Chapter 329 Unexpected Discovery

Half a year ago, a man who was not good-looking but could not help but attract the attention of some people appeared in Xiangyang.

This person is tall and never tidy. He is often dressed in messy clothes and messy beards. He is taciturn but kind to others. Every day, I carry a pair of burdens, which are filled with some sugar snacks or linen needles and threads that children like. They shuttle between the urban and rural areas of Xiangyang, rain or shine.

There are many such goods everywhere. What caught his attention was an inadvertent thing. On that day, he still carried the burden to the port city to sell goods. Suddenly, a frightened mad horse rushed into the port city, knocked over many stalls and injured some people. Seeing that it was about to crash into a shop with a large number of children, women and children, it was dangerous. At this time, the cargo man came out of the slanting thorns and hit the horse's head like an electric illusion. With only one punch, he stiffly knocked the crazy horse to the ground!

A tragic disaster has been avoided, and people seem to have noticed for the first time that this hidden and powerful man has only one arm.

"General, I respect you!"

In a private house, the goodsman raised the bowl with one hand and smiled at Qin Mubai, and did it first.

Qin Mubai raised the bowl, but was not in a hurry to drink. Instead, he looked at the familiar and strange man opposite and smiled.

"Zhang Tong, have you been staying in Xiangyang?"

"No, I just came back a year ago." Zhang Tong wiped his mouth and grinned. He smiled a little ashamed, but he had no reservations and no intention.

Just a year or two ago, Zhang Tong in front of him was still a glorious member of the hundred riders. He accompanied Qin Mubai to Xiangzhou with Pang Fei and 30 other hundred riders, but secretly helped his biological father Wei Haochen betray Qin Mubai, and finally broke his arm to atone for his sins. From then on, Qin Mubai had no more news about him. He didn't expect to meet him here again today.

When the old friends meet, all the kindness and resentment of the past is about to disappear. What is available here is more about emotion and sighing.

Qin Mubai drank a bowl of wine and looked around at the shabby and broken house. There was still a knife hanging on the wall, which was the special knife he used to cut off his arm that day. In addition, everything is ordinary and simple.

Qin Mubai said, "Zhang Tong, why didn't you go back to Chang'an?"

"I'm back." Zhang Tong nodded and replied briefly, "Back to my hometown, I will recover and accompany my mother. Soon after, my mother passed away, and I had no peace in Chang'an every day, so I came to Xiangyang again.

"Isn't there peace?" Qin Mubai frowned doubtfully.

"King of Wei." Zhang Tong frowned and said, "I don't know where he heard about me, so he wants to win me into his camp."

"Did I get you over?" Qin Mubai was even more confused, "Why?"

Zhang Tong smiled and said, "Did the general forget the Xiangyang | Water Ghost case? At that time, there were not many people who really knew all the truth. The villain is one of them. In fact, the villain is already an abandoned person, and he has no power, no name and no hope. What's the use of the king of Wei to me?

Qin Mubai couldn't help but light up and said, "Does he want to target the King of Wu and me?"

Zhang Tong glanced at Qin Mubai, nodded solemnly, and said, "The case of Xiangyang | Water Ghost involves a lot, including the two families of Chang'an Weidu, as well as many officials and squires in Jingxiang. The villain did not promise the king of Wei anything, but vaguely felt from his words that in addition to wanting to know all the details of the water ghost case, he also expected the villain to make perjury, slander the general and the king of Wu how to corrupt the law and kill indiscriminate in Xiangzhou, and secretly collude with their own factions, aiming at the intention against the East Palace.

Qin Mubai nodded slowly and said, "When you return to Chang'an to recover from the king of Wei and know the news, it should be before and after the tomb of Emperor Yang was found. At that time, it happened that the king of Qi plotted to assassinate the East Palace, blamed me and the king of Wu, and rebelled. At that time, the king of Wei found you and asked you to prove it, which was indeed a cruel move. On the one hand, you are the people around me who know everything about the case, and on the other hand, your identity is also a powerful explanation. If you had agreed to join the king of Wei at that time, the king of Wu and I must be quite passive.

"So the villain didn't agree." Zhang Tong's expression was very calm, but there were two scorching light in his eyes. He said sonorously, "Zhang has betrayed the general once, and his conscience is worse than death!" To say a word of great unfiliality, my mother's death is not as painful as the condemnation of my conscience! Although Zhang broke his arm, he can't forgive his previous sins! How can you betray the general again?"

Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Come on, drink this bowl!"

After drinking a bowl of wine, Zhang Tong said, "At that time, Zhang was still filial piety, but he couldn't care so much and escaped overnight. Originally, I wanted to explain this layer to you, but at that time... Zhang really didn't have the face to see the general again. Moreover, at that time, the general was also in trouble because of the rebellion of the king of Qi. If Zhang appeared again, it would be more suspicious. So Zhang changed his name and turned back to Xiangyang and became an inconspicuous little man - but General Pang Fei knew the villain! It is precisely because General Pang Fei sits here that the villain dares to live in seclusion in Xiangyang.

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing: "Pang Fei, this stinky boy, has a firm mouth. I didn't tell you anything about you when I met you.

"It may be too late to talk about it when we just met!" Zhang Tong smiled and said, "Today, the villain met General Pang Fei and several former colleagues on the street and hurried away. Seeing those former colleagues, the villain also knew that the general had come to Xiangyang. So the villain waited for the rabbit after hearing the news. In the middle of the night, he finally waited for the general. I finally got to know the general!"

Qin Mubai nodded deeply and said with a smile, "Zhang Tong, I said the other day that you are guilty, but you are not wrong. I have never really blamed you. Now, no matter what kind of life you choose, I am relieved that you can live a peaceful life. I think your current life is a little miserable, but it's still plain. In this way, you don't have to live an unknown life. It's all over. I don't blame you, and the king of Wei won't think of you anymore. You can go to Qinxian's business to find an errand to do, set up a decent Zhuangzi, and ask for a wife who can meet people. I'll arrange these for you."

"No, no, no!" Zhang Tong stood up in a hurry and waved one hand and panicked, "In this life, Zhang Tong has no regrets in his life to see the general again and talk about the general like this!" Zhang Tong is a sinner. He has no face to return to the general and has no face to see his former colleagues! General... Please forgive me for not accepting it!"

Qin Mubai looked at Zhang Tong with a smile and nodded: "People have their own aspirations. I won't force you. However, the door of my Qin family will always be open to you. If you have any difficulties, just come to me. You're welcome.

Zhang Tong's face was full of vicissitudes and messy. He looked at Qin Mubai with deep eyebrows and twisted eyes. He raised a fist on his chest and said, "General, although the villain is no longer worthy to be a soldier again, in the eyes of the villain, the villain will always It's the general's soldier! Please ask the general to be single punched by the villain!"

Holding his fist, he knelt down on one knee. With his head down, although he was patient, tears flowed down with disappointment.

Qin Mubai came forward and slapped his fist, just in time to gather a military salute with a fist.

"I can't stand this bye."

"General Xie!"

Zhang Tong's tears rushed out like a flood and couldn't help it anymore, so he kowtowed on the ground.

Qin Mubai didn't pull him up or stop him. Perhaps, this can make him feel more happy and untie the knot that has been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

Quietly, Qin Mubai untied the money bag and put it on the table. He patted Zhang Tong, who was still kowtopping, and said, "I'm leaving. Take care."

"Congratulations to the general!" Zhang Tong did not stay, but turned around on the ground and continued to kowtow to the door where Qin Mubai left.

The bang sound seemed to fall on Qin Mubai's heart.

"Think of me, Qin Mubai and He De, how can I? A layman is not even a good person. It's worth Zhang Tong to treat me like this... Zhang Tong with a broken arm, many Zhang Tong who died in the war, and many Zhang Tong who have been accompanying me today."

" Cherish! ... Their existence proves that I have not lived in vain in this life!"

Walking out of half a dark alley, there was a string of rapid footsteps behind him, and Zhang Tong's voice: "Qin...!"

Qin Mubai ran back to return the money bag, so he stood and waited for him to speak.

Zhang Tong stood up, took a vigilant look around, and whispered, "The villain was so excited that he forgot to tell the general an important thing! General, please go back to your humble house!"

Qin Mubai frowned and said, "Okay!"

The two returned to the cold house again. Zhang Tong seemed to have returned to the hundred-rider guard of that day. He carefully checked that there was no stalking and the ear of the wall before returning to the house. At this time, he saw the money bag on the table at a glance, and his expression couldn't help but stagnate. Presumably, he just kowtowed and suddenly remembered this thing, so he ran away without looking at the table.

Qin Mubai smiled and said that you can take it and don't hesitate to talk about business.

Zhang Tong sat next to Qin Mubai and whispered, "After the villain returned to Chang'an, he closed the door. One day, suddenly a man came to me. The person who came claimed to be from Dengzhou, the king of Qi, surnamed Liang.

"Liang Mengbiao?" Qin Mubai said it in one gulp.

"Yes, it's him! The villain once met him in Xiangyang and has been following the king of Qi, but he has never dated. Zhang Tong said, "At that time, he made almost the same request as the king of Wei, that is, he asked me to provide evidence that you and the king of Wu rebelled in Xiangyang, and then promised me a high-ranking official salary."

"Well, that's not strange." Qin Mubai said, "Liang Mengbiao should have listened to Yin Hongzhi's order to find you. At that time, they were already plotting to intercept the king of Qi and Princess Gaoyang, who had returned to Beijing to plead guilty, and forced me and the king of Wu.

"These villains don't know, and because of his appearance, the little talent escaped overnight. It's just that the villain heard an amazing news from his mouth!" Zhang Tong said.

"What's the news?"

Zhang Tong's voice was lower and he said, "At that time, the king of Qi rebelled in Dengzhou, and there may be an inner response in the court!"

"What?" Qin Mubai was shocked, "Who is it?"

"He didn't say anything." Zhang Tong said, "He just said that if you wait for Dengzhou to do something, the capital will also be in trouble. At the same time, they hold a secret in their hands that makes His Majesty very afraid of the emperor, so they are fully qualified to negotiate with the court at that time! At that time, he also encouraged me like this. He said, as long as I provide evidence to sue the anti-general and the King of Wu, it will be a great achievement!"

Hearing this, Qin Mubai's heart was covered with a layer of haze, "Is there a secret that makes the emperor afraid?"

"Yes, that's exactly what he said." Zhang Tong said, "For details, the villain doesn't know. They didn't say much to me. At that time, when he heard this, the little boy was frightened. He pretended to promise to accept two pieces of yellow goods to let them relax their vigilance, so he fled overnight to avoid being silenced.

"Well done, it's not humiliated and lost the name of a hundred riders!" Qin Mubai took a deep breath and nodded, "At that time, you were not enough to denounce anyone. After all, it was just a one-sided word without evidence, which was not credible. It's right to escape overnight. But haven't you heard anything about the internal response of the DPRK? Or, that secret?"

"The villain also wanted to ask at that time. But I was afraid that asking too much would make them suspicious, so I didn't dare to ask more questions. Zhang Tong said, "However, that Liang Mengbiao didn't seem to know it very well, which made him want to show off. The villain deliberately approached him while he was drunk. He just vaguely mentioned a word that made the villain very strange - the former emperor!"

"The former emperor?" Qin Mubai was even more surprised.

"Yes, the villain remembers it very accurately. It can't be wrong. That secret may be related to the 'previous emperor'. But I'm afraid Liang Mengbiao doesn't know exactly what it is. Zhang Tong said.

Qin Mubai nodded slowly and think that now Yin Hongzhi, Li You and his party members are all dead. It turned out that they didn't use any internal response and so-called "secrets" at that time, otherwise they would not have lost so quickly, and they could not see anything strange in the court.

"Who is the insideer and what kind of secret is it?" Qin Mubai fell into meditation...