Four days later, the Xuanwu Palace.

Qin Gong was still sitting in the chief with his head hanging down and rather depressed as he had been a few days ago.

He already believed that Xu Fei was indeed dying, and the imperial doctor bluntly said that this old minister who assisted the three dynasties estimated that there were only a few days left.

Remembering that he worshipped Xu Fei as his master since he was a child, this old man also watched him grow up, and for his own foundation, he has worked hard and done a lot over the years.

But it was such an old man, but he was scolded and humiliated by Yongluan, Gu Daoyuan and others successively, and he was bedridden in a fit of anger.

An old man who was about to die of old age was angry to death because he was loyal to himself. This is not only a humiliation of Xu Fei, but also a humiliation of himself.

But at this time, in addition to Deng Ziwen, who can never figure out the details, the overall situation of the DPRK and China is in the hands of Yongluan, Fang Yuanheng, and Zhao Zhihai.

In the past six months or so, Qin Lan County has been captured, Zhao Zhihai's territory Suibei has been occupied, and Fang Yuan Heng Fang's foundation in Xuchang City, Hexi County has also been destroyed by the rebels.

But after all, he underestimated the strength of the three families, and under the counterattack openly and secretly, he was defeated in a daze, and he also lost his biggest reliance in the court.

This Qin Gong is really boring.

After looking at the ministers in the hall with disgust, Duke Qin continued to lower his head and no longer paid attention to everyone. His thoughts at the moment were just to wait for the end of every matter of the argument and give the order to retreat from the court as soon as possible.

After nearly an hour of noisy and chaotic arguments among the people in the hall, Qin Gong subconsciously said "quasi-play", and stood up numbly and prepared to leave the table.

But at this time, a voice suddenly sounded in the outermost part of the Xuanwu Palace, which silenced the chaotic hall town like a bell.

"On the courtesy, Weichen has something to do."

Seeing that the person who spoke was located in the outer hall, Gong Qin frowned and ignored it.

This court discussion is over, but these petty officials also want to bother themselves, so Qin Gong has no reason to be irritable.

And when the ministers saw that the person who spoke was small and powerful, except for a few people who frowned and were quite displeased, some of the others actually laughed.

"Your Majesty, last night Hanhai City, Shuofang County, came to report, General Shuofang said that there are Rong people in General Zuo's army, and I ask you to decide."

Seeing that Qin Gong continued to want to leave, the man said loudly in a hurry.

"Well, quasi-play, quasi-play. Well? What the? ”

Qin Gong didn't react to this person's statement for a while, but in an instant, he understood the seriousness of what this person said, and suddenly raised his head and looked at the person who spoke.

This person's name is Yu Rang, he is a small squire under Sima Xu Fei's mansion, originally he was not qualified to participate in the court, but because Xu Fei was seriously ill and could not go to the court, and Sima Fu could not be absent during the war, so he came to the court on behalf of Xu Fei.

Last night, he received a letter from General Shuofang, and after reading it, he felt that this matter was very important, but he was not qualified to go directly to meet Qin Gong, even though he felt that it seemed inappropriate to say this matter publicly, but seeing that Qin Gong above the court was about to leave, he mustered up the courage to say it loudly.

When Yu Rang finished speaking, there was a silence in the court, and everyone looked at the official in the hall who was in his thirties and had a somewhat unfamiliar appearance.

"Who are you? Register your name. ”

Qin Gong was naturally not stupid, and when he heard such an important matter, he also knew that he couldn't let him say it openly, but he didn't know who this strange young man was, so he asked casually.

"Weichen Sima's Mansion is a servant of Yu Rang."

When Yu Rang heard Qin Gong's question, he gave Qin Gong a salute and replied.

Everyone in the hall looked at Yu Rang in surprise, but what surprised them was not Yu Rang himself, but the appalling words he said.

"The eldest chief, Zaizuka Jiuqing and Yu Qing's family stay, and the others retreat.

What Fang just heard, the Qing family must not leak half a sentence, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded. ”

Qin Gong seemed to want to explode the grudges of the past few days, and the last sentence was quite imposing.

And the departing ministers also knew that the matter was very important, so they went away one after another.

But Duke Qin knows that I am afraid that this news will be known all over the city in less than half a day.

So after seeing everyone leave, he was quite dissatisfied and said to Jean: "Where is General Shuofang's letter?" Present it. ”

Yu Rang hurriedly took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch who came to get the letter.

Qin Gong opened the letter, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, because Jieyuan's letter explained the treason of the Shuofang army and Zhang Ren's affairs in detail and clearly, and also analyzed the relationship between Zhang Ren and Edo.

Jie Yuan also bluntly said that all speculation is just speculation after all, and it is not a good thing to be suspicious of a deputy general who commands tens of thousands of troops in the current war, and a bad one will have extremely bad consequences, so Jie Yuan suggested that Fang Yuanheng should be secretly informed of this matter, and how to deal with it can be decided by General Zuo himself, and he must not startle the snake.

Duke Qin read the letter several times, and beads of sweat had already fallen on his forehead. Subsequently, he handed the letter to Deng Ziwen, and Deng Ziwen read the letter out.

Almost the same as Duke Qin's reaction was that more than a dozen people in the palace were silent for a while when they heard what the letter said, but Fang Xie and Chun Yumei looked at Duke Qin with anxious faces as soon as they heard that their lord was in danger.

Sure enough, when Gong Qin saw that everyone didn't answer, he asked Fang Xie and Chun Yumei: "What is the change of Vice General Jiang on weekdays?"

The two men had apparently been thinking about it for a long time, but they hadn't noticed or heard anything unusual about Edo. So they both shook their heads at the same time.

At this time, I heard a chubby old man say loudly: "Your Majesty, the letter from Jieyuan is just a guess, maybe Shuofang's soldiers and horses surrendered to the enemy only by Zhang Ren alone, and Vice General Jiang does not know the inside story." ”

Qin Gong looked at the chubby old man, sighed and said: "What the second uncle said is just to comfort my heart, if this is the case, then it will naturally be fine, but I am afraid that the analysis of the widow is the correct solution, hey, General Zuo is in danger." ”

The chubby old man is Zong Bo Yongsi, the second uncle of Duke Qin, and the second brother of Yongluan.

But the difference between this person and Yongluan is that he is not obsessed with power, and he never participates in the party struggle between the DPRK and China, and is only responsible for some sacrifices and worship on weekdays.

At the beginning, Duke Qin wanted to regain power, so he went to Yongsi to discuss, but he politely refused, so this person in the court, like an idler who could not be offended, was quite chic.

Listening to Qin Gong's words, Yongsi also smiled bitterly and didn't answer.

In fact, he was already convinced in his heart that Edo had betrayed Daqin nine times out of ten.

In the end, under Gu Daoyuan's suggestion, Qin Gong still listened to Jieyuan's suggestion and sent a secret letter to Fang Yuanheng, asking him to take precautions.

At the same time, a military order was issued along with the letter, ordering Edo to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to leave Qin Lan and return to Shuofang County on the grounds of pacifying Shuofang County.

As long as Edo left Fang Yuanheng, he would take the opportunity to seize his military power and send him back to Gyeonggi for interrogation.

Everyone was quite impressed by Gu Daoyuan's suggestion, and transferred him to leave the 30,000 army of the headquarters without startling the snake, but left him with 10,000 sergeants so that he would not notice the difference, so as to seize his military power during the march. On paper, at least, there is nothing more thorough.

In order to paralyze Edo and prevent him from being alerted by the sudden dispatch, Gu Daoyuan also suggested that Qin Gong make another decree and let Jieyuan come to the center to replace Xu Fei as Sima, and give up the position of General Shuofang to Edo. In this way, it becomes much more logical.

Edo must have thought that Jieyuan had no soldiers and could not defeat the enemy, so he needed to send himself, a man who was familiar with Shuofang's military affairs, back to quell the rebellion, so that he would not be suspicious.

At this time, Duke Qin also understood that although Gu Daoyuan was quite close to Zhao Zhihai of the Central Guard, his proposal today to let Jieyuan come to the center to serve as Sima was completely out of consideration of the current situation, and he did not get involved in the power struggle of the three families.

Otherwise, Zhao Zhihai's wings are all over the court and the opposition, and the person who succeeds Xu Fei can line up from the Xuanwu Hall to Chongyao Gate, and where will it be the turn to get Jieyuan.

Moreover, it was proposed that Jieyuan should serve as Sima, and there was no loss to the three forces whether they were open or secret. Such a person who does not belong to any family to hold the important position of Sima, at least in the current extraordinary situation, is the most suitable and only person.

At the same time, Qin Gong also knew more or less that Jieyuan had a dislike with the Zhao family and Yongluan, which was also very beneficial to his future popularity.

It's just that Xu Fei is still alive, so he asked people to take his position, and Qin Gong still couldn't bear it.

He looked up at Zongbo Yongsi beside him, but to his surprise, Nayongsi nodded to him.

When Yongsi and everyone in the palace had no objections, the Duke of Qin quickly issued an edict and immediately sent people to Hanhai and Zichuan at the same time.

Just when everyone had decided on it, the fear in their hearts finally had some support. But at this time, a person hurriedly walked in from outside the Xuanwu Palace.

From his attire, it can be seen that this man is a eunuch.

I saw him hurriedly walking into the hall in the eyes of everyone, and first knelt down to Duke Qin and said, "Your Majesty, there is a 'Black Ice Platform' outside the hall to report." ”

As soon as Qin Gong heard that it was a letter from the "Black Ice Platform", he immediately got up and asked him to present it. At the same time, he also looked worried.

At this time, the letter from the "Black Ice Terrace" is by no means a good thing.

Sure enough, seeing that the eunuch got up and walked to Deng Ziwen's side, he handed over a letter and several eagle talismans in his hand to the eldest chief, and then slowly retreated.

Deng Ziwen didn't think much about Qin Gong at this time, so he didn't hurry to open the letter, but frowned and put the eagle talisman that had been soaked in blood and had changed color on the desk, and got up and handed the letter to Qin Gong.

But to his surprise, Duke Qin didn't reach out to pick it up.

"The chief of the big house is the head of the Black Ice Platform, and it is unreasonable for this letter to be privately demolished."

What Qin Gong said was not an excuse, when the Black Ice Platform was set up, Qin Mugong, who was the monarch at the time, once set a rule that the things reported by the "Black Ice Platform" must only go through the hands of the chief of the great concubine, and then the chief of the general will report to the monarch.

The original intention of setting up this rule was to fear that the ministers would rebel, and once they mastered the "Black Ice Platform", they would completely bury the possibility of the monarch to fight back.

Of course, if the monarch wants to directly manage the "Black Ice Terrace", it is only a matter of one sentence, after all, this country is his.

Deng Ziwen didn't say much when he heard this, so he immediately opened the letter and took it out.

But just after he glanced at the letter, he let out an "ah" and stood in the hall like a rooster.