Chapter 117

After Wen Xiang got the news, he rushed to the military department as soon as possible.

As soon as he stepped into the central hall, he asked without waiting to sit down:

"Is the message accurate?"

Fang Shangshu of the Ministry of War nodded heavily: "Yu Lingbing has just returned from the summons, and three horses have died on the road, and it is confirmed that it is correct, and the King of Donglu Xiaoyao is dead." ”

"Ahh

Wen Xiang exclaimed in surprise, his body fell backwards, and the two officials hurriedly supported him and helped him sit on the chair.

Wen Xiang waved his hand and pushed them away: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine." ”

Fang Shangshu waved his hand and asked people to serve tea, no one spoke in the hall, and everyone waited for Wen Xiang to digest the news.

"Alas......"

Wen Xiang let out a long sigh, and everyone noticed that his eyes were a little moist.

"How do people die?"

Fang Shangshu said: "After the Donglu mission left the capital, our people were responsible for protecting it, all the way to the border pass, and handed over to the Donglu military at the Liangjie Bridge. Ten miles after they left the border of Nanyan, the Donglu mission was attacked by bandits, and King Xiaoyao died on the spot. ”

Wen Xiang only felt a pain in his heart, he had been in contact with King Xiaoyao recently, and he was also infected by the other party's personality charm.

If it weren't for the fact that he was in two countries, he would have liked to have such a friend who had no steam and could drink some wine.

Unexpectedly, the last side of Chunfeng Tower turned out to be goodbye.

He held back his emotions, but he still knew what he was going to do now.

"What did the Donglu military do to let the bandits attack the mission. ”

"Here's where things are to blame. Fang Shangshu said: "Because it is not far from the border, it is the Donglu camp, and it is impossible for an accident to happen at this distance, so the Donglu military only sent a team to greet it, and the escort work is almost equivalent to nothing." ”

"So what about the masters in the mission, although we are responsible for Nanyan, I don't believe that there are no masters around King Xiaoyao. How could ordinary bandits be their opponents, they did not have the guts. ”

Fang Shangshu nodded: "If Wen Xiang thinks so, Donglu will definitely think so." ”

Both of them smelled it for the first time, and there was a smell of conspiracy in it.

"Fortunately, King Xiaoyao died in Donglu, not Nanyan, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to tell clearly. ”

Wen Xiang couldn't continue to grieve over the death of King Xiaoyao, he had to calm down as soon as possible and see the pros and cons of this matter.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed, and he felt that things were not so simple.

The death of King Xiaoyao in Donglu is actually even more inexplicable.

The King of Freedom is in Nanyan, and the guards are rigorous, and there is almost no chance to start. Second, even if he really died in Nanyan, Nanyan can also make it clear in one sentence:

Would we kill him in our own house?

Now, Donglu can think so, it is precisely because you want to kill him that you choose to do it in Donglu instead of Nanyan.

As for the confession, Nanyan couldn't defend himself at all, because Donglu had already decided that you had done it. Why, my heart is empty.

Wen Xiang rubbed his eyebrows and said bitterly, "What does Lord Fang think of this?"

"I have now ordered that the border camp sweep away the bandits within a radius of 100 miles, whether it is done by the bandits or not, the surface work needs to be done, and give Donglu an explanation. ”

"On the surface, it is to sweep up the bandits, but in fact, it is to mobilize the army to prevent a sudden attack by Donglu. ”

Wen Xiang nodded: "Very much." ”

"I'll do this war, and if you don't fight, you have to rely on Wenxiang. ”

Fang Shangshu sighed softly, and recalled the poem in Chunfeng Lou: "You must know that the soldier is a murder weapon, and the saint has no choice but to move it." ”

During this visit, everyone got along quite happily and made many peace treaties, all of which were beneficial to Nanyan.

Donglu Guoli is already stronger than Nanyan, Nanyan is now in the stage of recuperation, and multiple friends are always better than multiple enemies.

Moreover, Nanyan also has the destined enemy of Beiyan, once the war with Donglu starts, Beiyan will definitely take advantage of the situation and fight on two fronts, and Nanyan cannot afford to fight this battle.

Wen Xiangdao: "I thought about it, there are three possibilities for this matter, the first is that it was indeed done by the bandits, they tried to kill their lives, although it is not easy to do, but it is not completely impossible." ”

"The second kind is that the leader did it, provoking our relationship with Donglu and reaping the benefits of the fisherman, now it is impossible to determine who did it, Beiyan's may be very large, but it may not necessarily be them. ”

"The third ......" Wen Xiang's eyes became serious: "It was Donglu himself who did it, this Xiaoyao King refused the throne back then and gained a great reputation, but he also put the current Donglu Emperor in an embarrassing situation." Killing him and finding an excuse to start a war with Nanyan would also be of great benefit to Donglu. ”

Fang Shangshu gasped: "The battle above the temple is not inferior to the rain of swords, guns and arrows on the battlefield. ”

If it was really Donglu who directed and acted in this big drama, then Nanyan's situation would be very embarrassing.

They don't need to state that Nanyan killed King Xiaoyao, they just need to say that they want to send Donglu soldiers and horses into the border of Nanyan to exterminate the bandits who killed King Xiaoyao, then Nanyan will fall into a desperate situation.

To refuse is to shield the murderer.

Promise, where is the decency of a country.

The war was almost doomed, but Nanyan couldn't afford to fight.

"What's Donglu's reaction now?" Wen Xiang spoke, feeling bitter in his mouth.

"After the accident of the King of Freedom, Yu ordered the soldiers to send a message quickly, and we knew it for the first time. Donglu Jingcheng knew the news, and it probably took so long. We don't know how they reacted after that. ”

In this era, there are ways to quickly transmit information, such as the communication between Zu Yancao and Gao Wenyan, and like Mu Wushuang riding a white goose to Nanyan, it doesn't take much time. It's just that it's too expensive to use as a regular means of communication for the imperial court.

"It also takes time to mobilize the army, and we still have a little time. Fang Shangshu said: "But there is not much time left for us." ”

"Then let's hurry up and think of a countermeasure. Wen Xiang smiled bitterly: "A weak country has no diplomacy, Your Majesty is really right, the situation left to us is difficult." ”

This matter is imminent, and the upper echelons of the court are discussing how to deal with it.

Shouwang, who has been "self-cultivation" at home, finally came out of the mountain again and participated in this incident.

Even if he is a corrupt official, a corrupt official is capable, and he is not capable of being greedy.

What's more, Shouwang is hardly greedy for money.

He is greedy for power, not money.

If the whole world is his, he still needs to be greedy for money.

This matter is only known to the high-level of the imperial court, and as for Nanyan City, it is still calm, and the common people are panicking, just to break a few taels of silver.

Zhuang Yisheng "invited" Lu Lingdang as a guest, and at dusk, he sent her back, rejecting Lu Lingdang's proposal to stay overnight.

Then, he took medicine, practiced martial arts, and practiced swordsmanship on the mountain.

About four or five days, and that went by.