Mama Fang was puzzled: "Then the Queen Mother, is it His Royal Highness the Prince, who will not do anything to Marquis Xiao?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhong was silent, and only after a long time sighed: "I can't guess the prince's thoughts, I just hope that he can think of Mingzhu and open the net." ”

I thought that this matter was over, and with Gu Horse at the border, he could temporarily maintain his balance.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Xiao Yao's secret fold was in the hands of Emperor Hong Zheng. Emperor Hong Zheng was furious when he saw it and summoned Yan Rongling.

"Prince, Xiao Yao has been on the fold, he has found out that the fine works of Yumen Pass are all former cronies of the Yang family. Do you know? ”

Yan Rongling had already prepared, and said with a surprised expression: "How is this possible? If the second cousin is meticulous, then the Yang family has been guarding the Yumen Pass for many years, wouldn't it be a joke. Now that my uncle has gone, there is only one second cousin left in the Yang family. Father Emperor Mingjian! ”

In fact, Emperor Hong Zheng also did not want to believe that the Yang family would betray, and he also knew the loyalty of the Yang family.

But these people who assassinated Xiao Yao are indeed inextricably linked to the Yang family, and many of them have received great favors from the Yang family.

If there was no one to instruct him, how could he assassinate Xiao Yao for no reason?

"Where is Yang Yong now?"

"Back to my father, Yang Yong is now recuperating in Jinling."

Emperor Hong Zheng weighed in his heart, why did the people of the Yang family want to assassinate Xiao Yao? It could only be for the crown prince, but what about those Liao assassins?

Is it really just a misunderstanding?

Because in Emperor Hong Zheng's opinion, he would not believe that the prince would collude with the Liao.

In the end, Emperor Hong Zheng only asked Yang Yong to return to Beijing once to see if he could have other clues. Although Yan Rongling's face was calm, there was already an uproar in his heart.

In fact, because Yang Yong was seriously ill, all the connections and forces in Yumen Pass, Yang Yong had already been handed over to Yan Rongling.

If Yang Yong returned to the capital, Emperor Hong Zheng only needed to say that with Yang Yong's cleverness, he would definitely be able to guess the beginning and the end.

That is the plan for now, that is, not to let Yang Yong come back. Otherwise, maybe he would still be able to think that the Liao people's abnormal movements were because he sent people to instigate.

Yan Rongling thought about it for a long time, and finally asked Xiao Chengzi to send a secret letter to Wang Lang.

As soon as Wang Lang saw the secret letter, he knew that the matter of Yumen Pass must have revealed flaws. At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to provoke a war between the Liao people and the Great Zhou Dynasty in order to recall Xiao Yao and prevent the wedding, but Wang Lang disagreed.

It's a pity that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince insisted on going his own way, and swore that in the future, he would definitely drive the Liao people into the depths of the grassland.

Wang Lang arranged the border affairs at this time, but he didn't expect that if there was a problem now, he could only sacrifice Yang Yong. But Yang Yong is the only son of Dingguo Gong after all, and the Yang family is loyal and martyrdom, so Wang Lang can't do it.

On the second day, when Wang Lang was still hesitating whether to send someone to intercept Yang Yong, news suddenly came.

The people who went to summon Yang Yong from the imperial court had already received the news of Yang Yong's death before they arrived in Jinling. At this time, Wang Lang could only sigh that the sky was also helping His Royal Highness the Prince.

When Emperor Hong Zheng received the news of Yang Yong's death, he did not suspect it, because even if the prince killed people, he did not kill him so quickly.

It's just that now that Yang Yong is dead, it will be even more difficult to find out those detailed works over there.

After Yan Rongling received the news, he was silent for a long time. In his opinion, God is indeed on his side.

Since this is the case, Xiao Yao's death is also inevitable.

Soon, after the prince's instructions, Yu Yuyuan sent a secret fold, saying that the Liao people and the Great Zhou had several confrontations, and the Great Zhou won a complete victory.

He suggested many times that Xiao Yao lead his troops into battle and completely exterminate the Liao, but Xiao Yao did not move.

Emperor Hong Zheng asked Yan Rongling about this matter, and Yan Rongling said after thinking about it: "Father, it's not that my uncle is also in Yumen Pass, you can ask my uncle's opinion." ”

For Yan Rongling's caution, Emperor Hong Zheng was very satisfied.

In fact, Gu Dian also had a secret fold, but he only talked about some of the situation at the border pass, and did not mention taking the initiative to fight, or Xiao Yao's marching formation.

The two lieutenant generals, General Zhang Huai and General Yang Chi, invariably played the same game, suggesting that the imperial court send troops to annihilate the Liao.

Emperor Hong Zheng thought about it for a long time, and the Khitan was eyeing the Great Zhou for a long time. If the battle between the Great Zhou and the Liao people cannot be quelled for a long time, maybe the Khitan will also take action.

At that time, the Great Zhou will be attacked on both sides, so it is difficult to guarantee whether it is the grain and grass dispatch of the imperial court or the support of soldiers.

So if the Liao people, as these excerpts say, they attacked the Yumen Pass at the beginning, all because of meticulous work and accidents. Then a big war can completely wipe out the Liao people.

Even if you can't exterminate them, you have to drive them into the depths of the steppe. Let them not dare to be enemies of the Great Zhou for ten or twenty years.

And at this time, Xiao Yao was on the fold.

said that these few encounters, I feel that the Liao people are luring the enemy to go deeper. Because the Liao people lost only a limited number of soldiers and horses, they were just a hypothetical figure, and it seemed that they wanted to deceive the Great Zhou army and fight them to the death.

Emperor Hong Zheng took out several generals, as well as Gu Dian's excerpts, and put them together, but he couldn't make a decision for a long time.

Yan Rongling saw that Emperor Hong Zheng's mind was floating, and when he came to report the salt tax in Jiangnan this day, he deliberately led the topic to Yumen Pass.

"Father, Yu Liangdi is pregnant, and she has always been thinking about Chang Wenbo. If the battle at Yumen Pass is not tight, can you let Chang Wenbo come back? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng was very happy when he heard that there was another happy event in the East Palace, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are a big breeder, you are late, and the blessings are behind." He also said that your East Palace has had no heirs for a long time, and now it will blossom and bear fruit one after another. ”

"Yes, Erchen didn't expect it, it seems that Erchen's children's relationship is indeed late."

Yan Rongling said that, but Emperor Hong Zheng felt that it was God who blessed the Great Zhou. So he pointed to the secret folds in the box and asked, "Prince, what do you think of these folds?" ”

In the face of the secret fold, Yan Rongling was very calm, and such a calm and unhurried calmness made Emperor Hong Zheng very satisfied.

After Yan Rongling took a closer look, he said respectfully: "Back to my father, my sons have some ideas, maybe some paranoia, and ask my father to forgive my sons for their blunt sins." ”

"The country of this Great Zhou will also be yours in the future, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Yan Rongling said in high spirits: "The Liao people are just barbarians on the grassland, and they only know how to live by water. Last time, he broke through the Yumen Pass and brutalized the people of my Great Zhou, and this blood account has not been settled for him. Since they want to fight, they will fight! ”

"But Xiao Yao was worried that the Liao people were cheating, so he suggested that the imperial court should not move and slowly figure it out."

Emperor Hong Zheng had not yet made up his mind, and Yan Rong Ling said: "Father, the son thinks that this battle can be fought. And the reason why Xiao Yao didn't want to fight was probably because he was worried about the rabbit dying and the dog cooking. ”

"You mean, Xiao Yao wants to capture the old people in order to keep the Liao people in order to consolidate his position? Worried that after there is no Liao rebellion, there will be no soldiers to lead? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng stared at Yan Rongling with sharp eyes, wanting to see his true thoughts from him.