Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 680: Revenge of a Grievance
"Your Majesty!"

The eight soldiers were all warriors who crawled out from the pile of dead bodies, and they were full of murderous intent.

They kicked them hard, and the four barefoot men fell to their knees on the Cangshan stone floor with a thump.

Wu Yuan felt pain just listening to this.

Chen Zhizhou frowned slightly. These four people... could they be Liao people?
Yang Yuan said slowly: "The reason why I am sure that the arrow is not poisonous is that my people already knew it before they made a move, and they controlled them."

Chen Shijie was moved and asked, "General Yang, who is trying to harm you?"

Yang Yuan reached out and took the teacup handed to him by Da Zhuang. He gently wiped the tea and said with a smile, "Why not let them speak for themselves?"

Da Zhuang served tea to Lu Shijie and Wu Yuan in turn, but the two had no appetite to drink tea. They were staring at the four people dressed as mountain people.

The four of them had obviously suffered a lot, and their backgrounds were already known to others, so there was no need to hide them anymore.

So, after a little hesitation, they confessed in hoarse voices.

After hearing a few words from them, Wu Yuan stood up suddenly, shaking all over.

Yang Yuan glanced at him and said, "Master Wu, Wu Jiong is a man with evil intentions. As the head of the family, if you have not noticed this, I would be very disappointed."

Wu Yuan suddenly woke up, and hurriedly bowed to Yang Yuan, saying awkwardly: "My cousin has always been arrogant and doesn't accept me as the head of the family. This... I know it. But, I didn't expect... I didn't expect..."

Wu Yuan felt numb at the thought that Wu Jiong had assassinated an imperial official of this level.

Yang Yuan took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "He doesn't really dare to kill me. If I die here, the whole Pengzhou will be in trouble. He will not end well either."

Yang Yuan took the blowgun from the table and played with it, saying slowly, "He just wanted to create an act to assassinate me, to scare me, to make me bring disaster to Pengzhou and your Wu family."

When Wu Yuan heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he raised his eyes, he met Yang Yuan's half-smile, and his expression, which had just relaxed, immediately froze again.

Pretending to be an assassination..., this... seems to be an unforgivable sin.

Moreover, if he dares to pretend to intimidate today, will he dare to really take action tomorrow?

Not even tomorrow, as long as he can completely disassociate himself from it today.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan suddenly felt as if he was falling into an ice cellar.

Chen Zhizhou glanced at Wu Yuan, frowned unconsciously, and said in surprise: "It turned out to be Wu Jiong? I don't quite understand why Wu Jiong did this?"

Chen Zhizhou asked this question on behalf of Wu Yuan.

Chen Zhizhou also knew that Yang Yuan was waiting for Wu Yuan to ask questions.

But Wu Yuan was too frightened and worried, so he could only act as a substitute.

After all, he and Wu Yuan have deeply intertwined interests, and the two have long shared the same fate.

However, what Yang Yuan said next made him break out in a sweat and feel as if he was feeling pins and needles under his butt.

He just hated himself for talking too much. If possible, he just wanted to escape as soon as possible.

He actually heard about a transaction between the Yang family of Lizhong and the Wu family of Lixi using state property.

Yang Zheng's time is coming to an end, but he has no qualified descendant to inherit his legacy.

In order for his descendants to live well, he even stepped out of the shadow of the Wu family army and founded the Yang family army. Now he has to willingly hand it over to the Wu family.

Once something this big starts working, many people will know about it.

Yang Zheng is where he is today thanks to the support of many generals.

Now that he wants to hand over power, he must first convince these powerful generals.

There are too many people involved here, and too many interests at stake, so it is impossible to keep it secret forever.

However, the imperial court was well aware that the Western Army was in disarray.

As long as they had no intention of rebelling, the Song court actually, to a certain extent, tacitly acknowledged the fact that they were local princes.

Therefore, as long as Yang Zheng convinced his generals, even if the court knew about the deal between them, they could only pretend not to know.

But Chen Shijie didn't want to be the one who knew it in advance!

Now that I know this, should I report it to the court before the Wu and Yang families complete their cooperation?
If the news I reported to the court were to leak out, I would probably have a hard time in the future, right?
Once the court knows about this matter before the overall situation is settled, should it do anything?
To what extent must the imperial court go so as not to cross the bottom line of the Western Army?

If I throw such a troublesome problem to the government, will the government dislike me?
While he was struggling, Chen Shijie suddenly caught sight of Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan just listened with a smile, sipping tea from time to time.

Seeing Yang Yuan so calm, Chen Shijie suddenly caught a glimpse of inspiration in his mind.

He rubbed his butt backwards, leaned his back against the back of the armchair, and slowly relaxed.

After the four men finished speaking, Yang Yuan waved the tea lid outward and said lightly: "Drag him out and chop him up!"

The four assassins were shocked. They had fallen into the hands of the imperial court, so why were they lynching them?
Without waiting for them to yell or curse, the sergeant neatly stuffed a rag into their mouths, picked them up and left.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The courtyard was silent. The sound of a sharp blade cutting off a neck, the sound of air expelling from the dead man's nose due to fear, and the sound of a corpse falling to the ground were clearly heard by Chen Zhizhou and Wu Yuan.

Yang Yuan said: "Master Wu."

Wu Yuan shuddered and looked at Yang Yuan. Yang Yuan said, "The perpetrator is dead. How do you plan to deal with the mastermind?"

Wu Yuan was stunned, and said hesitantly: "I...I can deal with it?"

Yang Yuan said with a smile: "Look at what you said. I am the guest and you are the host. The mastermind is your family. Can I turn the tables and become the villain?"

Yang Yuan gently placed the teacup on the table and stood up calmly: "I'm going to go to the bathroom, please stay with me."

Da Zhuang immediately took down a lantern and led Yang Yuan out of the hall.

For a moment, only Chen Zhizhou and Wu Yuan were left in the hall.

Wu Yuan picked up his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his temples. When he looked up, he saw soldiers in the yard swaggering past carrying several headless corpses.

Several soldiers behind were carrying a human head. The light in the yard was dim and at first glance, it looked like they were carrying a ball.

Wu Yuan's courage jumped.

Chen Shijie frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Master Wu."

Wu Yuan looked at him, and Chen Zhizhou said, "If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. You must use thundering means to show your true feelings to General Yang."

"Thunderous means?"

Chen Shijie put his palms together like knives and cut down fiercely.

Wu Yuan shuddered and said in a lost voice, "Sir Chen, this... may not be what Commander Yang meant, right?"

"No? Do we still need to arrest Wu Jiong and bring him to court for a thorough investigation?

So you make the secret deal between the two major military leaders, Li Zhong and Li Xi, public, sentence Wu Jiong to death, report it to the court, and ask the government to make the decision?"

Chen Shijie's teeth were white, and his smile was not visible in his eyes. "Why do you think Yang Shuai killed those four people? Why didn't he hand them over to me?"

After hearing this, Wu Yuan's face became uncertain.

Chen Zhizhou glanced at him, picked up the slightly cold tea, gently wiped the tea leaves, and said nonchalantly: "There is a rebellion in your family, and you, the head of the family, don't even know about it. As soon as Yang Shuai arrived at Tongchuan Road, he already knew everything. It's incredible."

When Wu Yuan heard this, his troubled heart suddenly calmed down.

What Chen Zhizhou said made sense. Yang Yuan obviously did not want to publicize the matter. If these people were punished through legal means, it would be impossible to conceal it.

Yang Yuan executed the four assassins without hesitation, which showed his attitude.

Chen Zhizhou's words also reminded him that Yang Yuan's visit to Tongchuan might not be as simple as everyone imagined.

If the imperial court's machine speed room had not stepped in to find out many secrets of Tongchuan Road for him, how could he have known things that he didn't know?
But the speed room is directly under the government.

The powerful people in Sichuan and Xia are different from those in the Central Plains. Who of them doesn't have a few lives on their hands?
Anyone with a little bit of power would have a group of private soldiers at home. Are they just used to guard the house?
Once he figured out the pros and cons, a fierce look flashed in Wu Yuan's eyes.

There was a light flickering in the yard; Yang Yuan had returned.

"Master Wu, what do you think?"

Yang Yuan sat down with a smile and glanced at Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan left his seat, walked quickly to the hall, crossed his arms and said to Yang Yuan, "It is unfortunate for the Wu family to have such an unfilial person. As the head of the family, Wu Yuan should clean up the mess."

"it is good!"

Yang Yuan smiled and said loudly, "See the guest off."

Two soldiers walked in with swords drawn. Wu Yuan bowed to Yang Yuan, turned around and walked out.

Yang Yuan looked at Chen Shijie and said, "Chen Zhizhou, the bandits in Sichuan and the gorge are roaming around with impunity."

"Ah?" Chen Shijie was a little confused.

"On my way to take up my post, as soon as I entered Tongchuan Road, I encountered a group of bandits. They even dared to rob my carriage. Do you think they are brave enough?"

"Uh, big."

"Of course, the mountains and rivers of Bashu are extremely dangerous. If the bandits hide in the woods and run on the mountain roads, even if we have an army of 100,000, we can only drive them away, but cannot wipe them out. This... is also something we can't do. I understand your difficulties."

"Yes, yes, Marshal, you are considerate."

"However, although it is difficult to clear them out, at least we have to protect the big cities and towns. If we let them run into the towns and do evil, you and I, as the parents of the government, will be embarrassed."

"Yes Yes."

"Especially you. I haven't arrived at Tongchuan Prefecture yet, and haven't officially taken office yet. But it's different for you, Governor Chen!"

"Yes... ah, I understand, I understand."

Chen Shijie's face changed and he quickly stood up, standing solemnly with his hands hanging down.

"I originally planned to leave tomorrow, but now that the news of my arrival in Pengzhou has been known to the local elders, I will stay here for two more days. Well, I am tired."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Chen Shijie walked backwards to the door of the hall, bowed, and turned to leave.

Yang Yuan leaned back on the chair, raised his head, closed his eyes, exhaled a breath of alcohol, and said, "Okay, why don't you come down?"

(End of this chapter)