When Xiao Zhen heard this, he slapped the table hatefully: "That Shi Xin is really hateful!" It seems that he hates Shi Xin very much, but he is helpless to take Shi Xin.

At this time, Wushu bowed eleven times, smiled faintly, and said: "But maybe the little monk thinks about it more, but I'm afraid that Your Majesty's current worries should not be the laws and regulations committed by these two people, but the worries of these crimes, that is, Your Majesty, you can't easily forgive it." ”

When Xiao Zhen heard this, he suddenly laughed out loud and said, "You monk is really a ghost, I really want to force you to grow your beard, give up this bullshit abbot, enter my cabinet, and pluck those flying old white hairs for me...... Although I hadn't met those ruffians, I also felt their talent and courage. Indeed, most of the scholars are hateful, and they are not as chic as the dog slaughterers. It's a pity that I'm all prisoners at this moment! Speaking of this, he didn't feel a little excited, looked at Wushu and said: "You monk is bareheaded, maybe it's okay, if you enter this world, but you are involved in this whirlpool like those boys, I can't even say that there is no one to talk to at the end." Alas, a spoiler! As he spoke, he picked up the feather and spun it in front of him, and said slowly: "Actually, it's good that Hu Xiaofu is dead, so that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces can't investigate Mr. Wei's faults, and besides, the assassination is not done by Ti Daowei, it's just an ordinary matter in the rivers and lakes, so I can take advantage of this matter to protect Mr. Wei, and send troops to the Northern Expedition on the grounds that Murong Xian is rude to violate our border......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly lifted the black sword on a few points, because the black sword was too heavy, although Xiao Zhen usually forged his body, he couldn't dance this heavy blunt sword with one hand. So he grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, and waved the sword diagonally, but he heard a soft sound of "bang", and an offering table next to him was broken into two. Xiao Zhen stood up with his sword and continued: "I have long wanted to wave my army to the north and fight with the Murong clan, Liaodi has been my Daqi territory, but the people of the Murong clan have been entrenched for more than 200 years, although Wuzong is majestic and strategic, but he has not been able to recover the lost land, but at this moment I am the son of heaven, and Murong Xian's old puppet dares to offend my Daqi rivers and mountains!" As he spoke, his eyes widened angrily, and his anger was unstoppable for a while. After a while, Xiao Zhen retracted his reverie, sighed and said: "I know that Mr. Wei is quite corrupt, but no matter how incompetent the dog is, he also has the heart to protect the master, and I can't easily let the wolf bite it." I announced the Northern Expedition, but unexpectedly, the Ministry of Industry came the next day, saying that the budget of 200,000 taels of silver for repairing the river embankment was not enough, and the household department also joined in the fun, saying that the treasury was insufficient, and the grain was too hasty for fear of provoking a popular uprising, but the Ganshan area of Hexi was repeatedly plagued by locusts, and the funds allocated by the imperial court did not see them less greedy! However, although I know it in my heart, I can't confront them in the court, and now I am trapped in the capital, just like the Buddha who is trapped on the throne of the Mahavira Treasure Hall, empty and solemn, but doing nothing. Although he was barely pro-government last year, he was constrained by the Empress Dowager Lan and controlled by Shimen Jiuzhong outside, if it weren't for the second brother and Mr. Wei in the court, and the monk you helped me strategize, I really don't know how to deal with it. But now that the second brother has been stabbed, Liu Ge Lao and An Guogong have resigned, but it is rare for me to use the talents who are important, alas, monk, you are helping me to decompose and decompose, how should I deal with such a situation? ”

Wushu slowly picked up the severed offering table, and said slowly: "The little monk thinks that the current chaos in the DPRK and China is due to the proposal of the Northern Expedition and has not been convinced. In the Northern Expedition arrangement, An Guogong was the commander of the Northern Expedition, Liu Ge Lao was the important minister of the Northern Expedition, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin was the king of the prison country. ”

Xiao Zhen patted the case a few times and said: "That's true! ”

Wushu shook his head and said, "It's just that if Your Majesty wants to continue the Northern Expedition now, you have to give up your pawn to protect the car." ”

Xiao Zhen frowned when he heard this, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Wushu sighed: "Your Majesty needs to break the idea of loving talents and kill the assassin in the case of the assassination of Qin, so as to stabilize the ambition of the Northern Expedition of the ministers." ”

Xiao Zhen is not a fool, listening to Wushu say this, his heart is still clear. In fact, in the assassination case, it doesn't matter whether Wei Qi is the real murderer or not, because Mu Lingyun refused to marry for love at that time, which caused Liu Mu's family to lose face and was witnessed by everyone, and later Wei Qi was arrested with a black sword, so Wei Qi could not argue with the assassination. At this time, if Wei Qi and his friends are not killed, as soon as he comes, he himself will not be able to remember the second surname, and the departure of Liu Mu and the others will be unstoppable, but the Northern Expedition will be unsustainable; Second, if the assassin is not killed, the second brother King Qin himself will not be able to say that he is round; Thirdly, Xie Bai's assassination of Hu Xiaofu has been privately discussed in the DPRK and China, and if he does not get rid of it, he will become a favoritist and biased against Wei Huan and his party...... After thinking about it, it seemed that if he wanted the Northern Expedition to continue smoothly, this was the only way to use, so Xiao Zhen couldn't help but hesitate.

Seeing this, Wushu sighed lightly and persuaded: "Your Majesty has a deep love for talents, and the little monk admires it, and Ranwei is like an eagle like a rabbit, although it is worthy of the king's pity, but the real king should be the people first." As he spoke, he opened the conscription book and continued: "The eagle rabbit has its own way, if its life should not be extinguished, it can naturally be used, and Your Majesty does not have to suffer himself...... Hey? ”

He suddenly pulled Xiao Zhen back from his hesitation with a sudden "huh" and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wushu smiled and pointed to a name in the book and said to Xiao Zhen: "Your Majesty atoned for your sins, Fang is the little monk who was surprised, the little monk just thought of some old stories." ”

Xiao Zhen scolded: "So it's a mystery! As he spoke, he looked at Wushu's finger, but saw that the place his finger was pointing to was a name "Xiang You'er", so he was surprised and said: "I have let Lu Bing check these ruffians, but they are just a little ruffian in Nanshi, how can they surprise the monk?" ”

Wushu slowly closed the book and said, "Wei Qi has such talent, but he is willing to be listed after this person, Xie Bai is so careless, but he is willing to join the army with this person." Don't your majesty think there's something strange about it? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zhen touched his chin, nodded slightly, and shook his head again.

Wushu continued: "After Feng Shili's assassination attempt, he could have taken the sword away at the same time, but he chose to leave the sword at the scene, the little monk was clumsy, although he didn't hear it clearly, but he vaguely knew that the person who gave the sword to Feng Shili was the young man who Wei Qi protected later, and Wei Qi called the young man a brother on the spot, and the little monk suspected that the young man was this You'er. Your Majesty, is it too much for the little monk to be surprised by this? ”

When Xiao Zhen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "You just remembered an old story!" ”

Wushu said: "Although the little monk knows about this, he doesn't dare to say it." ”

Xiao Zhen frowned and said, "Could it be that the Sima case is involved?" If I want you to say it, you will say it! ”

Wushu said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the little monk just remembers that on the few records he once read, it was mentioned that although the Sima clan was wiped out at that time, there was an orphan who was never found. And that kid is a single name and a special character......"

When Xiao Zhen heard this, his eyebrows suddenly straightened, and he raised his hand so that Wushu didn't have to say anything, and at this time, his heart was like a thunderbolt! Twenty years ago, Sima Qiwu, the imperial envoy of the left capital, plotted treason, implicated most of the imperial court at that time were involved, eighteen families were exterminated because of this case, more than 200 officials were dismissed, and even the prince Zhaoming, who was once virtuous, was implicated in suicide, and his family was confiscated as slaves. More than 50,000 people were involved in this killing. It is rumored that tens of thousands of sinners were killed in Xuandu alone in the month after the conviction of the case, and Xishikou was almost cut off by blood, and no one in the imperial court handled government affairs for a while, and it took several years to calm down. At that time, because of this incident, his father was able to replace Prince Zhaoming to ascend the throne as emperor, so this cruel killing became a matter of forbidden discussion among the government and the public. So the years washed away, and it became a mystery that no one understands and no one dares to say!

At that time, it is said that a child of the Sima clan was not found, and later due to the death of Emperor Wuzong, no one continued to trace the orphan's life or death, and where he was gone.

And if this You'er is the orphan back then, then ......

At this time, the words "Xie" and "Wei" suddenly rose in his mind! Xie Fang? Wei Cheng? Could it be that this group of teenagers is the remnant of the Sima tragedy?

By the way, Liu Shiqi was the apprentice of Xie Fang, a university scholar back then, and Shi Xin was a general by Sima Qiwu's side at that time, and the old general Wei Cheng was also a member of Sima's family! And Hu Xiaofu's mansion was built on the basis of Sima Mansion back then!

It's all said in this way, these are all good things done by those Zhaoming henchmen, after so many years, I didn't expect these people to still be ghosted! Now in order to interfere with the royal family's Northern Expedition, they are actually ......

Xiao Zhen frowned unconsciously, and his face was instantly ugly and abnormal!

"Kill!" This thought suddenly occurred in his heart, and the love that had just been ignited instantly disappeared. Wei Qi has great talents, but at this time, he clashes with the Northern Expedition, and it is a curse rather than a blessing to keep it; Xie Bai is a sharp sword, at this time he is already a prisoner of the imperial court, if it is the queen of the Zhaoming Party, it will be ominous to stay, and killing it can solve the trouble. If the eagle and rabbit are not killed, why should the people be innocent?

"Kill!" And that You'er, if he knows his life experience and takes revenge, it will be a disaster......

"Kill!" His eyes were closed, and his heart was determined. So he raised his voice and shouted: "Lu Bing! ”

Xiao Zhen asked, "Can you find out where the remaining two fugitives are hiding?" ”

Lu Bing's voice was like a file saw, and he replied: "Your Majesty, the place where the Xie prisoner disappeared is really under the Shenwu Gate Tower, and the Xiang prisoner is missing near the Chongwen Gate. Now the Criminal Department is working with the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion to arrest them, and the minister doesn't know where these two people are going. However, in accordance with His Majesty's will, the minister has set up an ambush in the Imperial Prison, and in the past few days, six or seven waves of people from the rivers and lakes have tried to rush into the Imperial Prison to save people, but they have all returned in vain. ”

Xiao Zhen slapped the case and said hatefully: "Hey, it's that Shi Xin again!" It seems that he hates Shi Xin to the extreme, but he can't take Shi Xin. He was stunned for a while, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "Lu Bing, pass on my will, let Hua Min change Ling Chi, who was raised three days later, to beast punishment, first-class A!" There is no need to make a public announcement in this matter! Also, let Yin Luqian of Jingzhao Mansion transfer 2,000 guards to assist the sword guard in the Colosseum, and change the deployment of the three major battalions around me! I'm going back to the palace! ”

As he spoke, he took the mink hat and cloak that Lu Bing was holding in his hand, turned back to Wushu and said, "Monk, thank you for breaking down with me, five days later, I will recruit ministers and advertise the world." On top of my sacrificial flag ceremony, I will kill a man of the world with great fanfare, and then use his blood to sacrifice my banner of victory! After saying that, he walked out of the hall first. Lu Bing accepted the three things and followed him out of the hall.

Wushu was still silent and bowed his head, just pinching and pressing the Buddha beads over and over again. The tripartite Buddha in the hall is still with low eyebrows and lowered eyes, and between the incense mist, he can't see the solemn treasure of compassion clearly.

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Outside Liaoyang City, under the sunset, on the side of the reckless mountain, in the whistling wind, the array of secluded knights is like a cloud.

Immediately, a middle-aged man sat on the horse solemnly, suddenly drew the sword at his waist and swung it in the air.

A majestic and desolate voice ordered: "Youyan good son, rush me!" ”

For a while, more than 1,000 cavalrymen shouted in unison, rushing towards the city wall, which had been broken by more than ten days of attack.

On the city, the guard general Xia He looked at the steady stream of enemy troops, suddenly knelt down to the south at the head of the city, and after three kowtows, he shouted "Heaven is destroyed", raised his sword and killed himself!

"Book of Qi": "The defender Xia and fought to the death unyieldingly, but the enemy army was strong, Liaoyang was broken in a few days, Murong Xian slaughtered the city for three days, and the people were left with eleven." At the end of August of the eighth year of the Great Cause, Shi Du marched to the west with the Youyan army, but unexpectedly led the army and marched straight from Liaodong in the east. ”