"Xiaoying, remember, it is important to avenge your father, but more importantly, my mother wants to find someone to rely on."
"Xixia is about to perish. When the world is in chaos, if we have no support, we, mother and daughter, are no different from ants."
"Mother knows that it will be a big loss for you to follow Long Chengen."
"Then Long Chengen and Princess Dazhou are already engaged, and there are so many female generals under his command. You were just one of them in the past."
"But in troubled times, women must choose the strongest man. Only in this way can they ensure that they can survive."
Zhao Fan spoke so earnestly that Zhao Ying felt very sad. She stood up and hugged Zhao Fan and said, "Mom, don't worry. When my daughter grows up, she will protect you from now on."
Zhao Fan sighed slightly.
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Prefect's Mansion.
Long Chen and Zhang Qian came out of the bathroom. Zhang Qian said with a complaining face: "I told you to be gentler."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Stop talking, I'm already very gentle, otherwise you still want to walk?"
Zhang Qian punched Long Chen and cursed: "You damn eunuch with no conscience!"
Long Chen said with a smile: "Lie Zhao Ying here as soon as possible, train him well, and someone will help you share the burden."
Zhang Qian said: "I have already cheated once, you can cheat yourself, you are not the best at this."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Who said that, I never lie to women."
Zhang Qian pointed to the sky and said contemptuously: "Be careful of the thunder from the sky."
Long Chen patted Zhang Qian's buttocks and went back to his room to sleep, while Zhang Qian went back to her own room.
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Guancheng.
Shi Le was sitting in the general's mansion. The eunuch Ma Fang came in with a plate of roast mutton, put it on the table, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please eat some."
Shi Le took a look at the roasted mutton and asked, "Where is Xiao Liang?"
Ma Fang carefully replied: "Still looking for the national master."
Shi Le scolded with a black face: " After searching for a day and a night, I couldn't even find a single figure. A living person just disappeared!"
Ma Fang stood and was scolded and did not dare to speak. Whatever he said at this time was wrong, and it was just right to let Shi Le vent his anger.
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang hurriedly walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, thousands of monk soldiers have just escaped from Yangcheng."
Shi Le frowned and asked, "Escaped? What happened?"
Logically speaking, it is almost impossible for the prisoners captured by Long Chen to escape thousands of people at once.
Lu Qichang said: "Those monk soldiers said that Long Chengen encouraged the iron kites and infantry to massacre the monk soldiers, and everyone except them was killed."
Shi Le was furious when he heard this and cursed sternly: "These rebel thieves actually killed each other. They killed Long Chengen when he asked them to!"
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang advised: "Your Majesty, this is a estrangement plan. After Long Chengen had the iron kites and infantry kill the monk soldiers, he immediately conferred the title of General Xiaoqi and General Infantry and asked them to attack our city in Daxia."
"Long Cheng'en repeated his old tricks and said that as long as he conquered the city, he would be canonized for them."
"This is intentional so that Tie Yaozi has no way out and can only become a rebel."
"Wei Chen suggested that the king should issue a decree to pardon their crimes and allow them to perform meritorious service."
Long Chen used a trick, but Lu Qichang saw through it at a glance and immediately used it as a countermeasure.
Long Chen used the iron kite and infantry to kill the monk soldiers and threatened the Xixia soldiers to rebel.
Lu Qichang then did the opposite, pardoning these people's sins so that they would have no worries, and Long Chen would naturally not be able to hold them hostage.
Shi Le said with a dark face: "They betrayed, so this king pardoned them?"
"Besides, there are tens of thousands of monk soldiers in the city. Will they agree?"
Lu Qichang was speechless.
Shi Haoran destroyed Zhaoti Temple in Xingqing City, Kongji disappeared, and now he has killed more than 20,000 monk soldiers.
If Shi Le acted as a good man at this time and pardoned the crimes of the Iron Kites and the infantry, these monks and soldiers would definitely explode.
Just as he was talking, Li Chenglie, the commander of the army, hurried in from outside and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good. The monks and soldiers who came back said that the king killed the imperial advisor, and that the prince killed the donkey and destroyed the Zhaoti Temple.
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"The monk soldiers in the city are very restless. If they don't find a way to appease them, they may mutiny."
Shi Le looked at Lu Qichang and said, "Did you hear that? I still want to mediate a pardon. It would be good if they don't rebel."
Lu Qichang felt a severe headache. What Long Chen did seemed simple, but it was only when it happened to him that he realized how dangerous it was.
The commander of the army, Li Chenglie, said anxiously: "Your Majesty, what should I do?"
Shi Le said dissatisfiedly: "You are the commander of the army, what do you want me to do?"
The commander-in-chief of the army was the military advisor, and it was Li Chenglie who should tell Shi Le how to deal with it.
Now Li Chenglie asked Shi Le what to do. It was good that Shi Le didn't curse.
Li Chenglie lowered his head and had nothing to say.
Lu Qichang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the Imperial Master is practicing in seclusion, just like when he was in Yangcheng."
"Tell the monks and soldiers that the Imperial Advisor suffered a loss when he was in Yangcheng and is determined to break through in seclusion. He said that the Imperial Advisor's disappearance was just to confuse Long Cheng'en."
Shi Le thought about it and realized that this plan was feasible.
"You go, be sure to stabilize the monk soldiers and prevent any mutiny."
In Xixia, the iron harriers and monk soldiers were the main force, and Shi Le also expected them to fight hard and never cause any problems.
"Wei Chen accepts the decree."
Lu Qichang immediately left the general's mansion and walked quickly towards the camp where the monk soldiers were.
Before he had gone far, he saw a monk and his monk soldiers rushing over in a menacing manner. "We must find the abbot."
"If you really dare to harm me anyway, Lord Buddha, I will rebel!"
"We are not donkeys!"
"If you don't give me an explanation today, then go back and see if the brothers from Zhaoti Temple are there!"
The monk soldiers were making a noise. Lu Qichang stopped the leading monk and said, "Lian Zhen, what are you doing?"
When Lian Zhen saw Lu Qichang, he sneered and said, "I am a compassionate Buddha. The Privy Council should know what we are going to do."
Lu Qichang wanted to drag Lian Zhen to the side to talk, but Lian Zhen flatly refused and said coldly: "Privy Councilor, if you have anything to say, please say it in front of our fellow apprentices."
Lu Qichang pretended to be helpless and said: "You will ruin the national affairs!"
Seeing that Lu Qichang's words seemed to be true, Lian Zhen softened his expression slightly and asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Lu?"
Lu Qichang pulled Lian Zhen and whispered: "The Imperial Master took the opportunity of being injured to retreat. The news of the disappearance was deliberately released by the Imperial Master in order to confuse Long Chengen."
"You are shouting like this, are you trying to force the Imperial Master to come out?"
Lian Zhen was dubious and said, "But the brothers who came back said that the king destroyed Zhaoti Temple and killed the abbot."
Lu Qichang said speechlessly: "Do you believe Long Chengen's words? You guys."
Lian Zhen thought about it, Long Chen was the most scheming, so he couldn't believe his words.
"Master Lu, all the brothers think so. Please let us meet the abbot, and the rumors will disappear."
Lian Zhen still wanted to see Kong Ji and make sure that Kong Ji was fine.
Lu Qichang sighed slightly and said, "That's fine, I'll take you to see him. But if the abbot's affairs are kept secret and Long Chengen sends assassins to kill him, then that's your business. Don't rely on me."
"Let's go, I'll take you there!"
Lu Qichang walked toward the west. Lian Zhen followed him two steps and then stopped.
