Li Heng's attitude finally softened, the news that Qin Jin had just revealed to him was enough for him to chill his bones. He has been the crown prince for nearly twenty years, and has sat on the throne of the Son of Heaven for more than two years, and he has enough experience in struggle, he can completely guess that once the matter of the Ten Princes' Mansion becomes big and the Li royal family and the Shenwu Army tear their faces, Qin Jin is likely to choose the worst method.

Although this method may not be acceptable to Qin Jin, at the juncture of life and death, it is logical to choose the lesser of two evils.

After venting, Li Heng had regained his composure, and he would no longer be carried away by anger, what he imagined was that once the clan in the Ten Kings' Mansion ganged up against Qin Jin, although its spirit was commendable, it was just a futile effort.

In Li Heng's consciousness, Qin Jin is a calm and cold-blooded person, he has heard interesting stories in the city that the eunuch palace people discuss in private, among which Qin Jin did not go home for half a year, and he did not care about taking his family back to Chang'an, and so on, in the mouth of the eunuch palace people are a pastime conversation, but when it fell into Li Heng's ears, he came to another conclusion.

Qin Jinbu took the princess and her son back to Chang'an, and the consideration was probably more far-reaching, no matter where this far-reaching could be seen, it proved that he was cold-hearted after all. Just ask, which father in the world doesn't care about his son, and which husband doesn't miss his wife......

Asking so in his heart, Li Heng suddenly remembered his father, that is, the dead Emperor Xuanzong, couldn't he just kill his own son ruthlessly, and was indifferent to the death of the concubine?

Whether it is killing three sons in one day, or sitting and watching Yang Guifei be executed, in the final analysis, his father is a natural selfish ghost, and he can do anything against human ethics for the sake of power and status, which Li Heng can't do, so he may not be a passing son of heaven.

Thinking of all this, Li Heng glanced at Qin Jin, who had a calm face, and thought: This guy may be such a person, for him, his wife and children may just be a tool that can be passed on to the next generation.

"The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's edict, please take care of the dragon's body, and the minister will retire!"

Qin Jin had enough of Li Heng's venting, and everything that should be said had been said, so there was no reason to stay, even if Li Heng was forced to stay, he didn't plan to stay here for a quarter of an hour longer. What's more, Li Heng will never say anything to save him.

Bowing down and retreating to the screen at the door, Qin Jin turned around and was just about to step out of the threshold when he heard Li Heng call him again.

"Qin Qing, I, I miss the prince, can you let the prince come to visit Yu Zhen?"

Qin Jin subconsciously planned to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say such ruthless words, so he said euphemistically:

"It may take some time for the princes to move out of the Ten Princes' Mansion, and when everything is done, the prince will have time to visit His Majesty. ”

Li Heng said again:

"I heard that the worm girl is back, I haven't seen her for a long time, so I asked her to come to the palace to sit in the palace when I have time, and talk to me about ......"

For the insect girl, although Li Heng is an elder brother, he takes care of her a lot like a father. In fact, Li Heng is not only taking care of the sister of the insect mother, but also those brothers who are still young.

"When the princess came back, she also said that she missed her majesty, but she had suffered an assassination incident before she entered the city, and when things settled down, the worm girl would come to visit your majesty. ”

"Okay, okay, as long as she can come to talk to me and relieve my boredom, I will be happier than anything else!"

Contrary to Qin Jin's expectations, Li Heng did not have a seizure because of the refusal, but just said a few more words on the topic of the insect girl.

When he left Xingqing Palace, he had already seen a group of people anxiously waiting for him, including a messenger from Hexi.

"Doctor, Doctor Qin has finally come out......"

In this regard, Qin Jin was quite surprised, and he also saw those few military officials who were dressed very differently from the Shenwu Army, and they were dusty.

"The last general was ordered by Miao Fujun to deliver the military report!"

As he spoke, the military official took out the military newspaper sealed with copper wax from the leather bag on his waist, held it in both hands and handed it to Qin Jin.

"Where's the military report?"

Qin Jin's heart sank secretly, realizing that this might not be good news.

"Hexi, Miao Fujun has already crossed the Qilian Mountains from Lingwu and entered Hexi. As soon as I entered the territory of Hexi, I got the exact news that Dunhuang County, Dunhuang County has fallen into the hands of thieves!"

Dunhuang County fell, which made Qin Jin's mind buzz, but he immediately came to his senses, there were many people here, and it was not appropriate to ask about these things in public, so he stepped forward and grabbed the military official and asked him to get up.

"You guys have been running around all the way, you must be extremely tired, go, follow me back to Shuaitang to rest for a while!"

The military official was also sincere, so he refused in person, and asked Qin Jin to open the military newspaper immediately.

Qin Jin smiled, so he had no choice but to say bluntly:

"There are a lot of people here, it's not appropriate to open and read the military secret newspaper, let's go, it's not too late to go back to the Shuai Hall to read it again!"

It's not that Qin Jin is not in a hurry, but there is no difference between a moment earlier and a moment later, even if the result of Dunhuang County is worse than expected, if the imperial court wants to react and act, it is impossible to make a decision in a day or two.

The military official still insisted, Qin Jin had already gotten on his horse and left first.

About half an hour later, Qin Jin sat behind the bookcase in his daily office, his face was completely gone, and he was chatting and laughing in front of people, and several military officials stood in the hall, feeling cold.

"Everyone works hard, sit down!"

As Qin Jin spoke, he unscrewed the wax seal on the copper pipe, then unscrewed the cap on the copper pipe, and pulled out a roll of parchment paper from the tube, which was densely written with fly-headed letters.

Every word on the parchment was enough to make Qin Jin tremble, almost every change in Hexi stated above exceeded his expectations, I thought that Anxi's problem was just the result of the collusion of the unjudicial officials and generals with the Hu people, but where did I think that it was really related to the abolition of the prince.

In this way, it is against those rumors that are very loud, and the chaos in Anxi and the fall of Dunhuang County must also be inevitably related to the prince who lost the crown prince.

In this military report, Miao Jinqing only identified two things, the first is the fall of Dunhuang County, the connection between Hexi and the four towns of Anxi has been completely severed, and the second is that the fall of Dunhuang County has a great relationship with the abolition of the prince, because according to Dunhuang County's withdrawal of the defeated army, they have seen with their own eyes that the main general of the army is Guo Ziyi.

Speaking of Guo Ziyi, he was sent to the Longyou area to harass the rear of the Tubo army after the capture of Chang'an by Tubo, but since the Tubo Rebellion was pacified, this person has lost his trace, as if the world has evaporated, and no information about him can be found in any case.

In this regard, Qin Jin also thought that Guo Ziyi had pursued the remnants of Tubo deep into the plateau desert, and maybe there would be definite news after waiting for a while, but who would have expected that he would come together with the waste prince.

Guo Ziyi is a veteran general in the army, and it is not surprising that he launched a surprise attack on Dunhuang County and launched a surprise attack on Dunhuang County.

Now, Qin Jin was worried about Wuhu Huaizhong and Zheng Xianli, who were sent to Anxi, both of whom were old men of the Shenwu Army, if something happened to these two people, how could he sleep peacefully?

A considerable part of the supply of the four towns of Anxi depends on the access roads of Hexi, and now that Dunhuang County has fallen, the * of the four towns of Anxi is in danger under the internal and external attacks.

In addition to the crisis in Anxi*, Qin Jin was also worried about a more important question, that is, what was the motive for deposing the crown prince.

This matter was no longer something he could decide alone, and soon, Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi were called over. These two prime ministers were originally preparing for the ceremony to welcome Wei Jiansu, but now that they heard that there was an urgent military matter, they had to rush to Qin Jin's office with a stunned face.

"What, Dunhuang County has fallen, and the prince has been abolished......"

Xia Yuanji's eyes, which were still half-open and half-closed, suddenly opened, the fall of Dunhuang County was not enough to shock him so much, what really made him like this was the thief who fell into the hands of the thief in Dunhuang County, and it was actually the abolished prince Li Yu.

You must know that the so-called abolition of the crown prince Li Yu lost the position of the crown prince, which was the result of the failure of the political dispute with Empress Zhang, and many people in the government and the opposition were sympathetic to him.

Such a military report, which does not seem to be very inconspicuous, if mishandled, may even cause a great crisis for Qin Jin and the Shenwu Army.

"Doctor Qin, where did the news of the deposed prince in Dunhuang County come from?

asked a series of questions, asking Xia Yuanji's inner shock and panic, after this reminder, Qin Jin immediately contacted Miao Jinqing, who does Miao Jinqing support on this important issue?

In this regard, Qin Jin did not dare to assert that if the Shenwu Army did not have enough challengers, these capable officials and ministers would definitely stand firmly on the side of the imperial court, and standing on the side of the imperial court would be equivalent to standing on the side of the Shenwu Army that controlled the imperial court. And now, the former crown prince Li Yu suddenly appeared in Hexi, and everything has become very delicate.

Li Heng had just suggested to Qin Jin that the chaos between Hebei and Anxi should be Hebei first and then Anxi, so that peace could be restored as quickly as possible under the premise of ensuring the stability of the foundation. However, Li Yu's sudden appearance made this originally simple choice complicated and difficult to decide.

After all, Li Yu is the eldest son of today's son Li Heng, and he was deposed without committing a crime, so he has considerable popularity in the government and the opposition. Will those officials who sympathize with Li Yu choose to turn their backs on the current imperial court and take refuge in the past?

Fifth Qi, who had been pondering, suddenly spoke:

"Regardless of the situation in Hexi, it is imperative to block the news, and the Jingzhao Mansion must immediately take action to ban any people, things, and news related to it...... Not only these, but also the official road from Hexi to Longyou, and Longyou to Chang'an, must also be blocked by troops, and anyone who passes through must be screened with the strictest ......"