Five hundred and twentieth chapters die without falling
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Zhou Yangong returned to his tent, completely sunk into the comfortable seat and breathed a sigh of relief. His face was slightly tired, but there was a pleasant smile on the corner of his mouth. Although the negotiation was still going on
There is no substantial progress, but the initiative lies with the Han Dynasty. Zhou Yangong only needs to slowly test the bottom line of the party members, and there will be gains in the end.
The deputy envoy of the Han Dynasty's alliance this time was Cui Hao, the Minister of Household Affairs. He sat down in front of Zhou Yangong and asked: "My lord, I have something unclear."
Zhou Yangong smiled and said: "Tell me about it."
Cui Haodao: "Sir, why did you reveal to Fire King Li Shou today that the Supervisory Yuan has many secret spies in Xixia, and that there are also people from my Han Dynasty in the Xixia court? In this way, the Supervisory Yuan is hidden in the Xixia court.
Will the spy be in danger?"
Zhou Yangong chuckled and said: "You mean, I did this a little rashly?"
Cui Hao quickly lowered his head and said: "I don't dare... I just haven't thought of the profound meaning of your actions."
Zhou Yanggong said: "What's the deep meaning? What's the deep meaning? It's just a little trick that can't be put on the table. You're right, because of my words, Fire King Li Shou will definitely report to Wei Mingxiao, maybe Wei Mingxiao
They will launch an investigation into suspicious people in the Xixia court. But... think about it, if Wei Mingxiao really does this, will anyone in the Xixia court take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents? Once the scope of this investigation exceeds
Now that we are here, Xixia officials are afraid that everyone will be in danger. How many people are there in the Xixia court in the courtyard? You don’t know, and I don’t know either. There are some deep-hidden spies, and only those responsible for operating these things
The three stalls and the King of Han know about it, but even the Commander of the Overwatch Council, Mr. Zhao, doesn’t know about it.”
"Wei Mingxiao is not a fool, and will not mess up because of a small conspiracy like mine. However, once a person has doubts in his heart, the more he suppresses himself and does not ask or investigate, as time goes by
, this kind of suspicion will become more and more serious, especially for people in high positions. How many people in this world can be said to be the most supreme in employing people without doubting them?"
Zhou Yangong smiled faintly: "I know only the prince."
Cui Hao sighed: "Sir, you really have a clever plan."
Zhou Yangong glared at him and said: "A clever idea? It's just a small trick that can't be put on the table. I just planted a grass in Wei Mingxiao's heart. Will this grass spread into a grassland? That's it.
No one knows anymore.”
He paused and said: "I will write a memorial and you will send it to the accompanying officials of the Supervisory Yuan later and ask them to submit it to the prince as quickly as possible. Although the prince has entrusted me with full power, I can't handle small matters in detail."
To be able to decide the big direction, the prince needs to give guidance."
Cui Haodao: "I will obey my orders."
Zhou Yangong polished it, took up a pen and briefly wrote down the negotiations with Xixia, then sealed it and handed it to Cui Hao, saying: "Thank you."
Cui Hao stood up quickly and said: "My lord, you are very polite. I will go and do it now. My lord is tired after a long day, so you should rest early."
Zhou Yangong nodded, and Cui Hao left immediately.
Soon after, Zhou Yangong's memorial was handed over to the officials of the Supervisory Yuan. The officials of the Supervisory Yuan did not dare to neglect and immediately sent someone to send the memorial out.
Zhou Yangong sent Cui Hao away and sat down on the chair again. Looking at the slightly swaying candlelight in the big tent, Zhou Yangong said to himself: "I don't know, Your Highness... but you have arrived in Jinling?"
Liu Ling did not arrive at Jinling. He was on his way to Jiangzhou at this time.
More than 500 cavalry troops riding fierce and majestic horses galloped past the official road, tearing up the night and breaking the silence. They had been working for two days and one night, and the sky was about to dawn, and Jiangzhou was not far away. Liu Ling's face
With a little fatigue on his face, he turned around and looked at the cavalry behind him. Although the Tiqi were all elite, such an intense rapid march would still be a bit too much. Seeing that they had entered the boundary of Jiangzhou, Liu Ling ordered the cavalry to march on the road.
Get on and off your horse and rest next to a forest.
Liu Ling gave an order, and a man in silver took out a firework used to contact the Supervisory Yuan from his arms and shot it into the air. The brightly colored fireworks with weird shapes shined in the sky, and they were particularly conspicuous in the dim sky at dawn. Liu Ling
Ling jumped down from the red lion and patted the red lion's neck. The red lion, understanding its owner's intentions, walked to the side and ate before spitting out the new green branches and the already green weeds on the ground.
A man in silver bowed to Liu Ling and said, "Your Majesty, it will take a while for officials from the Jiangzhou Supervisory Office to arrive. Your Majesty, you should take a rest first."
Liu Ling hummed and said, "Let the soldiers relax and eat as much as possible. People from the Overwatch Council will come to understand the situation. If possible, we have to rush on."
The silver man responded, took out water and dry food from his backpack and handed it to Liu Ling with both hands. Liu Ling took it and leaned against a big tree while eating and resting. The Tiqi rider was the first person to eat after dismounting
The task was not to eat and rest, but to find something to feed the horses. This time, we traveled to Jiangzhou on a starry night and could not bring food and grass. Although the earth was full of spring, those little weeds could not fill the stomachs of the horses.
Some Tiqi soldiers even fed their own dry food to their horses.
Cavalrymen value their mounts as much as they value their own lives.
Fortunately, there is a lot of food for the war horses in this forest.
After resting for half an hour, a group of Overwatch Council officials dressed in black rushed to the edge of the forest. When they heard that the King of Han was resting in the forest, officials from the Jiangzhou Overwatch Council immediately ran over to salute. The Overwatch Council was a huge and impressive place.
The fearful behemoth has people stationed in every state. Officials at the state level of the Supervisory Yuan are the fifth-rank supervisory captains.
Just as Jiangzhou's Supervisory Colonel was about to salute Liu Ling, Liu Ling waved his hand and said, "Are Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying still alive?"
The inspector bowed and said: "Your Majesty, just last night in Jiangzhou Sumin Lane, the traitors of the White Lotus Sect besieged the White Lotus Sect's Holy Mother Ye Xiuning and Saint Luan Ying. When they entered Jiangzhou, Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying had only a few people around them.
The confidants of ten people, but the traitor to the White Lotus Sect, the leader of the White Lotus Teaching Hall, Shi Dang, has more than 200 subordinates. Because there was no order before, the subordinates only ordered people to closely monitor the White Lotus Sect. The subordinates received
After Lord Jinyi's flying pigeon passed the message, he immediately rushed to Sumin Lane to rescue Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying. However, when his subordinates arrived, the fierce fight had ended, and more than seventy corpses were left from the scene. Among them, Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying were not found.
Luan Ying's subordinates sent people to chase and captured several White Lotus disciples. After interrogation, they learned that Ye Xiuning and Luan Ying had taken Chai Zongrang to escape from Jiangzhou and evacuated to the north of Jiangzhou. They were left with only
The next trusted aide named Luo Hetu, and Chai Zongrang. Shi Dang and his men were chasing after him. Just as his subordinates were about to lead their men in pursuit, they saw the emergency call order in the yard and rushed over immediately.
."
Liu Ling frowned slightly and asked, "Where is Wu Youhua, the governor of Jiangzhou County? Did you also send people to hunt down Ye Xiuning and the others?"
The supervising captain said: "Back to your lord, after receiving the flying pigeon letter from Lord Jin Yi, my subordinates have already sent someone to notify Wu Youhua, the governor of Jiangzhou County. However, Lord Wu said that this is a national matter. How can it be trivial? Wu Youhua
I personally took Ren Ren and Shi Dang to pursue Chu City. My subordinates will follow behind and leave marks."
A trace of undetectable anger flashed across Liu Ling's eyes, but the expression on his face remained calm and unruffled.
"Who is Jiangzhou Juncheng?"
"It was Zhang Liang who did not go with Wu Youhua to chase the White Lotus Sect people. Moreover, Wu Youhua asked him to mobilize troops. Zhang Liang did not mobilize the county troops to assist Wu Youhua on the grounds that the prince had ordered not to pursue anymore.
Wu Youhua was furious and quarreled with Zhang Liang for a while, but in order to catch up with Ye Xiuning and others, he didn't waste much time and had to take the third team of Jiangzhou government servants and more than 200 of his domestic slaves out of the city."
Liu Ling nodded, took out a small seal from the brocade bag hanging at his waist and handed it to the supervising captain: "Give Zhang Liang my seal and ask him to lead troops to surround the governor's house, regardless of family members."
You are still a servant, and no one can escape. Seal the city gates and capture any White Lotus sect members found. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."
The captain bowed and said, "I obey your orders."
Liu Ling hummed and said, "Leave two guides behind and go back to the city to do your business."
Liu Ling stood up and walked to the red lion, turned around and asked Tiqi who had already gathered: "Do you still have the strength to kill the thief?"
Tiqi fisted neatly across his chest: "Go forward indomitably!"
Liu Ling turned over and jumped on the horse's back and said, "Let's go!"
After saying that, he took the lead and galloped out. Twenty silver-clad cavalrymen with five hundred cavalry followed Liu Ling and poured into the official road like a torrent. Under the leadership of two Overwatch Council officials, the cavalry team fled towards Luan Ying and the others.
After half an hour of rest, the Tiqi had recovered some of their physical strength. The surging cavalry galloped along the official road, as if thousands of troops were passing by.
After galloping for more than thirty miles, the officials of the Jiangzhou Supervisory Office dismounted and checked the signs, then determined a direction and galloped out first. Liu Ling followed closely behind him with Tiqiu, and after three miles, they suddenly found him on the roadside.
There were more than a dozen corpses, including men, old men, women and children. Judging by their clothes, they looked like ordinary people. Especially among them was an infant child who was thrown to the ground alive.
Looking at the dead bodies here, Liu Ling's calm face finally turned slightly pale. This was a sign that his anger had reached a certain level. Liu Ling left ten cavalrymen to guard the bodies, and then contacted Jiangzhou Han.
The army transported the body back to the city. Without any delay, Liu Ling led the Tiqi and continued on their way.
Less than five miles away, I saw fourteen or five corpses again on the edge of a forest, but this time they should all be disciples of the White Lotus Sect. These people were also wearing night clothes, with a blooming flower embroidered on their chests.
white lotus. Among them were two men wearing government uniforms, one of whom was split into two pieces. A man in silver dismounted from his horse, checked the body, and pulled out a body from the corpse wearing government uniforms.
A silver longevity lock was presented to Liu Ling with both hands.
Liu Ling held the longevity lock still stained with blood in his hand. The joints were slightly white from the exertion.
"My lord, they were all wounded by swords. Those who killed were masters, and they were all fatal with one sword. But although the person who made the move was highly cultivated, he must have reached the end of his strength. His sword skills were sharp, but the wounds were a little crooked. It can be seen from this that
This person's physical strength has almost been exhausted. Judging from the blood stains, these people have been dead for less than half an hour."
Liu Ling nodded without saying anything. He waved his hand to continue chasing.
This time Liu Ling did not leave any cavalry to guard the body. Knowing that the pursuers were not far away, Tiqi's spirit also recovered. The elite cavalry who had been on the battlefield seemed to smell a familiar smell of blood. This smell was stimulating.
Following their senses, the morale of the Tiqi became higher and higher.
After walking on the road for less than a mile, I found several corpses on the roadside again. The wounds were still sword wounds, but judging from the wounds, it was probably not the same person. This time, the person who killed the person was agile in swordsmanship and extremely accurate.
, which is very different from the wounds on the previous corpses. The only similarity is that this person should have reached the point where he is about to run out of energy.
Bloodstains and signs of struggle could be seen along the way, as well as a few scattered corpses.
After chasing for another two miles, at a corner of the official road, there were no less than twenty corpses densely packed! These corpses lay crisscrossed on the roadside, looking horrifying.
Liu Ling's eyes were fixed on one of the corpses, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.
The man was covered in blood, his whole body was soaked with blood, and his clothes clung to his body. There was even a pool of blood with blood bubbles under his feet. He died without falling, standing in the middle of the official road with his sword in hand. A pair of
His eyes were not closed, and you could still see the overwhelming anger in his eyes. His expression was a bit ferocious, and the blood on the corners of his mouth was still dripping down drop by drop and falling to the ground.
"It's the Luohe Picture!"
Officials from the Jiangzhou Supervisory Office said to Liu Ling, and immediately wanted to go over and inspect Luo Hetu's body.
Liu Ling stopped the Supervisory Yuan official, jumped down from the red lion, walked to Luo Hetu's body and said softly: "Don't worry, I will rescue them."
He stretched out his hand and slowly healed those glaring eyes. (To be continued)