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Chapter 1004 Ambush
The early summer in the south is cool in the mornings and evenings. When walking at night, you can only hear the chirping of insects on both sides and the occasional night breeze blowing, which is refreshing.

When we arrived at the military camp, more than ten generals were waiting.

"Greetings, sir!" Everyone bowed.

Jiang Qingzhi nodded, "I wanted to come again tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to greet me."

Wang Tian and Yang Yue exchanged glances.

Sure enough.

Jiang Qing had just purged the local garrisons in Songjiang Prefecture a few days ago, and more than ten generals were arrested. The Ministry of War in the capital, the Five Military Commanders' Office, and people from the Ministry of War gathered in Songjiang Prefecture for a joint trial.

Before leaving, Jiang Qingzhi left one sentence: Investigate this thoroughly and show no leniency!

Soon, the news that Jiang Qingzhi was going to purge the southern garrisons spread like wildfire.

Jiang Qingzhi was accompanied by too many people, and the accommodation prepared by Wang Tian and others was not enough.

"Set up camp!" Jiang Qingzhi pointed outside the military camp.

There was anxiety in Yang Yue's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Jiang Qingzhi said: "I am tired, you guys should go and have a rest!"

"Yes."

Wang Tian smiled and said, "By the way, there is a small hill next to us. It is said that Sun Quan once wrote a poem on the hill."

"Oh!" Jiang Qingzhi was noncommittal. "Are there any ancient relics?"

Here it comes... Wang Tian said, "There is an inscription by Sun Quan."

"Old Xu."

"Uncle."

"Let's go up and take a look tomorrow. You, one of the Ten Masters of Yuezhong, can identify it and see if it is the work of Sun Quan." Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile, "If I have a son, I hope he will be like Sun Zhongmou!"

"No problem." Xu Wei smiled, "But I've never heard of Sun Quan's inscriptions around here."

He was from the south, and when he was young, he also liked to look for the relics of his predecessors. For a while, Xu Wei's calligraphy fell into a bottleneck period, so he went around the world looking for the original calligraphy of his predecessors. But he was poor! Even if he found it, he couldn't afford it, so he went everywhere to look for the relics of the inscriptions of his predecessors.

Yang Yue smiled and said, "This place is remote. When Sun Quan led his army here, he was very ambitious, but then he was defeated..."

"Oh! I must go and have a look." Xu Wei was somewhat tempted.

Then the generals withdrew.

Jiang Qingzhi stood outside the house and watched these people disappear into the night.

"My Lord, the local commanders are very attentive!" Xu Wei smiled, "It seems they are all scared."

"I killed a group of people in Songjiang Prefecture, and also killed the luck of those people in the south. Some people say it is unwise, but they don't know... In troubled times, we need severe punishments!"

Chen Zheng was just about to take a rest when he heard these words and shook his head. After entering his room, he sighed, "It's not a bad thing to be decisive in killing, but to regard the whole world as your opponent is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Only a wise man can do that. New policies, new policies... where will they go!"

Chen Zheng, who was already very tired, was no longer sleepy. He wanted to find a candle, but found only an oil lamp.

Chen Zheng was unable to light the oil lamp several times due to his old eyesight. He smiled bitterly and said, "I am old, why bother?"

After lighting the oil lamp, Chen Zheng began to write a letter.

The letter was written to Emperor Jiajing.

In the letter, Chen Zheng talked about what he saw and heard during the trip, praised Jiang Qingzhi's actions in Songjiang Prefecture, and finally mentioned his own opinions.

——I think that everything is better in excess than in deficiency. Killing and suppressing may seem satisfying, but things will backfire when they reach the extreme.

Chen Zheng raised his head, "I pride myself on not following the rules, but compared to this Long Wei Bo, I am far behind."

Jiang Qingzhi fell asleep immediately, but Wang Tian and others couldn't sleep.

"Are you all ready?" Wang Tian asked.

There were more than ten generals gathered in his bedroom at this moment. The room was not big, and there was no place for more than ten people to sit. The smell was very strong when they were crowded together.

Yang Yue nodded, "There is a cave for hiding soldiers in that mountain. When the world was in chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the local vassal state hid its soldiers here and ambushed the enemy general successfully."

"Hundreds of years later, I didn't expect that we would ambush Jiang Qingzhi here." Wang Tian wiped his face, "Tomorrow morning, our army will set out for training to avoid suspicion. However, Jiang the thief is a close minister of your majesty after all. If he dies here, we will not be able to escape his wrath."

"Captain, it's better than death!" Yang Yue said, "What we did is worth ten deaths. Besides, someone said that as long as we can succeed, even if we are exiled, we can still enjoy the same life as the master."

A centurion said happily, "Yes, there are two serious criminals in our army who have been sent to the army. Someone has given them benefits. They eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day. They don't have to train or do labor. They can have women if they want, and they can go out to drink and have fun if they want... This is not sent to the army, it is clearly a life of enjoyment!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and their smiles looked particularly joyful in the candlelight.

Wang Tian also smiled, "That's fine. Let's get ready and set off tomorrow. As for Jiang Qingzhi..."

Yang Yue said: "I will stay and accompany you."

"Old Yang, thank you for your hard work." Wang Tian patted Yang Yue's shoulder with emotion. In his opinion, Yang Yue who stayed to keep him company would not have a good ending.

Yang Yue said: "If I hadn't been a thousand households, I would have died long ago."

"Hey!" Wang Tian patted his shoulder again, "Keep an eye on those who took action."

"Don't worry, Captain. We have fed those fierce soldiers. Besides, they were the ones who did all the things we did and killed all these years. If Jiang Qingzhi finds out, we will all die."

"it is good!"

Wang Tian saw the generals off, turned back into the house, and was no longer sleepy.

In the early morning, Wang Tian washed his face.

Then he went to see Jiang Qingzhi.

Jiang Qingzhi is practicing swordplay.

When Wang Tian heard that Jiang Qingzhi had personally charged into the battle line many times, he sneered at this and said that a scholar from Jiangnan, whose body was said to be weaker than that of a woman, was charging into the battle line... He was just trying to create momentum!
Seeing Jiang Qingzhi swinging his sword slowly and weakly, Wang Tian became more confident about today's arrangements. He stepped forward and saluted, "My Lord, your swordsmanship is sharp. I am ashamed to be inferior to you."

Jiang Qingzhi did not answer him until he finished practicing sword skills. He then threw the long sword to Sun Bu Tong who was waiting, and took the cloth handed by Sun Chonglou to wipe the sweat off his face.

This behavior... is like that of a playboy.

"According to the rules, I will lead my subordinates out for training today and will not be able to serve you, sir. Please forgive me." Wang Tian looked uncomfortable.

"Hmm!" Jiang Qingzhi responded casually.

After Wang Tian left, Sun Bu Tong said with a smile: "Master's swordsmanship looks completely different today!"

Sun Chonglou said: "Young Master must be trying to fool someone."

Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "Have breakfast."

The breakfast was ordinary, but the staple food became rice.

It’s been a long time!

Jiang Qingzhi had eaten noodles in the capital, and after a long time, he got used to the northern taste. The dishes were good, and there was even barbecue.

To have barbecue for breakfast, the cook needs to get up early. Jiang Qingzhi tasted it, his eyes were dim.

"It tastes good!"

Sun Chonglou had already finished a roasted leg of lamb and was moving on to a roasted lamb chop.

Boer whispered, "Uncle, I feel something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Sun Bu Tong asked.

The chief consultant has been on the sea for many years and has such rich experience that no one around Jiang Qingzhi can match him.

Boll drank some mutton soup and said, "This military camp is a little unusually quiet. Also, those generals' smiles are unnatural."

"Who can smile naturally when seeing the uncle?" someone laughed.

Xu Wei smiled and said nothing, glancing at Jiang Qingzhi.

Jiang Qingzhi did not participate in their argument and ate his breakfast slowly.

Boll said: "There are several types of unnaturalness. Logically, they should be in awe or at most feel guilty. But I found that some people seem to be spying on the uncle."

The nature of snooping is different.

After breakfast, Yang Yue came.

"I've met my uncle."

"Yes!" Jiang Qingzhi nodded. "Walk around after dinner to help digest the food. It's a good opportunity for you to come. Take me to see the place where Sun Quan left his words."

"Yes." Yang Yue smiled and lowered his head, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

The hill is just four miles northwest of the military camp. There are actually many mountains in the south, such as Fujian and Zhejiang, which are typical mountainous landforms.

In his previous life, Jiang Qingzhi retired early and lay down, wandering around the country, and visited many famous mountains and peaks.

He felt that the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River were not as beautiful as those in the southwest, and in terms of height, majesty, continuity, and grandeur, they were not as good as the mountains in the north.

The mountains in the south of the Yangtze River seemed less majestic to him.

The land and water shape the people, so people in the south are mostly handsome and cultured, but lack the heroic and tragic spirit of the north.

The mountain is really not big. In Jiang Qingzhi's eyes, it is just like a small hill in the southwest. The names of places like the southwest do not contain the word "mountain".

"This mountain is called Hidden Mountain. It is said that a dragon once fell into the mountain. After lying dormant for many years, it suddenly roared on a rainy night and flew away."

"Oh!" Jiang Qingzhi became interested, "Where is the place where the dragon fell?"

"It's on the right." Yang Yue smiled and thought of those people's promise.

——What you, Yang Yue, have done is worthy of being cut into pieces. Jiang Qingzhi wants to eradicate all evil. During the purge of the Beijing Guards, anyone who makes a meritorious report can be exempted from the blame. Will your subordinates keep their mouths shut for you?

——If you don’t want to die, then kill Jiang Qingzhi, and we will naturally make arrangements for your two sons.

Yang Yue’s two sons are now hundreds of miles away from home. According to those people’s arrangements, they will go to the north, change their identities and start over.

but me!

Damn it!
Yang Yue lowered his head, with a look of confusion in his eyes, which then disappeared.

Living for children and grandchildren is the life attitude of most people in this era.

"Uncle, this way."

Yang Yue led Jiang Qingzhi down a slope to the right.

After going downhill, there is an open space in front, with mountain walls on both sides. They are not high, but look quite steep, and are covered with dense forests.

"Where?"

Xu Wei asked.

"It's on the left." Yang Yue pointed to the left, where there was a pool of water.

"Interesting!" Xu Wei smiled.

Yang Yue led them to the edge of the pond. There was a cave on the left side of the pond.

Yang Yue pointed to the cliff above the pool and said, "Look, my Lord. That is Sun Quan's inscription."

Jiang Qingzhi looked over with his hands behind his back.

Yang Yue retreated quietly.

He suddenly turned around and ran away, shouting: "Why don't you do it?"

"kill!"

There were shouts and screams coming from the cave, and then dozens of men rushed out.

Jiang Qingzhi was followed by several guards, who lagged behind him by more than ten steps, and it was too late for them to come to his rescue.

it is good!
Yang Yue was ecstatic.

Jiang Qingzhi looked at the inscription on the mountain wall with his hands behind his back, and said calmly to Xu Wei: "I don't think this is Sun Quan's handwriting. It's not that the handwriting is wrong, but the words are a bit petty, and it seems more like it was written by those petty-minded literati."

Dozens of men were stunned, including Yang Yue.

But the momentum remains.

At this moment, a loud shout was heard from the woods on the cliff.

"Fire arrows!"

A rain of arrows poured down from the mountain wall where the inscription was written.

From a high position and at a close distance, most of the dozens of soldiers fell with just a wave of arrows.

Then the rope dropped, and a group of short but exceptionally strong men slid down the rope flexibly.

They held in their mouths long narrow knives that were different from those of the officers and soldiers, and as soon as they landed they pounced on the surviving men.

A female general appeared on the cliff.

The desperate Yang Yue was surrounded by the guards. He looked at Jiang Qingzhi who was discussing the origin of the inscription with Xu Wei, and suddenly laughed: "My son has already fled far away. Jiang Qingzhi, what can you do? Hahahaha!"

Sun Bu Tong sighed, "You may not know that before leaving Songjiang Prefecture, Lord Bo ordered the inspection offices in various places to strictly check the passers-by. Anyone found suspicious can be punished. The innocent will be rewarded according to their merits, and the reward is huge!"

None of the birdmen in the Inspection Office were clean. After receiving this order, Yang Yue could imagine how crazy they would be.

He knelt down slowly in despair, "Uncle..."

(End of this chapter)