After the two words that Li Yingjian called when he was dying were brought back to the capital by Hu Liangfu, he quickly sent them directly to Master Zhang who had moved the Governor's Office to Ningwu through the channel of the East Factory. Master Zhang did not dare to neglect them, so he immediately wrote these two words on paper and carefully looked at the two words "Shan Zong".

With Master Zhang's intelligence, of course, he soon discovered that the word "Shan Zong" was combined and turned into a character Chong - implicitly referring to the name of a governor. But in this way, a new problem arose. If Li Yingjian was planning to reveal that this person was the mastermind of the Ningyuan mutiny, then why didn't Li Yingjian call out the name of this person directly at the critical moment of life and death? Why did he waste his energy and time and shout the word "Shan Zong" and ask Hu Liangfu to bring these two characters back to the capital? According to the situation at that time, if Li Yingjian directly called out the name of a governor, wouldn't it immediately prove the charge of a governor, and why did he still call out the word "Shan Zong" to let the court guess the riddle? Is it necessary for Li Yingjian?

"Is it the same as in the novel that Shanzong is the name of an organization or gang?" Master Zhang suddenly flashed a thought and said to himself: "If the Shanzong organization really exists, then everything can be explained - Li Yingjian conducted an open and secret investigation in Ningyuan City and found that there was an organization like Shanzong in Ningyuan's army, but he didn't know deeply, and he didn't know whether that person was also among the organization. The initiator of the Ningyuan mutiny was probably this Shanzong organization, so Li Yingjian shouted loudly when he was dying, just to let the court know the existence of this organization or gang."

"It's probably like this." Master Zhang slapped the two big words and analyzed: "Maybe among the soldiers who killed Li Yingjian, there were members of the Shanzong who knew about Li Yingjian. So Li Yingjian immediately understood that behind the Ningyuan mutiny was the Shanzong organization, and then he shouted loudly, so that Hu Liangfu, who could escape the evil hands of the chaos, could inform the news!"

After reaching this conclusion, Master Zhang naturally had to look for evidence that although the Ningyuan army had been run by a governor and could not leak water and could not be inserted into the needle, fortunately, there were two Zhao Lun and Wu Sangui from the Liaoxi General Sect in the army of Master Zhang, and Wu Liuqi, who had been in Liaodong for a while. However, Master Zhang did not dare to take it lightly, and did not want to alert the enemy. Instead, he found an excuse to ask Zhang Shitou to call Wu Liuqi, who had no deep roots in the Liaoxi General Sect, and talked with Wu Liuqi alone. Of course, it was precisely because Wu Liuqi did not come from the Liaoxi General Sect, so Master Zhang also dreamed of finding out the tumor buried inside the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. It would be almost the same.

"Shan Zong? I haven't heard of it." Just as Master Zhang expected, Wu Liuqi was really confused by this word, shook his head blankly and replied: "When the last general was in Liaodong, there were many gangs in the Liaodong army, but they all took the generals as the leaders, and each led a group of people to live in the army. They usually had helpers when fighting, and had a friend when eating and drinking, but they had never heard of those people like the sects of the martial arts world, and they had never heard of any mountain sects."

"Then how much do you know about the Ningyuan army?" Master Zhang asked with a heartbreaking heart: "I remember you were in Liaodong in April of the fifth year of the Tianqi period. You have been a hundred households in Shanhaiguan for more than half a year. You have to have some contact with the Ningyuan army, right?"

"Of course I have had contact, and I have also been to Ningyuan City once." Wu Liuqi nodded and admitted, introducing: "The situation of Ningyuan's army is similar to that of the Ming army in other places. Most of the soldiers are the cannon fodder troops you mentioned, who work hard to repair city walls, farm and cultivate land to collect food, and are extremely poor in the treatment. When fighting, they just hide behind and transport food, which is not very useful. The real main force of the army only accounts for 100% of the 100% mile, so the treatment and food of the army are very good, and the best weapons are given priority. When fighting, they rely on them to charge in front. If they cross the battle, the entire army will be finished." Speaking of this, Wu Liuqi suddenly thought of something and added: "By the way, the Ningyuan army's selection of the main elite is a little different from other troops."

"That's different?" Master Zhang was energetic. Wu Liuqi replied shyly: "That's what you said, Brother Zhang, don't laugh at me. When you recommended me to serve under Sun Ge Lao, Sun Ge Lao kept me in Shanhaiguan as a hundred households. He couldn't fight and had no chance to be promoted. I had an idea to transfer to Ningyuan's army with more opportunities to make meritorious contributions. So when I followed the Shanhaiguan army to escort the food and supplies to Ningyuan, I seized the opportunity and took the liberty to meet Ningyuan General Xie Shangzheng and Xie, and begged him to leave me to serve in the elite army in Ningyuan City, charge for him and kill the enemy. In order to convince General Xie, I also used a sword technique in front of him."

"Xie Shangzheng? Yuan Chonghuan recommended the first confidant after taking office in Liaodong. He was also a fellow villager of Yuan Chonghuan. He was a martial artist in the 46th year of Wanli." Master Zhang recalled Xie Shangzheng's resume in his heart and asked, "Xie Shangzheng is a martial artist. You are a martial artist. Your swordsman must be highly appreciated by him, right?"

"General Xie really appreciates the martial arts of the last general, and said that he could consider my request." Wu Liuqi nodded and admitted, and said dejectedly: "But the next day, General Xie told me again that I was a hundred households appointed by the Liaodong governor Sun Ge Lao, and was considered the direct descendant of Sun Ge Lao, so he was not convenient for him to keep me in Ningyuan. If I had to stay in Ningyuan, I had no choice but to obtain Sun Ge Lao's consent first. I had no choice but to thank him for his kindness and return to Shanhaiguan with the army." Speaking of this, Wu Liuqi recalled again: "But it is strange that when I bid farewell to Xie Shangzheng, I vaguely heard someone ridicule the elite army behind Xie Shangzheng. The meaning seemed to be - I am a foreigner who has nothing to do with me, and I also want to be a slave in the western Liaoning?"

"Brother Zhang, you are very knowledgeable. What do you mean by this slave in Liaoxi?" This time Wu Liuqi asked Master Zhang. Master Zhang casually replied: "This statement originated in the Wanli period. General Li Chengliang was in charge of Liaodong and resisted Tatars and Jurchen slaves. General Li used troops like a god and made outstanding achievements, but one disadvantage was that he liked to appoint private individuals. The generals under his command were either his son or his nephew. He would rather use slaves in his mansion to lead troops to fight than use foreign generals. Therefore, General Li, even generals like Zu Chengxun, are often called slaves in Liaodong. I have also heard that they call themselves slaves in front of Li Chengliang and his son."

"Wait!" At this point, Master Zhang was suddenly reminded by his words and blurted out: "Slaves in the West of Liao? Ningyuan! Ningyuan's main army is a family slave in the West of Liao. Who is the master of the family slave in the West of Liao? Is it Shanzong?!"

"Brother Zhang, what did you say? Why can't I understand?" Wu Liuqi was even more confused by the shock of Master Zhang. Master Zhang waved his hand to stop Wu Liuqi from interrupting his thoughts. After lowering his head for a long time, Master Zhang finally smiled and hurriedly ordered: "Brother Wu, you can go back. But don't tell anyone what I say to you today, do you understand?" Seeing Wu Liuqi nodding in agreement, Master Zhang added, "By the way, when you contact Zhao Lun and Wu Sangui, you can find an opportunity to inquire about the mountain sect and test whether they know this mountain sect. But you must pretend that they asked by accident. It is best to be at the wine table. When they are almost drunk, you can ask them again."

"Brother Zhang, do you suspect they are from the Shan Sect?" Wu Liuqi was startled. Master Zhang hesitated for a moment and replied: "They are definitely not, but there must be people from the Shan Sect among their relatives and friends. I don't want to alarm the snake." Wu Liuqi thought of Zhao Lun's brother Zhao Rulun, as well as Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang and uncle Zu Dashou, and was shocked, and hurriedly clasped his fists to agree.

After Wu Liuqi left, Mr. Zhang called Chen Jianhuang, the contact person sent by the Dongchang, and ordered him: "Brother Chen, you go back to the capital immediately to do two things for me. The first thing is to send a letter to the deputy admiral of the Dongchang, the Dongchang, Eunuch Song, and ask him to send the elite experts from the Dongchang to Santun Camp to secretly monitor Liu Zhao, the former Ning Qiandao Censor, who is now the inspector of Jimen, to figure out his every move. The second thing is to ask Eunuch Song to think of a way to secretly arrest the former Ningyuan Supervisor Liu Yingkun, and torture the inside story of Shanzong from his mouth! But arresting Liu Yingkun can only be done in secret. You must not be alarmed. It is best to make a scapegoat, create the illusion that Liu Yingkun is dead, and then slowly torture his confession."

"Addict Eunuch Liu?" Chen Jianhuang was shocked and said in fear: "Brother Zhang, this is not a joke. Eunuch Liu has made contributions to the Liaodong Army Supervisor and has now been promoted to the eunuch of the seal in the Metropolitan Supervisor. No matter how brave Eunuch Song is, he will not dare to arrest him secretly, right?"

"Then I'll write another letter to Jiu Qiansui to let my father have a headache for me." Master Zhang waved his hand wildly and snorted coldly: "I don't believe it anymore. My father will sit and watch members of the mountain sect appear in the 12th prison?!"

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Wei Zhongxian's attitude was reported by Master Zhang. When Chen Jianhuang brought Mr. Zhang's handwritten letter back to the capital, Wei Zhongxian heard Yang Liuqi read the inferences of Master Zhang in the letter, and only thought for a moment, he calmly ordered: "Chen Jianhuang, go and send an order to Song Jin to act according to the plan, secretly arrest Liu Yingkun, and imprison him to Sima Jianzhong outside the city for secret interrogation. You must take out the situation of the Shanzong from Liu Yingkun's mouth."

With Wei Zhongxian's nod, Song Jin, Xiao Chuan and others could also let go of their hands and feet. After a nervous and meticulous arrangement, a small yard located in Hua Taishou Hutong was suddenly lit up in a small yard located in Hua Taishou Hutong. When the soldiers of the Wucheng Military and Masjid and the yamen runners rushed over after hearing the news, they finally put out the fire, but were surprised to find that the owner of this small yard was actually the eunuch Liu Yingkun, one of the twelve prisons in the Great Inner. Moreover, because Eunuch Liu happened to spend the night here yesterday, he was unfortunately buried in the sea of ​​fire. The body was burned to pieces and was burned to death together, and there were two servants and an actor who was kept by Eunuch Liu!

Eunuch Liu, one of the twelve eunuchs in the capital, was burned to death in a small alley in the capital. Liu Zeshen, the head of the Shuntian Prefecture, was stunned. Fortunately, when Liu Zeshen went to Silijian to report this matter to Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian was not as furious as Liu Zeshen imagined, but quietly asked whether Liu Yingkun was really dead in an accident. Liu Zeshen quickly replied: "Returning to Jiu Qiansui, Bei Zhi has personally led the coroner to carefully check it. The fire started from the kitchen. It may be that the fire was neglected by the fire and did not extinguish the source of the fire, which caused a disaster. In addition, Eunuch Liu's throat had also been cut open, and the trachea was filled with black ashes after the burning of the objects. It can be proved that the cause of Eunuch Liu's death was indeed an accident, not a murder."

"Oh, it's pitiful!" Wei Zhongxian sighed with compassion and waved his hand, "Forget it, there are unexpected situations in the world, and you can't blame you for this matter. You should write a detailed memorial and report it to the emperor for you. You can also explain it yourself to the family of Eunuch Liu and persuade them to be mournful and follow the changes."

"As for the order." Liu Zeshen did not expect Wei Zhongxian to be so easy to speak, so he quickly agreed and ran happily to follow the order. However, what Liu Zeshen did not expect was that the burned Eunuch Liu Yingkun, who had been secretly transferred to a remote horse house outside the city controlled by the East Factory directly. Four torture experts carefully selected from the East Factory had already been waiting in the horse house for a long time. These four torture experts selected by Song Jin had a common preference - let the dead speak!

"Shan Sect! Silver Medal..., these two words are on the silver medal..., the one who holds this kind of silver medal is Shan Sect..." Before fainting for the sixth time, Liu Yingkun finally revealed the first valuable information. The four experts from the East Factory calmly brought them cold water, poured their heads on Liu Yingkun's head, and then dipped ten steel needles in thick salt water, and inserted them into the cracks of Liu Yingkun's fingernails one by one. One of the East Factory shouted: "Who is the leader of the Shan Sect? Who are all members?"

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Although Mr. Zhang and Wei Zhongxian were very careful in their actions, in order to cover up the truth about the secret arrest of Liu Yingkun, the news of Liu Yingkun's accidental death caused to Liaodong still aroused the alert of some Liaodong generals. One by one, one secret spy work was sent to the capital to secretly investigate the real cause of Liu Yingkun's death. After nothing was found, these Liaodong generals held a top-secret meeting to discuss the best strategies to prevent the situation.

"Although the Ningyuan mutiny successfully eliminated Bi Zisu and Li Yingjian, it also exposed part of our strength." A member of the Shanzong who attended the meeting said in a heavy tone: "With the treacherous eunuch Wei, it is impossible for him to not be able to play tricks. He used all kinds of means to disperse us and then defeated them one by one. Old Xiong Tingbi's side is probably also suspicious of us, and if you want to play tricks, it will not work. So there is no way, so you have to give in to Jiannu and make backup plans in advance."

"But Jiannu has already said that if they want them to cooperate with our plan, they must hand over the red cannons!" Another member of the Shanzong who attended the meeting said with a pale face and fearful expression: "Not to mention giving the red cannons to Jiannu is easy to be discovered. Even if we take advantage of the opportunity of mutiny to destroy the red cannons on the pretext of the chaos and let several red cannons disappear from the organization, but with the red cannons in Jiannu, we are not sure that we can defend Jinzhou and Ningyuan."

"I'm almost gone, so I still have time to care about Ningyuan and Jinzhou?" The member of the Shanzong Sect said in a serious tone, "You think the old eunuch Wei is so stupid. Do you really think that the Ningyuan mutiny was caused by Bi Zisu's incompetence in the army? The old eunuch is smarter than any of you. The reason why he framed Bi Zisu's charge was because his godson Zhang Xiaoegou was being held back by Tatar Lindan and Shaanxi thieves and could not make any moves. The army of Jiannu was also threatening Shanhaiguan. In order to temporarily stabilize the situation in Liaodong and ensure the capital, the old eunuch had to use Bi Zisu as a scapegoat and use Bi Zisu's head to buy time! When Zhang Xiaoegou freed up his hands, or when he used means to separate us, we would all die without a burial place. Do you understand?"

"That's right, if we don't take action, we will win the support of Jiannu for us. When Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is free, who will dare to be a head-on enemy with him?" The third member of the Shanzong said in a colder tone: "So the only way we can now be to compete with the old eunuch of Wei. Before he takes action, we will invite Jiannu's army to Yizhou military farms, which are only ninety miles away from Jinzhou, so that Jiannu's army can threaten Jinzhou and Ningyuan anytime and anywhere, forcing Wei's eunuchs to not touch us. Then we will use the hands of Jiannu's army to get rid of Xiong Tingbi's old confusion and completely control the inside and outside of Liaodong. At that time, as long as we nod, Jiannu's army can kill Beijing at any time, and we can be invincible."

"That's all." Most members of the Shanzong nodded in favor. One of them also suggested: "Other give some dog potatoes to Jiannu. If Jiannu has dog potatoes, he can stay in Yizhou (now Yi County) for a long time to indirectly protect our safety."
Chapter completed!