Not long after the captain returned to the Donghai Customs with the "Crossbow Cavalry Honor Guard" under his command, he changed into a brocade robe and sat in a circle chair in the lobby of the Shuai Mansion in a big way.

"Xing'er! What do you look like? I put my legs off the armrests and sat upright. A dignified man, a sonorous tiger general, between sitting and lying down, how can he be so unjust? ”

Guo Xiao, the Marquis of Pingbei, who hurriedly walked into the lobby, saw his son lying in a circle chair as if he had no bones, one foot still on the armrest and shaking back and forth, and immediately wrinkled his forehead and taught him a lesson.

"Dad, I love to sit like this, sit so comfortably. If you have to get me to sit upright, then I might as well stand up......"

The cavalry commander, who was called Xing'er, casually picked up a cup of tea on the receiving table and drained it in a gulp. When the old marquis saw his son's behavior, he was even more angry:

"Then you stand up for me! Guo Xing, Guo Xing, you are not young now, why are you still such a profligate wreck? Now the military discipline and morale of my Pingbei army are about to be defeated by your kid. Hi...... It's also to blame the old man for being a parent, but he doesn't teach his children strictly......"

"Dad, you have nagged me about this kung fu, or study the right thing! The corpse I snatched back from the Youbei barbarian just now is it the concubine that the Youbei black bear spirit is looking for? ”

Guo Xiao also knew that his son was a donkey temper, and he was really holding back without leaving. Over the years, I have beaten and scolded myself, and the thick jujube sticks have broken four or five, but this child is born with a memory of eating and not remembering, and he still relapses after the injury is healed. Now he is twenty-three, but he still has a child's temperament, as if he can't grow up.

In fact, Guo Xing's temperament alone has become a major problem for Pingbei Hou for many years.

Despite this, this little marquis also has a talent that has spread throughout the Northern Yan Dynasty; There are still many literati and scholars who are "raccoon dogs", praising him for having the legacy of ancient celebrities; Now his own son, among the younger generation of Beiyan Wangcheng, can be described as a first-class man.

The old marquis was also accustomed to his son's virtue, and seeing that he didn't want to listen to his nagging, he sighed and picked up the spoils from the table that Guo Xing had obtained from the "Grass Valley" this time. It doesn't matter if you look at it, Old Prince Guo was almost so shocked that he jumped on the handsome case:

The letter was recovered from the carrion's body, and the handwriting in many places was so wet that it was hard to distinguish from the corpse-smelling bodily fluids. However, if you read through it carefully, the information contained in it can be half guessed and half read.

This letter is a private letter written by a Youbei man named 'Zhou Yan' to a person named 'Huang Li'. In addition to expressing his admiration for the Huangli girl, the whole article is the detailed rules for the "one cooperation" between the two sides: some bargaining about the number of silver taels; There is also a verification of the attitude of the Yellow Oriole side; There is a praise for the previous cooperation between the two sides, as well as the prospect of deepening cooperation in the future, the wording is humble and sincere, with some deliberately suppressed and hidden pride, faintly bringing out some abrupt and awkward feelings.

"This week...... It looks like a man's name, but why is the handwriting so gentle and delicate? Guo Houye put this "crumbling" letter in the envelope. I picked up another piece of paper. This piece of paper is extremely easy to understand - this is just a note that "Zhou Yan" set up in the Shuangtian Gambling House and borrowed 80,000 taels of silver on credit.

"Xing'er...... Has the body been identified by the spies in Jincheng? ”

"It's Gu Hui's concubine named Liniang, there will be no mistake. The spy who recognized the person often met with Li Niang, so even though the body was unrecognizable, he was still sure that he would not recognize the wrong person. ”

"Whether it is from the letter that Li Niang is carrying, or from the name 'Huang Li', it can be basically determined that Li Niang and Huang Li are the same person;

Guo Xing heard his own Lao Tzu muttering, he also thought about it, and stretched out five fingers:

"Five days! Results should be available in five days! ”

When Pingbei Hou saw his son's assurance, he didn't think much about it. Although this son of his own family is not in a thousand ways, but fortunately, when he goes out, he is always loud and clear, and there is never a mistake or omission.

Just when the father and son of the Marquis of Pingbei were discussing the next plan for Youbei, Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt, who had been in a good mood recently, also received a secret letter personally sent into the palace by Yan Jiuning, the patriarch of the clan mansion.

said that this was a superstition sent by Yan Chongwu, but in fact, it was more like a letter of love that he secretly played. In this letter, Yan Chongwu wrote his own views on the battle at the Eastern Customs, and also wrote his overall plan to catch it all. Of course, he only used some vivid metaphors in the letter, which made Yan Zhan feel as if he understood the whole process; But the letter says nothing about the crux of this. However, Yan Zhan neither understood nor wanted to listen to those things, all he wanted was respect, and all he wanted was victory.

At the end of the letter, Yan Chongwu mentioned the "key point" of defeating the Northern Yan army in one net, in addition to reporting to Yan Hunt for instructions, he also asked him to help the Flying Bear Army.

In this way, Yan Hunt was even happier: Who said that Yan Chongwu was just a brave and reckless man? Judging from this strategy, Yan Chongwu's methods can really be described as ruthless and spicy; And most importantly, this kid is not greedy for merit! His request was nothing at all, one did not want money, and the other did not want to increase troops; Just ask yourself to help him perform a big show, so that he can succeed in the battle and completely hold Donghaiguan in the hands of Youbei. Moreover, the most important thing is that once the success is achieved, then the greatest credit will naturally be given to Yan Hunt, in addition to avoiding the high merit shocking the master, it can also make himself brush up a lot of sense of existence.

Yan Chongwu said in the letter that he used Lord Gu's room to "violently kill" the body of the concubine, and "disguised" her as a secret agent from Nankang, and in order to add authenticity to this corpse, he also made a complete identity for her. In the "plot" designed by Yan Chongwu, this spy Li Niang from Nankang has been secretly cooperating with Yan Day, the prince of Youbei, for many years. This time, he wanted to take advantage of the long-term cooperative relationship between the two sides to invite the Nankang army to send troops from the southern line of the Northern Yan and attack the Northern Yan Dynasty together with the Youbei Third Road.

The so-called wise man must make a mistake in his thousand thoughts, this concubine's identity as a spy, after a long time, finally showed her feet in front of her master. So under the "blackmail" of Lord Gu, he had to hand over the "plate fee silver" that the prince handed over to himself and invited the Nankang army to come to help. Of course, this is where Master Gu is now squandering silver taels in Jincheng; And Li Niang encountered an accident on the way back to Nankang, and the person who did it was the person who thought that she had embezzled the silver and was preparing to defect to the organization, and Nankang Di listened to the people who came to clean up the portal.

In this way, Li Niang may privately leave evidence of the transaction with the prince in order to protect herself. Therefore, in order to prevent the scandal of the prince from being exposed, the emperor will be sent to the order, and Yan Chongwu will search for Liniang vigorously, and he will see the corpse if he wants to see people in life and die. This is also the reason why Yan Chongwu is willing to tarnish his name.

The search team of their own guards had already found Liniang's body, but at this time, they were taken away by the troops sent by the Northern Yan side.

Under such circumstances, Yan Chongwu wanted to ask Emperor Xuande Yan Hunt to make a formal negotiation with Emperor Tianyou of Northern Yan as his own emperor. And the ultimate goal of the negotiation is to recover Liniang's body. The main thing is to make up for the big basket that was poked out because of the momentary negligence of His Royal Highness the Prince.

And when Beiyan Fang saw Emperor Xuande, he was so nervous about this female corpse, which must have its own importance. After a careful search, you can find some side evidence that Yan Chongwu put in it in advance; After some investigation by the Beiyan spies in Fengjing City and Jincheng, it is not very difficult for the Marquis of Pingbei and even Emperor Tianyou to spell out a complete idea; Once they form a complete line of thought, they will inevitably be convinced of my Youbei's desire to unite Nankang and Mobei and gather a three-way army to attack Beiyan. After all, no one would have doubts about the results of their own investigations!

Because if Guo Xiao, the Marquis of Pingbei, is allowed to defend in front of the East Customs, step by step, and remain like a mountain town, then the three roads in Youbei will never have a chance to take advantage of, and will inevitably slowly decline under the entanglement of internal and external troubles.

Of course, such a big action can't just lead the snake out of the hole, how the next strategy changes, and we have to observe the response of the Beiyan side to formulate it in a targeted manner. However, what is certain is that once the situation moves towards Yan Chongwu's plan, then it will not be a flash in the pan for the three roads to win the final victory of this war, and even to win the initiative to the outside world in the future.

The reason why Yan Hunt was extremely interested in this troublesome and incomplete plan was because in Yan Chongwu's plan, he pushed himself to the most important link.

In other words, even if this strategy fails, he will not have a copper plate or a trace of face loss; On the contrary, if it is once successful, then when you appreciate it, you must be the first merit; Such a big victory that determines the trend of Huayu Continent in the next twenty years, although he did not have such a brilliant record in the first battle, but the name of a generation of saints who strategized and won thousands of miles could not run away no matter what!

Compared with this possibility, what is the point of wronging his son for a few days? What's more, if you want to sit in the position of the emperor and endure this kind of broad-mindedness that ordinary people can't bear, it's simply a compulsory course; Even he, the current emperor, has to rely on Li Deng's snort to live, not to mention that he is only a prince?

Therefore, Yan Chongwu's request, Yan Hunt agreed very happily. After he finished writing a private letter to Emperor Tianyou of Beiyan, he summoned the crown prince Yan Tian to come to the Winter Warm Pavilion to "take a closer look".

If it weren't for Yan Day's use of the Gong bucket before Feng Zhao, he would immediately be scared to pee his pants in the Winter Warm Pavilion by the word Huang Li spit out of Yan Hunt's mouth; After listening to his father Wang Yun lightly finish his thoughts, his legs couldn't stop swinging: because according to what his father said, except for some events that were not on the table, the "Spring and Autumn Brushwork" was replaced, and everything else turned out to be a fact that had happened!

How much does the Emperor know? Was he tempting or did he already have hard evidence? What role did Beiyan, Nankang and even Mobei play in this incident? Huang Li, whose hands did she die in?

Yan Tian, who was broken by the truth, was so confused that he had to brag about some nonsense such as "the holy candle shines, and there is no last resort". After leaving the Winter Warm Pavilion, the trembling prince came to the door of Dongkun Palace again.

Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to his mother, Li Lian, for help.