Chapter 170: Cover-up

"Although Li Wentai is the real owner of the Zhuangzi, he has never been to the Zhuangzi, so no one has seen him in the Zhuangzi. The men sent by Li Wentai to manage Zhuangzi were all veterans who had retired from the baggage camp, and they were loyal to Li Wentai and were extremely strict, and it was almost impossible to ask for confessions from them.

In addition, the person who docked with Zhuangzi in Kyoto City was called Zhao Laoqi, and Zhao Laoliu had a cousin named Sun Bojun. You may not have heard the name Sun Bojun, but he has another well-known and famous identity in Kyoto City, Chang Liuye, the chief housekeeper of Jingyuan Houfu.

Jingyuan Hou Chang Gaoyuan has been stationed at Xuanhuang Pass all the year round, and his original wife has not continued after her death a few years ago, so the real master of Jingyuan Hou Mansion is Chang Huaien Chang Yanei. As the chief steward of Jingyuan Houfu, Chang Liuye can only make the person who can summon him Chang Yanei."

Rue Xiang seemed to be verbose and talked a lot of nonsense, but Rong Fei knew that Rue Xiang wanted to convey two messages.

First, the real masterminds behind the disappearance case in Kyoto are Li Wentai and Chang Huai'en.

Second, these two men are very cautious in their work. It is almost impossible to start with that Zhuangzi to investigate and confirm the charges of the two. In the end, only Li Yungui and Zhao Laoqi could be found, and Li Wentai and Chang Liu, who were related to the two, were reprimanded and warned at most.

The case was a little tricky, and Rong Fei couldn't help frowning.

"Battalion... Prostitute!"

Chang Gaoyuan's face was pale, and his voice squeezed out from between his teeth word by word.

Chang Huaien, who was kneeling on the ground, nodded.

"You... You let me say what is good about you. Confused, confused!"

Chang Gaoyuan raised his foot and wanted to give him a kick according to Chang Huaien's chest, but when he saw his son's faintly blue eyes and weak body bones, he was afraid that he would be kicked to death directly.

He could only sigh and drop his feet heavily on the ground.

The reason why Chang Huaien and Li Wentai did this kind of thing is, in the final analysis, to stabilize the image and status of Chang Gao and the god of war, and to keep Jingyuan Houfu rich and noble for a long time.

"But there's no need for my father to worry. My uncle and I had anticipated that this matter might be exposed, so we had already made all the arrangements. No matter how clever Rong Fei's methods of investigating the case are, he will never be able to find out about me."

Chang Huaien hurriedly comforted.

"That Rong Fei, my father has also heard of it in Qingzhou. Acting freely is a matter of personal preference. I can't say, I can't say."

Chang Gaoyuan frowned and muttered for a long time, then suddenly stood up.

"Pack up and hide in a secret room under the garden for a few days."

"Father, not really. What can I do if I don't have a basis."

Chang Gaoyuan ignored Chang Huaien and shouted towards the door.

"Chang Liu, get in for Lao Tzu."

The door opened, and the butler Chang Liu, hunched over the threshold with his head bowed and trembling, then fell to his knees with a thud.

"Chang Liu is guilty, please punish Master Hou."

Treating Chang Liu, Chang Gaoyuan has no scruples. Walked over and kicked it to the ground, scolding angrily.

"Lao Tzu handed over his son to you to take care of, and he took care of it like this! Rubbish! Fool!"

After scolding, he was still angry, and kicked a few more times.

"Get out of here, get rid of all the beginning and tail, if you get out of the pool, Lao Tzu will cut off your head."

"You... You... You fool, let the miscellaneous family say what is good about you."

After listening to Li Wentai's explanation, Wei Lin angrily crossed his waist with one hand and pointed to his nose with the other to reprimand.

"The heart is kind, but how can such a thing be... How can you do it yourself? And I shouldn't have taken women from Kyoto City. You just have to say a little bit to the businessmen who are oblivious to their interests, and they are not even in a mess and get things done. The western states have been affected by disasters year after year, and the women over there only need to give a bite of food to eat, not to mention sleeping with men, even being cattle and horses is no problem. Why do you have to spend money and effort to kidnap Kyoto women?"

"Gong Wei, you

I've tried all of that. But the commander of the front foot has just driven those merchants away, how dare I disobey the commander's order to go to those merchants again. The northern border is more than 10,000 miles away, and the frail and sick victims died before they reached the halfway point. Haven't I been forced to do anything about it?"

Li Wentai explained with a bitter face.

"What about Qingzhou itself, and what about the surrounding state capitals. Even if the northern territory is vast and sparsely populated, there will always be hundreds of women, so it's better to go to Kyoto and buy people."

"Duke Wei doesn't know, most of the elites of the Qingzhou battalion are recruited from the local area, and if they rob women from the local area to act as camp prostitutes, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not meet acquaintances, and then I am afraid that it will be even more troublesome. Moreover, the woman in the north has a strong temperament and would rather die than give in, so she is really not a good candidate. It's still the women of Kyoto who are better tame, and they are more favored by the soldiers."

"Then you haven't thought about how much impact it will have on your commander, the Qingzhou battalion, the border army, and even the Dayan military if the news leaks one day. The border army, which was supposed to be guarding the people, actually privately bought and sold women as prostitutes, which... I'm afraid it's not going to turn the sky upside down."

"That's why I put those women in the belly of this mountain. Inside this low hill there are huge naturally formed caves that can accommodate thousands of people. And only this is the only hole that can be accessed. Just send a few people to guard the entrance to the cave, and you don't have to worry about people running away. That is, Wei Gong, you are as wise as a torch, and you can only find this place with a clear understanding. For so many years, the marshal and the deputy marshal have not noticed it at all."

As soon as Li Wentai's words fell, Zhang Hua's face on the side was a little embarrassed.

Chang Gaoyuan and Zhang Hua, a chief soldier and a deputy chief soldier, as the two people with the highest official position and the most powerful in the Qingzhou battalion, did not know anything about this matter, which was already a very serious dereliction of duty.

And Zhang Hua was still afraid at this time.

What if the low mountain hides not a woman, but a demon?

But now is not the time to be afraid, but how to appease Wei Lin.

He came to Wei Lin's side and said with a smile.

"Gong Wei, what Wentai did in this matter is indeed inappropriate, but the intention is good, and it has indeed seen practical results. In the past few years of warfare with the demons, the three major passes, especially our Xuanhuang Pass, have the most prominent results. Of course, the primary credit is still the commander's proper command and proper training. But it can't be denied that Wentai's method has the effect of boosting morale."

"Tell the Duke of Wei that it is not necessary to spend money to come here to enjoy the women, but to be rewarded according to the evaluation of military merits and the hardness of the daily drills. The more enemies you kill and the harder you practice, the more you can choose the woman you like."

"In this way, these women are actually serving the country. And they are well fed and drunk, and it is not a disadvantage to them."

The two of you tried to calm Wei Lin's anger with a word.

Wei Lin glared at the two of them angrily and sighed.

"Your painstaking miscellaneous people can understand, but... Alas! I'm afraid I can't cover this thing."

"Don't worry, Duke Wei, I have done this extremely carefully, and I will never show any horses. As long as you don't say it, Duke Wei, the soldiers who have tasted the sweetness in the Qingzhou camp will naturally not say it, then there is absolutely no possibility of spreading it."

Li Wentai was overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that he had already moved Wei Lin, so he hurriedly patted his chest and reassured.

"Humph! How do you think the miscellaneous family found out?"

Wei Lin glanced at Li Wentai and said angrily.

"Of course it's Gong Wei, your eyes are as wise as a torch."

Li Wentai patted his ass.

"Wrong! What a mistake!"

Wei Lin shook his head, walked out of the wooden house with his hands behind his back, and went to the woodland outside.

At this time, the sun has completely set in the western mountain, and a crescent moon is slowly moving towards the middle of the sky, and the sprinkled silver light will cover the forest, just as the snow covers the black earth, the peace whitewashes the chaos, and the righteousness covers the evil.

"Alas! Yes, yes!"

Wei Lin looked at the crescent moon in the sky and sighed again, and then slowly spoke.

"If it was placed in the past, even if the miscellaneous family gave birth to a few more pairs of eyes, they would not be able to find the cats in this mountain. Just because some time ago in Kyoto City from that person

I got some fur from school, and that's when I pulled out your monkey cub."

Li Wentai is also in his thirties, and he is also the commander of the baggage battalion and a member of the fourth grade. It was the first time since the crown was called a monkey cub, and it was called by a eunuch in person, and I was suddenly a little unhappy in my heart.

But now that he has the handle in the hands of this eunuch, the key is that he can't beat him, so he can only swallow his anger and make an appearance of being humbly taught.

Zhang Hua asked curiously on his face when he heard this.

"There are such strange people in Kyoto?"

Wei Lin nodded.

"This person's name is Rong Fei, he is the head catcher of the Immortal Division, the Fencheng Bo who is personally sealed by His Majesty, the first catcher in the world, and at the same time His Majesty's cousin and the nephew of Concubine Xian. In just a few days since he arrived in Kyoto, Rong Fei helped the Kyoto Prefecture crack nearly 1,000 unsolved and doubtful cases that had been backlogged for a long time, and his ability to solve the cases was unmatched at that time."

Zhang Hua and Li Wentai were both amazed when they heard this, but they wondered why Wei Lin suddenly mentioned this person.

Rong Fei's name has been heard of by the two of them, after all, Qingzhou is not too far from Kyoto, and Chang Huaien's side will write a letter every few days about the recent events in Kyoto City and some powerful people who have emerged and send someone to send it quickly.

However, Zhang Hua and Li Wentai are not good at showing it, after all, it is also a taboo for the border generals to visit Kyoto.

"Before the miscellaneous family left Beijing, Na Rongfei happened to be investigating the disappearance cases in Kyoto City in recent years. With his ability, it is estimated that he will soon be able to find out the truth. At that time, it is difficult to say what will be done with his temperament. Alas, why do the miscellaneous people always have a bad premonition in their hearts?"

"By the way, you just said I guessed wrong. Could it be that Chang Gaoyuan has nothing to do with this matter? Didn't you exchange the battle merits between the woman and the demons?"

In the cell of the Immortal Division, Rong Fei asked Ruxiang.