Inside the long box, I saw a volume of bright yellow silk——
Zhou Shilang's face immediately changed slightly.
This is……
"Before leaving the capital, His Majesty and Chief Xia repeatedly warned that this situation is urgent and cannot be delayed, otherwise things may change if it is too late." Yue Pei raised his hand, bowed his hand to Minister Zhou in salute, and said: "Next, I hope that Minister Zhou can
Cooperate with the subordinates."
"..." Zhou Shilang nodded.
This mouthpiece belongs to both His Majesty and Xia Shoufu. Does he dare to say that he will not cooperate?
Outside the study, twilight spread quietly like a tide and filled the space between heaven and earth.
…
Early the next morning, Qin Wu, Xu Yun, and Xu Mingshi's uncle and nephew were all invited to the meeting hall.
Xu Yun had just sat down and before finishing half the cup of tea, he saw Minister Zhou walking in wearing a silk robe with peacock embroidery. Yue Pei's sword was at his side.
"I wonder why Minister Zhou asked me to wait here so early?" Xu Yun put down the tea cup, stood up and saluted, and asked Minister Zhou who was wearing official uniform.
Zhou Shilang looked at the few people, took the imperial edict from the side, and said: "Please accept the edict."
Xu Yun then straightened his face and knelt down with his nephew.
Qin Wu also knelt down with a sullen face.
He was kneeling down for the sake of the girl and the eldest man, but he didn't really want to kneel down to this stupid fool.
And what King Yan had expected was indeed true. These imperial envoys really came with the imperial edict!
I just arrived in the afternoon yesterday, and I have to rush to announce the decree today, but I don't want to wait even a day.
Qin Wu sneered again and again in his heart.
Zhou Shilang was singing loudly: "By God's blessing, the emperor has decreed that the Duke of Zhen is victorious in this battle and will make great achievements again. I am very relieved. However, I am also very worried when I heard that the Duke of Zhen is ill and cannot afford it. I ordered
Minister Zhou Qing went to visit on my behalf.
I would like to choose a day to go to Guangming Temple to pray for the Duke in person, hoping that the Duke will recover from his illness as soon as possible. The war is over, and I am very eager to see the Duke return to Beijing. However, the Duke is ill and needs a good life and recuperation.
I can’t bear to see the Duke running around while ill..."
When Zhou Shilang read this, his voice paused slightly.
What kind of hypocrisy is this?
As for the foreshadowing, is it so long?
If you don't know anything about it, let's forget it. Now that you know the emperor's intentions, and read these things again, as a person who has always been shy, I find it difficult to talk about it.
Yue Pei turned his head slightly and looked at Minister Zhou.
Zhou Shilang glanced at it, simply skipped two lines, and went straight to the topic: "...However, there are constant turmoils everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to dispatch troops and horses in the court. Since the battle of the Li clan has ceased, according to my wishes,
Yue Pei is ordered to temporarily lead his troops back to the capital to relieve the urgent needs of the imperial court. If the Duke is still not fit to leave, he can be accompanied by Zhou Shilang and stay in Dongyuan City to recuperate until he recovers - I hereby express my gratitude."
After a moment of silence in the hall, Xu Yun and others kowtowed and accepted the order.
Qin Wu stood up after Xu Yun, his face still showing a solemn and tense feeling.
Bullshit urgent!
If it was so urgent, how could Yuan Zhao insist on continuing to attack the Li clan at that time?
Is such a hypocritical and sinister person worthy of letting Xu Jiajun continue to be loyal to them?
Even if he disperses the Xu family army and dumps them in a manure pit, there is no way he can take advantage of this stupid king!
"My surname is Yue and my name is Pei."
Yue Pei stepped forward, came to Qin Wu, cupped his hands and said: "Please ask Vice General Qin to hand over the military talisman to me——"
"Soldier talisman?" Qin Wu raised his thick black eyebrows and said in a casual tone: "This thing...my general didn't bring it."
"...What?" Yue Pei narrowed his eyes slightly and let out a ridiculous laugh.
Didn't bring it?
Can you even come up with such a ridiculous and perfunctory excuse?
"...?" Zhou Shilang was also confused.
This is indeed a bit too perfunctory...?
I really can’t find a decent reason, why not ask him? He can also help me think about it...
"Vice General Qin used this as an excuse. Could it be that he wanted to resist the decree?" Yue Pei looked at Qin Wu, his eyes already a bit colder: "Or is it that Vice General Qin wanted to take advantage of General Xu's illness to hide the military talisman secretly?
?”
These words were directed towards Qin Wu.
If this happens, it may not be a problem to accuse Qin Wu of harboring evil intentions——
Qin Wu was uncharacteristically not irritated, but said very calmly: "If you don't believe it, you can order someone to search, or you can ask someone to go to the camp to inquire, and ask the general if he has ever shown his military talisman in front of others this time - if so
If anyone has seen the military talisman, then Qin is lying! He will be punished when the time comes!"
Yue Pei sneered and said: "When you go out with troops without military symbols, isn't Vice Qin kidding you if you take this seriously?"
Killing a Qin Wu couldn't be easier, but his mission this time was to obtain the military talisman. It was not advisable to act rashly until he got the military talisman.
Qin Wu had a meticulous look on his face: "Qin never jokes with others. My general leads troops and does not need military symbols to issue orders. These are dispensable things. It doesn't matter whether he takes them or not."
Zhou Shilang was slightly shocked when he heard this.
He has already seen that this Vice General of Qin has probably already prepared a response. General Xu can command the Xu family army without military symbols... How can he say this casually?
Are you not planning to worry about the future?
But then I thought about it, the emperor's actions... did he leave any way out for Duke Zhen Guo?
At this time, the Xu family is unwilling to hand over military power, even if it is to protect themselves, but after this time, they are afraid that something big will really happen...
What the Xu family is doing now is simply that they don't want to break up with each other immediately, and want to temporarily use their military power as a bargaining chip to protect their family members in the capital... Any further deviation in this may provoke the emperor to act irrationally.
The only way to retreat is to compromise before this imperial edict, so——
Didn't bring it.
This excuse sounds ridiculous at first, but upon closer consideration, it turns out to be a bit clever and measured.
Yue Pei gritted his teeth secretly.
It's so dispensable, it doesn't matter...it's so arrogant!
"Then according to Vice General Qin's intention, the military talisman should still be in the capital?" he asked patiently.
"It's hard to say." Qin Wudao: "It's been a long time since the general used it, or he might have lost it when—"
Lost?!
Yue Pei was even so angry that he laughed out loud.
The Tiger Talisman, which commanded nearly 200,000 troops, was lost at the drop of a hat?!
Before coming, he thought about all the obstacles he might encounter, including the Xu family's resistance to the decree——
But today, no one knows that once the Duke of Zhen is killed, none of the descendants of the Xu family will be able to do anything. If they continue to dominate the Xu family army, they will not be able to convince the public at all...
And this time he came with Zhou Shilang, and he had His Majesty's imperial edict in his hand, which was justifiable. Duke Zhen Guo was about to die, the Xu family army was in disarray, and everyone was in panic. At this time, it was up to him to step in and calm down the army. This time was perfect!
If the Xu family really dared to resist the decree, it would be easier - there would be no need to find another excuse to punish the entire Xu family!
By that time, there will be no descendants of the Xu family in the world. Are you still afraid that the Xu family army will not be able to return home completely?
