Xiao Ling, as a hereditary King Hui, although he received a very orthodox education since he was a child, he did not give him "power art", and in his opinion, there is no need to learn this thing, because he does not worry about eating and drinking, he does not worry about eating and drinking, he stretches out his hand to eat to open his mouth, and he also feels tired and panicked about intrigue.

The people he met in the past were either officials who hated him or feared him, and they would not tell him the truth of power. Only Sima Yu, who has no purpose in intersecting with him, and Sima Yu, as a native of the Wei Dynasty, is straightforward and doesn't like to hide it, so he will say it.

"Brother Sima, do you think I should ......?"

"I don't care where King Hui is going, but when I go to the palace, it's okay."

Xiao Ling thought for a while and said, "It is indeed very difficult for the imperial sister-in-law to take her little nephew now, if Xie Xiang is aggressive, I, who is an uncle, cannot sit idly by." Hey, Brother Sima, then let's drink together next time. The people outside will escort you back, forgive me, I can only ask you out for a drink, and take you out of the city next time. ”

Sima nodded and looked out the window.

He no longer expects to be able to return to Jiangdu from Jinling, but now that he can come out and take a breath outside, he can be considered content. When I go back for a while, I will be followed, saying that it is an escort, but in fact it is no different from an escort.

Xiao Ling seemed to understand a lot of truths, and with the strength of wine, he rushed out of Wangxiang Tower and headed towards the palace.

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The battle report on the Huai River front reached Jiangdu on the afternoon of 28 April, less than six hours before the end of the fighting on the front line.

The soldiers and horses of the Luoyang army. On the south bank of the Huai River, the whole army was almost annihilated, but Yun Jin led the army to break through at the last moment, and some cavalry fled along the Huai River to the east and west, and the pursuit battle was still ongoing.

Because the facts of this battle are huge, and in the end there is a fly in the ointment, and Han Jian can also understand it. After receiving the battle report, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Tight nerves can also be relieved slightly.

The next battle will follow its natural course, after the battlefield has been cleared. Zhang Xing and Lin Zhan would lead their troops to the northeast in the direction of Luozhou. At that time, whether the Northern Wangjun Army is fighting or making peace, it will no longer be of much significance.

Without the Luoyang Army, the Dongwang Mansion can mobilize all the troops and horses to attack the Northern King Army, and it is unlikely that the Northern King Army will continue to fight. Because the fat sheep at this time is no longer Jiangdu. It's Luoyang. Next. Luoyang will become the focus of contention among the forces in the north.

Han Jian finished reading the battle report, and by the way, he asked some people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites to go north, after the end of a big battle. It is to ask for rewards for meritorious work. If the subsequent rewards do not keep up, the soldiers will not go out of their way to do it.

Han Jian returned to Dongwangfu and slept alone for a day and a night, and did not wake up until the afternoon of the next day. It was the longest sleep he'd ever had.

When he woke up, the officials and gentry who had come to congratulate Jiangdu were still in the front hall, and Han Song was in charge of entertaining these people, and Han Jian did not go over to join in the fun after learning about the situation. For these officials and gentry, it doesn't matter who is in power, even if the Nanqi people kill them, their identity and status will not change much, and they come to congratulate them, but they are just tending to be inflammatory.

"Jian'er, the war in the north will continue?" Han Cuishi did not go to the front hall to entertain guests, but in the back hall, when he saw Han Jian, he still couldn't help but ask.

"It should be over here. Even if the rebels are defeated, we will not be able to capture Luoyang for the time being, so we can only suspend our troops first. ”

After all, Han Cui's clan had led troops, and she knew everything on the battlefield very well, so she nodded and said: "If you want to capture Luoyang, it will be sooner or later, and you don't need the East Wangfu to make a move now." People's minds are returned, and it is time to rest, Jiangdu has suffered huge losses in the past six months, and there is no one who can't slow down for a year and a half. ”

Even if the Eastern Wangfu won on the battlefield, it was unable to continue to expand the results, whether it was the Northern Wangjun or Luoyang, it was not the next combat target of the Eastern Wangfu. Luoyang is the political and military center of the north, and if there is no Eastern Wangfu to fight for, there will be others who covet it. At this time, the East Wangfu can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight for the time being.

Han Jian didn't sit down for a long time, and Han Song returned to the back hall. Han Jian and Han Cui stood up to greet each other.

"Erniang, have all the people in front of you been dismissed?" Han Jian asked.

Han Songshi glanced at Han Jian lightly and said, "Jian'er, although those local squires have done something wrong, they are always your people, and you must not be contemptuous of them." ”

"Yes." Han Jian said casually.

"Everyone has already left first, and I told them that you have been tired for a few months and need to take a break for a while, which is understandable. However, now that someone has come to see you, I'm afraid you have to meet it. ”

Han Jianxin said that this is a big deal, and I want to see you when I come. Could it be that the Empress has returned?

"Who?"

"Ibuku." Han Song's said.

Hearing the name of "Yi Buku Envoy", Han Jian was slightly stunned, for nearly half a year, Yi Die could be said to have no news, and disappeared like the empress. Now that Yi Die is suddenly back, it is hard to say what it means, but Han Jian feels that the person who came is not good.

Han Jian personally went to the main hall to see Yi Die, and neither Han Song nor Han Cui accompanied him.

The door of the main hall of the East Wangfu was open, Han Jian arrived at the door, looked inside, but saw Yi Die standing in the center of the main hall, not even sitting, he should be waiting for him to arrive.

"Yi Buku, don't come unharmed?" Han Jian stepped into the main hall and said.

"My subordinates have seen His Highness." Yi Die bowed.

Han Jian sat directly in the main seat and asked Yi Die to sit, but Yi Die did not accept it. Han Jian said: "Yi Buku has not heard from him for half a year, but he went out by the will of His Majesty?" After I came back, but I went to see His Majesty? ”

Yi Die lowered his head and said with a smile: "Why does Your Highness ask knowingly? There are some things that His Royal Highness can hide from the people of the world, but it seems that he can't hide from his subordinates. ”

Han Jian smiled, he knew Yi Die's position under the empress's hands, Yi Die was an important figure in the empress's intelligence system, she went south and north, and she was by no means a weak appearance of her daughter's family, Yi Die had martial arts, whether it was to obtain information, or to conceal her identity and mix in the chaos of the party, she could get out of the way. In Han Jian's opinion, this is a very difficult woman.

"Is there any news from the envoy of Yibuku?"

Yi Die said: "His Royal Highness is sending people to look for it, and his subordinates are also sending people to look for it." But I believe that His Royal Highness knows very well that His Majesty is a person, and His Majesty is leaving, how can we find it lightly? ”

Han Jian nodded and said casually: "It's unpredictable." Why did Ibuku come back? ”

Yi Die said: "Your Majesty has issued an order to order his subordinates to go to Luoyang to inquire about information. In the past six months, his subordinates have been spying on the news in Luoyang City, and now there is news, and they have come to report back to His Highness. ”

Han Jian looked at Yi Die, was silent for a moment, and said, "Bow back to me, is it also Your Majesty's arrangement?" ”

Yi Die shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness is the supervisor appointed by His Majesty, and if his subordinates don't return to His Highness, who can they do?" ”

Han Jian felt a little bit of life from these words. In the past, Yi Die did things for him, which can be said to be conscientious, and he would not beat around the bush when he did things and spoke, but this time, from these few words, Han Jian could feel that Yi Die had a dislike in his heart. This may have something to do with the Empress's disappearance, or something Yi Die suspected.

"The envoy has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Yes." Yi Die gave up his hand and said, "When the subordinates came back from Luoyang, the war between the Eastern Wangfu and the rebellion had not yet been won, and the subordinates found out that the North Wangfu and the West Wangfu had secretly sent troops to approach Luoyang. The subordinates guessed that if the war changed slightly, Luoyang would become the target of public criticism. ”

Han Jian nodded and said, "Anything else?" ”

Yi Die chuckled: "My subordinates also found out that the Qi Dynasty had sent envoys to bring the letter of state to reconcile with Luoyang's rebellion, and then sent the master Zhu Tongjing to Luoyang, but he was intercepted by the Dongwang Mansion halfway, and even the letter of state was burned......"

Han Jian stretched out his hand to interrupt Yi Die's words and said, "What Yi Buku envoy said, this king has long been very clear. Yi Buku envoy will not think, you know, the East Wangfu can't investigate? ”

"The subordinates don't dare." Yi Die bowed and saluted, "There is something in my subordinates, Your Highness must not have found out." ”

"Say."

"My subordinates have learned that the Xianbei barbarians intend to invade the border with our DPRK this summer, and Hulian Khan will send 200,000 troops and cooperate with 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Bohai State to ......."

"What?" Han Jian said with a cold expression, "Where did the Yi Buku envoy know about this news?" Could it be that in addition to inquiring about the news in Luoyang, the Yibuku envoy also sent people to the grassland and the Bohai Sea? ”

"No one was sent to the country, but there were Xianbei and Bohai merchants, all of whom were subordinate sentinels, and it was they who brought back the news, saying that Hulian Khan personally sent envoys to the Bohai State, in the name of marriage, but to discuss the matter of sending troops. Because the matter is important, involving the safety of the people of the Central Plains and the prosperity of the country, my subordinates did not dare to slack off, so they had to bring back the news and inform His Highness Yu. Please also ask Your Highness to show me. ”

Han Jian was not sure whether Yi Yao's information was accurate.

If it is accurate, what is involved now is not Jiangdu, but Beiwangfu.

Previously, in order to capture Luoyang, Yang Ru, the king of the old north, made up a lie about the invasion of the Xianbei people, and Yang Ru colluded with the Xianbei people at that time. Now Yang Ru is likely to have suffered an accident, the Northern Wangfu is Yang Ke's house, and the Central Plains is constantly in chaos, at this time it is not impossible for Xianbei people to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

The Nanqi people watched the fire on the other side and waited to reap the profits, but the Xianbei people obviously didn't have that good patience. The Xianbei people acted differently from the Southern Qi people, the Xianbei invaded the Central Plains, and the main purpose was to plunder, and the timing they chose was naturally the more chaotic the Central Plains, the better.

At present, Luoyang is newly defeated, all parties are eyeing Luoyang, and the war in the land of Jiangdu is completely quelled, and the Xianbei people want to invade, which is indeed the best time.

"Ibuku makes the journey tiring, so he rests first. This matter was discussed by King Rong Ben with the people of the court, and then a decision was made. Han Jian said in an official voice.

"No." Yi Die, as a subordinate, directly retorted, "Now that His Highness is the backbone of the Wei Dynasty, such a major event cannot be decided early, and it will only make the soul of the Central Plains miserable."

Han Jian got up and said angrily, "Is Yi Buku teaching this king to do things?" (To be continued......)