Chapter Five Hundred and Sixteenth [Moving with Love] (Part 2)
After Zuo Xingjian handed over Baiquan City to Zhuge Guanqi, he took the opportunity to escape with his men. He originally thought that Zu Da's side would attack the city in a large scale, but later the people sent to inquire about the news came back and only said that Zu Da led those people to enter the city.
When any battle broke out, it was Na Zunda who led all his men to defect to Hu Xiaotian.
Zuo Xingjian was stunned when he heard that Zu Da had taken refuge with Hu Xiaotian. Doesn't that mean they were fine? But with more than 10,000 people occupying Baiquan City, he was obviously the prefect of Baiquan City! Zuo Xingjian felt a little regretful.
Zhizuda and his gang were going to surrender, so he should not have led his troops to leave. Now he was afraid that he would not be able to face Zhu Guanqi if he went back. Zuo Xingjian thought about it and finally decided to go directly to Dongliang County. Zhu Guanqi came here not for
To recruit him, since Hu Xiaotian has this intention, he might as well change from passive to active and directly surrender to Hu Xiaotian to show his loyalty.
It was already the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, but there was no festive atmosphere for the coming of the new year in Kangdu. The streets were deserted with few horses and horses, and most of the shops on both sides of the street were not open. There were thick clouds over the capital, and there was no sunshine, making the atmosphere extremely depressing and low.
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Grand Master Wen Chenghuan quickly walked into the Yangxin Hall. Today, the emperor canceled the originally scheduled court meeting. The ministers had different opinions. They believed that the emperor's move was related to the disappearance of the emperor's food. Some people also speculated that the emperor was unwell, but there was one thing that could be said.
Sure, the emperor must be in a bad mood recently.
Upon hearing Wen Chenghuan's arrival, Long Xuan'en initially ignored him and asked Wang Qian to send him away, but Wang Qian quickly left and returned. He only said that Wen Chenghuan had something urgent and needed to see him, so Long Xuan'en reluctantly refused.
Shirdi left the bed and got up from the intertwined limbs of his two new beauties.
Wang Qiandu secretly admired the emperor for having such energy at such an age. He even suspected that the emperor in front of him seemed to be a different person. After leaving the Lingxiao Palace in Piaomiao Mountain, he suddenly became youthful. At the beginning, Wang Qian was still young.
I thought he was having a comeback, but later I discovered that the emperor's body seemed to be getting better day by day, and his appearance had become much younger. This should be related to the elixir Hong Beimo specially refined for him. Is there really an elixir of immortality in this world?
Wen Chenghuan waited outside the Yangxin Hall for half an hour before he was allowed to enter. Based on his many years of experience serving the emperor, he could tell that he came at the wrong time. When he followed Wang Qian into the Yangxin Hall,
Wang Qian kindly reminded: "Your Majesty is in a bad mood, Grand Master Wen needs to be careful what he says."
Wen Chenghuan smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Eunuch Wang." Anyone would be in a bad mood when the imperial grain went missing, but Wen Chenghuan came here today to bring good news to the emperor.
Long Xuanen had finished bathing and stood in front of the window with his back straightened. He stretched out his arms and his back was straight and strong. The sunlight penetrated through the window and shrouded his body, outlining a golden outline for his whole body. It looked like a golden outline.
Aloof, mysterious and noble.
Wen Chenghuan looked at the back of the old emperor and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Just looking at the back, he could hardly believe that this was Long Xuanen himself, not only Wang Qian. Almost all the courtiers noticed the change in the emperor. They did not think that the emperor had taken any immortality.
The elixir of immortality. Instead, he believed that what made the emperor younger was power. He escaped from house arrest and returned to the throne. It was the desire for power that made Long Xuanen's body and mind young again. Wen Chenghuan bowed and saluted.
: "Old minister, I pay my respects to my emperor, long live long live, long live long live..."
Long Xuanen took a deep breath of fresh air and said impatiently: "Okay, if you have anything to say, tell me as soon as possible."
Wen Chenghuan said: "If it were not an urgent matter, how could I dare to disturb the emperor's rest? In this case, I am here to report a great thing to the emperor."
Long Xuanen turned around and looked at Wen Chenghuan doubtfully. What good thing? Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't think of any good things about Dakang? Previously, there was a good thing about Hu Xiaotian who was willing to donate 300,000 tons of grain, but first
The batch of grain disappeared inexplicably before it arrived in the capital. Thinking of this, Long Xuanen was a little annoyed. He was very disdainful of Wen Chenghuan's showy behavior and whispered: "Master, if there is nothing important,
, I have to go to have a meal." To issue an eviction order in this way is already a great honor to the veteran minister Wen Chenghuan.
Wen Chenghuan smiled and said: "It is indeed a good thing. Your Majesty, do you still remember that I asked you to come forward to receive the Dayong envoy?"
Long Xuanen frowned. Wen Chenghuan had almost forgotten about it, and asked in shock: "Then the envoy hasn't left yet?"
Wen Chenghuan secretly cursed in his heart, this guy is really a mediocre and useless monarch, he doesn't care about national affairs. Is he really ready to give up on himself and have no plans to save Daekang? In this way, it is a good thing. Wen Chenghuan
Huan said respectfully: "You haven't left yet!"
Long Xuan'en said: "I have already rejected them, why are you still hanging on?"
Wen Chenghuan said: "Because the situation suddenly changed again."
"What changes?"
Wen Chenghuan said: "Xue Lingjun, the princess of Dayong, went to Dongliang County to negotiate with Hu Xiaotian, and an agreement was reached. Hu Xiaotian promised to return to Dayong the Dongluo Cang that the soldiers fought bloody battles and fought hard for."
"What?" Long Xuanen's eyes widened. He didn't know about this and couldn't help but said angrily: "What right does he have to make his own decision? Why didn't such a big thing go through my consent? Does he still have me in his eyes?"
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Wen Chenghuan lost no time in provoking: "I don't know what Hu Xiaotian's plans are, but he probably didn't consider His Majesty's feelings when he reached an agreement with Xue Lingjun in private."
Long Xuanen said angrily: "Shu Zi is arrogant. Do you think that since the sky is high and the sky is high, I can't cure him?"
Wen Chenghuan sneered secretly in his heart, what kind of prestige are you trying to do? If you really can't cure him, Hu Xiaotian is afraid that you are no longer the emperor in his eyes. He said softly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Hu Xiaotian is so ambitious. Since he took charge of Dongliang
Since the county, he has been quietly developing his strength, expanding to the surrounding areas, and claiming to the outside world that he is loyal to the Dakang. After capturing Dongluocang, many people in the court spoke for him, saying that he was the hope of the resurgence of the Dakang.
But the veteran doesn’t think so.”
Long Xuan'en said: "Speak!"
Wen Chenghuan said: "Hu Xiaotian took the small Dongluocang and now wants to give it back, which means he has not occupied an inch of Dayong's land, and Wuxing County has fallen into his control. In fact, he embezzled it during this period
Dakang has a lot of land and has grown a lot of power. I have received reliable news that he is currently recruiting a large number of troops. On the one hand, he and Dayong secretly reached a non-aggression agreement, and on the other hand, they are rapidly expanding their military strength.
Its intentions are self-evident.”
Long Xuanen nodded and said, "If you don't tell me, I will know that he has different intentions."
Wen Chenghuan said: "The disappearance of the imperial grain this time is extremely strange, and the specific circumstances are still unclear."
Long Xuanen said angrily: "I don't know? How else can I find out? How did Jiang Zhengyang get to Yunze when he was escorting the imperial grain? I have received an urgent secret report from Baiquan City. Jiang Zhengyang and the water thieves in Yunze were unprepared.
There was collusion, he was guarding and stealing, but he didn't expect that the water thief also became greedy and wanted to monopolize this batch of food."
Wen Chenghuan said: "Your Majesty, according to the information I received, this matter should not be so simple. It is said that a water battle took place in Yunze that night, and all the ships sent by the Bixinshanshui thieves to coordinate the transportation of grain were wiped out.
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Long Xuan'en said: "Is your news true? Do you have any evidence? Rumors are flying all over the sky now. The whole Dakang community is laughing at my joke, saying that I don't know people well and actually appointed a hungry wolf to escort the food. You bastard
! What a bastard!" He pointed at Wen Chenghuan and said: "You were the one who suggested using Jiang Zhengyang."
Wen Chenghuan couldn't help but secretly cursed in his heart, "Hunjun, it was obviously you who proposed it yourself. At that time, we just agreed, but now you want to put the responsibility on me. Is it easy for me to bully you?" But he did not dare to argue, and whispered
: "No one thought at that time that Jiang Zhengyang would be such an ambitious person. It was Prime Minister Zhou who proposed this matter, and I just seconded the proposal." By the way, he slandered Zhou Ruiyuan. Anyway, Zhou Ruiyuan also said that Jiang Zhengyang was available at that time.
Long Xuanen sighed and said: "You are eating the imperial rations and receiving your salary, but you don't know how to share my worries. It really disappoints me." He complained and sat down on the chair.
Wen Chenghuan said apologetically: "Your Majesty, calm down, but I made a mistake of oversight. However, after the incident in Yunze, Jiang Zhengyang lost his whereabouts. He still had 20,000 soldiers and horses who were about to return to Yunyang, but were intercepted by Hu Xiaotian's men at Wangchun River.
, Hu Xiaotian moved so quickly, it seems that he should have been aware of Jiang Zhengyang's swallowing of food a long time ago, doesn't Your Majesty think there is something important in this? "
Long Xuan'en said: "What's the use of telling me this now? Of course I know what kind of thoughts Hu Xiaotian has. Do you want me to issue an order to dismiss him and investigate him now? Or are you willing to take it personally?
My Shangfang sword went to Dongliang County to help me behead him?"
Wen Chenghuan was left speechless by the question. This old man was really choking when he spoke.
Long Xuanen wants to kill Hu Xiaotian more than anyone else, but it will be difficult to catch the tiger after it returns to the mountain. What's more, this tiger has already gained considerable power through development during this period. Didn't Wen Chenghuan just say that Hu Xiaotian has already
Did you secretly reach an agreement with Dayong? Long Xuan'en said: "Did you just say that Princess Dayong went to Dongliang County as an envoy?"
Wen Chenghuan nodded: "It is true."
Long Xuanen suddenly felt a little unhappy. Dayong took a two-pronged approach and sent two groups of envoys. It seemed that they had made two preparations from the beginning, but judging from the status of the envoys, they actually valued Hu Xiaotian more than themselves.
, actually sent an eldest princess to Dongliang County in person. Long Xuan'en said: "Dayong really wants to drive a wedge between me and Hu Xiaotian." (To be continued.)
