Unclean

Chapter 96

After the Dongshou incident, Dongping, which belongs to the fiefdom of King Wu, has been in a strange calm.

Judging from the letter from the Secretary of the Imperial City, the prince has been staying in the mansion, and only a few staff members have been in and out of the mansion.

After bidding farewell to Yu Qin at the city gate, Yan Yunhe went to the edict prison. Unlike the environment in the sky prison, there were all kinds of torture instruments on display in the edict prison, with blood stains on them, and the smell in the air was disgusting.

It was in such an environment that Yan Yunhe met his former teacher Zhou Chonghua.

Standing in front of the fence, he looked at Zhou Chonghua who was curled up in a corner, almost unable to recognize his former mentor.

Zhou Chonghua moved his body and felt someone's gaze. He raised his head slowly, as if he was a little delirious and couldn't recognize anyone.

No more confessions could be obtained from Zhou Chonghua. On the first day in prison, this man tried to kill himself by biting his tongue. Although he failed, he could not say a word more.

Zhou Chonghua instigated the king of Wu, smuggled arms, and raised money to raise soldiers.Nellie wins over civil servants and Qingliu, eroding the Jinwu Guard.

He has done enough. If Emperor Cheng Jing is really a puppet emperor, maybe he will succeed. After assassinating Emperor Cheng Jing, he will help the prince of Wu to ascend the throne.

It's just that since Zhou Chonghua was holding the banner of revenge for the former prince Youyi, didn't he think that even if Prince Wu's son were to be the emperor, the Jiang family would still be the same Jiang family, and it would still be the Empress Dowager Jiang who sat firmly in the Palace of Compassion.

The real culprit who killed the prince back then still occupies a high position of power.

Yan Yunhe believes that Zhou Chonghua may not have thought about it.

Perhaps the original intention of this person was indeed to avenge the former prince, but over the years, the original ambition was repeatedly defeated by reality.

The Jiang family is an unattainable mountain. Only by making the prince of Wu the emperor can he complete the real revenge.

Is Prince Wu's son the blood of the former prince Youyi?

If it is fake, then this revenge is a joke from the beginning to the end. It is just that Zhou Chonghua has spent many years planning for his own self-interest, and he has taken a huge risk to promote a civet cat to the top.

Coming out of the Imperial Prison and then going to Qianqing Palace, Yan Yunhe was full of doubts, maybe he could know the answer from Emperor Cheng Jing.

Emperor Cheng Jing was rarely at leisure today, and did not meet with the ministers.

Yan Yunhe just entered to salute, then raised his head, he was startled by the appearance of Emperor Cheng Jing.

I saw blood scabs on the corners of Emperor Cheng Jing's lips, and the wound was very clear, as if he had fallen and knocked his lips just right.

Emperor Cheng Jing looked at the memorial with a blank face, his serious expression really made people think nothing of Fengyue.

So Yan Yunhe didn't pay attention to it for too long, so he withdrew his gaze.

Emperor Cheng Jing summoned him here for the sake of Prince Wu's son.

To his surprise, Emperor Cheng Jing ordered him to bring the prince of Wu back to the capital.

Why not just execute people on the spot, and bring them back to the capital, causing more accidents.

But Yan Yunhe had never been able to figure out what Emperor Cheng Jing was thinking.

It was as if he didn't understand why Emperor Cheng Jing let Yu Qin go, and even promised to clear up his grievances.

For Emperor Cheng Jing, there were disadvantages but no advantages.

But Emperor Cheng Jing should also have his own considerations, his vision is always farther than theirs.

Coming out of Qianqing Palace, Eunuch Yan was by his side, Yan Yunhe said softly: "Why is Your Majesty injured?"

Eunuch Yan said without raising his eyes: "It's cold in winter, Your Majesty ate too much mutton hot pot, and developed mouth sores."

In the final analysis, this is Emperor Cheng Jing's private matter, so he can't care too much about it.

Eunuch Yan has something to say: "My lord, during this trip to Dongping, does Your Majesty have any orders to bring Prince Wu back to the capital?"

Yan Yunhe thought to himself, as the emperor's close servant, Eunuch Yan should be the first to know what Emperor Cheng Jing thinks, so why would he ask him.

But he still said: "Yes, His Majesty did order so."

After hearing this, Eunuch Yan didn't show any abnormality on his face, as if he just asked a casual question and Yan Yunhe answered casually.

"By the way, Eunuch Yan, yesterday you told me not to ask Sir Fang before His Majesty. I don't know why he has offended His Majesty?" Yan Yunhe asked.

Eunuch Yan: "Master Fang wants to resign from the position of the Imperial City Secretary."

Yan Yunhe was not surprised at all. After You Liang's death, Fang Zhizhou obviously didn't have the energy to continue to manage this huge intelligence agency.

Eunuch Yan: "Your Majesty rejected Mr. Fang's request, and only let Mr. Fang take the blame and meritorious deeds. Mr. Fang is indeed very upright. This morning, he provided His Majesty with all the secret channels, ledgers, number of private soldiers about Zhou Chonghua's smuggled arms, and even information about this matter. Some private affairs of the little prince."

Yan Yunhe: "Is this related to His Majesty changing his mind and asking to bring the son to Beijing?"

Eunuch Yan: "Your Majesty's thoughts, how can we slaves easily guess?"

It means that he has already revealed enough, so tell Yan Yun when to stop.

Yan Yunhe didn't continue to ask, he had more important things to rush over now.

After coming out of the palace, Yan Yunhe hurried to Fang's mansion, but Fang Zhizhou was not there, so he went to the dim sum shop, only to find Fang Zhizhou.

This person is dealing with business affairs that have accumulated for many days in an orderly manner, and he doesn't even have time to pay attention to the banquet.

If it wasn't for Fang Zhizhou's white clothes like a widow's, Yan Yun would have thought that he had already walked out.

Yan Yunhe asked directly: "Where did you get so much news?"

Fang Zhizhou said without raising his head, "What news?"

Yan Yunhe: "The ones you reported to His Majesty this morning."

Fang Zhizhou: "There are also people from the Imperial City Division in Dongping, so it's not difficult to find out."

Yan Yunhe: "Earlier, you couldn't even find out that Zhou Shanhe was the face-disfigured aide next to the King of Wu. How could you find out the news that Zhou Chonghua had been in prison for so long and didn't tell him?"

Fang Zhizhou put down the wolf hair in his hand: "I have my method, you don't have to question too much, just like I won't ask you how you won those battles, you just have to choose to believe me or not."

Yan Yunhe supported the table with both hands: "I believe you, but I also want to know where your news came from."

It's a pity that Yan Yunhe didn't learn well in the matter of interrogation, and he couldn't perform well in the face of Fang Zhizhou who knew him very well.

In the end, he could only get out of the dim sum shop with nothing, but he returned to Fangfu again.

This time, he didn't stop the gatekeeper, and just went into Fang's mansion.But he didn't rush around, but looked at the tense faces of the servants of Fang's mansion, and hung the peace amulets worn in their arms for a long time on the branches in the backyard.

"Next winter, I will come here to eat hot pot again." Yan Yunhe said with a smile, as if talking to himself, or telling someone.

In the ninth year of the Great Jin Dynasty, Yan Yunhe led his troops to set off. After arriving in Dongping City, they encountered fierce resistance from the private army of King Wu.

He even threatened the lives of the people in the city and asked Yan Yunhe to retreat and surrender.

Yan Yun had no choice but to temporarily retreat dozens of miles and camp outside Dongping City.

Xiao Liu was his deputy this time. Before Zhao Chengan left the capital, he left Xiao Liu with him. He also heard that he was coming to recover Dongping this time.

Yan Yunhe was meditating in the tent, Xiao Liu opened the tent and entered, angrily said: "This is too annoying, where are they like this, they are forcing people's lives, what are they like soldiers, they are simply a gang of rape Bandits!"

Yan Yunhe's eyebrows moved slightly: "It's not easy to recruit private soldiers. Most of them are desperadoes, and they are not as strict as in the military camp. Accidents are inevitable. Besides, since ancient times, two countries have fought each other, and they became soldiers after the city was broken. In the eyes of the common people, they are no different from robbers."

Xiao Liu's face turned red: "Of course I know this, but these private soldiers live in Dongping City on weekdays, don't they have relatives of these people among the common people, how can they be so cruel!"

Yan Yunhe said calmly: "I feel something is wrong."

Xiao Liu came back to his senses: "What?"

Yan Yunhe: "Wu Wangshizi has been taught by Zhou Chonghua for many years, and his father is still... In short, this does not seem like something he would do."

Xiao Liu: "It doesn't matter what he does now, what matters is what we do next, should we just wait?"

"It's true that we can't wait any longer." Yan Yunhe lowered his eyes and said, "Let's negotiate first, and I have to appoint Prince Wu to negotiate with me. See if there is really someone playing tricks behind this."

Although there are not many old examples of negotiations between the two armies before the confrontation, it is not completely absent.

It's just that generals usually send cronies to negotiate, but it's rare to see Yan Yunhe personally go into battle and put himself in danger.

This request was made as a test.

On the other side of Dongping City, news came that Prince Wu's son had agreed to meet and negotiate.

This made Yan Yunhe even more convinced that there must be something wrong inside the Prince Wu's mansion, and the eldest son who left Zhou Chonghua and Zhou Shanhe could no longer control the people underneath.

On the day of the negotiation, Yan Yunhe led a small team to the junction of the two armies, watching the carriage coming alone and the few personal soldiers behind him.

Yan Yunhe frowned slightly, her intuition was wrong.

He asked people to come forward and say hello to the prince in the carriage.The curtain of the car moved slightly, revealing a pale face.

The moment Yan Yunhe saw the face, his heart missed a few beats, and there was no other reason.

This Prince Wu's son looks really similar to the young Yu Qin.

At a glance, there is even an illusion of going back in time.

However, when Yu Qin was young, he was not like Prince Wu, as if it took a lot of effort to catch his breath.

Even the later Yu Qin looked like that because he was poisoned and injured.

Wait... This Prince Wu, has never heard of a weak body?

While Yan Yunhe was silently looking at Prince Wu, this sickly young man was also looking at him calmly.

At this time, he clearly saw that Prince Wu raised his hand and slowly made a gesture.

This is a code commonly used in the military, and it is also a simple message-there is an ambush.

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In the Valley of the Medicine King, Yu Qin went through a torturous medicinal bath.

Doctor Zhou's fellow students were all very interested in him, and one of them even asked him curiously when they met for the first time: "It's too strange that you are still alive with this kind of body, and you need to study it carefully."

Therefore, Yu Qin settled down in Yaowang Valley and lived a life of being "studied" every day.

He would write some letters every few days and asked Yinniang to send them to Yan Yunhe.

After many letters passed, I have never received a reply.

It was Yinniang who told him that Yan Yunhe was going to Dongping, he was in the military camp, and Yu Qin was afraid that he would not receive these family letters for the time being, so Yu Qin gave up.

He didn't stop writing letters, but after writing every day, he didn't want to send them out so urgently. Instead, he kept those letters and planned to send them out together at that time.

When he wrote the letter that day, he always felt a little uneasy. There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and Yinniang pushed the door in panic.

Before Yinniang could speak, the pen in her hand dropped, and the ink splashed everywhere, which was shocking.

"But something happened in Huaiyang."

Before Yinniang could speak, he asked first.

Yinniang pursed her lips and nodded slightly towards him.