Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 364: Western Liaoning Corridor
When Gao Yue came to look for her, Yang Ming didn't think it was a big deal. What big deal could a woman have?
In fact, it is a major event that breaks the sky.

Right now, there are only seven of Gao Yue's entourage living in the Prince Qin's Mansion, and 45 of them living in the Jinyang Tower.

Gao Yue came to Yang Ming to tell him that two months ago, three of her followers left the capital without saying goodbye.

Originally, Gao Yue didn't take it seriously, thinking that everyone has their own ambitions. Many of her followers are the survivors of the old Qi Dynasty. She is no longer a princess, so there is no need for others to suffer with her.

As a result, just a few days ago, seven or eight people left the Jinyang Tower. Gao Yue felt that something was wrong, so she went to the Jinyang Tower and asked the people who stayed behind why they left.

At first, no one told her, but after Gao Yue tricked her, she was able to know the truth.

On the Goguryeo side, since last year, someone has been actively wooing the adherents of the old Qi Dynasty. Gao Yue is not clear about the purpose, but she knows it will not be a good thing.

Most of her entourage are from Bohai, and after leaving Beijing, most of them will return to Bohai. If Goguryeo uses it, I'm afraid there will be another disaster.

Gao Yue knew very well that the current Great Sui Dynasty was already a thriving unified dynasty, and most of the Kanto clans had already attached themselves. Under such circumstances, wanting to restore Daqi would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

She came to Yang Ming because she hoped that Yang Ming would take action and find a way to eliminate this matter, because he was afraid that those who wanted to restore the country would drag more people down.

As a member of Qi, she didn't want to see another war in Qi, and the people suffer again.

Qi is dead.

After Yang Ming finished listening, he immediately called Su Lie in.
"Take people to the Jinyang Tower and take care of all Gao Yue's entourage. If one cannot get away, everyone will strictly interrogate them. Those who tell the truth will be punished!"

Gao Yue paled in an instant, and hurriedly knelt down and cried:
"Please His Highness let them go? They haven't left yet, so we know that they, like me, have a heart for Tai Sui. I beg Your Highness to be merciful."

Yang Ming waved his hand, Su Lie nodded and left.

"Important matters are at stake, I can't tolerate my kindness," Yang Ming got off the couch, helped Gao Yue up and said:

"I am very grateful that you can tell me this matter, but you have to understand that if the survivors of the old Qi colluded with Goguryeo and invaded our border with the Sui Dynasty, there would be chaos in Hebei and Shandong immediately. Goguryeo is not my race. Once Entering the country must be a situation where people will die, you are from Bohai, how can you bear to see this miserable scene?"

Bohai County, which is in the Cangzhou area of ​​Hebei Province, is next to Yang Wanshi's Hejian County. The current governor of Bohai Sea is Gao Jiong's eldest son, Gao Shengdao.

Gao Yue kept crying, pear blossoms were raining, and she kept begging Yang Ming to let them go.

Yang Ming got up and frowned and said, "Don't worry, as long as they tell the truth, I won't move any of them. Anyone who is sincerely toward Da Sui, I will settle down well."

Internal and external collusion, this is a big deal, but Yang Ming doesn't think that the survivors of the old Qi Dynasty can make more waves.

During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, one group was killed. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there was a riot in Qi, and Yang Su killed another group. After Yang Jun became the governor of Bingzhou, he also killed a group.

Leeks can't stand up to such a crop after crop of killing.

What's more, if Goguryeo really wants to violate the border, it must first attack Liaodong County (Shenyang), followed by Yan County (Liaoyang) and Liucheng County (Jinzhou). These three counties are on the same line, forming the Liaoxi Corridor.

The Liaoxi Corridor is the passage connecting the Northeast and the pass, and Jinzhou is the throat of the entire Liaoxi Corridor. Therefore, in ancient history, the Central Plains Dynasty repeatedly used troops outside the pass, and it was necessary to control the front line of Jinzhou.

But the Sui Dynasty was very inconvenient, because during the Sui Dynasty, the Liaoxi Corridor was silted up, full of mud and mud, and it was extremely difficult to pass.

This is a geographical factor. The Liaoning area is known as "six mountains, one water and three parts of the field", but its one water is concentrated in the West Liaoning Corridor.

Liaoshui, Xiaoliaoshui, Daliangshui, Bailangshui, Zhenshui, Xuanshui, Lushui are all here, so that this line is almost like a swamp.

When Yang Liang fought Goguryeo during Kaihuang years, he lost in this place. After the Central Plains army came here, the climate was not acclimatized, and during the rainy season, the army was plagued by epidemics, so he was defeated just like that.

The governor of Liaodong is Deng Hao, the governor of Yanjun is Wei Yunqi, and the governor of Liucheng is Yang Linfu.

Wei Yunqi is currently in the capital, why not go there?Because this place in Yan County was inhabited by Sumo and Mohe people, it is not certain whether there are a thousand Han people living here. It belongs to the Great Sui in name, but the Great Sui did not have much actual control over it.

A Xiaxia County, the prefect is only sixth rank, and Wei Yunqi is now a general of Hussars. According to the tradition of the Sui Dynasty, if you have several positions, whichever ranks higher, whichever you do.

This corridor in western Liaoning was almost deserted during the non-war period.

But there have always been sentry guards here, which are specially used to keep an eye on Goguryeo. What's more, at the end of the Liaoxi Corridor, there is Linyu Pass, which is Shanhaiguan.

Next, Yang Ming asked Gao Yue if he knew Gao Yingnian, and Gao Yue replied that he did not know, but Yang Ming would not exclude this person from the ranks of survivors of the old Qi Dynasty.

Because it was a coincidence that last year Goguryeo began to contact the adherents of the old Qi Dynasty, and this year there was a rebellion surnamed Gao. Can you say that they did not collude?

In Jinyang Building, Gao Yue's remaining followers, regardless of gender, are all bound and tortured.

Su Lie doesn't know much about torture, but in the Wangfu trilogy, someone knows that Zhu Sanli is an expert.

Interrogation is not something that can be done politely. If you fight first, you must fight. When their fear overcomes everything, it will be much more convenient for you to interrogate.

Of course, there are hard bones.

So Yang Ming's initial order was not to beat him to death, but to cut him to death.

One knife at a time, not to mention that the person involved can't stand it, you can't stand it if you look at it from the sidelines, and even the torturer's psychological quality is not hard enough, even he can't stand it.

A follower named Zhou Zheng couldn't take it anymore after his thigh was cut twice, but he really didn't know, so he confessed someone who might know.

So that person was also framed, and Zhu Sanli drew the knife himself, ready to cut him open.

As soon as the pants were taken off, the man was already feces and shit, and he tried everything.

"Rinse it once, His Highness will interrogate himself later, the stench is so bad, it's not appropriate for His Highness to be contaminated," Su Lie ordered others to clean the scene.

All the confessions have been recorded by Qiao Chun, Qiao Zhongkui's son.

When Yang Ming came to the scene, he first read the transcripts. There were four people in total.

The content is roughly the same. They are all letters from their hometown in Hebei, asking them to go back to participate in important events. What important event?Rebel.

Gao Lande, the only bloodline of the Gao family, is dead, but now there is a person who claims to be the old Qi clan, who has raised righteousness in Hebei, and these people are going back to seek refuge with each other.

As for the name of the Gao family's son, these people don't know.

Yang Ming thought it might be Gao Yingnian.

"I didn't ask anything else about the others?" Yang Ming asked.

Zhu Sanli stepped forward and said: "No more, it should be the truth, these people can't stand the scare, they will all be recruited if they go down in twos and threes."

Yang Ming nodded.

Su Lie leaned over and said, "Then, what should we do with these people next? They seem to be marginalized people with limited knowledge, and some of them are from local families. Should they be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment?"

The attendants around Gao Yue are not ordinary attendants, they all have good backgrounds, they are not called attendants, they should be called aides, after all, Gao Yue is the only orphan of the old Qi clan at present, and their purpose of staying beside Gao Yue is not pure.

For example, the song of King Qin entering the battle, if he is really a servant, how can he understand the rhythm?
"This year's night, you drag everyone to the suburbs and find a place to deal with them. Remember, don't let people see them." Yang Ming was sure to silence him, even though he agreed to Gao Yue.

But unfortunately, Yang Ming's position does not mean what he says.

And he made this arrangement to protect Gao Yue. If he really wanted to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment, Gao Yue would definitely be implicated. If the father found out, Gao Yue might not escape death.

So Yang Ming patted Zhu Sanli on the shoulder and said, "What can be said, can be said, what can't be said, no matter what, you can't say it, understand?"

Zhu Sanli knew what Yang Ming was implying, so he nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

After returning to the palace, Yang Ming immediately went to find Gao Yue, and Yang Yinjiang was also here.

Knowing that after Su Lie and the others left, she guessed that Gao Yue's matter was not simple, so she came to ask, but Gao Yue still didn't tell her.

"Can't you really tell me?" Yang Yinjiang looked at her husband.

Yang Ming directly told the whole thing.

Yang Yinjiang squinted her eyes immediately after listening, and looked at Gao Yue with a cold expression.

She has already moved to kill.

In her opinion, once this matter is leaked, it may affect her husband and hide the old Qi rebels. This kind of thing can be big or small.

If you are not on the scale, there is no two or two weights. If you are on the scale, you will not be able to weigh a thousand catties.

Gao Yue immediately asked, "Where are they? How did you settle down?"

Yang Ming said indifferently: "The capital can no longer stay. I will send people to send them to Longxi to find a place to live far away. Don't think about this kind of treason anymore."

"You lied to me, you killed them, right?" Gao Yue turned pale.

Yang Ming said lightly, "Believe it or not is up to you."

Then, he looked at Yang Yinjiang: "Change all the maids around her, isn't there seven of them? Send them to Hongnong to take care of them, and don't let them show up again."

Of course Yang Yinjiang understood what her husband meant, if she didn't show her face, she would be buried in the soil.

"Okay, I'll arrange for them to go to Hongnong later."

Gao Yue trembled all over, and fell limp on the ground, weeping.

Yang Yinjiang gave her husband a look, meaning she was asking Gao Yue how to deal with it.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Ming said, "She didn't betray me, I can't betray her, so let's comfort her."

Yang Ming was very grateful that Gao Yue could betray his own people and tell him this secret matter.

Yang Yinjiang sighed inwardly and nodded.

(End of this chapter)