Guan Lei is a literati and doesn't understand the rules in the army, but after Qu Shao's explanation, he immediately understood the weirdness. Wu Qingxiang's case has no head and tail, no cause and no reason, this Wu Qingxiang is afraid that he is a dead ghost with a secret in his mouth.

It seems that there is something unspeakable in the army, especially in the Shu army. Wu Qingxiang is a guard in front of the tent, perhaps because he ran into something ugly that he shouldn't know, and was killed by his boss in an emergency, and then casually arranged a crime. The troubled waters of the Shu army are afraid to be very deep.

Then there is a bigger question: what scandal did Wu Qingxiang know?

Guan Lei looked up at the burly Qu Shao in front of him, and Qu Shao was still leisurely sipping the wine, as if he didn't see anything wrong, as if nothing had anything to do with him.

This attitude made Guan Lei a little annoyed, he snatched the wine jug from Qu Shao's hand and said, "Since the Grand Commander knows the strangeness, why isn't he in a hurry at all?" ”

"Why are you in a hurry? Is it useful to be anxious? Qu Shao asked with his eyelids raised.

Guan Lei frowned and said, "Could it be that the Grand Commander has guessed the reason for this matter?" ”

Qu Shao didn't answer, but just reached out to ask for the wine jug in Guan Lei's hand. Guan Lei didn't get an answer, he didn't want to follow Qu Shao's wishes, so he only held the wine jug and didn't let go.

Guan Lei's rudeness did not cause Qu Shao's anger, on the contrary, a smile appeared on Qu Shao's face.

Qu Shao withdrew his hand and said: "Looking at all the local troops in the Great Zhou, except for the Northwest Army and the Yan Army, we dare not judge at will, and the rest of the commanders have their own characteristics. Although Ye Song, the commander of the Zhao army, is an upright and generous man, he lacks ability, if it were not for the shadow of his ancestors, he would not have been able to climb to such a high position; Shi Huachun, the commander of the Qin army, is snarky, arrogant, and likes to please him, but with the big tree of the prince, no one can say anything. ”

"I know that. His son made such a big mistake, and he was able to get out of it all right, it seems to be a character. ”

"So what?" Qu Shao snorted and said, "A person like him, as long as he loses power, he will become a lost dog, and the end can be imagined - not to mention the Hunan army and the Guizhou army, the two commanders are nearly seventy years old, and they are about to retire, but there is no successor." ”

"What about the Shu army?" Guan Lei is already impatient.

Qu Shao took the wine jug, poured a bowl of wine, poured it down in two sips, and the aroma of wine between his teeth shocked his spirit: "To say that Teng Haode, the commander of the Shu army, is really a rare figure. The ability to fight right away, this person is not bad at all. In his early years, he led troops in Jiangbei, and in just two years, he hunted and killed more than 20,000 large and small bandits, so that the local bandits could be frightened when they heard his name, and even a water bandit leader heard that he led his troops to inspect the riverside, and he was very frightened, so he simply took his own knife and cut himself. ”

"What a fierce general!" Guan Lei was sincerely admired.

"But this man has a very big shortcoming."

"What?"

Qu Shao poured another glass of wine, but did not drink it immediately, he said: "I am afraid that Lord Guan will not believe it when I say it, this powerful marshal Teng Haode is a well-known corrupt official." ”

"Greedy?"

"Yes. This man is a lover of money, but whoever can give him money, he listens to whomever he wants. At that time, there was a bandit who was chased by him and cornered, and in desperation, he gave him all the gold, silver and jewelry he had accumulated over the years, and he actually let people go. This incident was later denounced, and His Majesty reprimanded him twice. ”

Guan Lei looked at the swaying wine in front of him and was stunned, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qu Shao said: "As far as I know, in order to win over Teng Haode, Zhou Yan, the king of Chu, in addition to the military quartermaster he should give every year, will also give him 10,000 taels of silver and two beautiful concubines. ”

"Ten thousand taels of silver?! It's not ......"

"It is equivalent to the income of all the people in Chu without eating or drinking for a month, and it is also the sum of the three years of the princes and ministers in the court. It's a big deal. And this is not all the income of Lord Teng, he still has more income channels. ”

Guan Lei has been an official for some years, but he has never heard such shocking news. It's just that the leader of a local army dares to be corrupt to such an extent, and from this point of view, the fall of the Great Zhou is just around the corner.

"The Grand Commander told me all these things, shouldn't he just say it?" Guan Lei, who calmed down for a moment, looked at Qu Shao and said.

Qu Shao replied calmly: "Telling the adults about these things is not that there is any scheme, but I just feel that the time of the adults as officials is still shallow, and I don't know how deep the water of officialdom is." As far as I know, adults are upright and upright, and I am afraid that they will not stand idly by when they encounter the grievances of the people, but I want to remind them that even if something is found out about this matter, do not make a noise, so as not to offend people who should not be offended and cause trouble that should not be caused. ”

After listening to Qu Shao's admonition, Guan Lei was furious, he slapped the case and said, "What are these words, the Great Commander!" Reading the words of the sage below, determined to serve the country, how can there be a reason to retreat? Moths like Teng Haode must be eliminated quickly! If the Grand Commander is afraid of getting on fire, then he hasn't seen Guan today. Leave! ”

Guan Lei didn't look back, brushed his sleeves away, but when he was going down the stairs, he heard a long sigh behind him.

Six years later, when Guan Lei slowly told Ji Ying about it, Ji Ying had already guessed what would happen after that.

On that day, Guan Lei resigned from Qu Shao and immediately returned to the official office. He sent his officials to immediately find out all the recent reports that Teng Haode had sent to the capital, and at the same time sent his henchmen to secretly go to the Shu army camp to inquire about the soldiers who had contact with Wu Qingxiang and investigate the cause of Wu Qingxiang's death.

After many efforts, Guan Lei finally understood the process of Wu Qingxiang's case.

It turned out that Shi Huachun and Teng Haode had a great friendship, Teng Haode was promoted by Shi Huachun back then, and he has always been grateful, but it is a pity that Shi Huachun is the prince's confidant, and Teng Haode is the person of the king of Chu.

Later, Shi Huachun became the commander of the Qin army, and Teng Haode gave Shi Huachun some gifts out of courtesy, and soon received a letter of thanks from Shi Huachun.

This is not a letter of thanks in the general sense, because its main content is not "thanks", but "persuasion". In the letter, Shi Huachun clearly conveyed the prince's invitation to Teng Haode, and his treatment was far more generous than what he was looking for, and proposed that all the prince's promises were secretly fulfilled, that is, Teng Haode could continue to accept the high-ranking officials of the king of Chu openly and honestly.

This kind of commitment will be touched by anyone. So Teng Haode agreed.

However, Teng Haode is not a rigorous person, perhaps he got carried away for a while, and let the news be known by a few people around him.

Of course, Teng Haode didn't want this to happen, so he immediately decided to kill several people who might know about it, including Wu Qingxiang, the guard in front of the tent.

Wu Qingxiang did know about this, because he used to use it as a talking point and told it to his two colleagues. After that, thanks to the investigation by Guan Lei's subordinates, the matter finally came to light.

Guan Lei, who learned the truth, was very clear-headed, and he understood the seriousness of this matter. This is not a simple murder case, but a partisan dispute involving two princes in power and two local military commanders. He had to be cautious.

It's a pity that Guan Lei hasn't come up with a suitable way for His Majesty to know about this matter, and the prince has already set his sights on him.