Chapter 30: Wen Zheng
With the mission of the Tang Emperor, Wei Chi Gong went south into Fujian, and before leaving, Cheng Zhijie held a banquet in the drunken immortal building in Chang'an to drink and say goodbye to him.
Chi Gong, the third lieutenant of the third patrol, said to Cheng Zhijie: "Fifth brother, you are the only one left in the capital after I leave, don't be impatient and discuss with your wife in case of trouble." ”
Cheng Zhijie smiled bitterly: "Brother Jingde, this is a long way, you have to be more careful along the way, Your Majesty is suspicious, you are afraid that it will be quite difficult to go south this time." ”
Wei Chigong looked up at Cheng Zhijie and said, "Did you get any news?" ”
Cheng Zhijie shook his head and said, "Recently, some people have been very active, and they often get together in private and don't know what to do. His Majesty's suppression of the Hanmen has eased for the time being, but these people don't know how to restrain themselves. I'm worried that something is going to happen, so I'll give you a head start. ”
Wei Chigong saw Cheng Zhijie's expression as usual, knowing that he was an acute man with a straight stomach, and what he said just now didn't seem to mean otherwise. I can only press the doubts in my heart and continue to drink.
Last night, Wei Chigong's home was burglarized, and on the surface they stole some property, and secretly left a text message for Yu Chigong who took advantage of the chaos. The letter read, "The Wen family is in trouble, please go south quickly".
The thieves were swift and orderly, and were clearly well-trained. Wei Chigong could conclude that these people were using theft as a cover, and the main purpose was to send this note.
It's just that such elite soldiers are rare even in the Tang Army, and Wei Chigong has seen similar elite soldiers such as the three thousand tiger soldiers under Qin Qiong's account; the two thousand heavenly wolf soldiers under Cheng Zhijie's account; the 4,000 Flying Leopard Army under Li Tao's account; The 3,000 Black Feather Army under his own account.
Since Qin Qiong was abandoned by Li Shimin, the 3,000 Tiger Army was immediately disbanded, some of them became Qin Qiong's guards, and the others were nowhere to be found, and the other departments were stationed in the camp outside the city. Qin Qiong's guards can do this, but where does the information come from? Qin Qiong's eldest son, Qin Huaiyu, currently does not have this ability.
Li Tao has this ability, but he has now drifted away from them. The second brother is still better with him, but now that the second brother is gone, Li Tao is no longer able to have anything to do with them. The only one left is Cheng Zhijie, who has such abilities and such soldiers.
But today, Wei Chigong tested it and found that it would not be Cheng Zhijie. The two of them ate very dull at a wine and dinner, and when they finally parted, they just politely said to each other, and Wei Chigong felt that Cheng Zhijie seemed to have some changes.
The journey to Lingnan this time is indeed long, and Wei Chigong can't bring too many people. After all, many post houses on the road have limited capacity, and there are too many people to take care of each other.
However, Wei Chigong found that he was targeted as soon as he left Beijing, which not only made him very unhappy, but also provoked this general who can fight well.
The next day he quietly sent ten of his followers to ambush, and he himself set off with the rest of the escort as normal. The next night, these relatives casually tracked down the whereabouts of the stalkers, and that night Wei Chigong led people to kill the seven or eight stalkers. The bodies of these people were hidden in the cart of their companions, and a pit was dug in the road and buried.
Only two days later, another group of people and horses stalked at Wei Chi Gong, but Yu Chi Gong repeated his old tricks and killed these ten people again, and the bodies were still buried on the road. Two groups of spies were killed in a row, and the person who instructed them realized that Wei Chigong was not easy to mess with.
However, Wei Chigong did not give up, he had already interrogated the lair of this group, and immediately attacked the inn where the gang lived at night and captured all the remaining 20 people, and killed all the 20 people after obtaining a confession.
Wei Chigong was like a demon possessed by a god, and he killed the people behind the scenes. It is not easy for him to train these killers, but he has only trained about 300 people in total, and this time he was killed by Wei Chigong more than 40 people just by staring at him. Only then did he understand that these famous generals were by no means in vain, and he hurriedly reined in and did not dare to deal with Wei Chigong so arrogantly.
Without anyone to watch, Wei Chigong immediately boarded a ship from Haizhou and went straight to Fuzhou in Fujian. Although Wei Chigong couldn't even stand on his feet when he got off the ship, he had already arrived in Fuzhou five days earlier with the killers sent by the people.
After resting for a day in Fuzhou, Wei Chigong immediately rushed to Quanzhou with more than a dozen personal guards Pegasus, because he received a report that Wen Zheng lived in Quanzhou.
In a house in Quanzhou, Lieutenant Chi Gong met Wen Zheng's family who were about to leave.
When Wei Chigong led people to break into the Wen family's mansion, Wen Zheng's family was packing up and preparing to leave. If Wei Chigong arrived half a day late, Wen Zheng could leave safely with the others.
Seeing the murderous Wei Chigong, Wen Zheng thought that he could not be spared. At the moment, he just asked, "Can I leave women and children behind?" ”
Wei Chigong shook his head and said, "I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to save you." ”
This sentence was really beyond Wen Zheng's expectations, he was slightly stunned, and asked, "How can the emperor spare the Wen family?" ”
Wei Chi Gong said: "Under Captain Chi Gong, I am here to kill you on the orders of His Majesty. I have here your majesty's edict to take back the goods and kill you. But Second Brother Qin said that he wanted to protect your Wen family, although he has already passed away, but we can also protect you. ”
Wen Zheng asked suspiciously: "The Winged Kingdom Immortal goes, why do you still want to protect me?" ”
Wei Chigong said: "Before his death, the second brother arranged for Ling Ai to enter the palace as the princess of Jin, and if she is in the cold gate, there is a possibility of revival." Therefore, you can't die, if you die, Your Majesty will definitely cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, so that Ai's life in the palace will not be guaranteed, and we will lose one of our most powerful arms. ”
Wen Zheng asked hesitantly: "Didn't my family's Yuan Niang promise to marry the prince of Yiguo?" ”
Wei Chigong smiled and said, "It's your Jiu'er girl." ”
Wen Zheng asked excitedly, "Jiu'er is still alive?!" ”
Wei Chigong said with a smile: "Ling Aifuyuan Houze not only escaped, but was also accepted by the Yiguo Gong as a righteous daughter and sent to the palace to become the princess of Jin." ”
Hearing that her daughter was still alive, the eldest lady cried with joy and kept thanking God.
Wei Chigong said: "Second Brother Qin has already handed over the list of Wagang's widows to His Majesty, so your wealth here must also be handed over." Only if His Majesty truly controls the power of Wagang, will he let you go. You are safe, and Miss Jiu'er can be safe in the palace. ”
Wen Zheng nodded and replied, "This Yiguo Gong has already explained, and I have always kept things there." ”
Saying this, Wen Zheng took out two boxes from the luggage that had been trapped, handed them to Wei Chigong and said, "This is the property that Wagang handed over to me back then, and now the original thing is returned." In one box are all the deeds and silver and copper coins where they are placed, and in the other box are the accounts in and out. ”
Wei Chigong took the box, looked back and said: "The people who spied on your family's property have already sent killers, and I intercepted one on the way, and there are several others, it is estimated that they will arrive in the next two days." Hurry up and leave, and don't be greedy in the slightest. ”
Wen Zheng smiled: "If it weren't for your hurry, I'm afraid that I would have gone away at this moment." ”
After packing up the two boxes given by Wen Zheng, Wei Chi bowed goodbye to Wen Zheng and returned to Fuzhou with people. The day after he returned to Fuzhou, he found that many northerners had arrived in Fuzhou one after another. These people soon discovered that Wei Chigong had arrived in Fuzhou first, and in view of the careful and fierce nature of this grandfather, no one dared to spy on him.
It's just that Wei Chigong doesn't seem to want to let them go, and with Li Shimin's edict, Wei Chigong ordered Fujian to assassinate the northerners in Fuzhou. For a while, Fuzhou was stirred up by him.
Those who came by order didn't know what was going on, and originally planned to settle down in Fuzhou and go to Quanzhou, but when they saw Wei Chigong's posture, everyone stopped and watched the changes.
Two or three days later, Wei Chigong and his men suddenly disappeared, and the people of Quanzhou also came back to report that there was no trace of the Wen family. These people suddenly realized that they had been captained Chi Gong. He just created chaos to arouse their suspicions and couldn't go all out to pursue the Wen family, the land of southern Fujian was sparsely populated and barbaric, and the Wen family's people had been gone for five or six days, and it was almost impossible to trace their traces.
Li Shimin looked at the folds sent by the inner servants in the Qinzheng Palace, and the account books and contracts returned by the Wen family were calculated by the inner servants, and the value of the property returned by the Wen family had exceeded 40 million yuan, of which the land was mostly concentrated in Jinghu, Huainan, and Jiangnan; There are also many shops in various places, and the harvest is quite rich every year; In addition, there are millions of silver and copper coins, and the account books of the Wen family are very clear and understandable, which can be called a model of accounting.
Seeing this, Li Shimin's pupils couldn't help but shrink, the Wen family was a businessman, and he could gather such a great fortune in such a short period of time. Those gate valve families may not have Wen Zheng's ability to make money, but their family has a big business and the collusion of the government, so I am afraid that the income may not be less than Wen Zheng's. It's no wonder that the Wen family has become the target of public criticism, many people want to kill them quickly, and it is strange that such a large fortune is not looked down upon.
Wei Chigong did not eradicate the Wen family while getting the account books and contracts, and his explanation was that the Wen family was well prepared, and he had no chance to secretly wipe them out, and he was interfered by other people who had plans for the Wen family, so in the end he could only choose to give up chasing and killing the Wen family and rush back first.
Wei Chigong was actually followed when he went, and Li Shimin knew about it. I think that he Wei Chigong is a dignified member of the Guogong Imperial Court, and he acts under the edict of Li Shimin. These gate valve families still dare to do such a thing, obviously not taking him as the emperor in their eyes. Li Shimin sneered in his heart, since this is the case, it is time to let those people know how powerful he Li Shimin is.
Zhang Wenyi suffered inhuman torture for three months, and just when she thought that she could not be spared, one day suddenly came a decree saying: It has been found out that Princess Jin has been framed, and the position of princess will be restored immediately.
Zhang Wenyi didn't know why she was going to turn around, but she understood that this was definitely not the emperor's rehabilitation of Zhaoxue. Because during this time, Grandpa Feng only did two things to torture her and force her to confess, and the purpose of this was to kill her.
According to another Gonggong Li, if it weren't for the quiet arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Gonggong Feng would not have used any further punishments. Otherwise, Zhang Wenyi is afraid that she will support it for a month at most, and she will be bent on dying.
As a former spy, Zhang Wenyi knew that during the secret interrogation, women were treated inhumanely more than men, and it was impossible for Gonggong Feng, as a person in charge of torture in the inner palace, not to understand. Zhang Wenyi didn't know why King Jin's words could threaten Gonggong Feng, but it was also a real fact that Gonggong Feng never humiliated her body.
During this period, Zhang Wenyi also thought of escaping from prison, but Gonggong Feng was alert and had high martial arts, and Zhang Wenyi never found a chance to escape.
Zhang Wenyi was first taken to a strange palace to bathe and change clothes, and then to Li Shimin's imperial study.
After receiving some encouragement, he was surrounded by a group of palace maids and returned to the Chengqing Palace where the King of Jin lived. Most of the palace maids and eunuchs who served the King of Jin have been replaced, and the colorful clothes are still there.
Zhang Wenyi didn't care about checking, the first thing she did when she got home was to hurry up and go to bed, she was too tired and tired during this time.