Jinan Mansion in Shandong Province, a dark cloud above Wei Mansion.

Wei Liao, who was originally going to do a big job, sat next to the bookcase at this time, pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword, and held a piece of bright yellow rice paper into a paper ball with the other.

The way of strength, even if you are a good craftsman, you can't restore that ball of paper to a single wrinkle.

The bright yellow color is used by the palace emperor, and the paper that can be transmitted to Wei Liao's hands in the form of a secret letter is naturally the secret decree of the Jin Emperor.

It's just that unlike in the past, today's secret decree made Wei Liao very unhappy.

Wei Liao was not happy with Emperor Jin's will, which was extremely rebellious. But for Wei Liao at this time, he was indeed unhappy, even angry.

Emperor Jin asked him to put aside the matter at hand and put his energy on the side of Huaiyang Road.

The reason was that there was a rebellion in Huaiyang Road.

A group of peasants, peasants in Gangnam County, rebelled.

This made Wei Liao very angry.

Because of a small fight among a group of peasants, I was asked to give up the big matter of encircling and suppressing Xie Shence?!

Wei Liao wanted an explanation.

Xie Shence is still alive, this is already a confirmed thing. Whether it is the movements of the Xie family's retainers, the secret mobilization of the Xie family's faction's forces, or the appearance of that kind of weapon, it all proves that Xie Shence is still alive, and there are still big moves.

-- This is a matter of great urgency, okay?

Isn't the imperial court going to completely deal with the Xie family?

Your Majesty the Emperor, aren't you going to cut down the Xie family to the roots?

Now that the most threatening person of the Xie family is still alive, why not kill him?

Don't forget, he's coming back from the Northwest, and he's coming back alive from the Imperial Pavilion treasure!

What does this mean, others may not know, but, but shouldn't we monarchs know very well?

He thanked Shence for probably getting the secret about the Imperial Pavilion!

The jade seal of the country is already there, if you add the treasures of the Imperial Pavilion, the Great Jin Dynasty can really get the "recognition of God" in name and strength, and it will have the ability and motivation to launch a unified war!

So why not do it?

As long as Xie Shence is caught, he can obtain the secret of the Imperial Pavilion, and he can also kill the Xie family completely.

It's a win-win-win thing, even fools can see it!

So why put Xie Shence aside for the time being?

Wei Liao didn't understand.

The people of Jiangnan County have been frightened by the butcher's knife of the Great Jin Dynasty as early as 20 years ago, and the Cai case a few years ago reshuffled it.

In that case, what is it worth giving up a chance to prosper the country and check a bunch of mud legs?

Wei Liao really didn't understand.

So in anger, he called someone and asked them to bring the four treasures of the study again, and after grinding the ink, he was ready to reply to the decree.

However, when the full Shexian pen was about to touch the rice paper, Wei Liao stopped.

Wrong.

This is not right.

Since everyone should know the trade-off of this matter, it is impossible for Emperor Jin not to know.

So why did Emperor Jin want him to put down Xie Shence first and investigate Huaiyang Dao?

The anger receded slightly, and Wei Liao's sanity returned.

No one believed more than Wei Liao that Emperor Jin was a brilliant and eloquent ruler and a Ming monarch worthy of allegiance, and since this was the case, the more unusual the will, the more profound the meaning.

Based on this, Wei Liao thought a lot in an instant.

Is there something more important in Huaiyang Road than the national fortune?

Could it be that the Wang family colluded with that group of peasants?

-- It's not impossible. When the Xie family fell, the Sima family reversed, and everyone knew that the "cutting of the domain" was a foregone conclusion, and if the Wang family did not take action, it would inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Xie family.

Either hand over power and obediently return to obedience and become a second- or third-rate small family, or destroy.

Sima Bi was the one who decisively chose the latter.

Wei Liao didn't know what the Wang family would choose.

So he was very worried, and he wanted to know the choice of the Wang family.

For a courtier like Wei Liao, Emperor Jin's will is everything, and he is just a person with a little brain who can carry it out. Therefore he allowed himself some ideas, but that could only be within the scope of His Majesty the Emperor's regulations.

Therefore, the interests of His Majesty the Emperor are where Wei Liao can go to the soup for it.

Therefore, the Wang family and tens of thousands of Huai troops - there must be more than so many real trees - are a great threat.

However, things may not be so complicated.

His Majesty the Emperor may just be dissatisfied with himself.

Wei Liao knew that he acted arbitrarily and did not report to the Jin capital, and single-handedly "exterminated" tens of thousands of horse bandits, which was likely to embarrass Emperor Jin.

The crown prince won the battle in Hubei Province, although it did not have much effect on the loss of land in the capital, but in the negotiations between the Jin and Song states, it would increase his own bargaining chips. This is extremely advantageous.

So the prince's emotions need to be taken care of.

However, when the prince led the troops and fought bloodily to protect the territory, his power was wiped out.

What is this?

Stabbed in the back by your own people?

It is conceivable that once he triumphs as the crown prince triumphs—even if he returns in defeat—how should Emperor Jin explain to him?

Could it be that you are my son, so you are bitten by my dog, so bear with it?

Is this a joke?

Wei Liao regarded himself as the loyal dog of Emperor Jin, so he naturally didn't care about Emperor Jin's title for him, but the problem was that even if he didn't care, Emperor Jin could say it, and the crown prince would never accept it.

In case the prince is emotional, the princelings will try their best to rebound, and then in order to calm the anger of the public, Emperor Jin will slaughter his dog.

As soon as he thought of this, Wei Liao finally felt a deep fear.

The crown prince is the prince of a country, even if he was slightly pressed by the king of Qi before, but the Jin emperor has never made it clear that a new prince will be established, so as long as the Jin emperor does not speak, the prince is a completely legitimate heir to the empire.

Although the crown prince was at a disadvantage before.

But King Qi was no better.

Although both were injured, their strength was still largely maintained.

However, the following buts are critical.

-- The prince won the battle. The battle won by the crown prince was very important for whether the war with the Song State could be ended in the future.

Therefore, no matter what the result is, as long as the crown prince returns, he will inevitably overpower King Qi again.

So everything is still unknown.

Wei Liao was scared.

He knew the significance of the Shandong horse bandits to the prince. So he used this as the most powerful breakthrough to test the prince.

But now things have changed.

The prince can fight.

If it was yesterday, Wei Liao received a secret letter about the prince's ability to fight, and he was not nervous - after all, if he caught Xie Shence, he would be able to make Emperor Jin forgive him.

But now, Wei Liao has overturned all his previous assertions.

It's because of that ball of bright yellow rice paper.

Emperor Jin spoke.

You've done something wrong, you've embarrassed me, and we've had a rift between father and son, you traitorous courtier.

The key lies in the attitude of Emperor Jin.

The tip of the pen trembled greatly, and Wei Liao could barely hold the pen.

Sweat dripped from the tip of his forehead and nose, and on the high-quality rice paper, a beautiful splash was printed.

"Smack"

Finally, Wei Liao threw away the pen and stuck it on the chair as if he was paralyzed, gasping for air.

It's dangerous

The next day, Wei Liao left Jinan Mansion and headed south. After that, hundreds of horsemen rode through Shandong Road and Jinyang Road to enter Huaiyang Road.

*******

Knowing the excited neighing, the horses were listlessly eating forage, and the soldiers were napping in the shade of the trees.

Well, let's call those people soldiers.

Worn-out leather armor, or a casually iron-clad jacket, with rusty knives and guns in their hands, and no bows and arrows

Such a group of peasants, numbering about 2,000, was one of the armies of the Jiangnan County uprising.

or one of the more elite ones.

A woman dressed in red rode on a standing horse that could not be called a good horse, and when she turned over and dismounted, her skirt flew up, so that soldiers near and far wanted to buckle their eyes and throw them over.

"Hey, the little lady of the Dou family"

"Now it's a female general!"

"Hey, it's not like a woman always has to get married."

"Marriage won't marry you. You're a big soldier, unless you become a general like Da Lang. ”

"If you can't make it, don't you think about it?"

"Toad wants to eat swan meat"

"At least I want to."

“”

This woman in red, whose maiden name is Xianniang, and her name is Dou Hongxian, is now the female general of this rebel army.

As for the general of the rebel army, it was his elder brother, Dou Dalang, Dou Liang.

The peasant uprising in Jiangnan County, Huaiyang Province, was initiated by them.

Now the place where they stand is a small city not far from Wuxi, the city has been captured, and this is the granary.

Dou Hongxian walked into the military tent like a gust of wind, and saw Dou Liang pointing to the map with two staff members.

"General, I have something to say."

Dou Liang glanced up at her, and then the two staff members took their leave, and only their brother and sister were left in the military tent.

"What's the matter, when you weren't married before, you wanted to be quiet and virtuous, but now that you are a female general, you must be majestic, and you can't be too impatient, it will cause tension to your brothers"

"Brother, don't tell me this yet, let me ask you, is Wuxi coming?"

"Well, no, how do you know?"

"I just know, let me ask you again, is the person who came from the Gu family?"

"Little sister, what do you want to say"

"What I'm trying to say is, this person, don't let go!"

Dou Liang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "What else can I do if I don't let go?" I'll keep it for you."

"Don't talk nonsense, I mean, since this person is the little son of the Gu family, it will be of great use to us, but we can't uphold the dead rule that the two countries will fight each other, whether they talk about it or not, they will let him go afterwards. If you are the worst, you have to keep it and squeeze something out of the Gu family."

After listening to this, Dou Liang smiled helplessly.

"It's not that simple."

Dou Xianniang was a little confused, and she didn't know why Dou Liang said that.

In the afternoon, in the city, Dou Xianniang followed behind Dou Liang and met the young envoy from Wuxi.

"Da Lang, Jin Capital has been separated for many years, and my brother has thought about our reunion, but he doesn't want to be in such a situation here and now."

"Brother Gu went along, and I also knew that the person who came was not your eldest brother, but you."

The two bowed their hands, and it was supposed to be a reunion of old friends, but they said nothing else.

Back then, the Jin capital talked about martial arts, they were the pride of the Huaiyang Dao students, and they were the pride of the people of Jiangnan County, and now one is the new star of the Jin Dynasty, but the other is already the leader of the rebel army in the name of the anti-thief.

Since he talked about martial arts, no one thought that it would be such a situation.

(PS: It's Chinese New Year's Eve, I'm in the code word, the vigil is out, watch the fireworks, play cards, grab the gun red envelope.)

Not very good at talking, but I wish everyone a prosperous Year of the Monkey, good health and all the best. ）