Qiu Gang is not as terrible as Ye Yuanpei said, but he is not as stupid as Zhuang Siyan said.

He didn't carve a boat to ask for a sword, he had always inquired about the news of the capital, and he also had a full understanding of Ling Tiancheng and Ye Yuanpei.

Although he didn't pull Bai Heng to his side this time, it was already a good thing to be able to keep him from standing on Ling Tiancheng's side.

As for Ye Yuanpei's return to the suburbs of Beijing to train troops, he also knew about it for a long time, and he was also making adjustments to this matter.

The rebellion is not a matter of one or two days, he has been planning for so many years, and he has thoroughly touched all the talents in the Dasheng Dynasty, and then calculated the best time to start attacking.

In fact, he calculated that the time was about the same as Ling Tiancheng, and autumn was more suitable for both sides to fight, because there was enough food and grass at that time, and this battle was very protracted.

But Qiu Gang also knew that once he left the northern Xinjiang, he would become very passive, and if he waited until the Dasheng Dynasty prepared all the grain and grass before he started, he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss, so he moved forward.

There is an advantage to moving in advance, you can get all the grain and grass in the small cities that he has recovered into his camp.

There is also a disadvantage, what he created in the past in northern Xinjiang, if it is not bad for the common people, it will be self-defeating.

On the contrary, it was another statement that came out of his heart filtration, and it had an effect.

Qiu Gang, the king of Zhenbei, is indeed a chaotic minister and thief, a ruthless and bloodthirsty devil.

With the speed of the wind, this matter quickly blew from the northern part of the Dasheng Dynasty to the capital, and Ling Tiancheng quickly received the battle report from there.

In the middle, Ye Yuanpei's whereabouts changed from dark to light, and he regained his position as the protector general, and began to appear in Nanchen Gate in a bright light.

The military aircraft has also become a major priority in the court.

The ministers are still taboo about Qiu Gang, and when they heard that he had only been in a few days, he had already brought several small cities in northern Xinjiang into their hands, and they all gasped, you look at me, I look at you, and the collective remained silent and did not speak.

Ling Tiancheng didn't bother to listen to their quarrel anymore, so he immediately gave the task to Ye Yuanpei and asked him to quickly lead the people to the north.

The two of them had already talked about this matter in private, so they moved it to the court to tell the ministers.

Ye Yuanpei received the order, and after dispersing, he stopped the prison army in charge of grain and grass.

The prison soldier's surname is Wu, and he frowned bitterly, and when he saw Ye Yuanpei, tears were about to fall: "General, what should I do about this?" The autumn harvest didn't come again, the treasury was empty, the emperor asked me to wait for the preparation of grain and grass, where should I go to find it? ”

Ye Yuanpei asked him: "Will you be able to raise it after the autumn harvest?" ”

When Wu Jianjun heard this, he really cried.

He took his sleeve and wiped it back and forth on his eyes a few times, but he still didn't wipe it twice, so he had to say with tears in his eyes: "Yes, I don't know where to get so much grain and grass after harvesting so much grain and grass in autumn, what do you think about this Qiu Gang, isn't it good to stay in Northern Xinjiang?" What is he doing in the capital, and now that the capital is poor, we all have to eat soil. ”

Ye Yuanpei: "......"

The word "eating soil" originally existed in the Dasheng Dynasty, but they were still too backward.

He couldn't solve Wu Jianjun's problem, and he stopped him just to deceive people.

He pretended to be very sympathetic, first scolded Qiu Gang with him, and then followed him to pity himself for this drudgery, and then asked: "Lord Wu, since this matter is so difficult to handle, why didn't you make peace at that time, but instead want to fight?" ”

Wu Jianjun's eyes suddenly stood up: "What does the general mean by this?" ”

Ye Yuanpei also frowned: "It's not a secret, you can't raise grain and grass here, and I don't have enough soldiers and generals in the city, the emperor only said that he would go on the expedition in seven days, but according to our current situation, what will I do when the time comes?" ”

Wu Jianjun originally complained to him, but he was bitter, and the two became brothers and sisters, and they couldn't wait to cry while they were still in the palace.

The news spread to Qiu Gang's ears in a few days.

He didn't believe it all, nor did he disbelieve it, because he was clear about the situation in the Dasheng Dynasty, and he prepared water for a battle, and he also drained the other party's bottom.

The closer he got to the day of the expedition, the busier Ye Yuanpei became, running around, either recruiting troops or urging food from Wu Jianjun.

There was no time to even enter the palace, Li Hua was worried about him, and he refused to say it, so he always sat in front of the window in a daze when he was fine.

Zhuang Siyan has also been very busy recently, both inside and outside the capital, as well as inside and outside the palace, there are some things for her to deal with.

There was also Qingming Academy, she went two or three times in a row, of course, mainly for Bai Heng's business.

She didn't have time herself, so she told Ping'er and them to keep more plum flowers, take her out for a walk if they had nothing to do, and don't let her always be bored alone.

Of course, she didn't have full trust in Concubine Yi.

Even if the trick of releasing poisonous insects was good for them, it was a smoke bomb to the enemy, and it was a fake show of sincerity, but this kind of thing was not said in advance, and her intentions were very suspicious.

It's just a matter of taking the risk yourself, Li Hua can't do it, and neither can Ling Tiancheng and Ling Tiantian.

So when she left the palace, she would tell Ping'er to stay away from Concubine Yi.

When there were still three days before Ye Yuanpei's expedition, Zhuang Siyan decided to go to Xunma Mountain again.

Li Hua can't go out to see Ye Yuanpei, but she can, before he leaves, she has to let him go to the palace and let them talk.

This letter has been given to Ye Yuanpei several times, but he has never come, Zhuang Siyan has no choice but to run by himself, and he also brought Li Hua's letter.

If he really can't come, he will pass the letter to him, and finally there will be an explanation before the two of them part.

The night before, he called someone to inform Qingshi, saying that he would leave the palace early the next morning, and asked him to prepare the carriage and the like in advance.

Qingshi also replied to the letter, reassuring her that everything would be ready, and she would wait for her at the gate of the palace the next day.

But early the next morning, after Zhuang Siyan took the Ouchi guards out of the palace, he didn't see him.

She thought it was someone who was late, so she waited at the gate of the palace for a while, but she didn't see the shadow of the bluestone for a long time, and she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Zhuang Siyan and the Qing brothers have also known each other for many years, and they have never done unreliable things.

For something like this, which had been announced in advance, he would only arrive early, not early at all.

She was almost in a hurry, and ran away to the place where Qingshi lived.

In the three-story building, a large internal guard walked in front of her, and two walked behind, and quickly went up the stairs, but saw that the door of the bluestone was hidden.

They leaned sideways against the wall, and one reached out and slowly pushed the door open.

When it opened wide, I smelled a fresh smell of blood inside.

Zhuang Siyan's heart sank immediately, and her voice changed: "Qingshi ......"

Before he could say a word, the Ouchi guard in front of him had already entered, and his voice came from the wide open door: "It's not good, Lord Aoshi has been killed." ”

Zhuang Siyan rushed in with an arrow, almost knocking out her inner guards who were guarding her.

The bluestone room was in a mess, tables and chairs were split, and wooden strips of different widths were thrown everywhere.

In the middle of the wooden bar, there were deep and shallow blood stains, which were extremely red in the morning light through the window.

Qingshi stood by the window, his limbs drooping, and he had lost his breath.

A slender sword stabbed him in the chest, hanging him all over the wall.

He had multiple wounds on his body, and his clothes were rotten, and he looked like he should have been in the house for a long time.

Zhuang Siyan felt that her chest was about to be hollowed out, she stared at Qingshi's corpse blankly, and didn't say a word for a long time.

Something seemed to be stuck in her throat, and she was in pain all over, as if it was about to explode.

The Ouchi guards obeyed the order, and after coming in, they wanted to see what she would do, but now seeing her like this, they could only make their own decisions, and first arrange for someone to go back to the palace to inform Ling Tiancheng.

There was one who guarded Zhuang Siyan alone, and the other went to unload the bluestone on the wall.

Before the others walked over, they were called back by Zhuang Siyan: "Don't move, go and call Dan Xu Ning." ”

Xu Ning came with Tang Geng, and Hu Yun got the news and brought two people over.

The originally narrow house, the cramped stairwell, was stepped on by a person, crowded there, even the air was not circulated, and a large amount of blood reverberated in the air, mixed with the last breath of bluestone.

Xu Ning and Tang Geng were both professionals, and immediately went in to check the situation in the house.

They quickly got the answer, more than two people came in to kill the bluestone, and before they came in, they also blew drugs in the house, and sealed the window outside in advance.

So a few people fought in the house until it was dark, and Qingshi didn't have a chance to run out.

Call the two families downstairs and ask them if they heard anything last night.

The family on the first floor shook their heads and said, only faintly heard the sound of falling, but they didn't think much about it, they were tired outside for a day, and when they came back, they slept very dead, and they thought they were dreaming, and they didn't think it was a dead person at all.

The family on the second floor heard it clearly and said the specific time.

Around midnight, they heard loud noises coming from upstairs, and occasionally the screams of people.

At that time, they lit all the lights in the house and wanted to go out to see what was going on, but when they reached out and pulled the door, they couldn't open it because someone pinned them from the outside.

They are all small people, more things are better than less things, and when they see that their doors are solid, they simply don't go out to make trouble.

The sound in the bluestone room rang out for almost half an hour before it gradually stopped.

It was also at that time that the downstairs family heard a noise at the door of their house, and they were frightened, but they didn't dare to go out to see.

The screams from upstairs told them that what was happening above was not a good thing, so they were afraid that they would be killed by someone, and even locked the door from the inside.

Later, I heard Zhuang Siyan's voice when they came, and it was already dawning at this time.

The other party knows Qingshi very well, and even calculates when he sleeps the most

When Qingshi has nothing to do, it generally divides the rest time into two periods, one is when he has just eaten dinner.

He would take a nap, and normally, he would wake up before the hour before sleeping, and then be awake for an hour or two, sometimes going out to see, sometimes lying quietly on the bed.