Chapter 408: The Man Who Leaked the News
Although the cavalry general Dou Bing was very angry at Li Yifeng's move to kill Liu Ji on the street, Dou Bing couldn't hand over Li Yifeng to Liu Ji, otherwise, the hussar general Li Hong and the entire Li family would have to come to him to settle accounts.
Dou Bing glanced at Li Yifeng in the distance, and said helplessly to Liu Ji: "General Liu, this matter is definitely just Li Yifeng's personal behavior, and it will have nothing to do with the imperial court or even the Li family!" When someone Dou reports this matter to the imperial court, presumably the imperial court and the Li family will definitely give General Liu an explanation! ”
Liu Ji sneered and said: "General Dou, today is not only Li Yifeng who came to kill someone Liu, there are dozens of cavalrymen who came with him to kill someone Liu, how can this be explained?" ”
Dou Bing immediately said: "General Liu, the others are all disciples of Wudang Mountain, originally I invited them to go to the southeastern states with all kinds of counterinsurgency troops to counter the rebellion, but I didn't expect that the bold Li Yifeng would take these Wudang Mountain disciples to intercept and kill General Liu privately." ”
"In that case, then ask General Dou to hand over these living Wudang Mountain disciples and the culprit Li Yifeng to someone Liu for disposal, what does General Dou think?"
"This ...... This one...... General Liu, you also know that it is impossible for someone Dou to hand over Li Yifeng and the remaining Wudang Mountain disciples to you! Dou Bing said slightly embarrassed.
At this time, Dou Pet sighed and said: "Li Yifeng is the youngest son of the hussar general Li Hong, and Wudang Mountain is one of the four major sects in the world, General Liu, do you think this matter can be turned into a big thing and a small matter?" ”
Liu Ji looked at Li Yifeng and the surviving disciples of Wudang Mountain who were sitting on the ground in the distance, the corners of his mouth twitched with disdain, and then said to Dou Bing and Dou Pet: "It's too late, and the matter here will be handled by General Dou and Mr. Dou next!" ”
Then Liu Ji took Jia Xu, the puppet bodyguards and the carriage that Gu Xiaowan and the four daughters were riding, from a city gate in the north of Canglong City, out of the city and went straight to the camp of the Broken Army.
Dou Bing came to the injured Li Yifeng with a gloomy face, "Yi Feng, do you know that if you really kill Liu Ji today, what kind of consequences will it bring to our entire Great Jin?" ”
"Fifth Brother Dou, I can't control it so much, I definitely can't let the Queen Mother marry Qingmei to Liu Ji!" Li Yifeng gritted his teeth and said.
Dou Bing frowned, "You mean that the Queen Mother wants to marry Princess Xiangcheng to Liu Ji?" Where did you get the news? ”
"It's news from the palace, there will be no fake!" Li Yifeng hesitated for a moment, and then said with great certainty.
Then Dou Bing pondered for a moment and then said, "Yi Feng, you and the disciples of Wudang Mountain, go to the military camp in the city first and wait, and wait for the imperial court to deal with you!" ”
Li Yifeng looked at the corpses of dozens of Wudang Mountain disciples, and said viciously: "Now this matter is no longer my personal grudge between Li Yifeng and Liu Ji, so many Wudang Mountain disciples died at the hands of Liu Ji, our Wudang Mountain will definitely not give up!" ”
Dou Bing and Dou Pet glanced at each other, and a wry smile appeared on their faces, although this matter was provoked by Li Yifeng, but so many disciples of Wudang Mountain died, as one of the four major sects in the world, Wudang Mountain, it is indeed impossible to do anything without happening.
Li Yifeng took dozens of Wudang Mountain disciples to intercept and kill Liu Ji on the street for the princess of Xiangcheng, and the news soon spread throughout Canglong City.
In the Ci'en Palace of the Canglong City Imperial Palace, Liu Heng, the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, said angrily to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Queen Mother, that Li Yifeng deserves to be punished in his heart, if Liu Ji is really killed by him tonight, then our Great Jin Dynasty's national capital may be shaken, Liu Ji is in the Western Regions Protectorate and the Northern Courtyard Protectorate, but there are more than two million broken captives, and maybe even more!" Once Liu Ji is killed, the Broken Army will definitely not give up, and the combat effectiveness of the Broken Army is by no means comparable to the Red Turban Army of the traitor Zhang Mingqi. ”
At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhou also had a gloomy face, "This matter also involves the disciples of Wudang Mountain, I heard that the guards around Liu Ji killed dozens of Wudang Mountain disciples at once, in this way, Wudang Mountain is bound to put pressure on our court, asking the court to give them an explanation for Wudang Mountain!" ”
Liu Heng said even more angrily: "Wudang Mountain wants to confess? Do I want them to give an explanation to the court in Wudang Mountain? No matter how you say it, Liu Ji is also a general appointed by the imperial court, and he also serves as the protector of the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and the Northern Courtyard Metropolitan Protectorate, oh, by the way, Liu Ji is still the Taishou of Jue'an County! Now that the disciples of Wudang Mountain have intercepted and killed the important ministers of our court for no reason, Wudang Mountain must give the court an explanation! ”
Empress Dowager Zhou said in a deep voice: "Li Yifeng took the disciples of Wudang Mountain to intercept and kill Liu Ji, there is no need to worry about the mourning family and the emperor, Wudang Mountain has been closely connected with the thirteenth family in recent years, and this matter will be handled properly by Taiwei Dou, and now the mourning family is pondering, how did the news that Qingmei want to marry Liu Ji get out?" ”
Liu Heng also wondered: "I have never talked about this matter with anyone else, so how many people here know about it?" ”
Empress Dowager Zhou frowned and said: "The matter of marrying Qingmei to Liu Ji, in addition to telling the emperor, the mourning family also knows that Qingmei herself knows, could it be that it was leaked from Qingmei?" ”
"Queen Mother, let's bring my sister here and ask!" Liu Heng sighed and said.
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, and then sent someone to summon Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, to the Ci'en Palace.
"Qingmei visited the queen mother and the emperor, didn't she summon Qingmei over for Li Yifeng and the disciples of Wudang Mountain to intercept and kill Liu Ji on the street?" Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng with a beautiful face, asked with a wry smile while saluting the Empress Dowager Zhou and Emperor Liu Heng.
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded slightly and said, "The mourning family only told you and the emperor about marrying you to Liu Ji, but how did Li Yifeng know the news?" ”
Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, smiled bitterly and said: "Queen Mother, Emperor, the news should have leaked out from me, when I went out of the palace two days ago to relax, I met Zhang Yingying of Guanghan Palace, I ...... I told Zhang Yingying that my mother was going to marry me to Liu Ji. ”
Zhang Yingying is the personal disciple of the Tianxuan Palace Lord of Guanghan Palace, and has known Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, for several years.
"Confused! Qingmei, didn't the mourning family tell you! Guanghan Palace has already begun to support the traitor Zhang Mingqi with a clear banner, if it weren't for the fear of the huge power of Guanghan Palace, the imperial court would be ready to start purging the disciples of Guanghan Palace in all parts of the Great Jin Dynasty, why do you still have contact with that Zhang Yingying of Guanghan Palace? also revealed such an important news to Zhang Yingying! Empress Dowager Zhou said with some annoyance.
Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, said bitterly: "Queen Mother, I have been best friends with Zhang Yingying for many years, and I didn't expect that she would tell Li Yifeng about this. ”
Emperor Liu Heng said to Liu Qingmei at this time: "Sister, that Zhang Yingying told Li Yifeng about this matter, it is likely that she wants to get rid of Liu Ji with the hand of Wudang Mountain, you must know that Liu Ji is preparing to go to the southeast states with an army of 260,000 to quell the rebellion, since Guanghan Palace has already stood on the side of the traitor Zhang Mingqi, then Guanghan Palace definitely does not want to see Liu Ji lead troops to the southeast!" ”
Emperor Liu Heng's words made Liu Qingmei, the princess of Xiangcheng, look gloomy, "The emperor is right, the broken army under Liu Ji is very strong in combat, and it is the elite who defeated the grassland Hu people and the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions, of course the Guanghan Palace does not want Liu Ji to take the broken army to the southeast, otherwise the traitor Zhang Mingqi supported by the Guanghan Palace will be in big trouble!" ”
"Qingmei, stay away from the people of Guanghan Palace in the future, Guanghan Palace has already stood on the opposite side of our Great Jin royal family!"
"Yes, Queen Mother! Qingmei won't be so stupid in the future! ”
"Qingmei, are you and that Li Yifeng?"
"Queen Mother, Qingmei and that Li Yifeng have met a few times before, said a few words, and there is nothing more!"
"Qingmei, you should know what Liu Ji means to the emperor and to our Great Jin."
"Don't worry, the queen mother, Qingmei, as the princess of Dajin, will never be rash."
In a Tianzi guest room in the most luxurious Fulin Inn in Canglong City, Zhang Yingying, the personal disciple of the Tianxuan Palace Lord of Guanghan Palace, said to Shen Muqing, who was also a personal disciple of the Tianxuan Palace Lord, with a frosty face: "Senior sister, how can you reveal the news that the Xiangcheng Princess's marriage to Liu Ji is going to Li Yifeng of Wudang Mountain?" I promised Princess Xiangcheng that I wouldn't tell anyone else about this! Now that my senior sister is doing this, where will I have the face to meet Princess Xiangcheng in the future! ”
Shen Muqing said indifferently: "Senior sister, now our Guanghan Palace has clearly supported Zhang Mingqi, who occupies most of the seven southeastern states, and Liu Ji, who has defeated Gaochang and subdued the Dangxiang clan and the Loufu clan, is likely to pose a very big threat to Zhang Mingqi's Red Turban Army, if we can get rid of Liu Ji with the help of the disciples of Wudang Mountain, our sisters will have made a great contribution to the master, even if Li Yifeng of Wudang Mountain did not kill Liu Ji now, but Liu Ji also formed a great enmity with Wudang Mountain, This is good news for our Guanghan Palace and Zhang Mingqi's Red Turban Army! ”
Zhang Yingying hesitated for a moment and said, "Senior sister, I have been friends with Princess Xiangcheng for many years, and we are really not friends enough to do this now." ”
"Senior sister, since our Guanghan Palace has supported Zhang Mingqi, then your friendship with Princess Xiangcheng is equivalent to the end, as the personal disciples of Guanghan Palace, we must put the interests of Guanghan Palace first in everything we do!"
Zhang Yingying nodded gloomily, and no longer dwelled on this matter, anyway, the matter has already happened, it is difficult to recover the water, the Xiangcheng princess will complain about her, Zhang Yingying has no choice, she would have known that she would not tell the senior sister Shen Muqing about the marriage of the Xiangcheng princess to Liu Ji.
"Senior sister, don't think about this matter anymore, our next main task is to complete the evaluation of the world's heroes and the selection of the world's heroes in Canglong City as soon as possible."
"Senior sister, don't worry, I won't delay the business!"
In a forbidden army camp in Canglong City, Li Chongwen, the patriarch of the Li family in the thirteenth family, said to Li Yifeng with a blue face: "You really give us the face of the Li family!" Do you know what the consequences of doing this are? If Liu Ji dies in your hands, not only our Li family's hundreds of years of foundation may be ruined, but even the entire Great Jin Dynasty will be destroyed! ”
"Grandpa, how many times has my grandson told you, I hope you can propose to the Queen Mother, the grandson must marry Qingmei as his wife, but you just don't agree, now the Queen Mother wants to marry Qingmei to Liu Ji, if I don't kill Liu Ji, what else can I do?" Li Yifeng said to his grandfather excitedly.
Li Chongwen looked at his most proud grandson, and the words he wanted to reprimand were swallowed back into his stomach, "Alas-Yi Feng, it is absolutely impossible for the Queen Mother to marry Princess Xiangcheng to any of the children of our thirteenth family, and the other twelve families will not agree to our Li family marrying a princess of the royal family." ”
"I don't care! Grandpa, the grandson has recognized Qingmei in this life, no matter how big the price is, the grandson will marry Qingmei as his wife! Li Yifeng's emotions became even more excited.
When Li Chongwen saw Li Yifeng's appearance, he knew that it was useless for him to say anything at this time, and his grandson's madness came up again.
Li Chongwen suddenly diverted the topic and asked, "Yi Feng, you honestly told your grandfather that the Queen Mother was going to marry Princess Xiangcheng to Liu Ji, how did you know about it?" ”
"Grandpa, the news of my grandson was obtained from Shen Muqing, the disciple of the Tianxuan Palace Master!" Li Yifeng did not hide it from his own grandfather.
"Alas, my stupid grandson, you were used as a gun by the people of Guanghan Palace! Now that Guanghan Palace has stood with the traitor Zhang Mingqi, the people of Guanghan Palace want to use your hand to eradicate Liu Ji, a big trouble for Guanghan Palace and the traitor Zhang Mingqi, and now you take the disciples of Wudang Mountain to intercept and kill Liu Ji, which is equivalent to pulling Wudang Mountain into this muddy water. ”
"Grandpa, my grandson knows that Shen Muqing in Guanghan Palace is using me, and even Wudang Mountain, but my grandson really can't watch Qingmei marry Liu Ji!" Li Yifeng said categorically.
Li Chongwen shook his head with a wry smile, "This time, you took the disciples of Wudang Mountain to intercept and kill Liu Ji on the street, the trouble is too big, these days, you will stay in this military camp, and wait for Liu Ji to lead the troops south!" ”
"No! Grandfather! I'm staying here, so what about Qingmei? Li Yifeng said urgently.
Li Chongwen waved his hand and said: "Although grandpa can't help you marry Princess Xiangcheng into our Li family's family, but it is not so easy for the Queen Mother to marry Princess Xiangcheng to Liu Ji, and our thirteenth family is not willing to see Liu Ji and the broken army under his command stand on the side of the royal family!" ”
When Li Yifeng heard this, he immediately said with ecstasy: "That's right! How did I not think of it? If Liu Ji marries Qingmei, it is tantamount to harming the interests of our thirteenth family, and those important ministers of the court will never agree! ”