Two hundred and eighty-five
The clouds are so thick that not a single star can be seen on the early spring night, and even the moon looms, adding to the gloom of the tall and solemn Miyagi.
When the time passed, the guards guarding the palace city had changed two shifts, and the beauties of the harem had already fallen asleep, only the maids and maids who kept vigil were still fighting their spirits, ready to deal with the sudden orders of their masters.
The side hall behind the main hall used to receive foreign ministers was still brightly lit, and Han Wu sat behind the table with a calm face. On the table were four urgent letters from Luoyang, including those written by the deputy envoy Feng Zhong and the urgent reports sent back by the spies buried in Luoyang, all of which featured Han Fei as the protagonist.
For five days in a row, for five days in a row, almost every day, such information was sent to Han Wu, from the anger at the beginning to now, Han Wu's heart was only numb.
Gong Zhong knelt at the bottom of the steps, pondering his words to persuade Han Wu, but the same content was repeated so many times that even he didn't believe it himself.
The rumors in the country can be said to be deliberately planned by people with ulterior motives, and the visit to the Gancheng camp can also be interpreted as a show of force by the Tang State, but the other things depicted in these letters do not know how to explain in order to make sense.
Could it be that Fang Li is really ready to help Han Fei take charge of South Korea?
"What are you still suspecting?" Han Wu said gloomily, "Commensurate with the civil and military superiors of the Tang Kingdom, not only can he go to the Gancheng camp in a dignified manner, but also visit the officials at all levels of the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Kingdom with Xun Yu, what is he doing here?" It's teaching Han Fei how to govern a country! ”
"Lord, all this is just a unilateral action of Tang Guo, and Han Feigongzi has not expressed his acceptance!" Gong Zhong said, "Maybe it's just because Han Feigongzi has the mission of easing the relationship between Han and Tang that he doesn't dare to openly refuse Fang Li's kindness." ”
"Hugh has to explain for Han Fei again!" Han Wusheng waved his hand angrily, "The other party is disdainful of me and South Korea, but he favors Han Fei, just because Han Fei has not even written a letter explaining it so far, isn't it enough to explain the problem?" ”
Hearing this, it seemed that he wanted to convict Han Fei of attempting to rebel, Gongzhong was shocked and wanted to continue to explain for Han Fei, but as soon as he raised his head, he crashed into Han Wu's bottomless eyes.
"Gongzhong." Han Wu pressed one hand on the unfolded letterhead, leaned forward, and stared at Gong Zhong's eyes without blinking, "Do you still want to continue to defend Han Fei?" ”
Gong Zhong trembled, and instantly felt cold from head to toe, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
He suddenly understood why Han Wu would never listen to his words, maybe Han Wu didn't fully believe in the information that came back from Luoyang, but at the same time, he didn't intend to doubt it.
Han Wu has always been jealous of Han Fei, a blood relative of the family, and even this time he had to send him as an envoy to Tang Guo, and secretly instructed the deputy envoy Feng Zhong and the spies buried deep in Luoyang to keep an eye on Han Fei's whereabouts at all times.
Perhaps Han Wu had been waiting for information unfavorable to Han Fei to come back from the beginning.
Not to believe, but not to doubt.
Seeing that Gong Zhong seemed to finally understand what he meant, Han Wu smiled gloomily: "Gong Zhong, you haven't answered the widow's question yet, do you want to continue to defend Han Fei?" ”
Gong Zhong trembled all over, and said in a slur manner: "Minister, don't dare..."
"If you don't dare, it means that you are still loyal to the widow." Han Wu's expression softened instantly, and he was replaced with a smile like a spring breeze, "There are no two days, there are no two masters of the people, you were too close to Han Fei before, now it is good to wake up in time." ”
"But my lord." Gong Zhong struggled to squeeze the voice out of his dry throat, "Fang is divided... No, Fang Li did such a thing, there must be a plan behind it, and the lord had to guard against it. ”
"What can I plan, it's just to play a trick with the widow." Han Wu sneered disdainfully, "Secretly transfer troops to the front line, and send people to Qin and Zhao to ask for help at the same time, the widow will kill two birds with one stone this time!" ”
The lights of the side hall were finally extinguished, and at the same time, the side door under the east gate of the capital slowly opened, and more than a dozen lightly armed black-clothed knights rode their horses and disappeared on the path leading to Luoyang in a blink of an eye.
In Luoyang City, the sky was already bright, and the white and tender baby was carried out of the room by the nurse early, and Fang Li personally cut off the fine and soft fetal hair on the top of his head.
Originally, there was a special servant responsible for shaving his hair, but this was the first son of the Tang Dynasty, in order to show his attention and pray for his children, Fang Li still chose to do it himself.
The little baby who has just reached the full moon is delicate and tender, and she doesn't cry or make trouble when she is woken up early in the morning, but just looks at her father working on top of her head with a pair of innocent big eyes.
After shaving his head, Fang Li handed the razor to the waiter waiting on the side, and washed the hair on his hands in the basin of water that had been prepared long ago, seeing that the little guy was carried by the nurse and sent to Mi Yue's arms, he fell asleep again in a quarter of an hour, and couldn't help laughing: "This kid has a big heart, and he is not afraid that the widow will hurt him, yes, like a man!" ”
Mi Yue smiled and touched the little baby's head: "The son follows the father, the lord is a hero who wins all battles, of course Zhong'er can't fall into your name." ”
Finally "recovered from illness" and stood at the bottom with a smile on his old face, echoing Fang Li's jokes from time to time, complimenting the little boy.
"Zhong" is Fang Li's milk name for the newborn, at that time, from the princes and nobles, down to the common people all pay attention to the milk name, so Fang Li also followed the local customs, and named the milk for his son-in-law "Zhong", indicating that he was the second son.
Now that the child is full moon, it is time to take a big name to tell the world.
When night fell, Fang Li and Mi Yue appeared in the main hall, and the civil and military officials who had been waiting in the courtyard shook their heads at the same time, shouting in their mouths: "The ministers have seen the lord, the lady, and the little prince!" ”
The little Fang Zhong appeared in front of everyone for the first time, although he was only a baby who had just reached the full moon, he already had a bit of the bearing of a prince of the Tang Dynasty, and his big black eyes looked at the rows of heads below, and there was no stage fright at all.
Fang Li was even more satisfied with this son, and took Fang Zhong from Mi Yue's arms, held it high above his head, and loudly announced the child's name under Mi Yue's surprised eyes: Fang Ji!
Ji, a good horse, Fang Li named his son "Ji", which means that he hopes that the Tang State can step on the world and unify the Central Plains.
All the civil and military officers knew it, and a vigorous aura poured out of their chests, and they all bowed together.
After the naming ceremony, Mi Yue took Fang Ji back to the backyard, leaving Fang Li to drink and have fun with many ministers.
The ministers of the Tang State pushed the cups and changed the lamps, there was no mustard between the civil and military, and Fang Li also walked down the steps from time to time to drink with everyone, a scene of Ming Jun and virtuous ministers knowing each other.
Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, sat down, looking at Fang Lizhi's complacent appearance, and somehow remembered Zhao Yong.
Zhao Yong was born in danger, and when he succeeded to the throne, it was when Zhao was in decline from prosperity to decline, the domestic armament was slack, and the tiger and wolf were around, and Zhao was in danger.
Just when all countries thought that Zhao Guoqi was exhausted, Zhao Yong ascended to the position of the monarch, selected talents and talents, rode and shot in Hufu, and led by example to implement various reform systems, and brought Zhao back to the position of a first-class power in just ten years.
But the atmosphere of Guan Fangli and the others was no less than that when the newborn Zhao Guo was rising, Tang Guo and Zhao Guo were too close, and Zhao Sheng couldn't help but cast a shadow in his heart.
is also an envoy of another country, Han Fei's state of mind is not so relaxed.
These days, Fang Li has made no secret of his envelope, but the surveillance has never been relaxed, although it is well disguised, Han Fei still finds that every time his letter is transmitted, it is like a stone sinking into the sea.
Han Fei had already expected the drama played by Fang Li and others, and he was very uneasy about South Korea but could not do anything, so he could only secretly pray that Han Wu would not fall for the trick, and at the same time continue to make false promises with Fang Li and others, hoping to find out what useful news for South Korea.
The banquet lasted until midnight, and after the banquet was over, Jia Xu took advantage of the night to quietly enter the Tang Mansion through the back door and went straight to Fang Li's study.
Fang Li drank all the decanting soup sent by Youhui, his pupils, which were already a little dazed, instantly cleared, and he looked at Jia Xu with a serious expression in front of him and asked, "What's the matter, is there a movement from Han Wu?" ”
"Returning to my lord, exactly." Jia Xu arched his hand and said, "The internal guard sent back the news, Han Wu was furious when he learned the news, and he had already announced that Han Fei had the heart of disobedience, and presumably the Korean nails in Luoyang would take action soon." ”
"Tell the officials? Such a big move. Fang Li rubbed the bridge of his nose and tried to stay awake, "How could Han Wu do this?" ”
"I'm afraid it's to hide people's eyes." Jia Xu walked to the side of the map and pointed to Shouduo at the junction of Tang and Han, "The minister also received news that the Korean army has been moving frequently recently, and there are faint signs of gathering at Shouduo. ”
"Shouduo, the one on the other side of the Fenshui?" Fang Li was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at the position Jia Xu was pointing to, "Shouduo is a necessary place for our army to attack Han, could it be that Han Wu has already seen through Wen Ruo's strategy?" ”
Xun Yu's plan was to use Han Fei to delay Han Wu's deployment of troops, so that Han Wu thought that the Tang army would not attack Han so quickly, and spent his time on getting rid of Han Fei and trying to find reinforcements, so as to beat him up in time.
But if Han Wu was gathering an army at Shouduo at this time, no matter whether he wanted to get rid of Han Fei or not, Xun Yu's plan would have failed for the most part, and the Tang army would still have to fight the well-prepared Han army.
Jia Xu took the candle flame handed over by the chamberlain and moved slightly to Fenshui: "Don't worry, my lord, Han Wu should only transfer troops just in case." ”
"Just in case?" Fang Li slammed his fist on the map and roared, "Whether he really saw through Wen Ruo's plan or something else, once the Han army is successfully assembled in Shouduo, the outnumbered man's plan will be meaningless!" ”