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Volume 1 Chapter 226 Surprise and Doubt

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    Two hundred and twenty-six surprise

    At noon, Meng Ju returned to his study.  He didn't even eat lunch and read Bai Wusha's letter several times with concentration.

    When he first got the will, Meng Ju was extremely excited, but now that he took a closer look, he could only sigh with regret.

    The treasure is very beautiful, but you can only see it but cannot eat it.

    According to Bai Wusha, most of Dongling Guard's secret bases are located in the capital, and many are located in the second-tier provinces behind the Jianghuai front line. There are almost none in northern Xinjiang - but it's hard to think about it even if you think about it.  You know that Tuoba Xiong is Bai Wusha's mortal enemy. No matter how stupid Bai Wusha is, there is no way he would set up a secret treasury on his enemy's territory.

    Now the Central Plains and the capital are in chaos, and the Murong family and the Tuoba family are having fun killing each other.  It would be nice if the Murong family was the victor in the end. With my friendship with Murong Yi, there might be a chance to dig out those treasures.  But if Tuoba Xiong wins - Meng Ju has no choice but to say goodbye to Dongling Guard's treasures.

    Meng Ju is still somewhat interested in those secret information and intelligence networks.  He paid special attention to the list of insiders of Dongling Guards in the Southern Dynasty court and army, and the results were shocking.  In the Jiangdu and Jingxiang areas alone, the Dongling Guard deployed hundreds of spies and undercover agents.  Of course, most of them used their identities as businessmen and civilians as cover, and there were also some garrison soldiers. However, a few of them had entered the Southern Dynasty's court and military, and some even achieved high-level positions.

    Needless to say, there is no need to mention the low-ranking military attach¨¦s in the army. At the general level alone, Dongling Guard has two generals and one joining the army.  In the Jiangdu court, four officials were also infiltrated.  Two of them are the chiefs of the Ministry of War, one is a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and the other is the chief writer of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although their official ranks are not high, their positions are very confidential. Basically, they are responsible for the major decisions of Li Tang and the Southern Dynasty.  All can be found.

    What shocked Meng Ju even more was that Beifu, which was in charge of intelligence operations for the Northern Wei Dynasty, was also infiltrated by Dongling Guards.  Xu Muren, chief detective of Henan Province in Beifu, is from Dongling Guard.  This is only a sixth-grade official, but his position is very important.  Henan Road is the key area for Beifu's intelligence work on the Central Plains. With such a traitor inside, even the Dongling Guards of Beifu will know the movements of Beifu. Meng Ju can't figure out whether he was originally a spy sent there or was bribed later.  Codenamed "Woodpecker", he is Beifu's most important intelligence source in the south.

    Meng Ju took a long breath.  His first reaction after seeing this letter was that he wanted to inform Beifu of this information immediately.  But after thinking for a moment, he hesitated: Who should he report to?

    If Mr. Yi is still here, Meng Ju can trust him and dare to report to him - although the bad middle-aged man is a drunkard and a womanizer, he is still reliable in his work.  Report it to him, Meng Ju believes that he will handle it properly.

    But other contacts - with Han Qifeng's lessons learned, Meng Ju no longer dared to trust other Beifeng officials unconditionally.  This kind of reporting is a matter of life and death.  The other party is a senior intelligence officer in charge of Henan Province, and his relationship in Beifu must be complicated.  If Meng Ju reported casually, he would be unlucky and the accusation would eventually fall into the hands of Chief Xu.  Although he was a warlord in northern Xinjiang, Chief Xu had no way to do anything about him, but it was unwise to make such a sworn enemy for no reason.

    ¡°Moreover, Meng Ju doesn¡¯t see any benefit in reporting Chief Xu to Beifu.  He was already a warlord in the Northern Wei Dynasty. No matter how much the Southern Tang Dynasty rewarded him, he would not be able to give himself more than his current status.  Of course, Meng Ju's previous participation in Beifu was not purely for the benefit, but mainly because of the idea of ??dividing Hu, Han, Hua and Yi.  But now, having experienced more things, Meng Ju gradually felt that the Xianbei people he came into contact with were not green-faced and fanged man-eating monsters. He was already considered a powerful high-ranking figure in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that kind of savagery.  The thought suddenly faded a lot - although it is a barbarian country, it is also my own barbarian country!

    Why do something that is very risky and has no benefits?  Moreover, now that the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided, the Dongling Guards were also paralyzed.  Even if Chief Xu wants to cause trouble, he has no master, and the harm he can cause is limited - Meng Ju thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to notify Beifu, but to wait and see for a while.

    In this way, for a whole noon, Meng Judu stayed at home, thinking hard with Bai Wusha's notes, and daydreaming about all kinds of things.  In the afternoon, someone came to see him. It was the messenger from the Murong family.

    Meng Ju sighed, there were some things that he couldn't let go of after all.

    "Please come in, Master Wei!"

    We haven¡¯t seen him for several months, but the guard is still looking as good as before.  This young officer was wearing a brown military robe, looking energetic and heroic.  His attitude was very respectful, and he stopped talking after seeing Meng Ju for a long time: "See Mr. Meng Zhengdu. I take the liberty of disturbing you because of my humble position!"

    ? ?Guard, please get up.  Coming all the way here is hard, right?  "

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out off out.  Of course he knew what was going on: Murong Yi had promised to save Bai Wusha's life before, but now Bai Wusha was dead.

    Although the Murong family did not commit the crime but Bai Wusha committed suicide, in order to prove his innocence, the Murong family had specially released the witness present, Su Rui, the former Luojing Dongling Guard Town Superintendent, and asked her to explain to Meng Ju - but this  The explanation of this kind of thing is one thing, and whether people believe it or not is another matter. After all, it is an indisputable fact that Bai Wusha died under the surveillance of the Murong family.

    The guard leader's expression was solemn: "I dare not be the governor of the town to express my condolences - Sir, I have some unfortunate news that I have to report to you. The former Donngling Guards Governor Bai Wusha passed away last month. He  The cause of death was suicide."

    Meng Ju nodded silently, he didn¡¯t say anything, he just sighed and looked at the garden outside the window with a deep frown, a deep sadness hidden in his eyebrows.

    Seeing Meng Ju¡¯s expression like this, the guard leader felt even more unsure.

    "Master Governor, Mr. Murong is deeply sorry that such an unfortunate thing happened. He asked me to apologize to you, Lord Governor, and express my condolences. I also hope that you can forgive me."

    "Mr. Murong is interested." Meng Ju smacked his lips and sighed: "However, people cannot be resurrected after death Alas, I think that Mr. Bai, a hero in his life, passed away so silently, just like he said he would.  When I think of this, I feel so disheartened and can¡¯t think about anything else.¡±

    He didn¡¯t say anything further, but the guard leader understood what he meant: everyone is dead, how can you just say a few light words of apology and let the matter go?  The Murong family may not take themselves too lightly.  We had an alliance before, Murong Yi kept Bai Wusha, and Meng Ju helped copy Tuoba Xiong's old story.  Now, the Murong family failed to keep their promise. Before he could speak, Governor Meng blocked the conversation: Bai Wusha was dead, and he was "disheartened" and didn't want to do anything anymore!

    The guard leader nodded sadly, with a solemn expression.

    Being sent as an envoy by the Murong family, he is naturally no ordinary person.  Although the guard leader is young, he is well versed in the ways of the world and knows not to act too hastily.  Meng Ju only learned about Bai Wusha's death yesterday and was in a sad mood. He rashly mentioned the attack on the Northern Xinjiang Army to him. If he refused, there would be no way around it.

    "Governor, Beizhi came here, and the elders in your family also sent you a letter, and Beizhi brought it with him."

    "Oh? The labor and security guards are in charge."

    Meng Ju took the letter and read it hastily.  The letter was written by his "father" Meng Dexin. There was nothing special in the letter. He just asked him to block the cold, wear more clothes and take care of himself.  Luo Jing has been in chaos recently. Fortunately, Mr. Murong is helping to take care of him. Everything is safe at home. Don't worry about it. Just serve the court with peace of mind.  In addition, the second brother is married. His wife is the third daughter of Mr. Lin from the Hanlin Academy. Meng Ju is the eldest son in the family and he will go home to visit when he is free.

    Meng Ju gently closed the letter and sighed.

    ????????? All along, he has not had deep feelings for his family and parents in this world.  Before his arrival, "Meng Ju" had a bad relationship with his parents.  The parents love their second son more than they care about themselves, the eldest son who has his own way of doing things.  Coupled with his special status and fear of being found out, he kept a distance from his relatives at home. The relationship between them has always been relatively indifferent.  Especially after he gave up his literary career and joined the army, the Meng family, who came from a scholarly family, considered it a great shame and a great disgrace to be deviant. However, he had always been independent and special, so they couldn't control him, but the relationship had dropped to a freezing point.

    But no matter how bad the relationship is, Murong Yi helped him take care of his family when Luo Jing was in chaos. He still has to be grateful for this favor.

    "Mr. Murong has to worry about it. It's a troubled time in Luo Jing right now, and it really makes me feel bad that Mr. Murong has to be distracted by this."

    "The governor's words are serious. I know from my humble position that the young master and you are friends through life and death, and we are all brothers. When you are away, it is the rightful duty for the young master to take care of your father's hall on your behalf. Why do you need to express your gratitude so much?"

    Meng Ju smiled and asked, "Is Brother Murong in good health?"

    ¡°I¡¯ve asked you, Mayor Lao, and the young master is in good health. However, the situation has been tense recently, and the young master is very worried.¡±

    Meng Ju nodded, frowned slightly, and didn't speak for a long time.

    The guard leader held his breath and looked at Meng Ju in front of him, admiring in his heart.  The other party had a gentle attitude and talked and laughed happily, but during the conversation, his casual glances and frowns naturally revealed that he was accustomed to controlling the power of life and death.?¡¯s confidence and majesty.  A young man who is nearly ten years younger than himself can actually show such majesty when he is meditating. This kind of majestic, calm, and effortless temperament is something he has only seen in Master Murong. Even Young Master Murong lacks a bit.

    How could such a person be just a local warlord?

    After pondering for a long time, Meng Ju was about to speak. At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps came from outside, and someone said in a deep voice outside the door: "Governor, there is an emergency report from the Search Office."

    Meng Ju was stunned for a moment, then he smiled apologetically at the Guard Leader: "Guard Guard Leader, you see, there are too many mundane things to do, and we can't even talk about anything. Well, you've come a long way, so you can rest here first.  .Tomorrow night, I will arrange a banquet for you to wash away the dust, and we will discuss it in detail then, how about it? "

    The guard leader immediately felt relaxed. Judging from Meng Ju's tone, this matter can still be discussed.  He bowed and said with a smile: "I don't dare. The Governor is busy with affairs, and I am bothered by my humble position. I will obey your arrangements."

    Meng Ju stood up and sent away the guard leader, and welcomed Inspector Ning Nan of the Search Division and Inspector Ouyang Hui of the Integrity Division who came in.  Both inspectors looked serious, but also a little excited about trying.

    "Why, Ouyang, Ningnan, you are so anxious to find me, but something happened?"

    "My lord, the town governor, is wise. My lord, I humbly obey your order to investigate and deal with the two big families named Zhang and Li in the city. The town governor is very aware of everything and knows things like a god. There is indeed something wrong with them! This morning, we ransacked Li's house and found out  Conclusive evidence that the Li family did collude with the Yinghou of the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

    Suddenly, Meng Ju¡¯s smile froze on his face.  After being stunned for a while, he asked in a deep voice: "Is the evidence conclusive?" - In order to please the superiors, the people below framed good people as Yinghou of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This was a common operation method of Dongling Guards.  There is no precedent for this kind of thing.

    Ning Nan replied in a deep voice: "Governor, the head of the Li family, Li Wanchang, has confessed. Their family secretly harbored Zhao Zhixun, the special envoy of Yinghou of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his entourage"

    Meng Ju interrupted him: "Have you caught the special envoy named Zhao?"

    "It's incompetent, we took action a little late, and the other party had already gotten wind of it and fled."

    "That means there is only oral confession. Under three circumstances, there is nothing that cannot be supplied - how can it be said to be an ironclad case?" Meng Ju shook his head and frowned. He stared at Ning Nan seriously: "Ning Nan, tell me honestly, this case  Is there any moisture? To deal with the Li family, just let him bully the good people, there is no need to involve the Yinghou of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Now is not the past, we don't need to do this trick. "

    "Lord Governor, this case was handled by a humble official. Although the truth has not been completely revealed, there is absolutely nothing false! Not only do we have a confession, but we also found the appointment notice issued to Li Wanchang from Southern Tang Dynasty - Li Wanchang has been falsely accused.  The Beifu of the North Dynasty has appointed Captain Ying Yang of the Jiangdu Forbidden Army, a fifth-rank official of the Puppet Dynasty! Governor, we have caught a big fish this time - ah, Governor, are you okay?"

    Meng Ju spit out a mouthful of tea and almost choked to death.  He coughed repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay! A fifth-grade Yingyang Colonel from the Jiangdu Forbidden Army? Are you correct?"

    "There is absolutely no mistake, Lord Governor, the seized bodies are here, please take a look."

    Meng Ju glanced at it and cursed secretly in his heart.  It is clearly written in the complaint that Zi appointed Li Wanchang, a native of Northern Xinjiang, as Colonel Yingyang of the Jiangdu Forbidden Army, with an official rank of fifth rank¡ªMr. Yi, that damn old guy, could this rank of Colonel Yingyang of the fifth rank be?  Everyone has a share, right?

    "I was tricked by that bastard! This guy should have known that he was not a good person!" Meng Ju cursed secretly.  He said viciously to Ning Nan: "It seems that this matter is true. Please investigate this case carefully and get that Special Envoy Zhao back to me! Remember, I want to catch anyone alive! If you dare to  These guys are getting impatient for causing trouble on my territory!"
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