Chapter 649: A New Struggle
Li Yueying didn't expect Xiao Han to suddenly turn his head and ask her, and his face changed instantly. After listening to the meaning of Murong Qiuyu's words, and then looking at Xiao Han's face, Ren is simple-minded and understands the intentions of the two of them, but she has never participated in decision-making in major matters, Xiao Han has always loved her very much, and she is spoiled to the sky, so she naturally doesn't need to worry about major events.
Just heard that the imperial brother was going to give Xiao Han the title of marquis, Li Yueying was naturally happy, but when she heard the two of them object, although she couldn't understand the truth for a while, she didn't think too much, and immediately rolled her eyes to Xiao Han, and slowly turned her head to Zhang Quanyu and said: "Xiao Han is the head of Wudang, and the head of the five sects, the leader of the entire Jianghu martial arts, that Hou Ye doesn't want it." β
Zhang Quan reached an agreement in the blink of an eye, and then looked at Xiao Han's resolute face, and suddenly laughed: "I persuaded the emperor to dispel this proposal at that time, as long as you reward more gold and silver to Wudang, it can be regarded as a reward for the horse's work, and it really made me right." β
The three of them all showed surprise, and then said happily: "I see." Li Yueying said angrily: "How can Lord Zhang entertain us like this?" Xiao Han smiled: "Don't be rude to Lord Zhang, I want to know how much reward Lord Zhang has brought me?"
Zhang Quanyue slowly restrained his smile and stood up and arched his hand towards the south to show respect, then took out a piece of yellow silk and unfolded it: "Pingnan Bo Xiao Han has made outstanding achievements, and he is dignified, and he is respectfully compassionate to the public, and he will give five million in money, one thousand taels in gold, three thousand taels in silver, one hundred strings of southern pearls, and twenty pairs of agate and green jade. β
The three of them watched with wide eyes as he read out the holy decree, and when they heard so much money, Li Yueying jumped up and said, "So much?" Zhang Quanyue looked at the holy decree, and there were some clichΓ©s praising Xiao Han's merits, knowing that reading it to them was also playing the piano to the cow, so he put away the holy decree and said: "I have brought something, please check it with the princess." β
Xiao Han smiled like a flower, and said to Li Yueying with a smile: "The emperor is so generous, so much money is enough for us to have a good year." Li Yueying was in a slightly better mood since Zhang Quan's appointment, and he snorted with a glance: "You are a money fan." Murong Qiuyu said with a smile: "There are more than two thousand mouths, and it is indeed difficult to move an inch without money." β
Xiao Han smiled at Li Yueying: "Money can make ghosts grind, and when you have money, brothers will have food and drink, and if you don't have money, we have to drink the northwest wind." Li Yueying said angrily: "You eat meat every day, when have you ever drunk the northwest wind?" Xiao Han knew that he was entangled with her, and said to Murong Qiuyu with a smile: "Ask Minister Ye to come over to receive the reward, and all the people on the mountain will be rewarded, and she will have the final say." β
Murong Qiuyu nodded and went out, and after a while, he heard the noise of people outside the door, and it was Ye Zixuan who brought people to receive the money.
Zhang Quanyue smiled bitterly: "It is rumored that horses love money, and this is true when I saw it today." "He is familiar with Xiao Han, and this joke is harmless. Xiao Han said happily: "Yellow and white things are the most moving, I am just a layman, of course I can't avoid vulgarity." Then he said: "Lord Zhang came to Wudang Mountain in the wind and snow for thousands of miles, presumably he didn't just come to escort the reward, right?"
Zhang Quanyue was stunned for a moment, his face slowly became solemn, and he turned his head to look around. Xiao Han understood, hurriedly went over to cover the door of the house and said, "There are no outsiders here, please have something to say." β
Zhang Quanyue looked at Li Yueying again, Li Yueying was stunned for a moment and then said angrily: "What do you have to hide from me?" Zhang Quanyue hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and turned his face to look at Xiao Han again.
Xiao Han knew that something big would happen in the court, and it was inconvenient to say it explicitly. It's just that he knew that Li Yueying would definitely not go out, so he had to spread his hands to him and said with a wry smile: "The princess is not an outsider, and Lord Zhang has something to say." β
Zhang Quanyue hesitated for a moment, and his face changed several times, and he said slowly: "There have been several major events in the DPRK recently, and the emperor asked the horse to help you refer to the details. β
Xiao Han said modestly: "The emperor is serious, Lord Zhang has something to say, please say it, let's discuss it together." Zhang Quanyue sighed and said: "After capturing the Xingwang Mansion and capturing Liu Ling, I Jiangnan has occupied most of the world, the Jinghu region has gradually stabilized, the emperor is very excited, and after the great feudal heroes, he chose the auspicious day to lead the civil and military officials to sacrifice to the heavens and the ancestors, and then held a banquet in the palace to invite the hundred officials. β
Xiao Han said with a smile: "The grand event of opening up the territory and expanding the land should be celebrated. Zhang Quanyue shook his head and said: "It was October 15th, the moonlight was charming, the monarchs and ministers returned happily, the emperor was excited for a while, and went to Jingyang Palace accompanied by several chamberlains. β
Li Yueying's face changed drastically: "Sixth brother?" Zhang Quanyue smiled bitterly: "It is the place where the emperor lives." Xiao Han thought about it for a while, and then thought that it must be Li Congshan who was proud for a while, and went to Li Yu who was imprisoned in Jingyang Palace to show off, and couldn't help but say lightly: "The emperor and Li Yu are brothers, which is also natural." β
Zhang Quanyue sighed: "The emperor and the emperor talked in the palace for half an hour, and it was naturally the matter of recovering Nanping, Wuping, and the Han Kingdom, so that the emperor praised the emperor's intelligence, and the two talked very happily, until the emperor took people back when the five drums sounded in the palace." β
Li Yueying's face turned pale and worried: "What happened later?" Xiao Han knew that something was happening when he saw his face, and couldn't help but follow: "Everything is very normal, could it be that there is something weird?"
Zhang Quanyue's face turned pale and said: "Exactly, on the second day, the emperor woke up, remembered the brotherly relationship with the emperor, and immediately ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs to prepare a rich reward and send it to Jingyang Palace." The Minister of Civil Affairs led people into the palace with a violent victory, and after the guards opened the palace gate, they found that there was no trace of the emperor. The frightening of the violent victory was not trivial, and he immediately led people to search the palace, and urgently sent someone to inform the emperor. β
Li Yueying stood up and said, "What are you talking about, my sixth brother is missing?" Xiao Han hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand and said, "Don't panic, listen to Master Zhang first." Zhang Quanyue glanced at the two of them, and said with a wry smile: "The violent victory and the people of the Imperial City Division turned the entire palace upside down, where is the emperor's shadow? The emperor was furious, and immediately ordered to torture and interrogate the palace guards, and the soldiers did not know when the emperor disappeared, and the emperor was furious, and beheaded more than 100 soldiers guarding the palace, and ordered the minister of public security Jin Qiuping to find the people within three days, and to see the dead and alive. β
Xiao Han didn't expect this to happen, frowned and thought: "It's been nearly a year since Li Yu abdicated, who will rescue him from the palace?" Zhang Quanyue said worriedly: "All the cabinet departments are in chaos, and the emperor is even more worried, after all, this throne is ...... If the emperor is allowed to escape from the palace to demagogue, the military and civilians will be confused if they don't know the inside story, and it will really do a lot of harm to the stability of our Tang Dynasty, Jin Qiuping led more than 10,000 people to turn Jinling City upside down and did not find any trace of him, the emperor was furious, put Jin Qiuping in prison, and ordered the Minister of Supervision Ge Shaofeng to continue to send people to search. β
Xiao Han pondered: "Have you searched those old homes of the former dynasty?" Zhang Quanyue smiled bitterly: "The emperor naturally thought of this, and the entire Jinling City has been under martial law. Most of the ministers are old ministers of the former dynasty, Ge Shaofeng is extremely loyal to the emperor, even if he searches the old house of the Yan Pavilion, all the mansions of the seven members of the cabinet are searched, and all the ministries, departments and adults are not spared. β
Li Yueying wanted to speak and stopped, but just stared at Xiao Han with both eyes. She naturally knew that the reason why Li Yu abdicated was the result of the joint conspiracy between Xiao Han and her seventh brother, and besides, she was not good at politics, so she didn't know where to start except caring about the safety of her sixth brother.
Xiao Han picked up a cup of tea and handed it to her, "Don't worry, you will definitely find it." Li Yueying slowly took the tea, and her eyes suddenly turned red: "The sixth brother has always treated me well, there won't be anyone who secretly ......" Before she said the word "harm", Xiao Han interjected: "No, your imperial brother is wise and benevolent, and Li Yu has always been obedient, there must be someone who wants to take advantage of the fire to rob and endanger the interests of the emperor and the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely help you find your sixth brother." β
Li Yueying looked at him with teary eyes and said, "He was snatched out of the palace, there won't be any danger, right?" Xiao Han was not sure about this, so he had to comfort her: "Minister Ge is searching, maybe it has been found now, you can rest assured." β
Zhang Quanyue watched the two of them finish speaking, shook his head and frowned: "The cabinet discussed for a long time, and sent a capable head catcher to check Jingyang Palace, and found footprints on the roof, speculating that it was done by people from the rivers and lakes." β
Xiao Han stood up and said, "Meng Baixing." Zhang Quanyue didn't know what he meant, and said in surprise: "What did you say?" Li Yueying knew him, and the tea bowl in his hand almost fell to the ground and repeated: "What did you say?"
A cold light flashed in Xiao Han's eyes and said to Li Yueying: "It must be that old eunuch." Li Yueying suddenly realized, and her face changed greatly: "He was originally a cronie of the sixth brother, and he disappeared during the palace change, he must have rescued the sixth brother." β
Zhang Quanyue's face was embarrassed and coughed: "Who do you say kidnapped the emperor?" Xiao Han immediately understood what he meant, Li Yueying said the words of saving people, and she put Li Congshan in a place of injustice, which made Zhang Quanyue feel quite uncomfortable.
The reason why Zhang Quanyue was able to sit on the position of cabinet minister was because of Li Congshan's seizure of the throne. Li Yu was just a Jiangzhou assassin, and he was soon promoted all the way to the cabinet scholar, which naturally also touched the light of Xiao Han. Therefore, although he was slightly dissatisfied with what the princess said, he only gently diverted the topic.
Xiao Han pondered and said: "There is no need to worry about this matter, nothing will happen to Li Yu, and there will be no major movements." Now that the political situation in Datang is stable, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and some people don't have that opportunity even if they have the intention to make trouble. As long as Meng Baixing does it, I have my own way to find him. β
Zhang Quanyue finally heard the name clearly, and his eyes shrank slightly: "Meng Baixing, the legend is that the head of the palace has always had a good relationship with the emperor, why did he do this?" Xiao Han shook his head and said: "This old eunuch is strong in martial arts and acts strangely, and the purpose of his abduction of the emperor is still unclear, but I am sure to find him." β
Zhang Quanyue's face relaxed, and a smile finally appeared on his face, and he got up and said to Li Yueying: "Xiao Yuma is my Tang Dynasty Lucky General, if I don't come today, my Jinling City will have to be turned upside down by Minister Ge." β
Although Xiao Han was sure to find Meng Baixing, he couldn't judge his intention and whereabouts to kidnap Li Yu for a while, Meng Baixing was one of the seven eunuchs in the Tang Palace after escaping, and he would definitely find him if he wanted to solve the mystery of the map.
There are also some things that he is inconvenient to say to Zhang Quan, that is, he knows that Meng Baixing has a close relationship with Quan Zhenbang, the eunuch of the Great Song Palace, and the two have shown their faces when they were fighting in Tokyo. If Meng Baixing wants to be safe, he can only cross the river to find him, and maybe he will bring Li Yu here.
was thinking about it, and he heard a commotion outside, and followed Bai Xiaoqi to crawl in and shout, "Master, master, something is wrong." β