Chapter 53 Take Off

Feng Changqing said, "It was General Gao who mediated and saved his life. All these years, General Gao also secretly helped him with all his living expenses. In the Battle of Khotan, only forty-seven of our three hundred brothers survived, and nine died in the past three years. General Gao took care of all of them. If it weren't for General Gao, the remaining thirty-eight would probably not be alive today."

After Feng Changqing said this, Li Heng understood a little.

It turns out that Gao Xianzhi chose not to fight with Gai Jiayun later. In addition to the two reasons he mentioned earlier, he also knew that he could not defeat Gai Jiayun, so he might as well choose to protect the living brothers.

Li Ying turned his head and glanced at Gao Xianzhi, and saw that his eyes were slightly red.

This is a sad thing, but perhaps it was because of these things that Gao Xianzhi knew how to quickly gain real power under Gai Jiayun after becoming the new military commander.

Li Heng did not say much about this matter. He turned back to the case itself and said, "The arrow in his chest is of the standard of the Anxi army. That means the person who killed him was a soldier of Anxi. But why didn't the person who killed him take away such an obvious mark?"

Feng Changqing said, "I was caught by you. It snowed heavily these past two days, and I knew that Sun Dalang couldn't clean up the house by himself, so I wanted to cover his roof, but I didn't expect to see him dead as soon as I came in."

After Feng Changqing finished speaking, he looked up at the hole in Sun Dalang's roof.

"So that's how it is." Li Heng pondered, "There is blood on the thin iron rod in his hand, which means he hurt the person who came to kill him."

"Oh?" Feng Changqing was a little surprised. He took another careful look and indeed found bloodstains. He said, "I only thought about his death and didn't check carefully."

"Relatives avoid each other in prison for this reason. It's not your fault." Li Ying explained, and sighed: "Even with crippled legs, he can still stab the enemy. This Sun Dalang is really brave."

Feng Changqing followed up, "He is also a soldier who has fought many battles. He was able to survive the Battle of Khotan. He is definitely not an ordinary person. But if I knew that he died at the hands of his own people, I would rather he died on the battlefield!"

Feng Changqing was filled with grief and indignation.

Li Heng patted Feng Changqing on the shoulder to comfort him, and then said, "The one who killed him was a soldier, and he had a fresh wound from a thin iron rod and lost an arrow. This is not difficult to check."

Feng Changqing thought about what Li Heng said and said, "I will do it right away."

In the Tang Dynasty, there were clear regulations on how many arrows each branch of the military should prepare when fighting or not fighting.

As for checking who is injured, Feng Changqing can do it with his current position as the training envoy of the militia.

As long as these two conditions are met at the same time, the murderer will not be able to escape.

However, Li Heng stopped him and warned him, "But don't take people to search every place, otherwise he will be scared away."

"Then how should I investigate?" Feng Changqing asked.

"You can do this." Li Heng let Feng Changqing possess him and whispered a tip to him.

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Training ground.

Under the heavy snow, Feng Changqing looked at the soldiers and said, "The weather has cold and heat, but the enemy does not. In the past, the more winter it was, the more the enemy liked to attack us, so you must not slack off. Today, we will use this wind and snow to train our physical strength."

After Feng Changqing finished speaking, he took off his shirt, exposing his entire upper body.

"Take off!"

Feng Changqing said loudly.

When the soldiers saw Feng Changqing doing the same, they all took off their shirts.

Only one soldier in the middle hesitated and refused to take off his clothes.

Seeing this, Feng Changqing walked up to the soldier and said, "Wang Tiedan, why don't you take it off?"

“I…” Wang Tiedan stammered, “I am weak and cannot get cold, otherwise I will get seriously ill and die.”

Feng Changqing said: "If you really die because of this, I will give you my life. Get away!"

“This…” Wang Tiedan still refused.

Feng Changqing said, "Come here, take off his clothes." After Feng Changqing gave an order, several soldiers rushed over and stripped Wang Tiedan naked.

Then, Feng Changqing saw a new wound on Wang Tiedan’s abdomen.

"So it's you."

Feng Changqing immediately ordered his men to arrest Wang Tiedan, and then took people to search Wang Tiedan's residence.

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The mansion of Zhao Cheng, the military commander.

Gai Jia rushed in with great luck.

Zhao Cheng's housekeeper said, "General Gai, I will go and inform..."

The butler didn't say anything else because he saw Gai Jiayun's vicious look.

Gai Jiayun scared away Zhao Cheng's housekeeper with a look and walked all the way to Zhao Cheng's room.

Before entering the house, Gai Jiayun heard the laughter of Zhao Cheng and a group of girls, mixed with some crying.

When Gai Jiayun opened the door, he saw Zhao Cheng, blindfolded, playing hide-and-seek with a group of girls.

And these girls were all naked.

No, to be precise, it is just a piece of silk shawl.

Most of these girls were running and laughing, but a few were crying. They were the Tibetan women that Gai Jiayun had just assigned to Zhao Cheng.

Gai Jiayun walked into the house and Zhao Cheng just caught Gai Jiayun.

Zhao Cheng laughed and said, "I caught you. You should be punished! No, why are you wearing clothes? Who told you to wear clothes?"

Zhao Cheng was so angry that he tore off the blindfold.

Then, he saw Gai Jiayun's ferocious expression.

Gai Jiayun seemed to have seen this kind of thing a lot. He glanced at the naked girls, walked to a chair in the corner and sat down, saying, "Zhao Cheng, your last name doesn't seem to be Liu either."

"My last name is Zhao." Zhao Cheng was puzzled and smiled, "What do you mean, General?"

Gai Jiayun said, "In the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Ming of Song, Liu Yu, also liked to play your game, but he was much more generous than you. Not only did he play it himself, he also asked his ministers to play with him. Not only that, he also asked his queen, Wang Zhenfeng, to take off her clothes for everyone to enjoy together. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone."

Zhao Cheng chuckled and said, "General, you are kidding me. The higher your position, the more fun you can have. I am just a military officer. It is thanks to you that I can have a little fun in the palace."

Gai Jiayun sneered upon hearing this and said, "According to you, if you were in my position, you would have to drag the people of Kucha along with you to have fun?"

This time, Zhao Cheng understood what Gai Jiayun meant, and said quickly, "No, no, no, I dare not."

"What else are you afraid of?" Gai Jiayun slammed the table and stood up. "I asked you to handle something, so you sent soldiers from the army! Sending soldiers would be fine, but you let them use the weapons from the army! You have learned the preferences of the Liu family of the Southern Song Dynasty and the brains of the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty!"

Zhao Cheng realized something and asked, "Could it be that Prince Shou and the others discovered it?"

"He's not blind, how could he not notice it?" Gai Jiayun was furious, pointing at Zhao Cheng and saying, "Clean up your ass for this, or you'll cut off your head!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

When he reached the door, he turned back and asked, "Did you also send soldiers from the army to deal with the other people?"

Zhao Cheng nodded.

Gai Jiayun felt terrible. He glanced at the naked girls in the room again and said, "Hurry up and save some flesh and blood. I'll try to save it for you."

(End of this chapter)