In the afternoon of the same day, the Swiss Intelligence Service sent several summons to the Montenegrin branch office to inquire about the current situation in Montenegrin Province, but each time it was in vain. Hang Xiao hurriedly convened the civil and military ministers to discuss how to deal with this emergency situation. The ministers said that it was necessary to urgently send intelligence personnel from the surrounding provinces to infiltrate Montenegro to check the situation and quickly transmit the situation back, Yan Tao said that such an order had been issued, and the preliminary information would be transmitted back soon. The ministers said to quickly notify the local troops in the surrounding provinces to get ready, and if the situation was not good, they would immediately rush to Montenegro to quell the rebellion, Yan Tao said that the order had been issued half an hour ago, and all localities should receive it soon.

"Montenegro... Montenegro...... How could this be? Yan Tao, according to your judgment, what is going on over there in Montenegro and what happened?" Hang Xiao asked.

"It is possible that the Montenegrin horse thieves took advantage of the opportunity of the Montenegrin local army to go out to suppress the bandits, and made a detour to occupy various government offices. Yan Tao said.

"Are there really so many horse thieves?" Hang Xiao was shocked.

"It can stalemate with 200,000 local troops for half a month, and it can divide troops to occupy various government offices in a roundabout way, judging by this, it should not be less. Yan Tao said.

"Diverting the tiger from the mountain and taking advantage of the weakness, the strategy of those horse thieves is really clever. Hang Xiao groaned, "But the horse thieves occupy Montenegro...... Why do horse thieves occupy Montenegro, it's not enough to be the king of the mountain, do they still want to be the king of Montenegro?"

"Your Majesty, this matter must be planned by Chen Ruoping and Mo Cong, they must have been connected with the horse thieves in Shuanglong Mountain, the last time the imperial court went to encircle and suppress Shuanglong Mountain, they ventilated and sent a message to let the horse thieves flow to Montenegro, and now they have taken advantage of the emptiness of Montenegro's troops to occupy the entire province. At this point, it is only the best policy to quickly mobilize troops and horses to take back Montenegro when the horse thieves have not yet gained a stable foothold, so that they can also cooperate with the local army inside Montenegro to completely eliminate the bandits. Zhao Rong said.

"And what if the horse thieves take advantage of the situation and invade other places?" someone questioned.

"Only half of the troops are mobilized in each place, so that the horse thieves are not given the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Zhao Rong said.

"Okay, then you don't have to wait for any information, and now quickly send orders to the local troops in the surrounding provinces of Montenegro. Let them send half of their troops and leave half of their troops to quickly enter the province of Montenegro to quell the rebellion, and mobilize six cavalry battalions of the vanguard of the Central Army and six cavalry battalions of the Northwest Army to quickly rush to Montenegro. Hang Xiao made a decision.

At the beginning of May 574 in the Rui calendar, the province of Montenegro had just been controlled by horse thieves for less than half a month, and the Rui court quickly mobilized the local armies of the five provinces, six battalions of the vanguard of the Central Army, and six battalions of the Northwest Army, totaling 480,000 horses. Quickly rushed to Montenegro to quell the chaos. Just when the army had just started, an urgent report came from the north that the Long Kingdom had increased its troops by 500,000, led by Murong Lie, and had rushed from the Long Kingdom to the Juling Pass a few days ago. Hang Xiao was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss.

Most people said that the matter of the Giant Spirit Pass was a top priority, and if the Long Kingdom was allowed to come in, it would not only be a problem for the Black Mountain Province, but many provinces would suffer. Therefore, it is advocated that the 480,000 soldiers and horses who went to suppress the bandits quickly change direction and gallop to the aid of Juling Pass. Zhao Rong and others said that if they are outside, they must first settle inside, and if they don't do it now, they will make the horse thieves sit bigger and bigger, causing endless troubles in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister can be sure that Chen Ruoping and Mo Cong are really spies of the Long Kingdom. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, they occupied the province of Montenegro over there, and Long Guo cooperated with them to increase the troops at Juling Pass, and Long Guo deliberately wanted us to have no time to separate. In order to let those spies gain a firm foothold in Montenegro, Your Majesty must not be fooled. Zhao Rongsheng said with tears in his eyes.

"Zhao Rong, I can now be sure that you are indeed a spy of the Long Kingdom. Otherwise, they would not ignore the Giant Spirit and have to fight Montenegro, those troops are not far from the Giant Spirit Pass, and they can quickly rush to the Giant Spirit Pass by turning around, and even if the matter of Montenegro is urgent, the troops of some southern provinces can be transferred to quell the rebellion, you are so regardless of priority, you try your best to encourage Your Majesty to ignore the Giant Spirit Pass, what are your intentions?" Yan Tao stood up and said.

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the palace were in an uproar, Yan Tao was a famous panacea in the officialdom of Ruiguo, and he could mix with people from any faction, and it was rare for him to stand up so clearly and accuse him of being a spy, even if some very old elders were seeing each other for the first time, everyone didn't speak for a while, waiting to see Hang Xiao's reaction.

"You...... You are spewing blood, I'm not so anxious about the affairs of Montenegro, is it not important that the giant spirit is important, and Montenegro is not important?" Before Hang Xiao could speak, Zhao Rong jumped three feet high and said.

"Okay, just do what Yan Tao said, all the ministries urgently turned around and rushed to the aid of the Giant Spirit Pass, as for the specific soldiers and horses that should be transferred from the Black Mountain matter, let's discuss it. Hang Xiao exhaled and said.

As soon as the ministers heard that the tone had been set, they offered suggestions one after another, sending 400,000 troops from the south of Rui to Montenegro to quell the rebellion, and with Fang Tianhao, the deputy commander of the Central Army's rear guard, as the commander.

"Well, Fang Tianhao is a suitable candidate for the country, so give an order. Hang Xiao nodded.

That night, 480,000 horses received an urgent order, quickly turned around and galloped to the aid of Juling Pass, and the rear guard of the Central Army and some soldiers and horses in the south of Ruiguo also received an order to go north to quell the rebellion. When the armies of all walks of life were moving, Hang Xiao couldn't sleep in the palace, too many things had happened recently, the things of Mofu, the things of Montenegro, the theft of Zhao Rong and others, many things could not be explained by common sense, Mofu suddenly collapsed, the Mo family went to Montenegro safely under the siege and interception of the national army, Zhao Rong and others' money and family members were all lost, and everything pointed to four words: the appearance of the gods.

"Could it be that Chen Ruoping and Mo Cong are really not spies, and Zhao Rong is spies? Then why did they occupy Montenegro Province again?" Hang Xiao thought over and over again.

At dawn the next day, Hang Xiao just woke up and saw a large stack of silver tickets on the pillow, he thought it was a dream, but he looked at it several times, and then reached out and touched it, the silver tickets were indeed real. Hang Xiao sat up and carefully inspected the residence of the palace concubines who happened to be lucky, everything was normal, the door was closed and there were no footprints, but the silver ticket next to the pillow was real, counting more than 140 million taels.

"Is this really a god manifesting God to bless Ruiguo?" Hang Xiao sorted out the silver ticket and exhaled, but saw a piece of white paper floating from the bottom of the silver ticket to the ground, Hang Xiao hurriedly picked it up and looked at it, only to see that it was written: Corrupt officials bring disaster to the country, internal and external troubles, internal worries are temporarily removed, and the silver is returned. There is a long list of names below, including Zhao Rong, various senior officials of the Internal Affairs Department, wealthy businessmen and officials in the capital and all over the country, and some leaders of the Blue Dragon Gang.

The more Hang Xiao looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and his hand holding the paper was shaking.

"Your Majesty, what is so urgent?" said the concubine next to her lazily and opened her eyes in a daze.

"Nothing, um... From today onwards, I will crown you as a silver concubine. Hang Xiao said quietly, got up and left.

In the morning, the early dynasty of Ruihua Hall ended, and Hang Xiao left Zhao Rong and some of Zhao Rong's henchmen alone and called them to the imperial study. These people are a little anxious these days, and they feel precarious every day, but when they arrived at the imperial study, they saw that Hang Xiao was just talking about some urgent things such as transporting food and grass materials to the Giant Spirit Pass battlefield as usual, and their hearts were a little relieved.

After saying these things, everyone thought that the matter was over, but Hang Xiao suddenly changed his words and mentioned the former emperor Hanglu.

"When the emperor was here, he was very important, and several Aiqing were also considered the ministers of the humerus left by the emperor to me, but... Some words were said very clearly when the emperor was there, especially to Zhao Rong. Zhao Rong, you have to repeat the words that the emperor told you every morning, noon and evening, and remind yourself to pay attention to it from time to time, so as not to do anything irreparable, otherwise there will really be a day, even if the emperor's spirit in the sky can forgive you, I will never forgive, do you understand?" Hang Xiao said lightly while drinking tea.

"The minister understands...... Got it. Zhao Rong kowtowed in a cold sweat.

"It's the same with the few of you, whoever works diligently will be rewarded, and whoever is clever and foolish will be rewarded for another kind of reward. Hang Xiao said coldly as he looked around at a group of officials.

A group of people hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying that they didn't dare.

"This is 140 million taels of silver tickets, which were urgently exchanged by the Internal Affairs Department into Kuping silver to fill the treasury, and Yu Linwei accompanied the escort. Hang Xiao said and threw a few thick stacks of silver tickets in front of Zhao Rong, and asked Jiang Bo to gather people.

Zhao Rong looked at the silver ticket in front of him, he was shocked, frightened and distressed, but he didn't dare to come out on his knees there, and the other officials of the Internal Affairs Department also touched the ground with their foreheads and didn't dare to move. (To be continued......)