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Arriving at the Duwei Mansion, Shangguan Xiu and You Ling walked from their respective carriages and entered the Duwei Mansion, Shangguan Xiu asked straight to the point, "Lord You, how is the assassin's trial now?"

You Ling replied respectfully: "Back to the Zhenguo Gong, the assassins have all confessed, and the person who bought the assassins and assassinated the Zhenguo Gong is named Xu Qing, a staff general of the Ninth Army, and the weapons used by the assassins are also provided by Xu Qing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"This Xu Qing should still be the quartermaster of the Ninth Army, right?" Shangguan Xiu said casually.

You Ling couldn't help but be stunned, nodded hurriedly, and responded: "Exactly, it turns out that the Duke of Zhenguo also knows this person." ”

Push out Xu Qing, who is in charge of military quartermasters, as the mastermind behind the scenes, then the weapons flowing out of the Ninth Army can also be explained. The whole thing has only become Xu Qing's responsibility, and it has nothing to do with the rest of the Ninth Army. This backhand must have been planned by Pan Qi a long time ago.

"That Xu Qing must not be able to catch anyone now. Shangguan Xiu said in a firm tone.

You Ling smiled bitterly, everything was guessed correctly by Shangguan Xiu, in front of Shangguan Xiu, he felt as if he had become very useless. He nodded again and said, "Xu Qing committed suicide at home yesterday. ”

"In that case, this case can be closed here, Lord You, right?"

"This ......" You Ling didn't understand what Shangguan Xiu meant for a while, and he didn't know if he wanted to close the case or continue to investigate. If the examination continues, this case will not be something that the Ninth Army can hold, and if it is not done well, it will be found on the heads of the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee.

Shangguan Xiu glanced at him, changed his words, and said, "The weapons used by the assassins are all from Zhenjun, I want to take them all, and Lord You should also send someone to invite General Nie out." ”

You Ling bowed and said cautiously: "This assassin's assassination was not only premeditated, but also knew the whereabouts of Zhenguo Gong well, and the official thought it was ......."

"There's a mole, isn't it?"

"Exactly. ”

"Hmm. Shangguan Xiu said: "The people who know my whereabouts are my ministry and General Nie's department, you think this traitor should come from?"

"Without evidence, the official does not dare to make judgments. ”

"Since there is no evidence, I don't dare to make a judgment, and it is useless for Lord You to lock up General Nie, so let's release him quickly. "Although Tang Ling has already spared Nie Zhen's unauthorized actions, if a new case occurs, the Duwei Mansion has the right to detain Nie Zhen and interrogate him.

You Ling pondered for a moment, and finally nodded to the subordinates on the side and said, "Release people." ”

Shangguan Xiu went to the Duwei Mansion to pick up Nie Zhen, and also took away weapons such as mortar cannons and firecrackers. On the way home, Shangguan Xiu and Nie Zhen took the same car.

In the car, Nie Zhen stretched his muscles comfortably, and smiled at Shangguan Xiu: "Staying in the Duwei Mansion for the past two days can suffocate me enough." ”

"The people of the Duwei Mansion are not difficult for you, right?" Shangguan Xiu asked with a smile.

"No, it's good to eat and drink. As he spoke, he smiled at Shangguan Xiu again and said, "This is thanks to Ah Xiu, you said hello in advance, otherwise, Duwei Mansion is not a place to play around, and if you want to get out alive after coming in, you have to peel off your skin if you don't die." After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Ah Xiu, did you hand over all the gold and silver you stole from Ningnan?"

Shangguan Xiu nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Only hand over a part, not all of it." ”

"How much is that?"

"Seventy percent. ”

"Seventy percent?" Nie Zhen gasped, how much gold and silver did it have to be? The expression on his face turned gloomy, and he shook his head and said, "It's all my ...... to blame."

Shangguan Xiu patted him on the shoulder and said, "It has nothing to do with you, even if it is not your business, I will hand over the gold and silver." "He is telling the truth, what is the current situation in the Wind Country, he knows it well, after many years of rebellion, a national war and a rebel civil war, the treasury has been depleted, and there is no large amount of gold and silver to fill it, and the road to recovery in the Wind Country can only be a long road, far away, but Shangguan Xiu originally did not plan to hand over seventy percent so much, but this has nothing to do with Nie Zhen, but was cried by Tang Ling.

"Ah Xiu, I'd rather you scold me than say that. Nie Zhen drooped his head and said weakly. He thinks that the responsibility for making Ah Xiu lose so much gold and silver this time is on himself.

Shangguan Xiu was afraid that he would have a psychological burden, so he didn't say anything more about this matter, and changed his words and asked, "Ah Zhen, how much do you know about the Ninth Army?"

"The Ninth Army?Axiu, why did you suddenly ask about the Ninth Army?"

Shangguan Xiu told Nie Zhen about the fact that the weapons used by the assassins were leaked from the Ninth Army.

After hearing this, Nie Zhen suddenly realized this time, he was surprised: "The artillery used by the assassins turned out to be produced in Zhenjun!" He really didn't expect that the production capacity of the Zhenjun Army would be so strong and that it could produce such a powerful artillery.

To put it bluntly, the mortar cannon is like a launcher, shooting the ignited bomb out of the barrel and hitting the target with the principle of parabola, the power is indeed huge, but it also has weaknesses, that is, the firing range is short, and the explosion of the shell has a delay. At that time, in order to develop the mortar cannon, Qingyuan also suffered a lot, and the shells often exploded in the barrel, and Qingyuan himself was injured.

Nie Zhen frowned and said: "The Ninth Army, it's quite miserable to say, it was originally a heavy cavalry corps, and it can be described as majestic and invincible in the Central Army. But in a national war, the Ninth Army was wiped out by the Ningnan people with firearms, and after rebuilding, it has become a complete infantry corps, to be precise, it has been in the army for less than two years, and many of the generals in the army are drawn from other corps, and most of the soldiers in the army are new recruits. Pan Qi, the commander of the Ninth Army, was originally the deputy commander of the Eighth Army. I haven't met Pan Qi a few times, I don't have much contact, and I don't know much about him, but I heard rumors, this person's reputation seems to be poor, his ability is average, but he is good at flattery, I heard that he has a very good relationship with the first minister. ”

Shangguan Xiu nodded as he listened, and muttered, "In this way, the Ninth Army is actually a new legion. ”

"So to speak. But the water of the Ninth Army is also very deep, and many of the sons and daughters of the noble clan are now placed in the Ninth Army to gild. Ah Xiu, you may not know that this time you led the army to Ningnan, the Ninth Army was also classified as one of the expeditionary corps by the imperial court, and the Zhenjun Army also shared a share of the achievements of the Zhenjun Army in Ningnan. ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Xiu almost laughed out loud, laughing angrily. The soldiers of their own side are sweating and sweating desperately in Ningnan, what is the Ninth Army doing, stationed in Huya Pass, choking their own logistics supplies, I don't know, I think it is the army of Ningnan people.

Now that the national war is over, the four legions of our own side have suffered nearly 200,000 casualties, but almost none of them have been promoted to the rank of knight, and the Ninth Army, which has not sent a single soldier to participate in the war, has not used a knife or a shot and has not gone abroad, but has become a military achievement.

This is the court of the Wind Country, the officials protect each other, the gate lords collude, and the Zhenjun Group Army, which was born with mud legs, is naturally excluded from the gate lords of the Shi clan.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's face smiling, but a terrifying light shot out of his eyes, Nie Zhen sighed lightly, the court's injustice to the Zhenjun army, he was not blind, how could he not see it, so the Zhenjun army handed over the gold and silver that he had worked hard to seize from Ningnan to the imperial court, and he really felt that it was not worth it for the Zhenjun army.

"Ah Xiu ......"

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand at him, smiled indifferently, and said, "The Ninth Army is a new legion, and this time there is another collusion with assassins, which is a good opportunity for us. ”

"Opportunity?"

"Hmm. Take control of the Ninth Legion. Shangguan Xiu said: "The second army in purple clothes, Ah Zhen, the seventh army of Ah Leopard, your tenth army, Zhenjun Army, if you add a ninth army, we control eight army corps, accounting for half of the total strength of the Central Army." ”

So far, there are sixteen legions in the Wind Country (including four legions of the Zhenjun Army). In Shangguanxiu's view, fighting for military power first and then taking power is the safest line.

Nie Zhen was stunned for a while before he reacted, and asked blankly, "Ah Xiu, your goal won't be to take the military power of the whole country, right?"

"If there is such an opportunity, I will do my best to fight for it. ”

It turns out that Ah Xiu's ambition is so big. Nie Zhen was secretly speechless, he pondered carefully for a while, and muttered: "In the Ninth Army, dragons and snakes are mixed, and Pan Qi is not a simple person, he has good personal relations with many senior officials in the court, and it is not easy to take control of the Ninth Army. ”

Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "Then, I'll take Pan Qi first." Tomorrow morning, I will ask Your Majesty for an order and personally go to the Ninth Army to investigate. In addition, I also need you to help me find a candidate who can replace Pan Qi, this person, who must have real talents and learning, outstanding military achievements, and be reliable, and cannot be a person from the Zhenjun Army, nor can he be your purple-clothed leopard's department. ”

Nie Zhen nodded while listening, remembering the conditions Shangguan Xiu said one by one, and then responded: "Ah Xiu, I understand." You can leave this matter to me!" After speaking, he grabbed his hair and said, "Ah Xiu, there is one more thing, in the past two days, I have been thinking about this matter in Duwei Mansion. ”

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

"About the Assassins. Nie Zhen said: "The assassin's assassination this time, the goal is very clear, that is, the carriage you should ride, but that carriage is not clearly marked, and it is no different from other carriages, how did the assassin know that you are riding in this carriage? I suspect that there is a mole in the accompanying team." ”

Shangguan Xiu had already thought of this, and You Ling had mentioned it to him just now. He asked, "Ah Zhen, do you have any suspicions?"

Nie Zhen thought about it carefully and said: "The people who go with you are all your henchmen, I think, it is unlikely that there will be a problem here, then, the problem should be on my side, this matter, I will carefully investigate this matter and give An Xiu an explanation." ”

Shangguan Xiu looked at him deeply and didn't say much. The person who knows his whereabouts, in addition to Ah Zhen, the person of the Zhenjun Army, there should be another person, that is, Tang Ling.

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