"PS: I'm not feeling well today, and I'll make up for it tomorrow, thank you."

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The "Second Battle of Jinxiang", or the "Jinxiang Massacre", soon spread throughout Song County, not to mention the noble gate lords of the Yongwang Party and Suwang factions, and even the noble gate lords of the Qingwang faction.

You must know that "slaughtering and poaching the civilians of Song County" is not allowed by the Liang Imperial Court.

For a time, the private armies of the noble lords of the various princely factions had a tacit understanding to suspend the attack, waiting for the Great Liang Imperial Court to deal with this matter.

Soon, this matter spread to the Great Liang of the Wei State, causing a shock in the court.

It may be that the nature of this matter was too bad, and the imperial court immediately blocked the news, but unfortunately, the merchants of Song County, who came to Daliang to prepare to buy shops in Bolangshahe Port, quickly spread the news to Daliang. - These merchants of Song County did not reject the imperial court's recovery of Song County by force, but they could not tolerate such a massacre of civilians.

At the same time that the wealthy merchant "Tao Hong" of Song County wrote to the imperial court, some other merchants from Han, Chu, and even Qilu also watched this matter coldly.

After all, as early as two months ago, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who was interested in building Bolangsha River Port into the first free trade river port city in the Central Plains, had sent invitations to merchants from all countries in the Central Plains in the name of the imperial court, intending to make Bolangsha River Port the most prosperous free trade river port city in Wei and even in the Central Plains.

"What?!"

After learning about this incident, King Su Zhao Hongrun was also very angry in the study of King Su's mansion.

You must know that around August and September, he will represent the Liang court and come forward to sell the shops in Bolangsha River Port, so that those merchants from all over the Central Plains from all over the world can settle down in the river port shops, stimulate the economic development of Wei State, and make Bolangsha and Daliang replace Linzi of Qi State as the most dense city in the world.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, several nobles of the Qingwang Hongxin faction such as "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang" and "Quliang Hou Sima Song" actually slaughtered the local Song people in Jinxiang of Song County.

It is believed that if the Great Liang Imperial Court could not solve this matter safely, these merchants from the Central Plains would never dare to settle down in Bolangsha and Daliang, which was not only a loss of wealth circulation for the Wei State, but also a missed opportunity to replace Linzi of the Qi State as the economic hub of the entire Central Plains.

The imperial court obviously understood the huge loss, so within two days, King Yong, who was acting as the supervisor of the country, summoned the domestic nobles involved in the "Jinxiang Massacre" such as "Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang" and "Quliang Marquis Sima Song" in the name of the Vertical Arch Hall to return to Daliang for interrogation.

During this period, the courtiers of the Yongwang faction also took this opportunity to start suppressing Qingwang Hongxin one after another, so that Qingwang Hongxin frequently attended court meetings in the past few days, and denied the "Jinxiang Massacre" again and again, saying that there must be an inside story in this matter.

All in all, because of this incident, Qingwang Hongxin can be described as anxious.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, several nobles involved in the "Jinxiang Massacre" incident, such as "Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang" and "Quliang Marquis Sima Song", quickly returned to Daliang to listen to the interrogation of the imperial court.

The Great Liang court attached great importance to this matter, and even alarmed Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi who was recuperating in the Ganlu Palace, who instructed the Zongfu, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple to come forward to try the case.

If it is finally verified that "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", "Quliang Hou Sima Song" and other people really ordered the slaughter of innocent civilians in Jinxiang, then not only these domestic nobles will be severely punished, but even Qingwang Hongxin will also bear joint and several responsibility.

The venue for hearing the case was set up in the Zongfu, and Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongfu Zongzheng, personally appeared to hear the case.

At that time, not only Zhao Hongrun took Qi'er and Wei Jiao to observe, but also the other prince's faction forces, and relevant personnel also went to observe the trial.

When Zhao Hongrun took Qi'er and Wei Jiao to the place where the case was tried in the Zongfu, he heard someone shouting hoarsely in the hall: "That's not a civilian at all!" …… That's all the Northern Army! Northern Army! ”

Zhao Hongrun stepped in, and as soon as he entered the lobby of the Zongfu, he saw the "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang" who had been photographed several times, and was excitedly arguing with an excited face.

At this time, in the hall, the people who were observing the case could be said to be overcrowded, and Zhao Hongrun even saw Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, the uncle and nephew glanced at each other, and they completely treated it as if they didn't see anyone.

"Silence!"

It may be that the discussions of the observers have affected the trial of the case, and Zhao Yuanyan, the head of the Zongfu, ordered everyone present to remain quiet, and then repeatedly asked "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang" and said: "Pingcheng Hou, don't be impatient." As you just said, you did not order the slaughter of civilians, but according to rumors, you attacked Jinxiang twice, one is to avenge the revenge between Li Ping and the general, and the other is to loot Jinxiang......"

"Never! …… Don't believe rumors! ”

Before Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang could speak, he saw that in the spectator seat, Qingwang Hongxin couldn't help but deny it.

Looking at Qingwang Hongxin's sweaty appearance at the moment, it is not difficult for Zhao Hongrun to guess the mood of this brother at the moment.

"His Royal Highness King Qing, I'm asking the Marquis of Pingcheng." Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, that is, the second uncle of Zhao Hongxin, Zhao Hongrun and others, glanced at Qingwang Hongxin when he heard this, and said calmly.

Qingwang Hongxin opened his mouth, but he could only choose to shut up.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongzheng of the Zongfu, turned his head to look at Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, again, and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang took a deep breath and pretended to be calm and said: "Returning to Lord Zongzheng, Li Ping, the second son of Xiaohou, and the general Buying were indeed killed in Jinxiang, but it was the Bei Bo army in the Song Land who killed the two of them, not the Song people in Jinxiang, how could Xiaohou be angry in Jinxiang?" ”

Hearing this, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, as if he didn't believe the words of Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang, and he was so anxious that this prince was sweating profusely.

"Silence!" Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan couldn't help but drink again, and then asked Pingcheng Hou Li Yang: "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, why did you attack Jinxiang for the second time?" ”

Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang took a deep breath and pretended to be calm and said: "Back to Lord Zongzheng, Xiaohou led the army to attack Jinxiang for the second time because he heard that there were traces of the activities of the Northern Gang Army in Jinxiang...... In this matter, Lord Qu Lianghou can testify, and it was he who found out about the news. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongzheng of the Zongfu, turned his head to look at Quliang Hou Sima Song and asked, "Quliang Hou, is there such a thing?" ”

"Exactly!" Quliang Marquis Sima Song clasped his fists and said: "For a long time, our army has not been able to find the traces of the Bei Han Army, and it has been attacked frequently but the murderer cannot be found...... Every time the troops were sent in pursuit, they tracked down some villages. In this regard, we were puzzled, and later, we found out that the people in those villages were the Northern Army! ”

"What?" Zhao Yuanyan frowned and asked, "Who do you say is the Northern Army?"

I saw that Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zongzheng, those Song people in Jinxiang who claim to be civilians are actually all Northern Gang Army!" …… They took advantage of our unpreparedness to attack us with weapons, and when our troops sent troops to follow us, these men hid their weapons and armor and disguised themselves as civilians...... All along, the Northern Army has been mixed under our noses. ”

"Wait." Zhao Yuanyan interrupted Quliang Hou Sima Song and asked in surprise, "Quliang Hou, do you mean ......?"

As if he had guessed the mind of the Zongzheng Lord in front of him, Quliang Marquis Sima Song clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Not bad! The Northern Army is not only the men of the Song Land, they have relatives and children as a cover, and they are thieves when they go out, and they are people when they enter, so that at the beginning, we searched hard for a long time, and finally found out that these thieves were hidden under the noses of our army, hidden among those who claimed to be innocent civilians! Speaking of this, he glanced around at all the onlookers present, and said loudly: "If you don't believe it, you may wish to ask the other armies in Song County to see if those princes have encountered a similar situation!" ”

This sworn remark made everyone present look at each other.

In fact, up to now, the Daliang government and the opposition still generally believe that the Song rebel army "Bei Bo Army" is a rebel army similar to local thieves, but Qu Liang Marquis Sima Song overturned this remark, and the Bei Bo Army in his mouth is an army dressed as a "Song civilian", with men and women, old and young.

This may be the reason why the Great Liang Imperial Court has not been able to catch the traces of the Northern Gang Army: because those soldiers of the Northern Gang Army are mixed among the civilians of Song County, or in other words, some people who claim to be civilians of Song County are actually soldiers of the Northern Gang Army.

"Your Highness?"

Wei Jiao asked Zhao Hongrun in a low voice.

Zhao Hongrun stared intently at Quliang Marquis Sima Song, and secretly frowned.

In fact, he had more or less doubts about the circumstances stated by Quliang Hou Sima Song before.

Think about it, if there was no deep-rooted popular foundation, how could Song Yun's Bei Bo army survive Nangong Yao's encirclement and suppression again and again?

The question is, can this explanation be accepted by the people of the world?

Moreover, who can be sure that after learning about this situation, whether Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, Quliang Hou Sima Song and others really interrogated the civilians of Jinxiang, or did they use this as an excuse to cover up their evil act of looting civilians?

In this matter, even Zhao Hongrun can't make a judgment easily.

However, it is foreseeable that Qingwang Hongxin will be unlucky this time.