In the evening, in front of the Taishou Mansion in Liangzhou, all kinds of carriages and sedan chairs were already parked.

The disturbance caused by this accident was very great, and almost all the wealthy and powerful businessmen in the city were involved, and they naturally all came together to discuss with Guo Feng, who was left behind, how to deal with it.

Not only the fathers and brothers of the young masters, but also Sun Ning, who had just returned to the palace, was also invited over again.

From this attitude alone, it can be seen that he, the emperor, is really nothing in the eyes of everyone in Liangzhou, and he is completely called to come, how can there be any difference between the superior and the inferior?

When Sun Ning was led straight to the side hall and saw Guo Feng and the others, he saw that there were many people in the hall like ants on a hot pot, and Guo Feng was quite calm, sitting on the top, as if he was comforting everyone.

Seeing Sun Ning coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "The ministers have seen Your Majesty......"

"General Guo doesn't have to be polite. You invited me here at this time, but for the sake of those young masters who were taken captive? Sun Ning only bowed slightly at everyone, and asked directly.

"Your Majesty, please be seated." Guo Feng was still a little polite, and let the people sit down, and only then did he signal everyone to sit down with peace of mind, and said with a straight face: "It's true, the incident happened suddenly, and the adults are very worried about the safety of your sons, and you want to ask for the details before inviting Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty, I heard that you were also there at the time?" A quick-tempered general on the side suddenly asked.

Obviously, because of his son's accident, he can't care about pretending anymore.

Sun Ning didn't care, but nodded: "Yes, I was with them at the time, and I saw those thieves hurt people and kidnap them."

"I just hate that we were not prepared at that time, and all the sons have fallen under their swords, otherwise I will not spare them!"

Their reactions to the emperor's remarks were very cold, and they obviously didn't think so.

Although he was more reliable than the rest of the gossip, and they felt that they could ask more details from his mouth, he didn't believe a word of such afterthought.

It was Guo Feng who came to the end: "What Your Majesty said is, but the most important thing is the safety of you and your sons." So please also ask Your Majesty to recall carefully and see what clues there are. ”

"You want to save people?" Sun Ning was stunned, but then said, "Didn't those kidnappers already leave a message, let each family prepare five hundred taels of gold, as long as they give money, they will release them."

"You won't even give this money, will you?"

"Of course not, if they really just want money, how can we be reluctant to give up this little bit of gold?" An officer sitting on the left hand of the upper part spoke.

Sun Ning remembered that his name was Yu Shiting, and he was only the deputy envoy of Liangzhou before, but with the killing of Chu Wenze, he was directly promoted to the chief envoy, with extremely heavy powers, and he was one of the several important ministers in the city.

And his son Yu Fan is also among those handsome people who have been taken captive, and now he has such a son by his side, so he is particularly eager at this time.

His words caused others to gossip for a while, and Zhizhou Cheng Nantian also followed: "The words of those bandits are not true, I have a radius of more than two hundred miles in Liangzhou, where is there an Oolong Mountain?" ”

"Also, they told me to wait for the gold to be prepared and deliver it myself. It's hard to say what kind of purpose this has. ”

"Especially now that Lord Taishou is in the north and is about to start a war with the rebels, it is really difficult to say where the true path and intentions of these bandits are......"

Although Guo Yan had been named the imperial court lieutenant before, these subordinates were still accustomed to calling him his original official position, and even the mansion here was still too guarded, and the plaque was not replaced.

From this point, it can also be seen that in fact, the so-called emperor's decree has very little impact on local officials.

After Sun Ning listened to their words, he finally understood: "So you are worried that there is fraud in it?" Not only is his son-in-law in danger, but he will even implicate himself, so he wants to quickly find out the way of the bandits and take them down? ”

"Exactly, Your Majesty is wise." Guo Feng said affirmatively, "But I don't know if Your Majesty may provide us with some useful clues?" ”

"This ......" Sun Ning looked pensive, and only spoke after a while, "After your reminder, I also feel that this matter is a little strange. ”

"How?"

"They were prepared, as if they knew we were going there, so they set up an ambush early."

Sun Ning said as he looked at everyone's expressions, and sure enough, he saw that their faces had changed, and the light of suspicion had flashed in the eyes of many people.

"You're saying someone passed the news on to the bandits earlier?" Cheng Nantian gritted his teeth and said, "Who could that be?" ”

"It's hard to say about this, if there is, it should be one of those who have a close relationship with Ling Lang."

"What is the basis for this?" Cheng Nantian asked even more tightly.

Everyone else also looked over with a wary face, it couldn't be that the emperor deliberately wronged people, right?

"Because that place was chosen by them to compete with Guo Chong and the others. As for us, we didn't receive the news until last night, and I'm afraid we won't have time to deliver the news and make arrangements again. ”

Sun Ning's answer was quite reasonable, making Guo Feng nod his head unconsciously.

But Yu Shiting snorted along: "But aren't they all caught by thieves?"

"On the contrary, it was the kid from the Liang family who waited for a few, but he escaped, which is even more suspicious!"

"Is Lord Yu suspicious of me? I am also the one who escaped this fate. Sun Ning immediately asked rhetorically.

Yu Shiting snorted again, but he didn't say that he didn't dare, obviously he really had doubts.

"Of course Your Majesty can't do such a thing, he didn't even know about it until this morning, or Chong'er brought it directly to the scene." Guo Feng hurriedly opened his mouth to help explain at this time.

Sun Ning also snorted coldly: "Lord Yu, if you think about it like this, you are in the other party's calculation."

"It is precisely because he knows that he is suspicious, that the main messenger will not let himself get out of this calamity, that would be too conspicuous.

"Another point, I look at the number of ways that those bandits shoot is not like ordinary green forest characters, whether it is weapons or attacks, it is more like the hands of well-trained people in the army.

"Such characters, do you really think that people like Guo Chong and Liang Yuan can intersect and even cooperate with them?"

Half of them shook their heads in denial.

They still know what kind of virtue those gentlemen are, and they really can't do it to such a point.

"So if you want me to say it, those bandits are either a small elite of a rebel army in the north, or, they have been in the army for a long time before falling into the grass.

"If it's the latter, they might be really trying to make money, but the former ...... It's hard to say. ”

Sun Ning simply stated his inference, which caused everyone to ponder for a while, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt reasonable.

And at this moment, a personal soldier strode to the front of the hall and held a piece of paper above his head: "General, someone just threw this thing in front of the yamen, and the brothers couldn't stop it, and he ran away!" ”