For example, what was promised once that in the anti-barbarism, the responsibilities that Lin and Hu, Liu and Zhang had to bear were actually not easy.

When the treaty was signed at that time, the Lin clan finally had to grit his teeth and agree, and share the 100,000 troops of the banner alone.

In the first battle with the Banner Pearl, the battle damage of Great Xia and the Banner Barbarian reached a maximum of 1 to 6.

Even now, with veterans such as Fang Shuai, the battle damage still reaches 1 to 2, or even 1 to 3.

Although the Lin clan claims to have 800,000 elites, can they actually have 200,000 elites who can fight?

They promised to bear the 100,000 troops of the banner alone, which shows the great pressure.

Hu Liu Zhang's side is not much better than them, especially Liu Shuai in the southwest, he has the most people under him, but he is also the poorest.

The most elite troops in their hands still have many hungry stomachs.

In order to find the dynasty for food and equipment, he had to undertake a heavier task than the Lin family.

Hu Shuai in the northwest is not much better, he has more cavalry in his hands, but although the cavalry is strong, his troops are not as many as the other marshals, and one dies less.

Only Zhang Shuai in the Northeast wants people and money, because they have everything, so the dynasty not only refuses to give them equipment, but also lets them pay for it.

Of course, the most stressed must be the dynasty.

In short, the agreement signed at the beginning, these warlords tied the hands of the dynasty, so that the dynasty could no longer fight against them in a civil war, but the dynasty did not make it easy for them.

Now, Dingwu has gone, the new monarch has ascended the throne, and the dynasty is weak, so they naturally ask to reduce their pressure.

But how could the dynasty easily agree to them to break the treaty?

But there is no way, if you fall behind, you will be beaten.

The dynasty will definitely have to regress in the end, but it is destined to be a difficult tug-of-war.

It was very difficult to negotiate a union at the beginning, but it was even more difficult to make adjustments to the established contract than it was when we first talked about it.

Several parties were mentally prepared, and this meeting did not take it too seriously, and the parties did not sit together at the beginning and put all the issues on the table to discuss.

The dynasty had various thoughts of breaking down, and Hu Qingyan, King De, and Zhang Bangli met with several parties respectively.

On the side of the southern army, King De came forward, and the two sides naturally did not talk happily.

But this is also expected, the two sides did not expect to be able to directly settle each other, so they did not blush, although the dispute was enthusiastic, but after a period of backwardness, they were able to calm down.

Before leaving, Chu Ruocai asked, "Why don't you see Qu Guogong today?" ”

King De replied: "The Duke of Qu Guo is suffering from a serious illness and is not in good health, and he has been recuperating recently. ”

Chu Ruocai said: "There is such a thing, now that the anti-barbarism is imminent, it is necessary for Qu Guogong to come forward to preside over the overall situation, Qu Guogong is not sick at this time, and I don't know if Qu Guogong's condition has not been alleviated, if there is no good doctor in the capital, our Nanyue's double life holy hand also happened to come to the capital, but I want to invite him to go to the Qu Guogong Mansion for a trip." ”

"I have a heart." King De said lightly: "Although there are many good doctors in the world, how can they compare to me in the imperial palace of the imperial court?" ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you don't know, the Holy Hand of Twin Lives has received invitations from the Imperial Physician Hall three times, but they all declined because of the difficulty of leaving their homeland." Chu Ruocai smiled.

King De was slightly stunned, he really didn't know about this, and after a while, he regained his expression and said lightly: "Really?" It seems that this person does have some skills, but if you talk about the way of medicine, I don't know if this pair of holy hands dares to claim to be the right of the king of Ming? ”

"Coincidentally, yesterday I took Master Ru Ming to visit King Ming, and I heard with my own ears that King Ming said that Master Chen's reputation as a double life saint is well deserved." Chu Ruocai replied, said that, glanced at King De's blackened face, and arched his hand and said, "Your Highness stays, I'll wait to leave!" ”

"Walk slowly!" King De watched their backs go away.

Zhang Bangli also sent people away, and when he turned around and saw that King De's face was not good, he came over and asked, "What's the matter, is the Southern Army very excessive?" ”

King De looked back, glanced at him and nodded lightly: "It is indeed arrogant and excessive, Nanyue is just a poor and remote place, and it is shameless to dare to underestimate the capital of our country." ”

As he spoke, King De frowned slightly, and asked Zhang Bangli, "Have you ever heard of the Twin Lives Holy Hand?" ”

"Twin Lives Holy Hand?" Zhang Bangli thought for a while: "There is indeed such a person in Nanyue, who has extremely high medical attainments, and the dynasty once intended to summon him to the Imperial Doctor's Palace, but this person has no intention of being an official and politely refused, why did the prince mention this person?" ”

"Fang Cai Chu Ruocai's dog thing, asked about Qu Guochang's serious illness, and sarcastically said that there are no good doctors in our capital, so it is better to ask them to take a look at the double life holy hand of Nanyue." King De Road.

After that, King De flicked his sleeves: "There is really no tiger in the mountains, the monkey is the overlord, and the villain is ambitious!" ”

With a cold snort, King De stopped talking, turned around and strode away.

Zhang Bangli stood in place, his eyes shining, and then obscure.

And after King De returned to the class room, he suddenly looked stunned: "Qu Guochang, Chu Ruocai is going to see Qu Guochang, is it ......"

He stood up suddenly, and his face changed again and again.

He suddenly reacted that Chu Ruocai may not just be sarcastic about the dynasty, but deliberately gambled with him, so that he could take the opportunity to meet Qu Guochang and do the "cooperation" that King Ming said.

King De hurriedly wrote a letter and ordered a confidant to come in: "Give this letter to General Beichuan." ”

Not long after, Mo Beichuan, who was the commander of the forbidden army, received a letter from King De, opened it and read it, pondered for a while, called his subordinates, and ordered: "Send a team of guards to inform the Qu State Mansion that if the people of the Southern Army visit the Qu State Mansion, they will directly drive him away on the grounds that the Guo Gong is seriously ill and does not see the guests." ”

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On the other side, Zhang Bangli also returned to his office room, and his face was also cloudy and uncertain for a long time.

He didn't want to do it so quickly, and wanted to wait for His Majesty to ascend the throne before taking Qu Guochang's, so as not to make Qu Guochang's sudden death unacceptable to His Majesty and make the matter of ascending the throne go wrong.

But after Fang learned from King De that the people of the southern army were going to see Qu Guochang, he knew that he couldn't delay it.

Taking a deep breath, he picked up the phone on the table and spit out only two words: "Do it." ”

Then he hung up the phone and turned his head to look in the direction of the imperial study.

He didn't know what would happen to him when His Majesty heard the news?

Slowly turn your head and close your eyes.

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Zhang Bangli's people have always been stared at by the people of the Yuqing faction, Zhang Bangli knew this, he knew that it was the people of Yuqing Mountain who were staring, and he asked King Ming.

Mo Bai didn't hide it from him, and said that he arranged it, just to prevent accidents.

How could Zhang Bangli not know that this was King Ming guarding against him, but he didn't say much, knowing that it was King Ming's person, he wouldn't sabotage his actions.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Bangli moved here, the people of Yuqing Mountain who were hidden in the dark immediately spread the news to the Ming Palace.

However, Mo Bai was a little surprised: "Withdrawn? ”

"Yes, I just got the news, and the people who Zhang Bangli was originally hiding around the Qu Guo Mansion suddenly withdrew." Lu Xunyi said.

Mo Bai frowned suddenly, what does Zhang Bangli mean?

After thinking for a while, Mo Bai asked again: "What is happening in the Qu Guo Mansion now?" ”

"On the side of the Qu State Mansion, there is no movement for the time being, Yu Qingshan asks for instructions, the people of the national dynasty have withdrawn, do you want to continue to stare at the Qu State Mansion?" Lu Xunyi replied.

"Keep watching." Mo Bai replied without thinking about it.

Lu Xunyi nodded, turned around and went out to give an order, and after a while, he came in again and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, Zhang Bangli's people suddenly withdrew, what should I do now?" ”

Mo Bai groaned, then shook his head and said, "Zhang Bangli shouldn't dare to play tricks on me, let the people of Yuqing Mountain keep an eye on the Qu Guo Mansion, take a look first." ”

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Qu State Mansion.

Qu Guogong, who had been cultivating for several days, was listening to the housekeeper report on the situation in the palace at this moment.

Although he is at home, the big and small things in the capital still can't escape his eyes.

Hearing that Hu Qingyan and the other three had an unpleasant conversation with the warlord Fang, Qu Guochang's voice was flat: "As expected, this time the dynasty will definitely suffer." ”

The housekeeper stood aside, but he was worried: "The ambition of the warlord wolf, the heart of the dynasty of our country will not die, if the situation continues like this, I don't know what the result will be?" ”

Qu Guochang snorted coldly when he heard this: "Hu Qingyan and King De have been targeting the old man everywhere, on such an important occasion today, they saw the old man asking for sick leave, but they really didn't come to invite the old man out of the mountain, and they didn't even say hello." Anyway, the old man doesn't want to carry this black pot yet, so it depends on what result they can toss. ”

The housekeeper reminded: "Master, no matter what, you still have to cheer up, after all, the overall situation of the country and the dynasty is important!" ”

Qu Guochang was slightly silent, and then said: "If you don't even have power, what are you talking about the overall situation of the country?" ”

Seeing this, the housekeeper didn't say anything more, turned around and went out, and after a while brought a tray with a few side dishes and a pot of wine.

The housekeeper poured another glass of wine for Qu Guochang, Qu Guochang was depressed, and he drank it all when he picked up the wine glass.

The butler stood beside him and said with a smile: "It's been almost twenty years since I followed the master in a blink of an eye, and time flies so fast." ”

When Qu Guochang heard this, he also sighed a little emotionally, and said: "Yes, it's been twenty years, when the first emperor had just ascended the throne, and I was sent by the first emperor to quell the chaos. ”

After that, he picked up the flask and took another glass, and poured two glasses: "Come, let's have a drink today." ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said bitterly: "I'm afraid I won't have this blessing in this life." ”

Qu Guochang only thought that he cared about his identity, but he didn't persuade much, and drank it all by himself.

Then, lying on the recliner, he closed his eyes.

But after a while, his expression changed suddenly, he suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the wine jug in front of him, and then raised his head and stared at the butler, who was still standing beside him as usual, and asked with horror in his eyes, "Is it you?" ”

The housekeeper shook his head, his eyes became more and more bitter, and said, "Actually, the arrow back then was arranged a long time ago. ”

Qu Guochang's face suddenly turned pale, and he wanted to stand up with his hand on the chair, but he had no strength: "For so many years, I have been kind to you...... Why? ”

The housekeeper lowered his head and said after a while: "Master, have you forgotten?" You once swore in front of the first emperor that you would smear the liver and brain of the country, you ...... Missed the appointment. ”

"I didn't, I've been doing my best to assist Xinjun, the antidote, give me the antidote!" Qu Guochang wanted to scream, but he was angry, but he didn't give up and was still trying to defend himself.

The housekeeper just shook his head and looked at Qu Guochang again, his eyes sad: "Zhang Pingsheng, Liu Shifan, Chen Quan...... All these people you arranged have been arrested, and all the letters you sent to them have been searched, and there is ironclad evidence that you betrayed the interests of the country and the DPRK for personal gain. ”

"King Ming, King Ming...... I regret that I shouldn't have ......" Qu Guochang heard these names, and immediately fell directly to the ground, he wanted to roar at the sky, but the voice was only heard by the housekeeper.

In the end, Qu Guochang regretted what he shouldn't have said.

Perhaps it is regret that he should not have arranged these means to fight against King Ming.

may also be regretting that he should not be restrained, and he should have spread the truth of the palace change to the world a long time ago.

He never thought that King Ming would be so decisive in asking for his life.

However, no matter what, he has no chance,

The housekeeper moved Qu Guochang, who had lost his breath, back to the chair, then changed the wine jug, and finally cried: "Master, someone is coming, master...... Passed away! ”