Da Wei Chun

Chapter 537 Retreat

"There are only three copies of the secrets stolen by the spies: one is the secret statement of brother Pei, who moved to Guangling the year before last to serve as the prefect, passed by Qiaocheng, and visited the Temple of Emperor Wu of Wei with Pei Guang, who was then the prefect of Qiaocheng... Later, brother Pei and Pei Guangyu's ancestral temple Make an oath: Xiao Yan steals the country by murdering the king. He is really a traitor and traitor.

The second is the secret of General Cheng... General Cheng said: In order to avenge Chang Yong and Yixue's father, he had no choice but to kill the prefect of Sucheng, and then surrendered the city... In the past two years, he has dispersed. The family wealth is used to support the dead, secretly purchased assassins, and has assassinated Chang Yonghe's sons, nephews, and relatives...

The third is the secret of Brother Chang. In order to prevent being spied on by his subordinates, I will not reveal it... All of the above are the oaths that my brother and brother, together with Brother Pei and General Cheng met secretly in Hanzhong and jointly agreed to start an incident. , if it reaches the hands of the Southern Emperor, or spreads to his ears, brother, brother Pei, and General Cheng will be in danger..."

Changyi read every word and every sentence very carefully.And the cold sweat on Pei Sui's forehead seeped faster and faster.Then it merged into bean-sized beads and rolled down the cheeks.

One look at his expression, Chang Yizhi can make a conclusion: "It really happened?"

Pei Sui gritted his teeth, hesitated for a while, and then nodded subtly.

Chang Yizhi took a sharp breath: "How could I not know?"

"Don't talk about you, only me and Pei Guang know about it in the whole world, and I have made a poisonous oath that if it is passed on to the sixth ear, I will die a bad death for nine generations..."

Changyi's eyeballs popped out: "Did you really swear to kill the emperor?"

"Put a bird's feather... If I really have this heart, after I was coerced by my uncle to vote in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, I wouldn't abandon the dark and turn to the bright again..."

Pei Sui was so distraught, "It was originally a drunken joke, but after Pei Guangzhi's confidants woke up, I realized what kind of relationship this joke would cause if it was spread in the world... So you immediately made an oath to Pei Guang in the shrine , will never spread..."

"That's what Pei Guangna's cronies passed on?"

Pei Sui sighed sadly: "Out of the Emperor Wu Temple, that confidant was killed by me and Pei Guang, and then thrown into the river, reported drowning..."

Chang Yizhi was not surprised: "Then how did Li Chengzhi know?"

"God knows?"

After a short pause, Pei Sui said anxiously again, "From this point of view, the words in the letter are about Jing Jun, I'm afraid it's not groundless, hurry up and call him..."

"Correct!"

Chang Yizhi nodded heavily, and shouted outside the tent, "Come here, summon me to become a general, and say that an old friend is visiting, please meet him..."

Li Chengzhi and Cheng Jingjun have a feathered story, and the only thing that can be related is that they are both from Wei.

Outsiders don't know this fact, and they only think that even if Cheng Jingjun is not an official in the same palace as Li Chengzhi, but at least he should be familiar with Li Chengzhi's father and brother.Therefore, no one doubted Chang Yi's call to Cheng Jingjun.

After giving the order, Chang Yizhi looked at Li Rui, who stood motionless under the case, pretending that he didn't exist, and then at his cronies who were still kneeling on the ground, sweating profusely.

Forget it, it won't be too late to deal with it after asking Cheng Jingjun...

Not long after, Cheng Jingjun arrived as promised.

It was just brought in by someone: plaster was applied to the face, and the body was wrapped in a medicinal cloth. It may be that he drank a lot of wine for pain relief, and he seemed a little drunk.

Cheng Jingjun asked Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui vigorously, "I have seen the magistrate and magistrate of the county!"

Chang Yizhi just gave a soft "hmm", and then stared at Cheng Jingjun tightly with his eyes like lightning.

Just staring like this without speaking, his eyes are majestic and cold, just like looking at an enemy.

Cheng Jingjun was only a little drunk, but not drunk to death, so after only a few breaths, he noticed something different, and asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask the county magistrate, but the lower official...what's wrong?"

"Ha ha……"

Changyi Zhitu sneered, "Raise dead soldiers, secretly summon assassins, assassinate Poyang County Magistrate Chang Yong and his family of twelve...Jing Jun, Jing Jun, do you know that murdering an imperial official is an accomplice to treason? You come here with a fierce heart and courage, why do you do such a rebellious act?"

As if a thunderbolt had struck his head, Cheng Jingjun suddenly turned over, his eyes staring at Chang Yizhi with surprise and fear.But in just an instant, the originally black and red face turned white like a piece of paper.

It's over...is there really such a thing?

Pei Sui wailed secretly, wishing he could slap his face with his palm.

But Chang Yizhi sighed secretly, and picked out the secret one of Cheng Jingjun from the case: "When you killed the prefect of Sucheng City and surrendered the city, it was because Xue killed his father?"

When the incident had already happened and the court's official arrest document had been sent to Changyi's case, Cheng Jingjun felt all hope was lost:

"The matter has come to this point, and the lower officials have nothing to quibble about. The hatred of killing one's father is irreconcilable, so the general will have a clear conscience... It's just that I have pitied the wives and children in Beijing, and I have failed the expectations of His Majesty and the county magistrate... There is no one else He only begged for a quick death, and hoped that the county magistrate would be fulfilled..."

As he spoke, Cheng Jingjun slammed his head on the ground heavily.

Pei Sui grinned like a toothache.

In comparison, his crimes are worse than worse. Even Cheng Jingjun only wants to die quickly. Could it be that he also wiped his neck?
"What's the matter?"

After scolding, he asked again, "Let me ask you, besides you, have you ever confided this matter to anyone else?"

"This kind of secret, but if it is revealed by the wind, it will lead to death. How can the lower officials be so ignorant of the seriousness? My mother died long ago, before my father. All the sons are young, and they are young. It's useless to say it, and it will provoke you...

Therefore, apart from the dismissal, no one else knew about this matter... Even those dead men and assassins have dealt with them many times, they only know how to kill people, but they don't know who sent them..."

Speaking of this, Cheng Jingjun raised his head abruptly, and asked in fear: "So the general dared to ask the county magistrate: How did the court find out? ?”

Wouldn't it be nice if the court found out?
Chang Yizhi seemed to be calm and calm.But Pei Sui was beside him, so he saw it very clearly: Seeing that Jing Jun confessed, Chang Yizhi put down those few pages of letter paper.But before the case was settled, those thin pages were shaking like chaff?
Pei Sui wondered if Chang Yizhi was also hiding a big secret, thinking that Li Chengzhi had discovered it, so he was worried about the incident?
In fact, he was only half right.

All people have secrets, and Chang Yizhi is no exception.

In the first year of the Tianjian, Xiao Yan proclaimed himself emperor and rewarded ministers with meritorious service. Changyi, as Xiao Yan's confidant, was naturally among them.

In addition to bestowing titles and appointing officials, Xiao Yan had a whim, and also bestowed a marriage on Changyi.At that time, Chang Yizhi was already in his forties, with one wife and two concubines in their prime.

But the emperor's concubine is naturally impossible to be a concubine, let alone serve a husband with others.

However, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, such cases were not uncommon.Not to mention the marriage bestowed by the emperor, if a son of a commoner family or a poor family is a nobleman, there will often be a family who will take the initiative to marry him.

And most of them have married wives and had children, but nine out of ten they will readily agree.Afterwards, he either gave his wife a cup of poisoned wine, or a piece of white silk, or drowned in the lake...

But Chang Yizhi has a deep affection for his wife and concubines, and all the sons are adults, so he was afraid of leaving hidden dangers, so he politely refused on the spot.

I thought I would let it go, but when he thanked the emperor and returned home, his wife and two concubines had hanged themselves.

No one knows the details, but both the government and the opposition are secretive.Two months later, Changyizhi married Princess Changxing and gave birth to a son the following year.

Two years later, Xiao Yizhi, the uncle of the emperor and the father of Princess Changxing, died of illness.The next month, Princess Changxing missed her so much that she accidentally fell into the water and drowned.

Both the government and the opposition said that it was Chang Yizhi who drowned Princess Changxing to avenge his dead wife.The Xiao clan was indignant and asked the emperor to investigate thoroughly.

But finding no clue, it's like fishing for a moon in water, and finally can only let it go.

And there is no wind in the hole, not necessarily without reason.Princess Changxing was indeed drowned by Chang Yizhi.But it is not rumored by the world, it is Changyi's revenge for his dead wife.

As the saying goes, if there is a grievance, there is a debtor. Princess Changxing is just a weak woman who acts according to her father and brother's orders. Even Changyi's grievances cannot be blamed on her.

What he hates is Xiao Yizhi, the king of Yi'an Cheng who falsely preached the oracle and tricked his wife and concubines into committing suicide, that is, the father of Princess Changxing.

Because of Changyi's unsecret behavior, Princess Changxing inadvertently found out about the poisoning of Xiao Yi, but she had no choice but to silence her.

Therefore, in terms of crimes, Pei Sui and Cheng Jingjun together are not as good as one of his top ten...

Changyi wondered whether this secret had already been known to Li Chengzhi, just like a knife and an ax add to the neck, the most frightening time is when it is pending, so Li Chengzhi did not write it in the letter.

But this is only second. After all, it has been nearly six years since the rape and double arrest, the thief and the stolen goods, so how can there be any evidence to speak of?

Even if it was introduced into the emperor's ear country, with Xiao Yan's disposition of lenient confidants and caring for feathers, at most he would be gradually left out in the cold, and his life would still be safe.

What Changyi was terrified about was: How did Li Chengzhi know about such a secret?

Thinking of what Yuan Li and Yu Zhongyu said in the account the day before yesterday, Chang Yizhi's heart tightened.

God-given man...

Able to pinch and calculate, clever calculation...

What's more: Li Chengzhi is so and so, what is his intention?

Chang Yizhi settled down, his eyes narrowed slightly, and two points of cold light appeared, and he stabbed at Li Rui: "At this moment, it seems that it's not that the cronies stole the secret and fled south, but that Duke Li secretly sent his confidants to Jiankang to rebel Is it a plan?"

"County Marquis Mingjian!"

Li Ruigong replied, "It's not just the confidants of the Lord... Last night, due to lax supervision, several other soldiers from the noble dynasty fled from the camp and disappeared..."

Missing a bird feather?

I am afraid that they have been bought by Li Chengzhi, or even used secret means to make those captives think that I, Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, and Cheng Jingjunzhen were negotiating with Li Chengzhi in secret, so they fled south overnight and went to Beijing to report to the emperor. up.

Chang Yizhi heheed: "I just left last night, and it's only been a day since I set off. The old man immediately sent his horse to Jiankang. How can he know that he can't be one step ahead of time and stop that confidant and general outside the capital?"

Li Rui looked at Chang Yizhi like he was looking at a fool: You really believe me when Mr. Lang said that he sent people to Jiankang just last night?

"The prisoner of the Gui Dynasty did leave last night, but Mr. Lang also said: The thief dared to put all his eggs in one basket to steal the secrets. He should have planned it long ago. He must have seen the county magistrates and county princes and other secrets before...

Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that the thief will not send people to Jiankang to report it earlier... Maybe the Southern Emperor has already known all about it by this time, and Jiankang has already made rumors.What's more, the imperial envoy who was relieved of the military power of the county marquis and escorted to Beijing for interrogation has already set off from Jiankang... That's why Mr. Lang sent his servants to advise the county marquis: instead of sitting and waiting for death, it's better to give it a go..."

Sitting still... let it go?
"Ha ha ha ha……"

Chang Yizhi suddenly laughed wildly, "Li Chengzhi, a young boy with a yellow mouth, dares to throw an ax in front of the old man? The old man's official life is ups and downs, and he has fought for half his life. I don't know how many storms and waves he has gone through.

He also knows that the old man and His Majesty have known each other for dozens of years when they knew each other, and His Majesty and I have a heart-to-heart relationship, and our love is as deep as the sea. How could it be that these trivial tricks of his can drive us apart? "

"What the county marquis said is very true... Mr. Lang once said: With the friendship between the county marquis and your majesty, it is impossible to sow discord with a few words..."

Li Rui didn't argue, and carefully recalled all the explanations Li Chengzhi gave him before: "But what if His Majesty is forced to kill you, so as to imitate others?"

Hearing the words "to serve as a warning to others", Chang Yizhi paused suddenly, but Pei Sui's hair stood on end in shock.

I also blame Pei Sui for being unrestrained, the words "Xiao Yan is a rebellious official and traitor, everyone will punish him" is really taboo, as long as the word spreads to Jiankang and the emperor summons Pei Guang, the truth will be revealed with a slight deceit.

But when he asked himself, he, Pei Sui, did not have such a deep friendship with the emperor as Chang Yizhi.Even with Xiao Yan's magnanimous temperament, he would not take his life, but he would definitely kill others as an example.

At least he's done his martial job to the end...

Furthermore, listening to the meaning of the words of this servant of the Li family, it seems that Li Chengzhi has left something behind?
Chang Yizhi let out a sigh of relief: "What tricks does the Li family have, let's tell them all together?"

"it is good!"

Li Rui responded loudly, and said four words in a leisurely manner: "Wang Meng, Golden Sword!"

It's like a bell in the morning and a drum in the evening, it's deafening.Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui were both startled, startled and angry.

Both of them are people who have read the history books, how can they not know the famous golden knife trick in history?
When the Five Hus were vying for hegemony in the Central Plains, Qianyan was in conflict, and Wu Wang Murongchui rebelled against Qianyan and defected to Fujian of the former Qin Dynasty.

Murong Chui is talented, both civil and military, and is quite famous.During Huanwen's Northern Expedition, it was Yu Fangtou who led the army and defeated it.When Fu Jian learned that Murong Chui had come to vote, he was overjoyed and went to the suburbs to meet him.

Former Qin Prime Minister Wang Meng advised Fu Jian, saying that Murong Chui is definitely not someone who depends on others, and that sooner or later he will become the enemy of the former Qin Dynasty, so he advised the King of Heaven to get rid of Murong Chui to avoid future troubles.

But Fu Jian's temperament is forgiving, benevolent and loyal, although Wang Meng made many admonitions, he should not respond.Wang Meng was not discouraged either, thinking that if you don't kill Murong Chui, I will create an opportunity for you to kill him.

The following year, Fu Jian defeated Yan and worshiped Wang Meng as a general.Fu Jian was also recommended by Wang Meng, and Murong Chui's eldest son, Murong Ling, was appointed as the army guide and appointed as a member of the army.

Then, the most exciting scene came: on the eve of the expedition, Wang Meng visited Murong Chui with a lot of gifts on the grounds of asking for advice.Murong does not doubt that he has it, knows everything and speaks endlessly.And set up a banquet to entertain Wang Meng.

Thirty days later, they were already half drunk, and when they were saying goodbye, Wang Meng took off his jade pendant and presented it to Murong Chui as a token of friendship.Murong Chui was flattered, and immediately untied the golden saber at his waist as a gift in return.

Afterwards, the army went out to fight, and when it was about to arrive at Luoyang, the capital of the former Yan Emperor, Wang Meng promised to bribe Murong Chui's cronies with high officials and rich salary, and gave him a golden knife to make him lie to Murong Ling, saying that Murong Chui had repented and wanted to abandon the dark side and turn to the light to join Murong Chui Shi.

There was a golden knife close to the body that his father regarded as a treasure as a proof, and it was his father's close body and confidant who came with the knife. Murong Ling didn't know what to do, so he fought back before the battle.

It's a pity that he just joined the army. He had no generals and no soldiers. He fled back to Qianyan with only dozens of soldiers.

The news of Murong Chui's rebellion under Murong Chui's order spread back to Chang'an. Murong Chui knew that he had been tricked, and he knew that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean up, so he defected overnight.

Later, he was captured alive by the pursuers sent by Fu Jian, but even so, Fu Jian did not kill him.Instead, he comforted him with gentle words, saying that even father and son are not guilty.Afterwards, treat him like before...

Afterwards, it was true as Wang Meng said: After Wang Meng died, no one would persuade him, Murong Chui became more and more powerful, and finally took advantage of Fu Jian's defeat of Feishui, and led his army to rebel, which became the last straw that crushed the former Qin Dynasty.

If Fu Jianquan knew it, his intestines would regret it, right?
The reason why Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui changed their expressions in astonishment was because they knew the viciousness of this plan and it was impossible to understand.

The secret that Li Chengzhi said in the letter is like the golden sword that Wang Meng asked Murong Chui for.And Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, Cheng Jingjun and other three people belong to Jiankang's family, just like Murong Chui's son Murong Ling.

As long as Li Chengzhi dispatches his confidantes, as evidenced by the secrets of the three, nine out of ten they will be able to gain the trust of the family of the three.

There is no need to make Murong Chui's family members rebel like they did to encourage Murong Chui, just saying that Chang Yizhi and others knew that someone had told the emperor about this secret, so that they could make them flee overnight like a frightened bird.

When he escaped from Jiankang, Li Chengzhi's confidants either spread rumors or sent people to report, saying that Chang Yizhi and others had already voted for Wei.

At that time, even his family members have fled the capital, how can the emperor trust Chang Yizhi, and how should he treat him?
What's more, people's words are formidable, and everyone's words are golden, and the huge imperial court is not completely decided by the emperor alone!
This is a conspiracy, and Li Chengzhi has already made up his mind: even if he tells the whole story, Chang Yizhi has nothing to do...

Pei Sui was anxious and hated, wishing to call someone to drag Li Rui down and cut him into pieces.

He thought about it in every possible way, thinking that it would be a change of place, and it would be Changyi's, so now he has no other choice but to retreat as soon as possible.

And he had to retreat as soon as possible, but if he missed tonight, the three of them would definitely regret it for the rest of their lives.

As for Rucheng Jingjun, it was only at this time that he had come back to it.From time to time, he stole glances at Li Rui, and at the few pages of letter paper in front of Chang Yizhi.

It turned out that it wasn't the imperial court who took his official documents?
At this time, he has already taken care of how Wei Shuai found out, and there is only one thought in his mind: how to escape this catastrophe?
It's not about living, it's that the enemy has not died, the vengeance has not been avenged, and he can't die...

But Chang Yizhi was shocked and angry.

Surprisingly, how did Li Chengzhi know about such secrets?
If he is a person who is gifted by heaven, can he pinch and count?

What is angry is that there is no solution to this plan, it can be called poisonous and poisonous...

He took a few breaths to force himself to calm down, and then slowly closed his eyes, calculating the gains and losses.

But after thinking about it, he couldn't find even the slightest good strategy except to retreat?
After hesitating for a long time, Chang Yizhi opened his eyes and sighed suddenly: "Send the order, retreat immediately!"

(End of this chapter)