Chapter 1115: Bone scraping to cure poison
Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.
Qin Wen also quickly received the battle report from Yinchuan. Although the fall of the city was expected, the current situation in Yinchuan was unexpected.
Qin Wen also knew that Qu Yuan was not to blame for the fall of the three cities of Yinchuan. After all, no one expected that Temujin would join forces with Yang Jian, and that Murong Ke would actually come from Shuofang to kill them.
Facing this unexpected Yuan-Meng army, Qu Yuan reacted quickly enough and made the right decision. Unfortunately, Murong Ke was more skilled, and Qu Yuan, who was a civil servant, was obviously no match for him.
If only three cities had fallen, Qin Wen wouldn't be angry. What really made him angry were those 'coincidences'.
The Hetao is no longer the Hetao it used to be. Even Qin Wen had to look at the map to know the specific location of the three counties and thirty cities, but Murong Ke was able to find the Jin army's grain depot by such a coincidence.
If Qin Wen believed that this was really a coincidence, then his years in power would have been in vain. He could think of something fishy with his toes, and it must be because someone was responsible for providing intelligence and leading the way for Murong Ke.
"Where's Heibingtai? What do you do for food? Why is there no reaction at all?" Qin Wen asked angrily.
Qin Yijue knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "To my foster father, Dugu Qiubai, Aqing, Six Swordsmen, and the child have been assisting the young master in Sizhou to challenge Dong for most of the past six months, so..."
Qin Wen's face was as dark as water, and he said coldly: "So you don't know, so you can shirk responsibility?"
"Xiyan doesn't dare."
Although Sizhou has not been taken completely, Luoyang is stable, and Qin Yijue has no use for it if he stays, so he comes back with Six Sword Slaves. Unexpectedly, not long after he returned to Jinyang, something like this happened. .
"Check it out for me as quickly as possible. I want to see who this traitor is."
Qin Wen said with a murderous look, after all, the losses in Yinchuan this time were not small, and 30% of Yinchuan was destroyed and burned, and 100,000 people became refugees. Someone must be responsible for this crime.
"Father, Hei Bingtai is not completely unresponsive. In fact, Hei Bingtai has been alert to this internal response. The child has reported it to you several times before and wanted to completely solve this hidden danger, but you have not done so. approve."
Hearing what Qin Yijue said, Qin Wen was also stunned, and then frowned and said, "Are you talking about the Shanxi merchants?"
"That's right."
Qin Yijue nodded and said: "The only people who can provide information to Murong Ke are the Shanxi merchants. They have a record of reselling materials to Yuanmeng before, but you said that the Shanxi merchants are too involved. Without definite evidence, these people cannot be easily touched, which is why today's disaster has occurred."
The Black Ice Platform organization was so large that even if most of the elites went south to Sizhou, they would not be aware of the collusion between Shanxi merchants and Yuanmeng. It was just Qin Wen who suppressed these people.
Qin Wen hated the families who resold supplies to Yuanmeng. He knew that there were such families under his command, but he did not dare to cut off this tumor that was growing on the Jin army because of various concerns.
The benefits of merging a state's businesses are too great for the Qin family to swallow, and it is inevitable that other families will benefit from it.
Most Shanxi merchants are more or less supported by the Qin family, so the conflicts of interest between Shanxi merchants and the Qin family are the deepest.
As the saying goes, the world is as black as crows.
Many Shanxi merchants have dirty hands and feet, but when it comes to business, there are probably only a handful of truly clean businessmen in the world, even when the Qin family was in business.
Qin Wen understands the nature of businessmen very well. He knows that greed and profit-seeking are the nature of businessmen, and they cannot be suppressed no matter how hard they are, even if death is the threat.
Therefore, for those Shanxi merchants who resold supplies to Yuanmeng, as long as the quantity was not too large, Qin Wen usually turned a blind eye and did not harm the fundamental interests of the Jin army.
However, Qin Wen's tolerance only fueled the arrogance of Shanxi merchants, so much so that most of the Shanxi merchants in Bingbei were almost rotten.
Qin Wen never thought of pointing the knife at the Shanxi merchants, because the interest disputes involved were too great. Once the Shanxi merchants were touched, another group of people would be touched. In the end, the Qin family would definitely be involved, and maybe even the Qin family would be involved. Jia Yu, after all, the Qin family caravan is managed by Jia Yu.
The price was too high, it was like scraping bones to treat poison, and even the entire Jin army would be in pain for a long time, so Qin Wen was unable to make up his mind, but now it seems that Qin Wen's indecision was undoubtedly stupid.
Drinking poison to quench thirst is destined to kill you, so instead of letting the rotten meat continue to rot, it is better to endure the pain and cut off the rotten meat to regain health.
Although bone scraping is painful, it only hurts for a while, but if you don’t scrape, the pain will continue.
"Fifth brother, do you think I was really wrong this time?" Qin Wen sighed.
And in the shadow behind him, a figure slowly walked out and replied: "Wrong."
"Even you think it's wrong to be my brother. It seems that you are really wrong."
"It's not too late to change it now," Qin Rang said.
Qin Wen smiled bitterly and said: "I originally wanted to wait until Hao'er unified the division and took over my position before taking action against this group of people, but now it seems that I may have to take action in advance."
The next day, Qin Xiyan, Six Sword Slaves, Xuan Jian, Zhan Ri, the First Generation Jing Salamander, etc., as well as the backbone of Heibingtai who were still in Bingzhou, were all summoned by Qin Wen at once.
Since the death of Dong Zhuo, Qin Wen can be said to be the last surviving hero of the old era, and now this sick tiger will show his fangs again.
"You will personally lead the team. All people, aristocratic families and caravans with records of collaborating with the enemy will be arrested and interrogated immediately. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy. If it is indeed true..."
A cold light flashed in Qin Wen's eyes, and he said coldly: "Kill the clan."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and shouted: "No."
Qin Xiyan stood up at this time and said: "Father, there are many people who are suspected, but there is no record in the case, and we don't have definite evidence yet. What should we do with these people?"
Qin Wen didn't even think about it: "I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go."
"clear."
After saying that, Qin Xiyan retreated. She did not ask again how she would deal with such nonsense if she met someone from the Qin family, because Qin Wen's attitude had already made it clear that even the people from the Qin family would be killed. Undoubtedly, genocide is naturally impossible.
Qin Rang also stood up at this time and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the evidence that the Qiao family is collaborating with the enemy is conclusive, but Qiao Sheng, the head of the Qiao family, and the fourth master are sworn brothers. Now that the fourth master is away on war, he will be executed like this." Are sworn brothers a bit..."
Qin Wen frowned when he heard this. He could execute any other family under his command without hesitation, but he had to consider his brother's feelings.
After thinking for a while, Qin Wen said: "Detain the entire Qiao family first, and then leave it to him to handle it personally when the fourth brother comes back."
