Chapter 21: The Princess Returns to the Dynasty
Chaoping fell ill and soon woke up, Li Luoyun accompanied him, he and Chaoping seemed to have endless words since they went out to separate, Chaoping was particularly anxious to ask the old general about the situation since the expedition, and when he heard the story of his grandfather fighting the two armies, Chaoping felt that these were really too dangerous, and he felt very sorry for Li Luoyun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In recent days, Chaoping can hear the news of soldiers sending troops in the military tent every day, they are fighting with the Liao soldiers almost every day, the victory is mixed, Chaoping is very anxious, on the one hand, he wants to end the war quickly and the mountains and rivers are quiet, on the other hand, he pities these soldiers very much, and feels that they have suffered heavy casualties in the war, and it is good to end it quickly. Thinking that he had read a lot of military books, but he didn't help much in this war, he was also very worried.
Li Luoyun received a letter from Uncle Guo in the military tent, and Uncle Guo said in the letter: "30,000 soldiers and horses are ready, but if these 30,000 soldiers and horses come to the army to join the old general, it will be like a mud cow entering the sea, so I plan to camp in the distance and wait for the day of the old general's general attack as a surprise soldier, so that we can better attack the Liao army." After reading the letter, the old general said to the adjutant general beside him: "Uncle Guo is really a dragon and phoenix among people, and his idea is very clever." After speaking, he wrote back to Uncle Guo and agreed with his approach.
In the capital, the emperor received a letter sent by Chao Ping Tuo Youlan, Youlan chatted with the emperor in the palace, the emperor looked at the letter sent by his niece, which was signed by Chaoping The emperor's eyes lit up, thinking that what was going on with this little Chaoping to send the letter so much, and opened it to find that it was because of the assassination of Yingchang Mansion that Chao Ping did not shy away from explaining his ins and outs in Huwei Mountain, explaining how the father and son of the assassin Shi harmed the township, he asked the emperor to open up to the kings on these cottages, and strive for the opportunity to recruit them, and introduced what a good person Chen Rui is, how to manage Yingchang Mansion in an orderly manner. After reading it, the emperor did not make any remarks at first, but applauded repeatedly, praising Chaoping's article for being well-written, clear and eloquent. Later, he thought about the things over there in Yingchang Mansion, in fact, the emperor knew about those kings in Huwei Mountain, but he saw it from the twists and turns of the original Yingchang Mansion's assassination history, so he understood that it was not easy for those people to recruit An, and Chaoping also said that their harm was still very small, and the top priority was the border affairs and some other mistakes in the court, so the emperor didn't care too much about them, and when he heard Chaoping, he felt that Chen Rui was reliable, so he ordered the prime minister to investigate this person, and if he did, he would be named the assassin of Yingchang Mansion. The emperor finished all these things in an orderly manner, and when he thought of Chaoping, he remembered that his daughter Princess Biying was here. The emperor was very sad when he thought of this, thinking that his daughter's life and death were uncertain, and he didn't know what was going on, this was his favorite little princess, and the wanted warrant had been issued, but why was there no news yet.
Seeing that the emperor was so worried, the lord of Youlan persuaded him and said to him: "Your Majesty, the princess sister will definitely be fine, maybe in two days, Commander Tian will bring the princess back." The emperor didn't say much, and said to the princess that he hoped so. The two of them chatted in the palace for a while, and most of the topics were that the emperor asked the county lord and Chaoping how they met, and some asked how the prince Jing was doing. At this time, someone from the palace came in to report: "Your Majesty, the old general sent an urgent document for eight hundred miles." After hearing this, the emperor hurriedly opened the fold, because he was very concerned about the situation at the border pass, but he didn't expect the princess to rush back from the border pass, and the old general just downplayed what happened at the border pass, mainly because he was afraid that the emperor would worry about the princess, and said in detail that the princess was safe and sound, and Tian Zhen escorted the princess back to Beijing by his side, and the emperor smiled after seeing it, and was very happy. The county lord asked, "Uncle Emperor, what happened, is it a great victory at the border pass?" The emperor left and replied: "Not yet, but Bi Ying is safe and sound, and she is on her way back to Beijing." The emperor immediately sent someone to prepare to greet the princess, and he ordered the guards, intending to go out of the city to pick up the princess in person. After a few days, the princess and Tian Zhen walked outside the capital, and saw that the emperor had already greeted the emperor with the guards ten miles outside the city, and when they arrived, the princess hurriedly ran into the emperor's arms and cried: "Father, the child is back." The emperor kept saying, "Good boy, don't be afraid. ”
Returning to the palace, Tian Zhen told the emperor the ins and outs of this matter, and the emperor immediately rewarded Tian Zhen because he had meritorious service as a savior. The emperor and the princess stayed together for a long time, and the princess told the emperor how Brother Chaoping stood up for himself, and the emperor was very moved when he heard it. Late at night, the princess has returned to her bedroom to sleep, the emperor calmed down and thought carefully about everything, he found one of the most important links, that is, there are spies in the court, so he is very worried, he thinks, we must find out who this spy is, otherwise there will be more incidents, the most important thing is that this spy is likely to belong to the Liao army, which is also very unfavorable to the situation at the border pass, he did not discuss this matter with the prime minister, but directly found Tian Zhen, in the emperor's study, there were only two of them, he said to Tian Zhen: "I know that Tian Aiqing is loyal, so I want to entrust you with one thing, we must ensure the concealment of this matter, this matter is to investigate and deal with the spies in the court, up to the emperor's relatives and relatives, as small as local officials, or in the harem or envoys from other countries, you can go to investigate, no matter who it is, you must find out this person, know what his purpose is, you can start the investigation from the princess's captivity. After hearing this, Tian Zhen replied: "The minister obeys the order." In the following period of time, Tian Zhen was secretly investigating, this person is steady, and he will not say that doing this will make a fuss, so the entire court has not found that anyone is checking himself, Tian Zhen has been checking for many days, and there is still no clue, but he can be sure that the official position of this spy will not be low, because he can understand the route and time of the princess's trip, and the time of the princess's trip is temporarily decided, so Tian Zhen thinks that this spy is very likely to be in the palace, for fear of startling the snake, Tian Zhen did not send too many people to investigate, but out of a few reliable guards, most of them are followed up by himself, the rest is that he will report his thoughts to the emperor in time.