Qin Zhong was anxious to know the outcome of the interrogation, after all, that picture was too seductive.

Now he has learned that the people who covet that picture are not only Liu Zihao's way, but also another road in Weizhou. How attractive is this, so that people can't give up tracking for thousands of miles? Therefore, Qin Chong couldn't wait for dawn and rushed to the barracks at night, just to know the secret as soon as possible.

The old ghost was not in a hurry, took a sip of wine, and said another thing slowly. "Yesterday afternoon, Chang Wanli sent his personal entourage and went to the capital quickly." As he spoke, the old ghost glanced at Qin Chong with a smile.

"Huh?" If you go, you can go, what's the matter with me? Qin Zhong didn't know why.

"With the confessions of Liu Zihao and others, as well as evidence of poisoning officials and horses." The old ghost added.

"Huh?" Qin Zhong finally understood, something was wrong.

Liu Zihao is not a tough guy, after being beaten badly, Brother Gongzi's arrogance disappeared, let him say whatever he wants, and Sensei will cooperate more. recorded a confession and drew a detention, and then there was a poisonous fern found at the scene as evidence, Liu Zihao sneaked into Shayuan Prison with the intention of poisoning the official horse, which is considered to be true, and he has to shed his skin if he doesn't die.

"Chang Wanli, this is going to make trouble." The old ghost sighed lightly and said.

"What's going on?" Due to his age, Qin Chong couldn't understand.

"Have you forgotten that token?" The old ghost reminded Qin Chong.

"Commander Shuai?" Qin Zhong was taken aback and guessed, "He wants to engage in Shuaisi?" ”

"Chang Wanli doesn't have this ability, but Chang Jia in the capital does." The old ghost squinted slightly.

Obviously, the old ghost knows a lot of things. Qin regained his interest, temporarily put down the matter of the picture, and pestered the old ghost to talk about the doorway. It turns out that the Changjia family in the capital is not an ordinary family, but the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong.

The old earl Chang Shide, who grew up with the Cao family, was a brother with Cao Wei.

In other words, this Cao family is amazing, and the capital is a first-class family.

In the unification war of the early Song Dynasty, the general Cao Bin destroyed the four kingdoms of Houshu, Southern Tang, Hunan, and Southern Han, attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, conquered the Khitan, and went to the inspection school Taishi, the Pinglu Army Jiedu Envoy, Tongping Zhangshi, worshiped the privy envoy, and sealed the Duke of Lu. After his death, he gave the Chinese book order, the king of Jiyang County, and accompanied the temple court of Song Taizu.

Cao Wei is Cao Bin's fourth son, the prince of Wuwei County. Such a door is enough to make Xuanhe.

Cao Wei, like his father, is also a generation of fierce people. He has been guarding Shaanxi for nearly 40 years, and has never been defeated in battle. During the reign of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, in the battle of Sandu Valley, he annihilated 100,000 people in Tubo, so that Tubo, who was about to move, did not dare to commit a border for more than 30 years. The official supreme pillar country, the military festival envoy, signed the Privy Council.

Moreover, Cao Wei's niece is now the queen of the dynasty.

The Chang family is so tough in the background, what else can't be done?

"Jingyuan camp, I'm afraid someone is going to be unlucky." The old ghost laughed dryly.

The token came from the Jingyuan camp, and the old ghost couldn't guess who would be unlucky, but he was confident that his official position would not be low. If the official position is too low, it will not arouse the interest of the Chang family at all. As for Liu Zihao's uncle Liu Liang, the old ghost scoffed, a handsome driver should write, but it is just a curtain job, and he can't be in the hall of elegance.

Is this the legendary court dispute? Qin Zhong held his chin in his hand, thinking secretly in his heart. It is almost conceivable what kind of waves Liu Zihao's confession and evidence will cause once they are sent to the court. Now that the imperial court is preparing for the war in the northwest, war horses are the top priority. Someone who intends to kill a horse is tantamount to treason.

He had an idea to frame Liu Zihao, but he did it purely casually, and he stirred up a monstrous wave?

Qin Chong was a little scared, for the unknowable outcome of the future.

"Scared?" The old ghost glanced at Qin Chong and grinned, "It's late." ”

Qin Chong smirked and scratched his head embarrassedly. At that moment, he was indeed frightened. He has never experienced such a thing in his two lifetimes, let alone he is still leading it himself? Just thinking about it, in the near future, there may be a big man, because his little wings flapped, and the ground thundered.

But in the blink of an eye, Qin Chong figured it out again, after all, he had a thousand years of insight in his mind. The power struggles of all dynasties and dynasties, many times, are at the end of Qingping. It's really in the court, but no one cares about the cause of the incident. The big man in the court needs just an excuse, not a fact.

Things that are thousands of miles away are not under your control, so why worry about nothing? Moreover, Liu Zihao's cruel actions, murder and arson, lawlessness, deserve this retribution. He regarded himself as a chivalrous man and avenged the Cui family. A little bit of guilt suddenly dissipated without a trace.

"What's that picture, did you ask about it?" Qin revisited his own business.

"He doesn't know." The old ghost said lazily.

"He doesn't know?" Qin Chong's eyes widened, expressing disbelief.

"He wasn't lying." The old ghost said in a definite tone.

"Busy work?" Qin Chong was a little discouraged, but he had to believe it. The old ghost said that Liu Zihao didn't lie, that is, he really didn't lie. Anyway, Qin Chong has never seen someone who can deceive the old ghost.

"It's not in vain." Suddenly, the old ghost said, "That boy told me a story. ”

"Storytelling?" Qin Chong was very surprised, so he sat down cross-legged and listened to the old ghost's story.

The story takes place in the fourth year of Jing Yu, that is, three years ago.

In November, Jingzhou, located in the northwest border, was covered with heavy snowfall, cold winds, and a silvery white field. The military camps outside Jingzhou City are continuous, and there is no edge for dozens of miles. The weather was so bad that the soldiers were exempted from drills and shrank in their tents, leaving only the cloud flags, which hunted in the bitter northwest wind.

Every winter, the party is ready to move. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty guards the border every year and is vigilant against the party's killing. The north of Hengshan is the defense ground of the Western Xia party. The frontier has never been stable. From time to time, there are party members who cross the border to burn, kill and loot. There is no big war, and small battles have to be fought every three or five times.

In September, a spy report came, saying that the party was reorganizing its arms and intending to invade the Song realm.

The entire Northwest military camp suddenly became nervous. The movement of the army, the movement of grain and grass, the movement of soldiers and armor, is extremely busy. Who expected that two months had passed, but there was no party member.

Entering November, an overwhelming snowfall enveloped the entire northwest.

Heavy snow blocked the road to Hengshan. The party members will not come again, and the barracks breathe a sigh of relief in an instant, from the generals to the ordinary soldiers, the whole thing has relaxed. Hundreds of people sighed that they were fortunate that a heavy snow prevented a military disaster. In the border land, no matter whether the Great Song Dynasty won or lost, it was the people who suffered.

The northwest defense line stretches for thousands of miles, and is divided into four major camps: Jingyuan, Huanqing, Yanyan, and Qinfeng, and each has a division to deal with the northwest military. In Jingyuan, Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, and Weizhou are like a huge triangle, firmly choking the road of the party's southward advance, and the tiger is in the dragon pan, forming the defense line of Jingyuan in the northwest.

Privy Counsellor, Right Shilang Zhongwang Yan, is the pacification envoy of Jingyuan Jinglu and the governor of Weizhou, and is the highest military governor of Jingyuan. But the person who actually commanded the troops and handled daily affairs was Ge Huaimin, who was the deputy of the capital.

This is also the characteristic of the Great Song Dynasty, the marshals and ministers are all civil officials, and they are armed with literature.

The army of 200,000 is scattered and garrisoned more than 1,000 walled forts, dangerous passes, and cities.

The deployment division is located in Jingzhou City, and now the snow is falling, the sky is cold, and the deployment of the division yamen is also extremely cold. The soldiers on duty in front of the door had already hid in the house to keep warm, and the doors were open in all directions, and there was no one to see. Looking through the gate, the courtyard is very large, and the houses are uneven, quiet as if no one is around.

Suddenly, two fast horses pierced through the snow curtain and broke into Jingzhou City. The sound of hooves shattered the tranquility of Jingzhou.

"Urgent military situation, urgent military situation." Immediately, the soldiers shouted all the way.

In front of the gate of Deshuaisi, the two soldiers rolled their saddles and dismounted, shouted urgent military information, and galloped straight into the gate.

Their shouts alarmed the officers on duty. The heavy door curtains snapped open very quickly, revealing surprised faces. The officer on duty shouted, "Where is the military situation?" ”

"Changwu Town found the Iron Harrier of the Party Item."

"Pengyang County found a party item iron harrier."

Iron Harrier is an elite cavalry of Western Xia, full of iron armor, fierce and domineering, and superb in force. The Great Song Dynasty army fought against the Iron Harrier, and they never won, which can be described as prestigious. However, the Iron Harrier belongs to the royal guard and is never easily dispatched. Therefore, when he heard that the iron harrier had been found, the officer on duty was stunned for a moment.

His first reaction was that the important people of the Li family in Western Xia had come to kill.

At this moment, the person who is in charge of the Shuai Division is Ge Huaimin, the deputy capital. After asking about the military situation in detail, Ge Huaimin was a little settled. The enemy army did not invade the territory in large groups, but found two groups of men and horses in Changwu Town and Pengyang County, with only a dozen people. The question is, what are such a few people doing when they cross the border?

"Herald." Ge Huaimin immediately ordered to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Iron Harrier.

However, the ensuing battle of encirclement and suppression became extremely bizarre. The Iron Harrier's whereabouts were erratic, making the encircled troops exhausted for a while. finally collided with the Iron Harrier, but before he could open the formation, the Iron Harrier fled away. The Great Song cavalry is far from the Iron Harrier, and they can't even catch up with other people's horsetails.

The Song army surrounded and suppressed on all sides, but the iron harrier did not fight or retreat, going around in circles, interspersed between the cracks of the Song army.

"What is this for?" A few days later, Ge Huaimin saw something unusual.

"The Iron Harrier is trapped by our army, and it is already a dilemma." There is a general said flatteringly.

"Fart." Ge Huaimin scolded.

"They're here to make trouble." Another general said indignantly.

"A dozen people? What kind of mess can you make, is the iron harrier tired of life? Someone retorted.

There were more than a dozen generals in the room, and the quarrel suddenly turned into a pot of porridge. It was really a snowy day to be pulled out, and the search for iron harriers all over the mountains and fields was too much to catch up with the elite cavalry, and they were all very angry. In the past few days, not only did he not get the credit, but he killed and injured many soldiers, and no one would be happy in his heart.

"I have an idea in my humble position, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Jiyi Liu Liang said.

"Say." Ge Huaimin glanced at Liu Liang and slapped the table.

"Marshal, I think that since the enemy's intentions are unknown." Liu Liang took a step forward and said, "It's better to withdraw the army for the time being and let it come and go." Saying this, Liu Liang looked up at Ge Huaimin.

"Go on." Ge Huaimin was not angry, and said lightly.

"Secretly you can send a secret spy to follow behind the Iron Harrier and probe its intentions."

"Hmm." Ge Huaimin nodded slightly and said, "This matter is under the control of Changming, and it will be found out as soon as possible." ”

"Obedience." Liu Liang bowed in response.

As a Jiyi text, Liu Liang is in charge of the intelligence in the army, and there are hundreds of secret spies under his command, who hide in the territory of Western Xia in various capacities, and regularly send back all kinds of news. Liu Liang is a scholar, with a gloomy personality and ruthless methods, which is incompatible with the fiery temperament of a room full of soldiers. The generals looked at his figure, and they were all secretly jealous.

Liu Liang sent a large number of spies and kept an eye on the iron harrier.

The Iron Harrier suddenly crossed the border, which was strange in itself. Combined with Iron Harrier's actions in the past few days, Liu Liang sensitively felt that Iron Harrier seemed to be looking for someone. The question is what kind of character, and what kind of value, is it worth the Iron Harrier to risk crossing the border? Liu Liang has too few clues, and he can't follow the rules for a while.

On the third day, the spy really had a harvest. They found that the Iron Harrier seemed to be chasing someone. It's just that the person being chased and killed is very shrewd, and he can always escape in advance, so that the iron harrier can fly into the air. As for the identity of the person being hunted down, the spy has not yet been discovered. Three more days passed, and the spy made a major discovery.

In a farmhouse in Changwu Township, the body of an iron harrier was found. The farmer's family of four did not leave a single living mouth, and all of them were sealed with a knife. The knife edge is smooth, shallow on both sides and deep in the middle, this kind of knife wound can only be cut out by the Western Xia scimitar. The iron harrier's throat was shattered, and the iron arrow pierced through the back of the neck and nailed to the door frame.

At this time, Liu Liang received a secret report.

More than ten days ago, Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia suddenly imposed martial law, and Iron Harriers searched for a fugitive slave all over the streets. It is rumored that this fugitive slave was originally a Han Chinese, and more than ten years ago, he was taken captive by the party members to Western Xia. Because he used to be a craftsman and was good at making bows, he was charged to the bow and arrow courtyard to work. Over the years, the artisans have married local women and have children.

But for some reason, the craftsman suddenly fled with the child. What's even more strange is that for the sake of a fugitive slave, an iron harrier was dispatched to pursue him. For a time, Xingqing Mansion was boiling. The spy felt that this matter was strange, so he specially sent the news back to the Great Song Dynasty. He judged that it was possible that the craftsman had stolen something and touched the secrets of Western Xia.

"Bow and Arrow Academy? Secret? Liu Liang muttered to himself, his eyes flashing.