During this stalemate, Qi King Li Jingda suddenly said: "That's enough!"
"Feng Jianjun, there are no swords and guns on the battlefield, and it is naturally difficult to distinguish the corpses. How can we tell clearly whether Li Song is alive or dead? Even if he escaped by chance during the chaos, so what? How can you rely on your imagination to make such nonsense? Are you slandering Marshal Li and other meritorious generals? The rebellion has just been put down, wouldn’t your words like this chill the hearts of all the soldiers?"
Li Jingda suddenly spoke, and the gazes of the generals became sharper. Feng Yanji was here alone, so he could only hold it in his heart, and then he squeezed out a smile and explained: "Oh, your highness, I said it, but I just showed a little doubt!" Showing doubts! Marshal Li is naturally loyal to His Majesty... But Li Song’s life and death cannot be dismissed lightly. We must search carefully, otherwise His Majesty’s end will be really hard to explain!”
"That makes sense..." Li Jingda thought for a moment, then asked Li Yuan: "Marshal Li, what do you think?"
Li Yuan smiled slightly, raised his hands and responded: "I have no objections."
Before Li Jingda could speak, Feng Yanji immediately said: "In that case, our supervisor will immediately send troops to search and verify!"
Liu Renzhan gritted his teeth and interjected: "Nonsense! More than ten days have passed since the war, and all the bodies have been burned. How can we verify this? If Li Song really escaped, he doesn't know where he is at this time. How can he find it?"
Feng Yanji responded calmly: "Marshal Liu, no matter how difficult it is to search, we must not leave trouble for the Tang Dynasty! I will ask your majesty to send three capable officials to come. Li Song's death is still acceptable. If If you really escape from the war, there will always be clues left behind. Since Li Song's flag was left behind at Water Gate, why not start the search from that Water Gate!"
As soon as he heard the word "water gate", Li Yuan's mind was shaken, but he still remained calm and stern. Even if Feng Yanji discovered something, it wouldn't matter. When he was talking to Li Song in the dense forest that day, he deliberately kept only his confidant Lin Sichang beside him and spoke in a low voice, so there was no danger. Now that half a month has passed, Li Song may have already arrived in Jiangling...
Today's scene was really not pleasant. After Feng Yanji hurriedly led his guards out, Qi King Li Jingda also excused himself from feeling unwell and went to rest where he was staying. Li Yuan and Liu Renzhan also led the generals back to the camp.
This farce seems to have come to an end...
Feng Yanji acted quickly, and the so-called search for the traitors soon began in full swing.
At first it was only in Shuimen, but soon it expanded to the whole city of Shouzhou. Soldiers and officers went in and out of the streets and houses at will. The Qing Huai Army, which had previously committed rebellion, was also included in the scope of the investigation, which made people panic for a while.
Later, when the officials from the three divisions of Jinling arrived, one of them was Feng Kang, who was once the director of Dali, and was Feng Yanji's good son. I don't know what kind of chaos it would cause. This is something to say later, and I will explain it later.
Li Yuan, however, didn't care about Feng Yanji's actions. In his opinion, this person was just looking for trouble, and it would definitely be in vain. Later, I learned from Li Jingda that this powerful and powerful minister in the past had ceased to be prime minister, so this move was not difficult to understand. He was just trying to get some credit for himself and get the emperor's attention again. If he had the opportunity to step on Li Yuan by the way, why not do it.
In short, now that the rebellion has been put down and the imperial army has taken over the three states, after staying in the city for a few more days, Li Yuan decided to set off for Jinling as originally planned. The wedding ceremony had been delayed for an unknown amount of time. If he didn't get back in time, regardless of what Emperor Zhou E thought, he would feel uncomfortable.
After bidding farewell to Qi King Li Jingda, Li Yuan went to the military camp to say goodbye to the generals.
After fighting side by side for many days, everyone has already formed a deep friendship. When they arrived at the Wuchang Army Commander's tent, Liu Renzhan, Zhou Tinggou and other generals of the Wuchang Army were even more reluctant to leave Li Yuan. It was not because of their tenderness, but because of their great kindness that day, which they could not forget.
After personally pouring a glass of wine for Li Yuan before leaving, Liu Renzhan suddenly waved and ordered the soldiers to carry more than a dozen large boxes one after another. When he opened them, he saw that they were full of copper coins, gold and silver, as well as precious stones and jade. The huge amount shocked Li Yuan. Incessantly. Is this Liu Renzhan doing it to repay a favor? This method is too direct! He is worthy of being a military envoy of a town, so generous and generous, but I don’t know when Liu Renzhan transported so much wealth here.
However, the generals of the Wuchang Army present did not show any surprise. As if they had all agreed upon it, they began to get up and congratulate Li Yuan on his wedding. Looking at the sincere faces in front of them, Li Yuan Yuan was filled with emotion for a moment and couldn't help but drink a few more drinks.
"Liu Marshal, I have said before that we are all brothers who have been on the battlefield together, so there is no need to be so polite! These are too many! Besides, don't these vulgar things tarnish the friendship..."
Liu Renzhan shook his head and sighed: "Marshal Li, if you hadn't sacrificed your life to come to our aid that day, I'm afraid I and my soldiers would have died for our country! This time you led us to wipe out the rebels, and I'm even more I personally killed Li Jinquan and avenged my nephew!
Marshal Li, although this money is a bit vulgar, I really don’t know how to repay it! What's more, this time it has delayed your wedding, so I can treat this as a way for me to bring happiness to you! Please be sure to accept it! Don't say no! Otherwise, I have such an old face..."
"This..." Although Liu Renzhan was sincere and Li Yuan couldn't let him down, after all, he was collecting money in front of all the generals, so he couldn't help but feel worried.
Seeing Li Yuan's hesitant look, Zhou Tinggou held it in for a long time, and finally couldn't help but laugh heartily a few times, and then said to Li Yuan: "Commander Li, just accept it! Do you remember that the people on the city tower that day Among the rebels, the one who rebelled first was named Ming Hanrong! All the money was copied from his house! Damn it, you wouldn’t know if you didn’t search it, but you’d be shocked if you searched it, this guy didn’t know what he was doing How much better than his master, just what we have in front of us, at least a million dollars..."
A bearded general also took over and said: "Yes, Marshal Li! These are only 30% to 40% at most. The other Marshal Liu has already given all the points to all the brothers in the army! However, if you hadn't led us to capture Shouzhou City, How can brothers get so rich? Just take it!"
Seeing Liu Renzhan also pursed his lips and laughing, Li Yuan was frightened. Although he had known that Ming Hanrong was recorded in history books as being notoriously greedy for money, he didn't expect that a military adviser could earn such an exaggerated amount of millions. True, is it only 30% to 40%? Isn't he crazy? If he becomes a high official, He Shen will call him an expert.
Looking back now, what is the use of Li Jinquan being a military envoy in the Central Plains for so many years? What's the use of painstakingly planning a rebellion? The first warrior in Tuyuhun, he can guard against wolves and tigers, but he cannot guard against his own mice! I don't know how many horses and armors I can buy with so much money. With such a subordinate, I will be defeated sooner or later.
Li Yuan suddenly became alert and thought to himself, wondering if there was such a hidden danger in his territory. When you return to Langzhou, you must be vigilant in the future. Money is the lifeblood of all ages, and now if you want to steadily expand your strength, you can't afford to make mistakes...
"Okay, then I will thank Marshal Liu and thank you all!"
Li Yuan waved his hand gently, and Lin Sichang and the accompanying soldiers immediately entered the tent and carefully lifted the boxes out one by one and loaded them into the truck. Then Li Yuan did not linger much and formally bid farewell to everyone and set off.
At the east gate of Shouzhou, Liu Renzhan sat upright on his horse for a long time. It was not until he saw Li Yuan and his carriages and horses gradually disappearing from sight that he led the generals back to the city.
Feeling disappointed, he couldn't help but think of someone. Liu Renzhan said to himself: "Now that Li Lang is gone, I don't know what happened to Meng Lang..."
