An advisor from the Guan Zhou prefect's office personally handed a booklet to Xuan Tianming. After Xuan Tianming received the booklet, he continued: "Lord Zhao said that he did not ask for anything else by handing over this booklet. He only asked for His Ninth Highness to let his family off. The prefects of the three northern prefectures are all under Duan Mu An Guo's control. Over the years, they have done many things for Duan Mu An Guo. Lord Zhao is willing to take responsibility for all the crimes. Would Your Highness please let the Zhao family off. "
Xuan Tianming opened the booklet. Feng Yu Heng also leaned over to take a look. She saw that the booklet recorded page by page was a list of the Dashun officials that had entered the North through Guan Zhou over the past ten years. It also included Prefect Zhao's analysis of their relationship with Duan Mu An Guo. Aside from this, there was also a list of the people that had come to celebrate Duan Mu An Guo's birthday. It was very detailed. There were even some notes that stated what kind of gifts these people had given and what benefits they had received from Duan Mu An Guo.
Of course, there were some that he was not certain about. But any areas that he guessed were also noted. This would not cause the people reading the booklet to be confused.
With such a thing, even Feng Yu Heng inhaled sharply. The Duan Mu family's influence in Dashun over the past hundred years was actually so strong. Among the list of officials, at least 30% were officials from the capital. There were even a few names that seemed to be very close to Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua.
Xuan Tianming also took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the booklet in his hand. It could be seen that this booklet was very important to him. For Zhao Tian Qi to be able to record these things over the past ten years, it was enough to protect the lives of his entire family.
Xuan Tianming put the booklet into his pocket and stepped forward. He personally helped the advisor up, "Old sir, I am not the King of Hell. As long as you recognize me as Dashun, you are my people. The prefect of Guan Zhou, Zhao Tian Qi, had been threatened by Duan Mu An Guo for many years; however, he was still able to think for the Dashun court. To be able to risk his life to leave behind such an important piece of evidence, it was clear that he was loyal to the country. Don't worry. In regards to Lord Zhao, who has been forced by Duan Mu An Guo to be imprisoned in Song Zhou, this prince will definitely do my best to save him. He is the leader of the North. His entire family, including you, sir, are people that my Xuan family will never forget. "
The aide looked at Xuan Tianming. Hearing his words, tears welled up in his eyes. He wanted to kneel down in front of Xuan Tianming again, but his arm was being held, so he couldn't kneel down. The old man wiped away his tears and said with a trembling voice, "This old man has followed Lord Zhao for more than ten years and volunteered to wait for the imperial army to arrive. Lord Zhao is right. In this world, only the Seventh and Ninth Princes and Princess Ji 'an can be trusted. I beg the Ninth Prince to save Lord Zhao. He had never wanted to go and celebrate Duan Mu An Guo's birthday, but there was nothing he could do. He was the prefect appointed by the imperial court, and he was under Duan Mu An Guo's jurisdiction. He had to go. But ever since he went to Song Zhou, he never returned. Your Highness, Lord Zhao is a good official! You must save him! "Speaking of this emotional part, the old man in his fifties began to cry.
The prefect's manor became Xuan Tianming's temporary residence in Guan Zhou. In order to prevent chaos in the city, the army was spread out and set up camp in the city. The aide's surname was Kong and his name was Sheng. He had been at Xuan Tianming's side the entire time and told him a few things about the North.
He said: "Imperial Daughter burned down the leader's manor. Right now, Song Zhou's Winter Palace is Duan Mu An Guo's base. Duan Mu An Guo is lustful and has countless children and grandchildren. Although he doesn't admit many to the outside world, and many people even say that the third prince's birth mother is his only daughter. But in reality, that's not the case! In the Winter Palace, there are countless people who have given birth to his children. He has even sent out quite a few of his daughters and granddaughters. As for where they have been married, Lord Zhao has investigated, but he has never been able to find out. "
Feng Yu Heng sat next to Xuan Tianming. The two sat side by side on the same large chair, listening carefully to Sun Sheng's words. As they listened to other things, their brows furrowed tightly.
In reality, she had thought about it long ago. Duan Mu An Guo had so many women, so he must have many children and grandchildren. But she had been in the North for so many days and had even participated in the Hundred Family Banquet for the new year, but she had seen very few of the Duan Mu family's descendants. Although she did not recognize some of them, the number of people who could sit together with Duan Mu Cong could not be counted on one hand.
No wonder, no wonder she could not see any of the family's descendants. It turned out that they had been sent out or secretly raised in the Winter Palace. She was not afraid of raising them. What she was afraid of was that nobody knew how many of Duan Mu An Guo's bloodline had been sent out and where these bloodlines had been distributed. The unknown was always frightening. Intuition told her that Duan Mu An Guo's chess piece had already reached a point that she could not imagine. In fact, even if Duan Mu An Guo's life ended, this game of chess would not end.
Xuan Tianming had the same thoughts as her. He asked Kong Sheng in a heavy voice: "Since sir has recognized me as your master, please tell me everything you know."
Kong Sheng nodded and continued: "As for how many children Duan Mu An Guo has, nobody knows. This old one and Lord Zhao have analyzed it. We are all guessing that even for an eldest son like Duan Mu Cong, he might not be able to count how many younger brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces he has. But over the years, the one that Duan Mu Qing doted on more was his grandson Duan Mu Qing who died in the capital. But that was just him doting on more. But in reality, the one that Duan Mu An Guo doted on the most was a child called Duan Mu Li. He was sent to Qian Zhou as a hostage 15 years ago. "
"15 years ago?" Feng Yu Heng was stunned. Could it be that Duan Mu An Guo had been planning all of this since 15 years ago?
Kong Sheng did not wait for her to ask and continued: "That's right. 15 years ago, that year Lord Zhao had just taken office in Guan Zhou. This old one also moved north with Lord Zhao's family that year. One-third of Qian Zhou's dragon vein is in the three northern provinces. That's why the two sides have secretly cooperated for this matter more than once. Even the avalanche in the north eight years ago was caused by Duan Mu An Guo secretly digging up Qian Zhou's dragon vein. "
Xuan Tianming nodded, "I have heard of this before. Apparently, the dragon vein is located between Song Zhou and Jiang Zhou."
"This old one is not clear on this." Kong Sheng spoke the truth, "But that place is indeed heavily guarded. Also, Dashun's court has never sent soldiers to guard it. Duan Mu An Guo has his own soldiers. They are all people from the North, and they are all of Qian Zhou's blood. His goal is to one day make use of these people's desire to find the source and control them to fight against Dashun's forces. "
Feng Yu Heng coldly said: "This is still not the final goal. Our analysis is that he is nothing more than a catalyst. The goal is to have Qian Zhou and Dashun go to war. He will then sit back and reap the benefits, swallowing up Qian Zhou."
While they were discussing this, Bai Ze walked in from outside the door. Arriving before the two, he cupped his hands: "Master, how should we deal with Duan Mu Cong's corpse?"
Xuan Tianming waved his hand and said to Kong Sheng: "Sir, go and rest for a while. When I have finished taking care of military matters, I will have a long discussion with sir."
After Kong Sheng left, Feng Yu Heng rushed to say: "I want to go take a look. That corpse has something that belongs to me. I need to get it back."
Xuan Tianming thought for a bit then said: "Didn't you kidnap two generals from the North earlier? Bring them up as well."
Bai Ze complied and left. When he returned, there were four soldiers escorting the two captives to the hall. Behind them was Duan Mu An Guo, who was being carried on a stretcher.
Feng Yu Heng stood up and walked over. As she walked, she pulled out a medical mask from her space and put it on. She then picked up a scalpel and tweezers. Arriving before the corpse, she did not say anything and directly used the scalpel to cut at Duan Mu Cong's forehead.
Everyone watched as she took something out of the box. Only then did they remember the strange scene when Duan Mu Cong died. Looking at it now, it should have been that strange thing that killed him, right? But what exactly was that thing? How did the imperial daughter manage to hit it into Duan Mu Cong's forehead?
However, there would never be an answer to this question. Even Bai Ze was confused. But it was good that Xuan Tianming's soldiers worshipped Feng Yu Heng like she was a deity. No matter what Feng Yu Heng did, they felt that it was natural. No matter how strange the thing was, it was something that their imperial daughter should have.
Feng Yu Heng was very satisfied with this result. She quickly put the bullets and scalpel back into her space. She then turned to look at the two captives. She recognised one of them. It was the bearded man who had gone to the inn to show off in Song Zhou.
She asked with a smile: "What is it, you also came with Duan Mu Cong? Do you feel that it is an honour to be at his side and lead the charge for Duan Mu An Guo? Are you still thinking of getting promoted when you go back? But have you ever thought that with this, you will never be able to return? "
The bearded man trembled. He had recognised this girl long ago, but it was also because of this that he felt that being captured alive was even more frightening. The Ninth Prince killed people without batting an eye. Rumor had it that his wife was even more vicious than him.
But this time, Xuan Tianming had caused him to be rather surprised because he had heard the other side say: "In a while, after eating your fill, I will have someone send you back to Song Zhou!"
The bearded man was stunned. Just as he was about to suspect that he had misheard, the following words were heard, causing his scalp to feel numb. It was still Xuan Tianming himself who had said: "While you're at it, send Duan Mu Cong's corpse back to his father. Just tell him that I's wife is not sensible. Coming to the North in time for the great leader's birthday, she did not prepare a great gift. Just a display of fireworks is too shabby. Women will always be stingy. I hope that great leader will not take offense. Now that I have come, this great gift must be made up. I don't know if his son's life is enough. Go and help I ask. If he says that it's not enough, I will go back and kill a few more. "
After the bearded man and the other person heard this, they could not even stand. Their legs gave out, and they fell to the ground. The bearded man repeatedly begged for mercy: "His Ninth Highness, I beg you to let us go. We were also forced! This subordinate definitely does not dare say those words. I definitely do not dare say them! "
Xuan Tianming did not say anything else and kicked at his chest. The strength of this kick was not small, sending the bearded man flying and crashing into the weapons rack at the side of the hall. And at the same time that he kicked, Feng Yu Heng did not remain idle. She also raised her foot and kicked at the other person, rushing over in that direction. The two people were pressed together like a human pyramid. The bearded man below them spat out a mouthful of blood from the impact.
Xuan Tianming completely ignored the two people. He only turned his head and asked the damned girl beside him: "Wife, does your foot hurt?"
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