Chapter 253: Two Books
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The emperor slowly stretched out one of the two books, and then held it high in front of the four princes.
"This book is from Xi Chen!" said the Emperor softly, "but the other one is not!"
"Apart from Xi Chen, who else in the northern frontier will send a recital to Your Majesty?" asked Yan Lie anxiously.
"See for yourself!"
After saying that, the emperor held up another book again, and at this moment, he saw that on the other book, the inscription was "Chu Lingtian, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Battalion, the secret play".
"Could it be Chu Lingtian?" Yan Hao exclaimed in disbelief, "Shouldn't this Chu Lingtian be a general under Lan Shixun? How could he go past Lan Shixun and directly present the secret music to His Majesty? Could it be that he doesn't take Lan Shixun seriously anymore?"
The Emperor looked at the whispered discussion of the four princes with a smile, held a fold in one hand, and said lightly: "Don't you want to know what is written in these two books?"
The emperor's words shook the spirits of the four princes, and then the four of them stared intently at the two books in the hands of the emperor, and a touch of longing couldn't help but appear in their eyes.
"The emperor is here to tell you!" the emperor said in a solemn tone, and then he first opened Xi Chen's recital, and read aloud word by word: "Minister, the governor of the border guard mansion, Xi Chen, has important matters to play the emperor's majesty, and now many beast domain powerhouses have suddenly appeared in various parts of northern Xinjiang, and now they have killed seven of the banner masters of my border guard mansion, four hundred and ninety-five people in the north of the border, thousands of people in the northern Xinjiang, and more than ten thousand people have been injured. Many beast clan powerhouses invaded our holy domain, and the ministers suspected that Chu Lingtian, the main general of the northern Xinjiang camp, and Ma Rufeng, the deputy general, were secretly colluding. Not long ago, Chu Lingtian had personally ordered Ma Rufeng to rescue a beast domain woman from my border guard mansion, and it was found that this woman was the maid of the strong man of the Beast Domain Yaksha clan. With so many beast domain powerhouses invading my holy domain, if there was no secret protection from Chu Lingtian, they would never be able to bypass the 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang camp and smoothly go deep into the hinterland and slaughter the people of my holy domain. Therefore, Xi Chen implored His Majesty the Emperor to see what was going on, and sent Lord Han Xiao, the Protector of the Kingdom, to lead an army of 100,000 to the Northern Xinjiang to restrain the Northern Xinjiang camp led by Chu Lingtian to prevent Chu Lingtian from having bad intentions. The ministers must lead the border guards to do their best, and there will be no forgiveness for committing crimes in our holy area, and there will be no loss in stabilizing the northern frontier! Ministers, Xi Chen looks to the north and worships, may Your Majesty live a long life!"
"Shhh
As the emperor finished reciting Xi Chen's recital, the four princes sitting in the hall also took a deep breath, and then the faces of the four people were full of shock.
The Golden Palace was silent for a while, and the Emperor was not in a hurry to ask, but just sat quietly on the dragon chair and watched the four princes, as if waiting for them to fully understand the meaning of this book.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the angry Yan Lie slammed his fist on the tea table on the side, and the huge force instantly smashed the wooden tea table, and the teapot on the table also fell to the ground, shattering into countless porcelain pieces, and the tea splashed and wet Yan Lie's trouser legs.
"What a Chu Lingtian, he dares to secretly communicate with the beast domain with the intention of rebelling!" Yan Lie roared angrily, "Why don't Your Majesty order now, I will take someone to the camp in the northern Xinjiang and cut off the head of this beast with my own hands!"
"Yan Lie, your temperament is too anxious!" Yan Yi first recovered from the shock, and then looked at the Emperor Ling in a solemn tone, and said word by word, "Your Majesty, I want to hear what is written in Chu Lingtian's recital now?"
The Emperor nodded slowly, and then he slowly opened Chu Lingtian's fold and read unhurriedly: "Minister, Chu Lingtian, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Battalion, has an urgent military affairs to present to His Majesty the Emperor. Since the beginning of autumn, in just a few months, a large number of beast domain powerhouses have emerged in northern Xinjiang, slaughtering the people and causing trouble in northern Xinjiang. Maintaining the stability of the northern frontier is the primary responsibility of the Northern Frontier Guard, but Xi Chen, the governor of the Frontier Guard, turned a blind eye to the chaos in the northern frontier, and delayed in sending an additional soldier to deal with the urgent task of the moment, allowing the Beast Domain powerhouses to pour into the border of the Sacred Domain in large numbers, fearing that hundreds of thousands of Beast Domain troops would make a comeback in the near future. Jinchen suspects that Xi Chen, the governor of the Frontier Guard Mansion, is colluding with the enemies of the Beast Domain, and that the Border Guard Mansion is in danger of disturbing the northern frontier through foreign clans, and in vain my northern Xinjiang camp has more than enough heart but not enough strength, and it is the iron law of His Majesty that the big camp does not participate in local affairs, and the ministers and 100,000 soldiers dare not disobey it, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor can personally send Lord Lan Shixun, the prince of Zhenbei, to the northern Xinjiang camp in person, to lead the military and political affairs of the northern Xinjiang, to depose Xi Chen and the power of the border guard mansion, and to send troops to kill with iron and blood, to deter the enemies of the beast domain, and to establish the prestige of my holy domain!
The voice of the emperor fell, and the golden palace once again fell into a stalemate. The four princes were also completely out of proportion at this moment, and even Yan Lie, who was still hating Chu Lingtian just now, was dumbfounded at this moment. The two books are completely two kinds of rhetoric, Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian both have their own opinions, as for who is true and who is false, the emperor and the four princes in Jinling City naturally can't make a conclusion.
"This ......" Yan Hao looked at the two books in the emperor's hand with an embarrassed expression, for some reason he opened his mouth for a long time but couldn't say a word.
"Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian, accuse each other!" Seeing that the four princes had not opened their mouths for a long time, the Emperor simply took the lead in speaking, "Xi Chen said that Chu Lingtian colluded with the strong people of the Beast Domain to raise an army to rebel! But Chu Lingtian said that Xi Chen allowed the strong people of the Beast Domain to pour into the Holy Domain in large numbers, and he was connected to foreign clans! Tell me, if the two of them are spoken, which one should I believe, which one should I believe?"
"I'm afraid...... What His Majesty really wants to ask is not which one should be believed by Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian, but which one should be believed between Han Xiao and Lan Shixun!" Yan Zheng said in a deep tone, "Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian, one is pushing Han Xiao to go to Northern Xinjiang to preside over major affairs, and the other is pushing Lan Shixun to go to Northern Xinjiang to preside over major affairs. This shows that the two of them should belong to the two factions of Han Xiao and Lan Shixun!"
"Chu Lingtian was originally a fierce general under Lan Shixun, and he had followed Lan Shixun to life and death in the Battle of Zhuo Wolf Grassland many years ago, so I have no doubt that Chu Lingtian was Lan Shixun's faction!" Yan Yi analyzed while thinking about it, "But Xi Chen and Han Xiao are not of the same origin, if the two of them are the same faction, I don't believe it very much! What kind of character Xi Chen is, we all know very well, His Majesty was able to send him to the Northern Frontier Guard Mansion to serve as the governor, which is enough to show that His Majesty can trust Xi Chen." If Xi Chen will be involved in the struggle between the party and the henchmen, it is hard for me to imagine unless Xi Chen has changed over the years!"
"After so many years, anything can happen!" said in a fierce voice, "Xi Chen said nothing in Northern Xinjiang, even if his ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, it is not something that cannot be said!"
"Your Majesty, then according to what you mean......" Yan Hao threw the question back to the Emperor again, "Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian, who is telling the truth, who is telling a lie?"
"That's why I asked you to come here!" the Emperor sneered, "You're asking about me now?"
"Whether it's the Border Guard Mansion or the Northern Xinjiang Battalion, they all say that their people have been killed a lot by the powerhouses of the Beast Domain, which means that they seem to be at least loyal!" Yan Yi analyzed unhurriedly, "But the biggest problem at the moment is that if this matter is not only related to Northern Xinjiang, but also spreads to Jinling City......
"You mean Han Xiao and Lan Shixun?" Yan Zheng continued, "Most likely, if there is no one in Jinling City secretly instigating, how can Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian really set off any storms?"
"Han Xiao is the number one military general in the Holy Domain, the head of His Majesty's three important ministers, and he has been assisting His Majesty for many years, His Majesty should know best how he behaves!" Yan Lie said loudly, "Anyway, Han Xiao and Lan Shixun, I believe in Han Xiao more!"
Yan Lie's words made Yan Hao, who was sitting on the side, smash his mouth a few times, and then slowly shook his head and said: "The more old ministers like Han Xiao, the more his henchmen will be, and they will be even more ingrained in the court, if he is not willing to be just a protector and has some other distractions in his heart, it is not impossible! And although Lan Shixun has not been in power for a long time, this is the reason why I don't doubt him, the foundation is not deep in the early years, he has finally climbed to today's position, how can he be willing to fall?" What's more, in the matter of exterminating the Lou Sect last year, although Han Xiao and Lan Shixun both made contributions, but the person who really came out was Lan Shixun, and it was he who personally led the troops to exterminate the Lou Sect up and down, which was clearly against the Holy Domain Sect Leader Dongfang Su, do you think that a person who has already offended the Holy Domain Sect Master would be stupid enough to turn around and offend the Holy Domain Leader again? Don't forget, Lan Shixun is far from having as deep capital as Han Xiao!"
"You mean that all of this is Han Xiao's ghost?" Yan Zheng asked with a frown, "But the Han Xiao I know is definitely not such a person......
"Not necessarily!" Yan Yi said in a condensed voice, "With Lan Shixun's outstanding achievements being appreciated and reused by His Majesty the Emperor step by step, Han Xiao, as the head of the group of ministers, will naturally feel that his position is threatened, so it is only reasonable for him to want to find an opportunity to eradicate Lan Shixun!"
"Hmph, can Han Xiao be so stingy?" Yan Lie obviously disagreed with Yan Xiao's words, and couldn't help but say coldly, "Don't forget how much Han Xiao has made great contributions to Your Majesty!"
"You also said that it was a thing of the past, since it was a thing of the past, why should you bring it up again today?" Yan Hao retorted, "Han Xiao is the kind of person who relies on the old and sells the old, don't forget that all the things that have been charged into battle over the years have been done by Lan Shixun, he Han Xiao has lived a comfortable and comfortable life, and he may not even be able to ride a horse for a long time!"
"Yan Hao, it's a bit too much for you to say that!" Yan Zheng retorted dissatisfiedly.
"I'm just talking about things!" Yan Hao continued, "If this matter is due to Lan Shixun, he can completely order Chu Lingtian to directly lead his troops to level the Border Guard Mansion and control the entire Northern Frontier in one fell swoop, so why bother to present the requested recital to His Majesty again?"
"Do you think he doesn't want to do this?" Yan Lie said with a snort, "He just doesn't dare, because he is still in Jinling City, and all the children of the Lan family are in Jinling City, if Chu Lingtian causes chaos in the northern Xinjiang, hundreds of lives of his Lan family will be dead!"
"In that case, then Lan Shixun is even more unlikely to dare to make trouble......"
"Enough!"
Just when the four princes were arguing because of the problem between Han Xiao and Lan Shixun, the leading emperor Yan Chong finally couldn't hold back the irritability in his heart, and slapped the dragon book case with his big hand, accompanied by a loud "bang", the golden palace instantly quieted down, and the four princes looked at me and I looked at you, and no one dared to say a word more.
"I asked you to come here to think of countermeasures, not to quarrel here!" The Emperor shouted angrily, "The Emperor doesn't want to know whether you prefer Han Xiao or Lan Shixun now, I just want to know what the Emperor should do in the face of the two folds on the case?"
"Don't believe it all, let me go!" Yan Lie stood up violently and pleaded with his hand, "As long as Your Majesty can trust me and give me 100,000 horses, I promise to handle the rebellion in Northern Xinjiang properly!"
Yan Lie's words made Yan Yi, Yan Zheng and Yan Hao couldn't help but change their faces, you must know that the status of the four princes in the past was completely equal, if Yan Lie won the military power today, then the status between the four princes in the future will be completely unbalanced.
"Yan Lie, have you forgotten the rules set by my Yan ancestors?" Yan Hao glared at Yan Lie angrily, "The prince must not be in charge of the army!"
"If you don't give me soldiers, will it be possible for me to go alone?" Yan Lie snorted coldly, and immediately sat back in his chair, muttering angrily, "Since you are brothers of the same clan, why bother so much?"
"In front of Your Majesty, Yan Lie, you don't want to talk nonsense!" Yan Yi frowned slightly and reprimanded, "I think I have to think of a perfect plan for this matter!"
Yan Zheng, who had not said a word, rubbed his chin with his fingers, ignoring the farce in front of him, and after a while, a gleam suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have thought of a way, I don't know if it is feasible?"
"Say!" the Emperor turned his inquiring gaze to Yan Zheng.
"Now we don't care who is loyal and who is traitorous between Xi Chen and Chu Lingtian, we just need to know who is strong and who is weak between the two of them now!" Yan Zheng said to a few people in the hall in an orderly manner, "Xi Chen holds the Border Guard Mansion in his hand, at best, there are only a thousand people, and now according to his own words, more than half of it has been damaged, and that strength must be greatly reduced! And what Chu Lingtian is holding in his hand is an army of 100,000 Sacred Domains, even if these 100,000 people are killed by the Beast Domain powerhouse, there are still 90,000 people! Between the two, Chu Lingtian's threat is far greater than Xi Chen's! Therefore, no matter which of the two of them is telling the truth, at least Chu Lingtian has 100,000 heavy troops in his hands, this is a true fact, right?"
The Emperor and the other three did not speak, but there was already a hint of affirmation in their eyes.
"Even if both of them want to rebel now, who will be more successful in the rebellion?" Yan Zheng asked with a sneer.
"Of course it's Chu Lingtian!" Yan Lie echoed, "Do you think that holding 100,000 heavy soldiers in your hands is a vegetarian? Even if these 100,000 people spit and foam, they can drown Xi Chen alive!"
"That's right! No matter how much Xi Chen tosses, as long as Chu Lingtian and the 100,000 army in his hands are there, it is impossible for Xi Chen to toss any tricks! But Chu Lingtian is different, if he wants to rebel, I'm afraid that even a border guard mansion can't stop the footsteps of the 100,000 army!" Yan Zheng seemed to be impressed by his wit, and at this moment, a smug smile appeared on his face, "So in my opinion, there is no point in us discussing who is true and who is false. Because no matter who is true or who is false, we must be on guard against the threat that the other side may bring at any time, and the biggest threat in the northern frontier now is none other than Chu Lingtian and his 100,000 army!"
"So what do you mean......" The Emperor seemed to have been persuaded by Yan Zheng, and a sly light flashed in his eyes.
"I mean, no matter which is true or false, we can only send Han Xiao to lead troops to Northern Xinjiang!, and we must not send Lan Shixun!" Yan Zheng said word by word, "Because if Han Xiao goes, in case of rebellion, at least 100,000 people from Chu Lingtian can contain him." But if Lan Shixun goes, once he rebels, then there will be chaos in the northern frontier!"
"That makes sense!" Linghuang and Yan Yi, Yan Lie, and Yan Hao couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Han Xiao is going, but there must be conditions for going this time!" Yan Zheng continued, "Because we not only have to beware of Lan Shixun, but also beware of Han Xiao!"
"What conditions?" Yan Yi couldn't help but ask.
"First, only give him 50,000 horses, in case his power is too great for Chu Lingtian to suppress!" Yan Zheng sneered and said, "Second, temporarily put his clan under house arrest in the Han Mansion, and not let one out!"
"But if there are only 50,000 horses, how can you deal with Chu Lingtian's 100,000 horses?" Yan Hao said the doubt in his heart.
"No problem!" This time, without waiting for Yan Zheng to speak, the Emperor Ling took the lead and said with a smile, "Han Xiao is the first military general in the Holy Domain, and he is also the Lord Protector. He brought 50,000 people to fight against Chu Lingtian's 100,000 people! At the very least, there was no problem in containing Chu Lingtian in a short period of time, and we have also obtained the best verification at this time, and it will not be too late to increase troops to Han Xiao at that time! And if Han Xiao can't even contain Chu Lingtian's 100,000 people, then I don't think he needs to do it again in the future! But for Han Xiao's ability, this emperor can still trust it!"
"In this way, it also solves the big problem in front of you!" Yan Yi nodded and said, "It's really a good way!"
"Okay!But it's not good enough!" The emperor's eyes wandered, and a shrewd color suddenly appeared in his eyes, "On the one hand, I want to send Han Xiao to lead the troops to the northern Xinjiang to preside over major affairs, and on the other hand, I want you to secretly send a master to the northern Xinjiang secretly, and try to capture a few beast domain powerhouses alive for me, and the emperor wants to ask him personally to find out who the people who are in the foreign tribe are in the end!"
"The Emperor is wise!" the four of them stood up in unison, and said to the Emperor in a convincing manner.
"This matter cannot be delayed, you can arrange people!" said the emperor with a smile, and then saw him slowly stretch his waist, and then put away Chu Lingtian's fold, leaving only Xi Chen's fold on the dragon book case, and then a meaningful smile gradually appeared on his face when the haze dissipated.
"Since I have chosen to believe in Han Xiao for the time being, then now I should also summon Han Xiao and Lu Haoqian and have a good chat with them about the affairs of Northern Xinjiang!"
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