The little eunuch didn't hear Li Huan's answer, and thought that his voice was too small, so he raised his voice a little more, and repeated: "Your Majesty, now that the army of the Song State is pressing the border, you have not given the order to send troops for a long time. You lords can't hold back, gather in front of the main hall before dawn this morning, so that you must give them an answer! ”

Li Huan frowned, and said impatiently: "I know, you call Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang in, and the rest of them let them go!" If anyone dares to gather in the palace without my permission in the future, I will definitely want his head! ”

The little eunuch gasped in fright, and muttered in a low voice: "The new emperor is much more domineering than the first emperor, and when he opens his mouth, he tells the ministers to get out, and he still wants their heads." The miscellaneous family has to be careful in the future, otherwise if they say the wrong thing one day, they will lose their lives! ”

The little eunuch muttered in his mouth, and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard Li Huan's voice in the hall again. At this time, the voice was more majestic than Fang Cai, and there was a faint killing intent, "Huh? What are you muttering? Do what I want, or I'll take your head now!" ”

If the first emperor said this, he was probably scaring him, but Qu Yue Xinjun, who said this, was an emperor who killed people without blinking. I don't know how many relatives, friends, and fierce enemies he has killed in half his life, and killing a little eunuch at this moment is tantamount to crushing an ant to him. The little eunuch's whole body trembled when he heard this, and he was dripping with cold sweat, how dare he stay for a while, and ran towards the Golden Palace.

Soon, the little eunuch led Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang back to the dormitory like a trot. At this time, Mo said that the little eunuch was afraid, even confidants like Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang were trembling, since Li Huan sat on the dragon chair, he changed his seemingly amiable appearance in the past, and became extremely irritable, and the officials in the court and the central government were often afraid of him.

The little eunuch knocked lightly on the door, and his voice trembled a little, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, the miscellaneous family invited the two generals here, and the rest of the people were also blown away by the miscellaneous retainers, you see......"

Before the little eunuch finished speaking, Li Huan said coldly: "Let them in!" ”

Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang glanced at each other, boldly pushed open the door, walked slowly to the dragon couch, and respectfully bowed to Li Huan, "The last general will see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Huan glanced at the two of them and said slowly, "Do you know why I let them all go, but only the two of you?" ”

Wang Shaozuo was afraid of misinterpreting the holy will, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, although my Qu Yue is majestic in the southwest and fights against all the countries in the world, I am still a subject of the Song State after all. Now although you are embraced as the emperor, but you have not been canonized by the Song State, so you came to us to ask us to go to the Song Kingdom to ask for the title instead of you? ”

Jiang Juwang glared at Wang Shaozuo, and said angrily: "Nonsense! My Qu Yue is now strong and strong, and now His Majesty has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and the Song State is attacking on a large scale, why should we recognize this lord country again? It's better that we will break off with Song Guo from now on, and I, Qu Yue, will no longer be at the mercy of anyone! ”

Li Huan glanced at the two of them with satisfaction, and an appreciative smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Haha, what the two generals said is very agreeable!" Although General Wang guessed my order, General Jiang guessed what I wanted. ”

Wang Shaozuo was robbed by Jiang Juwang just now, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, and he was about to refute, but he was interrupted by Li Huan's words, so he had to say puzzledly: "Your Majesty, since you don't want to recognize the Song State as the main country, why do you want to ask for the title again?" The mystery of this, Weichen really can't figure it out, and I hope Your Majesty will make it clear. ”

Li Huan said with a smile: "I sent you to the Song Kingdom, I don't have to ask the old man Zhao Guangyi to canonize me as the lord of Qu Yue, nor do I need to persuade them to withdraw their troops, I just need you to see a few people." ”

Jiang Juwang wondered: "Look at how many people?" Could it be that Your Majesty still has friends in the Song Kingdom, or does the Song Kingdom court hide my Qu Yue's eyeliner? ”

Li Huan shook his head slightly, "No, I want you to see if Cao Bin, Pan Mei and other generals are in the court." If they are not there, we must be on guard and on standby. If they are still in the capital, Qu Yue will not have to worry about it! ”

Jiang Juwang said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, although the last general has heard the names of these famous generals of the Song Kingdom for a long time, he doesn't know any of them, how can I tell who is Pan Mei and which is Cao Bin?" ”

Li Huan smiled: "What's so difficult about this? There are portraits of the generals of the Song Kingdom in my palace, and I will send someone to send their portraits to the mansion of the two of you. I'll give you three days, be sure to memorize every face, and if anything goes wrong, I'll come and see you! ”

Half a month later, it was the depths of winter.

The weather in Quyue does not change much throughout the year, it is long, but it is slightly more heaty, and it is slightly cooler. On the other hand, Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, has four distinct seasons, and it is even more unbearable if it encounters a scorching heat or severe cold once every few years.

This year's winter in Bianliang is particularly cold, there is ice and snow within a thousand miles, the world is depressed and slaughtered, and the palace is much colder than previous winters. Rao is Zhao Guangyi sat in the imperial study with the doors and windows closed, and there was a large charcoal fire burning in the room, and the hand that reviewed the music was still trembling slightly.

Zhao Guangyi wanted to get up and go to the stove to warm his hands, but he was suddenly attracted by a newspaper in front of him, he seemed to feel a little puzzled, and couldn't help but "Huh? "Yes. Then he picked up the report from the dragon book case, read it carefully several times, and then slowly put it down.

This note was submitted by the privy envoy Cao Bin, who reported in detail to Zhao Guangyi that Qu Yue had sent an envoy to ask for a seal. This matter is ordinary, but the treacherous and cunning Zhao Guangyi smelled the smell of conspiracy at this time.

Zhao Guangyi thought for a moment and said, "Jien, you come and take a look at this recital." ”

Wang Jien was standing by the stove at the moment, constantly fanning the fire with a pu fan, for fear that if the coals were accidentally extinguished, Zhao Guangyi would suffer from the cold. Hearing this, he hurriedly stopped his hand, walked quickly to Zhao Guangyi's side, and took the note written by Cao Bin with both hands.

He quickly read the content of this note, thought about it seriously, and then said: "Official, this note says that Emperor Quyue Ding Xuan wants to send someone to my Great Song Dynasty to ask for a seal. But according to the miscellaneous family, this is definitely not Ding Xuan's intention, but the deputy Wang Li Huan's doing. Li Huan is cunning in nature, presumably this time he sent an envoy to the court, most of the invitations are fake, and it is true to spy on the truth of my dynasty! ”

Zhao Guangyi smiled, "Ji'en, Ji'en, you are really an old fox, no matter what the conspiracy is, you can't escape your eyes." So what do you think I should do about it? ”

Wang Jien said: "The official family, the miscellaneous family thinks that you should write a letter, temporarily transfer Pan Mei and Yang Ye back to Beijing, and send someone to inform Cao Bin, Gao Huaide and other famous generals that Qu Yue's envoys must gather in the Vertical Arch Hall on the day they come." Only by giving him a dismount, Li Huan did not dare to act rashly. ”

Zhao Guangyi shook his head, "Ji'en, I just said that you are smart, why did you become so stupid?" If the envoy comes to see that my famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty are all in Bianliang, he will definitely think that my border pass is useless, and Li Huan will not restrain himself. There are no generals in Yong, Jiao, and Ning Prefectures to guard it, and most of the people in the army are nameless and have few surnames, which will become more and more rampant! ”

Wang Jien nodded, "The official family is Shengming, but the miscellaneous family is confused for a while." It's a pity that Pan Meizhen guards Yanmen Pass and can't be easily transferred, Cao Bin is busy training and has no time to doppelganger, and most of the rest of the generals are old ministers who have raised troops with Taizu, so it may be difficult to entrust them with important tasks. Otherwise, send a few generals out of the horse, and step on Qu Yue is just a matter of probing for things. ”

Zhao Guangyi said: "For today's plan, only on the day of the arrival of Qu Yue's envoy, so that all the famous generals will not go to court, can we avoid being broken by Li Huan." ”

Wang Jien pinched his fingers to count the days, and then said: "Official, there will be three or five days at most, and Qu Yue's envoys will arrive in Bianliang." The miscellaneous family went to various mansions to spread the decree, so that the famous generals would go out of the city for a while in the near future, and Li Huan's treacherous plan must not be allowed to succeed. ”

Zhao Guangyi waved his hand and sighed: "Alas, you go." ”

Maybe only Wang Jien can understand what Zhao Guangyi's sigh represents, and only he can feel the helplessness of the monarch and the ministers from this sigh. There are obviously so many generals in the government and the opposition who are both civil and military, and have great military achievements, but not only can they not be sent to the battlefield, but the envoys of other countries have to let them take refuge temporarily, which is the greatest sorrow for the monarch......

(End of chapter)