The next morning, Li Yanqing left Wulong Village and returned to Taiyuan. Sun Qing got more than 100 horses on war and made contributions. He was really grateful to Li Yanqing, so he personally led a thousand people to escort Li Yanqing across the Yellow River.

They were lucky this time. They met several Thousand Stone ships carrying food. They crossed the Yellow River very smoothly. The group rode their horses and continued to head towards Taiyuan Prefecture.

That night, they arrived in Fangshan County, Shizhou and stayed in Fangshan Inn. There were no other guests in the inn, and the rooms were almost empty. They lived in three yards, Yang Huai and Yan Jiuling lived in one yard, three sergeants lived in one yard, and Li Yanqing lived in one yard alone.

At night, Li Yanqing was spreading back and forth in the courtyard. At this time, a knock came from the gate of the courtyard. Li Yanqing stepped forward and opened the door. It turned out to be Yan Jiuling outside, which surprised Li Yanqing a little.

"Mr. Yan, is there anything wrong with me so late?"

"I" Yan Jiuling's face turned red and his eyes flashed, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Please come in and sit!"

Li Yanqing invited Yan Jiuling to sit in the room, poured him a cup of tea, and asked with a smile: "Is Master Yang not here?"

"He went to find a woman."

Yan Jiuling curled his lips contemptuously, "His wife is very strict, so he goes around brothels as soon as he goes out, and he doesn't only find one, and he will not come back at least in the middle of the night."

Li Yanqing smiled and said nothing. He knew that Yan Jiuling would not come to him for no reason. He patiently drank tea and waited for Yan Jiuling to continue talking.

Yan Jiuling sighed, "I am fifty years old and have never done anything wrong in my life, but this time."

Li Yanqing took a sip of herbal tea and smiled faintly, "Did Mr. Yan also participated in the plan of the Xixia people ambushing me?"

Li Yanqing's casual words were like a thunder in Yan Jiuling's ears. He was stunned for a moment. It turned out that Li Chanjun knew very well!

Shame and fear made him in a hurry. In desperation, he 'sucked!' and knelt down, "I'm guilty, but I didn't participate in the army. I don't want to take the blame!"

Li Yanqing sneered, "Don't think I don't know. If you and Yang Huai stayed in Wulong Village and didn't leave, I would know that there was a ghost in your heart. If you hadn't secretly informed the people of Xixia, the people of Xixia would have been so clear about my route? You arranged the route for this inspection. Do you think you can get out of the matter?"

Yan Jiuling lowered his head in shame, "It was Yang Huai who went to inform the people of Xixia. It should be the night before yesterday, the eve of your departure, there were their people in Wulong Village."

"Who are they?" Li Yanqing asked.

"I can't say this, they will kill me."

"If you don't say it, they will kill you to silence you. I'm not removed. You know too much. Do you believe it or not, and you will soon die of a bad life after you go back."

Yan Jiuling lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and his body suddenly trembled. The other party promised to give him 500 taels of gold and promoted him to the head of the military commander. He was obsessed with it and agreed. Now that he remembered, how could the other party give him 500 taels of gold? It must be easier to kill him.

"It's Zhao Yuan, and the people above him want to kill you."

"Who is the person above?" Li Yanqing was a little impatient, why did he always squeeze out little by little?

"I don't know. I heard that I'm also a senior official in the capital. Zhao Yuan won't tell me who it is, but Yang Huai knows that my task is to arrange the route and cooperate with Yang Huai on the road."

"Is it a handsome man?" Li Yanqing asked tentatively.

"No! It's definitely not Zhong Shuai. One day Yang Huai told me that the person they will deal with in the end is actually Zhong Shuai."

Li Yanqing immediately remembered what Wang Gui said to him. The Northwest Army not only had a kind of power of teacher, but also the power of Tong Guan and Gao Qiu. He probably had guessed something vaguely.

"You go back! Behave yourself a little more naturally, just pretend that you have said nothing to me."

"But what should they do if they want to kill me to silence me? Please join the army to save my life!" Yan Jiuling begged bitterly.

"If I didn't find anything, they would naturally not kill you to silence you, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion. And they will definitely use you again and continue to find opportunities to get rid of me. As long as you don't mention the 500 taels of gold, I think they won't kill you silence you for the time being, and I will even trust you more, making them feel that you still have value in use. The key is that you have to bite your mouth. Do you understand?"

Yan Jiuling nodded silently. He felt that he had not only not gotten out of the previous pirate ship, but also boarded Li Yanqing's pirate ship at the same time.

Li Yanqing smiled and said to him again: "After the matter is completed, I will reward you with a thousand guan. Then let Zhongshuai transfer you away. In short, you will not suffer any loss."

Yan Jiuling had no choice but to sigh helplessly and bow, "Thank you for your care from Li Zongjun!"

After passing Shizhou, Taiyuan Prefecture was. In the evening of the next day, the group finally returned to Yangqu County. At the intersection outside the city, Li Yanqing said to Yang Huai and Yan Jiuling: "You have worked hard all the way, go home and rest first! I will write the report to the Grand Marshal, and there are also three brothers who have fallen in battle. You don't have to worry about this matter."

"Did Li Ganjun go directly to the military camp?" Yang Huai asked.

Li Yanqing nodded, "I must hand over the report to the Grand Marshal tonight. You can go back to the city! If you meet the Grand Marshal, I will say I will report it in detail to him."

"I understand. Please rest early as well as join the army."

Li Yanqing bowed to them and led the three soldiers to speed towards the barracks.

Looking at Li Yanqing's back as he left, Yang Huaiyin**: "It seems that he has no doubts?"

Yan Jiuling sneered, "Who can think of such a thing when colluding with the people of Xixia?"

Yang Huai's face suddenly sank, "Don't say such things in the future. Remember, you don't even have family members to say it. Be careful that the disaster comes from the mouth."

Yan Jiuling was silent. Yang Huai glared at him and then said, "Let's go! Go back and report this matter first. He is lucky this time, and he will never have such good luck next time."

Yang Huai whipped the horse hard, and the two rushed into the city one by one.

In the central army's tent, Zhong Shidao listened to Li Yanqing's report in shock. This was a very serious incident. Two hundred Western Xia cavalry ambushed important military officials in the Song Dynasty. With the various intelligences that Li Yanqing had, once the Western Xia army succeeded, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He was very glad that Li Yanqing was not captured and successfully broke out. However, after all, a veteran who had been through many battles, he soon discovered the strangeness of this incident: the ambush site was not the border, how could the Western Xia army have two hundred cavalry penetrated into the Song territory, and they happened to ambush Li Yanqing? This was obviously a premeditated attack. Who leaked Li Yanqing's whereabouts?

Zhong Shidao suddenly realized something. He glanced at Li Yanqing, "Does Li Zhanjun have any hard words to say to me?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I'm just thinking about it carefully. It's obvious that someone inside us has collusion with Xixia, and it's not an ordinary person. At least this person knows my inspection plan very well and has mastered my whereabouts. Who does the Grand Marshal think it will be?"

Mr. Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "Can they be from Wulong Village?"

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "Wulong Village doesn't know my patrol plan. They didn't know I was coming in advance. Moreover, I only stayed in Wulong Village for one day, and even if the Western Xia cavalry grows wings, they can't fly."

Zhong Shidao's face suddenly became particularly ugly. He understood what Li Yanqing meant and knew who was framed by Li Yanqing. Zhao Yuan repeatedly said that Li Yanqing was Tong Guan's man and advised him to transfer Li Yanqing away. It was only his own thing, and only he knew Li Yanqing's patrol route best.

Zhong Shidao's back suddenly burst into cold sweat. If Zhao Yuan really colluded with the Western Xia army, wouldn't the Northwest Army's original background have been leaked to Xixia long ago?

He was anxious and could no longer bear it, and shouted sternly: "Come here!"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "If I had known that the Grand Marshal was so anxious to find Zhao Yuan, I would not have been rushing to report this to the Grand Marshal."

At this time, two personal soldiers came in and bowed and said, "Please give orders to the general!"

Mr. Zhong waved his hand, "You guys go down first!"

The two soldiers went down, and then Zhong Shidao asked, "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

"Master, I have no conclusive evidence. He will not admit it. When Master asks him now, he will only alert him."

Master Zhong was shocked, what does it mean to alert the snake? Is there anyone behind Zhao Yuan?

"Master, I have interrogated Yan Jiuling. He told me that Zhao Yuan was just being instructed by someone. There are still people above him, but he doesn't know who Yan Jiuling is. I'm afraid that this person is not only targeting me, but the ultimate goal is still the Master. Someone wants to seize the military power of the Northwest Army."

Zhong Shidao was silent for a moment, "If you unfortunately die, how will it affect me?"

"If I am unfortunately killed, there will definitely be someone who impeaches the general in front of the emperor to despise the new Jinshi. The third party, Tanhua, unfortunately died. The general is to blame. If someone intends to seize the general's military power, the consequences of this matter can be infinitely magnified, such as border defenses, two hundred Western Xia soldiers entering the Song Dynasty, etc., the emperor may not be able to protect the general."

Zhong Shidao's eyes narrowed into slits. He knew that Li Yanqing was telling the truth. In the Song Dynasty, even ten military generals were not as good as a civil servant. Although it was unfair, this was an ironclad fact. If Li Yanqing died, wouldn't Tong Guan seize his own handle?

After pondering for a moment, Zhong Shidao asked slowly: "There are rumors that Li Zongjun is very appreciated by Taiwei Tong. This time Li Zongjun came to the Northwest Army to serve, but Taiwei Tong is operating behind the scenes?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I have never been a member of Taiwei Tong. Taiwei Tong hopes that I can enter the Ministry of Revenue for him, but I did not agree. We have no relationship since he drove me out of the mansion two years ago."

"You're serious about this?" Zhong Shidao looked at Li Yanqing in confusion. He always thought that Li Yanqing was Tong Guan's arrangement for the Northwest Army, but he didn't expect that Li Yanqing had nothing to do with Tong Guan.

Li Yanqing knew that the news of his relationship with Tong Guan’s broken will not be hidden from Zhong Shidao sooner or later, so he might as well take this opportunity to tell it out. Regardless of whether Zhong Shidao believes in him or not, as long as he really helps him this time, he can at least minimize the adverse effects.

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Everyone wants to put gold on his face. I'm afraid there are not many people who pull the gold off his face like me!"

Zhong Shidao stared at Li Yanqing for a moment. He knew that Li Yanqing was telling the truth. Tong Guan did not lack military generals, but lacked the power of the court. Tong Guan did not insert him into the court, but sent him to the Northwest Army.

And if he hadn't used him at the beginning, he had become a casual man and Tong Guan would not do such a thing, then there was only one explanation, and Li Yanqing really had nothing to do with Tong Guan.

Thinking of this, the doubts in Zhong Shidao's heart were slightly relieved, and he nodded, "Then what do you think we should do now?"

Li Yanqing said slowly: "Some people want to get rid of me, but they are also a struggle for internal power, and a little bit of punishment is irrelevant. But if they collude with the enemy country and sell the interests of the Song Dynasty, the nature is completely different. The general can kill these bastards with dignity. I think instead of waiting passively, it is better to take the initiative."

"How can you take the initiative?" Zhong Shidao asked with great interest. He began to look at Li Yanqing with admiration. Not only was he very good at archery skills, but his strategy was also so powerful. Maybe he could also join the military counselor.

Li Yanqing said coldly: "They set a trap for me in Wulong Village, so I will return it to others by the way of others, so that they can also taste the taste of falling into the trap."
Chapter completed!