Chapter 41: The Secret of the Prince

After Wei Yangyang came back, he gathered several of his sons to come to the conference hall and listened to her talk about what he had seen and heard along the way. She is responsible for speaking, and Xiao 15 Wei Bingkai is responsible for writing. She described the deployment of the opponent's troops exactly as she had written, and then said, "The prince is also in contact with the old thief. ”

At the mention of Prince Yi, everyone present was stunned, and Wei Shuping asked her: "Lord Jin?" But what do you see? ”

Wei Yangyang also talked about what happened after he entered Black Panther City in detail. Wei Bingyue suddenly asked an inconsequential question: "You said you drank fish head soup there, what does the fish head look like?" Wei Yangyang took the pen in the hand of the little fifteenth Wei Binggong and drew the fish head on the paper. Although she has never learned to paint, she can also see that it is a very big fish head, and she is afraid that this fish will have to look like one hundred and eighty pounds.

Wei Bingyue only glanced at it, and said: "That's it, there is no big water source in Haisi Country, it is impossible to produce such a big fish, this fish is a specialty of Nanzhu Lake in Houwan County, and the output is very small." That Nanzhu Lake is the private property of the prince of Yi, and the other officials in Bibo City have not had a chance to eat that fish, how can a restaurant in Black Panther City get this kind of fish head casually? Every winter fish, this fish is beaten out and sent directly to the palace of the king of Yi. The weather was cold, and the fish would freeze to death immediately after it was hit, so the prince could naturally send someone to send the frozen fish to Black Panther City along with other supplies. I'm afraid that the fish was specially given to the cheek snow butterfly to taste, so the fish head is not sold in the restaurant, but the cheek wave Yifan specially took it out and asked the restaurant to make fish head soup and entertain you. Lao Liuwei Bingjian continued: "Counting this, the prince is still a distant cousin of the emperor, and we can't accuse him of anything just based on the evidence we get." He has lived in Bibo City for a long time, and it is possible to know the prince of Yi, and it is not a big deal to send him a few fish. And what Little Pomegranate heard, there is no corroboration, so we can't go to him because of this. ”

Wei Shuping listened carefully to their speeches and concluded: "Yes, if we impeach him about giving him a military salary, he can excuse himself from receiving money and selling it to the other party, this is just a corruption case." He is a hereditary king from Yipinjun, taking some grain and grass to sell on the black market to earn some silver, which is nothing. Unless he really got the evidence of his rebellion, it would be absolutely impossible for the emperor to touch him. Wei Bingjian was very careful and asked: "However, if you don't report it, if you really turn it back, the emperor will know about it in the future, and he will definitely blame it." ”

Wei Shuping had to be cautious as always: "No, just based on what Xiao Ni heard, if one hit misses, the emperor will think that our Wei family is framing him." Presumably, the prince and the cheek snow butterfly have not been in contact recently, so they need to figure out when they got on the line? In addition to contacting the country of Hais, does he have any contacts with other countries? This matter is not urgent, and it must be investigated one by one before it can be said. ”

They were deliberating, and Wei Yangyang didn't dare to speak out. But when Wei Shuping said this, she interjected: "Perhaps, the battle of Sanliying three years ago was deliberately besieged by Prince Yi. This was just a child's remark she just said casually, but Wei Bingyue's heart moved, and said: "Daddy, at that time, the water demon army was holding new knives, and they were also equipped with artillery, and it was absolutely impossible to buy so many new knives and firearms on the black market." Wei Yangyang added: "On the day of the Starling's engagement, I came out of Bibo City one hour later than you, and as soon as I left the city, I saw Hays Bing on the road. ”

Wei Shuping asked his sons again, on the day of Wei Bingyue's engagement, when did the five deputy battalions discover the enemy troops. Several people recounted what happened to them at that time. Putting together the information that everyone said, in addition to the blue battalion, the four deputy battalions were actually attacked by the enemy at the same time, and they were either fighting against the Xidi army or the violent army, but they were all dragged down, so the blue battalion was isolated and had to face the water demon army alone.

The Hayes Army surrounded the city of Bibo City and cut off Houwan County's foreign aid to the Weijia Army. As for whether this foreign aid was blocked by the Hayes Army or deliberately delayed, it is impossible to verify for the time being. But if the Hays army wants to come outside Bibo City, they need to pass through other cities in Dayang, why they haven't found any trace of the Hays people all the way, or they deliberately didn't report to the Wei Jiajun. What is their purpose? Trap the Weijia army and take the opportunity to rebel? Or was it to eliminate the Wei family army, slander the Wei family and rebel before being exterminated by the army led by the prince of Yi? This matter of connecting the four countries and reselling military supplies is definitely not something that can be completed by the prince alone, who else did he drag into the water with? Wei Shuping mentioned the key points he could think of one by one.

Old Ten Wei Bingjian said an idea: "Daddy, can you do this?" Now in the court, several princes are almost as powerful as fire and water in order to compete for the crown prince, and everyone wants to do some big errands to please the emperor. We may be able to release this news to the princes, and they will verify it. In case the prince really rebelled, it would be a great achievement. If the prince is wronged, then he doesn't dare to do anything to the princes, it's better than our Wei family offending him. Wei Shuping disagreed: "You can't make the news public, otherwise, you will be startled." I can only choose a prince and quietly give him the news. King Baiquan can't do it, the prince of Yi resold weapons privately, if it is found out, he is in charge of the military department, and he will not be able to escape the involvement, he will definitely not harm himself for this matter. ”

Wei Bingyue had already seen Shen Minghuang's methods in Gusu, and he said: "Then King Fengquan, he is not afraid of offending King Baiquan." Wei Bingjian said: "However, he is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and it has nothing to do with the Ministry of War." If he went to the military department to verify, he was afraid that it would make King Baiquan jealous. Moreover, he and King Baiquan are, after all, brothers of the same mother. They discussed for a long time, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each prince. Wei Shuping made a final decision and proposed a new candidate: "In this way, let the news go to King Qinghe, who is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and it is always not difficult to check how many firearms and ammunition the Ministry of Industry manufactures every year." Don't tell him about the king, just hint to him that there may be something wrong with the number of weapons we received. For the rest, let him check it himself. ”

At the end of April, the cheeks really came. The Wei family knew it, so he went all the way unimpeded, and no one embarrassed him. Wei Yangyang prepared the paper candle in advance and took him to his brother's tomb. The cheek wave was buried at the junction of the Great Sun and the Water Demon, but the tombstone was facing east, which was the direction of the Hayes Kingdom. The words on the tombstone are crooked and full of childishness, obviously Wei Yangyang's handwriting, which reads: "On the twenty-second day of April in the sixth year of Jiazhu, I lost my best friend, Bo Yiwei, the water devil and dog thief killed the innocent, and I swore not to be a man if I didn't take revenge!" - Wei Yangyang, awarded the twenty-ninth day of April in the sixth year. ”

Other people's epitaphs are written about the life of the tomb owner, the date of birth, the identity of the person who erected the tomb, etc., which is completely different from others, so naturally because Wei Yangyang does not know how to write an epitaph. He saw a large stone in front of the tombstone, and a hole was carved out of it, and in the hole there were tributes, a copy of the Analects, and some delicious food and drink. It can be seen that she often came to worship. A large stone with a large hole was deliberately placed, of course, because he was afraid that the tribute would be blown away by the strong wind.

The tone of the cheek wave Yifan was full of sadness: "Yangyang, thank you for giving my brother a funeral." Wei Yangyang looked at the tombstone, did not look at him, and said: "He is my good friend, this is what I should do." The two knelt down and bowed to the tombstone, and Wei Yangyang began to burn the paper. He turned over the tributes in the cave and asked, "What does this tribute mean?" There is a copy of the Analects, and there is some food, and, what is this? He took open a food box and was startled, and behind it was a dried skeleton!

Wei Yangyang didn't think there was anything wrong with the tribute she put out, and introduced it to Yifan Yifan with great interest: "Your brother taught me a sentence from the Analects" There are friends from afar, and they are very happy. Then I went and read the Analects, and although I didn't understand them, I wanted to tell him that I had finished reading them. So take the book and put it here. Those foods are what I like to eat on a daily basis, and I think he will like them too. Cheek Bo Yifan pointed his finger at the skeleton and said with some fear, "This, what about this?" My brother doesn't like this. ”

Wei Yangyang clenched his right fist and said, "That's a human head that can't be taken off." After I killed him, I cut it down and put it here, and I cut it for a long time. I cut his flesh into pieces and threw it in the desert, everywhere. Some have been gnawed by ants, some have been taken away by vultures, and I want him to never be able to live forever! Although the scene she described was bloody, it also illustrated her great hatred, and her indignant expression was absolutely impossible to fake, so

Cheek Bo immediately decided that what she said was true.

Seeing his brother's tombstone and knowing the fate of the murderer, he had mixed feelings and said to Wei Yangyang: "I want to say a few words to my brother alone." After Wei Yangyang heard it, he said "um", and immediately turned around and left, walking away. With a belly full of words and nowhere to speak, he persuaded his father to return to Dayang as a vassal country, but Cheek Wave Snow Butterfly refused to listen to him. He wanted to go to Jiangnan to live with Wei Yangyang, but he would not want to come to Wei Shuping. The feud between the two families tore at his body, as if it was about to tear him apart. He touched the tombstone with both hands, and said something to his cheeks for a long time, and at the end his voice was a little choked: "Big brother, if you have a spirit in the sky, you will bless me and Yang Yang when the war resumes, I and Yang Yang can live, we can run far, and we will never live a life of fighting and killing again." ”

Because Wei Yangyang walked away, he didn't notice that someone was eavesdropping behind him.