Chapter 721: Bad News
The news brought by Sun Wen and Liu Meng, if it is true, it is indeed a big trouble.
On the one hand, the existence of the two states of Gan and Mongolia is to resist the pressure from the northern Darong Iron Cavalry, and it is also a bridge to communicate with the countries of the Western Regions.
There are sixteen countries in the Western Regions, although the countries do not seem to be big, the big ones are comparable to a state in Daliang, and the small ones are only the size of a county.
But these sixteen countries, knowing their predicament, formed an offensive and defensive alliance two or three hundred years ago, called the Western Regions Alliance.
In the alliance, the most powerful are the three kingdoms of Yuezhao, Hui Evil, and Dazhi.
After so many years, the leader of the alliance was basically controlled by Yue Zhao, and with the blessing of the alliance, the strength of the sixteen countries was also known as 100,000.
In order to reduce the threat of Northern Darong, Da Liang intended to form an alliance with the sixteen countries of the Western Regions to jointly resist Northern Darong.
And the alliance deal is to send the princess and the pro, this policy has lasted for a hundred years, and the closest is ten years ago, the third princess's peace and pro-Yue Zhao.
This also brought stability between the two states in the northwest and the Western Regions, but now the information revealed in this letter is obviously with abnormal movements, if the countries of the Western Regions turn against the water, then the Great Liang Northwest will be in danger.
Su Qi'an tore up the letter casually, and then threw it into the pond in front of him, asking Wang Yan to inform Sun Wen and Liu Meng in detail of the findings of the investigation.
Wang Yan didn't procrastinate, 1510 told me that through telling, this matter was discovered, and there were many elements of luck.
Half a month ago, Su Qi'an ordered Sun Wen and Liu Meng to close the peripheral intelligence sites, sell the Yingbin Building, and all the intelligence personnel went underground.
Sun Wen and Liu Meng learned the order, did not hesitate, and took advantage of the wedding period to sell the welcome building, break up the intelligence point, and transfer the personnel underground.
The first two are easy to deal with, but it is more time-consuming to move intelligence officers underground.
If a huge intelligence network can be established on the outskirts of Kyoto, there will naturally be a large number of intelligence personnel, including those outside Kyoto.
During the period when the group went underground, the intelligence officers in the suburbs did not sit idle, and continued to chat with the traders and pawns who traveled from the north to the south, so as to obtain useful information.
And it is precisely these pawns that some of them came from the two northwestern states, and the reason why they traveled thousands of miles to Kyoto was to take refuge.
Traders like them, who live at the bottom, come and go from south to north to do business, and the most important thing is to save their lives, and they are very well-informed.
It is said that on the border between the Western Regions and the Northwest States, it seems that there has been a conflict, and many people have died.
For the sake of your own life, it is the best policy to slip away in advance with oil on the soles of your feet.
In order to confirm whether the information is reliable, we specially talked and exchanged with traders from the two northwestern states and even the Western Regions.
After many screenings, the truth of the information was finally determined, because Su Qi'an was in the wedding at this time, and they could not enter the imperial city, so they could only inform Wang Yan of the matter.
Su Qi'an's eyes flashed, he pondered for a while, and then asked, "In other words, these vendor pawns came to Kyoto and brought the news over, and at least half a month or even longer has passed during this period?" ”
"If this really happens, it stands to reason that Wang Zhenshan, who is the protector of the Western Regions, how can he not report it?"
Although Su Qi'an doesn't know much about the protector of the Western Regions who commanded Gan and Mengzhou, he still has a few connections in the showdown with Showa Incheon, this person is very bold, and once wanted to invite Su Qi'an to the northwest, and his character is passable.
It is impossible for such a person to do something that is concealed and not reported, and the current fact is that until now, Kyoto has not received any news about the Western Regions, and it seems to be very peaceful, which seems to be a bit ordinary.
"Unless..."Su Qi'an thought.
"Unless someone intercepts this matter and deliberately conceals it and does not report it." Wang Yan directly took Su Qi'an's words.
If this happens somewhere else, it is almost impossible to intercept it without leaking the news.
But this is Kyoto, in addition to Su Xuanyong, the current majesty, there are also the kings of Jin and Zhao who are second only to him in power.
With the skills of the two of them, it is not difficult to temporarily intercept the situation in the northwest, and it is not a big problem to delay it for a while.
But why do they do it? This is what Su Qi'an can't understand.
But there was no time to think so much about Su Qi'an right now, he looked at Wang Yan and said.
"Give Sun Wen and Liu Meng an order to continue to investigate the pawns of traders from the Western Regions and the Northwest Prefecture, the speed can be a little slower, and everything is based on safety."
Wang Yan, who listened to the order, nodded, didn't say anything, his body moved, jumped on the temple a few times, and disappeared in a few breaths.
Su Qi'an still trusts Wang Yan's strength very much, she was an enemy before, but she was later trusted by Su Fengling to recover it, and then sent her to secretly protect Su Qi'an.
One protection is until now, during which Su Qi'an has also discussed with her, he and Su Fengling have been married, and there is also a "An" team trained by her, which can make her free, and even want to go back to Su Fengling.
But Wang Yan doesn't plan to leave, in her words, you don't care what she wants to do or what she wants to do.
Although she was a little speechless at what she said, Su Qi'an could still feel the goodness in her heart.
Su Qi'an sees her hard work, and if there is a chance in the future, Su Qi'an will definitely make up for it.
Not long after Wang Yan left, a figure hugged him, feeling the familiar body temperature coming from his back, Su Qi'an held Su Fengling's palm and said softly.
"Lady, you heard it all."
Su Fengling nodded lightly, and then said, "Husband, what do you want to do next?" ”
Su Qi'an turned around, hugged Su Fengling, and said softly, "It's okay, I'm here, then I'll take it, I have a hunch that it won't be long before Your Majesty will summon me, it seems that I can't go back on this trip back to my hometown." ”
"If my husband doesn't want to take on this errand, I'll go to my father and ask him to find someone else, just push it."
Hearing Su Fengling say this, Su Qi'an gently scratched her nose with her fingers and said with a smile.
"This is not like a lady's temperament, hehe, don't worry, after your father-in-law was woken up by you, he knew what he wanted, or that sentence, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover it."
Su Fengling snorted softly.
Then, Su Qi'an kissed her on her smooth forehead, stretched out her arm, picked up Su Fengling, and walked back to the dormitory...
At this time, in the palace specially used for deliberations in the imperial city, Su Xuanyong sat on the dragon chair, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at the fold in his hand.
Then his gaze swept and fell on Su Zhe and Su Tai, who were standing below, and said softly.
"Why did the Northwest delay a month before it was transferred to the widow? Well, is there anything you guys would like to say? ”
"Back to my father, this matter is a mistake in the judgment of my son, I thought it was a small commotion, at that time, my father was in poor health, and he didn't want to bother his father because of this little thing, so he took the initiative to deal with it, but I didn't expect that in just a month, there was such a big turmoil in the two northwestern states."
"Everything is Erchen's fault, no matter what kind of punishment, Erchen is willing to bear it with all his might, and there will be no complaints." As he spoke, Su Zhe knelt down directly.
At the same time, Su Tai on the side also knelt down and said in a sincere voice.
"Father, the second brother is not entirely to blame for this matter, the second brother also knows about it, and the second brother also greeted the son, and the son also agreed, which caused today's disaster."
"If you want to be punished, just punish your son, the second brother is too tired during this time, and he has contributed a lot, and his son is really unbearable, and his father will punish his son."
Su Xuanyong looked at the two of them with an indifferent expression, was silent for a while, waved his hand, signaled to get up, and then sighed.
"Okay, things have happened, it's pointless to argue about who is right and who is wrong, and this matter was discovered in a timely manner, as long as someone is sent in time, there is still room for salvation."
"For the sake of your two brothers, for the sake of being so considerate of each other, the punishment will be waived, I hope that in the future, your two brothers can still unite and cooperate and work together as they do today, if so, the widow can also feel at ease."
"Okay, you two step aside, pass on the widow's oral message, and immediately summon the ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss this matter."
"Erchen understands."
Su Zhe and Su Tai clenched their fists and said yes, and then stepped aside, but suddenly the two of them seemed to think of something, and asked softly after Su Xuanyong's words.
"Father, summon the ministers of the court and the central government to discuss, do you want to inform the master of the horse, the marquis of the hundred heads?"
Su Xuanyong's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Master Ma is also a military marquis of Daliang, and he didn't want to waste his vacation, but his plan can't catch up with the changes, so let's summon him together." ”
After receiving the news, the attendants who listened to the letter quickly left the main hall and went away with their own reports.
About half an hour or so, in the imperial city, many ministers of the court and the central government walked towards the council hall with a hurried look.
It is very rare to summon a meeting at almost noon, and the minister who has received the message is somewhat apprehensive in his heart, presumably something big has happened.
With the entry of many officials into the hall, the atmosphere in the hall was a little tense, and the ministers stood on both sides, their eyes scanned, looking at Su Zhe and Su Tai who had retreated to the side, except for a very small number of people, most of the remaining officials showed a look of surprise.
Just when many ministers were secretly speculating in their hearts, a bulletin sounded outside the hall.
"Baishou Hou, Su Qi'an is here!"
After a while, under the gaze of many eyes, Su Qi'an walked in with a calm face, and after saluting Su Xuanyong above, he stood in the first place on the right.
According to the left and right martial arts, with Su Qi'an's grade, he is indeed qualified to stand in the first place among military generals.
Seeing the arrival of many officials, Su Xuanyong nodded slightly and spoke.
"Now that all the ministers have arrived, and the widows don't talk much nonsense, the reason why I summoned you is only for one thing, it is a matter of the Western Regions."
"The widow received the support of the Western Regions, a month ago, there was turmoil in the sixteen countries of the Western Regions, and the evil seized power, and Yue Zhao was defeated, and now he is leading a large army towards the northwest border."
"Tell me what the ministers think."