Emperor Chongde is in a very good mood today, this is because he has just received a report from the governor of Henan, Gao Gaoping, and Huang Zide has taken the people hostage and frantically attacked the city. He forced thousands of displaced people to storm Kaifeng City, and filled the moat of Kaifeng in just one day. He also asked the surrendered army to bombard the city wall with artillery, causing damage to the city wall in many places. However, the soldiers and civilians in the city were united, and the king of Zhou took the initiative to donate his family funds to the government to reward the soldiers and civilians defending the city. So everyone's morale was boosted. Opened fire on the thieves in the city, killing countless thieves. It's just that Gao Gao Ping was worried that if he opened the city gate and sent someone out to cut off people's heads, it would give the thief army a chance to take advantage of it, so he prevented the chief soldier Chen Yongshou from going out of the city to cut off people's heads, so that he didn't have any heads in his hands. Chen Zongbing looked at the corpses of the thieves under the city, and sighed and said, if these heads can be collected, I am afraid that if there are not a thousand, there will be seven or eight hundred, and they will be lost like this, which is really distressing.

"This Chen Yongshou, at this time, it is enough to defend the city well, and what kind of head will you cut out of the city? He cooperated well with Governor Gao and kept Kaifeng, will I still forget his credit? If the city gate was opened for such a point and the thief army was robbed into the city, didn't you pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons? However, Chen Yongshou faced so many thieves, not only could he lead the army to fight, but also dared to go out of the city to grab people's heads, which can be regarded as a brave general, and he also needs to be encouraged! Your celebrant and cabinet will discuss how to reward Governor Gao and General Chen. Emperor Chongde said with a rare smile to Wang Dehua, who was standing aside.

"Emperor, the cabinet said......" Wang Dehua hesitated.

"What? What did the cabinet say? Emperor Chongde asked.

"The cabinet said that the military general's merit mainly depends on the head, which is the rule of the ancestors. There is no head, but it is also inconvenient to give Chen Zongbing credit. Moreover, General Chen was just qualified as the chief soldier some time ago, so it was not appropriate to be promoted immediately. Even if you want to add a title, you have to wait until the end of this battle and the officers and soldiers have achieved full success. Wang Dehua replied.

Emperor Chongde thought for a moment and said, "The cabinet's consideration is not unreasonable. Then make a decree and encourage them. I remember that Mr. Chen's son seems to also have a military position, so let's give him a promotion. ”

Wang Dehua said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Emperor Chongde said: "Alas, the king of Zhou took out the silver, and the governor Gao could let the silver be distributed to the soldiers." The morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and the thieves were continuously repulsed. To say that the defenders of Kaifeng are actually not much more than Luoyang, and Huang Zide's thief army is definitely stronger at this time than when he attacked Luoyang. You said, if it was not Wang Yinchang and Wang Shaoyu who guarded Luoyang, but Governor Gao and General Chen, wouldn't Uncle Huang have ......?"

Wang Dehua didn't know how to answer, so he could only stand there.

Because he remembered the matter of King Fu, Emperor Chongde was a little sad. At this time, it was already time for lunch, and Emperor Chongde passed the meal. After eating, he took a rest in the Qianqing Palace as usual, and Wang Dehua came out of the Qianqing Palace, ready to pass through the Xuanwu Gate and go to the side of the celebrant supervisor, but saw Cao Huachun coming from the Xuanwu Gate in a hurry. As soon as Cao Huachun saw Wang Dehua, he hurriedly came up and said, "Sect Master, something is wrong!" ”

"What? What's up? As soon as Wang Dehua saw Cao Huachun's face, he knew that it was definitely not a good thing, so he hurriedly asked.

Cao Huachun hurriedly took out a piece of music from his sleeve, handed it over and said, "Sect Master, Xiangyang is lost!" ”

"What!" Wang Dehua's hand shook, and the piece almost fell to the ground.

Yang Fei's envoy was intercepted by Zhang Bingzhong, and the soldier talisman was also captured. Zhang Bingzhong's men took the talisman and deceived into Xiangyang, and then attacked at night, opened the city gate, and captured Xiangyang......" Cao Huachun hurriedly said.

"What happened to King Xiang?" Wang Dehua asked, and wanted to open the piece to take a look, but his hands were shaking so badly that he couldn't open it.

"King Xiang's father and son were all killed by Zhang Thief!" Cao Huachun replied.

"Is the message exact?" Wang Dehua asked again.

"It's the news sent by Wang Shuzeng, the prefect of Xiangyang, it should be exact." Cao Huachun replied, "In addition, Li Ligong, the deputy general of Fancheng, also sent the same news. ”

When Wang Dehua heard this, he knew that the news should be true, so he stomped his feet and said, "How can this be? What a reputation Governor Yang has made! Finally, there was a little better news, which made the emperor smile a little, but he didn't want such a thing to suddenly appear, this is really ......"

Wang Dehua originally wanted to say, "This is really the Great Zhao of the Heavenly Death", but he also knew that this could not be said nonsense, so he stopped his mouth, then stood in place, opened the chapter and looked at it, and then said: "The emperor is still taking a lunch break, so don't bother him at this time." After the emperor gets up in a while, you will hand this piece over. ”

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Emperor Chongde woke up from a nap and felt refreshed, and after a little movement in the courtyard, he returned to his study to prepare for the rest of the official documents. A little palace maid came over to add incense, and Emperor Chongde was still in the mood to ask her how old she was this year and where her hometown was. The palace maid replied that she was from Gusu, entered the palace at the age of thirteen, and is now fourteen years old. Emperor Chongde also asked her if she had been to Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple.

"The maid has been to Tiger Hill, but at that time he was young, and he doesn't remember many things very well. I haven't been to Hanshan Temple. The maid replied.

Emperor Chongde listened, sighed and said: "'Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship', speaking of which, I have never been to these places." In the future, if the world is peaceful, I want to see it. I heard that there is a couplet of Yue Wumu's handwriting in Hanshan Temple, and the Tao is: 'Three sounds of Ma Jian's blood, five banners and the head of the Khan. I've always wanted to see it. It's a pity you haven't read it, otherwise you can talk to me about it. ”

"The slave is guilty." The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

These words made Emperor Chongde happy: "You are a girl, you have few places to go, what is your crime?" Okay, stop kowtowing, you go ahead and light incense. ”

The palace maid kowtowed again and went to light incense. Emperor Chongde sat down in front of the imperial case and said to himself: "'Three voices of horses and the blood of the Yan clan, and the head of the five banners of the Khan', I really hope that Hong Yan can bring back the head of Tiancong Khan to me this time." ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head again, as if he was laughing at his lack of greed, and said: "Actually, if you can relieve the siege of Jinzhou, it will already be a great joy." ”

Emperor Chongde was muttering to himself like this, when he suddenly saw Cao Huachun probing his brain outside the door. Then he asked, "Cao Banban, is there anything wrong?" ”

Cao Huachun walked in hard, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Xiangyang is lost!" ”

"What did you say?" Emperor Chongde hadn't had time to turn around from his good mood, and he only thought that he had heard it wrong.

Indeed, how could Xiangyang be lost? Huang Zide is still in Henan, Zhang Bingzhong is still in Sichuan, Tatar is still outside the pass, and the fifth battalion of Zuoge is also talking to the imperial court about Zhao'an, and he will not attack Xiangyang at this time. Besides, Xiangyang's city defense is strong, where can it be easily defeated?

"I must have misheard, it must be!" Emperor Chongde thought so.

"Your Majesty, Xiangyang is lost. Zhang Bingzhong attacked Xiangyang at night, and the defenders were caught off guard...... "Cao Huachun knelt there, bowing his head and not daring to look at Emperor Chongde's face.

Emperor Chongde only felt dizzy in his head, and if he hadn't sat on a chair, he would almost have fallen. He put his hand on his forehead, calmed down, and asked, "Am you mistaken?" Is it really Xiangyang? ”

"Your Majesty, it's really Xiangyang." Cao Huachun didn't dare to raise his head.

"How is King Xiang?" Emperor Chongde's voice was weak.

"King Xiang...... King Xiang's father and son were killed. ”

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, as if in a large tomb, and people were breathless.

After a long time, I heard the tired voice of Emperor Chongde: "Bring me the chapter and show it to me." ”

Cao Huachun handed over the recital. Emperor Chongde unfolded the piece and looked at it, and when he looked at it, he actually giggled:

"This is really interesting, the feudal officials I sent out to suppress the thieves don't even know where the thieves are. My magistrate, when the thieves came, he was not prepared at all! I actually raised such a group of corpse vegetarian things! They are also regarded as pillars of the country. It's really laughing, laughing! Cao Banban, don't you say? ”

"Your Majesty......" Cao Huachun didn't know how to speak.

"Cao Banban, I know that you are a loyal minister. But ......" Emperor Chongde suddenly sighed and said, "You can't do it, you are far inferior to Li Jinzhong." If Li Jinzhong was still there, how could they dare to neglect the king's affairs so much? ”

"Slaves and maids are dead, slaves and maids are dead!" Cao Huachun knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"It's none of your business." Emperor Chongde said, "You are still too soft-hearted, you have to learn a little from Li Jinzhong." ”

Cao Huachun continued to kowtow, but did not dare to answer.

"What are you still kneeling there for!" Emperor Chongde suddenly became angry, grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it towards Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun didn't dare to dodge, and the inkstone hit him on the head, and red blood and black ink suddenly flowed all over his face.

"What are you still doing on your knees? Wait for me to reward you? Where's your horse? Why don't you send it out yet! Also, where is the vote of the cabinet? Why didn't you see it? ”

The emperor got angry and was beaten himself. But Cao Huachun felt as if he was relieved. He replied: "The cabinet is still waiting for the report of Inspector Yang and several other general soldiers. The slave maid felt that what was going on in this matter still had to look at Inspector Yang's report. This matter is not necessarily all Inspector Yang's fault. Otherwise, Zhang Thief would not have said in the unveiling post that he would use King Xiang's head to cut off Inspector Yang's head, which shows that Inspector Yang is still hated by Zhang Thief......"

Emperor Chongde looked at Cao Huachun, whose face was black and red, and remembered that he had always been loyal, and he didn't feel a little regretful, so he said, "Then wait first." Cao Banban, you go out first, wash your face, and bandage it. ”