After being reminded by the guards, the woman in red stopped in the center of the hall and stood in the middle of the empty space.

This distance ensured that she could hear the question of the Son of Heaven above without becoming a threat.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for Jing Guogong's eldest son personally intervening and bringing Jing Guogong's assurances and promises, the palace guards would never have allowed this mysterious assassin to enter the Wende Palace.

Even though the six guards surrounding her at this moment are all supreme masters, and they are enough to open a mountain and establish a sect in the midst of recklessness, no one can be sure that everything is foolproof, and they can only stare at this person with 120,000 points of spirit at the moment.

The woman in red didn't seem to sense the vigilance of the people around her, she just looked at this magnificent hall with a little curiosity, as well as the high-ranking and powerful Qi State officials in the hall.

When her gaze swept over Lu Shen not far to the right, she couldn't help but pause for a moment.

This small detail naturally falls into the eyes of some people with a heart.

At this time, the majestic voice of the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair sounded: "Who are you?" ”

The woman in red was not a wilderness, although she was not familiar with the Great Qi ritual system, she also saluted decently: "Your Majesty Qi Guo, I am from the Yalong tribe of Shazhou, and my name is Luo Jiujiu. ”

Her voice is crisp, but she doesn't use her words very carefully.

Li Duan naturally didn't care about these details, but when the ministers heard the words of Shazhou Yalongbu, there was a commotion again.

For the Great Qi court, Shazhou Qibu is a very helpless and taboo name.

In all fairness, none of the Great Qi courtiers wanted to regard the Shazhou Seven Divisions as enemies, and even regardless of the merits of the native soldiers of Shazhou at the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, they never betrayed the Great Qi in the following hundred years.

However, nineteen years ago, the absurd behavior of the first emperor when Heluo was first besieged, not only lost several important towns in the defense line of the Jinghe River in the north, but also caused 8,000 Shazhou native soldiers to die in Yanziling, the northern suburb of Heluo, and since then the Shazhou Seven Divisions have regarded Daqi as a mortal enemy.

Daqi is ashamed of the seven departments of Shazhou, which is a well-known thing, so Li Duan repeatedly sent envoys to Shazhou after ascending the throne to apply gentle policies, but every time the envoys were knocked unconscious and stripped naked and thrown back to Chengzhou.

If this is the case, Li Duan had to give up appeasement, after all, the court always has to save face.

Subsequently, the native soldiers of Shazhou often crossed the border to disturb the people, and the Chengdu Governor's Mansion grew step by step.

After Luo Jiujiu confessed her identity, almost all the courtiers believed that she was the real murderer who assassinated Hou Yu, after all, Hou Yu had been in the Chengzhou Governor's Mansion for thirteen years, and he didn't know how many Shazhou people he had killed.

They just don't quite understand, how dare this Shazhou woman openly appear in the Great Qi Palace?

Li Duan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Did you intend to assassinate the general Hou Yu last night?" ”

Luo Jiujiu raised his head and replied: "That's right, it's me, it's a pity that I didn't kill him with a sword!" ”

"Presumptuous!"

An angry rebuke followed.

Luo Jiujiu followed the prestige, only to see that it was the middle-aged military attache standing at the front on the right, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The middle-aged military attache replied in a deep voice: "This official is the privy envoy Guo Congyi. Although Your Majesty allows you to enter the palace to perform, it does not mean that you can talk nonsense, I hope you understand your identity and put away that barbaric style! ”

Luo Jiujiu didn't seem to hear his words, and sneered: "It turns out that you are the privy envoy in charge of military power, and you also have a part in the murderer of our clan!" ”

Guo Congyi shook his head, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and turned around to stop talking to her.

Li Duan coughed lightly and asked Luo Jiujiu, "Since you failed in your assassination, why didn't you find a place to hide, but instead took the initiative to go to the Jingguo Mansion?" ”

Luo Jiujiu put away his coldness and replied crisply: "Back to Your Majesty the Qi Kingdom, I know what kind of person Hou Yu is, it will be difficult to find another opportunity if the assassination failed last night." During this time, I stayed in our capital, and I heard that Han Lingfu, the Duke of Jingguo, and Lu Shen, the Marquis of Shanyang, were among the few good people in the Qi army, and the official position of the Duke of Jing was greater, so I went to him, hoping that he could make decisions for us Shazhou people! ”

These words are not true, and naturally these elites in the DPRK and China will not believe them all.

Li Duanqiang resisted the urge to look at Lu Shen, and asked again: "Since you think that Old Man Han is a good person, why don't you go directly to him and take the risk of assassination?" ”

Luo Jiujiu said calmly: "If I can kill Hou Yu directly, of course I don't want to beg others." I unfortunately missed last night, and not only did I not have a chance to kill Hou Yu, but I also had to be constantly searched by His Majesty's people. Rather than hiding in Tibet and not being able to take revenge, I might as well try the last resort. ”

Li Duan reluctantly accepted her explanation, and muttered: "You just said that Hou Yu plotted to kill your people, and you said that you hope that Han Laoguo Gong can make decisions for you Shazhou people, I don't understand your words very much. ”

Luo Jiujiu frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't understand?" ”

Li Duan said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have successively sent envoys to Shazhou to show goodwill to your people several times, but instead of accepting it, you have continued to do insulting things. ”

This is an era when the son does not speak of the father, even if Li Duangui is the Son of Heaven, it is impossible to complain about the absurd behavior of the first emperor in front of the Manchu Dynasty, so he can only remind the woman in red below in this euphemistic way.

Luo Jiujiu understood what he meant, and then said with a little disbelief: "Your Majesty, back then, our Shazhou Seventh Department sent 8,000 Erlang Qinwang to rescue the driver, but more than 7,000 people were killed alive, and less than 400 people fled back to Shazhou. This matter has not been properly dealt with so far, you let the envoys with a few kind words and a few carts of gold and silver to let us Shazhou people let go of hatred, we just knocked those envoys unconscious and threw them back, is this too much? ”

Li Duandeng was speechless, and at this moment he suddenly wondered if his decision to allow this woman to enter the palace was a mistake.

Luo Jiujiu's words were too direct, and he unreservedly broke the bad things that the first emperor did back then, which made Li Duan very difficult to take over.

Seeing this, Right Prime Minister Xue Nanting interjected: "Miss Luo, what does this have to do with what you said earlier?" ”

Luo Jiujiu's brain reacted quickly, and he immediately replied: "Of course it matters!" This lord, the death of 8,000 native soldiers in Shazhou is the responsibility of your Qi country, and it is nothing for us Shazhou people to stun a few envoys, right? If we were to calculate this account carefully, we would be right to kill all those envoys! But we just stunned them, because we knew that no matter how weak Qi was, it was stronger than Shazhou, and we didn't want to kill more people! ”

Xue Nanting was so scheming, even when he noticed the problem, he frowned slightly and said, "What is Miss Luo's identity?" ”

Luo Jiujiu said: "I am the daughter of the head of the Yalong tribe, and I should be qualified to stand here and explain the truth of the matter." ”

Xue Nanting didn't wait for others to interject, and continued to ask: "You said that you don't want to lose more clansmen, but since thirteen years ago, your Shazhou Seven Tribes have been constantly harassing my western border, and there are often cross-border killings, isn't it your responsibility?" ”

When Luo Jiujiu heard this, a heavy sadness appeared on his face, and he said slowly: "Our responsibility? ”

Li Duan spoke again: "Miss Luo, what has happened at the border over the years? ”

Luo Jiujiu looked up at the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair, bit his lips lightly, and then exhaled a long breath, and said sadly: "Your Majesty of the Qi State, in fact, we also want to know why your Qi State army wants to be slaughtered, why you refuse to let go of our Shazhou Seven Departments, and why you want to slaughter our people year after year!" ”

Li Duan was stunned.

All the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty changed color.

Luo Jiujiu continued: "For as long as I can remember, Abba and Aunt have often told me not to approach Yunling with my younger brothers, because the east of Yunling is the Chengzhou of your Qi Kingdom, and the soldiers there will appear near Yunling every once in a while. As long as they let them see us, even if it is a child of seven or eight years old, they will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife and kill one when they see one! ”

A miserable look appeared on her face, and she said slowly: "Yes, our Shazhou Seven Divisions used to be very powerful, and a hundred years ago, our ancestors helped your Emperor Taizu of Qi to fight the world, so many people think that the Shazhou native soldiers are particularly powerful." But have you ever thought about the tragedy nineteen years ago, more than 7,000 middle-aged men were killed in Shazhou, do you know what those more than 7,000 people mean to the seven departments of Shazhou, which has not many people! ”

"In the past ten years, the seven tribes of Shazhou have not recovered at all, and many of the seven tribes are old and weak, women and children, and it is not until the past two years that they have gradually improved. Our Shazhou Seven Divisions have almost fallen to the point of extinction for the sake of your Qi country, but what have your border troops of the Qi country done in the past ten years? They took the heads of our people in exchange for rewards, and you great men have never seen how many young people were among those heads, and how many were old people and children! ”

The hall was silent.

For Daqi, the government and the opposition are the most important face.

The grievances and entanglements between Daqi and the Seven Divisions of Shazhou are themselves Daqi's fault, and now they are being torn apart by Luo Jiujiu in front of the Manchu Dynasty ministers to reveal the truth of the so-called wars on the western border in the past ten years.

Luo Jiujiu's body trembled slightly uncontrollably, she took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice: "Hou Yu has been wandering around with his soldiers since he appeared near Yunling more than ten years ago, as long as he sees us Shazhou people, he will kill people without saying a word. I don't know what he will do next, but he must have taken the heads of our people in exchange for credit, and maybe he also said that it was our Shazhou people who invaded the border of your Qi country, and he killed people to protect the people. ”

"His official position is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more soldiers under him, and more and more Shazhou people are dying at his hands. When I was just born, the clansmen could still cross Yunling to buy goods from your Qi country, but now the vicinity of Yunling has become a forbidden area for Shazhou people, and no one dares to set foot there. ”

Luo Jiujiu paused slightly, looked at the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair with his head held high, and said word for word: "Your Majesty of Qi State, shouldn't a brute like Hou Yu become a high-ranking official by slaughtering innocent Shazhou people?!" ”

(End of chapter)

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