Chapter 289 The Emperor of the Faint Monarch and the Traitorous Minister

Li Cangxing knew that Gongsun Hao was jealous and hateful, and he was naturally disgusted with the Japanese Kou, even if he and Liu Sheng Xiongba lived together at the bottom of the valley for a year, it was still not enough to dispel Gongsun Hao's vigilance and prejudice against this person, he thought about it and said: "The disciple can use his life to guarantee the ticket, this person is not a bad person, in fact, in addition to the Oriental thieves who do evil, there are also many traitors of my Ming Dynasty, which is also what the disciple only knew after meeting Liu Sheng Xiongba this time." ”

"Those martial arts cheats, when the disciple was at the bottom, he once invited Liu Sheng Xiongba to participate in the study together, but he was not interested, but insisted on practicing his own martial arts, he said that martial arts are miscellaneous, it is better to concentrate on practicing his own family kung fu, so that the final achievement will not be worse than the powerful martial arts of other schools."

Gongsun Hao said coldly: "People's hearts are separated from the belly, Cangxing, after all, you are kind-hearted, easy to trust others, the Japanese are cunning, I also heard about the situation of your day afterwards, what kind of Yanagi Xiongba has been following those Japanese robbers, and at a critical time, he also took out a knife to save the Japanese head Shangquan Nobuyuki, if he is really a good person, seeing these Japanese people doing evil, he will definitely not be in the same stream with them." ”

"This Yanagi Xiongba fought for his life when he competed with you, but after falling with you to that mysterious mausoleum, he knew that he couldn't get out alone, so he made peace with you, because he still wanted you to save him out, Cangxing, I ask you, why is he fighting with you when he is on the ground, but he can use a wooden knife when he is underground? Didn't he know that his life would be at risk when he was on the ground? ”

Li Cangxing was speechless for a while, and there was a trace of doubt in his heart.

Gongsun Hao then said: "Cangxing, you are an extremely smart person, in fact, there are some things that you just don't want to think about, since this Liu Sheng Xiongba is willing to read those military books below, will he have no idea about martial arts cheats?" If he just practiced his own martial arts. Why bother to come to the Central Plains to compete with others. He himself said that he wanted to learn from the strengths of the family to make up for the lack of martial arts. ”

"It's just that he didn't want to be overzealous about this when you were there, and now that you have reached the top of the cliff, I'm just afraid of those dragon slaying twenty-eight cheats, he has already read it now, you and I are both martial artists, how can anyone who practices martial arts see the top cheats and not be careful? The normal reaction of ordinary people should be at least a few glances. ”

Li Cangxing still didn't believe it in his heart, because Liu Sheng Xiongba had also mentioned to him that the main reason for not learning the twenty-eight styles of dragon slaying was because of the conflict between the internal strength and mental method, but he also knew that Gongsun Hao had a deep prejudice against the Japanese people, and it was useless to explain it himself. The top priority is to get Yanagi Yuba first.

So Li Cangxing nodded seriously: "In that case, that disciple should go down to the bottom of the cliff early now and get that Liu Sheng Xiongba, only one day, he shouldn't have time to see those sword moves." Wait for him to come up. We'll arrange for him to return to the East as soon as possible. How does the helper feel about this? ”

Gongsun Hao nodded: "That's it, that's it, the cheats of the twenty-eight dragon slaying style." Or stay in the Secret Valley. If you have time, just give me a copy. ”

Li Cangxing breathed a sigh of relief and changed the topic: "Helper, what serious things have happened in the rivers and lakes this year?" Why did Senior Brother Xu suddenly appear again? Where did he go this year, do you know? ”

Gongsun Hao's expression became very solemn: "Let's talk about the last time you met the Japanese robbers, when you and that Yanagi Xiongba were fighting for their lives, Tan Lun and Shen Lian in the woods also commanded their subordinates to start attacking the remaining Japanese thieves." Those Japanese people desperately resisted, and it was not until more than half an hour later that they were all captured and killed, and the leader of Kamizumi Nobuyuki and the seven Japanese thieves were captured alive. All the others were killed.

Originally, according to the intention of Lord Tan and Commander Shen, they were directly killed in the forest, but at this time, someone happened to come to Nanjing, saying that they were ordered by Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, to transfer these people to the Nanjing Criminal Department to interrogate the inside story of the thieves in detail. Tan Lun had no choice but to let them go. ”

Li Cangxing shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity, let these dog thieves live for a few more days." ”

"No, Cangxing, you are wrong, after these people were handed over to Nanjing, they were not killed at all, three months ago, someone saw that Nobuyuki Shangquan appeared in the lair of Wang Zhi, the giant thief known as Mr. Wufeng, the largest Japanese leader in the coastal area, this will definitely not be wrong!" Gongsun Hao's voice was low, but he couldn't hide the anger in his heart.

Li Cangxing couldn't believe his ears: "What? These people came from Zhejiang to Nanjing City, thousands of miles away, burning, killing and looting along the way, doing all kinds of evil, and finally dared to attack Nanjing City, such a heinous crime, they could still be released? Is this Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, a traitor of the Japanese invaders? ”

Gongsun Hao sighed: "I didn't believe it at first, but later after many inquiries, I confirmed the news, I heard that Hu Zongxian was recommended by the traitor Yan Song, and he was not effective in suppressing the Japanese in the southeast, so he wanted to make peace with the Japanese thieves, open the sea ban, and allow the Japanese to do business. ”

Li Cangxing said hatefully: "Even if you want to make peace with that Wang Zhi, just send a messenger, can you put the head of Shangquan Xinzhi back as a greeting gift?" What's more, this guy went from Zhejiang to Nanjing City this time, and fought for 2,000 miles, and the terrain of the coastal passes of my Ming Dynasty, the garrison is clear and real, let him go back today, and tomorrow he will invade with the Japanese army, can Hu Zongxian bear this responsibility? ”

"I heard that Yan Song is just a cabinet assistant, and he is not the number one real power person in the empire, so he can't cover the sky with one hand, can Lord Xia Yanxia, the first assistant, also ignore this matter?"

Gongsun Hao shook his head helplessly: "Xia Yan? He is now unable to protect himself, and a catastrophe is coming, how can he have the heart to take care of this small matter in the southeast? In order to support the trilateral governor Zeng Milling to recover the Hetao, he heard that Xia Yan had offended the emperor and was dismissed from his official position and went home. ”

Li Cangxing was at a loss for a moment: "Recovering the Hetao, what's going on?" ”

Gongsun Hao said: "I don't know too much about the specific inside story, I just heard some rumors, after the establishment of my Ming Dynasty, I expelled the Tartars, but the territory is limited to the Great Wall, and the Mongols outside the Great Wall have gradually recovered their strength for more than 100 years, and they continue to harass the northern border of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"The governor of the three sides, Zeng Miao, once wrote to the emperor, saying that the Mongolian Tatar Department has been harassing our border passes, hoping to send troops to recover the Hetao grassland outside the pass, which is the Shuofang County recovered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as a buffer, training cavalry, as the frontier of the Great Wall."

The emperor first agreed to him, but then he was unhappy when he saw that the military expenses on the front line continued to rise, and all kinds of military expenses were asked for his approval in three days and two ends, which disturbed his cultivation. Yan Song took the opportunity to provoke at this time, saying that it was Master Zeng who was arrogant and trying to make a name for himself. ”

"In addition, the border general Qiu Luan and Yan Song colluded, and the book said that Zeng Mill had a heart of disobedience, and also colluded with the ministers of the court and the central government to deceive the emperor, just at this time the Mongolian Great Khan I replied to lead troops to attack Xuanfu, Datong, Yan Song said that this was Zeng Milling in the border pass to cause trouble, attracting the revenge of the Mongols."

"Brother Li, although I am a martial artist in the rivers and lakes, I also know that what the emperor Lao'er is most afraid of is the collusion between the important ministers of the border pass and the ministers of the court and the central government, and plotting against each other, Xia Yan has always disapproved of the emperor throwing away state affairs every day, and ran to Xiuxian to ask, he has long seen that Lord Xia is not pleasing to the eye, but on the other hand, Yan Song can become tricky to please the emperor, so he ordered Zeng Mo to be beheaded, and Xia Yan was dismissed and sent home."

Li Cangxing completely understood why the emperor could ignore such an important matter as the Japanese invasion of Nanjing, and could even put Shangquan Xinzhi back, the upper beam was not right, the lower beam was crooked, there was such an emperor who did not care about state affairs and only wanted to live forever, so that there would be a traitorous party like Yan Song who controlled the government and appointed his own henchmen everywhere. (To be continued......)