"Let them go!"

After Yan Xing made his words, although Ma Lin and other troops were unexpected, he still released these Qiang captives as Yan Xing ordered.

Seeing the Qiang prisoners who were not killed in a hurry and fled from the convoy first and forth, Yan Xing's face was calm, and he had some considerations in his heart when he let them go.

First of all, the many tribes of the Qiang people "don't establish a king and a minister, and no one has the same kind as one. If the strong ones, they will be divided into chiefs and powerful ones. If the weak ones are attached to each other, they will be violent and powerful ones." This time, the tribe of Midang died with the leader and many warriors. It is not difficult to imagine how sad it would be to survive in the cracks of other powerful tribes in the future and avoid being annexed. The threat to oneself can be said to be minimal.

Second, we must consider the current customs and the mood of the gentleman and cavalry around us. The Hu and Han people live in the Liangzhou area, and the old customs are light on education and respectful to ghosts and gods, and they are mostly superstitious about witches and divination. Legend has it that Li Guang, the flying general of the former Han Dynasty, lured and killed more than 800 surrendered Qiang people during his tenure as the Longxi Duwei, and was punished by heaven. Therefore, he has a long life and will never be granted a marquis. Although Yan Xing himself does not believe these words of ghosts and gods, it is difficult for the people below to believe. Moreover, most of the gentleman and boys around him are guilty of life and death. If he wants to control them, he must consider the words and deeds in line with their temperament.

The third and most important point is that since his third uncle had the idea of ​​making friends with the Qiang tribe, he was just using the mouths of these prisoners to spread the things today, and he was able to attract the Qiang people to help him.

He could not express his true thoughts directly, but Yan Xing was not stingy with explanations.

"The Analects of Confucius says, "The four teachings, literature, conduct, loyalty, and faith; the Sun Tzu says, "They will have the five virtues, wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, courage, and strictness. It can be seen that the way of civil and military affairs is all in the word "trust". Although the Qiang people surrendered with strength, we have promised to surrender before, and we should not kill them. Now we should leave. If we do not think about kindness in the future and draw our swords to face each other, I will personally kill them with the power of victory!"

Seeing that Yan Xing had already made up his argument, Ma Lin, Gan Ling and others naturally followed. So when things happened, Yan Xing was unwilling to stay for a long time and caused trouble. He sent a horse to sort out the goods, carriages and horses, took the wounded, and quickly evacuated the White Dog Gather, leaving only Gan Ling and a few people planning to burn the White Dog Gather into ashes with a fire.

When the firelight surged into the sky in the white dog gathering, the convoy and the convoy rushed back along the old road again. Although some people were lost, they won a victory and seized many horses and fur goods from Qiang people. Everyone was still in a very high mood. However, Yan Li and others who were originally leading the team in the front became unwilling to be the leader of the convoy, and they were helpless in their hearts. The positions of the two sides were exchanged, and the people were eager to return, which made Yan Li and others who were walking behind quickly. After taking a bite of dust, they cursed in their hearts but could not stop.

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Because the return journey was urgent, the convoy returned to Yunwu on the morning of the sixth day of the return journey.

Follow the official road south of Yunwu City, turn to the country road at Sanchakou, and walk about five miles away, and the Yan family's village is already in sight.

The Yan family's village stands in a fertile field based on the terrain, covering a vast area of ​​less than 100 acres.

The fields on both sides of the road were green and seemed to have laid a green carpet on the ground. Although the country roads were not as spacious as the official roads, they were also sorted out and compacted, and the horse's hooves made a sound. The sound of cars aroused the idea of ​​the tenant farmers working among the ridges and Tian Nu. Seeing that their children were returning, the warm ones were already shouting and saying hello.

Two doors were opened south from the Yan family village. Yan Xing and his group were crowded with people and walked through the main gate. The waiting tower was built on both sides of the main gate. The looking-up group above saw the flag of the Yan family on the car from afar, and then sent a signal. Several servants guarding the main gate quickly cheered up and quickly came over.

Yan Xing first got off the horse in front of the village gate. The servants who had been waiting for a long time hurried over to hold the reins and followed the horses into the gate. The village was a three-in-one style. The first one was to learn from the stables, chariot houses and the earthen houses where the Yan family lived, and the head of the clan who managed daily affairs came to hand over the things of the convoy, directed people to sort the goods and move them to various warehouses in the third place, and placed the horses, vehicles and wounded personnel. The team led them back to their respective residences in the third place, and everything was going in an orderly manner.

Because Yan Xing had sent someone back to report the transaction to the clan, when everyone was busy transporting goods, a servant in the brocade clothes ran over to tell Yan Xing to rush to the lobby. The head of the family had already summoned all the leaders of the clan, waiting for him and Yan Li and his uncle and nephew.

Yan Xing glanced at Yan Li not far away. At this moment, he was dark-faced. A slave in the brocade clothes whispered in his ear, his eyes floating towards him intentionally or unintentionally. I expected that he had caught the evidence this time, and his third uncle would never get any benefits. Yan Xing's mouth bent slightly and he led two servants to press the Qiang captives to the corridor leading to the second entrance first.

Seeing that Yan Xing had already set off, Yan Feng, who was standing aside, quickly pulled Yan Li's sleeve and signaled him to rush to the lobby first. Yan Li stomped his feet, bulged his cheeks angrily, and the beard under his jaw kept shaking, and he quickly followed with his head buried.

The lobby of the Yan family is located in the middle of Zhuangzi 2. Yan Xing asked his servants to escort the prisoners in the front yard below the hall. After tidying up his clothes, he raised his feet and walked up the stairs to the hall. At this moment, Yan Li, behind, had a smelly face, and took three steps as two steps, and took Yan Xing to the stairs one step ahead of Yan Xing. Yan Xing calmly stepped up his pace.

The lobby of the Yan family has windows on all sides, making it more spacious and bright during the day. The dark and thick pillars are not decorated with color, and they stand upright and hold up the roof beams. Two rows of bronze lamp stands are placed opposite the walls on the hall. There are more than a dozen lacquered wooden table tables with black patterns on the ground, and there is a couch behind each table. At this moment, the main person sitting on the collapse is the main person in the clan. Facing the gate of the court, Yan Shun, as the head of the family, sat upright and looked at everyone. There was no other decoration on the side, only a bracket was placed, and a long sword was installed on it.

Yan Li took the lead in entering the lobby, and was trying to talk first and take the initiative to reason. He gave a tribute to others without waiting for others to ask questions, and then he spoke out a series of words woven with Yan Feng on the road, denying that he had other private transactions with the Qiang people, and accusing Yan Xing of secretly connecting his troops to seize the convoy, offending the Qiang people, and destroying the transactions.

"Yanming, what your uncle said just now is true?"

After Yan Xingjintang knelt down to the people present, he silently watched Yan Li's performance in the next head. When Yan Li said he was tired and Yan Shun, as the head of the family, made a formal speech, then he respectfully stepped forward and bowed to the people and spoke slowly.

"The boy is not talented. He was ordered by the clan to lead a cavalry out of the escort trading convoy. Many things in this transaction and the confessions of the convoys of the convoys have been written. Please read the clan leader and all the leaders!"

After saying that, Yan Xing took out a few sheets of paper from his arms and presented it to Yan Shun on the main seat. When he returned to his original position, Yan Xing looked at Yan Li, whose face changed, and continued to state the experience of the transaction one by one as if he had learned it. Because he had written a draft in advance, and Yan Xing's voice was up and down, when he found the transaction problem and entered the gathering to check that he was besieged by the Qiang people, some of the main stations were infected by the atmosphere of the story, and asked nervously as if they were immersed in the scene: "How do you deal with it?"

Yan Xing smiled slightly, then he rushed his family to remain calm in the face of danger, broke out from the siege, set up a formation to resist the siege of the Qiang people. Finally, the surprise soldiers descended from the sky and shot the Qiang leaders. At the end of the story, the head of Yan Xing, who was close to Yan Xing, praised Yan Xing's decisive and wise, as if he wanted to stand on the side of supporting Yan Xing and denounce Yan Li.

Seeing that Yan Li was not giving up and wanted to refute, Yan Xing spoke first and asked to bring the Qiang prisoners outside the hall to question. Yan Shun had finished reading the confession on the paper and handed the paper to the head of the head, allowing Yan Xing's request and ordered the Qiang prisoners to come to the hall.

When the Qiang prisoners were brought up, Yan Shun and the officials took turns to ask questions. The two Qiang people selected by Yan Xing were both small leaders who were very knowledgeable in Chinese and knew some inside stories about the transaction. At this moment, they naturally honestly explained everything they knew. Seeing that they could no longer ask, Yan Shun waved to ask someone to take them down.

"Third brother, what else do you have to say now?" Yan Shun was in the main position, and there was no joy or anger on Qinghuang's face, but he naturally exuded a terrifying aura. At this time, his eyes were bright and he looked at Yan Li in the hall. Even before coming, Yan Li had already made up his mind to refuse to admit it, and he couldn't help but feel a little panic in his elder brother's gaze. He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, remembering Yan Feng's instructions before coming, and his face was already full of solemn when he raised his head again.

"Li devoted all his efforts to the family's sake, but Yan Ming's nephew colluded with the Qiang people to frame him for no reason. Li believed that what he did was to be learned from heaven and earth, and he had nothing to say about it!"

"What a great effort!" Yan Shun's tone instantly became stronger.

"Since that's the case, you hand over all the affairs in your hands to Lao Liu. Go down and think about it carefully. I have asked someone to check the matters before and after the transaction, and I will never let you frame you."

After Yan Shun finished speaking, everyone in the hall was silent. Several leaders who had been working with Yan Li to jump up and down at the meeting in the past saw that the situation was not good, and they all lowered their heads and said nothing. Yan Li waited for a while and found that no one was willing to speak for him. His face looked even more ugly. He glanced at everyone present with deep meaning, and turned around and walked out alone.

No one spoke in the hall. Yan Li, who seemed to have lost power, could not escape the fate of being under house arrest.
Chapter completed!