Chapter 54: Vertical and Horizontal Eyes (1)
Inside the imperial study of the Great Zhou Dynasty
At this moment, Ming Hanruo was kneeling on the ground, sweat soaked his clothes, but even so, he was unwilling to wipe the sweat off his head, and the sweat dripped silently on the ground through his armor, and the person sitting on the upper seat of the imperial study at this moment was the Emperor of the Great Zhou, Lu Xiaoran, at this moment, there was nothing unusual from his face, his right hand was holding the letter of guilt that Ming Hanruo handed him before, but he didn't say anything, but it was precisely because of this that Ming Hanruo kept kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to make any sound, he understood that these were just the calm before the storm, he had seen too much Lu Xiaoran's means, don't look at the silence at the moment, but since he ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, he has killed all his brothers to prevent future troubles, and even killed a lot of his own sons.
In this way, Ming Hanruo and Lu Xiaoran spent more than two hours on both sides, and neither side spoke, until a eunuch came over from outside the imperial study, Lu Xiaoran's face did not react a little, but the eunuch hurriedly said a few words, and then left the imperial study.
"Aren't you tired of kneeling on the ground? Ming Hanruo, why kneel me? Since your ability is so great, you will still be the emperor of you!"
As soon as Lu Xiaoran's words fell, Ming Hanruo directly began to kowtow on the ground, and said vigorously:
"Your Majesty, the last sentence is about to be a capital crime! Please ask Your Majesty to punish me alone, don't affect my family and eldest brother!"
After saying this, Ming Hanruo continued to kneel on the ground and kowtowed, and the forehead was gradually broken, revealing a big wound, but Lu Xiaoran looked at it in his eyes, but he didn't mean to stop it.
"A capital crime? Don't implicate your family? Heh! I know it's a capital crime, why do you still talk about your own family, and even move out of your eldest brother to restrain me, do you really think your eldest brother can stop me? Or do you think your eldest brother will help you intercede? Yin family, five generations of old ministers, you also deserve to mention!?"
Bang!
Hearing only a loud noise, Lu Xiaoran directly smashed the valuable inkstone in his hand beside Ming Hanruo, then stood up, pointed at Ming Hanruo's nose and scolded:
"My Ming general, you are really a good skill! I asked you to go to Langya to assist the old general of the town to defend the border pass, you are good, because an assassin, angry for a while, actually went out of the city to meet the enemy! Won the war, it's okay to say, I can't find a reason to scold you, but the 100,000 tiger iron cavalry was actually broken through two lines by the 5,000 iron cavalry of the Chu people, and almost even broke through the third one! 100,000 people against 5,000 people, the loss is more than twice as much! Good! Good!
The three good words resounded throughout the imperial study, and Ming Hanruo was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed even more, but Lu Xiaoran didn't want to stop it at all, he continued:
"In the first battle of Langya, our army injured 400,000 soldiers, plus a Langya border pass known as the world's barrier, and an old general of Zhennanshan who can be called the Beidou of Taishan in the military world.
Bang!
There was another loud bang, this time it was not just an inkstone that was thrown, but the entire desk was smashed on Ming Hanruo's body, only to see that at this moment, Ming Hanruo's head had been completely broken, and the black rock ground that was as hard as iron had been knocked out of a big hole, but Rao was so, Lu Xiaoran still threw the entire desk into Ming Hanruo's body without any scruples, Ming Hanruo didn't dare to take it, and gritted his teeth and took this blow.
But, just like that, can Lu Xiaoran be able to get his anger out of his breath? 400,000! 400,000 soldiers! They are all the elite of the Great Zhou, and in this battle, the Great Zhou has already lost its heritage, not to mention the important border town that resisted the Chu State, and the city of Langya was breached! The Great Zhou has since been exposed to the Jin Ge of the Great Chu, and it can directly attack Kaifeng when it advances, and it can defend Langya City when it retreats, and the Great Zhou seems to have disappeared from the list of powerful countries and has become a "really" small country! If at this moment, if other countries want to attack again, Da Zhou will not even have extra troops to resist those invasions, just like a lamb to the slaughter, which can be hunted and killed at will!
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoran couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and kicked Ming Hanruo, who was kneeling on the ground, out with one kick, and then walked in front of him, grabbed his chin hard, and shouted bitterly:
"If you Ming Han die, it is not a pity! If it weren't for the fact that there were very few generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty at this moment, you really thought that you could rely on a sign of the Liaoyuan General's Mansion to threaten not to kill you? Do you really think that if I give your brother Yin Zhaoyu a dragon robe, I can't take it back at any time? Do you really think that your eldest brother will fight to turn his face with me and let you live? Ming Hanruo! Ming Hanruo! Ming Hanruo! You really disappointed the widow!"
Bang!
Another kick, this time Lu Xiaoran stepped directly on Ming Hanruo's head, grinding hard, gritting his teeth and looking at Ming Hanruo under his feet, he really wanted to kill this person with a sword at this moment!
"Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry! It's only a matter of time before the chessboard opens in this world, and it will open sooner or later, if Your Majesty kills General Ming Hanruo at this moment, then who else can fight in my Great Zhou to meet the enemy? Although Ming Hanruo has a serious crime, he can still make up for it."
A hearty voice came from outside the imperial study, and the owner of the voice pushed open the door of the imperial study after saying this, and the guards on the side, including the eunuch who was known as the number one in the world, did not dare to prevent this person from entering the imperial study, and Lu Xiaoran looked at the person who came in so easily to push the door in, and he did not feel surprised or angry at all, but the anger was subdued a lot, and his face was not as violent as before, although there was still a vague murderous aura, but it was much better than before.
"Mr. Wang is here? Yes, it was the widow who called Mr. Wang to discuss countermeasures, but the widow forgot, and I hope Mr. Wang will not be surprised!"
At this moment, the person who pushed the door and entered the imperial study was in Langya City, who appeared many times in Langya City, Wang bluntly said, he had evacuated Langya City as early as the Langya Fire Attack, and returned to Kaifeng, and at this moment he did not feel that there was anything wrong with the posture of the Great Zhou Emperor Lu Xiaoran at this moment, but found a chair by himself, and sat down in the position without waiting for Lu Xiaoran to give him a seat, slowly opened the fan in his hand and shook it lightly twice, looking at the ground under Lu Xiaoran's feet, but there was a sneer on his face.
And Ming Hanruo's face was stunned at the moment, although he knew that there had always been a big person in Kaifeng City, who was called Mr. Wang, but he didn't expect this person's shelf to be so big, since he would not be stopped from trespassing in the imperial study, and he sat directly in the position without waiting for Lu Xiaoran to give him a seat, and even refuted Lu Xiaoran's words with words, and this Lu Xiaoran not only listened, but also did not get angry, and even restrained his temper, at this moment, Ming Hanruo seemed to grasp some life-saving straw, but his eyes turned quickly.
"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and there are some things that are naturally easy to forget, but I should have quietly waited for His Majesty's call to enter the palace, but I heard that someone was saying that General Hanruo had returned to Kaifeng and came directly to His Majesty, so I had no choice but to break into the palace without permission, and please don't be strange to Your Majesty!"
Hearing Wang bluntly say this, Lu Xiaoran smiled on his face, but he didn't continue to beat Ming Hanruo, turned around and walked back to his right place, and tapped his fingers lightly twice, but the eunuch who had been guarding the door of the imperial study ran in quickly, quickly packed up the objects scattered on the ground, put them back in their original places, and then walked out quietly with his head down.
"Sir, don't you want to tell me that this pig-like thing is still useful, and that you can continue to fight?"
Hearing the mockery in Lu Xiaoran's words, Wang Zhiyan did not go to his heart, but moved his gaze in front of Ming Hanruo, and said softly:
"Langya's situation, although General Ming Hanruo has small mistakes, but there are no big mistakes, so Your Majesty can punish him slightly, there is no need to kill a fierce general of the imperial court, this is the time to employ people, and a talented person like General Ming Hanruo can still use it!"
"Oh?"
Hearing Wang Zhiyan's words, Lu Xiaoran did not give a direct reply, but used a question sentence, he didn't know what Wang Zhiyan was thinking at the moment, what he wanted, but he might as well listen to it, as long as Wang Zhiyan was reasonable, then what if Ming Hanruo's life was spared? Even if it was unreasonable, it was reasonable, as long as Wang Zhiyan could make him owe Da Zhou a favor, a Ming Hanruo, it would be worth it!
Hearing Lu Xiaoran's words, Wang Zhiyan did not answer Lu Xiaoran for the first time, but stood up and came to Ming Hanruo, gently pulled Ming Hanruo up from the ground with his hand, and symbolically patted the dust on Ming Hanruo's clothes with his hand, took out a handkerchief from his chest and handed it to Ming Hanruo and said:
"The general is frightened, this handkerchief can be used to stop the bleeding, please accept it!"
Hearing Wang Zhiyan's words, Ming Hanruo did not reach out to take the handkerchief in Wang Zhiyan's hand for the first time, but looked at Lu Xiaoran, who was sitting on the top position, and got Lu Xiaoran's nod, so he took the handkerchief in Wang Zhiyan's hand and said softly:
"Mr. Xie Wang! Ming Han will always remember it!"
Hearing Ming Hanruo's words, Wang Zhiyan smiled noncommittally, and whispered to Ming Hanruo's ear:
"Thank you indeed, if I hadn't asked people to go to your mansion to protect you, I'm afraid you would have been killed on the spot by that assassin, not to mention that I would have to break into the palace today to save you!"
Hearing this, Ming Hanruo's brows couldn't help but lock up deeply, but at this moment, he didn't dare to continue to speak, he could only nod and thank him, and then stood aside with his head down, and Wang Zhiyan saw that Ming Hanruo was fine, so he turned to look at Lu Xiaoran, and couldn't help but say:
"This fire attack on Langya is the beginning of the chess game in the world, Sancai and Jin Ming have been planning for many years, if this is blamed on General Ming Hanruo, it will inevitably be a little wronged, but this is not a bad thing but a good thing for Your Majesty, this march to fight, sometimes there are more people but the wood shows off in the forest, and sometimes there are few people, but to protect themselves, wait until the day when the tiger wings are abundant, just fight back! Why kill your own general?"
"Huh?"
Listening to Wang Zhiyan's words, Lu Xiaoran was confused, even if he had the heart to speculate about these things, he still felt that Ming Han Ruo was the key person in the destruction of Langya City, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how he washed it, but at this moment, Wang's outspoken words made Lu Xiaoran have another idea in his heart.
"This vast world, the princes stand side by side, there have been more than 50 years here has not broken this tacit understanding, but not broken, does not mean that it can't be broken, as long as there is a little ambition in this world, they all want to open this chess game, a good name in history, so Jin Ming and Sancai two people calculated in every way, but the son of the chessboard opening was placed in the big surrounding Guan Langya City, this is the trend of the times, but what can be done, this battle, our army lost 400,000 elites, Your Majesty's two teams of descendants are all wiped out, Your Majesty should be angry, but at this moment, flames, The two countries have already made preparations to attack the Chu State, if Your Majesty kills General Ming Hanruo at this moment, then who can temporarily be the main general of the big array, and be ashamed of it?"