In the military commander's tent, Qu Tutong listened to a report from a whistle-seeing mansion, "I saw it very clearly. The pigeon flew into Wang Shou's mansion and never came out again. It must be a carrier pigeon."

"It's him!" Qu Tutong said gritting his teeth.

After the rapid spread of the three news in the military camp caused the rapid decline in military morale and morale, Qu Tutong kept looking for the manipulator behind the incident. Since he took office, Taiyuan has never let anyone into the city. So where is the source of these three news? Needless to say, it must be through the carrier pigeon.

As early as a few months ago, Pei Ji had a pigeon in Yanjin City. It cannot be said that it has no effect. The effect is very good, but there must be fish that missed the net. As long as the pigeon is found, you can find out who spreads rumors in the army.

Qu Tutong is certain that it is definitely not an ordinary person who can do this. He roughly drafted a list of eighteen major households, and the Wang family ranked first. He sent a large number of sentries to secretly stare at these eighteen households.

Now that a carrier pigeon was found in Wang's house, Qu Tutong certainly regarded Wang Shou as the biggest suspect, but Wang Yuanji was the county magistrate, and the prefect was temporarily short of the prefect. Wang Yuanji was actually the prefect, and the Wang family had too much influence in Taiyuan. Qu Tutong did not catch the evidence, so he dared not act rashly against Wang Shou.

He asked after a moment of contemplation: "What else have you discovered?"

"I also saw General Wang entering the palace."

Qu Tutong was stunned, "Wang Junkuo?"

“That’s right!”

Qu Tutong was a little confused, "Is he the only one?"

"He brought hundreds of soldiers before, and then hundreds of soldiers continued to go, and he brought two soldiers into the royal palace."

Qu Tutong thought about it, then pulled out an arrow from the command tube on the command board, turned around and handed it to his personal soldiers, saying, "Go to the Northwest Military Camp quickly. If General Wang is here, please ask him to come over immediately and say I have important things to negotiate."

The personal soldiers took the order and walked quickly. Qu Tutong then said to the whistle: "Continue to monitor the royal palace. If the carrier pigeon comes out, try to find a way to shoot me."

"Abide by the order!"

The whistleblower also quickly walked away. Qu Tutong patted the table gently and repeatedly thought about the incident. He was almost certain that the three news spread in the army was done by the Wang family. Although the Wang family made great contributions when the emperor raised the army, Wang Shou had obviously favored the Zhou Dynasty in recent years. He sent all four sons to Zhongdu, but none of them were sent to Chang'an, which shows that he had chosen to be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty. In this way, at the important moment of besieging Taiyuan, how could Wang Shou not find a way to make contributions?

At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported, "General Wang is here?"

"Please come in!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Wang Junguo walked in quickly and bowed, "See the Grand Marshal!"

Qu Tutong smiled, "I went to the general to discuss defense in the morning, but I disappeared everywhere. Where did the general go?"

"Report to the general, I'm going to catch deserters."

Qu Tutong laughed silently, "Does the general need to take action personally for a small matter like catching deserters?"

"The general doesn't know that there are two deserters who are the head of the Wang family. It's hard to arrest them rashly, so Hu Jie wants to talk to Wang Shou, hoping that he can cooperate with the military."

Qu Tutong suddenly realized in his heart, and he still smiled and asked, "What did Wang Shou say?"

"Of course he refused to agree to the arrest of the servant. Later, Bei Yi reached a compromise with him, and he would inform the two servants to report back to the military camp. Bei Yi did not take the matter as a deserter and punished him for not returning to the camp on time. This would be solved."

Although Wang Junkuo did not understand the worldly ways in the officialdom, since he had already made a plan, he would try his best to protect himself. He went to the Wang family on the pretext of catching deserters, so naturally he did not have to deliberately conceal it, which would make Qu Tutong suspicious.

Although Qu Tutong initially believed that Wang Junkuo had nothing to do with Wang Shou, he also knew that Wang Junkuo had always wanted to return to the Wang family. So would Wang Shou use this matter as a matter to lure Wang Junkuo to rebel?

The conclusion is very likely that he Qu Tutong must be prepared for this situation.

Qu Tutong pondered for a moment and asked, "Has the Wang family accepted General Wang?"

Wang Junkuo suddenly became alert. Why did Qu Tutong ask this? He shook his head and said, "The head of the Wang family never agreed."

"Do you know the reason?"

Wang Junguo snorted softly, "If my title is still there and the general's position has not been lost, he would not have refused to leave anyone like this."

"In fact, this is not the main reason. The real reason is that the way is different, and I don't plan with it."

Wang Junkuo had to admire Qu Tutong's jealous eyes. This was indeed the real reason. He pretended to be puzzled and said, "What does the Grand Marshal mean?"

"The general will know in the future, but the defense is very tight now. It is best for the general not to look for these aristocratic families. These aristocratic families put the interests of their families first and will not care about the rise and fall of the country. The general should prevent them from using it."

Wang Junkuo didn't say anything. He knew in his heart that Qu Tutong had already begun to doubt the Wang family. What must have been found by Qu Tutong?

Qu Tutong walked up and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I have written to the King of Qin, please make sure to convince the emperor to restore the title and official position of the general, and will never be wronged."

If it were in the past, Wang Junkuo would have been very moved and full of expectations. But since he understood the power struggle between the King of Qin and the Crown Prince, he had completely given up. What's more, his chest was covered with the handwriting of the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire. How could he still like the official title of the Tang Dynasty?

At this time, Wang Junkuo suddenly felt very sympathetic to Qu Tutong. I am afraid that Qu Tutong is the only one in Taiyuan City who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

He sighed and whispered: "Thank you, the general, for your concern. I am now going to the city to inspect the defense."

"Go! I originally wanted to discuss with you how to strengthen defense. Since you haven't visited, then discuss it later in the evening."

Wang Junkuo bowed his fists and hurried away. Looking at Wang Junkuo's back as he was leaving, Qu Tutong sighed secretly in his heart. This is a very excellent general and worthy of reuse. But why does His Highness the King of Qin care so much about him being the prince?

Wang Junkuo was in a hurry, and he was very nervous. He knew that Qu Tutong was already suspicious of Wang Shou. Wang Shou's current situation was very dangerous. Once evidence was caught, not only would Wang Shou be ruined, but he would also be implicated. How should he remind Wang Shou?

Wang Junkuo believed that Qu Tutong had already monitored Wang's house, otherwise he wouldn't have asked himself where he went in the morning?

He could not go to Wang's house again, nor could he send someone to inform Wang Shou, and Wang Junkuo was at a loss.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the military camp, I saw the butler of the royal palace accompanied two soldiers to come here. The two escaped servants should have returned to the camp.

Wang Junkuo thought about it and he thought of a solution.

After a moment, two soldiers entered the barracks and knelt down and said, "I am late to return to the barracks. Please punish the general."

"You dare to be deserters. You are so brave. Come on, drag me down and beat me a hundred military sticks!"

After rushing over a dozen soldiers, they dragged two Wang family servants down. The two were so scared that they shouted. The butler who accompanied them was stunned. What the master told me was completely different. Didn’t it be enough to be locked up for two days?

He hurried forward and said, "General, they are not deserters, they are just too late to return to the camp. The general has promised the head of the family."

Wang Jungu's face sank, "I don't know any head of the family. This is a military camp. How can outsiders let go of trouble? If you dare to interfere in military affairs, be careful that I will arrest your head of the family. If you come, beat me with sticks!"

Several personal soldiers came up and swung their sticks and beat the butler to the butler. After eating a few sticks, they ran away with their heads in their arms.

Wang Junkuo didn't know if Wang Shou could understand his hint, but he didn't dare to go further, otherwise it would ruin a big deal. He turned his horse's head and took hundreds of personal soldiers to the west city.

The housekeeper was beaten to the point of blood, and fled back to the Wang house with grief and anger. When he entered the study, he knelt down and cried loudly, "Master, make the decision for the villain!"

Wang Shou was startled, "What's going on with you? Who beat you?"

"It's General Wang Junguo."

The housekeeper told him about sending his servants back to the military camp, and finally cried: "Not only did he not admit that he had made any promises, he still punished the two servants according to the crime of desertion. After saying a few words, he became angry and ordered someone to beat the old slave, and the master wanted to make the decision for me!"

Wang Shou was stunned. Why did Wang Junguo go back on his word? Could it be that Qu Tutong would not allow him to be favored? But it was impossible! These were just two small soldiers. How could Qu Tutong take care of such things? Could it be

Wang Shou seemed to have thought of something, and he asked again: "Have he said anything that threatens me and tell me the original words!"

"He said he said that if the old slave dares to interfere in his military affairs again, he will arrest the head of the family."

Wang Shou heard the grammatical problem here, which should be that the butler dared to interfere in military affairs again, so he arrested the butler at the same time, and it would not involve himself. Wang Shou changed his mind and suddenly understood.
Chapter completed!