Sun Tong led his 300 troops out of the city overnight and rushed to Yuhe County in the wind and snow. An hour later, the team arrived outside the gate of Yuhe County. Sun Tong ordered his officers to call the door. The officer shouted: "Master Sun Tongsun, the supervisor of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, wants to enter the city. Open the city gate quickly." Seeing this, the captain guarding the gate raised his voice and said: "Open the door." The time has passed, I apologize for not being able to obey my order."
Sun Tong was furious. He pointed his riding whip at the captain on the city wall and yelled, "How dare you, a little captain, to resist the orders of my supervisor? You must have committed the crime of beheading! Open the city gate immediately. I can just forget about it, if you hesitate again, I will punish you for defying military orders!"
"I'm sorry, Lord Supervisor. The General has an order. After dusk, no one is allowed to enter or leave the city without the order of the General. I have a military order, and I dare not disobey it! If Lord Supervisor wants to enter the city, please wait until dawn. Come again!”
Sun Tong was furious, but had no way to vent. The confidant next to him whispered: "Sir, the other party is making things so difficult. Obviously what the informant letter said is true!" Sun Tong nodded, glanced at the city wall, and said fiercely: "We must enter the city tonight no matter what!" Turning his head The officers and soldiers under his command ordered: "Come on, open the door for me!" Three hundred officers and soldiers agreed in unison, ran to the bottom of the city wall and started to knock on the door. All these officers and soldiers looked very angry, because a small captain on the other side actually dared not to take the supervisor seriously.
The torches and figures on the city wall flashed rapidly, and then something unexpected happened by Sun Tong and others. The other party actually dropped rolling stones and shot trees with bows and arrows! The three hundred officers and soldiers did not expect that the other party would dare to attack, and were caught off guard, killing and wounding many people. The remaining people fled from the city gate in a hurry and ran back to Sun Tong, all of them were in shock. Sun Tong shouted angrily: "Are you going to rebel?"
The captain said: "Of course we will not rebel, but the military orders are as strong as the mountain. Anyone who dares to resist the general's military orders is a rebel and will not be shot!" Sun Tong was furious to death. Just when Sun Tong was at a loss, a cavalry of more than a thousand people rushed from the direction of Shangjing in the wind and snow. The people in the city turned to look, and as they got closer, they saw Chen Xiao coming with more than a thousand cavalry.
Yang Peng led the cavalry to Sun Tong and asked: "Master Sun, what is going on?" Sun Tong pointed to the many corpses at the gate of the city and asked angrily: "Master Yang, I want to ask you this What's going on? Not only did the people on top of the city refuse to let us in, they also openly attacked us! What kind of behavior is this? This is rebellion!"
Yang Peng said: "Although this area of the ground has been recovered, bandits are rampant. Therefore, I ordered all the cities. After dusk, no one is allowed to enter or exit without my order. It must be that the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate did not let them go. Mr. Sun relied on Guan Wei wanted to rush in, so there was a conflict! My officers and soldiers were not at fault in this matter!"
Sun Tong said coldly: "Master Yang is so clever! Since Master Yang gave such an order, why didn't the city gate guards in Shangjing stop us from leaving? I think there is clearly a ghost in Yuhe County! Master Yang, To be honest, I received a secret report that you hid most of the materials seized from Shangjing in Yuhe County. This officer is here to investigate this matter tonight. Mr. Yang, how do you explain this matter? "
Yang Peng was secretly shocked and said calmly: "This is obviously a rumor. How could Mr. Sun believe the rumors so easily?" Sun Tong sneered and pointed at Yuhe County, "Since it is a rumor, please ask Mr. Yang to order the city gate to be opened. Let's go in and take a closer look. Then it will be clear whether it is true or false." Yang Peng fell silent.
Sun Tong thought that Yang Peng had nothing to do, and showed a proud smile, "If Mr. Yang thinks that he has no wrongdoing, then order the city gate to be opened." Yang Peng smiled and shouted to the top of the city: "Open the city gate. Open!" Seeing Yang Peng's order, the city gate captain immediately ordered his sergeants to open the city gate. Sun Tong couldn't wait to lead his officers and soldiers into the city gate.
Yang looked at the backs of Sun Tong and others with a cold look in his eyes. He raised his right hand and waved forward. The cavalrymen immediately drew their swords and swarmed forward, surrounding Sun Tong and others in the city and hacking them to death. The screams rang loudly, and Sun Tong hurriedly turned his head and looked at the gloomy Yang Peng outside the city gate in horror. The city gate slammed shut, and the sound of slashing and screaming lasted for as long as a stick of incense before it ended.
The city gate opened again, and Chen Xiao and others entered the city gate, only to see Sun Tong and hundreds of his forbidden troops lying in a pool of blood, dying with their eyes open. Yang Peng ordered the captain of the city gate: "Drag all the corpses outside the city and bury them." "Yes." "If anyone asks about what happened tonight, just say that a group of bandits attacked Lord Sun and his men. The Imperial Guards were all killed and no one was spared." "Yes."
That night, Yang Peng's brothers received Yang Peng's call and hurried to the lobby of the left-behind mansion. Seeing Yang Peng sitting at the top, they cupped their fists together and said, "Brother."
Yang Peng said: "Everyone, sit down." Everyone sat on the chairs on the left and right sides. Yang Peng said: "Just now, Sun Tong suddenly took people to Yuhe County." All the brothers knew the inside story and were surprised when they heard this. Duan Zhixian stood up and said urgently: "Go and arrest them immediately!"
Yang Peng waved his hand, "No need. They are all dead." Everyone was stunned, and then understood. Duan Zhixian patted his bald head and said with a smile: "Well done, brother!" Yang Peng said: "This matter needs to be dealt with properly, otherwise there will be serious consequences." After a pause, he said to Zhan Jinguo: "Jinguo, you lead your troops immediately Destroy the group of bandits near Xiangshan. Don’t leave alive, but bring the head to see you.” “Yes.”
Then Yang Peng said to Liu Zhiliang: "Liu Zhiliang, immediately sent someone to report to the court, saying that the Xiangshan bandits attacked and killed Sun Tong and others on the way. Although our army wiped out the bandits, they failed to save Sun Tong. Wait, please ask the court to punish you." "Yes."
Huyan Chijin frowned and said, "We have always kept the matter of materials stored in Yuhe County strictly confidential. How could Sun Tong know about it?" Everyone was also very surprised. Yang Peng stood up and walked to the middle of the lobby. "Sun Tong once said that he received an informant letter." Everyone was shocked, and Duan Zhixian shouted: "It's not bad, someone actually cheated on me!" As he said, the pair of tigers His eyes scanned everyone present. Yang Jing said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, what do you mean by looking at us? Are you doubting us?" Duan Zhixian stared at Yang Jing and said loudly: "Yesterday we were suspicious!" Yang Jing suddenly stood up, pointed at Duan Zhixian and said: " Maybe you, the monk, told the secret!"
"Fuck your mother! How could the yesterday's family snitch on you?" "I can't possibly do it. I think you are the one who did it!" Duan Zhixian was furious and was about to take action, but Zhan Jinguo quickly grabbed him. Yang Peng said angrily: "We are all brothers, and we treat each other with sincerity. I absolutely believe that no one among the brothers would do such a thing!" Duan Zhixian showed a look of shame, clasped his fists towards Yang Jing and said, "What I just said was wrong yesterday. That’s it, brother Yang Jing, don’t be offended!” Yang Jing also clasped his fists and said, “I was reckless too, monk, don’t be offended either!” Duan Zhixian laughed loudly, patted his bald head, “I’m not surprised, don’t be surprised!” Then he looked towards Yang Peng, "Brother, who told the secret?"
Yang Peng frowned and thought, "With so many sergeants knowing about this matter, it's possible." After a pause, he said to Yang Xiong and Shi Ping, "You two will investigate this matter." The two of them clasped their fists and agreed. Yang Peng warned: "This matter is carried out secretly, don't make a big deal about it. I don't want this matter to make people panic. If the traitor cannot be found in the investigation, there is no need to force it." "Yes."
Yang Peng said to Zhang Yan: "Erlang, you will take people to transport the materials stored in Yuhe County tomorrow and transfer them to Wuqing County." "Yes." "Okay, that's it. Everyone, please go back and rest. I'm so sorry. , I'm disturbing everyone's rest." Everyone laughed, stood up one after another, saluted Yang Peng, and left in a row.
Early the next morning, after Yang Peng had breakfast, he went to the study to handle official documents. Chai Yonghui came in from outside. Chai Yonghui insisted on staying in Shangjing, but Chai Yongqi had no choice but to let her stay and return to Dingzhou by himself.
Yang Peng felt someone coming in and raised his head. Seeing Chai Yonghui dressed in men's clothes, he joked: "Haha, you look very handsome in men's clothes! If I were a girl, I would be fascinated by you!"
Chai Yonghui pursed his lips and smiled. Walking to Yang Peng, he looked at the official documents in front of Yang Peng and asked curiously: "What are they all about?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "They are all trivial matters. You will definitely not be interested." Chai Yonghui's mind was obviously not on these things. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and glanced at Yang Peng, "I heard something happened last night?"
Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's a small matter." Chai Yonghui said with a strange look in his eyes: "All the supervisors and the three hundred forbidden troops under their command were killed. I'm afraid it's not a small matter, right?" Yang Peng immediately looked at it. Xiang Chai Yonghui’s eyes were as sharp as a knife. Chai Yonghui was chilled by Yang Peng's look, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Yang Peng's expression returned to normal and he smiled, "So you know everything." Chai Yonghui felt that he had an illusion just now? After a pause, he said: "Have you ever thought about it? This matter is very serious. This is a serious crime of confiscating a house and exterminating an entire family! If the court finds out, Brother Yang, you will probably die without a burial place!"
Yang Peng nodded and glanced at Chai Yunmiao, "Then what should I do?" Chai Yonghui said hurriedly: "For the current plan, we can only take advantage of the fact that the court doesn't know about it, and immediately raise troops to eliminate Bi Shi'an by surprise, and then separate the kingdom. The sixteen states of Yanyun are fighting against the imperial court! In this way, not only can we avoid annihilation, but we can also rule the world! With a smooth road on one side and a cliff on the other, Brother Yang should be able to make correct judgments."
Yang Peng nodded, "Okay!" Chai Yonghui was overjoyed, "Brother Yang, do you agree? In this case, then quickly assemble the three armies and mobilize food and grass! By the way, we also need to attack Xiwen. I can do this." Chai Yonghui He looked excited.
"Did you tell the secret? Yang Peng asked suddenly. Chai Yonghui was stunned, then lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and he did not dare to look at Yang Peng. Yang Peng stood up, walked to Chai Yonghui, and said in a serious tone: "Answer my question! Chai Yonghui was startled, then he suddenly raised his head and said, "Yes, it was me who told Sun Tong the secret!" You stupid, loyal fool, I must use this method to prompt you to rebel! I don't understand why you are so devoted to Zhao Song when you are so capable! Do you think that under the rule of Zhao and Song, people can live and work in peace and contentment? "
Yang Peng looked at Chai Yunmiao expressionlessly. Chai Yonghui suddenly seemed like a deflated rubber ball. His face turned pale and he said: "Anyway, I betrayed you. I'm sorry for you. Just kill me. But don't tell my brother about this. Just say that I am too." He must have been killed by bandits."
Yang Peng suddenly held her delicate hand. Chai Yonghui looked at Yang Peng in surprise. Before she could react, Yang Peng pushed her down on the coffee table next to her and stuck out her attractive buttocks. Yang Peng couldn't help but raise his hand and slap him hard, slap, slap, slap... Chai Yonghui couldn't help but scream in pain.
After about twenty strokes, Yang Peng stopped. Chai Yonghui was still lying on the coffee table, sticking out her buttocks, her body was numb and weak, her face was red, her teeth were biting her red lips, and her beautiful eyes were staring at Yang Peng angrily. Yang Peng said angrily: "This is your punishment for your nonsense! Let's see if you dare to behave nonsense again in the future?"
Chai Yonghui stared at Yang Peng for a moment, his expression suddenly became a little strange, and he slowly stood up. He glanced at Yang Peng and asked softly: "Aren't you going to kill me?" Yang Peng said angrily: "Have you ever seen a parent kill a child who made a mistake?" Chai Yonghui blushed and said angrily: "I Not your child!"
Yang Peng chuckled, looked over her mature body, and nodded: "The body is indeed no longer a child, but it does the same things as a child!" Chai Yonghui glared at Yang Peng angrily. Yang Peng said seriously: "I hope this won't happen again!" Chai Yonghui nodded like a child who made a mistake.
Yang Peng sighed, "I know what you are thinking. You feel that the Zhao family is sorry for your Chai family, because they usurped your Chai family's kingdom. In fact, why are you so unwilling? Did this country always belong to your Chai family? Why? It wasn’t taken from someone else!”
Chai Yonghui looked surprised. She had obviously never thought about it. Yang Peng continued: "I don't have any stupid loyalty to the Zhao family. If I really had stupid loyalty, why would I hide so many supplies? My destiny is in my own hands. I will make my own decisions on how to go in the future. judge."
Chai Yonghui remained silent. Yang Peng said angrily: "As a girl, you don't have to worry about these things! As I said before, you'd better find a good man to marry and focus on being a good wife!"
Chai Yonghui blushed and glared at Yang Peng, "You don't need to take care of this matter!" After saying that, he turned around and left. Yang Peng sighed and shook his head. He returned to the desk and sat down, continuing to do his thing. Picking up a writing brush, a wisp of fragrance suddenly entered my nose. I couldn't help but look at my right hand, recalling the scene of spanking Chai Yonghui just now, my heart skipped a beat, and I shook my head with a smile.
After Chai Yonghui left the study, he ran all the way until he reached the end of a corridor before stopping. Staring at the sparkling water in front of him in a daze, a look of anger suddenly appeared on his pretty face, and then he sighed with some resentment. Turning around and walking forward, when passing by the gate of Yang Tong's yard, I saw Yang Tong and Zhao Jinxi sitting in front of the moon cave window doing needlework one day. Chai Yonghui suddenly felt that the two women she had always looked down on seemed to be happier than herself! He frowned, snorted softly, turned around and left.
When Bi Shi'an heard the news that Sun Tong was attacked and killed by bandits, he immediately had bad thoughts. He immediately called his close associates to discuss the matter, and finally drafted a letter and sent it to the capital.
The letter was delivered to Taishi Pang's residence. Taishi Pang opened the letter and read it again, and sighed, "It's a pity that it's too late, otherwise Yang Peng will have to walk around without food!" Why did Taishi Pang say this? It turned out that just one day ago, Yang Peng Peng's memorial had been sent to the emperor in advance. Yang Peng described the entire incident in the letter and apologized. Although the emperor felt a little sad for Sun Tong's death, he did not blame Yang Peng at all. Instead, he greatly appreciated Yang Peng's achievements in quelling the Xiangshan bandits. If Yang Peng and others hadn't blocked it, the emperor would have promoted Yang Peng to a higher position!
Master Pang thought for a while, then left the mansion and entered the palace with the letter. After the announcement, Master Pang followed a eunuch and went straight to the imperial study room. He found that the Eighth Prince and Kou Zhun were both there. The emperor and his ministers all had smiles on their faces. Master Pang couldn't help but feel jealous.
He stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists: "I pay homage to Your Majesty!" "Grand Master, are you here? We were just talking about the Northern Expedition. The widow, the Eighth Prince, and Kou Aiqing all believed that the beginning of next spring would be a good time for the Northern Expedition, and they would seize the opportunity to go all out. Sweep the Liaozhong Jingdao and Xijingdao and restore the past glory of our Huaxia clan! Unexpectedly, the revival of our Huaxia clan and the long-cherished wish of Taizu Taizong will be realized in the hands of a few people!"
Taishi Pang said: "Your Majesty is so talented and strategic that it will only be a matter of time before Taizu Taizong fulfills his long-cherished wish." The emperor burst into laughter with joy. Master Pang took out Bi Shi'an's letter and presented it with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is the letter sent by Bi Liushou."
"Oh?" The old eunuch beside the emperor immediately came down, took the letter, returned to the emperor, and forwarded it to the emperor. The emperor took the letter, took out the letter paper, read it again, frowned and said displeasedly: "What does this mean? Yang Aiqing has already submitted a memorial to apologize, why did he, Bi Shi'an, come to complain?"
Taishi Pang saw that the limelight was wrong and immediately said: "I also feel that Bi Shi'an's move is inappropriate. But this is also a manifestation of his conscientiousness! He is the west guard of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and has a heavy responsibility. After hearing this news, how could he not go up? Will Datian listen? If he doesn't do this, he will be derelict in his duty!" The emperor turned his anger into joy and nodded: "What the grand master said is absolutely true!"
Master Pang clasped his fists and said: "Although General Yang did not make a big mistake in this matter, he is still suspected of dereliction of duty. I suggest that someone should be sent to reprimand him. Otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to silence everyone!" The Eighth Prince wanted to object. , but Kou Zhun said: "What the Grand Master said is very true, and he should be reprimanded. This is also for the good of the general." Seeing that Kou Zhun actually agreed to Grand Master Pang's suggestion, the Eighth Prince had to change his words: "Wei Chen immediately sent the Privy Council The staff went to Beijing to admonish the general."
Taishi Pang said: "No!" Everyone looked at him in confusion. Taishi Pang explained: "After all, the general comes from the Privy Council system. It may not be appropriate to send Privy Council staff to admonish. I think it is more appropriate to send provincial court officials." The so-called 'provincial court', of course, does not mean the provincial court, but the central court. An abbreviation for Shu Shengmen Xia Sheng, which corresponds to the Privy Council, the highest military institution, and is the highest government agency. Because the Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, the status of the Provincial Council was higher than that of the Privy Council. Today, the chief of the Provincial Council is Cai Jing, so Cai Jing is The head of hundreds of officials.
Master Pang's proposal was reasonable and reasonable, Kou Zhun agreed, and the Eighth Prince could not object. The emperor nodded and said: "Just follow the advice of the Grand Master. The Grand Master took the trouble to do this. I didn't issue an imperial edict, so the Grand Master sent someone to tell Yang Aiqing to be careful not to make any mistakes in the future." Grand Master Pang clasped his fists. swear.
"By the way, has the Grand Master made a good choice about the new Supervisor of the Army?" After receiving Yang Peng's memorial yesterday, the emperor asked Grand Master Pang to choose a reliable minister to replace Sun Tong as the Supervisor of the Army in Beijing, so at this moment the Emperor That's why I asked.
Taishi Pang quickly said: "This matter is still under consideration." The emperor nodded. When Cai Jing returned to the mansion, a Yuhou came up to him and said, "Grand Master." Grand Master Pang hummed and continued walking towards the hall. Marquis Yu followed Taishi Pang closely and said, "Master Zhang is here while the Grandmaster is away." Cai Jing stopped and asked, "Is it Zhang Feng?" "Yes."
"Did he leave any words?" "He said he came here specifically to apologize to Enxiang, saying that he was suffering from a serious illness and it was really inconvenient to go to Beijing..." Master Pang was furious, "What kind of illness is it? It's not because he is afraid of the bandits over there. He lost his life! Unfortunately, I kept promoting him, but when it came time to use him, there was so much pushback! I have so many disciples, why is there no one available? "
It turned out that after Master Pang took over the task of re-appointing the military supervisor yesterday, he immediately sent letters to several close officials he thought were capable, asking them who would be willing to take over Sun Tong's position as supervisor. However, what Taishi Pang didn't expect was that the officials who usually flattered him in every possible way actually made excuses to shirk him. In short, they were unwilling to go to Beijing. Today he sent someone to find Zhang Feng again, a minister he promoted from the Ministry of Rites. Unexpectedly, this was also the case.
Master Pang walked into the hall, sat down angrily, frowned and thought. He was very angry that the Eighth Prince tried to fight against him, and he hated Yang Peng even more for abandoning him and turning to the Eighth Prince, and wanted to get rid of him quickly. Thinking of the previous letter from Sun Tong mentioned about Yang Peng's private possession of seized materials, although there is no evidence, Yang Peng thinks that he can create some evidence? Maybe this can be used to convict Yang Peng, defeat him or even kill him! Hum, no one who betrays me will end well! I will never let him end well!
Maybe we can also make a fuss about his relationship with the Liao Kingdom. Yang Peng thought deeply, thought of a way, smiled sinisterly, and then sent someone to invite Li Te and Gao Hu. Soon after, Li Te and Gao Hu hurriedly arrived at the Grand Master's residence. The three of them discussed in the study for a long time before Li Te and Gao Hu took their leave. I wonder what conspiracy they discussed?
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
