HCB Chapter 139: Ambush and murder of the Yangzhou governor, the Qin family's actions
Chapter 139: Ambush and murder of the Yangzhou governor, the Qin family's actions
"What a bastard!" Half a month later, after a round of inspection, the Yangzhou governor Yuan Tan left Jinghai County cursing and raging in his carriage on the official road, "A mere county governor actually doesn't take me seriously. Even if she is the daughter of the Duke of Wei, what does it matter? Can the Duke of Wei compare to the Duke of Qin?"
"Mr. Shi, Mu Jinyan has really messed up Jinghai County!" The short and thin chief clerk beside him echoed his meaning, "She actually dared to change the official system and taxes of the court without authorization! This is a crime of deceiving the emperor and is suspected of treason!"
"I will report her when I get back! And her elder brother, Mu Jinyu, has not yet taken office as the governor of Wujun, but he, as the interim governor, didn't even see me!" Yuan Tan was even more angry. "No wonder Yuan Tao said that everyone in the Mu family is arrogant. It's true."
"Sir, let's report together, including Mu Jinyu!" The chief clerk continued to echo.
"Bullshit!" Yuan Tan slapped the chief clerk in the face. "How can I report him? After he arrived in Yangzhou, he won battle after battle and recovered two and a half counties. He has made outstanding military achievements and has not made any mistakes. Why do you want me to report him? Are you trying to harm me?"
The chief clerk covered his face with his hands in grievance, looking at Yuan Tan, whose face was covered with flesh and had a sullen expression, and for a moment he did not dare to say anything else and slowly lowered his head.
After slapping the chief clerk, Yuan Tan seemed to have calmed down a bit, but he still said angrily: "This Uesugi Jiro has no ability at all. He has fought with Mu Jinyu many times and didn't gain any advantage. Now he wants us to help deal with Mu Jinyu and Mu Jinyan. They don't take me seriously at all. How can we deal with them?"
The chief clerk still didn't dare to speak, but just sat aside timidly.
"But since Duke Qin asked us to pay more attention to Duke Wei and the brother and sister, I have no choice but to listen. You should arrange for people to keep a close eye on them, and it's time to reorganize the state army. I'm afraid the world will change drastically."
"Hey!!"
As he was thinking about the change in the situation, the carriage suddenly stopped and his head hit the window.
"Bastard! What are you doing! Do you want to..." Yuan Tan was sitting in the carriage. He heard a noise coming from outside and couldn't help but shout angrily.
He quickly opened the car window to see what happened.
However, when he leaned out of the window, he was shocked by the sight of two masked men standing in front of the carriage, blocking the way.
The two men were masked, dressed in Japanese costumes, holding sharp Japanese swords, and exuding a gloomy aura.
"How dare you! This is the carriage of the Governor of Yangzhou. Are you looking for death?" Seeing this, the soldiers escorting Yuan Tan drew their weapons and shouted loudly.
Faced with the scolding from the state soldiers, the two masked men did not react at all. They just slowly raised the Japanese swords in their hands, the blades flashing coldly, as if waiting for the baptism of blood.
Just as the state soldiers were about to rush forward, a masked man suddenly swung a knife. The knife flashed, and a state soldier screamed and fell in a pool of blood.
When the soldiers from other states saw this, they were horrified and took a few steps back, not daring to get close. At the same time, another masked man flew to the front of the carriage, and pointed the Japanese sword in his hand directly at Yuan Tan.
Yuan Tan was terrified. He tried to struggle, but the Japanese sword swept through like lightning, and his head was instantly separated from his body and rolled to the ground.
The blood dyed the interior of the carriage red, and the bloody smell filled the air.
At the same time, the chief clerk in the carriage realized that the situation was not good and was about to escape, but a hidden weapon flew out of the masked man's hand and hit his throat accurately.
"You accepted benefits from General Uesugi, but failed to do General Uesugi's job. Damn it!" The masked man left after saying only one sentence.
The governor of Yangzhou, Yuan Tan, ended his life in such a hasty manner, and his trusted chief clerk died together with him.
Although the state soldiers reported the assassination of Yuan Tan to their superiors, since Yuan Tan was already dead, no one was willing to pursue his crime of colluding with the Japanese. After all, there can be no evidence after death.
Some people also doubted whether Yuan Tan was really killed by the Japanese, because if he did not intend to conceal his identity, why did he need to wear a mask?
However, these are just speculations.
Now the entire capital is busy preparing for the emperor's 40th birthday. The emperor doesn't care about the death of a governor, and this matter doesn't leave any clues to investigate.
"Among the ten governors of Daxia, eight are members of the Qin faction. Now that one of them has been killed, it won't have a big impact on them."
The people who assassinated Yuan Tan were naturally Mo Ye and Lu Shaoqing.
"If you ask me, it would be better to arrange someone to assassinate all these people! It will save you trouble in the future." After Lu Shaoqing followed the anti-Japanese army to fight for a period of time, he seemed to have become a little bloodthirsty.
"Brother Shaoqing, it's not that simple, nor is it necessary," Mo Ye denied his idea. "Yuan Tan has an angry personality, is arrogant and frivolous, and the Japanese pirates are active around him. It is reasonable for him to be assassinated by the Japanese pirates. We get rid of him so that Xia Xia can take over the position of governor. It is not easy to assassinate others, and there is no point."
"Oh, I'll be tired in the future." Lu Shaoqing complained with some worry.
"Brother Mo Ye, they're here." Ah Gui walked to Mo Ye's side.
Mo Ye stood up and said, "Brother Jinyu should have arrived at the county government office. Brother Shaoqing, go and have a chat with Captain Cen Hua. After that, we'll go fishing."
"Why would I go to see Captain Cen?" Lu Shaoqing said stubbornly, but Mo Ye ignored him and walked towards the county government hall. He muttered, "Let's go."
Mu Jinyu was busy training new recruits in Wu County. He didn't know what Mo Ye was calling him for. He strode into the lobby of the county government office and his expression changed when he saw the people inside.
"Guardians? Why are you guys here? Stand up and talk!" His tone was filled with doubt and uneasiness.
In the lobby, several burly men immediately half-knelt and saluted respectfully when they saw Mu Jinyu.
The red-faced man in the lead stood up and asked somewhat embarrassedly: "Major General, in fact, we have been demoted to sergeants a long time ago, but the major general did not allow us to contact you and the old general, so we did not dare to disturb you."
Mu Jinyu's eyes were extremely solemn. These were his father and his trusted subordinates. "That's right. When my father was demoted last year, he didn't want His Majesty and the Qin family to be suspicious, so he did ask me not to have too close contact with you. But why were you demoted? Did you suffer a defeat?"
Another short and strong man said angrily, "If we had lost the battle, we would have nothing to say, but Qin Haoran gave reckless orders. He just took command of the Western Army last year and did not help them. As a result, the 5,000 Fire Camp soldiers led by Jinzhong suffered heavy casualties, and only 500 of them broke through. He used this as an excuse to dismiss Jinzhong from his post as a lieutenant, and then he found all kinds of inexplicable excuses to demote us, the former lieutenants."
Mu Jinyu didn't say anything, just looked at Cheng Jinzhong who was kneeling on the ground motionless.
He knew about this matter. He had told Huo Jinying about it when he took him in in his hometown of Pengzhou last year, but he was powerless to do anything.
"Jinzhong, get up! My father and I have let you down. When I was stripped of my position as commander-in-chief, I thought you would continue to make achievements in the Western Route Army. I never thought that Qin Haoran would be so disregarding of the overall situation!"
Mu Jinyu said this and personally helped Cheng Jinzhong up.
"Young General, I don't blame you. It was you and the old general who led us to charge into battle and kill the enemy, which gave us our current status. It was us who didn't know how to play along and failed your and the old general's expectations."
"Forget it, since you are here, just continue to follow me." Mu Jinyu looked at Mo Ye, "Yun Chen, you brought them out, do you know what happened to them?"
Mo Ye did not hide anything: "We have people in the border troops such as the Western Route Army and the Mobei Army, as well as the Imperial Guards and local garrisons. Naturally, they know the situation of the Guards Captains and others. If the Qin family makes a move, I am afraid their lives will be in danger if we don't bring them out."
"If that's the case," Mu Jinyu suddenly thought of the Northern Territory, "Although Dongfang Yi has been relieved of his post as commander-in-chief, his subordinates may also be in danger."
Mo Ye shrugged: "Those people are still lieutenants in the army. I don't know what they are thinking. They will not expose themselves to take this risk. We can only accept our fate."
Xia Qin thought of Sima Yun and Yun Feiqi, who she was not familiar with, and said softly: "Indeed, I don't know the current situation of the northern army, and I can't remind them."