As for Jingxu, Gu Yun only glanced at him and found that there was nothing special about him. Thus, he quickly threw this bandit leader and the others aside. At this moment, he was more concerned about when Changgeng would leave.
Coincidentally, Changgeng timely expressed that he was going to meet up with his companions who were investigating the bandits' secret passage. Gu Yun was greatly relieved, but on the surface, he still gave him a small group of soldiers from the Black Iron Battalion and warned him to be careful of any bandits who slipped through the net.
Seeing him leave, Gu Yun then said to the Xuan Qi beside him, "Find two people to watch over me. If the Fourth Prince returns too quickly, find something for him to do. Don't let him come over."
The Xuan Qi received the order and left. Only then did Gu Yun retract his gaze.
He swept the captured bandit team from head to tail. His eyes carried a hint of gloominess that was rarely seen, "I only have one question. How many entrances do you have to this underground rat hole? Let's start with the first person in the west and behead him without a word. If the person in front is done speaking, the person behind can fill in the blanks. If you can't fill in the blanks, then I'm sorry. The person in front can still take advantage of you. Let's start. On the count of three, behead those who don't speak and those who speak nonsense. "
All the bandits were stunned by the Marquis of Stability, who was more of a bandit than a bandit.
The Xuan Qi who was ordered to interrogate started with the first person expressionlessly. The first person instinctively looked left and right, hesitating.
Gu Yun did not hesitate to make a downward cut. The Xuan Qi's Cutting Wind Blade moved in response.
The Xuan Qi usually only cared about killing people. He had never raised monkeys and did not know much about beheading. The Cutting Wind Blade circled around the bandit's neck. Unfortunately, it got stuck in the neck joint. The bandit's head was cut in half and the other half was still connected. His throat was not cut. The blood-curdling scream frightened the birds in the mountains far and near.
The Xuan Qi narrowed his eyes. With a twist of his wrist, he fiercely increased his strength and finally finished off the unlucky bandit.
The blood gushed out like a mountain spring, splashing onto the person next to him. The second bandit trembled like an overloaded gold box. His mind was blank. Trembling, he pointed at the exit behind him and said, "There, there's one …"
Gu Yun sneered: "Nonsense, can't I see it?"
Thus, the second head also fell to the ground.
The third bandit was so frightened by the sight of half a head that he peed in his pants. With a plop, he fell to the ground and covered his head with his hands, afraid that the executioner in black armor would be impatient and chop his head off. In one breath, he had given away more than ten secret passageways. The people behind him were about to shoot through his back.
With this beginning, the rest was too simple. It was only a matter of life or death. Anyway, it was useless to keep the secret. The people behind him would say it sooner or later. It was better to give it away as soon as possible and keep his life.
Gu Yun remained calm and collected. In his heart, he was shocked by the huge roots of the Nanjiang bandits. Some of the entrances that these bandits gave away had already been discovered by the Linyuan Pavilion. Otherwise, even the Black Iron Battalion would not be able to block these rolling rats so easily. However, there were even more entrances that even the Linyuan Pavilion had never heard of.
The Xuan Tie soldiers behind him left quietly. They verified the authenticity of these entrances one by one and guarded every secret passageway. In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the group of bandits had already cleared out all the underground tunnels like beating drums and passing flowers. Not even dregs were left behind.
In the blink of an eye, this deadly "flower" was passed to the instigator of this matter, the bandit leader, Jing Xu.
In Jing Xu's lifetime, he had fought his way out of a pile of corpses to become the king of a mountain. Although he did not have much talent, he did not lack courage and ruthlessness. Seeing the blade approaching him and the blood on the ground flowing like a river, he took a deep breath and straightened his back. He squeezed the breath that he had been accumulating for many years into his bones to support his body. He raised his triangular eyes and stared at Gu Yun who was strolling in front of him.
Jing Xu said, "I've only heard people say that Marshal Gu is unparalleled. I didn't expect you to be so good at extorting a confession by torture. It's really good to have more skills."
"You don't have to flatter me," Gu Yun said with a fake smile. "War is a business of killing people. First, I didn't put you in a dark room. Second, I didn't put you on a bed of nails. Third, I didn't invite you to sit on a tiger stool. I don't deserve the words' extorting a confession by torture '. If you don't have anything to say, you can accompany them. "
The corners of Jing Xu's eyes twitched. "There are a total of 64 entrances and exits in this secret passage. They have already explained all of them. Those useless people in front have obviously started to talk nonsense. Forgive me for being slow-witted, but I don't know what Marshal Gu's intention is."
"It's just insurance. There's no purpose," Gu Yun said with a smile. "What if there are some fish that escaped the net? Why, do you want to persuade me to cut them sparingly? Anyway, you have a lot of people. Don't worry, I can't cut them all. "
Jing Xu, "…"
Gu Yun said, "Since they regard you as their leader, you must know something else. Why don't you tell me something I haven't heard before?"
Jing Xu clenched his teeth tightly. When he thought of the culprit who caused all of this, Fu Zhi Cheng, he wanted to skin that person and pull out his tendons. He gritted his teeth and said, "If I say that Fu Zhi Cheng secretly smuggled Purple Gold to rebel, would you be interested to hear it?"
The cold smile on Gu Yun's face gradually disappeared. "If I didn't know this, how could I guess that you would be so daring to come to the Southwest Military Supply Depot to deliver food? I'll give you one more chance. Say something I don't know. "
The Xuan Tie's wind-cutting blade was placed beside Jing Xu's ear. He could feel the coldness of that cold iron if he moved slightly. He also knew that as long as there was a wisp of steam, the Cutting Wind Blade would chop off his head like chopping vegetables. That Gu Yun was cold and merciless. His good head would roll on the ground like all the other mediocre people, covered in dust, with nothing special.
Jing Xu asked, "What do you want to know?"
Gu Yun waved his hand and the wind-cutting blade moved a few inches away from Jing Xu. "I want to know who was the person who contacted you after the Nanyang Purple Gold entered the country. Who was the person who let you store the Purple Gold and stockpile the weapons and armor? Who was the person who gave you advice and let you use those kites to confuse me and seize the opportunity to occupy the Southwest Military Supply Depot?"
Jing Xu clenched his teeth tightly.
"If I were you, I wouldn't risk my life to protect that person." Gu Yun suddenly took a step forward and lowered his voice. "Look at the 64 exits of the secret tunnel behind you. Daoist priest, you guys hid inside when you had nothing to do. Even if the Daluo Immortals came, they wouldn't be able to dig three feet into the ground to dig you out … Who was the one who encouraged you to gather the forces of the three big mountain peaks together so that we can catch all of you in one fell swoop?"
Gu Yun was an expert at distorting the truth. He had three specialties in his life: being able to type and being able to deceive others. Even if there was no evidence, it would sound like it was true when it came out of his mouth. Moreover, when he thought about it carefully, his words were not without evidence at all. He made Jing Xu break out in a cold sweat.
The time he spent interrogating the bandit leader was longer than the time Changgeng spent looking for the person. Not long after, Changgeng came back with the person. However, before he could cross the mountain peak, he was dutifully stopped by the soldiers of the Black Iron Battalion. The soldier obediently said to Changgeng, "Your Highness, the general wants you to rest here for a while."
Changgeng was not surprised. When he heard this, he did not ask anything and obediently waited at the same place.
In these years, although Changgeng had not seen Gu Yun with his own eyes, he had followed General Chung to study every battle Gu Yun fought. He had studied every change in his ideas from the previous dynasty to the present. He had even studied his calligraphy. If Changgeng went to Gu Yun's study room and casually took out an old copybook, he could roughly tell how old Gu Yun was when he wrote it.
This was far better than hanging out with Gu Yun all day and listening to him boast that he was the "Flower of the Northwest".
Previously, when Gu Yun's slightly hesitant gaze swept over, Changgeng knew that he wanted to extort a confession and did not want him to see it. Until today, Gu Yun still instinctively protected his precarious "benevolent father image" in front of Changgeng.
Changgeng did not have any objections to this. He very much cherished and enjoyed his little adoptive father's undeclared love for him.
There were two people behind Changgeng. They were Ge Pangxiao and Cao Niangzi, who had come to the capital with him from Yanhui Town. Now they were called Ge Chen and Cao Chunhua.
When Ge Chen was young, he was a lovable chubby boy. Now that he had grown up, he could not be said to be fat. He had a tall and sturdy appearance. Just by looking at his body, he could be called a "burly man". Unfortunately, the head on his shoulder seemed to be wrong. On top of it was a small white and tender round face. There were two small trembling lumps of soft skin and tender flesh on his cheeks. They wrapped around his small nose, mouth, and eyes like water tofu. His seven orifices all revealed a simple and harmless aura.
Cao Chunhua's change was greater. No matter what he thought in his heart, his body involuntarily grew out of the skeleton of an adult man. It was difficult for him to have the flawless androgynous appearance he had when he was young. He had no choice but to admit that he was actually a stinky man. He changed back to men's clothing, but he unwillingly changed his name to "Cao Chunhua". Other than himself, probably no one could tell how "Chun Hua" was better than "Niangzi".
"Why don't you let me pass?" Cao Chunhua stretched out his neck and asked, "I haven't seen my Marquis for many years. I missed him so much that I couldn't sleep for the first few days."
Changgeng vaguely glanced at him and silently made a note of Cao Chunhua. When he accumulated fifty words like "my Marquis" from this person's mouth, he would find a reason to beat this guy up.
Cao Chunhua was unaware and asked, "Oh right, big brother, this time when you return to the capital, you will be conferred the title of Prince, right? I heard that the late Emperor had already prepared the Yanbei House of Gojoseon. Will you move there or live in the house of Marquis? "
Changgeng froze for a moment and smiled bitterly, "That depends on whether Marquis wants me or not."
Now that he thought about it, Changgeng couldn't remember where he got the courage to cut off all means of retreat and leave the house of Marquis and Gu Yun a few years ago. It was fine if he didn't see Gu Yun, but this time, he was caught off guard and encountered Gu Yun in the middle of Sichuan. It was as if he had encountered his destiny. Even if he was beaten to death, it would be difficult for him to accumulate the ruthlessness he had in the past.
Chen Qingxu told him to "calm down and don't have any wild thoughts". Although it had a certain effect on restraining Wu 'er Gu, people's happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy were all connected. If resentment and anger were restrained, joy would naturally become almost invisible. After a long time, people would be like a grass that couldn't see the sun. Although they were barely alive and not dead, the green leaves were almost white.
Changgeng thought that he was about to become a Buddha.
Until he saw Gu Yun again.
Although it was tiring to drive with Gu Yun and they had to deal with rebel soldiers and bandits all day long, Changgeng's heart was always filled with an unreasonable happiness for no reason. It was as if when he woke up early in the morning, he knew that something good was going to happen that day. It was the kind of happiness that was full of vigor, anticipation, and eagerness.
Although he knew that nothing good was going to happen, Wu 'er Gu still visited him every day like a dream.
If he was crowned a prince, would Gu Yun keep him?
Logically, Gu Yun would definitely keep him. The house of Marquis would at least be willing to take him in until he officially established a family. If he didn't establish a family, he might be able to continue shamelessly staying. This kind of thinking was too wonderful. Changgeng used a herculean effort to stop himself from giggling foolishly.
They waited for about half an hour before Gu Yun arrived.
The secret passageways in the mountain were like a huge spider web, extending in all directions and interconnecting with each other. Gu Yun chopped off more than forty heads in total and eliminated the nonsense of some people who cried out in fear. In the end, he found sixty-four secret passageways.
Ge Chen was very shocked after hearing this, "What? The two of us have been savages in the mountains for more than half a year and only found about thirty passageways. How did Marquis come and interrogate more than sixty passageways! "
"If you didn't find out, I wouldn't have been able to stop them, let alone interrogate them." Gu Yun glanced at Ge Chen and restrained himself for a moment. In the end, he couldn't hold back and waved at him, "Come here."
Ge Chen thought that the Marshal had something important to instruct him and hurriedly went over. Unexpectedly, the serious Marshal Gu suddenly reached out his hand and pinched his face.
Gu Yun had wanted to do this for a long time. His problem with his hands was already incurable. When he saw something with his hands, he couldn't help but want to pinch it.
"It's too fun." Gu Yun pinched for a while and thought, "How did it grow?"
Ge Chen, "…"
Cao Chunhua's tiger-like eyes were full of affection. He was so envious that he wanted to tear them apart. He whimpered softly, "Marquis favors one and discriminates against the other. Why didn't he pinch my face?"
He didn't dare to say this in front of Gu Yun, so only Changgeng heard it. Changgeng thought, "Okay, forty-eight times."
Cao Chunhua inexplicably shivered. He looked around and suddenly had an ominous premonition of approaching danger.
Gu Yun followed Jing Xu's confession and drew a map of the secret passageway in this mountainous area. Then, he ordered people to smoke the entrance and exit of the secret passageway. After three days, the entire mountain was smoked into a chimney. The bats, rats, and poisonous insects living inside all ran out with their families. However, Gu Yun still couldn't find the person he wanted to catch.
Several soldiers volunteered to pull up the ropes and enter the secret passageway to search. They searched the sixty-four secret passageways from sunrise to nightfall, but they couldn't find even a strand of hair. They only found the sand table that Jing Xu mentioned.
On the fourth day, his subordinates reported that they had investigated Kuai Lantu's side and found a suspicious person. It was a guest official that Kuai Lantu had raised. His name was Wang Bufan, and it sounded like an alias.
This guest official usually didn't come out to meet people, but Kuai Lantu's trusted subordinates all knew that Kuai Lantu respected this person very much and trusted him very much. Kuai Lantu specially gave him a courtyard to live in and sent his trusted manservant and beautiful maidservants to serve him.
Gu Yun asked, "Where is this' Bufan 'now?"
The subordinate replied, "He ran away. The servants in his courtyard were poisoned to death without anyone knowing. When the people in the residence found them, their corpses were already cold."
"Marshal," At this moment, another soldier came to report, "We went to investigate the hideout of the purple gold that Jing Xu called out. It was empty, and not even a piece of paper was left."
Gu Yun silently turned the old prayer beads in his hand. The mysterious guest official by Kuai Lantu's side, the "Mr. Ya" that Jing Xu mentioned … Everything seemed to be accidental, but Gu Yun had an indescribable intuition that there was a big conspiracy involved.
These people who had secretly stirred up the situation in Nanjiang had appeared without anyone knowing and then disappeared without a trace. Their identities were a mystery, and so were their motives.
They seemed to be enemies, but it also seemed like they had helped him get rid of this large group of people quickly.
Gu Yun couldn't figure out whether he had stirred up other people's plans, or whether he had walked headlong into other people's plans.
The person that Gu Yun had dug three feet into the ground to find was currently in an ordinary-looking small cargo ship on the Nanyang Sea.
Mr. Ya had already changed back into his complicated Western clothes and was looking down at a map. Daliang's vast territory was all on this small sheepskin map. He picked up a cinnabar red pen and drew a small red circle on Nanjiang.
With this stroke, there were already three red circles on the old map. The other two were in Beijiang and Donghai respectively.
"Mr. Ya" scanned the map with the tip of the pen for a moment and finally stopped at the entrance of the Ancient Silk Road in the west.
"As of today, our plan has been set up." Mr. Ya laughed. "There's only one fuse left. As long as we light it, there will be a 'boom' —"
Wang Bufan, who looked like a Central Plainsman, continued, "Set the Central Plains on fire."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. They each raised their wine glasses and clinked them.
With such a big thing happening in Nanjiang, the Emperor of the imperial court was naturally furious. He urged Gu Yun to quickly escort the bandit leader and the judge back to the capital.
Gu Yun could only temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart and set off for the north.
However, when he thought that his precious godson was finally willing to go back with him, the marquis's mansion was going to be lively again. He looked forward to "returning to the capital" again.
"He's much more likable after he grew up," Gu Yun secretly said to Shen Yi, feeling comforted. "It's just that I'm not used to him suddenly becoming so sensible."
"Despicable," Shen Yi commented concisely, and then he got whipped as he wished.
Shen Yi asked again, "By the way, what do you plan to do after capturing Fu Zhi Cheng?"
Gu Yun's joking expression disappeared. After a moment of silence, he said seriously, "Jiping, in fact, I've often thought that it's a bit of a waste of talent for you to follow me."
Shen Yi looked at him silently.
Gu Yun said, "You're erudite and knowledgeable. You can enter the Hanlin Academy in literature, and you can be a warrior. You've been in the Lingshu Temple and the Black Iron Battalion for so many years. It's time for you to stand out …"
Although Changgeng had already analyzed it, Shen Yi was still moved when he heard what he said.
The two of them were comrades and friends. Although they were friends who had gone through life and death together, Gu Yun's dog mouth couldn't say anything good. He had never directly expressed his appreciation to him in person.
Shen Yi's eyes were a little hot for a moment, "Zi Xi, actually, you don't have to …"
"Moreover, I also feel very sorry," Gu Yun added sincerely, "You said that I, a handsome man who was born with parents, always blocked your peach blossoms and caused you to be a bachelor all these years. It's really … Tsk, I'm really sorry."
Shen Yi, "…"
Shen Yi had finished his daily portion of 'a handsome man raised by his parents'. Seeing that he was about to enter the nonsense, Shen Yi had no choice but to hastily pack up his heartfelt words that were stuck in his throat. With a 'pei' sound, he spurted his horse and galloped away.
Changgeng saw it from not far away and quickly took the opportunity to run over. He occupied Shen Yi's position and rode side by side with Gu Yun, "General Shen, why did you run away in anger again?"
Gu Yun touched his nose with a smile that wasn't a smile.
Changgeng saw that there was a leaf on his light fur armor, so he reached out and took it off for him. He said carefully, "Godfather, no matter how light the armor is, it's still about forty catties. It's easier to take it off, right?"
Gu Yun didn't object. He let Changgeng help him take off the light fur armor one by one. The two people were too close. For some reason, the two horses looked at each other and became entangled with each other.
Gu Yun freed a hand to stroke his horse's head and reprimanded, "Don't be a hooligan."
The armor on his arm was half removed. With such a light flick, it almost flew out from his wrist. It even brought out something from his sleeve.
Changgeng quickly caught it in his hand and found that it was a small bamboo flute that was crudely made.
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