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Chapter 685: Betrayal

Sitting on the terrace of the high Imperial City State Guest House, Shang Haibo's lonely shadow was stretched by the moonlight, and it was the third day of living here, Shang Haibo believed that he lived alone in the entire State Guest House, and the others were either vigilant Imperial City Imperial Forest Army, or staff members dressed as all kinds of people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn the past few days, only Yuan Fang has come to the guest house every day.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, no need to look back, it must be Yuan Fang.

The strange thing is that when Yuan Fang came in today, he didn't greet him warmly, but walked a little heavily, walked behind Shang Haibo, and stopped.

Shang Haibo did not look back or speak. But in my heart, I was thinking about what the other party would say today? These days, every time Yuan Fang came, he was talking over and over again about how much the Emperor of the Apocalypse valued him, so he went to great lengths to kidnap him from Dingzhou and so on, Shang Haibo himself could blame it, Yuan Fang was a good spy leader, but he was not a good lobbyist, Shang Haibo sneered in his heart.

"Mr. Shang, I'm so sorry!" Behind him, Yuan Fang's voice was low.

Shang Haibo's heart jumped, apologize, what is there to be sorry for, an ominous premonition suddenly came to his heart, and he turned around, "What's wrong with Huan'er?" "I was separated from my wife and only son, the other party's purpose is self-evident, it is to use my old wife and only son to lure away the people who are tracking in Dingzhou, Shang Haibo is actually not worried about the safety of his son and wife, in his opinion, they are not in much danger, Luoyang Tianqi wants to use himself, it will not harm them, and he has incense with Dingzhou, and it will not be unfavorable to them.

Shang Haibo silently handed him a stack of Di Bao, and Shang Haibo took it with some doubts, the Dingzhou Di Bao was actually the Dingzhou Di Bao.

"This is what we got from Dingzhou, sent through secret channels, it has been several days, there are some delays on the way, so it is only here now, after I read it, I will send it to Mr. Shang as soon as possible, Mr. Shang, I'm sorry." I didn't expect things to turn out the way they are. ”

Shang Haibo's hand trembled slightly, of course he recognized the newspaper in Dingzhou, and after only reading a few lines, his heart almost stopped beating, and the newspaper in his hand fell to the ground.

The old wife died, the only son died, the loyal old servant also died, and the Shang family was the only one left.

Shang Haibo sat down on the chair, tears in his eyes, "Son, I killed you!" Madam, you have been wandering with me for half your life, and the good days have not passed for a few days, and you have gone like this, and it is gratifying, you have been with yourself, and you have not been able to die well. ”

Hearing Shang Haibo's muttering, Yuan Fang retreated silently.

In the Qianqing Palace, after Yuan Fang kowtowed, he lowered his hand and stood at the bottom of the apocalypse.

"How's it going, what's his mood?"

Yuan Fang smiled slightly: "Today I went to light the last fire, and the Shang family was killed by Dingzhou, I believe it will touch Shang Haibo." ”

The corners of Tianqi's mouth lifted, "Shang Haibo is an extremely smart person, I can't necessarily guess that it was you who did it!" ”

Yuan Fang nodded, "He is extremely intelligent, of course he will think about all kinds of possibilities, but, Dingzhou has been making a footnote for this matter for a period of time, but it has saved us a lot of tongues, since I revealed your whereabouts in Youyan, on this way, I have suffered at least dozens of assassinations, and the means are so many that the old minister and I are also eye-opening, three days ago entered Beijing A fierce battle shows that Dingzhou will not take his life and will not give up, looking at the eyes, I think Shang Haibo's psychological defense line has become very fragile, When he got the news of the death of all the Shang family today, his psychology was very likely to collapse. As long as he bows his head to His Majesty, it will not be a problem in the future. ”

Tianqi laughed, "You are right, as long as he bows his head to me now and is willing to do things for the imperial court, then even if he knows that it is you who did it in the future, he will only put the account on your private head, and will not turn back to Dingzhou." ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Shang Haibo is a character who is eager to leave a heavy mark in the history books, such a character is indeed highly intelligent, but it is also their biggest weakness, that is, they will never be lonely, once they have the opportunity, they will definitely seize it, now his insistence is just some moral constraints, and what we are doing now is to strip off his coat one by one, and let him stand naked in the world."

"Such a Shang Haibo will be even more terrifying." Apocalypse smiled, "Because he's already taken the last step." ”

Yuan Fang nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, you need such a person now. ”

Gonggong Huang walked in, "Your Majesty, General Qu asks to see you!" ”

Yuan Fang hurriedly stood up and prepared to say goodbye, Tianqi waved his hand, "You sit down and listen, I invited Qu Yongjie to come to discuss the war in Xingzhou, Li Qing was annoyed and ashamed, and he fought in Xingzhou." ”

"Your Majesty, Xingzhou Zhou Tong sent an urgent message, the Qinling defense line Xiaoaihe has been lost, the Dingzhou Army Guan Xinglong Department has protruded Xingzhou for nearly a hundred miles, and the Qinling defense line is in danger!" Qu Yongjie's face was a little anxious, the defeat of Qinzhou had already put Luoyang under huge military pressure, if Xingzhou had another problem, it would be a lot of fun.

"Guan Xinglong, is that one-armed general who was praised by Li Qing as a horizontal sword and only General Guan?" Tianqi was quite interested, "How did he break through the Xiaoai River defense line, I saw the Qinling defense line map presented by Zhou Tong before, the Xiao Ai River defense line is Zhou Tong's own descendant troops, and the combat power is extremely strong, and the two sides were broken by the opponent so quickly when the number of people was equal?" ”

Qu Yongjie smiled bitterly and gave the details of Xiao Aihe's battle one by one, and sighed: "This Guan Xinglong is calculating, that is, the last general is there, if the number of people on both sides is equal, maybe he will also be fooled." The Dingzhou soldiers themselves are elite and abnormal, and they have been on the battlefield all these years, coupled with such calculations, can the Qinzhou army be undefeated? Xiao Aihe's defender Zhou Zuxun was cornered, and led the remnants of 3,000 Qinzhou soldiers to surrender. ”

Tianqi's face was gloomy, "We have so many troops, but we are tied everywhere, Zhou Tong has gathered nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in Xingzhou, could it be that Guan Xinglong has more than 10,000 people, does it make him panic?" ”

Qu Yongjie had to explain for Zhou Tong, "Your Majesty, although Zhou Tong has more than 200,000 troops, but it is really good and bad, aside from the Qinzhou soldiers and the army of the Beijing Division, the local armies in other states in the past are really a little unbearable, in a short period of time, it is difficult for Zhou Tong to complete the integration and prohibit, and in order to match the offensive of Guan Xinglong in Xiaoai River, the mountain wind has also put on a large-scale offensive in several other directions, although we basically judge that it is a bluff, the problem is that Zhou Tong can not fail to take precautions, Otherwise, once the other party's bluff sees our flaws, it will definitely turn from virtual to real, and the use of troops in the mountain wind is already weird, and he is the most difficult general under Li Qing, Zhou Tong has to be careful! ”

"There are many famous generals in Dingzhou, Li Qing really has a bit of stone face and gold ability, this mountain wind used to be just a mountain bandit, Wang Qinian and others were just a small soldier, but why, when our army encounters these people, they are all tied everywhere and beaten passively everywhere?" Apocalypse looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Qu Yongjie was a little embarrassed, Yuan Fang spoke out to relieve the siege, "It's not that our generals don't have talent, but that there is indeed a gap between the two sides in the strength of the army, although we have many troops, but the government orders are different, it is difficult to effectively integrate into a whole, and when we fight, it will inevitably cause problems. Third, over the years, the Dingzhou army has been fighting non-stop, Your Majesty still remember what Li Qing said when he entered Beijing, the real elite soldiers are not trained, but fought, their generals, like Your Majesty said that the mountain wind, Wang Qinian and others are from the battlefield There are countless soldiers on the blood of the tempered out, which is very different from most of our generals who read military books, books are dead, and they are from the battlefield to learn the living experience, the first day of the first hand, naturally we suffer, but a long time, Once our generals get used to their style of play, the form will inevitably be reversed, and Your Majesty need not worry. ”

"The question is, when will our generals really practice, and when Li Qing hits Luoyang City, will they learn how to deal with their opponents? When that happens, what else do I need them to do? Apocalypse said angrily.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Qu Yongjie and Yuan Fang bowed together and said: "The battle of Xingzhou is just Li Qing's revenge, and the difficulty has evolved into a big war, and if it really starts, the logistics of Dingzhou will inevitably be difficult to support, and the ban policy we have been implementing on Dingzhou has achieved initial results, and the king of Ningwang in the south has rarely stood with us this time, and implemented various restrictions on Dingzhou, Li Qing's top priority now is to solve the economic and people's livelihood problems in the jurisdiction, and it is impossible to start a big war in a short time." ”

"I'm very worried that Li Qing will take advantage of the autumn harvest to launch a war to feed the war with war, you must know that the barbarians he conquered are very familiar with the barbarians before." Apocalypse is worried.

"Your Majesty rest assured, General Zhou Tong of Xingzhou will inevitably take precautions, and Xiao Aihe will be lost, but the Dingzhou army will only advance for more than 100 miles before stopping, and it is still difficult to form a decisive advantage. If Your Majesty is worried, I will personally go to Xingzhou! ”

Tianqi waved his hand, "Let Zhou Tong deal with it himself, Yongjie, you have to hurry up the expansion of the Beijing Division's battalion, select the national elite, and then form the Beijing Division's left and right battalions, once formed, they will be sent to Youyan, we will be as Li Qing said, let them see the blood!" ”

"Yes!" Qu Yongjie bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, in the land of Youyan, Qiu Houye is going well, and now all the strongholds around the Slope Valley have fallen into our hands, Qiu Houye surrounded the Slope Valley, forcing Xiao Yuanshan to transfer all the main forces into the Slope Valley, and the people in his jurisdiction are not living, and civil strife is frequent, and it is already crumbling." ”

"When will you be able to take the Slope Valley?" Apocalypse asked.

"I can't say for sure!" Qu Yongjie hesitated for a moment, but still decided to tell the truth, "Qiu Houye wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that he found that Youyan had obtained a large number of Dingzhou ordnance, and if he attacked it, he was afraid that the loss would be too large, so he wanted to guess the long-term siege and drag down the opponent." ”

Yuan Fang added: "Yes, Xiao Yuanshan has exchanged Xiangshan Mansion for the support of a large number of ordnance in Dingzhou, and it is difficult to attack the valley, I am afraid that we will lose too much, the valley itself is extremely steep, and the valley city is the kind of new fortress built by the Dingzhou army, which is extremely difficult to attack." ”

"It's Li Qing again!" Apocalypse hated the chair, "If you don't get rid of this son, the world will be uneasy!" ”

At the State Guest House, Shang Haibo had been sitting on the terrace all night, not moving. He hated it in his heart! Half a life of running, nothing to achieve, suddenly encountered the dragon, a skill was played to the fullest, and he immediately became famous all over the world, but one wrong step, all the games were lost, and finally ended up with an idyllic old man, the end of the rural private school, I thought it was over for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect it to be remembered, so that the family was ruined, and the wife was separated.

Is this the end of his destiny? Shang Haibo hated, he hated why Tianqi was worried about himself, he hated why Li Qing didn't miss the old feelings so much, he was so desperate, he hated the sky, hated the earth, and hated people. Two lines of tears, wet clothes, the dew has already soaked his body, but he is still like a sculpture, sitting on the terrace, looking at the direction of Dingzhou, the body of the old wife and only son should have been hastily buried in the mass grave at this time, right? The people of Dingzhou must be scolding themselves as a traitor now.

A round of the morning sun rose, thousands of rays of sunlight sprinkled down, the crystal dew drops have turned into water, suddenly in the sunlight under the irradiation of the vanity, four healthy men carried a soft couch, walked on the terrace of the guest house, the soft couch gently placed on Shang Haibo's side, the people on the soft couch waved their hands, and the four healthy men quietly retreated.

"Your heart, I know!" The person who came looked at the blazing sun that had just jumped into the sky, and said softly.

Shang Haibo slowly turned his head, with a hint of surprise on his face, "Chen Xiyan? ”

"It's the old man!" Chen Xiyan was half-leaning on the soft couch, his face was sallow, and he looked like he was seriously ill.

"I suggest to Your Majesty that I get you to Luoyang, it is my attention." Chen Xiyan said slowly.

Shang Haibo's eyebrows slowly raised, and anger began to burn in his eyes, Chen Xiyan was not afraid, and looked directly at his opponent, "I thought that my stump would not be able to drag you into Beijing, but I didn't expect that Commander Yuan was really extraordinary, and invited you here so quickly, so that I could meet you." Chen Xiyan turned his gaze back from Shang Haibo's face, looking at the sky, under the illumination of the sun, the layer of mist shrouded in Luoyang was dissipating at a very fast speed, and the magnificent panorama of Luoyang was presented in front of the two little by little.

"Look, what a beautiful city, what a magnificent river and mountain, it's a pity, this magnificent mountain and river is now suffering, the people are not living, Mr. Shang, we are all people who read the books of sages, for the people to set up a life, for the peace of all generations, have you ever felt it?"

Shang Haibo said coldly: "The mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are not able to make a living, because the king is not virtuous and incompetent. ”

Chen Xiyan smiled bitterly, "I admit that I am incompetent, I have been in power for more than ten years, and I have seen that the Great Chu River is declining, and there is nothing that can be done, Mr. Shang's reproach is not unreasonable, but the king has no virtue, Mr. Shang, since His Majesty ascended the throne, what is there that is not virtuous, but I want to ask Mr. Shang for advice!" ”

Shang Haibo's mouth opened, and he was suddenly speechless, at the beginning of the apocalypse, the world was already in chaos, the wealthy families dominated one side, and the central government decree was difficult to go out of Luoyang for hundreds of miles, if you want to say that the apocalypse is immoral, you really can't say anything, and on the contrary, the apocalypse is still a very diligent emperor, and Da Chu is now the same, but it is difficult to return, and all kinds of contradictions have accumulated, and there is a general outbreak.

"You got me to Luoyang and ruined my family, are you satisfied now?" Shang Haibo stared at him and said.

"Kill Boren, Boren died because of me, in this matter, I have no shirkable responsibility, but Mr. Shang, I don't have a few days to live, and when I get to Jiuquan, I will naturally apologize to Mrs. Ling and Gongzi in person, and Mr. Shang, you, should you know what I want you to come to Luoyang?"

"Persuasion?" Shang Haibo said with a smile.

"Definitely!" Chen Xiyan shook his head, "You are in Dingzhou, you have been demoted, a commoner, and now you have broken off with Li Qing, you entered the court, not betrayal, but Li Qing gave up on you first." With the public, you helped Li Qing to lay down a huge country, and did not owe him, and privately, he ordered to kill your family, along the way, he took your life several times, I think you also have feelings, I have written to Your Majesty, if Mr. Shang is interested, the next first assistant of Da Chu is your Mr. Shang. ”

Shang Haibo Huo Ran turned his head and looked at Chen Xiyan.

"Learn the art of dragon slaying and sell it to the emperor's family, Mr. Shang, isn't that what you and I dreamed of when we were young? Although Da Chu is now stormy, but the luck is not endless, His Majesty gave up his name, hidden behind the scenes, and successfully earned a head start for Da Chu, from the previous wealthy families to dominate one side, to today's three-point world, Luoyang is the strongest, Mr. Shang can assist Li Qing from scratch, become one of the three heroes, now Luoyang is a strong foundation, with Mr. Shang's help, will be reborn, Dingding the world, but also the world a Qingming country, but also the people a Lang Lang Qiankun, Mr. Shang, what are you still hesitating about? ”

In the afternoon, outside the State Guest House, Yuan Fang hurriedly came, "Lord Chen is inside?" ”

An official at the State Guest House nodded yes. "Lord Chen is seriously ill, how can he still go out here, in case that Shang Haibo makes a disrespectful speech, won't it make Lord Chen even sicker?" Yuan Fang complained while speeding up his pace. Just walked inside, but saw that Chen Xiyan had already been carried out by four attendants.

"Lord Chen!" Yuan Fang hurriedly greeted him and saluted Chen Xiyan.

Chen Xiyan waved his hand reluctantly, "Lord Yuan, there is no need to be polite. You don't have to go in, let him be quiet! ”

Hearing Chen Xiyan's words, Yuan Fang was immediately overjoyed, "Lord Chen, it's done?" It is worthy of being my first assistant to Chu, and he will succeed immediately. ”

Chen Xiyan grinned silently, and whispered to Yuan Fang: "Lord Yuan, if there is no accident, I expect that Shang Haibo will definitely take refuge in Your Majesty, but this is not a good thing for you." ”

Yuan Fang was stunned, and Chen Xiyan continued: "Shang Haibo is an extremely smart person, as time goes by, he will definitely guess something, you have to be careful at that time." ”

Yuan Fang immediately understood what Chen Xiyan said, what he did couldn't hide from this old man, and he took a long look at the moment, "Lord Chen's golden jade words, Yuan is very grateful, but as long as he can be loyal to Da Chu, even if Yuan has an accident in the future, there is nothing to regret." Besides, Yuan is not a good person, so how can he easily follow the Tao. ”

Chen Xiyan nodded, patted the soft couch gently, and the four big men strode away.

In the guest house, Shang Haibo was still sitting on the chair in a daze, seeing the sun slanting westward, gradually submerging into the distant mountains, Shang Haibo stood up, dressed neatly, knelt down to the west, and bowed three times and nine bows in the land of Zheng Erlong, and then stood up and strode towards the museum.

"From today on, Dingzhou is my worst enemy!" Shang Haibo shouted in his heart.

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There have been book friends talking about the plot before, in fact, as an important figure in the rise of Dingzhou, whether it is Shang Haibo, Qingfeng, or Lu Yiming, how can these pivotal characters sink as shown in the previous book? They will burst into an even more intense spark in the future. Shang Haibo's defection will cause a huge change in the pattern of the top three in Dachu, how will Li Qing in Dingzhou deal with it? The next plot will enter the last volume of the book.