At the White Tiger Pass on the northwest border, the north wind is howling, the snow is boundless, the birds are hidden, the beasts are gone, and the dark clouds are all over the sky, trying to cover the earth.

In the West Wind Pavilion of Qingyu Building, the fire is blazing, baking the house as warm as spring, and the house is also beautiful in spring. It's just that after a while, Wei Zheng was defeated, he has always been weak, although his wife Lan Yusheng tried his best to make it himself, and he personally arranged the production of his daily life and diet, and he had to eat some big supplements, but Wei Zheng still had a gap from the great man.

Wei Zheng stood up with a little guilt, quickly wrapped his thin body in a cotton coat, and walked to the window to breathe. He frowned, looking at the ice and snow in distraction.

Although Lan Yusheng is not satisfied, she is not angry, she knows that her man has been malnourished since he was a child with Emperor Xuanyuan's southern and northern wars, so that his body is weak, but he has the world in his heart, and there are millions of male soldiers in his chest, which does not prevent him from being a great husband who stands up to the sky. She loved this man, accepted everything from him, and naturally tolerated his flaws.

"It's cold in front of the window, come inside the quilt" Lan Yusheng lay lazily on the bed and said worriedly.

"I've been busy with military affairs all day in the past few months, and I've really neglected your mother and son." Wei Zheng's face was full of shame.

"Of course, the emperor must put his family and country first, and he doesn't have to be so childlike."

"I only hate the country of Naxiong Lufan, and there are many incidents." Wei Zheng helped his wife cover the quilt, and he drilled into the quilt while talking.

"Yes, that day at Wangxiangguan Station, I saw that Brother Ye and his entourage, there was really no one in sight, hum!" Lan Yusheng rested his head on Wei Zheng's chest.

Wei Zheng's thoughts flew to the day when he first saw Ye Ge and the Golden Lion in Wangxiang Pass.

Wei Zheng had just celebrated the 50th birthday of Emperor Xuanyuan, and he was sent to Baihu Pass to serve as the commander of the border pass, and he took his wife Lan Yusheng, his son Wei Lai, and Zhu Fuzheng, Wu Di, Du Zhong, and Feng Buping and a group of retainers, and hurried day and night. When he was about to arrive at Wangxiangguan Station, the car refused to move forward, and he was very frightened and screamed. Wei Zheng and others had to dismount and walk, entered the post station, only to see a male Lupan people, dressed beautifully, thirty-five or sixteen years old, about 1.8 meters tall, looking like a tiger's back and a bear's waist, the body is like an iron tower, the head is surrounded by a black cloth, and the face is also covered by a black cloth, only revealing a pair of eyes, which makes people feel unapproachable, riding on a camel, very arrogant. The entourage guarding the side was also tall and mighty strong men, masked with black cloth, wrapped in black robes, wearing a long scimitar at his waist, carrying a long bow, holding a spear, looking at Wei Zheng and the others with fierce eyes, it was Ye Ge and his party.

"All of his subordinates have special skills, and it looks like Brother Na's skills are definitely not bad, and he is indeed a fierce opponent. Therefore, I did not dare to delay, and rushed to Baihu Pass day and night to step up the training of the army. I believe that one day, we will see each other on the battlefield. ”

"Hmph, if you talk about leading troops to fight, it will naturally be inferior to yours." Lan Yusheng looked at Wei Zheng with admiration.

Wei Zheng was noncommittal, he knew that self-confidence could only come from knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and he and Ye Ge only had one side of the relationship, and when it came to force alone, he had no chance of winning.

"But that Jia Hugong is simply a disgrace to my Eastern Holy Kingdom." Lan Yusheng said again.

"Yes, that's good!" Wei Zheng couldn't help but see the image of Jia Hugong in front of him, and with Brother Ye that day, there was also Jia Hugong, the handsome commander of the White Tiger Pass, who was ordered to escort the Golden Lion to Beijing with Brother Ye. This Jia Hugong is about fifty years old, short and fat, fat, and oily, not like a marshal who has lived in the border pass for a long time and led the troops to fight.

"He's a sycophant, and his men are a bunch of wretched! I only know how to guess boxing and drink, and there is no military discipline! Lan Yusheng said hatefully.

"Yes, alas! The soldiers of Baihu Pass lacked clothes and food, suffered from cold and hunger, but they were fine, wearing mink coats, cotton pants and animal boots! I don't know how much military pay has been embezzled! Wei Zheng recalled that when he first came to Baihu Pass, he saw that the soldiers were all thinly clothed and shrunk from the cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That's fine, the most hateful thing is to neglect military affairs, the soldiers are all lazy and lazy, and the arrangement of troops is disorderly, just like stragglers, the Great Wall has also collapsed in many places, once the Xionglu Pan Kingdom attacks, the consequences are unimaginable." I knew I had to kill him. ”

"Hmph, that's it, it's good that you organized the repair and reinforcement in time. If he hadn't killed the deputy marshal and the head of the sect that day, and dismissed Jia Hugong's old generals, I'm afraid that these soldiers would not be easy to manage. ”

"Well, how can you be sloppy in major matters in the army, how can you be soft-hearted when you are in charge of the army."

"Don't talk about him, I'm worried about Holy Father, that golden lion is not an ordinary beast!" Lan Yusheng said worriedly.

Wei Zheng listened to it and recalled the first time he saw the golden lion at Wangxiangguan Station. That day, he followed Jia Hugong to the backyard of the post station to watch. I saw dozens of slaves, dressed in rags, sitting around and devouring dry food. Walking further inside, I saw a huge wooden cart with a huge iron cage fixed with iron chains, and the golden lion was squatting inside, feasting. Wei Zheng stood far away to look at the golden lion, only to see that it was two meters long away, a bowl thick tail was also nearly one meter long, a few mouths of the blood basin tore a fat sheep to pieces and swallowed, although imprisoned in the iron cage, still imposing, the dragon spirit and tiger fierce, as soon as someone approached, the lion roared again and again, fluttering, full of wildness.

"Don't worry about this, the Holy Father has a plan." Wei Zheng remembered the morning before leaving the capital, he was about to invite the Holy Father to attend the birthday banquet in the Yongshou Palace, but he saw the imperial physician Shang Du following An Ruhai into the palace from a distance, thinking that Emperor Xuanyuan was in poor health, so he tightened his pace. The imperial physician Shang Du and An Ruhai did not notice it, and entered the dormitory before and after. When Wei Zheng arrived at the palace, he saw that the palace door was closed, and he raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, only to hear Emperor Xuanyuan say, "Shang Du, do you have any more powerful poison?" Wei Zheng was stunned and listened carefully.

"Back to the Holy Lord, the ministers have visited all the countries recently, and the day does not set on the country there is a poison, which is very powerful, colorless and tasteless, and the throat is sealed with blood." Shang Du returned.

"Hurry up."

"No!"

"An Ruhai, this matter will be left to you."

"Please rest assured, Holy Lord."

Wei Zheng is so smart, after thinking about it for a while, he will be in the middle, and when he heard An Ruhai and the others retreat, he quietly hid aside.

Lan Yusheng didn't know why, Wei Zheng didn't say anything, and she didn't dare to ask more, so she had to say, "I hope it's okay." ”

"I'm just afraid that Wei Miao and An Ruhai will make a conspiracy!" Wei Zheng touched Lan Yusheng's hair.

"Oh?" Lan Yusheng was taken aback, raised his head, and stared at Wei Zheng.

"The Holy Father's appointment of me to be the commander of the border was the suggestion of Wei Miti, because on that day he reported to the Holy Father that the Xionglu Pan Kingdom wanted to sacrifice the golden lion to celebrate his birthday, and I strongly objected to it, and refused to let the Holy Father take the risk of slaughtering the golden lion, saying that the Xionglu Pan Kingdom was afraid of ill-intentioned intentions and had other plans."

"So the Holy Father agreed?"

"Although the Holy Father wanted to fight with the Golden Lion, he was also worried that the Xionglu Pan Kingdom had ulterior motives, so he followed Wei Miao's proposal."

"I don't have to send you. The Father's fiftieth birthday has not yet been completed. Lan Yusheng was puzzled.

"The 50th birthday of the Holy Father should be celebrated for half a year in a row, and the state affairs are important, so naturally there is no need to participate in the whole process. Although I am familiar with military books, after all, I have not been used in actual combat, the so-called impermanence of soldiers, water is impermanent, only book knowledge and do not know how to adapt to changes is definitely not good, so the Holy Father also hopes that I will experience experience and see on the battlefield. ”

"I see. But why worry about Wei Miao and An Ruhai? ”

"It's a long story." Wei Zheng was reluctant to say more.

Lan Yusheng didn't ask much, and put his head on Wei Zheng's chest again, speechless for a while.

"Dashuai, there is a secret report in the capital." The voice of Deputy Marshal Zhu Fuzheng suddenly came from outside the door.

Wei Zheng said, "Wait a minute. ”

Lan Yusheng helped Wei Zheng change into his official uniform, packed up himself, and ran to open the door, "Come in!" ”

Zhu Fuzheng shook the snow off his body, entered the door, saluted Wei Zheng and Lan Yusheng, and handed the bamboo tube in his hand, Lan Yusheng took the bamboo tube, sealed the wax, took out a roll of paper from it, handed it to Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng took a look, and was shocked. Lan Yusheng took the secret letter from Wei Zheng, and after reading it, he couldn't help but feel sad, "I can't imagine that something really happened?" Let's go back to Beijing tomorrow. ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand, "It is a capital crime to leave your post without an order." And what happened to the Holy Father this time, as I feared, must be the conspiracy of Wei Miao and An Ruhai. If you go to the capital hastily this time, you will definitely have no return. ”

Zhu Fuzheng was shocked, "Wei Miao's conspiracy to seize the throne? ”

"Exactly!" Wei Zheng said, "The Holy Father slaughtered the Nanhua Tiger by himself, and he has not fought any more beasts for seven years. Wei Miao said to the Holy Father that Ye Ge would offer a golden lion to celebrate his birthday, and Ben Shuai knew that this matter was not simple. Before leaving Beijing, I was worried that something would happen, so I asked Jin Ruoyan to inquire about the news in Beijing, and found that Wei Miao had a very close relationship with An Ruhai and Jia Hugong, which was extremely unusual. Ben Shuai asked the Minister of War to let the Holy Father be careful, but he didn't want him to be an upright and foolish person, and he was born and died with the Holy Father, so he actually said that the Emperor Xuanyuan would stop holding the Colosseum Conference, and the Emperor Xuanyuan naturally did not listen. When Wei Miao found out, he was very angry, saying that Jia Hugong had obtained a reliable situation, and Fu Wangchao, the minister of the Ministry of War, was self-respecting, arrogant, and seemed to have a rebellious heart. The Holy Father had always been suspicious, and believed the slander to be true, and ordered Fu Wangchao and his entourage to be put on death row. ”

"It can be seen that the intentions are ill-intentioned! But don't you say that the Holy Father has a perfect plan? ”

"Hmph, it must have been Wei Miao's collusion with An Ruhai to make an obstacle to it, so that the Holy Father died tragically!" It was inconvenient for Wei Zheng to tell them about the poisoning, so he gently took it over, and then said, "The Holy Son has not yet been established, only Wei Miao is in the capital, and this commander will be the biggest obstacle to his ascension to the throne, so if he returns to Beijing to mourn, he must have no return." ”

"How's that okay?" Lan Yusheng frowned.

"The only way to do this is to send troops to rebel and avenge the Holy Father."

Lan Yusheng nodded yes, and said worriedly, "It's just that I don't know if the generals will sacrifice their lives to follow?" Especially the one that is often nameless, comes to the White Tiger Pass, and is against you everywhere. ”

Wei Zheng said, "He is Wei Miao's confidant, specially sent to supervise and make trouble, and now he has to get rid of him." After giving such an order, Zhu Fuzheng was ordered to bow his head and retreat. Lan Yusheng took the Xuanbing Sword and said, "I'll go find it." ”

After a while, the generals were already waiting outside the hall, Wei Zheng was full of anger, and entered the hall without saying a word.

Wei Zheng sat on the handsome chair and first hid his face and cried, causing the generals to look at each other. Since the defense was recruited to the White Tiger Pass, he has killed the deputy marshal, beheaded the head of the sect, dismissed the generals, trained the sergeants, and raised military supplies, and has always been resolute and resolute, and has never been weak. Under his control, the army discipline was strict, the advance and retreat were lawful, the attack and defense were moderate, and the Great Wall was also repaired impregnably and the walls were tight. Why do you cry when you see each other today? The generals were wondering to themselves. Zhu Fuzheng said, "Rank generals, just now the secret report in the capital has been, the Holy Lord has suffered a tragic accident, and his soul has unfortunately returned to the Nine Heavens!" ”

The generals were shocked and discussed. Wei Zheng stood up and said angrily, "According to the secret report, the culprit is Wei Miao, the traitor!" I swear not to share heaven with him! Either he dies or I die. What do you think? ”

"We swear to follow to the death, and we will not share the sky with the traitor Wei Miao! Please give an order immediately and go straight to the capital on a certain day! "Feng inequality, a cadre of retainers took the lead in expressing their position.

"Commander, never! I am afraid that this matter will be discussed in the long run, and it seems that there is something wrong with raising troops to rebel only on the basis of a secret report, and if we send troops hastily, the division will be nameless, and it will be difficult for the army to understand. Second, when the White Tiger Pass arrived, the defense was empty, giving the Xionglu Pan State an opportunity to take advantage of, which was not good for the country. The superintendent often spoke out against it.

"Exactly, handsome! Think again! Some of the generals chimed in. Most of them are from Baihuguan, and they don't want to leave their hometowns easily, and they have been peaceful for a long time, and they don't want to charge into battle and lose their lives.

"This is the report of the handsome's henchmen, there is no doubt that it is natural to send troops to rebel and avenge the Holy Lord! How can it be said that the teacher is unknown! Zhu Fu is righteous.

"But the border is heavy, how can the army be easily moved? Xionglu Pan will take advantage of the void to enter! Please also ask the marshal to put state affairs first! "The prison army is often nameless and does not give in.

Zhu Fuzheng grabbed Chang Ming's collar and said, "Dashuai is the eldest son, and he should succeed the Holy Lord." That Wei Miu killed his father and usurped the throne, the crime is extremely heinous, and he who is the son of man, how can he sit idly by and ignore it! You said! ”

Chang Mingming was speechless for a while, and said in a trembling voice, "You, you, what are you pulling my collar for, scattering, scattering, letting go!" ”

"Humph!" Zhu Fuzheng pushed him away, and said again, "If you help the commander regain the position of the Holy Lord, it is better to be promoted to the rank of lord and brilliant than to guard the border in this wild place. ”

For a while, the generals discussed a lot, some supported, some hesitated, and some opposed.

"The troubles of the Xionglu Pan country, this commander has his own decision. This handsome has made up his mind, don't say more! Violators will be killed! Wei Zheng stood up and shouted.

Chang Buming took a step forward, intending to say more, Wei Zheng was waiting for this moment, and shouted, "Where is the knife and axe hand!" ”

The knife and axe men who had already ambushed the left and right tents rushed out, and took down Chang Buming, "Handsome! Handsome! Put state affairs first, handsome! "Often nameless still shouting to himself.

Wei Zheng waved his hand, "Pull it out and cut it!" "No!" The axe hand sets up and often leaves without a name.

Which of the other generals dared to argue again, and they were all silent.

Zhu Fuzheng knelt on the ground and said, "Today, we will elect the big handsome as the Holy Lord, please give an order!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all knelt down and said in unison, "Listen to the Holy Lord!" ”

"Ordered Wu Di to be the commander of the rebellion, Feng Buping as the deputy marshal, and each army transferred half of the elite soldiers, and went to Beijing to fight against the rebellion with Lone. Zhu Fuzheng was ordered to be the commander of the border guard, Yuan Shoufan and Xu Shiyuan were the deputy marshals, and they stayed at the White Tiger Pass to prevent the Xionglu Pan Kingdom from violating the border, and after capturing the capital, all the officials were added to the knighthood! Those who leak the news will not be spared! ”

"No!"