Half a month later, late one night, Xiao Hongying suddenly came to Fengming Palace, saying that she had something urgent to see Lord Feng. Sima Hongyan had already fallen asleep, and when she heard that Xiao Hongying was coming to ask to see her, she knew that something must be urgent, so she hurriedly got up and dressed. Nan Guying was not at ease, and also got up and accompanied Sima Hongyan out to see Xiao Hongying.

Xiao Hongying hurriedly ran into the living room and said directly, "Sister, something happened." King Yanbei was in distress on the way back. ”

Sima Hongyan was shocked and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Xiao Hongying said: "Several of the guards of the King of Yanbei escaped tonight, saying that they were ambushed by a group of black-clothed men on the way back to the northern capital. They set a trap on the way back to King Yanbei, and also released a poisonous mist, and the guards were poisoned and could not resist, causing King Yanbei to fall into the hands of that group of people. The road back to the Northern Capital was blocked, and a few soldiers who escaped by luck had no way to escape back to the Central Capital, and now the King of Yanbei does not know whether he is alive or dead. ”

Sima Hongyan glanced at Nan Guying when he heard this, and Nan Guying said in a deep voice: "It's the technique of the Jianghu people!" ”

Xiao Hongying responded: "I think so too, it seems that some people don't want King Yanbei to return to the Northern Capital." ”

Sima Hongyan said: "King Yanbei walked through the underground ice road, how did those black-clothed people get in?" Both ends of the passage are heavily guarded, and it is impossible to dig through the ice. ”

Xiao Hongying said: "The enemy did not enter the underground ice tunnel, but ambushed outside the northern capital. As soon as Yanbei Wang's convoy entered the boundary of the northern capital, they relaxed their vigilance, which caught the other party off guard. According to those who escaped, the place where the men in black were ambushed was very clever, waiting for an opportunity to attack at a mountain pass that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it seemed that the incident was premeditated. ”

Sima Hongyan sneered and said: "These people are moving fast, we just announced that Beiling was incorporated into Yanling to become the northern capital of Yanling, and we sent people to deal with the king of Yanbei, this is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!" As he spoke, he asked Nan Guying again: "Who do you think will do it?" ”

Nan Guying said: "On the surface, Dongning is the most likely, but Nanyi can't be ruled out. At present, these two countries have their own evil intentions, and it is uncertain for the time being. ”

Sima Hongyan immediately said to Xiao Hongying: "Go and transfer the female soldiers to investigate, and see if there are any clues where King Yanbei is in danger." In addition, let the ambushed Dongning and Nanyi secret detectives investigate if there has been any movement in these two countries recently, I want to know as soon as possible whether the king of Yanbei is still alive, and if so, where the living people are. ”

Xiao Hongying took the order and turned around and left, but was suddenly stopped by Sima Hongyan and instructed: "Inform Jin Yan that the new batch of armaments sold to Nanyi will not be delivered for the time being, delay them for a while, and then talk about it when this matter is clarified." Xiao Hongying agreed, and then went out.

Sima Hongyan glanced at Nan Guying sadly and said, "The matter is urgent, it seems that I can't sleep tonight." Then he summoned the guards and told her to immediately inform the ministers to assemble at the court.

It was the first time that hundreds of officials went to court in the middle of the night, but no one complained, and they all guessed that something big must have happened. Everyone came quickly, and when Sima Hongyan came to the main hall, all the officials had already arrived.

Sima Hongyan asked the guards from the Northern Capital who came to ask for help to bring them to the palace and explain the matter in detail. Then Sima Hongyan asked the hundred officials what they thought about this matter.

Guo Zidi was the first to speak, and he suggested that people should be sent to listen to the borders of various countries immediately to see if there were any large army transfers in each country, so that someone would want to attack the northern capital.

Li Siyu then said that it was important to send someone to find the whereabouts of King Yanbei first, and it was of little significance for the enemy to kill King Yanbei in this raid, and it was very possible to use King Yanbei as a threat.

Other people said some opinions, but they were all similar to Guo Zidi and Li Siyu's meaning, after all, we know very little now, and we don't know who did it, so we can only adopt a conservative strategy and wait and see what happens.

It was discussed until the sky was slightly white, and Sima Hongyan asked the hundred officials to go back to rest. However, he left the left and right prime ministers and generals, as well as a few sisters, and returned to Fengming Palace together.

After a while, Xiao Hongying came back, saying that the four teams of female soldiers had set off to rush to the accident site, and Red Sleeves contacted secret agents from other countries to understand the situation, and believed that there would be news back soon. At the same time, another team of people was sent to Beidu to report the news, and by the way, they stayed in Beidu to investigate, because it could not be ruled out that this matter was not done by Beidu's own people.

Sima Hongyan nodded with satisfaction and beckoned Xiao Hongying to sit down and have breakfast first.

At present, the contest between several countries is already on the table, and some people seem to have failed to fight openly and have changed to covert fighting. The means are becoming more and more reckless and bold, and you must be careful at this time, otherwise it is easy to suffer.

This happened very strangely, and Sima Hongyan hadn't figured out what the purpose of plotting against Han Beiying was. If you want to kill him and stop Beiling from returning to Yanling? But not only does it not stop, it may also be counterproductive. If the king of Yanbei is captured as a coercion to prevent the northern spirit from returning to Yanling? It is possible, but to do so is tantamount to declaring war directly on Yanling. What if the stop is successful, she Sima Hongyan will definitely let the Yanling army kill it directly. Wouldn't the kidnapping of King Yanbei become a self-digging grave?

Xiao Hongying's words just now reminded Sima Hongyan that it was very likely that some ambitious people within Beiling were responsible, they were unwilling to be subordinate to Yanling, and in order to protect Beiling's independence and country, they took risks to capture Hanbei Ying, which makes sense.

Sima Hongyan hurriedly asked Li Siyu to invite Han Miaoqi over, and he still had to ask her about Beiling.

When Li Siyu heard that he was going to find Han Miaoqi, a hesitant look immediately appeared on his face, it seemed that he was afraid that his wife would be worried about knowing that his father had an accident. However, it was a matter of national safety, and he only hesitated for a moment before turning around.

It didn't take long for Li Siyu to come in a hurry with his wife. Han Miaoqi heard that her father had an accident, although she was anxious, she was still very calm, and as soon as she entered the door, she said straight to the point: "If there is anything you want to know, please ask." ”

Sima Hongyan was not hypocritically polite, and directly asked King Yanbei if he had any opponents in Beiling before, or if there were any people in the same clan who were dissatisfied with him.

Han Miaoqi thought about it seriously and said: "Before Lord Feng started trading with Beiling, Beiling was peaceful, and no one was dissatisfied with my father, anyway, everyone was living a hard life, and my father treated everyone equally, and there was no conflict in the clan." ”

Hearing Han Miaoqi say this, everyone immediately reacted, it seems that after Beiling's life got better, the contradiction arose.

Sure enough, Han Miaoqi said: "Later, Lord Feng opened up the trade road, and a large number of materials that were originally lacking entered Beiling, and the whole country gradually became prosperous, and some uncles and elders began to raise objections to their father. Some uncles think that the deal made by my father is unfair, and Beiling should pay more materials in exchange for Yanling, and they say that my father deliberately flatters Yanling and harms the interests of Beiling. Some uncles thought that my father should not only trade in daily necessities, but should buy more armaments to arm his soldiers, and if the military is not strong, he will not have the strength to confront other countries. There are even people who think that my father should not exchange any materials at all, but should exchange land for Yanling and let Beiling move out of the snow-capped mountains. Anyway, before I came to Yanling, I heard that my father had already quarreled with these elders several times. ”

After listening to Han Miaoqi's words, Sima Hongyan felt that this time Han Beiying had an accident, I am afraid that most of it was due to the internal problems of Beiling. It seems that some people in Beiling do not agree with Hanbei Ying's dedication of Beiling to Yanling as a territory, so they secretly made a black hand to Hanbeiying. Bei Ling's side can know the news so quickly, I'm afraid that in the team of Han Beiying, someone has already planted eyeliner.

Sima Hongyan asked in detail who was not in the same temper with Han Beiying, and Han Miaoqi told his uncle who was at odds with his father in turn.

From Han Miaoqi's description, Sima Hongyan locked up the two most suspicious people, one is Hanbei Eagle's eldest brother Hanbei Xiong, and the other is Hanbei Eagle's second brother Hanbei Tiger.

There are four brothers in the Han family, Hanbei Ying is the youngest and fourth, and his third brother Hanbei Wolf has a wolf name, but he is very cowardly, and generally does not participate in state affairs, just live his own life.

The reason why Sima Hongyan locked up the eldest and second child was mainly because through Han Miaoqi's recounting of the past of these two, he found that both of them were ambitious and greedy people. During the difficult period of Beiling's life, these two people occupied resources and greedy for pleasure, and they were forced to marry no less than a dozen wives and concubines. According to their character, they did such a thing as kidnapping their younger brother.

It seems that Xiao Hongying is right to send female soldiers to the northern capital, if it is certain that they are the ghosts, then Sima Hongyan will never tolerate it. Han Beiying is a sensible, understanding the overall situation, smart and wise ruler, and he can only rest assured that Sima Hongyan, the northern capital under his control, is at ease. If the northern capital falls into the hands of Xiaoxiao, it is tantamount to burying a thunder behind Yanling.

It is impossible for Sima Hongyan to ignore this kind of thing!

Now that she already has eyebrows, Sima Hongyan decided to take precautions, she asked Ban Lingruo and Xiao Hongying to transfer 200,000 troops, and 2,000 female soldiers to Yanlingguan to stand by. Once it is determined that there will be a change in the northern capital, he will immediately send troops to regain power for the Hanbei Eagle.

Li Siyu looked at his wife's expression nervously from beginning to end, and Lord Feng directly transferred troops to Yan Lingguan, which made his heart plench, for fear that this move would make Han Miaoqi unhappy. In fact, he understood that there was nothing wrong with what Lord Feng had done, but after all, it was his wife's hometown, and once the soldiers pressed the realm, once the war started, there would be countless casualties. compatriots suffered, Li Siyu could not guarantee that his wife would not be estranged from Yan Ling.

Who knew that Han Miaoqi said to Sima Hongyan very calmly: "Beiling has been fighting against cold, hunger, and death for hundreds of years, and the people are barely living in danger. No matter how hard my father tried, he couldn't stand the cannibalization of moths. If Lord Feng can send troops to exterminate the greedy and shameless people in the northern capital of Yanling, I will thank Lord Feng for the millions of people in the northern capital. As he spoke, he bowed with tears in his eyes.

The people in the room were quite moved, and Han Miaoqi not only did not cry and grieve for her father, but also assisted Lord Feng in analyzing the situation. Even though the person who hurt his father may have been his uncle and close relatives, she was still able to deal with it calmly and without the slightest irrational emotion. This righteous and awe-inspiring atmosphere really has the demeanor of her father.

Sima Hongyan glanced at Li Siyu and said to Han Miaoqi: "Your father must be very pleased that he has a good daughter like you." You can rest assured, I will never easily harm the lives of the people of the Northern Capital, and we will only punish those who plot wrong. ”

Han Miaoqi responded: "I believe in the Phoenix Lord! ”