Chapter 168: News from the Front
"Your Majesty, the noble concubine asks to see you. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Lu An knelt down at the door nervously to report.
"See what? Missing! Shi Hu waved his hand impatiently and said.
"But the mother said that she had something important to ask to see Your Majesty." Lu An said with some trembling.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying! Get lost! Shi Hu roared.
Lu An escaped with a crawl, and even the hat on his head almost fell to the ground.
Liu Guifei, who was outside Hongguang Pavilion, vaguely heard Shi Hu's voice, and Xiao Xiang on the side asked in a low voice: "Niangniang, what's wrong with Your Majesty today?" ”
Concubine Liu frowned, shook her head and said, "This palace doesn't know either." ”
At this time, Lu An ran out in a panic, and Xiaoxiang hurriedly went up and asked, "Father-in-law Lu, what is Your Majesty angry inside?" ”
Lu An was frightened into a cold sweat, and said to Liu Guifei with some nervousness: "Guifei Niangniang, Your Majesty has no one now, or please go back." ”
Liu Guifei looked at Lu An's embarrassed appearance and asked, "What's the matter?" Who ate the gall of a leopard made His Majesty so angry? ”
"This ...... The minions are also not very clear. Lu An was a little hesitant, he knew that he couldn't talk nonsense about what Zhang Bao had just reported, so when Liu Guifei asked, he could only be sloppy.
"You are Your Majesty's personal attendant, you don't even know, who will know? Are you unwilling to tell Hongu? Liu Guifei asked with a glare.
Lu An knelt on the ground in fright, and said with a crying voice: "Niangniang, the slave really doesn't know what the situation is!" ”
"Who else is there besides Your Majesty? Who has been to Hongguang Pavilion today? Liu Guifei continued to ask Lu An unrelentingly.
"Now only Xihuahou is inside, early this morning His Majesty ordered someone to go to Xuanjin Palace, just now Master Zhang from the Ministry of Rites came, and then His Majesty was angry, as for what is going on, the slave is not very clear."
"What about the leopard man?"
"Master Zhang just left in a hurry." Lu An knelt on the ground and said with his head down.
Liu Guifei glanced at Lu An and said, "Get up." ”
"Yes......" Lu An stood up tremblingly, but he still lowered his head, not daring to look at Liu Guifei.
Liu Guifei suddenly took out a string of jade beads from her sleeve, handed it to Lu An, and said, "Take it, this palace will reward it." ”
"No, no, mother, what are you doing here? Slaves can't ask for it. Lu An didn't know what Liu Guifei was calculating, so she was so frightened that she almost knelt on the ground again.
"What? Isn't Grandpa Lu looking down on the things in this palace? Liu Guifei asked coldly.
"The slave doesn't dare, the slave will never think like this, it's just that people say that there is no merit and no luck, the gift of the mother is too great, and the slave deserves it." Lu An excused himself.
"Let you hold it, and you will hold it." Liu Guifei said, glanced at Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang understood, took the string of jade beads in Liu Guifei's hand, and stuffed it into Lu An's hand.
"Niangniang......" Lu An glanced up at Liu Guifei with some trepidation.
"If there is any movement on Your Majesty's side in the future, tell this palace as soon as possible, and this palace will naturally not treat you badly!" Liu Guifei glanced at Lu An.
"This ......" Lu An was a little uneasy in his heart.
"What is this? Father-in-law Lu, my mother-in-law treats you as her own person, so she gave you such a valuable thing, this string of jade in your hand, but my mother's beloved thing, you don't know how to lift it! Xiao Xiang said on the side.
"Got it!" Lu An finally reluctantly compromised with Concubine Liu.
"It's good to understand, Hongu is waiting for your news." Liu Guifei said lightly, then turned around and left.
When Liu Guifei walked away, Lu An dared to raise his head, he let out a long sigh, looked at Liu Guifei's back, and then wiped the sweat on his forehead with the corner of his clothes.
At this moment, You Jian suddenly walked over to this side, and Lu An hurriedly saluted.
"Father-in-law Lu." You Jian saw Lu An outside, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Lu An, looked around, and then asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty urgently summoned me for something?" ”
finally sent Liu Guifei away, here is a military department book, Lu An is really helpless and wants to cry, but in this palace, talking more is to lose his head, just now Liu Guifei asked him like that, he didn't say anything, You Jian asked him now, he naturally can only be sloppy: "Your Majesty doesn't let the slaves serve inside, so the slaves don't know." ”
You Jian pursed his lips and nodded slightly, and asked again, "Who else is inside?" ”
"Xihuahou is inside." Lu An replied.
"Xihuahou? Why is he there? You Jian asked.
"The minion is not very clear, Lord You should hurry in, Your Majesty can wait." Lu An didn't want to entangle with You Jian anymore, so he made an excuse to urge.
You Jian didn't think much about it, nodded slightly, and walked towards the gate of Hongguang Pavilion.
Shi Hu was like an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting in the Hongguang Pavilion, and when he saw You Jian walking in, before You Jian could salute and say goodbye, he first asked, "You Jian, I ask you, what news has been on Li Cheng and Yunzhong in the past few days?" ”
You Jian was stunned by Shi Hu's question, glanced at Shi Zhan next to him, and then shook his head like a rattle, and said, "No...... No, Wechen didn't receive any news. ”
"What are you doing with this military secretary? There is news outside that the cloud has been broken! You're still in the dark! Shi Hu scolded.
You Jian was obviously puzzled by Shi Hu's anger, and asked in fear: "Your Majesty, where did you hear the news that this cloud was broken?" ”
"Where did you hear that? You stand here for me! I'll look for you later! Shi Hu glared at You Jian.
You Jian stood aside silently, glanced at Shi Zhan, who was speechless next to him, and didn't understand what was going on today for a long time, and was scolded by him as soon as he walked into Hongguang Pavilion.
However, depressed to depressed, You Jian pondered what Shi Hu had just said: Is there really something wrong in the clouds?
Thinking of this, You Jian couldn't help but worry, Cloud City was broken, how could His Royal Highness King Qing not write to inform him? It's really strange, Shi Hu suddenly asked now, he was really at a loss for a while.
You Jian lowered his head, didn't dare to look up at Shi Hu directly, and secretly glanced at Shi Zhan a few times, and he didn't know what Shi Zhan was thinking at all. At this moment, You Jian's heart was up and down, and he was a little uneasy, he naturally understood that if Yunzhong County was really lost, the situation in the DPRK and China would be very unfavorable to the battle with him for succession. The so-called tree fell and scattered, which means that he and those who supported Shi Zun are likely to suffer after Shi Zun loses power.
It didn't take long for Lu An to run in and report: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang is back." ”
"Call him in."
"Yes......" Lu An cautiously got up and retreated.
After a while, Zhang Bao walked in and saluted Shi Hu respectfully and asked, "Your Majesty, everyone is outside the palace, are you summoning it now?" ”
"Bring them all in!" Shi Hu waved his hand at Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Come in!" ”
As soon as the words fell, several middle-aged people dressed in bearded clothes walked in tremblingly under the escort of a group of forbidden army guards. As soon as these people stepped into the main hall, they seemed to be suppressed by the momentum of the main hall, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, but only dared to bend their necks and walk forward cautiously.
"Get on your knees!" Zhang Bao ordered the so-called vendors.
The vendors were also obedient, and Zhang Bao gave an order, and the vendors all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Shi Hu.
Shi Hu stood up, walked to a place more than a dozen steps away from those vendors and stopped, and asked solemnly: "I heard that several of you know about the destruction of Cloud City, is it true?" ”
The vendors still kept their heads down, but they quietly looked at each other, and none of them dared to answer first.
Seeing that these people didn't answer, Shi Hu immediately lost patience and scolded loudly: "Someone! Pull these people who don't have long ears down and punish them with a hundred rods! ”
"Your Majesty spares your life!" When the group heard that Shi Hu wanted to scold them with a cane, they immediately cried out.
"Your Majesty asks you! You still don't answer truthfully? Zhang Bao reminded on the side.
These people were frightened by Shi Hu, and one of them preemptively said, "Go back...... Back to Your Majesty, the villain also heard about it. ”
"Where did you hear that?" Shi Hu then asked.
The man lowered his head and replied cautiously: "The villain has always come to do some business between Guanwai and Yecheng, and when he passed near Taiyuan a few days ago, he met a few stragglers and asked the little ones to ask for water. The little ones saw that they were pitiful, so they gave them water to drink, and gave them some food, and later heard from them that they were the defenders who escaped from Yunzhong City, and that Yunzhong County was sacked by the Huns after it was broken by the Huns. ”
"And whatever!" When Shi Hu heard this, his teeth itched with hatred, and he asked loudly.
When the man heard Shi Hu's voice loud again, he naturally didn't dare to raise his head, his face was almost touching the ground, and he replied: "The other little ones don't know either, those people have said so much!" ”
"What about you! That's not what he's talking about! Shi Hu asked the remaining people.