Chapter 57 Internal Friction III
No matter how long the road is, there is an end to it. From the 8th of January, when he set out from the oak wood, to the night of the 12th, the valley of the valley of the wind came into his sight, followed by the tall blue-gray walls that connected the mountains, and the bright lights on the walls, which looked as bright as day from a distance.
When they entered the valley and reached the city wall, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and the acacia wooden bridge fell into the slush and splashed in all directions. After the city gate was opened, he saw Lin Fa, Duan Kaicheng, Ji Lang and other large and small vassals rushing out from inside, and the banner representing their identity was held high behind.
Lin Fa, the city lord of Wind Valley, rode at the front, and the pattern on his chest was that of brown trees on both sides engulfing a long white path. He was flanked by Duan Kaicheng and Geelong. Duan Kaicheng was stroking his golden beard, with an incomprehensible smile on his face.
"Storm Valley welcomes the triumphant return of the young master with my brave soldiers and army!" Lin Fa said loudly on the spotted horse. This is a middle-aged man with a smile on his face, and he looks quite handsome except for the pair of eyebrows that are almost in a line and a chin with a large mole. "The barbarians have tasted our power again, and must have been quiet for many years. ”
"With Lord Laurin and all of you in the rear, the soldiers can fight bravely on the front line. Qin Ming smiled faintly. You're just sitting back and enjoying it. Ever since Daddy led his army into the Valley of the Wind, everything about the war has nothing to do with you.
"When the good news came, our people in the rear were overjoyed. The nomadic tide ended so quickly this time that it was unexpected. In any case, a victory is a victory, and we are the winning side. Duan Kaicheng took over the conversation, and he changed his words, "But in addition to the good news, there are some other news coming, and these news make it difficult for our people in the rear to be happy. The valiant soldiers of our army had no time to care about the front line, they were busy killing the enemy, and we were not good at sending this news over, but in any case, bad news is bad news, bad news is more than one, we have lost the king of the golden horse, everyone knows it, but we have lost more. I don't know all the adults on the front line, do you know that our honor and dignity have been humiliated and tarnished?"
Qin Ming's face changed. If it weren't for the snowflakes sticking to his face, the other side would have seen that his face was pale. But his anger was blood-red.
The vassals riding beside him looked at each other, not knowing what bad news Duan Kaicheng was talking about. Antai spoke: "Lord Duan might as well say it bluntly, there have been enough sad news in recent years, and I am not afraid of one more." ”
Only a very small number of people at the front know about it. But in the rear, at least in the Valley of the Wind the news has spread, and everyone on the other side has three words written on their faces: I know.
"My lords, our valiant warriors, and you know, our country has suffered the greatest calamity in a thousand years! Nomadic waves have harmed our people, destroyed our homeland, and there has been a blood feud between the barbarians and us for thousands of years. However, I want to tell you now, compared to the bad news I am about to tell, the nomadic tide is not even so terrifying!" Qin Ming had never heard Duan Kaicheng's voice so loud and his words so imposing.
The lord of Sunset Castle pulled the reins, his brown horse walking around in front of the crowd opposite, his voice echoing through the valley.
"On the day of the dragon's face in the kingdom of a thousand years, on the top of the holy mountain, my god did not show his true face, and he disappeared!" Duan Kaicheng paused slightly, watching the people's reactions, he was undoubtedly very satisfied, and he continued, "This is the biggest disaster in the history of our country! This is the biggest and most terrible bad news in a thousand years!"
There is no doubt that yes, there will be no objection to this statement. Nor was it his purpose to say these things to which no one objected.
"That's not the only bad news I'm going to say. Our dignity and honor have been tarnished by a shameful crime that is outrageous to both men and gods, and the Qin family and the families of all the adults are the ancient and noble families of the Golden Horse, and now someone has humiliated your noble bloodline. Duan Kaicheng's face became heavy, and everyone could see that he was about to say something that would make him ashamed, and sure enough, his voice was also full of shame. "My lord's daughter-in-law, the only young lady of the Golden Castle, the eldest princess of the King of Nioh, Long Dailan, who you call the Holy Grandmother and the blood of the Holy King, has committed the ugly crime of adultery and pregnancy with Yu Jian, the chief guard of the King of Nioh, and has been deprived of all royal rights and imprisoned!
Qin Ming clearly heard the noisy discussions around him and behind him. At the end of last month, the Seven Sons Hall handed down its verdict and the Cabinet issued a notice, but the carrier pigeons and city gates in the Valley of the Wind were strictly controlled, and the exchange of information was firmly controlled, and the entry and exit of people and birds were supervised. Daddy has only one purpose: to stabilize the morale of the army and end the war as soon as possible. And Daddy's plan proved to be correct, he accurately judged the problem of the barbarians, and ended the war in the fastest and most decisive way.
But he could not have anticipated his own death. It was his death that made it all out of control. Duan Kaicheng would never dare to speak out in front of his father. No one dared.
"It's unbelievable that there is such a thing!" Antai's fat face trembled as he spoke. "Lord Duan, this kind of thing can't be a joke, can you swear before my god that everything you said is not the slightest false?"
"My god is above, what I Duan Kaicheng said today is not half false, otherwise I will not be allowed to enter the heavenly realm after I die!" Duan Kaicheng swore loudly to ensure that more people heard.
"Then who is Long Jun now, is it Long Chengtian?" asked Kang Xian from Saltwater City.
Duan Kaicheng replied: "It was him, on the eve of the day of Longyan, he completed the enthronement ceremony. ”
There was another commotion.
Duan Kaicheng continued: "My lord knows about this scandal of my daughter-in-law, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, I keep it secret. Adults can understand our lord. But after Brownwood City and even the Oak Sentry were taken down, the young master, at least the adults sitting in the commander's tent should know the news. Is there still a need to hide it then? Do you still want to protect your wife, who has disgraced you?"
Let me do it, and I'll make you pregnant with a child.
"I will not protect any crime. Qin Ming felt that his throat was very dry, and his voice might not sound loud enough, not as convincing as Duan Kaicheng. "After it was confirmed. ”
"The young lady's personal maid is ironclad evidence, and she submitted her testimony to the cabinet as a witness. "Duan Kaicheng is close step by step*.
yes, she doesn't lie. Yingshu is a very simple girl, if she didn't come out to testify, how could I doubt my wife?
"We all know what Long Chengtian wants. And what might he do? My wife's maid, Yingshu, is just a maid. You all know the skills of the Torture Pavilion, and it won't be too difficult to get such a weak woman to say anything. Qin Ming looked around, looking for Gao Jin's face, looking for any face that might identify with him, and he felt at this moment that it might not be so right to leave the third uncle in Palm Forest City. "So the accusation about my wife, it's just a rumor. When she married into the Golden Castle, her chastity was tested by the Kongo Temple, and there was no doubt. She was in Golden Casa for three years, and everything she did gave me no reason to doubt her. ”
He saw some people nodding frequently. Dailan's three years at Golden Castle were indeed widely praised.
"She may have looked of good character for three years, but she hasn't brought you a child for three years. However, after Yu Jian arrived in Jinbao, she became pregnant. Virgins can be faked, Yingshu has proven that our young lady has been a dissolute since she was a child, she has been unclean many years ago, and she has been to this day! It was she who betrayed you, humiliated the golden horse, and defiled her bloodline. No one will say it's your responsibility!" Duan retorted loudly.
Qin Ming glared at him, if his eyes could kill, Duan Kaicheng would have been broken into thousands of pieces by him. "Master Duan, what do you want me to do?"
"Young master, you must show your courage in front of your vassals! admit this scandal, and you know better than me what to do in the face of it. Ladies and gentlemen, now that 12 days have passed since the Day of the Dragon's Face, and it will be 13 days soon, and there are any miracles of our God? My God's absence from the Day of the Dragon's Face declares that this is a time of chaos! Nioh is respected and loved by us, but why did Nioh die of a strange disease? Let's see, his second child was disabled at a young age, the third child had a deformed six fingers, the fifth child unfortunately fell off a cliff and died, and now the eldest child has caused such a scandal, is it a coincidence? Nioh was a virtuous ruler who loved his people, but he stayed away from the temple. Why won't our god show us his true face? It is because he does not favor his spokesman in the mortal realm! Nioh has lost his protection!"
"My lords, think again, the mountain giants have come down from the Sudara Plateau not long ago, and they haven't done so for two hundred years! The nomadic tide broke out, and paganism ran rampant in our country. Do you not think that this is a terrible calamity? a calamity is caused by ungodly men, and it is the source of bad omen for those who have been defiled since childhood!
This is really nonsense! Qin Ming was so angry that he couldn't hold it back any longer. He saw Gao Jinle stepping forward, and suddenly heard a person say loudly, "Please pay attention to your words, Master Duan!"
Qin Ming followed the prestige, only to see a brown and reddish horse galloping out of the crowd, a handsome man riding on it, wearing a pure white Baotou hat, a pure white big coat draped on his body, without a piece of armor, he blinked a pair of big eyes to Qin Ming, and then continued, "After my lord returns to heaven, the young master is the king of golden horses." Any vassal must speak respectfully and must not commit any offence! Otherwise, it will be tantamount to rebellion!"
Qin Ming recognized this person, but Duan Kaicheng didn't see who it was for a while, he only heard him shout: "Who are you? dare to say that Duan is a rebel?"
The young man pulled the big behind his back with one hand, rode around the horse a few times, and replied loudly: "Guangminggang Zhao Fei, I greet the young master and all the adults! My father knew that my lord had passed away, and I was commanded to take the first step to mourn my lord. My father is coming. ”
His white coat is painted with the emblem of Bright Harbor: a black lighthouse by the sea.