Chapter 182: The war machine has begun to operate (please vote!!!)

Three days later, a special guest came to the Marquis of Jinghai Mansion. He was a travel-traveled guest, but it was Liu Jinzhong who had just arrived in Bianjing.

"Qin Hou." Liu Jinzhong saluted Qin Hao.

After Qin Hao asked him to sit down, he couldn't help but wonder "Why did Liu Neixiang come today?"

Zhao Zongquan only gave Liu Jinzhong one year, if it was just to thank the previous few Tian helped catch the remnants of Manichaeism, and there was no need for Liu Jinzhong to make a trip in person.

Sure enough, Liu Jinzhong said seriously, "Yesterday, those remnants of Manichaeism vomited. The Marquis of Qin knew that the wife of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was also involved."

Qin Hao was startled, and his face turned a bit ugly. Manichaeism was already plotting against the country, but if it was related, it would not be an exaggeration to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. As the nephew of the Xiao Qin family, it was difficult for Qin Hao to stay out of the matter.

Liu Jinzhong was also observing Qin Hao's face. In fact, he was also very embarrassed about this matter. Xiao Qin was Qin Hao's aunt, the dowager of Ningyuan Hou Mansion, and nominally Gu Tingye's aunt. All of a sudden, the two most trusted ministers of the official family were implicated. Even he did not dare to take anyone casually.

Qin Hao asked in a deep voice, "Is there any evidence?"

"The middleman has been caught, and it is consistent with the confession of the remaining Manichaeans." Liu Jinzhong then told the whole story.

In fact, the problem is not complicated. Xiao Qin’s mother, Xiang’s mother, found a group of desperadoes through an intermediary. She wanted to take advantage of Minglan to go to Qingxu Temple to fulfill her wish, kill their mother and son, and wait until two years later. Ting Ye went on an expedition and might die on the battlefield, and then Gu Tingwei would be able to legitimately inherit the title of Marquis of Ningyuan.

But what Xiao Qin didn’t expect was that the group of desperadoes whom her mother asked the middleman to find were precisely the remnants of Manichaeism, and these remnants of Manichaeism had no intention of helping Xiao Qin kill Ming. Lan, but with the help of Xiao Qin's identity, he successfully entered Bianjing City in secret and spied on the location of the arsenal. < /p>

Qin Hao waved his hand with a sad expression, and Liu Jinzhong stopped talking and headed to Ningyuan Hou Mansion impatiently. As for Gu Tingye, he was not worried at all. Who in Bianjing City didn’t know that Gu Tingye was with His stepmother had already been on the same level, not to mention that the person Xiao Qin wanted to kill this time was his wife and children.

Outside the gate of Ningyuan Hou Mansion, people from the Imperial City Division had already gathered. After Liu Jinzhong arrived, he immediately rushed in from the middle gate with his people.

The servants also tried to stop "You are so blind that you don't even see where this place is."

Before he finished speaking, he was killed with a knife. Liu Jinzhong Like a Rakshasa crawling out of the area, he sneered in a ghostly manner, "Imperial City Secretary is working, and those who don't want to die will be left alone."

The people in the fourth and fifth rooms were also alarmed. Upon seeing this, the master quickly asked his servants to go to Chengyuan next door to call Gu Tingye. By this time, everyone knew that onlyOnly Gu Tingye can settle it.

However, the servant came back in a panic soon, "Master, it can't be done. The entire Ningyuan Hou Mansion is surrounded. It's like an iron barrel and no one can get out."

Seeing that Liu Jinzhong was about to lead people into the backyard, the Fifth Master boldly shouted, "This is Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. Even the Imperial City Secretary has no reason to break in at will."

Liu Jinzhong's eyes were cold. Staring at the other party, "Do you know that what I am arresting is a traitor who is plotting to rebel against the country? If you stop it, are you trying to hide the traitor?"

With such a big hat pulled down, the fifth master was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the spot. As soon as he collapsed, he collapsed on the ground. Liu Jinzhong glanced at him disdainfully. If he didn't want to waste time, he might have taken the fifth master back for interrogation. The Imperial City Division's work style has always been to kill the wrongdoer rather than let him go. .

Liu Jinzhong led people to surround Xiao Qin's yard. Xiang's mother originally heard the noise outside and came out to check the situation, but as soon as she showed up, she was recognized by Liu Jinzhong's men.

“She is Xiang’s mother.”

Liu Jin Zhongle was “taken down”, and some even came to her door.

Xiang’s mother was so frightened that she quickly shouted, “Mrs. Tai, save me.”

Liu Jinzhong sneered, “I’m afraid that Mrs. Tai can’t save herself, and I can’t ask you for help.”

There was something wrong with Xiang’s mother, and she was trembling with fear.

Xiao Qin was shocked when she heard her mother calling for help. She quickly came out to check the situation. When she saw the people from the Imperial City Division in the courtyard, she was also startled, but she still pretended to be calm and said, " You are so presumptuous, this is the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and there is no official order, so you dare to mess around."

Liu Jinzhong said impatiently, "Mrs. Madam, don't take any chances now. You guys colluded with each other. The Ni religion has committed a conspiracy to rebel against the country. If you have anything to say, please follow me back to the Imperial City Prison to discuss it. Someone, come and take me away."

"I want to see who dares. I am the aunt of the current Ningyuan Marquis. , Third Grade Imperial Order, you just take people at will without evidence, aren't you afraid that the officials will punish you?" Xiao Qin shouted sharply.

Liu Jinzhong stopped talking nonsense to her and waved his hand "take it"

"You" Xiao Qin was about to say something, but he was already picked up.

What happened at the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion spread quickly in Bianjing City, and Chengyuan became extremely lively. People from the fourth and fifth rooms found Minglan and wanted Gu Tingye to rescue the Xiao Qin family.

Minglan was also very surprised about this matter, but she still sent someone to invite Gu Tingye to go home. Almost half an hour later, Gu Tingye came back and directly took the people in the fourth and fifth rooms with a gloomy face. Kicked out.

The Fourth Master and the Fifth Master were so angry that they yelled at the gate of Chengyuan, "Gu Tingye, you unfilial thing, how come you are such a hindrance to the Gu family? You actually stood by and watched when something happened to your aunt, I want to go to the official house." I will give you a copy in front of you."

In Chengyuan, Minglan noticed the murderous aura in Gu Tingye, handed the child to the wet nurse, and walked up to Gu Tingye, "Master Hou, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Tingye hugged Minglan in his arms. Minglan was frightened.After a jump, Gu Tingye said through gritted teeth.

"Do you know why my stepmother was arrested?"

Minglan shook her head.

Gu Tingye gave the coffee table next to him a hard hammer, causing several cracks in the fine rosewood coffee table.

“She wanted to hire a murderer to kill you and your son. The person who took over the job was a remnant of the Manichaeism. It happened that she was caught by the Imperial City Secretary a few days ago, and then the incident came to light.”

Gu Tingye sneered, "My stepmother can't do anything to make the third son Xijue, but God has eyes for it"< /p>

Speaking of this, Gu Tingye also had more than enough intentions. In fact, he also wanted to fish out Xiao Qin at the beginning. After all, Xiao Qin was his stepmother no matter what, but in the end he got this news.

At this time, Jinghaihou Mansion was not calm either. Gu Tingwei came to Qin Hao early in the morning and cried, begging him to rescue the little Qin family.

Qin Hao pretended to be helpless and told him, "Liu Jinzhong from the Imperial City Division has been here before. My aunt is guilty of treason, and there is nothing I can do about it."

Gu Tingwei He panicked for a moment, "Why would my mother, my cousin who is plotting against the country, do such a thing? Is there something wrong with the way the Imperial City Department always does things?"

Qin Hao raised his hand to interrupt him and said seriously, "If Liu Jinzhong Without sufficient evidence, how dare you go directly to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion to ask the official how he will explain this matter? You should stop interfering. I will inform you when there is news."

Gu Tingwei's heart. Full of helplessness and worry, in addition to being unable to rescue Xiao Qin, he was even more worried that as long as he was implicated in the crime of treason, he might not be able to escape.

After seeing off Gu Tingwei, Qin Junye and the Qin Liu family also came. After learning about the situation, Qin Junye was also dumbfounded, "Is she crazy? She actually paid to kill someone in order to let her son attack the king?"

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Qin Liu asked worriedly, "Will it harm our family?"

Qin Hao reassured her, "Don't worry too much, mother. After all, my aunt is a married daughter. What's more, she He was not directly involved in Manichaeism's plot, but happened to help Manichaeism cover it up, so that the Dongchang Houfu and Jinghaihoufu could not be implicated."

"What's more, I am in the official family. We have some dignity in front of us, so Liu Jinzhong doesn’t dare to make up any accusations to attack us.”

Qin Liu felt relieved after hearing this.

However, what Qin Hao didn't expect was that just one day later, Liu Jinzhong sent someone to Jinghaihou Mansion, saying that he was invited to visit the Imperial City Division.

Cui Zhi stared at the people from the Imperial City Division with a vigilant face. Only then did the other party realize that his words had caused a misunderstanding and quickly apologized.

"Don't blame the Marquis of Qin. They are all villains and stupid people. Our adults want to ask the Marquis to go to the Imperial City Division, and it is about the Ningyuan Marquis's wife."

After Qin Hao thought for a moment, he took Cui Zhi to the Imperial City Division.

As a result, they met Gu Tingye at the door, and the two entered the Imperial City Department with doubts.prison.

Liu Jinzhong handed a confession to Qin Hao. Qin Hao almost lost his temper when he saw it. The confession came from Xiao Qin, and the content was that her collusion with the remaining Manichean cultists was all punished. Qin Hao and Gu Tingye were behind the scenes.

Gu Tingye cursed loudly, "This vicious woman is still biting her even when she is about to die."

Qin Hao also took a while to calm down and looked at Liu Jinzhong, "Is this confession true?" Presented to the official family"

Liu Jinzhong just smiled and said nothing. It was obvious that Zhao Zongquan must have read it.

Qin Hao was slightly reassured. Since Zhao Zongquan had read the confession but did not order them to be captured, he obviously saw that the confession was full of loopholes. After all, Qin Hao knew the formula of the Thunder Fire Bomb. If Just collude with Manichaeism and hand over the formula directly to them, why bother to steal it?

"But it's up to the officials to decide." Qin Hao said with cupped hands.

Gu Tingye also reacted and raised his hand to Liu Jinzhong, "But it depends on the official's authority."

Liu Jinzhong laughed when he heard this, "Qin Hou and Gu Hou don't have to be like this, the official said Okay, anyone in this world may rebel, but the two Marquises will never do it. This time I invite the two Marquises to come, just to inform them that in order to prevent this poisonous woman from biting her again, the official The family decreed the decision in secret, so that no one else would be implicated in the matter."

Afterwards, Liu Jinzhong threw the confession into the brazier and burned it completely.

Qin Hao and Gu Tingye looked at each other with moved expressions, "Thank you for your trust in the officials. I will definitely live up to the trust of the officials."

This is obviously Zhao Zongquan and Liu Jinzhong. The play was called Shi En, so Qin Hao and Gu Tingye naturally had to cooperate, otherwise the play would not end.

Just when Qin Hao was about to leave, Gu Tingye suddenly said to Liu Jinzhong, "Can you let me see my stepmother?"

Liu Jinzhong was slightly startled, and then asked his subordinates. Humanity said, "Bring Xiao Qin here."

Soon, the disheveled and scarred Xiao Qin was brought to the prison. It looked like he had been severely tortured.

Gu Tingye gritted his teeth and walked up to Xiao Qin, "You are a vicious woman. You just wanted the third child to inherit the title and you paid to kill my wife and children. You deserve to end up like this."

Xiao Qin. When Mrs. Qin heard Gu Tingye's voice, she struggled to get up and looked at Gu Tingye with a sad smile: "Gu Tingye, you little bastard is really tough. I tried so many ways to kill you. If I had known this, I wouldn't have killed you." I should give you blood and withered grass just like I did to your elder brother, so that you can also enjoy the pain of a sick body."

Gu Tingye clenched his fists with both hands, the veins were exposed, gritted his teeth and said, "Sure enough, Are you crazy? My eldest brother is your sister’s biological son and you treat him like this.”

“Sister, haha,” Xiao Qin laughed like crazy.

"Do you know how much I envied my eldest sister when I was a child? My young husband has treated her like a treasure. When my sister was alive, he would not even accept a concubine. Later, my old husband treated her like a treasure.The woman was so anxious that he actually took his sister to the border, and it was at that time that he made great military exploits. "

"But since his sister died, his heart also died. Xiao Qin looked at Qin Hao and sneered, "At this time, your father wanted to marry me to him for a second marriage. I refused in every possible way. In the end, I could only marry my forty-year-old brother-in-law. I was only ten years old that year." Six years old"

"Do you know why I wanted to kill your eldest brother? Because he is too smart. If it weren't for his poor health, Gu Tingye, you would never inherit the title of Marquis Ningyuan in your life. Speaking of which, you still want to Thank me." Xiao Qin's laughter was harsh, but she couldn't stop, as if she heard a very funny joke.

Gu Tingye snorted coldly, "You just want the third child to inherit the title. That’s all. "

Xiao Qin stopped laughing and screamed like a madman, "You Qin family and Gu family have ruined my life. Even if I die, I will hold you back"

Qin Hao Shaking her head secretly, she had to admit that bad guys are usually very smart. Xiao Qin is definitely a smart person, but as a woman, she is not knowledgeable enough.

She thought of using the suspicion between the monarch and his ministers to alienate them. However, she did not know that Zhao Zongquan would give them 100% of trust at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition.

If this confession had appeared a few years ago or a few days after their Northern Expedition. Years ago, it might still have some effect, but at this point in time, it was just a piece of waste paper.

With Liu Jinzhong's wave of his hand, Xiao Qin was dragged out, and what awaited her would be a secret execution. Qin seemed to know his fate, and his screams echoed in the prison.

"Gu Tingye, I will not let you go. Even if you become a ghost, I will kill you. , the title belongs to my son."

After coming out of the Imperial City Division, Gu Tingye felt a little complicated. When he learned that Xiao Qin wanted to pay for the murder of Minglan's mother and son, he wanted to kill Xiao Qin, but When she really died, there was no joy of revenge at all. After all, Xiao Qin's consideration for him when he was a child was false, but it also made him feel the warmth from his family, which made up for the lack of maternal love he had had since childhood.

Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Little Qin was a time bomb, and blowing it up now would be the best result, so that he would not have to worry about his family when he went on an expedition.

It can be seen from Qin's behavior just now that she hates the Qin family no less than the Gu family.

Back home, Qin Hao told his family about the situation.

But Gu Tingwei could not accept Xiao Qin's death. The whole day was spent in confusion, and Qin Hao didn't bother to persuade him. Without Xiao Qin's protection, his future would not be smooth, and it was time for him to go through some ups and downs.

In the new year, It is obvious that the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was different. Whether in the court or among the people, there were many comments against the Liao Kingdom.remarks.

The economy of the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the people were the richest in history. Their living standards improved significantly, and the literacy rate also increased unprecedentedly.

But there is one shame that the Song Dynasty cannot get rid of, and that is the military. In the war against the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty did not even record a victory in a battle involving more than a thousand people.

The defeat of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi at the Gaoliang River directly interrupted the Song Dynasty, and he had to sign the "Chanyuan Alliance". In name, the Liao and Song Dynasties were fraternal countries, but in fact The Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk every year, forcing one family to pay tribute to the other. What kind of brothers are these?

This time Zhao Zongquan was also determined to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. , since last year, he has used overseas merchant ships to transport a large amount of grain and stored it in Mozhou and Yingzhou. The tax revenue from maritime merchants also gave Zhao Zongquan the courage to fight this war.

Qin Hao and Gu Tingye also became busier. Except for Xiu Mu, they spent the rest of their time in the military camp.

As for the soldiers' drills, Qin Hao added some actual combat exercises in addition to some regular training. In actual combat, except that the weapons used had no slits, the rest were exactly the same as in normal wars.

In order to improve the competitiveness of the soldiers, Qin Hao also specifically asked Zhao Zongquan for a reward to be awarded to the top three troops.

Especially for infantry, Qin Hao conducted joint exercises with Gu Tingye in order to improve the infantry's ability to resist cavalry attacks.

This model of actual combat exercises has also been greatly appreciated by Zhao Zongquan. He will come to the site to observe the actual combat exercises almost every month.

The soldiers were already very motivated in the face of the generous rewards. Coupled with the honor of being personally awarded by the officials, the soldiers screamed one by one, and they even paid more attention to their daily training.

Just three months before Zhao Zongquan was preparing to send troops, the Liao State sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to question Zhao Zongquan whether he wanted to tear up the Tanyuan Alliance.

Zhao Zongquan tore up the original contract of Tan Yuan Alliance directly in front of him.

"Okay, you just wait until the country is destroyed."

Zhao Zongquan gave a long laugh, pointed at the envoy and said, "If I don't kill you today, who will be captured on the battlefield with me in the future?" If you live with this person, I will not hesitate to make you a marquis."

"I will go there eventually"

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