Chapter 24: The Way Forward
Li Mao received the order and didn't dare to delay, so he went to invite Li Xun.
Wen Liang saw that the eldest lady mentioned Li Xun, and saw that she didn't mean to do any other orders, so he simply replied to the people in the Yang Mansion.
"Miss, those people sent by Zheng Tong also asked some today."
The matter of reviewing the past is nothing more than wanting to clean up the spies in Beiyu in Tongcheng in the future. And Liu Ruobai's people were originally born out of this matter, and the new troubles were in front of them, so they didn't pay attention to them for the time being.
It's just that Li Mao still needs some time to come and go this time, so you can listen to it for the time being, so I will ask Wen Liang to talk about it.
"Zheng Tong sent it, except for the eldest lady, Li Mao and Zhou Tong each had it, and Lao Zhao and a few commanders who had shown their faces on the side of the defending army were also stuffed. Now they are all in the Yang Mansion, with a total of eighty-two people. ”
"Are there so many?" It's not surprising to review the past, but when I heard the number, I suddenly had a faint thought.
Wen Liang continued: "Yes, there are even two maidservants among them, which are for Li Xun. ”
Wen said with a smile: "Zheng Tong has lived a long time, but he has thought it out properly. ”
Then Zheng Tong must have thought that Li Xun was only temporarily committed to her, and Xiao Langjun got benefits from her, and then went to pamper his beautiful girl. Zheng Tong can naturally curry favor with both ends, and if there is any news, he can also deal with it together.
Wen Liang saw that the eldest lady was not annoyed, so he said again: "These people have asked together, judging from their responses, it doesn't seem like they were prepared in advance, it should be Zheng Tong's temporary initiative and one by one." ”
This is also normal, even if it has been more than a month since the earliest Liangzhou army entered Tongcheng in the open.
Before that, Tongcheng was ruled by Yang Wantang. Zheng Tong didn't have the opportunity, or the need, to raise so much in one go.
Wen Su did not interrupt without saying a word, and Wen Liang reported the specific situation one by one.
This group of eighty-two people is not all from Zheng Tong's hands, including the Sun family's historian and Wang family, all of them have their own people.
Even among the men who sent them to review their past, three of them were from the Sun family and two were from the Shi family.
The Wang family originally wanted to stuff people inside, but Zheng Tong refused. In the end, only a few more women were sent to the other commanders' mansions.
But it is also quite strange here, this matter is obviously Zhang Luo of the Zheng family, but among these people, there are as many as thirty people sent by the Sun family alone.
When Wen heard this, he only secretly wrote it down, and Wen Liang continued.
These people, naturally, have fake names and different origins.
For example, Liu Ruobai's original surname was Zheng, and he was the illegitimate son of the eldest son of the sixth master of the Zheng family and the maidservant girl in the family, and he was originally ashamed.
Liu Ruobai's biological mother has always wanted to ask for a name, and since she had this opportunity, she took out her son and used it, although Liu Ruobai herself was unwilling, she could only do it.
This is considered to be a good background in it, in addition to some of the original maids and domestic servants, there are some, the criminal slaves who have been imprisoned before, the Qingqi who sings in Vasheri, the flower girl who was born in the hook column, and so on.
Speaking of this, Wen asked again: "Is there any of the old masters or the concubines of the young masters?" ”
Wen Liang replied: "Yes." ”
After speaking, he told the origins of these people one by one, and listened to the past, but found that there was no Sun family among them.
In addition, there are twenty-five or sixteen, who only say that they are refugees from Anping, Guangyang, and ask in detail, but they can't even tell their identities clearly.
Only then did he become interested: "I can't tell the identity, who are they from?" ”
Wen Liang replied: "This is the strange part, these people are all sent by the Sun family. And everyone in the house, there are a few sent. ”
The thoughts of the old man were all clear now, and he asked, "What is the appearance of these people?" ”
Wen Liang is really not very good at evaluating his appearance, so he had to reply: "It's good." ”
Wen said: "Is it sent by Sun Fu, especially good?" ”
Wen Liang thought for a while and said, "Among the ones sent by each family, there are always three or five that are very conspicuous, but if you distinguish them like this, it is true that the Sun family is the most outstanding. The eldest lady has seen it, and the woman-like Liu Ruoyu was sent by the Sun family. ”
Wen Gu nodded, and didn't ask Wen Liang again, but asked Zhou Tong: "Zhou Dutong, if we go to the Liangzhou army now, how many men with such a face might we find?" ”
As soon as Zhou Tong heard this, he immediately held his head high, straightened his face, and replied loudly: "Miss! Our sons and daughters in the Liangzhou army are all majestic! Don't lose to them. ”
After speaking, he felt that he was not standing straight enough, and raised his head slightly, but his eyes looked straight ahead, and he didn't dare to look directly at Wen Shu.
Seeing his appearance, Wen Gu smiled and said: "Needless to say, Zhou Dutong is majestic, what if you just want to find Liu Ruobai and them?" ”
"If Miss wants to find something like that..."Zhou Tong suddenly relieved his strength, "Maybe I can find two or three... Or five or six! ”
Wen Gu nodded, and looked at Wen Liang again: "Uncle Wen, when we were still in Liangzhou, if we were looking for men and women with such a face from Liangzhou, if we didn't make a big fuss, how many could we find out at one time?" ”
"Liangzhou naturally has it, if you let go of the search, it may be far more than this number, but if you act secretly, I'm afraid you won't be able to find too much for a while." Wen Liang replied.
"That's it, we have always been kind to the people of Liangzhou. But Tongcheng has been oppressed by Yang Wantang all the year round, in addition to Yang Wantang, who sucks blood, there are also Zheng Tong and those who eat meat. When we cleaned up Yang Wantang, we knew that in Tongcheng, there were few people who had some appearance, and they could rarely be retained safely. Even if they weren't with Yang Wantang, most of them were in the families of various big clans. ”
Wen Liang heard some eyebrows: "But less than half of the ones they sent were originally in the mansions. ”
Wen said: "Since each family wants to send it, it must be to send some letters, or like Liu Ruobai, who has been held by the handle." Picking people from the outside is really easy to be busy in vain. Besides, under our noses, they are not looking for people with great fanfare. ”
Wen Liang said: "The eldest lady suspects that there are other strange things about them sending these people?" ”
Wen Gu said: "I originally designed a time, and I entangled with Master Zheng and them, thinking of going through a few twists and turns, and turning out some Beiyu spies in the future, but by mistake I gave them another chance." Sent people straight to me. ”
When Wen Liang heard that it was about Beiyu, he became nervous: "I'll go and interrogate them again." ”
Wen knew that he had said this, and Wen Liang naturally understood it, but although he had the means, he might not be able to recognize the deeper twists and turns, so he told again: "Wait for Li Mao to come back together." ”
(End of chapter)