[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 497

Wei Sheng went to Sikong Mansion, although because he was a peer and a cousin who came from Fengzhou, Song Yuwang had to receive him if he didn't want to see anyone anymore, but his persuasion didn't have much effect.

Wei Shengxian and Wei Zhengyin sent people to inquire after he left Sikong Mansion, and the reply was that Song Yuwang was just perfunctory, and obviously the knot in his heart was still difficult to solve. But when Wei Shenghe tried to mention Wei Chanying, Song Yuwang's strange appearance confirmed that his hatred for the Duanmu family was indeed related to Wei Chanying.

The problem is that it's hard to ask where this relationship is-Song Yuwang is already in very bad health now, just mentioning Wei Chanying makes him emotional, if he digs deeper, how can Wei Sheng dare not bear the consequences.

And not long after Duanmu returned to his parents' house, he was forced by the clansmen to "die of a violent illness", according to the fact that the death of the person is eliminated, even if this unvirtuous woman was disrespectful to the deceased in the past, she herself died, Song Yuwang as an elder is really ungraceful.

So going around and around, Song Yuwang's problem still can't be solved.

But Wei Sheng's main purpose in coming to the imperial capital was to seek a cure for Wei Huan, and this matter was solved, and he tried his best to deal with other things.

At this time, it was already the middle of the lunar month, and the Su family and the Shen family both stayed in Wei Sheng He to celebrate the New Year in the imperial capital. But Wei Shenghe still refused these invitations on the grounds that his parents were the only son under their knees, and they were afraid that they would not go back, and Wei Jiong and his wife were lonely under their knees, so he quietly took Zhu Shi and went south against the wind and snow.

Her husband is leading the troops outside, and her grandfather is lying on the couch due to injury, although there is news that her brother is about to get married, Wei Changying still feels that this year has been extremely lonely and lonely.

In fact, she is not the only one who feels this way, although Shen Zangli came back in the big room, he was injured, and his only son Shen Shuming was also sent to Xiliang. For Mrs. Su, her favorite youngest son, Shen Zangji, is also in Xiliang...... So this year, the entire Shen family felt that they were in a hurry.

If it weren't for the fourth lady Shen Zangning, who was only picked up from her grandmother at the end of the month, she would have maintained her usual love of laughter and fun, leading the eighth son Shen Yongheng and the second grandson Shen Shuguang to play all over the house, which added a bit of New Year's flavor and festivity, and the huge Taifu Mansion was really deserted.

However, in the palace, although in the second half of the year, because of the election, the saint cut the official positions of the old ministers led by Situ Weiyu in one breath, and the Taishi Duanmu Xing has never been able to heal and is not good at seeing things, resulting in the Great Wei Dynasty hundreds of officials without a leader, the government is increasingly piled up but no one reviews it, and the government affairs are becoming more and more chaotic, but the saint is now ignoring these and is devoted to pleasure.

Therefore, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was actually more flowery than in previous years.

It's just that in this kind of splendid world, the old emperor who is dying on the throne, the madness and desperateness revealed in the eyes of the faint old man, and the sad and helpless expressions of the accompanying clans...... No matter how you look at it, there is a kind of prosperity that returns to the light.

Even Empress Gu and Concubine Deng, who have been well-maintained and youthful for decades, seem to be old.

Out of fear of an emperor who only wants to be happy and reckless, this year's dinner, everyone is particularly obedient to the will of the saint. So throughout Chinese New Year's Eve, although the palace was full of laughter, it was as careful as walking on thin ice.

In such a depressing atmosphere, it is also thanks to the new beauties who sing and dance all night long, so that the long banquet will not be speechless.

In the first month after Chinese New Year's Eve, the strong spirits of the various families visited and walked around, and the words that circulated in private became more and more optimistic about the future of Great Wei. On the ninth day of the first lunar month, a bad news came - the third son of the Great Khan of the Rong Dynasty took the initiative to ask for his life, led an army of 300,000, and was rushing to Xichun Fort, Huangsha Town, Zhoucheng and other places in Donghu Town.

The opposition is shaken!

In this case, although there was good news about the destruction of Yanzhou City on the tenth day of the first month, the atmosphere in the imperial capital was still tense.

Taishi Duanmu Xing ignored his illness, stood up forcefully, and forced his family to carry himself to the sixth department in a soft sedan chair, and summoned hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures. Under the circumstance that the Taiwei made it clear that the Liu family might not be able to hold this offensive, the hundred officials passed the resolution as quickly as possible, that is, to transfer the Imperial Forest Army to Yanzhou to take over the mission to destroy the remnants of Lu Hao, and the Donghu Army, which broke through the city, and the 20,000 Xiliang Army led by Shen Zangfeng, immediately went to Donghu for reinforcements, and must hold on to an inch of land!

To transfer the Imperial Forest Army, it is difficult to bypass the Holy Lord.

But the saint, who didn't even care about his children and grandchildren and only cared about his own pleasure, was confused again at this time, and refused to let the Imperial Forest Army leave the imperial capital. Let the hundred officials cry and complain that once Donghu is lost, the Rong people will drive straight down, and the imperial capital will be in danger of being besieged at that time, but the saint will not allow it, and finally he will be impatient, so he simply ordered the imperial guards to drive the hundred officials out of the palace together!

The hundred officials continued to cry outside the hall, and they didn't hear the response of the saint, but they heard the sound of silk and bamboo in the hall getting louder and louder...... It was so loud that it covered all the sound of wailing, and I thought that the Holy One would be deaf to it.

"Gu Xiaode, this idiot, a thief who misleads the country!" The 100,000 people on the Donghu side were in a hurry, and everyone didn't have the time to kneel for a few days this time, not to mention that there was no result in kneeling in the palace last time - so the hundred officials heard that the palace was messy, so they had to return to the six yamen and discuss how to solve the matter on their own.

As soon as he entered the door, Taiwei Liu Sihuai dropped the teacup with a blue face, gritted his teeth and scolded!

No wonder he was so angry, originally everyone guessed that the saint had been running all the way in the past few years, and now he was even more free to enjoy it, greedy for every breath of the Great Wei Emperor. For the only one in his hands, the Royal Forester, this last barrier, will not be released. So he privately discussed with Gu Xiaode, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and asked him to send troops without telling the saint...... Because Yanzhou has been broken by Shen Zangfeng and Mo Binwei, Lu Haozhi was shot by Shen Zangfeng himself in the chaos of the army, and now the rebellious Yanzhou army is leaderless and scattered in a hurry.

In fact, the Royal Forest Army is going to Yanzhou now, and it is completely a merit for nothing, and there is no risk. Otherwise, Yanzhou is a major land, and based on the performance of the Royal Forest Army last time, Taishi and the others are still not at ease to let the Royal Forest Army go!

If it weren't for the Rong people's large-scale attack, for the sake of the country, the elite army that broke the city would need to go to Donghu immediately to assist in defending the country, this kind of good thing, the Shensu and Liu families would definitely not agree to cede to the Imperial Forest Army!

However, Gu Xiaode also followed the saint to make a fool, insisting that he would not send a single soldier if he did not see the holy decree tiger talisman!

Now that there is no army to take over Yanzhou, is it possible to let the Donghu army and the Xiliang army go to Donghu like this?

With the baggage in Yanzhou City, these two armies walked on the front foot, and the bandits rushed in crazy with the back foot! Shen Liu and Su made a contribution to the three families, and they also made a deal with Wei Xinyong to recapture Yanzhou City, and they haven't discussed how to divide the profits, so how can they rest assured that they just let go!

In the past, even if they were greedy for ink in private, they were based in the imperial capital, and they were not afraid that they would not spit it out when the time came. Not like bandits!

"There's no way around now." Duanmu Xing, who has always been kind, had a gloomy face, lost the mood to go around in circles, and said to Shen Xuan directly, "The Imperial Forest Army can't count on it for the time being, now that the Rong army is pressing the border, my Great Wei is already changing everywhere, and it is better to appease the people at this moment, and it is not appropriate to change, even if the Holy Lord is mediocre, we can only obey the ......fate."

The saint is mediocre has long been known to the government and the opposition, but the Taishi is steady, and he has never been obvious in his speech, this time he clearly said the word "mediocre", and said "can only obey fate", which is obviously very angry.

"Fortunately, there are still 40,000 Xiliang troops in Gyeonggi." Duanmu Xing stared at Brother Shen Xuan and sighed, "The elite of the Xiliang Army is known to the whole world, and it is not comparable to the Royal Forest Army. Please also ask Taifu to remember the common people in the world and pass down the tiger talisman! ”

Shen Xuan knew that the remaining 40,000 Xiliang troops were going to be targeted when the hundred officials entered the palace and asked the Holy Lord to allow the Imperial Forest Army to go to Yanzhou to take over the defense and hunt down the remnants of Lu Hao.

To be honest, he was reluctant - the Xiliang Army was sent to guard Yanzhou, although there was the advantage of getting the moon first near the water, and in this emergency situation, even if the Shen family let go of their hands and feet to reap the benefits, they would endure it if they wanted to come to other people's homes...... But he risked the loss of a grandson on the road to transfer the 60,000 Xiliang troops to the vicinity of the imperial capital, and the struggle for hegemony in the troubled times was still secondary, and the most important thing was for the safety of the Shen family's own sect.

The grandchildren and granddaughters are all young, and some of the sons and nephews are not too old to marry...... Shen Xuan pondered for a moment before he said cautiously: "The order of the old lady, how dare Xuan disobey?" But Lu Haozhi has been ambushed, and his remnants are scattered, so he thinks that this town guarding Yanzhou to pursue and suppress the remnants of the army should not need 40,000 troops, right? ”

Shen Zhou and his brother had a consideration - victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the safety of his own family is the most important thing - so he immediately helped: "Yes, although our Xiliang Army does not dare to be praised as a Taishi, but in the end, it has fought a few battles with the Di people, but it is only a rebel army that has lost the heart of defending the city and clearing the army, but 40,000 people is too much." ”

Duanmu Xing frowned and said: "The Rong people are menacing this time, Donghu was demoralized because of the fall of Yanzhou before, according to the old man's intentions, it is to let Zang Feng lead the 20,000 Xiliang troops to sit in Yanzhou to ensure that Donghu is not defective." And the 40,000 Xiliang troops in Gyeonggi immediately set off for Donghu to be safe! ”

"How does this work?" Shen Xuan suddenly didn't like it - if Shen Zangfeng led the 20,000 Xiliang troops who fought Yanzhou to Donghu, with him presiding, he would not be so harsh when he came to the Xiliang army, but these 40,000 Xiliang troops went to Donghu, and none of them could withstand the protection of Weiyuanhou's main general, God knows how it would be arranged! At that time, he may be used as cannon fodder or a dead soldier by the Liu family!

After all, his eldest son, Shen Zangli, returned with injuries and has not recovered. And the other sons, except for one Shen Yushi, are not enough to take on the responsibility of leading tens of thousands of troops, do you want Shen Zhou to go? Shen Zhou has been in battle, but he is old, and he was injured when he was on the horse, how could Shen Xuan be willing to let this brother suffer from the battle again? What's more, he still needs Shen Zhou's assistance to face up.

As for Shen Yushi, he was sharpened in Xiliang when he was a teenager, and he has a little foundation in the Xiliang army, and he can probably lead the troops to Donghu.

But this is considered from the overall situation of Great Wei, but it is not appropriate to consider it from Shen Xuan's point of view: first, the second son of Shu, Shen Yishi, led the troops to Donghu to fight the Rong people, and the third son Shen Zangfeng, who is the heir of the family, led the troops to hide in the relatively safe rear. Although Taishi proposed this because Shen Zangfeng's status in the Shen family was higher than Shen Jishi's, it was undeniable that this practice was clearly unfair to Shen Yongshi and damaged Shen Zangfeng's reputation.

After all, Shen Zangli took the initiative to return to Beijing with an injury, and gave his younger brother the opportunity to capture Yanzhou City to make a name for himself, Shen Jishi is different from Shen Zangfeng, and his temperament is not like Shen Zangli, he may not be willing to sacrifice himself to fulfill his younger brother - Shen Shuyi, the long-awaited son of Shen Shuyi, is still young!

And even if he was forced by his father's order, Shen Yongshi did so. Not to mention the rift between the brothers, the elder brother sacrificed his life and forgot to die on the front line, and the younger brother fell behind and enjoyed his success...... How can Shen Zangfeng not be discussed?

Second, Shen Xuan was also worried that if the first son made a contribution because of this, he would have a team in the Xiliang Army...... Will it cause a wall of brothers in the future? After all, Shen Jishi is older than Shen Zangfeng, and now he has a son under his knees. Although this second son usually did not show coveting the position of the lord, at Shen Xuan's age, he had already understood the unfathomable truth of people's hearts.

Even if Shen Yong has no ambitions, but when he has a foundation, a reliance, and the capital that can covet the position of the lord, who knows if he will continue to willingly assist his younger brother?

Shen Xuanren worked hard to cultivate heirs in his prime, in order to prevent his children and grandchildren from suffering from having no support because of the early death of his parents. However, it backfired, and the eldest son Shen Zangli was dragged down by a Di girl, which already made him extremely sad, and he didn't want the second heir to make any mistakes...... Even if the mistake comes from another of his own biological sons.

So for Taishi's proposal, he resolutely refused without thinking about it.