Shan Jian brought the recent situation in the court from the capital, and as soon as Emperor Qisheng ascended the throne, he began to implement centralized power, to remove the cabinet, take back the power of the scholars, and the emperor had the final say on all the major affairs of the family and the country, and at the same time deposed the title of the vassal king, took back the fiefdom, and only promised the brothers a thousand households to eat a thousand households.

But Cui Jie has a name, saying that the Great Chu has been fighting for many years, the country is unstable, and the purpose of confiscating the territory of the vassal king is to concentrate more grain to help the suffering people - this is absolutely nonsense with open eyes, to help the people, can't you call on your brothers to pay money, do you have to confiscate all people's belongings?

This move caused public outrage among the brothers, but for the old ministers who wholeheartedly supported Cui Jie, it was a good thing to withdraw the feudal domain, otherwise the princes would go to a distant place where the emperor of the mountain was high and endure the rebellion for three or five years. Therefore, the king lied about the benevolence and righteousness of the world, and the officials also lied, all with a compassionate face.

"How can a brute who can even force his own brother to death take the people of the world to heart?" Cui Yi was deeply disgusted by his brother's move.

Shanjian smiled and said, "Whoever he puts in his heart will die in the end, and if he really does not take the people to heart, it will be a blessing to the people." ”

The three of them chatted while eating, and talked about many things that happened after Cui Yi left Beijing, and Zhiying always remembered Cheng Fengyi in her heart, but because of the embarrassment of her current position, she didn't dare to write back, so she asked Shanjian about it.

"Lord Cheng is very old, and soon after the death of the prince, he submitted a request to the emperor to resign and retire, and the emperor seems to be approved." As soon as Cui Huan died, Shan Jian didn't know much about the big and small things in the court, so he could only answer vaguely.

Zhiying was a little relieved: "It is also a wise choice for Master Cheng to be able to retreat bravely. "However, Zhai Rang is still an official in the court, presumably this family will not leave the capital, I hope they will not be implicated.

It's a pity that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, and when Zhiying secretly prays for them, the turbulent undercurrent has already swept the Cheng family into it.

A few days later, one morning, Cui Yi was training in the camp, and suddenly heard someone report that Xie Yong was coming to see him, and he felt strange in his heart, Xie Yong had never taken the initiative to find him, so he ordered the soldiers to go to the camp to practice and see Xie Yong in the camp tent by themselves.

Xie Yong walked around anxiously in the tent, and when he saw Cui Yi coming in with the curtain, he hurriedly handed over a letter in his hand: "Lord Wang, this is a letter just from the capital, something is wrong!" ”

"What's all the fuss about?" Cui Yi took the letter casually and sat down on the general's couch.

Xie Yong said eagerly: "The envoys of Beidi have arrived in the capital, and the eldest grandson has been ordered to discuss peace with the envoys, and the Beidi people have asked to cede a total of fifteen counties in Yanzhou and Ganzhou, of which Yanzhou will cede eleven counties!" In addition, they must hand over 100,000 taels of gold, 80,000 stones of rice, and ...... silk cloth."

Xie Yong was still repeating the terms of the peace agreement like an endorsement, and Cui Yi had already found something even more terrifying in the letter: "What?! And pro?! ”

Cui Jie's letter to Xie Yong wrote many things, all of which were related to Yanzhou, and even mentioned a terrible thing - Feng Chenghu's niece Cheng Fengyi was the princess of Yonghe, married to Huerhana, the king of Beidi, and was expected to pass through the western part of Yanzhou in the middle of next month.

Why Cheng Fengyi? Cui Yi's mouth was wide enough to swallow a fist.

Not to mention that Cheng Fengyi is just an official woman, and she has nothing to do with the royal family, so she shouldn't be ranked on her head, and more importantly, Cheng Fengyi is married! And the children are all born!

What was Cui Jie thinking?

What was King Beidi thinking?

"Lord Wang? Rajah? Xie Yong sat on the couch with a look on his face that the volcano was about to erupt, and called a few times in fear.

Cui Yi instantly sobered up and stood up suddenly: "Someone!" ”

The soldiers outside the tent came in, and Cui Yi ordered: "Send two people to invite Mr. Baili and Mr. Shan, and say that this king has something important to discuss with them, and if he can't catch up with a stick of incense, he will take off his shirt and run around the city wall three times!" ”

The soldiers were frightened by him, and they hurriedly got out halfway, Cui Yi took a deep breath, and was about to go out, when he saw Xie Yong still standing next to him, he said, "What are you still doing in a daze!" Xie Yong hurriedly followed.

Riding on the golden crow, Cui Yi rushed back to the palace, Shan Jian didn't have to go to the palace to do things, but came over with a shout, Bailizan was in a pile of folds, and was left with the threat of "running naked", trotted all the way over, panting and asking: "What's the big thing, if you don't come, you will go to the city wall, and the court will call?" ”

Shan Jian sat in a chair and drank tea, Zhiying had already read the contents of the letter, and raised her head at this moment, her face as pale as paper.

"Cutting land, paying indemnity, paying tribute, and making peace with relatives...... It's really the same, it's a lot," Zhiying clutched the letter in her hand, her eyes were red, "Who's bad idea is to ask Sister Cheng to kiss a married woman!" ”

Bailizan's action of wiping sweat stopped, and he said suspiciously: "Mrs. Cheng is going to kiss?" ”

Zhiying handed the letter to Xiaoqiu, and lowered his head by holding his forehead.

Bailizan took the letter handed by Xiaoqiu, quickly scanned the contents, and also asked the same question as them: "How can you let Mrs. Cheng go to get married, only princesses, county lords, and palace ladies go to get married, how can you let a married non-royal woman go to get married?" Mr. Xie, is there any inside story in this? ”

Xie Yong said in a tone that he didn't care about himself: "The emperor did mention in the secret letter that Hu'er Hana, the king of Beidi, was particularly interested in Mrs. Cheng, but he didn't say what the reason was, only asked me to try to hide this matter and not let the prince know." ”

"Use Huerhana and the prince to check and balance each other and win the opportunity to recuperate in the Central Plains, this is my advice to Cui Jie last fall." The mountain is simple and dold.

Bailizan stroked his beard and frowned: "If the prince knows that Hu'er Hana is going to pass by Yanzhou, most of them will ambush and kill him, and the team of Beidi Yihe will not exceed three thousand, and the Yanzhou army has 20,000 people, led by the prince, it should be enough to annihilate it." The emperor should be guarding against this, but ...... Alas! ”

Shan Jian is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, as for Cui Yi and Hu'er Hana, who is the tiger and who is the wolf, or who loses in the end, it is excellent for Cui Jie, standing in the position of ordinary people, he will definitely frown at this behavior of luring wolves into the house, but Shan Jian is such a person, the lord only wants the result, he only cares about the result, how many people will die in the middle, who will die, he doesn't care.

Bailizan disagrees with this approach, but he also knows that this is the best way to deal with Cui Jie's position, the snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman profits, and the final winner is him Cui Jie.

"What do you think about Sister Cheng's going to get married?" Zhiying was really worried in her heart, this matter was too weird from any point of view, she couldn't figure it out, "Why did the emperor pick her, no, it should be said, why did Hu'er Hana pick her?" Lord Cheng has resigned, and Gongzi Zhai is far from being qualified to attend the banquet of the emperor's envoys, how did King Beidi know Sister Cheng and why did he marry her? How could the emperor agree? ”

Cui Yi said in a voice: "Hold the profit." ”

As soon as Zhiying's words ended, he lowered his head.

The three strategists in the hall each bowed their heads and pondered, but this kind of unprecedented miracle could not be thought of.

At this time, the next person came to report to Yang Qiong to ask to see him, and Cui Yi nodded: "Let him in." ”

Yang Qiong strode across the threshold and walked into the hall, holding a letter in her hand: "Lord, there is a letter from the capital sent to the barracks. ”

Another letter from the capital? Cui Yi said: "Who wrote it?" ”

Yang Qiong also seemed to run, the sweat beads on the tip of her nose were shining, and she replied, "It's Mrs. Cheng's Xianggong Zhai." ”

Zhiying stood up: "Give me the letter quickly!" Yang Qiong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly presented it with both hands.

The envelope is very thick, and I don't know how many things Zhai Rang wrote, Zhiying's fingers trembled, and he couldn't open the envelope, Cui Yi looked at it silently for a while, reached out and took the letter in her hand, uncovered the fire paint, and shook out a thick stack of letterheads full of words.

Before reading one piece, Zhiying's tears began to fall, everyone in the hall looked at each other, Bailizan hesitated, didn't know whether to open his mouth, Cui Yi took out a handkerchief and gave it to her, Zhiying shook his head, and continued to look down until he had finished reading all five letterheads, then handed them to Cui Yi, holding the handkerchief with both hands and covering his face.

The letter said......" Cui Yi frowned after reading the letter, "Xiaoqiu, help Mrs. to rest." ”

Zhiying sobbed and tried to stop crying: "I'm fine. ”

Cui Yi then explained to a group of people who were anxious to know what was going on: "Zhai Rang said in the letter that Mrs. Cheng's deceased mother, when she was young, traveled around with her teacher, and once went to collect herbs outside the Saiwai, by chance, she saved the life of Hu'er Hana, who was still a prince at the time, Hu'er Hana wanted to marry her, but was refused, so he has been haunted by this matter. ”

Yang Qiong didn't know what was going on, and asked in a daze: "But isn't Lord Cheng's wife already dead?" ”

Bailizan was dazed and naturally said to himself: "So he wants to take away the benefactor's daughter, regardless of the fact that the other party is already a married man, is this still a gratitude?" This is clearly revenge. ”

Yang Qiong's face showed a look of surprise: "What did Mr. say this?" Bailizan handed him Cui Jie's letter, Yang Qiong looked at a few lines, the expression on his face became almost terrifying, and he looked up at Cui Yi suddenly: "Is everything that is said in this letter true!" Rajah? ”

Cui Yi's expression was solemn, and his voice was low and slow: "With Zhai Rang's letter as a witness, it shouldn't be fake." ”

"Such an outrageous thing, the emperor even agreed?!" Yang Qiong asked out loud incredulously.

Zhiying had already controlled her emotions at this time, wiped away the tears on her face, and tried her best to say in a calm tone: "The emperor didn't agree at first, Huerhana said...... As long as someone can win him alone, he will let Sister Cheng go, but seven or eight Ouchi guards were sent in a row, and they were defeated without exception, and finally ...... Zhai Gongzi personally took the knife to the end......"

Bailizan gasped and couldn't help but say, "Zicheng hasn't even used a hoe much. ”

Zhiying nodded, and his voice trembled slightly: "Yes, when he wrote this letter, he was still lying in bed and couldn't get up." ”

Shan Jian sighed and said, "It's crazy. - But, my lord, ma'am, do you believe that seven or eight Ouchi guards, one of whom is not an opponent of Khurhana? ”

Everyone was stunned, Yang Qiong's face turned red, and the blue tendons on her forehead jumped: "What do you mean-"

"I think this is a drama arranged by Cui Jie," Shan Jian put the empty teacup aside and looked at everyone's faces, "Since he is in a hurry to get married, he will definitely not save Hu'er Hana's face, anyway, Zhai Zicheng can't beat others, just say to the people of the world, 'I have done my best', it is enough, sacrifice a woman who has nothing to do with him - no, a woman who has a good relationship with his own hostile camp to win the peaceful situation, why not?" ”