After seeing this report, Gao Jiancheng realized that the man from Maolu Villa was really not a bad person. The three major factions had come forward and he still dared to harass him. His courage was not ordinary. Shang Jianxiong provoked that man.
Asking for trouble.
From another perspective, it also showed that he was capable and confident. In this way, Gao Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief.
It is easy for a smart person to deal with smart people. He is just afraid of running into a fool. If he is really defeated by the court in three or two times, then he will be dragged to death. What he did secretly will be exposed sooner or later.
Xue Xiao will definitely take the blame for the unfavorable war. Shang Jianxiong is angry, but there is no other way.
It is useless to issue an order. The Nanzhou army is still biting the matter of the Shang Chaozong woman being robbed. They want to clear out the traitors for the court and want the court to kill Xue Xiao to explain. Shang Jianxiong can let Xue Xiao take the blame, but
It is impossible to kill Xue Xiao, at least not in the near future.
At least he can't be killed because of Nanzhou's request. Otherwise, the imperial court's reputation will be different, which will also chill the hearts of all the border officials. Once people's hearts are divided and everyone makes their own plans, it will threaten the stability of Shang Jianxiong's position.
, so this time Shang Jianxiong must protect Xue Xiao no matter what.
There was no other way, so Shang Jianxiong had no choice but to ask the three major factions to come forward again.
When the news reached the three major sects, Long Xiu was furious. Niu Youdao actually dared to follow his example. How could he not be angry?
The three major factions sent a message to Dachanshan and ordered them to withdraw immediately.
Dachan Mountain is in a dilemma, give me a hair, the people of the Shang Dynasty lineage will not retreat, I can't kill them, right? I'm going to mess up Nanzhou. The interests of my Dachan Mountain are at a loss, who is responsible?
Who doesn’t know how to talk casually? Do you three major factions dare to cause great turmoil in Nanzhou?
Dachanshan could only pretend to be confused. Anyway, Niu Youdao had already said that he had the responsibility and could push it onto him.
Since they had an appointment in advance, Dachanshan was not polite and pushed the responsibility to Niu Youdao. He made a complaint to the three major sects, saying that the merchants and Niu Youdao wore the same pair of trousers and put the knife holder here.
It's useless on their necks, it's useless!
Niu Youdao also received a summons from the three major factions to withdraw troops.
Niu Youdao's reason is even more absolute, not to retreat, but to postpone.
One of the reasons is that the Nanzhou troops are searching for the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle and it takes time.
The second reason is that the Nanzhou troops testified that some of the sergeants were captured by Xue Xiao's troops, and asked Xue Xiao to hand them over, so that they could speed up their retreat.
The first reason is easy to deal with, but the worst thing you can do is wait a while.
The second reason is really hard to explain. There is no way to fight without killing people. If people die, they will die without evidence. We draw up a list of the dead people. We must say that they were captured by Xue Xiao. We must let them die.
Xue Xiao handed over the person. Where did Xue Xiao hand over the person?
Xue Xiao said that it was useless if he didn't arrest him. The Nanzhou people were killed by Xue Xiao because they were killed. He still wanted the three major factions to uphold justice. Since the war had ceased and I was asked to withdraw my troops, why didn't Xue Xiao let him go?
This means that there are strategies above and countermeasures below.
Of course, there is one more thing. Niu Youdao said that he had a large number of witnesses. It was indeed the imperial court who sent people to sneak attack on the Thatched Villa. The garrison and the monks together suffered over 10,000 casualties. He asked the three major sects if they should just forget it.
Do we deserve to die?
What happened? The two masters of Zijin Cave and Lingjian Mountain rushed to Xiaoyao Palace immediately.
Of course the two heads wanted to find Long Xiu. It was Long Xiu who took the initiative to go to Maolu Villa to get it done. Is this what you, Long Xiu, did?
The two heads must definitely ask Long Xiu for a clear explanation.
Long Xiu calmed down after being angry. He couldn't help but calm down. He saw with his own eyes that Niu Youdao, Lingxiao Pavilion, and the Tiannu Sect's people worshiped him. He really wanted to force Nanzhou to rebel, and the entire Yan Kingdom couldn't bear it.
Niu Youdao agreed to a truce to give face to the three major factions, but refused to withdraw his troops because he wanted an explanation from the three major factions.
Niu Youdao had already made it very clear what he should have said at the beginning. The imperial court repeatedly attacked him and put him to death, so let it go like this? Is it wrong to find the three major sects to uphold justice? If it really goes like this, then it will be fine.
Just as Niu Youdao said, does that mean he is not given a way to survive?
Needless to say, what are the consequences of not giving cattle a way to survive?
As for how Long Xiu explained to Zijin Cave and Lingjian Mountain, Niu Youdao had already told him that Shang Jianxiong had indeed gone too far. He repeatedly attacked the three major sects behind his back. He seemed to have forgotten that this world is a world of monks.
It's time to teach him a lesson.
Another question is, do you really want to force Nanzhou to rebel?
The imperial court was at fault in the first place, and it is reasonable for people to want an explanation, but how to give this explanation is a question.
It was not appropriate to deal with Shang Jianxiong. The three heads discussed it over and over again, but they could only teach Shang Jianxiong a lesson and transfer the three counties of Dingzhou to Nanzhou.
It is conceivable that this incident will inevitably cause a violent rebound from Shang Jianxiong.
So Long Xiu, the head of Xiaoyao Palace, Gong Lince, the head of Zijin Cave, and Meng Xuan, the head of Lingjian Mountain, all came to Dayan Palace in person.
After learning the decision of the three major factions, Shang Jianxiong was shocked. How could he agree to such conditions?
No matter who takes the blame for what happened, he knows in his heart, and everyone knows in their hearts who caused it. If he agrees to this humiliating condition, where is the majesty of his emperor? You can imagine how many people will poke him in the back.
The spine, or sarcasm, sneer.
In the main hall, facing the leaders of the three factions, Shang Jianxiong tensed his cheeks and said word by word: "I cannot agree to this condition!"
Gong Lince and Meng Xuan's eyes suddenly turned cold, staring at Shang Jianxiong coldly.
In silence, Tian Yu and others stood in silence, and they could feel the suddenly oppressive atmosphere in the hall.
"What did you say?" Long Xiu slowly stepped forward and faced him at close range.
Tian Yu and other eunuchs were startled, and all of them, including Ga Miaoshui, quickly came up behind Shang Jianxiong. They all stared at Long Xiu and maintained high vigilance.
A group of monks sitting in the palace immediately stepped forward, pointed at Tian Yu and others and scolded, "You are so outrageous, get back!"
Tian Yu and others were indifferent, but Shang Jianxiong turned his head and waved his hand, "Everyone, stand down."
He knew in his heart that if he really wanted to take action, Tian Yu and others would not be able to protect themselves.
Tian Yu and others could only retreat slowly with solemn expressions.
Long Xiu stared at Shang Jianxiong and said word by word: "What if we have to make you agree?"
Shang Jianxiong: "I will never agree to make concessions to rebellious ministers. If you want me to agree, you might as well kill me!"
Long Xiu sneered, "Now that you know you are going to die or live, why didn't you say this when you were sneaking behind our backs? Why didn't you say this when you begged us to make peace? Now that Yan is surrounded by foreign enemies, you, the emperor, don't want to retreat from them.
, but are busy causing internal strife, what do you want to do?"
Shang Jianxiong: "Why is it so secretive? Someone is maliciously framed by me. How can the palace master believe it easily? If it refers to the matter at the Thatched Cottage, I don't know anything about it! This matter has nothing to do with me. If the palace master wants to explain, I will definitely find out the truth and give it to the three parties."
Let me give you an explanation!"
"Do you want people to take the blame?" Long Xiu snorted and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. It was the explanation that Shang Jianxiong had written to the three major factions earlier. "Some things don't need evidence. Who did it? Everyone knows
You know it well, so don’t fool me with these things. You have to agree today if you agree. If you don’t agree, you, the emperor, have done your best!"
Bang! The paper in Long Xiu's hand hit Shang Jianxiong directly in the face.
Shang Jianxiong stood there indifferently and said slowly: "I have been king of Yan for nearly twenty years and have killed many people. Yan is in turmoil and is in danger!" This is also a warning to the three major sects.
"You dare to threaten me?" Long Xiu sneered, tilted his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty is ready to abdicate. Go and invite the crown prince to take over the throne from his father. He will officially rule Yanyan, command the ministers, and stabilize the people of the government.
!I don’t believe how chaotic the court can be if our three major factions join forces to support it!”
The words "Prince and Crown Prince" succeeded to the throne instantly hit Shang Jianxiong's weak point, causing Shang Jianxiong's cheek to twitch violently.
This is one of the reasons why Qi Emperor Hao Yunsheng was reluctant to establish a crown prince.
In the end, Shang Jianxiong gave in when the three major factions tried to force him.
It was Tian Yu who knew what he was thinking, sized up the situation, and stepped forward at the right time. He knelt down in front of Shang Jianxiong and begged with tears, and finally got Shang Jianxiong to agree to cede three counties to Nanzhou.
The storm that was about to set off was suppressed in an instant. From the beginning to the end, Gong Linche and Meng Xuan basically said nothing. It was Long Xiu who didn't clean up the matter, so of course it was Long Xiu who came out to be the villain.
Thanks to the fact that the heads of the three major sects came together in person, they had the full power to make decisions on behalf of the three major sects. Otherwise, others would really not be able to suppress Shang Jianxiong. Shang Jianxiong had been operating in the Yan Kingdom for many years and was not a vegetarian.
After Shang Jianxiong agreed, Tian Yu asked the three major factions to compromise, leaving a trace of face for the Emperor of Yan.
The cession of the three counties was not made public. Xue Xiao of Dingzhou was notified in the form of a secret decree, and Nanzhou silently defended the area currently controlled by the two armies.
Just when the golden wings were released to send a message to Dingzhou, a disciple from the Zijin Cave outside the hall ran in.
A secret letter was handed to the leader. After reading it, Gong Linche's face changed slightly and he frowned.
Almost at the same time, a eunuch stepped in from outside the palace and handed an urgent report to Tian Yu.
After Tian Yu saw it, he said to the livid Shang Jianxiong: "Your Majesty, Cangzhou urgently reports that Wu Gongshan, the governor of Cangzhou, suddenly fell ill and passed away!"
Shang Jianxiong glanced at Gong Lince and said calmly: "You rebellious minister and traitor, a good death!"
Meng Xuan, the leader of Lingjian Mountain, looked back at Gong Linche and asked, "There are so many monks around Wu Gongshan helping to heal him, so how could he suddenly die of illness?"
"I'm afraid something is going to happen in Cangzhou." Gong Lince looked solemn and handed the letter to Meng Xuan to read.
Hearing that something was going to happen, Long Xiu immediately came forward and watched together. The two of them were frightened when they read the contents of the letter.
Qu Yunkong, the leader of Tongxian Pavilion, was assassinated!
Tongxian Pavilion is the cultivation force guarding Cangzhou.
At almost the same time, Wu Gongshan, the governor of Cangzhou, died of illness, the head of Tongxian Pavilion was assassinated, and the leaders of Cangzhou's spiritual and secular circles died at almost the same time. How could such a coincidence happen, especially when Qu Yunkong was assassinated.
And this Qu Yunkong also has another identity. His wife is the daughter of the previous head of Zijin Cave. Tongxian Pavilion can be said to be the sect that Zijin Cave single-handedly supported.