Chapter 508: Confession
Ning Ze received a telegram as soon as Lu Cong died, and Liang Guo had not yet appeared in the situation, and he had already learned the whole thing.
I was disappointed when I saw the telegram, although Lu Cong was not easy to deal with, but the underground intelligence agents I sent to lurk in the enemy's sphere of influence actually developed an elixir that could control others, and successfully let Lu Cong eat it.
It could have been possible to manipulate Lu Cong through this elixir, disintegrate from within and make him make some instructions that would be beneficial to Hua Guo's easy victory.
These pills are actually similar to the addictive drugs on the earth, which can make people hallucinate and become addicted, Ning Ze will never allow this pill to appear in the territory of Huaguo, but the intelligence officers use it for the enemy leader, and he is not so opposed.
Who would have thought that the plan would succeed immediately, because Lu Cong's death was completely bankrupt, and it was possible to expose the intelligence network that had been built up with great difficulty over the years.
Thanks to the intelligence officer's cleverness, he quickly came up with another trick, which was to incite Liang's internal strife, use King Yujiang to cut this huge force in half, and let them wear it out by themselves through infighting. Huaguo can sit on the fisherman's profit!
This strategy made Ning Ze quite satisfied, and as for the intelligence officer to accept King Yujiang's request to send troops to help when necessary, Ning Ze completely agreed.
However, it is estimated that this war will not be fought for the time being, and the Liang State will quickly split the two forces, and it will really start fighting until at least next year or even the year after that.
Because of a big war with Huaguo, they have been greatly injured.
In addition, winter is approaching, which is even more unfavorable for combat.
The most important thing is that Lu Cong has just died, no matter whether the prince or King Yujiang, as a son of man, he must deal with his future affairs first in terms of form.
King Yujiang has Lu Cong's body here, but it is relatively simple.
The crown prince's side could only hold a ceremony through the mound of clothes, and then capture Yanzhou and then move the deceased emperor back to the imperial city.
In other words, for the time being, you don't have to pay attention to Liang Guo's side, and you don't have to worry about them suddenly fighting.
The three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first.
The two split forces will first hoard grain and grass, try to win over the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and the officials of various prefectures and counties, and strengthen themselves and weaken each other through stratagem.
When both sides are almost ready, and when it is the right season for war, it is the beginning of the big war.
Judging from the current situation, Ning Ze felt that Lu Yuan belonged to the prince's forces one hundred percent, after all, his father was Lu Lian. Sima Fa will theoretically support the crown prince, and this kind of thing can be exposed in an instant by him. He is Lu Cong's son-in-law, knowing that Lu Cong was killed by Qiu Yan and others, how could he still help the other party?
These two people have considerable influence in the Liang State, although there are also many people who support the existence of King Yujiang, and in general, the prince's power will be stronger. And Sima Fa will continue to weaken King Yujiang through strategy, and on the day of the war, King Yujiang can't stand it at all!
If he didn't interfere, Sima Fa would have been able to pacify King Yujiang easily.
So when King Yujiang couldn't resist asking for help from himself, he just took the opportunity to intervene and seek the greatest benefits.
For now, we are still focusing on disaster relief.
Before the winter, the disaster was finally completely controlled, the people in the disaster area were also settled, and Xingtai County was calm.
The forces of all sides died down and entered the time of truce to recuperate.
Ning Ze left enough troops on the border, drew up a list of guards, and returned to Jinzhou with the generals who participated in the battle this year and were quite tired.
This time he returned with a great victory, but he couldn't match the appearance of the iron-backed crocodile and the odd-winged moa.
Almost the entire country of China heard about Ning Ze's subjugation of Shui Bo and the bird demon, and on the way back, there were countless officials and people who passed through any state and county, even county, town and village, to greet them, just to see Shui Bo, the bird demon, and Ning Ze, the king of Danyang who surrendered to them with high mana.
It is even more exaggerated to return to Huajun, the people of the whole city are waiting outside the city gate, and the crowd is crowded.
That scene is unimaginable, even if Liu Yuanxiang often led hundreds of officials and brought the people to greet him before, there has never been such a hot scene.
In particular, Ning Ze summoned the iron-backed crocodile dragon and the strange-winged moa to show it at the request of the people, which made the people even more fanatical, and they could only hear the deafening three words of King Danyang, and the voice seemed to overturn the earth.
For this kind of scene that he has never even experienced, Liu Yuanxiang is a little surprised in his heart, but he is very happy. After all, the "King of Danyang" in front of him, who everyone admires incomparably, is his husband.
Bringing Chu Meiren, Mi Yan, Hua Erniang, Xiao Fluttershy, and their respective children to greet her, she first thanked Ning Ze and all the officials and generals who participated in the war as the empress, especially Chu Wenxiu, who was a female general, and praised her, so as to inspire more talented women from Huajun to join the imperial court.
Dewey, Wang Wei, and Song Gao were also highly praised.
Then prepare to welcome the army back to the city, and all the officials and generals who have returned victoriously will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds.
At this time, someone in the crowd close to Ning Ze suddenly forcibly knocked away the soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order and ensuring that the road was clear, and pounced directly on Ning Ze.
This sudden situation made some people who did not know the truth stupidly rush forward.
Fortunately, the people in the back were quickly blocked by the soldiers who came to support them, and it was not easy to stop the riot.
As for the unknown person who rushed towards Ning Ze, before he could reach him, Wang Wei quickly turned over and dismounted, and pinned him to the ground.
"There's an assassin!!" only then did someone react and shout.
Wang Wei gave him a roll of the eyes, and said in his heart that I only shouted after I caught someone, and the reaction was too slow!
Ning Ze hurriedly protected his wife and children, and looked vigilantly at the strangers who were controlled by Wang Wei. The surrounding soldiers gathered around and quickly surrounded them with spears.
"I'm not! I'm not an assassin!!" cried out the stranger who had been pushed to the ground.
"That's what the assassins say!" Wang Wei exerted force on his hand, making it impossible for him to struggle.
With his force, few people struggled to get out of the way.
Liu Yuanxiang glanced at the person who was being controlled suspiciously, and whispered to Ning Ze: "Husband, this person is dressed plainly, his eyes are clear, he doesn't look like an assassin!
"Hmm~" Ning Ze nodded slightly, he checked through the system, and the person in front of him was indeed not an assassin, but a citizen from Jiyang County, Bozhou. Loyalty is quite high, 94 points. Immediately shouted: "This man is not an assassin, let him go!"
"Lord Wang, it's also a big crime for this person to collide with the king!" said an official next to him.
"Your Majesty treats the people with benevolence and righteousness, not to mention that this person has not touched the Lone King yet, forget it!" Ning Ze waved his hand, "Let him get up." ”
"Wow!" Ning Ze spoke, and Wang Wei immediately let go.
The surrounding soldiers also withdrew, and no longer surrounded the man.
The stranger who was let go stood up, patted the dust on his body, and wiped his face slightly, only then did he see clearly that it was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. However, he is at least 1.8 meters tall, quite burly, and looks very much like an adult.
Of course, in this world, sixteen or seventeen years old is considered an adult. It's that this child is a little more mature than the average adult.
"Thank you, King!!" After the young man got up, he knelt down and kowtowed to Ning Ze, and said gratefully.
Ning Ze already knew his name and origin through the attribute panel, but he still asked, "Who are you?"
The young man replied respectfully: "Caomin's surname is Tang, and his name is Tianyou." People from Xingshi Township, Jiyang County, Bozhou. ”
"From Bozhou?" Liu Yuanxiang asked curiously, "Coming with your family?"
Tang Tianyou bowed to Liu Yuanxiang, but he didn't dare to raise his head: "Back to Your Majesty! The grass people came on foot from Bozhou by themselves, and they have been staying in Huajun for more than a month, just waiting for the king to return!"
"Oh, why is that?" asked Liu Yuanxiang suspiciously.
"Back to Your Majesty! The grass people are here to be entrusted by the villagers to plead their feelings to the prince!" Tang Tianyou took out a crumpled white paper from his arms, which was stained with some mud and dust, and raised his hands above his head.
"Grievance?" Ning Ze turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of him, "If you want to make a case, why don't you wait for King Gu? Don't you care about the local officials in Bozhou? Or do you want to sue the officials in Bozhou? Then you don't have to complain to Gu Ze, any official in the imperial city can accept it, or you can also make a case to Your Majesty!"
"King, there is nothing others can do about it!" Tang Tianyou said loudly, "I and other villagers have long complained to the Bozhou government, but the government only said that there is nothing to be done. ”
Ning Ze took the love letter suspiciously, and opened it directly without being dirty, and showed a surprised expression after reading it: "There are monsters in Shuangyan Peak in Xingshi Township, and there are thirty-seven people killed so far, the government has investigated many times to no avail, and several county soldiers are missing, and there is nothing they can do......"
"Monsters in the world?" the officials at the scene looked at each other, quite surprised.
When the onlookers heard this, they also talked about it.
Seeing this, Liu Yuanxiang stood up and asked, "How do you know that it is a monster in the world, have you ever seen it with your own eyes?"
Tang Tianyou shook his head: "The grass people have never seen it, but there are elders in the township who have seen monsters eating people, and they are lucky to escape." I heard the old man say that this monster appeared hundreds of years ago, and then disappeared for some reason, but I didn't expect it to reappear now, and it will be a disaster for ......the world! All ...... by monsters"
Speaking of this, he suddenly burst into tears and couldn't speak.
"I see," Liu Yuanxiang was a little sad when he heard this, turned to Ning Ze and whispered, "It is said that there will be demons in the world in chaos, and now the troubled times have not been pacified. It stands to reason that the husband should recuperate for a while when he returns from the war, but when he encounters this kind of thing, he can't stand idly by. I want to go to Bozhou with my husband to subdue this demon, but I don't know what my husband wants?"
"It's willing to subdue demons and eliminate demons, so you don't have to go over together, right?" Ning Ze whispered into her ear, "It's too dangerous." ”
"With my husband here, I'm not worried. Liu Yuanxiang replied softly, "Besides, isn't there a water boy and a bird demon around my husband? My husband has been out on the expedition for so long, and I have been thinking about it day and night, and now that I have finally come back, I just want to stay with my husband." ”
"Cough~" Ning Ze coughed lightly, "Don't talk to me in public, pay attention to your image." ”