Let’s go back to September 16, the fourth year of Kaiping.

Located in the desolate forest southeast of Green Willow Manor, Fang Rui's graveyard was dug up and his bones were missing.

Pei Yue suspected that there was a spy among his own soldiers, otherwise it would have been impossible for the Southern Zhou people to accurately find Fang Rui's burial place after a year without alerting the villagers.

This was something that made him particularly angry.

Because there are only seven people who know this place, and they are the first soldiers who followed Pei Yue.

Deng Zai, Wang Yong, Qi Min, Qi Jun, Yang Hu, Geng Yi and Chen Danian.

These people were originally just the sons of Dingguo Mansion, and their greatest future in this life is to become the head of a farm. Pei Yue not only exempted them from their slave status, but also helped them invite talented people like Mr. Xi to teach them. You know

This kind of treatment is not even available to many noble disciples. If Mr. Xi had not taught it carefully, these people would not have the ability to stand alone, and they would not be able to leap through the dragon gate like they are today.

Pei Yue originally wanted to dig out the idiots among his soldiers, but there were many foreign affairs and endless fights, and he soon left Beijing to go south, so he could only suppress the matter for the time being.

Later, Chen Xizhi died in Lingzhou, and everything was fine in Kyoto. Pei Yue seemed to gradually forget about it.

However, after returning to Beijing, he was shocked to hear that Chen Xizhi was still alive, and he couldn't help but have many associations. Even Ye Qi had his own secrets, let alone the twenty-year-old boys around him who had never seen the prosperity of the world. How could he face the enemy behind the scenes?

With coercion and inducement, it is inevitable that some of these soldiers will make mistakes.

Pei Yue never believed that there was absolute loyalty in the world. Everyone had their own ideas. The kind of loyal minister who showed his heart, lungs and intestines should only exist in beautiful legends.

Specific to these seven people, Deng Zai and Wang Yong have similar personalities, quick in action but slow in speech. Both of them have excellent family traditions, and they should not make mistakes when their future is bright. Yang Hu's father is in Green.

He died in a night battle at Liuzhuang. He would definitely not bow to the enemy who killed his father.

Qi Min is the most unlikely candidate in Pei Yue's mind, because he can see the desire and ambition for power in this person's eyes. Pei Yue doesn't care about this kind of thoughts, because Qi Min knows very well that as long as he leaves Pei Yue, he will

Worthless. For a person like this who pins all his wealth and future on Pei Yue, no amount of coercion or inducement will work.

After thinking about it, maybe the person with the problem appears between Qi Jun, Geng Yi and Chen Danian.

Pei Yue's attention and regard for these three people were not as high as those of the other four, but they were the first to take the initiative to follow Pei Yue. At that time, Pei Yue was just a concubine, which was different from what he is now. These days

They worked hard without complaint and diligently completed the tasks assigned by Pei Yue. Even if they had no credit, they still had hard work.

This thorn has always been stuck in his heart. Although Pei Yue did not find any clues, it does not mean that he will completely forget it.

At this moment, he was sitting at the table watching Gu Fan interrogate the guard, and the thorn in his heart faintly rose again, making the emotion between his brows and eyes become more and more depressed.

"Fourth Young Master, I am not a traitor! I really am not!" The guard knelt on the ground, shouting in agony.

In anger, Gu Fan made an unusual move. He punched and kicked the man, and the man was completely unrecognizable. If Gu Fan hadn't wanted to ask him about Nan Qin's whereabouts, he would have turned into a corpse.

Hearing his plea, Gu Fan said angrily: "Don't call me young master, you are not worthy to be the guard of the Gu family! What benefits did they give you to make you do such a despicable traitorous act!"

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The guard hesitated to speak.

Gu Fan sneered twice, and when Pei Yue saw this, he said: "If you don't want to be beaten to death by him, I advise you to be more honest. Speaking of which, you are quite powerful. Let a chief of Taishitai Pavilion lead dozens of

A capable spy is fully engaged in the investigation, which is a treatment only given to high-ranking officials above the fourth rank."

Hearing the words "Taishitaige", the guard's face suddenly turned pale as a sheet, and he said in panic: "Fourth Young Master, Young Master Pei, my subordinates do have unavoidable reasons."

"Speak quickly!" Gu Fan's patience has obviously reached its limit.

The guard lowered his head and said slowly: "Fourth Young Master, my subordinate received eight hundred taels of silver."

Gu Fan's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on his face, and he said blankly: "What did you say? Eight hundred taels of silver? You betrayed the Gu family just because of eight hundred taels of silver?"

The guard raised his head and looked at Gu Fan, fearfully saying: "Fourth Young Master, do you know why your subordinate left the army?"

Gu Fan said coldly: "Why?"

The guard took a breath, as if he had a little more courage in his heart, and replied: "This subordinate was originally an infantryman of the Yanshan Guards of the South Camp of the Beijing Army, and later rotated to the southern border. In an encounter with the elite Pingjiang camp of the Southern Zhou Dynasty,

"Thousands of our Yanshan Guard colleagues were killed in the battle, but my subordinates survived by luck, but they also suffered from incurable diseases and don't have many years left to live."

Gu Fan was stunned and asked slowly: "Are you taking revenge on the Gu family?"

The guard quickly shook his head and said sincerely: "I have never thought about it this way. The Marquis not only gave me money to comfort my disability, but also allowed me to join the Marquis's guard team. How can I dare to forget such a kindness?"

Gu Fan asked in confusion: "Then why do you do this?"

The guard was silent for a moment and said honestly: "The root cause of my illness requires long-term medication. I have old parents to support at home and three children to raise. My mother-in-law has a hard time taking care of the house on weekdays. She has no ability and no

Focus on making money. The court gave a total of thirty taels of silver, and the Marquis added seventy taels himself. These one hundred taels

It is all the savings of my subordinate’s family. Now I am working as a guard in the Marquis Mansion, and I have two taels of silver per month, so I can still make a living for the time being. However, as time goes by, my subordinate can feel that his health is getting worse and worse, and he can’t say no

At what point will I no longer be able to stand up? When that time comes, the house will be full of young, old, women and children who are waiting for food. How will they survive?"

Gu Fan felt that he was holding back a lot of words in his chest, but looking at this man's miserable face, he couldn't say them out for a moment.

Pei Yue was not surprised by this. Many military generals and nobles would take their old subordinates under their command. He always felt that no matter how strong or weak these people were, at least their loyalty would not be a problem. The guards in front of him were probably among the lowest-level personnel, so

Only then would he be assigned to serve as a sentry at that house in Xicheng.

In fact, Gu Liang has tried his best to be responsible for those who followed him. However, Guangping Marquis Mansion is not a bank, and it is impossible to throw away banknotes at will.

The higher the status, the more people need to be responsible. Gu Liang has more than tens of millions of fans in the army. If each person is injured on the battlefield, he has to support such a large family, then the Guangping Marquis Mansion will not be enough even if it sells his ancestral property.

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Even though he has paid out a lot of money, there is not much money to distribute to everyone.

After a long time, Gu Fan said in a deep voice: "Since you have such difficulties, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The guard hesitated for a while and said guiltily: "Master Hou is good enough to us people. He has no shame to plead anymore. He only regrets that he does not have the ability to make money."

Gu Fan was furious and said angrily: "You don't have the shame to beg me, so do you have the shame to be a traitor? I really don't understand the thinking of a person like you. Do you think you can hide it forever after doing such a thing?

No one will find out? Which is more serious? Have you never thought about this problem? "

The guard lowered his head and said slowly: "Fourth Young Master, this money was given to this subordinate by the girl's personal maid."

A cold light suddenly flashed in Pei Yue's eyes.
Chapter completed!