PNB Chapter 307: Nanling is captured
Chapter 307: Nanling is captured
After returning to the Qi'an Division, Ye Wuwei first listened to everyone's work reports. One piece of news caught Ye Wuwei's attention a little more:
Previously, a family of the Yuwen faction wanted to seek peace with the court and specifically sought out Princess Renshou to mediate.
Ye Wuwei gave Qi Wushuang an idea, asking each family to pay money and hand over land to atone for their sins, and let the Ministry of Households calculate the amount of fines for different families.
Now these families have successively paid some silver and land, but there is still a certain gap with the amount calculated by the Ministry of Households.
This was also within Ye Wuwei's expectations.
After all, the fines calculated by the Ministry of Households are not a small amount, which will greatly reduce the strength of these families.
They all wanted to wait and see until the war between the imperial court and the Yuwen clan was decided.
Once the imperial court defeats the Yuwen clan, they will pay their fines much faster.
After listening to everyone's reports, Ye Wuwei asked Liu Mingshao a question:
"Is there any news from Qi Yuli, Qi Yuye, and Qi Yuchang's residence recently?"
Liu Mingshao was originally the chief who collected intelligence for Qi Wushuang. After the establishment of the Qi'an Department, Liu Mingshao and his subordinates all transferred to the Qi'an Department.
Liu Mingshao also became the deputy commander of the Qi'an unit, responsible for managing secret personnel.
Liu Mingshao reported the information submitted by his subordinates to Ye Wuwei:
"While you were away these days, Qi Yuli stayed in the mansion and did not go out.
Qi Yuye went to the farm a few more times to visit the Princess of Yi, who was recuperating, but he never saw her. He heard that the Princess of Yi was dying.
As for Qi Yuchang, apart from his regular visits to Qingfeng Pavilion, there have been no other unusual movements."
"Where's Chu Yuyan? What's going on with her?"
Liu Mingshao was stunned: "I didn't send anyone to keep an eye on her before."
Chu Yuyan is the daughter of Prince Chu, and Liu Mingshao and others have never listed Chu Yuyan as a person of concern.
"Place someone beside Chu Yuyan."
Although he felt that Ye Wuwei was making a big deal out of nothing, Liu Mingshao still agreed.
……
On the seventh day after Ye Wuwei returned to Chamdo, the imperial court received the battle report from Qi Kangping:
With the cooperation of Mu Yili, Shi Patriarch and other Nanling nobles, the imperial army successfully invaded Nanling.
Mu Yiyang is dead, and the nobles including Chief Shi nominate Mu Yili as the new chieftain.
Along with the battle report, there was also a divorce letter signed by Mu Yili and Qi Yuye herself.
Chu Fuchi was shocked when he saw this battle report: he didn't know that Mu Yili had gone to Nanling before.
Chu Fuchi went to ask Qi Wushuang.
Qi Wushuang didn't care much and said:
"This is the agreement reached between Wu Wei and Mu Yili. I only listened to it. I didn't know whether the plan would succeed, so I didn't tell anyone."
Chu Fuchi felt quite powerless.
Is the emperor of the Qi Dynasty Qi Wushuang or Ye Wuwei?
"So Ye Wuwei went to Nanling a few days ago?"
"Wu Wei did go to Nanling, but not for any internal or external collaboration, but because the head of the Shui family disappeared in Nanling.
Wu Wei went to Nanling to rescue the Shui family master, and he returned after rescuing the Shui family master.
Chu Fuchi felt even more powerless:
Why does he know more and more things?
Is he still the person Qi Wushuang trusts the most?
Qi Wushuang didn't know whether he knew Chu Fuchi's thoughts or not, and said:
"Don't think too much. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that Wu Wei was the one who handled some things, and I only found out about it afterwards."
After hearing Qi Wushuang's words, Chu Fuchi felt powerless again.
It turns out that Ye Wuwei is the emperor!
Chu Fuchi read out this battle report at the court meeting.
After hearing the battle report, the court officials were all shocked.
What surprised them was not that the court won the battle, but when the court reached an agreement with the Nanling nobles?
They didn't get any news at all.
It seems that Qi Wushuang is far more powerful than they thought!
I have to say: This is such a beautiful misunderstanding!
……
Ye Wuwei also received the secret letter sent to him by Shui Changqing from Nanling.
The content of Shui Changqing's letter was much more detailed than Qi Kangping's battle report.
Mu Yiyang was dead, but the imperial army did not massacre the nobles who supported Mu Yiyang.
Princess Yunshang committed suicide and left a letter before her death.
Princess Yunshang said that she did not know in advance that Mu Yiyang was conspiring with Grand Tutor Yuwen. After she knew about it, she tried to persuade Mu Yiyang, but Mu Yiyang did not listen to her.
Princess Yunshang felt guilty towards Qi Chao and committed suicide to apologize.
Mu Yimei did not participate in the Nanling incident, and Princess Yunshang begged Qi Wushuang to spare Mu Yimei's life.
Robbie caught it.
According to Robi's confession:
Yu Wenqian learned from him that Shui Changqing went to Nanling to meet with Chief Shi and others.
He arrested Shui Changqing on the orders of Yuwen Qian, but Luo Buyi did not know why Yuwen Qian wanted to arrest Shui Changqing.
Moreover, after Shui Changqing was captured, Yuwen Qian did not tell Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi.
It was only after Shui Changqing was rescued that Luo Buyi told Mu Yiyang that he had captured Shui Changqing.
Shui Changqing's letter also reads:
The imperial army did not find Yuwen Qian after entering Nanling. According to the servants of the Tusi Mansion, Yuwen Qian had disappeared several days ago and his whereabouts are still unknown.
Moreover, Yuwen Qian's dowry and confidants were nowhere to be found.
After Robi died, the Luo family elected a new patriarch.
As for Mu Yili being elected as the new chieftain, it went very smoothly.
With the support of Chief Shi and others, Mu Yili has become the de facto new chieftain of Nanling, waiting for the imperial court's appointment.
After conquering Nanling, Shui Changqing stayed in Nanling to deal with the aftermath with Mu Yili and the others, while Qi Kangping continued to lead the imperial army to besiege the Yuwen clan who had taken refuge in the mountains and forests west of Nancheng.
After reading the letter, Ye Wuwei fell into deep thought:
Yuwen Qian only decided to have Luo Buyi capture her master after she heard that her master had gone to Nanling, which means that she was not instructed by Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi.
Moreover, after she captured her master, she did not tell Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi, which means that she captured her master not for Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi.
She didn't torture her master either.
It seems that her purpose in capturing the master was really to lure herself to Nanling.
But he and Yuwen Qian didn't even know each other, let alone have any personal grudges, so why would Yuwen Qian go after him?
Is it...
A guess formed in Ye Wuwei's mind:
Could it be that Yuwen Qian hated Shang Wushuang, Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi because she was married to Nanling?
Did she lead him to Nanling to take revenge on Wushuang?
This also explains why Yuwen Qian did not tell Mu Yiyang and Yuwen Taishi about capturing his master.
Because she hated Mu Yiyang and Master Yuwen, and she was not on the same page with them!
The fact that she transferred her dowry so early also proves that Yuwen Qian had already arranged a way out for herself.
If this is the truth, how did Yu Wenqian know about her relationship with Wushuang?
Ye Wuwei recalled that Chu Yuyan saw him being intimate with Wushuang on the night of Qi Wushuang’s birthday. Could it be that Chu Yuyan told Yu Wenqian?
I have to say that Ye Wuwei is really smart. He has figured out about 80% of the truth of the matter.
However, Yu Wenqian did not expect Ye Wuwei to rescue Shui Changqing so quickly and evacuate safely, so that Qi Wushuang did not panic.
The court was not in chaos.