In the north, Fu Su had just inspected the newly built school when someone came over to report: "Reporting to the Young Master, there is someone who claims to be one of the Young Master's disciples and has come from Chang'an. He has something important to ask to see the Young Master."
Chang'an Fusu immediately ordered: "Go and take him to the general's camp."
When the owner of the North Land camped in the tent, Fusu saw a dusty man lift the curtain and walk in. He immediately couldn't help frowning and said: "Zhang Rang, why are you here in the North Land? Don't you know that the eunuch has not received the imperial edict and must not take it easy?"
If you leave the palace, you will be punished with a serious crime."
When Zhang Rang saw Fusu, he immediately said excitedly: "Sir, His Majesty passed away seven days ago. Please return to Chang'an immediately to take charge of the overall situation."
Fusu was shocked, as if he had been struck by lightning. He jumped up and screamed: "Zhang Rang, you are so impudent that you dare to curse your father. You will not die in peace. With your father's martial arts cultivation, now is the time when the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak."
How will you die in the year?"
Zhang Rang replied heartbrokenly: "Sir, I have served you for more than thirty years, and how have I ever deceived you? Your Majesty has passed away. As the eldest son, you should return to Chang'an immediately to host the ceremony. Otherwise, if Hu Hai gets there first, something bad will happen."
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Fu Suyu said in disbelief: "If my father really passed away, why was it you who came to report the news? Shouldn't it be the clan and Feng Chang who arranged for someone to report the news?"
Zhang Rang quickly explained: "The messenger arranged by the imperial court is still on the way. The old minister worked hard and rushed to the north in seven days to inform the young master of this matter, just so that the young master can learn about the matter as soon as possible to avoid missing out.
What a great opportunity.”
Fusu was still hesitant, always feeling that Zhang Rang was lying. How could his father suddenly pass away?
Seeing Fusu's reaction, Zhang Rang became very anxious and said loudly: "Does the young master want to hand over the throne to Hu Hai?"
Only then did the confusion disappear from Fusu's face, and he immediately replied: "That's not possible. But I can't just listen to your family's opinions. Come, call General Meng and all the guests to come to the camp to discuss important matters."
Zhang Rang was anxious: "My lord, the top priority is to return to Chang'an immediately to host the ceremony. My lord, we can set off after a little preparation. Is there anything else to discuss?"
Fusu's face changed slightly: "How dare you? I am the master and you are the minister. Do you want to commit the following crime?"
Zhang Rang said with an unyielding look on his face: "I think all the old ministers are doing it for the sake of the young master."
Fusu scolded coldly: "Then shut up, I will make my own decision."
Zhang Rang felt very helpless and stood on the spot.
Lu Jia and others who received Fusu's summons quickly rushed over one after another. After saluting Fusu, they stood aside, waiting for Fusu to speak.
It wasn't until Meng Tian, who was wearing armor and his strong body squeezed into the tent, and said, "I don't know what you want me to do when you call me here?"
After Fusu bowed his hands in the direction of Chang'an, he pointed at Zhang Rang and said, "This man just came from Chang'an. He said that his father passed away seven days ago, but he doesn't know the truth. What do you think I should do?"
Meng Tian immediately replied: "Back to the young master, if what I said is true, the young master should of course rush back to Chang'an immediately and inherit the throne."
Fusu shook his head and said: "Chang'an, I am definitely going back. What I want to ask is, do you think it is better for me to go back with a few personal guards, or with a large army?"
Speaking of this, Fusu said faintly: "You think, if my father passed away, would my brother Hu Hai have dug a hole long ago and waited for me to go back and jump into it?"
Meng Tian thought for a while and replied: "Master, this matter is not difficult to solve. It is better to return to Chang'an sooner rather than later. Master, you can take your guest escort to set off immediately and return to Chang'an to take charge of the overall situation."
"The general will stay in the north to support the young master. If the young master Hu Hai has evil intentions, the general will immediately lead 300,000 elite soldiers south to support the young master."
When Fusu heard this, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain why it was wrong. He had to look at the others, who all responded: "What General Meng Tian said is absolutely true. Please make a decision immediately."
Fusu no longer hesitated and said, "Get ready. Dear guests, please follow me back to Chang'an."
"No" Lu Jia and others responded.
Zhang Rang also breathed a sigh of relief.
Two hours later, Fusu, with more than a thousand riders, roared south, heading towards Chang'an.
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On the south bank of the Yellow River, groups of sergeants patrolled back and forth along the river bank. If they saw a pontoon bridge, they would immediately cut it off. If they saw a fishing boat, they would immediately buy it for a large sum of money. If there were any fishermen who were unwilling to buy it, they would draw their bright swords.
In the end, the fishing boats were gathered together in one place, and they were all burned in a fire.
Some soldiers were confused and said: "Captain, why did the general suddenly give an order to cut down all the bridges on the Yellow River and burn all the ships?"
The captain turned around and looked at the scope of his inspection. After finding no target, he replied: "It is said that it was ordered by the adults above the general. I will just do it."
The soldier expressed disbelief: "I don't think so. I saw that General Li Xin was swearing."
The captain said with great certainty: "Then it is really an order from above. Otherwise, given General Li Xin's character, he is so abusive, how could he still follow it?"
The soldier suddenly realized.
At the camp, Li Xin looked at the cost of burning the boats recently and said very dissatisfied: "If Lin Ze hadn't promised me that he could lead an army of ten thousand, only a fool would do such an immoral thing."
"The bridge is broken, and the boats are burned. We can't cross the north bank, and we can't cross the south bank. The fishermen dare not go into the water to fish. Brother Zhang, tell me, is this something done by humans?"
Zhang Han just said lightly: "Do you think if I complain to the military advisor, will I be able to lead an additional 10,000 troops?"
Li Xin's expression immediately changed: "Brother Zhang, Uncle Zhang, no, please don't. Brother, I'll treat you to a drink later. How about you pretend you didn't hear anything?"
Zhang Han said angrily: "Although the military advisor has left you and me here for many years without asking anything, it is probably not because he trusts us too much. What the military advisor has told us must be very important. You and I will do as we say."
Li Xin immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
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In the Western Regions, a man dressed as a centurion of the Protective Army walked into Wang Li's tent, took out a letter, held it up with both hands and said: "Master Marquis, my military advisor Lin Ze has asked me to deliver this letter to you."
Wang Li stood up in surprise. When he heard Lin Ze's name, he sat down again and said with an unknown look on his face: "Are you from Lin Ze? His hands are really long."
The centurion bowed his head slightly and replied: "The military advisor told me that after today, I will leave the Guards Army and return to Chang'an to live a normal life. Please forgive me for disturbing the Marquis."
Wang Li snorted coldly, took the letter, opened it, and frowned: stationing troops in the north, looking at the north, must not let the north easily go south?
Wang Li expressed confusion. What did Lin Ze want to do?
However, the last sentence made Wang Li's expression change drastically: Do you want to avenge your father? If this is done, it will help you avenge your father's death.
Wang Li suddenly recalled the incident when his father died and the Tingwei Mansion intervened, but in the end nothing happened.
Wang Li had seen Wang Ben's body with his own eyes and recognized it as a homicide at a glance.
Although the Wang family has offended many people, there are not many people who may cost the other party a lot of money and take desperate risks to assassinate sixth-grade warriors. Combined with the chaos in the Western Region that year, the Wu family and other families cannot escape suspicion.
It's not that Wang Li didn't want to investigate, but the imperial decree ordered him to immediately return to the Western Regions to take charge of the overall situation and put down the chaos in the Western Regions after dealing with Wang Ben's queen, so it has been delayed so far.
Now that Lin Ze suddenly promised to help him, Wang Li was naturally excited.
I saw Wang Li saying to the centurion: "Tell your military advisor that I hope he can keep his promise and you can go."
The centurion quickly bowed and excused himself.
Then Wang Li ordered the army of the Protectorate to immediately go north to patrol the Western Regions and wipe out the horse bandits.
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Kunlun, the second elder of Tianshi Dao, the moment he saw the gate of Dao Palace, the sigh in his heart was immediately released, and then he was so destitute that he couldn't help but collapsed to the ground, muttering to himself: Finally on the fifth day of the lunar month,
We arrived at Taoist Palace within the same day.
When the gatekeeper saw the second elder lying there, he suspected fraud and immediately asked loudly: "Who is here?"
The second elder struggled to sit up and squeezed out a little strength from his body and said: "Elder Tianshi Dao, I have something to pay my respects to Elder Xuanming. Please inform the Taoist."
When the gatekeeper disciple heard that it turned out to be someone from the Celestial Master Dao who came to see Elder Xuanming, he did not dare to neglect and said quickly: "Fellow Taoist, please wait a moment. I will notify Elder Xuanming to come over right now."
After a while, Xuan Ming came to the second elder and asked with a strange expression: "Why did the second elder look like this?"
After seeing Xuan Ming, the second elder felt that he had no strength to speak and handed him the letter in his arms.
After Xuan Ming opened it and read it, he said to the second elder, "Thank you for your hard work."
Then he jumped up and reached the nine heavens, circled around in a circle, recognized the direction, and descended to Kunlun like a fairy.