Chapter 277: What kind of merit is this?!
Why did Huan Guanlan, who has a particularly good reputation until now, want to advocate killing General Zhou, who has also had a particularly good reputation until now, and even his family members will not let go?!
If they are both civil ministers or military generals, they can be said to be jealous of their peers, but they are simply one scholar and one martial artist!
Huan Guanlan even boasts that he can be in the phase and out of the general...... At the age of Emperor Xuanjing at that time and the virtue that he was already obsessed with the harem, this emperor could leave Chang'an with peace of mind and personally lead the army to the Northern Expedition to Ruru.
In fact, after the death of General Zhou, the Northern Xinjiang Army has always been mainly defensive.
Not to mention that Huan Guanlan failed to personally lead the army to expel Ruru, it was the King of Gaomi and the Meng clan who were in power at this time, because the two sides contained each other, and because there was no amazing commander like General Zhou in the national dynasty until now...... For the Great Mu Dynasty, fulfilling the last wish of His Majesty Emperor Muzong is just a luxury so far!
Sheng Weiqiao couldn't figure it out.
But Sheng Sleeping Crane had a flat expression: "It's just a high achievement!"
"But you said that it was Huan Guanlan who wanted him to die, and the Son of Heaven only issued a holy decree after listening to Huan Guanlan's advice!" Sheng Weiqiao shouted in a low voice, "What kind of master is Huan Guanlan General Zhou?!"
Sheng Shenghe patiently explained: "The reason why the teacher admonished General Zhou to die, and the clan has no family, is precisely because he is worried that he will be a great meritorious!"
Sheng Weiqiao thought this was incredible: "General Zhou has been stationed at the border for ten years, and he died before he left the army...... If this is the case, it will be a great achievement, will there be any generals who will dare to lead the troops to fight in the future?!"
If General Zhou is to fulfill the last wish of Emperor Muzong, chase Ruru to the north, sacrifice the Taimiao, and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the emperor of the six dynasties of the Great Mu Dynasty, this is not enough Sheng Sleeping Crane said, Sheng Weiqiao also knew that this move must be a taboo for the monarch.
But he didn't send troops at all!
Ten years on the border, even if three lines of defense are set up, and so far firmly guarding the northern frontier of the Great Mu Dynasty, without taking half a step back, but after all, it is not an inch of land, which kind of master is this? !
"The root of this matter is still in the Shu sisters. Sheng Sleeping Crane said, "You know, when the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he was quite excited, and it was also because of this that General Zhou Da left behind the bandits that had not yet been completely completed, and rushed to the north to prepare for the Northern Expedition of the Son of Heaven himself." Ten years in the border, he completed this errand very well, and he could go to Ruru at any time to complete the unfinished work of the emperors of the six dynasties since Emperor Muzong. ”
"But it was on this eye that the Son of Heaven met the Shu sisters, and since then they have been lingering in the harem, indulging in wine, and not even going to the court, let alone the Northern Expedition?"
"What's even worse is that everyone in the court knows that the Son of Heaven is not loved by the first emperor, and the first emperor once wanted to establish the king of Guangling and the king of Gaomi, but he never thought of being the son of today!"
"King Guangling is also okay, he was young when the first emperor died, if it wasn't for the maintenance of the ministers, I am afraid that he would have died in the hands of the Empress Dowager Meng. King Gaomi is not, he is two years younger than the Son of Heaven, and after the failure of the first emperor to establish King Guangling, he once went all out to support him. ”
"So even if the Son of Heaven tried to elevate the Meng clan and try to suppress him after practicing Zuo, it would be difficult to make it work. Later, the Son of Heaven was obsessed with lustful dogs and horses, and there was no way to suppress him. ”
"In this case, the Northern Expedition that the Son of Heaven can't complete, do you think, King Gaomi, will he let go of this opportunity?"
Sheng Weiqiao listened, his heart couldn't help beating faster, his mouth was dry for a while, and then he said astringently: "You...... What do you mean is that Huan Guanlan did this because he was worried that King Gaomi would take advantage of General Zhou's ten-year stationing on the border, and might not be willing to give up the Northern Expedition because the Son of Heaven was in a bad mood, so he would rather strike first and persuade the Son of Heaven to give General Zhou the death of General Zhou?!"
Seeing Sheng Sleeping Crane nodding calmly, she only felt that her heart was in chaos, "I didn't expect Huan Guanlan to be such a person!!"
"He's an Auxiliary Minister. Sheng Sleeping Crane thought this was very ordinary, "Ensuring that the throne of today's son is stable is what he should do." ”
Sheng Weiqiao sneered and said: "Yes, of course he is loyal to today's son! If it weren't for him, I don't know if the emperor is sitting on the throne at this time, whether he is today's son! It's just that the ancestors and ancestors of the Rong family under Jiuquan looked at the so-called emperors, great Confucians, and elders of the two dynasties, and the eldest son of the first emperor who Libao was so virtuous, and I don't know if he would regret that he didn't behead the Huan family when he was alive?!"
He said contemptuously, "It's a pity, there is retribution in the underworld, he cheated the Zhou family in order to show his loyalty, and he didn't win a favor in the hands of the Son of Heaven! I really don't know what kind of face he had when he heard that the Son of Heaven swore to defend the Shu sisters to the death?!"
Although Sheng Weiqiao had a good impression of General Zhou and Huan Guanlan's martial arts before, after all, she heard more good words from General Zhou, and her grandfather was still General Zhou's old department, and he respected his old boss, so General Zhou was definitely closer to Huan Guanlan in her mind.
The general died so unjustly and aggrieved, and at this moment, the girl's sympathy was great, and she naturally favored him more and more. In the past, I felt that Huan Guanlan was revenged by Emperor Xuanjing, but now I feel that this is the time to be happy.
However, after calming down for a while, Sheng Weiqiao thought of something again and frowned, "In this way, Huan Guanlan stayed on Tortoiseshell Island back then, I'm afraid that it wasn't all for fear that he wouldn't be able to pursue the Shu sisters and the like, but also to find out how much General Zhou left behind in the southeast coast and among the bandits on the sea, right? Gongsun Clan, what does it have to do with General Zhou?"
"Good girl, you also missed a reason. Sheng Sleeping Crane chuckled and said, "That's me...... When the teacher first saw me, he suspected my background, and then he suspected that he was in the Gongsun family. I think that until the time of his death, the teacher would have thought that he was not wrong to persuade the Son of Heaven to give General Zhou the death of the Manmen, right? After all, I, the third son of King Gaomi, would actually appear on Tortoiseshell Island, not to mention, and was accepted as a righteous son by the Gongsun family, no matter how you look at it, how can it be that the Gongsun family is one of the secret hands left by General Zhou at sea, and King Gaomi and General Zhou have long colluded, and they do not hesitate to send their own son-in-law as a hostage!"
Sheng Weiqiao took a deep breath and said, "Then he is still willing to accept you as an apprentice?!"
Sheng Sleeping Crane laughed: "Why don't you refuse? After all, since he decided that I was on Tortoiseshell Island because of the arrangement of the Gaomi Palace, wouldn't it be beneficial for him to take the initiative instead of letting me go, taking me with him, and guiding the teachings according to his intentions?
"Not only is he so suspicious, according to your analysis, I will be suspicious!" Sheng Weiqiao squinted, looked at him, and said, "You were exiled on Tortoiseshell Island in the first place, it was really not the arrangement of the palace?"
Sheng Sleeping Crane's expression remained unchanged, he didn't blink his eyes, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's not true, anyway, how I've come over all these years, I just know it in my own heart!"
Sheng Weiqiao heard the resentment and indifference in his tone, and snorted: "It seems that Huan Guanlan's teachings are indeed very successful!"
In fact, she also felt in her heart that no matter whether the Gaomi Mansion deliberately let Sheng Sleeping Crane go to Hawksbill Island, or unintentionally...... In fact, how could it be unintentional? Sheng Sleeping Crane was the sister-in-law of the Gaomi King and his wife, and a group of people circled around him from the moment he landed. It's very difficult to get out of here, let alone to go to Tortoiseshell Island, which is thousands of miles away!
Therefore, it is a matter of course that Sheng Sleeping Crane resents the Gaomi Palace!
But because the impression of Huan Guanlan at this moment is really too bad, and it is also dissatisfied with Sheng Shenghe's behavior during this period of time, Sheng Weiqiao deliberately said, "It's just that you are just an ordinary scholar now, but the Gaomi Mansion is still in a high position! Even if you are willing to sincerely take refuge in the Meng Clan, just as it is impossible for the Meng Clan to trust the Lord of Deping, they are even more unlikely to trust you! But I don't know what you can do if you are dissatisfied with the Gaomi Palace? I'm afraid that in the final analysis, you still have to disappoint Huan Guanlan." ”
Sheng Sleeping Crane didn't get angry when he heard this, he still smiled and said, "What am I doing with the Meng family?"
"So, aren't you going to please your father and mother?" Sheng Weiqiao said casually, then frowned slightly, and said, "I was almost deceived by you...... I don't bother to care what will happen to you and your father and mother in the future! What should be said at this time is whether our Sheng family will be dragged down!"
Sheng Sleeping Crane smiled and said, "Good girl, this matter has been said all along! It's just that you don't want to believe that the Sheng family has never left the court to fight, aren't I giving you a slow explanation?"
Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said, "You said so much, it's all speculation, and there is no evidence!"
"It's actually quite simple to look at the evidence. Sheng Sleeping Crane said slowly, "Send someone to the northern Xinjiang to see if you can find the trace of the Shen family's cousin, isn't it?"
“…… Are you sure that Xiao Qiao was taken away by the Shen family's caravan in the first place?!" Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously tightened her cuffs, "But she and her fourth sister both fell into the hands of the Han family at the beginning!If the Shen family has a relationship with the Han family, why does the Han family still ...... them?!"
Regarding this question, Sheng Shenghe was silent for a while before he said lightly: "Good girl, you must know that although General Zhou killed all the sea bandits back then, he was frightened, but in fact, he failed to completely eradicate this problem, so he was transferred to Northern Xinjiang, otherwise there would be no rise of the Gongsun clan." Compared with the pirates on the southeast coast, whether it is political or military strategy, the northern Xinjiang is more important, so even if he leaves a back hand in order to completely end the trouble of the bandits in the future, it is only a secret son, a secret room, and the like. ”
"It's not that a litter of pirates is all or most of his people!"
"What's more, it is unpredictable that thirty years have passed since General Zhou left the southeast, north, south, and north...... Not to mention the past two generations, General Zhou was still in Xuanjing for ten years and disappeared, and even his descendants were not left. At least there are no descendants left behind!"
"You say ......"
"Even if General Zhou's old department is encircled and settled, how many people still remember that general on the coast of thousands of miles now?"
"Like my grandfather, there are very few people who don't admire prosperity, power, and beauty, and only want to serve the country. ”
"Even if there is, my grandfather was disarmed and returned to the field back then, no matter what kind of inside story he had, but on the surface, it is true that he was disheartened because of General Zhou's ending. ”
"So these back-ups, the remnants that can still come in handy to this day, I'm afraid there are very few...... Otherwise, to put it mildly, after General Zhou only went, his generals may not be willing to swallow their anger and sit back and watch King Gaomi compete with the Meng clan for military power, but launch the rear hand of the southeast coast, attack the imperial court in the north and south, and directly avenge General Zhou!"
Therefore, even if the Shen family wants to use General Zhou's secret son buried in the Han clan to rescue, I am afraid that they will be powerless. I can only try to save the lives of the two girls, and then arrange for the cousin of the Shen family to change her face and go to northern Xinjiang to avoid the inevitable rumors of Sangzi! Whether the fourth sister is surnamed Shen or not, and the Sheng family is not a family that cannot protect the fourth sister, the Shen family will naturally not rashly bring her with them. ”
Sheng Sleeping Crane narrowed his eyes, "Actually, the cousin of the Shen family fell into the hands of the Han family with the fourth sister, but it is very strange that the merchant only bought the cousin of the Shen family, after all, if you go for beauty, the appearance of the fourth sister is not bad, isn't it?
"Why didn't the merchant ask for a cousin of the Shen family, but didn't even buy the fourth sister?"
"The most important thing is ...... All the pirates who knew the identity and whereabouts of the merchant were also too clean?"
“…… You find Xiao Qiao first!" Sheng Weiqiao pinched his eyebrows and said upset, "To be honest, even if you find Xiao Qiao, it doesn't mean that what you say is all true." At the beginning of Han Pan's destruction, the main force was Tortoiseshell Island, and the Gongsun clan, or you, had too many places to do your hands and feet!"
She sighed, "This matter comes here first...... You said before, did you think about how the Sheng family should deal with themselves once your life experience is revealed?"