Chapter 108: Critical Situation
The streets of Qinghe Town are no longer as prosperous as before, and the sparse flow of people explains the changes in this place. Groups of officers and soldiers patrolled the streets in an orderly manner, and a large number of soldiers outside the city arranged offensive and defensive equipment. In the Fushou Gambling House, Chu Xiaofeng, Li Chunfeng and Guo Ziyi were talking solemnly about what had happened recently.
After Guo Ziyi's narration, Chu Xiaofeng and Li Chunfeng finally understood the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that at the beginning, Chu Xiaofeng let Tang be romantic, spreading the news about the Yongle Sect rebellion, and the imperial court attached great importance to it, and the major families even sent people to investigate. After many dispatches, the imperial court not only found out the stronghold of the Yongle Sect in Yanjing City, but also learned of their entire plan.
For a time, the dark tide of Xianghe, Dongling, and Shaozhejiang counties was surging, and the forces of the imperial court and the major families were united to the outside world, and they made every effort to strangle the traitors.
The Yongle Sect knew that its plan was exposed, so it began to slowly retreat. And when the situation was good, news came from Yanjing City that a descendant of the Pang family assassinated the emperor, and the descendant disciple was also killed by the guards on the spot. The emperor was furious, punished Pang Wen, the master of Pang, and copied the Pang Mansion resolutely, so that several spheres of influence of the Pang family disappeared.
Pang Wen's reaction was very flat, he first made a promise to the matter, saying that the dead person was not from Pang Mansion at all, but a relative of a subordinate in the mansion, and he had already beheaded the subordinate. Immediately afterwards, he asked the emperor to ask the old man to return to his hometown. As soon as Pang Wen left, the pattern of the entire court changed dramatically.
The Yuwen family, who had not made a move for a long time, suddenly made a move, and together with the Chen family, launched a strangulation operation against the Golden Spider Guard, and when the entire Yanjing City was in chaos, the Yongle Sect rebels actually made a comeback. After the imperial court got the news, it immediately sent the Huwei battalion of Yanjing City to stop the rebellious party.
However, the form is not optimistic, the Huwei camp is losing and retreating, and it is about to retreat to Qinghe Town, which makes the people of the entire Qinghe Town panic. Many people fled in the direction of Yanjing City, but the imperial court no longer had any extra troops to send, so they could only urgently transfer troops to the border passes and nearby counties.
"According to what the Hou Ye said, the imperial court only sent the Huwei Battalion to come?" Chu Xiaofeng asked with a frown. It stands to reason that the imperial court has three barracks in Yanjing City, namely the Huwei Battalion, the Longwei Battalion and the Leopard Battalion. Why did only the weakest Huwei battalion be sent?
"In my opinion, the imperial court is also a little afraid, so it only sent the Huwei battalion to test the water in front, while the remaining Longwei battalion and the leopard battalion are on standby in Yanjing City at any time in case there is a change. Moreover, with a little time, the armies of the counties and the border passes will arrive, and by that time all the problems will be solved. Li Chunfeng grabbed ahead of Guo Ziyi and said lightly.
"What Chunfeng said is good, and it is in line with my thoughts. It's just that I'm afraid that Qinghe Town won't be able to support the arrival of reinforcements here. Guo Ziyi nodded, and then said with some concern. According to the report from the front, it is estimated that within five days, the army of the Yongle Sect will be able to reach Qinghe Town.
"Hehe, Lord Hou is too worried, with Mr. Li, a living immortal, what are you worried about?" Chu Xiaofeng smiled and said lightly.
"That's right! How did I forget. With Chunfeng here, what the hell am I doing! Guo Ziyi listened to Chu Xiaofeng's words, his eyes lit up, this person next to him is the heir of Guigu, and his strategy and wisdom are the best in the world, with him, he is still afraid of a bird!
"I can help, but you have to prepare me with some wine." Li Chunfeng saw that the two of them did not consult his own opinion at all, so he made his own proposal and arranged it for himself. He shook his head helplessly and scolded with a smile. Then, he asked with some confusion: "Why didn't you see Xuzhou Mansion and Captain Yang Hudu, could it be that something happened to them?"
"Hey!" When Guo Ziyi heard this, he first sighed, and then said with a smile: "Yang Duwei seems to have gone to Tanglin County to investigate something." And our Xuzhou Mansion, this is really an interesting person. He glanced at Chu Xiaofeng and Li Chunfeng, who were full of doubts, and then said: "I heard that the Yongle Sect was about to hit the door, so I ran away overnight with a cover. Tell me, how can there be people who are so afraid of death? ”
"Hehe, when I first came to Qinghe Town, if I hadn't solved the problem of horse bandits, I'm afraid he would have fled a long time ago." Li Chunfeng smiled, and felt ridiculous in his heart. A dignified state capital actually left behind the people of the city and fled by himself, what kind of system is this?
Chu Xiaofeng listened to Guo Ziyi's words, raised his eyebrows, he was more concerned about Xu Zhenzhen's safety, but the father who was guarding Guo Qingzheng, he openly inquired about the whereabouts of another woman, is it a little unauthentic. Holding back the worries in his heart, he could only inquire about Xu Zhenzhen's situation in private.
"I don't know Your Highness and the little girl," Guo Ziyi said in a low voice. He saw Chu Xiaofeng alone in a daze, thought for a while, and finally couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice.
"Hmm" Chu Xiaofeng was thinking about Xu Zhenzhen, and was suddenly asked by Guo Ziyi, a little overwhelmed. He quickly stabilized his mind, his face turned pale, he walked in front of Guo Ziyi in a few steps, knelt in front of him with a "poof", and said sincerely: "I don't dare to promise that I will only have one wife in this life, but I can promise to be good to Zheng'er for the rest of my life!" ”
"Your Highness, please get up quickly, this is unacceptable. It's a blessing for you to be able to fall in love with that rough girl in my family! Guo Ziyi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and helped Chu Xiaofeng up, it seems that his future power will be attached to this black boy in front of him.
"Haha, congratulations to Brother Guo, if you get this quick son-in-law, you will be blessed." Seeing this, Li Chunfeng laughed and laughed. He naturally firmly believed that Chu Xiaofeng was the future emperor, and Guo Qingzheng was very likely to be the future queen.
"Hehe, thank you Chunfeng." Guo Ziyi said with a smile. He was obviously very happy, he was born in a reckless manner, and for various reasons he became a folk marquis, and he could see that his daughter was rich and noble, what else could he ask for.
Just when the three of them were talking, there was a sudden "clang", and the door was pushed open, and they saw that Guo Qingzheng did not stand firm and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Chu Xiaofeng was quick and hurried over to help her, so she was spared.
It turned out that Guo Qingzheng had been eavesdropping outside the door, and when she heard Chu Xiaofeng swear to Guo Ziyi, her heart was full of sweetness, and she accidentally pushed the door open. She looked at Chu Xiaofeng who was close at hand, her cheeks were as red as the sunset, delicate and beautiful, she pushed Chu Xiaofeng away and ran out shyly.
"Master Hou and Mr. Li, I am out of company." Seeing this, Chu Xiaofeng smiled, hurriedly turned around and said hello to Guo Ziyi and Li Chunfeng, and ran out with him.
"It's good to be young, look at them" Guo Ziyi laughed and pointed to the two who were far away. Li Chunfeng smiled and didn't say anything, just nodded incessantly.