Seeing Cheng Jinshang again, Zhong Jie couldn't say what he felt in his heart, he really couldn't imagine that he was caught by him twice.

"Lord Zhong, oh no, General Zhong, let's meet again."

"General Cheng, oh no, King Ning'an, don't come unharmed?"

"Everything is fine, thank you General Zhong for sending this Yuzhou City as a congratulatory gift to this king."

"Cheng Jinshang, I fell into your hands again, I have nothing to say, you and I don't have to take advantage of these tongues, whether we are dead or alive, but by disposal."

"Zhong Jie, why are you so loyal to Qin Yong, this makes me seem very strange, you are loyal to the treacherous appearance, that is, you are my enemy, and it is three times and twice, if you want to kill you, this king can find a hundred reasons, don't think that this king will not dare to kill you." Seeing that Zhong Jie was still unrepentant, Cheng Jinshang was very angry, and turned to leave, while Tao Chenmo had been secretly observing Zhong Jie, when he captured Zhong Jie, Zhong Jie did not make any resistance, and Zhong Jie was captured with an old man in his fifties who he had never seen, according to the soldiers in the city, this person has been with Zhong Jie during this time to give him advice, after interrogation, this person confessed that he was a strategist in the Qin Prime Minister's mansion, and this time he was entrusted by the Qin Prime Minister to come to Yuzhou to assist Zhong Jie. An Yingdong was telling the truth, so Tao Chenmo didn't have any suspicions, but he secretly felt in his heart that things were not so simple, especially when he captured Zhong Jie for the first time, the various Western Realm classics found in Zhong Jie's study were really weird, but because of the initial decision in Yuzhou, there were more things to deal with, and the battle situation in Yinzhou was undecided, so he didn't have any more thoughts to think about the connection. After Cheng Jinshang moved to Yuzhou, he planned to ask Zhong Jie to explain some things about the Prime Minister's Mansion, but when he saw Zhong Jie's attitude, he didn't want to ask again, anyway, it didn't matter what happened to the Prime Minister's Mansion at the moment. Seeing Cheng Jinshang leaving, Tao Chenmo didn't plan to ask Zhong Jie too much, so he also prepared to go out with Cheng Jinshang, and at the moment he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a star-shaped scar on Zhong Jie's left arm, feeling familiar, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen it, because there was still some military information to report to Cheng Jinshang, so he didn't think about it more, and finally followed Cheng Jinshang back to the General's Mansion.

Cheng Jinshang's murderous intent this time made Zhong Jie very scared, and he began to question An Yingdong who was locked in the cell next to him, An Yingdong was still calm and relaxed, signaling him to be restless, Zhong Jie had no choice but to wait.

Cheng Jinshang did plan to kill Zhong Jie, but Qu Hongsleeve suggested that he put all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion back, first, to show his magnanimity and edict the world's wise men, and second, to demonstrate to Qin Yong, so that he could know that Cheng Jinshang had eaten him or his people to death, or let them go or kill them, and it was up to Cheng Jinshang to decide. Tao Chenmo also has a similar meaning, firstly, it can indeed show that Cheng Jinshang is open-minded to the enemy, and secondly, he always feels that Zhong Jie has a lot of secrets, and now that he is afraid that there are some things that he will never be able to unravel.

Since his two right-hand men suggested that Zhong Jie and the other people sent by the Prime Minister be released, Cheng Jinshang decided to give them a way to live, and in this way, Zhong Jie once again escaped death from Cheng Jinshang's hands.

After being kicked out of Yuzhou, Zhong Jie began to ask An Yingdong where he was going.

"Go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"If we return to the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, will Prime Minister Qin still trust us?"

"That's why we deliberately wanted Cheng Jinshang to catch us."

"I don't understand."

At this time, An Yingdong took out a letter and handed it to Zhong Jie.

Zhong Jie took it and saw that the content of the letter was provocative to Qin Yong.

"What does that mean?" Zhong Jie was puzzled.

"This is a letter I wrote to Qin Xiang imitating Cheng Jinshang's notes, with this letter, we can explain why Cheng Jinshang wants to let us live."

Zhong Jie suddenly understood and said: "What Mr. means is that the reason why Cheng Jinshang let us go is not that he doesn't want to kill us, but because he wants to demonstrate to Qin Xiang and release us, and this letter is the best confirmation." ”

"Yes, General Yunlu of Yuzhou personally went to the city wall to lead the people to resist the traitor Cheng Jinshang, and was defeated and captured, but Cheng Jinshang let us go in order to demonstrate to Qin Xiang and the imperial court, and also wrote a letter to provoke Qin Xiang, so naturally, not only did we save our lives, but also defended the city, Qin Xiang naturally did not doubt too much."

"Hahaha, Mr. is really smart, I admire, admire."

"It's a trivial matter, but you and I have to speak in unison, and we have to tell Qin Xiang exactly what I just said."

"Don't worry, sir, I will do it in the future."

After reporting the military situation to Cheng Jinshang, Tao Chenmo finally found a little free, and then asked about the situation of the people who had not yet gone north from Yunyang, of course, he was most concerned about Su Mu, and his subordinates replied that the army would arrive first, so he put his mind at ease and was ready to rest.

And here, Turan Gurou led the army to connect the fifteen cities of the Great Abyss, where the Northern Abandonment Army went, the defenders of the Great Abyss had little resistance, and every time they captured a city, the Northern Abandoners looted all the military resources and horses in the city, and then transferred to continue the siege, which was bitter for the Abyss reinforcements, and pursued everywhere but was never able to catch up with the main force of the Northern Abandonment, seeing that the materials were enough, some delayed the process, Turan Gurou immediately decided to turn back to the north, and the poor Yuan Army was busy working in vain, not only did not hurt the Northern Abandoners at all, but lost a lot of armaments, After going south for more than 20 days, Turan Gurou returned with a full load, and Turan Bingmu personally went to the place ten miles outside the Snow Wolf City to greet him. After this battle, the Northern Abandoned people had a general understanding of the combat methods and combat power of the Dayuan army, and Turan Bingmu was full of confidence, and Dayuan was no longer the male lion that he avoided before.

As An Yingdong expected, after returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qin Yong only cared about being annoyed by Cheng Jinshang's arrogance, and did not question too much about what he and Zhong Jie did in Yuzhou, one of the important reasons is that they did not send troops to help King Changning after the return of King Jin An, which is where Qin Yong is very satisfied, as for losing Yuzhou, it is a matter of ability rather than attitude, Qin Yong now wants someone who is loyal to him, and ability is secondary.

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion to report the way, An Yingdong took the opportunity of Qi Ningyu to go out of the palace to appreciate the laurels and meet with him.

"Qin Yong has already transferred Ran Mingli back from Jingzhou." Qi Ningyu informed An Yingdong.

"Oh? Isn't that what we want? ”

"Judging from the results, this is naturally the case, but this Qin Yong has done a lot of things in secret, so we still have to be careful."

"Don't you even know what happened to you?"

"If it weren't for the fact that day I happened to see Ran Mingli go to ask the emperor for peace, this palace wouldn't know about this matter at all."

"Yuzhou has just fallen, and it is obvious that it was not because of this incident that he was transferred back to Tai'an."

"Yes, Qin Yong may not have thought of letting Ran Mingli go to Yuzhou at all, for so many years, he has only had Tai'an, the imperial city in his eyes."

"What's going on in this house? Could it be the emperor? "An Yingdong has been staying in Yuzhou for the past few months, and he doesn't know much about what happened in the palace.

"The emperor is well, you have also seen it, this time the two kings' southern expedition is like child's play, at the beginning, the palace thought that Qin Yong's idea was just to weaken Lu Shoufu's troops, but he never thought about it, but he secretly planned a big show."

"Oh? Hearing what Niangniang said, her subordinates became more and more curious. ”

"It is true that Qin Yong wants to weaken Lu Shoufu's forces with the help of the Second King's Southern Expedition, but his most direct purpose must be to take this opportunity to completely bring down the King of Changning, the scholar of King Jin'an has never been on the battlefield, and there are countless masters around him, where can he be injured so easily, the injury is just enough, the medicine he took is still strange, causing the King of Jin'an not only did not heal the injury, but kept deteriorating, and do you know where this medicine prescription came from?"

"If the subordinates are not mistaken, the person who came out of this recipe must be the person of King Changning." An Yingdong is so smart, as soon as Qi Ningyu said this, he understood the reason.

"Yes, Your Majesty originally thought that King Jin'an was a fraud and escaped, and under the guidance of Qin Yong, he personally brought the imperial doctor to verify, but this verification not only confirmed that the king of Jin'an was indeed injured, but also found out that the prescription he took was done by someone who did his hands and feet, and the person who did the hands and feet was the imperial doctor brought by the king of Changning when he went south, so what would Your Majesty think, Qin Yong took this to add oil and vinegar, so it was natural to transfer Ran Mingli back to Tai'an to protect the imperial city."

"Gao Wow, it's really high, I didn't expect this Qin Yong to be even more cunning than I imagined, King Changning is afraid that it will be difficult to turn over this time."

"This is the best for us, King Changning is belligerent, if he succeeds to the throne, it may not be easy to deal with in the future, but this King of Jin'an is weak, and he has always believed in what Qin Yong said, if he succeeds to the throne, it will be more beneficial to us."

"Then what does the emperor do?"

"There was no movement."

"No movement?" An Yingdong felt a little puzzled, it stands to reason that with Song Ji's character, he would definitely be furious and immediately dispose of King Changning, but he quickly understood, and then said, "My subordinates understand, the reason why the emperor did not immediately deal with King Changning must be afraid that King Changning would take the opportunity to use the troops of Bozhou to rebel, so at present, he can only forbear first and follow Qin Yong's advice to transfer Ran Mingli back to Tai'an in case of trouble." ”

"Yes, this palace thinks so too, today's Tai'an can be described as a step-by-step killing machine, and the show is about to appear."

"What about the phaseless mage?"

"This palace has sent someone to spread the news, and there will be a response soon, but sir, you have to pay attention, you and I don't know about Qin Yong's big move in advance, whether he has been on guard, and you need to be more careful in the future."

"The big thing of seizing the heir, the fewer people know, the safer it is, so it's reasonable for us not to know, but what Niangniang said is also right, Qin Yong is extremely cunning, and his subordinates will be careful in the future."

"King Changning not only did not exterminate Cheng Jinshang, but let Cheng Jinshang retake Yuzhou, Qin Yong will definitely take advantage of this to make a big fuss, contact what happened before, the emperor will definitely be led by Qin Yong this time, so Mr. should make good use of this matter, obey Qin Yong's wishes, make him happy, and bring more guarantees to the big things we are planning."

"Niangniang, rest assured, in this matter, my subordinates will definitely stand on Qin Yong's side, take this opportunity to stir up the situation, and let things develop in a direction that is beneficial to us."

Qi Ningyu guessed correctly, after Qin Yong heard that the king of Changning suddenly turned his head to attack Yinzhou, he signaled the left servant of the military department to participate in the emperor with military information, and Song Ji was very angry when he received the ginseng, and hurriedly summoned Qin Yong into the palace to discuss.

"Your Majesty is angry, King Changning's intentions are already very obvious, and you must deal with it calmly now."

"Composure? Qin Yong, you tell me, how can you deal with it calmly, Song Yao first secretly harmed Xiao'er, and now he has troops to attack Yin Zhou without authorization, is Yin Zhou a traitor in control? My son led my troops to attack my own city, which is simply ridiculous, and I said that you, let them each lead the army to the south, but your idea, in the end, Xiao'er was injured, Yuzhou was lost, this king of Changning is going to attack my own city, you tell me, ah, which result is good? Song Ji was so angry that he was almost hoarse.

"Your Majesty, the minister really didn't know that the king of Changning would have different intentions, if the minister knew in advance, how could he dare to make such a decision, the matter has come to this point, and only by finding a way to recall the king of Changning back to Tai'an can the situation be controlled."

"How is it recalled?"

"Your Majesty might as well make a holy decree, just say that the king of Jin'an is not effective in the war, a few days ago because of the injury was not investigated, now the injury is good, the punishment is punished, temporarily cut two Wang Zhu, and issued a decree to commend the king of Changning in Yinzhou to suppress the thief for his meritorious service, praise his own in the fold of attacking Yinzhou is to detour Cheng Jinshang's tactics, in order to eliminate the doubts in his heart, and then declare a decree to let him return to Tai'an to study politics, if he returns, he will cut the king's name, claustrophobic thought, if he does not return, then it may be really reversed, then His Majesty will not hesitate." Qin Yong's move seems to be giving Song Yao a chance to repent, but in fact he has blocked all his retreats, if Song Yao is ordered to return to Tai'an, he will be deprived of the king's title, claustrophobic thinking, once he loses power, some ministers who support him on weekdays will inevitably turn to Song Xiao immediately, and the king's title is taken away means that he has completely lost the qualification to compete for the prince, but if he doesn't return, there is no doubt that he will be charged with conspiracy.

Song Ji sighed, he had no better way, and no matter how he said it, this Song Yao was also his son, and he was also the son he admired very much, so he didn't want to take him down now, but was willing to give him a chance, so he had to do it according to Qin Yong's wishes first.

At this moment, the streets of Yuzhou seem to be a little withered, and the doors of the shops are still open, but there are only a few people scattered, which is not because Yuzhou is always fighting and the people are afraid, on the contrary, it is precisely because there are always swords and soldiers in Yuzhou in recent years, and the people are accustomed to it, mainly because of the hot and humid weather, which makes people not want to go out. In fact, now that Cheng Jinshang has returned to Yuzhou, most of the people in the city still like this general, and now that Cheng Jinshang is the king, the people hope that he will do something to make this smoky court a little more clear, and they will not mind even overthrowing it and starting over.

Tao Chenmo and Cheng Jinshang and others, who had been waiting for the battle in Yinzhou for a long time, finally waited for the news in the hot weather, after Wang Jinyi led the army into Yinzhou, he divided into three ways with Li Xiu and Ji Heqing's troops, Li Xiu was responsible for sneaking up on the city captured by Lu Wenting and others, forcing Lu Wenting to divide his troops to rescue, and delaying Lu Wenting's attack on Yinzhou, and he himself and Ji Heqing divided their troops to seize the southern city of Yinzhou that had not been captured by Lu Wenting, Lu Wenting did not expect the Yunyang army to come so quickly, because he did not want to lose the territory that had been captured, Lu Wenting had to recycle his military strength to deal with Li Xiu, Li Xiu did not intend to defend the city, and after attracting a considerable number of troops, he led the crowd to bypass Lu Wenting's main force and go south to join Wang Jinyi, so that the two and so on, although he failed to seize most of the cities in Yinzhou that Lu Wenting had occupied, but also stopped the pace of his attack, Wang Jinyi and Ji Heqing took the opportunity to seize a quarter of the southern border of Yinzhou for Yunyang, so that the Bozhou army and the main force of Yunyang formed a confrontation in Yinzhou.

Such a battle situation is similar to the result expected by Tao Chenmo in advance, because Lu Wenting made a preemptive strike, and now it is very difficult to seize a quarter of the land without allowing the Bozhou army to contain Yuzhou, which is also good news.

Although his progress was blocked, Lu Wenting's move had already given him the upper hand, so his mood was not too bad, but it didn't take long for him to be passed by King Changning, saying that he had something important to discuss.

"Father wants to summon this king back to Tai'an." King Changning said to Lu Wenting and the others with some doubts.

"Why is it recalled?" Lu Wenting asked.

"The specific reason is not yet known, but according to the palace line, the father decided after summoning Prime Minister Qin, and the holy decree is estimated to arrive in the near future, and the king feels that there must be something strange in this."

"King Jin'an returned north in advance, what can Your Majesty do?" Lu Wenzhao asked.

"My father already believed in the report of this king, thinking that this king's royal brother was a fraud and escaped, but for some reason, there was no news after that, and there was neither a photo nor a punishment, so this king felt that something was wrong with this matter."

"Qin Yong has always been scheming, if he really instigated the prince to return to Beijing behind his back, there must be fraud in this." Lu Wenting analyzed.

"Yes, and there is another thing that is very strange, this king received a report from the palace a few days ago, saying that the people of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department raided the home of Cui Cheng, the imperial doctor under the account of this king, Cui Cheng, a small imperial doctor, why would he alarm Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, thinking about it, it is really unreasonable."

"Did the prince ever ask Cui Cheng?" Lu Wenting asked.

"After receiving the news, this king was ready to send this Cui Cheng to ask, but the problem was that this person was no longer in the army."

"What? When did this happen? ”

"On the day we decided to attack Yinzhou."

"Dali Temple and the Criminal Department raided Cui Cheng, this Cui Cheng disappeared inexplicably, could it be that Cui Cheng really has something unscrupulous?" Lu Wenzhao wondered.

"If it is just a general crime, it will be interrogated by the Tai'an Mansion, since the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are directly involved, it must be related to the affairs of the court." King Changning said.

"Is there any other news in the palace?" Lu Wenting asked.

"The problem is here, Cui Cheng was raided but there is no follow-up, the most important thing is that he is the imperial doctor brought by this king on this southern expedition, and this king is worried that Qin Yong will make a fuss about it."

"What other dealings does the prince have with this Cui Chengke on weekdays?" Lu Wenting continued to ask.

"This Cui Cheng has cured the stubborn illness of the steward of this king's mansion, and he has also treated many injuries and illnesses for this king, so this king trusts him very much, and he occasionally rewards him, which is why this king will take him with the army this time."

"In this way, Cui Cheng should have nothing to do with the prince when he was investigated, could it be that the prince was too worried." Lu Wenting said.

"At first, this king also thought so, so he didn't care about it after receiving the news, he just planned to find Cui Cheng to ask, but he was inexplicable, and he contacted his father to suddenly summon this king back to Beijing, and this king felt a little strange."

"What does this Cui Cheng have to do with King Jin An or Qin Xiangke?" Lu Wenting then asked questions.

"My subordinates remembered one thing, the last time King Jin'an was injured, it seems that the imperial doctor under your account went to bandage him, I wonder if this person is that Cui Cheng?" Lu Wenzhao said suddenly.

"Yes, yes, that's him." King Changning seemed to have suddenly found a connection between the two things, "But what does this prove?" As soon as he finished speaking, he began to question himself again.

"King Jin'an was injured, Lord Wang, your people treated his injuries, no matter how you said it, you generously rescued him, but if this Cui Cheng didn't heal King Jin'an's injuries, it would be troublesome." Lu Wenting seemed to understand.

"Are you saying that Cui Cheng once treated the injuries of King Jin'an, if King Jin'an's injuries deteriorated or did not improve, then Qin Yong would definitely take advantage of the fact that Cui Cheng was the imperial physician under the account of this king to make a big fuss, so as to frame this king, and then add oil and vinegar in front of his father, call this king back to Beijing, and then cure this king's crimes?" Thinking of this move, Song Yao, the king of Changning, couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"It is very likely, otherwise Cui Cheng would not have disappeared inexplicably, I didn't expect this Qin Yong's method to be so insidious and hidden, he tried every means to promote the southern expedition of the two kings, and the main purpose was probably not to weaken the Bozhou army, but to completely bring down you, the prince." Lu Wenting said.

"Now that the holy decree has not yet arrived, Wen Ting, if the holy decree really arrives, how should this king respond?"

"In any case, this Tai'an can't go back, but he can't let His Majesty know the prince's worries, and he has an idea."

"You say."

"It will take a certain amount of time for the prince to inquire about more specific news in the palace and then reach here, and the holy decree will definitely arrive first, and I think that this holy decree can be taken first, as for returning to Tai'an, we must wait until the exact news comes from the palace."

"But once you receive the holy decree and don't return to the palace in time, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of your father, and this Qin Yong will definitely make a big fuss about it."

"He King Jin'an can be injured, and you can naturally do it, Lord Wang."

King Changning thought about it carefully, suddenly understood, and said: "This king understands, you mean to let this king cheat and get hurt, so as to delay returning to the palace and buy time." ”

"That's right, there's no other way right now, and since we know we're trapped, we can't jump into it."

"Okay, just do what you want, and you must not let this Qin Yong's treacherous plan succeed."

Sure enough, three days later, the holy decree arrived, and the king of Changning naturally could not get out of bed to receive the decree because of his serious injury, and the eunuch of the decree was only read by the king of Changning in front of his bed, although the holy decree was extremely praising the king of Changning and derogatory to the king of Jin'an, but Song Yao, the king of Changning, and others already knew its Chinese chapter, so Song Yao deliberately had a weak breath and gestured to indicate the order. In addition to the decree, the eunuch naturally had the task of monitoring the king of Changning to return to Beijing immediately, seeing that the king of Changning was seriously injured, he only had to question Lu Wenting and others in addition to making trouble, Lu Wenting looked guilty, only said that the king of Changning fought bravely and took the lead, but unexpectedly fell into the villain's trick, was seriously injured, and it was a blessing in misfortune to be able to pick up a life, and the eunuch could not, so he had to obey Lu Wenting's arrangement, stay in Yinzhou for a period of time, and wait until the king of Changning recovered from his injuries before returning to Tai'an with him.

Not long after, Tai'an once again came with news, but when he heard the news, King Changning instantly felt a chill down his spine, and he no longer even had half a point of deception.

This news is naturally about Ran Mingli.

"It seems that Qin Yong has already thought about all this, and used the institution of the Southern Expedition to trap this king, in order to prevent the Bozhou mutiny, and then take the opportunity to transfer Ran Mingli back from Jingzhou, and completely lock the retreat of this king and your Lu family." King Changning was a little frustrated, and his face was full of helplessness.

"The prince is not afraid, he is not benevolent, so don't blame me for being unjust, if he dares to touch the prince, we will turn against him." Lu Wenzhao said through some gritted teeth.

"Wen Zhao, Hugh is reckless." Lu Wenting hurriedly stopped.

"Big brother, the matter has come to this, if we retreat an inch, this Qin Yong will have to advance a foot, instead of being seriously injured and deliberately murdered by him, why don't we fight to break the net?"

"The prince is in Yinzhou, Qin Yong can't move him for the time being, but the prince's family and some of the guards are in Tai'an, if we are too reckless, it will do the prince all kinds of harm and no benefit."

"Yes, the prince forgives his sins, it is reckless."

King Changning waved his hand and said: "Your two brothers are right, Qin Yong didn't think that this king would be arrested, but at this moment, he really can't act rashly, start a war with Qin Yong, and this king must first relieve his worries." ”

"Lord Wang, you command, this Qin Yong is too deceitful, and when the prince's worries are relieved, we must give him some color" Lu Wenzhao said hatefully.

"This king's family is all in Tai'an, if this king is not mistaken, Qin Yong must have sent someone to keep an eye on it, once he finds out that Yin Zhou is moving, he will inevitably threaten this king's family, so the top priority is to find a way to transfer them out of Tai'an without Qin Yong finding out."

"The lowly is willing to do this." Lu Wenzhao said.

King Changning waved his hand and said, "Anyone can go right now, but you and Wen Ting can't." ”

"The people sent by the imperial court are in Yinzhou, you, me, and the king of Changning, as long as one of them is not there, they will all be suspicious, so we can't go." Lu Wenting explained to Lu Wenzhao.

"If Qin Yong had used these thoughts on governing the country, Dayuan would not have given birth to so many incidents." Lu Wenzhao really hated this Qin Yong to death.

"It has been a few days since the messengers came, and the king should meet them."

"What is the prince going to do?" Lu Wenting asked.

"The king's injuries should be better these days, and they are told that the king's health has improved, and they can go back to Tai'an with them in a few days, first calm their hearts, Wen Ting, Wen Zhao, you two quickly send the news back to Tai'an, let the family members in the palace be transferred in stages, remember, don't bring too many people, don't bring any soft, out of Tai'an, go directly to Bozhou, in addition, you need to tell General Lu about this matter as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll do it." Lu Wenting and Lu Wenzhao took the order and left.

Seeing people from the palace, the king of Changning pretended to be a little weak but could barely get out of bed, and promised to return to Beijing in a few days.

The past few days have really exhausted Tao Chenmo, but fortunately, after Wei Wenzhong and Wang Liyang came, they shared a lot of burden for him, and he could finally relax a little and rest a little, he decided to go and see Su Mu.

Seeing that Tao Chenmo was very haggard, Su Mu was inexplicably a little sad, and hurriedly started to make chicken soup for Tao Chenmo, Tao Chenmo did not refuse, on the contrary, he rarely had such a little idle time, so he enjoyed watching Su Mu busy quietly, so Su Mu was a little uncomfortable, Tao Chenmo felt rude, and quickly found the topic and asked: "Yunyang has been good recently." ”

"Yunyang has no war, so it's naturally good, but after Yingying left, I'm not used to it, and I don't know if this little ghost will miss me."

"Yes, don't look at Yingying's age, she has a lot of thoughts, how can she not miss your goodness."

"I hope so, I don't know if Sister Ren is okay, everyone in Yunyang Mansion is busy, but I seem to be too idle, and I have nothing to do all day."

"I'm busy when I get to Yuzhou, there will be war here, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of places to bother the girl at that time."

"It's good to be busy, if you're idle, sometimes you're always cranky."

"What does the girl think?"

"Oh, I, it's nothing, the woman's thoughts, by the way, General Commissar Dou asked me to bring a sentence to the general, he said that the classics handed over to him by the general last time were too obscure, and he was a little slow to interpret, and it may take a while to have a result, and when he finished, he sent someone to send it to the general, and also, General Commissar Dou said that the people in the west, especially the Bobu people, have the habit of hanging portraits of their ancestors at home, he said that he had seen a painting in the Xiaolantai in Yunyang, and he thought it should be a portrait of the Bobu people." Although Su Mu didn't understand, he tried his best to relay the meaning of this Dou Ming.

Tao Chenmo naturally understood what Dou Ming meant, he thought for a while, and said: "The portrait of the Bobu people, if I remember correctly, Miss Su, you have been there, and Bohansan is also owned by Bobu." ”

"Yes, except for my father, I have never seen a person from the Great Abyss use Bohansan, why did the general suddenly think of Bohansan?"

Tao Chenmo shook his head, he couldn't sort out all this now, but he suddenly remembered a person, that was Zhong Jie, these two things seemed to be related to him, after thinking about it, he continued to ask: "I can't say it for the time being, what else is there in Yunyang?" ”

"Other than that, there has never been anything, Mrs. Cheng, oh, even the princess will still come to me from time to time to talk, and she will talk about Miss Qu more or less in her words, and I always feel that the princess has some prejudices against this Miss Qu. By the way, speaking of Miss Qu, there is a person next to her who seems a little strange. ”

"Oh, tell me about it."

"I wonder if the general knows the person named Nie Qingyun next to Miss Qu?"

"Nie Qingyun? I just heard that he came to Yunyang with Miss Qu from Qingmu Mountain, I have hardly seen this person, and naturally I don't know him well, what's wrong with him? ”

"I can't say it, this person always feels very cold, his eyes are like the eyes of an eagle falcon, very sharp, always vigilant, Miss Qu has been to the house many times, this person will come with her every time, but every time I come to see me talking to Miss Qu and leave on his own, my daughter's house to speak, he is a big man who does not listen to etiquette, until one time I accidentally bumped into him as if he was looking for something in the house I felt strange, I want to come to Miss Qu every time I come to visit him in the house He is not there, I wonder if he wanders around the house every time, and I don't know if I'm thinking too much. Su Mu thought carefully about everything she remembered.

Tao Chenmo smiled slightly: "A woman's intuition has always been very accurate, and the girl should be a little more vigilant, but what can he find in the General's Mansion in Yunyang?" ”

"yes, that's why I wonder if I'm overthinking."

Tao Chenmo waved his hand and said: "There has never been anything suspicious in this world for no reason, if there is, it can only mean that there is indeed a problem with the matter itself, so the girl's doubts are not all unreasonable, this matter can be paid attention to in the future, if not, don't inquire too much, the girl doesn't know martial arts, in case of any danger, it's not good, but remember." ”

"Is it so serious?"

"Not really, in today's troubled times, many things are far more troublesome than what we see, and it's good to be more careful."

"In that case, then I'll listen to the general." After saying this, Su Mutu felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately he suddenly remembered something again, and continued, "Oh, by the way, this Nie Qingyun should indeed be a master, and even the guards inadvertently told me that day, saying that this Nie Qingyun's kung fu may not be worse than him." ”

"Lian Chengzong?"

"Exactly."

"Even the guards have followed King Ning An for many years, and their martial arts are naturally very comparable, even he said so, presumably this Nie Qingyun must not be an ordinary person, so in the future, Miss Su must remember not to ask, pay attention."

"Su Mu wrote it down."

"Well, girl, how long will this chicken soup have to be boiled?"

"Oh, it should be soon, the general should be fine today, just wait, I added some herbs to the soup, it needs to be boiled for a while before it can taste good."

"Is there any medicine?" Tao Chenmo was weak when he was a child, but he took a lot of medicine, so when he heard the herbs, he couldn't help but be a little scared.

"Don't worry, general, this is not an ordinary herb, it doesn't smell like medicine." Su Mu couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Tao Chenmo also smiled embarrassedly and said.

In this way, while the two were waiting for the chicken soup to be boiled, you talked about the bits and pieces of the days of separation, and the embarrassment between the two slowly disappeared without a trace. Wei Wenzhong originally planned to come to Tao Chenmo to ask for some things, but when he saw this scene, he couldn't bear to disturb and quietly retreated.

The northern abandonment people retreated, Qin Yong was relieved, and then he could put all his energy on pushing the king of Jin'an to inherit the throne, Lu Wenting turned to attack Yinzhou, and found an almost perfect reason for him to shirk the blame for losing Yuzhou, first of all, the king of Jin'an fought first, when he was in danger, the king of Changning not only did not divide his troops to rescue, but also deliberately delayed the fighter plane and harmed the eldest brother, which was already a crime; Secondly, the king of Changning was forced to retreat by Tao Chenmo, supported his own army, and sent troops to Yinzhou without authorization, while his own people swore to resist to the death and were finally defeated and captured. So at the moment, he is in a very good mood, and now he is waiting for King Changning's reaction after receiving the holy decree.

He first heard that King Changning was injured and could not return in time, of course, Qin Yong would not believe it, this was a trick he had already used, but soon, he heard news from Yinzhou that King Changning's injury had improved, and he was ready to return to Tai'an today, plus King Changning could not come back He was the final winner, so Qin Yong gradually relaxed his monitoring of Changning Palace, and it didn't take long for a strange thing to happen in Yinzhou, this King of Changning was on the way back to Tai'an, and his group suddenly encountered rebellious soldiers and thieves, and only two people he sent to Yinzhou to spread the word came back alive, more than half of the guards of the king of Changning were killed and wounded, and the king of Changning was plundered by the rebels, and his life and death are unknown.

After receiving this news, Qin Yong's first choice was not to believe it, but after thinking about it carefully, although the rebels in Yinzhou had not become a fire, the various forces were really intertwined, and the king of Changning was a royal child, and it was possible to be targeted by the rebels and thus captured, and in this way, he didn't need to do it, this Tai'an was naturally the world of the king of Jin'an, but in order to make sure that in case, he still decided to let Zhang Zhaoyi go to the palace of Changning to investigate.

Zhang Zhao also came to the Changning Palace, only to see that the people were still in and out, there seemed to be nothing abnormal, before going back to report, he asked again a few spies who had been monitoring the Changning Palace, the spies replied that there was no abnormality, but the scholars who came to the palace in the past two days were not as many as before, Zhang Zhao also felt that the Changning King was in Yinzhou, and it was normal for the strategists in the house to come less, so he planned to go back to resume his life, just took two steps, he suddenly remembered something, and looked at the palace again, only to see a few people talking and laughing, or in or out. No, the king of Changning is in danger in Yinzhou, why are the people in the palace so indifferent, and so playful, obviously not in line with the etiquette of the palace, something must have happened to this palace, seeing that the person left alone, Zhang Zhao also decided to ask the truth, his method is very simple, directly with a knife against the back of the person, ask about the situation in the house, this person only said that everything is normal, Zhang Zhao also knife tip, obviously pierced into the flesh, this person was not scared, all the blame, said that the close relatives of the king of Changning in the palace have not returned in the past few days, Even the head of the palace disappeared today, and Zhang Zhao also secretly said that it was not good, so he hurriedly returned to the prime minister's mansion to report.

After receiving Zhang Zhaoyi's report, Qin Yong was very angry, although he had expected that the King of Changning would not give in, but clamping his family was also very important to Qin Yong, which would undoubtedly limit Song Yao's hands and feet, but who would have thought that he was still a little careless, for the sake of today's plan, as long as the emperor is clear, let the emperor make his own decision.

Of course, to monitor the movements of the palace, he naturally consulted Song Ji first, so he planned to report the truth, the more angry the emperor was, the better it would be for him.

Sure enough, after Qin Yong's narration, it was nothing more than what King Changning pretended to be injured, and then acted as robbed to escape the emperor's punishment, Song Ji was furious, in fact, he had more sorrow in his heart, since ancient times, in order to seize the throne, countless tragedies of father and son cannibalism and brother against each other have been staged, and there is naturally a precedent for the more than 300-year-old river of Dayuan, but he never thought that this would happen to him, and it was a son he once valued more, in his heart, Even if Song Yao could come back and say why he was against him, it would be better, but unfortunately he couldn't see him again since he went out of Tai'an last time.

The matter has come to this, what to do, Song Ji doesn't want the world to know that his son has become a thief, this makes the world laugh, Qin Yong also knows that he will accept it when he sees it, and suggests that in order to prevent the world from misjudging it, it is better to seal the prince at this moment, and not add the crime of King Changning, but the herald Bozhou, if Song Yao is willing to stop and recognize King Jin'an as the crown prince, then he will not blame the past, Song Ji feels that this is the best, and it can also avoid direct conflict with Lu Shoufu's army. Qin Yong raised his hand, and in front of the emperor, he pretended to find a way out for the king of Changning, and Song Yao was almost powerless to fight back in the contest with him.

It didn't take long for the news of the new establishment of the East Palace to spread all over the world, and Song Yao, who was hiding in Bozhou, was full of unwillingness, but he had no choice, Qin Yong's ambition he knew, but in his opinion, as long as he stood behind the Bozhou Lu family, this Qin Yong would not dare to act rashly, and he also knew his father's preferences, but since the beginning of the Southern Expedition, Tai'an has become Qin Yong's stage alone, and he has unknowingly stepped into the trap that Qin Yong had prepared for him long ago, but there is still a good point, That is, his father did not define him as a rebellion, but only asked him to admit the East Palace and return to Tai'an to be responsible, but he also knew that it was already self-defeating to go back now, and the matter had come to this point, so he had to fight to the death.

In this news, although Lu Shoufu and others were prepared, they were still a little surprised, after all, this matter came faster than they imagined, and now it seems that it is almost impossible to win the power of Qin Yong and King Jin'an through the power struggle of the imperial court, but fortunately, this day has long been expected, and their forces in Bozhou are enough to compete with the imperial court, and the most important thing at the moment is to establish the confidence of King Changning, firstly, they really really support King Changning to inherit the unification, and secondly, King Changning is here, so they have a more appropriate reason to raise troops. Therefore, soon after learning the news that the crown prince had been decided, Lu Shoufu personally went to the temporary residence of the king of Changning, expressed his intentions to him, and expressed his willingness to follow him to the death, and he was determined to behead Qin Yong, who framed him, Lu Wenting also came from time to time to discuss the current situation with Song Yao, and planned to take the next step, with the support of Lu Shoufu and others, Song Yao, the king of Changning, was in a much better mood.

In addition, Lu Shoufu also instructed the spies to release the news, saying that the king of Changning wanted to return to Tai'an to be sealed, but on the way back to the north, he was suddenly robbed by the rebels pretending to be under the king of Jin'an, intending to kill, but fortunately the chivalrous man rescued him, and survived, but Qin Xiang and the king of Jin'an in order to compete for the crown prince, but they wanted to kill him, and chased and killed him all the way, and then Lu Shoufu rescued him out of concern for protecting the royal bloodline, but Qin Yong was under the instruction of the king of Jin'an to slander and frame the king of Changning. Lu Shoufu's meaning is very simple, he does not intend to suffer this secret loss, but to repay the other way with his body, so that everyone in the world knows that the reason why this King of Jin'an was made the crown prince was based on the appointment of traitorous ministers, mutilating compatriots, and coercing the emperor.

This trick is really very useful, not long after the new establishment of the prince, rumors spread everywhere, especially the border garrison has many changes in the people who support the king of Changning, so that the happiest is Cheng Jinshang, Tulan Bingmu and Nie Wuxiang, Cheng Jinshang has three continents in the south of the abyss, under his rule, he once again used the slogan of "punishing Qin Yu, Qing Jun's side" to recruit aspirants, collect troops and buy horses, of course, he also kept silent about supporting the king of Changning. And Tulan Bingmu once again regrouped his troops and prepared to go south. As for Nie Wuxiang, he planned to hold his troops first, let the Dayuan court consume it again, and personally went to Tai'an to congratulate the emperor on his new prince.