Chapter 1339 I rely on the imperial examination to get ahead and become a big official in the frontier (46)
It’s such a slap in the face, so shameless!
The empress directly ignored the recommendations recommended by the Governor of Xiangzhou, and ordered Xu Taibao, a veteran of the three dynasties of the DPRK, to suppress the troops.
Xu Taibao has been very low-key since the Empress ascended the throne. She does whatever the Empress says and she doesn't go against it, so she was stunned by the Empress's series of thunderous tactics.
Now he is suddenly appointed to suppress the rebels???
She is a civil servant who can talk about war on paper, but she is too weak to actually fight against the rebels.
What's more, she has now reached this high and powerful position. Unless she dies, the possibility of rising further is zero.
Since she won't get much benefit if she succeeds, and her reputation will be ruined if she fails, why should she go?
But this time, you can't just hide if you want. The empress forcefully asked her to lead the troops, so she had to reluctantly lead the troops to leave Fengjing and go to support Danzhou.
But when it came time to pass, the marching speed was comparable to that of a turtle.
The front line was extremely anxious, but she was still moving slowly on the road, walking ten kilometers a day, which was considered fast.
The reason why she was so slow was actually waiting to put some distance between herself and the rebels, and she was determined not to go to Danzhou.
If she walked too fast and met the rebels and started a fight, she would be responsible for the war.
But if she didn't meet the rebels along the way and didn't have to fight them, then you can't blame her, right?
After the rebels fought here in Danzhou and moved to the territory of other governors, those governors would have to send troops to suppress them, right?
If other governors fight with the rebels, whether they win or lose, that has nothing to do with her, right?
Anyway, she didn't care whether Danzhou could be saved or not. She only cared about whether her brain and black hat could be saved.
But even though she was beaten to death, she didn't expect that even though she was almost arriving in Danzhou, the rebels were still in Danzhou and hadn't left.
This is a bit difficult to handle...
After thinking about it, Xu Taibao simply stopped not far from Danzhou and refused to go forward.
After the Governor of Danzhou found out, he sent people to ask Xu Taibao several times, asking her to go to Danzhou to help. If she didn't go to Danzhou, she would really be unable to defend it.
Xu Taibao: If you don’t go, I won’t go.
The governor of Danzhou had no choice but to think that there was still a famous person Gu Mo living in Danzhou, so he hurriedly went to find Gu Mo, hoping that Gu Mo would come forward to persuade Xu Taibao.
I originally thought that Gu Mo would refuse because of fear of the rebels, but I didn't expect that Gu Mo was quite happy.
"That's no problem. Xu Taibao and I also have some friendship."
The governor of Danzhou was overjoyed and said, "That's great."
He asked again, "What is the relationship between your Excellency and Xu Taibao?"
In fact, she just wanted to know whether this friendship was reliable.
Gu Mo thought for a while and said: "When I first came back from Wuzhou and was promoted to the position of chief minister, she said that I was not good-looking and would harm the image of the court. I thought about it and asked me to bear the pressure of harming the image of the court alone.
It was too big, so I pulled out half of her hair and shared the pressure with me."
The smile on Governor Danzhou's face solidified.
I heard that Xu Taibao's hair was very beautiful a few years ago, and he didn't look like an old man in his fifties or sixties at all. But in recent years, his hair has become seriously bald, and it seems that he is almost bald...
Unexpectedly, it is actually your masterpiece??
"...Mr. Gu, let's forget it. I'll find someone else to invite Taibao Xu."
What if Xu Taibao sees you and remembers his old grudges, not only will he refuse to save Danzhou, but he will also kill you...
Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.
Gu Mo shook his head, took a knife and sharpened it on the stone.
"It doesn't matter. I am confident that I can persuade her to lead troops to Danzhou immediately."
Governor of Danzhou, “Where do you get your confidence?”
Gu Mo blew on the edge of the knife and said, "I have a knife in my hand."
Danzhou headquarters almost fainted, "You're not going to use a knife to force Xu Taibao to come to Danzhou, are you?"
The look in Gu Mo's eyes told her that this was it.
The governor of Danzhou shuddered when he remembered that he had heard that Gu Mo had a reputation of slashing people with a knife whenever they disagreed with him when he was in the Five Prefectures.
"Master Gu, please don't be impulsive. Taibao Xu was personally sent by His Majesty after all!"
Gu Mo gestured, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. If you're really worried, just go with me."
The governor of Danzhou was really worried and went together.
In the end, it turned out that it was useless for her to worry about it.
When Gu Mo arrived, he only asked Xu Taibao three questions.
"Are you leaving?"
"Are you going to fight or not?"
"Do you want to live?"
Xu Taibao’s answer.
"Not leaving."
"No fighting."
She hesitated for a long time about the last question, because Gu Mo's knife was already on her neck, so she trembled and yelled, "This is unreasonable, I am an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty, how dare you..."
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Gu Mo said: "What is placed on your neck now is the sword Shang Fang given by the late emperor. What I am holding now is also the iron coupon of the alchemy book given by the late emperor. Even if I kill you, your majesty will not be able to do anything to me.
It's a pity that Xu Taibao lost his life..."
When Xu Taibao saw that Gu Mo was really going to take action, he remembered the fierceness with which she pulled out his hair and shouted loudly, "I choose the job!"
"That's right."
Gu Mo withdrew the knife and agreed with Xu Taibao to set off for Danzhou early the next morning.
But that night, Taibao Xu packed his luggage, took a few followers, and sneaked back to Fengjing to complain to the empress.
The empress' face turned green with anger and ordered, "Drag her out and chop her!"
Xu Taibao, "......???"
No, it’s me who is wronged, Your Majesty!!
Xu Taibao could not figure it out until his death. He had finally escaped from Gu Mo, but how could he be killed by the empress when he came back?
When Xu Taibao died, the empress immediately issued an imperial edict to restore Gu Mo to various positions such as chief assistant and tutor, allowing her to lead troops to put down the rebellion.
Damn it! I didn’t ask you for this, you came back first!!
Even if I have to drive the ducks to the shelves, I still want you to go!
Gu Mo, "..."
Even the governor of Danzhou now regards Gu Mo as his savior.
"Everyone in the world knows that when the chief minister faced the Yun Kingdom's 100,000-strong army, he did not change his expression when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. He strategized and won the battle thousands of miles away. He defeated the Yun Kingdom and fled without any effort, and also recovered the three states of Yanbei.
, The rebels outside Danzhou City now only number 40,000 to 50,000, and dealing with them only requires a little help from the chief minister."
Then he rubbed his hands and looked at Gu Mo eagerly, as if Jimei would follow you around from now on.
The corner of Gu Mo's mouth twitched, "Don't worry, you can still defend Danzhou."
Qu Ruochu came all the way to attack Danzhou simply because Danzhou is her hometown and has a strong mass base, which is conducive to her developing her own Crescent Sect.
In addition, she is now living in Danzhou, and Qu Ruochu always wants to kill this disobedient and honest person.
