The generals below began to talk again, but their voices were low, apparently calming down.

Under Su Sui's order, the soldiers immediately reorganized their military affairs, put on the remaining grain and grass, and the army returned in the direction of the capital.

The soldiers were not satisfied with the emperor's order, and the distance was long, and they had just finished the battle, so they didn't even care about resting and marching, so they traveled slowly all the way, and they didn't return to the capital after walking for almost twenty days.

The emperor asked every day if Su Sui had come back with his people, but he didn't expect anyone to come back every day.

Prime Minister Qiu Cheng's power is now in full swing, and he knows that Su Sui has made a lot of contributions this time, and when he comes back, he will be sought after by the officials of the DPRK and China, so he united with the officials who depended on him to play the emperor, saying that Su Sui had no news at all, which was not to take the emperor in his eyes at all, and he was disobeying the emperor's orders and having a rebellious heart.

The emperor was afraid of this, afraid that Su Sui, a capable general, would challenge his imperial power, and he led a large army to rebel, but it was not easy to attack the capital.

He immediately wrote another edict and asked him to send it to Su Sui quickly, so that he could quickly return to Beijing with the army. Su Sui traveled thousands of miles, and finally returned to the camp ten miles away from the capital with the army in the dust, and just took off his military uniform to rest, a team of black-armored guards in the emperor's hand came to take people, and brought Su Sui back to the imperial city, and was sent to the prison for treason.

The generals gathered overnight, called the door outside the city gate together, broke into the city with the pass token, and broke into the palace gate, at this time the early dynasty has begun, the ministers in the Jingyang Palace have stood according to the shift, the emperor just sat on the throne and heard the guards come to report, saying that more than a dozen soldiers gathered outside the palace and asked to see the emperor.

"What, they're the other way around?" The emperor was shocked and walked out of the hall with his ministers.

The soldiers knelt down in unison, and the leading general said: "Your Majesty, we have received the holy decree, let go of the opportunity to pursue the victory, and immediately return to Beijing with the whole army." The journey was long and the people were tired, so I delayed the trip on the road and did not return to Beijing on time. General Su had absolutely no idea of rebellion, or he advised us not to be greedy for merit, to obey the emperor's orders, and to return to Beijing immediately. If he is guilty of treason, then we have been with him all the time, and we should be guilty of the same crime as him, so it is better to put all of us in prison. ”

Another general clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, General Su's loyalty and ability to lead the army are obvious to all, if he hadn't led us to resist the enemy with all our might, the combined army would have broken through the defense and entered the hinterland of our Central Plains. ”

The emperor was silent with his hands behind his back, and his face was a little overwhelmed.

The Xiongnu envoys have been in the early court recently, saying that they are learning the methods of governing the country in a big country, and when he saw that the emperor did not speak, the ministers whispered, so he stood up and said: "Emperor, you are far away in the capital to strategize, how do you know the actual situation at the border pass, the two armies are facing each other, and they know each other best, General Su is not as loyal as these generals say......

After speaking, he paused and looked at the emperor, who looked at him with sharp eyes, and said in a low voice: "Go on." ”

What he had just said made all the ministers quiet down, and they all looked at him, curious about what he would say next.

The soldiers who were kneeling on the ground glared at him angrily, wanting to hear what he would say.

"General Su has been standing still, taking the soldiers to eat and drink, and the sentry on the city wall actually shouted at us, stop fighting, we will submit to you, our two armies will be on good terms, eat and drink enough and sleep well......"

The Xiongnu envoy looked at the emperor and said with a smile: "This is what the minister said personally when he was at the border pass, and he didn't lose the slightest. How dare a small sentry say such a thing, he must have been instructed by the generals above. ”

The general who led the speech just now said in a sonorous voice: "You dog thing is barking here, what you said is indeed the truth, but that is General Su's strategy to confuse you fools, don't you really have people who believe it, thinking that we have no determination to fight a big war, and we underestimate the enemy, so we have suffered defeat?" ”

"You are your own people, of course you have to help your own people speak, I am different from you, my Huns have already sued for peace with you, and there is no need to harm you."

Compared with the anger of the generals, the Hun envoys seemed very relaxed, and the emperor looked at it and asked the Hun envoys: "What you said is the truth?" ”

"What the minister said is true."

"Your Majesty, don't believe this foreigner, he must have ill intentions."

At this time, some ministers couldn't look past it, and when they saw that the emperor was going to believe a foreigner, they couldn't help but stand up and speak.

"This dog thief is uneasy at first sight, and I must not kill him." Some of the generals stood up and shouted at the Huns.

"Yes, kill him, Hun dog thief, he actually came up to my heaven and earth realm to talk nonsense, trying to frame my Chao Zhongliang."

As soon as the other general's voice fell, he saw that the general who had just taken the lead stood up, and really drew his sword and stabbed at the Hun envoy, and the cold long sword pierced into the envoy's chest and abdomen, and then penetrated out from behind.

The emperor and his ministers hurriedly retreated, looking at the general in horror.

In a burst of exclamations, the general pulled out his blood-drenched long sword and stood on the ground, kneeling towards the emperor, "This Hun dog thief wants to fish in troubled waters and provoke the relationship between the monarch and the minister of our court, it is really not a pity to die." This kind of alien scourge, the emperor would have killed him for the emperor, and the emperor would be able to clear his mind and not be bewitched by him. As for what he said, the emperor could go to the army to inquire about it and see if this was General Su's strategy. ”

The Hun envoy died on the ground, and before he could close his frightened eyes, the Hun petty official who followed him didn't dare to say anything, and silently closed his eyes for him.

The emperor's heart trembled, probably frightened by the situation just now, and he couldn't say anything for a while, he was afraid of the long sword, if that sword pierced into his body, he would be the one who fell on the cold marble floor now.

He pretended to be calm and said to the generals: "Aiqing, get up." ”

The generals were still kneeling, and the general who had killed the Hun envoy just now said: "General Su is still in the prison, and we can't get up." ”

The other generals chimed in: "Yes, we have daily contact with General Su, if he has a rebellious heart, we are also guilty of the same crime as him, how can we get up." ”

The emperor looked back at the ministers, and the ministers also pleaded for Su Sui, and the emperor became tough and said: "It is also a sin not to return to Beijing on time." ”

After saying this, he walked to the main hall, and the courtiers had to follow behind.

Back in the main hall, the emperor asked the ministers how to deal with this matter, and after the silence, there were still upright ministers who stood up to speak for Su Sui.

"The long march and the fatigue of the soldiers made it understandable that they could not return to Beijing on time. As for this rebellion, the generals just now also said that they were together day and night, and it was impossible not to know General Su's thoughts, and the minister felt that it should not exist. ”

"Yes, if the word spreads, the people will ...... again."

When the emperor heard this, he got up and walked directly to the back of the hall, and the chamberlain hurriedly beckoned the ministers to disperse, and the ministers stared at each other and retreated outside the hall together. I don't know what kind of heart loss the emperor has, why he has to hold on to the unwarranted matter of Su Sui's rebellion, the last time he seized the military power of others, and caused a storm in the city, and in the end it was not to use people, this time he repeated the same old tune, and it became the situation in front of him.

Everyone secretly looked at the prime minister, and now it only works if he comes forward to speak.

Prime Minister Qiu Cheng is very arrogant, he also knows the current situation, if he has to judge that Su Sui is plotting rebellion and cannot convince the public, maybe he will force those soldiers to rebel, and then it will be out of control. Now was the time for him to be complacent, and he didn't want any accidents to break the situation.

He looked at the anxious ministers and said good things: "Don't panic, everyone, it's no wonder that I mentioned it so much, who knows that the emperor is convinced." I know everyone's thoughts, they don't want Su Sui to die, we still need him in this Celestial Dynasty, wait a while, wait for a while, when the emperor calms down, I will go and tell the emperor that Su Sui will be released tomorrow at the latest. ”

Everyone feels hateful when they look at his smiling face, and the scoundrel and pride of the villain revealed in the words are even more disgusting, as if this court is now like a plaything played with in the palm of his hand, he can turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands for rain.

With his words, although the ministers were disgusted, they felt that it was already in order, so they all returned to the yamen with confidence.

The generals were also invited outside the palace gate, but they did not leave and waited for the news of Su Sui's release.

Su Wanyan also quickly learned about this, Duanmu Rui went to inquire and went back to the house to tell her in detail, Su Wanyan was so angry that she kept walking around the house, and she couldn't settle down irritably.

Duanmu Rui relieved her: "Don't worry, now the public opinion in the DPRK and China is biased towards the generals, and those generals are also waiting outside the palace gate, and the prime minister will also intercede, and the emperor will definitely release people soon." ”

Su Wanyan said angrily: "How can he be so mediocre, just order the withdrawal of the army in a daze, and even want to put a trumped-up charge on his father's head." ”

Duanmu Rui knew that she was talking about the emperor, so he walked over and pulled her to a chair and sat down, "His heart is actually full of fear, the general has great achievements in war and outstanding talents, he is afraid that he will really rebel, so he wants to get rid of him, but none of the generals in the DPRK and China can be compared with the general, and he doesn't dare to really get rid of him, so he himself is also very angry." ”

Su Wanyan snorted coldly, "He's angry, it's good to be angry with him." ”

"It's not a good thing that he died suddenly." Duanmu Rui said with a smile.

"Why isn't it a good thing, you go directly to the position, isn't it very convenient?"

After Su Wanyan finished speaking, she knew that she was speechless, turned her face away, Duanmu Rui walked over and looked at her with a smile, and said in a soft voice: "How easy you say, he died and the crown prince ascended the throne, this court will only be even more disagreeable, he has no scruples, maybe he will give an order to all of us to bury the emperor." ”

Su Wanyan thought about the virtue of the prince who is becoming more and more bastard now, maybe he will really do that, it will be really dangerous at that time, they will definitely not sit still, they will fight back, and then the court will be in chaos......

Thinking about that situation, she felt excited and scared, swallowed her saliva unconsciously, and looked at Duanmu Rui with bright eyes.

"What do you want?" Duanmu Rui looked at her amusedly.

She quickly avoided his gaze and shook her head, "It's nothing." ”

Fortunately, I heard that Su Sui was released early the next morning, Su Wanyan hurried back to Su Mansion, and Duanmu Rui also followed, but when he returned to Su Mansion, he didn't see anyone, and he heard the housekeeper say that the general went outside the palace gate, and the generals stayed outside all night.

Su Wanyan and Duanmu Rui followed closely and went outside the palace gate, and sure enough, they saw Su Sui talking to them, and after speaking, the generals left.

Su Sui saw Su Wanyan and Duanmu Rui, and a smile appeared on his tired and haggard faces, and the three of them returned to Su Mansion together.