Chapter 193: Features

Yanzhou. Reading

Ma Yuan launched a full investigation of the King of Yan, Mo Di, and Yuan Li.

In Yancheng, officials from the Imperial Censorate checked the seven counties of Yan County and went to Shanggu County for investigation.

In five or six days, the documents of these investigations were sent to Fanyang.

As the focus of the investigation, Ma Yuan stayed here.

"Master Censor, the King of Yan did not recruit soldiers in excess." A general in charge of the military camp said.

"There is no rumor among the people that the King of Yan wants to rebel. On the contrary, the people in the surrounding areas all praise the King of Yan." Another official said.

"We have selected many officials from Shanggu County and Yan County to investigate separately, and none of them accused the King of Yan of having the intention of rebellion."

"..."

The officials presented the results one by one, and Ma Yuan was more and more surprised, and he actually had a little good impression in his heart.

He immediately suppressed this good impression to avoid making mistakes.

But it must be said that this King of Yan is really popular in his own fiefdom.

Moreover, the officials in the government office and the generals in the army were loyal to him.

Most importantly, the King of Yan did what a vassal king should do.

He implemented good governance at home and guarded the border of Dasong and expelled the Northern Di from the outside.

Nodding, he continued to ask: "What about Mo Di?"

"The communication between Mo Di and the King of Yan began with the secret medicine brewed by the palace. General Mo felt that the secret medicine of the palace could heal the wounded and reduce the death of the wounded, so he went to Yancheng in person to discuss the purchase of secret medicine with the King of Yan."

"The second time was when the King of Yan's fiefdom was attacked by the Northern Di cavalry in the autumn hunt. General Mo sent Mo Yu to help. After that, Mo Yu was dismissed and went to Yancheng, and was taken under the command of the King of Yan."

Ma Yuan frowned when he heard this.

When Mo Di went out for the autumn hunt last time, Mo Yu took full responsibility for the private dispatch.

Now after investigation, it turned out that this was Mo Di's instruction.

Obviously, Mo Di lied.

"Is this true?" Ma Yuan asked in a deep voice.

"It's true. We interrogated the generals of Yan County who followed Mo Yu to fight at Yanguan, and one of them told the truth." The official said.

"What did Mo Di say?" Ma Yuan asked.

"General Mo admitted it. He said that the Yuan family had wolfish ambitions. As the commander of Yanguan, he had to protect the King of Yan, because protecting the King of Yan was equivalent to protecting Yanguan, and he really admired the King of Yan." The official said.

Ma Yuan nodded and said to himself, "Mo Di, Mo Di, you are really confused. Even if I believe you, you can't explain it clearly in the court."

With a slight sigh, he felt that the claim that the King of Yan and Mo Di were colluding to rebel was really unreasonable.

But if Mo Di's matter was brought to the court, it was possible that people would say that he made friends with the King of Yan and had ulterior motives.

As for the Yuan family, thinking of this, a trace of haze appeared in his eyes.

In the King of Yan's memorial, Yuan Li's confidant Guo Tu was full of doubts, and he had to interrogate him carefully.

In addition, some people in Fanyang said that before Mozi was assassinated, there were shouts of soldiers training in the manor outside the city of Yuan.

"Has the armor not been settled yet?" Ma Yuan asked.

His people went to Lulong Mountain and found a body that rolled down the cliff.

The body was brought back, and because the armor on the body was very special, he asked officials to search in Fanyang.

In his opinion, this kind of armor is definitely not something that robbers can forge.

And from the battlefield, the ambush was also planned, and the attack was also methodical.

It is definitely not something that thieves can do.

So, combined with these circumstances, he broke out in a cold sweat at the time.

Now, he is very afraid of finding out that this kind of armor is in the Yuan family army.

But he has to investigate.

"Not yet." The official said.

Ma Yuan nodded, "Tomorrow, take the body of the man to the East Market to see if anyone claims it?"

If the armor cannot be found, the person may know it.

As long as one of them is confirmed, he can sort out the chaos in Yanzhou this time.

"I hope it's not what the memorial says, otherwise Yanzhou is in danger, and Dasong is in danger." Ma Yuan pinched his palms, which were sweaty.

...

Late at night

Yanguan.

There was still candlelight in Xiao Yuanshan's house.

At this time, he was drinking with an official.

"Hehe, I'm afraid Mozi will be unable to defend himself this time, but we still have to rely on Sun Zhushi, otherwise we can't find out about this matter." Xiao Yuanshan said.

"Hey, General Xiao, don't say that. If it weren't for General Xiao's help, that person wouldn't tell the truth." The middle-aged official called Sun Zhushi said.

He was one of the officials sent by Ma Yuan to Yanguan for investigation.

The two smiled at each other after they finished speaking.

After another drink, Xiao Yuanshan said, "This time, the commander of Yanguan must be me. I've had enough of him over the years."

Hearing this, Sun Zhushi suddenly shook his head, "That may not be true!"

Xiao Yuanshan looked unhappy, "Who else can be the commander of Yanguan except me?"

"What we have found out is that Mo Di secretly sent troops to support the King of Yan. It's not a serious crime. With the emperor's temper, he might just let it go." Sun Zhushi said.

Xiao Yuanshan snorted angrily, "The emperor is too biased."

Sun Zhushi smiled, "The emperor doesn't care about anything else, but he cares about the commander of Yanguan very much. It's a pity for the general. After this incident, the general can only be a deputy general."

Xiao Yuanshan was even more angry when he heard this.

The commander of Yanguan is a well-known lucrative position in Dasong.

Every year, the court allocates millions of silver to Yanguan.

Naturally, he is very greedy for this money.

But with Mo Di here, he has no way to start.

If he were in other armies, it would be easy to make hundreds of thousands of taels every year.

Because of this, he always hated Mo Di. As the saying goes, taking advantage of someone's wealth is like killing his parents.

Now he finally became the chief general, and he could use the military pay allocated by the court at will.

But now he has to be the deputy general at any time, how can he be willing.

Thinking of this, he didn't say anything and drank alone.

Seeing Xiao Yuanshan like this, Sun Zhushi smiled softly and said, "General Xiao, why should you be upset? If you want to secure the position of the chief general of Yanguan, isn't this an opportunity?"

"Oh?" Xiao Yuanshan looked puzzled.

Sun Zhushi continued, "Although it is only found that Mo Di sent troops privately, it does not mean that Mo Di has no other thoughts. If he commits suicide out of fear of crime at this time..."