldiers, stared at her for a long time, and said lightly: "So, you are sent by Gai Suwen...... In the meeting hall of Ziwei Pavilion, more than a dozen important ministers gathered around a large table, and the table was full of various documents and more than a dozen waist cards collected from the pharmacy, and the ministers whispered.

Yang Yuanqing picked up a silver medal and stared at it for a moment, the front of the silver medal was engraved with the three Chinese characters of 'Goryeo', which is Goguryeo's intelligence agency, and looked at the back, and the number on the back was 'Jiasi'.

He put down the silver medal and said to the ministers: "Ministers, now the truth has been revealed, the murderer of the princess and the prince was committed by the Goryeo people, according to the confession of the witnesses, it is because Gokkaido has surrendered to Goguryeo, and the king of Goryeo wants to plot against Liaodong and provoke us to civil strife with the assassination case to prevent us from attacking Liaodong. ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone again, and said slowly: "Let's all talk about our opinions!" What should I do about this? ”

Su Wei secretly thought in his heart, the king of Chu would not want to use this excuse to attack Goryeo! The attack on Goryeo plunged the entire Sui Dynasty into civil strife and almost perished, and if it were to attack Goryeo again, I am afraid it would not be so easy.

"Your Royal Highness, I suggest that you send an envoy to Goryeo to ask for the guilt first, and let the king of Goryeo give us an explanation, and this matter should not be rushed for the time being."

Pei Ju also understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and he also said: "Your Highness, what Su Xiangguo said is extremely true, we have just destroyed Dou Jiande, and the national strength is poor, if we start the battle of Goryeo again, I am afraid that we do not have such great strength, if we are dragged in Goryeo, it will give the Tang Dynasty a chance to attack, Your Highness, you must not be careful!" ”

Not only Pei Ju, but more than a dozen important ministers also opposed the war against Goryeo, and the serious consequences of Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo were still fresh in the minds of the ministers, and they could not agree to repeat the mistakes of the past anyway, and there was not a single voice in the council hall, not even a neutral, which made Yang Yuanqingqing quite helpless.

In fact, he built a sea ship and ordered Luo Shixin to attack Gao Kaidao but not overcome, which led to the battle of Goryeo, although the army was controlled by him, but after all, this was a dynastic conquest, and it was necessary to get the support of the imperial court, and he could not kick the imperial court away and start a war on his own, which would only make him lose the hearts of the people, and finally the imperial court fell apart.

Yang Yuanqing saw that everyone was unanimously opposed, and even Su Wei, the old fritter, jumped out and was the first to object, so he had to restrain the annoyance in his heart and nodded, "Okay!" First, send an envoy to Goguryeo to ask for the guilt, and let the king of Goryeo give us an explanation...... Yang Yuanqing rushed back to his official room angrily, he picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of tea, at this time, he could no longer restrain the annoyance in his heart, and slammed the teacup to the ground, with a crisp sound, the teacup was shattered, Yang Yuanqing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and said nothing with a blue face.

Pei Qingsong happened to come in to deliver a few documents, and when he saw that the King of Chu was angry, he was suddenly too frightened to speak, he had never seen the King of Chu lose his temper so much until he joined the company.

At this time, Xiao Jin, another member of the army in the secretary's office, also heard the news, and the two glanced at each other, and immediately beckoned the tea boy in charge of sencha to come in, and several people cleaned up the debris on the ground.

A few people walked out of the room lightly and closed the door, but at this time, they saw Nayan Yang Shidao walking in, and Pei Qingsong hurriedly said, "Shhh! He pointed to the back room and whispered, "I'm furious!" ”

Yang Shidao smiled and nodded, "I'll go and persuade him." ”

He pushed the door and walked into the room, and when he saw Yang Yuanqing still standing in front of the window with his hands down, he smiled slightly, "Still angry about everyone's opposition?" ”

"I'm not angry, I'm disappointed, the dignified Sui minister of the Celestial Empire was scared like this by a small Goryeo, how can this be embarrassing?" Yang Yuanqing said in a deep voice.

"I think there might be a bit of a misunderstanding here."

Yang Shidao still smiled and said, "Maybe everyone misunderstands what you mean." ”

"What misunderstanding?" Yang Yuanqing turned around and looked at Yang Shidao.

"The misunderstanding is that everyone thinks that you are going to launch a war of Goryeo similar to the seven years of the Great Cause, with the strength of the country, the soldiers of the whole country, and millions of people transporting food and military materials, if that is the case, the Tang Dynasty can easily occupy Taiyuan."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "How is it possible?" ”

"So you didn't make it clear to everyone, I only reacted afterwards, I didn't even take Liaodong, what else did you fight Goryeo?"

Yang Yuanqing realized that he didn't make it clear, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's my problem, blame me for not making it clear." ”

He waved his hand, "Sit down!" ”

Both of them sat down, at this time the tea boy brought in two cups of new tea, put them on the table, and retreated, Yang Yuanqing said slowly: "Fight Goryeo, I do have this idea, this assassination case is just an opportunity, but I am not like the seven years of the Great Cause, frankly speaking, I am for food, if I can defeat the Goryeo army and force them to sue for peace, then at least I can extort 300,000 stone of grain, which will be of great help to restore the livelihood of the people in Hebei, as for the battle to destroy Goryeo, it can only be considered later, Now is really not the time. ”

Yang Shidao said with a smile: "If you had said this earlier, everyone would not have reacted so violently, this is your problem, you can't blame everyone for not giving you face, even I misunderstood." ”

Yang Yuanqing was helpless, so he had to wave his hand, "Forget it, let's talk about this matter!" Now tell me about you. ”

"My business, my business?" Yang Shidao asked puzzled.

Yang Yuanqing pondered and said, "This time the Ziwei Pavilion is adjusted, I plan to let you enter the pavilion as a ......