After trembling and staying in Hedong for seven months, Chai Shangyan felt the pressure he had never felt before, his loyal supporter Dong Bacheng was besieged in Lanzhou City, without Dong Bacheng, Taiyuan City was empty, and his heart was empty, Chai Shangyan knew in his heart that the general trend of Hedong had gone, and his downfall was just a matter of time.

"It's time to get out of the way." Every time Chai Shangyan thinks of this question, his mood is different.

A few months ago, specifically in July of the second year of the opening, he had the opportunity to retreat with his whole body, and when the wind spread that Li Jue, the head of the household department, would go out of the town of Hedong, Li Jue was a rising star in the court, he was shrewd and capable, very skillful, but he was a little snarky, although Li Jue's official was bigger than himself, but Chai Shangyan thought that Li Jue was still his junior, so he gave up his position to a scathing junior, and deigned to be his subordinate, Chai Shangyan felt that this was simply a humiliation to himself,

So under his instigation, the backbone of Fenzhou Thorn Shi Mo Yuhai investigated and handled the corruption case of Yingtian in Hot Spring County, which was a Tuntian project that Li Jue took over after serving as the head of the household, and the host Li Quan was Li Jue's fellow villager and friend, needless to say, the intention of poking out the corruption case of Yingtian in Hot Spring County was to prevent Li Jue from coming to Hedong to take up his post, and sure enough, Li Jue dispelled the idea of coming to Hedong with interest.

Alas, who knew that if he missed this opportunity, he would never be able to get off this broken ship again, at the beginning of the first month, Lu Qi, the general of the Shence Army, was suddenly transferred to the governor of the left army in Hedong, which was the beginning of Qiu Shiliang's intervention in Hedong, plus the *** and Yang Party that had long been unable to hold each other, Hedong has formed a situation of three kingdoms competing for hegemony,

The Hedong Army is known as 100,000, Liu Qingling was in power when the left army was the strongest, at that time the real power of the left army was in the hands of Dong Bacheng, although Dong Bacheng was loyal, but Liu Qingling still guarded against it everywhere, and finally Liu used the excuse of crusading against Fengzhou Meng, Yang's rebellion, Dong Bacheng branched out, Feng'an battle, Dong Bacheng broke the halberd and sank into the sand, the real power of the left army fell into the hands of the Liu family, after Liu Qingling's death, Li Zaiyi asked Dong Bacheng to return to Dong Bacheng, and then used the means of Ming Sheng and secretly descended Dong Bacheng to be promoted to the former army general (governor), and then pinched the left army in his own hands, Li Zaiyi died, Li Xuetang, the general of the Left Army and his nephew, took the initiative to hand over the military power and left Hedong to Luoyang to be an idle official.

After Chai Shangyan was helped by Dong Bacheng to the throne of the queen, he once wanted to hold the left army in his own hands, but the left army had already become Dong Bacheng's private army, and the generals were arrogant and untamable, and they did not take their own rear in their eyes at all.

But it backfired, Lu Qi, who had a strong background in the Shence Army, was collectively resisted by the officers and soldiers of the Left Army, and after some competition, Lu Qi kept the position of the governor, but in the front, rear, left, right, and middle five battalions of the left army, only the Chinese military camp bought his account as the governor, and he commanded the other four battalions not to move, as for the Chinese military camp to obey him, mainly because the generals and officers of the battalion went to Luoyang with Li Xuetang, and the dragons had no leader to let Lu Qi take advantage of it,

Lu Qi came to Hedong in addition to transforming the left army in Hedong, there was also a front station for Shi Xiaozhang to enter Hedong, but because he was unable to tame the left army in Hedong, Shi Xiaozhang into Hedong was far away, Shi Xiaozhang did not come for a day, the burden on Chai Shangyan's shoulders could not be put down, just after the New Year, Langu ignited the flames of war, Shatuo people attacked Langu, Yang Hao, Liu Wei used the excuse of begging thieves to go south, the thieves did not get, but the master of Hedong besieged in Lanzhou, according to the development of this situation, Hedong will soon be everywhere in the war, he has no soldiers and no rights after staying, But I have to bear this great responsibility, when will this be the end,

Chai Shangyan's face was covered with a handkerchief, and when he was lying on the rocking chair and sighing, a young woman in a red dress walked in with refreshments, Chai Qi, Chai Shangyan's youngest daughter, Luo Weichen, the second son of Xu Taiyuan Mansion Shaoyin Luolai, was his wife, and Chai Shangyan's old wife died of illness a year ago, Chai Qi said that Luo Weichen moved back to live with Chai Shangyan, so as to take care of Chai Shangyan's daily life and diet,

When Chai Qi cleaned up the tea set on the official case, he saw that there was no movement in the tea bowl, so he said with a cold face: "So far, what else do you can't let go, hand over the resignation letter, who likes to pick up this mess." After a slight pause, he sneered again: "Besides, you just fought this old bone, and the hat of the Hedong Jiedu envoy can't fall on your old head, so why bother." ”

Chai Shangyan snorted heavily: "Nonsense, what do you know." ”

Chai Qi had already walked to the door, and when he heard this, he stopped, turned around and said: "Although I don't like what I say, it is the truth, Hedong has become a mess, you have no power in your hands, there are no soldiers under your command, this situation is not something you can deal with, why bother to hold on, you look good on your face, you suffer in the inside, why bother." ”

After Chai Qi said these two sentences, he still walked out,

"You're back." Chai Shangyan took off the handkerchief covering his face and asked Chai Qi, "Did you hear anything outside?" ”

Chai Qi's eyes were rolling around, and his eyebrows showed a bit of girlish naughtiness, "I didn't say anything, I praised you for being the great sage of the world, the situation in Hedong has been eroded to this point, and you are still as calm as a mountain in the wind and rain." ”

"Then what do you say I should do?" Shiba Shangyan asked solemnly,

Chai Qi put away his laughter and said solemnly: "I resign at this moment, you are reluctant to save face, support it, you are more than enough but not enough, according to your daughter's opinion, instead of burning jade, it is better to sit down and talk to Yang and Liu, you can fight for peace for the people of Hedong, and it will not be in vain for your hard work to serve the country." ”

Chai Shangyan sighed softly, it was not that he had never thought about cooperating with Yang Hao and Liu Wei, Hedong really needed a strong person to eliminate all kinds of chaos, compared with ***, Yang Dang and Qiu Shiliang, Yang Hao is undoubtedly a powerful person, this is not to say how clever his wrists are and how skillful his skills are, but his courage to drive tens of thousands of troops into Hedong, and the ability of soldiers to come to the city,

But his impression of Yang Hao has never been very good, he is a gentleman from a princely family, mixed with the Thorn Horse Academy, and worked as a golden sword guard; The change of nectar in Daming Palace is full of blood, and he can retreat with his whole body; He once betrayed himself and persecuted a large number of loyal ministers and righteous soldiers; When he was at the end of his rope, he defected to Meng Chu, and in a blink of an eye, he launched a mutiny to occupy Fengzhou; He colluded with the giant businessmen and magnates, sent troops to the Tiande Army three times, and seized the foundation of the Wang family; He was reckless, good at opening border provocations, and challenged the Heavenly Wolf Army, the Barbarian Black Department, and the Righteous Army with the power of a state, trapping the people of Fengzhou in the endless wars......

How can such a person cooperate with him himself,

"I knew you would never listen to your daughter." Chai Qi sighed and wanted to go out,

"Wait a minute." Chai Shangyan stopped Chai Qi, and stared at Chai Qi with cold eyes: "You tell your father the truth, did Qu Qingquan go to Taiyuan and meet you in private." ”

Chai Qi was quite taken aback, his face was a little panicked, and Chai Shangyan snorted coldly: "I know you haven't forgotten him until now, but you have to remember that you are now a married woman, and you still have to be careful in your actions." ”

Chai Qi's face turned red, she felt a sense of humiliation, yes, she is a childhood sweetheart with Qu Qingquan, and the two of them have indeed loved each other, but what does this mean, how can it be said that when you meet him in private, it involves the word "inspection", is it possible that there is a misdemeanor when you meet him, not to mention that this meeting is not for personal feelings,

Chai Shangyan and Qu Chuji both belong to Hedong celebrities, after the age of 30, both of them are famous in Hedong, before entering the two poems and wine singing remuneration, each other as confidants, after the two of them accepted the Hedong Festival Pei Du hired together, into the curtain as a guest, since then into the career, after the political dispute, increasingly estranged, and finally turned against the eye, Chai Shangyan has a stubborn temperament, and the dispute between himself and Qu Chuji's righteousness will involve the marriage of the children, he tried his best to prevent Chai Qi and Qu Qingquan from coming and going, resulting in a marriage set up by heaven and earth, and finally became empty sighs,

Two days ago, Qu Qingquan was ordered to come to Taiyuan, and he hoped to meet Chai Shangyan by making old friends, but because someone secretly obstructed him, no one dared to introduce him for a while, Chai Qi took the initiative to contact Qu Qingquan when he learned about the situation, and met in private, Chai Qi didn't know how Chai Shangyan knew that he had met Qu Qingquan in private, but he asked himself, he saw that Qu Qingquan wanted to find a way out for his father, how could it not be an old love, although Chai Shangyan's words were not listened to, but he talked about his own sore spots,

Seeing Chai Qi wiping away his tears, Chai Shangyan said a little unbearably: "It was my father's stubbornness that hurt you back then, I hope God can give me a chance to compensate you." ”

Chai Qi asked blankly: "Compensation for me, what do you do to compensate me." ”

Chai Shangyan didn't answer, he turned around and returned to the bookcase, wrote a few words, folded the letterhead and handed it to Chai Qi's hand: "Tell Qu Qingquan that I will go to the Jin Temple tomorrow to make incense, and I will wait for Fengxuan to take a break at noon." ”

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Jin ancestral hall in the southwest of Taiyuan city hanging urn foothills, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is to commemorate the founding princes of the Jin Kingdom Tang Shuyu and built, Shu Yu made great efforts, the use of Jin water, the construction of farmland and water conservancy, vigorously develop agriculture, so that the people of the Tang State live and work in peace and contentment, life is rich, resulting in the next eight hundred years of wind and rain, the country and the people are safe, showing a prosperous scene,

After the death of Shu Yu, in order to commemorate him, the descendants chose this piece of mountain and river, beautiful scenery in his fief to build an ancestral hall to worship him, named "Tang Shu Yu Temple", Shu Yu's son Xie's father succeeded to the throne, because there is Jin water flowing in the territory, so the country name was changed from "Tang" to "Jin",

Qu Qingquan got Chai Qi's message, rushed to the Jin Temple overnight, used money to open the joints, and waited in the Feng Xuan, at the end of the next day, Chai Shangyan came to the Jin Temple, first went to the Temple of the Virgin Mary to incense, and then toured around, when it was nearly noon to wait for the Feng Xuan to rest, Chai Shangyan only brought twenty tooth guards, and the chief attendant was his son-in-law Luo Weichen,

Luo Lai is not a native official in Hedong, and Luo Weichen has no knowledge of Chai Qi's past interactions with Qu Qingquan, so he doesn't feel anything unusual at all when Chai Shangyan sees Qu Qingquan bringing himself to guard.

After Chai Shangyan entered the Fengxuan and Qu Qingquan had a secret conversation, he watched the scenery while paying attention to the surrounding movements, and at the beginning of the moment, the attendants guarding the gate hurriedly reported: from the direction of Taiyuan City, under the banner of the left army in Hedong, the purpose of Chai Shangyan to the Jin Temple, and did not hide from Luo Weichen, negotiation, peace, this is the right to stay, but the left army governor Lu Qi does not think so, he thinks that Yang Hao, Liu Wei sent troops to Hedong without authorization and the rebels are undoubted, as Hedong to stay behind and negotiate with the rebels is not only a shame, It is even more unforgivable, he threatens to make peace with the rebels, who is a traitor to the court, he Lu Qi is the first not to agree,

Luo Weichen knew very well in his heart that Lu Qi must have come prepared for such a big fanfare, and if he grabbed the handle and made trouble, it would not be an easy thing to settle.

"Grown, let's go." Luo Weichen knew that the situation had changed, and hurriedly rushed into Waiting for Fengxuan to report the news, but what made him stunned was that there was no one in Waiting for Fengxuan.