Chapter 288: To Go or Not to Go
Ling Ziyue's correspondence with the Liao State, whether it was an attempt to rebel or treason, was a capital crime of extermination.
There are often scenes of exterminating the nine clans in the script, but in fact, this kind of thing does not happen very often, even if Ling Ziyue is so "serious", he finally sentenced the whole family to copy the lamp, and all the men in the clan were enslaved, and all the women were filled into official prostitutes.
Rong Ma has been protecting his family and country for half his life, but once his family was ruined, which is infinitely embarrassing.
Jiangmen is obviously much more backbone than ordinary people, and few people cry out loud in such a tragic raid, even the children with hanging buns are no exception.
The day of Ling Ziyue's beheading was on the ninth day of the lunar month, and Gao Dazhuang secretly transported the weapon into the plum blossom half a month in advance, and asked An Jiu and others to help at that time.
The tall man put down his sword and left, and the group sat in a circle in the hall, staring silently at the weapons piled on the table.
After a long time, Sui Yunzhu asked, "Do you want to go?" ”
"General Ling is loyal and brave, he is a good minister of the Great Song Dynasty, I will go." Mei Yanran was the first to speak. She has now seen a little more, and is no longer obsessed with the mother-son relationship with Mei Jiu, she even has some regrets, feeling that it is her too much interference in her daughter's life that causes her to send a wisp of fragrance elsewhere.
Li Qingzhi saw Sui Yunzhu looking over, and then said, "You don't need to ask me, I will definitely go!" ”
"We're not going." Zhu Pianqi directly counted Sheng Changying, he didn't know martial arts, so he couldn't help much.
Sui Yunzhu nodded, "What about fourteen?" ”
An Jiu sat with his arms crossed, and raised his eyes slightly when he heard the words, "Go." ”
It's rare to meet a more eye-catching person, and now that they are suffering from grievances, it's not difficult to reach out to help, anyway, they are already prisoners after escaping from the crane control army, they are tall and strong enough to hide for a while, and they can't hide it for a lifetime, and it is a matter of time before they are exposed.
"There is really no heavenly reason, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military. There is no room for General Ling. Li Qingzhi sighed, "If General Ling really wants to commit treason, how can he wait until today?" They don't want to think that once General Ling dies, their good days will come to an end!"
"Actually, General Ling may not be wrong." Sui Yunzhu Road.
"What?" Li Qingzhi glared, as if Sui Yunzhu didn't say a reason today, he would definitely not give up.
Sui Yunzhu said, "His mistake is that he doesn't understand power and politics, and he doesn't know the national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty." ”
Li Qingzhi disagreed, "The national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty are cowardice, and blind people can see it!" ”
"The court does not give money and food. It was not entirely a matter of neglecting the border war, but it was about a temporary need to turn around and collect food and wages. Sui Yunzhu smiled, "General Ling thinks that the treasury is full and is ready to engage in a protracted delaying war with the Liao State, which is not realistic. ”
"Da Song is so poor?" Li Qingzhi was surprised.
Zhu Pianqi interjected, "Of course the Great Song Dynasty is not poor, but the poor is the treasury. The redundant soldiers and redundant officials of the Great Song Dynasty are no longer two days a day, and each official's monthly salary, field products, clothing money, saddle horse fee, charcoal money, and ice money ...... The sum of all is a lot of money, and Da Song has always loved to reward him with a knighthood and a salary promotion. There are many people who receive money in idle positions, and in the end they are rich officials and poor courts. ”
The prosperity of Bianjing is not an exaggeration to say that it is unique in the world. Officials, nobles, merchants, and rich people grabbed a lot of them, but in addition to businessmen, they were either raised by the court or the common people.
Beneath this gorgeous house. The framework is rotten and could collapse at any moment.
"But if the general makes a mistake right now, it is inevitable that the Liao State will not fight back." Li Qingzhi said worriedly.
"No, it won't." Sheng Changying summarized the recent news. "It is reported that the new emperor of the Liao State only stepped into the Ghost Gate Pass not long ago, and the Liao State was dragged by General Ling in the spring and summer of this year to be unable to fully engage in production, this winter will be difficult, the king of the North Courtyard is ambitious, and the Liao State will not choose to counterattack the Great Song Dynasty on a large scale at this juncture."
Ling Ziyue died, and the impact was definitely there, but there were other generals in the Great Song Dynasty, and the entire army would not be suddenly paralyzed because of one less person.
Besides, it has not been a day or two since the emperor wants to remove Ling Ziyue, so there must have been an arrangement.
"But you can't blame General Ling for this!" Li Qingzhi couldn't help but shout for Ling Ziyue, "It's enough for the soldiers to protect their families and defend the country when they are outside, and the redundant soldiers and redundant officials of the Great Song Dynasty have led to the emptiness of the treasury, which is the inappropriate handling of the imperial court, even if General Ling doesn't know, it's not an exaggeration!" ”
Ling Ziyue knew the current situation, and he might be able to temporarily hold back his thoughts on counterattacking the Liao State.
Mei Yanran sighed, "It's okay now!" General Ling's ability to attack Nanjing (Xijin Prefecture) in one fell swoop was a heavy blow to the Liao State, and the Song people at least saw that retaking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was not an unattainable dream. ”
It is precisely because Ling Ziyue has this ability that it is worth the second prince to rescue at all costs.
For him personally, this is not necessarily a bad ending.
"Let's go to the vicinity of the vegetable market to survey the terrain in the next few days, and it's best to have a rescue plan within five days." Sui Yunzhu Road.
An Jiu said, "This rescue is not the main force of our strength, and Gao Dazhuang has not revealed any information, just help in time." ”
They didn't know how to rescue the two princes and the party of Lu Dao, and they couldn't cooperate, so if they accidentally disrupted their plans, it would not be good.
"But I always find it a little weird." Sui Yunzhu said, "We can escape from the deep palace, it must be with the help of external forces, the tall man should not know our details, but why do you still trust us so much?" ”
The second prince wants to rescue the criminal minister in private, can such a major matter be leaked casually?
"Could there be some conspiracy?" Sheng Changying has worked with Gao Dazhuang in the crane control for so many years, and he still understands his temperament, he is not a good stubble.
An Jiu suddenly asked, "Do you have a way to contact Chu Dingjiang?" ”
She had known Chu Dingjiang for so long, and it was only at this moment that she realized that he had always taken the initiative to appear in front of her.
"When I was in the palace, I knew how to contact him, but now I don't know." Sui Yunzhu sighed, "If Lord Chu is here, maybe things will be clearer." ”
Everyone was talking in the hall, and the atmosphere in Mo Sigui's bedroom over there was very strange.
Lou Mingyue's injuries have not yet healed, her cheeks are thin and pale, her cheeks are concave, her cheekbones are bulging, and her two heroic eyebrows fly obliquely into her sideburns, adding a cold and mean meaning to her heroic spirit.
"Thank you this time." Lou Mingyue finally took the initiative to say something to Mo Sigui.
Mo Sigui kept smoking the medicine, the whole person was wrapped in thick smoke, and his figure and face were a little blurred, "Since I have promised, I will not break my promise, if you have any pain in the future, you can come to me." ”
Lou Mingyue was silent, stroking the sword at her waist.
There was silence for a while.
Lou Mingyue's lips moved slightly, wanting to say something, but she couldn't say it after all.
I don't know who once said that people should look forward, not backward. Lou Mingyue also tried to forget the hatred, but she couldn't. (To be continued......)