Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Storm is Coming

Liu Xiu sat in the carriage, looking at the prosperity outside the window, the car drove by, and the scenery outside was like a picture scroll, which seemed a little unreal.

From the royal palace to the palace of King Wei, there is only a straight road, this road is named after Emperor Shizong of the Han Dynasty, named Emperor Xing, after several repairs, it is now very wide, allowing eight carriages to go hand in hand.

The road is lined with shops, mansions, pedestrians, and vehicles.

A picture of prosperity.

Although the car was slow, the road was not far, and soon, Liu Xiu's car arrived in front of King Wei's mansion.

The palace was as majestic as before, but in Liu Xiu's eyes at this moment, there was a special feeling in his heart.

This is the first step in the true sense of the word.

He stepped out of the carriage and sighed slightly.

Since King Wei was not notified in advance that he was coming, the palace guards were surprised when they saw Liu Xiu's car, and hurriedly entered the palace to report.

Another steward came out and greeted Liu Xiu and the others in the hall.

At this time, it is the early autumn weather, although it is gradually cool, but the sun is warm, cloudless, some refreshing, very pleasant, along the way, you can also see the leaves of the trees in the palace, struggling to support.

But the prosperous scene of summer is no longer there, revealing a dilapidated meaning.

When the spring breeze comes next year, will I sit inside, guide the country, and compete with many heroes in the world?

He subconsciously clenched his hands into fists, his nails embedded in his hands due to excitement, and his face turned slightly pale.

The palace has not known how many times it has been here, but not once has this kind of affection, this kind of excitement.

It seems that after today, Weiguo will enter his own pocket little by little and be a stepping stone on the road to domination of the world.

At this moment, the butler suddenly stopped, showed a respectful look on his face, and bowed his head.

Liu Xiu was slightly stunned, followed his eyes, and saw that at the corner of the road, Song Xunwen, the defense envoy, hurried over from the direction of the side door.

It seemed that he didn't expect to see Liu Xiu, Song Xunwen was quite surprised, his face was stagnant, his brows were furrowed, as if he was impatient, shook his head gently, and then walked quickly towards Liu Xiu.

Before he came to Liu Xiu, he heard Song Xunwen smile heartily, salute respectfully, and said:

"Minister Song Xunwen has seen His Highness!"

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, rushed forward to help Song Xunwen up, and said:

"Lord Song is polite, thanks to Lord Song for leading the troops to arrive yesterday, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, thank you yet."

Song Xunwen's face changed, the assassination yesterday was too strange, and it was so completely defeated, it made people feel quite incredible.

Assassinating the imperial ministers or the royal family, he and King Wei have planned for a long time, and they have been planning for many years, once they feel threatened, they will act immediately, I thought that everyone in the "family class" has kung fu, and while Liu Xiu is unprepared, he will be able to succeed, but he didn't expect that in the end it fell short, and from last night, Liu Xiu had already prepared for the assassination, which made him unpredictable.

However, his face did not change, and he replied respectfully:

"This is a matter within the minister's responsibility, His Royal Highness said this, the minister was quite frightened, if it weren't for His Royal Highness's escort Zhang Quanhai, who arrived in time with his troops to kill the assassins, it is difficult to say whether the two Highnesses would be able to retreat with their whole bodies."

Liu Xiu smiled slightly after hearing this, with a meaningful smile on his face, and replied:

"Zhang Quanhai has been serving by my side, every banquet will serve left and right, in case of accidents, before coming here, I also complained to him, let him not be too careful, Dongping guards the palace, the guards are strict, and General Song leads the troops to patrol, how can something happen, but I didn't expect that there was still a business trip."

Song Xunwen listened but didn't listen, made a gesture of please, and said:

"There's a cool breeze in the morning now, don't catch a cold."

Seeing Liu Xiu nodding and leaving, Song Xunwen asked casually:

"I wonder why His Highness is looking for King Wei so early?"

Liu Xiu's face turned pale, revealing a look of grief, and he said in a deep voice:

"I got the news this morning, saying that Chen Xiang and General Sun were found dead in a mansion, this news is nothing less than thunder, my heart is quite shocked, and I sit like pins and needles, so I came early in the morning to inform King Wei of this."

Song Xunwen was stunned after hearing this, and after a while, his face changed greatly, his body trembled, and his body couldn't help but stumble, but fortunately, the housekeeper next to him was quick and helped him up, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

His face was pale, but he forced himself to compose, cleared his throat, and said with a smile:

"Your Highness, this is not a joke, and this matter is enough to shake the country for the country, why didn't the minister get any news?"

Liu Xiu sighed heavily, shook his head, and said:

"Yin Liu Zhengyun of Dongping Mansion made a routine inspection last night, and found this tragic situation, afraid of disturbing King Wei's rest, so he reported to me overnight, and I have sent someone to investigate, and the news is true."

After saying that, he sighed again, and seemed to be quite distressed by this.

Song Xunwen was stunned for a moment, his body took a step back, and it took a while to relieve his breath, his face was pale, and he thought for a moment and said to Liu Xiu:

"Your Highness! Such a major event, it is better to report to King Wei as soon as possible, ministers, ministers, want to report to King Wei immediately, take the first step, and leave! ”

Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, Song Xunwen said goodbye and hurried towards the inner hall of the Wei Wang.

His steps were a little staggering, his mind was chaotic, the four powerful ministers had gone, and the remaining one Fang Zhenyao was in Luojing, and there was only one himself, and he felt that he was unable to support himself.

Moreover, in the first battle of Pingyan, Liu Xiu won the hearts of the people, and now he has lost his elbow, and even Yin of Dongping Mansion has moved closer to him.

The situation was out of control in an instant, and King Wei was at a disadvantage.

He seemed to feel that there was a shadow behind him slowly expanding, covering the entire palace, covering the entire Dongping, and even the entire Weiguo.

Is it finally going to change?

The morning sun is a little pleasant, sitting at the table, watching the seasons change outside the window, everything turns, it is easy to let go of many things.

King Wei leaned back in his chair a little lazily, his eyes narrowed slightly, although he had not slept all night, he was in good spirits, and he didn't know what he was thinking about now.

It seems that he has let go of the death of the princess.

After a while, he sighed softly, and was just about to get up and order his subordinates to invite the prime minister and the defense envoy to discuss the burial of the princess, when suddenly there was a panicked footstep from outside the door, and then he heard the guard say in a loud voice:

"Lord Song, Lord Song, let the villain go in and report, please stay!"

Song Xunwen shouted unceremoniously:

"I have something urgent to see the prince, if you stop it again, I will kill you now! Get out of the way! ”

Then King Wei heard the soldier's "ah" and was kicked to the ground by Song Xunwen.

King Wei frowned, and was just about to get up and go out to see what was going on, only to see Song Xunwen's face pale, and he staggered and pushed the door in.

After seeing King Wei, he made a "poof" and fell to his knees, unable to speak.

King Wei was shocked, it was rare for Song Xunwen to be so out of shape, there must have been an earth-shattering change, his heart was cold, his brows were furrowed, and then he said slowly:

"So panicked, what's going on?"

Song Xunwen's voice had a trill, and he said on the ground:

"Your Highness, Chen Fuxin and Sun Zhengwu were both killed last night! It was Yin Liu Zhengyun of Dongping Mansion who found out first, and he had already told the King of England about it overnight, and now Liu Xiu has arrived at the palace, and he will be in the council hall in a while! ”

King Wei's body trembled, his face instantly became gloomy, and Song Xunwen saw his hands trembling uncontrollably.

He looked up and saw the guard staring coldly at the guards who had run in with him.

The latter was a little panicked because Song Xunwen broke in and was afraid of being punished by King Wei, but when he heard Song Xunwen's words, he was even more surprised, trembling in his heart, and at a loss.

Seeing that King Wei looked at him, knowing that he heard something he should not have heard, and fearing for his life, his body trembled, and he fell to his knees suddenly, and exclaimed:

"The prince spares his life!"

Song Xunwen secretly sighed and said to King Wei:

"Your Highness, now is not the time to pursue this, such a big matter cannot be suppressed."

After hearing this, King Wei sighed and waved his hand, and the guards kowtowed again and again, got up and fled.

He looked back, looked at Song Xunwen, and said thoughtlessly:

"What should I do?"

Song Xunwen leaned over and gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and said:

"Lord Wang, the minister came here this morning and still has something I want to report!"

Without waiting for King Wei to ask, he continued:

"Last night, Zhao Jialiang and Ma Shun secretly returned to Dongping, saying that the 50,000 army had run out of grain and grass, and the grain cultivated in Tuntian was not yet mature, and the soldiers had been suffering for a long time, and they couldn't hold it anymore, so they begged the prince to send food relief!"

King Wei was stunned and said angrily:

"Didn't it already be transferred three months ago, enough for half a year? Why more? ”

Song Xunwen smiled bitterly, leaned over and responded:

"Those grains are all before the Pingyan War, the minister looted from the people of Fengcheng in the name of the imperial conscription and grain collection, when the minister had full authority to supervise the grain and grass matters of the Pingyan War, and the grain plundering in Fengcheng was secretly supervised by the minister's wife Liu Mengyao, at that time she saw that the prince was urging urgently, and she couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so there were many concealments, and the actual number of grain and grass was far from the number reported, far from enough!"

After speaking, he fell to his knees and did not dare to raise his head.

King Wei was stunned, his mind was disorganized, and all the unfavorable situations were coming, leaving him without the slightest buffer.

His hands were clenched so hard that he turned pale and his face turned red, and after a while, he gasped for breath and roared rarely:

"For such a big matter, you let a female streamer take full responsibility! The benevolence of women, the benevolence of women, don't you usually know to ask? What are you doing? ”

After speaking, he raised his foot and slammed it on Song Xunwen.

Song Xunwen was about to open his mouth to explain, but he just raised his head, but he was caught off guard and kicked in the face by King Wei.

King Wei was not lightly forced, Song Xunwen was unstable, he flipped out, and his face was red and swollen.

There was a dead silence in the room.

Only the sound of King Wei's panting breath kept echoing.

Song Xunwen slowly got up, wiped his face, and the unknown meaning in his eyes flashed.

He knelt down again and whispered:

"The subordinates knew their mistakes, just because there was a peaceful war at that time"

When King Wei heard the word Pingyan, he immediately thought of Liu Xiu, and he was displeased in his heart, and said angrily:

"Don't talk to me! I just ask you, what should we do now that the army is short of food and grass? Now that Chen Fuxin has been killed, Liu Xiu is in Dongping again, his eyes and ears are all over the country, once there is grain and grass in the treasury, this hidden army that the king has worked so hard to build will be handed over! ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, his heart was irritable, he raised his foot suddenly, and kicked Song Xunwen over.

Song Xunwen struggled to get up, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and kowtowed:

"The minister has a way to prepare grain and grass, without using the treasury reserves, so as not to be discovered by Liu Xiu."