Chapter 288: Pre-Battle Preparations
The assassination of the Uighur envoy was not resolved, and no one mentioned it. Even Prince Dadu himself seems to have forgotten that there is such a thing, and Dadu has been recuperating in a secret place, as if he is deliberately trying to avoid any hot spots to prevent further accidents.
The war against the Turks was in full swing, not in secret, but too public. Around Chang'an City, a lot of soldiers and horses came from all over the place, and Min Shaoqing made the pomp and circumstance very large, as if he was deliberately demonstrating to Liu Yu. With such pomp and scale, it is difficult to hide the eyes of the Turks, and they will be fully prepared.
If you lose the opportunity, you will lose half of the battle.
And Liu Yu watched the play very comfortably in the newly built theater garden.
This year's opera, divided into southern opera and northern opera, each place has a grass stage team, this time the imperial court ordered to rebuild the Jinchang Fang of Chang'an City, many places of the grass stage team have entered the capital to get the opportunity for development. Liu Yu made a choice, and selected a few more distinctive troupes from them, and had a warm-up performance in the newly built opera garden, so that some local people could come over to taste it.
Because you can watch the play without spending money, the people who come to the theater garden for a few days are in an endless stream, and in order to get free tickets, many people come to line up from the morning, and then start the business of scalpers.
Since the emperor decreed the marriage of Liu Yu and Qi'er, and the marriage was completed on an auspicious day, Qi'er has been hiding in the mansion and dare not come out to meet people, and Wu Shuo has not appeared in the opera garden for many days.
On the evening of the ninth day of the fourth lunar month, Sui Yi and Li Mi appeared in front of Liu Yu in plain clothes, and when they saw Liu Yu leisurely listening to the opera on the stage, they walked up. Liu Yu made a gesture of "please sit down". The two sat down.
"Min Shaoqing has already finished ordering troops. Always ready to go out in the big army. Sui Yi said a little anxiously, "Brother Liu is still watching the play here so calmly?" ”
Liu Yu smiled helplessly and said, "Do you want me to ask the emperor to lead my troops to the battlefield?" ”
The steady Li Mi said: "But Min Shaoqing is not a good material for leading soldiers. ”
"Whether it is a good material or not, you have to fight a battle to know the way." Liu Yu pointed to the stage and said, "Sit down and watch the play, it's a good show." ”
The performances that day were all about some martial arts dramas, and the fights and killings were all battlefield plots, but these were all in the opera. Sui Yi and Li Mi were not interested, they both wanted Liu Yu to ask Ying to lead the troops to the expedition to give them the opportunity to make contributions.
Li Mi and Sui Yi looked at it for a while and were a little breathless, Sui Yi got up to leave, but was pulled by Liu Yu and didn't say anything. Soon Yang Lie's figure appeared in front of the two of them, Yang Lie didn't say much, nodded to Liu Yu, and then Liu Yu got up and took the two to the secret cell next door to the opera garden, except for the felony Min County Lord here. There was also a newcomer, who was beaten and bruised all over his body and did not take the shape of a human. Liu Yu pointed at this person. Sui Yi was surprised and asked, "Who is he?" ”
"The former Ministry of Rites is still the book and the money is back."
"Huh?"
Li Mi and Sui Yi were both shocked.
Regarding Qian Hui, they had already heard that after the new emperor ascended the throne, this person disappeared in Chang'an City. Later, it was said that he walked with Su Zhe, the king of Chu, and he should have committed treason, but he didn't expect to be arrested by Liu Yu.
Li Mi asked, "Brother Liu, is this person ...... What do you mean by calling us to see? ”
"Nothing else." Liu Yu said, "He did the assassination of the Hui envoy this time. Just wanted to find out who was in contact with them behind the scenes. ”
Li Mi and Sui Yi glanced at each other, they didn't know that there was a cell around the opera garden, and in such a hidden place, what prisoners were held, Liu Yu didn't plan to tell others.
Li Mi pulled Liu Yu aside and said, "Brother Liu, have you asked the emperor about this matter?" ”
"In passing, I didn't elaborate." Liu Yu said, "The specific location of the secret cell established by the imperial court is not necessary to be revealed to the emperor. ”
"Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"
"Who are you afraid of?" Liu Yu looked at Li Mi, "Your Majesty, Yuan Bolang, or Min Shaoqing?" I suspect that the assassination of the Hui envoy was carried out by a group of people from the three parties, organized and premeditated, and the target is likely to be me. According to Qian Hui's confession, he had secret dealings with some ministers in the court, and this assassination was originally intended to fabricate charges on my head, but I didn't expect the emperor to turn back at the last moment, and the matter came to an end. ”
Li Mi's face was a little ugly, he was originally a minister in the court, and it was natural to serve the emperor. But he also knew how unreliable the current emperor was, and how he was promoted to the throne step by step with Liu Yu's efforts. Now it is clear that the emperor is estranged from Liu Yue, and it is not an exaggeration for Liu Yue to do something to hide the emperor, but even he doesn't want the relationship between Liu Yu and Su Yan to be completely ossified, to the point of life and death.
"If it is really the emperor, or Min Shaoqing, or the left and right ministers, how is Brother Liu going to deal with the aftermath?"
"I didn't think about it." Liu Yu said, "I just want them to know the Tao and dare to do it, so I'm not afraid to let people know the Tao." ”
Li Mi originally wanted to persuade something, but now he feels that it is futile to say anything. Even Liu Yu seemed to have a mustard with the new emperor in his heart. Originally, Qian Hui was a member of the Chu Dynasty's family, and it was impossible to collude with the new emperor and the new emperor's loyal subordinates, as if Liu Yu wanted to frame the emperor against him.
"Don't worry about sending troops for the time being." Liu Yu said, "I have something for you to do when I go back." ”
Li Mi was taken aback, if the army was out on the march, all the troops in Chang'an City would be under Liu Yu's control, and the new emperor would not have Min Shaoqing, Ma Feng and others by his side, Liu Yu would not want to ......
"Brother Liu, you don't want to rebel?"
Saying the word "rebellion", Liu Yu was also a little surprised, originally he meant to let the new emperor toss them, just don't care. Although his relationship with Su Yan is gradually ossifying, he has not yet moved Su Yan's intention to take the throne, and now Su Yan's foundation in the Great Shun Dynasty is almost stable and difficult to shake.
Liu Yu smiled and said: "Don't think crooked, I mean, the matter of sending troops has nothing to do with us for the time being, what we have to do now is that our own positions can't be messed up, what should we do." ”
Liu Yu sighed after being the most embarrassed, although the money was caught back, and it was still related to the assassination case, but even if he was beaten like this, he still refused to confess the whereabouts of the King of Chu. As for whether the assassination case is really related to him or the new emperor Su Yan, Liu Yue doesn't know, and maybe it was Qian Hui's divisive plan.
Liu Yu came out with Li Mi and Sui Yi, and the drama outside was still lively, and the applause came one after another. At the same time, at the other end of Chang'an City, outside the western camp of Chang'an City, several new troops transferred from all over Guanzhong were also ready to assemble and set off, and on the same day they went to the border with Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng and others to start a battle against the Turks. (To be continued......)