In the spacious carriage, a charcoal pot was burning, making a slight crisp sound from time to time.
A middle-aged man sat beside the charcoal basin, putting his hands on the charcoal basin to bake.
Cuckoo was sitting on the other side, holding tongs in his hand holding sweet potatoes and roasting them, a burst of sweetness gradually filled the carriage.
The carriage is moving, but inside the carriage, there is no shaking at all.
“Have you confirmed it?”
“Master Marquis, it’s confirmed. Of all the forts in Yinlang County, only Cuiliu Fort is missing 400 riders.”
< p>"Is it that boy?""Yes."
"So, after the incident at Huaiya Academy that day, he did not return to Cuiliu Fort."
"Yes, Mr. Hou, based on the news from our informants in Qian Kingdom, we can probably judge that he may have directly led his men to Qian Kingdom after his affairs at Huai Ya Academy. ."
"Haha."
"Why is he?"
"Young man, bear it for us. He felt aggrieved about the affairs of the academy, but he did not dare to express his grievances to the prince who arranged the affairs for him, so he thought of venting his grievances on the people of Qian Kingdom."
"That's it. ?”
Jingnan Hou shook his head,
said:
“Of course it’s not just that, there are indeed people in this world who do things based on their enthusiasm. There are a lot of fools out there, but fools can't defend themselves.
I think this guy has probably seen some trends coming.
We are in Yinlang. The county has eliminated so many people and taken care of so many powerful families. Maybe he has already seen that he has the intention to use troops against Nan. He wants to grab the first prize and make a bet in advance."
"Master Marquis, I think it may not be that simple."
"Did you find out anything? Oh, by the way, who helped him build his fortress? Found it?"
"You will be surprised, Mr. Hou"
"Okay, let me guess, if you can surprise me, it is definitely not the Marquis of Zhenbei. Li Liangting has a relationship with the house. Although that boy once said shyly in front of me that he was a dog in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, I feel that Li Liangting probably has too many dogs in the house, so many that he can’t even remember them clearly. .
At least, Li Liangting is definitely not holding the dog leash on this kid, and he doesn’t have such a big face that Li Liangting can tie him up personally.
That’s right. It shouldn't be his own money. He just came from the north to the south to take up the post. Even if he has money, he doesn't have the connections to purchase and organize everything so quickly.
It can't be anywhere. It is not surprising that a powerful family finances a local military leader and values his development prospects and uses him for his own use."
Speaking of this,
Jing. Nan Hou looked at Du Juan,
turned his palms and continued to bake the charcoal fire,
Dao:
"Prince."
"The Marquis is wise."
The Marquis of Jingnan reached out and took a roasted sweet potato from Du Juan. , because it was too hot, so I weighed it back and forth in my hands.
"The eldest brother controls the troops of Tiancheng County, so he cannot be the eldest son; the second eldest son nominally controls the imperial army in the capital, so he cannot be the second eldest son;
The two of them, themselves The military affairs at hand have not yet been sorted out, and greed will not bloom outside the wall;
The third child is a literary person, known as a literary name, and is the one with the best literary talent among the princes. He will not touch martial arts. If he touches martial arts, the role he has created for himself will collapse.
The fourth concubine's family is the Sanshi Deng family, which is a general. If he wants to intervene, Since the Deng family provides support, he will not go out to look for people.
At the beginning of the fifth year, he was punished by his majesty for disobedience in front of the palace. During this year, he will not take action outside. Not that stupid.
Lao Qi is still young,
That is,
Lao Liu."
"It is Liu. Your Highness."
"Oh, it's hard for him. I don't know what kind of soup the boy named Zheng gave Lao Liu, but he couldn't help but break the power."< /p>
"Marquis, do you think His Highness the Sixth..."
"When Lao Liu was only seven years old, His Majesty ordered me to go to the palace to drink with him that day, and Lao Liu was my companion. His Majesty said to me After a while;
Your Majesty said that among all the princes, the sixth is the most worthy of his father."
Du Juan lowered his head.
“Actually, I think so too. Lao Liu has been smart since he was a child. In him, I can indeed see the shadow of our Majesty when he was young.
It’s a pity. , Lao Liu is not as lucky as our Majesty. The late emperor is a moderate king. Perhaps the most proud thing he did in his life was to win the battle among the princes, but that's all.
So, our Majesty is not under so much pressure, but Lao Liu is different. He is too much like His Majesty, but our country, Yan, cannot tolerate two generations of His Majesty.”
Jing. Nanhou tore open the skin of the sweet potato, brought it to his mouth, took a bite, and said:
"Sweet."
"His Highness the Sixth Prince did not cover up his actions. Could he? "Aren't you afraid?"
"He is not afraid. This boy knows that his father trusts me and leaves the entire affairs of Yinlang County to me. Naturally, he knows that Yinlang County's secret agents The Secretary is in the hands of this Marquis. If he wants to investigate him, he will definitely be able to find it, but he is sure that I will not reveal it and will even help him hide it."
"Why?"
"I owe him."
"Master Hou, what do you mean?"
"In the autumn of the third year of Wu'an, the Min family was suspected of treason, and the imperial court issued an order to punish him; it was I led a thousand Jingnan troops to crush the Min family, the mother clan of our sixth prince."
"That is His Majesty's order and has nothing to do with you, Lord Marquis." /p>
Jingnan Hou took another bite of the sweet potato, chewed it slowly in his mouth, and said at the same time:
"In the winter of the third year of Wu'an, Concubine Min, who was thrown into the cold palace because of the Min family's rebellion, was Give Bai Ling to hang yourself and kill the jade."
Du Juan opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
"All this originated from the night of the beginning of autumn in the third year of Wu'an. His Majesty once brought the sixth prince into the imperial study. It is said that he asked the sixth prince something about our country, Dayan, and about the barbarians and the Qian Kingdom. Regarding the matter there, His Majesty Long Yan was very pleased and rewarded the Sixth Prince with gold and silver artifacts and a princely salary.
The next day, I received your Majesty’s order to destroy the Min family. The house is full."
Jingnan Hou put the last bit of sweet potato in his hand into his mouth, licked the skin, and then threw the skin aside;
Some He sucked his fingers twice with satisfaction, then took the hot towel from Du Juan and wiped his hands and mouth.
"Perhaps, His Majesty was indeed happy that night in the Imperial Study Room, because the performance of the Sixth Prince made His Majesty very satisfied. When any father sees a son who looks very much like himself, he will feel happy in his heart. , must be full of joy and satisfaction."
"Then why..."
"Why? I have said before that your Majesty is worried about Dayan's current situation. He has his plans and visions for Dayan's future. His Majesty has already designed a path for Dayan, and no one is allowed to change it, even if that person is his son.
Your Majesty is not just a person. A father, he was also the emperor of Dayan.
So, after His Majesty was happy, he ordered me to destroy the Min family the next day and cut off the support of the sixth prince’s maternal clan;
p>After being placed under house arrest, Concubine Min was given death, which cut off the support of the Sixth Prince from the harem.
Three years after Wu'an, the Sixth Prince began to like sensuality and started selling roast duck. "
"Then the Sixth Prince is not afraid of you this time?"
"He is smart, so he understands me. He knows that even if I know about this matter, I will help you." He concealed that, firstly, I did owe his grandfather's family a blood debt,
Secondly, he knew that I had no interest in participating in the dispute over the country."
"Hou. "My lord, the second prince is your nephew."
"My nephew? Yes, the second prince is indeed my nephew, my sister's child, and his Majesty's legitimate son." It’s obvious that he wants the second child to be the crown prince. It is estimated that the second child will be able to enter the East Palace next year.
But so what?”
“Master Hou, you. Don't you think about your nephew?"
"You really don't dare to ask anything."
"You dare to say anything to your subordinates. All my subordinates are prepared to die as soon as they get out of this carriage."
"Hahahaha, I am not a person like our Majesty. I cannot do this... …”
Suddenly,
Jingnan Hou fell silent.
"Master Marquis, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay."
At this time, a message came from outside the carriage:
"Master Marquis, a letter has been sent from home."
"Pass it in."
"Yes."
A letter was delivered in curtain.
Du Juan reached out and took the letter. Before she could hand it over to Marquis Jingnan, Marquis Jingnan said:
"Read it."
Du Juan took a deep breath and opened the letter,
"Read it first and then tell me."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
< p>After Du Juan read the letter once, he put it down and said to the Marquis of Jingnan:"Mr. Marquis, this is your letter."
Old man, naturally He is the head of the Tian family. The Tian family is not the first-class family in Dayan, but in terms of honor, even the Zhenbei Hou Mansion cannot compare with the Tian family.
The head of the Tian family, his daughter is the current queen and has given birth to a prince for His Majesty, and will most likely be in charge of the East Palace; his son has been named Marquis of Jingnan and is in charge of the 50,000 Jingnan Army.
In this day and age, unless the princess of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion marries the prince in the future, the honor of the Tian family will be unmatched.
"Well, tell me, what does the old man from my family want to say to me in the letter? There is no need to talk nonsense."
Du Juan hesitated and said :
"Master Marquis, I said that the Zhenbei Army and the imperial court have become increasingly tense today. I would like to ask your opinion and attitude."
"Also "Yes?"
"The master also said that I heard that the Marquis has been surrounded by a woman from the Secret Service recently. The master said that the woman can be played for fun, but the Secret Service of Yinlang County, As a minister, you should have some taboos. Even if His Majesty asks you to hold it, you should not hold it."
"Heh"
Marquis Jingnan smiled. Laughing, he reached out and took the letter from Du Juan's hand. He didn't even read it a second time before throwing it into the charcoal basin and burning it.
"Master Hou, won't you reply?"
"Don't worry, it won't be long before I go back and have a good talk with my old man face to face."
"Report!!!!!!!!"
"Master Marquis, the sentry cavalry has come to report that a large-scale mobilization of Qianjun cavalry was found at Qianguo Suibao ahead."
"Oh, Dujuan, tell me, is that kid still alive now?"
"That depends on whether you want him to be alive, Lord Marquis."
"It's quite interesting. A boy who has a relationship with Lao Liu can make Lao Liu not hesitate to use the favor that I owe him. If he really dies, I will really have some trouble with Lao Liu. "
"Master Hou, you have never thought about things like this before."
"Oh, really? Then let's find a simpler reason."
"Yeah."< /p>
“My soldiers from the State of Yan, even ifIf you poke a hole in the sky, it won't be the turn of other Chinese people to point fingers! "
After speaking,
Jingnan Hou stood up, opened his arms,
"Put on your armor. "
Du Juan stood up and personally helped Jingnanhou put on his armor. The golden armor was worn on Jingnanhou's body, making him look so heroic.
" Mr. Hou, get dressed. "
After a while, Du Juan took a step back and said.
Jingnan Hou stretched out his hand and held Du Juan in his arms.
Du Juan gave a light sigh, No resistance.
“Old man, we have agreed to our marriage. ”
“Master Hou, I just said it was for fun. ”
“Isn’t this life just for fun? The old man agreed. "
"Mr. Marquis, you are joking. How could I possibly agree to your marrying a female spy from the Secret Service? "
"What's wrong with this? The emperor of his country was still generous and sent women to the court. This fine tradition, I think we, Da Yan, should also learn from it.
As for the old man, don’t worry, next time I take you home with me, the old man won’t say anything. ”
“The concubine’s body is all decided by the Marquis. ”
“That’s right. ”
After finishing speaking,
Jingnanhou opened the curtain of the carriage. His beast had already taken the initiative to come to the side of the carriage and welcomed Jingnanhou onto his back. The green eagle that had been standing on the top of the carriage flew into the sky and began to hover.
The next moment,
Jingnan Hou raised his hand.
He said in a deep voice:
"Everyone in the world knows that our Great Yanbei Army is unparalleled in the world. Today, let the people of Qian country see that our Great Yannan Army is also one of the elites in the world!" "
The order was issued,
The tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the Jingnan Army began to accelerate, and the horses began to gallop.
"My officers and soldiers of Dayan will not surrender to the death! ! ! ! ! ! ! "
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor of Dayan! ! ! ! ! ”
“The Marquis of Jingnan is a thousand years old! ! ! ! ! ! ”
These voices came from a distance.
Jingnan Hou showed a smile on his lips,
ordered:
"Array! "
"Tiger! "
"Tiger! "
"Tiger! ”
…………
Because of the sudden appearance of the Jingnan Army, the Qianjun army suddenly fell into a kind of turmoil.
The battle formation The aura and momentum of the charge will really play a big role.
The Jingnan Army's majestic kill will give people an unstoppable sense of oppression when it appears, and Qianjun's side. The command system suddenly seemed much slower in its response.
The Qianjun cavalry did not know whether they should form a formation to prevent the Jingnan Army from charging or continue to defend the more than three hundred people in front of them. Yan Jun's bagAt the same time, because the Qianguo cavalry here belongs to three towns, let alone cooperating with each other, there is even a lot of filth in it.
Also panicked were Taiwei Yang on the trolley and the three Jiedu envoys behind him.
No matter how calm Taiwei Yang is, and how beautiful his beard is, he is a ruthless father-in-law after all. When trouble comes, his shortcomings of insufficient yang energy are immediately exposed.
The three Jiedu envoys are all civil servants, so there is no problem in asking them to write frontier poems. Anyway, they will ask their civil servants to write some poems about sacrificing their lives in service to the country every now and then even if they don’t write them themselves. The poems about the corpses wrapped in horse leather and guarding the border for the country were sent back to Beijing. Of course, these poems will definitely be named after them;
The advantage of doing this is that it can continue to brush up on the literary voice, and secondly, it can be revealed His loyalty to the emperor and his patriotism and the hardships of guarding the country's borders.
But there has been no war on the border of Qian Country for almost a hundred years. Even those who are real soldiers and military attachés are extremely unfamiliar with battle formations, let alone these civilian officials.
At this time, Taiwei Yang's first reaction was to order the rear army to be changed to the front army, and first escort the trolley he was on back safely.
Fortunately, Taiwei Yang managed to maintain some sense after all. He knew that once he really did this, the troops on the battlefield might lose their morale in an instant. At that time, the Yan army only needs to cover up and kill casually, and it will be a rout!
"Come here, go and send a message to the commander of the Yan army opposite, and ask him if he wants to ignore the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Will he dare to bear the consequences of a war between the two countries?"
The last words of Taiwei Yang were almost shouted.
The soldier who sent the order looked a little bitter, because he could clearly see how the civil servant who went to deliver the order was turned into a hedgehog.
These Yan people seem to have no rule at all that the two countries will not fight without fighting.
But there was no way, the military order had been issued, and the messenger could only ride out, first passed the side where Zheng Fan and others were, and then continued north.
Lieutenant Yang clenched his fists. He turned around and found that the three Jiedushi behind him also looked panicked.
Trash, trash, what a bunch of trash!
In the bottom of his heart, Lieutenant Yang madly despised these civil servants who usually boasted about their talents and military skills. When something really happened, no eunuch like himself could calm down. gas.
You bastard, I was originally sent by Your Majesty to control these civil servants. I was thinking of putting some eye drops on my hind legs to sow discord, but who knew that at the critical moment, I would have to do it myself? Come to take care of things?
After a while, the messenger came back on horseback.
"Reporting to Taiwei, the other party is the Jingnan Marquis of Yan State."
"Jingnan Marquis?" Taiwei Yang pursed his lips a few times and continued: "Then What did the Marquis of Jingnan say?"
"The Marquis of Jingnan said that he asked us to withdraw from the siege and let the Yan army go back."
“How is it possible that the Yan army invaded the territory of our Qian Kingdom without permission, killed the people of our Qian Kingdom, and slaughtered our officials of the Qian Kingdom, how could we just let them leave like this!”
"Report to the Lieutenant, these villains have already told the Jingnan Marquis."
"Okay, then the Jingnan Marquis returned Ruihe? I don't believe it, he is just a Marquis. , It’s not the Emperor of Yan who dares to tear up the century-old peace treaty between Qian and Yan so casually!”
When the messenger heard these words from Taiwei Yang, a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face! , seemed to not know how to speak.
Lieutenant Yang immediately glared at him and scolded:
"Tell me, how did Jingnan Marquis of Yan State answer!"
" The Marquis of Jingnan said, he said, since his country of Yan attacked the barbarians a hundred years ago, our country of Qian has made a sneak attack;
His country of Yan has never concluded any peace treaty with our country of Qian. /p>
From a hundred years ago to the present,
Dayan and Qian Kingdom have always been at war."
"......" Yang Taiwei.
"The Jingnan Marquis also said..."
"What else did he say?"
"He said, he Yan His Majesty the Emperor has been reducing the expenses of the palace in recent years, and has not admitted any new eunuchs into the palace for several years. There are already not enough servants in the palace;
If we don’t let go within the time of a stick of incense, He will invite you, Taiwei, to resume your duties in the Imperial Palace of Yan State."
"How outrageous!"
"The Yan thieves are rampant!"
The two Jiedushi envoys Meng Changqi and Wu Yingwu immediately shouted angrily.
Lieutenant Yang opened his mouth,
took a deep breath,
and slowly exhaled it,
reached out and pressed down , signaling Jiedushi not to speak.
Yang Taiwei pointed at the messenger,
and said:
"If you go to send a message again, just tell the person, and we will release him immediately.
One more thing to say to the Marquis of Jingnan:
The old slave is old and frail, and may not be able to serve Emperor Yan attentively; and wait until the old slave returns to the capital to select a group of smart young men and clean them up. After his death, he was sent to the Yan Palace to serve as an old slave."
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Fourth update, the update of 21,000 words is completed, Long went to sleep, and will do more before going to bed. Shout for a wave of monthly votes.