Chu Huan originally thought that Yuan Chongshang was just informing himself of the battle situation in Spoon Ridge, but when Yuan Chongshang finished talking about Spoon Ridge, Yuan Chongshang's expression became solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Chu, there have been major events in the DPRK and the northwest recently, I don't know if you have received the news?" ”

Chu Huanqi said: "What's the matter?" ”

"I only got the news yesterday." Yuan Chongshang's voice was very soft, and he hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and said, "I heard that Feng Yuanpo, the governor of Hexi Province, recently presented a beauty to the Holy Lord, but Lord Chu has not heard of this?" ”

Chu Huan frowned and shook his head.

He doesn't have his own intelligence system, in fact, he is in Anyi, and he knows very little about the affairs of the capital, Yuan Chongshang is a governor after all, so he is naturally much more well-informed.

It is Chu Huan who knows very well in his heart that the high-ranking officials of the Great Qin Province, especially the feudal officials, will naturally have eyes and ears in the capital, as a big official, if they can't understand the situation in the capital, they will fall behind, and only by seeing the wind direction of the capital can they ensure that there will be no problems with their official positions.

Just like the emperor's divine guards, they will inevitably have an understanding of the general wind direction of the various roads of Great Qin.

"The strange thing is not that Feng Yuanpo offered a beauty to the saint, but that after Feng Yuanpo offered the beauty, the saint did not condemn him, but left the beauty in the palace." Yuan Chongshang's face showed a look of doubt, "This is really incomprehensible!" ”

Chu Huanqi said: "Why did Governor Yuan say this? The courtiers offered beauties to the saints, and it seemed that ...... It's not a big deal, why does the Holy One condemn him? ”

Yuan Chongshang was stunned, looked at Chu Huan, and said with a wry smile: "Don't Lord Chu know that the Holy Lord has already issued a decree many years ago, and courtiers are not allowed to present beautiful women to the palace?" ”

Chu Huan was surprised and shook his head.

Yuan Chongshang was stunned for a moment, but then he was relieved, and said with a smile: "Lord Chu entered the court not long ago, and he may not have paid much attention to court affairs in the past, in fact, as early as ten years ago, the saint issued a decree, military officials, not to the palace to offer beauties, after this decree was issued, some officials thought it was just a façade matter, and there was a Zhizhou secretly went to the palace to offer a beauty, and the saint Longyan was furious, and beheaded him for the crime of disobeying the holy decree......!" ”

Chu Huan exclaimed: "Why is this? ”

Yuan Chongshang sighed: "After the founding of my Great Qin, I also set the rule of a three-year draft, but then Xu Congyang Xu University Scholar Jin Yan, a three-year draft, labor and money, a big fight, I Daqin is in ruins, it should be recuperated, it is not appropriate to mess with the people and hurt the wealth of the Holy Shengming, approved the Xu Scholar's advance, three years to five years, but after the draft twice, it did make the Great Qin all provinces fight, and many officials took the opportunity to fill their pockets, exploit the people, and the saint worked hard, knowing this situation, Long Yan was furious, A large number of officials were punished, and a decree was issued to abolish the draft, and officials were explicitly forbidden to offer beauty. ”

Only then did Chu Huan come to his senses, and suddenly realized: "I see." "I thought that what the emperor did back then was indeed a well-working Ming Monarch Holy Lord, but unfortunately the older he was, the more confused he became.

"Because of this, after many years, Feng Yuanpo suddenly offered his beauty, and he had to be condemned by the saint, and that beauty was left in the palace ......!" Yuan Chongshang's brows tightened slightly, looking a little confused: "This is really strange......!" I couldn't help but sigh: "As soon as this case is opened, I'm afraid that someone will follow behind, and it will be ...... then!" "It seems that it is better not to say some things, so I don't say more.

Chu Huan actually didn't care much about Feng Yuanpo's dedication to the beauty, but was quite concerned about the affairs in the northwest, and had already asked, "What about the things in the northwest that the governor said?" ”

Yuan Chongshang immediately sat upright and said solemnly: "Not long ago, there was a mutiny in the northwest...... ”

"Mutiny?" Chu Huan was stunned.

"Not bad." Yuan Chongshang said: "The news should not be bad, I heard that the leader of the trouble was a partial general named Xu Shao, who instigated a mutiny and almost caused a big incident." ”

"Xu Shao?" Chu Huan only felt that this name was very familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately remembered that this person was a partial general next to General Yu Buqu, and he belonged to Yu Buqu's descendant generals.

He was suddenly a little surprised.

Yu Buqu is loyal and patriotic, and most of his subordinate generals are also well-known good men, as far as Xu Shao, Chu Huan has seen many times, this person is also a tough guy, and he is very loyal to Yu Buqu, but he never thought that Xu Shao would incite a mutiny.

Yuan Chongshang said: "It is a partial general named Xu Shao, the news from the northwest, there are a few soldiers under this person who disregard military discipline, rob the people's property, and are engaged in military law, Xu Shao because of this matter, he immediately led the people to surround the execution ground, forced to release people, Zhu Lingyue sent someone to pass Xu Shao to question, Xu Shao not only did not go, but led people to make trouble at the execution ground, this matter involved many soldiers of the Northwest Army, and now what the situation is, it is not very clear, but Zhu Lingyue seems to have suppressed the ...... of the chaotic army! ”

"Xu Shao's subordinates looted the people's property?" Chu Huan narrowed his eyes, "Is this really serious?" ”

"The news in the northwest is like this, and it is not clear what the situation is." Yuan Chongshang sighed: "But now the northwest is also a mess, the body of the old general Yu Buqu has been transported back to the capital, the holy decree is thickly buried, Yu Buqu is gone, the northwest can only rely on Zhu Lingyue to support, Zhu Lingyue is a person, the chaos in the northwest, but I don't know if he can be suppressed." The battle is in full swing in the southeast, and in the northwest, don't make any mistakes! ”

Chu Huan nodded, thought of something, and asked, "Yes, Governor Yuan, there is one thing I want to ask you for!" ”

"Don't dare!" Yuan Chongshang immediately said: "If Lord Chu has anything to say, just say it." ”

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Does Lord Governor know about Lin Qingyuan?" ”

"Lin Qingyuan?" Yuan Chongshang was stunned, looked left and right, his expression immediately became solemn, and he lowered his voice and said, "Why did Lord Chu mention him?" ”

Chu Huan said: "I don't hide it from the Governor, the Governor is in the Hall, naturally I saw the strange knife technique displayed by that assassin, that set of knife techniques, not like the original knife technique!" ”

Yuan Chongshang nodded and said, "Yes, I don't look like our original sword technique, the changes are weird, and I really sweated for Lord Chu at that time...... Lord Chu mentioned Lin Qingyuan, could it be related to that assassin? ”

Chu Huan said in a low voice: "As far as this official knows, Lin Qingyuan's sword technique ...... It seems to be weird too! ”

"Oh?" Yuan Chongshang frowned, was silent for a while, and finally said, "When Lord Chu said this, I really remembered it. Yes, Lin Qingyuan's knife technique, I have seen it, his knife technique is indeed a little weird......! After a pause, he asked, "Lord Chu has seen Lin Qingyuan?" ”

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "That's not true, but I have a lot of preferences for swordsmanship, and I have heard people talk about this Lin Qingyuan ......!" ”

"Oh, I see!" Yuan Chongshang said, "Does Lord Chu suspect that the assassin has something to do with Lin Qingyuan?" He frowned, thoughtfully, and then muttered to himself: "Could it be that Lin Qingyuan's remnants have also been invested in the Heavenly Gate Dao?" ”

Yuan Chongshang was His Majesty's personal guard of His Majesty the Emperor back then, and Chu Huan naturally understood that the status of this personal guard may not be very high, but he definitely knew many unknown things.

Chu Huan said: "I'm also quite skeptical, but ...... But he couldn't be sure, so he asked the governor about Lin Yuanqing's situation. ”

Yuan Chongshang sighed and said, "Lord Chu, this is you and I talking here, speaking of which, Lin Qingyuan is indeed a generation of generals, but it's a pity that ......!" ”

Chu Huan said: "I don't know much about him, as far as I know, he was once the Tianbao General of the Western Tang Kingdom?" ”

"Exactly!" Yuan Chongshang nodded and said: "He, the general of Tianbao, is worthy of his name, Feng Hanxiao led the army to besiege the Western Tang Dynasty, several times the soldiers and horses of the Western Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers were full of food, but he was desperately resisted by the Western Tang Army, and he failed to capture the capital of the Western Tang Dynasty for several months......!" After a pause, he said: "Lin Yuanqing not only has the talent to command the army, but also has a short vision, in fact, the purpose of leading the Western Tang army to defend the city to the death is not really to think that he can keep the Western Tang Dynasty, but to strive for more favorable negotiation conditions." ”

Chu Huan said "oh", and Yuan Chongshang said in a low voice: "Feng Hanxiao is a person who cherishes talents, Lin Yuanqing's reputation, he naturally knows that at the beginning of the five major vassal states in the northwest, Lin Qingyuan was known as the first brave general in the northwest, such a person, Feng Hanxiao naturally wanted to take him under his command, so attacking the Western Tang Dynasty also left room for strength, and Lin Qingyuan was not a stupid person, he understood the situation in the world at that time. The Holy Lord led my Great Qin Iron Cavalry to sweep the pass, and Feng Hanxiao had already conquered seven or eight out of ten lands in the northwest, and the national strength of the Western Tang Dynasty was simply not enough to compete with my Great Qin, Lin Qingyuan naturally knew this. ”

Chu Huan asked, "So, Lin Qingyuan was ready to negotiate peace with Great Qin from the beginning?" ”

"It's the only way for them." Yuan Chongshang sneered: "Unless the Western Tang Dynasty wants people and animals to survive, the Holy Lord conquers the world, and kills decisively, if it is submitted, it is natural to forgive its sins, but if you want to resist stubbornly, the Holy Lord will not be soft, the Holy Shang issued a military order to Feng Hanxiao back then, if the Western Tang Dynasty is begging to surrender, there is room for negotiation, if it is stubbornly resistant, once the capital of the Western Tang Dynasty is captured, every time I am killed or injured by a soldier, I will have to exchange a hundred lives of the Western Tang Kingdom!" ”

The corners of Chu Huan's eyes jumped, the emperor's murderous nature was really not light, the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, under the national foundation, there was countless blood and fire.

"The Western Tang Dynasty held on to the capital for several months, Feng Hanxiao sent people to negotiate, the Western Tang Dynasty was waiting for this opportunity to send people to negotiate with my Great Qin secretly, in fact, the capital of the Western Tang Dynasty was in danger at that time, and if it really wants to fight, it won't last long." Yuan Chongshang said thoughtfully: "Although the Western Tang Dynasty negotiated a lot of conditions, but the final condition is actually only one, that is, to keep the integrity of the Western Tang royal family, especially the lord of the Western Tang Dynasty, Lin Qingyuan wants our Great Qin to guarantee that if the Western Tang Dynasty submits to the Great Qin, the Great Qin will not hurt the people of the Western Tang Dynasty, and it is necessary to ensure that the Western Tang Dynasty lord is unharmed!" ”