Chapter 41: Conspiracy and Planning
When Yan Qinghan returned to the Chongzheng Palace, Qi Guang had already appeared there with Xiaoyi.
While waiting for Yan Qinghan, Qi Guang had already told Xiaoyi about the Turkic invasion, Xiaoyi didn't know much about this matter because he left the Wan Dynasty a few days ago, and when he heard what Qi Guang said, he had something to understand.
"Your Majesty, the master of Xiaomen has arrived."
"Xiaoyi, see the emperor."
"No need to be polite, I called the master of Xiaomen to the palace this time, there is something to ask for."
"The emperor said bluntly that the emperor can believe in Xiaoyi, and Xiaoyi is already glorious." Seeing that Yan Qinghan looked like he was asking for himself, although Xiaoyi said this, he was a little happy in his heart.
"Today, after the early dynasty, the mother has already announced the dispatch of troops to suppress it, but I asked General Lu to accompany me, and there are only 20,000 elite soldiers with me."
"20,000 to suppress the Turks? The Queen Mother had a clear meaning...... "Before Xiaoyi finished speaking, she had already noticed Yan Qinghan's solemn expression.
"So, there's only one way to do it." Yan Qinghan cut off his words and said.
"The emperor said."
"Control Lu Yan and force him to hand over the military power." A chill flashed in Yan Qing's cold eyes, and his tone was cold.
"Your Majesty, this method is too risky."
"If you don't do this, not only will Dongchuan be destroyed, but even I won't have a chance to return." Yan Qinghan couldn't help but sneer.
"But after all, Lu Yan has a heavy army, so it is impossible for him to give in to us easily." Xiaoyi said worriedly.
"I naturally know, that's why I called you into the palace to discuss this matter and see if there is any good plan?" Yan Qinghan said lightly.
"At this time, does Mu Sheng know?" Xiaoyi asked again.
"She still doesn't know about sending 20,000 soldiers and horses, but she knows about General Lu's entourage, and she hasn't told you yet, she is now a fine work between the queen mother and me, and the queen mother now trusts her, and the queen mother told her a long time ago, and she told me."
Yan Qinghan said that Xiaoyi had known for a long time, but he still had to pretend that he had just knew.
"She's now the Empress Lu?"
"Exactly, but you don't have to worry, I'll take care of her in the palace." Yan Qinghan saw Xiaoyi's worried face, and said again.
Xiaoyi thought in her heart, she couldn't protect her well at the beginning, how can you protect her well now, not to mention that you can't take care of yourself now.
"Of course Xiaoyi believes in the emperor."
"Mu Sheng also said that the queen mother asked her to go with me to Dongchuan to help suppress it."
"That's just right, we don't have to bother getting her out."
Empress Lu's decision was the wisest decision Xiaoyi felt, otherwise if Mu Sheng was left alone in the palace, their plan would be even more difficult.
"Since Mu Sheng is now the eyes and ears of the Queen Mother, then I will bother the emperor to inform Yu Mu Sheng of the plan later."
"Hmm." Yan Qinghan responded.
"In addition to the 20,000 elite soldiers accompanying him, how many soldiers and horses does the emperor have now?"
"There are about thirty or forty thousand."
Xiaoyi never thought that he had been an emperor for so many years, and he only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, so it seemed that Lu Lan had completely set him up, and it was not easy for him, the original puppet emperor, to survive until now according to his own style of conduct.
"Coupled with the disciples of the Qingxiao Sect with less than 60,000 soldiers and horses, this is probably only enough to temporarily disperse them and attack Dongchuan, but it will not hurt the roots." Xiaoyi frowned slightly.
The Turkic Manshina tribe was so powerful this time that it seemed that they had made complete preparations, especially since tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could repel them.
"It's better to be like this, these 20,000 elite soldiers must listen to Lu Yan's orders when they arrive, and when we leave the territory of the Ten Thousand Dynasty, I will let the disciples ambush abroad, and when the time comes, I will let the disciples surround you, before that, the emperor will let Qi Guang take those soldiers and horses under you to attack from behind, as long as the 20,000 elite soldiers will be turned into those who obey the emperor's orders, then Lu Yan will be meat, we will be swords, and he will not listen to us."
Xiaoyi said the plan, and after Yan Qinghan heard it, he thought carefully for a moment.
"That's a good idea, but will the disciples in your sect be able to withstand the attack of so many soldiers and horses?" The total number of disciples in the Xiaoyi Sect is only a few thousand, and there are 20,000 elite soldiers, how can they be dealt with so easily, Yan Qinghan couldn't help but be a little worried.
"Your Majesty, please ask for your life for the people, and you will not give up, what we have to solve now is to drive the Turkic foreigners out of the country, there is no room for much thought, as long as Lord Qi arrives fast enough with people, we can resist." Xiaoyi's tone was resolute.
Seeing Xiaoyi giving up her ego so much for everyone, Yan Qinghan was also very moved.
"It's enough for me Yan Qinghan to get your help."
Yan Qinghan suddenly said this, which made Xiaoyi a little surprised, he thought that an arrogant and indifferent person like Yan Qinghan would not be moved by this kind of thing, but now it seems that he still has a little warmth.
"The emperor is serious." Xiaoyi said humbly.
"Then the emperor has set a time to leave?" After the plan was discussed, Xiaoyi asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Yan Qinghan replied.
"Okay, then Xiaoyi will go to prepare, we will set off this evening, and then we will leave a mark all the way, as soon as we leave the borders of the Ten Thousand Dynasties, we will act, the emperor must not let him discover the whereabouts of Lord Qi and us."
Xiaoyi admonished.
"Well, I'll be careful, and you should be careful."
After Xiaoyi left, Qi Guang, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.
"Your Majesty, do you really want to do what Xiaoyi said? Can this Xiaoyi be fully trusted? ”
"He is the person brought by Ah Ling, so he is naturally credible. However, according to what he said, I am afraid that the delay will be too long, and the current situation in Dongchuan will not be able to happen for so long, you go out of the palace to find Ah Ling, tell him, let him go to Wuling Mountain quickly, gather all the dark soldiers, and go to Dongchuan to support. ”
"Your Majesty, more than 100,000 secret soldiers, do you want to send them? Didn't you say before that you and Jiang Gongzi had worked hard for many years at that time, and they had just recuperated for a short time, and if they went now, they would definitely be greatly damaged, how would we deal with the vicious battle that followed? ”
He had only vetoed his idea before, but at this time, he suddenly relented, and Qi Guang was really unknown.
"The dark soldiers are still being cultivated if they are lost, but Dongchuan is gone, Ruosheng's home is gone, I can't leave Dongchuan alone, not to mention that the so-called vicious war doesn't know when it will happen, now do what I said, there must be no mistake."
Hearing Yan Qinghan say this, Qi Guang understood, the emperor is for the late queen's mother, but it is also fresh, the emperor obviously doesn't care about the queen, obviously he has broken with Dongchuan, but now he is helping, the emperor's mind is really difficult to guess, now it seems that what Tan'er said at the time is right, the emperor's heart is not a stone, he also has seven emotions and six desires.
Thinking of Tan'er, Qi Guang couldn't help but worry again, and only hoped to get to the border as soon as possible to know if Tan'er was okay.
Qi Guang got the order and quickly left the palace.
When he came to Jiang Mansion, the Jiang Mansion guards had already remembered him last time and didn't stop him.
Qi Guang entered the Jiang Mansion and was really shocked, the Jiang Mansion was worthy of being the mansion of the first merchant of the Wan Dynasty.
The mansion is so huge that it can accommodate hundreds of people, and there are so many maids and maids who go back and forth that Qi Guang can't count them, and this battle is almost compared to the momentum of the palace.
Before Qi Guang could finish sighing, a person suddenly patted him on the back, he turned around, and the sword was already unsheathed, and it almost hit Jiang Lingzhou's neck.
Jiang Lingzhou was taken aback by his sudden move, leaned back, and reached out to push his sword back into the scabbard.
"Qi Guang, are you making too much of a fuss?" With that.
"Jiang Gongzi, I'm just used to being on guard, and I offended a lot just now." Qi Guang clenched his fists and said apologetically, in fact, he can't be blamed for this, after all, he has been in an environment where hidden arrows are difficult to defend against all year round, Jiang Lingzhou slapped him from behind like this, he was alert for a while, and he would be like this.
"Forget it, why are you here again?" Jiang Lingzhou reacted, and then asked.
"I am the emperor's ......"
"Stop, stop, I know you just said what you were here for." Before Qi Guang finished speaking, Jiang Lingzhou interrupted him, Jiang Lingzhou had to admire Qi Guang's loyalty and uprightness, this head would not turn at all.
"Yes, Gongzi Jiang, the emperor asked me" This time Qi Guang stopped before he finished speaking, then looked at the people who passed by, and said in a low voice: "Gongzi Jiang, it's inconvenient to talk here, can we move to your room?" ”
Jiang Lingzhou stroked his forehead helplessly, and then said, "Okay, then you come with me." ”
Under the leadership of Jiang Lingzhou, Qi Guang didn't know how many verandahs and winding paths he had walked through, and he forgot that after a few courtyards, Jiang Lingzhou led him into a room, where the jade pillars in the room also floated from time to time with a burst of red sandalwood, quiet and chic.
The collapsed edge is the window, the delicate carving, the rare wood. Outside the window, there is a hill and a pool scene, and occasionally a few maids pass by, their footsteps are very light, and the sound of conversation is also very soft.
Qi Guang looked around at the layout of this room, if Jiang Lingzhou hadn't brought him in, he really couldn't believe that this would be his room, his uninhibited personality would actually live in such an elegant and different room.
"Jiang Gongzi, your room is really out of place with you." Qi Guang was also sincere when he spoke, and he didn't hide it at all.
"What do you know, this is called emotional, such a comfortable environment naturally has to accompany people like me, okay, I didn't let you come to enjoy my room, didn't you say that Akan had something to ask you to explain to me?"
Qi Guang was almost taken away by Jiang Lingzhou, and only after such a reminder did he remember that he still had something important here.
"Yes, the emperor asked you to quickly go to Wuling Mountain to gather all the secret soldiers and go to Dongchuan to help."
"Dongchuan? Why? How could it be so sudden? Jiang Lingzhou instantly tightened his eyebrows and asked.
"The Turkic Manshina tribe has invaded and has occupied many corner countries attached to the Wan Dynasty, and now it is attacking Dongchuan, and the rampant intention is obvious, and the queen mother only sent 20,000 elite soldiers for General Lu Yan and the emperor to suppress it, and the emperor knows that this is impossible to complete, so he can only use this method."
"This Lu Lan! Is she crazy, Akan is her own flesh and blood, does she even care about Akan for the sake of imperial power!? Jiang Lingzhou was angry, although his family and the Lu family were distant relatives, but they had never had any intersection, and now when he learned that Lu Lan was treating Jiang Lingzhou like this, he scolded him even more angrily.
"Jiang Gongzi, the emperor didn't want to do this, he said that this would waste your years of hard work, but the emperor also said that he couldn't let something happen to the queen's mother's home country, so it would be like this."
Qi Guang saw that Jiang Gongzi was angry, so he explained, Jiang Lingzhou heard Qi Guang say this, but there was a smile on his originally angry face, it turned out that Akan was for Du Ruosheng, and when he thought that his brother was for his beloved, he actually felt a little happy.
"What kind of hard work is not hard work, it is all for Akan, since he let me send troops, then I will immediately set off to prepare, so how to solve the matter of Lu Yan and 20,000 elite soldiers?"
"Jiang Gongzi don't worry, the emperor and the master of Xiaomen have already discussed this matter." Then, Qi Guang told Jiang Lingzhou everything that the emperor and Xiaoyi had planned.
"This Xiaoyi is really not simple, it is really strategic, okay, then you are careful in everything, Dongchuan will leave it to me, we will see you in Dongchuan then, if there is a situation that you can't deal with, you must inform me in advance."
Jiang Lingzhou admonished.
"Yes, but there is one more thing I have to tell Gongzi Jiang." Qi Guang said again.
"What else?"
Qi Guang told Jiang Lingzhou about the imprisonment of Concubine Li in the cold palace before, he always felt that the emperor was going out of the palace to investigate the matter, and there was no one else to help, was it too dangerous, after thinking about it, he still decided to tell Jiang Lingzhou privately.
"Akan hasn't told me about such a big thing, I know, and when the time comes, we'll discuss the matter between Dongchuan and Lu Yan."
"Just listen to Jiang Gongzi." With Jiang Lingzhou's decision, Qi Guang can also be more assured.
After sending Qi Guang away, Jiang Lingzhou packed his bags and prepared to set off for Wuling Mountain.
But before he could get out of Jiangfu, he met Master Jiang.
"Where are you going with a burden in broad daylight?" Old Man Jiang frowned and asked.
"Dad, I'm going to go on a long trip recently, you and your mother take good care of your body, and I'll be back soon." Jiang Lingzhou approached, his tone calm.
"Recently, there has been a lot of war on the border, where are you going to go at this time, how can you rest assured that you call your father like this!?" Old Man Jiang's tone was slightly displeased.
"Dad, I really have something important to deal with this time, so you can trust my son this time." Jiang Lingzhou said helplessly.
"Zhou'er, Dad knows that you have always been close to the emperor, Dad just doesn't want you to get involved in the dispute between their emperor, why can't you understand Dad's hard work?"
"Dad, the emperor and I grew up together, we are like brothers, I can't help him, I'm sorry, Dad."
Jiang Lingzhou didn't expect that he was trying to hide it, but his father knew it early on, and there was a trace of comfort in his heart, but he couldn't bear it, he didn't want him to worry about himself, but now he still hasn't done it.
With that, Jiang Lingzhou walked towards the door.
"Zhou'er, be careful, your mother and I are waiting for you at home."
After Master Jiang said this, Jiang Lingzhou's cheeks fell into tears, and then he took a more resolute step to leave.