Chapter 82: Face Saint I
Mei Fang's face showed a rare solemnity, and he said to Duan Qianqiu: "Before Brother Tie Ke arrived with the letter of alliance signed between Han Baohu and Tubo, the people of Meizhuang were just prisoners of the imperial court, without this ironclad evidence, even if I told the two princesses, what could I do? It will only make it more difficult for them! If you are not careful, you will be killed. w'wยทwยท.' This royal petition must either not be sued, or if it is sued, it must be successful. That's why I've been hiding it. โ
Duan Qianqiu nodded approvingly: "It makes sense, under the unclear situation, blind action will only lead to greater losses." โ
Mei Fang said with a little excitement: "But now you can report to the two princesses, and they will present the ironclad evidence of Han Baohu's rebellion to the emperor, and they will definitely be able to overthrow this giant thief." โ
"It's not appropriate to report to the two princesses at this time!" Duan Qianqiu said categorically.
Mei Tieke, Chihu and Mei Fang asked in unison, "Why?"
"If you go to the princess now, it will not only be difficult, but also too much movement, and maybe this agreement will be made public in advance. Han Baohu has a heavy army, entrenched in Jiannan Road, and has been at war with Tubo for several years, and his power is deep-rooted. Although it is now in collusion with Tubo, it is not yet the time for a public rebellion, and rashly making public this letter of alliance will inevitably force Han to capture the tiger immediately, and the court will be caught off guard, and the losses will be huge and immeasurable, and it will only be the people who will suffer in the end. โ
Mei Fang said: "Then what should we do now?"
"You have already appeared among the people of Xuanjian Zhai today, and it is very likely that you have been included in the list of wanted criminals now, and it is not appropriate to enter the city again. ___Bar_w=w-w'.Now it's best for me to bring the evidence without alarming the court officials, and then we will make plans after the preliminary judgment of the holy will. โ
Mei Fang saw that Mei Tieke was still hesitant, knowing that he had not fully trusted Duan Qianqiu, so he said: "Brother Tieke, Duan Qianqiu will live up to us, I believe in him." โ
Mei Tieke has always trusted Mei Fang, so he said, "Okay, wait until I take out the alliance book." With that, he asked for a dagger from Mei Fang, cut the sole of his platform boot on his left foot, and took out a piece of parchment from the inside.
The alliance was written in Tibetan and Chinese respectively, as well as the seals and signatures of Han Baohu and Tubo Zampu Keli Kezu.
Duan Qianqiu hid the alliance book in his arms and took advantage of the night to enter Yehuang City.
After coming to the periphery of Yehuang City, Duan Qianqiu took advantage of the change of guard of the patrol to climb up the city wall, and after going up to the city tower, he escaped the forbidden army defending the city and entered the inner city of Yehuang.
He took the risk of doing this, in order not to let people see him coming back from outside the city, the people of Xuanjian Zhai were everywhere, if he saw him coming back from outside the city so late, coupled with his relationship with Mei Fang, he would inevitably think of the connection between the people in Meizhuang and him.
After entering the city, Duan Qianqiu walked left and right in the narrow alleys of the side streets, and when he came to his mansion, he also climbed over the wall to enter.
The next day, when he went out from the mansion to the palace, the gatekeeper of the mansion couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that the prince who had not returned all day yesterday suddenly walked out of the mansion, but when he saw Duan Qianqiu's serious face, he didn't dare to ask more. _Bar_wยทw-wยท.
Duan Qianqiu came to the place where Zuo Yulin's army was stationed, found Lu Bangyan, pulled him to a secluded place, and told him everything about Meijiazhuang in the past few days.
Lu Bangyan took the letter of alliance between Han Baohu and the Tubo State that he handed over, and after reading it carefully, he said with a solemn face: "Brother, this is a shocking event related to the national situation, are you sure that this is true?"
"Xuanjian Zhai did not hesitate to dispatch their supreme master to kill people and destroy their mouths, which shows that the evidence is conclusive, there must be a conspiracy in Jiannan Dao!" Duan Qianqiu said firmly.
Lu Bangyan held Duan Qianqiu's arm and said in a deep voice, "Who else knows about this?"
"At present, there is no one else in the palace except you. โ
"Okay, let's go to the saint and present this ironclad evidence to the emperor. โ
Yang Heng met with Lu Bangyan and Duan Qianqiu in the imperial study.
Lu Bangyan submitted the alliance letter, Yang Heng looked at it, his expression remained unchanged, and he waited for Duan Qianqiu to explain the whole thing before he spoke: "I know." The two of you retreat to the study first and wait, and there will be a summons later!"
When the two of them were waiting outside the study, several eunuchs in the palace were immediately dispatched, and everyone was in a hurry, which showed that the message was urgent.
After a while, three people came to the imperial study.
Two of them are Cai Xun, King Zhengyang, and there is also a middle-aged man with a noble Yonghua, wearing a round-necked robe made of purple large flowers and flowers, with a gold and jade belt tied around his waist, and his feet on the cloud-headed brocade shoes, his face is like a jade, his eyes are big and bright, and his eyes reveal a calm and resolute look, only occasionally flashing a deep and unfathomable expression, which is terrifying.
This person stood proudly in front of the imperial study, and Cai Xun and King Zheng Yang could only line up behind him.
But it was the crown prince Yang Yanchen.
Lu Bangyan and Duan Qianqiu saluted the three hot figures in the court, and all three of them returned the salute with smiles.
Cai Xunfu saw Duan Qianqiu, and said with a smile: "General Duan, a young hero, I can see it today, it is really extraordinary." โ
Duan Qianqiu was waiting to be humble, and at this time, the five people outside the door were invited into the imperial study.
After the five of them entered, six stools had been set up under the steps in front of the current imperial table, and one of the stools was already sitting on one of the stools!
This person was born with leopard eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, broad shoulders and round waist, extremely tall figure, wearing a dark robe, sitting on the stool with a golden knife, and seeing the prince Cai Xun and others coming in, he stood up from the stool to salute.
When Duan Qianqiu saw it, his heart moved: "I haven't seen this person in the imperial study yet, how could this suddenly come out, could it be that this person was already in the room when the emperor just met us, but why can't I feel his breath at all?"
After everyone visited Yang Heng, they sat down separately.
Yang Heng glanced at everyone majestically and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here today because I want to hear your opinions?"
"Li Cunxu, let's talk about it!" Yang Heng said to the leopard-eyed man under the stairs.
"It turned out to be Li Cunxu, the general of the Southern Guard Army, who ranked fifth on the Xuanwu list!" Duan Qianqiu thought to himself: "It is powerful and pressing, but the true qi is tightly contained, and it does not leak at all." This person's martial arts are not trivial. โ
"Yes. Li Cun said.
He saw that everyone was looking at him expectantly, so he said slowly: "Han Baohu is going to rebel!"
Cai Xun, King Zheng Yang and Prince Yang Yanchen all changed their complexions.
"According to the pigeon guard eyeliner report of our Southern Guard, half a year ago, Han Baohu had the act of privately releasing the Tubo tribal leader, three months ago, he and Tubo Zampu Keli Kezu secretly met in Zhaling Lake, at that time it was called a matter of peace, in fact, he formed an alliance with Tubo, and the alliance letter brought back by Lu Bangyan and Duan Qianqiu from the survivors of the Meizhuang bloodshed can be confirmed. โ
Cai Xun asked: "Since Han Baohu's rebellion has long been known, and the Southern Guards have also noticed it, why didn't they make arrangements early and dismiss Han Baohu and arrest him? โ
Cai Xun's question was quite unceremonious, all because he was the supreme governor of Shangshu Province, and if the evidence of Han Baohu's rebellion was confirmed, then he didn't hear anything about this kind of border general's rebellion, and it was the responsibility of the central court to overlook, so although the Southern Guard Army did not belong to the military department, he also asked this question.