Chapter Forty-Eight: The Sword

The next morning, Qian Hongzuo promulgated the edict of posthumously sealing Zhen Fu and canonizing Zhen's mother and daughter, and also announced a more important personnel appointment, that is, Qian Hongzuo himself temporarily acted as the head of the household department; Xie Xiangcun was appointed as a commissioned officer in the household department. Awarded Xie Xiangcun Shang Fang Sword, and enjoyed the right to cut first and then play to the subjects of Wu Yueguo, and any important ministers of the court were no exception.

Dai Yunquan poured Wu Yue into the court, but Qian Hongzuo used Shang Fang's sword to hand over his life directly to Xie Xiangcun, and it was indefinite. Compared to the corpses of the assassins displayed outside the Luo City Gate, Shang Fang's sword showed a stronger anger and killing intent.

This Shang Fang sword is called the Yue Wang Sword. It was when Wu Yue opened the country, please cast it by a famous artist, there are only three in total, except for the handle given to Xie Xiangcun, the other two handles are sealed in the palace. Different from the ordinary Shang Fang sword, the gold inlaid with jade is extraordinarily luxurious, if only from the appearance of the sword, this sword is exactly the same as the most popular sword with a fist handle at that time. What is really special is the sword body of the Yue Wang Sword. The cold light is like snow, the iron is sharpened like mud, and there is a clearly visible national seal pattern engraved on it, and the eight words of "such as the royal family, first cut and then play". However, no one wants to appreciate the cold light and carvings on the sword, because once the sword is drawn, it usually means that the head is on the ground. Therefore, this ordinary-looking Shang Fang sword is more ruthless than any blade.

Xie Xiangcun was appointed with an injury, and it is said that when the saint was attacked, he was seriously injured and made great contributions because of the sacrifice of his life to save the driver, so the official position jumped from the previous ninth rank to the fifth grade, which was only one grade lower than Zhen Fu before his death. Xie Xiangcun took the sword with his left hand respectfully with his right arm, tied the belt. Everyone can see that if it weren't for Xie Xiangcun's previous official position being too low, this time, he would probably take over directly as the head of the household department, and there would be no need for Qian Hongzuo to make a temporary transition.

Due to Zhen Fu's tragic death, none of the ministers of the DPRK and Central China dared to take over the position of head of the household department except for Dai Yun's cronies. And Dai Yun's cronies, Qian Hongzuo will not be promoted at all. Therefore, Xie Xiangcun, who was young, was several levels higher than the official, and he was ordered in danger, but no one raised any objections. During the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the rule of officials was chaotic, and it was not uncommon for the palace to be respected today, and to be imprisoned tomorrow; Nameless and lowly people, all of a sudden there are many people who are soaring, Qian Hongzuo is eclectic, and Xie Xiangcun is used, and most of the courtiers think it is quite suitable. Because Xie Xiangcun is young, not afraid of death, and has strong martial arts, it is easy to kill Zhen Fu, and it is extremely difficult to kill him, so it is an unexpected and reasonable candidate.

Because of his injury, Qian Hongzuo specially instructed Xie Xiangcun to temporarily live in the yamen of the commander of the forbidden army, and Wen Minghui took care of his injuries. After the injury healed, he went to the household department to take up his post.

Zhuge Youcheng, the Taihu Lake Water Division who participated in Tuntian, and General Ma, who garrisoned Yuezhou, were named the generals of the left and right of Zhili, and they were directly under the lord of Wuyue, and they were no longer dispatched by the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses. Wen Minghui and other soldiers of the forbidden army who have made meritorious contributions this time, some of them have been promoted to two or three levels, and some have doubled their ranks.

The qiē announced by Qian Hongzuo announced that the soldiers in Tuntian would not be suspended by Zhen Fu's death, but would be carried out more vigorously. If it is said that the Empress Dowager Xu's ruling makes the ministers feel at ease, then when Qian Hongzuo gives the order, it is like the rising sun, which makes people feel more hope and encouragement.

After Qian Hongzuo finished rewarding, Dai Yun went out of the class and said: "Enlighten the saint, this commander plans to patrol the soldiers and horses in various states to review and train the troops. Tuntian is important, but military training should not be wasted, and please ask for the grace of God. ”

Originally, Empress Dowager Xu, who was just quietly listening to her son rewarding the ministers, said at this time: "Marshal Dai, the Holy Lord and Ling Qianjin are about to get married." Nothing is more important than Miss Lidai as queen. The wedding of the lord of my Wu Yue country, the Central Plains court and all countries will send envoys to watch the ceremony, if Marshal Dai fails to attend, I am afraid that he will be rude to the court and all countries. There is no hurry to inspect and train the troops, and after the saint marries the queen, it is not too late for you to inspect the soldiers and horses in various states. In addition, after Xie Xiangcun recovered from his injury, he also had to go to the state commanders and envoys to discuss the matter of Tuntian, he was quite unfamiliar with the generals of the states, and asked Marshal Dai to introduce him at that time. ”

Dai Yun reluctantly said yes.

In the afternoon, the warm sun shone in the palace of Concubine Min, and the Empress Dowager Xu summoned Xie Xiangcun here. Xie Xiangcun's right arm was still bandaged, although he was not injured at all, but since the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord had an order, it didn't matter if he pretended to be injured. Qian Hongzuo took Xie Xiangcun's left hand, which was not bandaged, and walked all the way.

Empress Dowager Xu sat on the couch in the palace, saw Qian Hongzuo and Xie Xiangcun come in, and without waiting for them to give a salute, she asked Qian Hongzuo to sit down next to her, and pointed to the chair opposite, asking Xie Xiangcun to sit down, Xie Xiangcun hesitated, and Empress Dowager Xu said: "Sit down, the mourning family has important things to say, I want to tell you." ”

Xie Xiangcun bowed down and thanked the Empress Dowager for sitting.

After the palace maids in the house served tea, they all withdrew.

Empress Dowager Xu asked Qian Hongzuo: "Holy Lord, do you know the mourning family, why did you let Xie Aiqing pretend to be injured?" ”

Qian Hongzuo guessed: "Does the queen mother want to highlight Xie Aiqing's bravery and loyalty in front of the ministers?" ”

Empress Dowager Xu shook her head and said, "That's not the case, it's just to paralyze Dai Yun." ”

Qian Hongzuo asked intently, "Please make it clear to the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Xu didn't answer, turned to Xie Xiangcun and asked, "Xie Aiqing, today Dai Yun is in the court, and he proposed to go to various states to inspect the soldiers and horses, what do you say he wants?" ”

Xie Xiangcun said briefly: "Could it be that he still wants to rebel?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the room shivered, and the warm sun, which was originally shining, seemed to be suddenly blocked by clouds and lost its heat.

Qian Hongzuo's face became cold, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

Xie Xiangcun stood up and said awe-inspiringly: "Queen Mother, Holy Lord, please rest assured, Weichen just doesn't pretend to be injured, and it is more than enough to kill Dai Yun in the court." He is bare-handed, and I have Shang Fang's sword, no matter how good his martial arts are, I will suddenly kill the killer, and I will be able to cut him under the sword! ”

Empress Dowager Xu shook her head and said, "Xie Aiqing, even if you can kill Dai Yun, you can't stop the border army from rebelling. ”

Xie Xiangcun was stunned for a moment.

Qian Hongzuo bowed his head and pondered.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Qian Hongyu, the commander of the border army, was originally Dai Yun's biological son, named Dai Feng. It's just that the first king was accepted as a prince in order to show his favor to the Dai family, and was included in the genealogy of the Qian royal family. He commanded the border army, and Dai Yun, who served as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses in the capital, were each other's inside. At the moment when the dead soldiers had just been surrounded and annihilated, Dai Yun proposed to go out to inspect the soldiers and horses in various states, but he was actually just afraid: it would be dangerous to stay in Hangzhou again, and he wanted to go to Dai Feng's garrison as much as possible, and then rebelled. If the soldiers and horses of the states were originally Dai Yun's cronies, they would inevitably raise troops to follow, and the entire Wuyue Kingdom would fall into a civil war, and the disaster of the people of Li would be approaching in a blink of an eye. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked: "The queen mother has always refused to confront Dai Yun head-on, is this the reason?" ”