At present, rescuing Emperor Jian'an and others is the top priority, and everything else can be put on the back burner.

The rebels have many hostages in their hands, and some of them have the upper hand. Although besieged by the imperial mausoleum, his arrogance was very arrogant. He asked for a large amount of rice and grain, and then he asked for bows, crossbows, arrows, and so on. It is clear that it is to confront the court for a long time.

Lu Ge Lao, Li Ge Lao and the others all held back their sullen anger, but they didn't care about the jade bottle, and the mice couldn't move.

The 100,000 soldiers besieged outside the imperial mausoleum also consumed countless grains and grass every day. Just providing for these needs is already a headache for the households.

Two days earlier, the thief had shot another letter with an arrow. The letter arrogantly demanded that the imperial court withdraw its troops within five days. Otherwise, wait for the bodies of the officials to be collected. Kill one every day until the court retreats.

After Lu Ge Lao and the others read the letter, they were so angry that they couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is back.

The important ministers who were at a loss breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and handed over the problem to His Royal Highness the King of Shu.

There is no way to retreat! In case the traitors escaped from the imperial mausoleum with Emperor Jian'an and his party, how would they rescue everyone in the future? Where does the face of the court exist?

If you don't withdraw from the army, those traitors really have to do something against the officials, and no one can afford to have a reputation for ignoring the lives and deaths of their colleagues? Even the first assistant Lu Ge Lao and the second assistant Li Ge Lao would never want to bear such a notoriety!

Sheng Hong's eyes flashed, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he said lightly: "You can't retreat." ”

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Before this breath was relieved, Sheng Hong's voice sounded again: "Not only will you not retreat, but you will also take the initiative to attack and defeat the rebels!" In this way, the emperor and his party can be rescued. ”

Everyone was shocked.

Li Ge Lao couldn't help but say: "General Chu tried three times, and three important ministers of the court died. Such a siege, in case the traitor beheads the captives in a fit of rage. Or directly threaten the emperor's life, what about it? ”

Sheng Hong looked at Li Ge Lao and asked sharply: "The traitor has been threatening the emperor's life. If they really wanted the emperor's life, they would have been able to kill him a long time ago. Why has it been delayed so far? ”

"What are they going to do after all this effort?"

"With the shrewdness and wisdom of Elder Li Ge, could it be that he hasn't seen the strangeness yet?"

Li Ge said the old thing.

Sheng Hong looked at Lu Ge Lao again: "Did Lu Ge Lao also guess the reason, but he has never made it clear?" ”

Elder Lu Ge was also confused by Sheng Hong's sudden appearance, and a trace of embarrassment flashed between his expressions. coughed, and then said slowly: "Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, but the old minister has some doubts in his heart. It's just that there is no evidence yet, so I dare not speak in vain. ”

What a "no proof yet, dare not speak in vain"!

Sheng Hong tugged at the corners of his mouth, and mockery and ridicule flashed in his eyes.

These old foxes and old oilmen in officialdom are afraid that they have already guessed what is going on in the imperial tomb. One by one, they judged the situation and did not want to get involved in the royal battle. On the surface, he was anxious and anxious, and secretly he was afraid that he had already thought about which vassal king he wanted to support to ascend the throne......

"The emperor has long been victimized by traitors!" Sheng Hong threw out another earth-shattering shocking words: "The traitor is just bluffing now. ”

The faces of all the ministers changed, and they could no longer maintain their calm and calm expressions.

"Why did Your Highness say this?"

"How can such deceitful words be easily speculated."

"Exactly. Weichen implored His Royal Highness to think carefully about how to rescue the emperor and return to Beijing! Don't risk the emperor's life. Otherwise, he will return safely and know about today's events, and I am afraid that he will misunderstand His Highness. ”

……

All the ministers invariably stood up and bowed their hands, and one by one they were full of urgency and spoke earnestly.

Those who can mix to official positions above the third grade are all old foxes who have been immersed in officialdom for decades. The youngest waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Xie Jun, is also over forty years old. No one lacks this bit of acting!

Sheng Hong's eyes swept away, and his expression was cold: "Everyone knows where these 'traitors' come from. You pretend to be deaf and dumb, and do not want to tell the truth, and this king will not compel you. ”

"At the feet of the dignified Son of Heaven, more than 10,000 brave and fearless thieves suddenly appeared, which is simply a big joke."

"This gang of rebels is clearly a secret guard of the dead secretly raised by several vassal kings. They first manipulated their father's mausoleum, causing the emperor to have to go and confess. Although the emperor was on guard, he did not expect that the vassal kings would secretly join forces, and the number of 'rebels' who did so was five times that of the Imperial Forest Army. ”

"Three thousand royal forest guards, all besieged and killed."

"The vassal kings joined forces to make a rebellion, and the first one to kill was the emperor. Come to think of it, on the first day of entering the imperial tomb, the emperor has been killed. It's just that none of them want to bear the infamy of killing the Son of Heaven, so they came to such a show. The king of Lu, the king of Min and the king of Ningxia are also fighting endlessly, and everyone wants to be a fisherman who benefits after the 'snipe and clam fight'. Everyone wants to sit on the dragon chair! ”

"The first letter they wrote was to ask for the queen mother to be sent to the imperial tomb. This is to remove the queen mother through the hand of the 'traitor'. How vicious is the mind! ”

"The three important ministers killed by the 'traitor' one after another are all the emperor's henchmen."

"The few generals who were killed before were also loyal to the emperor."

"In the name of 'traitors', they are rooting out dissidents first. In the future, when he ascends the throne as emperor, he can also have less resistance. ”

"You don't think about how to break the deadlock, and you pretend to be confused. You can't afford to ignore the notoriety of the emperor's life and death, and this king will bear it. ”

Hearing the words, the ministers were sweating coldly, and they all looked embarrassed. It's like a fig leaf being torn off, revealing their own selfish and ugly faces.

It is the deepest Lu Ge Lao in the city, and his complexion is not very good-looking.

Some things are well known, everyone pretends not to know, and they act in a good way, and even they can deceive themselves. Empress Dowager Yu summoned the Shu King and his wife back to Beijing, what they wanted, everyone also had their own guesses.

However, these are things that cannot be put on the table. However, His Royal Highness the King of Shu did not play cards according to common sense, and he did not say a word yesterday, and today he will expose everyone's obscure thoughts......

Xie Jun relied on his father-in-law status and mustered up the courage to open his mouth: "His Royal Highness has only been back in Beijing for a day, and I still don't know the situation in Beijing. How dare you make this conclusion! The emperor's safety is at stake, how can he rely on his own guess to disregard the emperor's life......"

"Although this king has only just returned to Beijing, this king has a brain to think. How can you not understand such an obvious thing! Sheng Hong unceremoniously choked his father-in-law.

Xie Jun closed his mouth and stopped speaking.

Sheng Hong showed a cold and resolute decision that was completely different from the easy-going and lazy in the past: "It is absolutely impossible to withdraw from the army. This king will lead his troops to the outside of the imperial tomb now. It is imperative to eradicate all the traitors in the shortest possible time. ”

"All the notoriety is borne by this king!"