"Your Majesty, the general is guilty, please kill the general!"
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised, Gao Wencai suddenly knelt down and kowtowed in apology.
It's just that although he looked guilty, his low, hoarse voice, like the roar of a beast, surprised Wang Shoulin and others.
Especially Wang Shoulin, who had worked under Gao Wencai before and knew that Gao Wencai was an intelligent and cheerful person.
Even when Jin Yiwei was suppressed by Dongchang and even faced dismissal, Gao Wencai never complained.
Just be more active in fighting for Jin Yiwei's rights, and encourage them optimistically, believing that Jin Yiwei will one day succeed.
But today Wang Shoulin discovered that Gao Wencai not only changed his appearance, but also his mentality, as if he was a different person.
For a moment, he didn't dare to think about what Gao Wencai had gone through in Xi'an. He just looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a worried look.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a bad premonition when he saw Gao Wencai, but when he saw him suddenly asking for forgiveness, his face immediately darkened.
He wanted to step forward and help Gao Wencai up, but suddenly stopped.
However, when he saw Gao Wencai's empty left sleeve, he couldn't bear it, so he motioned to Wang Shoulin to help Gao Wencai up.
"Gao Wencai, what happened in Xi'an?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Gao Wencai and asked in a deep voice.
When Gao Wencai heard this, his body trembled slightly, and then he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it was all due to the general's confusion that he fell into Li Yan's scheme, which resulted in Commander Wu and his brothers in Xi'an dying in vain..."
It turns out that Gao Wencai pretended to be a scholar and deceived Li Zhisheng that day, then sneaked into Li Yan's house and hid Shen Zhanran's letter in the study, which triggered a conflict between Li and Niu.
Later, because the rebels were very strict about tracking down the person who delivered the message, he followed the previous plan and entered the military camp with the help of the Jin Yiwei, and hunted down the so-called female agent with great fanfare. In the process of tracking down the female agent, he met Li Yan's family. General Li San.
After this incident, he deliberately tried to win over Li San and successfully infiltrated into the Li Mansion.
Then, Niu Jinxing's affair with the Jurchen was concocted, which once again aroused the conflict between Li and Niu, but unfortunately it failed in the end.
Just when Gao Wencai was thinking about how to provoke a fight between Niu and Li, he saved Li Yan's life by chance during the Battle of Hengshan.
Li Yan also admired him very much and promoted him to a personal guard.
After Gao Wencai gained this identity, he moved more easily, so he conveyed a lot of useful information to Zhu Yuanzhang.
It's just that there has been no progress on how to stimulate the conflict between Niu and Li and how to appease Li Yan.
At this time, the Jurchens invaded Datong. Niu Jinxing, in order to help Hauge, sent people to attack Datong soldiers and tried to open the city gate.
After Li Yan learned about the matter, he was unwilling to make it public for the sake of the overall situation, but Gao Wencai took the opportunity to leak the matter to Liu Zongmin.
How could Liu Zongmin hide something with his fiery temper? When he found out about it, he immediately went to fight with Niu Jinxing.
Although the matter was settled in the end, the conflict between Niu and Li was on the verge of breaking out.
Gao Wencai originally wanted to use the fight between Gao Yigong and Li Guo to completely arouse the conflict between Niu and Li, but he never expected that Li Yan suddenly told him to prepare a sneak attack on Datong.
He was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly passed on the news.
Unfortunately, because Li Yan was marching too fast, the information could not be transmitted to Gong Yonggu in time.
Fortunately, because Li Zicheng was assassinated and Li Yan and others withdrew, Datong was spared.
However, when Gao Wencai returned, he found that many communication stations in Xi'an had been removed by the rebels, and he suspected that he had been exposed.
So while sending a message to Wu Mengming, he took a desperate risk and took advantage of Liu Zongmin's impulse to provoke in Li Yan's name, hoping to intensify the internal fighting between Gao Yigong and Li Guo.
However, before he aroused Liu Zongmin's anger, Li Yan, Liu Zongmin and others were already under house arrest.
Just when he was doubtful, he accidentally learned from Li Yan's words to persuade Liu Zongmin that the internal fighting was originally a game against Gong Yonggu, but due to Li Zicheng's accidental injury, Niu Jinxing rebelled and introduced Jierharang. close.
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After learning about this, he was shocked. Worried that the previous erroneous news would lead to Chongzhen's decision-making mistakes, he hurriedly passed on the information.
Unexpectedly, this time several contact stations were exposed, and the message could not be sent out.
Shortly afterwards, he was also imprisoned by Li Yan.
After Li Yan captured him, he sent people many times to persuade him to surrender, but he sternly refused.
Just when Gao Wencai was about to die, Li Yan suddenly came to see him and offered to let him go as long as he did not fight among the rebels for the time being and told Chongzhen about Jierhalang's invasion.
Gao Wencai was so angry that he immediately cursed, claiming that he only wanted a quick death.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan did not get angry. Instead, after Gao Wencai finished scolding him, he explained that because he had made a mistake, Niu Jinxing and Tian Jianxiu had taken control of Xi'an's overall situation. ..
He knew that he could not escape death, but he felt that Gao Wencai was innocent and should not die in vain, so he was willing to let Gao Wencai go, but he also did not want to destroy Dashun because of Gong Yonggu and others' westward march.
Gao Wen listened to Li Yan's explanation and felt a little hesitant, but still rejected the other party's proposal.
When Li Yan saw this, he apologized again and again, explaining that the previous battles were between each other and not against individuals.
Then he said that his proposal was not just for Dashun, but also for Ming Dynasty, and even more for the innocent people in the world.
Because Gong Yonggu is now exhausted, even if he gets the news, it will be difficult to do anything. It will only allow Zuo Liangyu to take advantage.
But if Zuo Liangyu enters Shaanxi, Li Mou and others will definitely come back to help, and Najierharang will march straight in.
With Zuo Liangyu's character and ability, he would definitely not fight Jierhalang head-on. Not only would Dashun be in danger of being destroyed, but Ming Dynasty would also suffer heavy casualties.
Therefore, he hoped that Gao Wencai would not pass on this news for the time being, so that Li Mou and others could concentrate on dealing with Jierharang.
If Li Mou and others are unfortunately defeated, Gao Wencai will tell Gong Yonggu about the incident and ask them to resist the Jurchens to prevent innocent people from suffering...
After listening to Li Yan's story, Gao Wencai lost a lot of his hatred for Li Yan. At the same time, he was also worried that Li Yan was plotting against him, so he deliberately said that he could use the power of Jin Yiwei to help him escape from Xi'an.
Li Yan was shocked when he heard this, and then refused on the grounds that he felt guilty and did not want to live.
But Li Yan was silent for a while, and then said that if Gao Wencai was really capable, he would ask him to save the red lady and the two children.
So Gao Wencai wrote a letter asking for help in front of Li Yan and asked the other party to send someone to deliver the letter.
But Li Yan did not accept the letter. He just expressed his gratitude to Gao Wencai and had him taken away from Li Mansion.
Although Gao Wencai had some trust in Li Yan, due to the previous incident, he did not go to Jinyiwei's contact point. Instead, he wandered along and investigated secretly.
After confirming that no one was following him, he placed the letter at an abandoned contact point.
Then he waited for another half an hour and found no suspicious person before he took the letter away and put it in the real delivery place.
Then he quietly returned to Li's Mansion, preparing to secretly investigate the situation, but found that the person guarding the door was actually Niu Jinxing's people, and there was a faint sound of fighting in the mansion.
Gao Wencai was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly climbed over the wall and entered Li's house. He found that most of Li Yan's family members were killed in the battle, and only Li Yan and a few others were protecting the red lady and the two children.
