When the guards of Jincheng brought the emperor's holy decree to Yongjing County, Li Hongyi and Li Honghui finally realized that something was wrong.

"What now?" Li Hongyi was a little flustered, and kept walking around the tent with the holy decree, "Is it possible, can we lead the army back to Jincheng again?" ”

"Definitely not." Li Honghui smiled bitterly and shook his head, the army finally withdrew, and if he went back, if he was accidentally discovered by Xiou's reconnaissance, wouldn't it be annihilated? It's not that they didn't think that there would be a holy decree, but the army waited left and right in Jincheng for ten days, and they didn't even see the shadow of a holy decree. As a result, Li Hongyi led the army to leave on the front foot, and only arrived in Jincheng on the back foot. Isn't that a mistake?

Xu Lei also said with a sad face: "There is no way, I can only resist the decree." Besides, it's not the general's fault, the emperor wants to blame, and he can't blame the general. ”

"Okay." Li Hongyi made up his mind and ordered in a sonorous and forceful manner, "Since we have come to this point, we have no way to retreat." In this battle, only victory is allowed, not defeat. Otherwise, how to explain to the emperor and the court? We must launch a campaign before the flood season arrives, and let Xiou and their plan to flood Jincheng completely fail! ”

Li Honghui echoed: "The flood season in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is August and September. It is already the beginning of August, and at the latest on August 15, before the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, take Xiou. ”

"The last general obeys!" The crowd received the order.

Only Xu Lei was worried, and said to Li Hongyi: "However, we haven't found it yet, what the villagers said about 'Huangquan Road'?" ”

It is said that a few days ago, Li Hongyi sent several teams of detectives to find a shortcut to Nanshan. I heard from the local villagers that they had been there, and there was indeed a trail leading to the enemy camp in the South Mountain, called 'Huangquan Road'. But the road was too dangerous, not only was it narrow, but it was also surrounded by mountains on one side and cliffs on the other. Walking on it, people can easily fall down. Therefore, few local residents know where the road is, and only the people who collect medicine in the mountains will climb over the mountains and climb the mountains in order to collect medicine.

Speaking of the medicine picker, Li Hongyi couldn't help but think of Daddy Wu, but unfortunately he had already left Jincheng and didn't know where to go.

"Huangquan Road ......" Li Hongyi always felt that he seemed to have heard of this road somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. He looked at the majestic Nanshan Mountain in the distance, and only felt like a giant blade, cutting off their path to victory. He ordered: "Send more cavalry, and go to find that path again, but the general will not believe it and cannot find it." ”

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It was night, and the whole capital was silent, and in the homes of people on both sides of the road, there were occasional lights shining through the windows. The night was thick, and the sky was blue and black, not even a trace of moonlight. Shao An and his party rode horses and galloped past, and Dada's horse hooves sounded on the bluestone street, as if waking up Chang'an, which was still sleeping.

Shao An didn't even bother to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and rode all the way to the noon gate. At this time, it was the middle of the night, and the door was locked at noon. The guard department called the door, and the guards guarding the door were alarmed, and rushed over to see that it was the prime minister and the guard department, no wonder they dared to call the door at this hour. Shao An showed his tooth card, claiming that he was in a hurry.

"This ......," the guard said in a stumbling voice, embarrassed by the approach, "but...... The palace gate has been keyed, and it is not allowed to be released without reason......"

The guard suddenly interrupted the man's words and scolded in a rough voice: "What nonsense, didn't you hear the prime minister say that there is an emergency?" If you delay military affairs, can you afford it? ”

Although the guards at the door knew that it was not appropriate to open the door at this time, the person who came was the prime minister who was in power all over the world, plus the arrogant and domineering entourage of the guards, who dared to provoke them, so they hurriedly let people in.

Seeing that the door was opened without difficulty, Shao An turned back to Xu Qi and said, "Thank you for your help, it's late at night, let's go back first." ”

"Yes, Li Si is kind to me, this is nothing." Xu Qi arched his hand and said, "Shao Xiang take care and take his leave." ”

At this time, the third watch had passed, and the emperor must have fallen asleep. Shao An thought about it, and then strode towards Zhongshu Province. I wonder how far things have gotten now, and has the Holy One decreed? If he didn't, he still had room to turn around and persuade the emperor to change his mind.

"Shao Xiang? You...... You're back? As soon as Shao An entered Zhongshu Province, he immediately alarmed the people on duty. I saw that the prime minister had a cold expression, wearing a black cloak, but he was not wearing an official uniform under the cloak, only a cyan straight jacket. They all knew that the prime minister had gone to Henan recently, but they didn't expect to come back so soon. And it's still late at night, I'm afraid something big has happened.

"Hmm." Shao An glanced at the people here, but did not find Liu Ruqing's figure, so he had to ask, "Lord Sun is here?" ”

The person said respectfully: "Yes, Master Sun is in the political affairs hall, and the lower officials will go and invite it." ”

Shao An waved his hand, "That's it, I'll go in person." ”

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This night was Sun Yi on duty, he was slightly taken aback when he saw Shao An coming back, and hurriedly asked: "Shao Xiang is not on an errand in Yingzhou, why did he come back early?" ”

Shao An frowned and said straight to the point: "I heard that the emperor is going to issue an order to change generals. ”

Unexpectedly, Shao An was so well-informed, Sun Yi nodded and said: "This is indeed the case, the holy decree has just been issued, and the emperor has approved the seal." ”

It was already sealed, Shao An only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and his whole body couldn't stop chilling. The emperor deserves to be the emperor, what a quick hand. In that case, then don't blame him for burning all the jade.

Shao An calmly stretched out his hand and asked Sun Yi: "What about the holy decree?" ”

"Here." Sun Yi got up and gave it to Shao An, saying that the holy decree was actually received at the third watch, but he didn't expect that as soon as it was sent, Shao An's hind feet also followed.

Shao An took the decree, read it carefully, and wrote a letter to dismiss Li Hongyi from the post of general Fuyuan, and ordered the old general Song to replace Li Hongyi and command the three armies.

However, on the holy decree, Shao An only saw the jade seal, but did not see the prime minister's words, and suddenly saw a hint of a turnaround. He evoked a smile and said to Sun Yi playfully: "You...... Don't sign yet? ”

"Not yet." Sun Yi agreed casually, suddenly thought about it, and looked at Shao An in surprise, "Could it be that the prime minister wants to seal the ......" Sun Yi said halfway, and hurriedly covered his mouth, but he didn't dare to say any more.

"Yes, the Holy Decree is restored." Shao An picked up the unfinished words that Sun Yi didn't dare to say.

I didn't expect Shao An to really want to exercise the right to refute it, is there no turning circle between the monarch and the minister? Sun Yi looked at Shao An worriedly, and said anxiously: "Li Hongyi's matter has already provoked the anger of the Holy Dragon Yan. Shao Xiang, you don't put out the fire, but add fuel to the fire? ”

To be honest, Shao An really didn't plan to put out the fire. He would not do anything to appease the emperor's anger at the expense of his brother. Besides, when he first joined the company, it was to help Li Hongyi. After all, since ancient times, the generals have been the most jealous of the emperor's suspicions. And with him, he can prevent the villains around the emperor from making trouble, and avoid his brother from ending up with Yue Fei in the future.

And the emperor is just happy about this. After all, talents are hard to find, although the emperor uses the two brothers, but also guards against the two brothers, and the two sides involve each other to achieve a balance. So Shao An understood that without the emperor's consent, their brothers could not recognize each other. And the emperor made a good calculation, so that people had to be willing to enter the palace and use it for him.

Shao An shook his head and said, "I won't compromise this time, it's a big deal to resign and go into hiding." ”

Sun Yi heard a tone from Shao An's mouth, which looked at death as home. He asked hesitantly, "Resign?" Do you want to ...... Do you want to poke out Li Hongyi's affairs as well? ”

"I've lost my memory for so long, it's time to regain my memory." Shao An said indifferently, as if he had seen through life and death and saw through everything.

"No, you can't!" Sun Yi suddenly shouted loudly, his eyes were fixed on Shao An, but he didn't know how to dissuade him. He opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't say a word.

"I've made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade again." Shao An rolled up the holy decree and said slowly, "Early tomorrow morning, I will personally return the holy decree." This matter has nothing to do with adults, so adults should not know. ”

"Shao An!" Sun Yi already knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he immediately got up and wanted to take back the holy decree, the two of them tugged at each other, and suddenly the inkstone fell to the ground, and the pen and ink were scattered, but Shao An took the lead and quickly took the holy decree into his arms.

The officials outside the door heard a loud sound of "ping pong" inside, and they all looked at each other and silently pricked up their ears. It is said that the two prime ministers have always gotten along harmoniously, but today, this is ...... Did the fight start?

Everyone lingered at the door of the political affairs hall, looking like they wanted to persuade but didn't dare to persuade them, and in the end, no one dared to push the door in. Or did Father-in-law Chen suddenly arrive and found that everyone was gathered at the door, so he said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Grandpa Chen." As if they had seen a savior, they hurriedly pulled him over, "Go in and have a look." ”

Father-in-law Chen walked in suspiciously, and saw that the room was full of paper, and it was a mess. But Gonggong Chen didn't bother to care about this dispute, he walked towards Shao An quickly, "You, you, what's the matter...... Coming back? ”

Originally, the guards reported that the prime minister had entered the palace, but he didn't believe it very much, thinking it was a false alarm. But when the emperor learned about it, he immediately became furious and asked Gonggong Chen to quickly pass Shao An to see him. After Shao An listened to the emperor's dictation, he comforted Chen Gonggong: "Coincidentally, I also happened to have something to do and wanted to meet the saint." ”

Gonggong Chen naturally knew what was going on with Shao An, and he was speechless in an instant. However, Sun Yi on the side was still trying to dissuade him, "Shao An, you have to think clearly, with your rejection, there will be no room for retreat." ”

"I know that Lord Sun has good intentions, but I can't turn back for a long time." After that, Shao An lifted his cloak, resolutely turned around, and said to Gonggong Chen, "Let's go." ”

Sun Yi looked ahead in despair and saw Shao An's black cloak, following his footsteps, fluttering in the wind, like flapping eagle wings. He didn't look back, he didn't hesitate, he resolutely walked towards the expected ending.