The feeling of lying on Yang Yanzong's back is quite different from that of lying on Su Yan's back. It is very high and very comfortable, with the wind whistling. This person touches the ground with his toes, glances over the short branches of the mountain pines that grow across the canyon, and leaps over. The rumbling sound of water at the bottom of the canyon is loud and rapid, and the moist mountain wind whistles and blows towards him from the side, making it feel like the whole person is going to be blown away. His movements seem light but are extremely swift. He whizzes down and lands on a protruding rock on the other side of the canyon, almost without stopping, and then rises again!
It was so exciting, the feeling of speed and passion was so great. Su Ci tightly grasped his slightly bulging arm muscles and couldn't help but hold on tighter. Ahhhh, so exciting!
It was too fast. Su Ci couldn't help but bend down, put her arms tightly around his neck and rest her head on his shoulders. She had to do this. It was too exciting and she couldn't bear it. Yang Yanzong had carried her on his back once before, but it was in a dark mine tunnel. This feeling was completely different!
She was so excited that she couldn't help but say, "This Qinggong is amazing, can I learn it?"
Yang Yanzong chuckled twice and said nothing.
Is it some unique secret? She pestered Yang Yanzong: "Please teach me, I want to learn, okay, okay..."
“You can’t learn it.”
Learning martial arts is too hard. How could this lazy, clever and flattering girl put in the hard work for ten years? Besides, she has grown up and her bones have basically developed, so she can't learn it to the fullest.
"If I can't achieve great success, at least a little success is fine. Just teach me!"
Finally, Yang Yanzong couldn't stand her pestering anymore and said, "Okay, I'll teach you some other day. Start with the horse stance." Let's see how long you can last.
Su Ci pretended not to hear the latter part and cheered, "We agreed, you are not allowed to regret it!"
Yang Yanzong was in a bad mood and was too lazy to answer her. He let her move around on his back as she pleased. He was as steady as a rock and didn't even get annoyed by her chattering. Occasionally, he couldn't stand her pestering and hummed a few words in reply.
When crossing the canyon, Yang Yanzhen was better. He looked back at Su Yan and jumped over. He was in charge of the reconnaissance work, so light-body skills were a must. The canyon was a bit dangerous but not a big problem. However, Yang Yanxin was a little short of something, but fortunately it was not much, and with the help of A Zhao, he got through it smoothly.
The group of people flew over the narrowest part of the canyon like monkeys, took a shortcut and quickly climbed up.
Yang Yanzong glanced back, then retracted his gaze, "What did Yanxin do last night?"
When Akang was reporting the details to him, Yang Yanzong asked about everyone's performance. His part was a little vague, and he knew that Yang Yanxin had made another mistake.
Su Ci was puzzled: "What did he do?" She thought for a while: "Just said a few words." It was not a big deal, so she believed more in what Yang Yanzong said before. However, they just said a few words and there was no argument. Anyway, he didn't let her down.
Apart from proving that he is a bit stubborn and lacks sensitivity, it is nothing at all.
Yang Yanzong did not say anything. No one knew his eldest brother better than him. His talent and ability were mediocre, far from being outstanding. So every time a situation like yesterday came, it would be troublesome. The person left behind, Yang Yanxin, was not capable of taking the lead in decision-making, but with him still around, it would not be good to ignore him and let the younger Yang Yanzhen take the lead. So he had to let one of Akang or Azhao stay, but sometimes Akang and Azhao also had inconveniences.
"With him being like this, I don't feel comfortable finding him a job." He sighed helplessly.
He tiptoed up the ridge, moving faster. However, since they were close, Yang Yanzong's voice was still very clear, and his helplessness could be heard: "For example, last night, sometimes when he doesn't understand something, you should teach him more."
Su Ci wouldn't do that. It was okay for her brother to teach her and beat her, but could she do the same? Besides, she was so young, and even Yang Yanzong couldn't teach her. She didn't think she could do it. She wouldn't do such an offending job!
But of course she wouldn't say that. If she told him directly, Yang Yanzong would definitely be angry and might even throw her on the side of the road. She hugged his neck and smiled: "What are you afraid of? Aren't you watching me?"
"Following you, my future will definitely be good, right?" At the end, she did not forget to flatter him sweetly.
But this is not entirely flattery. In the original book, although Yang Yanxin was a little mediocre, he followed his brother honestly, and in the end he would be fine. This is what they call "one person's success brings prosperity to the whole family"!
She thought and said the last sentence, and she said it with a smile in a serious, humorous and joyful way.
Yang Yanzong laughed out loud. Is he so confident in him? The mountain wind whistled, and he was filled with heroic spirit. His laughter echoed through the valley, less cold than usual and more joyful. He laughed and scolded, "Nonsense! How can you talk about your brother-in-law like that?"
As for chickens and dogs, his brother is a little stupid, but it’s not that bad, right?
He pinched her thigh. This man was a bad guy, pinching the tender flesh on the inside of people's thighs. Su Ci screamed and laughed.
"Stop pinching me. If you continue to pinch me, I'll pinch you back..."
The two of them talked in a low voice and laughed loudly. You couldn't hear their words but you could hear their laughter. The laughter echoed in the mountains and forests, and because it infected the people behind them, Yang Yanzhen and Su Yan couldn't help but smile as well. The two of them subconsciously looked at each other.
Su Yan: "Xiao San'er, stop laughing, it's too silly." She looked disgusted.
After a while, Su Yan shouted, "Hey, hey, why are you hitting me?!" She didn't have to be beaten for telling the truth, "You're a grown man... Hey! Okay, Yang Xiaosan, wait for me and don't leave!..."
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The joyful atmosphere continued until they arrived at the National Mine. After seeing the familiar railway tracks, everyone consciously restrained their expressions and emotions and regained their calm and serious expressions.
There are already a lot of people here at the National Mine.
All the elite troops that had previously headed straight ahead have turned back. There were quite a few of them, but overall, of course, more casualties were suffered.
Not a single one of the five hundred imperial guards was left alive, including the secretaries, middle and low-level court officials, and flag guards who had followed them and were stationed under the shed at the time and who had rushed to gather with the imperial guards at the first moment of the incident, almost all of them survived.
So the fact that Yang Yanzong had so many people here was quite conspicuous.
Zhang Boqian paced back and forth on the muddy ground like a trapped beast, sometimes gritting his teeth in hatred, sometimes panting like a cow.
We are now in front of the silver burial pit.
After the landslide, the silver buried pit was not affected because it was located on the back. However, when the Beirong people retreated, they dug up the pit, and each of them carried a large bag. There was not much silver left in the pit, so they left it exposed to the open air and everyone discovered it.
There were also a lot of people at the scene, including the elite team that had returned from the transit warehouse, as well as some people who had cleverly broken out from under the shed when they saw that the situation was not right. Ji Yuanhao had lost a lot of manpower, but fortunately he had recovered some of them. Together with those who had followed him to the transit warehouse before, there were about twenty people standing behind him.
There was also Kun, the King's uncle, and some of Kun's family members also ran away. Most of the sacrifices were the civil officials under his command who were unable to run.
Apart from these two people, the others were in a miserable state. Behind Ji Lin and Ji Ying, besides those who came back, there were a few wounded soldiers standing here and there, while the trusted warriors under Zhang Boqian and Ji Yan who followed into the mountain were almost wiped out.
Zhang Boqian's eyes were red as he looked back and forth at the landslide site with the remains of 500 imperial guards scattered all over the ground. His eyes looked as if he wanted to eat him alive: "There must be a spy among us, who is it?! Stand up for me!!!"
Everyone present is smart, and there are basically no ones who have not yet woken up. And if there was no one inside to send a message to Beirong, how could Beirong be able to take advantage of the situation? !
He stared at everyone fiercely, Ji Lin, Ji Ying, Ji Yuanhao, even Uncle Kun, and finally Yang Yanzong!
"Is it you? Tell me, is it you?!"
Everyone's hands and feet were bruised and battered, only Yang Yanzong was fine. No one around him was injured, and even his clothes were still dry. Zhang Boqian glanced around and stared at him with bloodshot eyes.
Ji Yan also looked over suddenly. His loss was too heavy. Except for the people who followed him, almost none of his men who followed him into the mountain survived. This was a big blow. Add to that the personal grudge between him and Yang Yanzong, and his eyes were bloodshot: "Yang..."
“Shut up!!”
The one who called out was Mr. Fang, who was also a smart man. When he saw Su Ci's actions, he became interested and immediately ordered his trusted guards to carry him on their backs and run away. In the end, the Sixth Prince's Mansion managed to save some people.
Normally he would not easily fall out with Ji Yan, after all, he was the prince. But now he could not care less. Was this the time to make false accusations and use this as an excuse to stir up internal strife? ! Yang Yanzong is from the Sixth Prince's Mansion! !
After Mr. Fang shouted, Ji Yan came to his senses immediately. He immediately shut his mouth, glanced coldly at Yang Yanzong, and stopped talking.
Yang Yanzong smiled faintly and said without further ado: "If I had known Commander Zhang's plan in advance, I would never have put my wife, my brothers, my confidants, and my loved ones in danger."
Everyone couldn't help but look at Su Ci, who was dressed in men's clothes, young, and pretty standing behind the crowd. A normal man wouldn't sacrifice such a beautiful newlywed wife with magical powers to prove his innocence, right?
"Alright, alright!"
Uncle Kun frowned, interrupted everyone, and glanced around: "Is this the time to be suspicious of each other?"
He said coldly: "Whoever this person is, he can't get away! But the most important thing now is to quickly recover the stolen official silver!!"
“Yes, yes, yes!!”
Tong Jie'en, the eunuch of the Supervisory Department, responded repeatedly, "Prime Minister Kun is right!"
This General Tong was almost a military supervisor in the imperial envoy team, and he came to supervise and inspect on behalf of the emperor. As the old emperor grew older, his energy declined, so he established the Supervisory Office, whose members were basically his trusted eunuchs, and Tong Jie'en was the most trusted of the trusted eunuchs.
He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Seeing that everyone was still arguing, he immediately stopped them: "The most urgent thing is to catch up with the 56 million taels of official silver immediately!!!"
This matter was temporarily suppressed. Everyone calmed down, discussed briefly and began to look for clues. With such a large amount of silver, the Beirong people only got there a few days in advance and couldn't run far, so it was still not too late to catch up with them! !
Kun's uncle Tong Jie'en jointly used seals to urgently order all counties and cities within a radius of 100 miles to set up checkpoints for strict inspections. They also urgently summoned the nearest garrison. Multiple copies of the order were sent out immediately.
But these are distant waters that cannot put out the immediate fire. If they want to successfully follow and catch up with them in the end, they have to rely on these hundred people.
"As soon as we find it, we can immediately summon the local governor!!"
So many people, so much silver, and it was not long ago that it was transported away. There must be traces left. We have to find them now!
Find it and catch up!
The hundred people immediately divided into more than a dozen small teams and spread out to search. After spending half a day, they finally succeeded in finding some traces.
After climbing over the collapsed mountain and entering a state-owned mine that had been almost fully mined, we indeed found traces of fresh rust on the rails that had not been used for a long time!
Following the railway all the way south, we arrived at a small silver mine about ten miles away. The silver mine was very close to the plain land. There were a large number of villagers living nearby, and there was also a major transportation route. It was very prosperous.
Sure enough, a large number of loading traces were found at the end of the rail car in this small silver mine.
The ruts merged into the main road, blending into the large and small tire tracks. After being washed away by the rain, they could no longer be distinguished.
Yang Yanzong and his team spent a whole day to finally confirm that the silver chariots were divided into three routes, heading towards Yanyao in the northeast, Pingcheng in the north, and Zongyin in the northwest.
Then chase after him quickly!
This goes without saying, but they were afraid it was a fraud as they didn't know the authenticity, so they divided themselves into six teams and chased after them separately.
Yang Yanzong was in charge of the route to Yanyao in the northeast and set off on horseback that day.
…
For Su Ci and the others, the following things finally went smoothly.
First of all, Yang Yanzong had extensive experience in dealing with the Beirong people. He was really amazing. The Beirong people set up mazes several times and he almost lost them several times, but at the last moment he was able to find clues and get back on track.
The tracking was so intermittent that no one knew where the other team that came with them had gone. However, several times during the period, Yang Yanzong's trusted subordinates, whom Su Ci did not know, joined them. On the seventh day of the tracking, they finally caught up with this group of Beirong people on the Ancient Salt and Tea Road, more than 100 miles east of Yanyao.
The dust was everywhere, and even after we went southwest and crossed the Daxi Mountain, the dry northwest wind blew in our faces. Yang Yanzong suddenly waved his hand to signal him to stop. He jumped off his horse, tapped the ground with his boots twice, bent over and twisted it with his fingers, "It's fresh horse manure."
He smiled, glanced around calmly, and finally set his sights on a village not far away that had been almost eroded by wind and sand to the point where the ground buildings were no longer visible.
At the command, he spurred his horse forward, quickly pulled the reins and jumped over the tripwire, then Yang Yanzong drew out his sword with a lightning speed of "clang"! What followed was a bloodbath. The two sides fought fiercely. In the dark night, blood splattered and the smell of iron rose to the sky. Yang Yanzong pressed Su Ci's face against his chest with one hand and fiercely harvested the head of the Beirong leader in front of him.
The skull rolled on the ground. It looked like a foreigner with Han Chinese hairstyle, skin and facial features that were particularly dark. Su Ci took a careful look at it, quickly looked away, and obediently lay in Yang Yanzong's arms.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour before it ended with the victory of Yang Yanzong's side. With an indifferent expression, he wiped the blood off the blade of his sword on the corpse of Beirong on the ground, sheathed the sword, and kicked open the half-closed door of the inner room.
It was not until he went underground that Su Ci realized that these northwestern houses turned out to be a different world. There was another layer underneath, like a dugout. Every household would dig a basement for storage, raising livestock, and living in when it was cold. There were large kangs and stoves inside and everything else.
When Yang Yanzong kicked the door open, he saw two Northern Rong people lying in the inner room. They were not killed by their people. These two were obviously the leaders of the Northern Rong, but they had fallen down and died with blood gushing from their necks.
The first batch of lost silver was found, totaling 10 million taels of silver, and clues to the "traitor" who leaked the news were also found on the corpse of a Beirong man lying on the ground.
As for why quotation marks are used, it is because this clue is very interesting.
Akang and Azhao quickly leaned over and soon found a sheepskin bag in the arms of one of the men. Inside was a booklet. After flipping through it carefully, a piece of paper with fresh ink marks and obscure words fell out. However, those who knew the inside story could understand at a glance that it was the news informing the other party of the shipwreck and the approximate date.
——A bright red private seal below, "Left Guard...Commander in Chief".
The square seal was missing a corner, and the word "Wei" was also blurry.
Su Ci laughed and widened her eyes: "What's going on?"
Yang Yanzong was the deputy commander of the Left Guard, but she didn't think that people were wrongly accusing Yang Yanzong, because the seal was symmetrical, and if one corner was missing, two characters would be missing, so "Deputy Commander" would have three characters.
Then it can only be the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Guard, Zhang Boqian? You must be kidding, Su Ci didn't believe it.
But what does it matter whether she believes it or not? Yang Yanzong snorted when he saw it. He immediately thought of the person who personally arranged for him to track this line, and the two Beirong leaders who were obviously killed by lurking spies.
"Ten million taels of silver." Not much, very little compared to one third. Could it be an agreement that man made with the Beirong people?
Yang Yanzong's smile was intriguing. He seemed to have understood something. Su Ci thought for a moment, "Could it be that... it was Uncle Kun who spread the news to the Beirong people?"
Yang Yanzong then threw the sheepskin bag on the table, put one hand around her waist, embraced her, and stroked her face with the other hand, lowering his eyes and smiling: "What a smart girl."
His eyes showed surprise and admiration, and he bent down to kiss her.
She is much smarter than his younger brother and she really brings him a lot of unexpected surprises.
His kiss was deep and they exchanged a lingering kiss.
Su Ci finally managed to pull him away and covered her mouth: "Hey, hey, then, why did Uncle Kun do this? Could he be the one who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country on the battlefield before?"
"Of course not." Uncle Kun was definitely not the one who collaborated with the enemy on the battlefield.
Yang Yanzong pecked her face and said with a smile: "Don't you know?"
He looked at her and she looked at him. They looked at each other and Su Ci blinked. Actually, Uncle Kun did have a reason to spread the news. She had watched all kinds of political dramas and historical stories, and her mind was free and unrestrained. She immediately thought that if the old emperor succeeded and the three major royal palaces were all destroyed, then, the Kun family would definitely not be happy, right?
"If the three great palaces have all fallen, the Kun family will be next, right?"
First fight against foreign aggression, then stabilize internal affairs. The reason why Empress Kun and Uncle Kun poisoned the young Prince Zhao and got away with it was because they had the three major royal palaces.
Once the three major royal palaces were destroyed, the old emperor had his preferred heir to the throne and his chosen important ministers to entrust with his care. He would do his utmost to eliminate all treacherous ministers with ill intentions before his death, which of course included the Kun family.
Therefore, although the Kun family was in a hostile relationship with the three major royal palaces, he did not want the latter to collapse.
Therefore, I was forced to do this.
And the person to take the blame has been found, Zhang Boqian.
Will Yang Yanzong do as he says? Of course! This is a tacit win-win situation! Zhang Boqian was hostile to Yang Yanzong and regarded him as a tool. If he had the chance, how could Yang Yanzong let him go?
Besides, if Zhang Boqian hadn’t died, how could he have sat on the throne?
Yang Yanzong raised his eyebrows and asked Azhao to bring the ink. He opened the bright red ink, took out a very thin brush, dipped it in the ink, spread out the piece of evidence cloth with the seal in front of him, and slowly traced it, and it was completed! And it is seamless, the painting looks just like it was printed! !
Su Ci exclaimed, she couldn't believe that Boss Yang actually had such talent!
"You are so amazing, aren't you? Uncle Kun doesn't know that you have this skill, right?"
"Of course not. He thought I might write another one."
In this case, Yang Yanzong will have to take some responsibility for this matter.
Su Ci was really surprised and praised her a lot, which made Yang Yanzong happy. He glanced at her and said, "If I hadn't been on the battlefield, I would probably continue to learn painting."
It is true that people always have more than one talent!
He held Su Ci in his arms, and played with her for a while in a very good mood, and then patted her butt, "Okay, get ready, when we're done here, we'll go to another place."
He showed an extremely intriguing smile. It was time to close the net. One was Zhang Boqian, and the other was naturally Ji Yan!
The Northwest is almost Yang Yanzong's home turf. His tentacles are more sensitive than others. Just now, a man named Feng Tiexiong reported that he had found traces of the second batch of silver.
Yang Yanzong issued two orders. The first was to clean up the mess and cut off the possibility of anyone tracing this batch of silver.
Second, let the news be known to the Sixth Prince Ji Yan!
Yang Yanzong kissed Su Ci's cheek and curled his lips: "Ci'er, what do you think Ji Yan will choose?"
Su Ci: Once the boss makes a move, we will know whether it is possible or not!
This is the ultimate move!
How do I choose Ji Yan? On one hand, there was the charge of treason, a serious crime from which it would be difficult to escape unscathed, and on the other hand, there was at least 10 million taels of silver! !
Ten million taels! ! During the years of good weather and prosperous business in the Daqing Dynasty, the tax revenue was one-fifth of the total tax revenue! !
The huge sum of money was far away, and he was the only one who knew about it.
For example, a bank robber accidentally leaves behind a large suitcase bag of money without any codes or markings. The police investigation is not in that direction at all. There are no cameras and no one knows about it.
The temptation is simply amazing! !
Yang Yanzong's brows were indifferent, and it was obvious that he was not surprised at all about Feng Tiexiong. She didn't know when he started to arrange the search, and how many clues he held that were unknown to others. Su Ci couldn't guess, but it didn't stop her from admiring him.
She answered honestly: "I don't know."
Yang Yanzong chuckled, pulled away her hand that was covering her mouth, bent down and kissed her: "Then follow me and watch the show together!"
The masculine voice, which is naturally indifferent, carries an arrogant and domineering air of confidence, like a poppy, dangerous, deadly and extremely charming.
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