Chapter 229: Lin Feibai's Mysterious Affair
The choice of the new elders of the Elder Hall finally became the final outcome of the Yi Elder Church.
The Elder of the Palm Feed and the Elder of the Lantern died. Elder Li Xing and Yi Yanwu escaped with serious injuries, and the only one who was not hurt was Elder Qiuwen, who hid in the corner and slipped away the fastest.
What's more, after the eighteen tribes took action against the elders, the northern faction inserted the southern faction again, and after chopping melons and vegetables from the southern faction, they were harvested by the torch team secretly prepared by the elders waiting outside the Kui Pavilion.
At this time, the warriors of the eighteen tribes outside the city also entered the Shura field.
There should have been greater casualties, because in the end, the northern and southern factions were killed, but it was the imperial court Jin Wuwei who, in accordance with Yan Sui's instructions, surrounded the crowd and drove them away, trapped but not killed, leaving them only the road to the direction of the Huizhou army, and the remnants of the northern and southern factions had to rush in that direction.
On the one hand, Yan Sui left part of the eighteen tribes' strength, and in the future, it was good to incorporate them into the imperial court to raise horses and grazing pastures, so that the Ji family horse farm could no longer form a monopoly position, and on the other hand, it was necessary to use the eighteen tribes thoroughly, and keep it for the Jin Qijun to have some fun.
In his plan, after this war, most of the careerists of the eighteen tribes will be wiped out, and the rest will be moved into Changchuan City to live, intermarry with the people of Changchuan, and after a few generations, they will all be integrated into Changchuan, and all the pastures will be recovered. In the future, the imperial court will dispatch Lin Qing's army to deploy defense on the line from Shoushan to Hongshan. The grasslands behind Hongshan could no longer be left with those unruly and fickle natural warriors, otherwise the imperial army would be backed by an unstable rear.
This is the national policy that His Royal Highness King Yi has already set, a designated grassland is just a delaying tactic, if you want to maintain long-term stability, you have to be not afraid of the green mountains, piles of bones.
According to Yan Sui, he originally wanted to exterminate the eighteen tribes, but Wen Zhen persuaded him to leave as much vitality as possible.
Before the initial departure, almost everyone was not optimistic about this mission, and 3,000 people had to enter the territory of other people's territory against the 100,000 army, 18 tribes and the local snake Yi family. This is an impossible task to seek skin with the tiger, so Wen Zhen even heard that some old ministers such as Taiwei Yao also raised a lot of concerns with His Majesty, such as worrying that His Royal Highness would simply choose to secretly cooperate with the Changchuan Yi family under such heavy pressure, which would bring trouble to the imperial court.
Therefore, Wen Zhen hopes to be less aggressive, and on the basis of eradicating the diehard forces of the Yi family, try to retain neutral or friendly forces, first, to facilitate a peaceful transition, second, to reduce impeachment in the future, and third, to have more negotiating weight in case of a fork.
However, what should be killed, still has to be killed.
On that day, the movement of the Yi family's compound that was almost devastating, and the corpses that were continuously carried out afterwards made the people of the main city of Changchuan have almost a nightmare, so this night is called "The Night of the Broken Dragon".
This so-called night of the broken dragon is just the beginning of the rapid collapse of the entire Changchuan Yi family.
After dawn, in the smoky Kui Pavilion, a freshly baked head of the Yi family was born.
Yi Yuncen, the new head of the Yi family, gave the first order to abandon the previous suspicions and rebuild the old friendship with the Xichuan Yi family.
The second thing was to announce the seven deadly sins of Elder Li and Yi Yanwu, remove the torture hall, abolish and seal the black prison.
The second thing was to find out the fragments of the tiger talisman hidden by several elders and put together the other half. It was handed over to Mrs. Duan for safekeeping.
But this half of the tiger talisman has actually been replaced a long time ago, and during this time, Yi Renli relied on Yang Nanyue to gather a group of middle and lower-level personnel in the Yi family compound, among which there were many guards.
The half of the tiger talisman that was replaced, plus the half of the Yile stone that Yan Sui Wenzhen had already made, finally put the tiger talisman together.
Lin Qing and Qiu Tong, who is alias Tong Qiu, could not leave the army for a long time, after the Kuige incident, they rushed back to the border army overnight, and heard that Yongwang Yan Shixin disappeared during his travels in Huizhou, and suspected that he was taken away by a small army of the West that came to loot.
When the Jin Qi army was dispersed or transferred, the imperial court Jin Wuwei entered the city, and Changchuan officially entered the hands of the imperial court.
The Jin Qi Army has always been the key to determining the ownership of Changchuan, but it is very shrewd, and it has always been entrenched in Yancheng, not intervening in the battle within the main city, and everyone can only passively fight its idea.
Yi Yuncen, the new head of the family, ignored everyone's advice, and personally carried half of the fake tiger talisman to the Golden Qi Army to transfer troops.
Because the Danya Residence has been destroyed, the half of the tiger talisman of Yi Leshi can no longer be found, and in principle, the Yi family can no longer mobilize the Golden Qi Army, but the head of the family himself can command the Golden Qi Army with the other half of the Tiger Talisman.
But Yi Yuncen's process of gaining the throne is too terrifying, and it is still unknown whether Jin Qijun will recognize him as the head of the family.
For this reason, Yi Xiuding persuaded Yi Yuncen not to take risks, the commander of the Golden Qi Army with a large army, in the face of the current situation, it is very likely that he will have other thoughts, and it is more likely that he will not recognize him, the new head of the family, who is not in the right position, then Yi Yuncen will go rashly, it will be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger.
But Yi Yuncen was still naΓ―ve and stupid, patting his chest and saying that he was already the new head of the family, why didn't Jin Qijun recognize him as the head of the family? They all swore a poisonous oath under the Golden Qi at the beginning!
Besides, taking office as the new head of the family already has a process of inspecting the Golden Qijun after taking office, and now it is just fulfilled, if you don't dare to go to the Jinqijun because the situation is unclear, wouldn't it be a joke to let the Jinqijun and all the guards of the Yi family be subordinate to the vassals in the future? How can he keep the Yi family under the pressure of the imperial court?
He spoke eloquently, it was rare for him to speak so reasonably, plus Mrs. Duan didn't say anything strangely this time, since she returned to the compound, she had little control over Yi Yuncen, probably because she felt that he always had to take on this heavy responsibility, and there was no need to say more, Yi Xiuding only chose some more guards and went with him.
But the head of the Yi family, who has just taken office as the ambitious family, is really speechless when he goes out and holds his nesting doll.
In the end, Yi Xiuding held his ears and forced the nesting doll into the accompanying carriage before stopping.
The head of the family has no consciousness of the head of the family, and Yi Xiuding has not changed his attitude because of the change in Yi Yuncen's identity.
Wen Zhen watched from the side, thinking that if Yi Renli had no obsession and Changchuan could transition more peacefully, it would not be impossible for Yi Yuncen to continue to be the head of the family.
The killing of last night, even if she was used to bloodshed, did not want to see it again.
Yan Sui stood beside her, looked at Yi Yuncen, and suddenly said, "The head of the family is still a little weaker when he passes like this, or I and Neiko will go together." β
Wen Zhen was stunned, turned his head and just wanted to remind him that the power of the Yi family in the city was still not small, and it was still a variable for Elder Li and Yi Yanwu to escape, and he and he both left, and they went to the garrison of the Golden Qi Army, in case something went wrong and was surrounded by the army, it was not appropriate.
But as soon as she met Yan Sui's eyes, she swallowed her words back, and said with a smile: "Yes, the head of the family is out on patrol, how can there be more than a few minions to be strong." β
Yi Yuncen was stunned, jumped out of the car to take her hand, and said happily: "Okay, okay, I'm thinking of my sister going with me." β
Before his hand touched Wen Zhen's fingertips, Yan Sui's gaze glanced at him faintly, Yi Yuncen subconsciously withdrew his hand, and his palm was flat on the side of his robe.
Wen Zhen couldn't help but want to laugh, and the training results were remarkable.
Mrs. Duan suddenly walked over, after last night, she looked quite haggard, but she still managed to support it, and said: "Young Master Yi, I just heard the report from the housekeeper in the front yard, saying that there are some riots in the city, there are many rumors, and the situation is not quite right......
Yi Yuncen hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's ask the two of you to help your grandmother...... So many people died last night, and when you leave, there will be no one around Grandmother......"
As he spoke, he was in a depressed mood, Wen Zhen glanced at Yan Sui, he bowed his head, and Yi Yuncen walked away.
His guard is the escort army equipped by the Yi family compound, an elite team of two hundred people, after all, to transfer the army, it is not necessary to rely on a large number of people, as long as the safety on the road is ensured.
Wen Zhen glanced at the end of the team, Lin Feibai, as a close confidant of the elders of the Titang, had already taken over a team of the Yi family's compound protectors during this time, and it was logical to stay in the team at this moment.
On his body, he has a complete tiger talisman.
Lin Feibai is familiar with military affairs and is suitable for the matter of transferring troops, but the Jin Qi Army is likely not to transfer troops if someone comes over with a tiger talisman, and it must be done by someone with weight from the Yi family.
And the heads of the Yi family are now dead and fleeing, and if they want to smoothly transfer troops, they can only go to the new head of the family and use Yi Yuncen's guise to transfer troops for the imperial court.
The city gate of the Yi family, now under Wen Zhen's suggestion, is strictly in and out, in Wen Zhen's words to Mrs. Duan, it is to prevent the infiltration of people from the imperial court, but in fact, a large number of people from her and Yan Sui have already come in, and the infiltration has already been infiltrated, and the reason for really guarding the city gate is to prevent the Jin Qi Army itself from having spies in the city, and pass on the changes here to the Jin Qi Army in advance.
Wen Zhen and Yan Sui returned to their small courtyard, Wen Zhen only had time at this time, and used the medicine he had sent to collect before, prepared a prescription, and sent it to Mrs. Pingyun.
She promised to cure the illness of Mrs. Pingyun's daughter, so she naturally had to fulfill her promise.
Mrs. Pingyun personally sent her out, and when she crossed the threshold, Wen Zhen smiled and said, "Madame has a respected status and has a lot of visitors." Look, the threshold has been smoothed. β
Mrs. Pingyun said, "Mrs. Yi said she laughed. I am a surviving person, living in the inner courtyard, how can there be any visitors, even if there is, I can't stay long, the left is just some boudoir resentful women, just a false response. β
The two sentences were a little incompatible, but neither of them seemed to feel it, and smiled at each other.
Some people are like gutter gophers, always haunting behind their backs, and it's time to take them out to dry.
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The fast horse drove for a day and night, and in the afternoon of the next day, three miles away from Yancheng, Yi Yuncen's carriage and horse had been stopped by the outpost of the Golden Qi Army.
Yi Yuncen as the heir of the Yi family, the Jin Qi Army naturally recognized it, and after the report, Fan Buqi, the commander of the Jin Qi Army, personally went out of the city to greet him, connected the team into the city, and set up a banquet to entertain the new head of the family.
This low-key commander of the Golden Qi Army, the appearance is not amazing, and even has a sick face, Changchuan people all know, this was seriously ill and dying, was repeatedly rescued by Yi Le Shi with elixir, for which he worked hard to die, although the person was sick and crooked, the battle was a lifeless, because of loyalty and bravery, and finally became the commander of the Jin Qi Army, the most trusted person in the legend of Yi Le Shi.
But looking at him now, although his complexion is not good, his spirit is not bad, but he is not as weak as rumored, during the banquet, Fan Bu's attitude is enthusiastic, and he frequently advises him to drink, Yi Yuncen is very happy and can't help but raise his glass.
Yi Yuncen sent someone to the front station in advance, explained clearly the change of the head of the family, and mentioned the rebellion of several elders, Fan Bu mentioned the matter during the banquet, and the generals who accompanied the guests scolded the elders for passing the lamp and giving it to several elders, saying that these people harbored evil intentions, and they had no less money to win over the Jin Qijun in the past, and they really had bad intentions and deserved to end up like this.
Lin Feibai stood to the side and watched, and there was always a strange feeling in his heart.
Although the news in the city is blocked, and the news that the eighteen tribes outside the city are in turmoil and are surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court guards are also blocked, the Jin Qijun does not know what has changed, and his attitude makes sense as usual, but after all, the imperial court has arrived, and there will always be some negotiations and turmoil next, why is Fan Buqiu's expression still so relaxed?
Maybe it was because he felt that the imperial court had come to envoy a few thousand people, and under the condition that Lin Qing and Qiu Tong's army could not participate, they would not be able to deal with their 100,000 people no matter what?
But in this battalion, along the way, the military discipline is strict, everyone comes and goes in a hurry, the expression is solemn and vigilant, the sound of slogans and military orders is endless, from entering the gate to entering the main tent, there are no less than seven checkpoints and secret posts, which is obviously a pre-war preparation that is about to break out.
Lin Feibai has always been trained in the army for a period of time every year, and he has always been familiar with the situation of the barracks and the army.
In such an army, no matter what the personality of the main general, he should be vigilant and vigilant when it comes to military affairs, but now everyone's state seems to be casual and calm.
An army of 100,000 can make them always calm and firm in the face of Yiwang Yansui and the Yi family, who have changed their heads of the family?
He was thinking about it, but the conversation at the table became more and more unrestrained, and somehow he actually talked about the problem of middle-aged thanks, Yi Yuncen, who was already half-drunk, laughed, leaned his head over to Fan Bu to see, and teased him: "Old Fan, the army is tired, Niu Shan is wet so early, you look at me, this hair is so thick that it often can't be combed." β
Fan Buqiao also looked a little drunk, and he really got closer to squint, and turned over Yi Yuncen's hair, and praised him: "Yes, the head of the family is open-minded and has a loose personality, so naturally it is not like us who have nothing to worry about, and frequently lose our hair, look at this black hair!" β
Lin Feibai looked at it, and the strange feeling in his heart became even stronger.
Yi Yuncen said to Fan Bu: "After gossiping, let's get down to business." Today, I came in person to transfer the Jin Qi army and drive the imperial envoys out of Changchuan. β
Fan Bu teased: "I've been waiting for the head of the family to summon me, and Jin Qi has nothing to do." It's just that what the head of the house plans to do? Did you just kill that group, or just expel them? If it is an expulsion, it means that he does not plan to tear his face with the imperial court now, so how can he explain to the imperial court? β
Yi Yuncen waved his hand and said: "If you resist, you will kill it, but grandmother said that the Yi family's vitality is greatly damaged, and it is best not to be this bird, she suspects that the Tang family will soon make a move, so that the court and the Tang family will consume for a while." It's better to drive them out of Changchuan, as for the reason...... Push the idea to another family. β
He obviously said a piece of nonsense, but Fan Bu took a wonderful look and laughed and praised, and said that it was too late today, and when the head of the family showed the tiger talisman tomorrow, the school field would point troops, and the Jin Qi army would be led by the head of the family himself, so that the soldiers and civilians of Changchuan could see the demeanor of the head of the family on the battlefield.
Yi Yuncen was naturally overjoyed and led his troops back to solve the threat of the imperial court, which was conducive to consolidating his position and quickly capturing the hearts of the people.
Everyone had a harmonious atmosphere, and the interest was high when they drank and drank, Lin Feibai and the others withdrew to facilitate them to drink to their heart's content, and soon someone came out with wine, saying that the head of the family rewarded the brothers who followed all the way hard, and everyone naturally couldn't resign, these people were also Mrs. Duan just selected to follow Yi Yuncen's side, Yi Yuncen's original personal servant died of a sudden illness not long ago, these newcomers now want to get the blue eyes of the head of the family, and drink refreshingly one by one, when it was Lin Feibai's turn, he looked at the wine for a moment, took it, and drank it all, He also lit up the bottom of the glass to the drinker.
The drinker was stunned, then laughed, said that his brother was happy, and returned to the account. After a while, Yi Yuncen stumbled out, his face was red, and while refusing the support of the person behind him, he shouted that I was not drunk, obviously drunk.
This appearance is not suitable for the soldiers to see, everyone rushed forward to help, Yi Yuncen stumbled, Lin Fei quickly caught it, and helped him to walk towards the camp tent arranged by Fan Bu, and while walking, he whispered: "The head of the family, the head of the family!" β
The Golden Qi Army on all sides was separated by the people of the Yi family, Yi Yuncen hummed lazily, but whispered: "Be quiet, be heard carefully." β
Lin Feibai was stunned for a moment and said, "The head of the family thinks it's ......."
Yi Yuncen: "How can there be any reason to drink when you are ready to fight." What do you mean, do you want to get drunk and fool me? Or do you just want to get me drunk and find a reason to kill me? For example, after getting drunk, you run around, stumble, freeze to death, or something? Hehe, am I such a good person to deal with? β
Lin Feibai didn't expect him to say such a bunch of words, and his heart was relieved and tightened.
His original plan for tonight was to take advantage of Yi Yuncen's drinking, restrain Yi Yuncen, throw him to the person who answered outside, and take the person away. Yi Yuncen is missing, the Jin Qi Army must look for it, and the people who take Yi Yuncen away will leave the methods and traces that belong to the imperial court Jin Wuwei, and then Lin Feibai will take out the tiger talisman again, and in the name of the Savior, ask the Jin Qi Army to lead the army to pursue Jin Wuwei.
And there, there is a cold mountain with inaccessible people, harsh environment, and steep and changeable terrain, and an elite army quietly sent by Qiu Tong has already arranged various traps there and prepared to trap 100,000 troops there.
Listening to Yi Yuncen's last sentence, Lin Feibai was a little weak-hearted.
"This is for you, you keep it for me." Yi Yuncen took out a small box from his arms and quietly stuffed it into his sleeve, "This is half of the tiger talisman, I'm a little afraid that someone will come to steal this thing tonight, I drank some wine in order to win their trust after all, in case of negligence, it will be troublesome...... Keep it in your place. β
Lin Feibai was about to refuse, but Yi Yuncen had already arrived in front of his big tent, and he stumbled and fell in, and the sergeant of the Golden Qi Army hurriedly followed up, beckoning to wash and sober up a lot of things, squeezing everyone from the Yi family aside, and then directly extinguished the lights, closed the tent door, and warmly entertained Lin Feibai and others to rest, Lin Feibai from beginning to end, he didn't even find a chance to return this thing to Yi Yuncen.
Although this is nothing, Lin Feibai always feels that this is a variable. Sitting in the tent thinking about this, he suddenly heard footsteps, several heavy and one light, and then the curtain was opened.
Lin Feibai looked up and saw one of Fan Buwu's generals standing at the door, the man smiled a little mysteriously, and said, "Brother Liu, the north is cold, the tent is very humid, and the doctor in our camp has brought ginger soup to everyone." β
Lin Feibai's identity was a small leader of the three-room guard team in the Yi family, and when he heard this, he raised his head, a smile appeared on his face, but his brows couldn't frown slightly.
It's not strange to send ginger soup, it's even colder today than a few days ago, but why is it so mysterious?
A figure behind the general slowly walked out, holding a tray, and Lin Feibai was stunned.
Slender and slender, it turned out to be a woman.
His heart jumped for a moment, almost thinking that Wen Zhen had mixed in, and when he looked at it again, this woman was taller than Wen Zhen, and his eyes suddenly darkened.
The woman put the ginger soup on his desk, the dark tray lined with slender and white fingers, Lin Feibai lowered his eyes, stood away, and thanked the general.
The general waved his hand, said that there was still military affairs, and walked away by himself, but the woman did not leave, stood on the side of the table, and suddenly tapped the tray with her knuckles.
Lin Feibai frowned and looked at it, thinking that this was urging him to drink soup? This woman is too nosy, isn't she? Why don't you speak? Isn't this dumb?
Lin Feibai is a gentleman who is polite, although he is impatient, he picks up the porcelain cup, and touches his lips meaningfully, indicating that he has drunk it. put down the bowl and said politely: "Thank you, girl, the ginger soup is very good, this bowl and plate, please take it." β
The woman stepped forward, lifted the lid and looked at it, compared it with her fingers, then shook her head and pushed the bowl in front of him again.
Lin Fei was dumbfounded.
What do you mean? Is it to see how much the water level drops, to make sure he didn't drink?
Do you have to force him to drink it?
The young marshal's temper came up, and he couldn't pretend anymore, he sat behind the desk, put his hands on his knees, looked at the woman coldly, and said, "I told you the truth, although you may not understand it." This is very timely, this ginger soup, as long as it is not served to me by my own people from the Yi family, I will not drink it. Don't bother, girl, please go back. β
The woman was wearing a cloak, and the tent was not very bright, she raised her eyes, Lin Feibai couldn't see her face clearly, she only felt that the waves in her eyes were flowing, and the light was shining, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
The woman still didn't speak, picked up the ginger soup, took a sip, and handed it to Lin Feibai.
Lin Feibai glared at her, she looked at the ginger soup, none of them answered, and the other did not retreat, but Lin Feibai's expression was cold, and the face under the woman's cloak was faintly curved at the corners of her lips, and she was actually smiling.
There was only the slight sound of candles peeling in the tent.
After a long time, Lin Feibai took the ginger soup.
He didn't know how he took it, he was obviously full of annoyance, and on weekdays, if anyone forced him to drink, he would probably be strangled by his neck and drink it himself. But somehow, when he met the corner of the woman's smiling lips, he felt that it was not okay to be rough, and it was even more embarrassing not to answer.
Next, he found that the bowls, chopsticks and spoons of the ginger soup were all made of silver.
The poison is definitely not poisonous, and there is no strange smell when you smell it carefully, this time it is a little inexplicable to send ginger soup and drink ginger soup, but now he just wants to send this woman away quickly, and he just wants to drink the soup, but suddenly he sees the edge of the bowl, a touch of rouge marks like scattered red cherries.
Somehow, I remembered the corners of Fang Cai's smiling lips.
Lin Feibai paused, turned his hand, changed sides, and took a symbolic sip.
He was afraid that this was a good temptation, and the soup was not poisonous but there was material, so after taking a sip, he wiped the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, and vomited it all.
As if she hadn't seen it, the woman was satisfied with the dishes and chopsticks, and went out with them.
Lin Feibai didn't dare to look at her back, and lowered his eyes to see her strides, her legs moving her skirt and not moving, and her brows couldn't help jumping.
He grew up in the palace with the strictest etiquette requirements, and was accustomed to seeing beautiful women, the steps and postures of the people in front of him, others could not see the doorway, but he knew at a glance that this woman must be from everyone.
A female doctor in the Changchuan Yijia military camp, this kind of identity, in other places, is equivalent to a military prostitute, and is generally held by poor women or female prisoners, how can there be a woman with this background?
He did not sleep that night, and when the noise had subsided and everything was silent, and only the occasional rustling of sentries and slogans could be heard in the camp, he began to change his night clothes and prepare for work.
Half of the clothes were changed, and suddenly there was a bright light outside, and the sound of warning sounded continuously, mixed with the sound of countless footsteps and running, and it was actually coming towards him!