After returning to King Su's Mansion that day, Zhao Hongrun invited his staff member Jie Zilu to the study and talked with him about the "Northern Army", only to hear the latter surprised.

In fact, it is not only the meson owl, in fact, the vast majority of the world's understanding of the "thief army" is also similar to "anti-thief", "mountain thief", etc., simply put, it is understood as "a group of robbers in the green forest", these people are often male, from time to time harassing the neighbors, robbing the house, and plundering the good family - this is in line with the description of the "thief" in the current book and text.

However, the "Northern Army" led by Song Yun, the leader of the rebel army in Song County, seems to be different from other anti-thieves and rebels in the world, not so much a thief army, but more like a thief army supported by the people of Song County.

"If you go out, you are a thief, and if you enter, you are a people? …… Is there such a rebel army in the world? The Northern Armies are also engaged in production? ”

After listening to Zhao Hongrun's narration, Jie Ziyu asked in surprise.

In his impression, most of the so-called "thieves" are people who are lazy or forced to rebel, and they are logically not engaged in production.

However, the Bei Han Army in Zhao Hongrun's mouth is like a group of civilians who have their own fields and are also engaged in agricultural production on weekdays, and only under special circumstances will they put on armor and carry weapons, and turn into thieves.

This made the meson owl feel incredible.

"This is the words of Quliang Hou Sima Song." Before Zhao Hongrun could speak, Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao corrected Jie Ziyu's statement: "According to Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, "Jinxiang" is a stronghold of the Northern Gang Army, where the Bei Gang soldiers live by household like ordinary Song County civilians, and each family also has old and young wives and children, and the men are also engaged in production on weekdays, no different from the general public. ”

"That'...... Do the parents, wives and children of those who rebelled against them know? Jie Zilu asked curiously.

"I think you know, right?" Wei Jiao said while recalling: "According to Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang and Hou Jiyan of Kuangcheng, the local people, the old and weak, women and children, are all hidden by those Northern Gang army rebels, and even provide help......

"It's incredible." Jie Zilu was surprised when he heard this, and said in a loud voice: "A team of anti-thieves has actually won the support and support of the local people...... Is this still a thief army? Or is it ...... Is it a rebel? ”

"Ahem." Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao hurriedly reminded: "Mr. be cautious. ”

"Understand below, understand below." Jie Ziyu nodded with a smile and explained: "It's not just talking in the mansion, and you will never talk nonsense outside." ”

Whether the Northern Gang Army is a righteous army or a rebel army, there is no need to ask much about this question - just looking at the popular base of the Northern Gang Army in Song County, you can know that this is definitely not a thief army that is a disaster for the neighbors.

Otherwise, why would the people of Song County still support and support the Northern Gang Army so much?

But the problem is that since the Great Liang Imperial Court has determined that the Northern Gang Army is a thief, then the Northern Gang Army is a thief.

It's as simple as that.

"It's good that Mr. understands it."

After listening to Jie Ziyu's words, Wei Jiao also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, some things are good in the bottom of his heart, and it is indeed difficult to spread to the public.

As soon as he turned around, Wei Jiao saw that Zhao Hongrun was still frowning slightly, revealing a contemplative look, so he asked curiously: "Your Highness, are you still thinking about Qu Lianghou?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded slightly and said, "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I always think that the King of Nanliang and the Marquis of Quliang will not act in front of this king and play that scene...... Unless, the Qingwang Party decided to sacrifice the Marquis of Quliang and blame King Yong for this matter. Speaking of this, he shook his head, frowned, and said, "But when I look at Quliang Hou Sima Song, I don't look like a person who can sacrifice himself." ”

I remember that on the way back to Suwangfu, Zhao Hongrun kept thinking about this problem.

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, questioned Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, and there were both sides to this matter.

If Quliang Marquis Sima Song was not actually Yongwang Hongyu's secret chess, then it is very likely that the nobles of the Qingwang Party discussed a way to sacrifice Quliang Marquis Sima Song and let the latter falsely claim that Yongwang Hongyu had entered the "secret chess" of the Qingwang Party, so as to falsely accuse Yongwang Hongyu of Yongwang's party.

In this way, the Qingwang Party can not only get rid of the notoriety of slaughtering and poking the civilians of Song County, but also put this major fault on Yongwang Hongyu, accusing Yongwang Hongyu of playing a conspiracy.

Under this possibility, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, deliberately asked Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, to talk to the side, which was purely to attract the attention of others.

But then again, if Quliang Marquis Sima Song is really Yongwang Hongyu's secret chess, then it is very likely that "Jinxiang Slaughter" is manipulated by Yongwang Hongyu behind the scenes, in order to suppress Qingwang Hongxin.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun has no way to tell, because, in this kind of matter, Yongwang Hongyu has a 'criminal record' - I think that in the original "Beiyi Military Camp Roar" incident, it was Yongwang Hongyu who deliberately stirred up trouble behind the scenes, so as to bring down the former prince of the East Palace, Zhao Hongli, in one fell swoop, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not repeat his old tricks this time.

secretly instructed Quliang Hou Sima Song to break into the secret chess of the Qingwang Party, and let the latter look for opportunities to make the Qingwang Party make inevitable mistakes, which is really similar to the "North 1st Military Camp Roar" back then, which is really very similar to Zhou Yu and Zhang Qigong's means.

"What do you think?" Zhao Hongrun asked Jie Zi Dao.

Jie Ziyu pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I am more inclined to the guess of 'Quliang Marquis Sima Song Naiyong King Secret Chess'. …… The reason is very simple, because Quliang Marquis Sima Song was not directly involved in the Tu Poke incident in Jinxiang County, this person just passed on a message, and the fault was not big, if King Qing and his party tried to slander King Yong, why should they sacrifice a Quliang Marquis who was not at fault? On the other hand, Qu Lianghou, who was not at great fault, how could he agree to this matter? According to common sense, in addition to Sun Mou, the Marquis of Humu, who is unlikely to turn his back on King Qing, the princes who are directly involved in the "Jinxiang Massacre" such as Yuanling Marquis Uncle Yu, Wanlong Marquis Zhao Jian, Gaoyang Marquis Jiang Dan and several others are not more suitable as sacrifices than Quliang Marquis Sima Song? ”

Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but nod when he heard this.

Indeed, with the slight fault of Quliang Marquis Sima Song, it is indeed unlikely that he will be pushed out as a victim by the Qingwang Party - because in this case, the objects who are pushed out as sacrifices should be those who cannot shirk their responsibilities.

For example, Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, this prince has the greatest responsibility in this incident, and it is very likely that he will be swept to the end by the imperial court and directly cut off his title, and such a person is pushed out as a victim of the reputation of King Yong, which is in line with common sense.

Of course, this is just an analogy, not that Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, is the most suitable person to slander King Yong's reputation.

Otherwise, if you think about it carefully, if Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, is really the secret chess of King Yong, in order to assist King Yong Hongyu to suppress King Qingwang Hongxin, he not only sacrificed his family general Buying, but also sacrificed his second son Li Ping, which is too expensive.

Thinking about it along these lines, it may really be possible that Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, may really be a secret chess piece planted by King Yongwang Hongyu in the Qingwang Party - after all, since Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, is not suitable as a victim of retorting against King Yongwang, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, will not forcibly push the former out.

It makes no sense.

"Isn't it...... Is it really King Yong's instigation behind his back?'

Zhao Hongrun couldn't help frowning.

You must know that in the event of the "Beiyi Military Camp Roar", he was a little dissatisfied with some of Yongwang Hongyu's methods, but he saw that Yongwang Hongyu had the potential to become a virtuous monarch, so he reluctantly forgot about it.

But if King Yongwang Hongyu repeatedly played this kind of conspiracy, and even did not hesitate to instigate the "Jinxiang Massacre" incident in order to suppress dissidents, and destroy the image of Wei in the eyes of the people of the world, then, just like Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, said today, even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ponder a question in his heart: Is Yongwang Hongyu really suitable as the new monarch of his Great Wei?

At the same time, after writing his confession in the Zongfu, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, also returned to the post house where he entered the house in a carriage.

When he returned to the post house, when Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, returned to his house, he unexpectedly saw a man in a Confucian shirt sitting in the room.

This person is Yongwang Hongyu's staff, Zhang Qigong.

"Qu Lianghou, why are you good at making claims?"

Putting the teacup in his hand back on the desk beside him, Zhang Qigong said lightly: "Your Highness just asked you to secretly collect evidence of the Qingwang Party, and did not let you instigate the Marquis of Pingcheng and others to order the slaughter of the people of Jinxiang, do you know how bad the reaction to this matter is in the government and the opposition?" ”

"I can't be blamed for that." Quliang Marquis Sima Song walked to the chair opposite Zhang Qigong and sat down, and said helplessly: "I just fulfilled my duties as a member of the Qingwang Party, traced the traces of the Northern Gang Army, and told Pingcheng Hou and others the results of the verification, who would have thought that Pingcheng Hou and others would order the slaughter of the city?" ”

"......" Zhang Qigong closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes and asked, "Do you have any evidence to prove that those civilians are the 'rebels of the Northern Army'?" ”

"There is hard evidence." Quliang Marquis Sima Song said with an oath.

"Well, that's good." Zhang Qigong nodded, then got up and said: "Next, neither me nor His Highness's people will contact you again, please be more careful, as far as you know, the king of Nanliang has already set his sights on the prince." ”

"......," Quliang Hou Sima Song nodded silently.

When bidding farewell to Zhang Qigong, one of Qu Lianghou's guards walked in from outside, crossed shoulders with Zhang Qigong, and bowed his head to the latter as a salute.

Zhang Qigong didn't care, took a cursory glance, and left in a hurry.

After he left, the guard went straight to the room of Quliang Marquis Sima Song, closed the door and asked, "How is it?" ”

I saw Quliang Marquis Sima Song frowning and said: "The king of Nanliang is beginning to doubt me, but fortunately, Zhang Qigong did not suspect me......" After that, he turned his head to look at the guard, and asked with some concern: "That village, there won't be any problems, right?" ”

The guard chuckled and said, "That was specially arranged for you by Chen Yan, the Jinxiangqu general of the Northern Warfare Army, don't worry." ”

"That's good." Quliang Marquis Sima Song nodded, and then asked, "Next, what are the instructions of the 'Childe'?" ”

The guard picked up the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall in the house, and whispered, "The rest of the matter will be taken over by our people in Song County." In addition, if he sends an elite division from the Great Liang Imperial Court, that Song Yun will be responsible for dragging these troops in Song County......" Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, and said with a smile: "You have done a good job, and it is not in vain that Gongzi spent a lot of energy to help you occupy the Magpie's Nest and replace the real Marquis of Quliang...... Then again, that woman, oh, I mean that lady of your house, really doesn't need to get rid of her for you? As far as I know, she's already suspicious of you, right? ”

Hearing this, Quliang Marquis Sima Song's eyes flashed with a few complicated and incomprehensible looks, and he whispered: "I have ordered someone to put her under house arrest, and she ...... It will never ruin Childe's big thing. ”

"Only the dead keep secrets." The guard narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice.

Quliang Hou Sima Song, who was lowering his head, subconsciously clenched his fists when he heard this, and a few traces of anger and murder flashed in his eyes.

At this time, I heard the guard smile again: "Forget it, since you are so sure, spare that woman's life, after all, she also gave birth to two sons for you, and I can understand that you can't bear to kill her...... However, I hope you don't disappoint Childe's high expectations for you. ”

"I understand." Quliang Marquis Sima Song lowered his head and said, "Over the years, I have always been loyal to my son. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head, raised his right hand, and lightly hammered his left chest with a clenched fist: "Loyalty." ”

"Loyalty."

The guard made the same move.