Chapter 2 Under the Floating Embers

"You...... Presumptuous, Li Mu, you are presumptuous! Lord Jin's face turned green in an instant, and he said angrily at the top of his throat.

Some of the ministers snickered, and the Du family was now greatly injured and the future was uncertain, so everyone was not as polite as before.

Qiu Yebai didn't pay attention to the ministers of the Du family, waiting to see the jokes like everyone else, but set his eyes on Li Mu and the others.

Li Mu's expression was similar to that of the people in the Criminal Department's Shangshu family, and his expression didn't look like a fake.

So in other words, the situation in southern Xinjiang is really bad?

Her heart froze, and then she suddenly heard the nearby ministers saluting in unison.

"See Your Highness!"

"See Your Highness!"

As soon as she turned her head, she saw Baili Chu leading the crane guards to stride in from outside the palace gate, still red like churning blood, black hair like ink, lining his eyebrows, and a cold in his black eyes that people dare not look at directly.

It's just that the ends of his jet-black hair can still be seen a little damp, so she can't help frowning slightly, and resists the urge to take a big cloth towel and wipe all his hair clean.

She was only worried about his body, coming and going with wet hair all day long, so as not to catch a cold again.

The crane guards stood in line with swords, lifted their robes at the beginning of the hundred miles, sat down casually, and said lightly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat, there is no need to be so polite at this time, Xuanxiang County Messenger." ”

The courtiers still saluted respectfully, and then got up and lined up on both sides.

After a while, Lao Zhen brought the envoy from Xiangjun up.

"Xiangjun from the seven-rank inspection school envoy Wang Jun to see His Royal Highness the Regent!" Although the Xiangjun messenger was simply taken care of by Lao Zhen and others, he was still disgraced.

Baili Chu looked at him and said coldly: "There is no need to be polite to the school envoy, what is the situation in southern Xinjiang now, to be honest." ”

"Yes!" Although the envoy had never been to the court, he couldn't help but be a little flustered when he saw such a high-ranking official and the actual ruler of the empire, he calmed down and respectfully explained the situation in southern Xinjiang now.

Southern Xinjiang has many miasma, insects and snakes, has always been the Miao people, Zhuang people, Dai people and other ethnic minorities inhabited the place, has never been rich, but can be self-sufficient, so although the original southern Xinjiang belonged to the former dynasty, but in fact the city is a three-regardless zone, Tusi accepted the canonization of the previous dynasty, but has always been autonomous.

Because there are many mountains and forests in southern Xinjiang, although the climate is good, there is not much arable land, so when the harvest is not good, the people in southern Xinjiang will occasionally rob the Han people.

It's just that the court of the previous dynasty didn't care, and Xidi also occupied the vast sea area, and was busy trying to annex the Celestial Empire, and he didn't want to pay attention to such a barbaric place.

But later, Emperor Zhenwu sent troops from Xidi to break through the Celestial Empire to unify the Central Plains, and included Hehe as a vassal country, and after changing the situation of the Three Kingdoms, he was not allowed to have such a place where there were three things, especially the people in this place still wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob from time to time.

The head of the Zhou family is a pair of twins who can fight well and make good decisions with the blood of the Western Regions, and they are the generals of the Empress Yuanchen, and they are very relied on by the Empress Yuanchen.

After this battle, Xiao Zhouhou and General Bai Qi led 200,000 troops directly to the south to take southern Xinjiang, after more than three months of conquest, thirteen Tusi of southern Xinjiang or died or surrendered, and since then southern Xinjiang has been ambushed, and a piece of the nearby sea state road is divided into southern Xinjiang provinces.

And set up the Southern Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, Xiao Zhou Hou Zhou Yunsheng personally served as the first general of the Southern Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, and the following states and highways were served by the Tusi of the pro-imperial court at all levels as governors.

Xiao Zhouhou has been working hard in southern Xinjiang for decades, and even never married, and finally governed southern Xinjiang safely and smoothly, and all the people were harmonious.

It's a pity that time flies, now the imperial court is weak, Du Jia's family is big, and he has always had a laissez-faire attitude towards southern Xinjiang, and some of the feudal officials stationed in southern Xinjiang are not as enlightened as Xiao Zhouhou and know how to make good use of them, but gradually exclude the local ethnic leader Tusi from serving as an official of the imperial court, increase the exploitation of ethnic minority people, and discriminate against non-Han border people, and the contradictions between the two sides are deepening.

In particular, the Miao people have always been the most fierce people, and at the same time, they are relatively civilized and rich, and they occupy the majority of the population in southern Xinjiang, and there are many Gu people, so they gradually became the leaders of all ethnic groups, and they fought against the government, and even drove the official Han officials out of the state roads where they lived the most, and took each Tusi as the head of a state and a county.

The court naturally refused, so the contradiction between the two sides deepened, the court sent earlier to pacify the useless, debaucherous and tyrannical, self-righteous slaughter of innocent Miao people, Miao people were furious and led other groups of people on the contrary, all the way to the southern Xinjiang capital of Xiangjun, where the protectorate is located, and killed the Han people when they saw them.

If it weren't for the Eighth Emperor Baili Lingfeng, who was not as weak as the crown, he personally led the Longwei army to Zhenshou Xiangjun, controlled the situation, and suppressed the rebellion, I am afraid that southern Xinjiang would have already escaped from the rule of the imperial court.

Baili Lingfeng has been in southern Xinjiang for several years, and in the end he firmly controlled the situation, and it was precisely because of his outstanding military achievements that the emperor ordered him to return to the dynasty and be crowned the general king.

But I don't want to be in the past two years, Baili Lingfeng is involved in all kinds of quagmire and can't get out, and the situation in southern Xinjiang is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but now, ......

"Miao Tusi Rong Naiye self-proclaimed Han King led by the Miao led by the 170,000 coalition army to attack the city and plunder the land, every time to a city, the ethnic minorities in the city should respond to kill my soldiers, open my city gate, burn my city tower, now Qingcheng broken, Yizhou broken, Chengcheng broken...... After breaking 12 cities in a row, forcing to Xiang County, Xiang County is mostly where our Han people live, General Qin Wei led 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the whole city to fight to the death for a month, isolated and helpless, Xiang County has been broken, Rong Naiye ordered people to slaughter the city, 100,000 soldiers and civilians were not spared, and the blood flowed into a river ....... ”

In the end, Wang Xiao's envoy burst into tears, and he trembled with grief and indignation.

And everyone in the court was silent in an instant, everyone almost couldn't believe their ears, and everyone's faces turned pale.

Slaughter?!

Actually within his own borders, he was slaughtered by a group of barbarians 100,000 people?!

"Bang dang!" There was a loud bang, which frightened everyone to look up in unison, but they saw that the hard gold case had broken into several pieces under Baili Chu's palm at some point.

His eyes were gloomy like a storm on the horizon, and there was almost a substantial black and cold aura that almost made everyone tremble instantly, and they knelt down in unison: "Your Highness is angry!" ”

There was no trace of anger on the face of the partial person, and the corners of his lips curled into a faint and bewildering smile: "It's really out of luck, I was killed by someone to the house, and I slaughtered 100,000 lives, and I didn't reveal any news before, huh?" ”

When the envoy heard this, his face turned pale in an instant, but he was not busy answering, but stretched out his hand to tidy up his clothes, and then tidied up his hat, kowtowed three times to Bailichu, and then got up, and said with a desolate face: "That's why Weichen appeared here, General Qin sent several reports early, but he only had to let him stick to the response, from the beginning of the war with the Miao people, to the destruction of the city of Xiangjun, it was two months, General Qin didn't know how many copies he sent, but he didn't even see the shadow of reinforcementsEven....... ”

He paused, suddenly turned his head, and glared at Li Mu nearby with a gloomy gaze: "General Qin even sent a letter to Long Wei, who retreated to the nearby province of eastern Guangdong, and Long Wei's people replied to General Qin to hold on, but the final result made General Qin miss the opportunity to lead the transfer of the army and people in the whole city, so that he died in battle, Li Mu, Li Mu...... General Qin entered the court in the same year as you, and there is a friendship between life and death, how can you ...... How could he die such a tragic death! ”

By the end of the words, Wang Xiao's envoy was no longer in the tone of a report, but full of deep resentment.

Li Muzheng was immersed in great grief and uneasiness, and suddenly saw Wang Xiao's envoy suddenly look at him like this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, and had a bad premonition, and as soon as he heard his words, his heart sank rapidly.

Could it be another trap?

But seeing that the other party's gaze of hating his own flesh and skin did not seem to be fake, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Envoy Wang, Hugh is bloody, my Longwei was ordered by the imperial court to withdraw to the eastern province of Guangdong, how did he deliberately avoid fighting, our people have received a letter from General Qin, but it is just a letter for us not to act rashly, and General Qin is originally a ......." ”

He paused, and swallowed back the words 'the people of the Eight Princes', but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"What was it meant to be?" Seeing that Li Mu was deflated, Dali Siqing immediately sneered, and fell into the lower stone: "I'm afraid that someone originally wanted to take this opportunity to let their master go out of the mountain again, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of the southern Xinjiang province of my empire and 100,000 soldiers and civilians!" ”

"You fart ......!" Li Mu almost jumped up and hit someone, but was grabbed by Shangshu of the Criminal Department on the side.

He subconsciously glanced at Bailichu's beautiful eyes that were as cold as the dark night, his heart trembled, and in an instant he was like soaking in ice water, and the whole person calmed down.

"His Royal Highness the Regent Mingjian, the Eighth Prince and Long Wei have always been loyal to the imperial court, and the Southern Xinjiang Province was appeased by him after many years of hard work, and General Qin is also a friend of His Royal Highness, how could he do such a rebellious thing!"

Many ministers also admonished Baili Chu one after another, believing that it was unlikely that Baili Lingfeng had done this.

After all, Baili Lingfeng is the heir with a high reputation, and the evidence is clear in this matter, and the order for Long Wei to be transferred out of the Southern Xinjiang Province was given by the Du family, so it is better to sell it to Baili Lingfeng at this time.

Seeing this situation, the envoy of the king slowly clenched his fists, and suddenly smiled miserably: "You are really good, Weichen can't say anything about you, but Weichen knows that the fake will never become true, and General Qin still received a letter from you to let him calm down." ”

After that, he took the envelope from his sleeve and presented it, and Lao Zhen immediately came down to take the letter and handed it to Bailichu.

Everyone instantly looked at each other again, looking at the things in Baili Chu's hands uneasily.

"Although Xiangjun is in danger, but my brother can't leave, my brother will lead Longwei and my brother to join forces within three days, and encircle and destroy the barbarians!"

After reading the letter for the first time, Baili raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Li Mu, but saw Li Mu straightening his back and trembling with an atmosphere: "Weichen didn't write this letter, not to mention that Weichen has only been to western Guangdong once in the past two months!" ”

Baili Chu looked at the crimson Wang envoy again, but saw the Wang envoy sneered: "This letter was brought back from western Guangdong by me for nine lifetimes, and it was handed over by the people of Longwei himself, it is your handwriting, and when I went was when you went from Shangjing to western Guangdong to inspect Longwei!" ”

Bai Li Chu suddenly said lightly: "The words on this letter are indeed written by Li Mu. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, Li Mu and the others turned pale in an instant, Li Mu wanted to shout wronged, but he was stopped by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department on the side.

Then Baili Chu touched the letter paper, but said again: "Come on, get a basin of water." ”

Everyone was a little confused by Baili Chu's words, but a crane guard had already brought a basin of water up.

It's just that the crane guard was halfway there, but he was suddenly stopped.

Qiu Yebai looked at Baili Chu and said with a smile: "Your Highness, is it okay for Weichen to come and serve?" ”

Baili Chu glanced at her, his eyes flashed slightly, and then he made a lazy gesture to the crane guard, who immediately handed over the water basin in his hand to an autumn leaf white.

Autumn leaves immediately took the basin of water and walked towards Bailichu.

Regarding Qiu Yebai's public courtesy, the ministers glanced at each other a little secretly, but they didn't say much, after all, this Qiu Lord is His Royal Highness's 'husband', isn't he?

After Qiu Yebai took the basin up, he saw that Baili Chu suddenly raised his hand slightly, and the letter in his hand fell into the basin.

The ministers suddenly gasped, what does Your Highness mean by this?

The envoy also didn't know why, but his face was a little gloomy, could it be that His Highness wanted to destroy the letter that he had saved so easily?

Li Mu almost wanted to rush up to stop it, this letter can't be ruined, this is something that proves Long Wei's innocence, or this is something that proves his innocence, he has never written it!

Autumn leaves did not stop Baili Chu from doing it, but just watched the letter slowly soak in the water, and then ...... Disperse.

One by one, the pieces of words floated gently on the surface of the water.

She raised her eyebrows, stared at the lumps of words, and sneered: "It's just some charlatan's trick, cutting all the letters written by one person and gluing them together in a special way." ”

Akibabai's voice was neither high nor low, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly.

Although the letter was indeed written by Li Mu, it was cut and pasted by someone.

This is an obvious frame-up!

Li Mu and the others all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Colonel Wang coldly.

But the envoy Wang stared in disbelief for an instant, looking at the basin of water that was placed on the ground by Qiu Yebai for observation, after seeing those scattered handwriting, he trembled, and suddenly laughed three times: "Hahaha, general, they said that the subordinates were framed, and the subordinates died for nine lives, and the 'good brother' who came out to frame you under the protection of your sacrifice is here, and the subordinates should have been martyred with you in the first place, why let you still suffer the humiliation of your own people after you die!" ”

With that, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and suddenly he slammed his toes into the big red lacquered and gold-painted pillar on the side.

The envoy Wang's movements were so fast that everyone almost didn't have time to stop him, and Li Mu rushed over to him in shock: "Wait a minute......!" ”

It's just that he finally left the Wang School Envoy a little farther away, and he could only watch as the Wang School Envoy was about to shatter his skull and blood splattered three feet.

But he didn't want to, just when the envoy Wang Xiaocheng just hit the pillar, a red light flashed instantly, and it suddenly stopped between his head and the pillar, and bounced him away at once.

But the strength of the Wang envoy was too great, and when he was bounced away like this, the whole person hit the pillar on the other side, and after a muffled snort, he fell unconscious.

And the ministers only had time to see Baili Chu's fingertips around, and the red light dissipated lightly at his fingertips, but this was the first time that many ministers saw Baili Chu use force, and they were all frightened by his treacherous kung fu.

"Take the man down and keep him in custody, and let him not die." Baili Chu didn't seem to see the eyes of the ministers, and made an indifferent decree.

"Yes!" Lao Zhen immediately nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the two crane guards to drag the Wang envoy down.

Baili Chu glanced at Li Mu, and when he saw that Li Mu was also looking at him with a pale face, he showed a cold smile to Li Mu: "Li Mu, you really want the eighth brother of this palace to come out, don't you?" ”

Although this master proved his innocence, but this highness has always been moody, Li Mu still continued to kneel on the ground respectfully and bowed his head and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, although the gentleman should not stand under the dangerous wall, and the micro-minister selfishly does not want the Eighth Highness to come out and answer the trap of the person who stirs up right and wrong, but the militarism is important, and the Eighth Highness is indeed the most suitable candidate for recruitment." ”

Bai Li Chu looked at him, half-supported his chin with his hand, and curled the corners of his lips lazily: "You are a virtuous person who does not avoid relatives, it's just that this palace is as you wish." ”

The people of the Criminal Department Shangshu, Li Mu and the Eight Princes' faction almost couldn't believe their ears, and they were instantly overjoyed, and bowed respectfully to Bai Lichu: "Your Highness is wise. ”

And all the ministers are a little confused, this Royal Highness has always been a difficult person to serve, and everyone with a discerning eye knows that the Eighth Prince is the mastermind behind this matter, but His Royal Highness the Regent only relied on a forged letter to determine that the Eighth Prince is not guilty?

The faces of the people of the Du family were all gloomy, they had just used Qiu Yebai's hand to directly confine down the Eighth Prince earlier, and seeing that there was no hope of succession, did they really let him recover like this?

And Du Guogong was busy asking for medical medicine for the Queen Mother these days, and he didn't even participate in the burning of the lamp and the sacrifice to the sky, so they could only look at the third prince Baili Lingyu anxiously, hoping that he could get an idea and say a few words.

And Baili Lingyu stood quietly on the upper left, but he didn't say a word, as if the old monk had settled down.

The people of the Du family were helpless, so they had to look at the floor without saying a word.

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After the meeting was dispersed, everyone left.

Qiu Yebai accompanied Baili Chu back to Mingguang Palace, and at this time she was not in the mood to ask Bai Lichu why she wanted to stay with the Du family, she was only worried about the situation in the frontier.

"Ah Chu, if you release the hundred miles of Lingfeng like this, don't you worry that he will enter the sea and eventually become a big disaster?"

In history, there are many generals who have established themselves as kings with heavy troops after quelling the great rebellion.

Will Baili Lingfeng be willing to return to the court again after quelling the chaos and be restrained everywhere?

Baili Chu walked step by step, and smiled faintly and coolly: "The eighth child is indeed ambitious and capable, but he must pay attention to the right name everywhere, otherwise he will not lurk by the side of the fifth child for so long, and he will dig so many pits for the Du family, he can not come back in southern Xinjiang as soon as possible." ”

When Qiu Yebai heard this, she knew that the ancients had always liked to pay attention to the right name when they sent troops, and if the name was not correct and the words were not good, it was easy to lose the hearts of the army and the people.

Just as the emperor failed in the mutiny, it was because he used troops against his mother, which violated the great filial piety.

But......

She pushed open the door of the inner hall of the Mingguang Palace, and raised her eyebrows and said, "Even if Baili Lingfeng used to be a person who paid attention to righteousness, but this time he was trapped in Kyoto and suffered repeated blows, maybe he wouldn't change his mind in his heart?" ”

If it were her, she would really directly occupy the mountain as the king, and if the name was not right, she would make a one-eyed stone man and bury it in the Yellow River, and then dig it out, learning from the ancients to come to a providence - the stone man has one eye, and provoked the Yellow River to rebel in the world.

It's better than dealing with the big devil Bailichu, as well as those open guns and hidden arrows brought by the Du family!

"Although the eighth child is cunning, he is a 'gentleman' who grew up in the royal orthodoxy, but it is not you who is cunning and despicable." When Baili first heard this, he suddenly stopped his steps towards the inner hall, and looked at Qiu Yebai condescendingly, his eyes were unpredictable: "This palace didn't find Xiaobai, there are so many rebellious moths in your stomach." ”

Akiba Bai choked, clenched his fist in front of his lips, and coughed lightly: "Eh, I've just read some folk tales." ”

She had forgotten that this was the behind-the-scenes ruler of the empire, and she had no respect for the imperial power like her, thinking that the royal family was the same person as herself, and that if she couldn't do a good job of ruling the country, she should step down, and someone should rebel, and she could be regarded as an absolute dangerous element.

Bai Li Chu stretched out his hand and gently stroked her cheek, and his voice was cold: "Rebellion is a big crime, and the Nine Clans will be punished." ”

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