The Crown Prince of Shu and his uncle Situ Cen joined forces to carry out reforms, but as soon as they started to get started, they were strangled by the Supreme Prince. The two of them were trapped in the mansion to reflect on their mistakes.
The next day after thinking about it, Qiu Liang came to the Crown Prince's Mansion. Seeing that the Crown Prince was still sitting and discussing matters with a group of classmates and staff, he sighed deeply and stepped forward to salute. The Crown Prince waved his hand and said: "You should never use these courtesy. Now we are outside.
how?"
Qiu Liang said: "The Supreme King ordered the three ministers to take charge temporarily until the prince comes back."
"The newspaper in Chang'an has been closed?"
"It's closed," Qiu Liang said, "Yesterday, I came into the palace to see the Supreme King. He said it would be good to have a ranger to help clean up the traitors."
"Good job!" the prince said, "Maintaining social order must and can only be the responsibility of the imperial court. If it is left to Green Forest, chaos will really arise."
Qiu Liang said: "When the knights were all over the capital, there was no trouble in the Yan country."
The prince rolled his eyes: "Back then, when the world was just divided, no one cared about anyone else. How can we compare now? The Federation is like a tiger watching the Shu Kingdom."
Qiu Liang said: "Jia Cong is not a warlike person, and neither is Jarvis. Besides, Lin Hai is not dead yet."
"What about the Zhan family?" the prince said sternly, "The two of them don't look good at each other. The older one is still the confidant of Prince Yizhong. Although his master lost, he still has no ability. Besides,
Our classmates analyzed the decline of the Bai family in Hong Kong based on hearsay, and we are afraid that he worked hard on it."
Qiu Liang frowned: "What kind of gossip can you believe even if you hear it from hearsay?"
The tall classmate said: "Our school has the best liberal arts college in Dajiala, and its overall strength is higher than that of Starship. Most of the children of high-ranking officials in Taiwan, including Jia Meng, who study liberal arts study in our school. The information is more accurate than elsewhere.
The rate is high." He pointed to a classmate, "For example, the guy in the bunk above him is the younger brother of the third uncle of the Jia family."
The classmate who was accused said: "Brother Chen from the bunk above me said that Jia Tanchun, the Minister of Revenue, was his sister-in-law. At first we thought he was joking, but later he took out a family photo and we found out that it was true.
of."
Qiu Liang looked at him and said, "What does this second brother Chen look like?"
The classmate said: "He is no different from ordinary students. He has a very honest temper. He spent a lot of effort in taking the postgraduate entrance examination and often envied his brother's high IQ. If he didn't tell anyone, no one would know that he had a sister-in-law who was a minister. His uncle was from the Taiwan government.
The Minister of Railways came to our school once. He wore a round helmet, rolled up his trouser legs, and wore a bright orange vest with the word "railway" hanging on it. The whole school thought he was a railway worker. Who would have thought that he was Minister Chen himself?
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Qiu Liang thought: "The railway minister is the official in charge of the railway?"
"Yeah." The classmate crossed his arms and said with a smile, "By the way, his aunt is a musical actress. She is very beautiful. She is the one who starred in the white-haired girl."
Several classmates clapped their hands together: "Du Keqi!"
"Du Keqi is so beautiful!"
"You can sing well too!"
"I like her the most!"
"I also like her the most. She sings the best and acts the best."
"Bullshit! At Du Keqi's age, she is already an old aunt. Zhen Mei is the most beautiful! Zhen Mei is also the best at singing."
"Shut up! Zhen Mei's singing voice is infinitely worse than that of Du Keqi."
"You can tell that you are an amateur just by saying the word "accent". Musicals are not dramas, and they don't care about singing at all..."
They actually abandoned serious matters and started arguing about actresses. Qiu Liang frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what kind of musical is this?"
"It's similar to singing and opera." The prince said, "You don't wear such heavy makeup on your face. People in Da Jiala don't like to listen to operas, they only watch musicals. Du Keqi still performed on stage after getting married. If not-"
She raised her chin towards the classmate and said, "No one knows that she is married to Minister Chen."
Qiu Liang frowned: "An actress married a high-ranking member of the imperial court. Couldn't she become Jia Tanchun's aunt?"
"yes."
"Still singing on stage?"
"Yeah. As long as she likes it, she can keep singing."
"That doesn't make sense! Where are the rules?"
There was a hint of envy in the prince's eyes: "All secular rules have faded away in Dajiala, and no one can be restrained at all. Therefore, we can develop freely, and talents of all kinds emerge in an endless stream. Lord Qiu, how many years have it been since the Jia brothers came to Taiwan?"
That place is better than our Shu country..." she said with emotion, "At first, the surrounding areas were deserted and uninhabited, but it suddenly developed into what it is now. The speed is terrible. Chengdu is not much different from when I left."
"How can there be no difference!" Qiu Liang said, "Don't you see the clear oil street lamps all over the street? We have buses and carriages and department stores in Dajiala."
The prince smiled bitterly: "What's the use of learning such an idea? They are already planning to build a power plant. When electricity develops..." She shook her head and sighed, "I can't tell you. In the entire Shu country, only my third uncle and I understand.
That's all. We are as anxious as boiling oil, and everyone else is blind. The world has changed, it has changed. My grandfather and I still want to rule the country according to ancient laws, but outsiders don't agree! There is no one behind the guerrillas.
Do you believe that the Federation will support you?"
Qiu Liang was waiting for a reply when his disciple came in and replied: "Your Majesty, the young lady wanted to enter the house, but was stopped by the soldiers outside. She was quarreling with them."
The prince's face turned cold: "Do you want me to come and bring him in personally?" Qiu Liang hurriedly sent an entourage to pick him up.
Not long after, Tong Buye came and said angrily: "The fox is pretending to be the tiger's power!"
Qiu Liang glared at her: "If something happens to the prince, don't worry about it."
"Why am I so uneasy!" Tong Buye took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the prince, "Here, I just received it."
The prince took it and took a look. The envelope was written "Personally addressed by Buye sister" and he quickly opened it. He saw a simple line written inside: Since you can't do it, we will do it. The signature was Qi Yaoniang. The prince was shocked: "They want to
do what?"
The classmates had already stopped arguing about the actress and gathered around to look at her. The tall man said: "I guessed at that time whether this Qi Yao Niang was a craftsman. Others ran away after killing people, but she was the only one left where she was."
Tong Buye hummed: "It's an afterthought. I never saw you so sure beforehand."
The prince waved his hand and said: "Don't fight. It is obvious now that the Federation wants to force Shu to abolish slavery." She thought for a moment and said, "Master Qiu, could you please go see my grandfather immediately and ask him to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress the guerrillas. This
We must fight back seriously."
Qiu Liang said: "There was no time when we didn't suppress it seriously."
"This time it will be more troublesome than before." The prince said, "I'm afraid something big will happen."
Seeing her cautious expression, Qiu Liang quickly stood up and said, "Old minister, I'll go right now."
After hearing the report, the Supreme King immediately sent an order to deploy a large army to encircle and suppress Tongchuiling. Even if the land was scraped and the mountains were burned, the guerrillas must be cleared away.
Fifty thousand elite soldiers armed with artillery rushed to Tongchuiling like lightning. When they got there, they rushed up the mountain and met only a few hunters and herb collectors, but no guerrillas were found. The local security chief sent his son to lead the way in person to explore.
Still no trace of the guerrillas was seen. After searching for three days in the mountains, a few traces were found, but no one was there. In the end, the general who led the army offered a large reward, but a hunter came out and said that he had encountered the guerrillas while hunting.
A group of strong men dressed as farmers with guns caught fire and failed to protect them. The guerrillas were stationed nearby. The general was overjoyed and ordered him to lead the way.
Searching where the man pointed, the two scouts passed through a very narrow mountain road, and a village gate suddenly stood in front of them. The scouts looked over and were surprised to see that there was no one guarding the village gate. The two discussed a few words.
, decided to boldly go to explore again. Behind it was a neat road, but there was still no one. The scouts drove all the way straight to Dazhai. The houses here were densely packed like a military stronghold, with a martial arts field and a
At the shooting range, there were some old weapons hanging on the weapons racks. It was completely empty and there was no sign of anyone, obviously the guerrillas had withdrawn from the place. A banner hung in the Juyi Hall, which read: Seeking justice for the people of the world.
The scout hurried back to report to the general. The general led his people to the camp twice, and was secretly surprised that this place was not only large, but also regular. The same was true for the Shu military camp. After searching for a while, a soldier found another booklet,
It turned out to be the military regulations of the guerrillas. The general took it and took a look and found that it was stricter than the military regulations of the regular army.
There was a soldier who was the nephew of the general. He was bold and discerning. He glanced at his uncle and said, "Uncle, these military regulations look very familiar."
"Huh?" the general said, looking down at the other side. "How does it look familiar? I told you that you are not allowed to call me uncle in the camp."
"Yes, General." said the soldier, "I bought a book on the street a few days ago. It tells the story of how Zhan Qi, the consort of Princess Yazhi, took over the Bai family's troops and re-established them after the chaos in the Bai family in Hong Kong.
Formulate military regulations for Hong Kong officers and soldiers. I think they are similar to those of this guerrilla group. I don’t know if they copied them or if they were set by similar people.”
"Hiss..." The general took a breath. If the guerrillas in the mountains of Shu were using the military regulations of the Hong Kong officers and soldiers in the early years, I'm afraid the prince would be suspicious and the federation would help them from behind. He secretly scolded Jia Cong for being greedy. Since here.
When the building is empty, people can no longer hang around. How did the fifty thousand elite soldiers come back?
The Supreme King was shocked when he heard the report: "Evacuated? Where? When did they evacuate?"
The general said sadly: "Judging from the ashes in the camp, it has only been evacuated less than a month ago. I don't know where it was evacuated."
The Supreme King thought for a long time, then patted the armrest of the chair and said, "Call Cen'er."
An eunuch hurried to Situ Cen's house and summoned him into the house with the Supreme King's instructions. Situ Cen strolled into the courtyard with his arms folded and stood at the door of the room stretching. "Ah - ah - ah..."
Before the third one finished shouting, the Supreme King inside shouted: "Get out of here, King Gu!"
Situ Cen bared his teeth and opened the door curtain with his own hands: "Old man, you are getting more energetic. Your son and I are locked up in the house by you every day, and my back is stiff, and I am not allowed to stretch my body."
The Supreme King pointed at him and said: "How old are you? There are a lot of children, but you are not even sensible at all! As soon as your brother goes out, you will do whatever you want."
"Oh, my dear father!" Situ Cen said as he sat down in front of the old man, "My eldest nephew and I really didn't mess around! You can't just wrong us just because you can't understand!" He winked and looked cute.
, "Father, please let us out? If I don't go to greet my mother, she will be lonely. Please, I'm so bored..."
"Bah!" The Supreme King slapped the case, "Shut up." Situ Cen shut up aggrievedly.
The Supreme King sighed and signaled to the general standing by. The general stepped forward and saluted, and told them about the siege of Tongchuiling and the people going to the stronghold. Situ Cen touched his chin: "Did the news leak out?"
The general said: "I packed everything very cleanly. It's not like running away in a hurry, but leaving the stronghold in an orderly manner."
"What a coincidence? No way. The officers and soldiers were about to launch a ruthless encirclement and suppression, and they happened to leave the stronghold. Father, why did you suddenly think of using such a large force to suppress the guerrillas?" An aide next to the Supreme King said in a soft voice to the Prince's Mansion.
After receiving the reminder, the prince asked Qiu Liang to send a message. Situ Cen nodded and said: "That's more or less. They have already evacuated, and then they said hello to the eldest nephew." He thought again, "Mr. Qiu, search for those two people."
I haven't found anyone with the surname Qi for so long, so there's no need to ask if it's Feng Ziying. Father, go and arrest the special envoy of the State of Yan."
The Supreme King frowned: "There's not even a reason. Besides, he may not know about Feng Ziying."
"The special envoy certainly doesn't know," Situ Cen said, "but I know Jia Cong's temperament and will not ignore it. The guerrillas may seriously rebel, and we must have a hostage in our hands."
The Supreme King thought for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table and said: "No wonder he insisted on keeping the Fang family members back then! I would have been fine if I had chopped them all off. I even coaxed the King to say that he was a Taoist friend with good practices."
Situ Cen shook his head and said: "He must not have imagined that it was so far back then..."
Before he finished speaking, someone outside the door shouted: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"
Situ Cen curled up his lips and slapped his cheek: "I'm such a crow's mouth!"
I saw the man come in and reply: "Back to the Supreme King, Yuzhou is reporting urgently. A few days ago, bandits attacked the Yuzhou government office and the houses of many adults at night. All the civil and military personnel in Yuzhou have been captured alive. The city of Yuzhou has fallen.
Enemy! Now we are preaching the Yuzhou Uprising here."
The Supreme King was shocked: "What kind of thief? What's the name of the leader?"
"They call themselves the Shu Guerrilla, and their leader is around forty years old. His surname is Shi, and his given name is Shi Qiusheng."
Several people in the room were stunned: "Your surname is Shi? Isn't it Fang?"
The man said: "He calls himself Shi and is the leader of the guerrillas."
Situ Cen asked: "What is his wife's surname?"
"His wife is also with him, her surname is Jin, and the guerrillas call her Mrs. Jin. I heard that she looks quite kind, and the elderly and children like her."
Situ Cen was stunned, and after a long while he said: "It's not the Fang family's people who have been doing it for a long time!" Nai gritted his teeth and said, "What a trick to steal a beam and replace it. Let me tell you, Fang Xiong has so many ideas left to defeat the defeated army in Shu.
The country has endured for so long, but we can still get firearms!" He turned around and said to the Supreme King, "Father, there is going to be a war. Please release the eldest nephew quickly."
The Supreme King was thinking about it and asked, "Why should I let him go?"
"You always thought that those classmates of hers were invited randomly." Situ Cen said, "The tall one's surname is Gao, from Chang'an. His father was a pirate, and he made a lot of money by robbing many places in Southeast Asia. Because he didn't
I want my son to continue to be a thief and force him to go to school. This son has fought many battles with pirate ships since he was a child. Most of our soldiers have never seriously fought in a battle where the opponent also used firearms. He is experienced and can be a staff officer."