Chapter 690: A Mass of Hemp
Ji Yu simply didn't beat around the bush and asked the question she was most concerned about.
"Is the vanguard general recommended by the old general Qiu Huanbin in front of the emperor you? Are you Kou Changqing, or Kou Changqing's cousin Kou Changjing? ”
The voice landed, waiting with bated breath.
The folds in Guan Shan's eyebrows grew from scratch and gradually deepened.
It could be seen that he still had concerns in his heart, as if what he needed to solve in front of him was an unprecedented problem.
Ji Yu really doesn't understand, who is it, not who, either/or, is it really that difficult?
What's more, between his words, he clearly acquiesced to the fact that he was Kou Changqing.
was hunted down and killed by the Kou family, went to the Liaodong military camp, awarded Lu Danian, and his understanding of Guanbei and his grasp of the situation in other countries - if he was not Kou Changqing, how could he explain this?
All she needed was a solemn notice, and she thought that Guan Shan would not hesitate...... Why can't we be honest at this moment?
There was disappointment in Ji Yu's eyes.
Seeing this, Guan Shan's right hand on the brocade quilt slowly tightened.
"Yes." He said.
"But that person's name is Kou Changjing."
Ji Yu still firmly believes that Guan Shan is Kou Changqing.
The timing of Guan Shan's appearance in Dafeng Village, the injury on his left shoulder, his state at the time, his extraordinary skills, the feeling he gave people, and the blast, the blast that Ji Yu had seen with her own eyes outside the barracks, was also the blast that initially aroused her suspicions.
All of these kinds all point to one thing - Guan Shan is the invincible and immortal god of war in Liaodong, and he is also the general Kou who is outside the country and protects the people of Guanbei.
If Guan Shan is not, the Shenwu General's Mansion will not be.
As for the name Kou Changjing......
"You need a new identity to return to the army, and you need to explain to everyone why you imagined it so much with Kou Changqing, so you used the name of your relatives?"
That impostor Hua would rather break his tendons than go to Liaodong, and the original bureau set up by Guanshan could not be used, so he had to change the plan again...... But in this way, he will be exposed to Emperor Wande again. Wasn't it Wandedi who arranged for the imposter to replace him? Isn't it Emperor Wande who wants him to disappear the most?
It doesn't make sense, but I can't find a better explanation.
Guan Shan was silent for a moment and said, "My name is Kou Changjing." ”
Ji Yu was stunned.
"You ......"
My mind was a mess, and it took me a while to find my tongue.
"Are you really Kou Changqing's cousin?"
Before Guan Shan responded, Ji Yu had already faintly formed a guess in her heart. A bold, terrifying guess.
Will it be, will it be, from the beginning, Kou Changqing is Kou Changjing, and Kou Changjing is Kou Changqing?
is not the Kou Changqing in the Shenwu General's Mansion, but the Kou General who is crisscrossing the battlefield.
For some reason, or under some arrangement, Kou Changjing joined the army instead of Kou Changqing, trained on the battlefield instead of him, and was born and died instead of him......
Thinking about Guan Shan's age when he joined the army, and then calculating his years in the army, this is not an overnight thing, let alone a thing that happened in the past two years.
At that time, the first emperor was still in power, and Emperor Wande was only the prince of the palace, so it was impossible for Emperor Wande's plan at all. It should have been done by the people of Koufu who had done it in secret.
In other words, the one in General Shenwu's Mansion is not an impostor, from beginning to end, Guan Shan is someone else's stand-in?
If that were the case, it would be too bold.
So here comes the question -
Guan Shan's hands and feet were ruined, his face was ruined, and according to the old Taoist priest, when he was fished up from the river, he was also poured dumb medicine - who did the bestiality that hated him so much and wanted to die?
The number one suspect in Ji Yu's heart was Emperor Wande.
From the point of view of the high merit and the master, he has the greatest motives, except for a general with real power, the biggest beneficiary is still him. As for the imposter in General Shenwu's mansion, it was just arranged by Emperor Wande to deceive the world after he succeeded.
But if the imposter in the mansion is not an impostor, and Kou Changqing has always been a fake, the suspicion on Emperor Wande will not stand.
It is impossible for him to let another Kou Changqing swagger and live in the world after getting rid of one Kou Changqing.
What's more, replacing this matter itself is an act of deception, if Emperor Wande seized this point, where would he still have no sleep at night, and he would have raided his family and exterminated his family.
Judging from this point alone, the Kou family never dared to let Emperor Wande know.
Thinking back to what Guan Shan said just now, after he entered Beijing, the Kou family sent five groups of people to assassinate him...... The person behind the scenes is undoubtedly the Kou family.
Let the nephew replace his son to earn credit in the water and fire, and his own son can't be blown by the wind and rain in Beijing, regardless of the nephew's life and death, he safely picks up the fruits of his nephew's blood and sweat.
When it comes to arousing the king's suspicion, he will come to understand that Jia's power will be withdrawn in time, anyway, the merits that have been earned are enough for his own son to be rich and glorious for several lifetimes, and even to protect the Kou family for several generations.
As for the man who risked his life to lay down all this for them, there was no need for him to continue to exist......
Wrapped in a thick quilt, Ji Yu shuddered.
She would rather her guess was wrong, otherwise it would be too cruel, too cruel.
What she didn't expect was that the truth was far more cruel than she thought.
"Nope." Guan Shan stared at Ji Yu and said something inexplicable, "He should have called me brother." ”
Ji Yu's first reaction was cousin.
That's right, although he is the son of Kou Changqing's uncle, he may not necessarily be younger than Kou Changqing.
Guan Shan saw what she was thinking and shook his head again.
"He and I have a common second uncle and common parents."
“……”
Something exploded in Ji Yu's brain.
This sentence is separated, she knows every word, but when it is connected into a whole sentence, she can't understand it.
"You are ......" Ji Yu felt her throat cramp, "Are you relatives, brothers?" ”
No, that's probably not what it meant.
Guan Shan looked at her and nodded.
"That's exactly what you mean. He and I are twins......"
The word brother has never been spoken.
Ji Yu is completely messy now.
Emotions are messy, thoughts are messy, and it's all messed up into a mess.
During the time when she treated Kou Changqing as an impostor, she always thought that Kou Changqing had used some great disguise technique that even the old Taoist priest had never heard of, so that she couldn't see the flaws when she looked closely.
Just now, after coming up with the guess that Guan Shan is Kou Changqing's cousin, she still thought in her heart - that's right, cousins also look similar, even if the similarity is a bit high, it is not impossible from the law of heredity.
She never thought about the twins, and it was clear that this was the most reasonable explanation.
The reason why she deviated was because she had a preconceived idea, from Jing Mingzhu, from the teahouse tavern and the world, she decided that Kou Changqing was the only son.
"But they all said that the Kou family only has one son, and Kou Changqing has no brothers and sisters?"