The morning sun shrouded the entire Changyang City in a bloody glow.
Xu Mu walked out of the room and frowned for a moment.
"Cao Hong, is there any news?"
"Nothing."
Xu Mu turned around, looked at the tofu load outside the house, and fell into deep thought for a moment. In these two hours, he did a lot of things.
An ambush was set up outside Muyun Camp.
To a few honest old ministers who were invited, each of them was given a settlement allowance for their official career, which was enough to provide them with food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
The world can be saved, but Daji cannot be saved, and Yuan An cannot be saved.
"master."
Several figures rushed over in a hurry, each with a look of shock and anger on their faces.
"The secret sentry outside the pass came to Feishu. The Beidi people gathered a hundred thousand troops and sent troops to Wangzhou immediately. The veteran general Lian Yong traveled 2,000 miles to ask for help."
"Where is Zhao Qingyun?"
"Stand still..."
"How about the palace?"
"After finding out, we sent a traitor pretending to be a grain officer and took two hundred people to Hezhou."
"Yuan An dares to negotiate peace?"
"Master, it's very possible."
Xu Mu laughed head-on until his whole body was exhausted from laughter. What kind of world is this, what kind of dynasty is this.
"Master, the inner city is going to be in chaos."
"Everything that is supposed to come has come."
According to the layout left by Yuan Tao, even if Yuan An has no abilities, as long as he doesn't act erratically, Xu Mu will stay in Changyang for at least a year and a half to help Yuan An clean up the mess.
But it was obvious that Yuan An couldn't afford it.
This mess is becoming more and more unbearable. Even if Zhuge Wuhou comes, he will sigh and feel helpless.
"As shameful as the Marquis, Xu Mu can only take the second path." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and spoke in a solemn voice.
Many dead soldiers nearby also raised their hands and clasped their fists, worshiping from afar towards the sky.
"Master, there's news." Cao Hong suddenly jumped in from outside, his voice heavy.
"How? Did you succeed?"
"Master, we succeeded." Cao Hong hesitated, "But today Chen Changqing is wearing three layers of armor."
"And you're wearing three layers of armor?" Xu Mu's voice was calm. Chen Changqing only wore one layer before, but this time it was better, even the bastard's head was covered with shells.
"When he entered the palace, Bai Chu was not allowed to carry weapons. He only used the method of escaping to the ground and buried himself outside the palace. When Chen Changqing walked by, he used bamboo chopsticks to attack."
"I couldn't break the visor, so I could only use bamboo chopsticks to break one of Chen Changqing's eyes. But fortunately, bamboo chopsticks are poison-quenching."
"What happened later?" Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
"Chen Changqing fainted from the pain, and Bai Chu was chopped into pieces by three thousand iron guards."
Xu Mu sighed with difficulty.
In front of the house, the two loads of tofu that had been stored for a long time had a vague smell of rancidity.
"Cao Hong, send someone to buy two more loads of tofu and send them to Niuwei Alley."
"What is the master going to do next?"
"The men and horses in front of Muyun camp, please don't move. I'm going to the palace."
"Then the master's safety——"
"With Yu Wen here in the palace, nothing happens."
…
In the side hall of the palace, Chen Changqing woke up. His only eye was bloodshot, his face was blue, and he was roaring like a madman.
Yuan An stood aside, his face a little pale.
He saw it. When the assassin took action, he was not far away from him. He had never thought that murder and bloodshed would be such a terrible thing.
Previously, he had thought of becoming an overlord and going to the border to conquer Beidi himself.
Think about it again, it’s better not to touch these things...
"It must be Xu Mu!" Chen Changqing's voice hadn't stopped yet, "Your Majesty, you saw him, he wants to kill me!"
"After I die, he will be able to take charge of the government! And Your Majesty will become the puppet king!"
"Chen Qing, you are still poisonous...get some rest first."
Chen Changqing raised his head in pain. He had always boasted that he was somewhat handsome, but now that he was blind in one eye, how could he swallow this?
"Your Majesty, if Xu Mu dares to take action against me, he will take action against Your Majesty."
Yuan An stayed where he was.
I remembered from a distance that when he was still studying in the academy, a rich man humiliated him and asked him to imitate the barking of a dog, and he learned to bark for ten taels of silver. He learned four times and got fifty taels.
If you shout well, the extra ten taels will be rewarded.
He never let anyone know about this. Until Yuan Tao's people found him, dug out the genealogy and informed him of his identity.
At heart, he is afraid of trouble.
He became emperor just to shine the lintel of his family and enjoy endless wealth in his life. As for saving the country, that is a matter of course, and it should be done if it can be done.
"Uncle, don't worry. I will take it as my duty to save the country, help the Daji Society, and not let your uncle down." Every time he thought of this sentence, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
He felt like those white faces on the stage in the theater, who hid their secrets deeply but were eventually discovered to be treacherous.
Shivering, Yuan An called for the pen clerk and eunuch.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xu enters the palace."
Yuan An turned around hastily, with panic on his face.
Beside him, Chen Changqing, who was on the verge of collapse, quickly had someone help him up and walked out of the palace without any hesitation, and walked into the military formation of 5,000 people.
Outside the hall, Xu Mu stopped, turned his head, and looked at the mighty three thousand iron guards and two thousand Muyun Battalion officers not far in front of him.
"Kill Xu Mu!" Chen Changqing covered one eye, raised his head and roared, and continued to cough up poisonous blood. At this time, he clearly didn't care about anything.
"The Royal Forest Army obeys the order and protects Xu Zaifu! If anyone dares to take a step beyond the royal road, he will be killed immediately!" Yu Wen came running with the army, his face was cold.
In the military formation, Chen Changqing was extremely angry. In addition, he was seriously injured and his whole body became shaky.
"Xu Zaifu, you'd better not let me catch-"
"Shut up, one-eyed dog, I'll strip you off later." Xu Mu said coldly.
This sentence was undoubtedly a huge blow, causing Chen Changqing in the military formation to vomit blood again.
…
Yuan An stood outside the imperial study. Seeing the situation, he hurriedly turned around and walked in.
"Xu, Xiang Xu, your Majesty is already asleep."
Xu Mu raised his leg and kicked open the door of the imperial study room. The trembling Yuan An instantly raised his head in fear.
"Xu Qing, why did you enter the palace so late at night?"
"I have something to ask Your Majesty."
"Xu Qing, I'm sleepy."
"Your Majesty, can you sleep peacefully?" Xu Mu looked coldly. It had only been less than a month, and with the whole mess fermenting, Yuan An in front of him could no longer hide himself.
As for the rest, it can be said that what made Xu Mu angry the most was negotiating peace with Beidi. When Chang Shiro dared to go to Changyang for this matter, it proved how deeply abhorred this was to the entire Daji.
"Xu Qing misunderstood and did not negotiate for peace. That was the grain inspector I sent out."
"Hezhou is two thousand miles away from the inner city. What kind of grain inspector did you send?" Xu Mu said with a sullen face, "Do you really think that the King of Yuzhou is a fool for letting your grain inspector pass the old pass? Or does your majesty think that Chang Shiro, the king of Yuzhou, doesn’t dare to rebel again?”
"Xu Qing, I also want to protect the Daji Sheji! What if Beidi goes south and cannot be stopped!"
"You have to block it even if you can't!" Xu Mu stood up, his voice becoming extremely angry, "Your imperial uncle Yuan Tao almost died at the border in order to block Beidi."
"Even I, a young prime minister, had the feat of running hundreds of horses to the border in order to prevent Beidi from entering the border."
"King of Yuzhou! Even if he is the king of Yuzhou, if one day Beidi conquers Hezhou! In the face of righteousness, he will still guard Laoguan!"
"Those veteran generals, those veterans, and those displaced refugees all raised their heads and stared at Changyang, the capital of the country. If they knew that you wanted to negotiate a peace, they might be ashamed to be the judge."
"You think I am willing to do this! My troops must guard those rebels! Otherwise, Daji will be destroyed!"
"You really don't understand anything." Xu Mu regained his composure and spoke again with some bitterness, "The Marquis did not keep you to make you a wise king. But you have become a faint king."
