Vol 3 Chapter 14: Equipped with weapons (two more)

The emperor heard what Wang Lu said and felt reasonable, so he temporarily suppressed Hejian County in advance.
At noon the next day, Su Qing's Zhezi rushed into the capital. After receiving the memorial, the emperor passed Wang Lu and the prime minister into the palace.
After reading Su Qing’s memorial, the two of them were puzzled for a while. Su Qing’s memorial said that Ye Shizi’s people had found something in Qiufeng Mountain. He followed Ye Shizi’s advice. After three days of getting out of bed and walking, he Put the case on hold and set off for Beijing. Regarding Hejian County, in these three days, Ye Shizi will assign Hejian County Shoufuya to block Qiufeng Mountain from top to bottom to deal with related matters, and wait for him to bring the thing back to Beijing to discuss in detail, and then ask the emperor to determine how to investigate the matter in the future. .
There was no mention of what Ye Chang had found.
Wang Lu and Prime Minister Sun were both people who had been in the official position for most of their lives. Knowing that Su Qing was not mentioned in the Zhezi, they might be afraid of divulging them. Presumably, this thing must be extremely important, and it might have a lot to do with this case.
The emperor asked the two, "What do you think?"
The two took a look at each other, and Prime Minister Sun said, "Such a big case, you can't wait to take it lightly. Presumably the object Ye Shizi found is very important. Now that the third son Su said so, then wait two days and wait for the third son Su to bring it. After returning to Beijing with things, the emperor will make a final decision."
The emperor nodded when he heard the words, "Then wait two days!"
The matter was settled, and the emperor said again, "200,000 soldiers and horses from Beijing Lu were dispatched to Yanbei. Now it has been three days, and in another three days, should we go to Yanbei?"
Prime Minister Sun nodded, "The minister thought it was almost the same."
The emperor said, "Originally, Xu Yunchu and Su Yatou's report was to request the transfer of 100,000 Jinglu soldiers and horses, but the kid Ye Chang suggested to me that the Jinglu soldiers and horses should be raised into waste in the middle of Beijing and transfer 200,000 to Yanbei. After training, there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses in Beijing, plus our 10,000 imperial troops and 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, which is only 90,000. The soldiers stationed in the capital are weak. Now Hejian There is such a big case in the county, I’m afraid that if someone knows that the capital's soldiers are weak and take the opportunity to deal with the capital, these people are afraid that they are invincible, but what should they do?"
Wang Lu said, "The emperor's worries are also reasonable." After the words fell, he said, "However, after Su Yatou left, the military inspector and the Crossbow Office were still refining weapons according to her requirements. As the day goes down, it should be a little fruitful. The minister thought that first give the refined weapons and arrows to the archers of the Wucheng Soldier Masi, and follow Ye Shizi's five-city defense arrangement, even if someone is thinking about dealing with the capital. In a short time, it shouldn’t be a problem either."
Prime Minister Sun took over and said, "Three days later, when the soldiers and horses of Beijing Lu arrive in Yanbei, it is time for Xiaoguo's uncle to return to Beijing with the imperial forest army. By then, plus your imperial forest army, the strength of the capital will not be weak, and you can be safe ."
When the emperor heard the words, he nodded, "What he said is reasonable." When the words fell, he instructed Koizumiko, "Send my verbal order, and summon Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Zhou Sheyu Palace."
"Yes!" Koizumiko went quickly.
Not long after, Shang Shu and Zhou She hurriedly entered the palace.
The Ministry of War Shangshu has been busy these days, and the entire Ministry of War is like a top. First, the Yanbei warfare, and then the Western Border. In the Western Region, there was no rush to urge the grain and grass, but the Minister of War Shangshu was almost beheaded by the emperor last time, and finally saved his old life. Even if Yanbei and the Western Region did not urge them, they did not dare to neglect the delay. After a few days, my tired waist couldn't straighten up.
The Armament Supervisor and Nufong Administration had been watching Zhou She day and night, and had not returned home for more than a month. Now that he heard the emperor summoned him, his heart beat the drums. When Su Fengnuan was in the capital, she stayed at the Military Weapon Supervisor and Nufong Office day and night, and she was pointing everywhere. She couldn’t make mistakes, but after she left the capital, the burden was placed on him, although he did not follow Su Fengnuan’s request. Big mistakes are made, but small mistakes continue to occur, which naturally affects the process of weapon manufacturing.
When the two entered the imperial study room, the emperor asked about the secret weapon creation.
The Shangshu of the Ministry of War looked at Zhou She, and he really didn't have time to go to the military equipment monitor these days, and he was half-hearted about the situation.
Zhou She hurried forward to report a number, and while reporting it, he beat his heart.
After the emperor heard this, he didn't blame Zhou She, nodded, and said, "First transport these out and arrange them secretly for the 50% of the soldiers and horses. Then step up the supervision and ship the next batch to the west."
Zhou She kept his head down again and again.
After lying in bed for three days, Su Qing was finally able to get out of bed and walk around, and immediately set out to return to Beijing.
After Su Qing was poisoned and injured, Ye Chang temporarily suspended his trip to Yanbei and stayed at the Hejian county government office to deal with all matters. On the afternoon when Su Qing woke up, he went to Qiufeng Mountain. Qiufeng Mountain has become a piece of coke, and there are only a few bodies left with human flesh and bones. The specific number of casualties is that the Hejian County Government can only calculate the casualties according to the household registration. On the case.
Neither the young strong man nor the old or weak women and children survived.
The bloodbath in Qiufengshan was the biggest murder since the plague weaving in Lingshan four years ago. But compared with the Lingshan case four years ago, the former was a plague, which was caused by ineffective human control and concealment, while the latter was a purposeful and planned bloodbath in broad daylight, causing the imperial government. The son of the General's Mansion who sent the investigation nearly died.
The Hejian Station case and the bloodbath case of Qiufeng Mountain in Hejian County were classified as major cases.
Standing on the top of Qiufeng Mountain, Ye Chang looked down from above, just to see the Hejian County Government Office and the Hejian Station not far from it. Although they are far away, they can be vaguely seen when they move and stay quiet.
He squinted his eyes, thinking that the terrain and location of Qiufeng Mountain must be the key to some interested people's ideas.
Master Lingyun went to Qiufeng Mountain with Ye Chang, and read the scriptures to the dead bones of the mountain for a day to save the dead.
Su Qing took the string of Buddhist beads and left for Beijing. Master Lingyun went to Beijing with him. Ye Chang also left the Hejian county government office and went north to Yanbei.
At the same time, Qingwu Weizhe sent by the emperor to Yanbei returned to the capital and presented a secret letter from Su Fengnuan to the emperor.
After reading Su Fengnuan's secret letter, the emperor looked more solemn than ever before.
The crossbow arrows used to attack the city in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were the same as those used to intercept and kill the Ye family master. It can be seen that the conspiracy is great.
He is the king of the East. For many years, he has been praised by the people of the East, and his reputation in the East is even higher than that of the king of a country. If he intercepts the Ye Patriarch and the Northern Zhou Dynasty invades Yanbei, there will be twelve years ago. If the two old cases of King Rong An’s death and the Lingshan plague four years ago are also related to him, then how long has he conspired?
Imagine that if the Northern Zhou Dynasty captured Yanbei and drove straight in, would he immediately oppose Nanqi and cooperate with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the inside should be combined with the outside? If he has been preparing for many years, in addition to the weapons depot, he should also secretly raise soldiers and horses, he must have exceeded the imperial 50,000 soldiers and horses, right?
If so, Nan Qi would be shaken now! Fortunately, Su Fengnuan guarded Yanbei.
The emperor put down the secret letter and said angrily, "What a Xiangjun king, for so many years, I haven't found him at all wrong."
Qing Wuwei bowed his head, no one in the imperial study room answered, only his voice echoed in the open space.
After a long while, the emperor took a deep breath and asked Qing Wuwei, "What else did Su Ya say?"
Qing Wuwei stopped Su Fengnuan and told him that he had been ordered to take back the statement, and said that several of them had met the second son of Chen. At that time, the second son of Chen was still unconscious, and indeed he was seriously injured.
After hearing this, the emperor nodded and softened his tone, "Stated that the two granaries of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were set on fire, and he established a great achievement, and then he blocked the king of Yanbei. The king of Yanbei is old, the king of Yanbei is old. Supporting the Yanbei Palace, if something happened to him, Yanbei would be unimaginable. He saved the Yanbei Prince, which is also a great achievement. The Yanbei Prince, Xiaoguo Uncle, and Su Yatou mentioned in the letter. I originally thought that It is a pity that the Anguo government implicated him, but now he is loyal to the country, and unlike his father, two great contributions are enough to let me graciously spare him his life. That's it, let him stay in Yanbei first!"
Qingwuwei nodded.
The emperor pondered for a moment, and then said, "Just follow Su Yatou's proposal! You immediately take a hundred Qingwuwei to visit Jiangnan and contact Ye Xi to find out if the King of Xiang County is in Jiangnan."
The leader of Qingwuwei bowed his head and did not dare to delay, and immediately led some people out of the capital to the south of the Yangtze River.
Because Su Qing was not healed from his serious injury, he dared not rush on the way back to Beijing, and only arrived in Beijing two days later.
After he entered Beijing, he dared not delay, so he hurried into the palace.
The emperor summoned him in the imperial study room and looked at the string of prayer beads he had presented, his face was gloomy, and he threw the string of prayer beads on the imperial case with a "slap", and said angrily, "Okay, what a Xiangjun Wang, in vain, I treat him like a brother. He has not neglected for many years, so he dare! He really dare! He actually did the Hejian Post station, and he really conspired with Bei Zhou!"
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