Chapter 23: The Uprising
Da Liang has no say in the political situation in Wuzhou, so after a few days, King Da Liang Wei set off to join the garrison stationed on the outskirts of Fuze and lead the ministers of the Da Liang royal family back to China.
The kings of several other countries did not return to China for a long time because King Fukuzawa had never made up his mind about whether to increase troops and food in the north, so the heads of several countries stayed in the palace of Fukuzawa for fear of losing the opportunity to leave first.
He also said that after the star master left the palace of the Queen Mother that day, he secretly contacted Yuntu with the secret letter of the Queen Mother, and King Yuntu was overjoyed when he saw that the Queen Mother was willing to join forces.
A few days passed after the departure of the Daliang royal family, and the preparations of the Queen Mother and the Yuntu camp who were secretly plotting made great progress. At this time, it seems that everything is ready, and only the east wind is owed.
On this day, Yuliang Xingshi and Yuntu Situ Yumou were invited to work in a secluded pavilion in Xishan at night.
"Progress has been made in collecting evidence of the demon's reproduction, and there are indeed signs of demon activity found in various parts of Fuze, or sucking people's essence dry, or calling for evil ghosts to harm people, I have invited people who witnessed demon cholera in various places as witnesses, and the deeds committed by the demons are written in this letter, which will be presented to King Yue in a few days. Yumou took out a fold from his sleeve and gestured.
"Okay, great. The star master clapped his hands in praise, and then said, "I wonder what progress the Queen Mother has made in asking Yuntu to secretly investigate Concubine Qing's case?"
"Sure enough, as the star master said, we secretly arrested the family of the servant girl Siqi, and issued death threats to her and her family, and this woman recruited everything, admitting that the queen set up a plot to kill Concubine Qing, and now Siqi has been secretly taken, and everyone in the queen only thinks that this woman went out of the palace to visit relatives. For the lady, we secretly contacted her father and promised to help her with gold, silver and money to help her find an official position in Beijing. Her father wrote a letter asking her daughter to help us testify that the queen had instructed her to fan the flames in the case of Concubine Qing. This letter should have been transmitted to Concubine Shu through an informant at this time. Yumou said.
"Good, very good!" the star master happily patted the stone table and said, "The matter of secretly investigating the prince has also progressed! This man really has unclean hands and feet, and there are often cases of gambling losses and taking things from the palace to pay off gambling debts, I have collected witness testimony, and slapped the witness testimony on the face of the prince and father-in-law, and this person immediately knelt on his knees and begged for mercy in fright. ”
"Hahahaha, happy and happy!" Yumou seemed to have seen the embarrassment of the prince kneeling on the ground with trembling legs and begging for mercy.
"I don't know if Izumi Ze has replied?" the star master asked again.
"King Zheng has repeatedly persuaded that this old thief of Quanze is very oily, and he will clasp hands with my lord for a while, as if he is about to join hands, and then he will cower and his words flicker. Yumou's expression revealed his disdain for Izumi Ze, and said, "Izumi Ze, it doesn't matter if I don't unite, my Yuntu country is strong and has a heavy army, if I can successfully persuade King Fuze Yue and unite Fuze to fight against the great spirit, it doesn't matter if he joins forces with Izumi Ze." ”
The star master was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Absolutely not! Although there are only 300,000 standing troops in this great martyrdom, the people in his country are brave, and if the king of Jin raises his arms and shouts, he can gather a million warriors in a few days." However, Yuntu now has only 200,000 troops, and only 600,000 troops can be conscripted; Fuze now has only 200,000 standing troops, and although there are many people, they must ensure food production, and the people are mainly unarmed peasants, so they can only get a total of 600,000 troops. If only Fuze and Yuntu join forces, if it gets to the point of exerting pressure with troops, I am afraid that Fuze and Yuntu are not opponents of Great Spirit. And if the 300,000 troops of Quanze and the 100,000 troops of Daliang are united, it will be no problem to balance Dalie. Moreover, the five continents of the world also need the support of Quanze and Da Liang. ”
Yumou waved his hand and told the star master not to continue: "Over there, Quanze, King Zheng has already mediated many times, but let's see how they reply." Forget about the big cool, a small country, and it is still too busy to take care of itself, how can it help us. ”
At this time, two figures walked out of the darkness, and when they got closer, they were the King of Yuntu and the King of Quanze Wu. Star Master and Yumou, who were sitting on the stone chair, hurriedly got up and knelt down.
"Meet King Zheng, meet King Wu. “
"Excuse me, get up—"
The maidservants beside King Zheng put cushions on the stone chairs in the pavilion, put a warm pot of wine on the stone table, put a few delicate wine glasses, and put some snacks, and invited King Zheng and King Wu to take a seat.
In the case of King Wu of Quanze, King Yuntu Zheng, Taifu Qiu Yue, and his son Prince Wen were persuaded by many people, and he considered repeatedly deciding to join the camp of the Queen Mother and King Yuntuzheng. In order to ensure that if the world is in danger, Quanze will be in danger, and if the demon clan reappears, he Quanze may not even have two percent of the food. Therefore, I decided to join.
The star master saw that the maidservant had placed three wine glasses on the table, and knew that there would be a distinguished guest coming in a while. All they had to do was wait here.
King Zheng and King Wu ate and talked for a while, and then they saw a pair of master and servant with lamps walking in the woods, the master moved slowly, wearing a dark cloak made of silk. The pair of master and servant walked to the light on the side of the pavilion, and the master put down his cloak and hat, and the person who came was the Empress Dowager Jingxuan of Fuze Kingdom.
Seeing Jing Xuan's family coming in person, the star master immediately bowed his back to greet him. The star master has a hunch that something big is going to happen today.
Jing Xuan sat down in the banquet and said, "Today, thanks to the presence of King Zheng and King Wu in person, I am worried about internal and external troubles in the five continents. Now that the demons have reappeared, the top priority is to quell the cholera of the demons. As King Zheng said, the danger of the northern realm is nothing?" Jing Xuan said towards King Yuntu Zheng.
"Exactly, my country has repeatedly sent secret agents to investigate the hinterland of Hu Rong and Beidi, and the fact that Hu Rong and Beidi will join forces to invade the border in the south is nothing. King Zheng nodded and said.
"In my opinion, even if Hu Rong and Beidi really have the ambition to go south, we Fuze, Yuntu, Quanze, Da Liang, and even the obsessive Da Lie should be loyal to the Five Nations Alliance and jointly fight against the danger of the world. King Wu, do you say yes? Jing Xuan looked directly at King Wu again and said.
As the Queen Mother said. The prosperity of the five continents today depends on the cooperation of the five countries in the Five Continents Alliance for hundreds of years to share blessings and misfortunes. King Wu paused, and then said, "I came today to make a covenant with the two of you, and I, Quan Ze, will definitely stand on the side of the Queen Mother and Yuntu in the matter of Dalie's request for more troops and food. The demon race has reappeared, and if the five continents do not join forces at this time, the world will be in danger. ”
Jing Xuan nodded in approval. I heard the words of King Yuntu Zheng next to him, "I have sent a secret envoy to Da Liang, but Da Liang refused on the grounds that his country's military is not strong and the western defense still needs troops to resist. ”
Jing Xuan thought that Da Liang's thoughts were reasonable, so he said, "In this way, then only Fuze, Yuntu, and Quanze will join forces first." ”
Jing Xuan took a sip of wine, put the wine glass on the table, thought for a moment, and said, "Now everything is ready, just tomorrow, we will first throw out the evidence to bring down the queen, and then ask you to join me in speaking to King Yue, the danger in the north is nothing, the demon race has reappeared, and now the national disaster is inside and not outside, King Yue must not allocate all the food to the north!"
When the star master heard that the Queen Mother was preparing to start an incident tomorrow, he was worried, so he risked his life and knelt in front of the Queen Mother and the two kings, "The Queen Mother, don't be so anxious, according to the following opinion, you should devise a clever plan to make the Dalie royal family leave the palace first, and then come to deal with his sister." ”
"What's the matter, his sister harmed people first, is he still reasonable? Are you still afraid that he won't be able to change the palace at this time? Besides, even if he has this thief's heart, with our two kings Yuntu and Quanze, hundreds of thousands of troops are pressing the border, and he Dalie doesn't dare to make any tricks. King Izumi Ze Wu said.
"I don't dare to do it below, I'm just afraid of hurting the harmony of the five continents. The star master said.
"It's best if the Dalie royal family is not there, but I, the two kings of Yuntu and Quanze, are still here, there is no reason to let the Dalie King go before us, if the King of Jin doesn't leave, then he can only ease up and tell him about his sister's crime. The evidence is conclusive, and Dalie has nothing to deny it. King Zheng said.
"At least, at least two more days. In the next night to watch the stars, in a few days you can see the Tengu eating the moon celestial phenomenon, at this time take out the cloud and soil gift to verify the true tripod, put the queen's testimony into the burning, at this time the queen even if she wants to quibble, there is nothing to do!"
"That's good, then our move this time can be regarded as thoughtful. The Queen Mother nodded with her eyes closed, then opened her eyes, raised her wine glass, looked around at King Zheng and King Wu, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, then we will agree to hold a great event together on the night of the Tengu Eating Moon in a few days! Let us drink this cup to the fullest, and wish this move a success! I wish the Five Continents Alliance eternal solidity and prosperity!"
Jing Xuan raised the teacup and drank the hot wine inside.
King Zheng and King Wu also raised their wine glasses, and said in unison, "The Five Continents Alliance will always be strong and prosperous!" and then raised their heads and drank all the hot wine in their cups.
The situation in the five continents has reached the moment when the arrow is ready to be fired!