Volume 10 Chapter 99
How could Gu Chong dare to object, not to mention that it was his own family who was promoted. He and Gu Chen both knelt down and kowtowed, saying in unison: "Your Majesty is so kind!"
"Get up!" Tang Yin waved his hand, then lowered his head, picked up the confession again, read it for a while, and asked: "You said the assassin used our Fengjun's crossbow?"
"That's right!" Gu Chen said seriously: "Not only are the structures and materials exactly the same, but even the numbers on them belong to our army."
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes and asked coldly: "Which army number is on the crossbow?"
"This..." Gu Chen hesitated and did not dare to say it.
"Say!" Tang Yin shouted in a deep voice.
"It's...the number of the direct army." Gu Chen said in a low voice.
What? Is it a crossbow machine belonging to the direct army? Tang Yin said solemnly: "So, there are spies who go against the trend in the directly affiliated army?"
Gu Chen's face straightened up and he said quickly: "All the people in the direct army are my brothers from the Feng people. It is unlikely that there are spies from Niufengliu. However... there may be people in there who have had an affair with Niufengliu or been coerced by him to work for him. It is also possible that It was Nifengliu who quietly sneaked into the armory of the direct army and stole the crossbow machine. "
What he said is possible, but no matter which point, the direct army is unshirkable. Even if the crossbow is stolen by someone who goes against the wind, the direct army is guilty of dereliction of duty. Tang Yin nodded and said to Gu Chen: "This matter is still left to your lieutenant's office to investigate and handle. Remember, it must be strictly investigated. The direct army is the close army of the capital, and there must be no rebel forces among them!"
"The general understands! The general will investigate this case thoroughly and not let the king down!" Gu Chen said in a shocked voice.
"Yes!" Tang Yin smiled and nodded slightly. He liked to hear this kind of confident answer the most. As the king of a country, Tang Yin couldn't do everything by himself. He needed someone to help him. Solve the problem.
Originally, they were looking for assassins, but in the end, they found the directly affiliated army. This was something Tang Yin never expected.
But what made him feel somewhat comfortable was that finding a talent like Gu Chen in the Lieutenant's Mansion was considered a blessing among misfortunes!
It is easy for Gu Chen to find assassins, but it is difficult to find the direct army. The commander of the direct army is Wuying, a lady from a noble family. Her personality is similar to Gu Chen, arrogant and arrogant, and she has more skills than Gu Chen. If you have a problem, protect your shortcomings.
Hearing that people from the Lieutenant's Mansion were going into the direct army barracks to find out the traitor, Wuying's first reaction was not to doubt whether there was really a spy within the direct army, but to think that the people from the Lieutenant's Mansion were deliberately looking for trouble for her.
She didn't even see Gu Chen and directly ordered him to be blocked from the camp gate and not allowed to enter.
After receiving Wuying's order, the soldiers directly under the military guarding the gate had a tough attitude. No matter what Gu Chen said, he was not allowed to enter. The Lieutenant's Mansion was responsible for the security of the capital and did not have the authority to take charge of the direct army. The direct army did not allow them to enter. Gu Chen had no choice but to return to the city and explain the situation to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin also frowned when he heard this, and then he wrote a handwritten letter himself and gave it to Gu Chen. If the direct army tried to stop him again, he would give the handwritten letter to Wuying for review. With Tang Yin's handwriting, Gu Chen became less arrogant and brought more than a hundred people from the Lieutenant's Mansion to the direct army camp again.
This time, because of Tang Yin's handwriting, Wuying couldn't stop her even if she wanted to. When Gu Chen came to the Zhongjun tent, she sat in the tent without moving. Not to mention getting up to greet her, she didn't even look at her. Chen. She lowered her head and looked through the documents on the desk and said, "You are quite capable! You can even get the King's handwriting."
The two of them are similar in age and rank (Wuying is now the acting army commander), but in terms of status and background, Wuying is undoubtedly much higher than Gu Chen. Facing Wu Ying, the always arrogant Gu Chen also seemed helpless. He directly asked someone to take out the crossbow machine found from the assassin's stronghold, handed it to Wu Ying, and asked: "General Wu, this crossbow machine is from Are you directly affiliated with the army?"
After hearing this, Wuying finally put down the paperwork, raised her head, glanced at Gu Chen lightly, and then her eyes fell on the crossbow in his hand. She glanced at it twice first, then reached out and took it for a closer look. After looking at it, she said coldly: "Why are the weapons of my direct army in the hands of General Gu?" Gu Chen said seriously: "General Wu, don't get me wrong. This was found from the assassin who assassinated the king."
"What?" Wuying stood up subconsciously, looking surprised and staring at Gu Chen in disbelief.
"This is also the reason why I came to find the Directly Affiliated Army." Gu Chen said: "Since the crossbow machine belongs to the Directly Affiliated Army, then there must be someone in the Directly Affiliated Army who has an affair. I hope General Wu can cooperate with us in handling the case..."
Before he finished speaking, Wuying shouted in a deep voice: "That's enough!" As she spoke, she looked outside the tent and said, "Come here, bring Chen Tong to me!"
The Chen Tong she was talking about was a captain, and his job in the direct army was to look after the warehouse. Now that something like this happened, the first person Wuying thought of was him.
Chen Tong is a veteran of the direct army. He is from Pingyuan County, Tianyuan County. He is one of the first veterans to follow Tang Yin. With his qualifications, as long as he knows a little bit about spiritual martial arts, he can at least hold the position of captain of thousands. It is a pity that He didn't know martial arts, had little ability, and was unwilling to retire from the army and go home. In the end, Gu Yue had to arrange for him to manage the warehouse. After Guyue was killed in battle, Wuying acted as the commander of the regiment, and Chen Tong's position was not changed in any way.
When Chen Tong rushed over and heard what was going on, he shook his head like a rattle, fell to his knees with a plop, burst into tears, and swore to the sky that he had nothing to do with Nifengliu, and that he did not secretly steal this crossbow. For the assassin.
It cannot be said that Chen Tong was cowardly and colluded with the assassins. How big a crime it was. Once it was put on his head, he would not be alive, and his whole family would suffer as well. While crying, Chen Tong recounted how he had followed the king in the south and north, and fought through life and death. The implication was, how could he betray the Feng Kingdom and betray the king?
Wuying was very kind and protective to her subordinates. When she saw Chen Tong like this, she personally stepped forward to help him up and said softly: "Brother Chen's loyalty to the king is obvious to everyone. Yes, there is no credit but hard work over the years. Brother Chen, don’t worry, as long as this matter really has nothing to do with you, then no matter who it is, don’t want to put the shit basin on your head or the head of my direct army. superior!"
She said this to Chen Tong, but actually she said it to Gu Chen who was standing aside.
In Gu Chen's mind, the person in charge of the directly affiliated military warehouse is the most suspicious and should be arrested and interrogated immediately. But looking at Wuying's current posture, he probably won't let him take Chen Tong away no matter what. Trouble secretly. Gu Chen smiled slightly and said: "General Wu, please don't worry, our lieutenant's office will not let a traitor go when handling cases, but we will not wrongly accuse a good person."
Wuying met Gu Chen's eyes tit for tat. The two looked at each other for a long time. Wuying smiled, nodded and said, "Okay! Since General Gu said so, I'm relieved."
Gu Chen asked: "I wonder if General Wu can allow me to walk around the camp casually?"
Wuying shrugged and said, "Of course! General Gu has even invited the king to come out. How can I, a little acting army commander, dare to stop you? Wherever you want to go, just go! Hu City?"
"The general is here!" Hearing Wuying's cry, a young general stepped forward and stepped in to salute.
Wuying said with a smile: "You accompany General Gu for a walk in the camp. We must not 'snub' our distinguished guest."
The general named Hu Shi understood and responded, then turned back to Gu Chenbao! "
Gu Chen only took a quick tour of the military camp directly under the army. There was only one place he really wanted to know about, and that was the armory. However, Hu Shi didn't give him a chance to investigate further. He couldn't ask about this or look at that. No matter what Gu Chen wanted to ask or check, he would stop it because it involved the secrets of the direct army.
Gu Chen is not a fool. Of course, he can feel that the direct army headed by Wuying is not willing to accept his investigation at all. However, the more the other party behaves like this, the more he wants to find out. Since it is not possible to do it openly, then he will do it secretly. , his starting point is still Chen Tong.
Let's talk about Tang Yin's side. He has received news from various sources continuously in the past few days. The most important thing is that Besa officially sent troops to Duji. This was a long-planned annexation and was expected by Tang Yin. However, the rapid progress of Besa's army surprised Tang Yin.
First of all, Du Qi was ill-prepared for Besa's dispatch of troops. He was unprepared and was caught off guard. In addition, and the most important point, Du Qi invested most of the country's troops, especially elite troops, on the Tia battlefield. It was all on the battlefield of Tia. As a result, the Duki army seemed vulnerable to the Besa army, and was defeated one after another, unable to organize an effective counterattack and resistance at all.
Another news comes from Tia. The Sanshui Army led by Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang once again defeated the Duji Army at the border between Tiya and Duji. In this battle, the Duji Army was completely defeated and was defeated thousands of miles away. Even the commander Remi Azabao also died in the rebellion.
After this battle, the Duki Army lost all its main force and no longer had a foothold in Tia. They were all defeated and returned to their homeland. At this point, the Duki Army had no size in Tia, and the battle of Sanshui Army to assist Tia was considered Finished perfectly. However, the Sanshui Army did not retreat, but stationed at the border of Tia and Duji, waiting for Tang Yin's next order. Liang Qi also needs to consider whether the king has any intention of letting his side advance further and enter Duji territory to fight.
The third news came from King Mo Shao Fang. It was reported that Shao Fang's guard of honor would arrive in Yancheng within a day or two.
Tang Yin did not make any deliberate preparations for Shao Fang's arrival. In his opinion, Shao Fang's trip to Feng Country was mainly for Ning Di. Now he has made plans to let him assist Mo Country. It is possible to eliminate Changsun Yuanhong's forces, but he must come up with conditions that make him happy. At least one of the eight counties in Ningnan must be ceded to Fengguo.
However, what Tang Yin and the Fengguo court did not expect was that Shao Fang did not come for the eldest son Yuanhong, but that he had a bigger move.