Chapter Seventy-Seven: Undercurrent

Lin'an, when the Xiangyang good news came to Lin'an, Li Xuan had completely occupied Nanyang, Xinye, Dengzhou, and Shanzhou, if Li Xuan flooded the Seventh Army and wiped out 200,000 Mongolian troops in one fell swoop, it was exciting news, then next, Li Xuan swept the momentum to regain the lost territory, and in one fell swoop Nanyang, Xinye, Shanzhou, and Dengzhou were re-incorporated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and the shock to the entire Great Song Dynasty was definitely far more than the destruction of the 200,000 Mongolian army.

Since Mongolia went south, every time I heard the news that such and such a place had fallen, who had betrayed the country and surrendered to Mongolia, and the news of recovering the lost territory could probably be traced back to the era of Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general.

Lin'an, Xiangfu.

Jia Rudao sat quietly on the Taishi chair, and below him, a group of civil and military ministers gathered, but the atmosphere in the hall was not very lively, but a little dull.

"Xiangye, what did Your Majesty say?" General Xia Gui finally couldn't stand the dreary atmosphere, looked at Jia Rudao's ancient face, and asked a little anxiously.

Jia Rudao's gaze swept over Xia Gui, and then looked at a pair of slightly expectant eyes, and after a moment of silence, he took out a yellow silk from his sleeve: "This is a holy decree issued by the official family today, and it was supposed to be sent to Xiangyang today, but it was intercepted by me, let's take a look." The flat tone shows the current energy of this great Song traitor, and even the holy decree dares to withhold it privately.

Xia Gui was a little impatient to find Huang Juan, read it carefully, for fear of missing a tiny detail, the appearance of trying to pretend to be a scribe, presented in the five big and three thick body shapes, no matter how you look at it, there is an indescribable sense of disobedience, but at this moment, others have no intention of mocking each other, and their eyes are staring at Huang Juan.

"King Gangneung?" Blink your eyes. Xia Gui raised his head suspiciously, looked at Jia Ru and said, "What does this mean?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the yellow silk in his hand had been snatched away by a Wenchen beside him, and he swept over the content on the yellow silk at a glance, and a sneer pulled up at the corner of his mouth: "Hehe, the bright rise and the dark fall." It seems that His Majesty is also jealous of this King of Xiangyang. ”

"It's just that why didn't you mention the ownership of Nanyang, Xinye, Dengzhou, and Shanzhou City Guards?" After another Wenchen looked at Huang Juan, he asked suspiciously, this is the question that everyone is most concerned about, according to speculation, the Mongols suffered a defeat and suffered a great loss of vitality, and in a short period of time, they were unable to go south, the original place of four wars. It has become a big fat meat, and it is conceivable that in the future, in order to consolidate vested interests, the imperial court will spare no effort to strengthen the defense of the Jingxiang area, and the interests in this are almost unimaginable.

Just look at Lu Wenhuan, with a Xiangyang City. You can know how many benefits have been provided for the Lu family, and now fill in the four cities. Not to mention the benefits that these four places can create by themselves, just the annual appropriation of the imperial court, roughly estimated, is enough to double the net worth of everyone here except Jia Yidao, and in the face of huge interests, how can these people not be moved. As for how the Mongols would resist if they led their troops south again in the future, it was not their concern, so what about surrendering directly to the Mongols?

A sinister smile flashed on Jia Rudao's face, swept over the face of a dry civil and military, and said lightly: "The official family has his own plans. These four places are related to the fortune of my Great Song Dynasty, who guards it, I am afraid that even the official family is also weighing it in their hearts, then Li Xuan is not bad, but it is a pity that ......"

"Hey~" Xia Gui heard Li Xuan's name, and his face couldn't help but be a touch of hideousness: "I also looked away at the beginning, I thought that since this guy was willing to take the path of Xiangye, he must be his own person, who knew that as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, he turned his face ruthlessly, we can't control how Lu Wenhuan is, but even our people have been cleaned up, and he didn't say a word afterwards, he was simply a white-eyed wolf. ”

"Neck-to-neck friends?" A scribe couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said in a strange manner: "What a good friend, if I remember well, General Xia begged for a door-to-door introduction, but he looked away with a word, I'm afraid it's ......."

"Hmph, Zhang Shihe, don't think that I don't know, the benefits of the surname Li you received at the beginning are not less than mine!" Xia Guihu was stunned, and he couldn't help but sneer when he looked at the scribe.

"Bastard, Hugh is nonsense!" The scribe's face changed, and he shouted sharply.

"If people don't know, unless they do it themselves, I can't say what you do?" Xia Gui said with a sneer.

"Enough!" Seeing that a group of subordinates began to expose each other, Jia Rudao cut off the two of them with an ugly face, and said with some annoyance: "What kind of system." ”

"Xiangye, now that the holy will is unknown, the holy decree can't be withheld in our hands for too long." The holy decree was transmitted back to Jia Yidao from the hands of a handsome son, and the young man smiled: "But I don't know what Xiangye's plans are?" ”

"Although you can't influence the decisions of the officials, you can do something in Xiangyang." Jia Rudao did not take back the holy decree, his eyes swept over the holy decree, and finally looked at Xia Guidao: "Xia Gui, you will leave tomorrow and go to Xiangyang in person to announce the decree, I heard that Lu Wenhuan has been vacated by our king of Xiangyang, I will transfer five thousand forbidden troops to you, now that Li Xuan should not be in Xiangyang, after arriving in Xiangyang, win him over and help him regain military power, as for the rest, if Lu Wenhuan is interested, he should know how to do it." ”

"Xiangye, are you worried, then Li Xuan has a heart of disobedience?" The young man's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this, and he looked at Jia Yidao.

"The court did not allow the private army to send troops to Nanyang, after occupying Nanyang, without waiting for the imperial court to appoint, it was privately occupied, its heart has been revealed, the official family, I am afraid that there are also worries about this, so I have not made a decision for a long time, I am waiting as a courtier, I want to share the worries of the king." Jia Rudao lightly twisted his short beard and smiled.

"Gongzi Jiang, this time I have to trouble you to accompany General Xia on a personal trip, then the King of Xiangyang took advantage of this great victory, and his subordinates can gather a lot of strange people in the rivers and lakes."

"Don't worry, Jiang knows what to do." Nodding, the young man dressed as a son smiled and nodded, and a hint of evil flashed in his long and narrow eyes: "I have long heard that the former leader of the beggar gang was the first beauty in the rivers and lakes in the past, and this time I went to Xiangyang, I can't say it, but I want to have a good look." ”

"Don't get down to business." Jia Yidao shook his head, but he didn't care too much, although Guo Jing and his wife had a good reputation, but in the eyes of these people, they were just a group of reckless rivers and lakes, and they didn't deserve too much attention.

"Don't worry, Xiangye, you know the proportions." nodded, but there was a flash of disapproval in his eyes.

"Xiangye, what should the Mongols say?" Zhang Shihe asked with some concern, the Southern Song Dynasty is already in decline, these people are naturally prepared with both hands, although they are powerful people in the Great Song Dynasty on the surface, but secretly, they have already had contact with the Mongols, but the situation is uncertain, and they can't give up their big business in Lin'an, so they have been staying in the Great Song Dynasty.

"This matter is supposed to be done, promise them, but the rules still can't be changed, mention the reward, at least twice it, this is not in a hurry, the Mongols have been defeated by this, and it is difficult to recover in a short period of time, what we have is time and they are consuming." Jia Rudao said indifferently.

"Xiangye is wise." Everyone smiled and bowed in unison.

……

Xiangyang, Guo Mansion

didn't know that the undercurrent of the court had begun to spread to Xiangyang, but Guo Jing had already begun to pack up.

"Master, are we really leaving?" Wu Dunru was a little reluctant to look at this manor where he had lived for many years, and in the distance, Huang Rong was directing the crowd to carry the goods with his stomach straight, with a happy smile on his face.

"Well, the war in Xiangyang is over, with the king of Xiangyang here, even if the Mongolian army goes south again, with the current situation in Xiangyang, there is no need to worry about being broken by the Mongols, but there is no need for us to continue to stay here." Guo Jing nodded, looking at the mansion in front of him that he had lived in for more than ten years with some emotion, this Guo Mansion was still given by Lu Wenhuan, but he didn't expect that it would be more than a dozen cold and summer months to live there, but now, it is time for the things to return to their original owners.

For Lu Wenhuan, Guo Jing still has a little apology in his heart, and he has the heart to visit him, but during this time, Lu Wenhuan has been closed to thank customers, and Guo Jing has no choice but to give up in the end.

"What's wrong with you two?" Guo Fu glared at Wu Dunru with some dissatisfaction.

"It's nothing, just thinking about those brothers who are with each other day and night, and they are about to separate just after the war, and I feel a little uncomfortable." Wu Dunru smiled bitterly and shook his head.

At this moment, Huang Rong, who was directing everyone to carry the goods in the distance, suddenly let out a cry of pain, everyone was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, but Huang Rong seemed to be in great pain, holding on to the wall with one hand, but she couldn't even speak.

"It's not good, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth, Xiuwen, go and invite Lang Zhong to come, Fu'er, hurry up and help your mother back to the room!" Guo Jing, who had an experience once, was not flustered when he saw this, and steadily commanded the somewhat flustered people to act separately.

Soon, the most famous Lang Zhong in the city was almost dragged into Guo's mansion by Xiao Wu, and when he arrived in the room, the old man Lang Zhong almost couldn't pick it up in one breath, if it weren't for Guo Jing's fame, he was stationed in Xiangyang for 20 years, and he was quite popular among the people.

"Doctor Luoshen, how is Rong'er?" Looking at Huang Rong, who fell asleep after a few stitches in Lao Langzhong, Guo Jing scratched his head, the situation seemed to be a little different from what he imagined, and looked at Lao Langzhong puzzled.

"Humph!" Lao Langzhong was obviously still a little worried about the previous things, and said in a muffled voice: "A group of rough people, pregnant women in childbirth, how can they run around all day long, this is a fetal gas, if it is not treated in time, the fetus may not be saved, look at the situation at Guo Daxia's family, but you have to travel far away?" ”

"The war in Xiangyang is over, Rong'er wants to go home." Guo Jing nodded.

Lao Langzhong sighed and said: "Even if you want to go home, you can't do it now, I'm afraid that the child in her womb will be born in the next few days, try not to let the Huang gang leader exercise too much, and make some preparations, if the old man's diagnosis is correct, this fetus, I'm afraid it is a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, but I have to congratulate Guo Daxia in advance." ”

"Ah~" (To be continued......)