In the Ministry of Shangshu, Cui Zhixia's foot had just been changed with injury medicine, and he was lying on the couch lifelessly, motionless.

"Xia'er...... You have to cheer up, you can't be depressed because of a small failure, you are the most important thing for the old lady in our Cui family, you can't be depressed like this all the time. ”

Cui Yizhong sat on the edge of the couch, looked at his lifeless son with some concern, and persuaded gently.

"Father...... This competition has made me lose face, you can also see, I did my best in the ring that day, and now I ...... How do you let me get out? How do I deal with those who are waiting to see my jokes? ”

After Cui Zhixia finished speaking, he leaned over and leaned on the edge of the couch and took a sip fiercely, and the maid standing aside hurriedly served a fragrant tea.

Cui Zhixia took the teacup, lifted the lid, and a rich fragrance wafted out, but it was the best Xinyang hair.

He took a sharp sip, took it in his mouth, rinsed it, and spit it in his spittle. Since returning home, he has brushed his teeth countless times and rinsed his mouth countless times, but he always feels a foul smell lingering in his mouth.

"The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, I still underestimate Zhixingyuan too much, I can't think of it...... In addition to that He An, he even trained Fan Dazhi, a freak, this dog killer, I must kill him with my own hands to eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”

Thinking of Fan Dazhi, Cui Zhixia's heart became irrepressibly angry, his handsome face became hideous because of the distortion, and he spat a few more fiercely.

"Xia'er, don't worry, that kid, for the sake of my father, I will definitely find an opportunity for someone to break his hands, feet and limbs first, and then bring him to you and let you ......"

Cui Yizhong said, stretched out his palm and slashed under his neck, making a throat-slitting motion.

"Fan Dazhi must die, otherwise ...... My Dao heart has been damaged, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to progress in the cultivation realm in the future! ”

Cui Zhixia said, kept spitting, and picked up the tea cup and rinsed his mouth.

Cui Yizhong picked up the thin blanket next to the couch and gently covered Cui Zhixia's body, he looked at his son with a fine stubble growing on his chin, his heart was full of pity, he gently patted Cui Zhixia's shoulder, sighed, got up and prepared to leave.

"Father seems to be full of worries, is there any news from the palace?"

Cui Zhixia lay on the couch and asked casually.

Cui Yizhong's expression was solemn, and he sat down slowly, and said: Xia Er is really smart, this Qingming University lost our academy, and His Majesty is very dissatisfied with us! ”

Cui Yizhong frowned tightly, thought for a while, and said softly: "Your Majesty has two princes, the eldest prince was born to Empress Cui, and the second prince was born to Wang Shuyi...... If there is any mistake in our Cui family's work in the future, Your Majesty will ...... It is even possible to depose the Empress! ”

"Also, our imperial merchants have been cut by His Majesty by seventy percent, and over the years, we have been dotted around inside and outside the palace, as well as the dividends of the ministers of the DPRK and China, which is a lot of expenses every year. In this way, many of our Cui family's related businesses will also be affected, and it won't be long before ...... We will be overstretched, those cunning guys in the officialdom and the shopping mall will definitely be able to sniff out these anomalies, and they are very likely to jump out and fall into the ground, which will undoubtedly make things worse for our Cui family......"

Cui Yizhong sighed worriedly and continued: "However, it is not these things that worry about my father the most...... It's His Majesty's attitude. As long as our Cui family's holy family does not fall, we can get back everything we have lost at any time, so we must not deviate in the slightest in our future actions and make Your Majesty unhappy. Your Majesty's thoughts...... It's always incomprehensible, the emperor's mental trick, and the power of heaven is unpredictable! Thinking about the father...... If we can guess His Majesty's next move, we can be prepared...... Do it purposefully, I don't know ...... What is Xia'er's opinion on this? ”

Cui Zhixia turned over, pillowed his arm and said, "Your Majesty has long wanted to suppress the power of the Zhixing Academy, and the reason why you have not done it for a long time is because you are afraid of the national teacher Li Xingzhi...... Li Xingzhi, an old monster, has both civil and military skills, and is one of the best masters in the world, and his reputation in the government and the opposition is unmatched. ”

"Last year, His Majesty allowed us to establish the Longmen Academy, and there must be a way to deal with Li Xingzhi...... Now that Li Xingzhi has been away from Beijing for half a year, and there is no news of him, I guess he may have suffered an accident...... Longmen Academy lost in this big competition and failed to suppress the prestige of Zhixing Academy, so His Majesty's next move must still revolve around Zhixing Academy. ”

Speaking of these, Cui Zhixia's eyes regained some brilliance, he turned over and sat up, and continued: "After all, the Zhixing Academy is just a academy, as far as I know, they are doing a good job in all aspects, there are no omissions, presumably Your Majesty has no reason to make another move, so I guess that Your Majesty will most likely start with the officials of the Zhixing Academy in the court......"

After listening to this, Cui Yizhong stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

Cui Zhixia lifted the blanket on his body, jumped off the bed, the stinging pain of the wound under his feet made him take a breath, he sat on the couch, cocked the injured foot and put it on his knee, and muttered: "Since the founding of the Great Chen State, there has been no war for more than ten years, I heard that some civil and military generals have accepted bribes and embezzled land, among which there must be officials of the Zhixing Academy. ”

"The reason why these things didn't break out was because Prime Minister Ding Fengyuan suppressed it, but Ding Xiang is old and sick for a long time, and His Majesty is very likely to let him return to his hometown...... For the position of prime minister, apart from your father, there is no more suitable candidate in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and the next ...... It is very likely that Your Majesty will appoint you as Prime Minister to deal with the officials of the Zhixing Academy......"

Cui Yizhong's brows gradually relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Xia Er is worthy of being full of wisdom, let's take precautions and act first, I will let people secretly investigate and collect evidence of corruption and bribery and bending the law for personal gain." ”

He clenched his fists and gently tapped them on his legs, his face was ruthless, and he frowned again: "But the Sacred Heart is unpredictable...... If Your Majesty appoints another prime minister and no longer reuses our Cui family, we will have to think of another countermeasure...... You contact the people in charge of Xiliang at home, and ask them to inform Prince Kan Cheng to send troops to attack Da Chen, these wolf cubs have received so much silver from us, and it is time to do something for us......"

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The sunset is obliquely shining, the loess is blown up by the wind and the dust drifts into the distance, the blood on the ground has dried up, several ownerless war horses are snorting with hooves, and several soldiers in the costume of the Great Chen State are cleaning the battlefield, it can be seen that a skirmish has just taken place here not long ago.

The remnant sun was like blood, the wind of slaughter was blowing through the border pass, and in the camp in front of Yongdeng County, Lanzhou, Fang Yizhi leaned on the chair tiredly.

His shirt was stained with blood, and the sergeant on the side carefully unbuttoned his shirt, only to see more than ten scars on his chest and back, a narrow new knife wound on his right shoulder, the flesh was rolled up, and blood was still oozing, and there was a triangular arrow on his right chest, which was submerged into the muscle.

The sergeant grilled a knife on the stove, and after it cooled down slightly, he cautiously pulled out the arrow, Fang Yizhi's chest suddenly flowed like a pillar, he clenched his teeth, his cheeks were raised high, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The sergeant quickly took off the clean gauze with his hands and feet, and pressed the wound to stop the bleeding......

Fang Yizhi was a lot darker, his skin was bronzed, his angular face was scruffed, and his eyes, which were originally gentle and clear, sometimes looked into the distance, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

In just one year, the originally polite scholar has become a calm and resolute soldier, his strong chest rises and falls sharply, enduring the pain in his chest, and frowning slightly.

After a long time, the sergeant finished bandaging and said, "Commander Fang, your old illness has not been cured, and now you have a new injury, please rest for a few days to recuperate!" ”

Fang Yizhi shook his head and said: "Now that the situation is grim, it is the time when it is most necessary to probe the enemy's situation, this little injury is not in the way, go and invite Lei Houzheng and Zhang Houzheng to come over and talk." ”

The sergeant sighed helplessly, and had to take the order to leave, Fang Yizhi looked at the direction where he was going, the wind pulled the flags and hunted, and the few war horses tied to the outside of the camp were shaking their manes uneasily, and their hooves were kicking.

Fang Yizhi suddenly changed color, he grabbed the long knife beside him, and rushed out of the tent with an arrow step.

The west wind is strong, the sun is late, Fang Yizhi looked into the distance with a solemn expression, for a moment, he leaned down, held a knife in one hand to support his body, his ears were on the ground, and after a while, his face changed drastically, he jumped up, and shouted: "Enemy attack, warning!"

Soon many sergeants poured out of the tent, and everyone took up arms and looked around vigilantly.

The ground trembled faintly, and gradually the tremor became more and more obvious, as if an invisible giant hammer was pounding the earth. The experienced sergeant quickly came to his senses with a shocked look on his face.

This is the shaking of the earth caused by the galloping of thousands of war horses.

As the desolate trumpet sounded, the distant sky was dusty, and a dark cloud rose from the horizon......

"Quickly raise the wolf smoke and warn the counties along the way!"

Fang Yizhi shouted, and the sound was quickly drowned in the wind.

The dark clouds in the sky were overwhelming, and a dense army could be faintly seen galloping forward, with sonorous clothes and armor, swords and guns like a forest, and boundless murderous aura soaring into the sky......

At this moment, there was a trace of horror in everyone's eyes, and the most terrible thing finally happened - Xiliang Koubian.

In the Great Chen Empire, on an ordinary day in the spring of the seventh year of Chengping, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the Vermilion Bird Street in Luoyang City.

A ragged post man, with a small yellow flag tied around his waist, galloped desperately as pedestrians dodged him.

Eight hundred miles expedited!

The people of Luoyang, the imperial capital, had not seen such a scene for many years, and their expressions were still a little dazed when they saw the direction in which the horses disappeared.

Immediately, an explosive news shocked the world, Xiliang Iron Cavalry 50,000 as the vanguard, followed by 250,000 troops, out of force, to attack Lanzhou......

The court of the Great Chen Empire was in a mess, and Emperor Chen looked at the noisy ministers in the hall, and his sword eyebrows frowned......

After some deliberation, in the end, Emperor Chen appointed Cui Canyun as the main general, and Liu Daxia's eldest son Liu Ben as the deputy general, leading 200,000 starry nights to reinforce Lanzhou.