dognovel Chapter 402 Unexpected visitor
Chapter 402 Unexpected visitor
In the Liangzhou army camp outside Guzang City, Yangwei General Li Jinzheng patrolled the military camp as usual, but his eyes were a little wandering, and he seemed to be a little absent-minded. No one knew what he was thinking.
The case of General Liangzhou smuggling salt and iron to Dihu was a sensation. Five generals involved went to Beijing for trial. Captain Xu Li died strangely in the prison of Dali Temple. Only he and Yangwu General Xu Guang were able to return to Liangzhou alive because of insufficient evidence.
Although Wang Cheng reassured them that they did not confess himself in prison, the two of them completely lost their chance of promotion because of this unexplainable black history. No progress.
But fortunately, after the two of them passed the trial in Luoyang, they seemed to be more open-minded. In their words, since they were lucky enough to get their life back from the Dali Temple Prison, it would be good to be alive. As for whether they can get promoted and make a fortune, it depends. Just do it.
Although in front of outsiders, they showed a look of indifference to the world of mortals, but only the two of them knew in their hearts that they had betrayed Wang Cheng, secretly turned to Xiao Jie and the court, and their future life, death and wealth depended on Xiao Jie alone.
Li Jin also learned the news that Xiao Jie was formally registered as the prince by the emperor. Although he was indifferent to this on the surface, in fact, he was very happy in his heart, feeling that his prosperity and wealth were in sight.
Although he had no choice but to kill Zhang Kui and Xu Li, who were close friends with him, in order to save his life, but since he had already betrayed Wang Cheng, he had to follow Xiao Jie all the way to the dark. Jie became the crown prince of Daning. If he and Xu Guang helped him eradicate Wang Cheng, who was a supporter of soldiers and self-respect, wouldn't it be a great achievement? How could the two of them be missing in the future?
Thinking of this, Li Jin couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. How could he be in the mood to continue patrolling the barracks.
At this moment, a soldier rushed over, and after seeing the ceremony, he said, "General, your mansion sent someone outside the camp, saying that they have something to see the general."
Li Jin couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard the words, his wife and children were all in Luoyang, and the mansion in Guzang City only had him and a few servants and maidservants, so he had to come to him when he was on duty if there was anything important.
But he didn't ask too much, just nodded and followed the soldiers to the direction of the camp gate. Sure enough, from a distance, he saw his housekeeper, old Fang, waiting for him anxiously outside the camp gate. With a face full of joy, he hurriedly went forward and said loudly: "General, you should go back to your residence quickly, the relatives from my hometown in Qingzhou are here."
Li Jin couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, but he smiled calmly on his face: "I said it's an urgent matter. It turns out that relatives from the mansion have come, so I'll go back right away."
Afterwards, Li Jin asked the other generals on duty to help him inspect the barracks, and then immediately rushed to his home. Of course, he did not forget to send his confidants to invite his friend Xu Guang, who was not on duty and not in the camp today, to his house. The reason for the last trip was that everyone was a close friend, and his relatives and friends were Xu Guang's relatives and friends, so they should be with him.
He believed that Xu Guang knew what the people from Qingzhou meant.
When Li Jin rushed back to his mansion, he happened to see Xu Guang just outside the gate, the two exchanged glances inadvertently, and then entered the mansion together talking and laughing.
After entering the door for a few steps, seeing that there was no one following behind him, the smile on Xu Guang's face disappeared instantly, and he said in a low voice, "Why do you think King Qi suddenly sent someone to look for us?"
But this is also what puzzled Li Jinda, because although they were forced to serve Xiao Jie in prison, Xiao Jie never issued orders to them after that, only the Qilin Guards sent people to meet with them from time to time. Get some information about Wang Cheng and the Liangzhou Army.
However, this also reduced the pressure and risk of the two of them a lot. At least so far, Wang Cheng has not noticed anything unusual.
But unexpectedly, now Xiao Jie would send someone to meet them directly, which naturally made the two of them feel very puzzled.
Li Jinlue pondered for a while, then lowered his voice and said: "He is not the king of Qi now, but the prince. Maybe he wants to get rid of Wang Cheng as soon as possible so that he can secure his position as the prince."
Xu Guang thought about it carefully, and felt that it seemed somewhat reasonable, but he also felt that the matter seemed not so simple, and finally he had no choice but to whisper: "Forget it, it's useless for us to think too much here, why don't we go meet the visitor together, and then it will be natural." Let's see."
Li Jin agreed, then nodded, and walked quickly towards the backyard with Xu Guang.
Because of Li Jin's order in advance, none of the servants and maidservants in the mansion dared to approach the backyard, so when Li Jin and Xu Guang rushed to the backyard, there was only a solitary figure with their backs to them, standing with their hands behind their backs, unable to see clearly.
Li Jin and Xu Guang looked at each other, and then asked tentatively, "Your Excellency is from Qingzhou?"
"Not bad!"
The visitor did not turn his head, but continued to speak with his back to them.
Xu Guang always felt that this voice was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, and couldn't help but said: "In this case, why don't you turn around and let everyone be honest?"
"it is good!"
The other party didn't refuse, just sneered, and then slowly turned around.
After seeing this person's appearance clearly, Li Jin and Xu Guang couldn't help being surprised, and shouted in unison:
"Wang Sheng!"
……
Wang Cheng waited all day in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, until it was dark when his son-in-law Xiao Huang arrived late.
Wang Cheng was deeply dissatisfied with this, if it wasn't for Xiao Huang's ambiguity with his daughter back then, their Wang family would not have broken with Xiao Jie at the expense of even sacrificing his own sister Wang Guifei in order to support him ...
But in the final result, he and the Wang family spared no expense to support Xiao Huang, but in the end Xiao Huang still didn't compete with Xiao Jie, so their efforts were in vain in the end.
It was also because of the dissatisfaction in his heart that Wang Cheng heard that Xiao Huang locked himself in the study without eating or drinking, so he did not come to persuade his son-in-law, but instead sent someone to ask Xiao Huang to come to the Governor's Mansion to meet him.
Seeing that Xiao Huang had delayed coming here until late at night, he was naturally even more displeased, and his tone was somewhat unfriendly: "Why did you come here so late?"
There was not much apology on Xiao Huang's face, instead he smiled lightly and said: "Father-in-law, don't blame me, because I have to prepare a gift for my father-in-law, so I wasted some time."
Hearing what Xiao Huang said, the displeasure on Wang Cheng's face did not lighten in the slightest, he just frowned, and said: "Of course I came to you on an urgent matter, as for gifts or not, there is no need to make such hypocrisy." It's a fool's play."
Xiao Huang still had a faint smile on his face: "This gift is unusual, I believe my father-in-law will be interested."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Huang winked at Wang Sheng who was behind him, and Wang Sheng stood in front of Wang Cheng holding a box.
Wang Cheng glanced at Xiao Huang suspiciously, and saw Xiao Huang signaling himself to open the box in front of him with his eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and opened the box anyway...
After seeing the contents inside clearly, Wang Cheng couldn't help but be surprised even if he had been prepared, and almost couldn't stand...
Inside the box were the heads of General Yangwei Li Jin and General Yangwu Xu Guang.