On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, He Xiaobao hanged himself in front of He Jianghuai Gate.
At the fifth watch, when people who watch the New Year's Eve go to sleep, the sound of firecrackers gradually dissipates and silence returns. On this day, even the people pouring night fragrance stopped.
He Xiaobao was angry all night and wanted to teach He Jianghuai a lesson he would never forget. So when the dogs were sleeping, he hung himself on the porch by his belt. As soon as He Jianghuai opened the door, he was so frightened that he peed.
After the ominous first day of the He family's Lunar New Year, the entire Dingzhou changed for no reason and fell into chaos for a whole year.
On the second day of February, Marshal Chen Qiuping held a grand banquet at his home to celebrate his old mother's eightieth birthday. All dignitaries came to celebrate her birthday, and Wanqi Xiong also brought people there.
During the birthday banquet, Chen Qiuping came out to chat and laugh with everyone. Lei Tong suddenly stood up from Wanqi Xiong and walked to Chen Qiuping.
He was unusually tall, and his every move attracted attention. When he walked up to Chen Qiuping, he had already attracted everyone's attention. Then he stretched out his palm like a cattail leaf fan, slapped Chen Qiuping away, and at the same time dumped a table of seats.
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The birthday banquet was in chaos. Yu Tongye took advantage of the chaos, overturned two tables, and together with Lei Tong, beat Chen Qiuping until his teeth were all over the floor.
Wanqixiong stood aside to break up the fight, complaining endlessly. The commanders and soldiers around him stood in a row with the old man as the center, allowing those who tried to break up the fight to get through seamlessly.
The news that the garrison was having a birthday party spread all over the country in an instant, and many civil servants in Dingzhou and Dingzhou joined forces to surrender. Please punish those who beat people to death. In case Xiong's military discipline is broken, he should also be punished together.
The military attachés thought that the fight was a good one, and they also published a piece of paper together, citing Chen Qiuping's embezzlement of military pay, acceptance of bribes, and false claims of merit. Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and the piece of paper flew into Kyoto like a snowflake, causing a huge commotion.
Today, I am in good health, and I have let the chaos in Dingzhou return to my bedside. I hate the lawlessness of Dingzhou officers and soldiers, and I also hate the civil servants like Chen Qiuping who dared to take money from his pockets.
I wish I could punish them all and replace them with my henchmen.
There are a lot of confidants, but unfortunately there are too few.
He couldn't live without Wei Qiao, Su Ting's position as a confidant was on the verge of collapse, Zhang Rui was dead and could not rise from his grave, King Yan and King Jin were unavailable, the two princes had no ambitions and only made fun of each other every day.
I've been thinking about it for a long time and haven't made a decision yet.
The Holy Will has not yet been decided, but Dingzhou has turned into a mess. All the grain and grass transported by water have been seized by the Transportation Department. The new armor of the soldiers distributed by the Commander-in-Chief has turned into old paper armor. The swords, guns, swords and halberds are rusty, and even the war horses
The beans I ate were all moldy.
Under such chaos, it happened that the Liao soldiers stormed Mozhou. The soldiers of Dingzhou were not strong enough and their horses were not strong. They suffered three defeats in a row and almost lost the city of Mozhou.
Fortunately, Yin Xiao led the imperial army and commanded 500 "Cloud Wings" to rush to Mozhou's aid and reverse the decline.
It was Yuan Shaopei and Tai Jian Liu Baoqi who ended the fight. Yuan Shaopei found out from clues that Chen Qiuping had embezzled military pay. Liu Baoqi said that Chen Qiuping had bribed the King of Yan. He was
He was involved in this matter four years ago, but Zhang Rui exposed it lightly and the matter was never mentioned again.
After hearing this, he ordered Su Ting to investigate carefully and found that it was indeed true. King Yan dared to collude with Dingzhou Commander. He immediately reprimanded King Yan angrily and asked Chen Qiuping to go to Beijing to plead guilty and find a new Commander without delay.
As soon as the matter was over, everyone in Dingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, which was only half-breathed. The Liao Kingdom wanted to avenge its previous humiliation and avenge the king of Beiyuan, so the army came over with great force.
This battle was difficult to fight, and the stalemate lasted from April to October, with neither side making any progress.
It was cold, and Xia Guo, a troublemaker, got involved again, and the battle was a mess, but the market and business were making a lot of money.
Yin Xiao grew up rapidly in the battle, and was promoted from the Marquis of Du Yu to the Commander. He always won, and was invincible with his subordinates, and became the favorite among all commanders.
When Wanqixiong thought that Yinxiao was an elite member of the garrison, he felt proud, but his heart bled, wishing he could get Yinxiao back.
Finally, in mid-October, the Xia soldiers had a violent conflict with the Liao soldiers over the water source. Because the Xia soldiers always followed the Liao soldiers to cause trouble again and again, the Liao soldiers hated them so much that they drove the Xia soldiers out with a bang.
The Central Plains took advantage of this opportunity, took advantage of the situation, and drove out the Liao soldiers.
The Three Kingdoms have temporarily ceased war. Today, while discussing merit and rewards, another small incident occurred.
A Dingzhou red porcelain appreciation vase was lost in Wende Hall.
No one knows whether the vase was stolen out of the palace, or whether someone accidentally smashed it and destroyed the body. They only know that the imperial guards guarding the palace couldn't even find out anything about it. In the end, they had to take the Wende Palace female officer and the
The eunuchs took them under severe torture, and eventually eleven people could not bear the torture and admitted that they had broken the vase.
A limerick suddenly appeared in Kyoto, and was sung by children in the streets and alleys: "A hundred thousand imperial troops protect Kyoto, Wuyou Dongzi shows off his power, one day he throws a vase, and Cha cries for father and mother."
Su Ting lost face and was reprimanded in front of his superiors. He also asked Tai Jian to read four or five books in a row. He felt extremely uncomfortable and guessed that someone was trying to punish him.
He just didn't know who the person was who wanted him to suffer the loss of being dumb and why.
Until Zhang Xutang sent a letter from Daxiangguo Temple, asking him to pay attention to the application for merit. It contained Lou Yinxiao, the commander of the Forbidden Army. This person was the person who visited the Zhang family in Kyoto at night and killed Zhang Rui.
The name was not called out at that time, so no one knew about it.
At the same time, Lou Yinxiao was still a member of the King of Jin.
The King of Jin wanted Lou Yinxiao to join the Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army and work his way up to become the commander-in-chief. Su Ting naturally became a stumbling block.
Moreover, the frame-up began when Dingzhou asked for credit for Yin Xiao last year. When Yin Xiao was promoted as an exception, Su Ting also suffered from the suspicion of his superiors.
Su Ting thought carefully about the cause and effect, and then looked at the soldiers of the Forbidden Army who had been rewarded last year, and found that everything was the same as what Zhang Xutang said - the King of Jin was calmly removing his stumbling block.
He was horrified, so he disguised himself in the dead of night and went to Daxiangguo Temple to meet Zhang Xutang. At the same time, the decree of awarding him a reward also arrived in Dingzhou.
Today, 20 people with outstanding military exploits were selected from the Dingzhou Forbidden Army to join the Fourth Army in Kyoto, and were assigned to four commanders: Pengri, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei. Yinxiao became the Marquis of Duyu from the commander.
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The Du Yuhou of the Fourth Army was naturally more powerful than the commander in Dingzhou. These twenty people also respected him. Logically speaking, this was a good thing, but the army was very sorry for this.
Yin Xiao is a general and should lead a hundred thousand troops to guard the territory. How can he be trapped in the palace and protect a person who is not in danger?
Also coming with the present decree is Ge Renmei.
Because Ge Renmei was always worried about the cuckold on her head, she was not interested in court affairs, and was not doing well in the Third Division, which made Dong Tongying frown repeatedly. When someone was needed to come to Dingzhou to secretly investigate these twenty people, Ge Renmei was immediately sent to Dingzhou to spy on these twenty people.