Chapter 176 Death List
Yuan Tai, who was assassinated twice in succession, was a little scared. Although both times were shocked, he was quite scared, and he was also killed and injured. What annoyed him was that the assassins who came to assassinate twice were bought, and no clues were found about the mastermind behind him. Yuan Tai’s current suspicion is Junior Brother Keats, and he can’t think of any other reason. Besides, even if he wants to investigate the matter, he has no idea how to start.
But a few days ago, Wang Qianshi, who was sent to investigate the situation of the patrol camp, brought him a major piece of information.
Mr. Wang came to report to Yuan Tai with a serious and mysterious expression: "Mr. Yuan, at your order, I have investigated the newly established Beijing City Patrol Camp. I did not expect that I discovered a major mystery."
"Oh, have you found anything?" Yuan Tai asked casually.
"One-third of the newly established Beijing City Patrol Camp are from soldiers who were originally stationed in the Fengtian Military Camp, Wusheng County, the western suburb of the capital."
"What's so strange about this? Originally, this patrol camp was established by Lord Huang Shangshu. It's normal for him to have his people in this camp."
"That's right, Lord Yuan, do you remember that the Imperial Guards personally attacked the Anning River Valley and intercepted the Chu family army a month ago?"
"I know this. The Imperial Guards were not good at going forward, but they were killed by Chu Muyun's troops. At that time, Admiral Huang was invited to fight. This incident made him fall into a big flaw in front of the emperor and he couldn't raise his head."
"Yes, but Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of War sent soldiers from the Fengtian Army to kill nearly 10,000 Chu family troops with just 30,000 vanguards, and won a great victory at the cost of more than 500 casualties. This matter was highly praised by the emperor. Don't you think this matter is a bit strange?" Wang Qianshi further asked the question.
"Actually, this matter is normal. Lord Huang Shangshu sent troops to come later, so he was waiting for his work, and was surprised. Although he was 30,000 vanguards, he took the power of a hundred thousand heroes, and it was expected that he could win. How could there be a strange saying?" Yuan Tai was a little dissatisfied.
"The strange thing I report to you is..." Wang Qianshi suddenly lowered his voice and said, "At that time, Lord Huang Shangshu sent his general General Liu Youlong to lead the 30,000 soldiers of the Tiger Battalion to return to the court in Anning River Valley. He reported a list of about 500 soldiers who died. The Ministry of Personnel has distributed pensions to the families of these dead soldiers according to this list. The names of these dead soldiers were also eliminated from the Fengtian Army, but now I find that the names of these five hundred people actually appeared in Lord Xu's patrol camp. I have investigated this matter clearly. These people are the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion, and they are not killed."
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Yuan Tai pondered for a while, thinking about what this could mean. "Can it be that Lord Huang Shangshu or General Liu Youlong intends to report casualties on the battlefield and wants to embezzle the pension?"
"I don't know this, and I have also investigated it. These pensions have indeed been paid to the families of the 'dead' soldiers."
"Then why are they doing this?" Yuan Tai was a little puzzled.
"Sir, think about it, the Huzi Camp defeated nearly 200,000 troops of the Mu family army, and killed 8,000 enemies, and only 500 casualties. This is considered a surprise victory, but if no one was injured or killed, what does this mean?" Wang Chenshi hinted at Yuan Taidao.
"Not one of them was killed or killed. The only person who died in the battle was General Lu Tianjie, a cavalry officer of Fengtian Camp, and this person was a spy that Admiral Huang put in the army. Isn't this a strange thing?" Wang Qianshi added.
"Is the Fengtian Army's record fake? Or does this battle not exist at all, and the two armies did not fight?" Yuan Tai understood the mystery at this time, and he continued: "The question is not whether General Liu Youlong's 30,000 Tiger Battalion soldiers lied about their record and whether they embezzled pensions. It is very likely that they had an affair with the Chu family army. There was no battle to block the Chu family army, but they let Chu Muyun's 200,000 army go away in the Anning River Valley, right?"
"That's true, sir, do you know that these 30,000 soldiers and soldiers of the Tiger Battalion were the Chu family army three years ago." Wang Chenshi said, how did General Liu Youlong rebel from Suiyuan Pass and surrender to General Huang, and how did he destroy Chu Muyun's family, and finally defeat Chu Muyun's army by the court and defeat him at Suiyuan Pass. Now General Liu is a beloved general under Lord Huang, and in addition, he defeated Qifan in Jingchun Kingdom and was highly valued by the emperor. With this, the rear party led by Huang Shangshu is now domineering and arrogant.
"Well, this seems to be very serious. No wonder Admiral Huang Zhen suspected that Huang Shangshu had a scramble with the Chu thief. He was just suffering from the lack of real evidence. If this matter is true, it would be a fatal blow to overthrow the back hall." Yuan Tai was overjoyed, but he couldn't understand what was going on with the seven or eight thousand Chu family troops killed by the Huzi Camp. This was something the emperor had visited in person. How to fake this?
After thinking for a while, Yuan Tai said to Wang Qianshi: "You must implement these evidences. In addition, you must take people to Anning Valley to personally investigate the battle situation at that time. Is there any two battles and what are the casualties? You must investigate clearly and report to me when you come back. You must hurry up."
After receiving the order, Wang Chenshi turned around and wanted to retreat, Yuan Tai said, "Let Lu Jinqi come to my mansion."
After a while, Lu Jinqi arrived and greeted Lord Yuan Tai, he respectfully stood in the hall to obey orders.
"Jinqi, do you know that a sergeant under your command has caused trouble outside recently, brought people to commit a murder case in private, and was arrested by the public security office."
This Lu Jinqi is a 100-household chief of the Tianji Department. Hong Qiwu is his subordinate. He has heard about his affairs, but he is not sure about the specific incident, so he has not reported to his superiors. Now, when he heard that Master Yuan Tai already knew about this, he hurriedly said: "I am not strict in discipline, which has led to my subordinates committing a crime. I am investigating this matter. I want to report it to you after finding it out, and I am willing to accept punishment from the master."
"You don't have to investigate this matter anymore. The matter he committed has been investigated very clearly by the patrol camp. Maybe he was convicted in the near future, and he must be unable to escape death." After pausing for a moment, Yuan Tai continued: "But he is from our Tianji Department after all. If he is killed by other departments, he will lose face, right?"
"I understand what I need to do. Please make clear what I need to do, and I will do it as I want." Lu Jinqi said.
Yuan Tai now understood that Hong Qiwu was not a good thing when he fell into Xu Tianlang's hands. Xu Tianlang's background was complicated, his origin was unknown, and it was related to the tiger character camp that was suspected of being a enemy. Now that he wanted to take Liu Youlong's tiger character camp, he would never give Xu Tianlang any handle or opportunity to counterattack. Therefore, he decided to abandon the car and protect the coach, get rid of Hong Qiwu, and put aside all of them.
Chapter completed!