Chapter 16: The Prime Minister Runs Away
"What do you say? Su Zhe sent someone to attack in? Are you teasing me? The old emperor Nan Wuyan sat on the main hall, looking at kneeling on the ground to get the book of the military department, waiting for the copper bell with big eyes, obviously suspicious, he didn't believe that this was true at all, and he didn't think that Su Zhe had this thief heart!
"Father! Su Zhedu has secretly colluded with the Huns! The ironclad evidence here is like a mountain, the 50,000 taels of gold in front of you, and this secret letter that was found out, is the evidence of the collusion between the prime minister and the Huns! Although I don't know why Su Zhe rebelled, he must have been a thief! Now that the northern Xinjiang is in chaos, Su Zhe's internal strife army has appeared in the capital, and they have clearly discussed it to make a rebellion together! Nan Xuanye seized the opportunity to persuade the old emperor in the high position.
"That's it! Don't say any more, prince, I know your good intentions, and I have read this secret letter, but none of this can make me calm down and get angry in my heart, I want to listen to Prime Minister Su Zhe for myself! What he himself said! I must see the living! Be sure to capture it alive! He has been with me for more than 20 years, and after a night of hard work, he betrayed when he said betrayal, and I can't accept it! The old emperor rubbed the corners of his forehead and looked at the crown prince Nan Xuanye in the main hall, his interest was not very high, but he seemed to be very angry with the prince Nan Xuanye for exposing Prime Minister Su Zhe's rebellion, and did not show any excessive anger towards Prime Minister Su Zhe.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the emperor has been dealing with political affairs for many days today, and he hasn't had a good rest for a long time, and today you broke into the palace in the middle of the night and disturbed the emperor's Qing Xiu, you really shouldn't have it! Now that you have the evidence of the crime, you might as well lead the troops to quell the chaos yourself! Capture the rebel Su Zhe! How is it? At this time, Dugu Luo, the national teacher in a cyan official uniform, walked out of the shadows, looked at the prince Nan Xuanye in front of him and said with a sneer.
"That's right! The national teacher is right, prince, you will now lead the Praetorian Guards in the palace, the brocade guards, and the soldiers defending the city, all of them must take action, and all the people in the city must be mobilized, prince, why are you still stunned and don't hurry up to quell the war! The old emperor Nan Wuyan looked at the crown prince Nan Xuanye in front of him and roared.
"Father! Northern Xinjiang is also in the midst of war, and Erchen suggested that it is necessary to urgently quell the civil strife now! Why don't we launch a signal to the outside of the capital together, you directly tell the information in the city to the guard general Song Chengxuan in the northern Xinjiang, Song Chengxuan is the eldest son of the military department, stationed in the northern Xinjiang for a long time, as long as there is your handwritten edict and military talismans, he will definitely send troops to guard the northern Xinjiang in time to stop the expansion of the Huns in time! Crown Prince Nan Xuanye looked at Dugu Luo, the national teacher standing beside the old emperor Nan Wuyan, his hands hidden in his sleeves were tightly clenched, and the anger in his eyes was burning that could not be hidden.
The national teacher who was also introduced by Prime Minister Su Zhe, how could there be no problem, if he was willing to be a person with Prime Minister Su Zhe, it would be too bad! It is basically a sharp knife planted by the enemy in the heart of Da Zhou, and he may be captured as a hostage at any time, he is the most dangerous person!
Nan Xuanye stood in the center of the main hall, looking at the old emperor Nan Wuyan who was sitting on a high position, he was angry and anxious, but he really couldn't have a seizure, he saw that his father was in a panic now, he couldn't sit still, and even a little numb, a little overwhelmed.
"Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now ready to deal with the traitor Su Zhe, Weichen also suggested that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lead the troops to deal with it, after all, it has taken a lot of time to transfer many troops now, and now Su Zhe must be surrendered immediately, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable!"
Nan Xuanye's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the national teacher Dugu Luo in front of him, the anger in his heart was ignited, and he still began to wonder what kind of person this Dugu Luo was, whether it was Prime Minister Su Zhe's person, or just a villain who took the opportunity to make trouble, the most important thing is that it is not his turn to point fingers here in this situation.
"National teacher, this prince is discussing political affairs with his father, not about immortality, can you step down? There's no place for you to interject here, national affairs, and you don't need to give advice here for the time being! β
"Father, the national teacher works hard every day, and he is very tired compared to wanting to be there, so please ask for your life, now please ask the national teacher to go down and rest!" Nan Xuanye folded his hands and looked at the old emperor Nan Wuyan in front of him seriously.
"What the prince said makes sense, national teacher, you have also worked hard for a day, and now I need to discuss the political affairs of the frontier with the prince, you better go back and rest first! The suggestion you just made is with me, and I have worked hard to teach the country! The old emperor Nan Wuyan looked at the national teacher who was standing aside with a surprised expression and said with a smile.
"Yes! Emperor! The national teacher Dugu Luo stared at the expression of the old emperor for a while, and kept suspicious in his heart, and finally the deer retreated stupidly, and when he walked to the apse, Dugu Luo looked at the chief eunuch standing on the side and asked: "The immortal soup that the national teacher made for the saint, have you drunk it for the emperor every day?" β
The chief eunuch looked at the national teacher's ugly face, and immediately lowered his head and replied carefully: "The saint has been busy with political affairs for the past two days, and he didn't care about drinking for a while, so it may be delayed, the national teacher forgives the sin, tonight, the slave will prepare for the saint!" β
"You'd better prepare the immortal soup for the emperor on time every day, this immortal soup has an excellent medicinal effect on resolving the medicinal effect of the soul rejuvenation pill brought to the emperor by His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise, I will tell the saint about your dereliction of duty, and let the saint come to punish you!"
After the national teacher Dugu Luo finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves vigorously, and his eyes exuded a cold light.
"Yes, yes! The old slave remembered that the old slave would definitely prepare the immortal soup for the saint in time every day! The chief eunuch kept smacking his mouth, accompanied by a smiling face.
"That's it! Don't disturb the deliberations of the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! After the national teacher Dugu Luo finished speaking, he walked out with a cold face, and the chief eunuch looked at Dugu Luo's back and walked away, and spat out: "Phew! What the hell! Who knows what ecstasy soup you poured into the emperor, and the immortal soup, deceiving ghosts! β
At this time, the palace hall was extremely quiet, and the old emperor Nan Wuyan sat on the main hall and looked at the prince Nan Xuanye who was standing below: "Prince, the affairs of the northern Xinjiang, you can do it according to your own ideas, you must suppress the attack of the Huns in time, and the rebellion of Su Zhe, the prime minister outside the palace, will also be handed over to you for disposal, time is not waiting, hurry up and act, this is the tiger talisman to mobilize the army in northern Xinjiang, you take it!" After the old emperor Nan Wuyan finished speaking, he personally walked down the tiger talisman in his hand and handed it over to the crown prince Nan Xuanye.
Nan Xuanye was actually very confused, why did his father always feel like a different person recently, just now, whatever the suspicious national teacher said, his father would agree unconditionally, but just now, he still chose to believe in himself, and in an instant, the situation was reversed, he suspected that there was something wrong with his brain, and he was wrong!
"Oh no! Your Majesty, the traitor Su Zhe has already run in the direction of Northern Xinjiang with 5,000 men and horses! He brought his family with him, and he had no intention of attacking the city at all, what he just did was just a false move! Now he has already taken out dozens of miles out of the capital, and an hour ago, there was no Su Zhe among the people who attacked, and it was not a cover for him! β
The military department Shangshu ran to the main hall at this time and said in a hurry, looking at the prince Nan Xuanye in front of him, he actually had a feeling of relief in his heart, and looked up at the emperor in the main hall in front of him again, and his waist could be straightened, after all, he did not really attack the imperial city, otherwise, he would be cannon fodder if he didn't do well.
"Father, the ministers there will go out to rectify the soldiers and horses now, mobilize the soldiers and horses in the capital area, and chase the traitor Su Zhe for two nights! Contact Song Chengxuan to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the northern Xinjiang in time to attack the invasion of the Xiongnu in time! Nam Hyun Ye said.
"This time, Prime Minister Su Zhe colluded with the Xiongnu and dared to sell the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the Xiongnu during my cultivation period, seeking personal gain! Sin is unforgivable! Caught Su Zhe, the whole clan was slaughtered! There can't be a trace of life! If you don't take Da Zhou's royal law in your eyes, then you don't have to have any unbearable feelings, he doesn't take Da Zhou seriously, and Da Zhou naturally can't tolerate him as a scum! β
"Erchen takes orders!" After Nan Xuanye finished speaking, he got up and walked out, at this time, the old emperor Nan Wuyan, who was sitting in the main hall, had just rubbed his brain, and the chief eunuch brought the immortal soup prepared by the national teacher to the old emperor.
"Your Majesty, it's time to take the Changsheng Soup, the temperature is just right, you can drink it while it's hot!" The chief eunuch persuaded Wen Yan.
The old emperor Nan Wuyan saw the elixir as if he had seen a panacea, the imperial doctor diagnosed no problem, he drank it vigorously, more active than eating, and the people around him naturally didn't dare to say anything, the emperor himself thought it was a panacea, could others still say that it was just an ordinary bowl of medicinal soup, wasn't that an early death?
Nan Xuan did not return to the East Palace at night, before dawn, he left the capital and urgently mobilized 20,000 horses to intercept Prime Minister Su Zhe, to prevent Su Zhe and the Xiongnu in the north from colliding with the chaos, Song Chengxuan, the son of the Shangshu Factory of the Ministry of War, after receiving the tiger charm of Nan Xuanye, rushed to the north overnight, and constantly mobilized the men and horses of the north to the border along the way, and began to fight head-on with the Xiongnu, and stopped the invasion of the Xiongnu in time.
The men and horses on both sides were chasing after each other in the starry night, trying their best to minimize the losses.
When Nan Xuanye walked to the side, he followed Cheng Yu closely, but to his surprise, Cheng Yu was also closely following a carriage behind him.
"What's going on?!" Nan Xuanye looked at Cheng Yu in front of him and roared.
"It's Xia Yinbing Xia girl, she must come, I, my subordinates can't stop her! Please also punish Your Highness! Cheng Yu said as he walked.
"Nonsense! Let her stop! Nan Xuanye looked at Cheng Yu in front of him dissatisfied, and when he turned to look at the carriage behind him, Xia Yinbing had already sat on the front of the carriage.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, you are going to pursue the criminal Su Zhe of the imperial court, the little girl naturally doesn't dare to mess around, I sprinkled the tracking pollen on the people around Su Zhe, instead of chasing after us now, but I don't know if they escaped from that road, will the golden cicada break off its shell halfway, it is better for us to follow the trail of pollen, isn't it better?"
"At the beginning, I put two kinds of pollen on Su Zhe's body, I believe that the divine dog around you will recognize it, as long as Su Zhe is caught and surrendered, the others will be caught one by one!" After Xia Yinbing finished speaking, he pulled out a black dog from the carriage and sent it to Nan Xuanye.
"Miss Xia! No wonder you want me to bring you here! You're a ghost elf! Cheng Yu admires! After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he folded his hands and walked in the direction of Xia Yinbing.
Nan Xuanye's whole body tensed and looked at Cheng Yu, who immediately ran over and took the black dog's rope and two pollen-tracking bottles from Xia Yinbing's hand.
Cheng Yu pulled off the corks of the two porcelain bottles, poured out some tracking pollen made of petals and put them in front of the black dog to sniff, the thin and tall black dog, wagging his tail happily, turned around Xia Yinbing twice, a pair of eyes were extremely bright, Xia Yinbing touched the black dog's head twice, and the black dog sensibly ran towards the narrow path ahead.
"Chase! We must catch up with Su Zhe today! Nan Xuanye glanced at Xia Yinbing, flicked the whip fiercely and quickly chased in the direction of the black dog running out in front, and all the mighty people and horses behind him rushed out, Xia Yinbing stood on the side, watching the people and horses around him shuttle in turn, his eyes were shining.
"Girl, let's go back!" Yun Shu, who was standing on the side at this time, looked at Xia Yinbing in front of him and asked.
"Let's go, let's go back!" After Xia Yinbing finished speaking, he got into the carriage, and Yun Shu quickly drove the carriage in the direction of going back.
At this time, Prime Minister Su Zhe had already led the people and horses to run desperately in the direction of northern Xinjiang, bringing his family with him, including the crown princess Su Yan, more than 200 people in the Su family, more than a dozen carriages, plus a few carriages of gold and silver treasures, he was still a little slow to walk, but fortunately, there were 3,000 elites given to the prime minister by the king of the Huns around, as well as more than 1,000 elite soldiers around him, all of whom surrounded the people of the Su family, so that Su Zhe, who fled overnight, felt a sense of security in his heart and would not panic.
The dignified prime minister of the imperial capital, who has been an official for decades, their Su family has taken root in the capital for more than three generations, and his generation has reached the peak of prosperity, his sister is the queen, his nephew is the crown prince, he is the prime minister, he is a very human minister, but thinking back on decades, he is not very satisfied, and wants to make himself more powerful and powerful!
However, who would have thought that it would be destroyed at the hands of a woman! He was obviously going to kill the woman named Xia Yinbing, who would have thought that she would find out that she had secretly hidden the stolen silver in collusion with the King of the Huns! He arranged it in that place because he thought no one would find it!
However, he still underestimated this woman! Really, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds! If it weren't for someone in the palace secretly telling him the news! I'm afraid he's already on the ground by now!
How could the old emperor, a ruthless man who didn't believe in anyone, tolerate the survival of their family, and now the only way to run out! How many people are in the capital, he knows better than anyone else, and he is a big family, there are too many weaknesses, his grandsons are five years old this year, and they may be taken hostage at any time, there is no other good way except to run!
Hiding is not a way, the silver he hid so secretly, but it was turned out by that woman Xia Yinbing, as long as one day at the border of the Great Zhou, there will always be a day when someone catches him, and he has long been ready to die and break the net!
"Daddy, are you really going to the Huns?" Crown Princess Su Yan looked at her father Su Zhe, who was contemplating in front of her, and asked tentatively.
"What, you're still thinking about going back to be your crown princess?" Su Zhe raised his eyes to look at his eldest daughter Su Yan in front of him, and there was mockery in his eyes that could not be concealed.
"You have become a very good minister, become the prime minister, in the future, the prince will inherit the unification, after the pro-government, you will become the national uncle from the uncle, such a good situation, what are you not satisfied with, why do you want to have trouble with the Huns? We are in this situation now, and it is really not as stable as before! Su Yan dared to say what was in his heart, and looked timidly at the face of his father Su Zhe in front of him.
With a snap, Su Yan received a slap in the face, she rolled from the seat of the carriage to the cushion of the carriage, covering her face with her hands, tears rolling in her eyes, and looked at her father beside her.
"Woman's view! Do you think that if Nan Xuanye becomes the emperor, he will let the Su family go? You are so naΓ―ve, he will be the first to take the Su family and slowly disintegrate the power of the Su family, and when the time comes, you will become nothing! After Prime Minister Su Zhe finished speaking, he no longer refused to look at Su Yan who was sitting on the cushion, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.
Su Yan was still sitting on the cushion with her head down, she didn't dare to come out, she wrung her fingers aggrievedly, and just as she was sobbing, suddenly there was a commotion outside the carriage, and the carriage began to shake violently, and her body lost her balance and fell to the ground.
"What's going on!" Su Zhe opened the curtain of the car and looked outside, at this time Su Zhe's team had all stopped, and there was a long line from afar, and there was no edge in sight.
"Prime Minister, the road ahead of us has been blocked!" The leader of the soldiers walked up to Su Zhe to report.
"Don't you have a brain? It's good to just drive them aside, it's really not good, kill them! After Su Zhe finished speaking, he was about to lower the curtain.
At this moment, a piercing cold arrow suddenly came from the air, and the soldier leader retreated vigilantly and flashed to the side, and the cold arrow accurately stabbed Su Zhe's carriage!
At this time, Su Yan screamed, Su Zhe calmly did not have any gaffes, after a while, the leader of the soldiers pulled out the cold arrow, looked towards the end of the team, and suddenly a panicked expression appeared on his face, and stammered: "Prime Minister, yes, it's the prince, the prince Nanxuanye!" He is blocking our path! After the soldier leader finished speaking, he pointed in the direction of the distance.
Prime Minister Su Zhe sighed in his heart, sank to the bottom, he slowly walked down from the carriage, and looked into the distance, at this time, the prince Nan Xuanye was riding a black horse in his direction and walked slowly in his direction, waving twice in his hand from time to time, with him coming, and the team behind him.
"What are you doing! Rush up and kill! Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows in the whole team, what are you doing in a daze! Prime Minister Su Zhe slapped the head of the soldier and shouted.
"Oh! Everyone, listen, quickly form a team, and release the arrows! In the direction of Prince Nanxuanye, release the arrow! As soon as the voice of the soldier leader fell, three thousand people and horses quickly gathered together, and a group of people were the first to prepare, squatting down and firing ten thousand arrows in unison, shooting in the direction where the prince Nan Xuanye came!