After seeing the two of them off, Guo Xin turned around and entered Commander Jie's mansion. Although it is unknown when and who renovated the Marshal's Mansion in Qingzhou, it is large in scale and quite regular in shape. In addition, the Marshal's Mansion in the feudal town was not only the place where the Jieduzhi lived daily, but also needed to conduct government affairs at the government office. The part before the main hall of the Marshal's Mansion was actually the same as the government office, and shogunate officials would go to the government office every day.
However, at this time, there were only soldiers wearing strong armor and strong military skills left in the government office. After Guo Xin told the warriors not to plunder privately, he continued to walk inside. As soon as I walked to the front hall, I heard the sound of quarrels coming from the verandah. I went to take a look and found that the officials from Qingzhou who had been accompanying me in the hall were all crowded inside, and several military men were guarding the hall. The door won't let them out.
"We really don't know what Liu Zhu did, so please be kind and let me go out!"
"At least give me some water to drink!"
"What are you arguing about! If you dare to harm our generals, if it weren't for military orders, I would have killed you long ago!"
The leading palace guard said as he pulled out half of the horizontal sword from his waist, but soon, his hand holding the sword hilt was pressed by his other hand and the blade was inserted back.
The military man turned around and saw Guo Xin's face. He took a step back and clasped his fists and said, "I didn't know General Guo was here. I'm so humble and rude."
Guo Xin looked at Jun Han carefully for a while. In his impression, Jun Han should be a general, and then said: "Many things can't be solved by killing people, they have to rely on brains."
Ten General Nuonuo said yes. At this time, the subordinate officials in the verandah also reacted, and some even knelt down and worshiped on the ground.
"General Guo clearly knows that Liu Biao is plotting to cause harm, and it's not my fault!"
"Yes, we didn't know anything about it, otherwise how could we dare to do anything disobedient!"
Guo Xin saw that some of the people inside looked familiar. They must have saluted each other when they were greeted outside the city, so he asked the soldier next to him: "Why are the officers collected here?"
The soldiers guarding the palace showed a bitter look, clasped their fists and said, "General Guo has wronged us. We didn't capture these officers. They hid them in this room themselves. Commander Zhao asked us to take a look first." On."
"Oh," Guo Xin glanced at the officials with pleading eyes, thought of something, and asked, "Are there any of my staff among you? I have something to ask."
Some of them came out with fists clasped, and Guo Xin picked out one of them, a decent-looking man, and then waved to the guarding ten generals: "Go and call a literate military official to come over. After verifying the seals one by one, they are not from the shogunate." The official will let him go."
"It's an order."
Guo Xin found a side courtyard behind the main hall. The original owner of the side courtyard should be one of Liu Zhu's family members. The courtyard still maintained the appearance of daily life. After a brief inspection, the soldiers cleared out a room for him from the side. , after Guo Xin sat down, he called the shogunate official just now for questioning.
"Who are you, and what ministry do you hold?"
"General, my subordinate's surname is Xu Mingfeng. I am from this state. I am an official for the military department of the shogunate. In the palace, I am Zhao Gongzhi Gongfu Wen."
Guo Xin then asked coldly: "Liu Zhu held a banquet today to kill the general of our camp. Does Xu Tuiguan know about this?"
Xu Feng frowned: "I don't know about this, I'm afraid all the officials don't know about it!"
Guo Xin pretended to be angry: "As a person in the shogunate, on the side of the lord, how can I not know about such a big event!"
Xu Feng took off the square-topped and garden-winged futou and snorted coldly: "I really don't know! If General Guo doesn't believe it, why bother saying these words? Just let the soldiers take Xu's head away!"
The soldiers on both sides were about to step forward, but Guo Xin stopped them and softened his tone, "Xu Tuiguan Wuyou, I am in the general brigade, but I am not someone easy to kill."
Guo Xin thought that when the soldiers in the palace came in, except for Liu Zhu, all the officials did not act like they knew what they were doing. With so many people in the palace, it would be difficult to recreate the atmosphere when the two people were pushing cups and changing cups! Liu Zhu held a banquet and conspired to commit murder. Apart from his subordinates, I am afraid that there were not many people who knew about it. Otherwise, the forbidden army camp had been moved to the city, and the risk of such a thing leaking out would be too great.
The Xu Feng in front of him was obviously not among Liu Zhu's confidants.
After just drinking and talking for a long time, Guo Xin felt his mouth was dry, so he ordered his soldiers to bring tea and poured a cup to Xu Feng himself, saying: "I encountered a fatal disaster today. I almost died here. , Mr. Xu, please forgive me for being rude."
Xu Feng put the futou back on his head, bowed to take the water, silently saluted Guo Xin, and then drank it all in one gulp. He was obviously thirsty too.
Guo Xin moistened his throat and continued speaking in a polite tone: "I don't want to involve too many irrelevant people in this matter, but after all, this matter is of great importance, and I still need to find out, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to my superiors. As for the matter At this point, Liu Gong can no longer stay in Qingzhou. I asked Xu Tuiguan some things, and I also asked Xu Tuiguan not to hide anything from me."
Xu Feng nodded: "General Guo has a clear sense of justice. He still has such a state of mind just after a misfortune. I admire him. If the general wants to know, I will tell you the truth."
Guo Xin said it was good, and then asked Liu Zhu to put aside the matter of entering the court due to illness, and whether there were any signs of what happened today.
Xu Feng pondered slightly: "On the birthday of an official, all the towns have moved their tunes. Only Liu Gong's edict only mentioned entering the dynasty, not moving towns, and did not mention entering the dynasty and being promoted to officials. Liu Gong was indeed dissatisfied with this, and wanted to use it to Claiming to be ill showed that he still had a sense of integrity, and all the officials in Qingzhou knew about this.
But when he heard that the imperial army was about to be stationed in Qingzhou, Liu Gong mentioned in front of the palace that he would go to the court to ask for orders after collecting the spring and summer salt and yeast taxes... It was the morning of this month, and the general only needed to inquire a little. There should still be many people who remember it. Therefore, what happened in the palace today was completely beyond the official's expectation, and all his colleagues were also very surprised. "
Xu Feng raised his head and glanced at Guo Xin as he spoke: "Fortunately, General Guo saw through this, otherwise I might have been kidnapped as a thief."
There is indeed something fishy in this matter! From what Xu Feng said, Liu Zhu was clearly preparing to leave the town, so why did he have to hold a Hongmen banquet to kill himself and others today? Moreover, the Forbidden Army is already in the city. If he dies, Xiang Xun will take over the army. How can he have the courage?
In fact, Guo Xin no longer cares about what Liu Baht has done or wants to do at this moment. After all, bigger things are yet to come! He just wanted to find out whether Liu Biao really just had a hothead and planned the entire incident alone with his confidants.
Guo Xin asked a few more questions in detail. After some questioning, he realized that Xu Feng really didn't know the details. At this time, a soldier outside the door reported that Fu Zhaoxin would like to see him, so Xu Feng took the opportunity to resign to Guo Xin.
Guo Xin nodded in agreement, and after Xu Feng left, he ordered Guo Pu: "Have someone keep an eye on this person secretly to see if he will go see anyone, and don't let him run away."
Guo Pu left in response, and Guo Xin invited Fu Zhaoxin in again, withdrew his soldiers and spoke to Fu Zhaoxin alone.
Fu Zhaoxin entered the room and first confessed, saying that he made a mistake in judgment and did not expect that Liu Zhu would really do such a thing.
Guo Xin glanced at Fu Zhaoxin. The shame on Fu Zhaoxin's face seemed not to be fake, so Guo Xin asked him to sit across from him, handed him some tea and said, "I'm afraid Fu Lang is not wrong about the person. It's just because of the variable that Fu Lang is not there yet." Know.
Fu Zhaoxin put the tea cup to his mouth and asked, "What changes?"
"The person who wants to harm me is not Liu Zhu, but someone else!"
"Who wants to attack Guo Lang?"
"Yan Jinqing!"
Guo Xin said the three-letter name clearly, but it was not just nonsense.
The main reason is that there are too many doubts. The first is the secret edict on Yan Jinqing. The secret edict to capture and kill Liu Zhu if the situation is not correct is true, but if you think about it for a moment, if the petty officials and party members want to get rid of him in the camp, Yan Jinqing alone can do it. There is no guarantee that things will happen with that small number of people. The best way is to use secret edicts to lure foreign aid, and it is perfect to use Liu Zhu's hand to kill himself.
Who can guarantee that Yan Jinqing only has the secret edict that was shown to people in Yanzhou?
In addition, Yan Jinqing's performance today was also very suspicious. Yan Jinqing did not stand up and say a word when Guo Xin threatened Liu Baht, but it was Guo Xin who suddenly appeared and warned him not to kill Liu Baht during the follow-up. At that time, even Guo Qiong, who had always believed in Liu Zhu, didn't say anything. Why did Yan Jinqing want someone who almost killed him at the banquet to live?
But if you imagine that today's Hongmen Banquet is actually a collusion between Yan Jinqing and Liu Zhu, everything seems to make sense, and this arrangement is very covert and clever! Because of Liu Zhu's actions, everyone thought that he was not dealing with the imperial officials. If Liu Zhu was used to kill him, even his father Guo Wei would only be able to blame Liu Zhu and would not suspect anyone else at all - and for Liu Zhu wanted to continue to be in power, and the officials in the palace could provide him with adequate compensation.
Guo Xin thought he had guessed what was going on. Qingzhou was probably a drama planned by the palace long ago. From the moment he was ordered to lead the troops, everything was for today's drama. And if it was really Yan Jinqing who colluded with Liu Zhu in advance to design to get rid of him, then this matter is obviously not really over yet.
Guo Xin briefly stated some of his guesses, but only mentioned Yan Jinqing and not the people in the palace. There was no need to explain many things too clearly. Then he quietly waited for Fu Zhaoxin's reaction.
Fu Zhaoxin was indeed very surprised. He took a sip of strong tea and then said slowly: "What Guo Lang said... is of great importance. I will convey it to my father."
Naturally, Fu Zhaoxin cannot make decisions on behalf of the Fu family, but Guo Xin wants to convey some very obvious signals to Fu Yanqing through him. The Fu family must not be unprepared before something big happens that really causes a storm.
Guo Xin changed the topic and talked about asking Fu Yanqing to lead troops into the town. Fu Zhaoxin said that he would write a letter to Fu Yanqing to explain the situation in Qingzhou.
The two chatted for a while. In fact, in Guo Xin's opinion, the two brothers Fu Zhaoxin and Fu Zhaoxu were very different. Fu Zhaoxu was indeed a disciple of the vassal town raised according to martial arts standards, but he was not that rough, while Fu Zhaoxin's conversation was better than his. The eldest brother should also be like a scholar.
Not long after, Fu Zhaoxin was about to resign. Guo Xin sent him out, when Zhao Kuangyin came looking for him.
Zhao Kuangyin just glanced at Fu Zhaoxin and reported: "Everyone in the house has been put into the backyard. I will order my brothers to guard day and night, and no one will escape."
Guo Xin nodded, and Zhao Kuangyin took a step closer and said, "There are many beauties in Mr. Liu's residence, and his wives and daughters are extraordinary! There is still a daughter in the palace. Will the general invite her to come and see the prince?"
Guo Xin quickly glanced at Fu Zhaoxin with his peripheral vision, and sure enough he saw a smile on his face and a teasing look.
"What are you looking at? Be under strict supervision and don't let your subordinates offend!" Guo Xin suddenly frowned and was speechless. His future brother-in-law was right next to him. This black-faced man knew how to pick the right moment.
Zhao Kuangyin was confused and could only clasp his fists and say yes.
