Chapter 30: Abandoning the Pawn to Protect the Commander

After Song Yao, the king of Changning, arrived at Anxiang City, Chuzhou, he was unexpectedly cheered by the garrison in the city, in fact, after Qin Yong got the king of Changning to personally conquer Chuzhou, he soon issued a military order to garrison the north to prevent the king of Changning from disagreeing, but the war is imminent, the soldiers on the front line can't control so many conspiracies, these men who have been abroad for many years have long been tired of the deceit of the court officials, as far as the current situation is concerned, who can let them escape or prevent the invasion of the northern abandoners, then they will listen to whom, so at this moment Song Yao won before the battle, At least he won the hearts of the people, and Lu Wenzhao beside him also felt extremely happy, the people loved King Changning so much, why worry about the future big things will not happen.

After settling down, Song Yao began to plan how to deal with the Northern Abandoned People, at the moment he did not necessarily need to immediately recapture the occupied city, as long as he blocked the attack of the Northern Abandoned People first, then he would be half victorious. Lu Wenzhao is very experienced in this area, after all, the Xianzhen people back then were warlike nomadic tribes like Beiqi, and Lu Wenzhao gradually grew up in the process of fighting Xianzhen, so he knew the shortcomings of these nomadic tribes, that is, attacking the strong and defending the weak. The nomadic tribes have excellent war horses, so the troops move very fast, and the Northern Abandoned people make full use of this and run around, making the defenders of the Great Abyss defenseless, but the Northern Abandoned people have lived in the extreme northern grasslands for hundreds of years, except for the royal city Snow Wolf City, there are few large-scale cities, and most of them live by water and grass, so they actually don't have much experience in defending the city, although Tulan Bingmu has been plotting for many years, even if there are many deployments to defend the city, but after all, these things are difficult to accumulate in a short period of time, and they are sure of this, Lu Wenzhao suggested that Song Yao should be stationed in Fancheng, Yaoshui and other places that had not yet been occupied by the northern outcasts, so as to curb the southward momentum of the northern outcasts, and on the other hand, send heavy troops to attack Chushan to test the ability of the northern abandoners to defend the city.

Song Yao thought so deeply and decided to do so.

Turan Bingmu and Turan Gurou and others are stationed in Qingyuan, which is also the place where the main force of the North Abandonment is located, in the face of an unknown opponent, they are not sure what the other party will do, although at the moment they have secretly shifted the focus of the attack to Tongzhou, but in any case, they can't wait for the rabbit in Chuzhou, so after discussing with Qiu Xinzhi and others, Turan Bingmu decided to continue to wave his army south, to see how the King of Changning and Lu Wenzhao will react.

Tulan Bingmu did not expect that since the Changning King Song Yao came to Chuzhou, the Chuzhou defenders were greatly boosted, although they captured two cities, but they also suffered a lot of casualties, what he did not expect was that Song Yao personally led the army, captured Chushan, and intended to continue to attack the city in the north, in order to form a siege for himself, on the contrary, he must pass through Fancheng, Yaoshui has increased a lot of troops overnight, if he wants to continue to advance, he will inevitably suffer from the enemy, in desperation, he has to retreat to Qingyuan to defend, The situation in Chuzhou in front of him also had to be reconsidered, but the more he admired Qiu Xinzhi at this time, the reason why Qiu Xinzhi chose to focus on attacking Tongzhou from the beginning was naturally because he thought that if he directly attacked Chuzhou, he would inevitably encounter Lu Shoufu, this Lu Shoufu is much more difficult to deal with than the imperial court, if it weren't for Qiu Xinzhi, the North Abandon people would definitely be as rampant as in the past at this moment, the victory or defeat is all up to God's will, where there will be a strategy, so although Chuzhou was blocked, it did not affect his mood very much, Because he firmly believes that Tongzhou can bring him good news.

Sure enough, seven days after Tulan Bingmu retreated to Qingyuan, good news came from Tongzhou, Tulan Wukao first brought Tulan Boxiu from Molan Pass to the customs, and even Ke Tongzhou Twelve Towns, squeezing all the remaining defenders of Tongzhou to the border of Youzhou, and now there is only Youzhou as a barrier between the North Abandoners and the Imperial City of Zhongzhou.

King Changning won the first battle, he was very happy, and the soldiers and civilians of Chuzhou also seemed to see the dawn, but the fall of Tongzhou cast a shadow on his originally good mood, he didn't understand what happened to Dayuan now, it seemed that there were gaps everywhere, and the barbarians who used to grovel in front of Dayuan were now taking what they wanted, but Jiao Liansong comforted: "The prince only needs to take care of the war in Chuzhou, and don't worry about Tongzhou." ”

"Tongzhou is the important land in the north of my Great Abyss, and now it has fallen into the hands of the Northern Abandonment Barbarians, how can this king not worry?"

"Lord Wang, some words may not be heard, but they do have some use for the prince, and I ask the prince to be forgiving."

"You say."

"Tongzhou's Yunlu general Cai Qi is Qin Yong's protégé, now he has lost Tongzhou, he is guilty of escaping, but how can Qin Yong, who protects him, get out of the relationship, Qin Yong for his own selfish interests, exclude dissidents, and even trap the prince in disloyalty and injustice, this defeat is really karma, on the contrary, the prince you won the first battle in Chuzhou, preventing the offensive of the northern abandoners, who is right and wrong, the people of the world are free and judged, so the subordinates think that the more Qin Yong's people lose the place, the more the world will know the good of the prince."

Hearing Jiao Lian Song say this, Song Yao secretly felt very reasonable, the more incompetent this Qin Yong is, the more useful he will be, it is Qin Yong's fault that Tongzhou is lost, and his Chuzhou can be used to let his father and the people of the world know who is the sinner who endangers the court.

"What does Mr. mean now?"

"Lord Wang, if his subordinates are not mistaken, the people of the North will never fight hard with the prince in Chuzhou, on the contrary, they have occupied most of Tongzhou, and they will definitely make a big fuss there, the prince does not need to worry too much, as long as he guarantees that he can hold Chuzhou, the hearts of the people in the world will naturally fall to the prince."

Song Yao paced back and forth, thought for a while, and said: "Mr. is reasonable, besides, even if this king is worried, he can't do anything about the affairs of Tongzhou, so for now, stabilize the war in Chuzhou before making plans." ”

In the face of the war in Tongzhou, the most helpless is naturally Qin Yong, he never expected that the attack of the Northern Abandoned People would be so disorderly, back and forth, it was easy to completely disrupt the defense of Dayuan in the north, and more importantly, the King of Changning had just arrived in Chuzhou and won a battle, how could he clear himself in front of the emperor? He wanted to see if he could transfer some reinforcements from Anzhou, but over the years, Anzhou has Tongzhou in the east and Jingzhou in the west, and Anzhou's troops have long been divided by these two states, and the few remaining garrisons are more aggressive than the North Abandoners, which is a drop in the bucket, so how is it good, think about it, there is no other way at the moment, but to concentrate on defending Youzhou, if Youzhou falls, then he will have no way to live, and what's worse is that some ministers in the DPRK have reminded the emperor intentionally or unintentionally to reward King Changning, In order to appease him to concentrate on suppressing the enemy in Chuzhou, this is not a good thing for him, if the king of Changning continues to win, the situation in the DPRK and China will inevitably change. At this time, Queen Qin Mu kept begging her to find a way to keep the prince's country, which made him even more headache, Qi Ningyu kept comforting Qin Mu on the side, saying that as long as the prime minister and General Ran were there, no one could enter the imperial city. She naturally has her purpose in saying this, now that the situation is so grim, Qin Yong didn't mention that he wanted Ran Mingli to go north, and he would definitely not leave Tai'an as a last resort, and if he thought about it, it would be impossible for him to return to Jingzhou, so Wei Rong could take action at this moment.

Soon, Qi Ningyu handed over the news, An Yingdong couldn't help but laugh after getting the news, for hundreds of years, his people have never had such a good opportunity, and now this day has long been a mess, and it is better to do nothing at this time.

Zhong Jie has also been working in the army for a while, and at this time he also came to the house to tell An Yingdong a better news.

"After verification by many subordinates, Dayuan's strength has bottomed out."

"Oh, tell me about it."

"According to what Qin Xiang said, there should be nearly 400,000 troops in the north of Dayuan, but according to the supply of grain and grass and the supply of weapons, except for the soldiers of Dayuan who were killed by the northern abandoners, the troops hoarded in Zhongzhou are only 200,000 at most, and there are more than 100,000 people on the border of Chongqing to guard Cheng Jinshang, in addition, after Ran Mingli returned to Tai'an, Qin Xiang has secretly transferred back the defenders of Jingzhou in batches, and now the defenders stationed in Jingzhou are only 40,000 at most. Therefore, after he was transferred to Jingzhou, the soldiers of Jingzhou were quite critical of him, and today's Jingzhou can be said to be centrifuged up and down, and military discipline is lax. ”

"Great, what about the Tai'an military defense?"

"Tai'an originally had 280,000 Gyeonggi Guards, and more than half of the 100,000 people transferred by the Prince Southern Expedition were lost, so with the addition of more than 60,000 people transferred back from Jingzhou, Tai'an is now ......."

At this time, An Yingdong suddenly made a silent movement, looked out of the window with sharp eyes, paused slightly, and then rushed out like an arrow from the string, he chased all the way until he disappeared at the end of the corridor.

And Zhang Zhao, who was hiding in a room in the aisle at the moment, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, although An Yingdong found that someone was eavesdropping, but at this moment he had already chased the direction. But he didn't think about another question, how the usually gentle An Yingdong found him.

Seeing that An Yingdong was gone, Zhang Zhaoyi decided to report Zhong Jie's conversation with him to Qin Xiang as soon as possible, just opened the door and leaned out, An Yingdong actually stood in front of the door, Zhang Zhaoyi couldn't help but be smart, An Yingdong bullied forward, and closed the door, Zhang Zhaoyi had never seen such an imposing An Yingdong on weekdays, so he couldn't help but take a few steps back, but after all, he was the guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and a person with strong martial arts, and after a few steps back, he stopped and confronted An Yingdong.

"Escort Zhang, did you hear everything?" An Yingdong said coldly.

"Yes, Qin Xiang originally thought that it was just this Zhong Jie who had different intentions, who would have thought that Mr. An was also single-minded, Qin Xiang treated you well, but you privately instructed Zhong Jie to listen to the military situation and peep into my Dayuan secrets, what are your intentions?" Zhang Zhaoyi's momentum gradually rose.

"Treat me thinly? Maybe Qin Xiang didn't believe the old man at all, if the old man didn't guess wrong, the inexplicable poisoning of Cheng Jinshang's tens of thousands of troops in Yuzhou back then was also secretly instructed by Qin Xiang to do it, right? ”

"What, Mr. An is feeling sorry for Cheng Jinshang, could it be that Mr. An is Cheng Jinshang's person?"

"Hahahaha, Zhang Zhaoyi, Zhang Zhaoyi, there are many things you don't know, because of your actions in Yuzhou, you almost ruined the old man's big thing, and today you found out the old man's secrets, do you know, if a person knows too much, he often lives shortly, but I don't know something, where did you get the poison you used in Yuzhou?"

"I have long heard that Mr. is not only good at calculation, but also good at using poison, so I took some from Mr. Hahaha, An Yingdong, you are right, Qin Yong has never completely trusted anyone, including you, now it seems that Xiangye's caution is naturally justified, otherwise how would I find out about your wolf ambitions. ”

"I'm sorry Zhang Guard, Qin Xiang has to continue to choose to believe me, as for you, I'm afraid that today is the end of your life."

"You are a sour scholar, you are so arrogant, looking for death." After saying that, Zhang Zhaoyi buckled an eagle claw towards An Yingdong, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of An Yingdong's mouth, and he turned sideways to avoid Zhang Zhaoyi's attack.

Zhang Zhaoyi was surprised when he missed a move, and exclaimed: "It turns out that you know martial arts, who are you?" ”

"You'll never know." Speaking of taking the initiative to attack Zhang Zhaoyi, his shot was as fast as a storm, Zhang Zhaoyi felt that something was wrong when he dealt with it slightly, he was eager to find an opportunity to jump out of the door but was blocked back by An Yingdong, and before he could gain a firm foothold, An Yingdong immediately bullied forward, and slapped his head with a palm, Zhang Zhaoyi stretched out his hand to resist, An Yingdong did not avoid it and pressed it down directly, and at the same time, the other hand also condensed the palm wind to attack Zhang Zhaoyi's chest, in a panic, Zhang Zhaoyi had to reach out and connect hard, and the two palms met, Zhang Zhaoyi only felt that the opponent's palm was like a thousand catties of boulders hitting his palm, and in an instant, the bones were broken, and he was hit in the chest, with a muffled snort, Zhang Zhaoyi hit the stone wall with a "bang" of the catapulted bullet stone, and then rolled to the ground, only to feel a stuffiness in the chest, and a mouthful of blood gushed out.

"You...... You...... Who are you, come ...... "At this time, Zhang Zhaoyi couldn't even hear his own voice.......

An Yingdong slowly moved forward, squatted down in front of Zhang Zhaoyi, and said coldly: "Zhang Huwei, farewell." After that, he grabbed Zhang Zhaoyi's neck with his hand, only to hear the "click", and poor Zhang Zhaoyi was out of breath.

An Yingdong got up, patted the dust on his body, and went out only after making sure that there was no one outside the door.

Seeing An Yingdong, Zhong Jie hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Zhang Zhaoyi."

"What? Didn't he hear it? ”

"Rest assured, he'll never speak again." An Yingdong said coldly.

"Zhang Zhaoyi is Qin Yong's personal guard, he came to inquire about you and me, naturally he was instructed by Qin Yong, the hall master killed him, so how do we end up?" Zhong Jie is very anxious.

"You forgot what the old man said, you can only call Mr. at any time." An Yingdong's eyes were suddenly extremely sharp, and Zhong Jie trembled.

"Yes, yes, my subordinates are anxious for a while, then, sir, what should we do now?" Zhong Jie couldn't help but start to break out in a cold sweat.

"If the old man doesn't even have this little preparation, what is the big deal, Qin Yong just doesn't fully trust me, but he doesn't have too many doubts about me, listen to Zhang Zhaoyi's words, he came to secretly probe you this time, so you can't stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion now, you hurry up and write a letter, just write 'The prince is in danger, please rest assured', and then leave here quickly, the old man will arrange for someone to answer outside, and then they will take you to reunite with your family."

"This ......"

"Don't worry, since you have joined my sect, you are my people, and the old man will not regret what he promised you before, you can rest assured, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Yes." Zhong Jie agreed in fear.

After Zhong Jie wrote the letter and left the mansion, An Yingdong came to the place where Zhang Zhaoyi was buried, took out the dagger he carried with him, protected his heart with his left hand, compared it, and inserted it hard, the dagger pierced the palm of his left hand and pierced it into his heart, and then ran out of the door, shouting for help, and shouting to catch Zhong Jie.

The guards in the palace rushed to the scene, and couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene, An Yingdong was not in a hurry to treat his injuries, but held the guards with one hand and shouted: "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Qin Yong was resting in the mansion, and when he heard that An Yingdong was injured, he immediately went out to check, and saw a dagger piercing An Yingdong's left hand and chest together, Qin Yong was shocked and asked, "Mr. An, what's the matter?" ”

"Qin Xiang, Zhong Jie, Zhong Jie......" immediately fell to the ground.

"Hurry up, stop the bleeding for Mr. An." Qin Yong was really a little flustered.

An Yingdong struggled hard, and said weakly: "Qin Xiang, his subordinates bumped into Zhong Jie with a carrier pigeon in the house, so he went to check, but he was unexpectedly stopped by him, and his subordinates noticed that Zhong Jie was hiding something in his hands, so he snatched it over, and was about to check, this Zhong Jie suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed it directly, and his subordinates didn't know how to do kung fu so they had to block it with their hands, so he was stabbed like this, he wanted to commit another crime, but he was stopped by the Zhang guards who rushed over, and the poor Zhang guards were also beaten to the ground by him, and the subordinates desperately called for help, Zhong Jie saw that the situation was not good, so he fled. ”

"Where's Guardian Zhang?"

"When the guards in the mansion arrived, Escort Zhang had been beaten to the ground, and his subordinates were holding the letter snatched from Zhong Jie's body, the matter was urgent, and they came straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I don't know how Escort Zhang's situation was." After that, he handed the blood-stained letter to Qin Yong.

When he opened the letter, Qin Yong was furious, but he just didn't know whether the prince in the letter was Cheng Jinshang or Song Yao, he wanted to ask again, but he saw that An Yingdong's hand and heart were still connected by a dagger, so he asked An Yingdong to treat his injuries first.

After An Yingdong's injury stabilized, Qin Yong came to the window and said, "This minister has ordered the criminal department to issue a sea arrest document to Zhong Jie, how is Mr.'s injury?" ”

Lang Zhong said that it was okay that his subordinates blocked one with their hands first, otherwise...... By the way, how is Zhang Huwei? ”

"Escort Zhang didn't survive, I didn't expect this Zhong Jie to hide so deeply, he could kill the personal guard of his true appearance, and his martial arts are absolutely incomparable." There was no anger in Qin Yong's tone, only a kind of helplessness, a deep helplessness.

At this time, An Yingdong struggled to get up, knelt down in front of Qin Yong, and blamed himself: "Prime Minister, this Zhang Zhaoyi was reused by you back then, all because of the recommendation of his subordinates, so now the situation is all unknown to his subordinates, Zhang Huwei also died for saving me, his subordinates are guilty, please punish the prime minister." ”

"Alas, you get up, back then, I also ordered you to recommend available people, not to mention, this Zhong Jie is likely to be bought later, and the people from the Criminal Department have found tens of thousands of taels of gold in his house, over the years, Zhong Jie, a villain, is afraid that he has done a lot of betrayal of me." Qin Yong's tone slowly began to become a little angry again.

"Prime Minister, this Zhong Jie has been involved in military affairs recently, presumably he has stolen a lot of secrets, this person must not be able to live." An Yingdong said worriedly.

"By the way, why does this Zhong Jie use carrier pigeons in your house?"

"That's the case, because Zhong Jie has been serving in Yuzhou for several years, and his wife and daughter are in his hometown, his house in Tai'an City has no other similar people except a few servants, and there is nothing else in the house, because the subordinate house has been raising carrier pigeons for many years, this prime minister you also know, plus his subordinates have recommended him to the grace, this private relationship is also very good, over the years, Zhong Jie every time he returns to Tai'an to report on his work, and his wife and children at home are to borrow carrier pigeons from his subordinates, earlier today, he suddenly came to visit, Asked me about some things about the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his subordinates didn't care about it at that time, so he told him the truth, including saying that because of the abandonment of the north and the south, the prince and Qin Xiang were very anxious, and asked him to think of more ways to solve the worries of the Prime Minister, he was full of promises, and after a while, he said that there were some things to be written with his wife at home, and he needed to borrow the carrier pigeons in the subordinate house, and the subordinates naturally agreed, but afterwards he remembered that he had only written a letter to his home yesterday, and he went to check on his doubts, Zhong Jie looked very flustered after seeing his subordinates, The subordinates suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Xiangye had raised doubts about Zhong Jie, so he pretended to test him why he wanted to contact his family so frequently, but this Zhong Jie became more and more panicked, and his subordinates took advantage of his unpreparedness, grabbed the letter and wanted to find out, but he was fierce and pulled out a dagger to assassinate me, and his subordinates panicked and wanted to call for help, but he was stabbed by a knife, and his hand hurt, so he had to promise to return the letter to him, while retreating, and then he was forced into the room to recapture the letter, he wanted to kill me, but was stopped by the sudden appearance of Zhang guards, Only then did his subordinates call the guards and flee to the Prime Minister's Mansion. An Yingdong explained with some weakness.

"I see, this Zhong Jie is really hateful, not only hurt Mr., but also killed the guards of the prime minister, if he is not caught, the prime minister will not be a man."

"Prime minister, his subordinates are incompetent, his subordinates are guilty, please punish the prime minister."

"Okay, I can't bear you for this matter, Mr. take care of your injuries, and you still have some things to deal with." With that, he got up and left.

After going out, Qin Yong asked the guards beside him, "How is it?" ”

"What Mr. An said is consistent with the scene of the crime, there are blood stains in the place where the carrier pigeons are kept, and it extends all the way to the place where Zhang Huwei died." The guard said.

"Okay, you take care of Mr. An first, and in addition, send someone to the Criminal Department, and make sure they find Zhong Jie." Qin Yong commanded.

Naturally, things will not end here, Qin Yong has been thinking about who the "prince" on the letter is, in his opinion, this person is mostly Cheng Jinshang, because Zhong Jie fell into the hands of Cheng Jinshang twice and got out safely, if there is no stake, it is impossible, but think about it carefully, this letter mentions the "prince" again, and now the most concerned about the prince is naturally Song Yao, the king of Changning, thinking about it left and right, Qin Yong is difficult to determine, this is also the result that An Yingdong wants, he wants to let Qin Yong be surrounded by himself, tired of coping, Finally, there was a request for him.

Sure enough, now all the troubles have already overwhelmed Qin Yong, he finally has to come up with an idea for him, and after An Yingdong's injury is almost healed, Qin Yong passed it to him and asked about the prince mentioned in the letter.

"No matter which prince it is, this Zhong Jie must be a spy, why should Prime Minister Qin be obsessed with this?"

"The prime minister naturally has the worries of the true phase, if it is Cheng Jinshang, it will not hurt, but if it is the king of Changning, it is another matter."

"The subordinates are stupid, and I hope that Qin Xiang will make it clear."

"Think about it, now this Song Yao is in Chuzhou with the excuse of being framed by the prime minister to solicit people's hearts everywhere, expand his power, and wait for the opportunity to bring down the prince, if Zhong Jie has always been his person, then many important things in the prime minister's mansion and the deployment of this army can let him know, he will definitely take this opportunity to make a big fuss and counterattack Tai'an, and when the time comes, won't the prime minister make a wedding dress for others when he is planning for His Royal Highness the prince?"

An Yingdong smiled secretly in his heart, when is it, why is this Qin Yong still so obsessed with the battle for the throne, but he said: "Qin Xiang doesn't have to worry too much about this problem, think about it, if Zhong Jie really got any major secrets, he would have passed it on to King Changning a long time ago, but until now, this King of Changning has not moved, presumably Zhong Jie has not obtained any valuable news, besides, the prince is set by His Majesty himself, even if he King Changning has thousands of reasons, if he dares to rebel, he will inevitably be defined as a traitor by the world." , why is Qin Xiang so worried? ”

"Mr. I don't know, since the king of Changning went to Chuzhou, the first battle was won, the people of Chuzhou, the soldiers began to look at him differently, Tongzhou Yunlu general Cai Qi did not dare to come back to see me after the fall of Tongzhou, so he gathered people and horses and ran to Chuzhou, but was killed by the king of Changning on the grounds of disadvantage in battle, he killed Cai Qi not only did not make the Chuzhou soldiers cold, but the morale was greatly boosted, and there was more determination to kill the enemy to the death, sir, you think about it, Cai Qi is the true person, he dares to kill, he not only killed, but also used this to attract people's hearts, This King of Changning is not simple, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before he can fight against the crown prince. ”

"It's not that complicated."

"Oh, what's your idea?"

"Qin Xiang, the king of Changning sent troops to Chuzhou obviously not only for the purpose of protecting the territory, he wanted to use this to attract people's hearts and minds to break hands with the prince and Qin Xiang, and in the end, it was not for the thousand-pound dragon chair in the Qianming Palace, but since he wanted to deal with the Northern Abandoned People, he would give him a chance."

"Why is that?"

An Yingdong smiled and said: "Isn't Qin Xiang having no idea about the Northern Abandoned People recently, and now there is a person who wants to fight with the Northern Abandoned People so strongly, why should the prime minister not fulfill him, and he also threw a hot potato." ”

"But if this King of Changning really did it, what if it was good?"

"The prime minister is too worried, the people of the north have been dormant for hundreds of years, and now the king of the north has been holding him hostage in the abyss for more than ten years, enduring humiliation, and now he is unified in the north, his strength and ambition can be dealt with by a king of Changning? What's more, Turan Bingmu also has the assistance of Qiu Xinzhi, the ghost genius of Dayuan, and now the prime minister only needs to ensure that the defenders of Dayuan hold Zhongzhou and block the pace of the northern abandoners going south, in addition, isn't the king of Changning going to guard the territory, Qin Xiangda can ask for an order, let him justifiably lead the Bozhou army to confront the northern abandoners, if he wins, it will also be a tragic victory, Qin Xiang still has the merit of employing people, if he loses, the king of Changning will naturally no longer be a threat, if he does not go, then all his previous generous statements are fooling the people, and the world will know at a glance. So no matter what, the prime minister won't lose. ”

"Hahaha, Mr. is really clever, his appearance is really confused, he should have consulted Mr. a long time ago, why did he delay it here, hahaha, okay, then do it according to Mr. 's wishes, this minister will enter the palace to ask for an order, and let the king of Changning take the Bozhou army to resist the northern abandoners."

Sure enough, Qin Yong entered the palace to ask for an order, this Song Ji didn't have the heart to care about this, and when he heard that there was a way to deal with the northern abandoners, he agreed.

Soon, the holy decree was delivered to Chuzhou, which really made Song Yao and Lu Wenzhao stunned, how did they know that this Qin Yong was so weird, and the two of them naturally knew that it would be so simple to deal with the Northern Abandoners, they just wanted to take this opportunity to embarrass Qin Yong, but they never thought that Qin Yong would actually plan it, thinking that this old fox was really cunning and cunning.

But Jiao Liansong, who was in his hall, knew that he knew the news from Tai'an before the holy decree was delivered to Chuzhou, and he received clear instructions.

Jiao Lian Song suggested that Song Yao take over the holy decree first according to Tai'an's intentions, and promised to lead the troops to deal with Beiqi, but privately he could use the excuse that Beiqi occupied several border towns in Chuzhou, and he needed to relieve the danger of Chuzhou before turning to Tongzhou, so as to force the main force of the Beiqi people in Tongzhou to continue to attack Zhongzhou, so as to continue to put pressure on Qin Yong and disintegrate the military power in his hands.

Compared with the turbulent undercurrent in the north, Yuzhou is like a prosperous age, entering October, the weather in Yuzhou is gradually getting cooler, and there are more and more pedestrians on the street.

"Mu'er, my father has something to tell you."

"If you have anything to say, Daddy just say it."

"Look, your mother went early, and your father finally pulled you up, you are over eighteen years old, and your father is thinking if it is time to find you a good family, and if you want to delay it any longer, your mother doesn't come to scold me in her dreams every day?"

"Dad, why did you suddenly talk about this matter, now that this army is in chaos, where to find a good family, besides, Mu'er doesn't want to get married, I want to be by my father's side every day." Su Mu said coquettishly.

"What do you say, how can there be a daughter who grows up and doesn't get married, but don't worry, being a father won't embarrass you, you will personally see those who come to the door to propose marriage, who you fancie, who will promise you as a father, what do you think?"

"It's not good, I said I won't marry."

"Not married? Then you tell Daddy, do you have someone you like? ”

"This, Dad, why did you suddenly think of this matter today, now that the war is in chaos, can you talk about this matter later?"

"Later? Do you have to wait until the world is peaceful? You are so naïve, this battle will be fought for ten or eight years, and no one will want to marry you when you want. ”

"Hmph, that's exactly what my daughter wants." Su Mu said arrogantly.

"Alas, you ......"

"Shhhh

"Which Nie guard, dad will tell you the right thing."

"It's the Nie guard next to Miss Qu." It turned out that this Su Mu saw Nie Qingyun leading a few people into an alley, her expression was a little hurried, she couldn't help but remember what she had said to Tao Chenmo, and felt a little suspicious.

"What's so strange about this, Miss Qu is the advisor of King Ning'an, and some people around her are not normal?"

"It's not normal to go and see it, let's go." After saying that, Su Mu pulled Su Zhen and followed, talking with no one along the way.

As Nie Qingyun and the others entered an alley, but no one was seen anymore, Su Mu searched left and right, but there was still no trace, she scratched her head, and prepared to leave with Su Zhen.

As soon as she turned into another alley, she saw Nie Qingyun coming towards her, Su Mu felt a thrill in her heart, and thought that she would be discovered, but she reacted very quickly, and hurriedly pulled Su Zhen and said: "Daddy, you don't have to worry about your daughter's marriage, isn't your daughter just turning eighteen, why are you so anxious." ”

Su Zhen continued: "Just turned eighteen? You're almost nineteen, can you not be in a hurry as a father? ”

"Ouch, Nie Guard, are you also out for a walk?" Su Mu raised his head and pretended to see Nie Qingyun.

Nie Qingyun bowed slightly and said, "The girl is also taking a walk here?" ”

"Ah, yes, the weather has cooled a lot these days, and it's rare to have time to go out for a walk with my father, and I've been staying in the house, and people are getting moldy." Su Mu said with a smile.

"Oh, I see, I also saw that this alley was elegant, so I came in and took a look, girl, please." Nie Qingyun said casually.

"Oh, that's okay, Nie Guard is busy with you, let's go back this way." After that, he pulled Su Zhen and walked forward, and continued to talk about marriage intentionally or unintentionally.

Nie Qingyun saw Su Mu and the others go away, looked sideways at the place where they came out just now, and saw that Su Mu didn't look back, so he left directly.

Walking out of the alley, Su Mu quickly patted his chest and said, "I'm scared to death." ”

"Mu'er, what's wrong with you, is there anything wrong with this Nie guard?"

"No, my daughter just thinks that this Nie guard always gives people a very oppressive feeling, it's okay, it's okay, let's go back first."

Back at the residence, Su Mu still had some doubts in her heart, she wanted to go to Tao Chenmo to talk, but after thinking about it, she would wait and say, just at this time Su Zhen came to say that someone would come to the door tomorrow to propose, so that she could prepare to prepare, so that she could judge and judge behind the scenes, Su Mu thought about it, it seemed that this family could not stay, and on the second day, she packed some ginseng fruits, and went directly to the general's mansion.

When he entered the mansion, he saw Wu Changqing busy in the courtyard from a distance, and when he saw Su Mu, Wu Changqing put down the things in his hand and said with a smile: "Miss Su is early, what is this for?" ”

"Oh, this is some of my newly picked ginseng fruits recently, and I specially brought some for Mr. Wu." Su Mu also smiled.

"It doesn't look like it brought me." Wu Changqing stretched out his hand and pretended to flip through it, and continued, "How can the girl be willing to bring me such a good thing, I see, this is for General Tao, right?" ”

Su Mu's face was slightly red, but she was also used to the usual jokes of everyone in this mansion, tilted her head slightly, and said: "Today, I really brought some for Manager Wu, if the manager doesn't want it, forget it, I'll give it to others." "Let's go.

"Alas, Miss Su, I'm kidding, is there really mine?"

"Nope." Su Mu continued.

"Alas, I said, Miss Su, you're not kind, why did you say no, didn't say yes?"

Su Mu smiled slightly and said, "I'm kidding you, then, look, this is the wild ginseng I picked in the mountains outside the city some time ago, remember, find two black chickens to stew, good things." After that, he really took a few wild ginseng sticks for Wu Changqing.

"Ouch, thank you Miss Su, thank you Miss Su." Wu Changqing is really happy, since this Su Mu came, he and the people in the house have always been able to eat some good things from time to time, and they can also learn a lot of ways to nourish their body and qi from her, so everyone also likes this Su Mu very much. Staring at the ginseng in his hand, Wu Changqing was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, suddenly reacted again, and continued, "Oh, General Tao should have just finished his morning exercise, girl, please." ”

Su Mu smiled slightly and entered the inner courtyard.

Seeing Su Mu, Tao Chenmo felt that this day was really a good start.

"Miss Su is early, have you ever had breakfast?"

"Ah, I've used it, I've used it, I've been collecting medicine outside the city these days, and I found some ginseng fruits by the way, so I thought about taking some with the general." Seeing Tao Chenmo, Su Mu secretly felt a little nervous.

"Oh? The girl has a heart, but I'm afraid that this Wu Changqing will get cheap again, right? Tao Chenmo smiled and took the things in Su Mu's hand.

"I did bring some for Mr. Wu."

"Don't you know, since you arrived in the army, these people have been spoiled, and they always think about getting some exotic fruits from you from time to time."

"The general and the soldiers have saved my father and me, and they take good care of us on weekdays, and Su Mu can't help kill the enemy in battle, so I can only find something to eat, so it's not a big deal."

Tao Chenmo smiled slightly and said, "As long as the girl doesn't dislike this group of rough men, the general's mansion welcomes the girl at any time." ”

Su Mu straightened a few strands of hair on his sideburns, and suddenly didn't know what to say, seeing Tao Chenmo looking at him, he suddenly remembered that he was here to do something, so he said: "By the way, general, I came to say something to the general, but I don't know if I think too much." ”

"About Miss Qu or the princess?"

"It's the Nie guard next to Miss Qu."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Yesterday, when I went out with my father, I accidentally saw Nie Escort and a few people go to an alley near Zhanlu Street, this is not strange, but these people are dressed more like people from the West, I remembered some of Nie Guard's previous actions, so I followed, but in the blink of an eye, I disappeared, and I was looking for Nie Escort to meet him, so I pretended to pass by and exchanged a few words with him and left."

"Then is this Nie Qingyun embarrassed for you?" Tao Chenmo asked a little eagerly.

"Not really, but I don't know if he'll be suspicious."

"I'm not a suspicious person, it's just that this Nie Qingyun is really incomprehensible, Miss Su, if you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, don't be reckless, if I am in the house, you will report me, if I am not there, you should not ask too much, and don't say much, you yourself should be more careful." Tao Chenmo is like a sincere teaching.

"Yes." Su Mu nodded and replied.

"Isn't that thinking too much?" Su Mu then asked.

Tao Chenmo waved his hand and said: "It's strange to say, I also vaguely feel that this Nie Qingyun is a little too cautious, this Yuzhou City is all the people of the King of Ning'an, since Miss Qu has come out of the mountain to help, Nie Qingyun as her escort does not need to be so careful everywhere, not to mention, even if there is a court or a spy in Bozhou in this city, the primary target of these people must be the prince and me and other generals, Miss Qu is behind the scenes, and will not bear the brunt." ”

"What then?"

"In this way, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore, and don't mention it to others again, if someone with ulterior motives knows about it, they will say that we are watching out for Miss Qu, which will hurt the harmony of my colleagues, and I will find a way to find out."

"Well, in that case, I'm ...... Then I'll take my leave. ”

"Girl busy?"

Su Mu said embarrassedly: "Actually, oops, General Tao, can you do me a favor?" ”

"Girl, please speak."

"I ...... I don't know how to talk about this, and can the general keep it a secret for me? Su Mu became more and more embarrassed.

Tao Chenmo couldn't help laughing and said: "What is it that makes our magic hand doctor so difficult, let's talk about it, see if I can help you." ”

"Actually, hey, in fact, my father doesn't know what happened recently, and he has to receive some messy people to come to the door to propose, and someone will come to the door today, so can the general help me arrange some things to do first, so that I can avoid the limelight?" Su Mu mustered up the courage to finish in one breath.

"What, come to the door?" Tao Chen stood up from his seat suddenly.

His reaction was a little intense, which made Su Mu a little surprised, at this time, Tao Chen felt that he was a little out of shape, cleared his throat, and then sat down slowly, suddenly felt funny, and said, "Why is Ling Tang suddenly in a hurry to marry you?" ”

"I don't understand this either, maybe it's because Yuzhou is too stable, and my father is in a panic." Su Mu said a little angrily.

"Oh, that, that, even if the girl doesn't go back, since ancient times, marriage has been the order of her parents, what if Ling Tang agreed to it in private?"

"But I don't have to worry about this, my father has loved me very much since I was a child, and he will definitely not force me to marry someone I don't like."

"Then, that's it, cough cough, the army just needs a batch of Panax notoginseng and Crane grass and so on, you go to the army to find Wang Liyang, just say I'll let you go, and let him arrange for you to adopt it with the military medical officer."

"Great, the folk girl thanked the general." Su Mu smiled leisurely and went.

Tao Chenmo had been steady, with a smile on his face, and only when he was sure that Su Mu was out of the door did he shout: "Wu Changqing, Wu Changqing!" ”

Wu Changqing, who was in the courtyard, had never seen Tao Chenmo so eager, so he immediately ran in and asked with concern, "General, what's wrong?" ”

"You hurry up to Su's house, invite Mr. Su Zhen over, and say I'm sick."

"Huh? The general didn't just finish his morning exercise, what's wrong? ”

"No, he's a doctor, and you can see that I'm not sick, oops, anyway, you have to find something to do for him today."

"What's the matter, what's the matter, General?"

"Wu Changqing, I will let you do it, you will do it, no matter what, let him come to the general's mansion or go to the army, anyway, you have to find something for him to do, it's best to do it for a day."

"Huh?"

"Ahhhh Why don't you go soon? ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Wu Changqing was confused, but it was rare to see Tao Chenmo so eager, so he had to agree, turned around and prepared to go out.

Tao Chen stopped him again and ordered, "Don't let him know that Ben will let you do this, otherwise Ben will not be able to spare you." ”

"Huh? Ah, okay, don't worry, general, let's do it. Wu Changqing looked innocent.

The more Wu Changqing thought about it on the way to Su Mansion, the more wrong it became, this Su Mu had just left the General's Mansion, why did his own general suddenly act like this, but what can be done, since his general has ordered it down, he has to do it.

When I came to Su's house, I saw two people dressed as matchmakers waiting at the door, and a few people around me carrying some box gifts.

"What are you doing here?"

"What? Kiss, young man, you're not here to say goodbye to others, are you? ”

"Propose?" Thinking of Tao Chenmo's strange performance this morning, Wu Changqing suddenly understood, "My mother, alas, this is okay, Mr. Su, Mr. Su." Wu Changqing howled all the way and ran in.

When he came to the front of the hall, he saw that there was still a matchmaker sitting in the room, Wu Changqing cleared his throat and shouted, "Mr. Su, what are you doing here?" Oops, it's a hurry. ”

"Manager Wu, what's the matter so anxious, isn't Mu'er in trouble?"

"Mr. Su, there is an urgent matter in this general's mansion, why do you still have the heart to be here, hey, you can come with me."

"What the hell is going on, I'm here, I'm still here."

"The general's mansion is urgently called, ah no, the army is urgently called, Mr. Su wants to go to the army with this officer, you will come again next time, ah no, don't come in the future, there have been many things in the army recently, and medical officers are needed, Mr. Su has been requisitioned." Wu Changqing said as he pulled Su Zhen out of the door.

"Manager Wu, why are you in such a hurry, isn't there another war?"

"Sir, don't ask, I, I don't know anything now, just come with me."

"Huh?"

Wu Changqing couldn't help it, so he had to think about it while walking, racking his brains, and then he remembered that he had heard Wang Liyang say that the army was about to collect a batch of medicinal materials, and it was just right to use Su Pillow at this time, so he arranged for Su Pillow to go to the army.

Su Zhen had just stepped into the barracks and happened to meet his daughter Su Mu.

"Why are you here?" The two asked in unison.

"Didn't you go to the General's Mansion? Why did you come to this barracks again? Su Zhen asked.

"Oh, after I went to the General's Mansion, General Tao arranged for me to come here to help, Dad, why are you here too?"

"I'm wondering, there is still a matchmaker in this house, but Manager Wu can't help but get me here, saying that it is urgent, this is another war?"

"Mr. Wu asked you to come?"

"Yes, what do you say to let those who propose marriage not go in the future, saying that I have been busy recently, I am really confused."

"Oh." This Su Mu seemed to understand something, and he didn't say it, but he was very happy in his heart.