Fen Kuan's brain teaser turned sharply, re-examining his entire plan of "upside down", full of puzzlement, and thought: "I have taken into account all aspects of this strategy, and there are no loopholes!" But why did Zhang Hun and Chen Sun not follow the agreement and remain silent? Song Xian didn't bring students into the hall either? And so cool, the most weird, why haven't you seen him go to court until now? And who do you want to call into the temple? ”

Hearing Zuo's question, he said, "Who do you want to call?" ”

Pan Kuan tried his best to calm his mind, listened carefully, and replied: "One person is the righteous brother of the minister, and the father of Qu Yuanguang can pull Ruo Neng." ”

Hearing Ba Ruoneng's name, Pan Kuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "In order to justify himself, he will definitely summon Ba Ruo Neng into the temple, which is what I expected." ”

Zuo said: "And the father of Qu Yuanguang? Then call him. ”

Xin Er had already prepared, Ba Ruoneng was already waiting outside the palace, and received the will to summon him, and soon, he came in from outside the palace and went to the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the temple, if he could "pounce", he knelt down, leaned forward with his body, and his whole body fell to the ground, but it was a big gift of "five bodies to the ground".

Thanks to the fact that he had no arm support, his neck had a little strength, and he relied on the strength of his neck alone, and kowtowed vigorously to the bluestone slab in the hall, "bang bang bang" straight sound, and within two strokes, his forehead was soaked with blood, and the slate was red.

Ling Hule's eyes widened, looking at his demeanor, and said in his heart: "Aren't you afraid of pain?" Somehow, I thought of Bai Chun, the king of Qiuzi, and thought, "Don't smash your head!" ”

Ba Ruo Neng kowtowed, with grief and indignation, and said loudly: "The old slave Ba Ruo can be sorry for the Queen Mother, sorry for the king, sorry for the general, sorry for my Dingxi Kingdom!" If the old slave pulls out, even, even the old slave's younger brother is sorry! The old slave is incompetent and has given birth to a rebel! betrayed the queen mother, betrayed the king, betrayed the general of the conquest, and betrayed my Dingxi country! If the old slave can be heartbroken, he can't wait to kill this little beast with his own hands! ”

Ling Hule felt that his words were like tongue twisters, and that's it, but the sentence "incompetent, gave birth to a rebel", Ling Hule felt that the logic did not make sense, so he said to him: "I gave birth to a rebel, how can you say that you are incompetent?" At least you'll be alive. To be precise, you are a godson. He asked, "Why are you sorry for your brother?" ”

Although Ba Ruoneng kowtowed, when he heard this sentence was a young man's voice, he immediately knew that it was King Dingxi who was asking him, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, what the king said is that the old slave can still live!" ”

Sun Yan, Yang Chao, Huang Rong, Tang Ai and others in the hall all laughed when they heard his words.

Ba Ruoneng was unaware of the ridiculousness of this remark, and he said in grief: "King Qiyu, when the little beast was captured by Qin, he was discovered by the old slave's younger brother Lu Zhu, and as a result, as a result, the old slave's younger brother couldn't stop it, and he killed him instead!" It was the old slave who said that the old slave was sorry for the old slave's younger brother! After Koji Zhu was killed, his son Cheng Zhou swore to avenge his father, but he never thought about it, but he was ambushed by a little beast outside Baishi Mountain, and he was seriously injured, and he was still in a coma, and he did not wake up, and his life and death were unpredictable! ”

Ling Hule was taken aback and said, "Yuanguang killed his uncle? ”

Ba Ruo Neng said: "Yes! King. Holding up his upper body, he pleaded, "The king gives the old slave a dagger!" ”

Ling Hule was even more surprised, and said: "You don't have to blame yourself to such an extent!" What do you want to do with a dagger, and kill yourself? ”

Ba Ruoneng's emotions were interrupted by these words, and he opened his mouth for a moment, and replied: "The old slave did not commit suicide. ”

Zuo noticed Xin Er's gaze, so he ordered: "Give him a short dagger." ”

The guards outside the hall came in, took off the short knife that he had put on him, and handed it to Ba Ruoneng, lest he break up and commit a crime, and stood beside him with the sword, staring at him with fierce eyes.

If he can hold a knife in his hand, he pulls off the pinna of his left ear with his left hand, holds the knife in his right hand, and forcibly cuts off his ear. Blood splattered all over the ground, running down his left cheek and collar, drenching half of his body.

Ling Hule was not surprised, but startled, he pointed at Ba Ruo Neng, and said, "You, you, what are you doing?" ”

If he could return the knife to the guard, he held the severed ear in his hand, but he still knelt down and said, "If the old slave can cut off the ear and Mingzhi, he will kill the little beast!" It is not only for the queen mother, the king, the general of the conquest, and I will eliminate the traitors in the western country, but also for the younger brother of the old slave! ”

Linghu Le is young, and except for the period of exile with Linghu Feng, he rarely goes out, so he does not know, cutting off his ears, this is the custom of the Hu people, usually used to complain about grievances, or to show loyalty.

Xin Er briefly told Ling Hule about Hu Ren's style, thinking that he explained the reason why Ba Ruo could make this move.

After explaining, Xin Er said: "The queen mother, the king, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the sons are different, what about people? A man is as faithful and traitorous, as a leaf has two sides. Although the one who betrayed me Dingxi this time is Qu Yuanguang and is a Hu man, who dares to guarantee that the ministers in my Dingxi Dynasty are all loyal ministers, and there are no traitors? Who dares to guarantee that the Hu people in our court and in our army are all traitors? If you can cut off your ears and be loyal, you can see it every day! Dare to ask the queen mother, dare to ask the king, is he loyal or traitorous?

"In the opinion of the ministers, if a Hu man defected to Pu Qin, it would be ridiculous to postpone this rescue of Qinzhou! If it is spread out, it will only increase Pu Qin's arrogance and fall into the prestige of our Dingxi! ”

Ling Hule saw with his own eyes the whole process of Ba Ruo can cut off his ears, and Aba Ruo can be in his fifties, although he has a beard, but he has a pigtail, and the hair color of the pigtail has turned gray, such an old man who has entered old age at the moment, in order to show his loyalty to the court, made such a drastic act, who dares to say that he is disloyal, he is a traitor, Ling Hu Le does not believe it.

A wide henchman came out and said: "According to the meaning of the conquest, if you cut off your ear, can you make your will clear?" If so, then it will be easier to distinguish between loyalty and treachery! Our civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty have all cut off one ear! ”

Ba Ruo Neng glared angrily, turned to the guard who did not go away, and said, "Excuse me, please give me another short dagger." ”

The guard asked, "What for?" ”

"If you cut off one ear and can't understand my mind, then I'll cut off another ear!"

If he can pull out the pigtails, it is equivalent to a bald head, and if he wants to cut off another ear, then his head will be like a ball, which is not very beautiful; And above this court, cutting one ear gives people a sense of grief and loyalty, and cutting another one is a bit of a child's play, which seems to be funny. Of course, Xin Er would not let him continue to cut, stopped him, and said softly: "Brother, your loyalty, the queen mother and the king already know." You're bleeding profusely, go down and bandage it! ”

Xin'er's proposal was agreed to by Zuo.

Ba Ruo Neng kowtowed to the temple a few more times, pouted his buttocks, kneeled backwards, and crawled out of the temple.

Zuo asked, "Who is the second person to be called?" ”

Xin Er said: "The minister asked to summon Guo Tai, the account official of General Long Xiang. ”

"Long Xiang's subordinates?"

Xin Er said: "A few days ago, Long Xiang General Koji Qiu led his troops to break through Xiangwu and went south to Yinping County, and after he successfully broke through, he sent a messenger to Wangcheng to report the military situation. This messenger is his subordinate Guo Tai. ”

Yan Kuan's heart jumped, if it weren't for the current palace, he might not be able to help but slap his thigh. He secretly exclaimed, "Ahhhhh ”

I don't blame him for forgetting.

First of all, Guo Tai is not a scholar, just a small military official, and secondly, after he arrived in Wangcheng, he only submitted the military report of Koji Qiu to the governor's mansion, and basically no one saw him, so he was an unknown character.

It is also understandable that Pan Kuan did not calculate him into his plan.

Zuo said: "Call him into the temple!" ”

After a short time, Guo Tai entered the temple.

He bowed and saluted, and said, "Minister Guo Tai pays a visit to the Queen Mother and the King." ”

But as soon as he spoke, he choked up.

Ling Hule asked, "What are you crying about?" ”

It's okay for Linghule not to ask, when he asked, Guo Tai no longer sobbed, but simply cried bitterly. He wept bitterly and said, "O king! The minister cried because the tragic situation when guarding Xiangwu County that day has been lingering in the minister's mind! As soon as the minister thought about it, he couldn't stop crying! How many comrades and siblings died! Qin Lu with more than ten times my troops, besieged the city on all sides, day and night rapid attack, all the methods of attacking the city, ants attached to the city wall, hit the city gate, raised the mountain, digging tunnels, everything, enough to besiege Xiangwu for more than ten days! And the defenders of Xiangwu are only more than 2,000! In the end, because the casualties were too heavy, General Long Xiang had to lead the rest of his troops to break through! Killed outside the city, to a safe place, General Long Xiang inspected the troops, and there were only five hundred survivors! And everyone is injured!

"The king and the queen mother, although there are only these 500 people left, General Long Xiang resolutely decided to keep Qinzhou in order to set the west for me, but went south to Yinping County! The king, the queen mother, the Qin captives who attacked Qinzhou, and the soldiers of all their departments, no less than forty or fifty thousand people, the current available troops of General Long Xiang, only these five hundred soldiers, and the remaining garrisons in Yinping, Wudu and other places, the total is less than five thousand! How can you stand up to a tenfold enemy? The minister Guo Tai, who dared to ask the queen mother and the king to immediately send reinforcements to help Qinzhou! Rush to the aid of General Longxi! ”

As he spoke, Guo Tai unbuttoned his robe and exposed his chest.

Ling Hule looked.

I saw that he had two arrow wounds on his left chest, a knife wound on his lower abdomen, and his right shoulder should have been hit by the enemy's blunt weapon.

Guo Tai said: "The reason why the minister Guo Tai was selected by General Long Xiang and went to Wangcheng to submit a military report is because the minister's injury is the lightest among the military officials under General Long Xiang's account!" The minister's injuries were the lightest, and the four injuries were also the same, not to mention the other military officials! The queen mother, the king, the military situation is like fire, Qinzhou is in danger, General Long Xiang is lonely, and the minister dares to ask the queen mother and the king to send aid as soon as possible! ”

One person came out of the class and said impassionedly: "The queen mother, the king, and the ministers dare to send reinforcements as soon as possible!" General Long Xiang knew that Yinping County was a sea of fire and sword mountain, and would be invaded by tens of thousands of Qin captives, but out of loyalty to the king and the queen mother, he still gave up returning to Longzhou and chose to rush to Yinping! The queen mother and the king, if they don't rush to the aid as soon as possible, General Long Xiang and Qinzhou are in danger, and the ministers are afraid that if they frustrate the hearts of the people with lofty ideals in the country to serve the country and be loyal to the king, it will be a big matter! ”

The person who spoke was Huang Rong.

Ling Hule thought deeply and said: "What the Chang servant said is very true! Whether it is Xin Er, or the teachers in the palace, they all taught him to cherish talents, reuse talents, only by selecting the best and appointing the ability, and treating the subjects with benevolence and righteousness, can he be a good king, so he feels that it is correct to agree with Huang Rong's opinion, and because he thinks it is correct, he has the courage to express his views to Zuo, he said, "Queen Mother, Koji Qiu is Lone's loyal minister, Lone can't be ignored, then let's send troops to help as soon as possible, right?" ”

Zuo looked at him with satisfaction and thought, "Lingbao has really grown up!" Sensible! ”

Another wide henchman came out of the ranks and said: "Of course Qinzhou must not be saved, and General Long Xiang must not be ignored, but if the hidden danger that there may be another Hu rebellion in the army is lifted, he will send troops in a hurry, and the ministers are afraid that they will be on fire!" ”

Xin Er untied the crown of his head, fell to the ground, and put the crown on one side.

Zuo asked in surprise, "General, what are you?" ”

Xin Er said bitterly: "The minister Xin Er is not strict in governing the army, so that there is a betrayal of Yuanguang, and the minister asks for guilt!" How to punish the ministers, the ministers are willing to bear it, but Qinzhou is in danger, General Long Xiang is in danger, and the matter of sending troops to help must not be delayed! ”

Zuo said softly: "General, get up quickly!" ”

Xin Er stood up and said, "The minister dares to ask the queen to ask someone again!" ”

"Ask a person?"

Xin Er replied, "This person is in the temple." Turning to the Wenchen train on the right, he called, "Song Peng, please come out!" ”

A courtier with a face as white as jade and wearing an old official robe came out.

Everyone looked at it and saw that it was Song Pian.

If it is forgivable to forget Guo Tai, Song Pian will be suddenly called out by Xin Er, which is completely unexpected by Fenkuan.

His heart was beating and he thought, "What are you asking Song Pian to do!" How could there be anything about Song Pian? What did he want the Queen Mother to ask Song Pian? ”

Zuo didn't know what Xin Er wanted her to ask, so he followed Xin Er's words and asked Song Pian and said, "What do you play?" ”

Song Pian looked like a martyr, grabbed the sleeve of his shirt with his right hand, pointed at the position where Song Xian was standing, and said, "The minister wants to report!" ”

"What are you reporting?"

Song Pian gritted his teeth and said: "Song Xian yesterday, under the instruction of Yan Kuan, first connected several celebrities in Wangcheng, and then went to Pan Palace to connect some students!" The students who read the book just now were instigated by Song Xian! ”

As soon as these words came out, Fen Kuan and Song Xian's expressions changed sharply.

Zuo's and Ling Hule were stunned.

The ministers of the court, who did not know the reason, were all surprised.

Zuo said: "You said that the students were instigated by Song Xian? Was it at the behest of the Prince? What did he instruct him to do? Why did he encourage the students to be subdued? ”

Song Pian was heartbroken and said, "Queen Mother, King, why else can Song Xian encourage students to Fu Que?" In order to frame the general of the conquest! This is exactly what Pan Kuan instructed him to do! Because of the imperial court's punishment of the Song side, Song Xian has always had a deep grudge against the queen mother, the king, and the general of the conquest, so he was bewitched by the temptation of the emperor, so he was willing to be the lackey of the emperor, moving up and down, and helping the emperor to create public opinion for the framing of the captivity! The Queen Mother, who dared to guarantee that there would be no traitors among the courtiers in this full palace? Pan Kuan, he is the traitor in my court! Minister Song Pian, dare to invite the queen mother and the king to severely punish the traitor! ”

Zuo Shi was suspicious of mishearing, and said: "You said that all this that happened today was planned by Duke Yan and Song Xian a long time ago?" They are framing the captured general? ”

Song Pian said: "Yes! Yesterday, when Song Xian connected with the famous people of Wangcheng, he invited me to join him. And under my determination of the north of the west country as Rouran, the east as the capture of Qin, two strong enemies, all rely on the strength of the general to protect the territory and the people, I set the west to protect the territory and the people, and the general is the mainstay of my court! Although the minister Song Pian is ignorant, he will definitely not do this kind of pain for relatives and quick for enemies, and self-destruct my Dingxi Gancheng! Therefore, he sternly rejected him at that time and rebuked him!

"But I don't mean that he is evil, he is determined to be a wide minions, today's court meeting, in the end, is still spreading rumors, trying to frame the general of the conquest! It's tolerable, it's unbearable! Minister Song Pian, dare to invite the queen mother and the king, and you must not listen to the slander of Fan Kuan and Song Xian! ”

Song Pian's attitude can be described as righteous and awe-inspiring.

In fact, his heart is helpless.

This morning, when he went out to the court, he bumped into Zhang Gui head-on.

Zhang Gu limped to the side and said to him, "You and Song Fang have found An Chong to assassinate the captured general!" An Chong had already given the general to the conquest. Although the general remembers the old relationship between you and his colleagues, although he cannot bear to punish you, you must also do one thing for the general. "I explained to him at today's court meeting, and I fought back and reported Song Xian and Fan Kuan.

Song Pian's handle was in Xin Er's hands, he didn't listen, so he had to kill his relatives in righteousness.

Song Xian scolded bitterly in his heart: "Dog thing! Sell me? You fuck you! Also worthy of the surname Song? "I was panicked, I went to see Pan Kuan, but I saw that Pan Kuan also looked panicked.

The courtiers outside the palace came in at this time and reported: "Lieutenant Lu Shuang has asked to enter the court." ”

Zuo said, "Please ask him to come to the temple." ”

Koji Shuang strode into the hall, no one looked at it, bowed, and said: "The minister Koji Shuang is late in the court, and he begs the queen mother and the king to punish him." ”

Zuo asked, "Why did the lieutenant come to the court so late?" ”

Lu Shuang said: "Chen Lu Shuang came late because the minister was writing a book. The minister is dull, not good at writing, and the writing is slow, so it is too late to go to court. ”

"Where did you get the book?"

Lu Shuang took out the book from the purple lotus on his shoulder, and forwarded it to Zuo and Ling Hule by the eunuch.

But there is no need for Zuo and Linghu Le to look at it, Lu Shuang stood upright and said: "This letter of the minister is an impeachment of Lean!" ”

"Impeachment of the Prince?"

Lu Shuang said: "Yesterday evening, Yan Kuan went to the minister's house and said that there was something to discuss with the minister, hoping to get the minister's support. This is to frame the captured general! Then he told him all the words that he had said to him yesterday.

When Zuo heard this, his anger rose up, and he looked at Pan Kuan and asked, "Gong Yan, what Lieutenant Koji said is true?" ”

First Ba Ruoneng, and then Guo Tai, these two can be regarded as at most justifying Xin Er and pointing out that the aid to Qinzhou cannot be delayed, and it is impossible to fight back against Pan Kuan, but immediately followed by Song Pian's anti-water and the arrival of Lu Shuang, these two real hammers smashed down, and they smashed Pan Kuan dizzy, and he almost stood unsteadily. He knew that the general trend had gone, and he was out of the ranks, and he wanted to say something, but he had nothing to say, so he simply kept silent.

Huang Rong came out of the class again, looked at Yan Kuan with contempt, and said loudly: "Fan Kuan, Song Xian and others for their own selfish interests, regardless of the urgency of the country and Qinzhou, regardless of the safety of the country, framed Zhongliang, the crime is unforgivable, the minister Huang Rong asked the queen mother and the king to surrender their crimes!" ”

Zuo was furious, and said in his heart: "I said that today's court will be so abnormal? It turns out that it's all your doing! Agua tried your best for the country and me, but you framed him by any means! How did he offend you? How did I offend you? Yes, do you want to defeat Agua, and then you can take control of the court and bully me and the orphans and widows of the king? ”

She was so angry that her hands trembled, and she stared at Yan Kuan for a while, and had the intention to order the courtiers to drag him out and kill him immediately, but she also knew that this measure could not be done, and at the end, she asked Xin Er and said, "General, you have been wronged!" You say, "How should we punish the traitor?" ”

Xin Er sighed, and said compassionately: "Duke Fan has also contributed to my Dingxi before, and he is well-dressed, a little virtuous, and should be given preferential treatment, in order to show the benevolence of the king and the queen mother, the minister thinks that it is okay to expel him from the court." As for Song Xian and the Yu Gong Yu Party, although they are aiding and abusive, but the people they accuse are ministers, and the ministers are the queen mother and the king are framed, and they can be expelled from the court. ”

Zuo's anger gradually calmed down, and Meimu looked forward to Xin'er's face, looking at his heroic face, and thought in her heart: "Ah Gua is not only an old man who governs the country, but also has a benevolent heart!" He said, "Just as the general has agreed!" He looked at Yan Kuan, Song Xian and the others in disgust, and said, "You will return the seal ribbon, go out of the court immediately, and return to your hometown tomorrow!" ”

Pan Kuan, Song Xian, and Pan Kuan's henchmen were escorted out of the palace by the eunuchs.

Huang Rongli did not move in place, and he had not returned to work, he said: "The person who recorded the affairs of the three governments, the prime minister Wanji, and the general manager of my dynasty are also indispensable for one day. ”

There was a sycophancy before, and he had written to the court several times, asking for the appointment of Xin Er, but he was all resigned. Zuo also asked him why, and Xin Er said it was because he was not famous enough.

Now that Huang Rong mentioned this matter again, Zuo asked Xin Er's opinion and asked, "Does the general think it's okay?" ”

Xin Er's refusal before was indeed because he was not famous enough, and it was also because the time was not right, and Xia Fankuan and his important henchmen were expelled, but the time had come.

Xin Er said calmly: "The minister's virtue is shallow and shallow, but what Huang Rong said is also true, this position is indeed indispensable for one day, and the minister is reluctant to make it difficult!" ”

Zuo was overjoyed and said, "Okay! I will make an order today, and I will pay tribute to the general to record the affairs of the three mansions! Gu Pan The ministers in the palace put away their smiles, their faces were awe-inspiring, and ordered: "Since the first king, it is the conquest of the country to govern the country, so as to ensure the safety of my Dingxi!" If there is another slander and captive, behead! ”