Chapter 79 A Chance Encounter in a Restaurant (2)
Gao Baoxun did not disclose his identity when he came to Xiangzhou this time, but pretended to be the follower of the envoy of the Nanping Kingdom. After all, Xiangzhou is the capital of the East of Shannan. If the Han Dynasty learned that he, the prince of Nanping Kingdom, came here, he would definitely think that Nanping Kingdom had coveted the entire East of Shannan. It is likely to attract the attention of the Later Han military and it is not convenient for Nanping to plan Xiangzhou.
In the view of Gao Baoxun and An Youjin, after An Youjin seeks Xiangzhou, in order to suppress opposition forces in various places, he will inevitably get close to Nanping. Although Nanping is not convenient to annex it directly, it can plunder a large amount of materials and weapons from Xiangzhou and expand it into the strength of Nanping. Moreover, after forming an alliance with Xiangzhou, Yingzhou was under the attack between Nanping and Xiangzhou. Will Suizhou and Fuzhou be far away after taking Yingzhou?
In order to gain an in-depth understanding of An Youjin's control over Xiangzhou and to support An Youjin's remnant forces to suppress An Shenqi, Gao Baoxun specially led 500 personal soldiers to quietly leave the city of Yingzhou and come to Xiangzhou. The envoys sent by Gao Baoxun and Liu Fu greatly appease An Youjin and offered 500 elite troops to assist An Youjin in controlling Xiangzhou.
An Youjin immediately dispatched them to four city gates to control and monitor the original city defense forces. Although this resulted in an important impact on the decision-making of Xiangzhou, in An Youjin's view, only by saving his life and being appointed by the Jiedushi can he consider other things.
An Youjin respectfully welcomed the envoy into the mansion and welcomed him very much. As for the envoys and followers who were wandering outside, he restricted them in order to show his sincerity. So Gao Baoxun came to this small restaurant for a whole morning to have dinner.
In Gao Baoxun's opinion, this small restaurant is secluded and safe, and can discuss things with his confidant with confidence. Besides, he had just arrived in Xiangzhou, no one would notice him. Talking about things in the small restaurant is much safer than in the Jiedu Mansion. But he never expected that just behind the screen, Dong Zunhui was not willing to eat and drink, and was pricking up his ears and eavesdropping, and occasionally peeping through the gaps in the screen.
Gao Baoxun whispered: "Take the secluded here, everyone will summarize the situation so that there will be some eavesdropping after returning to the Jiedushi Mansion!"
I heard a man with a strong voice say, "Criminal, I went to the South Gate today and found that An Youjin sent many confidants there, which were loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Everyone took the portrait of An Shouzhong and secretly investigated to prevent An Shouzhong from quietly entering the city."
Another person with a low voice was also whispering: "I also saw someone holding a portrait at other city gates, saying that he was looking for some big thief. It seems that this Anyou is in a strict prevention and control!"
Gao Baoxun nodded, "It is said that An Youjin sent several groups of envoys to induce An Shouzhong to enter the guise in the name of An Shenqi's sudden illness and coma. However, I have already ambushed a large number of memorials near the north gate of Yingzhou City. They have not reported that anyone left Yingzhou from the north gate. Perhaps An Shouzhong has noticed the abnormality and is discussing with Yin Shi to quell the rebellion."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, agreed in unison, busy flattering and showing their loyalty, praising Gao Baoxun for his outstanding vision and profound planning.
Gao Baoxun smiled, "According to my observation, now is the time when An Shujin's power is most unstable. He needs to control too much, and his strength is too small. In the next two days, I guess he will not be able to help but throw the 500 people we brought into the army and supervise the army. At that time, An Youjin will be overshadowed by our subordinates. Even if he becomes the governor, he is just a puppet, and he is a dog in Nanping!
As for An Shouzhong, with General Liu Fu stationed at the city, Yin Shi would never dare to send troops. In the end, if An Shouzhong wanted to see his father, he would have to come to Xiangzhou in shame and be thrown into prison. His five hundred men would also defect, and they would not have any effect at all."
Someone asked curiously: "Criminal, where is An Shenqi locked up? Why have we been here for a day or two? An Youjin doesn't let us see it at all? Did he really catch An Shenqi? Isn't An Shouzhong rescued him?"
"Catch it? Rescue it?" Gao Baoxun laughed loudly, and then lowered his voice after laughing for three or four times. "The messenger had already seen An Shenqi's body yesterday, otherwise how could I dare to bet like this? An Shenqi would have died long ago. It's a pity that his hero died in the hands of a woman for the rest of his life. It's a pity that he was sad!"
Everyone was very curious. The fire of gossip was burning. Gao Baoxun was also interested and whispered what he knew. Finally, he said: "It is said that a woman named 'Xiangyu', who hooked up with An Youjin and became a traitor, and got An Shenqi drunk. An Youjin took advantage of An Shenqi's drunkenness and stabbed him to death. In order to cover up the inside story of his murder of An Shenqi, An Youjin also executed several of An Shenqi's concubines, saying that they were hungry and thirsty, but An Shenqi was unable to do so. After they had been in a long time, they jointly murdered An Shenqi!
It is said that An Youjin was originally obsessed with the 'xiangyu' and promised her to be the wife of her husband, but as he took control of the power, his heart became wild. How could a prostitute who could ride a thousand people and touch thousands of people become his husband? He even started to regret it before he could firmly sit down and imprison the woman. I heard that the woman was very beautiful, it was a pity!"
When Dong Zunhui heard this, he already knew the whole story. It might be because of love! Yan Xiangyu was extremely obsessed with An Shenqi and wanted to win his favor. Then he left his body, gave up his mind, gave advice for An Shenqi, inquire about the news, and asked his sister to stay in Suizhou at the risk, so as to get information from Suizhou as soon as possible. However, Yan Xiangyu did not expect that An Shenqi despised her origin, and even more despised her experience of being defiled by Wang Lingwen, and became more and more indifferent to her. As a result, although Yan Xiangyu and An Shenqi were named husband and wife, they had been in a cold war and had no feelings for each other. Now it is estimated that Yan Xiangyu could no longer bear this kind of life and conspired with An Youjin to stab An Shenqi to death, but she did not expect that in the end, she was still used by An Youjin and became a scapegoat.
Dong Zunhui thought to himself: For Yan Xiangyu's sake, if An Shouzhong regained Xiangzhou, this Xiangyu would have to be quietly rescued and sent to Suizhou in the future. For Dong Zunhui, assassinating An Shenqi is not an unacceptable thing. On the contrary, instead of being companion with the powerful Xiangzhou, he would be more willing to see a weak Xiangzhou so that the safety of Suizhou can be guaranteed.
Chapter completed!