Chapter 588: A Strange Token
"Zhong Aiqing, if there is something to do, if it's okay, then I will come to tell you a good thing." The next day, Xia Qi's eyes glanced at the ministers in the Qinzheng Hall with a hearty smile.
"Listen to your ears." Hearing that the emperor was going to take the initiative to share a good thing, the eyes of the ministers in the palace couldn't help but open wide, of course, the ministers who had obtained the relevant news in advance couldn't help but feel helpless, isn't it a small victory, this is also worth talking about in the court, however, these people can't jump out to refute or block, not only because the other party is the emperor, but more importantly, the emperor or the relevant departments have not announced, and now jump out, then the emperor will ask, you came with this news, for this reason, It is not entirely impossible that it will even trigger the emperor to purge some departments.
"Yesterday morning, the general soldier of the Great Xia Royal Army, the general soldier of the servant army, the commander of the Jinyi School and the commander of Jinling, the left attendant of the military department, the right attendant of the criminal department, the outer lang of the official department, the eighteenth prince and the cabinet Shen Yan led the three thousand Great Xia royal army and the thirty thousand White Lotus Sect elites in the area of Niugong Mountain, more than 80 miles east of Wuzhou Prefecture, Shen Yan successfully defeated the 30,000 elites of the White Lotus Sect, and once again wrote a battle example of winning more with less." Xia Qi didn't know what some officials in the palace thought, if he knew, he would definitely want to kill him.
"In addition, Shen Yan successfully burned down the thirty-six granaries that the White Lotus Sect relied on for the winter at the time of the day before yesterday, plus this time he defeated the thirty-thousand elites of the White Lotus Sect, it can be said that Shen Yan can almost gain a foothold in Huaibei County, and completely crack the layout of the White Lotus Sect in bad places."
Xia Qi had a look of excitement in his eyes, as if this victory was the result of his direct command.
"It's really TMD beeping the dog, it's obviously a ten-death situation, but it was cracked by Shen Yan's hillbilly." Hearing the emperor's words, Jia Mingliang's eyes revealed a strong shock, he really didn't expect Shen Yan to tear apart the layout of the White Lotus Sect with less than four thousand troops, could it be that this Shen Yan really has such a great blessing, so can Jiang Tawei's idea still be realized?
"I will keep Shen Aiqing's merits in my heart, and when he returns triumphantly, I will definitely go out of the city to greet him in person, and reward him accordingly according to Shen Aiqing's merits." Xia Qi glanced at the ministers in the hall with a look of excitement and said slowly.
"I don't know if my original expectation will come true, if the White Lotus Sect gives up some so-called political things and chooses to use the most direct means to solve Lingnan, then Shen Yan's stay in Huaibei County is like staying in a big urn, and he may be wiped out by the White Lotus Sect at any time, after all, Shen Yan's troops are so little, although the emperor gave him the right to recruit soldiers, but what role can recruits play, and maybe they will also play a role in delaying. Moreover, with the cognition of the White Lotus Sect, Luo Yuhui would definitely not be allowed to return to Jinling, so there would definitely be some sparks between Luo Yuhui and Shen Yan. Jiang Jingwei listened to the emperor's passionate statement, and thought about the troubles that Shen Yan might encounter.
"Long live my emperor, I have an eternal minister like Lord Shen in Great Xia, it is really my Great Xia, and it is the blessing of the emperor." Of course, the ministers in the palace are not monolithic, there are a few low-level courtiers who want to gain the favor of the emperor, after hearing the emperor's passionate statement, they hurriedly praise the emperor for how wise, how majestic, and how ......, that look, that tone is completely a sycophant boast.
"Your Majesty, Lingnan is in an emergency." Just when the hall was peaceful, a brocade school ran to the door of the main hall covered in blood, and shouted loudly, completely ignoring the face of the ministers in the hall, breaking this peace.
"Lingnan Urgent?" Hearing such the words of the Jinyi School, whether it was the high-flying Xia Qi or the ministers in the palace, they all felt a little uneasy, if it was good news, it would not be that the Jinyi School in front of him would appear here covered in blood.
"Say it quickly." Xia Qi had a hint of uneasiness, completely devoid of the passionate demeanor just now.
"The White Lotus Sect launched an offensive against Lingnan yesterday afternoon, and the Jinling front army in the city was defeated and withdrew from the south of the city, and Lingnan fell into the hands of the White Lotus Sect." With a look of panic in his eyes, the brocade school said loudly.
"Nonsense, the White Lotus Sect has already fought if it wants to attack Lingnan, how can it delay until yesterday." After hearing the words of this brocade school, some of the ministers in the hall couldn't stand still, and hurriedly jumped out and pointed at this brocade school and reprimanded him loudly.
"It is not an accident that the White Lotus Sect attacked Lingnan, Lord Shen destroyed the granary they relied on for the winter, and wanted to divert the impending grain and grass crisis, the White Lotus Sect could only divert the attention of the soldiers, in addition, defeating Lingnan was equivalent to the White Lotus Sect being able to scavenge grain and grass to some extent, at least it could last for a while." The courtiers who were a little higher in the realm hurriedly expressed different opinions.
"Haha, as Jiang Jingwei expected, Shen Yan has a good life now." A bright light appeared in Jia Mingliang's eyes, and he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Tawei, only to see Jiang Tawei standing there with a calm expression, Jia Mingliang hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that his strange look would fall into the eyes of others.
"Who are you, is this news serious?" Qiu Mubai's eyes flashed with a hint of uneasiness, ignoring the chatter and discussion of the ministers in the hall, he glanced at the brocade school covered in blood, and said indifferently.
"The villain belongs to a Jinyi school in Lingnan, although the Lingnan Jinyi School has long existed in name, but the villain was led into the gate of the Jinyi School by the master, so, no matter what happened to the Jinyi School, the villain has been secretly observing the news in this regard, but I didn't expect that when the villain of the White Lotus Sect didn't have any clue, the White Lotus Sect invaded Lingnan, and the villain was helpless, so he had to sneak out of the south of the city with a small number of people." There was a sad look in the eyes of this brocade school.
"You're lying?" There was a stern glint in the eyes of some officials, staring coldly at this brocade school.
"What the villain says is true." The brocade school said loudly with a red face.
"Why did the Jinling front army retreat from the south of the city, isn't there a White Lotus Sect in the south of the city?" A flash of wisdom appeared in the official's eyes, and he immediately found the loophole, and with a look of excitement, he said loudly.
"How do you know that there is no White Lotus Sect in the south of the city?" A look of surprise appeared in the eyes of the brocade school, and he glanced at the official in disbelief.
"How did you escape to Jinling? Why did you want to tell us this information? How did you get straight to the Qinzheng Palace? A hint of contemplation flashed in Qiu Mubai's eyes, what this brocade school said seemed to be true, and he couldn't help frowning, and said slowly.
"After the villain slipped out of Lingnan with the others, he found that the people of the White Lotus Sect blocked the way to Jinling, and the villain hid in the sheep intestine path in the south of the city, and then took advantage of the fact that the White Lotus Sect was not paying attention, so he ran to Jinling, as for why he told the adults, the villain is a member of the Jinyi School, this matter is too important, and the villain didn't think much about it, so he came directly." There was a hint of sincerity in the eyes of this brocade school, and he said loudly.
"As for why the villain can get here directly, the villain is not very clear, the villain just met the inquiry along the way, so he took out this token, but he didn't expect to be able to get here directly." As he spoke, the brocade school took out a token from the placket and presented it in front of Qiu Mubai's eyes.
"There is a father-in-law." Qiu Mubai took the token from the hand of the brocade school, glanced at it casually, and found that he didn't know the role and identity of the token, and a touch of surprise couldn't help but appear in his eyes, and then said to Xu Sanyuan beside the emperor.