Chapter 2307 Keep and traitor, drink and drink tea
Behind the light is darkness.
There is no dark backdrop, but there is also a bright stalwart.
Man is a complex creature. It is really difficult to say whether there is pure light or darkness.
It’s like Yang Xiu, when he stood on the main city of Tongguan, facing the rising light of the sun, what he actually felt was more of a feeling of darkness, and the darkness was about to engulf him.
Is this killing chickens to scare monkeys?
Or something else?
Yang Xiu lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the spies who were **** under the city. There was no expression on his face, but he was crying in his heart. The wealth he had accumulated with great difficulty during this period of time was about to be vomited out again...
Damn secret work!
Yang Xiu didn’t think these secret works really deserved to die, but because these secret works made him implicated. He originally wanted to watch the excitement, but saw his own excitement.
Why! I am angry, but I have to hold back and laugh along with me.
Fei Qian ignored Yang Xiu, and didn''t care whether Yang Xiu was laughing or crying.
Yesterday''s overall arrest operation was relatively successful. The nails inside and outside the city were pulled out, and Tongguan will enter a relatively stable period, and when the next wave of spies try their best to sneak in At that time, most of Tongguan had already been built, and it would not be as easy as it is now if you want to destroy it.
After all, there are no piles of lumber yards, and there are no scaffolding for buildings. At that time, without these fire starters, even if they are really set on fire, they may not be able to burn anything.
Fei Qian gestured, and invited Yang Xiu to step forward together, standing on the wall of the main city of Tongguan, and watching the ceremony.
Killing people is sometimes a kind of "ritual".
"Rite" is actually a kind of norm, or "law", but it is bigger than "law", including the daily norms of all people, such as "crown, marriage, court, betrothal, funeral, sacrifice, guest and host, Drinking in the countryside and traveling in the army, these are called the nine rituals.”
But "ritual" is smaller than "morality"...
During yesterday''s arrest process, most of the main characters committed suicide or sought death during the arrest process, and the other survivors, after interrogation, did not find any value. something to come. These people are basically dead men, or to some extent dead men, in order to repay favors and favors, just like Jing Ke in the Warring States Period, imagining that he would be famous in history and come here, and then he has not Do something and get caught.
If nothing more valuable can be dug out, these people lose their value.
So today Fei Qian ordered most of the spies to be led to Tongguan City and beheaded. The reason for most of them is that apart from a limited number of people, other people don’t know how many people Fei Qian has arrested in this aspect, so after today’s beheading, some people may feel that nothing is wrong, and then Get out of the mouse hole...
On the other hand, if you kill some and keep some, then those who stay may be considered traitors naturally. The timing is thrown out as bait...
Anyway, there are many ways to play, and the poses are also very rich. There are only unexpected things, and there is nothing impossible. Just like now, when Fei Qian put Yang Xiu in a pose, Yang Xiu could only put it obediently, not daring to move. tone...
Below the city, near the execution ground, are the big and small officials belonging to Tongguan, including Fan Cong of course.
If Yang Xiu is a bigger monkey, then these officials in Tongguan, big and small, are of course little monkeys.
Fan Cong subconsciously shrunk behind the other monkeys as much as possible, lowered his head and neck. He didn''t know if he would be recognized by others, and he didn''t know if all the people who were about to be executed regarded death as home. If these guys wanted to live temporarily, they would randomly point at someone who was trying to delay or reduce the crime, and then just happened to accuse to myself...
As for saving these people by yourself?
How can I save myself who is alone?
Fan Cong lowered his head, staring at the ground, like a frightened quail.
Fan Cong tried to reduce his projected area as much as possible, but on the other hand, there was always a doubt in his heart, why he was discovered...
The caravan was arrested because of the negligence of the caravan, but Fan Cong was really surprised that he was tracked down from Tongguan so quickly by Fei Qian.
Normally, even if the caravan is arrested, the wine shop is at most implicated, and Fan Cong has to go through the hands of the wine shop to reach the labor camp, so even if the people in the caravan confessed to the wine shop, the wine shop in the restaurant It is impossible for people to know that there is a labor camp, not to mention that the information provided by the restaurant at that time only said that it might be exposed, which shows that the restaurant is actually not sure whether there is a danger, otherwise it would not write "possible"...
This shows that there is a high possibility of traitors in the caravan!
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the restaurant to be exposed so quickly!
So who is this traitor? Is it the leader of the caravan? Or someone else?
And how were the labor camps exposed? The restaurant didn''t know about the labor camp, and Fan Cong himself wasn''t arrested...
Now Fan Cong himself has not been caught, so it means that the people in the labor camp did not have to confess him, which is considered a good thing...
But it is also a bad thing.
Because only he knows the situation in the labor camp, the people in the restaurant can only contact him, and they don''t know who he is. The restaurant is only responsible for putting the information on the dead tree.
So this is also one of the reasons why Fan Cong dared to discuss with the people in the labor camp whether to stay or not. As long as he found out about the abnormality of the wine shop, he would not go to the dead wood, which would be equivalent to saving himself and the labor camp. camp…
However, he has not had any problems yet, but the people in the labor camp have been arrested.
Is it the people in the labor camp who exposed themselves? How was it exposed?
So which link went wrong?
Who is the traitor?
And will the people in the labor camp suspect that I betrayed them? It''s like I suspect that the people in the caravan betrayed the people in the wine shop?
Fan Cong thought, sweat rolled down his head, he couldn''t help wiping his sweat with his sleeves, and then attracted the attention of other officials, he forced a smile and said: "This... the sun is a bit big..."
The official next to him glanced at Fan Cong, then at the sun in the sky, and said nothing, as if he believed Fan Cong''s excuse.
Fan Cong exhaled secretly, then squinted quietly at the city wall of the main city of Tongguan, and found that Fei Qianzheng and Yang Xiu seemed to be talking about something.
Fei Qian was smiling, facing the sun, as if his whole body was radiant, while Yang Xiu was bending over with a smile on his face, but this smile made Fan Cong feel very familiar...
Well, it’s like the smiling faces of lower-level officials trying to please their superiors as much as possible. Fan Cong himself often makes such postures, so he is naturally very familiar with them.
On the top of the city, Fei Qian spoke.
When Fei Qian was speaking, everyone else would naturally shut up. No matter how loud a small person shouts, not many people will actually listen to it, but when a big person opens his mouth, other people will definitely **** up their ears.
『...Dezu...has its cause...so it has its effect...』
The distance wasn''t too close, and Fan Cong couldn''t hear clearly, but only a few intermittent words made Fan Cong''s heart twitch.
Before the accident, it was Fei Qian who came, and then Yang Xiu also came.
Fei Qian came to Tongguan, maybe it was to catch these spies, or to inspect Tongguan. This is not a big problem, but why did Yang Xiu come to Tongguan?
Could it be...
Fan Cong was so stimulated by the churning thoughts in his heart that he almost wanted to look up carefully, but at the next moment he forcibly controlled it, and even deliberately lowered his head.
Could it be Yang Xiu...
Damn it, I should have thought of this!
It was Yang Xiu, it must be Yang Xiu who reported us!
But when Fan Cong was tumbling in his heart, Yang Xiu walked down from the city wall, passed through Fan Cong and other Tongguan officials, walked to the front, and then boarded the main beheading platform...
"why? Why is he the one to take the lead? Fan Cong stared, "It really is him, it must be him..."
Yang Xiu was also muttering in his heart.
But the problem is that Yang Xiu murmured, he dared not refuse.
Yang Xiu knew that even if he said he didn''t know that Cao Cao secretly dispatched spies to Feiqian, it was useless.
Because Fei Qian didn''t care whether he knew or not.
And Yang Xiu also knows, in fact, Fei Qian should know that he gave these spies some "convenience", even the convenience given by Yang Xiu seems to be "inadvertent", sometimes it seems to be negligent, such as searching When it comes to utensils and commodities, turn a blind eye and close one eye...
In front of Fei Qian, Yang Xiu only admitted that he had indeed resold some weapons and sword armor from Hedong, because he couldn''t afford this matter, but he didn''t say anything about other things, let alone admitting it.
But it doesn’t matter if you admit it or not…
When Fei Qian asked Yang Xiu to be the chief beheader, Yang Xiu''s little brain immediately began to wander around like a river and a sea.
Disobedience, regardless of the reason, is not a good choice.
Yang Xiu knows very well that sometimes the superior will allow some shortcomings of his subordinates, such as greed for money, lust, or cruelty, withdrawn, etc., just like during the Eastern Han Dynasty, he cheated and killed 30 Qiang leaders. Officials who participated in a large-scale event of "Hundred Days Without Qiang" will still be promoted. When inspecting officials, they will not pay too much attention to some "details", but they will definitely focus on whether they are "obedient" and whether they are "obedient". obey".
Therefore, Yang Xiu was guilty of reselling the armor because of greed, but the problem is not big. Since the Pei family in Hedong was not exterminated by Fei Qian, then Yang Xiu will basically not be threatened with death. He admits it and pays a lot of money The "fine" is basically over, but if these spies are implicated, then it is not a matter of fines.
So Yang Xiu felt that this was a very serious warning from Fei Qian…
Facing life and death warnings.
If Yang Xiu hesitates a little at this time, or even disobeys...
Then this warning may become a real crime, and these spies and spies will go to the guillotine together. So Yang Xiu went down the city obediently, waited until he got on the main beheading platform, and then looked back at the top of the city.
Fei Qian nodded slightly, and when Yang Xiu turned his head away, Fei Qian tilted his head slightly, and whispered to Xu Huang and Ma Yue beside him: "After this matter is over, send him back to the city, wait for the river When Luo’s fine arrives, let him go home…”
Xu Huang nodded slightly, and responded in a low voice, "Subordinates obey..."
Fei Qian smiled, and then said: "Besides, you might as well declare in the city... the detailed work you have obtained this time is the work of Yang Dezu..."
Xu Huang glanced over the officials under the city, "My lord''s intention... Is there any details to be done here?" 』
Fei Qian raised his head, looked at the chopping platform under the city, and also looked at Yang Xiu who was the chief beheading officer on the stage, and smiled slightly, "Of course. 』
『My lord, why don’t you…』 Xu Huang asked with a frown.
Feiqian shook his head, then pointed to Yang Xiu with his chin, and said, "It''s okay for such a person..."
Xu Huang thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "The subordinate understands. 』
Ma Yue looked to the left, then to the right, and scratched his head again, as if he understood what it meant, but he didn''t quite know what it meant...
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After the incident at Xintongguan came to an end, Fei Qian led his people back to Guanzhong.
Passing through the forbidden ditch from Tongguan, you will arrive at the Guanzhong Plain.
Fei Qian also stopped by Wuguan and Lantian to have a look, listened to Du Ji''s work report, and then checked the resettlement situation of the people in Jingzhou before returning to Chang''an.
Back to the inner hall, wandered around, Huang Yueying chatted with Fei Qian for a few words, and then she was too lazy to move.
Huang Yueying is pregnant again. It may be that the air on the grassland is pleasant and pleasant, which is conducive to conception?
Anyway, Huang Yueying''s morning sickness is fine at this stage, it''s not very strong, but she gets tired easily and drowsy. If Fei Qian was not at home, Huang Yueying would naturally be able to sleep as long as she wanted, but for Fei Qian, Huang Yueying felt that she should accompany her no matter what, but after sitting with her for a while, she couldn''t help but began to doze off...
Therefore, Fei Qian could only persuade Huang Yueying to go to bed, and then he didn''t want to go to the Zhengshitang for the time being, so he finally walked around with his hands behind his back and arrived at Cai Yan''s yard.
Cai Yan has given birth to a daughter.
Cai Yan was depressed for a long time because of this at the beginning, she always thought it should be a boy baby.
After Fei Qian''s persuasion, it got better.
When Fei Qian came, the little girl was in Cai Yan''s arms, staring at a pair of black eyes and looking around curiously, then Fei Qian hugged her without crying, and even wanted to grab Fei Qian''s beard with her hands and tiara.
Fei Qian scratched his daughter''s palm with his beard, and the little girl just laughed like a goose, not a lady at all.
It''s just that the child''s energy is very limited. After a while, he gradually became sleepy. He stared dazedly. Although he was tired, he still held on. The playful and tired two little people were fighting each other, which also made the little girl His temper gradually became irritable, and he cried loudly, his voice was very loud, and if he got close, there was even a feeling of deafening eardrums...
Cai Yan had no choice but to carry the girl to the back hall to nurse.
Ok?
Follow up and take a look?
噫, what''s so interesting about this...
Actually, Fei Qian didn''t think about it, because Fei Qian was actually thinking about this other thing in his mind, and he didn''t realize it until Cai Yan came back again, ah, finished feeding? Next time…
『Sleeping? ’ Fei Qian asked.
Cai Yan nodded, "Tea? 』
Fei Qian also nodded, "Yes. 』
Fei Qian likes to drink tea, so both Huang Yueying and Cai Yan at home are good at making tea.
Not only that, but in General Hussar''s Mansion, in Youfufeng Zuofengyi, and even in any county where Feiqian went, including the newly built Tongguan City and the temporary Lantian Camp, there was tea to drink.
What does this mean?
If you just think of the flattery and flattery of townships and counties in various places, then you are wrong.
It was Fei potential who changed this man, this world.
Before Feiqian, officials, big and small, had to drink whenever they talked about something, and it was best to drink as much as possible, but since Feiqian, drinking tea has become the standard configuration for serious discussions, and drinking alcohol has become the second-best. demand. Think about it before in Jingxiang, when Liu Biao was still a middle-aged handsome man, there was almost a small banquet for three days, and a big banquet for five days, using wine to win over the Jingxiang gentry, but was it useful in the end?
Can you believe the words on the wine table? Do you have to drink to get things done? In many cases, the reason why Chinese people drink alcohol is because they can say some things that cannot be said normally, such as conflicts of interests. If both parties are willing to compromise and accept, then the wine talk becomes the truth. Come on, then the truth will become a drink.
Is this really the case?
Only wine can promote the interaction of interests?
If the answer is no, then why spend that time drinking?
The exchange of interests that can be negotiated while drinking, can actually be obtained without drinking. If the interests themselves cannot be coordinated at all, even if you drink wine a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times until your liver bursts, it will still be useless...
『What is your husband thinking about? ’ Cai Yan handed over the teacup and asked, ‘but what’s bothering you? 』
Fei Qian took a sip of tea, "Well...it''s nothing...A few days ago, I went to Tongguan...and caught a batch of secret crafts hidden in Tongguan..."
『Secret work? ’Cai Yan was taken aback, ‘Where did it come from? What to do? 』
Fei Qian put down his teacup, pointed to the east, and said, "It should be from there... Isn''t Tongguan expanded? It''s mostly for destruction... It''s not good at building things, but it''s very exciting to destroy some things." ...''
Cai Yan sighed slightly, then poured new tea for Fei Qian, sighed, "These people... have always been like this..."
"That''s true," Fei Qian waved his hand, "Actually, I''ve been thinking about this for the past two days, and now I''m thinking about it more and more thoroughly...Some things are really interesting...By the way, do you think this person Ah, do you think tea is better, or wine? 』
『Hmm...』 Cai Yan thought for a moment, 『I think tea is good...but there are many people in the world, each has its own preferences...』
Feiqian laughed, and said: "Everyone has their own preferences, which is true, but some people like what others like, so that''s boring..."
『Shandong? ’ Cai Yan asked.
Fei Qian nodded, "Shandong. 』
Both of them shook their heads at the same time and sighed...
(end of this chapter)