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Chapter 272 Intrigue (Continued)(1/2)

Xuanhu, Yuwen Wen was interrogating prisoners of war to understand the situation outside the city. He was trapped in the city and it was very difficult to know the situation outside. The dead soldiers could only deliver letters once or twice occasionally, so the defenders in the city had to obtain information through other means.

Either send me a city to spy on military information or interrogate prisoners. Xuanhu was surrounded by the enemy army like an iron barrel. It was not easy to do it once, and it was even more difficult to get into the enemy camp.

After repelling the enemy's attack, some prisoners will be captured and interrogated. The most reliable way to obtain information is to obtain information.

The prisoner Yuwen Wen interrogated was a survivor captured by his side after the enemy failed to siege the city yesterday, which just happened to let him pass the boring time. Because most of the prisoners were from Hebei, they were full of accents from all over Hebei, they needed to rely on "communication" to be the middle-level translation.

After leading the troops for many years, Yuwen Wen had a lot of experience in interrogating prisoners of war and had his own set of methods. He did not use torture tools to intimidate prisoners as soon as he came up. On the contrary, he used the method of using softness to overcome hardness.

Instead of showing any murderous swordsman, he "cordly received" the captives in the garden where birds and flowers sing.

Wearing casual clothes and holding books in hand, there were only two people accompanying each other. These two men were not big men with their feet, but a young servant in green clothes. Yuwen Wen deliberately created a relaxed artistic conception, just like a feather fan and a rosy scarf, playing the piano and singing.

After the prisoners with shackles stood still, Yuwen Wen first asked the other party where his hometown was, whether the high-rise house was still there, whether he had married and had children, whether he had a military household for many generations or the people who were summoned to serve in the military.

If it is an ordinary person, what is the livelihood of daily life, whether there is land at home, or whether you are a tenant farmer, work long-term and short-term work, and what is the burden of renting and relocation in your hometown?

If it is a military household or a military member who joins the army and makes a living, then you have to ask the situation in the army. After asking questions over and over again, Yuwen Wen will continue to ask some boring questions, mixed with questions that have been asked.

If the other party's second answer doesn't match the first answer, haha...

Interrogating prisoners is a technical job, and they are tortured as soon as they start. Yu Wenwen feels that the technical content is too low. Although it takes a lot of time to use words to trap others, he has time. If he doesn't waste time, he will easily miss a woman.

Since leading the army to attack Xuanhu, Yu Wenwen has never touched a woman. To be precise, since he went to Jiangzhou at the end of last year, he has never touched a woman because of his high vision and ordinary women cannot catch his eyes.

During this period, Yuwen Wen did not talk to the side room several times. It was not because he had physical or psychological problems, but because the enemy was in a precarious situation, the situation was in danger, and he had no time or the mood to think about such things.

In addition, the princess Yuchi Chifan was detained by her family again, and maybe she would be forced to remarry. When Yuwen Wen thought of this, she felt extremely bad and was not in the mood to mess with women.

But as a young man with strong qi and blood, his physiological needs are "necessary needs", and he can only divert his attention by constantly doing things. Today, after reviewing these prisoners of war and patrolling the city again, he could fall on the couch and fall asleep immediately after he was tired.

Before he knew it, there was only the last person left in the captive. Although Yuwen Wen was a little tired, he cheered up and squeezed out a "kind" smile to talk to the other party. After a while, he learned about the other party's general situation.

This man's surname is Wu and his name is Zheng. He is a resident of Yecheng. He has no land or land. He makes a living by helping others and books. He still has an old mother in his family. He has not started a family, has no brothers, and only his sister. He is already married.

During the summer and autumn this year, the court recruited the people to join the army to fight against the Xuanhu traitors, and gave priority to recruiting civilians like them who had no land and did not need to participate in the autumn harvest. So Wu Zheng followed the army south and came outside the Xuanhu City.

Wu Zheng knew how to read and write, and his treatment was soon different from those illiterate people. He did not need to be a coolie, but was called to help the soldiers write letters at home. Of course, this was free.

Although he had no money to get it, it was good for Wu Zheng, because he didn't need to be a coolie, nor did he need to risk his life to follow the official army to attack the city. He sat in the camp every day, listening to soldiers with different accents oral feelings about his family, and then wrote them into letters.

When Yuwen Wen learned that the other party made a living by using a letter to make a living by writing books on weekdays, he went to Yecheng, but he carefully studied the work of a letter to writing company in Yecheng and was very clear about the situation in the industry.

The so-called "commissioned books" are copying books. In the era when woodblock printing has not yet appeared, the spread of books depends on hand-copying books, one book becomes ten, and ten books becomes hundreds.

As the behind-the-scenes driver of Huangzhou's printing industry, Yuwen Wen is very familiar with the "backward industry" of the book business. Yecheng is a market that Huangzhou booksellers are developing. He knows the situation of the book business in Yecheng.

After asking a few more insignificant questions, Yuwen Wen pretended to be innocent and asked about the income of the other party's servant. Wu Zheng answered without hesitation. The answer was similar to what Yuwen Wen knew.

It seems that Wu Zhen is a servant for a living, but the problem is: If you don’t write letters to others in the military camp, why do you come to attack the city? Could it be that someone has offended?

Yuwen Wen thought so, but did not ask questions, but continued to ask some seemingly insignificant questions. By interrogating the previous few prisoners, he noticed some clues: Yuchi Dun seemed to be leaving.

This is a vague inference he summarized through the confessions of many prisoners in recent days, but it is not very certain. More confessions from prisoners are needed to confirm this inference.

So Yuwen Wen asked Wu Zheng whether the soldiers had said anything in their letters at home recently, such as "good news" such as suddenly saying that they would be able to go home soon, and the other party's answer made him feel moved.

Wu Zheng said that when a soldier dictated the content of his family letter, he said that he would be able to return north soon with the army. He thought that he would be just around the corner. More than one soldier said that, and he was a soldier of different subordinates, and he had said this.

Of course, only the sporadic soldiers had such news. Wu Zheng paid attention to it. Most of these soldiers were under the command of the Prime Minister.

When Yuwen Wen heard this, he became active. Generally speaking, the soldiers and horses commanded by the commander themselves would only follow the commander. If what Wu Zheng said was not false, then this situation meant that Yuchi Dun might have to return north.

Then Yuwen Wen's prince and princess must have been taken back north by Yuchi Dun.

What happened that Yuchi Dun gave up commanding the siege and led the elite troops north before the "Imperial Commander's In-person Envoy" was completed?

Haha, want to lie to me?

Yuwen Wen felt that this Wu Zheng must have been sent by Yuchi Dun to mislead him, and deliberately released the wrong news to make him believe it. At that time, he hurriedly sent troops out of the city to launch a sneak attack, and then he was defeated and injured.

In order to enhance persuasion, a military civilian who lived with the tutor was specially sent to serve as a detailed work to enhance credibility. After all, most people are illiterate these days. Generally speaking, only tutors have the opportunity to write letters from home for ordinary soldiers after joining the army and then learn various inside information.

"Wu Zheng, why did you suddenly come to attack the city? Could it be that you offended someone and the other party wants to kill you?"

"Shangguan Ming saw that the young man had indeed offended people and did not dare to run to his hometown. He could only scramble into the city army and fled to the city to seek a chance to survive."

Wu Zheng said that Yuwen Wen had confessions to confirm that before interrogating the prisoners, he had to listen to the generals to report on the capture of these prisoners. The others were captured during the trapped beasts, and this person directly knelt down and begged for mercy.

If this person surrendered voluntarily, it would be reasonable.

Yuwen Wen wondered if this person had seen Shangguan's incredible secret. He was afraid of being killed and could only escape, but escaping home was like a death, and he could only escape to the city.

Thinking of this, he asked quietly: "How did you offend people?"

"Well..."

"Tell me, I'm not in the military camp outside the city now."

Wu Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, hesitated for a moment, and talked about the whole story: a few days ago, he helped the soldiers write letters at home as usual. Because there were many people who wanted to write letters at home, he was busy all morning and finally had the opportunity to go to the toilet.

While squatting at the pit, a soldier next door whispered, and happened to be speaking in the dialect in Yecheng, so Wu Zheng understood it very clearly, and after he heard it clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The two soldiers were affiliated with the Imperial Guard Six. He had written many letters to the family for these two, but he did not know the specific affiliation of the other party. One soldier revealed to the other an interesting thing, but in fact a scandal:

Some of the female family members in the imperial carriage are pregnant.

The emperor is young and cannot make a woman pregnant. Moreover, the emperor has no concubines, so there are naturally other people who are pregnant. This situation should not happen if the female family members who accompany the emperor should not have happened.

Wu Zhengyecheng "has seen the world". He knew that once such a thing leaked, the insider would be in trouble, so he hid in the toilet until the two soldiers left and dared to come out. He specifically avoided the people coming in and out, and went back quietly to continue writing letters to others.

I thought it was calm, but not long after, Wu Zheng discovered that the two soldiers had died suddenly, and the soldiers who were too close to them also suddenly died of illness.

Among these unlucky people, including those who went to the toilet before and after he went to the toilet that day.

Wu Zheng quickly figured out the key point and knew that he was going to finish it. His first thought was to escape, but it was impossible for him to escape back to Yecheng alone. Even if he escaped, he would be silenced. So...

"So you took advantage of the morning when the army gathered young and strong men to attack the city, and mixed into the crowd to wait for an opportunity to approach Xuanhu?"

"Yes...Shangguan! Everything the villain said is true!"

Yuwen Wen pondered, his gossip heart was burning, and based on various news, Yuwen Wen knew that the only female relatives who accompanied his son (the imperial guard) should be his mother-in-law Wang, the princess Yuchi Chifan, and his sister-in-law Yuchi Mingyue, so...

What a sin! My widowed sister-in-law was actually made into a big belly!

When he thought of his miserable sister-in-law, Yuwen Wen felt a little sighed. Judging from the marriageable age of this era, Yuchi Mingyue is an older single woman. She finally got married successfully, but she became a widow on the day of her marriage.

With Yuchi Mingyue's background, no one dares to use force. So now that this happens, I think my sister-in-law met her lover. If you love me and I want to taste the forbidden fruit, it will lead to a secret knot of the pearl?

When Yuwen Wen learned the secret of his sister-in-law's affair with someone, he was a little embarrassed and coughed dryly to take back his thoughts: "I know, you are stricter, and this rumor must not be spread out again!"

"The villain knows, the villain understands, the villain will never spread the rumors about Queen Zhu."

"Well, you know... uh?"

Yuwen Wen almost choked by his saliva. He subconsciously believed that his sister-in-law had an affair with someone, so he got a big stomach. In the end, it turned out to be Queen Zhu? Isn’t that his princess Yuchi Chifan?

Yuwen Wen was named King of Zhu by the Yecheng court, and Princess Yuchi Chifan was named Queen of Zhu, but he never admitted this "fake title". Therefore, when he heard the three words "Queen of Zhu", he would not immediately think of Yuchi Chifan, so he had to delay a few breaths before he could react.

As a result, my princess is pregnant? Am I going to be a father?

How come I am going to be a father? Which bastard dares to touch my woman! I want to cut him into pieces!!!

Yuwen Wen's eyelids twitched, his ears couldn't help but get up, and his heart was filled with storms. He was thinking about Yuchi Chifan's belly. He hadn't seen Yuchi Chifan for nearly a year, so...

Yuchi Chifan won’t let me down. Someone must have been forced to take action, or taking medicine, a bastard!

Various pictures flashed in my mind. After Yuchi Chifan was taken to medicine by others, he treated other men as him, catered to all kinds of charms, and let other men do whatever they wanted.

Then after the medicine has worked, I pulled the bedding to cover my body and hurried in the corner and cried loudly.

Yuwen Wen thought about it and felt his heart bleeding, and his whole body was frozen, motionless and silent.

Wang Jun, who was acting as a "common event", regretted standing here a little. He probably understood the dialects of Hebei, so he volunteered to be a communicative event and gave Yuwen Wen the advice, but he actually heard of such a scandal.

He heard of this kind of scandal, but he might be at risk of being killed in the future.

In the flash of lightning, Wang Feng glanced at Yuwen Wen, then looked at Wu Zheng. Suddenly, his head flashed with a flash of inspiration. He was about to speak, but he heard Yuwen Wen ask: "Wu Zheng."

"The little one is."

"You, the news you said is very important, good, very good..." Yu Wen Wen took a deep breath and continued: "In the future, the official position will be at least the governor of one state!"

Wu Zheng, who was sweating just now, was overjoyed when he heard the last sentence, and his mouth was stammering. He didn't know what to say. Wang Jun's eyes were fixed and he suddenly urged: "Hurry, why don't you kneel down and thank you very much...well!"

Wu Zheng knelt down with a pounce and bowed to the person in front of him: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"King?" Yuwen Wen heard the other party's name, let out a long sigh, and then looked at the other party with a smile: "How did you know that I am the 'King of Zhu' or the 'King of Xiyang'?"

Yuwen Wen personally interrogated the prisoner and kept his identity strictly confidential so as not to take risks. He let him "approach the ear" and bit off his ears in one go. Therefore, the prisoners did not know that he was the King of Xiyang, and his claim was always "the official" rather than "the wife".

So the question is, how did Wu Zheng know his true identity, so he blurted out "Thank you, King" when he was overjoyed?

Facing Yuwen Wen's questioning, Wu Zheng sweated like a slurry and replied calmly: "The little one... I saw the king in Yecheng in the past..."

"So, do you know the princess' scandal, and you specifically tell me that I am not careful or do you think I will not kill anyone to silence me?"

After Yuwen Wen finished speaking, he winked. Two young boys in green rushed forward, stopped Wu Zheng and stuffed something into the other party's mouth to prevent the other party from committing suicide. Yuwen Wen got up and came to the other party and asked in a sinister way:

"Do you know, how did I peel human skin alive?"

A smell of urine came, which was Wu Zheng who was frightened out of control. Faced with the threat of "skinning the human skin alive", he had no courage to resist and burst into tears and told the truth.

Because something stuck in his mouth, his upper and lower jaws could not be closed, his saliva flowed and his speech was a little unscrupulous. However, what Wu Zheng said was probably heard by Wang Xu and then transferred to Yuwen Wen.
To be continued...
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