"Clan Chief Bai, what do you mean?" Jiang Tuo asked with a more serious expression.
Patriarch Bai analyzed seriously: "Sir, I always feel uneasy these days, feeling that something is wrong... Later, after thinking about it over and over again, I suspected that there was a spy within us."
"Why do you see it?"
Patriarch Bai thought deeply and said, "Think about it, this bandit was originally very small, but it became a giant in a short period of time... Moreover, after the bandits attack the wealthy clan, they can always avoid our eyes and ears quietly. This is very unreasonable." ah!"
Chief Bai said that now he was 80% sure that there was something wrong within the wealthy clan!
"These wealthy families are our friends. They shouldn't take refuge in the bandits, right?" Jiang Tuo reminded.
"Sir, how can you believe them so much? As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will not die but a poor Taoist. In this life-and-death situation, maybe a wealthy family deliberately turns to the bandits in order to preserve their clan? Want to use the power of the bandits to come? How about weakening the power of other wealthy families?"
Chief Bai believes that his analysis is correct, because the relationship between their wealthy families seems to be very good, but in fact there is also competition. Once a wealthy family falls, other wealthy families will rush forward to divide the power.
Obviously, there is a traitor among them!
Jiang Tuo slapped the table and suddenly realized: "The case has been solved. I said that these thieves have become more and more rampant recently. It turns out there is a mole! Chief Bai, fortunately you discovered it in time, otherwise we would be all doomed!"
Patriarch Bai's expression was still serious, he spread his hands and asked, "But who is it?"
How easy is it to find traitors among so many wealthy families? Wealthy people usually do things in a secretive way and are not easily caught...and he can't monitor all the rich people, so how can he find the traitors?
Jiang Tuo frowned and analyzed seriously: "Chief Bai, think about it. First of all, this wealthy family must be very powerful. Otherwise, they can clearly know the whereabouts of our troops? Can they quickly notify the bandits?"
Patriarch Bai nodded and kept thinking, filtering out a group of unworthy landowners and gentry.
"Secondly, this wealthy family also has iron tools and can supply weapons and armor to bandits... It is even said that this wealthy family has great influence and can prevent these bandits from being traced!"
Patriarch Bai nodded again and screened out a group of rich and powerful families.
"What else? Sir?"
Jiang Tuo rubbed his chin and said: "I estimate that this wealthy family should have fought with the bandits and then suffered a defeat. They were afraid, so they actively contacted the bandits and betrayed the information to protect the clan! What do you think? Chief Bai. "
"You are such a talented person, your analysis is really penetrating and to the point!"
Patriarch Bai suddenly became enlightened. With this analysis, there were far fewer suspects, leaving only a few wealthy families. Among these wealthy families, who is more like a traitor?
The two fell silent. After a while, Patriarch Bai reviewed these wealthy families in his mind, squinted his eyes, and lowered his voice and said, "Sir, do you think it is the Yang family?"
"Clan Chief Bai, this is not nonsense..." Jiang Tuo shook his head quickly and denied: "Although the Yang family has strength, motivation, and purpose, I still believe they are innocent!"
Hearing this, Patriarch Bai became more determined in his thoughts.
He explained: "First of all, it was because Yang He of the Yang family failed to attack Kunzhai, but was attacked by Kunzhai instead... which caused these bandits to rush out and do evil everywhere!"
"That's right!" Jiang Tuo followed his words and murmured: "Could it be that after this battle, the Yang family was afraid of being beaten, so in order to preserve their strength, they secretly contacted the bandits?"
"In addition, the Yang family is also capable of providing weapons and supplies to the bandits! The Yang family operates ironware privately, and I heard that they have contacts with Chang'an..."
Jiang Tuo agreed: "Well, since we deal in iron tools, it makes sense to provide weapons to the bandits. Besides, the Yang family is very powerful and can hide the weapons and baggage from all the wealthy families and deliver it to the bandits!"
Hearing what Jiang Tuo said, Chief Bai was even more convinced that the traitor was most likely the Yang family.
"And the most important thing! I heard that the most dangerous among this group of thieves is the second leader Geng Bin! He is more than nine feet tall, stands like a hill, is extremely powerful, and can eat people alive …”
Patriarch Bai recounted the information he had gathered, and finally said angrily: "When Yang He attacked the village, he obviously met Geng Bin, the second master, but deliberately concealed the information. This person has bad intentions!"
"Could he be scared out of his wits by Geng Bin and dare not say anything? Chief Bai, I think that although there is sufficient evidence and there are both witnesses and physical evidence, we should not doubt the Yang family easily, right?"
Patriarch Bai shook his head. The governor was too young, had too little experience, and easily trusted others.
How can I be so experienced and skillful as myself, able to look at everything with suspicion and study it carefully.
What the Yang family did was so obvious that the governor was still willing to believe them.
"Sir, without further ado, I think we should eradicate the Yang family!" Chief Bai said with a stern look on his face.
Jiang Tuo refused: "No, no, no, the Yang family is our support. If the Yang family is eradicated, what will other wealthy families think? Isn't our bandit-suppression alliance going to fall apart?"
Chief Bai said: "Sir, you don't know the origin of the Yang family. This Yang family is not a local wealthy family in Liangzhou, but comes from Hongnong and is a branch of the Hongnong Yang family."
"This Hongnong Yang family has something to say. Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty led 600,000 troops and besieged Xiang Yu in five groups, and finally forced the King of Chu to commit suicide in Wujiang River. Among them was a soldier named Yang Xi, He snatched one of Xiang Yu's thighs and was made Marquis of Chiquan by Han Gaozu."
"From then on, the Yang family seemed to be in trouble, and became a famous family."
After Patriarch Bai finished telling the origin of the Yang family, he said: "Think about it, the Yang family is good at opportunism. In this case, they must be the one who got in the way and colluded with the bandits!"
Jiang Tuo seemed to be convinced by Chief Bai and asked, "What should we do now?"
Patriarch Bai also felt that it was difficult to deal with, so he said: "Let's do this, sir, let's use Patriarch Yang to spread a false message first. If the thieves are fooled, it will be confirmed that the Yang family is a thief!"
"At that time, we will hold a meeting in the camp, and then we will ambush a hundred swordsmen and axemen at the door. Together we will attack the Yang family, resolve the internal conflicts, and then deal with these thieves!"
"Okay, just follow what Chief Bai said!" Jiang Tuo looked very excited, as if he had seen the light of day. He took Chief Bai's hand and said, "As long as the traitors are dealt with, this group of thieves will be like grasshoppers after autumn. I can’t stay in bed for a few more days!”
"That's right!"
