"Bang!"

There was a dull cross talk in the spacious hall, and Gao Anaqi stumbled to the ground, blood gushing from his smooth and ruddy forehead, and soon covered his entire face, looking hideous and terrifying.

"Shhhh

Many officials in the hall secretly gasped, no one expected Gao Anaqiu to be so strong and ruthless to himself, and they couldn't help but believe his statement.

The wound on Gao Ana's head looked terrifying, but in fact it was only a skin wound, not fatal at all. However, for a person like him who indulges in pleasure and pampering, such pain still makes him grin. However, at this time, the situation is in crisis, but Gao Ana Qiu does not dare to show timidity.

Gao Anaqiu secretly glanced at Gao Wei, who was seated, and saw that the latter still didn't seem to believe it, so he couldn't help but say sadly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to die to show his will, but he can't serve left and right in the future, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!" Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon's body, and your ministers will go! Ahh

As he spoke, he got to his feet, screamed, and writhed his fat body again towards the pillar in front of him.

"Prime Minister, stop it!"

"Aiqing and slow, stop him!" The courtiers in the main hall immediately spoke out to stop them, and Gao Wei was finally moved and opened his mouth to stop it, and at the same time urged the samurai in the main hall to rescue.

"Your Majesty, you just let me die, so as to prove the innocence of the minister!" Dragged by two sturdy samurai, Gao Ana did not hit the pillar again after all, he was happy in his heart, but his face was very excited, shouting, and struggling to hit the pillar.

"Bold Gao Anahu, do you want to disobey?" Gao Wei raised his eyebrows, suddenly slapped the case, and shouted.

"Poof!"

Gao Ana immediately knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "Weichen doesn't dare, don't dare!" ”

"Since you don't dare, then I told you to stop, why didn't you listen?" Gao Wei looked at Gao Anahuo with a sullen face.

Gao Ana's lips trembled a few times, and then he said sadly: "Your Majesty, Weichen will never dare to disobey the holy will. It's just that the day before yesterday, because of the improper command of the ministers, the high wall was lost, so that the Zhou army could be merged into the state, and His Majesty was in deep danger. Weichen knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he will not escape death, so he is willing to judge himself before everyone, one is His Majesty's military discipline, and the other proves the sincerity of the minister! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister begs to die!" Gao Ana took a deep breath, then glanced at Gao Wei sincerely, and bowed deeply to the end.

In the Battle of Pingyang, although the Qi State was finally defeated and Gao Wei fled to Bingzhou, Gaobi (Lingshi County, Shanxi) and Nuqi (north of Lingshi County) north of Pingyang were still in the hands of Northern Qi, and it was Gao Ana Qiu who guarded Gaobi. Although Gao Ana Qiu is the right prime minister, but in fact he is mediocre, timid as a mouse, seeing the Yuwen Yong army attacking, he fled back to the state without much resistance, resulting in the loss of Gaobi and Nuqi two cities, so that the Zhou army was able to advance into the state.

Gao Ana has always been arrogant and domineering, and he has long attracted the envy of many people, and now he is fleeing in fear, which is naturally a good opportunity for everyone to fall into the well. It was so that someone would report that Gao Anaqiu had defected to the Zhou army and led the Zhou army into the army, which made the Qi army defeated, and then there was a scene of Gao Anaqiu crying in the main hall.

Gao Wei looked at Gao Ana Qiu below in a daze, and his face kept changing. After a while, he retracted his gaze and looked at His Highness's attendant (Chief Inspector General) Hu Lu Xiaoqing and said, "Hu Lu Aiqing, I asked you to secretly investigate this matter, I don't know what the result is now?" ”

Hu Lu Xiaoqing inadvertently glanced at Gao Anaqiu, and then stepped out of the ranks, and said with a serious face: "Back to Your Majesty, after careful investigation and secret visit, the minister found that the right Prime Minister Gao Anaqiu defected to Zhou Guo is really a false accusation, he is sincere to me, Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will be clear!" ”

"Oh? I see, fortunately, the queen reminded me in time, otherwise I would have almost blamed the ministers! Gao Wei's face relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Gao Aiqing, hurry up, I blamed you and wronged you!" ”

Gao Anaqiu looked at Gao Wei with a touched face and said: "Your Majesty, don't say that, there are only courtiers who make mistakes in this world, how can there be a monarch who is not?!" Your Majesty is aware of everything, and today's ministers have been wronged, and in the future, they should do their best to do their best for Your Majesty, and then die! ”

"Aiqing is sincere, I have always known it, hurry up!" Gao Wei smiled and nodded, then looked at Hu Lu Xiaoqing, and said angrily: "Hu Lu Aiqing, quickly drag down the person who spread rumors and false accusations and behead him!" ”

"Yes!" Hu Lu Xiaoqing replied respectfully.

Gao Anaqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a cruel smile slipped into the corner of his mouth. He finally survived this catastrophe, but he also paid a lot of price.

After the death of Zhao Yanshen, the king of Yiyang, in addition to the three nobles in power, only Hu Lu Xiaoqing remained. Although he has a good belly, he is also a greedy person, although he is not in cahoots with the three nobles, but he can be regarded as a raccoon dog. As soon as he knew that someone had denounced him, he spent a lot of money to buy off the servant Hu Lu Xiaoqing, who was in charge of investigating the matter, and with the help of Queen Feng Xiaolian, and then there was today's bitter plan, which finally turned the danger into a disaster.

After solving the matter of Gao Ana's surrender to the enemy, Gao Ana's face became worried again, and he asked a little anxiously: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that Zhou Thief Yuwen Yong's troops are coming to Jinyang City, do you have any good strategy for retreating from the enemy?" ”

Gao Wei asked the courtiers about this last time, and he planned to go to Hengzhou, but he surrendered to the Turks if he couldn't do it, but he was opposed by everyone, so he had no choice but to give up. Now that the armies of the Northern Zhou Dynasty have come to Bingzhou in turn, in the face of the 100,000 aggressive Zhou army, Gao Wei has difficulty sleeping and eating, so he is asking for advice again.

"Your Majesty, although the Zhou people are strong, but Jinyang is impregnable, and His Majesty is personally sitting here, the morale of the army and the people is greatly boosted, as long as it relies on the strong city to hold on, it will drag on for three or two months, and the Zhou army will retreat!"

It was an old man in his forties who spoke, but his beard was white and he looked old, and only the occasional flash of light in a pair of deep eyes showed his extraordinary. And his brows are always furrowed, and there is a deep melancholy hidden in his eyes.

This person's name is Tang Yong, and he is a secretary of the Lu Shang Shu (in charge of government secrets) and concurrently serves as the secretary of the Du Zhi (Minister of Finance). When Emperor Gao Huan of Shenwu served as the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he was trusted because Tang Yong was proficient in clerical and accounting, and served as the prime minister's foreign soldier Cao (the civil armed forces management officer of the Prime Minister's Mansion). After the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the military units of the Prime Minister's Mansion were all under the jurisdiction of Shangshu, but the part managed by Tang Yong was not merged or revoked, but was renamed "Province".

The three nobles were rampant, Tang Yong was in charge of the national finances, and he was unwilling to go along with it, so it was inevitable that he would have a grudge with Gao Anaqiu and others. It was the latter who provoked and framed him in front of Gao Wei, so he let Hu Lu Xiaoqing be in charge of the Finance and Cavalry Division. Hu Lu Xiaoqing was arbitrary, self-serving, and received the benefits of Gao Anahu, so he naturally made it difficult to exclude him in every way, and Tang Yong's record of Shangshu also existed in name only.

Therefore, Tang Yong was depressed, and the whole person looked a little sluggish.

"Although Tang Shangshu's words are reasonable, there are also inconsiderate!" A trace of coldness flashed in Hu Lu Xiaoqing's eyes, and he bowed to Gao Wei, and then said: "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, you ordered tax reductions and reductions to help the victims, and you have been fighting with the Zhou army for the past two months, and the treasury has spent a huge amount of money. ”

"Huh?" Gao Wei's brows couldn't help frowning deeply, "Then what should you think of?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we can talk to the Zhou army, cede Jinzhou and Zhou, and let them make a truce!" Hu Lu Xiaoqing pondered for a moment, and then said.

"Boom!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Everyone first looked at Hu Lu Xiaoqing in disbelief, and then their faces were gloomy and they reprimanded angrily.

"Bastard! Hu Lu Xiaoqing, what kind of heart do you have? How can you come up with such a despicable and despicable strategy? ”

"Never, never, Your Majesty! I am a big country, how can I cede land and surrender? We are willing to fight to the death, and we will not give up if we do not repel the Zhou army! ”

Excited people such as Tang Yong and others who were worried about the people's livelihood of the country glared angrily on the spot and reprimanded them sharply, and even Gao Anaqiu said: "Lord Shizhong, are you unwell, why are you so deaf?" Your Majesty is the lord of the world, how can you bow your head to the thief Zhou and admit defeat? ”

Gao Wei was also shocked by Hu Lu Xiaoqing's words, although he thought about surrendering to the Turks, he never thought of surrendering to Yuwen Yong. For a while, because of the shock, I forgot the anger.

In the face of everyone's angry rebuke and accusations, Hu Lu Xiaoqing was frank and honest, and he had no fear at all. Cushman & Wakefield couldn't help but be surprised, so he said, "Quiet! Hu Lu Aiqing, I see that you are so calm, do you still have something to say? ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Hu Lu Xiaoqing slapped a sycophant, and then said eloquently: "Your Majesty, now that our army has been newly defeated, morale is low, and the people's will is fluctuating, it is not suitable to fight again!" On the other hand, the Zhou army is as imposing as a rainbow and has high morale, if it is tough on the front, our army is only afraid of suffering. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that we can pretend to talk to the Zhou army, not only can we delay time and vigorously reorganize and recruit the army, but also can wear down the spirit of the Zhou army, consume their materials, and make them proud and complacent, and then our army will naturally have a chance."

"At the same time, Your Majesty can also send a eloquent person to the Turks to persuade the Turks to form an alliance with our Great Qi and send troops to attack the Zhou State together. Moreover, our army can still regain the lost territory, and it is more likely to attack the Zhou State in one fell swoop and completely eliminate Yuwen Yong. ”

"What Hu Lu Aiqing said is reasonable, reasonable!" Gao Wei nodded again and again, and a smile appeared on his face. Everyone in the hall looked at each other and whispered, many people agreed with this plan, and their eyes on Hu Lu Xiaoqing changed from resentment to admiration.

"Ridiculous!" However, just when Gao Wei wanted to say something, Tang Yong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Hu Lu Xiaoqing's words are completely putting my decades of great Qi society in danger!" Once we talk about it in various places, it will inevitably shake the hearts of the army and lose the morale of the people, so how can we fight against the Zhou army at that time? Moreover, this move will further boost the arrogance of the enemy's army, and how can our army win? As long as His Majesty sits in Jinyang, personally trains and commands the soldiers to fight, and then distributes the money and grain in the treasury to the people in the city, the soldiers and civilians in the city can work together and unite as one, so why should the Zhou army be afraid? ! ”