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Chapter 492 Bole
On the Anqing city wall, Prince Ning looked down at the Five Army Camps not far away with a solemn expression.

Li Shishi on the side frowned slightly, revealing some confusion.

He looked at Wang Lun and asked, "Ruyan, are you sure that the Fifth Army Camp of the Beijing Camp is across from you?"

"Absolutely confirmed!" Wang Lun nodded and looked at Li Shishi in surprise, saying, "Who in the world doesn't know that Ou Zanghua led the five military camps south?"

"It's really unexpected!" Li Shishi said in disbelief. "The Fifth Army Battalion is an army that has fought against the Mongolian cavalry on the grasslands. How could their infantry appear so lazy and disorganized? They are no different from the soldiers of the garrison."

“Perhaps,” Wang Lun speculated after careful observation, “those once elite troops may have suffered heavy losses in the fierce battle on the grassland, and what we see now are just newly expanded troops. They do seem to be poorly trained and have poor discipline.”

"But look at their cavalry and artillery battalions. They are well-organized, moving in an orderly manner, and showing their experience in advancing and retreating. This is obviously an army that has experienced many battles. Could it be that only the infantry participated in the battle on the grassland?"

Li Shishi couldn't figure out the reason, so the idea of ​​a surprise attack always lingered in his mind, but he didn't dare to express it easily.

Wang Lun observed intently for a while, then pondered, "Could it be that Ou Zanghua deliberately revealed this flaw in order to lure us out of the city for a surprise attack? Prime Minister, look at that cavalry unit, they are unusually calm. If we launch a surprise attack rashly, this cavalry unit will be able to quickly raid the city, and with the powerful firepower of the artillery camp, we might end up in an extremely passive situation."

"Well, let's observe it for a while!" Li Shishi was unsure, so he nodded, then turned to look at King Ning beside him, hoping that the conversation just now would make him make some changes.

But King Ning's expression did not change at all. After waiting for a long time, he heard him speak: "Don't be careless, Ou Jingyu is not an ordinary person."

At the same time, in the camp of the Five Army Camps, the Minister of Revenue Qiao Yu and the Minister of Justice Sun Xu came hand in hand, but the two of them escorted one person here at the request of Ou Zanghua.

The person who was cared about by the three ministers was Liu Lang, the former eunuch garrisoning Yingtian Prefecture.

Ou Zanghua sincerely thanked the two seniors and was about to arrange for someone to interrogate him, but Sun Xu suddenly said, "Sir Ou, since this is an interrogation, there should be someone from the Ministry of Justice present, right?"

"Lord Sun, you are joking. Liu Lang's crime of colluding with the rebels is far beyond the ability of the Ministry of Justice to handle alone." Ou Zanghua said calmly, "But you two can rest assured. After the trial, I will send him back to Tianfu."

Qiao Yu and Sun Xu exchanged helpless looks and had to agree reluctantly.

After the two adults left, Ou Zanghua immediately summoned Liu Lang.

This was the first time Ou Zanghua met Liu Lang. This man had an old and haggard face, with loose skin covered with ravine-like wrinkles, sunken eye sockets, cloudy and yellow eyeballs, and had lost his former spirit, leaving only endless fatigue.

His sparse white hair was scattered messily behind his head, mixed with a few strands of gray and black hair, which looked particularly eye-catching.

Ou Zanghua pointed at the table, his face calm as water, without a trace of ripples, and slowly said: "Liu Lang, you were once a favorite of the late emperor, and you were deeply trusted by him. He even made an exception and granted you twenty servants as a special honor."

"After ascending the throne, the current emperor showed you great favor and entrusted you with the important task of guarding Yingtian Prefecture. You relied on Liu Jin's power and acted more and more arrogantly. You even dared to write a judgment on your own and sent it directly to the Ministry of Justice, ignoring the law! However, even when Liu Jin lost power and the court and the public were shaken, His Majesty also let you off the hook and did not investigate further."

"And you didn't think of repaying me, and even colluded with King Ning to plot a rebellion! You deserve to be killed." Liu Lang knelt on the ground, laughing a little: "I am superstitious, so I built a Jade Emperor Pavilion in my backyard. Some quacks often use the name of the Jade Emperor to defraud my precious treasures and money."

"But at that time, I was convinced that they could grow back the limbs I had lost."

"The more money I invested, the stronger my determination became. Just then, King Ning appeared. He was quite direct and told me clearly that he did not have the ability to regenerate severed limbs, but he was willing to give me money to support me in my search for a way to revive myself."

"Master Ou, do you understand that feeling? Everyone in the world says that you are wishful thinking, that you are fanciful, and even thinks it is natural for you to be deceived. But there is one person who believes in you and is willing to support you with real money!"

"What's this called?"

"This is called a bosom friend, a bosom friend!"

At this point, Liu Lang slid his hips and seemed to sit on the ground: "But I really have let down the late emperor and your majesty. You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. Liu Lang has no complaints!"

Ou Zanghua looked at Liu Lang and wanted to tell him that what King Ning valued was his identity as the eunuch guarding Yingtian Prefecture, not him as a person.

If it were someone else, if it was a beauty he liked, King Ning would also give her to him without hesitation, and they could still become close friends.

But looking at Liu Lang's expression, perhaps he knew it in his heart, but just didn't want to face it.

"Hand over the list of people who colluded with Prince Ning, and I will let you go and save you from the pain of the flesh."

"Thank you, Lord Ou." Upon hearing this, Liu Lang bowed and agreed.

Ou Zanghua waved his hand, signaling the guards to take the old eunuch away for interrogation.

In the following days, everything remained the same.

Artillery bombarded Anqing City continuously, suppressing the defenders in the city to the point where they could hardly raise their heads. However, despite the fierce attack, they were unable to shake the city gates at all.

At the same time, the cavalry divided themselves into twenty teams of 100 men each, and moved flexibly around Anqing City. On the surface, they seemed to be actively looking for a breakthrough for the attack, but in fact they were quietly cutting off all contact between Anqing City and the outside world, ensuring that the defenders in the city were unaware of the chaotic situation in the rear.

And there was an extra list on Ou Zanghua's desk.

He opened it and saw a dense list of officials who colluded with King Ning according to Liu Lang's confession. What was even more surprising was that the information on some officials in the list was extremely detailed, not only recording the huge bribes given to them by King Ning, but also listing in detail the various illegal things they did for King Ning.

Ou Zanghua looked calm, and in his heart he had already silently exiled these families to the northwest and Liaodong.

(End of this chapter)