Chapter 723: True and False
Zhao Yu was loyal to Liu Yizhan, but for Liu Huazhang, when she was alive, she was the only bloodline of the Liu family's grandchildren, but when she died, she was just a pitiful corpse.
He wouldn't spoil the old general's plan just to give face to a corpse.
Now Mu Qingyan is likely to have obtained the antidote, or Liaodong is desperate to fight to the death with the Liu family.
Therefore, it is imperative to get the news out.
Zhao Yu almost decided to implement the last plan immediately, try his best to kill the Southern Emperor, and then withdraw all of them from Liaodong.
He had already calculated, everyone acted separately, as long as one person escaped from Liaodong, he could bring the news to the old general.
Because Liu Yizhan was already preparing to use troops against the Turks, and the most important condition for this matter was that Mu Qingyan, a fierce tiger, was locked in a cage.
After all, no matter how powerful the Liu family is, it can't start a war with the three forces at the same time, and stabilizing the most powerful Mu Qingyan, while attacking the weakest south and the Turks who are in the midst of civil strife, is the best way out for the Liu family.
Waiting for the reunification of the north and the south, and then cleaning up Liaodong, it will be easy.
Liu Yizhan's wishful thinking was skillful, and Zhao Yu, as his confidant, knew it.
It's just that at this moment, an untimely voice sounded: "But...... Why did the princess come without telling the king? ”
Everyone was stunned, including Zhao Yu.
The person who spoke thought he had said something wrong and tensed his shoulders nervously.
But Zhao Yu's face became more and more strange: "That's right, killing Miss Huazhang is not something worth concealing, why would the princess do such a thing behind the back of the county king?" ”
"Maybe the county king himself doesn't want to kill Miss Huazhang? Because the king of the county doesn't want to die? But the princess is for the sake of Liaodong military power, so ...... She wants to kill the county king? I have to say that this guard has a big brain, but Zhao Yu quickly denied this possibility.
"The princess and Mu Qingyan have a good relationship, otherwise they wouldn't go to the Turks for his poison." Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes.
In this way, the princess should have come to ask Miss Hua Zhang to hand over the antidote, could it be that it was not possible, so she killed Miss Hua Zhang in anger?
"Can any of you be sure that the corpse is Miss Hua Zhang?" Zhao Yudao.
Indeed, the face of the corpse has been destroyed, and it was destroyed by skinning, no one can be sure that it is Liu Huazhang, and the only evidence is Liu Huazhang's clothes.
"Is it possible to ......?"
The subordinate didn't say anything because this possibility was too unbelievable.
Zhao Yu also thought of this possibility.
"If the princess really did this, then she ......" Zhao Yu paused: "It is also worthy of being the grandson of the old general." ”
The crowd was silent.
They may have thought of the same.
But this idea is too ridiculous, so Zhao Yu can't be sure, and he still needs to verify it.
It's just that time is pressing now, how can he have time to carefully scrutinize the details, and if he hesitates, he may be wiped out and eaten by Changning.
"Go to Nandi first, kill Nandi, and we will not be worth the trip." Zhao Yudao.
If Mu Qingyan is really out of the cage, then Liu Yizhan may have to face the armies of Liaodong and Southern Emperor next, so if Chu Chengyan can be assassinated, then the pressure on Liu Yizhan will be reduced a lot.
When Zhao Yu arrived at the courtyard where Chu Chengyan lived, Chu Chengyan was trapped inside.
At the banquet, neither Changning nor Mu Qingyan came out to toast, and his eldest brother was really embarrassed.
Although there were many ministers at the banquet, they either didn't admit it at all, or held a moderate attitude, to put it bluntly, they fell on both sides, and they didn't want to be contaminated at all, after all, the situation in the Nandi court was very bad.
So much so that he had nowhere to release his sorrows, so he could only use wine to drown his sorrows.
Chu Chengyan drank for three rounds, and he was tasteless, so he wanted to go to the toilet, but he was tied up and imprisoned in the courtyard of temporary residence in the middle of the way.
Externally, it is said that Nandi is not strong enough to drink and has withdrawn.
Zhao Yu showed up now, but he did a late meeting, because the guards were already heavily guarded, and he still couldn't get in.
Moreover, Changning arrived in the courtyard before him, he could only climb over the wall and walk on the ridge, wanting to take the opportunity to execute Chu Chengyan.
But Changning didn't give him a chance.
Because just when Zhao Yu lifted a piece of tile to monitor, he saw a scene that shocked him.
Chu Chengyan was tied to the stool with his backhand, and Princess Changning stood aside, and actually put a packet of white powder into the tea bowl, and then brought the tea bowl to Chu Chengyan and poured it into him to drink!
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"I'm going to go south." Sure enough, Mu Zhen was still not worried about the five princes, and decided to go back to Luoyang directly.
To live to see people, to die to see corpses.
Mu Zhen thought to himself, and the soldiers sent out to inquire about the situation returned.
"Don't worry, although Luoyang City is broken, the Southern Emperor has escaped from Luoyang without any major problems and went south by water." Pro-soldier report.
Hearing that the situation in the south was not as grim as he imagined, Mu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhuang Gongzi also said: "How did that happen? Did Liaodong make a move? ”
The soldiers bowed their heads and said: "In the battle of Luoyang, I did not send troops to Liaodong, but General Yanjing sent troops. "The pro-soldier said.
Zhuang Gongzi was stunned, and then reacted, it turned out that Mu Qingyan's father's friend sent troops to help.
Although General Yanjing said that he was at the disposal of Mu Qingyan, he was nominally on his own, and this army had been stationed outside Chang'an until Changning and his relatives, and Mu Qingyan wrote to them to withdraw from Chang'an, but it was also within the distance of the three-day march.
This is an early move made by Mu Qingyan, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today.
Liaodong is located in a remote area, and sending troops will inevitably alarm the Quartet, and even the Turks who are ready to move will take the opportunity to cause chaos, so it is most appropriate to let the 80,000 people under General Yanjing set out to support Luoyang.
Even if Liu Yizhan knew that General Yanjing was from Liaodong, he didn't dare to do it easily.
After Mu Zhen understood these situations clearly, he finally calmed down.
It is said that Changning not only did not lose her, but made the first move, and rushed to rescue Mu Zhen without knowing whether Mu Zhen succeeded, which was actually a favor from Changning to Mu Zhen.
Although Mu Zhen has a strange thinking, I can still see whether you are good or bad for me.
She sincerely thanked her, and had given up killing Liu Huazhang, but she still didn't choose to follow them to Liaodong, but took the two guards that Mu Qingyin lent her to go south first.
Although there is Liu Yizhan's army in the south, the path in the four directions is still unimpeded, so Mu Zhen and the others have many choices for the return trip.
Mu Qingyin didn't force it, and she didn't know the attitude of Liaodong and Southern Emperor now, so it was inconvenient to intervene.
However, since Changning chose to help, she had a "teacher-nephew relationship" with Mu Zhen, so she did not embarrass Mu Zhen, and sent her two personal soldiers to escort her to the south to find the retreating Nandi, and the two parted ways.
At the moment, the time was urgent, Mu Qingyin and the others did not delay, and still set off for Fengtian overnight.
Three days had passed, and they had finally arrived in Mukden, and Mu Qingyin hurried to the gate of the mansion, and rushed into the mansion with a flick of the reins.
But what she was anxious to see was not Mu Qingyan, but Changning, so she specially instructed people not to tell Mu Qingyan the news of her return, but inquired about Changning's location and rushed over in person.