Chapter 141: Duke Ruan raises an army to eliminate the traitor, Vice-President Li Ruqi’er (1)

Author: Fu Jiangshan

Chapter 141: Duke Ruan raises an army to eliminate the traitor, Vice-President Li Ruqi’er (1)

Five days later, Guluo City.

A group of children were chasing and playing in the street. Their faces were filled with joyful smiles and they kept singing loudly, "The king dominates the country horizontally and vertically, and the first minister comes to usurp the country!"

In their minds, these are just two unintelligible nursery rhymes. As long as they say them enough times, sooner or later they will be like the children in Hualu City and get free drinks. As for the deeper meaning behind them,

It has nothing to do with them at all.

Young voices and nursery rhymes full of meaning floated far away along with the cool wind of early winter. They floated through the long streets and alleys, over the high walls, through the thick wooden doors, and into the study room.

In the ears of Ruan Pao, who was worried about state affairs.

There was a yellowed map in front of Ruan Pao, but the marks on it were still clear, and the current situation of the world could be identified at a glance. His hand gently touched Guluo City, and then slowly moved southward, and finally

My fingers stayed on Hualu City.

"Li Huan, it's not enough for you to be one of the ten generals below one person and above ten thousand people, so you tricked the young master into making you the deputy king. Are you determined to take that final step now? If you have not taken this step, you

I am still a minister of Qu Yue, and I can tolerate everything. But if you take this step, you will be a rebellious minister who kills the king, and you and I can only speak with swords!"

Ruan Pao and Li Huan have known each other for a long time. Li Huan was a shrewd and capable subordinate in Ruan Pao's eyes. The two were also close friends. However, things are unpredictable. Twenty years ago, Ruan Pao would never have imagined that there would be such a thing.

today.

Even though Ruan Pei doesn't want to believe it, everything is a foregone conclusion. He only has two choices left now. One is to stay out of the matter and let Li Huan replace Ding as the lord of Quyue. The other is to initiate a righteous act and lead his troops to serve the king. If he chooses

If you choose the former, you will definitely betray the trust of the Ding family and become Qu Yue's sinner forever. If you choose the latter, although you will be famous forever, your life will inevitably be in danger.

Loyalty is what Ruan Guo wants, and life is what Ruan Guo wants. They cannot have both. Ruan Guo doesn’t know whether to give up loyalty for life or give up life for loyalty. After all, loyalty is to others, but life is to others.

Myself, is there anyone in the world who is not greedy for life or afraid of death?

When Ruan Pao was undecided, there was a sudden knock on the door. He thought it was a servant in the mansion who came to ask for advice, so he said coldly, "Come in."

Following his words, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man in black walked in. Ruan Pao glanced at this man from the corner of his eye, then raised his head in surprise, staring at the black man in disbelief.

The middle-aged man in clothes said: "Master Ding, why are you here?"

The middle-aged man in black sighed, pointed out the window and said: "Dong Guo, you must have heard the nursery rhymes outside, right? One horizontal and one vertical is a cross, and when the first two are put together, they are the word "dao", ten dao, ten dao.

, isn’t he referring to Li Huan? Even my children in Qu Yue are exposing Li Huan’s wolfish ambitions. May I ask, my lord, why you can still sit in your room!"

Ruan Pei nodded slightly, pointed to a chair next to him, and said: "Master Ding, please sit down first. If you have anything to do, let's talk slowly."

The middle-aged man in black sat down angrily, "Dong Guo, although I, Ding Dian, am only a distant relative of the late emperor, I will defend the Ding family to the death. As the most trusted general of the late emperor, you are willing to betray Li

Huan bowed his head and guarded Guluo City for him?"

Ruan Pao shook his head and said: "Master Ding, you don't know something. The reason why I followed Li Huan's order and came to Guluo Town to guard was not because I was afraid of him, nor did I intend to serve him as my master. It was actually to control him.

Soldiers and horses, good soldiers will be sent to Hualu in the future, and a Qing Dynasty will be on your side. But now the new emperor..."

Ding Dian was puzzled and said: "Since Duke Ding is determined to eliminate traitors for the country, what are you waiting for? Why don't you send troops to Hualu immediately, but hesitate here? You have experienced hundreds of battles and a lifetime of military service, but you are afraid of just a mere man.

Li Huan?"

Ruan Pao said: "Master Ding, when the new king met with the ministers on the first day, you were sick and did not go to court. You had no idea how much the officials trusted Li Huan. Not only did he follow Li Huan's words, he made him the deputy king and took charge of the national affairs.

, and even said in front of all the officials that the entire court would be handed over to Li Huan in the future. If I did not have sufficient evidence and sent troops to Hualu without permission, I would only be accused of being unfaithful and unjust by Li Huan, and he would be condemned forever.

He became Qu Yue's public enemy, even if he really killed Li Huan, what would be the use?"

Ding Dian said: "Dong Guo, I was indeed ill and did not go to the morning court that day, but I was present at the banquet on the day the late emperor was killed. First, the monster brought by Prince Dali went crazy, and then the late emperor and the eldest prince suddenly

On that day when Li Huan was killed, all the officials were so panicked that they all believed that Du Shi was the work of another country and killed the late emperor and the prince in order to cause civil strife in Quyue. But that day I was always paying attention to Li Huan's every move. He was always facing

Shen Shishui was extremely inconsistent with his usual temperament, and he was obviously trying to cover up his appearance. Therefore, the official believed that the death of the late emperor was not as simple as it seemed, and must have been a trap set up by Li Huan in collusion with Du Shi. Li Huan was just afraid of getting the notoriety of regicide.

, I used Du Shi’s hand to kill the late emperor, and then I used your own hand to kill Du Shi, and in the end he benefited from it.”

Ruan Pao smiled bitterly, "Master Ding, I have noticed this a long time ago. I just regret that I killed Du Shi in anger. Before Du Shi died, Li Huan denied it in public. Now,

There is no proof of everything. Now that he has great power, he will definitely try to hide it in every possible way. If we only rely on subjective inferences, it will be difficult to come up with conclusive evidence."

Ding Dian was greatly annoyed by Ruan Pei's attitude. He stood up suddenly, clenched his right hand into a fist, and smashed the table in front of Ruan Pei. Then he said angrily: "Dong Dingguo, I have always thought that you are an idiot."

I am an iron-clad and loyal minister who dares to do anything, so I took the risk to come to you. I didn’t expect that you are worse than those shrinking turtles in Hualu City. At least they are not treated as favorably by the Ding family like you. You

If everyone is afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind, then I will have no choice but to mobilize my five hundred old and weak soldiers to fight Li Huan alone to the end!"

Ding Dianzhi's words pierced Ruan Pao's heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so he stamped his feet and said: "Forget it, I will join forces with Lord Ding to raise an army and vow to destroy Li Huan! We will never let the king's domination run horizontally or vertically, and the ministers take the lead.

Come to usurp the country, these two nursery rhymes become a prophecy!"

Hearing this, Ding Dian excitedly took Ruan Pao's hand, then his knees softened and he knelt down in front of Ruan Pao, "Ding Guo Gong, do you really mean what you said? If Ding Guo Gong is willing to send troops to serve the king, I, Qu Yue, will be saved.

, my Ding family has been saved, and I would like to thank you for your great kindness on behalf of the official family!"

Ruan Pao hurriedly stood up and helped Ding Dian up, "Master Ding, get up quickly. Traitors are in power, and all of my officials in Quyue are responsible for punishing them. As long as you and I work together, we will surely destroy Li Huan in one fell swoop and protect him forever."

Ding’s empire!”
Chapter completed!