hanging knife(1/2)
Li Feng shook his whole body, and Chang Geng watched him fall on the throne of the Golden Palace with expressionless expression. A certain cruel pleasure suddenly arose outside of his reason. However, he was very harsh to himself. In just a moment, he pinched his palm quietly and pressed back the bloodthirsty pleasure - he knew that it was Urgu's cause, not his true heart.
Chang Geng said insincerely: "Take care of yourselves, brother."
It seems that the person who "wanted to kill Li Feng" behind his back was not him.
When King Yanbei made such a sound, the civil and military officials in the hall who were stunned immediately reacted and followed and said, "Take care of yourselves, yourselves."
Li Feng's eyes slowly fell on Chang Geng - nominally, this was his only younger brother, but he didn't often notice him. Since the Fourth Prince Li Min was appointed as the king, he has hardly spoken in the court, nor has he deliberately made friends with court officials, nor has he even used Gu Yun's east wind to talk to the military generals, and only occasionally chatted with a few poor Hanlin people about poetry and books.
Chang Geng seemed to have not noticed his gaze, and said without changing his face: "General Zhao died for his country, and there is no barrier in the East China Sea. Foreigners turned north and could immediately reach Dagu Port. Things have come to this point. It's too late to say anything. Please ask the emperor brother to get rid of distracting thoughts and make a decision early."
Li Feng also knew that, but his heart was in a mess and could not speak for a moment.
At this time, Wang Guojiu, who had been torn to pieces by rumors in the past few days, glanced at the emperor's face and plucked up his courage and said, "Emperor, there is only one Beidaying in the suburbs of Beijing, surrounded by plains and hinterlands. If we fight here, our troops will definitely be insufficient. Besides, there is no conclusion on Tan Hongfei's rebellion, and there is almost no one in the Beidaying. If the Yangtze River's entire army is wiped out, can Beidaying do it? Who can protect the safety of the imperial city? It is better to...uh..."
Wang Gu did not finish his words because the eyes of the generals in the hall were nailed to him like white rainbow arrows.
This old guy hadn't wiped his butt clean yet, and he dared to instigate the emperor to move the capital. If it weren't for external and internal troubles, everyone would have the desire to share him with it.
Wang Gu swallowed in shame and bent down and dared not get up.
Li Feng looked gloomy and silent for a moment. He left Wang Guojiu aside and said, "Let Tan Hongfei restore his post and give him a chance to make meritorious service... I asked you to come here to discuss matters. If anyone else talks nonsense, get out of here!"
In desperation, the emperor even shouted out swear words in the market. The whole hall silenced, and Wang Gu's face turned red and white.
Li Feng turned to the Minister of War with a slightly irritable attitude: "Hu Aiqing, you are in the hands of the Ministry of War and holding the drums, you say."
The Minister of War was born with vegetables and a face of two feet long. The name "Hu Guang" sounded a bit like "Gourds". In private, someone called him "Gourds".
When Hu Gua heard Li Feng's words, he felt a lot of bubbles on his face and turned into a bitter melon. The drum beat order was nominally issued by the Ministry of War, but did the Ministry of War dare to issue it casually? He is just a pen in the hands of the emperor, so how dare he have ideas?
Hu Guang wiped a cold sweat, and said righteously: "Uh... The emperor is right. The capital is the trust of my country's destiny, and it is also the place where all people want. How can foreigners break through? What kind of tradition? Even if we have one soldier and one soldier, we will fight to the end. Now we are going to retreat. Wouldn't it shake the morale of the army?"
Li Feng was impatient to listen to his nonsense like a wheel on his car, and interrupted him with a slit: "I asked you to tell me how to hit it!"
Hu Guang: "..."
Everyone was glaring at Wang Fu, but Wang Fu was right. If the commander of the Jiangnan naval army had already died in his country, who could be the general in the East China Sea? The groups of dragons collapsed, how could they move their troops?
What if foreigners go north, how many rounds of artillery can Beidaying and the Imperial Guards stand?
From a certain level, Wang Guao has the courage, at least he told the truth that no one dared to tell.
Hu Guang suddenly turned into a rotten bitter gourd, and his cold sweat was like the stinky juice.
At this moment, Chang Geng suddenly spoke.
The young King Yanbei stepped forward and said, "Brother, would you like to listen to me?"
Hu Guang cast a pair of grateful eyes on Chang Geng. Chang Geng smiled at him gentlely: "Brother, please calm down first. It is difficult to catch the water. People cannot be resurrected even if they die. The dilemma of the four borders has become a certain fact. It is useless to argue and get angry. Instead of getting out of place, we might as well think about what else can be made up for."
He probably had been with the monk for a long time, without any trace of fireworks on his body. He stood in front of the palace like a wind, calm and refreshing, and his anger couldn't help but calm down with him.
Li Feng secretly let out a breath, waved his hand and said, "You said."
Chang Geng: "At present, fire broke out in all directions of the Central Plains, the troops and horses have moved, but the food and grass have not yet arrived, so there is another inability to supply turnover. I asked the emperor to open the national treasury and delegate all the purple and flowing gold. This is one of them."
"Yes, you remind me," Li Feng turned to the Ministry of Revenue, "Immediately order someone to coordinate..."
"Emperor Brother," Chang Geng interrupted him slowly, "I am talking about all the deportation - in extraordinary times, the order to beat the drum has become a constraint, and the generals are still wearing shackles on their minions. Should the emperor tie them to the battlefield?"
If anyone says this, it is a complete offense, but for some reason, it will make people feel angry if they say it from the mouth of King Yanbei.
Hu Guang, who was just left aside, hurriedly said: "I will discuss it."
Before Li Feng could speak, the Ministry of Revenue was already in an uproar. The Minister of Revenue said loudly: "Your Majesty, you must not. The release of purple gold at this time does indeed solve the urgent problem. But I don't listen to it. If it lasts for a long time and today's life is too long, what should I do in the future? Will I eat the food for the first time?"
The Imperial Army commander probably wanted to pull the Lord's head off and control the water inside. He retorted in court: "The bandits have come to the door, and you all are still living a life of careful calculations. The general is really open to his eyes - Emperor, I am puzzled, why don't we talk about 'going like this forever'? If the fourth realm is trapped to death, relying on the purple gold mine with two melons in our territory, it will not last long if you dig three feet into the ground!"
Hu Guang was afraid that he could not speak, and then blushed and shouted with a thick neck: "I'm asking!"
Before Changgeng could tell a big quarrel, he started a big quarrel, but instead he didn't say anything, standing still patiently, waiting for them to make a decision.
Li Feng's brain was almost cracked, and suddenly he felt that his "pillars" were all staring at his trivial matters of his own acre of three parts. The upper and lower patterns were not as big as a bowl. If they were all distributed to the imperial kitchen, they might have arguing with a new dish as majestic as a beautiful country.
"Enough!" Li Feng shouted.
The surroundings were quiet, and Chang Geng responded in time: "My brother has not finished speaking yet. Secondly, the emperor must be prepared to shrink his troops."
As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers were in an uproar again, and the emperor's anger could not suppress the boiling rebellion below. Several old men seemed to be about to go and touch the pillar with their heads.
Li Feng's eyes twitched, and a breath of anger rushed to his throat. He barely pressed down but did not hit Chang Geng's hair. He frowned like a hold of breath and warned in a low voice: "Amin, you have some things to say before you think about. The ancestors and clans passed the country to me, not to let me sever the land and feed the tiger."
Chang Geng said without changing his face: "I want to ask the emperor brother to touch his pocket. How big can we support the country's strength now? This is not to cut the land and feed the tiger, but to cut off the arm of a hero. When it is broken, it must not be kept. I am afraid that the entire territory will be broken when the poisoning is deep and the whole territory is beaten by foreigners."
His tone as plain as memorizing the Analects was like a basin of cold water, poured on Li Feng's head without mercy.
Chang Geng did not look up at the emperor's face and continued: "Third, Lord Wang is right. There is Xuantie Camp in the northwest. Even if the losses are heavy, it is still possible to persist. What is imminent is the East China Sea mutiny. Once the foreigners go north, the combat effectiveness of the Beida Camp is worrying, and reinforcements from far and near are restrained, and they may not have time to arrive. What will the emperor plan to do then?"
Li Feng was forced to grow old ten years old by his words in an instant. After a long time of depression, he finally said, "Present the imperial edict...go and invite the emperor uncle."
When Chang Geng heard this order, he didn't blink, neither joy nor resentment, as if everything was supposed to be divided, which was reasonable.
Zhu Xiaojiao did not dare to respond. Just as he was about to go, Chang Geng suddenly reminded: "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Prison has brought people, and only sent Zhu to announce the imperial edict is a joke."
He had instinctively distrust any eunuch around Li Feng, including the person who had been secretly helping Gu Yun in name.
Li Feng was angry and weak: "When is it, I still care about these false rituals - Jiang Aiqing, you can run for me."
Zhu Xiaojiao followed Jiang Chong with a small step, and couldn't help but look at Chang Geng from a distance.
He is an old man in the palace. Today, Daliang is full of civil and military officials, and there are only one king, prince, general and minister who is not unfamiliar with him. Only King Yanbei was protected by Gu Yun since childhood. When he grew up, he traveled around "not doing his job" and rarely showed up. Except for mingling with a group of people to attend court hearings, he didn't even enter the palace alone. At most, he followed Gu Yun to invite him to the palace during festivals... Everyone knew nothing about him.
To know nothing means variables.
Jiang Chong and Zhu Xiaojiao kept running away from the palace and headed straight to the prison. When the person was about to arrive, Zhu Xiaojiao suddenly remembered and pinched his throat and said, "No, Lord Jiang, the Marquis is going to enter the palace to meet the saint. What kind of style is it to wear a prison uniform? Or I immediately ask someone to take a look at the newly made first-grade Marquis' costume this year and go and get one?"
Jiang Chong was so sad that his country was destroyed and his family suddenly made the old lady shout back and said laughing and crying: "My father-in-law, when is it time? You are still thinking about these pieces of chickens and dogs, I..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a man riding a horse and walking in front of him in a blink of an eye. He dismounted and bowed to him. It was Huo Dan, the general of the Hou's Mansion.
Huo Dan clasped his fists with brisk clank: "Master Jiang, my father-in-law, the villain is a slave of the Marquis' Mansion. He will give this item to the Marquis at the order of His Highness of my family."
As he said that, his hands touched a set of court suits and armor.
Jiang Chong's heart moved - although King Yanbei looked like a meticulous person, was it so trivial?
Who is that highness guarding against?
Gu Yun in the prison was bored and asked him to swing the swing. He noticed that the wind was wrong behind him. He turned around in surprise and vaguely saw three figures breaking in from outside. The leader walked like the wind, as if he was still wearing court uniforms.
Then, the prison door lock opened wide, and a special palace incense penetrated Gu Yun's nose, and it was also stained with a little sandalwood aroma unique to Li Feng's body.
Gu Yun narrowed his eyes and recognized that the fat man with big shoulders and round waist was Zhu Xiaojiao.
If he was to interrogate him and did not directly send Zhu Xiaojiao, it would be impossible for a person like Li Feng to slap him in the face. He arrested him and released him every day, then he could only...
The smile on Gu Yun's face disappeared and he thought to himself: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Chong said something quickly, but Gu Yun couldn't hear it at all. He just caught a few words like "Enemy attack...Zhao..." and was confused. He had to pretend to be steady and steady in a daze, and nodded in unchanging response to changes.
Jiang Chong was infected by his calm calmness, and his heart was calm for a moment. He felt cold and hot anxiety and worries fell into his stomach. Tears almost fell: "It is a blessing for all people to have a beam like the Marquis of Daliang."
Gu Yun was full of inexplicable thought, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
On the surface, he just patted Lord Jiang on the shoulder and ordered with a quick command: "Let's lead the way."
Fortunately, Huo Dan took a step forward and took his court clothes on while taking off a wine pot from his waist: "Your Highness, let me take it to the Marquis to drive away the cold."
Gu Yun knew it was medicine as soon as he opened the veil. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and drank it all in one go.
Huo Dan helped him change his clothes in a few seconds. After cleaning up, the group went straight to the palace. The deaf and blind Anding Hou made do with it. It was the first time that the medicine was so effective that it would come soon.
It was not until they arrived at the bottom of the palace wall that Gu Yun slowly recovered his consciousness like a needle-punched ear.
He quietly made a gesture to Huo Dan. Huo Dan understood and hurriedly took two steps forward, attached it to his ear, repeating Jiang Chong's words in the Heavenly Prison one by one.
Before Gu Yun could finish listening, his head, which was already in pain, had already "buzzed" and broke the string. A golden flower exploded in front of him. His steps staggered in a panic, and Huo Dan held his arm: "Master!"
Jiang Chong was startled. He didn't know what kind of illness that An Ding Hou, who was so calm that no one was like, suddenly became sick. Seeing Gu Yun's face looked ugly like a dead person, he hurriedly asked nervously: "Mr. Marquis, what's wrong?"
"The Xuantie Camp has been lost more than half", "The Northern Frontier Pass has been lost one after another", "General Zhao died for his country", "The southwest baggage area exploded"... The few words turned into a cluster of deadly blades, and it pierced into Gu Yun's limbs and bones. A sharp stinging pain in his chest, and a fishy sweetness surged into his throat.
His forehead was slightly exposed, and cold sweat flowed down his temples, and his eyes were a little dissipated. Although Jiang Chong knew that even though he was in the prison, no one dared to punish Anding Hou, he was still scared: "What's wrong with the Marquis? Do you want to call a chariot to come? Where is the imperial doctor?"
Gu Yun's body shook slightly.
Jiang Chong: "Now the safety of Daliang is tied to the Marquis's shoulder, so you must not make any mistakes!"
This sentence passed through Gu Yun's ears like thunder. The three souls and seven spirits that were about to fly around were shocked and gathered back into the backbone that was completely unforgettable. Gu Yun closed his eyes and swallowed a mouthful of blood back.
After a pause, under Jiang Chong's terrified gaze, he laughed hoarsely as if nothing had happened: "I haven't seen the sun for a few days, I have a headache - it's not a problem, it's an old problem."
As he said that, Gu Yun lowered his head and slightly tidied up the light armor on his body, pulled out his arm from Huo Dan's hand, threw the gray-haired rat that had been nestled in his hand, and reminded him: "This is my life-long rat brother. Find some food for it, don't starve to death."
Huo Dan: “…”
After Gu Yun finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the palace.
At this time, Chang Geng's words in the Golden Palace triggered a melee. When Zhu Xiaojiao's loud and sharp voice shouted "Horse An Ding came to the palace to meet", everyone was silent, and a dead silence appeared in the hall.
Gu Yun looked up and met Chang Geng's eyes. The two of them were about to part with each other. He had already seen the surging surging words in Chang Geng's eyes.
Then Gu Yun came forward to greet him as if no one was around, and he looked calm and unlucky as if he did not come from the Heavenly Prison, but had just slept in the Hou's Mansion.
To be continued...