Chapter 1212: Behind the scenes
"You...... I did everything you asked for......" Li Miao looked extremely nervous, and said with sweaty palms, "Yes...... You can return that paper...... Did you give it back to me......"
"Don't worry, Lord Li, I did it, but the effect was not satisfactory......" The woman turned around slowly, revealing a cold face, this person turned out to be Ziyou.
It is conceivable that these guards with knives beside him are the disciples of the "Canghuan Sect". For some reason, the people of the "Canghuan Sect" would appear in the home of Li Miao, an important minister of the imperial court, and dare to threaten the other party with a knife.
Ziyou looked at each other with a hideous smile, and said in a cold tone: "Although Lord Li leaked the secret of King Chatai's trip to 'Narrow Ziguan' to the people of the 'Mingfu Sect', King Chatai is still not dead...... As a pillar of the imperial court, Lord Li's efficiency is too disappointing......"
"This ...... This...... You can't blame me for this......" Li Miao was about to cry and knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "I have ...... Reveal the secret, who would think of the 'Mingfu Sect', this will also ...... will also fail ......"
"Oh, Master Li is quite good at shirking responsibility......" Ziyou continued to sneer.
"No...... No...... That's not what I meant-" Looking at Ziyou's murderous face, Li Miao continued to suffocate nervously.
"This scroll is very important to you......, Lord Li," Ziyou held the "scroll" mentioned by Li Miao just now in his hand, as if he had an ulterior motive, and said with a secret smile, "If I ask someone to present it to the Holy Lord, Lord Li, what do you think will happen......
"That scroll, you ......" Li Miao looked at the scroll in Ziyou's hand, frightened but half-convinced.
"Are you suspicious?" Then I'll read it to Lord Li......" Ziyou continued to sneer, slowly unveiled the scroll, and read between the lines, "In the 20th year of Zhizheng, there was a famine in western Jin, and Lord Li privately pocketed 100,000 taels of silver; in the 22nd year of Zhizheng, Xuzhou military salary, Lord Li privately pocketed 500,000 official salaries; in the 23rd year of Zhizheng, local officials in Jizhou fornicated, and Master Li collected official money for promotion, and colluded with Xing Shangshu and other officials to exclude courtiers; and in the 25th year of Zhizheng......"
"Enough...... Say no more...... Don't say it anymore-" Li Miao almost couldn't listen anymore, and knelt down timidly, "Please don't say it...... Please spare me......"
"Now I know I'm scared?......" Ziyou half-squatted for a while, looked at Li Miao with a mocking expression, and smiled coldly, "The content of these documents is all 'tricks' that Lord Li did behind his back to conceal the emperor...... Lord Li has a high official position and power, and there are many cronies in the court, so he is naturally not afraid of the crimes of the year leaking out, but if we report it...... Lord Li, these crimes of perversion of the law that you have committed are probably not something that can be taken by a few lives......"
"You ...... You will threaten me with this......" Li Miao said with cold sweat on his forehead, trembling.
"As long as you obediently listen to us and do as we say, we will help Master Li keep the secret......" Ziyou continued to laugh, then stood up, turned the scroll in his hand and said, "It's a pity, let you leak the 'secret', but still failed to execute the King of Chatai, it's really Lord Li, you yourself are not angry, and we can't help you......"
After speaking, Ziyou took two steps back and looked at Li Miao with increasingly hideous eyes.
"You ...... Who are you?" Li Miao didn't seem to know the identities of Ziyou and the others, and asked in a panic, "Why do you know...... My secret? What the hell are you...... Where did you hear ......?"
"Not only do we know your secrets, Lord Li, but we can also say that the officials of the entire capital of the DPRK and China have done all the 'deeds' behind their backs...... Ziyou sneered and said, "Your officialdom has colluded to do evil for a long time, and submitting these crimes to the Holy God can be regarded as doing good things for the people of the world, isn't it......" Ziyou also had "leisure" at this time.
Li Miao's eyes became more and more frightened, looking at Zi You's hideous gaze, as if he had guessed a bad premonition.
"Why, it seems that Master Li wants to know the truth......" Ziyou paused, and then said in a tone, "Okay, look at you like this, it's ......good to let you know before you die."
With that, Ziyou glanced at the main entrance of the study.
I saw that outside the door of the study, with the shroud of night, a middle-aged man in a black cloak walked slowly, with a murderous aura hidden under his face, but like a dagger, he could die in Huangquan when he saw it.
This person is none other than Ziyou's father-in-law, the leader of the "Canghuan Sect......
Li Miao looked a little secretly scared, but he didn't know why, a familiar feeling came to his heart. Looking at the slow and heavy footsteps, Li Miao seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, but the oppression in his heart never changed.
The man walked past Ziyou's side, step by step, and slowly walked in front of Li Miao. After a while, the man slowly squatted down, gradually pulled off the robe on his head, revealing a cold and shivering face, and said hoarsely: "Long time no see, Lord Li......"
"You...... You...... ...... are you" Li Miao didn't recognize it for a long time, until he was sure that he had seen the entire face through the hazy night, and finally remembered the moment, Li Miao's face was extremely frightened, and he said in a trembling voice.
"I haven't seen you for many years, remember me......" The man showed a smile that was even more chilling than Ziyou, and said coldly, "I didn't expect it, today you and I will meet again in such a way......"
"No way, you're not...... It's not already ......," Li Miao continued to be surprised and frightened.
"I'm gone, but I'm not dead, it's always been like ......this," the man continued to sneer, "When I was here, didn't you people have to bow down to me? Now you should understand, why do I know so much about you, Lord Li...... And not only you, but the officialdom of the entire imperial court, I know everything about it, even after so many years, it still hasn't changed......"
"Uh...... Forehead......" Li Miao was speechless for a while, looking at the man's murderous face, he seemed to have guessed his ending.
"Failed to kill the king of Chatai with the hand of the 'Ming Fujiao', this is Lord Li's dereliction of duty, it has not changed for so many years, and he has enjoyed a lot of money in the middle of the court, but nothing has been achieved......" The man seemed to have finished explaining the matter, slowly stood up from in front of Li Miao, and said coldly, "The king of Chatai is not dead, military secrets are exposed, and the first person to suspect is Lord Li who gave him the order...... So in order to keep his mouth shut, he can only grieve Lord Li, and it can be regarded as not in vain the friendship between you and me for many years......"
With that, the man turned around with a cold eye and made an execution gesture at the disciples.
"What else are you going to do...... I've done what you said, I've said everything I know! I've said it all!!——Ah!!" Li Miao screamed as he struggled at the end of his life.
But after all, he couldn't escape the fate of being wiped out, and the knives in the house were chaotic, and finally there was a scream in the night, and Li Miao fell under the knife of the disciple of the "Canghuan Sect......
After Li Miao's execution, the man slowly walked out of the study, and Ziyou also followed closely behind......
"Is it really okay to kill Li Miao like this, father-in-law......" Ziyou seemed to be a little hesitant and asked quietly.
"He has no use value, why keep him?" said the middle-aged man with a blank face, "And if the plan to ambush and assassinate the King of Chatai fails, he will become the first object of suspicion, and once the matter is revealed, it will be easy for us to expose our identities ......"
"But just like this, he blatantly killed the officials of the court, and he is still an important minister in the court, once it is investigated, wouldn't we ......" Ziyou continued to worry.
"Don't worry, I'm actually doing this for another purpose...... the middle-aged man continued to laugh, "Don't forget, our purpose is to deal with Chataiyun, and the entire Chatai family-the news from the front eyeline, Chataiyun has already rushed to the side of the Chatai King, and now even if we entrust the 'guanxi' to instigate the people of the 'Ming Fu Sect' to attack, I'm afraid it's not that easy......"
"What does the righteous father mean?" Ziyou continued.
"Cha Taiyun is not only strong in martial arts, but also shrewd, and when he is attacked in the 'Narrow Pass' today, he will definitely think of the level of 'leaking military secrets'. If you think about it this way, Li Miao, who gave the order to support Xicang, will definitely become his primary suspect......" The middle-aged man continued, "but this is exactly what I want...... Ziyou, think about it, if the object of his suspicion is assassinated at this time, how will he react?......"
"Is it the character of Cha Taiyun......" Ziyou paused, and then replied, "Of course, he is desperate to find out who the murderer is - after all, the first suspect was assassinated, and it is very likely to find out the source by following the clues......"
The man nodded slightly.
"But I'm afraid the situation has changed now...... However, Ziyou was still worried, "Because the war in Xicheng is tight, if the gang of the 'Ming Fu Sect' plans to attack the stronghold on a large scale, Cha Taiyun may not be able to escape, and choosing to stay by his father's side to meet the enemy is the first choice......"
"What if it's a forcible military order?" the man continued.
"What do you mean?" Ziyou didn't understand for a while, and asked in a condensed voice.
"We can send someone to Chataiwang's residence to inform him of the news of Lord Li Miao's murder, and then order Chataiyun to return to the rear to investigate this matter......" The man said coldly, "When Chataiyun leaves the stronghold, we will take the opportunity to inform the people of the 'Mingfu Sect' that the garrison is empty, and take advantage of this large-scale attack, and the Chatai King will be more auspicious and less auspicious......"
"That's why my father-in-law killed Li Miao so iron-heartedly tonight, firstly, to keep his mouth secret, and secondly, to lure the prey, which can be described as a plan to kill two birds with one stone......" Ziyou replied slowly, and then became suspicious again, "But can this really be done......? Is there really a way to mobilize the levy order to inspect Taiyun......"
The man said confidently: "Don't forget Ziyou, we hold the secret handle of all the officials in Dadu in our hands, it can be said that the situation in the entire Dadu is now in our hands, and the emperor is more in charge than the current emperor...... As long as we threaten to use other courtiers like Li Miao, whether it is the war in the capital Xicheng, or the fate of the Chatai family or the 'Ming Fu Sect', it is not all in our hands......"
"The father-in-law has such 'magical powers', and the daughter has ......seen it for a long time," Ziyou praised and said with a smile on the side, but the expression on his face was slightly mysterious.
"It took eight years to get today's results, I poured the rest of my life into this, and I will definitely ......not lose this time," the man sighed to himself, and then turned his head to Ziyou and smiled, "If Ziyou had come to your father a few years earlier, you would have known the hard work and achievements of your father in the past eight years......"
After speaking, the man was a little excited, as if venting the resentment in his heart, so he calmed down, pulled up his robe, and slowly left the Tianjing Mansion.
And Ziyou stood behind his father-in-law, and he also meditated and calmed down for a long time.
"Yes, if it had been a few years earlier, it wouldn't have been your turn to be your father-in-law......" Suddenly, Ziyou smiled fiercely at the man's back, his expression was extremely terrifying and terrifying.
In the dark, there seems to be an undercurrent of serial conspiracy......
A few days later, Liang Qing's troops were stationed......
After a few days of recuperation, King Chatai's body recovered a lot, and he was able to stand up and walk, but he could not personally lead the troops into battle. Fortunately, there has been no movement in the "Ming Restoration Sect" in the past few days, and there has been no tense battle situation in Xicang, which has given King Chatai a chance to ease down and recuperate.
And the troops stationed in the Xicheng area before also came to support and converged in the "Narrow Pass" area, the soldiers and horses were all in order, and the grain and grass were sufficient, even if the "Ming Fujiao" wanted to launch a large-scale attack, the Mengyuan army was fully capable of confronting it.
The king of Chatai recuperated in peace, and most of the affairs in the army were handed over to Sun Yun to handle. Since his life, Sun Yun has been involved in officialdom and military politics for a long time, and his ability to behave and deal with things is no longer comparable to that of the young master of the small dart bureau. Especially now that his father is injured, Sun Yun knows that he has a burden on his shoulders, and he is not only carrying the fate of the Chatai family, but also the safety of the entire Mengyuan Sheji......
Today, as usual, after the handover with the military headquarters that came to support them from all over the world, Sun Yun and Liang Qing talked with each other outside the tent several times......
"I've been busy enough these days...... Liang Qing couldn't help but ask when he saw Sun Yun wearing armor early in the morning and handing over affairs with the generals of various departments, "I didn't expect you to be the son of the Chatai family, and you have such a well-trained ability to handle things......
"I learned it all from Dordun, and of course I have my own experience...... " Sun Yun said with a smile.
"You said Chatai Dorton, ...... from your brother," Liang Qing asked.
"Yes......" Sun Yun replied in a low voice, "Although it is said that when he was in a high position, his methods were ruthless and brutal, and I was inseparable from him, but I really don't have to say anything about the worries and responsibilities of the imperial court...... When I first arrived at the Chatai Palace, many accidents in the court and China did not change, my father was already seriously ill, and many of the officialdom's abilities were taught to me by Dordun......
"I really didn't expect that Brother Sun Yun, your experience is quite rich...... Liang Qing continued to laugh......