PS: There is one more chapter before 12 o'clock

Xinjiang, also known as Xintian, has been the capital of the Jin Kingdom for almost a hundred years, and it has its own advantages. There is Huo Taishan in the north as a barrier, there is Shangdang as a wall in the east, one or two hundred miles to the west is the big river, there are rivers such as Fen, Shu, Hu and so on the left as the abyss, this is the place where Hu Yan said "the rivers and mountains in the surface", the most plastering, the richest, and the most densely populated capital in the east of the river.

Xinjiang is located here, it was originally the center of the princes and merchants, noisy and prosperous full of streets and alleys, there are several markets in the city that trade horses, cattle and sheep, corn and rice, in the past, horses and sheep neighed, cars and cars came and went, always very lively, and the sound of the city could be heard from a few miles apart. But today, as the Jin Civil War enters its fourth year, Xinjiang is gradually withering, and it is very deserted from the streets to the market.

In the past, every month before the winter solstice, hundreds of princes and envoys who came to congratulate the Marquis of Jin disappeared. The streets of Xinjiang are deserted, and there are few young people, leaving only the elderly, women and children who cannot go to the battlefield.

"It's not because it's ...... war" Speaking of the war, the people of Xinjiang shook their heads and sighed, if at the beginning of the war, they were still reluctant to crusade against the rebels under the banner of the Marquis of Jin and Zhibo, and fight to defend the dignity of the Jin court, but now they are already physically and mentally exhausted.

The children of all families should be conscripted into the army, and followed Zhiyao everywhere to help the emergency, but they couldn't open a breakthrough for a long time. Half of the land of the Jin Kingdom fell into the hands of the Zhao Han rebels, and Hedong was surrounded as if it were surrounded, the grain east of Taihang was cut off, and the fur and tendon horns north of Huo Tai were also stopped being transported, and the war had a huge impact on their daily lives.

Fortunately, there is still corn along the Fenshui River, and there is a steady stream of brine salts in the solution pond. The Qin State in the west because of the critical illness of Qin Aigong a few years ago, the crown prince died suddenly before he succeeded to the throne, and he could only let Gongsun succeed to the throne.

But these can only keep Hedong alive, but not enough to win. Before the autumn harvest, the East was in a hurry, and the young man was once again drafted into the army, and they could not remember how many times it was in four years. After seeing them leave, the people of Xinjiang were rumoring that it was Zhao Wuxian who had returned, and that he had crossed Taihang and hit the east of Shangdang, which was only two hundred miles away from Xinjiang......

Now, months later, although the Zhibo government is still trying its best to cover up the passivity of the Jin army, all kinds of rumors are still quietly spreading in the city. In order to supply the eastern front, Anyi's grain and brine salt were stopped being transported into Xinjiang, and the price of salt and grain continued to rise, and the people of the country were already complaining.

However, worse things are still to come, the time has just entered October, the Jin people open the door early in the morning, only to find that it is lonely outside, the doors of every house are closed, and there are soldiers patrolling the street from time to time, is something happening?

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Several trucks hurried by, splashing puddles left by last night's rain.

The husband ran behind panting, and answered the doubts of the Jin people: "There is an order in power, and the whole city is under martial law!" Do not walk through the streets during the day. ”

When he met an acquaintance, he would also remind him solemnly in the other party's ear: "Be careful, it is said that the east side has been defeated again!" ”

The listeners all wailed: "Defeated again? My husband and son are still in the army! ”

In the gloomy clouds, this news that I don't know whether it is true or false spread ten times to hundreds, and for a while, the entire Xinjiang people panicked.

……

"What's new from the east?" Zhixiao, the eldest grandson of the Zhi family, was red-eyed, and whenever someone from outside came to report, he grabbed and questioned him.

"The news over there is all broken, but the army is trapped for eight or nine and not far from ten."

"This ...... How can this be? Ah Yao too, she was fine a few days ago, why did she suddenly lose? "Zhixiao was defeated by the Zhao army in Wen County a few years ago, and escaped alone by relying on the protection of Chang Hong, and since then he has been in a slump, he is afraid of going to the battlefield, so when his father fought in Jinyang in the north, and his younger brother Zhiyao was trapped in Danshui, he still stayed in Xinjiang to help his grandfather deal with housekeeping chores.

"Night, don't worry......"

Zhiqing, who is respectfully called "Zhibo", is still calm, his face is as heavy as water, and he sits behind the desk with his eyes slightly closed.

"Grandfather, can you not be in a hurry? The Wei clan suddenly had a quick rider to report, saying that the army had been defeated, and my brother was trapped under the Light Wolf City with Fan Gaoyi, Liang Yingfu, Wei Ju and others. ”

Zhizhen sighed: "You are not on the battlefield, so even if you are in a hurry, you can't be in a hurry, and now we can only do what we can, such as ...... Quickly enter the palace and control Wei Mando again! ”

Since the separate evacuation of Wei's fleet, Zhisong has been suspicious of Wei's position and attitude for a long time, but due to the situation, he has always held back. Since Zhao Wuxian defeated the Qi State, Zheng, Zhou, and Zhongshan were either neutral or fell to the Zhao family, Zhisong knew that he could not defeat the Zhao family alone only by relying on the west of Taihang of the Jin State, and this battle could not be won, he should not sit back and watch Fan and Zhongxing be defeated, and missed the only good opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Zhao family......

But at this point in the war, knowing that Zhao's grudge was deep, the door to peace talks could not be opened for a long time, and the other party's asking price was unacceptable to his side, so he could only insist on it.

"The artifact of the world cannot be done, and it cannot be grasped. Those who do it lose, and those who hold it lose. It is because the saint does nothing, so he is not defeated, so he does not lose ......"

At that time, after closing his eyes and reciting a mysterious and mysterious word, Zhisong decided to take a defensive position in this war, wait for the Zhao clan to defeat itself, and then take advantage of it.

It's a pity that Zhao Wuxian stabilized, and did not conduct a major war in the past two years, so that the land of the people under his rule was rested, and he did not defeat himself as the Zhi clan hoped, but grew stronger and stronger. When he went west again, his momentum could not be stopped, and Zhisong could only make a desperate bet, making his grandson Zhiyao, who is known as a genius, a handsome, hoping that he could create a miracle, and then promote peace with the Zhao family......

However, the miracle did not happen after all, and if there was anything worse than the defeat of the coalition forces, it was that Zhisong was about to lose control of the Wei clan.

Wei's messenger rushed back to report that it was full of suspicions, and the bloody messenger shouted after entering the city, which made people panic, and in the eyes of sensitive intellectuals, this was simply an ulterior motive!

So his first reaction was to put Wei Lu, who was still in Xinjiang City, under house arrest.

Zhixiao immediately took people to Wei's mansion after receiving the order, but found that he was a step too late, and there were only some vertical people and maids left, and Wei Hao was nowhere to be seen. He hurriedly rode back to the prefect's mansion, and met the prefect who was dressed in court clothes at the door, and was about to enter the palace to meet the Marquis of Jin and explain the war on the front line.

"Grandfather, I heard that Wei Yu entered the Qiqi Palace before dawn!"

"It's not good...... "A bad premonition flashed in Zhiji's heart, he calculated everything, but he still missed one thing." Hurry up and send 2,000 soldiers to the Qiqi Palace with me! ”

Wei Hao didn't want to stay in the mansion at this time to eliminate his suspicions, but hurriedly entered the palace, which only shows one thing, that is, the Wei family, the only remaining ally of the Zhi family, does not seem to want to get along with his family anymore, but to forget about each other!

……

When the ancestors and grandsons of the Zhi clan set off, it was the beginning of the shower, the morning sun broke through the clouds and rose, the red light sprinkled all over the city, along the way, the elm trees and locust trees on the side of the road were scattered, and the palace was like a cloud in the distance, and the road was spacious in the back, and it was also a spectacular and beautiful scenery, but they were not in the mood to appreciate it, just let the emperor speed up, and the two thousand Zhi clan soldiers behind were also running out of breath.

"Youji, the gatekeeper of the Qiqi Palace, used to be biased towards my family, so my grandfather doesn't have to worry about ......"

Zhisong was not so optimistic, one wrong step and one wrong step, he smiled bitterly: "Lao Tzu said, the world is impermanent, the right is strange, the good is the demon, the situation is like this, will people turn their hands into clouds and cover their hands for rain, who can say clearly?" ”

They galloped up the central axis paved with bluestone slabs, and the Qiqi Palace was near, and the high-pitched rammed earth platform base came into view, and the armor and spears behind the female wall were still there. The only difference was that seeing the Zhi clan's ruling chariot driving flag approaching, the vermilion palace gate was still firmly closed......

Zhixiao drove directly to the side of the stone statue "Yu" beast on both sides of the main gate, raised his head and shouted: "The government is here, don't open the door quickly!" ”

No one responded, and after a while, after Zhixiao roared several times, someone from the city came out and said: "I hope Zhibo will forgive me, after the news of today's defeat on the front line, the monarch was very sad and decided to call the dynasty for introspection, and the Qiqi Palace should also be under martial law, please go back, and come back another day." ”

"Confused! The military situation is urgent, and the court has to choose a time to close the palace! ”

Zhixiao felt incredible, but Zhisong stopped him, squinted and looked up at the people of the city: "Dai Ziyong, the old man didn't recognize the wrong person, why is it you who guards the gate of Qiqi Palace?" ”

Zhixiao also recognized the general at the head of the city, this person is Ziyong, his identity is not bad, he is the youngest son of Jin Zhaogong, and the uncle of the current Jin Marquis. The Jin State has had a rule since the time of the Jin Dynasty: there is no office in the country, and there is no group of sons. Gongzi Gongsun will be driven to a foreign country to make a living by himself when he becomes an adult, Ziyong chose to go to the Song Kingdom after leaving, and once served as the Yi Zai of the Sicheng Le clan in Daiyi, so he simply took Dai as the clan, so he was called "Dai Ziyong".

A few years ago, because there was a shortage of sons and grandsons in China, and no one managed the affairs of the clan, Dai Ziyong was called back by the Marquis of Jin. But he just caught up with the Zhao family's rebellion, because of his relationship with the Sicheng Le family, he was regarded as a pro-Zhao faction, so he was dismissed from the army, and he has been idle at home for four years, but why is he in charge of the palace gate today?

"It was the king's appointment last night......"

Last night? Zhizu's heart tightened: "Why is such a major appointment as Miyagi no Shou carried out without my consent?" ”

"The Qiqi Palace is the residence of the monarch, and there is no need to ask for the consent of the ruling party to appoint someone to guard the door!"

After Dai Ziyong retreated knowingly, another voice sounded from the city, a middle-aged man who was also wearing a crown of a scholar stood above the heads of the ancestors of the Zhi clan and saluted them, it was Wei Ju, the "Zhongjun Zuo" of the Jin State and the head of the Wei family.

"What's more, Zhibo, you are no longer in power!"

"Weimando!" Zhizu's face sank like water, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Wei Hao's face was very similar to Wei Ju, but with a little more forbearance and old-fashionedness, he squeezed out a smile and said: "Zhibo, the monarch has just issued an order, let me temporarily take the position of Shangqing, and work with the Zhao family and the Han family head to chase the evil ministers on the king's side!" And this wicked minister ......"

He was condescending, with a victorious expression on his face, and pointed at the ancestors of the Zhi clan and said, "That's what you're talking about!" (To be continued.) )