Chapter 59. with tung paint
When Kong Qian was woken up by Yan Chixia, he was still in a daze and didn't know what had happened.
It wasn't until Yan Chixia told him that the traitor in the army had been caught, and after seeing the pile of ashes on the ground that he couldn't recognize what it was, he nodded subconsciously.
At that time, when the paper piercing man wanted to harm him, Kong Gan didn't even feel it at all, and the paper piercing man was instantly burned into a pile of ashes by the rune that Kong Gan consciously activated in the sea, and he didn't even hear a sound when he was asleep.
"Hmm.. Has the person been caught? Hard work Yan Dao has long been you. ”
Kong Gan raised his hand and rubbed his face, regaining some consciousness, and then got up and grabbed the python robe on the screen frame on the side and draped it on his body, inviting Yan Chixia to go with him to interrogate the betrayed night watch sergeant.
The two of them left the camp tent and came to the field, where the night vigil team had been subdued by the sergeants under General Xue Qiang and fell to the ground, with a look of despair and despair.
"I saw His Majesty King An, the traitors in the army have been taken down by the last general and Yan Daochang, how to deal with it, please show His Royal Highness King An." Xue forcibly saluted.
Kong Gan waved his hand, signaling that Xue Qiang didn't need to be polite, and then turned his head to look at the traitors kneeling below, and finally his gaze stopped on their captain's face.
"Lehi... I didn't expect it to be you. ”
Kong Qian said with emotion, this Li Hai, but the old man under his command, at the beginning, when he didn't get Lu Zhi's help, this Li Hai was already his brother in Paoze, but he didn't expect that among the people who betrayed him, there was actually him.
Li Hai didn't speak, but lowered his head, not daring to meet Kong Gan's gaze.
Kong Qian pursed his lips and said with some disappointment: "Forget it, this king doesn't ask you why you want to betray this king, this king only asks you one thing, the person who instructed you... But Gong Lanqing? ”
Gong Lanqing in his mouth is one of the important ministers under his command, and he is also the person who followed his staff at the beginning.
At that time, Gong Lanqing was just a scholar who fell into the ranks, but later he was valued by Kong Gan, and he was recruited under his command and became his staff.
Later, he raised troops and conquered Guanzhong, and once again promoted Gong Lanqing to the high position of state pastor, and divided several counties for him to govern, which can be said to take good care of him.
And Li Hai and Gong Lanqing have always had a friendship, they grew up together, and it was also under Gong Lanqing's recommendation that Kong Qian recruited Li Hai into his subordinates, so after Li Hai's identity as a traitor was exposed, Kong Gan's first suspicion was naturally Gong Lanqing.
Years ago, the White Lotus Sect demon girl infiltrated his mansion and wanted to harm him, but later the matter was exposed, and Lu Zhi investigated for him the person who cooperated with the White Lotus Sect behind it... but one of his cousins.
But his cousin, who was very talented and talented, was a complete straw bag, and when he sent someone to arrest him, his cousin had already committed suicide by taking poison first.
Kong Qian felt strange at the time, suspecting that his cousin was just a pawn who was pushed to the front desk to top the bag.
Behind this incident, there may be a deeper hidden person behind the scenes, after all, with his cousin's brain, he can't plan such an exquisite design, and it is too timely for him to commit suicide.
But in the memory of the White Lotus Demon Maiden, there was only the memory of contact with his cousin, and his cousin had also died, and there was no proof of death, so the matter stopped here at once.
It's a pity that Lu Zhi had already gone to Hongzhen County to solve the White Lotus Sect at that time, and Kong Qian could only wait until he returned before telling him about it, but at that time, Kong Gan and his cousin's corpses were gone.
It wasn't until today, when the people behind the scenes couldn't help but make a move again, that they found the flaw again and locked his identity in one fell swoop.
Li Hai glanced up at Kong Gan and sighed, "Since His Royal Highness King An has already made up his mind in his heart, why should he ask again?" ”
"It's the last general who can't stand King An, he just wants to die, and asks His Royal Highness King An to fulfill it."
Kong Qian sighed deeply, and waved his hand with some interest: "Drag it down." ”
Half a month later, Quang Binh County.
When Kong Gan came to the state pastor's mansion with people, Gong Lanqing had already prepared a banquet waiting for him.
"His Royal Highness King An, seeing that you have returned safely, Weichen will also be relieved." That Gong Lanqing said, with a mixture of some happiness and some regret in her tone, which seemed extremely contradictory.
Kong Qian narrowed his eyes slightly: "I didn't expect that you would really be obediently tied up and waiting for me to come." ”
Gong Lanqing smiled and raised her hand to signal Kong Qian to sit down: "Thanks to the grace of His Royal Highness King An, let Weichen go from being a scholar to becoming a feudal official who now holds a lot of power... Before dying, he always had to repay His Royal Highness King An. ”
As he spoke, he got up and brought out a tray from behind the screen, and there was a folded apricot yellow dragon robe in the tray, a stack of folds.
"This dragon robe, and this twist, is the last gift that Weichen gave to His Royal Highness King An."
"Heh... If His Royal Highness King An doesn't come back, this dragon robe will probably be worn by Weichen, and this letter will also be burned. ”
"Fortunately, His Royal Highness King An, you are auspicious, Mingjun has his own divine blessing, and Weichen's conspiracy and calculation will naturally not hurt you."
Kong Qian was silent, he just frowned and looked at this Gong Lanqing, he didn't seem to have seen this person clearly from beginning to end, and he couldn't understand his extremely contradictory thoughts at all.
Gong Lanqing smiled, shook her head and said, "Okay, His Royal Highness King An, why did you make this expression?" Wechen just wants to say goodbye to you. ”
He picked up the wine jug on the table, brought himself a glass of wine, and said, "His Royal Highness King An, can you accompany Weichen to have a farewell wine?" ”
Kong Qian was silent for a few seconds and nodded.
Gong Lanqing's face showed a smile again, and then she picked up another wine jug on the table and poured wine for Kong Gan.
Noticing Kong Gan's scrutinizing gaze, Gong Lanqing said: "King An doesn't have to be confused, in Weichen's cup of wine, he was 'drunk and dreamed of death', so naturally he can't let His Royal Highness King An accompany Weichen to get drunk to death." ”
Kong Qian's brows furrowed even deeper: "You..?" ”
"Wechen is afraid of pain." Gong Lanqing looked up at Kong Qian and said, "Whether it is beheading or Ling Chi's execution, it hurts too much, and even the whole corpse can't be left, so please forgive Weichen for making his own opinion, let's have a drunken dream and die." ”
"His Royal Highness ——— King An's won't even refuse this request, right?"
Kong Qian didn't make a sound, just picked up the wine glass and raised it to Gong Lanqing.
Bite.. With a soft bang, the two of them raised their heads and drank the wine in the glass.
Kong Qian was not worried that Gong Lanqing would poison the wine he had given him, although he didn't know what Gong Lanqing was thinking, whether he was really going to die freely, or if he was calculating again.
But with the protection of the Qinglian Cultivation, even if he drinks Heding Red as wine, he feels that this 'wine' tastes a little bitter at most.
"His Royal Highness King An, Weichen.. Let's go first.. One step..."
Looking at Gong Lanqing's slowly lifeless figure, Kong Qian sighed inexplicably, summoned two guards from outside the hall, and ordered them to take Gong Lanqing down for burial.
"Slow." He suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at Gong Lanqing's corpse, and after a flicker in his eyes, he said, "First find a good coffin, seal it with iron nails, hook it with tung oil and paint it, and then bury it after seven days of resting the spirit." ”
"Whoa!"
After waiting for the people to go down, Kong Qian turned his attention to the dragon robe left by Gong Lanqing and the letter fold.
The dragon robe sewn with gold wire, he just glanced at it, and then he didn't pay attention to it, and it is estimated that he will not look at it again in the future, but the letter is to be taken a closer look.
After opening the fold and looking at it a few times, Kong Qian immediately knew the purpose and intention of Gong Lanqing to leave this letter.
In the midst of the twists and turns, there is a list, all of which are people under his command, some are his people, some are his collaborators, and some are suspected to be hidden chess pieces planted under his command by other forces.
And the things committed by those people are clearly listed in the recital, Kong Gan only needs to follow the list in this recital, one by one, not to mention that he can completely eliminate the rebellious and ambitious people under his command, but he can also sweep away most of the restless people.
It took nearly a quarter of an hour to read the contents of this letter in detail, and then Kong Qian closed the fold and got up and left here.
Six hours later, in the mourning hall at night, in the coffin with tung paint oily light, there was a sudden slight abnormal sound, and then the sound gradually amplified, and finally developed into a sharp and piercing crazy scratching sound, weird and terrifying....