mengcheng
This place is more than a hundred miles away from Bingdaokou and falls under the jurisdiction of Nanfeng Prefecture.
When Ma Guanxing and Zhang Feng came here, they both laughed "haha".
"This idiot has lost his military entrance. Now it's really interesting." Ma Guanxing said.
"Yes, it's a good thing that you reacted quickly and thought of General Xu's reminder yesterday." Zhang Feng nodded in agreement and said, "Otherwise, our brothers would also be buried there."
"Don't you think it's strange?" Ma Guanxing asked, turning his head.
"Strange?" Zhang Feng asked doubtfully, "Are you talking about General Xu?"
"No, he was already prepared." Ma Guanxing stroked his newly grown beard and said, "I'm talking about the defensive supplies at the military crossing and the city guarding captain!"
Hearing what Ma Guanxing said, Zhang Feng suddenly realized something. He said in disbelief: "The rolling stones, giant trees, and kerosene are gone, and the captain guarding the city has been replaced!"
Ma Guanxing nodded sharply. He really didn't notice it at first, but he discovered this phenomenon when he was leaving!
"Did Xie Yin and the others do it?" Zhang Feng asked.
"No, it can't be them, and they don't have the guts to do this." Ma Guanxing shook his head.
Zhang Feng's eyes widened and he said one word in surprise: "Xu?"
Ma Guanxing was speechless: "General Xu is even more impossible. If he had this ability, he would have opened the city and come back to defend."
Zhang Feng shook his head. He couldn't have guessed it. After all, in his eyes, Xie Yin and Xu Maofeng were the most suspicious.
Seeing Zhang Feng shaking his head, Ma Guanxing smiled and patted his shoulder: "You still forgot someone!"
"who?"
Ma Guanxing narrowed his eyes slightly, flashing a hint of cunning: "Hu Shichang!"
"How is it possible? He never showed up!"
"Brother, have you forgotten what General Xu said that day?" Ma Guanxing patted Zhang Feng again, then stood up and walked out of the room.
Zhang Feng was like a fossil at this moment, just sitting there in a daze, not regaining consciousness for a long time...
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capital
When Hu Shichang's spiritual pigeon fell into the hands of Qu Zhongyi, Qu Zhongyi laughed at first, and then was shocked for a while!
"How is that possible!" Qu Zhongyi slapped the table angrily: "Trash, what a bunch of trash, the Bingdao Crossing was actually lost!"
Qu Feng, who was sitting below, was stunned. He had been waiting for good news about the war in Northern Xinjiang, but his father said that the military crossing was lost!
"Father……"
Before Qu Feng could finish his words, Qu Zhongyi said angrily: "You are now ordering people to change the news and pin the loss of the military crossing to Xu Maofeng, saying that he was defeated and entered the city late, causing the city guarding captain to not dare to use it." Defensive equipment!”
Qu Feng immediately understood, bowed his hands, and left the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Imperial Palace Qinzheng Hall
When Qu Zhongyi informed the emperor about the incident at the northern border crossing, the emperor was furious.
"The Xu family is really a scourge of the Great Fire. Someone came and issued an order to destroy all the Xu family's chickens and dogs without leaving any trace!"
And at the moment when his will was issued, two spiritual pigeons flew into the hall one after another, and then the dragon seal trembled.
The two spiritual pigeons were for Qu Zhongyi, and the dragon seal tremor was for the courtiers who were unable to come because they had something to do and asked the emperor to check important news.
The eunuch who received the order didn't care about this. He was writing the order at the moment.
When Qu Zhongyi opened the first letter, his eyes were slightly startled, and his scalp went numb for a moment, because this letter was written by Ma Guanxing and reported everything about Bingdaokou.
Qu Zhongyi did not dare to report it directly to the emperor, but quickly opened the second letter.
But when he opened the letter, he almost vomited blood on the spot, because the person who wrote the letter was none other than Xu Que!
"Your Excellency Qu, my student Xu Que has something important to report. Due to the Battle of Bingdaokou, the student suspects that Hu Shichang is a Beimang spy. I hope the Prime Minister will handle this matter impartially..."
As Xu Que wrote out a lot of evidence and conjectures in a eloquent manner, Qu Zhongyi's old face turned red and frightening...
What Qu Zhongyi didn't know was that the person sitting there was also extremely angry at this moment.
The emperor originally thought that this matter was really what Qu Zhongyi said, but the news sent by Ma Guanxing made him hesitate. If he did what Qu Zhongyi said, then he would be the emperor. After all, this job If the imperial edict falls, the public resentment can also wipe him out...
He couldn't bear the blame for Zhongliang's death, and he didn't dare to take it, but if he didn't do anything...then he would also be resented by the people!
"Qu Zhongyi!" Zhao Kuangyu roared angrily, word by word: "As the prime minister and the head of hundreds of officials, do you recommend such a person?"
"thump"
Qu Zhongyi knew that the matter could no longer be concealed, and immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, the sin of a humble minister deserves death. Although the Bingdao Pass has been lost, don't forget the promise Beimang made at that time!"
"How dare you mention their promise to me!" The emperor didn't know whether his mind suddenly became clear or something was wrong, and he immediately said: "At first, Gu only promised to cede three towns in northern Xinjiang to them, but now they have attacked, You should find a way to stop them now, otherwise you, the Prime Minister, will stop doing it!"
"Yes, Wei Chen will think of a way now!" Qu Zhongyi knelt on the ground and thought of a way.
While they were discussing countermeasures, the eunuch who proposed the edict came to the emperor holding the imperial edict high.
Seeing this imperial edict, the emperor's suppressed anger exploded instantly. He drew out the sword from his waist and slashed directly at the eunuch.
"Puch..."
The imperial edict and the eunuch were immediately cut in half with one sword.
Blood stained the floor red, and the eunuch never expected that he would end up like this.
Qu Zhongyi's body was shaking and he didn't dare to say a word, and he was constantly thinking of solutions in his mind.
"Come here, drag this assassin down!" the emperor shouted to the guards outside the palace.
When the guards entered the hall, they were startled for a moment, and then began to clean up the eunuch's body.
"Your Majesty, if there is blood in the Qinzheng Palace, can you move it?" a guard asked with his hands raised.
"No, please exit first!" The emperor rolled his sleeves and glared at Qu Zhongyi.
The guards didn't dare to say anything, so they could only exit the Qinzheng Hall obediently.
At this moment, there were only the emperor and the prime minister in the Qinzheng Hall.
"Is there any way to think of it?" the emperor asked loudly.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have a solution." Qu Zhongyi kowtowed quickly and said: "Your Majesty, you can issue an order to ask the other three armies to dedicate part of their troops to station in Nanfengzhou. Before they arrive, Weichen first dispatches soldiers from Fuzhou to Beimang. The cavalry will go south. At that time, the ministers will come to Beimang to negotiate peace and return the three towns in northern Xinjiang that were promised before to Beimang."
After hearing Qu Zhongyi's words, the emperor thought for a moment, took out the dragon seal, and began to declare the decree himself.
As the dragon seal emitted a faint light, three wills instantly flew to various places in Great Yan.
"What about Xu Maofeng?" The emperor put down the dragon seal and asked.
"Although Xu Maofeng hid in the swamp, it is a dead zone. It is better to implement the desertion. Although it will not cause much harm to the Xu family, they cannot bear the public resentment." Qu Zhongyi replied.
Although the emperor was a little dissatisfied, he was still very afraid of the Xu family because he didn't know if the old guy had left any clues...
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. If you screw up, you, the Prime Minister, will stop doing it!" the emperor said in a deep voice.
"Please rest assured, your majesty, I will die for your majesty with all my heart."
Qu Zhongyi kowtowed three times, then bowed and exited the Qinzheng Hall...
Shortly after Qu Zhongyi left, Gu Yongnian, the Minister of War, Wen Qinghai, the Minister of Personnel, and Ge Li, the Minister of Hubu, came to visit him.
Hearing the arrival of these three people, the anger on the emperor's face became even more intense. Although this matter had little to do with Gu Yongnian, the other party was a Taiwei and the Minister of the Ministry of War. Moreover, the Ministry of War would definitely take action after the defeat at Bingdaokou. Be punished.
"Let them come in!" The emperor shook his sleeves and sat back on the throne.
As for the smell of blood, he was already used to it...
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty, I wish my Emperor..."
Before the three people could finish their prayers, the emperor waved his sleeves and interrupted: "Ge Aiqing, Wen Aiqing, do you know your guilt?"
This question immediately frightened the two of them into kowtowing again.
Wen Qinghai immediately said: "Your Majesty, Quanzi was wronged. It was all Xu Maofeng's fault. Without him, the Bingdao Pass would not have been lost."
"Your Majesty, my nephew is brave and good at fighting. He risked his own life and killed more than a hundred enemies before breaking out of the siege. If Xu Maofeng hadn't been defeated, there would have been no such result at the military crossing. I hope your Majesty will make a clear decision!" Ge Li kowtowed in agreement.
