Chapter 162: War in the Far South
On the street in front of the Jingzhong Mansion, there was a sound of fast horses in the distance, which seemed extremely hurried and panicked on this calm street, causing the pedestrians on the street to retreat and speculate, not knowing who was going to send urgent mail to whom!
The horse stopped in front of the Jingzhong Mansion, the person on the horse was in a hurry, hurriedly stopped the horse, and ran into the Jingzhong Mansion before he could tidy up the clothes of the dusty servants, all the way unimpeded, the people in the mansion are eyesighted, this person is dressed in military uniform, covered with dust, everyone can see, coming from afar, something must have happened!
"Lord, something is wrong!" The tone of the person who came was flustered, and he trotted all the way to the door of the Beishen Night Dormitory, kneeling at the door.
"What's the matter?" Bei Shenye hurriedly opened the door and asked, I felt my eyelids jump when I got up early today, I always had a bad premonition, and I always hung my heart, but I don't know why this person came.
"Far South!" The man took off the messenger tube tied at his feet and presented it to the Tao with both hands.
Bei Shen Ye panicked, took the bamboo tube and took out the letter and read it, it was a military report from the Far South, something really happened!
"Can this matter be reported to the saint?"
"No, the general asked me to inform the lord first, and then go to the palace to report."
"You don't have to go to the palace, I will go to tell you, you go back to the army, remember that this matter cannot be publicized, no one can tell this matter before the emperor orders it!" Bei Shenye commanded. But my heart is like a mess.
"Yes."
The soldier retreated, and the clouds in the shadows appeared: "Lord, but what happened?" β
Bei Shenye sighed and said in a panic: "Something happened in the far south, and the northern army of Xigu Guozhen forcibly broke through the Xize Pass, crossed the Lingling River, and forcibly occupied the area around Qiyan, and the officers and men of our army have already suffered casualties. It seems that they are really going to lead the war! β
"What then? Do you want to go and report to the Holy One right away? Yunqi frowned, knowing that this matter was related to the national situation and should not be sloppy.
"No," Bei Shenye stretched out his hand to stop: "There are still two days left for the summer feast, and this matter cannot be transmitted to the palace at this moment." β
"However, if it is delayed by one day, the people of Xigu Country are afraid that they will invade again, why don't they have many soldiers in the Far South, in case-" Yunqi worried.
"Fang Shan, do you have any news back? There was such a big thing in the Far South, how could he not have any news? Bei Shen thought about it and asked if he felt a little strange.
"Not yet, Fang Shan has followed General Zhenyuan to the Far South, and he left alone to go deep into Xigu Country to investigate, the latest news is that he just arrived in Xigu Country, everything was normal at that time, and the provocation has stopped, why did he suddenly invade?" Being mentioned by this, Yunqi also felt strange.
"You hurry up and pass the book to ask, be sure to ask about the Far South clearly, and then send a letter to the White Girl, so that she can help guard the south side."
"Yes."
Bei Shenye is like an ant on a hot pot at this moment, although he is anxious about the war in the Far South, it stands to reason that he should immediately tell the Holy Lord to send troops to pacify at this moment, but at this moment, the summer feast has to be sent on the string, and most of the military power in Beiyue is in his hands. In this way, all the plans are considered to be in the soup, how should he choose?
The Far South incident happened suddenly, it was not in his plan, and he was the only one who could transfer troops from the imperial capital, he knew what the result of concealing the military situation was, not to mention what punishment he would have if the emperor knew about the imperial capital, just the Far South side, the battle situation was urgent, and it was impossible to predict what would happen in the next few days, the number of troops in the Far South was very small, if the people of Xigu took this opportunity to go north in one fell swoop, the result was indeed unimaginable!
Pacing around the room thinking about countermeasures, but until noon, there was no good plan to deal with all this, until Yunqi came back after finishing his work and returned to him to report everything, he suddenly thought of it, and hurriedly asked: "Yunqi, if I remember correctly, the military power in Miss Lou's hands seems to have a cold army in the south, right?" β
Yunqi recalled that the military power in the hands of the national teacher was scattered, but it was not in the imperial capital, and in the south, it seemed that there was indeed an army, but it had not been used for many years, and I don't know if it was still there?
"There is indeed an army in the south that is Miss Lou's, but the south has never been stable, and the troops stationed in the south have been transferred elsewhere, and I don't know if Miss Lou's army is still stationed in the south."
"If you're not there, just ask someone." Bei Shenye seemed to have an idea, and stretched his brows.
"What does the lord meanβ" Yun Qi was slightly surprised, and his eyes glanced out.
"You call someone in to serve, and I'm going to go into the palace."
"But my lord, even if Miss Lou has a Hanying army in the Far South, she is not in the imperial capital at this time, how can she send troops?" Yunqi still asked a little puzzled.
The corners of Bei Shenye's mouth hooked: "She can know everything that happened in the imperial capital in time through people, as long as we find the person who transmits the information and pass the information from the far south to her, I don't believe that she will stand by and watch." β
"How do you find those people? Didn't the lord say that those people were likely to be Miss Lou's most secret blood secrets? We have searched for so many days in the imperial capital without finding the slightest trace of them, where to look for them at this time? "The clouds are even more foggy.
"Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to see the imperial brother?" Bei Shenye raised his eyebrows at Yun Qi and said.
"Lord, you want to-" Yun Qi exclaimed, but was covered by Bei Shenye in time: "According to the relationship between Miss Lou and the imperial brother, she will definitely find those people to protect the imperial brother, my move is a bit dangerous, you will calculate the time for me to enter the palace and respond to it." β
Yunqi suddenly knew how dangerous it was for his lord to do, and he couldn't help but worry, but there was no other way, he could only nod and stop asking.
At that time, the emperor just had lunch, resting in the Longyue Palace, Gonggong Hai served on the emperor's side, did not dare to have the slightest distraction, recently the emperor's body has become more and more bad, since the Lou girl left the imperial capital, the emperor is even more day by day to shirk the early dynasty, the government and the government are mostly to see the courtiers' twists and turns, the government and the opposition have long been discussed, there are more and more people who have a heart can not hide, some are bold, prefer to make trouble at this time, but the emperor has removed Lou Wangge's personal guards, and the remaining personal guards, after all, are not as considerate as Yunluo, Although the number of guards inside and outside the palace has doubled, they still have to be guarded with them, and at this moment, the emperor must not have any accidents. You have to watch it all the time.
Suddenly, it was rumored that the eunuch said through the door: "Gonggong Hai, Gonggong Jingzhong asks to see!" β
Gonggong Hai was surprised, what was he going to do when Bei Shen Ye came at this time? glanced at the emperor who was still sleeping on the bed, pushed open the door lightly, looked at Bei Shenye, who was waiting with His Royal Highness hanging his head, and said: "It's unfortunate that Lord Jingzhong came, the emperor is resting, but there is something important to say?" If the matter is not tight, please go to the side hall and wait for a while, if the emperor wakes up, the slave will come to pass on the lord immediately. β
Bei Shenye smiled and said politely: "That's really unfortunate, but here, in addition to asking to see the imperial brother, I also want to bring a few words to Gonggong Hai." I also asked Gonggong Hai to move to the side hall. β
Gonggong Hai was a little puzzled, how could Bei Shenye have something to bring to him, wasn't it a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain? But Jing Zhonggong's words were not something he could refuse, he glanced back at the palace, and ordered the guards at the door to keep an eye on the hall, and then smiled at Bei Shenye and followed his footsteps to the side hall.
"I wonder if you have anything to say to your minions?" As soon as he entered the door, Gonggong Hai asked a little anxiously. He just wanted to end the conversation earlier, and look at the time, the emperor should get up at this time.
"Father-in-law Hai, don't worry, it's just to leave the imperial brother for a while, invite the father-in-law, I want to ask the father-in-law, do you know someone named Xiangyue?" Bei Shenye asked lightly.
"Xiangyue? The minions don't know. "Gonggong Hai has some suspicions, Xiangyue he doesn't know, but Xiang's surname, the first concubine is called Xiangqing, and she has a relationship with Nanze country, so Xiangyue, will he also be a person from Nanze country?
"Xiangyue doesn't know, what about Haimi? Who are you? Bei Shenye continued to ask.
Gonggong Hai had a slight panic in his heart, it seemed that his intuition was good, Jing Zhonggong was really not good here, but after many years of experience in the palace, he had already developed a mentality that he was not alarmed, and pretended to be puzzled: "My lord, why keep asking the minions, the minions don't know anything." β
"Oh? Is it? But recently I heard the news, this one is called Haimi, it seems that he has something else to do with his father-in-law, since his father-in-law doesn't know, it means that I heard the wrong news. β
"There are a lot of rumors in the imperial capital, the emperor's dragon body is not good, and the adults assist the emperor in taking care of court affairs, so you should listen more to the state affairs and political affairs of the government and the opposition. Gonggong Hai said with some warnings, this is not the time to worry about Haimi, but the emperor's side, he is afraid that something will happen.
"What my father-in-law taught me is that in this way, I won't delay my father-in-law, and I also bother to ask the royal brother to wake up, and my father-in-law will pass me on in time, and I do have important matters to discuss with the imperial brother." Bei Shen Ye saw that Hai Gonggong's face was blank, thinking that his guess was not wrong, Lou Wange really did not tell Hai Gonggong Hai Mi's true identity!
"Then the minion will retire first." Gonggong Hai stepped back and gave a salute, turned around and was about to go out. Bei Shenye saw the right time, and a palm knife stepped forward and knocked Gonggong Hai unconscious, "Father-in-law, I'm sorry, I'm tired of you staying here for a while." β
Placing Gonggong Hai in the side hall, Bei Shen clapped his hands at night, closed the door of the side hall and went straight to the main hall. The side hall of the Longyue Palace, no one will find out here, and it is best to bring it to the Tibetans.
"Lord Jingzhong, the emperor has not woken up yet, there is no communication, and you can't enter!" The guards at the door surrounded them one after another, holding their scabbards as a guard. A guard probed and glanced behind Bei Shenye, but he didn't see the figure of Grandpa Hai, so he pressed the scabbard an inch closer and asked, "My lord, why didn't Grandpa Hai come back with you?" β
"Oh, Gonggong Hai said that the emperor only told him to drink a cup of white fungus bird's nest soup when he woke up, and he went to arrange it." Bei Shenye stared coldly at the scabbard in front of him.